The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Until Xie Jun arrived with the officers and soldiers of the Bingma Division, Duan Wangshizi and others did not leave, so the arrest work went smoothly.

But there was also a lot of noise.

After all, there were a large number of these clan disciples, and after they were arrested, they kept shouting and cursing, causing countless people to watch and discuss.

"My lord, who are the people who have been arrested..."

Xie Juan's face turned pale when he heard those clan disciples self-reported threats to their family.He received Jia Lian's order, saying that someone formed a group to scold the emperor and asked him to bring more people to arrest him. He only thought that they were the children of ordinary families. Who would have expected that these people, without exception, were all the children of the clan?And there are two people in the lead, one is the son of Prince Duan, and the other is the son of Prince Zhongshun!
Xie Juan felt that he trusted his lord too much, and if he continued to do this, he was afraid that the black hat would be hard to protect.

"Why, are you afraid?"

Jia Lian looked at the road ahead, and looked at Xie Jun playfully.

Xie Jun's face turned bitter, "Your Excellency, of course you are not afraid, you are the Marquis, and you have the support of the imperial concubine, so naturally you are not afraid of them, but if your subordinates are missed by them, you have to raise your hand to deal with them..."

The fourth prince next to Jia Lian looked down on his appearance, and scolded: "You are a worthless coward, not just a few dudes, who scare you like this, but you are still a leader, it's really embarrassing to our military officer of Wei! "

Xie Juan was furious when he heard the words: "Where did you come from such a brazen little boy, I am talking to my adults, how can you interrupt?"

The fourth prince's white and tender face suddenly froze, his mouth was slightly opened, and he couldn't utter a word after being scolded.The others, including Jia Lian and the two brothers Zhang Su and Zhang Tao, were also stunned, staring blankly at Xie Jun, who capitalized the word "serve".

Well, there is no need to wait for these dudes to clean you up.

But one can't completely blame Xie Jun. He felt that he was in a bad mood when he caused the trouble, and he didn't dare to take his anger out on Jia Lian. At this time, the fourth prince came to mock him, which naturally became his punching bag.

After all, the fourth prince who just came out of the brothel was dressed as a son, and at first glance, he was indeed no different from a little boy.

Seeing that the fourth prince's expression changed again and again, he was about to get angry. After all, it was his subordinate, Jia Lian quickly smoothed things over and said: "Those who don't know are innocent, he doesn't know His Highness's identity, I hope His Highness will be magnanimous and forgive him for his disrespectful words. "

Now Xie Jun was also stunned.

The person who can make Jia Lian salute and plead guilty, and call him "His Royal Highness", no need to ask, he has already guessed that he is an awesome person.

He trembled all over, and without caring about anything, he quickly turned over and got off the horse, knelt down on one knee in a hurry and pleaded guilty: "The death penalty for a humble job, I don't know if it's His Highness who insulted you with words in person, please come down..."

The Fourth Prince's face was gloomy. It was the first time someone pointed at his nose and scolded him at such a big age.Even if Wei Xian was a child, he would at most name him by name, call him a little boy, a brat like this, and he wouldn't dare to give Wei Xian ten guts.

He wanted to get angry, but thinking about it, Xie Jun was Jia Lian's subordinate after all, and his official position was low. Rather than care about it, it seemed... not so elegant.

Just in time for Xie Juan's sincere and apprehensive look, he asked him to confirm that this guy really didn't recognize him, so he glared at him angrily for a few seconds, and finally waved his hand and hummed: "Stupid guy who doesn't have eyes, this time in front of you adults Come on, I will spare you just once, if you dare to scold me next time, I want you to look good."

After finishing speaking, he beat the horse and walked to the front of Jia Lian.He felt that it must be because he followed Jia Lian just now that the warrior underestimated him. Now he walked in front of Jia Lian to see who would dare to underestimate him.

Hearing that the fourth prince claimed to be the king, he wanted to die because he really wanted to cause trouble. He didn't understand the other words of the fourth prince at all, so he could only nod like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Get up."

Jia Lian also felt speechless. Seeing him standing up tremblingly and still wiping his forehead, he was obviously frightened, so he laughed and scolded: "Okay, Your Highness is the most magnanimous and righteous, and he keeps his word. Since he said to forgive you, he will definitely not embarrass you again."

"Yes, yes, thank you, my lord, for pleading for mercy for my humble job. I have nothing to repay you. From now on, this life of a humble job is considered to be yours. My lord tells me to go to the east, and my lord will never dare to go west. My lord calls me to catch the dog." , a humble job will never push chickens..."

