Shenjing City, Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.

Emperor Longqing was sitting on the dragon chair, intently reviewing the folds.

Dai Quan hurriedly walked in, and saw that Emperor Longqing was reviewing the folds, but he didn't dare to squeak, and stood obediently beside him, standing with his hands down.

Emperor Longqing finished reading a book and put it aside.

noticed that Dai Quan was waiting by his side, and usually when something was reported, Dai Quan would be so close, and it seemed that he had something to report.

"Dai Quan, what's going on? Tell me about it. ”

Dai Quan arched his hand and said: "Back to the master, in the past few days, the prince of Zhongshun has gathered thousands of people in the Zhuangzi outside the city, because he is outside the city, the slave feels that the matter is not big, and he did not report to the master, but just sent people to stare in secret."

Just last night, these people suddenly dispatched, and the target turned out to be Ning Guogong's riverside villa outside the city, and our people were afraid of being discovered, so they could only follow from a distance.

When those people arrived outside the Zhuangzi, they rushed in directly, and after a while, they heard the sound of shouting and killing from inside, and the neighing of war horses, and the two sides had a fierce fight, which lasted for nearly half an hour before there was no movement. ”

Emperor Longqing couldn't help frowning as he listened.

Something fucking is going to happen, can't you stop one by one?

Jia Cong's kid, but a proud soldier who had just returned from the battlefield, once he knew that Zhuangzi had been attacked, how could he give up?

If I am not mistaken, Jia Cong's tribute wine was brewed on that Zhuangzi, is it for the sake of the wine-making recipe?

These uncles are really too much, they have already informed them, and they are not allowed to use their brains on Jia Cong's winery, they have been fine for the past few years, but they didn't expect Jia Cong to come back, but they chose to do it.

I really don't know, what are these people thinking in their heads?

Aren't you afraid that Jia Cong will turn his face with them and beat them up and get angry?

After thinking about it carefully, I am relieved, the identity of this royal family is their umbrella.

They calculated correctly, Jia Cong was jealous of their royal status and would not make a move on them, this is so bold, right?

"I remember that most of Jia Cong's personal soldiers stayed in Zhuangzi? What happened to the end? Who loses and who wins? What happened to those centaurs? ”

Dai Quan said: "If you go back to your master, Ning Guogong has a part of his own soldiers left in Zhuangzi, about a hundred people.

Our men did not dare to get too close when they heard that there was a fight inside, but they waited on the periphery until the morning, and did not see the men and horses attacking Zhuangzi coming out.

I saw Ning Guogong's long entourage, riding a horse out of Zhuangzi, it seems that he has returned to the city to send a letter to Ning Guogong, so if you look at it this way, it should be Ning Guogong's people who won. ”

Emperor Longqing nodded, according to what he said, it should be Jia Cong's people who won.

After all, those people were all personal soldiers who followed Jia Cong on the battlefield and fought for three years, and they were all elites, not comparable to those rabble.

More than 100 people have overturned more than 1,000 people, which is really an amazing achievement.

However, there should be more than 100 people on Jia Cong's Zhuangzi, and there should be guards who specialize in protecting Zhuangzi, which together is estimated to be two or three hundred people.

Even so, it is very good to be able to win against more than 1,000 people, and it is still in the feeling of being sneak attacked.

I just don't know how the battle went? And what are the losses of both sides?

I hope that after Jia Cong knows the news, he won't be too impulsive, forget it, let's call him directly, so as not to make trouble for himself again.

With the father and emperor here, none of these brothers can move.

"Dai Quan, the Duke of Chuan Ning Guo came to see me, lest this kid's brain be hot, and he will go directly to the trouble of the Zhongshun Palace, and if my father punishes him at that time, I will not be able to speak for him.

In addition, you went to the palace of the king of Zhongshun and passed on the word of me, and the king of Zhongshun disobeyed my orders, acted boldly and recklessly, and sent people to attack Ning Guogong's Zhuangzi without authorization, and ordered him to think about it at home for three months behind closed doors as a punishment. ”

Dai Quan bowed and said: "The old slave obeys the order, so go down to pass the order." ”

Watching Dai Quan leave, Emperor Longqing shook his head, picked up a book casually, and before he could open it, he saw that Dai Quan was back again.

Dai Quan bowed down and said, "Back to the master, Ning Guogong is asking to see you outside." ”

Emperor Longqing was slightly stunned when he heard this, I was just about to go to him, but he actually came first, and it seems that he still has a bit of brains.

"Since he's here, let him in."

"Yes, master."

Dai Quan agreed, bowed and exited the imperial study.

Jia Cong came to the imperial study and stepped forward to salute Emperor Longqing: "Minister, Jia Cong, knock to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Since Jia Cong has already come, Emperor Longqing is not in a hurry to ask, it is estimated that this kid is also here for this matter, so he will pretend that he doesn't know anything.

