Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

As soon as the You family's three mothers and daughters were sent back, Jia Rong suddenly felt that the mansion was clean, and even the air was much fresher, not knowing if it was because of her own inner thoughts.

Since the three mothers and daughters of Youshi left, life in Ningguo Mansion has returned to its former peace.

Because of Zhiqiu's treatment of him, Jia Zhen has achieved initial results, and now is a happy time, and is actively cooperating with Zhiqiu's treatment.Well, in fact, to put it bluntly, Zhiqiu used Jia Zhen to promote the progress of his medical skills, which is also known as a test product.Of course, according to Jia Zhen's status, Zhiqiu would naturally not use him to test medicine or something.

Because of You Sanjie's affairs, Youshi was confined by Jia Rong in her yard, not allowed to go out, and kept reflecting.

Aunt Pei, the victim, had a better life.

There are others, it is no different from before.

By the way, if there is any difference, Jia Rong decided to go south with Jia Qiang in late February when the weather was warmer.

Of course, this trip is purely for past visits.Because the teacher Liu Cheng who taught him and Jia Qiang in their house is going to take part in this year's imperial examination.So since last winter, I have been studying hard at my own home and no longer go to Ningguo Mansion to teach.During this period of time, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang's studies were mainly based on reviewing.

But the reason why Jia Rong is not in a hurry to find a new teacher.There are two reasons.One is that he has already decided to go out for a study tour with Jia Qiang, adhering to the principle of 'reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles'.Second, this time, Mr. Liu is just giving it a try, and he is not fully sure.Jia Rong had a good impression of Teacher Liu Cheng. Even if she wanted to find a new teacher, she had to wait until the results of the imperial examination this time came out.

When Mrs. Wu knew that Jia Rong was going out again, she couldn't help but start talking: "Master, it's not that I, an old woman, want to talk about it. It's just that you are only 13 years old now, and the second master is only 11 years old. At such an age, it is appropriate to be here. The mansion is very good at learning and reading with Mr. As for the study tour, although it is a good thing. But you are too young now, it is better to wait a few years before the time passes, and it will not be too late. Besides..."

"Okay, Nanny Wu, don't talk about it here. This matter is settled. If you really have time, you might as well help me pack some more useful things. This time, my second brother and I Go out and come back at the end of the year." What Jia Rong couldn't bear the most was the nagging of Mrs. Wu.

Although Mrs. Wu was talking about it, she knew Jia Rong's temperament and kept her promise. Since she had already said it, she must go.After muttering a few more words, he went to pack his things.

Seeing Mrs. Wu gone, Jia Rong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Jia Qiang and said, "Second Brother, how are your preparations going?"

Jia Qiang smiled, with a look of anticipation in her tone, and replied, "Don't worry, brother, everything here is ready. You can leave at any time. When are we going to leave? I can't wait." This was his first time traveling abroad, and he was going to experience what the teacher called a 'study tour', so he was naturally very excited.

"En. We will set off when I explain the affairs of the mansion here." It will take nearly a year for him to go out this time, and he doesn't want Jia Zhen to treat him well during his absence. Ningguo Mansion, which was easy to straighten out, turned into a mess again.He was even more afraid that the unyielding old matriarch of Rongguo Mansion would take advantage of this time to use some means to make a living in his mansion.When he came back, he spent time and energy cleaning up.

By the time Jia Rong said that things in the mansion were arranged, it was already the end of February.

For this study tour, Jia Rong only brought two people here, namely Wu Ya and Guan Yan.Originally, Jia Rong wanted to bring Zhiqiu with him, but considering that he had been there for a long time this time, and Jia Zhen's place was an untimely 'bomb', so she was allowed to stay, and cooperate with Zhiwen and Mrs. Wu to bring Just put him in prison in Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Qiang's place was even more simple. The two servants who served her personally did not bring her, but only Zhidong.

A group of five people boarded a boat to Yangzhou within one day.

You heard me right, the first stop of their study tour was Yangzhou.

This time the study tour, it is said that it is a study tour, but it is not a simple study tour.

In the past two years, as the current emperor got older, the battles between the princes in the court became more and more fierce. In order to avoid the end in the script, Jia Rong naturally made preparations early.He carefully analyzed the fundamental reason why Ningguo Mansion was ransacked and exiled.Among them, Jia Zhenjiarong's absurdity is good, but the most important reason is that Ningguo Mansion was on the wrong team when the princes took over the heir.

The current situation in the court, since the crown prince was abolished, the third prince and the sixth prince are respected in the court hall, and the courtiers stand according to their own hearts, or maintain a neutral attitude.

Although Jia Rong didn't understand the political situation, she also knew that until the last moment, she didn't know who would win.Although the third prince and the sixth prince are fighting happily now, it may not be one of them who will be crowned the great treasure in the future.There is an old saying that goes.Hmm... the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's benefit.He thinks this sentence is most suitable for the current court situation.

