[Red Chamber] Jia Huan's Army

It was about such a big matter as disaster relief supplies, the people who were sent to deliver the letter did not dare to delay at all, and rushed to the capital at full speed.This caused Jia Lian and Xue Pan, who returned to Beijing together, to suffer a lot.After finally arriving in the capital, Jia Lian and the two were horrified to find that the soldier who delivered the letter did not send them back to the mansion, but took them directly into the palace.

The soldier who delivered the letter followed Xiao Dezi's apprentice to Chengxin Hall directly, and he needed to present the memorial to the emperor himself.But Jia Lian and Xue Pan were left in the outer room connected to Chengxin Hall to wait.The little eunuch served refreshments to the two of them and left quietly.The eunuchs who could serve in the courtyard of the emperor's study were all well-trained. For a while, the whole outside was silent.

Although Jia Lian and the others said they had seen some of the world, they really entered the Ouchi Imperial Palace, and seeing such a solemn scene, they still couldn't help but feel their hearts pounding.Because they had been traveling all night, they hadn't had a good rest these days, their faces were full of stubble, their faces were pale because they hadn't recovered from the fright, and they were sweating when they were shocked by the atmosphere of the palace. The image of the two of them was really bad. no.

"Brother Lian," Xue Pan held the tea, and couldn't hide the trembling in his hands. He asked in a frightened tone, "What do you think we are coming here for?"

Jia Lian didn't want to deal with Xue Pan who had done countless bad things, but the current atmosphere really made him have to speak to relieve his mental tension, so he whispered: "How can you presume the meaning of the Holy One? Well, we Just wait."

Xue Pan was so frightened by Jia Lian that he didn't dare to speak out, so he had to sit back with a bitter face, and the outside room became dull again.

Mo Lian carefully looked at the memorial in his hand, frowning tightly. Various negative emotions such as anger, anxiety and restlessness made him look extremely gloomy.After a long time, he put down the memorial in his hand and asked, "What's the specific situation?"

The person who was sent to answer the conversation lowered his head, and respectfully took out another item from his bosom, and Xiao Dezi presented it to him.It turned out that this was a secret letter, with red sealant on the letter mouth, and the seal of the sealant could clearly be seen as a variant of the word "Qiong".This is a secret letter from the secret guard Mo Lian sent to Jia Huan.

Mo Lian took the letter and opened it without saying a word. Although others couldn't see it, only Mo Lian knew how eager he was.It is enough to experience the disappearance of a lover once. If it happens again, he may be desperate to find him, and then imprison him in a completely safe place regardless of everything, and never let him step out of his sight again. step.Mo Lian read the entire letter at a glance. Fortunately, fortunately, he was not kept awake like last time, for fear that he would see Jia Huan's body as soon as he closed his eyes.Although Mo Lian breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at Jia Huan's actions on the letter, he couldn't help becoming angry again. This child is too messy!And that Xue Pan, damn it...

"Forget it." After a while, Mo Lian waved his hand and said, "Get flat."

The soldier who delivered the letter was originally a spy sent by Mo Lian to the team. He was well aware of the young emperor's methods. Because of the relief supplies, he hadn't even dared to show his temper before. Until now, seeing that the emperor was not angry, Only then did he dare to get up, and stood silently on the side, waiting for questioning.

Who knew that Mo Lian just ordered lightly: "Let the two people waiting outside come in."

Jia Lian and Xue Pan were led in by Xiao Dezi tremblingly, and saluted Mo Lian, but they never heard Mo Lian's orders. Although they were full of fatigue and restlessness, they did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and could only insist on kneeling .

Mo Lian looked at the two people who were kneeling on the ground submissively, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said after a long time, "Get up."

Jia Lian and Xue Pan hurriedly thanked each other, and then got up from the ground in embarrassment.

"Tell me about what happened in the south." Mo Lian's tone was flat, but it was enough to make the two of them break out in a cold sweat.They didn't even have the courage to look up at the emperor sitting on top.

