[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"Grandpa Bi, what a trick!" Seeing Jia Daishan and the others leaving, Jia Lian slowly led Jia She and the others forward and dismounted.

With Jia Lian's eyesight, he could see that Bi Yungan's son Bi Daxia slapped Jia Zheng just now for a reason.The seemingly light and delicate slap actually concealed inner strength, and Jia Zheng's face was not red or swollen, but the inside was extremely painful.I'm afraid that within half a month, the teeth on the left side of Jia Zheng's mouth will loosen and fall off one by one, leaving only two rows of teeth on the right side of the mouth.In the future, the "dog's mouth" can only be filled with "ivory"!

"Little General Jia is laughing at you." Bi Yun greeted Jia Lian with a smile like a neighbor's grandfather.

"Eunuch Bi killed the boy, how can the boy be worthy of your little general Jia!" Jia Lian bowed back and smiled.

"General Xiao Jia, don't be humble. In ancient times, there were twelve ministers of Ganluo and seventeen princes of Huo Qubing. General Xiao Jia has already defeated the Huns before he reached the weak crown. He is not inferior to the ancients. He has made contributions to the Great Zhou. He is worthy of being an old slave This sentence is general!" Bi Yun smiled and put one high hat after another on Jia Lian's head as if he didn't want money.

Seeing Jia Lian's repeated refusals, Bi Yuncai changed to the old address: "Young master is not yet a weak crowned official, so it is inevitable that all the officials will look down on you. The old slave heard that the emperor planned to crown the young master in advance, and gave him a sign Congratulations from this old slave!"

The Crown Ceremony is a coming-of-age ceremony for men of the Han nationality in ancient China.The crown ceremony means that a man has reached a certain age and can marry, and from then on, as an adult of the clan, he can formally participate in various activities.Only after the Crown Ceremony is held, can men transform from irresponsible "children" in the family into adults who formally enter society.

Jia Lian was also very happy to hear the news, but he was keenly aware that Bi Yun seemed to hesitate to speak.

"Brother, you go into the palace! Brother will join you later."

Bi Daxia cleverly said: "...Master, please follow the villain's side." To be honest, calling Jia Amnesty really embarrassed him for a second.Jia Amnesty is nothing more than a white man, a dandy of the Duke's Mansion, such a person can knock down a bunch of people in Beijing with a single plaque.If he wasn't Jia Lian's real brother, Bi Daxia wouldn't even notice him out of the corner of his eyes.Uncle Jia?Pooh!Who dares to call "Master" in the palace! ?Master Jia?Pooh!He even has a son, and he doesn't follow the path of a scholar, what kind of son is he called! ?After much deliberation, Bi Daxia also felt that the title Shi Ziye was the most appropriate.

Although Jia Daishan did not officially declare to the court that the eldest son Jia She was the eldest son, but preferred to value the second son Jia Zheng, but with Jia Lian here, is it afraid that Jia She will not be able to sit in the position of Rong Guogong in the future!

"Then... I'm going to trouble you, Eunuch! Brother Lian, come here sooner!" Jia Amnesty said without confidence.

"Let's leave too! For Chinese New Year, just buy whatever you fancy and put it in my account!" Jia Lian turned to face Ran Feng, Chi Cang and others behind him.

"Thank you, General!" "The general is bold!" "Haha! Let me help the general spread the money!" All the guards cheered in unison.

Some of the guards said unceremoniously: "General, remember to bring the imperial wine back for our brothers to enjoy the delicacy! I have never drank the imperial wine!"

"How can the royal wine be enough!? No matter what kind of royal wine and food there is, the general has to bring all of them back to open the eyes of the brothers! Don't you agree?" The only person who can be so rude is Ran Feng, the head of the personal guard.

"Nonsense!" Before Jia Lian scolded them angrily, Chi Cang had already punched Ran Feng on the back, reprimanded: "The general behaves in his own way...you don't need to remind the general to do the same! "

"Hahahaha!" The guards who originally thought that Chi Cang was really angry laughed.

