The Red Mansions

Chapter 803 Jia Heng: The jar can be broken...

Ningguo Mansion, in the study
As the dusk fell from the dark clouds in the sky, Jia Heng lit a candle and said to Zhen Qing, "Your second uncle and fourth uncle can go there early tomorrow morning, and let them write the memorial overnight and submit it to Beijing."

Zhen Qing responded softly, gratitude was seen in her charming eyes, her rosy face was full of joy, and she said, "I'll tell them when I get back."

Here, Jia Heng looked at Zhen Xue, who was wearing a long skirt with blue collar and plain white sleeves, and said with a light smile: "What's wrong with the princess, her face is so ugly?"

Zhen Xue raised her head, under her black eyebrows, her eye circles were flushed, her beautiful eyes were about to cry, and there was clearly a bit of grievance remaining on her gentle and tranquil jade face, as if she didn't want to be seen by Jia Heng, she turned her face away pass aside.

He did it on purpose, how could he spend such a long time with his sister.

It wasn't because she mentioned the prince, but she didn't want to go back because she treated her like this, but there was no other way.

Seeing the twinkling tears in Zhen Xuemei's eyes, Jia Heng approached, took the beauty's hand, and said in a low voice: "I mean, when the war here is over, let's go back together. It might be good to have someone to take care of you on the way, and I'm also reluctant to let you go."

Zhen Xue turned her head away, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she didn't answer.

Jia Heng embraced Zhen Xue and said in a low voice, "Stay in Jinling for a while."

Instead, it can be said that I spend more time with my mother and stay in Jinling for more time.

Zhen Xue snorted softly, and said softly: "I didn't say no, my family was a little anxious earlier, so you have to understand my difficulties."

Jia Heng gently hugged Zhen Xue's shaved shoulders, and said in a low voice: "When you arrive in Beijing, you say you are so weak, what should you do if you arrive in Beijing?"

Zhen Xue's tender body trembled slightly, sobbing softly, "Zi Yu."

Jia Heng said softly: "I missed me, so I took Xinxin to Ningguo Mansion to have a look."

"En." Zhen Xue quickly responded, hugging Jia Heng's waist tightly, but at this moment, the boy came closer.

Looking at her cheeks that were as red as blood, Jia Heng said softly: "The days to come will be long, you still have to decide what you do in the mansion."

If he got to Shenjing City, he would actually not take the risk to find Zhen Xue again, after all, Zhen Xue would need to solve it by himself.

Zhen Qing had already tidied up at this moment, and said with a light smile, "Sister, you, you are obviously reluctant, and you must wait for him to tell you."

Well, this bastard said he likes his sister more, but in fact...

Thinking of this, Li Xin inevitably felt an uncontrollable joy in her heart.

Jia Heng let go of Zhen Xue's hand, and said: "Forget about it for today, wait until the war over there is over and you have some free time, then you can think about it again. Your sister is too greedy, so she ate your share too."

Zhen Qing's cheeks were hot as fire, her phoenix eyes were ashamed, she couldn't help spitting lightly, and said angrily: "You bastard, what are you talking about."

Zhen Xueyu's face was also blushing, and it was hard to say anything else, but the original grievance in her heart completely dissipated.

Jia Heng said softly: "Xue'er, Xin Xin stays here and you will come pick her up in a few days."

He will go to Tongzhou Weigang tomorrow in order to send troops to Haimen.

This trip back is not so much a lingering in the land of gentleness, but rather a precautionary measure to eliminate some possible hidden dangers in the backyard.

Zhen Qing said softly: "Zi Yu, then I won't stay any longer, I'll go back and talk to my second and fourth uncles."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Clean up and go."

As he said that, he stepped out of the study first, and was taken aback for a moment, but saw Zhen Xi who was under the eaves of the corridor, and asked, "Sister Xi'er, why haven't you left yet?"

"Ah." Zhen Xi was sitting on the embroidered pier in the outer hall. Hearing this, she seemed to be taken aback. She followed the prestige and said, "Brother Heng, you are all right."

Jia Heng: "..."

Walking closer, he gently rubbed the girl's bangs, and said, "It's quite cold by the door, don't catch a cold."

As he spoke, he picked up the girl's hand and said in a low voice, "Sure enough, it's a bit cold."

Zhen Xi's cheeks were flushed, she lowered her head slightly, and said shyly, "I'm fine."

Although I didn't see it just now, but I heard the voice faintly, it didn't seem to be the second sister, but rather... the eldest sister?
Jia Heng said softly: "Well, follow me back."

