The Second Master of the Iron-blooded Lian of the Red Chamber

When returning to Jia's mansion from Lin's house, Jia Daishan was riding a horse, and Jia Lian was sitting in front of Jia Daishan.

Jia Lian looked back at Jia Daishan several times, only to see Jia Daishan's expression was serious, and sometimes he would frown slightly, but the strange thing was that Jia Lian didn't feel flustered from Jia Daishan.

The distance from Lin's Mansion to Jia's Mansion was not far, and Jia Daishan's horse was not walking fast. Jia Lian looked around at the street scene on both sides, but several times, Jia Lian felt like he was being followed.

People's feelings are very strange. Even ordinary people will feel when they are stared at.For those who have been on the real battlefield, this feeling is more than ten times stronger than that of ordinary people.Jia Lian can feel being followed, so can Jia Daishan, so the reason why Jia Daishan is so calm is that he doesn't want the follower to know that he has found the other party?

Thinking of this, Jia Lian still looked around, but his eyes were scattered.

Although everyone can do stalking, there are only two kinds of people who can be sent to stalk Jia Daishan. The stalkers are specially trained, have strong tracking skills and the ability to prevent being discovered by the stalkers.

But judging from the confrontation with the other party these few times, the other party can be regarded as a well-planned and cautious person.Cautious people do not like to take risks, so those who follow Jia Daishan must be the second type. People who have received special training not only have strong tracking ability, but also strong ability to prevent exposure, so these people are often very vigilant.

If Jia Lian's eyes are too sharp, the other party will soon realize that he has been exposed; if Jia Lian, who was looking around, suddenly becomes quiet, it will also arouse the other party's suspicion.So Jia Lian had no choice but to pretend to be innocent with an adult heart, and continued to look here and there with curiosity on his face, but he didn't dare to focus his eyes on a certain place.

In this way, the distance between Rongguo Mansion and Marquis Wenyuan's Mansion was not far, and Jia Lian's neck was sore from acting. After finally entering Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian relaxed.

Jia Daishan got off his horse and took Jia Lian down again.

Jia Lian lay on Jia Daishan's shoulder and whispered in Jia Daishan's ear, "Grandfather, my grandson found twelve shops looking at us with their windows open along the way, as well as some people on street corners and on the side of the road, and four people who followed secretly."

Jia Daishan had long been expressionless, but he was shocked when he heard Jia Lian's words.You must know that although Jia Lian has a rare talent in learning kung fu, he is not yet six years old, but his observation results are almost the same as his own.In addition to being extremely smart, Jia Lian's keenness and good investigation are also unexpected.

Jia Daishan said with a smile, "Did Lian'er have a good time today? How many red envelopes and gold and silver coins did you get?" He didn't let Jia Lian go back to the east courtyard to change clothes, and went straight to Lixiangyuan with Jia Lian in his arms.

After entering the small study and dismissing the others, Jia Daishan asked, "Did Lian'er also find out?"

Jia Lian nodded, and didn't continue to say this, but changed the subject and said: "Grandfather, it is not dangerous to respect uncle." What he said was not a question, but an affirmative sentence.

Jia Daishan felt that his little grandson was really interesting, and asked with a smile, "Why does Lian'er think so?"

Jia Lian still said very firmly: "I guess Uncle Jing will be fine."

"Why?" Knowing that Jia Lian is an adult, Jia Daishan couldn't help asking in a childish tone.Jia Lian's child really looks better the longer he grows. He is obviously a serious businessman, but he is cute no matter how he looks.

Jia Lian whispered something in Jia Daishan's ear again.Jia Daishan laughed, and said: "I am used to seeing Lian'er, I am afraid that my grandfather will look down on other people's children even more."

Jia Lian knew that he probably guessed right, so he couldn't help but look at Jia Daishan in admiration.If it is as expected, Jia Daishan's plan is too thorough and unexpected. If Jia Daishan is released to future generations, he may become a generation of military strategists.

Jia Daishan has confidence, and Jia Lian also has confidence. The rest of the Jia family did not know the news of Jia Jing's disappearance.Therefore, the entire Rongguo Mansion was still immersed in the joy of Jia Min's wedding.

Although Jia Daishan and King Zhongshun had a fight at the wine table, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's marriage went smoothly. Three days later, when Jia Min returned home and talked in the back house, Jia Lian saw Jia Min's face was ruddy Cheeks filled with joy, one knew that the relationship between Lin Ruhai and his wife was good.

On the other hand, Jia Jing's wife, Cui Shi, who came to talk with her, could not hide her haggard eyes even though she had carefully painted her makeup.Seeing this, Jia Min asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law Jing, have you been tired these days? Now that Brother Zhen and his daughter-in-law are pregnant, sister-in-law's busy days are yet to come. Don't be too tired right now."

Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law's pregnancy was originally a happy event, but Jia Jing's whereabouts were unknown, so Cui couldn't get pregnant no matter what, so she forced a smile to apologize.Jia Min is a transparent person, seeing that Cui Shi was still unhappy, he didn't ask any more questions, and said something else.

Jia Daishan was very busy these days, but on the day when Jia Min returned home, Jia Daishan freed up most of the day, talking to his daughter and son-in-law, and talking about the need for harmony between husband and wife, until after lunch, the newlyweds returned home , Jia Daishan returned to Lixiangyuan.

But Cui sent Jia Zhen to Lixiangyuan to ask if there was any news from Shandong.Jia Daishan shook his head and said that there is no clue now, Jia Zhen returned disappointed, and Cui's unavoidable suspense.

And King Zhongshun sent a team of cronies to Shandong overnight, and sent pigeons to the governor of Shandong to block all gates, checkpoints, and intersections leaving the province, and strictly investigate Jia Jing's whereabouts. Once found, let Jia Jing meet bandits. Whether it is captured alive or assassinated, Jia Jing cannot be allowed to return to Beijing.

In this era, there is no high-tech criminal investigation technology of the later generations. If a bandit is encountered on the road, it is very likely that he will die in a foreign country. At most, a group of bandits will be caught near the place where he was killed.If the local law and order is relatively stable and there are no bandits, it is not impossible to catch some beggars and refugees and frame them for crimes.

King Zhongshun commanded his minions to chase and kill Jia Jing, but at the same time, he never let go of Rongguo Mansion's every move.

At the wedding banquet of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min that day, King Zhongshun noticed that when he mentioned Jia Jing, Jia Daishan's face was worried about not being able to make a difference; On the way to reply, he was also thoughtful, and he didn't even realize that he was being followed by many people. Only then did King Zhongshun feel confident.

In addition, King Zhongshun also sent people to monitor Cui Shi and Jia Zhen.

Jia Daishan is an old fox, he doesn't show his emotions, not to mention his emotions, but he can make every move to be false and true. Whether Jia Daishan is worried about Jia Jing or not, he may be pretending to mislead himself. King Zhongshun dare not Believe it.Cui Shi and Jia Zhen are different.

Cui is Jia Jing's original spouse. The couple have been married for [-] years and have a strong relationship. Although Jia Zhen got married last year, she is still a young man. These two are not Jia Daishan. Both real and fake worries are written on their faces .

Cui not only visited Jia Daishan several times, but also went to the temple to ask for a lottery several times, and all of them were safe lottery; You can't fake your worries.

From the situation of Cui and Jia Zhen, it can be judged that Jia Jing must still be trapped in Shandong, so he cannot deliver letters to his family. This is the best time to intercept Jia Jing.King Zhongshun heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that everything was still hopeful to be remedied.

In the study room of King Zhongshun, Mr. Lu said to King Zhongshun: "My lord, I always feel that the theft of Governor Qi's mansion this time is very strange. Since Governor Qi said that the alliance book was not stolen, why did Jia Jing escape? If Jia Jing didn't suddenly Missing, I'm afraid Governor Qi will just treat it as an ordinary thief. As long as he sees that there are many important things, he may not be suspicious of Jia Jing. Jia Jing's escape will appear to be a guilty conscience, which will definitely cause the governor to intercept and kill him with all his strength. Then Jia Jing is a Jinshi who was admitted from the Kedi based on practical knowledge, and he is also a general, and his subordinates always think that he should not make such a low-level mistake."

Zhongshun Wang Qian'er was stunned by the news that Qi Chuan's mansion was stolen, and he didn't have time to think about the unreasonable things in it. Now, after listening to Mr. Lu's analysis, he also felt that Mr. Lu's words were reasonable.

So Zhongshun Wang said: "In Mr. Yi's opinion, why did Jia Jing escape?"

Mr. Lu shook his feather fan and said, "This subordinate can't figure it out either. This subordinate even thinks that Jia Jing is also leading the snake out of the hole."

King Zhongshun has a psychological shadow about the words "leading snakes out of holes". If he didn't want to lead snakes out of holes and use Jia Daishan's knife to destroy Situ Jie, it would not be Situ Jie's turn to speak nonsense in the court saying that it is better to inspect places sooner rather than later. Beating snakes with sticks will lead to inspections of five provinces, and there will be no inspection groups going to Shandong.

Fortunately, not only did the inspection team go to Shandong, but the governor's mansion in Shandong happened to be stolen at this time.

"What do you mean, sir?" In fact, King Zhongshun probably already guessed something, but he still couldn't help asking.