Emperor Longqing said: "Calm down, you came to see me early in the morning, I don't know what the so-called matter?" ”

Jia Cong stood up, arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, just last night, Zhuangzi, who was outside the city, was attacked by more than a thousand thieves, but fortunately, the guards on Zhuangzi were brave, so they were saved from being slaughtered.

As far as the minister knows, these thieves all came out of the Zhuangzi who was loyal to the prince, and they must be his people.

This loyal and obedient prince is bold and reckless, mad, for his own selfish interests, regardless of the overall situation, colluding with thieves, and taking action against the minister without authorization, which is of a bad nature, and I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely and give justice to the minister. ”

Emperor Longqing pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, there is such a thing? What about the loss of your Zhuangzi? Where are the guys you're talking about now? ”

Jia Cong said: "Your Majesty, how can this kind of thing be nonsense, although Zhuangzi has suffered some losses, it is not very serious, as for that gang of thieves, when I know the news, they have all been wiped out." ”

When Emperor Longqing heard this, he gasped.

This is too damn ruthless, listen to Dai Quan, that's more than a thousand people? Say kill and kill?

"More than a thousand people, all killed?"

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I received news this morning that all those thieves were exterminated, and there was not a single one left alive, and the minister also felt that they were too ruthless."

On the battlefield that day, in order to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, the minister promised them that an enemy's head could be exchanged for ten taels of silver.

With this order, there was no need to supervise the battle at all, and they all rushed forward like little tigers, which led to the victory of the ministers again and again, and also made them develop the habit of not leaving their hands when they encountered the enemy. ”

Dai Quan listened to it on the side, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, this Ning Guogong is a ruthless person, and his personal soldiers are all ruthless people.

Emperor Longqing sighed and said: "That's it, kill it, kill it, these people can be regarded as innocent, I will find out this matter carefully, if it is really done by the king of Zhongshun, I will definitely give you an explanation." ”

Jia Cong arched his hand and said: "Minister, thank you, Your Majesty, this matter must have been done by King Zhongshun, just a few days ago, he just sent someone to attack my caravan, and I also followed this line to find out the Zhuangzi of King Zhongshun." ”

When Emperor Longqing heard this, he scolded the prince of Zhongshun in his heart, why did he get on the same page as Jia Cong?

Moreover, the hands and feet are still so unclean, isn't this a desire to make trouble for me?

Could it be that there is a feud between the two?

"Why did the King of Loyalty attack you? Do you know what to do? I don't want to trouble you for no reason, do you? ”

Jia Cong said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Jinsha Gang that the minister exterminated will give a large amount of money to the Zhongshun Wangfu every year, and now that the property of the Jinsha Gang has been returned to Your Majesty, the Zhongshun King will not be able to get it, and it is very likely that he hates me in his heart." ”

Jia Cong said and took out an account book from his arms, handed it to Dai Quan, and asked Dai Quan to present it to Emperor Longqing.

"Minister, I also read this account book to know the relationship between the prince of Zhongshun and the Jinsha Gang."

Emperor Longqing took the account book and looked through it carefully.

Only then did it dawn on me, no wonder King Zhongshun wanted to trouble Jia Cong, it turned out that the root was here.

The amount recorded in this is very large, and the Jinsha Gang has to hand over hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the King of Zhongshun a year, and the loss is so big at this time, it is natural that I am not happy in my heart.

Emperor Longqing was even more surprised by the methods of these gangs to collect money.

Emperor Longqing put down the account book and said: "I know about this matter, I will give you an explanation, Dai Quan, and I will go to the Zhongshun Palace, and let the Zhongshun King think about it for three months behind closed doors as a punishment." ”

"Yes, master, then go to the palace of Zhongshun to pass the decree."

Dai Quan agreed, bowed and exited the imperial study.

Emperor Longqing looked at Jia Cong and said: "Don't blame me for being too lightly punished, King Zhongshun is my brother after all, and the Emperor Taishang is alive, if the punishment is too heavy, he will not be able to pass the level of the Emperor."

If this matter really has to be calculated, it is still the king of Zhongshun who suffers, you have killed so many of him, it is estimated that he will not dare to provoke you again, so this matter will end here. ”

In this regard, Jia Cong had already been mentally prepared and was not too surprised.

In this era, the imperial power is supreme, the royal family has immunity, and ordinary people are bullied by the royal family, and they dare not speak out, so they can only endure silently and let them do whatever they want.

There are really not many people like Jia Cong who have no awe in their hearts and dare to be ruthless.

"Minister, obey the order, the minister also understands these things, so as soon as he receives the news, he will first ask the emperor to call the shots, if it weren't for the fact that he is the prince, I would have brought someone to the door.

