Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 249

"Xi'er, have you packed up all the salutes?"

Jia Ying, who had just walked out of Yunji, looked much more refreshed, and her clothes were still stained with a faint feminine fragrance, as she asked Xi'er beside her.

Alas, the county lord's mansion is really inconvenient, so I can only switch to Yunji, and I don't know when this kind of day will be the end.

"It's all ready and ready to go at any time."

Xi'er asked from the side, "Master, shall we leave today?"

Jia Ying nodded and said, "Well, if you don't leave, I will be bored to death."

"Second Master, do you really not bring them the Primrose green velvet? I think it's better to bring one, no matter how bad it is, you must bring one, otherwise the Second Master will not even have a waiter when he arrives in the south." Xi'er Trot ran after him, chattering non-stop.

Jia Ying gave Xi'er a slap in the face, grabbed Xi'er's ear and reprimanded: "What a Xi'er, tell me, is there any benefit in accepting those two girls? Just speak for them."

"Oh, it hurts, second master, it hurts." Xi'er bared her teeth and yelled, causing passers-by to turn their heads.

Jia Ying let go of the hand holding her ear, and said: "We are going to the military camp, it's inconvenient to take them with us, why, without them, you don't want to wait on me anymore? Do you think the amount of money that I have given you is too little?" ?”

This time he left Beijing, except for Xi'er and a few guards, he didn't plan to take anyone with him.

It's already September now, and in two more months, the Chinese New Year will be here, and he's going to return to Beijing at that time, so why go back and forth.

Firstly, I went out this trip to hide myself, and secondly, I really wanted to live in the barracks permanently. Bringing two girls along won’t give a good impression to the subordinates. To lead an army in a war, you still have to lead by example. You can’t share the joys and sorrows. trouble.

Xi'er frowned and said with a smile: "It would be even better if the second master could give the younger one a little more. My father said that in two years, he will marry me a daughter-in-law. He wants me to save money on weekdays." Put some flowers on."

"Why, do you want a woman? Tell me, which one do you like? Is it from the mansion or another family?"

As he spoke, he patted Xi'er on the shoulder again and said, "Say it out, choose a date, and propose marriage for you too."

Although he and Xi'er are masters and servants, they are more like brothers, the kind who can support each other life and death. Xi'er is one year younger than him, and she is seventeen this year. It is time to consider a wife.

Xi'er shook her head but didn't say anything, even Jiaying's usual rhetoric was useless.

This kid has learned to hide things in his heart.

Jia Ying didn't force him either, sooner or later he couldn't hide it, and when the time came, he, the master, would have to make the decision.

"By the way, Second Master, I met the old bus this morning, and he asked me to ask you, how should Ma Daopo deal with it?"

When Jia Ying heard this, she pondered.

It was impossible to let it go. As for whether to throw it in Xishan to dig coal, or find a place to bury it, Jia Ying was still hesitant.

These people in the mansion, even those who committed crimes, he has never dealt with cruelty. It's not that he doesn't understand the principle of cutting grass and roots, but it's not that he doesn't want to lose his respect for life and take what he can.

But Madame.
"Take her to court, and if she can survive under the water stick, let her go."

Ma Daopo is not young, and there is a high probability that she will not be able to withstand the water stick.

Jia Ying didn't dare to keep this kind of witchcraft and sorcery.

However, with his current means, if he wanted to kill someone, it could be justified, and he would not have to bear any guilt, and he would not be afraid of others making trouble for him afterwards.

Hearing this, Xi'er casually summoned an urban management officer from the street to give some instructions in a low voice, and the urban management officer left in response.

Jia Ying turned around and forgot about Ma Daopo's affairs, these trivial matters were not worth his attention.

"Let's get out of town."

Jia Ying waved his hand casually to a certain place, and two guards came out leading the horses, and they got on the horses and headed out of the city.

Since he was going out to hide, Jia Ying didn't say goodbye to anyone this time, not even going where Yang You was.

Furthermore, for the sake of safety on the road, there are still some people outside who wanted his life, but they have not been caught.

Embroidery Guard's speed in handling the case was really slow, Chen Xiang left Beijing a while ago, saying that he was going to destroy a Sanyang Sect stronghold, and that he found Lin Qing's trace there.

The incident of gunpowder lost in the Xishan Coal Mine has also made progress. What Qian Hua did with a few miners who sneaked in was a secret reported by Wu Xindeng.

Jia Yun and Jia Qiang did a good job. Even Wu Xindeng, Jia Ying spared him the hard work, and with a wave of his hand, Jia Qiang promoted him to be a steward in the mine.

Wu Xindeng has been in charge of the mansion for so many years, and he still has the ability. This kind of person should be used or should be used.

Honestly, he can be relied on, but the means of doing things will inevitably be lacking. With him, there is no need to worry about Jia Qiang's disadvantage.

The private cannon workshop in the city has also taken shape.