Jia Lian rolled his eyes angrily, "They're not all good stuff! Raccoons of the same feather!"

The next moment, Jia Lian said in a serious voice with serious eyes: "Remember! Don't cause trouble outside! Otherwise, before Jing Zhaoyin comes to the door, this general will deal with you first! Do you hear me!?" mentioned in the sentence I'm afraid it's not as simple as hitting a military stick.

"No!" The guards all swept away their sloppy expressions just now, clasped their fists together, and responded seriously.

"Don't cause trouble, and don't be afraid of trouble! No matter what happens, as long as you are reasonable, the general will protect you!" Jia Lian is a very protective person, don't listen to his good words, in fact, he is a protective person who helps relatives unhelpful people.

"promise!"

Jia Lian trusts his personal guards, they are not gentlemen, but a man in the army is worth more than ten thousand gold.

"Go away! Seeing you little bastards, this general's heart hurts!" Jia Lian tried hard not to think about how much money he was about to lose.He is just a loose mouth, which leads to frequent financial losses. This problem needs to be corrected!

Jia Lianming was the youngest in the next year, but the guards didn't have any objection to what he said one by one. After laughing and cursing a few more words, they talked about what to buy for the family and left.

"The young master is both kind and powerful, and he is extremely loved by the soldiers!" Bi Yun praised.

"Okay, father-in-law, stop making fun of Lian." Jia Lian said indifferently.

At this time, Bi Yun and Jia Lian had already reached a hidden place under the palace gate, where they could see everything around at a glance, and Bi Daxia and other guards were guarding a hundred steps away.

"I don't know what the young master thought of the old slave's proposal earlier?"

"The young master is deeply favored, and he is familiar with the old slaves. I am afraid that the civil officials in the court have regarded me as a party, as a thorn in the side, a thorn in the flesh. In this way, we will not be in the same boat, help each other, and be each other's arms .”

In the words of Jia She, join the eunuch party, hello, hello, everyone, welcome to the eunuch party!

The Twelve Inspectors of the Inner Court and Jia Lian benefited from cooperation, and harmed both from separation. Bi Yun didn't think Jia Lian would be unaware of this.It's just that the servants in the palace have a bad reputation, and he was afraid that Jia Lian would make a wrong choice because of the rumors outside.

"Eunuch, what are you talking about? Lian still remembers that when he was a child, he was ignorant, always playing around in the palace, like that little monkey making trouble in the palace, which was very annoying. However, the father-in-laws didn't think it was annoying, but put their hearts into it. Take care, treat Lian as close as a nephew. Lian was raised by your father-in-law since he was a child, and he will also take care of your father-in-law until he grows old. Naturally, we will advance and retreat together if we have something to do." Jia Lian said sincerely.

Bi Yun was startled, and carefully studied Jia Lian's expression.

Based on his years of rolling around in the palace and his experience of looking at people with a pair of sharp eyes, it is natural to see that Jia Lian's words are not adulterated, they are completely sincere.

Bi Yun felt warm in his heart, those rootless people would not have offspring, and Jia Lian, the little guy they took care of since childhood, was considered their half son.

He suddenly had a feeling that my family had a child who had just grown up.

The old man turned his face away to prevent Jia Lian from seeing his reddish eye sockets.

"Since that's the case, the old guy Bi Yun won't repeat it."

Quickly calming down his mood, Bi Yun explained the influence of the princes.

"Although His Royal Highness has acted more absurdly and unpopularly in recent years, he is the most orthodox son of the Empress Yuan. However, many veterans and literati students still support him unswervingly. Five hundred soldiers. Moreover, the emperor dotes on His Highness the Crown Prince the most. I heard that the Emperor intends to delegate power to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recently;

Among the princes, the eldest son of the concubine Hui is the oldest, and the six princes of the same mother and compatriots rushed forward for him, and because of the support of Jingtai, a scholar of the Palace of Baohe, many Jingtai party members cheered for him , Fu Yi, the partial general of Fengtai Camp, is the eldest prince's man, and has three thousand soldiers of Fengtai Camp;

