The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 469 Assassination
"who?"

Just after Jia Lian put the guard and others under house arrest, on the way back to the residence, a slender and vigorous black shadow flashed across the high wall in front of him, which immediately caused the soldiers to shout and be on guard.

"Whoo~!"

With the sound of a sharp arrow piercing the air, it pierced through gold and cracked rocks and rushed towards Jia Lian.

The faces of the guards changed drastically. Fortunately, someone reacted in advance and pushed Jia Lian away, barely avoiding the attack.

Seeing that he missed a hit, the black figure didn't even think about it, he immediately jumped off the wall and ran to the dark place.

"Chasing!" Liu Xianglian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jia Lian was fine, but her personal guard, Feng Fei, was shot.

"There's no need to chase."

Jia Lian looked very calm. Seeing Liu Xianglian and the others looking over in surprise, he said, "I know who is trying to assassinate me. There may be more than one assassin. You can't mess around and light up all the places in the government office. Hurry up and patrol."

"Yes……"

……

The news of the imperial envoy's assassination spread like a gust of wind.

"These salt merchants are really brave! What should I do..."

Inside the government office, Wu Zhirong kept complaining, knowing that the trouble was getting worse, but he had no choice but to change his official uniform immediately, and headed for the Xunyan Yushi Yamen.

Along with him, there are two acquaintances, and several colleagues from Yangzhou Prefecture who heard the news.

But after entering the Yamen of Xunyan Yushi, Jia Lian was not seen, only some murderous officers and soldiers threw them in the compound and ignored them.

After a long time, a low-ranking official affiliated with the Xunyan Yushi Yamen revealed the news to them:

Although the imperial envoy was fine, he was very angry.

Undoubtedly, Wu Zhirong and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt anxious, wondering how Jia Lian would react after being assassinated.

This is something no one expected.

The prefect Wu Zhirong and others received the news, so the salt merchants would naturally know as well.

The Wang family, Wang Shanxiang, who is the vice president of the Salt Company, was stunned when he heard the news.

"Who did it?"

He couldn't figure out who had such courage.Even if it was him, he just mentioned it casually that day, and if he was really asked to do this, he still had great concerns.

His wealth in his name is more than a million?With a lot of wealth, when accumulating these wealth, you do more bad things, and you always have less fear in your heart.

But no matter what, anyone who was born in this world still has some respect for the imperial power.

"Is it that old fox Zhou Boru, or the Bai family?"

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, but Wang Shanxiang still planned to go to Zhou Mansion.

Usually, everyone would go to the Zhou family to discuss important matters related to the entire salt business. This is the tacit understanding of the salt merchants for so many years.

Although everyone is in a competitive relationship, the profit of the salt shop is too great, and they must unite to avoid being taken advantage of by outsiders.

Wang Shanxiang was suspicious, and so were the other salt merchants.

In Zhou's manor, Zhou Boru was like everyone else when he heard the news, thinking that some of his colleagues could not sit still, violated his plan, and took the lead in attacking Jia Lian!

When he was angry and wanted to call other family members to question him, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He has served as the chairman of the Salt Industry in Yangzhou for many years. If he has an understanding of the entire situation in Yangzhou, he ranks second, but no one dares to recognize him as the first.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that in the current Yangzhou City, no one should have a reason to kill Jia Lian.

Although Jia Lian was sent by the emperor, it was a knife hanging over the heads of all their salt merchants.So they had the motive to attack Jia Lian, but it was not yet time.

Although Jia Lian seemed too greedy and domineering that day, according to their plan, they were able to force Jia Lian to take the initiative to retreat.

Now that their plan has not been implemented yet, who has a fever to assassinate Jia Lian?

Excluding the salt merchants, only those in the Salt Transport Division remained.But most of those officials were not low-level officials, even if they were afraid that Jia Lian would find out their criminal evidence, they would not dare to do anything to Jia Lian.

After all, even if Jia Lian died, the imperial court would immediately dispatch a stronger lineup.At that time, they will be the same, and they will even die even worse.

Only the salt merchants, who have powerful means in the court, dare to have the courage to assassinate the court officials, because they are sure to suppress the matter through their connections after the incident.

That's what happened to An Siyuan.It's just that something went wrong in the end. The power behind them didn't completely suppress the matter, which led to the imperial court sending a Marquis of Zhenyuan down.

Just as he was thinking, his son came in to announce, "Master, Mr. Bai and other gentlemen from several other families have all rushed over for the assassination of the imperial envoy."

"Let them in."

……

Just when the salt merchants gathered together, doubting and attacking each other, a group of people rode to the gate of Yangzhou city.

"Open the gates!"

