Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

Before coming to Jinling, Jia Lian roughly imagined the tragedy caused by the flood, but he didn't see it with his own eyes, so he couldn't imagine that the reality was more cruel.

Because I had been on my way before, all I took was the official road, and all I saw was a scene of vitality and prosperity, and I didn't see a single refugee.The group of them comforted themselves in their hearts, maybe the situation was not as bad as they imagined.

When approaching Jinling, Jia Lian and the two guards were overwhelmed by the sight in front of them.The trees in the mountains were toppled by the flood, the roads in the mountains were blocked by rocks and broken soil, and the villages at the foot of the mountains...couldn't be called villages anymore, to be precise, they were in ruins.

Not only that, but the rice field at the foot of the mountain was also washed away, and it was so muddy that it was impossible to tell whether it was a rice field or waste soil.

What shocked Jia Lian and the others was not the scene of the villages and rice fields being destroyed, but the dead bodies of many people and animals at the foot of the mountain.

In her previous life, Jia Lian lived under the red flag, and the society was peaceful. Except on TV or at home, she only saw dead people, and almost never saw dead people.However, now that he suddenly saw so many corpses, to be honest, he was really frightened, and he was quite frightened.

When the two guards behind Jia Lian saw a corpse, they were startled for a while, and then returned to normal after a while.They are used to seeing life and death, and they have become numb to life and death, but they will still be shocked when they see the tragic scene in front of them.

When the two guards saw Jia Lian's pale face and terrified expression, they couldn't help but sympathize with him.Mr. Jia, who was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, saw this horrific situation the first time he traveled far.

"Lord Jia, are you alright?" Guard Chen asked.

Jia Lian didn't seem to have heard Chen Shiwei's words, and stared down the mountain blankly.

"Master Jia? Master Jia? Master Jia?" Wang Shiwei yelled several times, but Jia Lian still didn't respond, as if he was so frightened that he lost his mind.

Wang Shiwei glanced at Zhang Shiwei, his eyes were full of worry, this Mr. Jia won't be scared stupid, right?

Guard Zhang raised his hand and patted Jia Lian's shoulder lightly: "Master Jia?"

The shoulder was suddenly patted, and Jia Lian was so startled that he woke up from the huge shock in an instant, and looked at Zhang Weiwei apologetically: "Sorry, I was scared by the situation at the bottom of the mountain."

The two guards didn't expect Jia Lian to be so frank. If it were someone else, they would definitely cover up their panic just now.

"Master Jia, this is the first time I see such a situation, it's normal to be frightened."

Jia Lian smiled wryly: "It's the first time I saw that the disaster in Jinling was worse than I imagined." Obviously, before the flood broke out, the emperor sent an order to go to the south of the Yangtze River and asked the officials to arrange for the transfer of ordinary people. Unexpectedly, there were still ordinary people Lives were taken by the flood.

Guard Zhang said: "Lord Jia, let's go into the city quickly and find out the situation."

Jia Lian nodded slightly: "You're right, we'd better go to the city first, and hope the situation in the city won't be so serious."

Along the way, the three saw many human and animal corpses.What made the three of them feel uncomfortable was seeing a young mother tightly holding the child in her arms. The child's face was buried in the mother's arms, and the eyes and expressions could not be seen, but the mother's eyes and expressions could be seen. It's crystal clear.The mother's eyes were full of horror and despair.One can imagine how scared and helpless this mother was when the flood rushed over.

Jia Lian felt very uncomfortable, so he asked two guards to help dig a hole and buried the mother and child who were tightly hugging each other.In fact, seeing many corpses along the way, Jia Lian wanted to bury them, but there were too many. If they were buried one by one, they would not be able to enter Jinling City today.

After a few days, Jinling officials will send people to bury these bodies.After the flood, the first thing to do is to dispose of the dead body, otherwise it will cause the plague.

The three of Jia Lian and the others felt very heavy. When they approached the city gate, they found that there were also many refugees walking into the city.

