Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 92 Rendezvous
  The intelligence network in the hands of Emperor Jingwen was not comprehensive, and Jiangnan was too far away from the capital. Even if there was information, it would take a lot of time to reach Emperor Jingwen.

Perhaps only the most urgent news will use special channels such as 100,000 Miles Express. The fastest way to transmit intelligence is the carrier pigeon. The information that can be transmitted by trusted pigeons is very limited, and there is a certain risk of leakage.

Therefore, Emperor Jingwen did not know clearly about Jia Qiang's current situation.

"Zhezi is from Lin Ruhai, the salt censor. Jia Qiang is not a civil servant, and no one has ever taught him how to play zhezi!" Xia Shouzhong softly said a good word for Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang came to the rescue twice. In addition to saving Emperor Jingwen, he also saved Xia Shouzhong.

In addition, Jia Qiang is usually very close to Xia Shouzhong, so Xia Shouzhong rarely speaks for Jia Qiang.

"That's true, that boy just wants Lin Ruhai to teach him!" Emperor Jingwen said with a smile and shook his head.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Xia Shouzhong put the fold into his hand.

The fold was very heavy, as if there was something inside.

Emperor Jingwen was a little curious, so he couldn't help opening the fold and found an envelope inside.

There was an envelope in the folder, which was extremely inappropriate. Lin Ruhai was also an old minister and shouldn't make such a mistake.

Emperor Jingwen first read the excerpt, and after seeing the contents in the excerpt, he couldn't help but smile.

When Xia Shouzhong saw his master smiling, he was also happy for Emperor Jingwen. His master had not been happy for many days.

Emperor Jingwen took the envelope and opened it to see that it contained one million one hundred thousand taels of silver notes.

"Reply a letter to Lin Ruhai and tell her to teach Jia Qiang how to write excerpts. I will see Jia Qiang's excerpts in the future. In addition, tell Jia Qiang to do a good job and I will give him a reward when he comes back to the capital." Emperor Jingwen smiled. commanded.

"Master, has Jia Qiang returned with the money?" Xia Shouzhong asked, unable to hide his smile.

"With 1.1 million taels of silver, Jia Qiang went to raid a private salt dock and killed more than 700 private salt dealers. In the short time he went to Jiangnan, he killed more than a thousand people. It's hard for him! "Emperor Jingwen said with emotion.

His emotion was that he knew the weight of the banknote in his hand. In just a short time, Jia Qiang killed more than a thousand people in Jiangnan, which shows how dangerous Jia Qiang is in Jiangnan.

More importantly, among the many ministers in the capital, there are also ministers who have taken refuge with him.

But among so many ministers, who could earn so much money for him like Jia Qiang.

Judging from the booklet, this is still the first batch. Jia Qiang is still working hard, but it just takes time.

"That's Jia Qiang. If it were anyone else, I'd probably die countless times!" Xia Shouzhong followed suit.

"Yes, Jia Qiang was actually assassinated by a magic archer using a treasure bow in Yangzhou. Other than Jia Qiang, everyone else is really dangerous!" Emperor Jingwen also agreed.

"My master knows people well and sent Jia Qiang to the south of the Yangtze River!" Xia Shouzhong bowed and said.

"Haha!" Emperor Jingwen laughed proudly.

The gloom of these days has been swept away. Although one million taels of silver is not too much, it is definitely a lot.

Even if Emperor Jingwen had free disposal of money every year, it would not be much more than this number.

With this first batch of money, the new guard can recruit people to build the framework.

Emperor Jingwen originally wanted Xia Shouzhong to be the ghostwriter, but when he became happy, he stopped asking Xia Shouzhong to write for him. He wrote two letters in his own hand, one to Lin Ruhai and the other to Jia Qiang.

He didn't have much power in his hands, so he couldn't promise too much to Jia Qiang, but he wanted to take advantage of the easing of relations with the Supreme Emperor to ask for more rewards for Jia Qiang from the Supreme Emperor.

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By the time Jia Qiang received the letter from Emperor Jingwen, it was already the twelfth lunar month.

Nothing happened in Yangzhou during this period, and there was very little information about the secret agents. Even if there was any, it was just a small matter and not worthy of his action.

As for the revenge of the big salt merchant that Lin Ruhai was worried about, it has not yet come.

Jia Qiang was also worried, but he was worried about the scabby monk.

But after so many days, the scabby monk seemed to have disappeared and never appeared again.

Jia Qiang even invited Lin Ruhai and his acquaintances to inquire about the scabby monk.

Among the friends he entrusted were Zhang Ximing, who was able to use the city guard's connections; Huang Zhiyuan and other junior salt merchants, who had greater power in the market.

