The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

While speaking, an arrow shot through the window screen.

The accompanying guard looked around with a knife and shouted: "Who is it, get out!"

On both sides of this street, on one side is the mansion of Minister of Rites, and on the other side is the high wall of his backyard.

Jia Amnesty's carriage had already passed Shangshu's mansion ten zhang away, and there was no one on the street at this moment, except for the high walls on the left and right, there were weeping willows.It was easy to track down where the arrow shooters were. The swords came from two directions, north and south. Looking up, there were several masked men lying behind thick tree trunks on both sides of the road, holding bows and crossbows.Several men in black held bows and crossbows and fired in the direction of the carriage at the same time.The coachman had been shot in the neck by a crossbow and fell to the ground.

At the same time as the arrows came, a man in black took the opportunity to jump down and cut off the reins of the horses at a fast speed. The four horses were frightened and ran away at the same time.The carriage was empty on the road immediately, and the accompanying guards immediately surrounded the carriage to protect Jia Amnesty.Gui San threw a dart directly at the assassin who cut the reins, and it hit the eyebrow. The assassin glared and fell to the ground in response.

Jia Amnesty picked up the tea tray in the carriage, blocked the window, and jumped out of the carriage with cat waist and pig hair.

Because although the bow and crossbow archery is powerful, it has a big head.But there will be a long gap for changing arrows, the ghost third-class guards will not allow them to continue their progress, so they take the opportunity to throw darts and daggers, forcing these men in black to jump down from the tree and fight them.

Jia Amnesty and Hei Zhu stood beside the car, watching these people fight.There are more than [-] men in black, five or six more than the guards.Although the ghosts and the third class are Ouchi guards with good skills, these assassins are not bad at reaching out. They can't stand up to the opponent's crowd, and it is a bit difficult to fight.

Seeing this, Zhu Mao was so anxious that he shouted for someone to help, hoping that the guards could just pass by here.

"During the day, there are very few imperial guards patrolling." Jia Amnesty calmly reminded Zhu Mao, "I told you to prepare the things before, are you ready?"

Zhu Mao was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and slapped himself on the head, then climbed into the car, took out a small gong from the hidden compartment of the car, and beat it hard.The sound of the gong shook the sky and spread far and wide immediately.

The assassins panicked when they heard this voice, and Gui Sanwai took advantage of their distraction to stab and wound two of them.

I heard the leader say: "Withdraw!"

At this time, Hengmeng brought people over on horseback, and immediately surrounded them when they saw the situation. Coupled with the encirclement and suppression by the ghosts and others, the guards were forced to the wall. In desperation, they all chose to surrender.

Hengmeng jumped off the horse and walked to Jia Amnesty with a smile.

Jia Amnesty bowed his hand and wanted to thank Hengmeng.At this moment, he saw Heng Meng's complexion changed drastically, and then he stretched out his hand and pulled him violently behind her.

With a whoosh, the arrow pierced Heng Meng's chest.

Seeing this situation, the third ghost came to rescue him, and those guards with real faces quickly chased after the fish that slipped through the net.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly supported Hengmeng and sent people to call for a doctor.At this time, the door of Shangshu also opened, and the steward rushed out with a group of servants. Seeing this scene, he asked Jia Amnesty to temporarily transfer Hengmeng to their mansion for treatment.

Jia Amnesty nodded.

Heng Meng suddenly grabbed Jia She's hand, vomited blood, but still wanted to speak.

Jia Amnesty put her ear close to Hengmeng's.

Hengmeng opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she passed out.

But judging from the shape of his mouth and the meaning of his words, Jia She guessed that he probably hoped that he would not let others discover his identity.

At this time, those assassins who were suppressed in the corner fell to the ground one after another, all of them clutching their stomachs, their faces twisted, and their lips instantly turned purple.

Zhu Mao immediately shouted: "Take the poison!"

The guards were going to pick their mouths to stop them from taking the poison, but it was already too late, and they died after a while.Gui Sanwai took care of the fish that slipped through the net, and hurried back to check.He led people to tear off the veils of all the assassins, their faces were very unfamiliar, and several corpses had already begun to bleed from the seven orifices.

