Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 8 Silence and Peering

Since leaving Yueyang Tower, Jia Ying felt a tail attached to her back.

But thinking of his relationship with Master Feng, and the sacred will of Master Feng, Jia Ying didn't find it strange, let them go.

Originally, my family was just passing by Yueyang, at most I was a judge, but this identity was destined to change the moment Feng Yankuan arrived in Yueyang City.

From sitting high on the tower, to singing in the next stage.

As soon as he walked outside the gate of the newly rented yard, Jia Ying's expression changed.

It's getting dark now, but the door is still open, there are two important people in the family, and I'm not around, so Uncle Wu wouldn't make such a low-level mistake!
Moreover, why are there such messy footprints on the flat dirt road outside the door?
This door doesn't look like it was opened by someone!

Jia Ying thought, "Not good!"

He hurried into the yard, which was unguarded.

"Who!"

A shout came from the room with the closed door, and Jia Ying could tell it was Uncle Wu's voice.

Hastily said: "Uncle Wu, it's me!"

Squeak!

The door opened, and four people came out one after another, three of them holding weapons in their hands.

Zhou Siwu and Xi'er were fine, Tie Kou's body had not healed from an old wound, and now his face was even paler and his breathing was irregular.

Qi Sixian also had a look of shock on his face, and his eyes showed a strong sense of vigilance, like a frightened bird in a cage.

"What's going on?" Jia Ying asked in a deep voice.

Xi'er on the side couldn't wait, and said: "Second master, not long after you left, an 'iron abacus' came to the door under the guise, and the little one saw that he didn't look like a good person, so he wanted to send him away. Thinking of him, he fell to the ground and couldn't afford it, so he said that the little one shot and injured him.

Immediately afterwards, a group of sons Qingpi broke in and made trouble, and some of them wanted to break into the house. Seeing that something was wrong, the father made a move. Unexpectedly, some of them were Lian's sons, and two of them broke into the house. In the room where the girl and Tiekou were, my father and I wanted to keep them, but we didn't expect that they had helpers. We fought for a long time, and before you came back, those people just retreated. "

The old servant Zhou Siwu also said: "Second Master, some of them are good players, they are definitely not ordinary gangsters, the old servant feels that something is wrong."

"It came so fast!" Jia Ying said secretly: "It seems that I can't wait!"

Immediately ordered: "Pack up and salute immediately, pull in the carriage, and let's go now."

"Where are you going?" Xi'er asked.

"Yueyang Station!"

A group of people hurried out of the gate, still Zhou's father and son each driving a carriage, the difference was that there were two more people in Jia Ying's carriage.

"Second Master, someone is following us!" Xi'er's voice came from outside.

Jia Ying said: "As long as they don't make a move, don't bother, just go on your way!"

Jia Ying thought to herself, her reaction wasn't too slow, even if Bao Sizhen got the news and made arrangements right away, it would take time.

With this time difference, it should be enough for his party to rush to the post house.

Sure enough, as soon as the two carriages turned into the street where the post house was located, there was a loud sound of horseshoes behind them.

"Xi'er, hurry up!" Jia Ying didn't want to directly clash with the Yuezhou government.

The pursuers behind are getting tighter and tighter.

Fortunately, the movement here alarmed the imperial envoy guards guarding outside the post, and even a group of people surrounded them with open fire, and shouted sharply from a distance: "Who dares to trespass on the imperial envoy's station!"

Jia Ying opened the carriage and walked out, saying loudly, "It's me! Jia Ying!"

Immediately someone from the opposite side came forward and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Jia. My lord just ordered someone to pick you up, but I didn't expect you to come here ahead of time. It will save us men an extra trip!"

However, the lighted swords in the hands of the guards still did not take back, and they also saw the pursuers behind Jia Ying and his party.

Just let go of a passage to let Jia Ying's carriage pass.

Seeing this situation, the pursuers behind were still eager to try and rush forward.

But someone in the opposite crowd yelled: "Don't die, that's the Embroidered Clothes Guard, the emperor's own army, if you cause a catastrophe, you will be exterminated! Get out!"

It can stop children from crying, and it can also stop the tyrants of the world. The power of the embroidered clothes and guards can be seen.

On the other side, Jia Ying, who was protected by everyone, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He clasped his fists to the group of embroidered clothes guards and said, "Thank you for being the servants, and whoever is going to take Jia to see your mentor."

"My lord, you're welcome, please!" It was still the embroidered school captain I had seen during the day.

The ancient post house was not just an inn as people imagined in later generations, but it was actually a block of courtyard houses, and there were even special mansions for some dignitaries to live in.