The Ninth Prince's biological mother, Concubine Hui, is of low status, she is only the daughter of a Shanxi merchant, but she is the most favored.There are several Jin people in the capital, and many Jin merchants are willing to follow the emperor's nine sons and provide countless money and food.The Eighth Prince and the Tenth Prince were wooing civil and military forces for them respectively. They seemed to be very powerful, but they had no soldiers at hand, but apart from gold and jade, they were the most vulnerable. "

"As for the fourth prince...Although he didn't really stand up, according to Dongchang's news, Xu Yijing, the censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, belongs to him." Bi Yun squinted his eyes, showing a chilling look eyes.

"Not only that, he also recruited a lot of small officials of the fifth and sixth ranks in private. Tsk tsk tsk! This fourth prince hides really deeply!" While pampering Xu Yijing, that bastard!people!Do you really treat them as fools by humiliating them all the time and sending people to show their favor?

"Then... what about the Seventh Prince?" Jia Lian asked with folded arms.It is always said that the Seventh Prince has a disability and it is difficult for him to ascend to the throne, but pardon his poor eyesight, he really can't see where the Seventh Prince is disabled! ?In front of the Gongsun Mansion, the Seventh Prince fought against the Crown Prince for him, regardless of whether he wanted something else, anyway, he accepted the love.

Bi Yun chuckled: "The Seventh Prince and his concubine, Concubine Gong, are smart people. Concubine Gong used to be a great court lady who served the emperor personally. Since the seventh prince was born, it was rumored that a person with a disability In fact, it’s okay to talk about it, but the Seventh Prince’s reaction was slow when he was a child, and when the palace people called him, he always had to speak louder. After diagnosis by the imperial physician, he came up with a saying that he was hearing incomplete due to insufficient nutrition in the womb.”

"Concubine Gong has served the emperor for many years, and she has a deep bond with the emperor. After this happened, the emperor felt sorry for their mother and son, and everyone in the harem loved them so much." The emperor is the son of heaven, heaven Naturally, his son cannot be disabled. Unless he is the founding emperor or all the royal families who are qualified to take the throne are dead, otherwise a disabled prince will not be able to sit in that position anyway.

Jia Lian signaled Bi Yun to continue talking, if it was just that simple, the Seventh Prince and Concubine Gong would not have won Bi Yun's admiration for cleverness.

"This sense of hearing is a very virtual thing. If you are happy, you can hear it; if you are not happy, you can't hear it. Who knows if you really hear it or you don't hear it." Bi Yun said inscrutablely.

Jia Lian understood.

"So, where are the father-in-laws going to settle?" Who are you supporting?

"Smart people always have the last laugh."

Jia Lian understood that the thoughts of Bi Yun and others coincided with his.

however……

"According to Lian's knowledge and what Eunuch said just now, the princes have many supporters, the seventh prince is inevitable..." Because the seventh prince has "incompleteness" and doesn't like to see people, Emperor Zhou Wen didn't order him to formally enter the court run errands.If there is no errand, there will be no disciples, and the mother's family is not prominent, and they can't give him much support.The only ostensible supporter is the father-in-law Shan Guogong Shi Zhenye, which is too rare.

"Young master, don't worry. We, the Seventh Prince, don't eat dry food. Zhang Xu, Minister of Rites of your elder brother's family, Kang Hetai, Minister of Officials, and He Zhe, Minister of Industry are also his people." I really don't know if I don't check. When they heard the news of Fanzi, the well-known Twelve Eunuchs of the Inner Court and several senior eunuchs were all stunned!

If it wasn't for Feng Zizhi, who was a keen child, and sent out a fan to monitor the actions of the people in Zhang's, Kang's, and He's families in shifts for twelve consecutive hours in January, they would really not have noticed that the Seventh Prince was ready to go. It has been a long time, and his strength is not inferior to the other princes at all.

Because of Feng Zizhi's close relationship with Jia Lian and because of Dai Quan's favor, he can be regarded as a child raised by several eunuchs.Moreover, Feng Zizhi was a man of good manners, respectful, polite, and capable, so they were also very optimistic about this child.

