The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 193
Although the gate of Kang Mansion is low-key, it is unique inside. It covers a very large area and is no less generous than the Rongguo Mansion, but the architectural styles are completely different. The tall mansions in the north are generally luxurious, and the one in front of you is This Kang Mansion is a typical water town garden in the south of the Yangtze River, with small bridges, flowing water, pavilions and pavilions. It focuses on elegance, carved beams and painted buildings. What you see are springs, rockeries, precious flowers and trees, which is an eye-opener.

Of course, a wealthy family like the Kang Mansion naturally has no shortage of thugs to look after the home, and there are quite a lot of them. So when Feng Ziying led people to break in, it was like poking a hornet's nest. , under the warning sound of banging gongs, a large group of guards armed with swords and sticks came from all directions and surrounded Feng Ziying and others. There were estimated to be as many as 50 to [-] people.

Feng Ziying couldn't help but shuddered, and then realized that he had too few people. However, he didn't pay much attention to these nursing staff with low martial arts. He was a soldier, and the other party was just a group of minions. How dare they The rebellion failed, so he shouted sternly: "I am Feng Ziying, a member of Qianhu House in Yunti Pass. I am in Kanglingcheng and have liaison with the pirates. I attacked Mr. Lin, the censor of salt inspection, and Mr. Zhang, the salt transport envoy. Now I am ordered to come to capture Kanglingcheng. If you dare to obstruct us with weapons, you will be regarded as complicit in treason and shot without mercy!"

Feng Ziying pulled out his saber with a fierce voice. More than a dozen brothers behind him also pulled out their sabers, and some raised their matchlock guns.

The nursing home servants couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, and a man who looked like a steward among the crowd retreated secretly. When he reached the back of the crowd, he suddenly took off and ran away towards the back house.

When Feng Ziying saw it, she stood up and shouted: "Stop!"

But the steward ignored him and continued to run wildly. Feng Ziying took the matchlock gun from a brother next to him, pulled the trigger and fired, but he missed the shot. The steward had disappeared behind the pillar.

"Everyone put down their weapons, otherwise we will not kill them!" Feng Ziying shouted angrily, and at the same time, he killed a hound with teeth and claws.

The servants who were guarding the hospital were so frightened that they threw away their knives and sticks, just for a living. They didn't have the guts to let them kill soldiers and rebel.

"Everyone squat down, don't move rashly!" The soldiers yelled and kicked the knife rests, and rushed the guards to a corner of the front yard to take care of them, but the time was delayed for a while.

At this time, Feng Ziying felt that she was short of manpower, so she left some brothers to guard the door, and then rushed to the back house with only ten brothers.

Let’s talk about the steward just now. He almost got shot. He was so scared that he peed his pants. He crawled to Kang Lingcheng’s study room and broke in. He shouted loudly: “Master, something bad is going to happen!”

There were three people in the study room at the moment, one of whom was Kang Lingcheng, the richest salt merchant in the world, the other two were Sun Shou, the housekeeper, and Kang Dayi, the third son of Kanglingcheng.

It is said that there are three sons in Kanglingcheng. The eldest son is called Kang Dazhi, the second son is called Kang Dayong, and the third son is Kang Dayi. The eldest son Kang Dazhi helps with business and is Kang Lingcheng's right-hand man. He is not at home now, and the second son Kang Dayong heard that he is going to sea. There was a storm and the ship sank. The third son, Kang Dayi, wanted to go to school to get fame. Unfortunately, he was not a good student. After four or five years of taking the exam, he still couldn't pass the county exam. , why bother with yourself? Isn’t it nice to enjoy life?

Kang Lingcheng must have felt guilty as a thief. Hearing this, his complexion changed drastically and he shouted: "Why are you so nervous?"

The steward was sweating profusely from running and panting: "Feng Ziying from the Qianhu Office in Yunti Pass has brought someone to pick up the master. He is said to have had an affair with sea pirates and attacked the salt patrol censor."

Kang Lingcheng felt like a bolt from the blue. With a flick of his wrist, the precious Rujiao tea cup he was holding fell to the ground and shattered to pieces.The housekeepers Sun Shou and Kang Dayi were also scared to death because they were both insiders and participants.

"It's over, it's over. This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and annihilating the clan. My child has long been telling my father to take it easy, but he didn't listen. Something happened this time. The whole family was killed by you." Kang Dayi was young after all. Hearing that officers and soldiers came to arrest people. , was immediately frightened and ran out of ideas.