Your Majesty, they all said that it was one, two, and three, this is already the second time, if the loyal prince does not respect His Majesty's orders, and he has to fight the ministers to the death, then the ministers cannot be bullied. ”

When Emperor Longqing heard this, he looked Jia Cong up and down for a while.

secretly said in his heart, this is like the temper of a decisive young general, if he blindly allows others to bully and does not dare to fight back, how can he kill the great sweat of the barbarians?

However, Jia Cong can do this step, which is already very measured.

Emperor Longqing scolded with a smile: "I know that your kid is not a loser, but you are not a loser, but the king of Zhongshun has suffered a lot, and I will send someone to warn him and let him stop."

You also give me a stop, if something really happens and alarms the emperor, I can't protect you.

Okay, let's stop here, you step down, by the way, since you are in the palace, then you can go and see Concubine Jia. ”

Jia Cong was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't expect that Emperor Longqing would let him go to see Yuan Chun.

This is to show affection to yourself, so as to win yourself over.

For Yuan Chun, the eldest sister, Jia Cong has little impression, since he let him see, let's see it.

"Minister, thank you Your Majesty for your grace, I haven't seen you for many years, and the appearance of the eldest sister is already a lake in my heart."

Emperor Longqing smiled, sent a little eunuch, and took Jia Cong to the harem.

followed the little eunuch around and came to the gate of Yuanchun's palace.

"Ning Guogong, this is Concubine Jia's palace, please go inside."

Jia Cong took out a silver ticket, stuffed it into the little eunuch, and said with a smile: "There is Father-in-law Lao, take it to tea." ”

The little eunuch said with a smile on his face: "Thank you Ning Guogong, our family is welcome." ”

Led by a little eunuch, the road was unimpeded and walked into Yuanchun's palace.

I saw a woman in her twenties, looking at herself in a daze, obviously surprised by her arrival.

Jia Cong looked carefully, this Yuanchun was indeed very good-looking, between his eyebrows and eyes, there was a rare trace of Mrs. Wang's shadow, and his age should not be more than twenty-five years old.

The palace maids in the palace are generally selected at the age of fifteen, and if they are not favored by the emperor, then they will be released from the palace at the age of twenty-five.

Jia Cong took a step forward and arched his hand: "Junior brother Jia Cong, I have seen the eldest sister." ”

For Jia Cong's name, Yuan Chun still knows.

In recent years, Jia Cong has become famous, won hundreds of battles on the battlefield, and became the youngest young prince, almost everyone in the entire capital, including the palace, knows and knows everyone.

As a woman of the Jia family, there is such a powerful brother in the family, Yuan Chun is naturally very concerned about Jia Cong's news.

Although he knew that there was such a brother, he knew almost nothing about Jia Cong's appearance.

Looking at the young man in front of him calling himself eldest sister, this is like waking up from a dream.

Some hesitation: "You are Brother Cong?" ”

Jia Cong said: "It's the younger brother Jia Cong, when the eldest sister entered the palace, I was still relatively young, so many years have passed, and it is normal for the eldest sister to have no impression." ”

Yuan Chun nodded when he heard this, Jia Cong's eyebrows and eyes were indeed a little similar to his uncle.

And this is a harem, if there is no permission from His Majesty, no man can come in, Jia Cong's identity will not be wrong.

"At that time, you were still a child, so many years have passed, you have grown into an adult, and there is no shadow of your childhood, and when my sister Meng saw you, she really didn't dare to recognize you."

The little eunuch said: "Ning Guogong, you and Niangniang are talking here, and our family is waiting for you outside." ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Then there is Father-in-law Lao." ”

Watching the little eunuch leave, Jia Cong turned around and asked, "Eldest sister, living in this palace, you can still be happy, if you have any needs, you can tell your brother, if you can do it, you will definitely help the eldest sister solve it." ”

Yuan Chun looked at Jia Cong and felt relieved.

I have been in the palace for so many years, I have always been trembling, walking on thin ice, since the two years Jia Cong has been famous in the capital, his situation has been much better.

I know in my heart that this is all stained with this brother's light,

Now that she has been made a concubine again, it can be said that the purpose of coming to the palace has been achieved.

"My sister is very good in the palace, I have lived here for so many years, and I am used to it, how is the old lady? Is everyone else in the family okay? ”

Jia Cong said with a smile: "The old lady is very good, her body is also very strong, some time ago, she followed me and a few sisters to play in the Zhuangzi outside the city for three days, and her spirit is also good."

Everyone else is also very good, Baoyu is still with the old lady, she is the old lady's heart, the family has been getting better and better in recent years, and it is getting richer and richer, with the two of us, the Jia family will get better and better. ”

Yuan Chun nodded and said, "That's good, after being away from home for so many years, I don't know what has become?" Outside, my sister can't do anything, so she relies on Brother Cong. ”

Jia Cong said: "Sister, don't worry, as long as I am here, the Jia family will be fine." ”