"My lord, first of all we guessed that Jia Daishan had vaguely guessed that we were the ones behind the tour of the Guangdong Sea, so we deliberately lured them away, so that Shandong was not on guard so that Jia Jing could steal the alliance book. But for Jia Daishan, the person behind this He may not be able to guess exactly which prince's mansion it is, so this time Jia Jing made a feint by stealing Governor Qi's mansion. If he escapes, he will be hunted down. Jia Daishan dare not follow Duan Da so as not to scare the snake; Now, by following the clues of those who intercepted and killed Jia Jing, they might be able to find us and bring out the real opponent."

Mr. Lu frowned, and his tone was a little hesitant. Obviously, after several rounds of fighting with Jia Daishan, Mr. Lu also knew Jia Daishan's ability.Because these few times, Mr. Lu's confidence is not as strong as before.

King Zhongshun pondered for a while, then asked hesitantly: "Then Mr. Yi sees that we need to stay dormant, so let Jia Jing go?"

This time, Mr. Lu shook his head resolutely: "My lord, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!"

King Zhongshun himself is also capable, so how could he not have thought of it?King Zhongshun took Mr. Lu's words and said: "This king also thinks so. Although Jia Jing was in charge of the Ministry of War and was responsible for patrolling the defense of Shandong, Jia Jing was also a well-known talent in the capital. Even if the alliance book was not stolen, only When Xiao was seen by Jia Jing, it was no problem for him to be silent. Just in case, Jia Jing must not stay here!"

Yes, in the face of Jia Jing, King Zhongshun and Mr. Lu couldn't be careless, so Jia Jing had to kill him.

At the junction of Dezhou and Beizhili in Shandong, Jia Jing had been lurking for more than a month with the two long followers given by Jia Daishan.Jia Jing saw King Zhongshun's minions checking merchants and pedestrians in Dezhou City, causing complaints.

In the city of Dezhou, a dark-skinned, muscular man mixed with the crowd waiting to go out, and complained: "I don't know what kind of Jiangyang robbers to investigate, and I haven't heard of any serious thieves. The regiment has just left Shandong, which bandits are scared out of their wits and dare not make mistakes at all, and they don't know why the investigation is so strict?"

When the black man talked together, there were inevitably more complaints from the crowd, and many businessmen who came and went agreed.

The black-faced man with half-lidded eyes scanned the crowd from the corner of his eye, and saw a man in a satin leather jacket with a lot of followers and a lot of horses transporting goods. He should be a merchant selling goods from the North and the South.

The black-faced man seemed to be very talkative, and he said to the businessman in the leather jacket: "This gentleman is transporting so many goods, I'm afraid the business will be huge. Then why don't you hire a boat to go along the canal, and spend so much time and energy on it?" Manpower and material resources, out of Texas."

The black-faced man didn't mention it, but when he mentioned the rich businessman, he couldn't help complaining: "Why didn't I want to take the canal? I don't know how many horses it takes to carry a cargo on a cargo ship. It's just that the city of Liaocheng was closed. It’s been a month, and they are only allowed to enter but not to exit. Many fleets waiting to go north to Beijing have been detained.”

Speaking of this, the businessman gave a rather smug smile, and continued: "Many caravans have been detained, and many in-demand goods in the north and the capital in the south are probably out of stock. The so-called scarcity is the most expensive thing. So I hired a caravan in Liaocheng, packed some fashionable, in-demand, and lightweight southern goods with horses, and went straight to Dezhou. Although the cost of hiring a caravan and guards is quite high, as long as these goods enter Beijing, the price will also rise. I’m not afraid that I won’t be able to earn back the extra money. It’s just that I’m in a hurry, and I have to enter Beijing before the opening of the Liaocheng Wharf.”

The black-faced man smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, I also came from Liaocheng. I used to do Lifu anti-big bags at the Liaocheng wharf, but now the wharf is not allowed, so I have nothing to do. I heard that there are many people going out of the city through Dezhou. I will come to Texas to try my luck and see if I can find some strength to do it. We farmers are not as smart as this master, so if you can be a rich businessman, I can only work hard to make money. Fortunately, parents With a lot of strength, there is always a way to survive as a strong man. The master will definitely earn a lot of money when he comes to Beijing this time."

Xu felt comfortable being flattered by the black-faced man. The rich businessman smiled and said, "I think you are an honest person. When I leave the city later, my goods are just about to be loaded. If you help me load them, I will not treat you badly. Remember to treat me lightly." Take it lightly, don't just try to break things."

The black-faced man smiled and said: "Well, thank you in advance, master. Don't worry, master, I have always done things safely, and I will definitely not damage your goods."

