From the Red Mansion, you can travel through the world of martial arts

Chapter 2 If I don’t help her, who will?
The next day, the sun shines brightly.

Early in the morning, the sound of fighting could be heard in the yard. It was Jia Wei and his long-time attendant Tiezhu doing morning exercises.

However, after dozens of moves, Jia Wei had not yet had enough fun, and Tiezhu stopped shouting in pain.

"Your kung fu skills are getting worse instead of better. Are you being lazy again recently?" Jia Wei took the hot tea handed to him by the maid and said.

Of course, he also knew that Tiezhu was a soldier in the army, focusing on strengthening his muscles and bones, and he was definitely not good at fighting alone.

"How could I be lazy? It's obvious that your martial arts skills have improved again, Second Master." Tie Zhu sat on the stone platform and panted. "Second Master is a martial arts candidate personally selected by the prefect. It's already very good that I can fight a few moves under him."

After a while of laughing and chatting, Jin Caijia came into the yard again with a kind smile on her face.

She had a son and a daughter, both of whom worked in the Rongguo Mansion in the capital city. Her son, Jin Wenxiang, was a comprador in Lady Jia's room, while her daughter was even more powerful, being the eldest maid in Lady Jia's room, named Yuanyang.

The old wife and her husband stayed in Jinling City to look after the old house. To put it bluntly, if a poor young master like Jia Wei wanted to live a smooth life, he had to take the initiative to curry favor with the old lady.

Fortunately, the couple were simple and honest people who abided by their duties. They never used the little power in their hands to make things difficult for Jia Wei. On the contrary, they took care of him many times.

"How come Aunt Jin has time to come to my courtyard today? Cuiguo, bring me a cup of tea."

A maidservant wearing a blouse trimmed with paddy blue satin responded and hurried into the house.

Jin Cai's wife said, "I heard that Second Master will leave for the capital tomorrow. Have you packed your things? Is there anything you need for the journey? I'll ask someone to prepare it for Second Master so that we can use it together."

Jia Wei shook his head: "Not really."

The military examination was approaching, and he had to rush to the capital.

As for the reason why he took part in the martial arts examination, it was very simple, because his ambition was never as simple as being a martial arts hero or the leader of a sect.

However, most of the military positions in the Chen Han Dynasty were inherited by hereditary relatives. As a poor young master of the Ningguo Mansion, he did not want to ask the extremely despicable Jia Zhen for help, so naturally he could only take the path of military examination.

When the Chen and Han dynasties were founded, the trend of respecting culture and suppressing military was very popular. However, in today's chaotic times, the status of military men has been greatly elevated. In addition to the chaos in the martial arts world, the court also pays great attention to military examinations.

By the way, on the way to Shenjing City, Jia Wei still has many places to go and many things to do.

Jin Caijia smiled and said, "I also have something to trouble you, Master. I have prepared some local specialties. Please bring them to my son and his wife on the way."

Of course Jia Wei would not shirk such a small matter.

After sending Jin Cai home, he sat on the lounge chair in the yard, basking in the sun and watching the maid Cuiguo pack up.

"Second Master, do you want to wear this white fox armpit arrow sleeve?"

"Take it with you, take it all with you." Jia Wei said, "Once you leave, I don't know how long it will take for you to come back."

Jia Wei had a servant and a maid by his side. After getting used to them, he could often feel the happiness of a landlord in feudal society. Of course, compared with the young masters and young ladies in the capital city, it was a lot more deserted.

"I heard that there are many good maids around Jia's mother, and they are as good as water onions. I wonder if I can get one if I go there..."

He looked at the busy Cuiguo and said, "Remember what I told you, you and the Jia family's people will go by water, and we will meet in Shenjing City."

"Well, Second Master, you have to be careful. The story says that there are many man-eating monsters in the martial arts world..."

Tiezhu was seen leading a man dressed as a country gentleman into the room. Cuiguo tactfully stepped back, and the three of them entered the study.

When Cuiguo saw that the door of the study was closed, she knew that she didn't need to serve tea, so she went back to the room to continue cleaning.