With the obvious characteristics of the leprosy-headed monk, he will be discovered immediately as soon as he appears in Yangzhou.

Jia Qiang even wondered whether the scarred monk had left Yangzhou.

But considering how much the leprous monk and the lame Taoist attach great importance to the Lin Mansion, it was only a matter of time before they found him.

He is currently thinking about gaining experience and acquiring stronger gaming skills to use against immortals.

But he can't go out and kill people randomly. Now he is looking forward to the operation to eliminate the Salt Gang as soon as possible.

"Teacher!" Jia Qiang was called to the study by Lin Ruhai.

"Brother Qiang, have you never given the Holy Spirit any advice?" Lin Ruhai asked with a strange look on his face.

Lin Ruhai only found out about Jia Qiang when he saw Emperor Jingwen's reply. Emperor Jingwen criticized him and asked him to teach Jia Qiang well, and at least remember to submit the book regularly.

"What kind of discount?" Jia Qiang asked a little confused.

"You are an imperial envoy. Don't you know that an imperial envoy needs to report to the Holy Master on a regular basis? Even if you are not an imperial envoy, you still need to report to your superior officer regularly when you are away for a long time!" Lin Ruhai had already determined that Jia Qiang just didn't know about this, he explained helplessly. road.

If he had known that Jia Qiang didn't get the discount, Lin Ruhai wouldn't have helped him get the discount.

Although Lin Ruhai was Jia Qiang's teacher, he would not interfere with Jia Qiang's Zhezi. Zhezi was the connection between the ministers and the emperor. No minister would share the Zhezi he wrote with others.

"Thank you, Teacher, for the tip. I really don't know if you don't tell me. I'll tell you later!" Jia Qiang nodded in reply.

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Yangzhou entered the coldest period, with rare wind and snow.

Jia Qiang accompanied Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou Camp, and Zhang Zhizhou also arrived at Yangzhou Camp.

The Yangzhou camp consists of two parts. Yangzhou has complex waters, so in addition to the ordinary army, there is also a naval army here.

Lin Ruhai came to the Yangzhou camp this time and brought 500 salt pods with him. This is the most salt pods that can be sent without affecting the operation of the salt transport yamen.

Zhang Zhizhou's city guards led a thousand men, and they were also the most capable young men among the city guards.

Despite the large number of city guards in Zhang Zhizhou's hands, there were many old and weak. Only these thousand people had real fighting power, and he brought them all over. It can be seen how resentful Zhang Zhizhou is towards the Salt Gang, and he wants to kill them all.

Outside the Chinese military tent, General Luo Wu was waiting. Yanding and the city guards were arranged to rest in the camp respectively. Lin Ruhai, Zhang Zhizhou and Jia Qiang were welcomed into the Chinese military tent by General Luo Wu.

Jia Qiang never thought that the operation to eliminate the Salt Gang would be carried out years ago.

It's the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and most people have begun to prepare for the New Year. Even the various government offices are not interested in working and are looking forward to an early holiday.

But he suddenly received news from Lin Ruhai that the action against the Salt Gang would be launched in the near future.

Worried that the news would leak out, both Yanding and the city guards met at the Yangzhou camp first.

The members of Yanding and Chengwei are complex, and it is difficult to say whether there are some eyeliners among them, or there must be eyeliners.

Bring all the salt guards and city guards to the Yangzhou camp. Even if there are informants among them, the news cannot be leaked.

"Two adults, let's not talk about anything else in advance. I am very interested in this guy and have long wanted to have a fight with him!" As soon as he entered the Chinese army's tent, General Luo Wu couldn't wait to look at Jia Qiang and said.

Jia Qiang was wearing armor as before, and her face was covered by a visor.

General Luo Wu had wanted to fight the legendary Lin Ruhai's guard before, but the situation was not right at that time, and Jia Qiang's archery skills were amazing. He had no confidence to fight Jia Qiang without armor. A battle.

Now that we have come to our own military camp, it is not a life and death battle, but just a discussion. For General Luo Wu who loves fighting very much, it is not easy to find a good opponent.

The entire Yangzhou camp was composed of only three warriors who had practiced general body-refining techniques, including General Luo Wu, the chief officer.

General Luo Wu is at level four, while the other two are barely at level three.

"This..." Lin Ruhai didn't want Jia Qiang to take action. If he really offended General Luo Wu in the Yangzhou camp, the consequences would be extremely serious.

A warrior like General Luo Wu would most likely do something on a whim without even thinking about anything.

"It's just a discussion. How about using no weapons and empty hands?" General Luo Wu thought for a while and then asked Jia Qiang.