These people are like walking dead, with empty eyes, dull expressions, and walking slowly.

Two soldiers were guarding the gate of the city. The soldiers had very serious expressions. When the refugees in ragged clothes walked slowly to the gate, they stopped them.

"You can't go in."

"Why can't we go in?" Several refugees shouted angrily.

"There are already too many refugees in the city, and there is no room for them." The soldier said ruthlessly with a straight face.

"We're going in, let us in."

"Gentlemen, please do me a favor and let us in. If we don't enter the city, we will have no way to survive."

"No, I can't let you in." The guard on the left said coldly.

"You people, don't make things difficult for us. We are also following orders. If we let you in, we will die." The guard on the right said in a soft tone. He was just a soldier. Seeing this scene, he felt uncomfortable. He also wanted to let these refugees into the city, but if he let them in, he would die.

"You two gentlemen, I heard that there is food in the city, we want to go in, we don't want to die..."

The refugees surrounding the gate of the city knelt down and kowtowed to the two soldiers at the gate. While kowtowing, they begged the two soldiers to let them in.

Seeing this scene, Jia Lian frowned tightly, with a serious face.Keep refugees out of town?Isn't this letting refugees wait to die in vain?

The refugees begged for a long time to no avail. They were very desperate and angry, and immediately became turbulent.A group of people surrounded the two soldiers and tried to force their way into the city.At this moment, a group of soldiers with weapons came out of the city, holding knives in front of them, as if they would kill the refugees if they dared to mess around.

Seeing the dangling white knife, the refugees stopped immediately, too frightened to act recklessly.

"Get away, get away!" A soldier who seemed to be the leader chased away the refugees blocking the gate of the city like flies. "If you don't leave, don't blame us for being ruthless."

The refugees were frightened by the sword, and walked away resentfully and unwillingly.They didn't go far, but squatted down under the city wall.

"You officials, don't care about the life or death of our common people, you will be punished." An old man scolded.

"Immortal, can you scold me again?"

"Bastards, you bastards..." Before the old man could finish his sentence, the soldier leader drew his knife and slashed at the old man.

With a bang, the knife didn't hit the old man's body, but hit the guard's scabbard.

"Who are you?" The soldier was angry when he saw that his knife was blocked.

Wang Shiwei raised his hand lightly, and the soldier took several steps back immediately, almost falling down.

The soldier leader looked deeply at Wang Shiwei, seeing his extraordinary temperament, he felt that he was not simple, so he didn't dare to move around for a while.He can become the leader of the soldiers guarding the gate of the city, so he will naturally have some eyesight, and he can judge the identity of this person from his clothes and temperament.

Wang Shiwei crossed his arms and looked at the leader of the soldier with the gaze of an ant: "Who am I? You have no right to know."

The leader of the soldiers was irritated by the disdainful and sarcastic eyes of the guard Wang, and immediately yelled at the soldiers behind him in a rage: "Come on, take him down."

At this time, Jia Lian appeared in front of them.

"Is this the guarding soldiers of Jinling, attacking unarmed refugees?"

The soldier first saw the man who appeared suddenly, he was good-looking, although his clothes looked ordinary, but the fabric was very luxurious, and he exuded the temperament of a nobleman, which made his heart tremble, and he didn't dare to move around, he was cautious He tentatively asked: "May I ask who are you?" The young man with dust on his face in front of him could tell at a glance that he was born into a wealthy family, and he was not a simple person.

"I'm just an ordinary person." Jia Lian couldn't reveal his identity yet, and said calmly, "I heard that Jinling was flooded, so I came here to visit my relatives and see if they are okay."

"So that's the case. I don't know what the surnames of the young master's relatives are?"

When Jia Lian heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, his expression turned cold: "What does my relative's last name have to do with you?"

The head of the soldier suddenly felt a heavy pressure rushing towards his face, which filled his heart with fear, and made him pale with fright.