Among the princes of Emperor Longqi, isn't there a fourth prince?Although they are silent on weekdays, it is said that dogs that bite people can't bark.Why does he think that the fourth prince is such a person?

But whether or not he ascends to the throne in the future has nothing to do with him.

The current emperor, Emperor Longqi, is already in his fifties, and he is already an old man here.Although he had never met Emperor Longqi before, there were repeated news that he was unwell in the palace.Thinking about it, his body didn't have many years left to live.

He is 13 years old now, and even if he wants to show his ambitions in the future, he will have to wait until he is 20 years old.At that time, Emperor Longqi might have died.So the matter of seizing the heir apparent has nothing to do with him.

As for Jia Zhen, according to the script, he got involved.But now that he's here, it's better not to get involved in such high-IQ matters as seizing the heir, as he only has romantic thoughts in his mind, otherwise, if he is not careful, the whole family will be involved. All the hard work you do will be in vain.

How could he allow such a thing to happen!

"Brother, the scenery here is really beautiful, and the minds of those who watch it are a little more open." Standing on the deck, Jia Qiang looked at the surrounding scenery in a good mood, and said so openly.

Jia Rong nodded: "The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is really different."

For Jiangnan, this was his first visit.This place is different from Jinling's richness and wealth. Since entering the range of the south of the Yangtze River, the wind and smoke are clean, the Tianshan Mountains have the same color, and there is anything floating in the stream.Now that they have arrived in the territory of Yangzhou, they can feel the difference here as soon as they arrive.

"Tomorrow morning, we will be able to arrive in Jiangyangzhou City, and have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will go to Yangzhou City to have a good time." Jia Rong turned her head and said to Jia Qiang.

Although Jia Qiang has a precocious mind, she is only an 11-year-old child after all. Compared with Jia Rong, an old demon who has lived for hundreds of years, she is still somewhat different. It is the first time she is out of the house, and she does not hide it Excited, she nodded happily in agreement with Jia Rong's confession.

What Jia Rong didn't expect was that they had some accidents and they were assassinated again just after nightfall.

Hehe...Of course, this time it wasn't some blind person who came to rob and kill Jia Rong.Rather, their target audience is someone else.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang went out this time with a light vehicle. Although the boat they were on was an official boat, it was just an ordinary passenger boat. Generally speaking, the people on it were just small merchants. Or the common people in general.It stands to reason that ships like this rarely encounter accidents. After all, what happens to ordinary people is at most trivial.There is no hatred to kill.

However, when encountering such a thing now, there is only one explanation, that is, there are noble people mixed in on this ship.Just like Jia Rong Jia Qiang.

But judging from the current situation, this person's status can only be more noble than theirs, and a bolder guess should be the prince.And it is definitely the prince involved in the battle, otherwise, the idle people really can't afford such a big battle of assassination.I hope God bless, this master can get out of the body, otherwise, if he really dies, it will be a troublesome thing for them!

Listening to the "cracking" fierce fighting sound outside, which was also mixed with a lot of crying and wailing, Jia Rong lay on the collapsed chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and one hand grabbed the delicious pickled apricots beside her, The look is comfortable, the old god is thinking.

"Master, do you need your subordinates to go outside to see the situation?" Wu Ya frowned when he heard the constant fighting sound outside, the screaming sound and the smell of blood coming from nowhere. asked.

Jia Rong waved her hand, twitched the corners of her mouth, and said indifferently, "What did you watch in the past? You haven't seen this assassination scene? What's so interesting? It didn't kill me on the head. Go fuck it." What are you so lazy about?"

Although he already knew that his master would say this, Wu Ya still hesitated, "But where is the second master?" The second master was followed by the maid named Zhidong, although he had a lot of kung fu, and It can be seen that the kung fu is not weak, but the kung fu at the hands of the second master is very average, and it can even be said that he can't even protect himself.

"Guan Yan has already passed, there is no need to worry about him." Jia Rong waved her hand and said.As early as when he heard the sound, he had already sent Guan Yan to Jia Qiang's place. Although when it comes to kung fu, Guan Yan is not as good as Wu Yalai, but it is not bad.In addition to Zhidong who is next to Brother Qiang, the two of them are together, and it is no problem to protect him safe and sound.What's more, for things like this, generally speaking, as long as you don't go out to kill yourself, if you have to get involved, other assassins will ignore you, and it's not a waste of time.

Wu Ya heard the words and could only nod his head.Well, he admitted, listening to the sound of fighting outside, he actually wanted to test what level his kung fu had reached?Besides, these days on the boat, he couldn't go anywhere, and he was a little bored.

But since the master won't let him go out, there's nothing he can do.

