The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 372 Anxi Jiedushi

"Who are you? Get out of here!"

For Han people, discrimination and hostility towards Hu people are inherent.

What's more, the officials in the border city didn't dare to offend Jiedushi's brother-in-law, but they didn't take a barbarian man seriously.

Jia Lian didn't pay attention to these little officials. He took off the beard robe covering his head, revealing the pure and handsome Han appearance.

With a fixed expression on his face, the extraordinary majesty that has been in the top position for a long time, looking down on all beings from the clouds, radiated out all at once, making all the people around him stare blankly.Vaguely, it seems that one can feel that the man in front of him is not as ordinary as his clothes.

Including the Xue brothers and sisters, they also showed surprise.

When they saw Jia Lian, they recognized that Jia Lian was the young Hu man who sold jade pendants in the wine shop.But he didn't expect that after Jia Lian took off his beard robe, he would look like such a handsome and resolute Han Chinese!

He walked up to them as if no one else was there, and stretched out his arms. Seeing this scene, the Xue brothers and sisters subconsciously stepped aside and handed over their father to this stranger who had only seen two faces.

Jia Lian helped the second master of the Xue family, and while frowning for his sick and weak body, he said gently: "Uncle Shi, go down and rest, here, leave it to me to deal with."

People who are seriously ill, no matter how angry they are, the possibility of dying is very high.

"you……"

The second master of the Xue family stared wide-eyed, but he still didn't recognize who Jia Lian was.

When the other people around heard that Jia Lian called the second master of the Xue family as "Uncle Shi", and also stated that he wanted to help the Xue family deal with the troubles before them, they all opened their eyes wide.

Could it be that this person is the Xue family?But judging from the reactions of the members of the Xue family, it is obviously not like it.

Looking at the sword on his waist, could it be that he is a wandering knight, seeing injustice on the road, he strikes out righteously, intending to uphold justice?
If this is the case, then it is, too unwise!The other party is an official post, and there are also people from the Jiedu Mansion.

In this huge Anxi Mansion, the Jiedu Envoy is the sky, and anyone who dares to oppose the Jiedu Mansion will die without a place to die!

"Where did you come from, a barbarian who doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth, what are you still doing, why don't you take this thief down!"

The skinny young man who claimed to be Jiedushi's brother-in-law was already out of temper, but when he saw Jia Lian brazenly making trouble, he immediately jumped up, calling on the people around him to do something, and of course labeled Jia Lian a thief.

The second master of the Xue family thought for a long time and really couldn't remember who Jia Lian was. Looking at Jia Lian's appearance, he knew that he had good intentions for him.Fearing that Jia Lian would suffer, he wanted to persuade him to leave.

But before he could speak, Jia Lian immediately pulled out the sword from his waist after releasing him, and put it directly on the skinny young man's neck!
Because Jia Lian's movements were so smooth and smooth that they were completed almost instantly, everyone present, including the skinny young man himself, did not react at all.

"If you want to live, just shut up."

Jia Lian's voice was indifferent and cold, making one's heart chill.

"You you..." The thin young man's face was as pale as frost, and the icy breath coming from his neck frightened him, and his body involuntarily wanted to retreat and escape.

But after that, it didn't hurt too much, but there was a feeling of warm liquid flowing between his neck, which made him know clearly as if he had understood the six senses, it was caused by the sharp sword cutting his neck.

He has no doubt that as long as he dares to make any changes, his head will be in a different place the next moment!
The desire to survive made him desperately control his body and fight against his body's instincts. In the next moment, his legs softened and his body collapsed uncontrollably. A heat flow from his internal organs also rushed out of his body and wet his clothes. Pants, dripping to the ground...

"Bold, don't let go of my uncle..."

At this moment, no one observed the miserable state of the skinny young man.Everyone around was startled, the officials retreated one by one, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate immediately surrounded them.

