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

The night was already quiet, but Lai Shangrong's voice was heard far away, and the entire Rongguo Mansion heard it. Jia Ke and Jia Lang were both young. Hearing this creepy sound, Jia Ke was so frightened that his mouth shrank, and Jia Lang simply cried. stand up.

Lai Shangrong's eyes were dazzled by the sudden appearance of the torch, and he lost the opportunity just by this one.In front of a master like Wei Jiu, losing the opportunity is almost like losing his life. In the blink of an eye, the dagger in Wei Jiu's hand pointed at his Adam's apple.

Lai Shangrong knew that Wei Jiu's trick was to kill him, and as soon as the dagger came up, Lai Shangrong felt that his life had been handed over, and he screamed in fright.In fact, Wei Jiu's kung fu has been practiced to the point where he can send and receive freely, and he only slightly scratched his Adam's apple, which barely scratched the skin.

Against the backdrop of the torch, the beads of sweat on Lai Shangrong's face were particularly conspicuous. Wei Jiu's dagger was still pointed at Lai Shangrong's throat, but he did not move forward.

Lai Shangrong let out a howl, and found that Wei Jiu had no intention of killing him at all. He stood there panting for a long time, and then said tremblingly: "Like... like a shadow?"

Like a shadow is a legendary killing technique, and it can no longer even be called kung fu.Once entangled by someone who will follow you like a shadow, it will be like a gangrene, you will either be killed or kill the other party, and usually, it is the former.

According to legend, the last descendant who followed him was recruited by King Chang'an. When King Chang'an was retreating steadily, King Chang'an made a desperate fight and sent the descendant who followed him to assassinate the general Jia Daishan, but failed.Jia Daishan was also the only one who escaped from the hands of the shadow follower. Some people said that Jia Daishan's martial arts were unfathomable, and the shadow follower had already died in his hands.This rumor is untestable, and Jia Daishan never admitted it, but since then, King Chang'an followed the law like a shadow, but it has been lost since then.

How could the successor who followed like a shadow be in Jia's mansion?Could it be that Ruying Accompanying was not killed by Jia Daishan back then, but suddenly betrayed King Chang'an and took refuge in Jia Daishan?

Lai Shangrong's face was covered with cold sweat, his pale face was illuminated by the flames, and there were faint green faces and fangs.After a while, Lai Shangrong dared to raise his head to look at Wei Jiu: "No, you are not, you are not the same age, you are not the same age." When it came to the latter one, the fear on Lai Shangrong's face faded a little, as if he had convinced himself I believe that Wei Jiu is not like a shadow.

This is the first time Jia Lian has heard of the shadow accompanying him. Jia Daishan had never told him about Wei Jiu's origin before, and Jia Lian had never asked him either.Some people seem to be just ordinary people, but they have special identities and shoulder special missions. Once their identities are revealed, they will be put in danger instead.Therefore, Jia Lian never inquired about what Jia Daishan didn't want to tell him.

Jia Daishan raised his head and stared at Lai Shangrong with lightning eyes: "You know that shadows follow you?"

Lai Shangrong's face changed, and he trembled again: he saw the killing intent in Jia Daishan's eyes.

Lai Shangrong shook his head and said, "No, I don't know, I just heard it mentioned occasionally."

"Who told you? Where did you learn your kung fu?" Jia Daishan asked.

Lai Shangrong suddenly grinned: "Grandpa, you killed my whole family. Our enmity is higher than mountains and deeper than seas. I wish I could tear you to pieces! Do you think I will tell you?"

As soon as Lai Shangrong finished speaking, Wei Jiu slightly moved forward with the dagger, and Lai Shangrong was so frightened that he quickly shut up.

Jia Daishan said: "It's fine if you don't want to say it. When you escaped from the mansion, you were still a half-baby who didn't know any kung fu. It's only been ten years, and your kung fu has improved so much. You don't need to guess what you are practicing. Xuanmen is authentic. There are only a few evil arts in the world. How much money did you pay for this whole body of martial arts? What is the price?"

When Jia Daishan said a word, Lai Shangrong's heart skipped a beat. After asking a few words, Lai Shangrong was already trembling with fright, but because he was afraid of Wei Jiu's dagger, he forcibly restrained himself from moving his neck. weird.

Back then, for this kung fu, he endured a lot of hardships. Not only did he have to study hard, but he also had to soak in medicinal baths and drink medicinal wine every day. When the effects of the medicine came up, it hurt his bones, but every time he passed a test, his kung fu improved a level. .Over the past ten years, Lai Shangrong has become a very powerful master. Even Qin Yue and Mother Fan can't stop him.