How could Jia Rong not know what was going on in Wu Ya's mind, it's just that there are some things, it's better not to mix them up.But now it seems that if you don't take the initiative to find something, it will come to you, just like now...

There was a loud 'click'.

The window in Jia Rong's room smashed in a young man in blue clothes, about 20 years old, with a sword stuck in his waist and a big footprint on his chest. It was kicked in after being injured.After he smashed in, the ground was immediately stained with a large amount of red blood, and the room was filled with a bloody smell that made the nose uncomfortable.

"Master..." Seeing this situation, Wu Ya immediately looked at Jia Rong.

Although Jia Rong doesn't like to mix things up, it doesn't mean that he will be afraid when things come to him.So he nodded to Wu Ya: "Go."

Hearing Jia Rong's words, Wu Ya immediately flashed a trace of excitement on his face, nodded, and replied loudly: "Yes." After speaking, he turned around and jumped out of the hole he just smashed.

Jia Rong sighed a moment after Wu Ya went out, jumped off the collapsed chair, walked to the side of the unconscious man, and put two fingers between his neck.

There is still a pulse, which means that it is not dead.

Forget it, since he smashed in and he was not dead yet, it can be considered that they are destined.He'll just be a good guy once.

"It's your luck to meet a kind person like me." Jia Rong muttered.

Then he swiftly pulled out the sword from the young man's waist and threw it aside, then tore open the clothes on his waist, revealing a not-so-shallow wound inside, which was bleeding trickle. After a while, I found that it was just an ordinary sword wound, and it was not poisonous.The biggest trouble with a wound like his is that it doesn't stop bleeding.Thinking of Jia Rong without mercy, he poured all the golden sore medicine on the wound, groaned because of the pain, and his body convulsed.

After that, he tore off a piece of relatively clean cloth from his clothes and made a simple bandage for him.After thinking about it, he stuffed another Qi nourishing pill into his mouth.

"I'm really a good person!" Jia Rong looked down at the wrapped wound, and the young man who looked like a guard had already calmed down. He clapped his hands and said briskly.

At this time, the situation outside seemed to have calmed down.After a while, Wu Ya walked in with a sword in hand, clasped his fists and said, "Master."

Jia Rong scanned around, and found that although there were a few spots on her body, and there was a strong smell of blood on her body, Wu Ya's eyes were extraordinarily bright, and her expression was completely different from the listless expression of the previous few days. Yes, as expected, this kind of simple and rude fighting behavior is the best way to vent the depression in your heart.

Jia Rong asked, "Has everything been resolved?"

Wu Ya nodded: "It's all been resolved."

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Know what the so-called thing is? Who was the assassin?"

Wu Ya replied: "I don't know what the purpose of returning to the master is, but there are a total of more than ten people in black, and they are well-trained and skillful. The guest on the second floor is a man in his twenties wearing a royal blue brocade suit. Although I don't know who it is, but judging by his clothes, I think his identity should be extraordinary."

Jia Rong pointed to the man on the ground, and said: "Okay. I understand. This man should be the guard who was assassinated by that man. You send him there."

If he didn't guess wrong, if the prince lived upstairs, then it should be the fourth prince Si Jingxuan.Although he didn't care much about the affairs in the court, but in a family like Ningguo Mansion, it was really difficult for him not to know some things.

Just the day before he set off, Emperor Longqi ordered the fourth prince, Si Jingxuan, to inspect Jiangnan on his behalf.Of course, if it was just a simple inspection, the fourth prince would definitely not have caused such a disaster. It is said that Emperor Longqi even secretly authorized the fourth prince to check the salt shipment in the south of the Yangtze River.

Salt merchants have always been rich, especially in the Jiangnan area, which is a place of wealth and honor. The salt merchants here are more wealthy and luxurious than those in other places.And this journey of salt transportation is also a quick way to collect money.

The current salt transportation in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the struggle between the third prince and the sixth prince, is in chaos, and the distribution of power is uneven.There is a faction of the three princes, a faction of the six princes, there are neutral ones, and there are those who fall on both sides. In short, it can be chaotic.Even as early as a few years ago, there was an incident where Xunyan Yushi was assassinated by unknown people on his way to take office.

If the people living on his boat were really the fourth prince, and Emperor Longqi really ordered the fourth prince to secretly patrol the Jiangnan salt transport, then it is not uncommon for him to be assassinated.

"Yes." Wu Ya replied, grabbed the man by the back collar, and led away.

Not long after, he came back again, but Wu Ya didn't come back alone, there was another person behind him.

Jia Rong frowned immediately, her eyes glanced at him, and then looked at Wu Ya.

Before Wu Ya could speak, the man cupped his hands and said, "Sir, on the first day of junior high school, by order of my master, I invite this young master to go upstairs to have a talk."