Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 108 [108] Reunion with Daiyu
On the other side, Jia Chen rode fast and headed north.

But on the way, they met Liu Xianglian, Bao Yong and Wang Lang's bodyguard team.

Jia Chen asked curiously:
"Brother Liu Shi, didn't I ask you to escort the darts back to Beijing? Why are you back again?"

Liu Xianglian smiled bitterly and said:

"Bandits are everywhere in Shenjing City, and the bandits are very powerful. If we go back to Beijing now, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep these property."

At this time, a female voice sounded like the sound of heaven:

"Brother Chen!"

Jia Chen looked around and saw a carriage behind the bodyguard team.

A peerless beauty jumped out of the carriage and ran towards her.

Jia Chen took a closer look and found that it was Lin Daiyu.

"Sister Lin, why are you here?"

Lin Daiyu said:

"Bandits captured the Rongguo Mansion. I led my ancestors and adoptive father to break out of the siege, but the whole city of Shenjing was full of bandits and there was nowhere to go. I had to go all the way south to Jinling to find my eldest uncle, second uncle and brother Chen."

Jia Chen said:
"Jinling is not peaceful now, let's go to Ping'an Prefecture to live for a while."

Jia Chen didn't want Jia's mother to go to Jinling. If Jia's mother went to Jinling's ancestral house, she would definitely ask Yuanyang's parents about her private money, and even have to see it with her own eyes.

If Mother Jia knew that she had taken away her private money, she would definitely be furious and ask him for it.

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Jia Chen lied that Jinling was also troubled by bandits, and temporarily lived in the nearby Pingan Prefecture for a while.

In fact, the Jia family had a close relationship with the Jiedushi of Pingan Prefecture.

In the original book, Jia Lian went to Pingan Prefecture twice to meet secretly with the Jiedu envoy of Pingan Prefecture. As for whether Jia Lian and the other party were plotting something shady, the original book did not specify.

Maybe it's selling an official title.

Perhaps it was smuggled salt and iron.

A plot to rebel is unlikely.

Now the Jia family has no military power at all, so why rebel?

Jia Chen doesn't have the strength to rebel either. At present, his own Chenwei Escort has recruited a hundred bodyguards in addition to Liu Xianglian, the head of the bodyguard, and Bao Yong and Wang Lang, the two deputy heads of the bodyguard.

This is the total force that belongs to him now.

Jia Chen is now only equivalent to a centurion.

There is no way, these one hundred and three people need to eat, and they also need to be paid monthly money, which is salary.

It is true that Jia Chen is making a lot of money every day, but he also needs to plan carefully and save money.

Fortunately, the dart business received from Xue Pan this time is enough to cover the various expenses of this dart team, and there is still a lot left.

This time, more than [-] taels of private house money was stolen from Jia Mu, enough to recruit another [-] bodyguards.

Haste makes waste, Jia Chen is not in a hurry, attracting too many people at one time, in addition to wasting money and food, it is easy to cause trouble, and it is not easy to cultivate the loyalty of these people.

Hearing Jia Chen's suggestion to go to Ping'an Prefecture, Lin Daiyu asked Jia's mother for her opinion.

Mother Jia has seen many great things in the world, but she was pampered and pampered since she was a child. She is most afraid of seeing swords and swords.

The main city of Ping'an Prefecture is actually Tai'an City at the foot of Mount Tai.

Jia Chen and his party rushed to Tai'an City, and found an inn at the foot of the towering Mount Tai.

Unexpectedly, that night, a group of White Lotus disciples broke into the inn.

They came for the property escorted by the escort team.

Jia Chen asked Lin Daiyu to protect Jia Mu and Dai Quan, and he and Liu Xianglian led the bodyguard team to kill the White Lotus Sect.

Wang Lang, the deputy head of the bodyguard, had an enmity with the White Lotus Sect. This time the enemy met, he was extremely jealous. Wang Lang brandished two swords and used the mantis sword technique to kill many members of the White Lotus Sect.

Although more than [-] White Lotus Sect members were repelled, Jia Chen knew that the White Lotus Sect was powerful in the Qilu territory, and would definitely be counterattacked by the White Lotus Sect.