In the hall of a mansion, brightly lit, Jia Ying was telling Feng Yankuan what happened just now.

After Feng Yankuan listened, he nodded and said: "You are right. We should really avoid direct confrontation with the Yuezhou government. Keeping this layer of window paper can not only confuse the enemy, but also a defense for us. Prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall in a hurry."

"When is the teacher going to meet Tie Kou and Qi Sixian?" Jia Ying asked.

Feng Yankuan thought for a while and said, "Let's do it now, since the other party has been alarmed, we have to hurry up."

Jia Ying turned around and said to the outside of the hall, "Come in."

Tie Kou and Qi Sixian entered the hall, and the guards outside the door did not stop them.

"Caomin Tiekou (civilian daughter Qi Sixian) pays homage to your lord!" The two bowed their heads together.

Feng Yankuan sat in the hall, and slowly said: "Get up! Liu Bai has already told the old man what happened to the two of you, but the old man can't just listen to your one-sided words."

After all, the slightly aged eyes looked at the two of them, and their eyes were full of wisdom.

Tie Kou knelt down and kowtowed again: "My lord, the words of the grass-roots people are true, and I have never concealed any falsehoods. I beg you to be the master of the grass-roots people, and give me justice for the more than [-] people in Tiejiazhuang, my lord!"

Feng Yankuan looked calm and did not speak.

Qi Sixian, who was at the side, took out the package behind him at this moment, put it respectfully at Feng Yankuan's table, then stepped back to the distance, and said in a crisp voice: "Your Excellency is concerned, and the daughter understands that the things in the package are left by my father. It is a memorial written to the court, and the remaining two are some evidences involving the corruption of officials in Huguang.

In addition, Brother Tie also has an account book in his hand, which records the relevant criminal evidence about Bao Siyu, the magistrate of Yuezhou, and I hope you can make a clear judgment! "

After finishing speaking, he turned his gaze to Tie Kou who was kneeling on the ground, and said softly, "Brother Tie, why don't you hurry up and take out the physical evidence!"

A man and a woman, a hero of the rivers and lakes, and a lady of the bureaucracy, in a few words, they stand up and down.

Jia Ying couldn't help admiring in her heart: "Good girl!"

Feng Yankuan at the side looked at the package on the table, then at Qi Sixian standing in the hall, and nodded slightly to show his affirmation.

For a while, the hall fell silent, only the sound of Feng Yankuan flipping through the account books remained.

After a long time, Feng Yankuan closed the last account book, sighed softly, but remained silent for a long time.

Jia Ying waited for a long time, but Feng Yankuan did not speak, and then said: "Teacher"

Feng Yankuan recovered his mind from the immersion, sighed again, and said: "It's getting late, leave blank, you send the two of them down to rest, and besides, you are probably tired this day, after you settle them down, you don't need to come to the old man again." Here, rest early."

After that, he stopped making a sound.

Jia Ying replied respectfully: "Students know! Teacher also rest early!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled up the iron button that still wanted to speak, and walked out of the hall.

In the yard, Jia Ying dragged him out of the iron buckle in the hall, he broke free, and couldn't help but said, "My lord, why did Mr. Feng let us out without explaining why, what Tie said was true, and there is The account book is here, Mr. Feng won't believe it."

Jia Ying glared at Tie Kou, and said coldly: "Who do you think you are? It's just an eagle dog under Bao Sijiu's subordinates. What qualifications do you have to ask my teacher, a dignified second-rank official in the court, to explain to you and see yourself clearly? identity of!"

Tie Kou turned pale and said, "You"

"Brother Tie!" Qi Sixian hastily tugged on Tie Button's sleeve, and said: "Brother Tie, as a minister of the court, Mr. Feng has rules of etiquette in every action, how could he do so without a trial? , just take the liberty to take sides and give promises! Don’t worry, just wait patiently!”

Tie Kou argued strongly, "But haven't we all produced evidence? This is not okay?"

Qi Sixian Wan'er smiled and said: "Brother Tie must have listened to too many operas in the scripts, and only the gentlemen in the scripts would casually say things like 'get justice for you'. An upright and honest court minister will only give a fair answer after judging according to the evidence and ruling according to the law, so you can rest assured!"

In Jia Ying's mind, Qi Sixian's impression was raised again.

After comforting Tie Kou, Qi Sixian turned his head to look at him again, with a plea in his clear eyes, and said: "Master Feng, it is inconvenient to say anything more, young girl understands, but I just hope that the young master will look at me in the miserable situation of the two of us." For the sake of this, can you give us some pointers so that we can feel at ease tonight."

