Infrastructure masters in the red building

In Nanzhong Province, the shopkeeper spread out all the goods he brought, but people didn't immediately surround him like before.

The shopkeeper secretly sighed in his heart, since the elephant soldiers from Nanyi were smuggled into the country, the people in Nanzhong Prefecture have almost escaped.He brought daily necessities, but naturally no one cared.

But soon, a South Central State officer who had been in contact with him waved and called him over, asked him how many safety matches and smokeless candles he had brought, nodded and smiled, "Very good!"

"Detain this batch of goods directly, detain this man, and kill the sacrificial flag in front of the army later." The officer gave a grinning grin and gave orders, and immediately a dozen soldiers rushed up and detained the salesman.Among the dozen or so people, there are two people whose faces are painted in different colors from those of the natives, apparently from Nanyi.

The peddler turned pale with shock, and asked loudly: "Master Jun, I have inquired about the situation in Yong'an and Yongping states and told you about the situation in Yong'an and Yongping according to what you said. As long as you send someone to verify it, you should know about me. Not a single word of what I said was false!"

The officer smiled casually and said, "That's true, but when the army goes out to sacrifice the flag with living people, we can't kill our own people. Since you said you came from Wuyuan County, I'm sorry, since you were born If you are in Wuyuan County, you are wrong, and you deserve to die!"

The shopkeeper was pinned to the ground by several soldiers, still struggling: "Wuyuan County...what's wrong?"

"Haha, the elephant soldiers are invincible when they cross the border. As long as the prince gives an order, the army will go straight to Wuyuan County. At that time, all jade and rocks will be destroyed, and the people in Wuyuan County will be taken to Nanyi to work as coolies if they don't die." The officer looked up and laughed. , "What difference does it make if you die a little too soon?"

The salesman was pressed to the ground, and one cheek was repeatedly rubbed against the gravel floor, and blood was wiped out on his cheek in an instant, and the smell of blood gradually filled his mouth—it turned out that he was so angry that he almost wiped out all the teeth in his mouth. Crushed.

But the shopkeeper's heart is open.As long as he can't rush back to the border of Ping'an Prefecture tonight, and the secret sentry there can't hear from him, "Dicui Pavilion" will immediately receive the news that Nanzhong Prefecture has officially rebelled.

As long as the officer in front of him never doubted the "news" he brought, his mission would be accomplished.

But his life is about to come to an end—as a field worker of "Dicui Pavilion", he has this self-awareness: After all, how can one not get his shoes wet while walking by the river?There will come a day when all their partners have fully understood the risks involved before joining this department, and everyone has made enough mental preparations.

Even all his funeral affairs have been properly arranged, his family members will be taken care of, and his brothers will take his place in front of the old man without saying a word.

But when this moment came, he was still reluctant.

Taoyuan Village is so beautiful, the folks are so kind, and the folk songs sung by the pretty girls are even better than that of the lark; the products there are getting richer day by day, and there is never worry about lack of clothes or clothes, and there are all kinds of novelties. And convenient daily necessities emerge in endlessly; there are facilities that many people have never seen in their entire lives, steam locomotives whimpering and spraying white steam run around on the rails, and machines driven by flowing water make cotton thread into cotton cloth like magic tricks... …

There is also the Cuju team he supports, his favorite theater actors...

The most important thing is that it is his beloved hometown - his only wish right now is to spread the news at the price of his death, to help the people of Wu Yuan and the folks in Taoyuan successfully defend against the enemy and protect their homeland from violation.

In this way, everything he loves deeply can continue.

In the future, if he entrusts his birth, he would still be willing to entrust his birth in Taoyuan Village.

The salesman was dragged to the South Zhongzhou camp in a blink of an eye, and was forced to kneel in front of the general, King Nan'an.Earlier, the general reported: "Report to the lord, a spy from Wuyuan County has just been captured! In order to make an example to everyone, I beg you to kill him to sacrifice the flag."

King Nan'an cast his eyes on the peddler's face, and said that he was just a peddler who came from a long way, "spy" and so on, it was just an excuse to kill to sacrifice the flag.The prince who had stayed in the south for many days did not intend to interrogate the shopkeeper in detail, but said indifferently: "In that case, kill Jiqi."