Although according to the time, it was already time to close the city gate, but because the person who came was the person guarding the side, and he was carrying the token of the guard, the city guard did not dare to violate it, and ordered the city gate to be opened.

"I don't know it's so late, what did the garrison ask you to open the city gate?"

"You shouldn't ask too much, don't ask."

The people around the chief are somewhat stinky, and the city guard can only bear it.

But not long after, he heard the faint sound of gold and iron horses coming from outside, and the city guard turned pale with fright.

Could it be that some bandits are going to attack Yangzhou city?

Soon he realized that he had guessed wrong, it was the officers and soldiers of the brigade who came, and as the officers and soldiers entered the city, he also understood the general idea of ​​the matter:

An assassin tried to assassinate the imperial envoy in Xingyuan, the imperial envoy was furious, and sent troops into the city to arrest the assassin!

This……

Yangzhou City is a bit chaotic.

At night, ordinary people can hear people riding horses on the street, as well as the sound of swords and soldiers.

The common people didn't know what was going on, so they could only close their doors and hide at home to pray to Buddha for safety.

Those who are more courageous can only dare to climb the ladder to the wall and look outside, but they can't see what's going on.

Patrolling Yan Yushi's yamen, Wu Zhirong and others waited for most of the night before finally seeing Jia Lian.

Jia Lian came out wearing a cloak, and was supported by a group of personal soldiers, staring at them expressionlessly.

"grown ups……"

Several chief officials of Yangzhou City, who usually stomped their feet, would shake Yangzhou City three times, but now their faces were full of anxiety.

Jia Lian waved his hands and danced his cloak, with a sense of freedom and elegance.

"I know what you are here for, I can only tell you that I am fine, but by my side, the brother who has been loyal and loyal for many years, is hard to cure, almost endangering his life.

Therefore, I am in a very bad mood, can you understand, my lords? "

Only now did Wu Zhirong and the others realize why Jia Lian hadn't summoned them after they had been here for so long, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial army, although they ignored them, had the intention of guarding them.

It turned out that the imperial envoy suspected that some of them were plotting wrongdoing.

"My lord was shocked, it was the officials and others who neglected their duty. Don't worry, my lord, I will immediately let the officials, officers and soldiers of the Yangzhou government arrest such audacious villains..."

"No need. The assassin has been captured."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, officers and soldiers immediately lifted a man who had been beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face and was also dirty all over.

As soon as this person saw Wu Zhirong, he immediately stepped forward like a dog and called out, "My lord, help~!"

Wu Zhirong's complexion suddenly changed, he retreated quickly, and shouted: "Where did you come from, I don't know you at all! The imperial envoy is wise and powerful, and he knows every detail, so don't try to bite this official and deceive him. How dare you assassinate the imperial envoy?" , It’s really cowardly, there is only one dead end.”

While scolding, Wu Zhirong looked at the expressions of the people around him.

Seeing that other officials were looking at him in awe, Wu Zhirong's heart sank, and he hurriedly said to Jia Lian, "My lord, please be careful. I really don't know this person, and I definitely don't dare to be disrespectful to you, let alone Maybe send someone to assassinate my lord.

There must be someone here, who wants to deliberately plant and frame the lower officials, the adults must make decisions for the lower officials, don't be fooled by the villains. "

Seeing Jia Lian's indifference, he began to suspect in his heart that it was when Jia Lian wanted to charge him with charges that he heard Jia Lian say indifferently: "Why are you panicking? I have already interrogated him clearly. This person belongs to the salt merchant Zhao's family. House slaves. Hehehe, I have not attacked them yet, but they have preemptively attacked them. Is this because I have nothing to do with them!"

Wu Zhirong's expression suddenly relaxed, and he could hear the murderous intent in Jia Lian's tone, and he immediately echoed, "What a lifeless Zhao family sent someone to assassinate your lord, and I'll send someone to arrest the Zhao Ye family and their children." Catch and bring to justice..."

"No need, I have my own opinion, you just wait here. I would like to remind everyone, before I come back, you adults had better not leave this place, otherwise it will cause some misunderstandings, it would be bad."

After finishing speaking, in front of Wu Zhirong and others, Jia Lian got on his horse and led a group of personal soldiers around the side door, and ran out of Yushi Yamen.

Wu Zhirong and the others changed their expressions. They looked at the guards who were meticulously guarding the entire compound. They looked at each other, and they all saw that something was wrong.

After staying in the compound for a while, and seeing Gao Kui in the side courtyard through the corridor, Wu Zhirong and the others turned even paler.At this moment, no matter how dull he is, he knows that something big is going to happen.

(End of this chapter)