The Red Mansions

Chapter 715 Jia Heng: It seems that this Duoduo martial arts is not inferior to him!
Huanhualou

Singing girls are dancing, Xiao drums are playing together, the lights are beautiful, the sound and light are chaotic, and women's laughter and the sound of singing and dancing orchestras can be heard from time to time in Zhou Fang.

And in the separate courtyard, on the balcony where the vermilion beams and pillars raised the curtains, groups of girls in bright dresses danced to the music of the zither.

Jia Heng was talking to the salt merchant Wang Shouqi, although the salt merchants around were holding wine cups and enjoying the singing and dancing, but half of their gazes were on the young man in the green shirt and the straight clothes, observing his words and expressions, and guessing what he was thinking.

And Chen Ling followed Li Shu from a hundred households in Jinyi and other masters from Jinyi Mansion, five or six people dressed as retinues, with their waist knives pressed, stood not far away, alerting Zhou Fang.

And this scene fell into the eyes of a servant who was observing secretly, and hurried away from the railing, not knowing where to go.

Wang Shouqi smiled and said, "Yangzhou's salt industry has been established for a hundred years since Taizu's time, and now the imperial court thinks that the salt business has accumulated a lot of abuses and plans to rectify the salt business. I wonder what Yongning Bo thinks?"

The so-called collection of money does not mean doing things, but simple temptations are still indispensable.

Jia Heng looked up at Wang Shouqi who was smiling all over his face, and said in a deep voice, "Master Wang, Mr. Qi Ge is in charge of the salt affairs. I shouldn't have asked about it."

When everyone heard the words, their hearts moved slightly, and they believed half or half of Jia Heng's repeated words about salt affairs that had nothing to do with them.

Huang Cheng complimented and said: "Bo Yongning is a rare hero in the world. He can be said to be both civil and military. When the governor of Henan Province, he did not pick up the roads governed by Henan, and did not close his doors at night. The people in Henan all admire Yongning Bo's virtue."

Everyone echoed and said.

Wang Shouqi said with a smile at this time: "Uncle Yongning, the old man has been in trouble for a while, but the Yangzhou salt industry has gone through a hundred years of donation and service for the great man. I dare not say that I have made great contributions, but I dare say that I have made a lot of achievements. I really can't bear the good situation to come back." Existence, Qi Ge Lao advocated the restoration of the method of opening the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but today, the time has passed and the situation has changed, the method of opening the middle is no longer suitable. If grain and rice are transported from south to north, thousands of miles away, merchants will not be profitable, and no one will If you actively participate, if you recruit refugees on the frontier and buy food on the spot, the harvest in the Northland has not been good in recent years."

Jia Heng pondered and said: "If it is a border matter, I can say a few words. The frontier army transfers grain and fodder every year to the south and north, and it costs a lot of money. The old Qi Ge wants to follow the wisdom of the predecessors and use salt to help the border affairs. , The idea is beyond reproach, but as Master Wang said, the northern land has experienced years of severe drought, and the barren land is thousands of miles away. No matter how difficult it is to trade, if you use salt to distribute grain, it may not be much better than it is now."

Wang Shouqi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he quickly asked, "Does Uncle Yongning disagree with opening up Chinese law?"

Among the salt merchants, Huang Rishan and Huang Cheng exchanged glances, both of them were overjoyed.

As for whether Jia Heng said that on purpose to deceive them?Based on Jia Heng's clear-cut style in Henan and the capital, it seems unnecessary.

Jia Heng pondered and said: "It's true that it is difficult to reap the initial effect of opening the Chinese law, but the matter of salt affairs is divided into the affairs of the cabinet and the Ministry of household affairs. It is taboo for me to intervene. How to change the above matters, depends on Mr. Qi Ge."

Wang Shouqi hurriedly said: "But now the camps in Jiangbei are short of food and wages. If Yangzhou's salt affairs can remain the same as before, soldiers and horses will be paid without any worries."

Jia Heng said: "This matter depends on the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War. To tell the truth, Master Wang, I will go there."

When everyone heard the words, they were secretly relieved, even Ma Xianjun was dubious when he heard the words.

Perhaps it was a misunderstanding?Are they too wary of Yongningbo?