The officials of Gyeonggi Prefecture also rushed over, and another team of city guards chased after hearing the sound.Ghost San took the token and ordered them to guard the scene and search the entire street to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net.He led a team of people into Huang Shangshu's mansion to see if there were any assassins hiding in the Shangshu mansion, and also ordered the city guards to surround the room where Heng Meng and Jia She were staying to avoid reappearing. Just an unexpected situation.

Soon, the invited doctor arrived, and the imperial doctor came immediately, but Heng Meng's subordinates intercepted them with knives, and refused to allow these people to visit them on the grounds that their prince was tall and clean and didn't like outsiders touching his body. Owner.Seeing this, the housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion became embarrassed, and walked up to Jia Amnesty with a smirk, asking him for his opinion.

"Let's not get involved in the affairs of the Dayang Royal Family," Jia She said.

It didn't take long to see Heng Jun rushing to bring people, and the accompanying doctor immediately went into the house with a box on his back to treat Heng Meng's wound.At the same time, all the people serving in the house were sent out, except for the doctor, only two personal servants were left to serve.

Heng Jun had a gloomy face, and while listening to Heng Meng's subordinates' report, he wandered in the center of the ground with his hands behind his back.After hearing what happened to Heng Meng's arrow, Heng Jun immediately grabbed the collar of the talking guard, his face was extremely cold, "Trash! Why didn't you investigate the danger in time and protect him? Do you need me to teach you about this kind of thing?" !"

Heng Jun used a lot of strength, because he was already tall, so he lifted the guard up easily with this pull, and then threw him to the ground hard.The guard fell back, his face contorted in pain, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Jia Amnesty sat in the first place, and after silently observing Heng Jun's attitude, he said, "He came to this position only to save me."

"I want to blame you, but your identity doesn't allow me to do anything." Heng Jun glared at Jia She with red eyes, then sat down beside Jia She, squinting his eyes, "This guy is really crazy. Save you, do what you do to block arrows."

"It was a surprise." Jia She said.

Heng Jun: "More than that, I can't even believe it."

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he let out a barely audible laugh.

"Lord Jia doesn't really think that we are willing to sacrifice our lives just to respect you?"

Jia She looked at Heng Jun sideways, "Aren't you pretending to be with me?"

"Whatever you pretend, no matter how much you pretend, you can't pretend to be Master Jia." Heng Jun said frankly.

Jia She raised the corners of his mouth sarcastically, and met in silence, not intending to respond to Heng Jun again.

Heng Jun turned his head to look at Jia She very seriously, and tapped his right index finger on the table vigorously, "I didn't expect Mrs. Jia to be such an extraordinary talent. I thought that you single-handedly created "Great Zhou Dynasty News" is very special." Amazing, I only found out this morning that this "Secret of the Neighbor" was also written by you. From now on, I have to admire you from the bottom of my heart."

"This sentence sounds like the truth." Jia She said.

Heng Jun was surprised, "Didn't you realize that I was fooling you a long time ago? You really deserve to be Master Jia, I admire you."

Jia She sneered.

Heng Jun continued: "I really didn't expect Heng Meng to block this arrow for you. You should know whether I mean what I said."

Jia Amnesty looked at Heng Jun, and was about to respond, when he saw the doctor with a real face come out, his hands were a little wet, and blood was still sticking to his sleeves.He must have just washed his hands, but Hengmeng's injuries were serious, with blood sticking to his sleeves.

When Jia Amnesty stood up, Heng Jun had already reacted, and quickly walked up to the doctor and asked how the situation was.

"Fortunately, no vital parts were injured, but due to the delayed treatment time and excessive blood loss, it is very dangerous at the moment. I am most afraid of fever and wound ulceration at this time, so I must change the dressing in time, and take more expensive medicinal materials that nourish qi and blood. " said the doctor.

Heng Jun agreed, and arranged for people to go to Zhang Luo to carry Heng Meng back to the mansion.

Heng Meng was still in a coma, Jia She looked at him with pale lips and no blood at all, thinking that he was the one who should be hit by the arrow, he felt very uncomfortable.

After watching Heng Jun leave, he sent Zhu Mao to take a few snow lotuses from Rong Mansion's collection to make up for Heng Meng.

"That was bestowed on the master by the emperor, besides Mr. Song—"

"It's not worth human life, go quickly." Jia She scolded.

