The Second Master of the Red Chamber

In the main hall of the Qiu family, the atmosphere was quiet.

Qiu Tianyin had completely understood what Jia Lian meant, and his thoughts changed rapidly.

He knew that the Xue family had a strong background. Xue Pan's uncle, Wang Ziteng, was already a first-class military attache and one of the most powerful military attaches in the dynasty.

But he was actually not too afraid of offending Wang Ziteng. If he said it a thousand times, it would be bad for Wang Ziteng's life.Although he was in his prime, he was a military officer promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Now that Emperor Ningkang was in charge, he obviously intended to marginalize him, otherwise he would not be thrown to the border every now and then.

To put it bluntly, Wang Ziteng was in an embarrassing situation. Even if he was offended, it would not have much impact on his enemies.

But this Jia Lian is different.Jia Lian is in the spotlight. If Tai Sheng, who he offended today, is resented by him, I'm afraid that even if his enemy has Prince Zhongshun as his backer, the future may not be easy for him.

Qiu Tianyin thought for a while and said: "The lower officials already know the purpose of Marquis Zhenyuan's visit. However, although my enemies are the victims, they cannot interfere with the proceedings of the Ministry of Punishment, so I am afraid that I will disappoint Marquis Zhenyuan.

In the opinion of the subordinate, whether Mr. Xue will live or die in this case will all depend on the outcome of the review by the Ministry of Punishments.Even if Qiu wants to sell Master Hou a favor, I'm afraid he can't. "

Qiu Tianyin bowed his hands apologetically to Jia Lian, but his rejection was already expressed in his words.

Jia Lian smiled slightly, wasn't he relieved?Jia Lian seemed to have misunderstood and smiled nonchalantly: "Master Qiu has spoken harshly. Master Qiu has sadly lost his beloved son. Not pursuing the Xue family's fault is already the end of benevolence. How can I dare to ask Master Qiu to intercede for Xue Pan?"

To be honest with Mr. Qiu, in addition to bringing the real culprit who killed Mr. Qiu to Mr. Qiu, I am here to atone for Xue Pan on behalf of the Xue family. "

"Oh?"

Jia Lian said: "Master Qiu doesn't know. In addition to being family friends with my Jia family, the Xue family's mother, Mrs. Xue's mother, is also Zhuo Jing's direct aunt. Mrs. Xue's clear distinction between right and wrong, and her charity. After learning that her son had committed a murder, she was very sad.

She also told me that as a parent, she knew deeply the pain of losing their son for Mr. Qiu and his wife.However, things had already happened, and she could not make up for the harm she had done to the two of them, but she wanted to do her best to make up for it. "

Qiu Tianyin raised his eyebrows. He knew that the Xue family, which had been royal merchants for generations, must be very rich.But if you think that his enemy is the kind who is willing to swallow his anger for a few taels of silver, then you have made a wrong calculation.

For his son's case, he gave away thousands of taels of silver at once, just to make Xue Pan pay for his life!The big one among them was, of course, asking King Zhongshun to come forward.

Jia Lian looked at Qiu Tianyin's expression and continued: "Although for Mr. Qiu, any compensation at this time is superfluous, but after all, it is the only thing we can do.

I heard that Mr. Qiu has three sons in total. Although the third son is young, he is talented and intelligent and has the same blood as Mr. Qiu.It just so happens that I have been entrusted by His Majesty, and there is still a shortage of some junior officers in the newly built firearms camp. If Mr. Qiu is willing, he might as well teach the young master to join our firearms camp.

Others dare not say that if the third young master is really a malleable talent, I can guarantee that he will be promoted to the rank of sixth-grade military attaché within three years. It is not impossible for him to reach the same height as Master Qiu in the future. "

Qiu Tianyin, who originally thought that Jia Lian would say compensation, was stunned. For a moment, his entire city couldn't help but look surprised: "Does the Marquis really mean what he said?"