"You know how to fight in a roundabout way!" Jia Ying sighed again in her heart!
Jia Ying nodded and said: "You are a noble daughter from an eunuch family, so you have seen a lot of things, but have you ever heard of one of the famous ministers of the time called 'Heng Shi Gong'?"

Qi Sixian frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "But that Duke Hengshi, Feng Hengshi, who was given the title by the first emperor and is as famous as Duke Donglai?"

Jia Ying nodded.

Qi Sixian turned to Tie Kou and said: "Brother Tie, just keep your heart in your stomach this time, Master Feng will give us justice!"

Tie Kou didn't understand what it meant, but he couldn't speak again, he knew that Jia Ying had already started to hate him.

Several people dispersed separately, without talking all night.

According to the temporary residence of Inspector Zhong Shanlang in Yueyang City, Zhong Shanlang, who was supposed to rest at night, had to get up from his concubine's bed in pajamas to meet Bao Siji.

"What, the iron buckle is in Jia Ying's hands!" Zhong Shanlang said in shock.

In the living room, there were not only Bao Siqi, but also his confidant, Zhao Xingliang, the chief arrester of Yuezhou.

At this moment, Bao Siqian and Zhao Xingliang each had a sad expression on their faces, while the other did not dare to make a sound.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Zhong Shanlang suddenly became angry, pointed at Bao Sikuan's nose and scolded: "Bao Sikui, didn't you say that the iron wall is iron? Didn't you say that there is no one who can escape from your hand in Yuezhou Mansion? What now? Say? You, you are a piece of trash!"

Turning to Zhao Xingliang again, pointing and cursing: "You are even more of a waste, people can't be found under your nose, waste! Waste! They are all waste!"

Thinking of him, Bao Siqian, who is also a dignified fourth-rank official in the imperial court, and is an unambiguous existence in the territory of Yuezhou Prefecture, how could he have suffered such insults!

Immediately stood up from the chair, squinted his sinister triangular eyes and said: "Master Zhong, you must speak with your conscience. In the past few days, my Yuezhou Mansion has worked hard for the iron button, and you have also seen it. There is no credit, hard work is always there!

Furthermore, Jia Ying's identity was different, so he couldn't be killed together, right?Killing Jia Ying, not mentioning Feng Hengshi, will the Jia family let us go?

Feng Hengshi still needs to rely on the court's law to kill people. If the Jia family wants to kill people, they will not reason with you and me. Not only you and me, I am afraid that the whole family will be sold to those dirty places! "

Zhao Xingliang also hastily echoed: "Yes! Yes! My lords, it's not that I don't do my best because of my lowly position, it's because Jia Ying is not active!"

"Shut up!" Zhong and Bao said angrily.

Zhao Xingliang didn't dare to speak casually anymore, only the other two people in the room glared at each other!

After a long time, Zhong Shanlang sighed helplessly: "That's all, that's all, both of you go back to the house first, let me be alone, and think about how to deal with Feng Yankuan's attack tomorrow."

Bao Sizhen got angry and said to himself: "We are all in the same boat, if something happens to me, you will have a hard time, and I am not afraid that you will not give your heart!"

Immediately, you are also welcome, throwing your sleeves and going out.

Zhao Xingliang glanced at Zhong Shanlang, bowed slightly, and followed Bao Siqin.

After going out, he chased Bao Sixi and said, "My lord, I will send you back home!"

Bao Sixi had no way of refusing.

After the two left, Zhong Shanlang called his confidant and asked, "Have the people sent to Wuchang Mansion come back?"

The confidant said: "My lord, Renyou will only leave at three o'clock, and he will not be able to return until tomorrow morning at the earliest."

Zhong Shanlang thought to himself: "No, it's too late, I can't wait!"

He also confessed to his confidant: "Go, catch up with Zhao Xingliang, and let him do it. Remember, you must not leave any clues in the state government office, especially the correspondence!"

"This subordinate understands!" After saying that, his figure disappeared into the night in a flash.

"It's flooded! It's flooded! The Zhizhou Yamen is flooded, go put out the fire!"

In the middle of the night, the streets and alleys in Yueyang City suddenly yelled.

At the post station, the mansion where Feng Hengshi lived, everyone dressed and left the room one after another.

Jia Ying had also stood beside Feng Yankuan, and soon, an embroidered guard came to report that the Zhizhou yamen had run out of water, and the people on the street and a group of yamen servants had only time to save the front street government office and the back yamen of the prefecture. In the ruins, the life and death of Bao Sixuan, the magistrate of Yuezhou, is unknown.

After hearing this, Feng Hengshi told Jia Ying to stay in the mansion, and led a group of guards to Zhizhou Yamen.