Zhu Mao agreed, hurried out to ride the horse and left.Jia Amnesty took the car and followed Heng Jun to the palace first. After Heng Meng settled down, he expressed his thanks and was about to leave.

Heng Jun saw that Jia She sent the top-grade snow lotus, and thanked Jia She, "Go and do it if you have something to do. The murderer who planned this matter wants you to come and find him. I also hope that you can avenge my brother as soon as possible."

Jia Amnesty agreed, so he said goodbye, and then he really went.Jia Amnesty rode a fast horse and returned to the scene of the incident. It is estimated that Wei Qingdong will arrive soon.

……

Soon after the incident, there were already many people watching at the scene of the incident.Huang Yuande also rushed back after getting the news.Seeing so many people died in front of his house, he sighed his bad luck, and sent people several times to urge the government officials of Gyeonggi Prefecture to remove the corpses quickly, but the government officials were still protecting the scene and refused to evacuate for a long time.Huang Yuande was so angry that he came out to find the Prime Minister Liu Zhizhong in person for a theory.

Naturally, Liu Zhizhong couldn't afford to offend a senior official like Huang Yuande, so he nodded and bowed his head with an apologetic smile, explaining the reason, hoping he could understand.

When Huang Yuande heard this, he became even more angry, raised his chin high, and snorted coldly, full of official style.

Seeing this, the housekeeper beside Huang Yuande quickly conveyed their master's words, and said fiercely to Liu Zhizhong: "Master Liu, this is your fault. In order to let your master come back and take a look, you left these corpses in our Huang's house." The door is full of smog, looking for bad luck for our master?"

Liu Zhizhong glanced at Huang Yuande who had an unreasonable expression on his face, laughed a few times with the butler, and then chose to keep silent as much as possible.

The housekeeper said anxiously: "You can tell me, can you move those corpses away immediately?"

"This...we have to wait until the adults come to investigate..."

"Then how long will your lord be able to come? If he doesn't come for the rest of his life, these corpses will rot at the gate of our mansion and turn into bones?" The butler had the courage of his own lord, so his words became more and more arrogant.

Liu Zhizhong had never been treated with such an attitude by a person of low status, he felt ashamed in his heart, but he could only bear it and not attack.

"Lord Liu, when it comes to this matter, you still have such an attitude, so don't blame this official for being ruthless, and another day for your subordinates to be ruthless, and play a good part in the court hall about your unruly behavior in Gyeonggi Province." Huang Yuande snorted coldly road.

When Liu Zhizhong heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly apologized and went over to apologize, begging Huang Yuande for mercy.

"My lord, please be considerate. It's really not that the lower officials don't want to do it, but it's a rule set by the Fu Yin to protect the place where the crime happened. It's really hard for the lower officials not to follow."

"Rules are dead, people are alive. As an official of the imperial court, you can't even solve this problem, so how can I sympathize with you." After Huang Yuande said that, he threw up his sleeves and left.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the mansion, he heard someone report that Jia Amnesty had come.

Huang Yuande stopped and turned his head to look over.I thought that when Jia Amnesty got off his horse, he would see him and come over to greet him politely and apologize to him.If he did this, Huang Yuande felt that he could seriously consider forgiving him once.Who knew that after Jia She got off the horse, he didn't even look at himself, and went straight to the corpses.

Wei Qingdong was conducting an autopsy, and quickly determined that the way these people took the poison was dead men. "From the point of view of the poison, there is nothing special about it. They all took the ordinary crane-top red poison,"

Jia She looked at these corpses, all of them were dressed in Han clothes, and they were coarse clothes of ordinary people. This reminded him of when Dou Huai and Zhu Shi died before, and the witnesses claimed that the murderer seemed to look like this.

Jia Amnesty asked Wei Qingdong to check the weapons they were holding to see if the knives fit the wound on Dou Huai's body.

Wei Qingdong checked the thickness and width of the blade, then nodded to Jia Amnesty, expressing that it was very similar.

Jia Amnesty nodded.

"The method of biting poison is to hide the poison in the back molars, and bite it open in a hurry." Wei Qingdong checked the mouths of the deceased and pulled out a thin thread from inside.

Jia Amnesty's eyes fell on a corpse with disheveled hair, the bun must have been messed up during the fight.