Although Qiu Tianyin didn't know much about the Firearms Camp, his status as a member of the Imperial Guard was enough to make people aware of its status.

You know, the most difficult army in the world to enter is the Imperial Guard.Even a senior general like him in the Guards cannot directly arrange for all his sons to join the Guards. In this process, there are indicators such as order.

Moreover, even if he could arrange for his son to enter the military camp, he would have to start as a top soldier.

Only the firearms battalion has a lot of vacant officer positions because of its new construction, but there are definitely many people keeping an eye on it.Just look at the fact that Shi Nai and his wife wanted to put their two sons into Jia Lian's firearms camp.

Qiu Tianyin didn't expect Jia Lian to come up with this condition, but in an instant, he knew that his heart was moved.Parents love their children for far-reaching purposes. For a family with a weak foundation like the enemy family, it is particularly important for their son to have a great future.

"Naturally, I will not deceive Lord Qiu with false lies. In addition, the Xue family is also willing to offer 1 taels of silver as compensation to the enemy, just to find a way out for Xue Pan."

As Jia Lian spoke, he looked at Qiu Tianyin with a very solemn expression for the first time: "Master Qiu must have heard the rumors about the four major families in Jinling. The four families of King Jia Shi and Xue have been in-laws and family friends for hundreds of years since the founding of the country. Come down and support each other and take care of each other. When we are prosperous, we are both prosperous and when we are devastated, we are all devastated.

Although Xue Pan is not a talented person, he is now the only direct heir of the Xue family.So, we need him alive.

I also ask Mr. Qiu to understand the reason.If Mr. Qiu has other requests, just tell him. If the Jia family and the Xue family cannot do it, the Shi family and the Wang family will take care of it one by one. "

Qiu Tianyin's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard this.The meaning of Jia Lian's words is easy to understand. He promised to let Xue Pan live. The four major families all agreed with him. If he insisted on letting Xue Pan die, he would be completely hostile to the four major families.As a member of the four major families, Jia Lian will regard his enemies as enemies even if he is passive.

It’s a good idea to be polite first and then fight!Even so, Qiu Tianyin found helplessly that there was no anger in his heart. It was probably because Jia Lian had done too much "rituals".

He even tried to put himself in Jia Lian's shoes, but he felt that if he refused, he would appear to be ignorant?

Haha, obviously I am the one who suffers, right?
Shaking his head, Qiu Tianyin said with a bitter smile: "It's not that I mean to disrespect the Marquis. It's just that as early as the death of Quanzi, I had already reported all the matter to Prince Zhongshun, and even begged Prince Zhongshun to take me with him." Go to the imperial court to express your feelings.

If you retort at this time, I'm afraid Prince Zhongshun will be angry..."

Jia Lian said: "Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, on Prince Zhongshun's side. I will personally visit Prince Zhongshun's Mansion later. Moreover, I am not asking my enemy to withdraw the complaint. Since the matter has alarmed Shengting, it cannot end without any problems.

As long as Mr. Qiu waits and watches the case from today on, no matter what the final outcome of the criminal trial is, I will not regret my promise to Mr. Qiu. "

Qiu Tianyin breathed a sigh of relief.To be honest, no matter how rationally he considered it, if Jia Lian really wanted him, an old father who had just lost his son, to withdraw the lawsuit, he would not agree.

But if he just waits and doesn't appeal, he won't be under so much pressure.Moreover, he also wanted to see the methods of these four major families and see how Jia Lian could reverse Xue Pan's case after he cried and complained in front of the emperor!

"In this case, I will obey the wishes of the Marquis. Don't worry, Marquis, even if the eldest son of the Xue family is found not guilty in the end, my enemy will not say anything more."

With the decision made in his heart, Qiu Tianyin felt much more relaxed.He even thought that this Jia Lian was also interesting. It was probably because his second son had offended him at the door just now, so when he made the conditions, he ignored his second son and mentioned his youngest son instead.

However, this also shows that Jia Lian is sincerely promoting, rather than making casual promises.

