At this time, Cao Wu reminded Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, we will continue to hunt for Eunuch Pang."
Well, Jia Yun is a little embarrassed.
He never thought that one day he would be reminded by Cao Wu, a reckless man, that he should do business and stop talking nonsense.
Jia Yun was so pleasantly surprised that she suddenly met Xue Baochai for the first time, and this Xue Baochai fit very well with his image of Sister Baochai, so she couldn't help but chat with her briefly.
In fact, Jia Yun didn't waste much time, she just chatted briefly for a minute or two.
But now is really not the time for him to talk nonsense, he still needs to continue to hunt for Eunuch Pang.
Jia Yun returned to the topic and asked Mrs. Xue: "What is your relationship with these thieves?"
Jia Yun won't ask Xue Pan about such serious matters. He probably can't explain it simply and clearly.
Mrs. Xue immediately explained the matter.
The general meaning is that they did not know this group of thieves. Their fleet was docked on the shore, and this group of thieves suddenly came to kill them, so they were scared and ran away. At first, no thieves chased them, but then six thieves suddenly appeared and chased them.
They hid in the houses in the small village...
Jia Yun then asked: "Where is your fleet going?"
Xue Pan answered quickly: "Go to Shenjing City."
Jia Yun nodded and thought: It turns out that the Xue family came to Beijing in the ninth year of their stay in the Red Mansion!
The timeline of Xue Baochai's entry into Beijing and Rongguo Mansion in the original book is confusing.
Judging from some plots, Xue Baochai should have entered Rongguo Mansion in the second year after Lin Daiyu entered Rongguo Mansion, that is, the eighth year of Red Mansion. From other plots, Xue Baochai should have entered Rongguo Mansion a few years after Lin Daiyu entered Rongguo Mansion.
Entering Rongguo Mansion, some people say it was the eleventh year of the Red Mansion.
Jia Yun has always been puzzled by this, but now she knows that the Xue Baochai of this Red Mansion world turned out to be the one who came to Beijing and entered the Rongguo Mansion in the ninth year of the Red Mansion!
Jia Yun also surmised that eunuch Pang and his party suddenly attacked the Xue family, probably not to steal money and beauty, but to steal a boat and build a plank road to seduce Chen Cang secretly.
The Xue family suffered an unreasonable disaster. It can also be said that they were "harmed" by Jia Yun. If Jia Yun had not led people to hunt down Eunuch Pang, Eunuch Pang and his party would not have come to the Xue family.
In the original work, when the Xue family went to Beijing, there was no danger along the way.
This is the butterfly effect brought about by Jia Yun again.
Fortunately, Jia Yun saved the Xue family in time this time, otherwise the Xue family and Xue Baochai would have been in trouble, which made Jia Yun feel lucky.
Jia Yun asked again: "Apart from the six thieves we killed, have you seen any other thieves?"
Xue Pan said: "I haven't seen any other thieves."
Jia Yun didn't believe this guy's answer, so she looked at Mrs. Xue, who also said: "I didn't see anyone else."
Jia Yun asked again: "When the thieves attacked your fleet before, did you see an old man among the thieves?"
Mrs. Xue and Xue Pan were so frightened at the time that they did not notice this detail.
Xue Baochai couldn't help but speak: "I saw an old man. There were thieves standing behind him at that time. I think he must be the leader."
Jia Yun nodded. This information was important to him and made him further confirm that the person being hunted this time was probably Eunuch Pang.
Jia Yun didn't waste any more time and told the people in the village not to touch the six corpses of the guests on the ground. He would send people to deal with these corpses afterwards.
Then Jia Yun said to Cao Wu: "Let's continue chasing!"
The two turned and ran away, and Mrs. Xue hurriedly shouted: "My lord!"
Jia Yun turned around: "What else can I do?"
Mrs. Xue asked: "Are the thieves who occupied our fleet gone?"
Jia Yun said: "It's all gone, you can go back."
After saying that, Jia Yun took Cao Wu and ran away quickly.
The Xue family members at the scene suddenly became excited, they could go back to the fleet.
But Mrs. Xue is still very worried. This time she took the Xue family to Shenjing City, but she brought a large amount of property worth two hundred thousand taels of silver. She was worried that these properties would be gone...
The Jia family, the Shi family, and the Wang family were all originally in Jinling. Together with the Xue family, they were the four big families in Jinling, and they were collectively called "Jia Shi Wang Xue".
These four families were all related to each other in the past. If they suffer, they will suffer, and if they prosper, they will all be prosperous. They will support and protect them all.
The richest ones are the Jia family and the Xue family.
There is heavy snow in good years, and pearls are like earth and gold are like iron. The wealth of the Xue family is no joke.
This time Mrs. Xue went to Shenjing City and brought with her a property worth two hundred thousand taels of silver. Although this property is not the entire property of the Xue family, it still accounts for a large proportion of the Xue family's property.
Because of this, Mrs. Xue felt very distressed about the family property when she ran away.
What's funny is that Eunuch Pang was in a hurry to escape before and didn't even enter the cabin of the Xue family's ship to check. Unknown to him, there were family properties worth two hundred thousand taels of silver placed in the cabin of the ship, and the property that Eunuch Pang brought out from Shenjing City this time was also
But it’s only worth one hundred thousand taels.
In other words, the Xue family's property is still in the Xue family ship.
Xue Baochai was not concerned about the family property at the moment. What he was thinking quietly in his heart was: "How could he have heard of my name in Shenjing City?"