Xiao Hongsheng sat on the side, his eyes fixed, and he faintly felt that something was wrong.

Wang Shouqi's face was full of smiles, and he said, "Wouldn't it be a disappointment to have music and dancing but no good wine? I wonder if Yongningbo can still drink wine?"

Jia Heng refused: "I still can't drink today, please forgive me."

At this time, accompanied by a burst of fragrant fragrance, a beautiful, middle-aged woman came over with a smile, looked at Wang Shouqi and said, "Master Wang, Nan Ling and other girls are here."

Wang Shouqi nodded and said, "Bring everyone here."

While talking, I saw seven or eight girls with peach blossoms, willows and green, golden hairpins and jade rings all come over, and they can be regarded as accompanying wine for several salt merchants, one for each of them.

If there were still some doubts before, but seeing Jia Heng took the money, the guarding mentality was undoubtedly relieved a lot.

Nanling was wearing a fiery red dress, she was not very old, she was combing the morning fragrance, her bangs were combed, and her palm-sized face was painted with rouge and blush. The old bustard Liniang walked up to Wang Shouqi and Jia Heng, arm in arm.

Wang Shouqi smiled and said, "Uncle Yongning, what do you think of this girl?"

Jia Heng looked up at the two of them, and asked, "Master Wang, what does this mean?"

Wang Shouqi laughed and said: "No, when Uncle Yongning first arrived in Yangzhou, there may not be someone who can take care of the daily life. This girl is very ingenious. She plays, plays and sings. She is proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Minor tune, to accompany Yongningbo to relieve boredom."

Use, in the eyes of these people, is a utensil.

Wang Shouqi glanced at Nanling, and thought to himself, if the oiran of Huanhualou hadn't been favored by Mr. Liu, it would be nice to give Gu Ruoqing to the young man in front of him.

Others such as Cheng Peili, Huang Rishan, Huang Cheng, Ma Xianjun and others all looked at the young man, and were a little curious whether Jia Heng would accept him or not.

If it was accepted, it would have been a false alarm earlier.

Jia Heng turned his eyes to look at Nan Ling, a young girl with a youthful face, beautiful and elegant cheeks, bright eyes under her beautiful eyebrows, she was looking at herself unwaveringly at this moment, her eyes had a light of hope, and there was a little bit of curiosity.

"Nan Ling has seen you, Young Master." Nan Ling gave a salute, and looked at the young man in green with sparkling eyes, her voice was soft and smooth like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley.

As a Yangzhou skinny horse raised since childhood, he knew his own destiny long ago, and he didn't reject him, and even felt a little lucky.

At first, I thought Yongning Bo was a wrinkled old man, or a bearded military general, but I didn't expect to be such a young man, and it would not be considered an insult to her to commit herself to such a person.

Jia Heng turned his eyes and glanced at the girl with picturesque eyebrows, and frowned. In fact, she was a little older than Qingwen, but she was thin and had no figure at all. Bai Youshou was the deformed aesthetic of Jiangnan businessmen and celebrities.

"Master Wang's kindness, I appreciate it, but I don't lack this kind of maid who takes care of daily life." Jia Heng said with an indifferent expression.

Leaving aside the bad intentions of these people, when did he ever lack a woman by his side?
When Wang Shouqi saw Jia Heng's expression turned a little cold, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, doesn't it mean that this young rich man doesn't like it?
That's right, not everyone likes the movies of little girls who haven't grown up. For example, Mr. Liu Shengzao's son likes other people's wives. Maybe this kind of rich and powerful also have similar hobbies?

Hearing this, Nan Ling's beautiful face was as pale as paper, her delicate body trembled a little, and the old bustard Liniang looked quite unnatural, it was politely rejected.

Wang Shouqi laughed along with him, picked up a cup of tea, and said, "Uncle Yongning, you are being rude, I respect Uncle Yongning."

As he said that, he quickly gave Liniang a wink and asked her to take Nanling away. If they don't accept the gift, it's definitely not okay to keep pestering her.

Moreover, compared to the previous readily accepting the bank note, it can be seen that it is not because the person does not accept the gift, but because he did not give it right!

Nan Ling's palm-sized face was as pale as paper, his eyes were soft and delicate, and he begged in a voice: "My lord, please accept me. Make the bed and make the quilt, serve tea and water, I can do it."

