As the Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere of the festival in Shenjing City has begun to thicken, August 16 this year coincides with the 68th birthday of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Tianyou is a filial son, and the whole country celebrates, and the provincial governments and even the county government have birthday gifts to send, which invisibly increases the burden of the people.

Today is the 7th day of August in the 40th year of Tianyou, in order to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager, Shuntianfu specially allocated funds to hang lanterns on the two streets of Yongdingmen Street to Zhengyangmen Street for dozens of miles, and the shops on both sides of the street should not only hang lanterns to celebrate, but also replace the doors and windows facing the street with new ones, which is a big project, but under the high pressure of Shuntianfu, the deadline has not yet entered the end, and the remaining is the lanterns that Shuntianfu is responsible for.

On this morning, a troop of men and horses came from outside the Chaoyang Gate, which was also an army, about five hundred men, all wearing armor and swords, very powerful, among them there were thirty or forty carts, and at the front was a super cart drawn by twelve horses, and the contents on it were covered with canvas, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Such a big movement has attracted the attention of the people in Chaoyangmen, whether it is these soldiers with armor and swords or the guarded cart, the front of this team is a group of soldiers on horseback, the leader is Jia Jue, according to the law, the army can not enter the capital, can only be stationed outside the city, but it is not only loaded with Taihu Lake stone dedicated to the queen mother, but also has more than four million taels of gold and silver and several boxes of jewelry, Jia Jue will personally send these into the palace.

"I haven't seen him for a few months, the third brother is a little darker and thinner than before, and the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River raise people, it seems that this is not true!"

"The water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are to support people, but it also depends on the identity of the other party, ordinary people have to support their families, and soldiers like me are even harder, not only to train soldiers and horses, but also to practice martial arts, very busy. But if the second brother goes to Jiangnan, he will definitely be happy. ”

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't tease me, you kid, your sister-in-law, hey, it's hard to say, it's clear when you stay for a long time." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at the Xue family's convoy behind him again, and said curiously: "Wang Ziteng is at home, why doesn't the Xue family go, but wants to go to our house?" ”

Jia Jue smiled, "Since ancient times, 'mother-in-law and uncle', and now the three mothers and sons of the Xue family are a big fat piece that makes people greedy, and everyone wants to pounce on it and take a bite." Wang Ziteng has served as the envoy of the Jingying Festival for several years, and has not made any achievements, he is more anxious than anyone else, the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming rules have formed a set of effective regulations, there is no opportunity, no military merits, what should I do if I want to rise? There is only money to be thrown, but where is Wang Ziteng's family background enough, what do you think will happen if the mother and son of the Xue family come to the door? ”

Jia Lian didn't answer, but smiled bitterly.

Jia Jue smiled slightly, and said: "Xue Pan is a stunned young man, but he is not a fool, besides, Aunt Xue is shrewd!" And the girl of the Xue family, you will know in the future, you are not a simple person! ”

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Jue and asked, "Listen to the master, you have a crush on Sister Lin?" ”

Jia Jue's eyes widened and asked, "No?!" ”

Jia Lian's face changed immediately, "The old man also said that this is a good marriage, but the old lady may not be able to pass the test!" The old lady's mind is clear, and your sister-in-law has also probed the old lady's tone, and she was reprimanded for this. ”

Jia Jue's heart was hot, and he hurriedly said, "The younger brother has thanked the second brother and sister-in-law here." ”

Jia Lian nodded, "We are brothers, why be so polite." Those gifts you gave, your sister-in-law loved very much. ”

Hearing this, Jia Jue smiled and said to Jia Lian: "Second brother, don't worry, the younger brother has prepared a gift for you alone." ”

Jia Lian showed a touch of surprise on his face, and then whispered to Jia Jue: "The second wife's dislike of Sister Lin has been passed down by your sister-in-law, for this reason, the old lady punished the second wife for copying Buddhist scriptures, I heard that the second master dropped the teacup in front of Baoyu, and he is still staying in Aunt Zhao's small courtyard." ”

Jia Jue's heart shook but he didn't show his face, he didn't expect Wang Xifeng to make this matter clear, hehe, in the future, there will be a lively scene in the back house of the Rong Mansion.

