Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 51 Action
  When Emperor Jingwen fell asleep, the entire East Palace seemed to feel a lot more relaxed.

Jia Qiang was active outside the palace gate. He curiously looked at the row of sculptures outside the palace gate.

These sculptures are placed on the left and right rows of the palace gate, giving them an obvious exotic feel.

"These are tributes from various countries. The Holy One didn't like them very much, so he left them all outside!" Guard Zhang came over and introduced to Jia Qiang with a smile.

"I've seen Guard Zhang!" Jia Qiang bowed and bowed.

"You're welcome, I'm here for the sake of the Holy One!" Guard Zhang returned the salute with a smile.

Jia Qiang had nothing to talk about with Guard Zhang, so he focused on the sculpture again.

Among the sculptures, he found a pair of special statues, one was a female warrior holding a long sword and a round shield, and the other was a female priest holding a scepter.

The reason why I pay special attention to this pair of statues is that they are made of metal, and their light silver metallic luster is the most special among all sculptures.

"This is a pair of goddess statues that the Jurchens paid tribute to. It is said that they are the statues enshrined in the Wasi Temple. They are made of flying iron and integrated with an ore. Once made, they cannot be destroyed. They are known as the Wasi divine objects!" Zhang Seeing Jia Qiang's interest, the guard continued to introduce.

Jia Qiang thought more. The strength of the Jurchens in the north of Daqian was expanding rapidly.

The Jurchens paid tribute to the goddess statue of the Waci people to Daqian. If it was as important as what Zhang Weiwei said, the statue of the goddess was so important, then Daqian and Waci would have formed a great feud.

Unless Daqian is willing to return the pair of goddess statues, the Waci people will not let Daqian go as long as the goddess statues remain in Daqian.

In this era, a nation's sacred objects are of extremely important significance to the nation and are equivalent to the spiritual pillar of the nation.

This is a conspiracy by the Jurchens. Even if Daqian knew such a plan, he would not be able to send the tribute back to Wac. This is the dignity of a big country.

"Is it really indestructible?" Jia Qiang reached out and patted the statue of the goddess, asking in disbelief.

"After the pair of goddess statues were delivered, we tried them with swords. No matter what kind of swords they were, they could not leave any traces on them. They are truly a pair of divine objects!" Guard Zhang replied with certainty.

Jia Qiang was a little moved. Guard Zhang knew what he wanted to do and smiled to indicate that it was okay.

Jia Qiang took out the waist knife. Although the quality of the waist knife was average, it had a huge strength of two thousand kilograms.

He used his waist knife to cut off a corner of the goddess statue. It seemed that he didn't use much force, but in fact, this knife used a lot of force.

But the waist knife couldn't drop even an inch, and he could even feel that the blade of the waist knife would break if he exerted more force.

He put away his sword and looked at the pair of goddess statues with bright eyes.

"What a pair of babies!" He couldn't help but praise.

"I don't know what those Wazai people think. If a weapon is made of this material, it will definitely be a magic weapon!" Zhang Weiwei nodded and said.

It was a pity for him that one of these goddess statues weighed five hundred kilograms, and a pair weighed a thousand kilograms. Even a sixth-level master could not use them as weapons.

Jia Qiang also felt that it was a pity. The strength of these goddess statues could definitely withstand his huge force. No matter how hard he exerted force, they would not be damaged.

But this is a palace thing, and there is no way it will fall into his hands.

Emperor Jingwen slept for a full hour.

When he opened his eyes, he felt the recovery of his spirit. This rare peace made him feel very good.

He glanced at Jia Qiang's figure outside the palace gate again and understood that this was the sense of security brought by Jia Qiang.

Since returning to the palace after being assassinated, he has not felt safe even in the palace.

Except for Xia Shouzhong, he had no real eunuchs he could trust, and the same was true among the guards.

What made him feel this way was actually the investigation of the assassination. There were no clues, and the highest one involved so far was only the sixth grade.

The Supreme Emperor did not contribute much to the assassination, and his intelligence organization received too few clues. Even if he guessed who did it, there was nothing he could do without evidence.

It was said that he did not trust the eunuchs and guards in the palace. It should be said that this was a reaction to his distrust of the Supreme Emperor.

For so many years, he has been worried that the Supreme Emperor will replace him, and he cannot understand the importance that the Supreme Emperor attaches to him.

