The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 223
Jia Huan watched Lin Daiyu leave, then turned and returned to the room. Lu Xiangsheng was standing by the bed at the moment. When he saw the former returning, he quickly said: "Brother Ziming, come here and take a look."

Jia Huan hurriedly stepped forward and saw that Kang Lingcheng, who was originally pale and dying, had red cheeks. When he touched his forehead, it was so hot that he had a high fever.

"Do you want to invite Dr. Feng back to have a look?" Lu Xiangsheng asked worriedly. One of the Kang family's father and son was dead and one was seriously injured. The remaining third son, Kang Dayi, was also missing. If Kang Lingcheng died again, he would have to find out the big fish behind the scenes. It's even harder.

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "No need, just bear with it. Whether he can survive it depends on his own luck."

Fever is an immune response of the autoimmune system. In this era, there are no antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs or the like, so we can only resist it physically. If we can resist it, we can only say that our fortune is bad, so Jia Huan only got a wet towel. He put his hand on Kang Lingcheng's forehead and asked the housekeeper Xiao Lei to arrange for a reliable servant to take care of the patient, and then left with Lu Xiangsheng.

Jia Huan and Lu Xiangsheng walked out of the back office, and the latter finally couldn't help but ask: "Brother Ziming, is the girl you were talking to just now the daughter of Master Lin?"

Jia Huan nodded, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that there are such beautiful women in the world." After saying this, his face turned red and he said, "I'm so embarrassed!"

Jia Huan didn't take it seriously either. With Lin Daiyu's appearance, anyone who saw it would be shocked. In the original work, when Xue Pan saw Lin Daiyu's true appearance for the first time, he was so "shocked" that he could hardly walk. , smiled and said: "Actually, Brother Jiandou has met Miss Lin a long time ago."

Lu Xiangsheng's heart moved and he blurted out: "The two book boys who were with Master Lin back then?"

Jia Huan smiled and nodded. Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but suddenly realized that in Yancheng County, Lin Ruhai was accompanied by two bookboys. They were made of pink jade and were too beautiful to be true. Jia Huan even prepared a sedan for them. Lu Xiangsheng felt strange at that time. Well, I bet it was the daughter of the Lin family who disguised herself as a man and traveled with her father. No wonder she looked familiar.

Jia Huan glanced at Lu Xiangsheng, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he asked: "By the way, Brother Jiandou is not married yet this year. I wonder if he has an engagement?"

Lu Xiangsheng's fair face turned slightly red, and he shook his head sadly: "Brother Yu's family background was originally average, and my father was not good at running a business. Unfortunately, Brother Yu failed in the provincial examination last year, and the family could no longer maintain it. He had to return to his hometown with his father to make a living in a lowly industry. What's the point? Which girl can like me?"

Jia Huan said solemnly: "Confucius said, later life is something to be feared. Brother Jiandou is both civilized and martial. He was selected as a scholar at the age of 17. His future is limitless. In time, he will be able to soar into the sky. Who knows, it will be in this Enke. Never belittle yourself.”

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked and said with a smile: "Chengzi Minggui said, if you and I can join hands to pass the exam, wouldn't it be great!"

"It's necessary!" Jia Huan nodded, and said jokingly: "How about Brother Yu being a matchmaker and finding a wife for Brother Jiandou that he wants?"

"Zi Mingqian is making fun of me again!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking that Jia Huan was joking, but he didn't know that Jia Huan was telling the truth.

In the original work of Red Mansions, the four girls of the Jia family were listed among the twelve beauties of Jinling, but their final endings were all miserable. Although Jia Yuanchun was a royal concubine, she was trapped in the palace. In the end, "the tiger and the tiger met and returned home in a dream" , most likely died in a palace fight.

The second girl, Jia Yingchun, was even worse. Her father, Jia She, promised her to the "Zhongshan Wolf" Sun Shaozu for a mere 6000 taels of silver. Poor "golden boudoir with willow quality, only one year to go to Huangliang." In less than a year, Jia Yingchun Then he was tortured to death by Sun Shaozu, a licentious demon.

Jia Huan read "The Red Mansion" in his previous life, and he was always upset when he read the passage about Yingchun's tragic death. Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally hopes to reverse his tragic fate.Although Lu Xiangsheng's family background was average, he was good at both civil and military affairs, and his appearance was passable. The key was that he had good character, loyalty and integrity. It would not be an insult to his second sister Jia Yingchun if she could marry him.

Jia Huan did some calculations and found that Jia Yingchun should be about 17 years old this year, which is almost the age for marriage. I wonder if Jia She, the old man, has hooked up with Sun Shaozu. I hope it's not too late.