"Second Master, according to your order, all the spies scattered in the city have been withdrawn, and the lower-level members have also been given silver and sent away."

"Well, you and Feng Yuan should handle these matters." Jia Wei nodded, "Don't let anything go wrong."

Jia Wei was very reluctant to disband the intelligence organization he had worked so hard to build...

Although it was called an intelligence organization, it was actually just a makeshift team that only collected intelligence in Jinling City and was not comparable to the Jinyiwei. But Jia Wei was worried that he would not be able to control this makeshift team after he went to the capital. If it was controlled by these middle-level personnel, it might cause him some trouble.

If he was accused of "privately keeping assassins", the consequences would be small, including the implicate of the Jia family, but the worst was the end of his own official career.

He really needs to keep a collection of assassins and train spies. It won't be too late to do it when he becomes powerful one day.

"Nothing went wrong, but Feng Yuan had a personal matter that caused some trouble - and it involved you, Second Master..."

Jia Wei's face was calm: "What happened?"

He paused, organized his words and then said, "Feng Yuan was originally the son of a small country gentleman. Although his family had some extra money, he lived in a muddle. It was thanks to the support of the Second Master that he has achieved his current fortune.

"When he heard that the Second Master was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he specially bought a clever maid to serve the Second Master to show his gratitude.

"Feng Yuan paid the broker in full and had chosen an auspicious day to send the girl to the Second Master's residence, but..."

Having said this, he paused tactically and looked at Jia Wei, but Jia Wei's face showed no emotion at all, but Tie Zhu next to him was in suspense.

"But what? Mr. Ma, please tell me now, why are you keeping me in suspense?"

"But the broker was so abominable that he sold the girl to another family and planned to run away with the money to another province.

"Fortunately, our people discovered it in time and informed Feng Yuan. The two families caught the broker, beat him up, and sent him to Yingtian Prefecture. Feng Yuan then returned the silver to the family.

"This matter should have ended, but that family relied on their power and ordered their servants to beat Feng Yuan half to death and snatched the girl's indenture..."

"Are there still such evil people in Jinling City?" Tiezhu slammed the table in anger.

But he just helped to curse a few words, and the decision still depended on Jia Wei's opinion.

Jia Wei tapped the table with his fingers, thinking that the girl must be Yinglian - who later became Xiangling who learned poetry, and the man who beat Feng Yuan violently was the dull bully Xue Pan.

As for the so-called broker, he is clearly a kidnapper.

No wonder he felt the name Feng Yuan sounded familiar when he first heard it, it turned out to be “Feng Yuan”!
This world was so chaotic that he forgot some of the plot.

Combining the plot of Dream of the Red Chamber, he analyzed the whole story on his own.

Feng Yuan originally wanted to buy Yinglian as his concubine, but was bullied by Xue Pan. He was infuriated and helpless in the face of the power of the Xue family.

He was ready to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and promised Ma Xiucai good things to let him lobby in front of him...

It seems that my decision to disband everyone was the right one. These people are not easy to deal with.

Jia Wei glanced at Ma Xiucai indifferently, which made him feel uneasy.

Ma Xiucai clenched the fan in his hand slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. He was a lawyer, so his composure was naturally good.

"What is the current situation?"

Although being used as a knife was a bit unpleasant, Jia Wei decided to take advantage of the situation, if for no other reason than to save a girl who had suffered so much!

Her father is dead, her mother is sick, her home is broken, and she is abducted. If I don’t help her, who will?
After making up his mind, Jia Wei asked again, "Then Xue Pan didn't beat Feng Yuan to death, did he?"

These light words sounded like thunder to Ma Xiucai's ears!
When did he say that the second family was the Xue family of Jinling? And that the attacker was the dull bully Xue Pan?

Could it be that Jia Wei has a second team of people under his command, and is keeping an eye on them at all times... It's really terrifying to think about it!
Ma Xiucai suddenly felt a little uneasy...

"To answer your question, the incident happened this morning. Feng Yuan was carried back home, and Xue Pan was going to the pimp's residence to forcibly take the girl away. If you had ridden faster, maybe you could have caught up..."

(End of this chapter)