Jia Lian's sword was still pointing between the skinny young man's neck, and he didn't pay attention to his bloody appearance. He didn't even look down, but just glanced at the city gate official with a relatively calm expression at the moment, Said: "Call your garrison here, the general has something to say."

Hearing Jia Lian calling himself the general, the onlookers looked even more shocked.

The adjutant was thinking about how to rescue the skinny young man from Jia Lian's sword, and he was shocked when he heard this.

Jia Lian's demeanor and indifferent tone made him subconsciously want to obey orders.

He found it incredible.

At this moment, he had two completely different thoughts.

One is to reprimand Jia Lian, save the little uncle, and then use this to get closer to the Jiedu Mansion, so as to rise to power.The other, following the voice in his heart, carefully asked Jia Lian's identity...

While calculating gains and losses, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the sword in Jia Lian's hand!

It was a sword that was tempered with golden light, not only the blade was glowing with cold light, but also the inscriptions on the blade were wrapped around it.If you look closely, it looks like an engraved dragon pattern.

The adjutant was shocked.

Although the imperial court did not prohibit martial arts, nor did it prohibit ordinary people from carrying swords and other normal weapons, but who would dare to engrave dragon patterns on their sabers?

This sword is not only engraved with dragon patterns, but also tempered with golden light.Even if he has not seen what the Shangfang sword used by the emperor looks like, he still knows that this kind of standard sword is definitely not available to ordinary people!
If the other party is really a barbarian, it can be said that he despises the royal power of the Central Plains, but this person clearly has a pure accent from the capital.

"Dare to ask... Your Excellency?"

Jia Lian followed the adjutant's gaze and looked down at the sword in his hand, and didn't answer him, but said: "If you don't call your guards again, this man will bleed to death, and then don't blame the general for failing to do so." remind you."

The adjutant hurriedly took a look at the uncle who looked like a dead dog under Jia Lian's sword. The icy sharp sword was placed on his neck so casually, as if killing the uncle casually was no more than a trivial matter. It's just a pile.

The adjutant immediately knew that this situation was not something he could handle, so he had better stabilize Jia Lian first, and then invite the garrison over.

So he bowed his hands to Jia Lian, and then sent someone to ask for guards.

The skinny young man sitting on the ground and his entourage were originally waiting for the adjutant and others to rescue him, but who knew that the adjutant, who held dozens of officers and soldiers, seemed to be afraid of Jia Lian, but when they heard Jia Lian's order, they were immediately anxious stand up.

The skinny man didn't dare to speak, fearing that Jia Lian would finish him off with a shake of his hand, but his cronies couldn't control him anymore.

"What a reckless boy, do you know who my young master is?
He is the brother-in-law of our Lord Jiedushi!

How dare you do harm to our young master... You, you, if you want to survive, you'd better let my young master go now, and then kowtow to my young master to beg for mercy, maybe you still have a way to survive. "

If it weren't for the extremely vicious people, or the generals who were used to fighting in battle, no one would draw their swords to kill.

That's why Jia Lian's actions just now shocked everyone.

At this time, when he came back to his senses and regained his senses, they shouted and cursed and advised Jia Lian, but no one dared to approach him.Not only afraid of Jia Lian's sharp sword, but also afraid of Jia Lian accidentally killing the skinny young man.

Those officials who did not discover the dignity of Jia Lian's sword like the adjutants were also standing in the distance at this time, using words to suppress Jia Lian.

Jia Lian glanced at these low-ranking officials, although he knew that they were afraid of the power of the big officials in the frontier, but he allowed a dude to do evil in their territory without daring to dissuade and stop them.

It can be seen that this place where the emperor is far away is definitely not a special case.

Moreover, this situation will exist for a long time, and it cannot be reversed in a short period of time by one person.

But Jia Lian is a person with great ambitions. Along the way, he also intends to take the similar border officials in his eyes to manage people's livelihood.

If one day in the future he has the ability to change this situation, he will naturally do something.

Although he is still far from being able to do it right now, at least he can straighten out what he sees, and shock the world within a limited range.