At one time, Lai Shangrong was very conceited, thinking that he had few opponents now.In addition, he had already found out that Tan Yue had already left Beijing to escort Jia Jing to patrol the border. He hated Jia Daishan so much that he returned to Beijing, thinking that this time he was determined to win.Unexpectedly, Jia Daishan was so old and cunning that he kept even more powerful masters in the capital.But after ten years of hard work and hard work, he was able to achieve the best tricks under Wei Jiu's hands.

While Lai Shangrong was disheartened, he turned his head to Wei Jiu and said with a sneer: "At the beginning, my grandfather worked for the Duke of the country all his life. What will happen to my father's generation, this strong man must know. The strong man now If you work hard for the Duke, aren't you afraid that you will end up like my father in the future? A strong man is skilled in martial arts, and he is far away from this Rongguo Mansion, so he can do nothing but trap himself here and serve as a thug for others. Is it worth it?"

Lai Shangrong saw that he could not escape today, so he resorted to a plan of divorce.

After hearing what Lai Shangrong said, Wei Jiu didn't even raise an eyebrow.Seeing that Wei Jiu was unmoved, Lai Shangrong was about to say something else when Wei Jiu suddenly said, "Your father, you should die! You should die even more!"

After saying this, before Wei Jiu moved, Lai Shangrong trembled in fright, begging for mercy, "The strong man spares his life, the strong man spares his life!" It was as if he was born without a spine.No wonder the generations of the Lai family have been slaves. Even though some people have learned all the skills, they never thought about standing up.

"Where is the book of war?" Wei Jiu asked in a low tone, expressionless.But to Lai Shangrong's ears, this voice was like a black and white impermanent calling bell.

"Wh... what art of war?" Lai Shangrong was still pretending to be confused.

Wei Jiu is not a person who talks about it. Seeing that Lai Shangrong didn't say anything, he directly handed the dagger forward. Lai Shangrong said, "I'll say it, I'll say it."

As he spoke, he stretched his hand into his arms.Wei Jiu's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he picked Lai Shangrong's wrist with his shot.Lai Shangrong is not a weak person. Seeing Wei Jiu slashing at him with a dagger, he hurriedly stepped back, turning his wrist upwards, and the ghost knife in his hand danced into an afterimage.

Seeing this, Jia Lian leaned against Jia Daishan, raised his narrow-backed saber to protect Jia Daishan.

Unexpectedly, Lai Shangrong was faster and Wei Jiu was faster. With a flick of his arm, the dagger plunged into the afterimage-like light of the knife at an unimaginable angle, followed by another scream.It really follows like a shadow, treating swords, lights and swords as if they were nothing!Wherever the target is, Wei Jiu's dagger will follow. Apart from this, Wei Jiu may not have other eyes.Because he couldn't see anything else, he couldn't see Lai Shangrong's saber light, and that's why he wouldn't be timid. Wei Jiu's kung fu looks very chic, but it needs a person with an extremely firm mind to practice it.As long as there is even the slightest fear and hesitation, it is not Lai Shangrong's tendon that will be broken under this move, but Wei Jiu's wrist.

Jia Lian saw a ghost knife fall to the ground, and the purple blood was scattered on the ground, but Lai Shangrong couldn't stop crying.Lai Shangrong is only in his 20s. Men of this age are at the time when their vitality is vigorous, and the arterial blood should be bright red. Jia Lian looked at the pool of purple blood on the ground, and then glanced at Lai Shangrong's pale and bluish face. , faintly feel that the so-called evil work is probably to use some kind of medicine to improve the body's function in a certain period of time, but if it goes on for a long time, it will probably be harmful.

Lai Shangrong's ghost knife landed on the ground, clutching his wrist, and the ninja said in severe pain: "The book of war has been handed over to Mr. Hanguan, it's useless if you kill me now." Lai Shangrong was not Wei Jiu's opponent in the first place, but now Wei Jiuyi When he shot, he broke the tendon of one of his hands. Lai Shangrong knew that he would not escape today, so he couldn't help feeling discouraged and regretful. He looked up at Jia Daishan with hatred in his eyes and said: "The man who was buried up to his neck in the loess is dead. Still so cunning!"