Instead of turning back and selling it to a messy person, it is better to be with this young noble, he looks like a good person.

But Wang Shouqi frowned and said, "Don't take her down for shameful things!"

Jia Heng frowned and was about to speak.

At this moment, I only heard a crisp and soft singing voice from the balcony, which was obviously very different from the previous music, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

I saw a few women among the stars arching the moon, on the stage, the woman was wearing a long lotus-colored dress, holding a pipa, playing and singing at the same time.

The singing voice is soft and soft, with a Wudi accent.

Wearing a blue dress, Gu Ruoqing raised her clear and vivid eyes, and looked at the people at the banquet below through the window not far away.

His cold eyes first fell on the young man in python suit, and then his eyes shifted, and fell on Chen Xiao who was wearing a warrior's outfit behind him.

Looking at the red lantern hanging from the eaves of the corridor, he saw the facial features clearly, his eyes were deeply focused, and he quickly retracted.

Why is she here?

Chen Xiao's gaze under Liu Ye's thin eyebrows was also fixed, her heart trembled slightly, why is she here, Senior Sister?

Although the two of them are older in terms of age, Chen Xiao is a little older, but they belong to the White Lotus Sect that they entered by chance, while Gu Ruoqing first became a disciple of Wusheng Old Mother, and later Wusheng Old Mother handed over the affairs of the sect in the northern capital Gave it to Chen Xiao.

Gu Ruoqing glanced at Chen Xiao, but didn't look too much, and continued to sing the song.

The two teachers and sisters just glanced at each other quickly without making eye contact.

Jia Heng glanced at Nan Ling, and said in a low voice: "Master Wang, don't make things difficult for her, I just don't like someone who is too thin, as if she hasn't eaten properly for a year or so."

Wang Shouqi: "???"

Damn, it really was the wrong gift.

Several other salt merchants also had strange faces.

Jiang Tong smiled, smoothed things over and said: "This is the style of Yangzhou scholars. In fact, the old man doesn't like it. It looks like a stone when hugged on the bed. It's not good. I don't know what it means."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed.

And Na Liniang also took advantage of the situation to pull Na Nanling aside.

However, at this moment, there were only bursts of noise, groans and shouts from outside.

Not long after, a few servants surrounded a middle-aged man in a brocade gown and robes. Regardless of the obstruction of several servants in gray cloth, they strode into the hall and saw Gu Ruoqing who was singing on the stage. , looking gloomy like water.

"The old man must have really fallen asleep. I didn't expect that he was singing to some masters." Liu Shengzao said angrily with a blue face.

The salt merchants would all snort at him, this Gu Ruoqing deliberately disgusted him!

At this moment, Wang Shouqi, who was having a banquet in the private room, saw this scene, his old face changed slightly, his heart trembled, and he secretly thought that something was wrong.

"Master Liu, why is Master Liu here?" Jiang Tong frowned, and said to Cheng Peili, a salt merchant with a dignified face.

Because although Gu Ruoqing was chasing after Liu Shengzao, Liu Shengzao was quite personable and did not forcefully occupy him. The few salt merchants only took Gu Ruoqing to sing on stage at that time, and they didn't take it seriously.

It's just a courtesan.

Wang Shouqi's expression was ugly, he cupped his hands towards Jia Heng, and said, "Uncle Yongning, I'm sorry."

When Gu Ruoqing saw this scene, his fingers kept moving the pipa, but he was slightly relieved.

This Liu Shengzao pestered her many times, and originally wanted to use Yongningbo's power to throw away this trouble.

Jia Heng put down the wine cup, and said to the salt merchants: "It seems that you still have something to do, I'm sorry."

After waiting for a while, Duoduo didn't show up yet, so he just took advantage of this matter to leave.

But at this time, Liu Shengzao was accompanied by a group of followers, his face was drunk, and he seemed to be drunk. When he saw Wang Shouqi, he squinted his eyes and said, "Old Wang, are you here too? You cut it off." Hu?"

Wang Shouqi accompanied him with a smile and said: "Where did Mr. Liu say this? Who doesn't know that Ms. Gu and Mr. Liu, how should we mess around? This is not inviting Uncle Yongning to have a drink. Who would have thought that Ms. Gu herself On stage, we don't know her well, Liniang, come over and talk about it."