The two held hands and walked along the corridor. At this moment, there were nuns lighting the lanterns on the eaves of the corridor. When they saw Jia Heng coming, they all saluted.

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "Tomorrow your second uncle and your father will go to the army to serve as servants, that's what I mainly said just now."

Zhen Xi responded softly, her bright eyes moved slightly, and said, "I know."

Jia Heng suddenly stopped, looked at the timid girl, and said seriously: "You can't tell your third sister what you saw just now, did you hear that?"

The third child should have more than half of the Zhen family's brains, so we have to guard against it, who knows if this is another Zhen Qing?Threat him back.

Zhen Xi quickly shook her head like a rattle, and said softly, "I won't say anything."

Jia Heng said: "That's good."

While talking, he sent Zhen Xi back to his room, and said: "Sister Xi'er, you can read a book here first, and after I take a bath, we can go have dinner together."

Zhen Xi responded obediently, sat down on the chair, looked at the surrounding layout, picked up a book on the bookshelf, and began to read.

Jia Heng called Shang Qingwen, went into the wing room to take a bath, and then took Zhenxi, said to accompany all the Yingying and Yanyan in the mansion to finish dinner in the flower hall in the back hall, and then went back to the study to check the map of Haimen counties.

At this moment, I heard a familiar sound of footsteps coming from behind the screen, and a slender and slender figure was projected on the screen.

Chen Xiao approached and said in a clear voice: "Just now Li Shu came to report that the Hongyi cannon and related firecrackers were loaded on board, and the soldiers who came from Hongyi to teach and control the operation of the artillery also boarded the ship."

Jia Heng expected that after the artillery was installed, the combat power could not be formed in a hurry, so he brought a group of Hongyi from Haojing to fight against the Han army to control the new artillery.

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "It's good to pretend, this battle depends entirely on these Hongyi cannons."

Chen Xiao frowned, and reminded: "Duoduo is not on guard yet, the key is to be caught by surprise. The Denglai Navy has not arrived yet. If it arrives, it will have a better chance of winning by blocking it back and forth."

Jia Heng said: "After that, Duoduo may run away. If Duoduo is defeated now, even if there are remnants of captives fleeing, no matter whether they go south or north, they will be intercepted and killed by the officers and soldiers, which is better."

This is actually what is needed for military use.

As he spoke, he pointed at the map and said in a low voice: "Xiaoxiao, mark the distance for me, and I will figure out how to block their escape direction."

"Why don't you go find your sister Xue." Chen Ling said in a low voice with a sneer on his lips.

When she came back, she was tossed between Yuanchun, Daiyu, and the demon concubine of the Zhen family, and she was still being treated lightly in the middle.

Jia Heng smiled and said: "There will be a war tomorrow, and it won't be too late to come back after the war."

Today I have been tossing and tossing a lot, not only my energy but also my mind are quite exhausted, and it is not easy to go hunting for Baochai again.

Chen Xiao paused, and said mockingly: "Aren't you afraid of another sad, crying?"

The girl obviously watched the whole process of Jia Heng's "coaxing" Daiyu, and she felt disgusting anyway.

"Baoqin and Baochai live in the same room now. The two cousins ​​meet again today. They can't share the same bed and sleep on their feet. I can't go there." Jia Heng said calmly, frowning: "I can't sleep in the middle. "

Anyway, in front of Xiaoxiao, he would have lost face a long time ago, and the pot would be broken.

Chen Xiao: "..."

I always feel that these words mean something, they are cousins, and they are sleeping in the middle...

Too lazy to think about it, he came to the front, picked up a map, and helped Jia Heng mark the words on it.

Jia Heng ignored Chen Xiao, picked up the gun blueprint in his hand and flipped through it. His goal was to improve the Hongyi cannon and flintlock guns. After all, firearms will rule the world in the future.

The two of them are busy with their own business and don't bother each other.

On the other side, in the wing room where Baochai is, the sky is a little dark because of the autumn rain falling outside, but the lights are still on, Baochai is indeed lying on the same bed with Baoqin, the two sisters are wearing underwear, whispering talking.

Baoqin has always been close to Baochai since she was a child, and her cousins ​​often fell asleep on the same bed.

Baochai's plump face was filled with curiosity at the moment, and she said, "Sister Baoqin, how did you meet Brother Heng?"

Baoqin briefly narrated what happened, and said: "Brother Heng can still speak the language of the barbarians. Many high-ranking officials over there listen to him."

In the end, he said in a tone of regret: "Brother Heng led the Yuehai Navy to fight the Hongyi of Haojing, but unfortunately I didn't see it."