"Sycophant." The fourth prince in front cursed secretly, but his nose was raised high, and the horse started to run briskly.Obviously, Jia Lian's "objective evaluation" of him made him very happy and satisfied.

At the front, the officers and soldiers of the soldiers and horses, who were pushing forward with a group of clan children, were also guilty.

Finally, he knew that his commander was holding the formation in person, so he could barely maintain the formation and head to the base camp.

Suddenly saw a group of soldiers and horses approaching, forming a formation to block the way forward, and everyone stopped together.

"Who is coming?"

"Let Jia Lian come out to see me."

Jia Lian already knew that the way back would not be smooth, otherwise, he would not have fought with the fourth prince in person, but would have gone straight to the palace to face the saint.

Riding to the front of the battle, Jia Lian cupped his hands and said, "Jia Lian has seen Uncle Qiu, but I don't know what is the business of Uncle Qiu leading troops to my nephew's territory?"

Qiu Liang, the commander of the Zhongcheng Bingma Division, is the grandson of Jing Tianhou. He is an old friend of Jia's mansion, and Jia Lian is also familiar with him.

Qiu Liang looked at the clan nobles who were guarded by officers and soldiers on the ground, his eyelids twitched, and couldn't help but look at Jia Lian: "What's the meaning of nephew?"

"Is Qiu Shishu referring to these people? These people met in secret at the Jinpin Pavilion. Not only did they discuss government affairs indiscriminately, they also dared to slander His Majesty. The crime is heinous. Therefore, my nephew is going to take these bold and lunatics back to the yamen, and wait until the day is clear." Your Majesty, deal with it later."

Qiu Liang showed surprise, "Does my nephew know the identities of these people..."

"I don't know, is this very important? No matter who dares to slander Sheng Gong, according to the law, he should be sentenced to death."

Qiu Liang: "..."

The clan children, who were tired of scolding the officers and soldiers and Jia Lian for a long time, saw that Qiu Liang was here to rescue them, and immediately started yelling again.

"Lord Qiu, help me, we are all slandered."

"Exactly, Lord Qiu, please save me. This Jia Lian has a grudge against me, so he deliberately framed us. Even if we have the courage, we dare not slander Your Majesty. Please, Lord Qiu, help us. In the future, the younger generation and the entire Prince Duan Palace will definitely repay each other with generous gifts."

Qiu Liang followed the voice and found that it was Prince Duan's son, and he admired Jia Lian even more in his heart.

Glancing at the common people who were watching the excitement outside, Qiu Liang stepped forward on his horse and whispered to Jia Lian, "Why is my nephew so stubborn, you and I are both courtiers and don't care about their royal affairs.

These clan children are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays.To us, His Majesty is the Lord, and we should be in awe, but to them, His Majesty is not only the emperor, but also their elder, and it is nothing for them to say a few words of annoyance to the elder.

I believe that my nephew is a good person, and he will not be aimless.But, we really can't do it, my nephew thinks about it, if you arrest people at the front, and their elders beg for mercy in front of His Majesty later, your majesty will be soft-hearted, and probably won't do anything to them. In the middle, if you offend someone for nothing, why bother to come to fast?
Listen to Uncle Shi's persuasion, let them go, it's good for you and me..."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Uncle Shi is here, he must be entrusted by others?"

From the moment he arrested people to the present, Qiu Liang arrived with his troops in less than a quarter of an hour. Needless to say, it was only possible if someone reported the news.

Qiu Liang narrowed his eyes, seeing that Jia Lian seemed a bit obsessed with obsession, but he didn't hide it, he still whispered: "Since my nephew has seen it, I won't hide it from you, I came here just under the orders of Prince Zhongshun.

The nephew may not know that one of these people is the son of Prince Zhongshun!The nephew is also from a noble family, so we should know that no matter what we are noble, we cannot afford to offend the palace of Zhongshun.

Why should the nephew put the fate and future of the family on a trivial matter...

What's more, you arrested Prince Duan's son again. You think you haven't offended Prince Duan's mansion deeply enough! "

"That's what Uncle Shi said."

Jia Lian understood what Qiu Liang meant.King Zhongshun is not only the younger brother of Emperor Ningkang's mother and compatriots, but he is also in charge of the clan's family and the lifeline of his relatives - the clan mansion.