The peddler was nervous for a moment, originally thought that his identity as a spy of "Dicui Pavilion" had been discovered, but now it sounds like the other party just randomly accused himself of a crime in order to find a reason for the sacrifice of the flag.

Such a careless general, such an incompetent prince!

The salesman suddenly burst into laughter. At the last moment of his life, he suddenly had infinite confidence in his homeland! ——He can finally rest in peace.

The laughter suddenly stopped, and the heads fell to the ground. The original counter-insurgency ministries under King Nan'an of Nanzhong Prefecture, mixed with elephant soldiers from Nanyi, slowly marched towards Yongping Prefecture after this bloody and cruel flag sacrifice ceremony.

In the capital, Jia Fang was wanted, and the Ningrong Second Mansion was besieged by the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp garrison and the five city soldiers and horses.

Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan ordered the door of the Rongguo Mansion to be opened wide, and placed an armchair at the door, and he sat in the armchair while leaning on his crutches.

But the more this happened, the more officers and soldiers guarding outside the door dared not act rashly.

"The Rongguo Mansion built by the royal decree, and the imperial garden that the emperor personally ordered to rebuild, can you just break into it if you say it, and search it if you say it? Cough cough..."

Jia Daishan was exhausted, and after talking for a while, he coughed a few times while leaning on his crutches.But just like that, the officers and soldiers didn't dare to cross the line where Rong Guogong was, and they didn't dare to enter the Rongguo Mansion to search.

"What's more, the emperor is still in the imperial garden in the mansion, what do you want to do when you come here?"

Jia Daishan was worthy of being a famous general and capable minister of a generation. He said these words in a soft voice, but he had a first-class power, which made all the officers and soldiers around the Rongguo Mansion back half a step.

"The emperor is still in the imperial garden?" A leading garrison officer of the Beijing camp asked in surprise, "The news I received is that the emperor is missing in the imperial garden. I rushed to Rongguo Mansion to come... Escort!"

He didn't dare to say the original order to "search the house" and "find someone" when he received the order, and only said it was "escort".

"Since you are the escort, you can protect me here!" After Jia Daishan finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, leaned back in the armchair, and breathed heavily after a while, as if falling asleep.

The officer was almost dumbfounded, but at this moment they were indeed not allowed to advance or retreat. After discussing for a while, they sent someone to inform their immediate superior, Prince Teng, the new guard of the Beijing camp.

Soon, the sound of horseshoes sounded on the stone floor in front of Ningrong Street.On the horseback is a 25-year-old, handsome young man, wearing the official military uniform of the fourth rank of the Jingying Garrison. Wang Ziteng, who is valued by many people.

Wang Ziteng rushed to the Rong Mansion in one breath, got off his horse, went straight to Jia Daishan, and prostrated himself directly: "My nephew, Wang Ziteng, pay my respects to my uncle!"

At this time, the generals and servants of the Jingying Garrison and the Wucheng Bingma Division remembered that the Rongguo Mansion and Du Taiwei ruled the Wang family...the relationship seems to be quite good?

Sure enough, Jia Daishan slowly raised his eyelids, and then slowly got up with his crutches, and helped Wang Ziteng up: "Nephew, please forgive me!"

A circle of people around the gate of Rongfu: ... There is a show!

However, Wang Ziteng helped Jia Daishan to sit back in his armchair. The young man knelt on one knee, looked up at Jia Daishan and said, "How is uncle? My nephew is busy with work and has never visited the house. It's a temporary hug, it's really ashamed, don't blame uncle."

Jia Daishan raised the corner of his mouth: "No wonder others say that among your family and mine, you are the most promising among the younger generation. What you said is impeccable, but honest enough, very good... very good!"

Wang Ziteng grinned, and said: "Since uncle is not surprised, my nephew asked—is the emperor in your residence?"

Jia Daishan nodded.

"Why is the emperor still unwilling to come forward when such a big event happened in Beijing?" Wang Ziteng naturally referred to what happened in this short period of ten or so hours: the prince who supervised the country committed suicide, the power fell to the side, and the government came out of many branches. The ministers ran around like a group of headless chickens.