Jia Amnesty asked the Yacha to turn the dead man over and lift the hair on the back of his head.

Wei Qingdong leaned over to look puzzled, but he didn't see any wounds on the back of the head of the corpse, or any special marks.

Jia Amnesty then asked the Yacha to unbutton another corpse's hair, and he did the same to look at the back of his head.

Wei Qingdong looked carefully again, but still didn't find anything special, so he turned to look at Jia Amnesty in puzzlement.

Jia She explained to Wei Qingdong in a low voice: "Zhenyan people have a characteristic, they will have a little finger-thick braid on the back of the head, which is about half a foot long for ordinary people. The more noble, the longer the braid, and the higher the level." The aristocrats tied their braids up to make them inconspicuous."

Wei Qingdong thought about it carefully, and nodded. It turned out that this was the case.He immediately went to check the hair on the back of the corpse's head, and sure enough, there was a strand of hair as thick as a little finger that was shorter, and then he went to check the other corpses, all of them were like this.Wei Qingdong's expression turned serious, he looked at the people around him, but he didn't say anything, he just got up and gave Jia She a slight nod before washing his hands.Jia Amnesty ordered the yamen servants to collect the corpses and transport them back to Gyeonggi Prefecture.

"Have you searched the area afterwards? Did anyone slip through the net?" Jia Amnesty asked.

Liu Zhizhong hurriedly agreed that he had checked everything and found no suspicious persons.

"After the re-examination by the government office in a while, if there are new clues, I will send someone to the Song Mansion to inform. This time, you have worked hard again." Jia Amnesty smiled and patted Wei Qingdong on the shoulder.

Wei Qingdong hurriedly saluted Jia Amnesty respectfully, saying that his little work was nothing at all.Then he took a tentative look at Jia She, and said to Jia She in a low voice: "Uncle, but it's still... well, Yuan Chun has been worried that you will get into trouble just after hearing the news from outside, and even told me specifically, Be sure to greet uncle well. If there is any difficulty, as long as the juniors can do it, they will definitely do their best and will not hesitate."

"Don't bother you, I'll be fine here, don't worry." Jia Amnesty patted Wei Qingdong's shoulder again, and asked him in a low voice not to reveal the identities of these guards for the time being, as long as he still didn't know anything.

Wei Qingdong agreed, and seeing Jia She got on the horse, he folded his arms and respectfully watched him go, and then got into the carriage himself, and headed for Gyeonggi Prefecture.

Besides, Huang Yuande, since returning to the mansion, has been wearing a dignified official robe, sitting upright in the main hall of his home, just waiting for Jia Amnesty to finish the assassination case outside and come in to make amends with him.But he waited and waited, drank three cups of tea, and still didn't hear the news.Huang Yuande became a little impatient, stood up, and lamented that Jia She was too slow in handling things, and that such a small matter had not been dealt with until now.

The young servant who had just entered the door to deliver the famous post was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked Huang Yuande: "Isn't the master waiting for the Duke of Fuguo?"

"Nonsense, you don't have ears?" Huang Yuande glared at the boy, disgusted with his useless words.

The little servant hurriedly bowed his head, and said with a trembling voice: "But the Duke of the country has already left as early as the two sticks of incense, and the servants at the gate have also withdrawn, and the corpses have also been transported away as the master wishes. .”

Huang Yuande opened his eyes wide and looked at the boy in disbelief, "What did you say, they all left?"

The boy nodded.

Huang Yuande's face became hot, and he immediately turned his back, not wanting the servant to see the embarrassing expression on his face.But he clenched his fists fiercely, and spat out Jia Amnesty's name word by word.

Not long after Jia Amnesty arrived at the Song Mansion, he saw Song Xi rushing back.

Beads of sweat hung on Song Xi's head, and he came back on a fast horse. When he saw Jia She, his eyes wandered up and down to confirm that Jia She was not injured, and then he let out a sigh of relief.

"After I heard that you were assassinated in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, I immediately left the palace to find you, and then went to the Shangshu Mansion, only to be told by the servant that you were waiting for me here." Song Xi grabbed Jia Xie's hand and asked him if he was okay.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Jia She said.

Song Xi shook his head, tapped Jia She's forehead lightly, and then tapped where his heart was, "I'm talking about your place, and here, are you surprised?"