Because Shandong now strictly checks people who go out of the city, and they have to wait for half a day at the gate of the city. When this wealthy businessman was waiting to leave the city, in order to let the horses rest, the goods on the horses were unloaded first.Now it’s time to open the city gate, so it’s natural to reload the goods. Seeing that the line waiting to leave the city is not so long, the black-faced man and the rich merchant stopped chatting, and the black-faced man went to help the horse driver to re-load the goods basket. Get on the horse's back.

The rich merchant saw that the black-faced man was really quick and meticulous in his work, and he was very satisfied. The goods were all packed, and the rich merchant was about to give money.The black-faced man smiled honestly at the wealthy businessman, and said, "Master, I was going out of the city, so you just wait for me to get out of the city before giving me the money? You gave me the money in the city, and I have to wait in line to get out of the city later." , you just say that I am a member of your caravan, and it will be cheaper for me to go out with you."

Seeing that the black-faced man was simple and honest, the rich businessman nodded in agreement.The wealthy businessman was a close businessman, he had a guide, and the official asked a few questions as usual, and saw that the horse's cargo basket could not hide people, so he checked the appearance of everyone in the caravan one by one, and found that no one looked similar to Jia Jing in the portrait, Then he let the caravan go out of the city.

After leaving the city, the rich businessman gave the black-faced man a small piece of silver. The black-faced man was very happy, thanked him a thousand times, and congratulated the rich businessman on his fortune, before walking to the nearby village.

When he got to a secluded place, the black-faced man turned around several times, making sure that no one was following him, and then he went to a teahouse beside the official road outside the city gate.

The teahouse is just a thatched shed supported by a few pillars. Not only is it not strong at all, it also has no hiding place at first glance.The yamen servants in the city also went to the teahouse to interrogate him several times, but of course they found nothing.The officials guessed that Jia Jing would not hide in such a place, and gradually became slack and stopped investigating.

The black-faced man asked for a pot of tea, gulped it down, and waited for a while, as if he had to go to the toilet again because he drank too much tea.

After entering the latrine, the black-faced man did not go to the latrine, but pushed open a secret door on the back wall of the latrine and walked in. It turned out that this small latrine had a mezzanine on the back wall.Behind the secret door is a downward passage leading directly to a small basement.In the basement is another long-term attendant given by Jia Jing and Jia Daishan.

Poor Master Jing of the Ningguo Mansion, a Jinshi, has been hiding in the latrine for more than a month.

But speaking of it, being able to build a hidden pile beside the official road outside the city of Dezhou and put the hiding place under the eyes of the government, the person who built this hidden pile in the first place is also considered a bold and skilled person.But for so many years, this teahouse has been very peaceful, and this hidden pile has never been exposed.

The black-faced man's name was Cheng Jin, and he was exactly one of the two elders that Jia Daishan gave Jia Jing.Cheng Jin told Jia Jing one by one what he had inquired about, and Jia Jing heard that now Liaocheng is not allowed to enter and leave, so he thought about it for a while and said: "Tonight, let's go to Liaocheng, and then enter Shandong from Liaocheng."

The two elders obeyed Jia Jing's orders and had no objection to this.It seems that he doesn't care about the arrest of Jia Jing who is now all over Shandong, and he doesn't worry about the danger of going to Shandong again.

It was nearly half a month later, and King Zhongshun received countless reports from Shandong, all of which said that he had not found any trace of Jia Jing; except in Shandong, King Zhongshun also arranged meticulous operations to intercept and kill Jia Jing on the way back to Beijing. It is not so easy to return to the capital after leaving Shandong.

The strange thing is that Jia Jing seemed to disappear out of thin air, and there was no news of him.

But in the capital, because Jia Jing could not be found, there was always a big stone in King Zhongshun's heart. King Zhongshun these days can be said to have no taste for food and sleepless nights.

Originally, Shandong was not much farther away from the capital than Ping'an Prefecture, and the inspection team from Ping'an Prefecture had already returned to Beijing to resume their orders. The Shandong inspection team was still on the road and did not dare to return to Beijing because Jia Jing was missing.In Ping'an Prefecture, there are no major problems except that some small officials and officials have been found to be corrupt.As Emperor Jinghe, he knew the way of combining leniency and strictness, and he did not criticize. It is already a credit for Ping'an Prefecture to do this. He punished the officials with problems and rewarded Ping'an Prefecture's Jiedu envoy.

After a few more court meetings, every time Jia Daishan saw King Zhongshun, he still looked like a life-and-death friendship, making King Zhongshun's teeth itch with anger.

A few days later, King Zhongshun received an urgent message from Fei Ge: The Shandong Governor's Mansion was stolen again, and the alliance letter was stolen!