In the mansion, Jia Ying and others were left anxiously waiting.

When Feng Yankuan returned to the mansion with a tired face, it was already the third quarter of the first day. After returning, he called Jia Ying to the study alone.

"Liu Bai, this morning, you can leave Yueyang by water. The old man will send you an official ship, and go to Beijing early to prepare for the Spring Exam."

Feng Hengshi said calmly.

Jia Ying was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Teacher, but Bao Sixi died?"

Feng Hengshi nodded, and sighed softly: "The whole family, young and old, no one survived!"

"Then the students can't leave the teacher first," Jia Ying said seriously.

Feng Hengshi raised his hand and interrupted: "Bao Siyu's death means that the first suspect in Qi Benzhong's case is gone, and you can't help if you stay here, so leave as soon as possible.

In addition, take Qi Sixian away, at present, Zhong Shanlang and others don't know that she is still alive, it is too dangerous to let her stay in Yueyang.

As for Tiekou, the old man still has some use for him, so let's keep it. Bao Sijiu is dead, and the evidence in his hands will not involve other people, and there will be no one chasing him anymore. "

Jia Ying still wanted to stay wholeheartedly, Feng Yankuan was alone, and his power was too weak, so he couldn't rest assured.

"Teacher, once Bao Siyu dies, there will be no witnesses who can directly point to Fei Lian and Zhong Shanlang. I'm afraid it will be difficult to carry out the next thing. With students around, the teacher can at least have one more available manpower!"

Unexpectedly, Feng Yankuan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily! From the old man's point of view, they are messing up their own way, but it is a good time for the old man to open up the situation!"

"Then Zhong Shanlang was also confused, so he didn't think about it. Two consecutive court officials died in Yuezhou for no reason, and one of them was the current magistrate of Yuezhou. All fools know that there is a problem in Yuezhou. Opportunity to intervene? This unannounced visit of the old man has to be turned into a clear investigation."

Feng Yankuan's attitude was firm, and the matter was settled like this.

"After dawn, you board the ship directly, don't stop all the way, and you'll be safe after passing through Wuchang Mansion. The old man will hold Zhong Shanlang back for you, and don't give him a chance to encircle him.

Alright, time is running out, go straight to the pier when you are ready, the boat will sail at dawn, and the old man is going to meet Zhong Shanlang for a while. "

Jia Ying finally warned: "The students are not here, the teacher pays attention to safety!"

Feng Hengshi swung his sleeves, and said with a loud smile, "Don't worry, Liu Bai, if three important court officials in Yuezhou are killed in a row, then there is no need for any clues and evidence, and the court will take all Huguang officials."

Jia Ying explained clearly to Tie Kou and Qi Sixian, and asked Tie Kou to protect Feng Yankuan's safety before setting off for the ferry.

Tie Kou watched them off, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, don't worry, Tie doesn't know anything else, he only knows that Mr. Feng is safe, and I, Tie Kou, will have a chance of redressing my grievances. Tie Kou will use his life to protect it."

Qi Sixian was blessed, with reddish eyes, and bid farewell to Tie Kou.

When they arrived at the ferry, the group boarded the official boat, Feng Yankuan was worried about other delays on the way, so he specially dispatched a team of embroidered guards to escort Jia Ying out of Wuchang Mansion.

On the other side, Zhong Shanlang's confidant sent to Wuchang came back with a letter.

Zhong Shanlang hurriedly opened the letter, and saw the words on the letter: "Yueyang can't cause any troubles again, the 'bag' will be sent out of the country, and then turned into ashes. Remember!"

After watching it, Zhong Shanlang slapped his thigh, thinking something bad happened!

Secretly remorse, I really lost my head last night, took a step in a foolish way, why didn't I think of the truth of "it can't be done again"!
Immediately, he recruited his confidants and asked, "What's happening over there?"

His subordinates replied: "Jia Ying hurried to the pier, as if she was about to leave. Apart from a team of embroidered guards and the 'powder-faced man' who was with Tie Kou, Tie Kou himself was not among them."

"Flour-faced man? Is it related to the iron button?" Zhong Shanlang was full of doubts, why didn't he know anything about this.

The subordinate replied: "It is indeed related to Tiekou, but it is not from Tiejiazhuang, and from the perspective of my subordinates, that person is a woman disguised as a man."

"Female? Female?" Zhong Shanlang murmured, always feeling that something was wrong.

At this moment, a servant's voice came from outside the house.

"Master Feng, Master Feng, my lord is resting, it's better to let me know!"

Hearing Feng Yankuan shout again: "What time is it? I still have the mind to rest. I don't have time to wait for your notification! Get out of the way!"

(End of this chapter)