Jia Daishan was noncommittal, Wei Jiu turned the dagger upside down, and the handle of the knife knocked on the vein of Lai Shangrong's remaining hand.With a wave of Jia Daishan's hand, someone fetched beef tendon and tied Lai Shangrong up.

Another person put on gloves and touched Lai Shangrong's arms again. There was no military book, but there were many darts, thunder and fire bombs, locust stones and other things.If Wei Jiu's quick eyes and hands hadn't prevented him from reaching into his bosom to take the book of war, Lai Shangrong would have fought to the death and taken a hidden weapon to injure others.

Lai Shangrong was quickly tied into a rice dumpling, and Jia Daishan sent someone to carry him into the stone house.

Jia Daishan's energy was getting weaker and weaker, so he was not in a hurry to interrogate Lai Shangrong, but sent people to guard the stone house in shifts, and the others went back to their rooms to sleep.

Since Jia Jing set off, Wei Jiu has been living in the main courtyard of Lixiangyuan, Jia Daishan has lived in Jia Lian's small courtyard, and Jia Lian has lived in the small study.Jia Lian's arrangement was just in case, after all, Lai Shangrong came back after learning a whole body of evil skills, if he had the temperament of exalting Mi En and fighting Mi Qiu, he might come back to seek revenge from Jia Daishan instead.But Jia Lian was really on guard.

The next day, the grandparents of the Jia family and Wei Jiucai interrogated Lai Shangrong together.

Although Lai Shangrong has learned a lot of kung fu, in terms of force value, except for Wei Jiu who specializes in killing techniques, he has rarely met opponents.However, the slaves of several generations of the Lai family have no backbone. Lai Shangrong couldn't stand the torture to extract a confession, so he was recruited after a short period of time.

Just like what Jia Daishan said, there are very few in the world who sell evil skills.After the rebellion of King Chang'an, while Emperor Jinghe worked hard to govern, he was also very taboo about the banning of chivalrous use of martial arts, and wiped out many evil schools and crooked ways.Since then, even though some evil sects are still lingering, they have all turned to covert activities, not daring to carry out activities with great fanfare.The Huagu Building has not been seen for more than [-] years. I did not expect Lai Shangrong to be able to find it.

According to what Lai Shangrong said, he had an adventure after escaping from Rongguo Mansion, and watched with his own eyes a man kill a bodyguard team and rob the bodyguard money.Later, he thought that all his family members had been taken care of by Jia Daishan, and that he was no worse than the children of officials and eunuchs, but he was at a loss overnight, so he boldly asked that person to teach him kung fu.

The man refused at first, but later Lai Shangrong said that he was willing to buy it with money, so he was taken down to Huagulou.

Of course, Huagu Building is not a building. After Emperor Jinghe ordered to destroy evil ways, Huagu Building also turned into underground activities.And the person in charge of Huagulou is exactly the surname Lou.

Lai Shangrong was still a child when he entered Huagulou, and he thought he had an adventure, but Jia Lian had gone through a lot of cases, so after thinking about it for a while, he knew that the so-called adventure was probably arranged by someone with a heart.It's the same as when Li Qing entered the Mercy Charity Hall.

"Are there still many people practicing evil skills in Huagulou?" Jia Lian asked.

Lai Shangrong had been beaten all over his body, he just glanced at the bone-beating whip in Wei Jiu's hand, and trembled with fright, and he had nothing to hide, and said, "Not much more, this skill is difficult and hard work. , and it is easy to go crazy, even the people in Huagulou, not many people practice it."

Hearing this, Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief: Lai Shangrong is soft-boned, and when he meets Wei Jiu, who is so narrow-minded, the brave wins, he is cowardly before fighting, so he is captured without a fight.But if there are countless Lai Shangrong in Huagulou, and there are still people who are more determined than Lai Shangrong, it is a very difficult matter. No matter how powerful Wei Jiu is, there is only one.

"It's funny to say that you, a person who can't bear the torture to extract a confession, can bear the hardships of practicing evil kung fu."

As soon as Lai Shangrong heard these words, he seemed to think of the hardships he endured during the practice, and he could not help but tremble, his face full of frustration and fear.Jia Lian also understood Lai Shangrong's reaction. He was able to endure those hardships at the beginning, probably because he had hatred in his heart, and hatred is also a terrible motivation.Probably there were people around him who kept irritating him with words, intensifying his hatred for Jia Daishan.