Kang Lingcheng was shocked and angry, and cursed: "Fart, you think I'm thinking, but it's not... Oh, what the hell did Gu San Mazi do? If you don't kill someone, you can forget it, how can you burn me with fire?"

Butler Sun Shou hurriedly reminded: "Master, the officers and soldiers broke in soon."

Kang Lingcheng calmed down. After all, he was a man who had been through a big storm. He quickly calmed down. He turned around and opened a secret compartment on the bookshelf behind him. He took out an account book and handed it to his son. Kang Dayi said: "Quick, take this with you from Leave secretly and go to sea to find your second brother."

Kang Dayi was surprised and said, "Father, won't you go with the child?" Kang Lingcheng said solemnly: "How can you leave without me holding you back? What's more, if you leave like this, will the foundation built by generations of my Kang family be lost?" .”

Although this Kang Dayi was incompetent, he was quite filial and said anxiously: "If the family fortune is gone, we can earn more, but if our life is gone, it is gone. My father was a wise man all his life, but why is he so confused at this moment?"

Kang Lingcheng's expression softened slightly and he said calmly: "Don't worry, as long as you keep that account book, your father can rest easy. Don't talk nonsense. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"

The housekeeper Sun Shou also urged: "Third Master, hurry up. I have never seen any storms, so I am sure that I can handle it. What's more, your mother, your eldest brother, and the others are still in the city. Are they all abandoned?"

Kang Dayi was slightly relieved after hearing this. He hid the notebook in his arms and put it away close to his body. Then he left the study and ran quickly to the backyard. There was a secret passage that could leave Kang's mansion and lead directly to a house on the Sishui River. , that is reserved for emergency escapes in Kangling City. After all, if you are doing a shady business, you have to save something. These are probably the so-called three holes of cunning rabbits.

After his son Kang Dayi left, Kang Lingcheng immediately lit the furnace and burned all the letters collected in the secret compartment.

The Kang family was too big, and there were countless winding corridors. Feng Ziying led the people to rush in for a while, but found out awkwardly that they were lost. They happened to see a young maid wearing a tooth-gripping vest hiding behind the rockery and shivering. Then he took it out and asked: "Where is your master, Kang Lingcheng?"

The maid was so frightened that she cried. Feng Ziying was so angry that she neither beat nor scolded her. Just when she had a headache, she suddenly saw smoke rising from a house on her left. She couldn't help but feel moved in her heart. She threw the maid away and flew toward that house. Run.

bang...

Feng Ziying kicked open the door of the study room, and a large amount of smoke rushed into his face. He quickly held his breath, brushed his sleeves to blow away the smoke, rushed in, and kicked over the stove with a flying kick.

"Who are you? How dare you break into my study!"

Feng Ziying looked up and saw a man of about 50 or [-] years old sitting calmly behind the desk, with a servant who looked like a butler standing next to him. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "Are you just Kang Baiwan? "

"I don't dare. I am none other than Kang Lingcheng. Kang Wanwan is just a nickname given to me by someone who wants to do something good." Kang Lingcheng said calmly.

Feng Ziying took a look at the stove and found that everything inside was burned to the point of being unrecognizable. She couldn't help being shocked and angry, and shouted: "What did you burn?"

A trace of pride flashed in Kang Lingcheng's eyes, and he said with a faint smile: "It's just some waste paper and old things. It takes up space in vain, so I just burned them. By the way, who are you? Even if you break into a private house without permission, you still don't care what I burn!" "

Arrogant!Too arrogant!
Feng Ziying was so angry that her nose was crooked, and she said with a ferocious smile: "Kangling City, why do you ask questions knowingly? You liaised with the sea pirate Gu Sanmazi to sell illicit salt, and also ordered the pirates to attack Lord Shi Lin, the censor of the salt patrol. It is a heinous crime. Now I am serving Lord Lin." I ordered you to be captured and brought to justice."

Kang Lingcheng's expression suddenly changed and he said: "That's nonsense. I have always been law-abiding and all I do is clean business. What's more, I have no grudges against Mr. Lin, so why did I attack him?"

Feng Ziying sneered and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you even if I'm about to die, Zhang Xiaobei and Shen Guan, the thieves who attacked Mr. Lin, have been captured. According to their confessions, the mastermind behind the scenes is you - Kang Lingcheng!"

(End of this chapter)