Immediately, Mrs. Xue and everyone in the Xue family rushed towards the shore fleet...
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Jia Yun and Cao Wu stopped searching for the prisoners on the shore.
Jia Yun speculated that except for the six hangers-on who were executed, there were probably no other prisoners who had escaped ashore.
Upon arrival, the Xue family saw no other prisoners on the shore.
Secondly, Jia Yun felt that if there were other prisoners, they would escape together and not be separated.
Third, Eunuch Pang brought a large amount of belongings and suddenly went ashore to escape. There would be no carriages and horses for a while, so he would not be able to run far.
Fourth, the shore here is empty. If there are any prisoners who have not escaped far away, Jia Yun could have seen them when they first landed on the shore to pursue them.
Jia Yun then speculated that Eunuch Pang was playing the plank road to infiltrate Chen Cang again this time, but the method was different from his previous speculation. Eunuch Pang left three boats and let the six disciples escape ashore, thus leading the officers and soldiers to go ashore to pursue them.
He himself and other disciples drove a Xue family boat and continued to escape towards the upper waterway.
Jia Yun's speculation is reasonable.
Jia Yun would not have thought that the truth was both complicated and funny. The six murdered disciples did not want to be cannon fodder and die before they escaped ashore. Eunuch Pang had no choice but to drive a Xue family boat and continue to escape towards the upper waterway.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Immediately, Jia Yun and Cao Wu quickly returned to the shore, and continued to chase towards the upper river in the official boat.
Cao Wu asked Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, is it really Eunuch Pang we are chasing this time?"
Jia Yun said: "Most likely."
Cao Wu asked again: "Can we still catch up with Meng Jing's battle?"
Jia Yun said: "Although we only spent a quarter of an hour on the shore this time, it is probably impossible to catch up with Meng Jing and the others."
Not long after Eunuch Pang escaped on a Xue family boat, Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan, and Yu Keping chased him on an official boat, which meant that it didn't take long to catch up.
Jia Yun speculated that if he and Cao Wu spent a quarter of an hour before chasing, they would probably be unable to catch up with the battle between Meng Jing and Eunuch Pang and his party.
In this regard, Jia Yun not only felt no regrets, but also felt happy.
This time he chose to go ashore to hunt, which allowed him to rescue Xue Baochai and the Xue family. He felt that this matter would be very meaningful to him.
What's more, even if he hadn't captured Eunuch Pang himself, he would have been the top contributor to this mission, because he was the one who pointed out Eunuch Pang's secret plank road construction in Chencang, and it was he who led the team to hunt down the Grand Canal.
What's more, he also killed five disciples with his own hands.
Cao Wu felt regretful and sighed helplessly: "Alas!"
This time he was so busy and worked so hard that he only killed one of his disciples.
Jia Yun reached out and patted Cao Wu's shoulder, comforting: "Don't sigh, once Meng Jing and the four of them capture Eunuch Pang, even if you only kill one prisoner this time, you will be rewarded when you return to the capital.
The guards who followed Wu Pan on the land route will not be rewarded."
"What's more, I asked Tang Daqian to stay where he was before, and he didn't even kill a single prisoner."
Hearing what Jia Yun said, Cao Wu immediately felt better and smiled, but in his heart he still hoped to catch up with the battle between Meng Jing and Eunuch Pang and his party, and make greater contributions.
The result disappointed Cao Wu.
Jia Yun's guess this time was correct. He and Cao Wu did not catch up with the battle between Meng Jing and his men and Eunuch Pang and his party.
The two of them continued to chase the upper river in the official boat for two quarters of an hour, then they found two boats passing by in the upper river. One was the official boat, and the other was the Xue family boat that Eunuch Pang and his party had driven away before.
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After the two sides got closer, Jia Yun asked about the situation.
Eunuch Pang has been captured alive. Of the six retainers who were with Eunuch Pang, four were killed, one drowned while escaping by jumping into the river, and the third escaped by jumping into the river.
Among the four guards, Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan, and Yu Keping, only Yu Keping was injured. The injury was not serious but not minor.
Meng Jing, Mu Fu, and Zhao Xiuyuan were all Jinshi in the second-level martial arts, and their martial arts values were very high. Even Yu Keping was a Jinshi in the third-level martial arts, and their martial arts values were also high.
Thanks to this, the six disciples around Eunuch Pang this time also have high strength values.
Meng Jing and the four men were able to capture Eunuch Pang alive, kill four of his disciples, and drown one of his disciples. Only Yu Keping was injured. In Jia Yun's view, this record was already very good.
The property worth one hundred thousand taels brought by Eunuch Pang was also confiscated.
"Haha, this eunuch Pang is really rich. A eunuch actually has so much property!"
Jia Yun thought to himself, but he didn't find it strange. He knew that Eunuch Pang had been a confidant of Emperor Kangxing for many years. When Emperor Kangxing was in power, not only did he spend a lot of money, but the imperial court was also very corrupt.
Immediately, everyone returned to Huai'an along the waterway.
Suddenly, the Xue family appeared in front driving two boats, including a large boat and an ordinary boat.
This time the Xue family went to Beijing with a fleet consisting of one large ship and several ordinary ships.
However, some people ran away and could not be found for a while. After being frightened, Mrs.
, Dang even left with a big boat and an ordinary boat.
At this moment, the two boats of Jia Yun and the Xue family on the opposite side met.
"Good brother, good brother..."
Xue Pan stood on the bow of the big ship and shouted to Jia Yun.
Jia Yun immediately asked the official ship she was riding to approach...