Although King Zhongshun is not yet the Zong Ling, after Prince Su got old and ignored him, King Zongshun is the actual person in power of the Clan Mansion.

It can be said that regardless of the clan or relatives, if you want to live a smooth life, don't offend the clan's family and King Zhongshun.

Therefore, if the fourth prince was not present today, and he ran into these people alone, he might really ignore them.

"but……"

"Your Excellency Qiu, please go back. Forgive me for not obeying my orders."

Jia Lian took a step back after beating his horse, cupping his fists and saluting.

Seeing that Jia Lian suddenly drew a clear line with him, Qiu Liang didn't know where Jia Lian had made a mistake, and was about to persuade him again, when he heard a young voice behind Jia Lian: "Qiu Liang, right? You brought troops here, is it right?" Do you want to shield these unfilial children who insulted my father?"

Qiu Liang opened his eyes and looked around.As the commander of the Zhongcheng Bingma Division, Qiu Liang's status is higher than that of the other four commanders, because the area he is in charge of is the outskirts of the imperial city, and he has the most dealings with the royal family on weekdays.

Of course he recognized the fourth prince, so he hurried forward to greet him.

"This king asks you, do you want to protect these unfilial sons?"

"Uh, Your Highness misunderstood, the humble job has no such intention."

"Since you don't have that intention, then go away. Otherwise, I will arrest you as well!"

Hearing the arrogant and direct words of the fourth prince, Qiu Liang finally understood why Jia Lian dared to arrest these clan children.

Thinking in his heart, his rank and title are low, even if the fourth prince has no real power, he is not something he can offend.Besides, Emperor Ningkang was involved in today's matter, so it's okay to help, but it's too worthless to involve yourself.

Anyway, the fourth prince was there, and I had an explanation in front of the Zhongshun Palace, so I turned around and waved to the officers and soldiers I brought.

Seeing the person blocking the way walk away, the fourth prince was satisfied, and said "you are wise", then ignored Qiu Liang, and went up to quarrel with the chattering Wei Xianxiaoer.

Seeing this, Qiu Liang shook his head to Jia Lian and said, "Nephew, I'd like to take care of myself."

"Thank you, Uncle Shi, for reminding me."

So Qiu Liang didn't say much, and made way for Jia Lian and others to leave.

……

In the South Study Room of Daming Palace, Emperor Ningkang happened to be summoning King Zhongshun.

"Are you really not going?"

Emperor Ningkang looked at King Zhongshun who was kneeling on the ground and crying miserably, feeling a little angry and disappointed.

"Brother Huang, I really can't do this. Brother Huang doesn't know who is easy to deal with those people in the clan? My seniority is low and I am not convinced. In order to help Brother Huang these years, you I don't know how much thought and smile I have spent in managing the clan's mansion well.

Now that they are doing well, they have to pay taxes, and I have to send someone to clean up the farmland under their name. Those people still don’t want me to eat!
Not to mention anything else, just those brothers of my father and our uncles, if they know my intention to leave, I'm afraid they will beat me out.

So, if Brother Huang really wants me to persuade them, it would be better to remove my younger brother from the position of vice-zongling..."

King Zhongshun cried, anyway, I won't go.

How could Emperor Ningkang not know what he was thinking.First, to persuade those in the clan to collect the land according to the tax law, and to pay taxes voluntarily in the future, this is an offense to others.Second, if you want to talk about which palace has the most acres of land in the clan, it must be Zhongshun Palace.

The reason why Emperor Ningkang wanted King Zhongshun to be this lobbyist was actually to let him take the lead to set an example.Who knows, this guy doesn't understand his painstaking efforts at all.

I don't bother to force him, this matter has been bothering me, if he doesn't want to, I can't force him to do it well.It seems that he can only choose another candidate from among the kings.

Seeing that Dai Quan walked over with a different expression, he obviously had something to report, so he waved his hand and said: "Okay, I understand, get out, you worthless thing."

Although from Ningkang Emperor's tone, he knew that his imperial brother was dissatisfied with him, but in the face of such a matter of such great interest, as long as he could get away, he would be scolded if he was scolded. Anyway, he was used to it.

So he stood up with a shy smile on his face, bent over and was about to leave.

"slow."

"I don't know what else the emperor ordered."

"You'd better kneel first."

……

In Xicheng, as Jia Lian expected, the road is not smooth.

Qiu Liangcai hadn't been able to walk for half a quarter of an hour, when another obstacle came in his way.

This time, the style can be big.