But when Lai Shangrong and Wei Jiu met face to face and lost, they lost confidence and vented the hatred that had been strengthened by external forces. When people have no confidence and hope, they can't persevere in doing anything.Not to mention that he can't bear the torture to extract a confession, even if he throws the evil skills in front of Lai Shangrong now, he may not be able to persist.

At this point, Jia Lian asked where Huagulou is currently active, what is the name of the person in charge, and what he looks like.

Of course, Lai Shangrong just recruited, and it wasn't that he didn't care about it.Jia Daishan asked a painter to paint a portrait of the host of Huagu, and after the painting was finished, he asked what the host of Huagu looked like, asking repeatedly.At the beginning, Lai Shangrong made up things randomly, and every time he said something different, of course he would be severely beaten. After repeating this several times, Lai Shangrong didn't dare to lie anymore, and every time he said the same thing, the artist roughly sketched out the truth. The appearance of the bone building owner.

Then, Jia Lian began to ask other questions, such as who ordered Lai Shangrong to steal the book of war and so on.

According to Lai Shangrong's confession, after he finished his studies, he originally wanted to sneak into the Rongguo Mansion directly to take revenge, but was recognized by Wang Ziteng on the day he entered the city.

Wang Ziteng is still serving as the school lieutenant of the Beijing Camp, and he will patrol the city gate guards. It is normal to meet Lai Shangrong at the city gate.Lai Shangrong thought that Wang Ziteng was an in-law of the Jia family, and originally thought of going to a secluded place to end Wang Ziteng.In the end, Wang Ziteng not only invited him to drink, but also complained that Zhou Rui's family was originally his capable servant, but later he loved his sister and married Jia Wang's.

Lai Shangrong remembered that when Jia Daishan purged the slaves, Zhou Rui's fate was no better than his own, so he changed his attitude towards Wang Ziteng, and he has been living in Wang Ziteng's mansion ever since.

As for the book of war, needless to say, Jia Daishan's ancestors and grandchildren all knew that it was probably when the Jia Zhu brothers and sisters went to Prince Teng's mansion to celebrate his birthday.Since Lai Shangrong settled down in the Wang family, it is not surprising that he steals the military book.

After Jia Lian waited for the three to listen, Jia Lian suddenly asked, "What kind of eyes does the Bone Master builder have?"

Lai Shangrong was stunned for a moment, and described the appearance of the host of Huagu, Jia Lian turned to look at the painter again.The painter nodded. Jia Lian knew that Lai Shangrong was telling the truth this time, so he skipped the section about the appearance of the original host for the time being.

Lai Shangrong stared at Jia Lian for a while, then smiled bitterly and said, "No wonder when I lived in Wang Ziteng's mansion, I heard that Rong Guogong was so difficult to deal with. It turns out that Rong Guogong has such a helper. You are not afraid that Huiji will hurt!"

Jia Lian's questioning was repeated over and over again, and there was no way to find any rules. Therefore, as long as Lai Shangrong concealed a little, he would be interrogated by Jia Lian.Later, in order to avoid the suffering of flesh and blood, Lai Shangrong also cooperated more and more.

After confirming the general appearance of the landlord of Huagu, Jia Lian asked about the art of war.

Lai Shangrong sneered and said: "His prince is no more than a small lieutenant, he calls me around as a servant, and wants to use me to steal military books. If there is such a good thing, why should I give it to him if I stole it? Father-in-law, you are so powerful, you know that I would like you to set up an ambush to arrest me, but your grandson Jia Zhu is so stupid that he turns his elbows outward, ha, ha ha." Lai Shangrong laughed a few times, then stopped.His skin was torn apart by the bone whip, even if he laughed out loud, his body hurt.

"You don't want to be driven by Wang Ziteng, but you are only driven by others. Later, who did you hand over the book of war?" Jia Lian asked.

"Mr. Hanguan. Jia Lian, didn't you show off at the trial of the third division? You don't know who Zhen Hanguan is?" Lai Shangrong said.

The answer was not what a few people expected, and Jia Lian asked Lai Shangrong some scattered questions. These questions seemed useless, but they could test the reliability of Lai Shangrong's information.Then he asked where Huagulou was going now, and after drawing a map, Jia Lian helped Jia Daishan out of the stone house.

Wei Jiu was still used to being alone, so he went out of the stone house, clasped his fists at Jia Daishan's grandparents, and went back to his own room.

Jia Lian helped Jia Daishan back to the house: "Grandfather, I think there is a fraud."