Jia Daishan shook his head lightly, and asked back: "Is the Sacred Heart something you and I can guess?"

Wang Ziteng was choked up immediately, unable to refute a word.

But Wang Ziteng is a leader among the younger generation, so naturally he is not a fuel-efficient lamp.He was silent for a moment, seeming to agree with Jia Daishan's remarks, but after a while he said: "But the third prince's funeral is coming soon, does the emperor really not want to go to the East Palace once?"

Jia Daishan said softly: "It's better not to interfere with the royal affairs, outsiders like you and me."

Wang Ziteng saw that Jia Daishan was extremely proficient in Tai Chi, so he could only cough lightly, and said to Jia Daishan: "Uncle, please don't blame me, my nephew is ordered by His Royal Highness Fifth Prince Jian Guo, I have a few words to ask my uncle."

As he spoke, he stood up, coughed twice, and the tone of his words changed immediately.

"Lord Jia, this king is in charge of the country at the beginning, and even the defense of the capital and the stability of the people's hearts are the top priorities. The safety of the emperor is also very important. This king wants to ask: Is the emperor safe now?"

The fifth prince has always been a "transparent" prince who lives reclusively and never shows up in front of others, so others have no chance to know what his usual voice is like, and even less people know what kind of temper he has.

But Jia Daishan had seen the fifth prince before, so he knew that the young general in front of him had imitated the fifth prince's tone of voice exactly.

Facing an "agent" of the prince who oversees the country, he did not dare to be negligent even as a duke of the state. He immediately stood up with his crutches, cupped his hands and said, "If you go back to His Royal Highness, the emperor can't be said to be 'good' now, but Sheng Jia is at least temporarily 'safe'."

These words are also smooth and steady, without leaking.Losing another biological son, His Majesty the Emperor will not be "good" no matter what, but according to Jia Daishan, His Majesty the Emperor is at least safe.

"I just heard that Sheng Jia disappeared in the imperial garden. Is there something wrong?"

"There is no disappearance. The emperor has always been in the imperial garden." Jia Daishan said solemnly, even denying the previous accusations against the Rongning Second Mansion.

"This..." The generals and yamen servants surrounding Ningrong Second Mansion were stunned. If this is the case, what are they doing here so bitterly?Do you want to install a tree?

However, Wang Ziteng seemed to have expected Jia Daishan's reply, so he was not surprised at all, and continued to speak: "Master Jia, this king asks you..."

He asked everything in the tone of the fifth prince, to show that he was asking for business and had no choice but to ask.

"... When the emperor was in the garden yesterday, someone heard the sound of firecrackers in the garden. Is there such a thing?"

Jia Daishan frowned, and said, "Yes—"

There was an uproar outside the Rongguo Mansion: Firecrackers?Back then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Rong Guogong himself were attacked by this deadly weapon. The power of the firecracker was even rumored to be miraculous, as if it could kill people thousands of miles away.

"Lord Jia still insists that the emperor is well?" Wang Ziteng asked immediately.

"Yes! The fire blunderbuss has nothing to do with the dragon's body."

"Then may I invite the emperor to come out and see you?"

"The emperor himself doesn't want to see you, what can I do?" Jia Daishan asked rhetorically.

The two sides just froze here.

Wang Ziteng took a deep breath, his face still changed into humility, and said: "My nephew has already conveyed all the questions from above, but I must remind my uncle, as long as my nephew gives an order to 'escort', there are many people here. Officers and soldiers can immediately rush into your mansion to find His Majesty's whereabouts—damaging property, disturbing family members, etc., I'm afraid I won't even care about it."

Seeing this, Jia Daishan directly sat back in the armchair, closed his eyes slightly, and said: "The emperor is in the imperial garden in the mansion, if you dare to enter without an order, it is tantamount to treason. If my nephew has the courage, It’s okay to try it.”

After this round, the two sides are still biting to death. Wang Ziteng can use the name of "escort" to rush straight into the mansion, but if he enters the mansion, he can't get any evidence against the Rongguo Mansion, even if the emperor really Right in the Rongguo mansion, the future of Wang Ziteng and his officers and soldiers is all over.