Jia Lian asked with a half-smile: "Are you not allowed to enter the city unless you tell me the surname of my relative?"

The soldier shook his head hastily, and said flatteringly, "No, no, sir, please enter the city."

Jia Lian snorted coldly and walked into Jinling City with two guards.

When Jia Lian and the others entered the city, the soldier raised his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling scared and uneasy.

"My lord, why did you let those three people enter the city?" a soldier asked.

The leader of the soldier glared at the soldier: "What do you know, those three people are not ordinary people, especially the young man, who has a full bearing, and he can tell that he was born rich."

The little soldier didn't see it, so he could only flatter him and say, "Your Excellency is still amazing, you can see it all."

The soldier leader was very comfortable being complimented by the little soldier, and said with a proud face: "I have met many high-ranking officials and nobles, and of course I can tell that they have extraordinary backgrounds, but I don't know who the relatives he is talking about are?"

"There are only a few wealthy families in the city, one is the Xue family and the other is the Zhen family." The little soldier guessed, "Maybe they are relatives of these two families."

"It's possible." If the young master just now is really a relative of the Xue family or the Zhen family, then the background is definitely extraordinary. Fortunately, he didn't attack that young master just now.

Jia Lian didn't know that the soldiers guarding the gate of the city had guessed his identity a little bit, and that he was really related to the Xue family and the Zhen family.

Walking into Jinling City, the three of Jia Lian were relieved to see that the city was not as miserable as they had seen before.

At a glance, although Jinling City was somewhat damaged, not all the houses were destroyed.Probably when there was a flood, Jinling City was flooded, but the houses were not swept away by the flood.

Perhaps it was because the water had just receded, and the city was still a bit messy, and the roadsides were crowded with refugees in ragged clothes.

Seeing this scene, Jia Lian felt that he had just wrongly blamed the soldiers at the door.It seems that there are many refugees in the city.

Soldiers, as well as officials, were clearing up the rubbish in the street, which was left over from the receding flood.

"In two days, the imperial envoy is coming, we have to hurry up and clean up." A soldier shouted.

Other soldiers and officials echoed, "Yes."

"Just clean up the rubbish on the road, and don't clean up the rest." The cleaning was so good that when the imperial envoy came, he thought that Jinling was not submerged by the flood.

Jia Lian walked with two guards while observing.It can be seen that many houses have been flooded, and from the embarrassing and pungent smell that emanates from here, it can be seen that Jinling City was indeed flooded.

The flood had receded for several days, and Jinling City was almost cleaned up.Although it has not been restored to its original state, it is not as dilapidated and messy as before.

Many shops on both sides of the street have already started business, and the atmosphere is very lively, not at all like the miserable scene after the flood.

The three of Jia Lian had traveled all day, and now they were hungry and tired. After walking in the city for a while, they found a restaurant and sat down.

The shop waiter came over quickly, first brought a bowl of tea for the three of them, and then asked, "What do the three guests want to eat?"

Jia Lian and the others ordered food first, and then asked the waiter for information.

"Xiao Er, I heard that Jinling City was severely flooded, but looking at it today, it doesn't seem to be very serious."

When the waiter heard what Jia Lian said, he immediately said enthusiastically: "The flooding in Jinling City is not serious. There was a flood before, and the water in Jinling City was probably up to knees."

"I saw that the house was not destroyed by the flood."

"There are not many houses destroyed by the flood." The waiter was very talkative, "Before the flood, the magistrate informed us to hide in a safe place for a while, so basically nothing big happened in Jinling City. The problem."

Jia Lian continued to ask, "I saw many refugees in the city. Are they refugees in the city or outside the city?"

"They are refugees outside the city, and they are all people from the countryside outside the city."

"When I entered the city, I saw that there was nothing left by the flood outside the city, and many people died. It was really tragic." Jia Lian said with a heavy face, "Before I entered the city, I was worried about the people in the city. The situation is the same as outside the city, but I didn’t expect that the city is not bad.”

