The Second Master of the Red Chamber

"Second Master."

Seeing Jia Lian coming out, Zhang Yong and others stepped forward one after another, looking at Jia Lian with concern.

Jia Lian looked around, his face became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "Why are you alone?"

Facing Jia Lian's questioning, Zhang Yong's thick and dark face instantly fell down, and the others also showed sadness.

Zhao Sheng stood up and said: "Back to the second master, we have suffered a lot this time!
On the way to escort Miss Aqin back, we encountered an enemy attack... In addition to the few brothers who died with the second master before, there are only three people who followed the second master on this trip, except for us. Those who are seriously injured cannot come to see the second master for the time being.

None of the others came back. "

Jia Lian took a deep breath and asked again, "Where is Wang Teng?"

Zhao Sheng clenched his fists tightly, with a painful look on his face, "When he broke through the siege that day, he fell off the horse with an arrow. Brothers, he couldn't be saved..."

Jia Lian was silent.

Looking at the seven or eight personal guards who were almost all wounded in front of them, the passionate boys who were encouraged by him to practice bravely in Dongkuayuan came to mind.

Except for Zhang Yong and five people, there are twenty in total.They are all young and strong servants carefully selected by him in the two mansions after he took over the title!

Now, just... one, two, three, four, and five left?
There is also Wang Teng, who followed him when he went to Yangzhou to pick up Daiyu.

At the beginning, he was appointed by the imperial court as a food security officer, and he went north to the border with Prince Teng.Because Wang Teng's name violated Wang Ziteng's taboo, he regretted not taking him there.

He was the most excited about this trip to Wala.Who knew, he became the first among the five of them to be shrouded in horse leather!
Although Jia Lian trained his personal guards strictly from the beginning.But he also knew that the more than 20 people under his account were far from the real elite soldiers.

Once they face the enemy with real swords and guns, their survival rate will be much lower than that of veterans who have experienced many battles.

But from an emotional point of view, he still hopes that his personal guards will live well and live as well as possible.

In fact, if he hadn't been in danger this time around, the personal guards under his tent could have been tempered slowly.As long as he, the lord, is not in danger, his personal guards will naturally not be in too much danger.

Unfortunately, the first time they entered the battlefield was in this dangerous situation.

Twenty recruits, only five left! !

As for the few who are recuperating... It's been almost two months, and it's almost time for their injuries to heal. At least it won't be a problem to welcome him.If you can't come, you probably won't be able to fight with him in the future.

At this moment, even Jia Lian didn't have any good words to appease the only remaining guards in front of him.

"Where are the injured brothers?"

"They are recuperating in the previous yard..."

Jia Lian nodded and walked down the cave in silence.

The guards behind him followed silently one by one.The excitement and excitement of seeing Jia Lian's safe return before was gone.

But they are very grateful.

From Jia Lian's silence, they could all feel that Jia Lian was deeply saddened by the casualties of the guards.

Most of these personal guards, their ancestors actually served under the account of Second Duke Ning Rong.They also know that on the battlefield, it is their duty and their honor to protect the general's safety with their own personal guards.

But they are also human beings with personal emotions.To be able to die for a general who values ​​them and cares about their lives is to die without regret.

Back in the courtyard where he stayed, Zhao'er and Ah Qin also came to welcome him.Jia Lian's gaze paused for a while on Ah Qin who was dressed in military uniform. After realizing that she was doing nothing wrong, she turned her gaze away and came to the bodyguard where she was recuperating from serious injuries.

The three guards lying in bed were very excited when they saw Jia Lian.However, Jia Lian didn't say much, just looked at each of them a few times, and suddenly turned to face Zhang Yong and the others.

"After the peace talks between the two countries, I will have people retrieve all the bones of the dead brothers, burn them, and bring them back to the Central Plains.

Those who couldn't find the bones would find some objects from their horses and residences and burn them instead.

You, Zhao Sheng, are responsible for this matter.Remember, those who sacrificed this time are our brothers and our relatives!We can't let our relatives have no place to rest their souls after death, so you have to take care of this matter. "

"Yes! I would like to obey the order of the second master!" Zhao Sheng, who was ordered, immediately paid homage and knelt in a military salute in admiration.

As for the others, especially the three who could only be recuperated in hospital beds and are doomed to be permanently disabled, their complexions turned red, and they turned down to express their loyalty to Jia Lian regardless of their injuries. meaning.

The king treats his ministers like brothers and sisters, and the ministers treat him like his heart!Perhaps not everyone of Jia Lian's personal guards understood this truth, but at this moment, when they knew that Jia Lian treated them with relatives, they all felt that being able to be loyal to a master like Jia Lian, even if it was death, would not be worth it. So terrible.

……

Because Jia Lian was delayed for more than a month in the desert, the mission to send relatives back to Ganning Pass had already returned to calm.