Thinking about it, this is fate. From now on, the youngest son will be much stronger than his elder brother.

But if the youngest son follows Jia Lian to seek a future, then he will be relieved.He could still do it just by finding a vacancy in the guard camp.

Thinking that I had been worried about the future of my three sons, I didn't expect that this matter would be easily solved after Dalang died tragically for no reason.

Suppressing his sadness, Qiu Tianyin smiled and chatted with Jia Lian, and asked someone to call the youngest son out and let him send Jia Lian out.

……

Coming out of the enemy's house, Jia Lian saw that Baochai was hesitant to speak before getting into the car. He couldn't help laughing and said, "But I didn't expect that the enemy would agree so easily?"

Baochai shook his head and said: "Baochai doesn't think it's easy. It's easy for Brother Lian, but for others, it would be difficult to change the enemy's attitude even if they tell the truth."

Baochai did not go against her will, she told the truth.For example, many of the people of high status and status that her Xue family had invited before, many of them could not even enter the enemy's door, let alone touch the enemy.

Jia Lian nodded. He also felt that Baochai had unique wisdom and wanted to give him some advice.

"Actually, the reason why Qiu Tianyin agreed so easily was not only for his son, but also for himself. Qiu Tianyin has been serving as the Zuoduwei of the Hujun Camp for many years and has not moved. There are two deputy commanders, one of whom is over sixty years old and may be old one day.

That Qiu Tianyin must want to make further progress, and he knows that my Jia family still has some say in the Ministry of War, so he is afraid that if he refuses, I will take revenge and ruin his promotion. "Baochai suddenly realized. Also, as the second brother Lian, it may be difficult to promote a fourth-grade military attache for no reason, but it would be very easy to ruin the promotion of a fourth-grade military attaché.

But she didn't quite understand: "Since Brother Lian knows about this, why didn't Brother Lian tell him just now?"

Jia Lian smiled slightly: "Why do you want to say it? Some things that each other knows well, it is better not to say it than to say it."

Baochai nodded, she seemed to understand.Looking at the smile, but in the middle of talking and laughing, he solved the problem that others thought was as difficult as the sky. Compared with his incompetent brother... Forget it, it is unfair to the brother to compare him with the second brother Lian.

As Jia Lian moved around, he came to the Ministry of Punishment.As one of the most powerful organs of the Wei Dynasty, the Criminal Department was naturally close to the Forbidden Palace and deep in a heavily defended area.

Baochai couldn't help but cheer up even more.

Sure enough, under the leadership of Jia Lian, the chief officer on duty asked her to take her to see Xue Pan without any difficulty, while Jia Lian stayed in the lobby, obviously having more important things to talk about.

The prison of the Criminal Department was not as dark as imagined, and there were no prisoners shouting. The whole place seemed quiet and orderly.

"arrive."

The jailer leading the way glanced at Baochai quietly, then lowered his head and walked away.Baochai also responded and looked at the cell in front of him.

On that straw mat, a fat man with unkempt hair and dirty clothes was lying quietly on his side. Who was he if he wasn't her brother Xue Pan?

Baochai couldn't help but scream in sorrow and called out: "Brother...!"

It took several calls in a row to wake up the person inside.

Xue Pan opened his eyes blankly. When he found out that it was Baochai who came to see him, he immediately jumped up and cried: "My good sister, you are so cruel, why do you want to come to see me? Mother?" Woolen cloth?"

"She didn't come. After you were brought here, we couldn't come to see you. It was brother Lian who brought me here, so I was able to come in."

Baochai said, taking out a roast chicken prepared in advance from the food box and handing it to Xue Pan.

However, after Xue Pan heard Jia Lian's name, he suddenly lost interest in his favorite roast chicken.

"Brother Lian is here too? Haha, I knew it. So, I can go out? Really, you guys, it took so many days to ask Brother Lian to come to save me, and you didn't even know that I was suffering here. How much suffering..."