The waiter suddenly looked around vigilantly, and then whispered to Jia Lian: "Guest officer, the people in our city have been told by the magistrate to go to a safe place to hide from the disaster. Naturally, nothing happened. However, the people outside the city did not." Was notified, so... alas..."

Jia Lian looked surprised: "Didn't anyone outside the city be notified?"

"No, before the flood, it was raining heavily, and the road outside the city was difficult and dangerous, so there was no notice."

Jia Lian frowned tightly, his expression solemn: "No wonder so many people died outside the city."

When this incident was mentioned, the waiter's expression became serious: "The rice fields and houses outside the city were basically destroyed by the flood."

"Before I entered the city, I saw many refugees being stopped outside the city gate." Jia Lian asked suspiciously, "I see that the situation in the city is not bad, and there are many refugees. Why do you stop the refugees outside the city?" Enter?"

When the waiter heard this question, his expression suddenly changed, and he hesitated to speak.

Seeing the innkeeper's expression of being afraid to say anything, Jia Lian immediately knew that there must be something tricky in it, so he took out a ten tael silver coin from his purse and handed it to the innkeeper.

"Xiao Er, can you tell me why?"

Seeing the ten taels of silver, the shop clerk's eyes lit up immediately, he quickly put the silver into his arms, and looked around vigilantly again, seeing that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Guest officer, let me tell you , don't go around talking about it."

"Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense, but I can't bear to see those refugees outside the city."

Hearing this, the waiter in the shop thought that the guest officer was a kind person, without any hesitation in his heart, he said in a low voice: "Guest officer, when you entered the city, you saw that those refugees were also farmers outside the city, they were deliberately released by the magistrate. came in."

"On purpose?" Jia Lian was surprised, and then pretended not to understand and asked, "What does this mean?"

"I heard that the imperial envoy is coming to Jinling, and the magistrate deliberately let many refugees into the city for the sake of the imperial envoy." The shop waiter mentioned this, his eyes were full of anger, "If it wasn't for the imperial envoy, the magistrate Your Excellency will not let these refugees into the city."

When Jia Lian heard this, a cold look flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect the truth to be like this. He thought he was wrong to blame the soldiers at the gate of the city.

"There are many dignitaries in Jinling City. They don't want refugees to enter the city. They are afraid that the refugees will bring the plague into the city."

Jia Lian said with a sullen face, "So it's like this... No wonder there are so many refugees outside the city."

"Guest officer, the number of refugees you see outside the city is much less than before." The waiter carefully looked around, and then whispered, "Before, there were a lot of refugees outside the city, clamoring to enter the city. It was so big that the magistrate sent troops to kill many refugees." Thinking of the massacre that happened a few days ago, the waiter's eyes were red and his face was full of anger.

"What?!" Jia Lian exclaimed.

"Guest officer, please keep your voice down." The waiter was startled by Jia Lian's scream.

Jia Lian realized that his voice was too loud just now, so Chaodian waiter smiled apologetically, "Sorry, I didn't expect the magistrate to treat the refugees so cruelly!"

Seeing that Jia Lian also looked resentful, the waiter felt that the guest officer was very conscientious, so he couldn't help but say a few more words: "Master Zhifu said that those refugees were mobs and endangered the safety of Jinling City, so he ordered that all those refugees be taken away. Killed, not even the children were spared."

After hearing this, Jia Lian clenched his hands into fists and cursed angrily, "Bastard!"

"Those refugees are so pitiful." People with a bit of conscience would be outraged when they heard about this incident, and they were very sympathetic to those who were massacred.

Jia Lian took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and murderous intent welling up in his heart, and said gratefully to the shop waiter, "Xiao Er, thank you for telling me so much."

"Guest officer, I see that you are from other places. What are you doing in Jinling at this time?" The waiter thought Jia Lian was a good person, so he couldn't help reminding him, "When the imperial envoy arrives, Jinling City will not be peaceful. You should hurry up It's better to leave."