Wang Ziteng didn't show it on the face, but he quickly calculated in his heart: Is this really an empty city plan?

He carefully considered the odds of success for each action, and finally decided to be on the safe side, take a step back, and return the situation here to the fifth prince to know.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared inside the gate of Rongguo Mansion.Wearing the uniform of a chief eunuch, this man staggered along, holding onto the nails on the wide-open middle door of Rongguo Mansion, and walked slowly to the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

"Eunuch Dai?"

Anyone who has seen the driver will recognize this one - Dai Quan, the head of internal supervision next to the emperor.

But the powerful Eunuch Dai in the past looked disheartened at the moment.The robe on his body seemed to be splashed with a few sparks, and a few black-gray holes were scorched out, which were very obvious, but he himself didn't notice it.Even Dai Quan had a patch of black ash rubbed on his cheeks, and the topknot on his head was slightly disheveled. He looked like he was alive after a catastrophe, and he couldn't even walk steadily.

Dai Quan walked to the side of Jia Daishan's armchair, supported the armchair to stand firm, and asked tremblingly, "This...but, is he the garrison king of the Beijing camp?"

Wang Ziteng saluted: "Director Dai, how is your majesty?"

"Sheng Gong'an." Dai Quan said these three words with trembling lips.

The generals and yamen servants outside the Rongguo Mansion looked at each other, and they all felt that the head eunuch did not seem to be here to help Jia Daishan, but rather to poach his corner.The trembling appearance of Manager Dai made the already doubtful people even more confused - it would be strange if it was really "safe".

"Eunuch Dai, the emperor said at the time that he ordered me to stay outside Nuanxiangwu, and he wanted to stay there alone for a while, but that's the case?" Jia Daishan asked Dai Quan with a drawn out voice.

Dai Quan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the emperor did say so himself."

"Then... Now that the East Palace has changed, when will the emperor get up and drive to the palace?" Wang Ziteng asked.

"When...when?" Dai Quan's eyes wandered, and he glanced at Jia Daishan again, as if asking for advice.

Jia Daishan lowered his head and coughed gently. Dai Quan seemed to be awakened, and immediately said: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Everyone was stunned: What do you mean it's fast? !

Startled, Dai Quan hurriedly added: "Third...Third Highness's funeral will naturally be presided over by Mr. Xia from the Ministry of Rites. The emperor...the emperor will go to the East Palace on the day of the funeral."

The last time the prince died, His Majesty the Emperor personally presided over the funeral.

But with Dai Quan's tone and attitude right now, if there were no weirdness in this Rong Mansion, the sun would come out from the west.

However, even if everyone knew there was something wrong with Jia, no one dared to rush in just like that. No one can afford to buckle such a big hat of "rebellion".

After much deliberation, Wang Ziteng decided to report the situation here to the Fifth Prince before making further plans.He immediately ordered his subordinates to continue the siege outside the Ningrong Second Mansion, not allowing the people in the mansion to leave half a step.

"By the way, Uncle, your son Jia Fang is now on the wanted list, do you know?" Wang Ziteng asked Jia Daishan.

When the name "Jia Fang" was mentioned, Jia Daishan finally showed a little tiredness on his face.He nodded.

"Is Jia Fang in Beijing now?" Wang Ziteng asked curiously again.

Jia Daishan shook his head again.

"If the dog is wanted according to the law, I have no reason to help him hide and hide."

"Let's go!" Wang Ziteng turned around and got on his horse, and left Rongguo Mansion with a few of his subordinates.The rush of hoofbeats sounded again on Ningrong Street, and it was gone in an instant.

"It is said that Uncle Huang is in the Rongguo Mansion, but Anhao refuses to come forward?" the Fifth Prince asked Wang Ziteng in surprise.

Wang Ziteng nodded.

"Interesting, interesting——" the Fifth Prince replied, but the expression on his face showed that he didn't really think it was "interesting", it was just that Rongguo Mansion's response was beyond his expectation and caught him off guard.

"It's obvious that it's not good for the old man to be uneasy, but the Rongguo Mansion slapped his face swollen to pretend to be a fat man, so it's all for a while." The fifth prince came to a conclusion.