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows, and said reassuringly, "That's the best."

Seizing the throne is not an easy task.Except for the nouveau riche who really don't have a sense of proportion, whoever in each household is not the most important thing is the son, no matter how popular the son is, he can't inherit the family business.What's more, Emperor Wen of Zhou has always favored the prince for ten years.

Once you stand in line, it's okay if you succeed, but if you fail, it's hard to say that you have a head on your neck, even the whole family of Manfu will inevitably have their heads fall.

What's more, Jia Lian was also forced to accept the task - the battle for the reserve position!As long as the prince he supports fails to ascend to the throne of God, he will be punished by the seven clans.Jia Amnesty, Xiao Zhang, Jia Hu, Xiao Jia Lian, Jia's clan, the Lin family that Jia Min is about to marry...all his cherished family members will die.

"Lian is just afraid of being the king's forerunner and opening the way for the real dragon." The most fearful thing is that he will kill himself, and he will almost die. After the crown prince is finally removed, other princes will pick peaches instead.

"Our Imperial Horse Supervisor has three thousand soldiers and horses, but without the emperor's will, we will never use these three thousand soldiers and horses." Even if Bi Yun and others chose to side with Li Tianjie, they were always the last of Emperor Zhou Wen. Loyal servants, if the prince hadn't gone too far, they wouldn't have joined in this mess.

"There is also the East Factory." Bi Yun said slowly: "The old ancestors have instructed that the East Factory is under the factory master, and the post of factory supervisor is established to take charge of the affairs of the East Factory. The position of factory supervisor is handed over to the son. That child from Zhi." Although Dai Quan still sits as the director of Dongchang, Feng Zizhi will actually be the one who will talk to Dongchang in the future.

Jia Lian raised the corners of his lips, his eyes were full of joy for Feng Zizhi.

"My lord, the seats for the female relatives are on the other side. I don't know if the two young masters will be with the lord or his wife? The villain can arrange for the palace servants to lead the way." Bi Daxia asked with a pleasant smile.

"This..." Jia She hesitated.

Although Jia Hu is still young, he has already entered school and is his eldest son, so he should have been in contact with big scenes since he was a child.And little Jia Lian is too young, so let's go to the female relatives with his wife!

Just when Jia Amnesty had just made up his mind, little Jia Lian seemed to have sensed something, grabbed Jia Hu's hand and refused to let go, and stretched his mouth: "I want to sit with my little uncle and brother! Father, I want to sit with you!" Little uncle and brother sit together!!"

Jia She patted little Jia Lian's butt in embarrassment, "Stinky boy, don't make trouble here! Don't go with your mother!"

"I don't want it! I don't want it!" Little Jia Lian didn't care about it, and took a breath, his little face slowly turned red, and he was going to make a big move!

Bi Daxia was in a hurry, there should be no crying in the palace.

Jia Amnesty also knew this rule, and quickly threatened: "Stinky boy! Believe it or not, I will punish you without eating for three days!"

Little Zhang hurriedly pulled away little Jia Lian, gave him an annoyed look, and coaxed her own baby: "Lian'er is good, Lian'er doesn't cry. Mother will feed Lian'er something delicious later, okay? Go home." Afterwards, mother will give Lian'er some sweet water, okay?"

"Lian'er is not good! My brother didn't take Lian'er to my uncle's house to play!" Jia Hu reprimanded his younger brother with a serious face.

"Suck... Lian'er... Lian'er is good, Lian'er is going to play with mother, Lian'er is going to play at my uncle's house!" Little Jia Lian sniffed, fearing that her brother would really not take her to play with her little uncle's house, and promised.

"If mother says Lian'er is not good, brother won't take Lian'er to my little uncle's house!" Jia Hu patted his brother's little head with a sense of accomplishment.

"Lian'er must be good." Little Jia Lian reassured again, he had a good memory, and grabbed Xiao Zhang's sleeve, "Lian'er, be good, Lian'er wants to drink sweet water, sweet."