At the age of more than 60, he used to be calm in front of Xiao Hongsheng, but now whether he is facing Jia Heng or Liu Shengzao, he greets him with a smile without the slightest temper.

Liniang quickly squeezed the handkerchief, shook her plump waist, smiled, the shallow wrinkles at the corners of her eyes loosened, shook the pot, and said, "Master Liu, I really didn't invite Miss Gu just now, who would have thought that Miss Gu would I took the initiative to sing a song on the stage, maybe it’s a skill, but it’s not necessarily true.”

Gu Ruoqing was originally a famous prostitute from Jinling that Huanhualou spent a lot of money to temporarily invite to compete for the oiran for Huanhualou, and her identity is not in Huanhualou.

Liu Shengzao saw the young man in green shirt who was surrounded by a group of salt merchants talking not far away, he laughed and said: "Uncle Yongning is a rare hero in the world, maybe there are beauties who want to see a hero in full bloom."

Jia Heng looked at Liu Shengzao with indifferent eyes, watching this scene with cold eyes.

Doduo's assassination was still missing, but suddenly such a thing ran out.

At this time, Gu Ruoqing, accompanied by two singers, came down from the balcony, stood in the courtyard, and saluted, "Master Liu."

Liu Shengzao narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Miss Gu, what do you mean?"

It's like talking about going to take a shower, and then you see her like another man in Moments.

Gu Ruoqing's jaded face was faint, and she said softly, "I can't sleep for a while, so I came here to help my mother take care of the situation."

Liu Shengzao sneered, reeking of alcohol, feeling so annoyed that he stepped forward to grab Gu Ruoqing's hand.

Gu Ruoqing dodged his figure, dodged it, and said softly, "Master Liu is drunk."

Liu Shengzao felt that he had been slapped in the face, and said angrily: "You bitch! How dare you show your face?"

It was obvious that Gu Ruoqing had put pigeons on him a few times, especially today when he was entertaining distinguished guests from Jinling in the boat, he felt even more face-saving. In his eyes, he was just an oiran with a low status, not even an ordinary good citizen, so naturally he had no scruples Word.

As he spoke, he forcibly grabbed Gu Ruoqing's arm, but Gu Ruoqing was obviously not easy to mess with, so he sneered and stepped aside, while Liu Shengzao staggered from drinking, and looked rather embarrassed.

Instead, he yelled at the accompanying followers: "Grab her!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the salt merchants changed slightly, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wang Shouqi quickly turned to the stewards and staff accompanying Liu Shengzao, and said in a low voice: "Master Liu is too drunk, help Master Liu back quickly."

At this time, several servants also grabbed Liu Shengzao.

Jia Heng just watched with cold eyes, picked up the teacup, and took a sip leisurely, not interested in being a hero to save the beauty.

He thinks that Liu Shengzao is fake and not insane, is he trying to test him, and the Huakuan of Huanhualou, maybe he has other plans.

At this time, Liu Shengzao's staff did not listen to the drunken words after all, but tried to persuade Liu Shengzao from the sidelines.

Liu Shengzao got angry for a moment, then turned his eyes to the young man who had nothing to do with him, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Yongning, don't come here without any problems."

Jia Heng put down the teacup, and said calmly, "Master Liu, don't worry about Jia, as long as no one is killed, please do what you want."

But Liu Shengzao's face has recovered at this moment. Accompanied by Wang Shouqi, he went up to the second floor and entered the hall. His face was completely out of shame and anger. How come here?"

This person surnamed Wang is in a hurry to find another family and wants to jump ship?
With the passage of time, Liu Shengzao has learned of some wind directions in the palace. The father-in-law from Chonghua Palace came here not long ago, saying that there are changes in the palace, so let him restrain himself. It can be seen that there have been changes in Shenjing that he does not know about.

Jia Heng looked at Liu Shengzao, stared at that deep gaze for a moment, and said: "Master Liu, this uncle has an appointment with Mr. Wang, so this is why Mr. Liu is making a fuss in Huanhualou after getting drunk?"

Liu Shengzao smiled and said: "Uncle Yongning misunderstood, it's because that lowly servant girl didn't show face and lied to me with nonsense, why, this lowly maidservant is singing to Uncle Yongning?"