"Hey!" He let out a long sigh.

"Master!" Xia Shouzhong appeared next to Emperor Jingwen.

"What do you think of the Supreme Emperor? He wants to snatch even Jia Qiang away!" Emperor Jingwen said in a deep voice. This was not something Xia Shouzhong could answer, so he bowed and stood with his hands tied.

"I really want to keep Jia Qiang in the East Palace, but he also wants to study literature and be a supervisor!" Emperor Jingwen continued.

"Jia Qiang is still young, even if she wants to be appointed an official, it's too early!" Xia Shouzhong reminded in a low voice.

Fourteen-year-old Jia Qiang was given the title of second-class bodyguard. Although she was a fourth-grade military attache, the second-class bodyguard was a high-ranking and light-weight position, and she had no available soldiers.

Of course, this does not mean that the position of palace guard is not good. On the contrary, palace guard is a position that many generals and meritorious families compete for.

If you stay in the position of palace guard for a few years, you will be sent out, at least as a powerful military attache who can hold the military power of a place.

If you want Jia Qiang to give up Congwen, you must at least give Jia Qiang an official position with real power that satisfies her. This is exactly what Emperor Jingwen could not satisfy.

After so many years of experience, Emperor Jingwen understood one thing: when he liked someone, he could not keep him by his side and promote him to a high position.

Once he does this, what awaits him is that the person will be sent out of the capital to perish in a remote place.

"Wait a little longer!" Emperor Jingwen waved his hand and said.

His words were a pun, meaning to wait for Jia Qiang to grow up, and also to wait for the Supreme Emperor to be unable to take power.

Jia Qiang left the palace just before it got dark and the palace was about to be locked.

A young eunuch brought his white horse, and he left the palace on the white horse.

While riding on the horse, he couldn't help feeling helpless about his day's duty. Apart from getting to know Guard Zhang, he had no contact with anyone else during the day. He didn't even know where Captain Long was.

As far as he knew, the leader of the Dragon Guards was Dai Quan, and there were three hundred Dragon Guards under his command. He had not seen them at all, and he didn't know if he was on duty today.

The next time I will be on duty will be a month later.

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Jia Rong resisted the pain in his body and looked at his father Jia Zhen.

At this moment, Jia Zhen is wearing colorful clothes and has a woman's makeup on her face.

For two years, Jia Zhen would dress like this whenever she was within the confines of Huifang Garden, and Huifang Garden had become a forbidden area in Ningguo Mansion.

This used to be the backyard, and according to the rules, only women could enter and leave.

Nowadays, even Tianxiang Tower is inhabited by handsome young men. Jia Zhen lives a miserable life with the young men here.

Today, Jia Rong was called to the second floor of Tianxiang Building. Jia Zhen beat him up and made the boys spit in his face.

The reason was that Jia Zhen heard that Jia Qiang had received the title. After hearing the news, he went crazy and vented his anger in Tianxiang Tower. The depression in his heart still could not be eliminated.

He thought of Jia Rong and called for the murderous spirit.

Jia Rong has long been accustomed to this kind of life. In the past two years, he has made some small moves.

He prepared many accidents for Jia Zhen, but Jia Zhen's luck has always been very good. Every little move he carefully designed did not affect Jia Zhen.

"Get out, don't disturb me, Gao Le!" Jia Zhen looked at Jia Rong, who was trembling, and became angrier as she looked at him. She stepped up and kicked him and cursed.

"Master, my son is resigning!" Jia Rong did not dare to be rude at all. This was the result of countless bloody lessons.

If he dared to leave without speaking at this time, what awaited him was another beating to educate him on his lack of etiquette.

Jia Rong walked to the stairs of Tianxiang Tower and looked around. Except for the boy who was playing with Jia Zhen inside, there was no one else there.

He took out a small bottle from his arms. There was nothing special in the bottle, but a little soybean oil.

He poured the soybean oil on the stairs, and in his eyes he could almost imagine Jia Zhen twisting her waist and walking downstairs.

This was his experience gained through secret observation. He knew how to put a little bit of soybean oil in the best position. If too much soybean oil was poured, even if Jia Zhen was successfully injured, it would arouse suspicion.

"You forced me to do this. If nothing happens to you, how can I get ahead!" Jia Rong murmured to himself in an inaudible voice.

(End of this chapter)