Looking at the majestic and majestic Forbidden City, Jia Jue felt a lot of emotion in his heart, no matter how prosperous Nanzhili is, it is not as solemn and majestic as Shenjing, which is the political, military and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, and a gust of wind here will affect the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

After walking for a while, I saw Dong'an Gate in the distance, not far in front of me is a fork in the road, to the south is Chongwen Gate, out of Chongwen Gate is the outer city.

Jia Jue pulled the reins of his horse and said to Jia Lian: "Second brother will go back to the house first, and I will enter the palace to hand over the emperor's errand." ”

Jia Lian nodded, "Master said, let you be cautious in your words and deeds, don't be dizzy by someone in a sentence or two, and..."

Suddenly, there was a scream in the distance, and I saw a carriage rushing towards this direction like a lightning speed, and a large group of horseback and sword-carrying guards around them drove the people on the street with their whips, and shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of here! ”

Jia Jue frowned, and when he saw Jia Lian's ugly face, he asked, "Who are these people?" So arrogant! ”

Jia Lian subconsciously trembled, his face suddenly became iron-blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "You are not in the capital, I don't know, this is the second son of King Zhongshun, Zhu Zaimo, who just entered Beijing from Sichuan a few years ago, this kid has good martial arts, and Brother Zhen and I have suffered a lot of losses on him." ”

Jia Jue glanced at him deeply, and knew from his expression that he had suffered a lot of losses, and it was estimated that the two of them were pressed to the ground and rubbed.

Jia Jue turned his gaze to the speeding convoy, the Zhongshun palace and the Jia family have a feud, the king of Zhongshun is the heir of Zhu Di, the current Zhongshun King is named Zhu Houjiong, his grandfather was beheaded by the first generation of Rongguo Gong because he fled after the war because he was afraid of the enemy on the battlefield, and the two families have formed a hatred since then.

Looking at the convoy that did not slow down at all, Jia Jue smiled coldly and said to Jia Lian: "The second brother led the Xue family and his party from another street. ”

"Forget it, he's a disciple of the clan."

Jia Lian persuaded in a low voice.

Jia Jue shook his head and said, "It's time to tell them that the Jia family is back again." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage rushed straight towards Jia Jue, Jia Jue looked at the carriage behind him, which was a birthday gift from Suzhou Fujin to the Empress Dowager - Taihu Stone, there can be no mistakes, otherwise he will be deprived of his post and imprisoned, as well as the property on the cart.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue took out the Yanling knife at his waist, waved it in the air, and shouted: "Be on guard!" ”

After receiving Jia Jue's military order, a hundred soldiers immediately lined up into a wall, surrounded the convoy with a huge shield placed on the carriage, and the hundred archers immediately hid behind the cart and stretched out their bows and arrows, while the rest of the foot soldiers drew their sabers at their waists to guard against them.

Maybe they were used to being arrogant, and the big men who opened the road didn't pay attention to the vigilant army at all, waving their horsewhips and scolding: "Where did the soldiers come from, why don't you make way for your grandfather quickly?" ”

Jia Jue was furious, seeing that the carriage still did not slow down and hit this side, grabbed the bow and arrow on the horse's back, pulled out an arrow and wound the bow, he squinted and opened the bow is an arrow, the arrow shot at the horse galloping with the carriage like lightning, the whole arrow did not enter the horse's neck, the horse neighed, the front hooves jumped up, and suddenly threw the groom who was driving the carriage off the carriage, the horse frantically pulled the carriage to the restaurant on the side and crashed into it, frightening the surrounding people screaming and fleeing to both sides, "Boom! There was a loud bang, and the horse slammed into the doors and windows of the restaurant, and fell in a pool of blood, and the carriage toppled to the ground, and the screams of men and women were heard from inside.

Jia Jue's arrows were arrows one after another, the arrows took the horse's life, the shot was fast and ruthless, no one could dodge, only a moment, eleven horses had died under his arrows, and several slaves were thrown to the ground by the horses without a sound.

The surrounding people were suddenly in chaos, and those slaves were also in chaos.

At this time, Zhu Zaimo's thunderous roar came from the carriage, "Waste, don't come and rescue this son soon!" Hurry up and call the forbidden army patrolling the street, someone assassinated Ben Gongzi on the street, and ordered Li Xian to come to see Ben Gongzi immediately, and the people from the general army department also called. ”

Those hao slaves woke up like a dream, and they all rushed forward to straighten the overturned carriage, the carriage door opened, and a young man in a brocade robe walked out.