"I have relatives in Jinling. When I heard that there was a flood in Jinling, everyone in my family was worried about my relatives in Jinling, so I asked me to visit Jinling."

"So that's the case. Guest officer, you can rest assured that the people in Jinling City are basically fine, and your relatives are definitely fine."

"Accept your good words."

"Does the officer have any orders?"

"Gone."

"The little one will step back first."

"it is good."

When the shop waiter left, Jia Lian's face was gloomy, "I didn't expect the magistrate of Jinling to be so bold as to massacre refugees!"

"What a beast!"

"Wang Shiwei, Zhang Shiwei, tomorrow we will separately investigate the situation."

"Master Jia, we can go to find out the news tonight."

Jia Lian knew that they had great martial arts skills and could do more things than him.

"Okay, then I will trouble you."

After the three of them finished their dinner, they went to find an inn with a relatively remote location and a relatively cheap price.Live here to hide your identity.

Wang Shiwei and Zhang Shiwei went out to inquire about news at night. They had been to Jinling with the Supreme Emperor before, and they were quite familiar with Jinling.

Jia Lian heard that there was a teahouse nearby, so he went to the teahouse to inquire about the news.Teahouses are the same as restaurants, good and evil are mixed together, there are all kinds of people, and it is the most convenient to inquire about things.

At this time, the Xue Mansion in the east of Jinling City.

Aunt Xue received the letter from Mrs. Wang, and when she finished reading the letter, her eyes widened in astonishment, with an expression of disbelief: My sister actually asked her to send someone to assassinate Brother Lian? !Is my sister crazy? !

Brother Zhu died of his own illness, not Brother Lian. My sister actually wanted to kill Brother Lian to avenge Zhu Geer? !

Before Jia Zhu passed away, Aunt Xue did not go back to the capital to attend Jia Zhu's funeral because Xue Baochai was ill, but she received a letter from Mrs. Wang, knowing that Jia Zhu died of illness and had nothing to do with Jia Lian.I also know that Mrs. Wang's crazy words not only caused the Rongguo Mansion to lose its title, but also affected the reputation of the Wang family.

Mrs. Wang wrote to Aunt Xue before, hoping that Aunt Xue could persuade Mrs. Wang. After all, Mrs. Wang listened to Aunt Xue very much.

After Aunt Xue found out about Jia Zhu's death, Mrs. Wang became a little delirious. She didn't expect to be so crazy that she wanted to kill Jia Lian to avenge Jia Zhu!

Aunt Xue would never do the matter of finding someone to assassinate Jia Lian!

Jia Lian is now highly valued by the emperor, and his future is boundless.Both mother and elder brother wanted to win Jia Lian over, so why would she assassinate Jia Lian?

My sister is really crazy!

Aunt Xue was going to reply a letter to persuade Mrs. Wang, but thinking that Mrs. Wang was unconscious now, she felt that persuasion would not be useful.After thinking about it, she decided to perfunctory Mrs. Wang.After a few days of writing back, she said that she would send someone to assassinate Jia Lian, but she would not actually send someone to assassinate Jia Lian.At that time, let's talk about the failure of sending someone to assassinate Jia Lian.

Brother Lian will come to Jinling in a few days, so this is a good opportunity to win him over.At that time, please invite brother Lian to come to the house as a guest.

Here, Aunt Xue received the news that Jia Lian was coming to Jinling.Over there, the Zhen family was also informed about Jia Lian's return to Jinling.

Based on the relationship between the Jia family and the Zhen family, the Zhen family would send someone to invite Jia Lian to visit the Zhen family.Not to mention that Jia Lian passed the six-yuan exam and was deeply favored by the emperor.

Both Xue's family and Zhen's family were planning on Jia Lian and were waiting for Jia Lian's arrival.

There is also a group of people who arrived earlier than Jia Lian and the others are also waiting for Jia Lian to arrive in Jinling. As soon as Jia Lian arrives in Jinling, they will take action.