Seeing Chongni in Baochai's eyes, she chuckled and said, "Sister Baoqin, why are you like Sister Yun, you like to watch all the excitement?"

A smile appeared on Baoqin's pink face, and she said charmingly: "When I was in Zhenzhen Kingdom, I saw wars, but they were not naval battles. I wanted to watch naval battles, but I didn't see them."

Baochai pinched Baoqin's greasy face, and said with a smile: "You know the etiquette in our Central Plains. Unless a girl is a general, how can she go to the battlefield casually, and she won't be able to marry in the future."

At the end, I couldn't help but think of the Princess Xianning.

What kind of husband is the emperor and daughter of the royal family who can't find it, so she has to find him for something.

But my heart was depressed for a while, no one in the Han Dynasty could compare to him.

"My sister pinched my face again, and I pinched my sister too." Baoqin pushed Baochai's hand away, said with a chuckle, and made a gesture to catch Baochai's Xuezi, and the two had been arguing since they were young.

However, as she got older, Baoqin respected her beautiful, dignified and quiet sister more and more, and she didn't dare to do anything wrong on weekdays.

But as the original book of Dream of Red Mansions said, Father Xue burned books such as "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "Hundred Kinds of People in Yuan Dynasty", but the girls have read them all, and they are not ignorant.

Baochai was obviously more quick-sighted, while protecting herself, she caught Baoqin's Xuezi, and said softly, "Sister Baoqin has grown up now."

Secretly thought, no wonder Brother Heng likes to rub her...

Well, what are you thinking about him at this time?
Baoqin's pink cheeks were blushing like a cloud, and she said in a low voice: "My sister is rubbing mine, and she won't let me touch it, it's not fair."

"Stop making trouble, it's cold today, be careful if you catch a cold again." Baochai held the quilt tightly to protect herself, and smiled lightly.

This is a smile that is rarely seen when getting along with a group of sisters from the Jia family. It is innocent and innocent, or you can only see some when you are fluttering butterflies.

Well, Jia Heng has never seen such a smile.

People have many faces, but Baochai in front of Jia Heng is more like a prey.

The two cousins ​​played around for a while, and then resumed their conversation.

Bao Qin asked softly: "Second sister went to the palace for a small election, what happened afterwards?"

Referring to the past, the smile on Baochai's face faded a bit, with a bit of thought in his eyes, he said softly: "Even if you enter the palace, you may not be satisfied. Fortunately, you are in the east of the lost, and the mulberry elm in the harvest."

Fortunately, she met him.

Bao Qin pursed her lips, listened to her sister's words, and said in a low voice: "Second sister, did your aunt ever promise someone else for her sister?"

Baochai's apricot eyes flashed, and she said softly, "That's not true."

Originally, I wanted to say the person's name, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was better to keep it a secret.

Baoqin was silent for a while, her white and snowy face saw distress, and said in a low voice: "Second sister, daddy went back to Jinling this time, and said that he would give me a family, and that we merchants should Promising a family of scholars, saying that it is a scholarly family in Xunshen capital, preferably Hanlin."

When Baochai heard the words, there was a touch of surprise in her moist almond eyes, and she asked, "This... why are you in such a hurry? My sister is not much older, so why are you in a hurry to ask someone?"

"That's what I said too." Baoqin sighed lightly, seeing depression on her plump and jade-like face, and said, "Elder sister didn't agree with anyone, why should I be in a hurry."

Baochai couldn't help laughing, and said, "You are still competing with me, so what are you going to do now?"

"Second sister, why don't you let your aunt talk about it after you return to Beijing?" Xue Baoqin looked at Baochai with bright eyes.

Baochai thought for a while, then said in a low voice: "If you want to delay the engagement, it's okay. The marriage in the daughter's family is always a matter of choice. Marriage is a lifetime thing."

Baoqin smiled sweetly and romantically, and said in a low voice: "I think so too, I want to ask Brother Heng to help persuade Daddy, Brother Heng wants Daddy to help with some business, Daddy listens to him now of."

In fact, Baoqin didn't know yet that Jia Shiwang Xue's four big families, and Jia Heng was the speaker of the four big families. Although it is not good to interfere in the marriage of other people's own daughters, if you have the script of "villain patriarch, great elder", It is even possible to help Baoqin arrange a marriage for the benefit of the four major families.

When Baochai heard this, Yurong was surprised, and said softly, "Oh? Why is Second Uncle listening to him?"