Mo Lian looked at the two of them and didn't say a word, but lightly clasped the desk with his fingers.The sound of "dongdong" sounded like a reminder to the ears of the two of them.

Before waiting for a while, he heard a "bang", and Xue Pan couldn't bear the shock and fainted on the ground.

Mo Lian glanced at Xiao Dezi impatiently, and Xiao Dezi directed the little eunuch winkingly, and carried him down.As for whether those little eunuchs could invite the imperial physician for Xue Pan, that was out of Xiao Dezi's concern.

Looking at Xue Pan's appearance, Jia Lian knew that if he couldn't answer the emperor's question, he might only bring disaster on himself this trip, so he could only suppress the panic in his heart, and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister I went south with Xue Pan to do business, but encountered floods and had to return. Unexpectedly, they were intercepted by pirates and threatened to use Baoningbo to hand over the supplies. Fortunately, Baoningbo worked hard, and the guilty minister survived , but this material..."

Jia Lian paused for a while, seeing that the emperor did not make a sound, he could only get up on the ground again, pleading guilty: "The guilty minister deserves death, please come down!"

Mo Lian was still knocking on the desk, but did not express his opinion.It's just that he also saw that Jia Lian was not stupid, he knew how to put the blame on him and speak well of Jia Huan, and judging from the secret letter, Jia Lian really didn't do anything stupid, it was just that he was the biggest His biggest mistake was to go south with Xue Pan.

"You deserve death."

Although Jia Lian was still lying on the ground, his hands and feet were already weak. If he hadn't still had the belief of survival to support him, he would probably have collapsed on the ground like Xue Pan at this time.

Mo Lian looked at Jia Lian, who was still holding on even though he was terrified, and said coldly, "For the sake of your honesty, let's not investigate it for now. We'll talk about it when it's over."

Only then did Jia Lian feel relieved, but couldn't help but slump any longer.As for Xue Pan, he had long since lost his mind to take care of so much.

Sure enough, on the second day after Jia Lian was sent back to Jia's mansion, he heard the news that Xue Pan had been imprisoned.You know, this imperial prison is different from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it is even scarier than the sky prison that makes the people fearful.Prisons have always imprisoned officials or descendants of powerful people who have serious problems.Prince Teng, who had already been beheaded, was sent to the execution ground from here.People who can enter the imperial prison basically have only two fates: they are executed if their guilt is found out, or they just wait for their guilt to be found out.Basically, it has never been heard that anyone can come out of the imperial prison alive.

Ever since Aunt Xue knew about the pirates and floods in the south, she had never felt at ease in her heart, but it turned out to be a good thing. She finally hoped that her son would return safely from doing business in the south, but she actually entered the prison where there was no entry or exit.She was already old, and when she heard the news, she fainted immediately.In such a large Xue family, only Xue Baochai's daughter's family is in charge of the overall situation.

Xue Baochai suppressed the panic in her heart, and hurriedly sent someone to invite the doctor. First, she settled down with Aunt Xue, and then wrote a letter to urge Xue Biao, who was still on the way, to speed up her trip to Beijing, hoping that a man would be outside to help Xue Pan clear the relationship as soon as possible.Then he wiped away his tears, tidied up his clothes, and personally brought the maid to Jia's mansion.With regard to Xue Pan's imprisonment, the charge given on the surface was collusion with pirates, but Jia Lian, who went south together, had to go back to the mansion. Said, this is really unreasonable.She had to go to Jia's mansion to find out the inside story, in order to better rescue Xue Pan.

Xue Baochai entered Jia's mansion through the side door, but did not find Mrs. Wang.Although she doesn't show her mountains and dews, she knows this aunt's temperament clearly.As an aunt of hers, she has always been able to share wealth and honor, and it would be a joke if she wanted her to save people from fire and water.On the contrary, it was my cousin Wang Xifeng who seemed to be acting ruthlessly, but in fact, as long as her own interests were not harmed, she could still help out when necessary.