The second master of the Xue family also recovered from the shock at this time, he took a step forward with his son and daughter, and persuaded: "This... General, please think twice, this person is from the Jiedu Mansion after all, if you kill him, I'm afraid it will bring trouble to the general..."

Although the second master of the Xue family has some insight, he is not in the officialdom after all, he only sees that Jia Lian's status may be extraordinary.Judging from Jia Lian calling him uncle before, it should be a descendant of a family friend.

He guessed that Jia Lian should be a young general who accidentally bumped into him here being bullied, so he offered his help.

However, even if Jia Lian's family background is extraordinary, this place is Anxi Mansion after all.If the Jiedu Mansion was offended, Jia Lian's life might be in danger.

Therefore, he advised Jia Lian not to be impulsive.The big deal, he gave up his property to protect his family, and just paid more goods.

Looking back, using the power of the family, maybe you can get some justice, there is no need to fight desperately with the other party.

And the brothers and sisters of the Xue family, who were also a little scared by Jia Lian's actions, looked at Jia Lian with worried eyes at this time.

Jia Lian showed a non-obtrusive look towards them, then flicked his sleeves, and looked around at the people who only dared to use their tongues.

"Don't say it's just Anxi Jiedu Envoy's brother-in-law, but Anxi Jiedu Envoy himself. If he dares to oppress the people of the country and marry the women of the people, I will behead him!"

Crazy, everyone around thinks Jia Lian must be a lunatic.

But if Jia Lian even dared to say such a thing, it would be impossible for him to let his uncle go.Therefore, even though they were numerous and mighty, they did not dare to act recklessly. They could only wait for the guards to come and subdue villains like Jia Lian.

"The brother-in-law of Anxi Jiedushi? As far as I know, Yangwuhou Baiqi's wife, Cui Shi, is the only daughter of the Cui family in Hedong. I don't know, where does she have a younger brother?"

Princess Zhaoyang is waiting here with Jia Lian.

Originally, she was planning to watch a play, and wanted to see if Jia Lian was the real girl, so she made a special trip to help the family out?

Later, she also became angry when she saw these officials conniving the dudes to trample on the laws of the country.

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang coming forward, the skinny man would have been blindfolded if he had been placed before, but at this moment under the threat of death, he dared not have any other thoughts.He was afraid of offending Jia Lian and the others, so he hurriedly said, "My sister is the third wife of Mr. Jiedushi Xinna..."

"Oh, it turns out that he is just the younger brother of a concubine. So I feel relieved..."

Princess Zhaoyang smiled knowingly.

Many other people also realized that the skinny man was not Jiedushi's genuine brother-in-law at all, but just a concubine.

But even so, Jia Lian and others dared to treat him like this, but they were not small.

"Bold, where did you come from, how dare you call Lord Jiedushi by his name!"

A servant seemed to see the relationship between Princess Zhaoyang and Jia Lian, and pretended to reprimand him, but held a dagger on his back, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to catch Princess Zhaoyang and save his son.

But before he exerted his strength, another woman stepped forward from the crowd, a cold light flashed in her hand, and the servant fell to the ground.

The people around were shocked!

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian and others really dared to kill in public!
The officers and soldiers around couldn't stand anymore, and they all gave the adjutant a wink.However, although the adjutant frowned, his eyes stopped.

This woman seems to be...

If he hadn't misheard just now, the other party actually called himself "Ben Gong"?
Although there is no such name for the frontier fortress, as an official of the court, how can he not know that this is the exclusive name for the nobles in the palace!
But how is this possible, how could the nobles in the palace appear here! ?

Just as suspicious as the adjutant was the middle-aged man who had advised the skinny man not to cause trouble for the Jiedu Mansion.

He carefully looked at Princess Zhaoyang who was wearing a barbarian cloth, and his expression changed instantly.