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Two flowers bloomed, one on each side, and Tiehu and Shitou immediately tracked the assassin who used the crossbow. The assassin was very agile, weaving in and out of the panicked crowd, trying to get rid of Tiehu. The two of them, but unfortunately Tiehu and Shitou are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they always insist on clinging to each other.Seeing that he couldn't get rid of him, the assassin jumped onto a bow boat by the river and tried to row away. However, just a few meters away from the shore, the iron tiger jumped down, picked up the iron rod and performed a "single chop" move. "Huashan", smashed the bow of the ship, it was so powerful that the Jin Yiwei who were chasing behind them all cheered in shock when they saw this.

When the bow of the ship broke, both Tiehu and the assassin fell into the canal. After a struggle, Tiehu and Shitou finally captured the assassin alive. The Jinyiwei who were watching the excitement on the shore immediately surrounded him and tied him up, but the man was not tied up yet. Then, there was blood from all seven holes, his neck was crooked, and he burped!
It was obvious that this assassin was a dead soldier who hid poison pills in his back teeth. Once he was captured by mistake, he immediately bit the poison pill and committed suicide.

Tiehu and Shitou were dumbfounded when they saw this, and several Jinyi guards also looked annoyed.At this time, Yi Hong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, rushed over excitedly after hearing the news. When he found out that the assassin was dead, he suddenly became distraught, slapped each of the Jinyi Guards in the face, and cursed: "Trash!"

Several Jinyi guards did not dare to say anything even after being beaten, but just hung their heads. This time, they were indeed negligent and did not stop the assassin's mouth immediately.

After Yi Hong slapped his subordinates, he looked at Tiehu and Shitou with cold eyes. The two could not help but shudder. Fortunately, Yi Hong finally had a sense of boundaries and knew that these two were Lin Ruhai's people, so he did not slap them. , just picked up the crossbow left by the assassin and observed it carefully.

The Great Jin Dynasty did not tolerate ordinary swords, but armor, crossbows, firearms, etc. were all prohibited items. Only the army could equip them, and they would all be engraved with numbers. However, the crossbow used by the assassin did not have a number. It was obviously privately made. The source cannot be found.

Yi Hong was secretly annoyed when suddenly dense gunshots came from the other side of the street, and someone shouted: "It's blocked, inside!"

Yi Hong immediately turned from anger to joy and hurriedly led people over. Tiehu and Shitou also followed.

I saw dozens of Yangzhou Guard soldiers surrounding a wine shop, and about four or five musketeers were firing into the house with their guns.

Upon seeing this, Yi Hong shouted angrily: "Don't shoot, capture them alive!" After saying that, he led people to rush into the wine shop, which was very brave.

It turns out that this Yi Hong was originally a border soldier, but he was very skilled, cunning and brave, and was promoted to the rank of Qianhu. Later, for some reason, he was noticed by Emperor Qian Sheng, who transferred him to the Jinyi Guard and served as a Qianhu. It took three years to be promoted to the governor of Beizhen Fusi Yamen. A year later, he was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei again. Half a year later, he became the boss directly and took charge of Jinyiwei, which was like a rocket.

Let's say that Yi Hong led people into the wine shop and found that a man had already thrown himself to the ground in the lobby. There were three bloody holes in his back. He had obviously been shot three times. There was also a musket pressed under him.

Yi Hong turned the body over with a sullen face. It was an inconspicuous face. The gun under his body was actually a military matchlock gun. However, the serial number on the gun body was smoothed, and the source could not be traced. .

Yi Hong's eyes flashed with fierceness, he chuckled twice and said: "Okay, very good, since you want to play, then I will play with you to the end. If I don't pull you out one by one, skin and cramp, I won't call you Yi Hong." !!”

Yi Hong walked out of the wine shop with a ferocious expression. Without saying a word, he immediately ordered people to arrest the four or five musketeers present, which scared the Yangzhou guards present into silence.

"Who told you to shoot and silence me?" Yi Hong shouted sharply.

These musketeers all complained of humiliation, and finally turned their eyes to their boss, a man from Baihu named Zheng.The face of this unlucky Baihu turned pale. He thought he had merit by killing the assassin, but he ended up recruiting the Living King of Hell. He quickly fell to his knees and explained: "The assassin shot and resisted, so my subordinates could only..."

Yi Hong didn't listen to his explanation. He only believed in the testimony under the torture device. With a wave of his hand, he asked the Jin Yiwei to tie up Zheng Baihu.

(End of this chapter)