Whether it was the appeasement of the casualties before, or the handover negotiations with the new Oirat envoy, they were almost completed under the auspices of Xiang He.

Regarding these matters, Jia Lian did not intend to intervene too much.Although he is an envoy, since Xiang He and others have finished the work, he is not someone who likes to pick other people's peaches.

This time, he had earned enough credit and prestige, and he was happy to give up such small credits to the people below, and took this opportunity to rest for a few days, waiting for Emperor Ningkang's will.

However, he wanted to be idle, but idleness was destined not to like him.When Xiang He reported to him the tentative results of the negotiations with the Oirat envoys, Jia Lian immediately appeared in the mission hall.

"The above is the period of time. We have revised the terms of the letter of credence with the Oala envoy. If you have any opinions, you can discuss it. Especially, regarding the other party's desire to change their eldest prince to marry my imperial princess. One point, should we seriously consider..."

Xiang He read the newly revised several regulations to the members of the mission, and finally took a look at Jia Lian who was sitting at the head, and said so.

In fact, the letters of credence between the two countries had already been signed when the third prince of Wala arrived in the capital of Wei State.

It's just that due to the change of Zhanghe Beach, both countries have reasons to tear up.Now that due to various considerations, neither side has done so, the previous credentials are naturally still valid.

It's just that in view of the fact that Wala broke the contract first, it is natural that he can no longer completely follow the previous credential. No matter what Wala has to let some benefits come out, otherwise Wei's face will be embarrassing.

Therefore, the newly revised terms are to tilt the interests that should have been originally from the Oala side to Wei's side.

This was originally a relatively simple matter. They had already discussed with the envoys of Wala, and they just waited for the first draft to be sent back to the capital for Emperor Ningkang to review.

An official stood up and said: "This time the letter of credence has been revised, Oala's sincerity is still very high, and he has made concessions on several clauses. Obviously they are indeed aware of their mistakes, and they are willing to contribute to the friendship between the two countries. Diplomatic atonement.

As for their new proposal that the eldest prince should marry the princess of my dynasty, the lower official thinks that there is nothing worth discussing.

The 'Song Ye Wang' also said that this move was just Oala's act of compensation for the betrayal of their third prince's treachery and the betrayal of the alliance between the two countries.King Wala personally confessed that if Princess Chaoyang is safe and sound, they are willing to let their eldest prince marry Princess Chaoyang, and the previously agreed marriage conditions remain unchanged.

The King Song Ye also said that although their eldest prince already had a prince and concubine, in order to show their respect to my superior state, they would relegate the original prince and concubine to a concubine, and I would take the throne as the princess.

And during the negotiations, in order to get us to agree to this, Wala not only promised to reduce the border tax by half of the two countries' mutual trade within ten years, they even agreed to our condition of purchasing another [-] war horses.

From this point of view, the Wala people have a sincere heart of repentance, and their heart of begging to marry Princess Chao is also very sincere.

This time, we will take this opportunity to win more benefits for the imperial court. Presumably His Majesty will be delighted if he knows about it. "

The words of this official are also the thoughts of most of the envoys.

Originally, they have already agreed on this matter, and they will send it back to the capital. As long as Emperor Ningkang does not reject it, then they have made great contributions.

As for Emperor Ningkang, will he dismiss it?Obviously not.

The princess who was originally going to marry in the past can still gain a second wave of benefits for the country, why not do it?
The so-called good girls don't marry second husbands, anyway, Princess Zhaoyang has a marriage with Wala.Now that Wala is still willing to marry, and the conditions are more favorable than before, what is the use of not marrying Wala?

I'm afraid that every family in Beijing would not be willing to marry a princess who is a widow...

Therefore, they don't feel that their approach is wrong at all.Everything is for the national interest.

There are also sharp minds.

They had already discussed this matter, but now Xiang He suddenly brought it up, and today the unprecedented Jia Lian appeared.

From Xiang He's reaction, it is not difficult to guess that Jia Lian should be dissatisfied with the result of their negotiation.

Those with higher EQ are not difficult to understand.Jia Lian and Princess Zhaoyang had a close relationship, and this time they traveled thousands of miles to escort Princess Zhaoyang back. After nine deaths, they may have a different affection for Princess Zhaoyang, so naturally they don't want Princess Zhaoyang to marry to Wala.

Although he could guess the reason, he didn't mean to curry favor with Jia Lian immediately.After all, they are fighting for the interests of the court, even if Jia Lian is powerful, he can't do anything to them because of this, right?

So, those who see through, don't speak for the time being.

Those who have not seen it through, naturally echo what the previous person said.

Jia Lian sat at the top, silently looking at these people in front of him, feeling outraged in his heart.

But he didn't show it.

He just looked coldly at those who spoke, and when they gradually noticed his gaze and became quiet, Fang sneered, "My lords, do you really like to rely on women to get promoted and get rich? If it doesn’t work once, do you still want to sell it a second time?”