"It's not that Guangdong is open to the sea, and the sea trade is booming again. Brother Heng wants Dad to do some business." Baoqin said, her bright eyes were shining, especially bright and bright under the candlelight, and she said in surprise: "Heng Didn't Big Brother say anything?"

Baochai's jade face was slightly powdered, she pursed her pink lips, and said softly: "I haven't heard him say that yet."

It's been so many days since I came back, and I haven't come to see her.

Maybe I'm too busy.

But how can I go to the eldest princess's mansion?

At this moment, the girl still doesn't know that no matter how busy Jia Heng is, she should go to Daiyu's room once, and with Yinger here, it is only a matter of time before she knows.

"It's good to let your elder brother Heng help you persuade, but after all, it's your life's important matter, after all, it's up to the second uncle to make the decision, so he doesn't have much to say." Baochai frowned and said softly.

Generally speaking, girls are never willing to meddle in such matters, but here is their cousin and lover.

Baoqin's brows and eyes were sad again, she sighed, and said softly: "Then I beg Brother Heng, let Brother Heng help persuade Dad, I didn't have time, why did I promise someone so early."

In fact, according to the original book, Baoqin's premature marriage was Xue's father's plan. Because Xue's father died of illness, he arranged Baoqin's marriage before he died of illness, and did not let the old lady of the Jia family and Aunt Xue arranged, Xu Shi realized the crisis in Jia's house.

Baochai said softly: "I thought it shouldn't be so early. Your brother hasn't made a decision yet. It's good to let your big brother Heng help to talk about it."

She felt that Baoqin just wanted to play for two more years, and didn't want to marry someone so early, so that's fine.

The cousins ​​were talking in a low voice, unknowingly tired, and went to sleep.

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The next day, early in the morning, the golden light shone through the clouds in the east and fell on the vast courtyard of Ningguo Mansion, as if covering the courtyard with a thin golden veil.

After Jia Heng got up, he left Ningguo Mansion with Chen Xiao, and saw a group of people riding horses standing on the street. It was Zhen Shao and Zhen Zhu, both wearing helmets and armor, and wearing military uniforms.

Zhen Shao and Zhen Xuan followed Jia Heng's advice brought by Zhen Qing last night.

The two wrote a memorial overnight, one was a plea for war, the other was a plea for sin, but they all had one thing in common, they were willing to join the navy and Jurchen in Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps for a decisive battle.

Against the background of the rumors in Jinling City that the reinforcements of the Sanwei Navy, the capital of Zhejiang Province, were defeated, Zhen Shao and Zhen Zhu's invitation to fight naturally appeared to be loyal to the country. There is no doubt that as time goes by, the entire Jinling City will spread the praises of the Zhen family. In the name of loyalty.

This is exactly the ingenuity of Jia Heng's strategy, and Zhen Qing immediately realized the ingenuity yesterday.

"The final general has met Uncle Yongning." Zhen Shao and Zhen Zhu walked quickly, cupping their fists and saluting.

Jia Heng nodded, stretched out his arms and said, "The two generals please get up quickly."

Any actions taken by the second and third sons of the Zhen family were just to help the Zhen family clear up the test scores, but for the big questions that had been written wrong, the points had already been deducted into big zeros.

When Emperor Chongping disposes of it, he may suffer less.

Zhen Shao looked at the young Xungui who was facing him complicatedly, and asked, "Uncle Yongning, shall we go to Tongzhou Weigang now?"

Jia Heng said: "The boat is ready at the ferry, let's set off now, two elders, don't delay, come with me."

Zhen Shao nodded, responded, and winked at Zhen Zhu, followed Jia Heng's Jinyi Tiqi, and headed for the ferry, while Annanhou Yezhen led his family, Ye Cheng, who had been waiting for a long time, and the two sides met Soldiers and horses, and ships carrying Hongyi cannons sailed along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River towards Tongzhouwei Port.

At the same time, in Chongmingsha, hundreds of miles away from Jinling, hundreds of warships are densely packed. Looking from above, the masts are like forests, and the flags embroidered with giant dragons with teeth and claws are hunting under the blowing of the autumn wind. rattle.

This place is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River, and on the right is Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, which happens to be stuck at the estuary of the Dahan Navy.

After several days of intense fighting, after the guards of Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion sent cavalry to the Jiangnan camp to help, the momentum of the bandits landing on the shore and attacking the county was depressed.

Duoduo stood on the second deck of a large ship, surrounded by generals wearing Jurchen armor.

The main reason is that the Jeolla Province Navy in North Korea controls Li Daoshun and other generals. In addition, there are Nujiao Gang, Sihai Gang, and Jinsha Gang who travel to Nanyang countries and the waters of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces to smuggle for profit. Jurchen's armor now has a calm expression on his face.