At this time, Gu Ruoqing also went up the stairs and entered the hall, with a cold snowy face, he said in a low voice: "Master Liu, Yongningbo and I have never met each other before. Please respect yourself."

Jia Heng narrowed his eyes, glanced at Gu Ruoqing, frowned and said nothing, this woman really wanted to use his power to get rid of Liu Shengzao's entanglement.

"It's just for sale, pretending to be a nobleman!" Liu Shengzao said coldly, glanced at the brocade box held by the guard next to the young man in green shirt and Nanling in a fiery red dress, and turned to look at Wang Shouqi sneered inwardly.

Others are afraid of Uncle Yongning, but he is not.

Gu Ruoqing's eyebrows and eyes were full of heroism, holding the pipa in one hand, his eyes were full of light, he glanced at Jia Heng, and his eyes stayed on Chen Xiao's face beside Jia Heng for a moment.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Master Liu, I don't want to listen to what you idiots complain about."

Then, looking at Wang Shouqi, he said in a deep voice, "Mr. Wang, why don't you come here today, I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."

Seeing this, Wang Shouqi said quickly: "Uncle Yongning, sit down for a while, how many glasses of wine will you have?"

During this, Liu Shengzao got in the way, which led to the banquet that Wang Shouqi thought had a harmonious atmosphere and had a happy conversation, which seemed a little bit like breaking up.

Jia Heng waved his hand and said, "No need."

From the very beginning, Liu Shengzao had the idea of ​​using wine to make things happen, and maybe he was tempted a little by the way.

Just when she got up, she felt that the sleeves behind her were pulled. It was Chen Ling.

And at this moment, Liu Shengzao also smiled with a gloomy face and said, "Uncle Yongning, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Haven't you finished listening to this song?"

Gu Ruoqing frowned, and looked at the young man with a pair of clear eyes. Is this the Uncle Yongning that Master mentioned in his letter last month?
While a few people were arguing, they suddenly heard a noisy voice, "The water is gone, the water is gone!"

After a while, I saw thick smoke billowing and flames in the front yard of Huanhualou, and women's shouts and the sound of tables, chairs and benches falling to the ground came from around.

Huanhualou was in chaos in an instant.

But when everyone stood there in a daze, they saw the cold light flickering, and more than a dozen people jumped down from the courtyard wall not far away with a "bang bang", all of them were tall and burly, with black veils on their faces, and rushed into the hall. , to kill Jia Heng and his party.

Jia Heng's eyes flashed coldly, and he asked, "Master Wang, what's going on?"

Seeing this, Wang Shouqi and others were startled and exclaimed again and again.

"Uncle Yongning, this is an assassin!" Wang Shouqi's complexion changed slightly, and he said anxiously, "Stop the assassin!"

The servants under the eaves were all holding sticks, sticks, and benches, trying to stop them.

In the hall, the woman who was drinking beside the salt merchant, her face turned pale with fright, she fled in all directions, and suddenly the screen of the hall knocked down a piece of it.

But just as they went down the stairs, they saw the leaders rushing up, their eyes were fierce and murderous.

The two servants had just yelled to block the way, and the swordsman covered with a black mask was divided into two. They saw blood glistening and screams, and after seeing this scene, the eight salt merchants were even more frightened. The window was opened at that time, and several salt merchants wanted to jump down from the second floor, but some were worried that they would be crippled, and they were impatient.

As for Liu Shengzaojiu, he was also half awake from the fright, and led his staff and followers to go downstairs to escape, but he was afraid of bumping into someone bad.

And all of this, it is said very slowly, but it almost happened between lightning and flint.

The old bustard named Liniang, seeing Gu Ruoqing and Nan Ling frozen in place, hurriedly called out: "Miss Gu, Nan Ling, what are you still standing there for, come quickly!"

Nan Ling's face paled with fright, and she walked towards the bed in the inner room, shivering with several women and huddled together.

beep...

The gangsters who killed the scattered servants climbed up the wooden ladder outside and rushed into the brightly lit hall in black.