"A little bit, but it was only for a moment, but it has calmed down this morning." Jia She said with a smile.

Song Xi: "That's good. But I heard that Prince Hengmeng died because he saved you? What's going on here, and why did he appear?"

Jia Amnesty then told Song Xi the story in detail, and also told Song Xi about his discovery of the assassin's bun problem.

"Do you suspect that these assassins are real people?" Song Xi asked.

"It can only be said that real-looking people are used to having their hair tied up, but it's hard to say what the status of these dead men is. After all, everyone is dead, and there is no proof of death." Jia She sighed.

Song Xi squeezed Jia She's hand fiercely, "From today onwards, you will live in the Song Mansion, and you are not allowed to leave. I thought you were the author of the book, but there will be some disturbances. As soon as you expose it, you will be killed.

"You mean that my former enemy did this to get revenge on me?" Jia Amnesty looked at Song Xi carefully.

Song Xi frowned, "You also said that if you don't know who the murderer is, then either of us has to guard against it. The timing of the incident happened so coincidentally, just after your identity was revealed, so the suspicion is naturally the greatest. "

Jia She nodded, "There is some truth in what you say. But I'm afraid I won't be able to obey your instructions. I'm here today to bid you farewell, and tomorrow I'll set off for Liuzhou to investigate the case."

"Liuzhou?" Although Song Xi asked back, there was no surprise on his face, as if he had expected this earlier.

Jia Amnesty had a panoramic view of Song Xi's reaction, and suppressed all the words he originally wanted to share with Song Xi.Thousands of words turned into only one word in the end, "Yes."

"I also heard some rumors, and I know that the emperor didn't want you to tell me too many details in order to guard against me. That's all, I don't want to be curious, just go and come back well, that's all. My greatest expectation. I have everything here in the capital, so you can rest assured." Song Xi's eyes sparkled softly, and there was a warm smile at the corner of his mouth.

Jia Amnesty's mood was also softened and cheerful by his smile.

"Don't worry, if you wake up to what happened today, I will take good care of myself."

Song Xi was still worried, and introduced the four masters in his family's mansion to Jia Amnesty, asking him to bring them along. "I know you will find it troublesome if there are too many people, but you will never regret taking these four people away, and it is for me, so that I don't have to worry so much in the capital."

"it is good."

After Jia She said goodbye to Song Xi, he glanced at him again, and saw Song Xi standing on the stone steps in a purple robe. His description was stunning, and the cool autumn breeze made him look more lonely and lingering, making him unforgettable. .

Jia Amnesty's heart skipped a beat, a little bit reluctant, but he still took big strides and walked away without looking back.

When Jia Amnesty returned, he happened to pass by Tongde Street, and since he was on a long trip this time, he stopped by to see the two children, Xing Ming and Xing Xiuyan.Before entering the door, he heard the voices of children inside, besides Xing Ming, he also heard Dou Cong's voice.

Jia Amnesty entered the door, and sure enough, all three children came out to welcome them.

Seeing Jia She, Dou Cong was a little embarrassed and lowered his head slightly.

Xing Ming smiled and told Jia She that he and Dou Cong had become good friends. Dou Cong also recommended him two books on agricultural politics to read, and also taught him some tips for calculating accounts.

Jia Amnesty patted Xing Ming's head with a smile, and glanced at Dou Cong. The child still had his head down, not daring to look at himself.Jia Amnesty went into the house and drank tea while telling the two children of his decision to go out, and told them to be good during this time.Afterwards, Jia Amnesty took Dou Cong away.

Dou Cong does not ride in a car, but rides a horse, holding a short knife in his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Any more assassins, I'll protect you!" Dou Cong said vigorously.

Jia Amnesty smiled helplessly and said, "Quickly stop making trouble."

Dou Cong hurriedly asked Jia She if he would take him with him to Liuzhou this time. Seeing Jia She nodded, Dou Cong was very excited.

Dou Cong grabbed the knife in his hand, rode on the horse and headed east, trying to open the way first.

Seeing this, Zhu Mao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Uncle Dou, I went wrong."

"Wrong?" Dou Cong turned his head puzzled, he had a good memory, and this direction was indeed back to Rongfu.

"From now on, our master will not live in Rong Mansion. There is another house. If Master Dou doesn't dislike it, we can go together."