At this time, Baochai felt pity for Xue Pan's dirty appearance, and when he heard this, he scolded him angrily: "You have the nerve to be weird, you have caused such a disaster yourself, and you don't even know how many tears you made your mother shed." .

Brother Lian is not like you. He has important things to do, so he has no time to care about you!If mother hadn't gone to Tianjin Wei in person to ask him to come back this time, you would have just waited here to die. "

Seeing that his sister was angry, Xue Pan realized that he had made a mistake and said a few nice words in a roundabout way. Then he happily picked up the roast chicken and started to eat it. He also said why he had never found roast chicken so delicious before.

Baochai looked at him quietly and sighed inwardly. Knowing that Xue Pan was in prison, he was afraid that he had no idea about his own situation.

I don't want to say anything more. It's a good thing that he can maintain such a good attitude.

When Xue Pan finished eating, Baochai told him in a low voice that his family would hire a lawyer for him, and on the day of the court session, he should not talk nonsense, but said that he had eaten wine at that time and didn't know anything.

Baochai, like Jia Lian, felt that with Xue Pan's IQ, there was no need to collude with him in confessing, so he said as little as possible and made fewer mistakes.

Xue Pan agreed well at first, but when he heard the meaning of Baochai's words, which actually put all the blame on Sun Shaozu, he suddenly became unhappy.

"How can I, Xue Pan, be such an unloyal person? If I betray Brother Sun in order to survive, it would be better for me to die!"

Baochai was furious and tried to persuade her, but when she saw that he still had his eyes bulging and looked like he would rather break than bend, Baochai couldn't help scolding him: "Then just pay for your life. I will advise my mother to treat her as if she has never had you." This son!"

"what happened?"

Suddenly hearing Jia Lian's voice, Baochai quickly wiped his tears and stood up from the ground.

When Xue Pan saw Jia Lian, he immediately gave him a flattering look: "Brother Lian, you are here. I knew you would definitely come to save me."

"Why must I come to save you?"

"Uh……"

Xue Pan scratched his head, "Um, are you my cousin-in-law? How could you just watch me pay for my life?"

Jia Lian ignored Xue Pan, looked at Baochai, and asked softly: "What happened?"

Baochai remained silent and glared at Xue Pan fiercely.Xue Pan said: "She thought of a way to save me, which was to ask Brother Sun to take the blame for me! I didn't want to, so she cried.

Brother Lian, you don't know, but Brother Sun is my newly recognized brother, called Sun Shaozu. He is the most righteous man, and he is highly skilled in martial arts and has great strength.His ancestors are from your Rongguo Mansion!

It just so happens that you want to recruit personal guards. If you recruit him under your command, he will definitely be a strong soldier! "

As he said that, Xue Pan raised his neck proudly and said: "Although I, Xue Pan, have no ability, I will never betray my brothers. Hum, otherwise, after so many days, someone from the Criminal Department will interrogate me. Several times, I still haven’t confessed to him!”

Jia Lian didn't bother to talk to these idiots and said directly: "Either you listen to our arrangements or die. Think about it carefully and answer me carefully."

Realizing that Jia Lian was not joking, Xue Pan was choked and said blankly: "Is there a third option, such as arranging someone else..."

Without saying anything, Jia Lian took Baochai's hand and left.

"Hey, hey, don't, don't..."

"Why don't I just listen to you?"

Xue Pan muttered, he really didn't expect that Jia Lian and Baochai would really leave.

He threw himself on the cell door and waited for a while but no one came back. He suddenly sat on the ground with a look of regret on his face.

Um?Could it be that brother Cai Lian just held my sister's hand? ?

Could it be?

"Yes, yes, hahaha, I will definitely not die..."

Xue Pan laughed stupidly.No wonder brother Lian came all the way to save him. No wonder his mother didn’t come today, leaving only brother Lian and his sister. No wonder her sister was willing to let a man hold her hand!
In an instant, Xue Pan figured everything out. (End of chapter)