He is wearing heavy armor at the moment. In a bare-knuckle fight, relying on the heavy armor on his body, there is no need for both sides to hold hands, and no harm will be suffered.

"Okay, since General Luo wants to compete, let's have a fight!" Jia Qiang agreed in a suppressed voice.

He is not afraid of General Luo Wu. He has the military talisman for mobilizing troops, the gold medal given by Emperor Jingwen, and the hand beads given by the Supreme Emperor. No matter which one he uses, he can protect himself in the Yangzhou camp.

"Come here, please remove everything in the tent!" General Luo Wu ordered with great joy.

Since he was empty-handed, he did not propose to compete in the martial arts arena outside.

Soon his soldiers moved the items in the middle of the military tent aside, leaving the middle empty.

General Luo Wu came to the center first, stretched out his hand to Jia Qiang, and invited him to come over.

Jia Qiang slowly walked to the opposite side two meters away from General Luo Wu and stood opposite. General Luo Wu put on a short fight, which was the air of close combat.

Jia Qiang just kicked forward and kicked back, putting her hands on her chest. This is the preparation for modern fighting.

After Jia Qiang practiced the 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique' and learned Jia Yan's martial arts inheritance from the 'Yan Gong Bingshu', the fighting videos he had seen in his previous life had a considerable impact on him.

Although he didn't have the physical training skills of generals in his previous life, and he didn't even have the martial arts skills of the Jianghu people in the world of Red Mansions, the kind of fighting that relies on physical fitness to exert the strongest attack effect has been brought to the extreme.

General Luo Wu looked at Jia Qiang's boxing stance. He was a little unsure about Jia Qiang's origin, because he couldn't tell what kind of boxing technique it was from the boxing stance.

The two sides faced off for a while. General Luo Wu was the master and the one who took the initiative to challenge. He could not wait for Jia Qiang to make a move first.

He shouted loudly and moved his body forward, focusing all his strength on his right fist as he moved.

The right fist was shaken out like a big gun, and the air made a loud roar.

Lin Ruhai and Zhang Zhizhou both changed their expressions. Even if they were standing on the edge of the Chinese military tent, they could feel a strong wind coming, which showed how terrifying General Luo Wu's punch was.

But General Luo Wu's move was very slow when he saw Jia Qiang's eyes.

Jia Qiang had the urge to ask General Luo Wu, is this, just this, just this level? This was not as good as the powerful players he had fought against in the capital.

He felt that his modern fighting skills were in vain, and he casually reached out and grabbed General Luo Wu's wrist.

General Luo Wu only felt a tightening in his right wrist, and then an unimaginable force came from his right wrist, and his body turned involuntarily in the air.

Just as Jia Qiang was about to smash General Luo Wu to the ground, it suddenly occurred to him that this was not an enemy, but the chief officer of Yangzhou Camp, and he had to save some face.

He gently lowered General Luo Wu back to the ground. During the entire battle, it was as if General Luo Wu turned over in the air and landed on the other side of Jia Qiang, and the two sides faced off again.

The fight was too short. Lin Ruhai and Zhang Zhizhou's eyesight was not good enough, and they did not notice that the winner had been decided.

"General Luo, how about this being a draw?" Jia Qiang said lightly.

"If you lose, you lose. You are the strongest I have ever seen. I wonder if you can let me see your true face. I really can't remember such a master in Daqian!" General Luo Wu looked lonely on his face. With a look, he waved his hand and said.

He really wanted to see Jia Qiang's true face, such a terrifying master.

In the past, he just thought that the only difference between him and Jia Qiang was archery skills. As long as he was close to Jia Qiang, he could win.

But after the battle just now, he found that the gap between himself and Jia Qiang was indescribable.

It felt like he was a five-year-old child and Jia Qiang opposite was an adult. This gap made him despair.

Although this was a bare-handed battle, with such a huge gap, he believed that he would have died faster if it had been a battle with weapons.

In fact, General Luo Wu can serve as the chief officer of the Yangzhou camp, and his strength is not weak.

The reason why Jia Qiang felt weak and not as good as the strong men he met in the capital was because he had improved a lot since coming to Yangzhou, raising his agility to 61 points.

With 61 points of agility, his reflexes have reached an inhuman level.

His speed is 61 meters per second. This is without practicing any light skills. He only relies on the speed of physical running. The correspondingly improved reaction force allows him to see all movements slower than 61 meters per second in his field of vision. clearly.

The greater the difference, the more he can feel the other party's slowness.

And his nine-turn 100-point power was the last shackle that crushed General Luo Wu's confidence. General Luo Wu could be manipulated by him as he pleased precisely because of the huge gap in strength.

(End of this chapter)