Jia Dai smiled: "Yes, there is fraud. Zhen Hanguan can play and applaud an old fox like Dai Quan for more than ten years, but how can he not see that Lai Shangrong is just a soft bone. Sending Lai Shangrong to us seems to be deliberately lured. Let’s go to the Bone Building. Didn’t Dai Quan use Hu Boda’s killer Miechang and the Jade Shop back then because he knew that those killers were not strict with their mouths, and if they confessed to the Hu Family Village, they would be able to bring out the Fifth Prince?”

"But what's the use of leading us to the Bone Building? Ambushing in the Bone Building and killing us all? If this Mr. Hanguan is really smart, and he is the one who has set up the big picture these years, he has actually fought against us countless times. It's time for the round. How could he not know that even if we went to Huagulou, it would not be so easy for him to fall into his trap. Knowing that we can't do it, we don't act like a smart person." Jia Lian said, half analyzing, half talking to himself .

Jia Daishan nodded and said, "What Lian'er said is true, but this Mr. Hanguan just did it."

Jia Lian bowed his head and meditated on the meeting, and suddenly the four words "Bomb Crater Theory" appeared in his mind.On the crater theory!The so-called bomb crater theory is that in the era of the Communist Party, the probability of a shell exploding again in the same crater was very low, so when soldiers encountered carpet bombing by shells, it was safer to hide in the crater that had just exploded.To put it bluntly, the most dangerous place is the safest.

"Grandfather, smart people don't fall into the same pit twice, do they?" Jia Lian's eyes suddenly lit up and asked Jia Daishan.

Jia Daishan knew what Jia Lian was thinking again, and nodded with a smile, "That's true. If he falls twice, it can only prove that this person is not smart enough."

Jia Lian went on to ask, "Will the smart man jump into the same pit on purpose again, will he be caught by surprise?"

When Jia Daishan heard this, his expression became serious, and he said, "What do you mean by Lian'er's words?"

"If Zhen Hanguan has been lurking beside Dai Quan since more than ten years ago, he has been Dai Quan's counselor, and since the Kingfisher failed to kill his grandfather with poison, it has been Zhen Hanguan's scheme. Then, when Uncle Jing went to Shandong, it was actually the Zhen Hanguan has lost to us."

Jia Daishan looked at Jia Lian kindly, waiting for him to continue.

Jia Lian continued: "Actually, it's not that Zhen Hanguan fell into the same pit twice, but Zhen Hanguan bet that we wouldn't jump into the pit we are familiar with. Since Zhen Hanguan stole grandfather's art of war, grandfather All the strategies in the book of war are familiar to us. According to common sense, if Zhen Hanguan wants to plot against us, he should not use the strategies we have used. Let me ask, who would jump into it knowing that there is a hole in the ground. Therefore, Sun Guess, Zhen Hanguan designed a strategy that we are not only familiar with, but also used.

At that time, Uncle Jing visited Shandong with a tour group, first leaving Dezhou and then entering Liaocheng.This time, the strategy used by Zhen Hanguan was adapted from the strategy used by Uncle Jing to go to Shandong.Zhen Hanguan told us the location of Huagulou through Lai Shangrong. According to common sense, we must be suspicious. Not only will we not go to Huagulou, but we will also take strict precautions to prevent them from coming to Liaocheng again from Dezhou like Uncle Jing. Rongguo Mansion assassinated.

Then, our attention is trapped in the capital.If at this time, Zhen Hanguan caught Uncle Jing by surprise again, the odds of winning would be greatly increased. "

"But Uncle Jing has been out of the city for more than ten days. Even if we chase him, we may not be able to catch up. Zhenhanguan is going to assassinate Uncle Jing, so there is no need to send Lai Shangrong to us?" Jia Daishan asked with a smile.

Jia Lian said: "Yes, Lian'er also felt that Zhen Hanguan was unnecessary, but because of this, Lian'er was worried that he would take action. Assassinating generals is a small way, and it is a bad policy. Even if you want to assassinate a general, you should do so when the two armies are at war. At that time, the opponent had to change their generals in front of the battle, so as to disturb the morale of the army and stabilize the situation. Although Uncle Jing is going out to patrol the border, he is not a general in the front. Although assassinating him is a loss of a capable person to our court, it is also important to the entire army. As far as the situation is concerned, the influence is limited. People like Zhen Hanguan, what they want to do is to influence the major events of the court."

After a pause, Jia Lian said to himself again: "If I were Zhen Hanguan...it would be terrible!"

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