The previous destruction of the three guards of the capital of Zhejiang undoubtedly greatly encouraged the confidence of Jurchen and the pirates. However, in view of the painful lesson of annihilating Zhenhai first in the first battle of Haimen, and then being defeated by Jia Heng, everyone was not arrogant.

Duoduo looked at the coastline in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Han's officers and soldiers can't shrink back, and it's not a long-term plan for us to wait here. When we concentrate our superior forces and make a surprise landing from Haimen, the king doesn't believe that Jia Heng'er is still hiding. Instead of fighting."

The longer the time dragged on, the worse it would be for Jurchen because of the supply of ships.

In fact, the Sanwei Navy, which concentrated all its efforts to defeat Zhejiang Dusi, also had the intention of ensuring military supplies.

Li Daoshun said: "Master, although the combat power of our naval division is slightly higher than that of the Han army, it does not have a clear advantage in strength."

"Master, the Taicang Guards and Suzhou Guards are very tenacious in resisting, and there are rangers from the Jiangnan camp rushing back and forth to help. We will not be able to land at all." Shangguan Rui, the leader of the Nujiao Sect, said.

The previous strategy set by Duoduo was still to use the pirates to invade Taicang, Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, and use the Korean Navy as the main force of reinforcements to wipe out Chen Han.

However, Jia Heng's strategy was to strictly guard the coast and not send ships to fight it decisively, so there was no way to effectively contain the Jurchen navy.

Therefore, Zhejiang Dusi was defeated by a navy sent by Duduo. To some extent, it was a two-way rush. Jilongshan (Wanwan) fled.

The war is bound to last for a long time, and even make Duoduo entrenched in Wanwan, which will become a trouble in the southeast.

Therefore, although Jia Heng felt helpless in the defeat of the Zhejiang capital's reinforcements, it was precisely the opportunity to send troops.

Duoduo said in a deep voice: "Leave a part of the soldiers and horses to restrain the rangers and prevent them from sailing out to flank our army. The other ships and troops are attacking Haimen from the front, forcing the Han army to fight. If the Han army does not fight, our army will go south to intercept Fuzhou. Sailor, go to Jilong Mountain."

The North Korean Navy has [-] troops, while the other pirates have [-] troops. If they concentrate their forces from Haimen to invade Yangzhou and Jinling, Jia Heng really needs to fight.

The Jade Rabbit falls to the west, and the Golden Crow rises to the east. Unknowingly, the North Korean navy is approaching Haimen in a big way. As Duoduo thought, the Han army can only send troops to fight.

Wei Che, the general of Jiangnan Daying Zhenhaiwei, stood at the bow of the ship, and Ye Kai, the son of Ye Zhen, the Marquis of Annan, stood not far behind.

At the moment, there are [-] sailors in the Jiangbei camp in Haimen. It is the sailors of the Jiangbei camp. Because they are relatively elite, they have a certain ability to resist the North Korean navy.

Under Jia Heng's order the day before yesterday, it was led by Wei Che, a budding naval general from Zhenhaiwei.

Around the deck, apart from some naval officers and academies, there were also two young generals, Jia Chang and Jia Fang, whose young and fair faces were filled with excitement.

The two young generals of the Jia family have been studying water warfare in Zhenhaiwei for more than a month. Both of them are eager to make progress, so they decided to seize this opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Jia Fang looked closely at this moment, and saw a ship approaching from the distance like an arrow off the string, the sails moved together, and after a while, a young captain with a handsome face boarded the ship, cupped his hands and said: "Wei General, Yongningbo's flag ship has arrived at Weigang, Tongzhou, order the general to fight the enemy and prepare to respond."

Wei Che's face paused, and he said in a deep voice: "The generals are listening to the order, the navy and the enemy are on alert, ready to fight at any time, where are the two generals Ye Kai and Jia Fang?"

"Yes." Jia Fang and Ye Kai left the class one after another, cupping their hands and saying.

"The two of you led five hundred ships to meet the Zhenhaiwei navy." Wei Che whispered with a glint in his tiger eyes.

"Yes." The two young generals, Ye Kai and Jia Fang, clasped their fists together and said.

At this moment, the North Korean navy and the pirates on Duoduo's side were keenly aware of the movements of Chen Han's army, and they also waved their command flags. The [-] navy divided into three waves and approached Haimen, guarding against Suzhou Wei and Taicang Wei. Soldiers threatened.

All of a sudden, the army is overwhelming, and the war is about to break out!
(End of this chapter)