"I am a member of the Zuo clan of the clan's mansion. I received a report that some clan's children made false comments on the government, so I came here to arrest and interrogate. Commander Jia, please hand it over to someone."

The "General of the Kingdom" of the clan looked at Jia Lian with a high-spirited look, and his words were obviously condescending.

When he heard about it, he felt incredible.When did Bing Ma Si, these miscellaneous soldiers who do dirty work, dare to arrest people from the clan?
Faced with this kind of person, Jia Lian didn't even bother to talk to him, and directly took out the fourth prince.

"What do you mean by being a man on the left and a man on the right? There is Prince Su and Prince Zhongshun in the clan's mansion. Where did you come from?"

The repeated obstacles confirmed Jia Lian's words, which made the fourth prince feel very bad.Even though he knew that this person belonged to the clan, but his title was downgraded to General Zhen Guo, and his blood relationship was far away, so there was no pressure to scold him.

"Your Highness, don't you go too far. In terms of seniority, I belong to your uncle's generation. You just talk to me like this? If I sue you in front of His Majesty, you will be fined to kneel again. Don't blame me Uncle didn't remind you."

"Go and sue. My father just forbids me to scold someone's parents. Did I just scold your parents? Besides, I think my father just forbids me to scold good people. You are a cunning villain at first glance." I can scold you as much as I want, how dare you do anything to me?
Sensible ones, get out of here quickly, or I'll arrest you too! "

This is how to scare Qiu Liang away just now, the fourth prince felt that these people must be afraid of being arrested.

But this Zuo Zongren is different from Qiu Liang: "Fourth Highness is afraid that I won't be able to catch me. I am a member of the clan, except for the clan manor, the Supreme Emperor, and His Majesty, no one has the right to arrest me, and neither can Fourth Highness."

As he said that, the Zuo Zongren seemed to know that dealing with a jerk like the Fourth Prince would not be beneficial, so he turned to Jia Lian: "Your Highness is young, doesn't Commander Jia know about the court's rules?
These people are all descendants of my clan, even if they are guilty, they should be punished by my clan's house, there is no reason for the soldiers and horses to arrest them without authorization.Commander Jia has already violated the law of the country. If you don't hand over people, I will take you down together. "

"You can try."

Jia Lian grinned and waved his hands, and the officers and soldiers of two or three hundred soldiers immediately looked solemn.These big soldiers don't know what the law is. They haven't seen the fourth prince before, and they are still a little worried. Now that their lord has the support of the fourth prince, they don't have the slightest fear.

What kind of officials in this clan's mansion brought only dozens of soldiers from the clan's mansion, and they didn't even have a decent weapon.As long as the adults give an order, they can take it down in an instant.

"Jia Lian, you! Be bold!!"

Zuo Dazong was furious when he saw the officers and soldiers attacking them all around.How did he understand that Jia Lian, an imperial official, dared to be as reckless as the fourth prince.

"You don't want to take us down, take it quickly. If you don't dare, get out of here, I don't have time to chat with you!"

Rap is a word that the fourth prince has just heard from listening to the opera, and he thinks it has a lot of taste, and now it is very cool to use it, it seems that he is very cultured.

Zuo Dazong still ignored the fourth prince, and glared at Jia Lian, saying: "Jia Lian, what I do is in accordance with the laws of the country. If you really have the guts, arrest me too!"

Anyway, he won't let it go.

If Jia Lian were to arrest King Zhongshun's son, his clan would be done.

"Jia Lian, quickly arrest him, he's just a general of the country, what are you afraid of him doing!"

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, "He's right. He didn't violate the laws of the country. I really can't arrest him. Otherwise, His Highness will provoke him again and ask him to scold you a few words. In this way, I can commit the same crime as above and put him to death." Get it too."

The Fourth Prince didn't know, but Jia Lian knew that this person was a hard worker in the clan's mansion, but in terms of rank, he was a second-rank official in Wei.Much higher than his fourth-rank commander.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The important thing is that Jia Lian thinks that the stalemate in the matter is better and more beneficial than his quick and easy arrest.

Sometimes, it takes a three-point disadvantage to be reasonable, so that the big boss can know the difficulty of being a loyal minister.Also let the emperor see how the people of these clans don't take him seriously as the emperor, and even dare to cover up the unfilial children who insult him.

Counting the time, the palace should know the news.

The fourth prince didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking, and even felt that what Jia Lian said made sense, rolled up his sleeves, stood forward, and turned on the random spraying mode.