Coincidentally, Jia Lian had a high fever all night as soon as he returned to the mansion, and he didn't gradually get better until he heard the news from Xue Pan in the morning.And Wang Xifeng, who was supposed to be at Jia's mother's place, also happened to stay in her yard because of Jia Lian's illness.

"Is Sister Feng at home?" Baochai took Ying'er to the door and saw Ping'er, so she asked with a smile.

When Ping'er looked up, he happened to see Xue Baochai, who was dressed in plain clothes with a little powder and daisy on. He hurriedly invited her in, and said in surprise, "Miss Bao came today by coincidence. Our grandma happened to be in the room."

Xue Baochai took Ping'er's hand, nodded and smiled and said, "I came here today to talk to Sister Feng, is it convenient?"

Although Xue Baochai deliberately covered it up with rouge, the bloodshot eyes could not be hidden from anyone.Ping'er saw her like this, as if she had just cried, and immediately remembered what she heard in the room of Second Master Lian this morning, and already roughly guessed the reason why she came here.Ping'er couldn't help but secretly sighed, this girl Bao has a good temper and good looks, but it's a pity that she is a brother who is a mess, otherwise, a girl's family wouldn't need to worry about such things.

Ping'er led Baochai into the outer room, and said with a smile, "Our grandfather is not feeling well today, and our grandma is taking care of him. The girl is resting here now, and I guess grandma will come soon." Saying this, he also offered a gift Good tea and hibiscus cakes just pulled out of the kitchenette.

Baochai had no intention of drinking tea at this time, but forced a smile and said, "I'm taking the liberty. If my sister has anything to do, just go and get busy, and I'll just wait here."

While the two were talking, Wang Xifeng lifted the curtain and came in, while Ping'er retreated knowingly.

"Sister Feng," Baochai said with a sob when he saw that there was no one around, "I really can't do anything today, so I can only come to see you."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly stepped forward to hold Baochai, and said angrily, "Sisters of the whole family, what are you doing?"

Baochai wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with reddened eyes, "My careless elder brother went to prison for not knowing what he did, and my mother fell ill because of it. I really can't do it. If I want to go, I can only ask the second elder brother Lian who went south with my elder brother to ask about the situation, so we can start planning."

Wang Xifeng looked at Baochai whose tears were streaming down her face, and her heart felt sour.Speaking of which, even though this Xue Pan is incompetent, he really has a heart for his younger sister. Now that he is doing this, Baochai may feel uncomfortable.

"Yesterday, your second elder brother, Lian, didn't heal after burning all night. I guess he suffered a lot when he came back from the south this time. No, he just got better this morning. I've heard about what you asked. "Wang Xifeng had already received some news from Jia Lian, sympathy is sympathy, but she really couldn't help, so she could only sigh and say, "They were robbed by pirates when they came back, and they met Baoning on the way. Uncle Bao’s team was rescued by Uncle Baoning, but he missed the important event of disaster relief. Brother Xue must have said something that was known to the Holy One. This happened.”

Wang Xifeng himself was flustered when he talked about the part where they were hijacked by pirates. If you are not careful, those pirates don’t care what your identity is, and killing people is not like chopping vegetables.She is a housewife, no matter how powerful she is, she still can't bear it.Not to mention Xue Baochai who was already pale.

Wang Xifeng looked at Baochai who couldn't come back to his senses in a daze, and sighed: "Bao girl, don't worry too much. What should I do about this, I'm afraid you still need a man from outside. Let me tell you, just to make your heart feel better." There is probably a number. In short, you go back and stabilize the house first. Don't let some servants take advantage of the loopholes."

After hearing Wang Xifeng's words, Xue Baochai's heart turned cold.She knew that her brother's words were always out of his head, but what did "disaster come from the mouth" mean?I'm afraid I just realized it now.I just don't know if there is a chance to correct it.Thinking of this, Baochai wept bitterly in the sedan chair, and did not dare to go home and tell Aunt Xue half-truthfully what she had heard until she could see nothing.