"Will the old man come out to preside over the funeral personally?" The fifth prince walked a few steps in the study with his hands behind his back.

"That's right, this period just left me free to take care of other things. It won't be too late to go back and deal with the Rongguo Mansion and the old man when the momentum in the south gathers!" The Fifth Prince calculated quickly in his mind, and said: " Just do it like this. In the past few days, you have ordered people to surround Rongguo Mansion repeatedly, and you are not allowed to send any water to the mansion, and all kinds of medicines, doctors, and doctors are not allowed to enter."

"In short, without this king's order, no fly can fly into or out of Ningrong Second Mansion alive, do you understand?"

Wang Ziteng quickly responded.

"You are a child of a rich family, and this king will need to rely on you a lot in the future." The fifth prince looked at Wang Ziteng and encouraged him gently, "By the way, this king remembers that there was a saying that among the four kings and eight lords, the second mansion of Ning Rong He has always been the leader of various princes. Do you know which princes the surname Jia is familiar with?"

"Yes!" Wang Ziteng immediately said everything he knew.

The fifth prince immediately smiled: "Very well, now that I am watching your royal family, it is not too far from becoming a noble and prominent official."

Wang Ziteng was overjoyed when he heard the words, thanked the fifth prince, and took his orders to go.He presided over the defense of Gyeonggi these few days, and the affairs were extremely complicated. Fortunately, the young man was full of energy and took care of them one by one.The fifth prince watched the calmness of the Wang family's children from the sidelines, knowing that this person could be a good confidant.

Rong Guogong, Rong Guogong, I don’t know if you regret that you missed the Wang family when you got married.The fifth prince thought to himself that he was very clear about the backstory of the Jiawang family's feud.

The scientific examination cheating case had such an effect back then, but it was really wrong.

As for the safety of that person in the Rongguo Mansion - the Fifth Prince was already quite sure when he heard Wang Ziteng's return.Now that the pistol has been used, and according to Wang Ziteng's description, Dai Quan is in such a panic, then he believes that there is no reason for the emperor's uncle to survive.

But if one day's wish is not fulfilled and His Majesty the Emperor is still alive, then if he is willing to stay in the garden of Rongguo Mansion, he can wait until the third prince's funeral, and then come out of the garden. The capital has already completely changed. Well done—

Of course, it's not just the capital that has changed, but the south as well.

In Wuyuan County, Yuan Hua, the county magistrate, and Li Youwei, the master, looked at the "wanted document" for Jia Fang's arrest.

Once the local officials find Jia Fang's trace, they will immediately arrest him on the spot? ...How do you do this?

It's hard to say about other places, but in Wuyuan County, if Jia Fang is arrested, then the people in Wuyuan and Taoyuan will definitely go against the heavens regardless of the 21.

But this document was clearly issued to them by Wuyuan County.Jia Fang's own fief is next door to Wuyuan County, and the office of the Jiedu Envoy is in the county seat of Wuyuan County.This document is issued to the whole country in name, but in fact it is enough to send it to them.

The superior ordered that if they, who are local officials, "resist the decree and do not obey it", then do you want to have black yarn on top?

Just when Yuan Hua and Li Youwei were in a dilemma, Jia Fang came, met Yuan County Magistrate and Li Shiye, smiled and said, "What is there for you? Won't you capture me immediately?"

Yuan Hua was overjoyed when he heard that, and thought that Jia Fang was really understanding, and solved his urgent need. He rubbed his hands and prepared to make a hypocritical concession.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang suppressed his smile and said sternly: "That's the end of the joke. Please help me write a letter to the middle of the capital immediately, saying that I have been captured, but the common people have the intention of preventing me from going to the capital. I am currently under house arrest in Wuyuan County to prevent civil uprisings. Please come to Jingzhong Express to help escort me to Beijing."

Yuan Hua: I thought...

But in this way, it is indeed a safer approach for Yuan Hua to be able to wait and see the situation in central Beijing and the south.

So Yuan Hua carefully asked Jia Fang for advice: "Forgive me for being stupid, Mr. Jia's deep meaning is..."

Jia Fang smiled wryly: "It doesn't mean much, the elders in Beijing want to play tricks, we are juniors, so we have to play with them!"