For the sake of safety, Jia Chen suggested to Jia's mother to leave Tai'an City overnight, cross the Yellow River west, and live temporarily in Luoyang.

Mother Jia was frightened and wanted to run away for a long time, so she readily agreed.

Jia Chen asked Lin Daiyu, Jia Mu, and Dai Quan to ride in a carriage, rode a horse himself, and led a team of escorts out of the city overnight. At dawn, he crossed the turbulent Yellow River by boat and arrived in Luoyang City after more than ten days of work. .

Unexpectedly, a large group of gangsters gathered on the outskirts of Luoyang City.

But these bandits did not attack Luoyang City, but looked at farm tools such as hoes, shovels, and shovels like a group of farmers.

Their shovels are a bit oddly shaped.

The body of the shovel is not flat but semi-cylindrical, similar to the shape of a tile.

Jia Chen pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he recognized that it was Luoyang Shovel.

This strangely shaped shovel is a tool used to rob graves.

After inquiring, Jia Chen learned that these people were not bandits, but the Xiling Sect, one of the four sects of tomb robbers.

The four sects of tomb robbery are: Faqiu Tianguan, Mojin Xiaowei, Mountain Moving Warlock and Xiling Lishi.

There is a seal on the hair mound, a talisman on the touch of gold, skill in moving mountains, and armor in unloading mountains.

Faqiu Tianguan and Mojin Xiaowei are actually in the same line, and they are good at Fengshui.

Taoist Qianshan is good at alchemy and restraint.

Xiling Lishi has a large number of people, relying on external forces.

In fact, Xiling Lishi originated from the Wang Mang period in the late Western Han Dynasty.

At that time, natural disasters continued, and the people at the bottom, suffering from hunger and cold, revolted one after another.

The two largest uprising forces at that time were the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army. The Red Eyebrow Army painted their eyebrows red to identify them, so they were called the Red Eyebrow Army.

Later, the Red Eyebrow Army was defeated by Liu Xiu's Green Forest Army, and the retreating Red Eyebrow Army excavated the tombs of the Han Dynasty and stole the treasures inside.

Liu Xiu sent a large army to kill the remnants of the Red Eyebrow Army.

The Red Eyebrow Army had no choice but to disband, and the remnants of one of the troops who escaped into the mountains and forests became thieves.

These thieves still maintain the habit of fighting tombs. Whenever they find a big fight, the leader will gather his hands to fight together, and at most tens of thousands of people can gather.

They dig the mountain with long hoe and big shovel, which can dismantle the mountains and uncover the ground, so they are called unloading mountains.

Jia Chen found that there were four warriors carrying a wooden statue of Guandi.

Xiling is a native of the green forest, so he respects Emperor Guan and the Overlord of Western Chu as his ancestor.

Respecting Emperor Guan is due to loyalty, and respecting Bawang is to take the word "righteousness" of the rebel army at the end of Qin Dynasty as a signboard for gathering righteousness and sharing spoils, and secondly to take Bawang's power to pull mountains and mountains as a prelude to fighting against external forces.

It seems that this group of unloading wrestlers is planning to steal some big tomb.

There are more than [-] tombs in Mangshan, Luoyang, where countless historical celebrities are buried.

Poems as proof:

"Beimang Mountain has little free soil, but is full of old tombs of Luoyang people.

There are many people in the old tombs, and there is no place to buy gold piled up. "

This shows how dense the ancient tombs in Luoyang Mangshan are.

Jia Chen led the bodyguard team, bypassed the group of Xiling warriors, and continued to Luoyang City.

But just a few steps away, a male voice came:
"This strong man, please stay."

Jia Chen followed the prestige, and saw a middle-aged man with his head wrapped in a gray cloth coming over, cupping his fists and saluting:

"Strong man, our master wants to meet with you, and please show your respect."

Jia Chen originally wanted to refuse, but there are tens of thousands of people on the other side, and there are only a hundred people on his side, if they fight, they will definitely suffer.

"Okay, please lead the way!" Jia Chen agreed, and told the bodyguard team and Lin Daiyu to stay where they were and wait.

Jia Chen thought to himself, he has never met the leader of Xiling, and he doesn't know why the other party is looking for him.
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(End of this chapter)