The leader, with a pair of cold pupils under his forehead covered with a black face scarf, looked like a tiger and wolf. He stared at the young man in the green shirt and straight, snorted coldly, and slashed at Jia Heng with his long knife. There is no one else, only Jia Heng!
This man must die!
Jia Heng was still sitting behind the wine table at the moment, snorted coldly, and hit the face of the masked man as tall as a mountain with the teacup in his hand, trying to dodge his probe. One person didn't dodge it, hit his chest and let out a muffled groan.

"Dong dong!"

Accompanied by the sound of bottles, cups and dishes, the round wine table was overturned by Jia Heng, just blocking the masked man in black who was slashing with a knife.

Immediately, he took out a tiger-headed saber from Li Shu's waist, and the shining light of the saber was like a horse and the moonlight poured into the room, startling the trembling salt merchants who were shivering under the western wall.

Jia Heng shouted heavily: "Hand crossbow, let go!"

There were not many Jinyi guards he brought into Huanhualou, but it won't be long before the Jinyi mansion guards outside the building heard the news and would be able to respond immediately.

The people who came here to assassinate caused chaos, obviously to facilitate their escape later.

Five or six guards of the Jinyi Mansion behind Jia Heng pulled out the Xiuchun Knife with one hand, took advantage of this gap, took out a crossbow from the wide sleeve of his waist, and pointed at the attacking young man in black and others.

"Pfft!"

The tall young man in the lead was taken aback, snorted coldly, and dodged to the side, but the ten masked Batulu behind him, two of them on the left and right were not so lucky.

One was shot in the chest, and the other was shot in the leg. With a muffled grunt, he fell to the ground. Suddenly, a large pool of bright red blood soaked the floor, and he was unable to move.

Dodo: "???"

This time he came here, in order to ensure stability in the assassination, except for the warriors outside, he brought a total of ten Batulu to sneak in, and even brought a knife himself. Given the weakness of the southerners, they shouldn't have suffered such casualties!

No, this slap in the face was prepared in advance! ?
Duoduo had a deep scheming mind, and he had an insight into the key points in almost a moment, but when he looked at the young man in the blue shirt, he felt a little unwilling.

But in the end, he made a decisive decision and shouted, "Let's go!"

However, several followers brought by Jia Heng threw away all the hand crossbows, drew out the Xiuchun knife, and fought together against Batulu, who was masked by the black scarf that Duoduo brought.

Because the distance is very short, it is difficult to have time to mount the second wave of hand crossbows.

In fact, Jia Heng himself played two poles with dates and no dates.

But at this moment, Jia Heng himself held the treasured sword in his hand, and slashed at the young man who was clearly the leader.

Duoduo couldn't think about it, so he had to fight with a knife.

All of a sudden, there was the sound of "ping, ping, pong, pong" weapons colliding. It was originally a pavilion composed of two wing rooms, with knives flickering, and shouts and shouts.

As soon as Jia Heng fought against the big man with the head, he only heard——

"clang!!!"

Accompanied by the collision of the two knives, sparks flew everywhere, the tall figure of the visitor staggered, and the feet of the boots drew a mark on the wooden floor, his arms were sore, and his eyes were inexplicably horrified.

Jia Heng stared intently, caught the shock in the opponent's eyes, snorted coldly, and without answering, turned his wrist sharply, and slashed at Duoduo's ribs.

Doduo's heart skipped a beat, and he backed away again. He really didn't expect the young man in front of him to be so brave. As expected, his heart became more and more murderous. , kill him first!"

The reason why he came here to assassinate himself was naturally to be on the safe side. Now it seems that Yongningbo is braver than himself, so he must not stay!
Tu Shan's heart tightened, and he came up with a knife, but at this moment, he saw a guard with cold eyes, skin whiter than a woman's, and somewhat handsome under the light, blocking the way with a knife.

"Go away!"

Tu Shan's pupils were bloodshot, and he roared angrily. With two scimitars in his hand, one of them swung a beam of moonlight, and slashed towards Chen Ling's neck.

Jia Heng frowned, and couldn't help calling out, "Xiaoxiao be careful."

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, with a blank face, drew a knife to block, and her moves were exquisite, but when the blades hit each other, there was a sudden sound of wind, the girl squinted her eyes slightly to avoid sparks, while her hair swayed in the wind.