The last time the capital was suppressed, Jia Ying had searched the inner city and the outer city. There were secretly cultivated forces scattered everywhere, and they had been recorded in the Military Division and the Patrol Battalion.

Jia Ying only needs to send the city management officers to secretly search for a few times, and there will always be something to gain.

These people are also true. They all say that thieves don't fight with officials. Why don't they understand this truth?
In the capital, he is the official who is in charge of the army and horse department, let alone the patrol battalion, and cooperates with the newly recruited gangs. It is not easy to find out what is going on.

But when Jia Ying found the private cannon workshop, the other party had already moved away, probably after the last time Sujing was suppressed.However, by following the vine, you can also find some clues.

Jia Ying disclosed this news to Xiu Yiwei. If it was in the capital, he would be duty-bound. If it was outside the capital, it would not be his responsibility.

Furthermore, who is the owner behind the private cannon workshop, but he has no information, and he is not an ordinary person after all.

Outside the city, more than a dozen bodyguards who had been waiting here for a long time joined Jia Ying, and the group galloped south.

In the imperial palace, in the imperial garden, behind a huge rockery, surrounded by dense forests and flowers, it is a quiet place.

"What? What should I do?" A woman's anxious voice sounded from somewhere under the rockery.

"You don't have to worry too much, she didn't see my face clearly." A man replied.

"Are you sure?" There was a trace of anxiety in the woman's voice.

"It's difficult to see things in the dark, not to mention that I wasn't close at that time, and I was wearing eunuch clothes to cover it up. Besides, so what if she knew about it? Would she dare to say something without evidence? Don't you bring trouble on yourself?" The man comforted the woman.

"I hope so." The uneasiness in the woman's heart is still hard to dispel. If this kind of matter is really to be pursued, there is no need for evidence. Just a whiff of the wind can make the two of them fall from the clouds, and they will never recover.

But what the man said is correct, the first key to living in this palace for a long time is to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Right now, he can only hope that the other party will not cause unnecessary troubles for him.

"But the little eunuch can't stay, and the two maids, find a chance to take them"

"I know." The woman nodded.

"I can't stay for long. If there is anything, you can let me know."

Afterwards, the rockery fell into silence.

Yuan Chun in Fengzao Palace was sitting on the Feng couch at this moment, dazed in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, Sun Shanggong has arrived and is waiting in the hall."

Yuan Chun came back to his senses, and said to the maid: "Go and tell Sun Shanggong, I will be relieved today, I feel a little unwell, and I want to rest for a day."

"Yes." The palace lady backed out in response.

Yuan Chun fell into deep thought again, recalling the jade pendant on the man's waist that she saw last night. She saw His Majesty rewarding it with her own eyes.

Perhaps, she is not necessarily wrong.

Huh, huh!
The sound of several crossbow arrows piercing through the air sounded from the dense forest beside the official road, and occasionally a "bang" gunshot could be heard, and the birds flew in fright, as if to tell the passing pedestrians that in the forest, an Fighting is not safe.

The long knife in Jia Ying's hand passed through an assassin's throat, turning a blind eye to the spray of blood, and then got down again and continued running in the forest.

At the same time, just around him, several personal guards were like him, harvesting one fresh life after another. As for Xi'er, he didn't know where the cat was at this moment, and all his methods were measured for assassination. Jia Ying wasn't worried about the fact that it was built by her own body.

"Second Master, this stalemate can't go on like this. These people want to encircle us. Brothers, fight your way out and let Xi'er protect you and go first." A personal guard ran over, watching vigilantly Four weeks, while talking to Jia Ying.

"See clearly, how many people are there?"

Jia Ying's face was also a bit ugly, these remnants of the Sanyang Sect had really become like a plaster, and they stared at him relentlessly.

Originally, the road ahead was peaceful, which made Jia Ying heave a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect these people to suddenly come out now that they had reached the border of Nanzhili.

This time he left Beijing in a low-key manner, and the news that he was leaving was unknown to anyone except a few close people.

Jia Ying didn't think that there was something wrong with him. The guards around him were all picked out from the frontier army. They were all family members and had no heirs. It was impossible for him to transfer them to his side. here.

People like Xi'er, Daiyu, Li Wan, Qi Sixian, and Xu Wenyu couldn't possibly betray him.

The only explanation is that the people of the Sanyang Sect have been staring at themselves all the time, which can also explain why it took so long before they were intercepted and killed.

They also require time to prepare.

"The number of people is not too many. There are only thirty or so people, but they have muskets in their hands. At present, there are no less than three." The guard said.

One-on-three, with just a few of them, it's not a problem to solve the opponent. What really makes the guards fearful is the opponent's musket. As long as Jia Ying is here, they can't let go of their means to fight.

Jia Ying shook her head, said with a firm gaze, "Either die together, or kill them all."

It's not Jia Ying's style to let him abandon his personal guards and flee for his life alone. These people have already had an inseparable bond with each other despite their random expeditions.