Thinking of the portrait of Emperor Taizu Zhu in later generations, is it true?

Zhu Zaimo slapped the front slave in the face, the slave's mouth and nose immediately overflowed with blood, he glared at the onlookers, snorted again, Fang turned his head to look at Jia Jue who was riding on the horse, "Where did the thief come from?" Dare to be a street assassin sect disciple! Come, take them down, Zhu clan! ”

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, this fucking person really knows how to buckle his hat, and he doesn't ask about his identity, he directly orders someone to do it, and he will punish the clan!

It seems that he is really arrogant!

When these slaves got Zhu Zaimo's order, they immediately rushed over with the waist knives in their hands without any hesitation.

Jia Jue sneered and immediately ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

For a while, the arrows were like rain, the arrows broke through the air and shot into the crowd of harunty slaves, screams arose, these harriots did not have any sense of defense, in a moment, the thirty or forty slaves who rushed up were shot into hedgehogs, the onlookers shouted in shock, and the slaves who were one step slower turned around and fled, at this moment, there was a great chaos on the street ahead, the people on both sides of the street fled to both sides, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and hundreds of forbidden cavalry rushed to this side at a gallop, and immediately surrounded Jia Jue and others.

When Zhu Zaimo saw the reinforcements coming, he led the frightened slave over, stretched out his hand to take off the bow and arrow hanging on the war horse of the forbidden army, and Zhang Bow was an arrow, and the arrow was directly nailed to the cart transporting Taihu stone, Jia Jue glanced back, and said to those forbidden soldiers: "Get out of the way!" ”

“....”

Zhu Zaimo was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly said indignantly: "Dog, assassinate this son, still want to leave?" It's late, don't leave your dog's life today, my son will have your surname! ”

Glancing at Zhu Zaimo, and then at Jia Jue, who was fearless, the forbidden army hesitated for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Jia Jue gave Jia Gui a look, and Jia Gui immediately took out a warrant stamped with the official seal of the Jiangnan camp from the cloth pocket on the horse's back, drove forward, handed it to him, and said: "On the carriage is the Taihu Lake stone dedicated by Suzhou Fujin to the Queen Mother. ”

The hundred households were stunned for a moment, took it and quickly glanced at it, handed it to Zhu Zaimo and said, "Second son? ”

Zhu Zaimo flipped it open and looked at it, knowing that he had planted it today, and those slaves had died in vain, he couldn't help but snort, and his eyes turned to the cart again, and he saw at a glance that the cart was full of big wooden boxes, what were these big wooden boxes in?

Seeing that several soldiers on the side looked a little flustered, their hearts moved, could it be that these stinky Qiu Ba took the opportunity of giving birthday gifts to the Queen Mother to smuggle things from the south to Shenjing, so many big cars, it must not be this person who dared to do it, it must be the high-level of the Jiangnan battalion, thinking of this, my heart was hot.

"Haha, you stinky hills, you dare to go private under the guise of giving birthday gifts to the Queen Mother."

"What!"

The hundred households were stunned, looked at the military order in their hands, and then looked at the big cart, their eyes widened, apparently he also found the big wooden box under the canvas, and shouted: "Go and check the boxes on those big carts." ”

More than a dozen forbidden soldiers rushed up, but were stopped by a group of soldiers, and the two sides immediately drew their swords and confronted each other.

Jia Jue was also a little hesitant, although Zhu Zaimo would be severely punished for opening the box, but he would most likely be implicated, although he breathed a sigh of relief, it was not cost-effective no matter how he looked at it.

At this moment, an old eunuch in a python robe rushed to everyone under the escort of a group of forbidden cavalry, and Zhu Zaimo hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Manager Dai, this group of Qiu Ba not only stabbed me on the street, but also smuggled under the guise of sending birthday gifts to the Queen Mother..."

Ignoring the chattering Zhu Zaimo, Dai Quan stepped forward and said with a smile: "General Jia has worked hard all the way, and the miscellaneous family is here to pick you up." ”

"Thank you, Steward."

Jia Jue saw that Zhu Zaimoleng was there, and said directly: "There is another thing to tell the manager, this son is very interested in the contents of the box on the cart, and wants to open it on this street to take a look, I don't know, the manager..."

Dai Quan's face turned pale, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Take everyone back." ”