"Okay, mother will give sweet water to the obedient Lian'er when she gets home." Xiao Zhang looked at the two sons with a smile.

After Xiao Zhang and others comforted Xiao Jia Lian, Bi Daxia who was beside him breathed a sigh of relief, and took out a sweat towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm really bothering my father-in-law." Xiao Zhang said apologetically.

"Ma'am, please don't say that. A villain can't be the father-in-law of your wife, just call him Daxia. General Xiao Jia is very kind to the courtiers. The villain is also thanks to General Xiao Jia to be able to be with his godfather." It is not an exaggeration to say that they are benefactors of the next life." Bi Daxia smiled kindly.

"The villain has already made arrangements. Madam, please take the young master and accompany this maid to the side hall to sit down! The dinner party will begin immediately." The location of the dinner party was originally set up early, and each family and each mansion reserved it. good location.Unexpectedly, Jia Lian brought his female relatives into the palace, Bi Daxia quickly arranged for people to adjust their positions.

"Ma'am, please." Bi Daxia is the godson of Bi Yun, the eunuch in charge of Shang Baojian, and even he wants to please him. Naturally, the little maid did not dare to underestimate him, and said with a low eyebrow.

The maid led Xiao Zhang and Jia Lian into the side hall of the women's family, and Bi Daxia led Jia She and Jia Hu to the place arranged for Jia Lian earlier in the morning.

"Brother Daishan's eldest son Shoucheng, the second son's literary talent is extraordinary, and the youngest son is even more extraordinary! He has made great achievements at a young age, and was named General Zhaolie from the fifth rank by the emperor. He really has no son like a tiger!"

"That's right! Brother Daishan's three sons are all dragons and phoenixes among men! The blue comes out of the blue!"

"The story of General Jia's deeds in the Northwest has been spread all over the capital. As soon as storytellers in the streets and alleys, restaurants and teahouses start telling stories about General Jia, they immediately attract a lot of people. The common people love to listen to it!"

During the banquet, the nobles and generals sitting next to Jia Daishan kept praising Jia Daishan for his good teaching skills. During the conversation, he focused on praising his youngest son Jia Lian.

But Jia Zheng who was sitting next to him was particularly embarrassed, he was sitting beside him as a living person, and those nobles and military commanders mentioned him in a word, most of the words were constantly praising Jia Lian, As if he didn't exist.

Jia Daishan didn't realize that the people who answered him were all nobles and military generals of the eldest prince's party. The officials of the neutral faction deliberately kept a distance from him, while the officials of the Prince's Party and the Ninth Prince's Party either ignored him or showed malice on their faces.

"My lord, this way please."

Jia Daishan thought it was the eldest son of some royal family who came, so he looked up.

"Cough! Master." Jia Amnesty originally wanted to pass by quietly, but seeing that he was seen by Jia Daishan, he had to stop and salute.

"You... why are you here? Cough! Didn't you say that you are unwell and want to rest at home? How do you feel now?" Jia Daishan blurted out in surprise for a moment, but soon felt wrong, and said in a late-morning way.

"Brother, if you are not in good health, don't try to force yourself. Both the master and the old lady are very worried about you." Jia Zheng looked like he cared for his brother, but his cheeks hurt when he opened and closed his mouth, and he couldn't stop twitching. , making him look a little weird.

Jia Amnesty was polite, and said to Jia Zheng's words as if he was unknown: "Master Lao is concerned, my son feels that his body has recovered."

"By the way! Brother, how did you enter the palace without the guidance of the master? Could it be that you entered the palace in the name of Duke Rong? There is a fixed number of places for this palace banquet. Since the eldest brother has entered the palace, the younger brother should leave first. !” These words portrayed Jia She as a disrespectful, contemptuous playboy, and set off himself as a friendly elder brother, a modest gentleman who pays attention to family dignity.

"It's just nonsense! Hurry up and leave!" Jia Daishan looked displeased, thinking that Jia Amnesty really used his name as Duke Rong to enter the palace.