It's just that the strength is obviously not as good as that of Tushan, every time they hit each other, they will take a few steps back, Xiaoxiao who just heard the sound in the heart lake for some reason, can't help but clenched the knife in his hand a little bit.

As for Gu Ruoqing, who was hiding on the bed while pulling Nan Ling to the side, his eyes were dim and inexplicable when he saw this scene, and the dagger in his hand was also clenched a little bit.

How could the junior sister be by Yongningbo's side?

"Sister Gu..." Nan Ling's face turned pale with fright, and said in a low voice.

Gu Ruoqing looked calm, gently stroked Nan Ling's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, it's fine."

As for Liu Shengzao, who had already been dragged down from the second-floor window by a few servants, he jumped down suddenly without caring about the second floor, limped and fled to the outside, shouting: "Assassins, there are assassins!"

The other salt merchants were not young. At this moment, a group of people were huddled under the east wall, guarded by two or three servants, looking at the few people who were fighting with fear.

The Baturu didn't care about the salt merchants, and they had a clear goal, which was to come for Jia Heng.

Jiang Tong said with a bitter face: "Old Wang, what's going on, what's going on with these villains?"

Ma Xianjun's eyes were dim, this Uncle Yongning was really fateful, not to mention his escape, he even beat the Jurchen to death.

Although Jia Heng went to Huanhualou for a banquet, although he did not deliberately hide it, the news did not fall into the hands of Duoduo randomly, but passed through some other channels.

Jia Heng fought with Duoduo, his complexion was gloomy, and his moves were fierce, like a violent storm, Duoduo retreated steadily, and every time they hit each other, he groaned.

As for the Jinyi guards who fought against each other, they didn't see any major casualties, because they were all experts carefully selected from the Jinyi Mansion by Jia Heng before his departure. , Such as "Zhang Huan Li Lang" a class of Jinyi masters.

Facing the seven or eight Batulu brought by Duo Duo, although he was at a disadvantage, he did not retreat happily.

At this moment, with the sound of gongs and drums outside, the voices of people were noisy, it seemed that the officers and soldiers had got the news, and Jin Yiti rode out in all directions, gradually surrounding them.

Duoduo became more and more anxious. This kind of assassination is to seek surprise and thunder strike. Although there are people outside to support him, the longer it is delayed, the more dangerous it will be.

Don't stay here for long!

And Duduo was so distracted, suddenly felt that the wind below was not good, Duduo was startled, rushed out with a knife, and jumped back, suddenly there was a sharp pain in his leg and the heel of his leg, which almost pierced his heart. Endurance let out a scream: "Ah..."

It was clear that the thigh was swept by Jia Heng's knife from above, and the clothes on the thigh were punctured, blood and blood gushed out, and if it was such an injury, it was obviously not enough to make Duo Duo scream.

What's more serious is that the tip of the knife hit an unspeakable place, which was the man's vitals, and he almost fainted from the pain.

Seeing that Duoduo was injured, Tushan was shocked, and he slashed out fiercely, knocking back one of the guards in Jinyi with a muffled groan. He didn't care about Chen Xiao's knife on his arm, and Deng Biao, who was beside him, rushed to rescue Duoduo.

Tushan used his sword to cover, while Deng Biao and another Batulu fled outside with Doduo on their backs. The other Batulu covered up and retreated while fighting.

"Hurry up, I'll kill you!" Tu Shan roared angrily, and then raised his knife to kill Jia Heng.

Jia Heng glanced at the few people, frowned, and Chen Xiao, the two of them strangled towards Tushan.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Xiaoxiao stop him, I'll go after the leader."

He always felt that Duoduo was the one who escaped, and with his cunning, there must be someone to respond, and the Tiqi led by Liu Jixian might not be able to stop him.

Ordinarily, such people would not personally assassinate them, but they can’t hold back their show-loving character. I remember that in the history books, Duoduo was a very pushy person. He personally worshiped the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and went to Nanjing Baoen Temple to offer incense, which attracted thousands of people. .

"Don't chase after poor bandits!" Chen Xiao shouted anxiously as he strangled towards Tushan with a knife.

Jia Heng raised his knife and slashed at a masked man in black, only to hear the wooden floor creaking, the man's knees softened, and he half-kneeled on the ground, his arm holding the saber fell powerlessly, a bloodstain appeared from his forehead, and he fell to the ground. fell to the ground.