The guard didn't say much anymore, with this sentence, there is no scruples in the future.

"Second Lord, put on the cotton armor, brothers can fight with confidence."

Jia Ying nodded, took the cotton armor from the guard, and put it on.

To a certain extent, the cotton armor can block the sub-powder ejected from the musket, but it will not work if the distance is too close.Jia Ying's set of cotton armor is naturally different from ordinary ones. It has been processed by special techniques, and steel plates are added inside instead of ordinary armor leaves for bulletproof.

The only disadvantage is that the elimination rate is a bit high. Once used, it is considered scrapped and needs to be remade.

After putting on the cotton armor, Jia Ying and a group of guards made a gesture, and they scattered into the forest.

The sky was gloomy, the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River had not completely receded, and there was a thin layer of mist in the forest, which gave Jia Ying and the others a chance.

A hunt unfolded in the forest, and a whistle would sound from time to time.

The sound of the whistle is very unique. It is a copper whistle that Jia Ying asked the craftsmen to make. There are steel balls in the whistle cavity, which allows them to accurately distinguish between friend and foe, and it is not easy to be imitated.

After the personal guards had no scruples, the advantage of combat power of the veterans of hundreds of battles was fully reflected. With the cooperation of several people, assassins continued to fall.

Of course, there were also one or two personal guards who were unlucky, surrounded by the enemy, and lost their lives.

After killing three people, Jia Ying could feel the sound of fighting in the forest began to decrease, which meant that there were not many assassins left.

"Ma Tulu, inform everyone, take our brother's body, let's go out of the forest, ride away, and let the nearby guards encircle them."

The forest was covered by mist, which made it difficult for them to investigate the enemy's situation. No one knew where there was an assassin with a gun. After finishing most of the people, they did not dare to pursue them anymore. Jia Ying would not fight with them. These people are dying here.

Several whistles of different lengths sounded, and a group of people rushed to another place where the horses were tied.

"The dog thief wants to escape!" An assassin in the forest noticed the whereabouts of Jia Ying and others, and reminded his companions.

Jia Ying took out the short gun on the back of her waist, looked for the direction of the sound, and fired a random shot regardless of whether there was anyone there or not.

This shot was to remind the other party that they also had firearms close by, so that the assassin would not dare to chase after them.

Sure enough, the next moment, someone in the forest shouted:
"Be careful, Eagle Claw has a firearm in his hand."

Jia Ying and the others got on their horses smoothly, and asked the guard beside him, "Have they all come out yet?"

The crowd nodded.

"go!"

"drive!"

A group of people drove away quickly.

Afterwards, more than ten people rushed out from the forest, two of them held muskets in their hands, looked at the crowd going away, and the leader spat fiercely on the ground.

"Cheap thief!"

"Boss, shall we chase?"

"Fuck chasing. The dog thief has learned to be smart. He always carries firearms when he goes out. We have killed nearly half of our brothers, and we can't kill each other even if we catch up."

"If we hadn't prepared in a hurry, we could only gather the brothers from the three nearby incense halls, and the dog thief would not be able to escape today no matter what."

"Forget it, go back and report back, take all the corpses, and don't let anyone touch our heels."

A group of people returned to Daolin, found the body of their dead companions, and left quickly.

"Second Master, have you been shot?" Xi'er rode on a horse, clung behind Jia Ying, and exclaimed when she saw the hole in Jia Ying's back made by lead bullets.

Appeal!
They ran for half a mile and stopped when they saw that there was no one chasing after them.

Jia Ying gave Xi'er a reassuring look, and said, "It's all right, no armor break."

This was the first time Jia Ying felt the threat of death when an assassin shot out from behind him while fighting an assassin in the forest.

No matter how skilled you are, you have to give up when you are facing an unreasonable hot weapon like a musket.

Fortunately, he was lucky.

Jia Ying weighed the pistol in his hand, and made up his mind that next time he said anything, he had to equip the guards with one, not to mention whether he could kill the enemy, the key was to be able to bluff people.

It's just that muskets are strictly controlled by the government in Dagan, and they are not allowed to be equipped privately except in the army. The one in his hand was also because he showed it to the courtiers, so he dared to carry it with him.

"How are you brothers?" Jia Ying asked.

"The fourth child is gone, and the eighth child is injured, but it's okay." Ma Tulu replied.

"Damn, is there a sieve at the Military Weapons Bureau? Last time it was a musket, and this time it is again." A personal guard said unwillingly.

Jia Ying also frowned, the foundation of Sanyang Sect seems to be not shallow, keeping it will be a disaster sooner or later, the next time he returns to Beijing, he must be pulled out.

As for the firearms, the Embroidered Clothes Guards have already started to investigate, and they can only wait for the results. If the firearms leak out, the emperor will be the first to feel uneasy.

"Stop complaining, go to the nearest guard, go to the sea to catch the documents, I will make them unable to get out of Zhili!"

(End of this chapter)