After hesitating for a moment, he stepped forward two steps at a time, and then under the attention of everyone, he knelt on the ground with a plop:
"Slave Bai Sheng, kowtow to miss Biao, kowtow to princess!!"

The onlookers couldn't help being shocked again at this time.

"Isn't that person the master accompanying my uncle? Why did he kneel down and call that barbarian woman...princess?"

"That's right, he's from the Jiedu Mansion, and he's usually very arrogant, even when he sees the garrison, he doesn't answer. What's going on?"

Princess Zhaoyang frowned and glanced at the middle-aged man kneeling in front of her, then asked casually: "You are from Yangwuhou Mansion, do you know me?"

"Back to the princess, this servant is from the Marquis of Yangwu, one of the servants that Lord Hou brought over from the capital after he became the envoy of Anxi Jiedu.

When I was in the capital, I was lucky enough to see the golden face of the princess, so I recognized the princess..."

The voice of the middle-aged man was very humble and nervous. When he spoke, his head kept knocking on the ground, and he didn't dare to lift it up at all.

Princess Zhaoyang was silent for a moment, then laughed at herself and said, "It's hard for you, you can still recognize me in such a dress."

"The princess has golden branches and jade leaves. When I was a child, I often came to the mansion. I was lucky enough to see the princess from a distance, and I dare not forget it until I die..."

A few words from Princess Zhaoyang and the servants of the Marquis of Yangwu caused an uproar in the surrounding area.

The adjutant was the quickest to respond, and immediately knelt down and said, "Qu Wu, the humble officer of Wutuo City Dianjun Academy, see Your Royal Highness!"

A young man in his 20s, holding a Shangfang sword, with a princess beside him...

Such a combination made Qu Wu immediately think of two people.

Send off the envoy Jia Lian, and Princess Zhaoyang who was going to make peace with Wala!
In this desert, which is thousands of miles away from the capital, Shang Fang's sword and the princess can appear at the same time, only these two people can appear.

Although it stands to reason that these two people should be at Ganning Pass now, or on the way back to Beijing, they shouldn't be here.Because according to reliable sources, although Princess Zhaoyang was robbed once, she was rescued by imperial envoy Jia Lian.

This is also an important reason why Jia Lian's heroic deeds can be spread in the desert.

But he dared not gamble.

Because even if the guess is wrong, the two can be convicted according to law afterwards.

But if the guess is correct, then whether it is the imperial envoy or the princess, it is obvious that low-ranking officials like them cannot offend.

When Qu Wu knelt down, the other people, whether they were officers, soldiers or ordinary people, looked at each other, without any hesitation, they all knelt down and congratulated loudly.

At this time, Aqi had already taken over the skinny young man from Jia Lian, so Princess Zhaoyang walked to Jia Lian's side, saw Jia Lian looking down at her, and explained: "My biological mother came from the mansion of Marquis Yangwu, and the Marquis of Yangwu is me now. Dear uncle, he served as the governor of Anxi a few years ago."

"I see."

Jia Lian understood.It turned out to be the nephew of the empress dowager's natal family. With such a relationship, as long as it's not too useless, it's not surprising that the Jiedu envoy sits on one side.

However, although this Anxi Mansion is remote and barren, its territory is larger than that of several provinces in the Central Plains combined, so it is naturally more important and more powerful than the Jiedu Envoys who only sit in one state and one capital in the Guan.

Seeing Jia Lian's eyes thinking, Princess Zhaoyang couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "Did Erlang blame me for coming out and stealing your limelight, so that you didn't show more performance in front of the little beauty?"

Jia Lian smiled.

Originally, he really didn't want Princess Zhaoyang to reveal her identity.

Although this is Han land, after all, it is on the border, and there may be potential dangers, so I want to find out the situation here first, and then we can talk about it after making sure that there is no danger.

Now that we know that Princess Zhaoyang is the niece of Anxi Jiedushi, and this place is Anxi Jiedushi's territory, I can rest assured.

And the following things can also save a lot of trouble.

(End of this chapter)