"It's okay!" Jia Heng said lightly, and quickly chased after him.

Just now I almost thought that my natural power had disappeared.

It seems that this Duoduo is not inferior to him in martial arts!

As for Chen Ling, he didn't know who was running away, so it's not surprising that he was worried.

At this moment, Gu Ruoqing was already pulling Nan Ling towards the corner, looking at the scene in amazement, but did not make a move.

At this moment, Tushan was stopped by Chen Xiao and another Jinyi servant, and then several people came to attack him.

Jia Heng chased along the bloody stairs, and was stopped by a masked man in black as soon as he entered the courtyard.

It is clear that there is still a break behind, blocking the pursuers.

Jia Heng frowned, and raised his knife to kill the masked man in black.

The black-clothed masked man shrank his pupils and went to meet the attack. He felt a pain in his wrist and quickly backed away. Immediately, he saw the knife flash horizontally. He felt a pain coming from his neck, and he fell into endless darkness.

At this time, in the direction of the front building of Huanhualou, there was a loud sound of gongs. It was clearly the Jinyiti cavalry prepared by the streets and alleys in the distance, and the officers and soldiers from the Yangzhou government who heard the news and rushed to put out the fire had already surrounded Huanhualou. There are also many people with buckets to fight the fire.

For a while, the flames didn't burn here, and this was exactly the purpose of the gangsters. If there was an official army to help, they would be stopped by the fire outside first.

Jia Heng looked at the traces of climbing on the flower wall with gloomy eyes.

"Captain! That villain was captured alive by his brothers. At this moment, Li Shu came out of the hall and said with his hands clasped.

Jia Heng frowned, and said: "Don't let him die. Once the identity of Donglu is confirmed, immediately fly a pigeon to send a letter to Qu Guang, and he will speed up his march and rush to Yangzhou to settle in the Jiangbei Camp."

"In addition, the thieves escaped by jumping over the wall, let Jin Yiti ride along the bloodstains, raided the whole city overnight, sent people to the Jiangbei camp in Yangzhou, blocked the sluices, streets and alleys in Yangzhou, strictly inspected the ships and carriages, and prevented the thieves from hiding and escaping! "

Yangzhou has a well-developed water system and many streets and alleys, so it is impossible to completely block it.

If the assassin is Duoduo, with his mind, he probably has thought of a way to escape and a place to hide, but whether the knife can survive is still in doubt.

To take a step back, the original purpose was to create a tense situation, and this excuse was what we were waiting for.

Eight Yangzhou salt merchants and Liu Shengzao, the transport envoy of the Salt Transportation Department, all witnessed him. Then he was assassinated, and he was also assassinated by Donglu. This is no longer an issue of salt administration, but an issue of national security.

This time Yangzhou will be turned upside down.

Li Shu's face turned serious, he cupped his hands and said, "Yes, the governor."

Said, turned and hurried away.

Jia Heng looked at the wall and began to think about the knife just now, but he didn't mean it.

However, if it was Duoduo, then the knife should be a scorpion, and then he bleeds to death, which is not necessarily the case.

At this moment, from the hall, the Yangzhou salt merchant, who was trembling with fear, came down to the wooden ladder with his family member, and looked at the young man standing in the courtyard with a knife in surprise.

The old bustard of Huanhualou also led Gu Ruoqing, Nan Ling and a few other Yingying Yanyan to stand under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the man.

"Uncle Yongning, this..." Wang Shouqi said urgently with an ugly expression on his face.

Jia Heng glanced coldly at the salt merchants, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone here, someone colluded with Donglu, leaked the news, and wanted to assassinate me!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored all the salt merchants and walked outside.

Chen Xiao and several brocade-clothed followers, and Tu Shan, who had removed the black turban and showed Jurchen braids, followed Jia Heng and left.

Seeing the young man leaving without looking back, Wang Shouqi was terrified, looked at several people, and said in shock, "Something is going to happen."

Jiang Tong frowned, with a look of worry on his face, he faintly felt that something was wrong, and said, "Brother Wang, what should we do?"

Wang Shouqi said anxiously: "Hurry up and find Mr. Liu to discuss countermeasures."

(End of this chapter)