Jia Lian rode his horse to the door of Xue's house and said to the concierge, "I have something to see you girls."
The concierge of the Xue family didn't dare to say anything. He quickly opened the door and let Jia Lian and his entourage in.
The appearance of the Xue family has not changed, it is still a quiet and elegant house with a fresh style, but it is a little more boring than before.
"Baochai has met the second brother Lian." Xue Baochai came to greet Jia Lian from the corridor of the main room and bowed to Jia Lian.
"Sister Baochai, there's no need to be polite. I'm here to understand the specifics of your brother's case. Let's find a place to talk."
Jia Lian got straight to the point, so Baochai nodded and welcomed Jia Lian into the main hall of the main house.
"I'm riding a fast horse back to Beijing, so I'll go ahead. Auntie is expected to arrive in Beijing tonight."
While Baochai was serving tea, Jia Lian briefly explained, and then said: "Time is tight, so I won't beat around the bush. My aunt left Beijing the night before yesterday, so I came here mainly to get to know her.
Is there any new news about Brother Pan's case in the past two days? Sister Baochai can tell me in detail."
Baochai looked grateful when he heard this, "I'm sorry for bothering my second brother Lian..."
After saying that, Baochai hesitated for a moment, took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Lian and said: "This is what I compiled, all the information about my brother's case. It not only recorded in detail all the events that happened that day, but also
We also asked Brother Lian to review the information we got from various sources later."
Jia Lian's eyes lit up. It seemed that this girl was well prepared. Not bad.
Taking the piece of paper that seemed to carry the fragrance of orchids, Jia Lian began to look at it. The first thing that caught his eye was a row of neat and elegant small regular script characters with a measured layout.
Even though he had seen Baochai's handwriting a long time ago, Jia Lian had to raise his eyes and give Baochai a praising look. If not for any other reason, just because as an official of the imperial court, he had also practiced hard calligraphy, and this regular script
, still far inferior to this girl.
If there is a chance to abduct her into his own style of calligraphy, he can instantly kill most of the bureaucrats in the court.
Baochai didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking. She just felt that the way Jia Lian lowered his head to read the contents of the paper had an indescribable style and power.
He looks serious, with a reserved look in his eyes. As he flips through the paper with his fingers, he seems to have all the information in his mind and has a well-thought-out plan.
She started preparing these notes as soon as she knew Jia Lian returned to Beijing. The purpose was to allow Jia Lian to understand all the situations as quickly as possible and prevent omissions in the panic and loss of the opportunity to save her brother.
Seeing that Jia Lian had finished reading the content quickly, Baochai asked hurriedly: "How is it, second brother Lian is sure to save my brother?"
"Not sure."
Baochai's expression darkened. Sure enough, even the second brother Lian couldn't do it...
"Although I am not sure, since I have returned to Beijing, I will try my best. Let's talk about it later. Now I need you to prepare two things."
"Brother Lian, please speak."
"Prepare five hundred taels of gold, preferably a small one. Another calligraphy and painting with a market price of at least three thousand taels, preferably a calligraphy copybook by a famous artist."
Baochai thought for a moment, stood up and said, "Second brother Lian, wait a moment."
Jia Lian nodded. The Xue family was an imperial merchant, and they also ran a sizable pawn shop in the capital. I guess Xue Jialian had no shortage of gold, calligraphy and paintings.
Sure enough, after a while Baochai came back with Ying'er and another maid from the Xue family.
Jia Lian calmly rolled up the paper and put it in his sleeve, then picked up the calligraphy that Baochai had taken, unfolded it, looked at it, nodded and said with a smile: "In that case, I will leave first. Sister Baochai, don't worry, but
If there is any new news, I will send someone to inform you and your aunt."
While talking, Jia Lian stood up and motioned to Aqi and Aqin to pick up the things and take them away.
"Second brother Lian, wait a minute.
Jia Lian turned around and asked, "What else can Sister Baochai do?"
Baochai had a look on her face. Facing Jia Lian's questioning gaze, she took a step forward and asked, "Brother Lian is going to see my brother later?"
"Well... maybe. The case will be tried in court in the future. If you want to overturn the case, you should do it sooner rather than later. Before that, it would be best to meet Brother Pan."
Baochai said: "In that case, Brother Lian may take me with him... Brother Lian doesn't know that when my brother was detained in Shuntian Mansion earlier, Shuntian Mansion allowed my mother and I to visit, but later the Ministry of Punishment took my brother away.
, we were not allowed to visit again.
I haven’t seen my brother for a while, and I want to see him..."
Baochai said with a sad face. In fact, she didn't just want to see Xue Pan, but wanted to follow Jia Lian to see how Jia Lian dealt with his brother's difficult case.
The incident involving her brother made her even more aware of the decline of the Xue family. She couldn't help but think that if Xue Pan was really gone and the huge Xue family foundation fell on Aunt Xue's shoulders, it must be
Too much to bear.
As a daughter, she will have to help her mother in the future. How to help, a lady who stays at home will definitely not be able to help her. She has to learn how to help.
Learn from Jia Lian and meet Jia Lian. Today is an opportunity to understand the rules of the upper class with your own eyes.
Faced with Baochai's sudden request, Jia Lian wanted to say that it was not necessary. The Penal Department Prison was a very dark and depressing place, not suitable for a beautiful girl like Baochai.
But seeing Baochai, who had always been quiet and restrained, looking so weeping, Jia Lian didn't know how to refuse for a moment. Suddenly remembering the agreement with Aunt Xue, Jia Lian felt that this seemed to be an opportunity.
Didn't I regret that I never had the chance to take her out to play?
So he nodded and said: "In that case, you can go out with me later. But... you'd better change your outfit."
Jia Lian looked at Ying'er behind Baochai and smiled and said: "That's what she is wearing. I think it's pretty good. I will wrong Sister Baochai and pretend to be my maid later. It will be more convenient this way. After all, I will do it later."
The places we go to are not limited to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Baochai did not notice the inappropriateness in Jia Lian's words, so he nodded in agreement, and then asked Ying'er to avoid it.
Jia Lian had waited for Daiyu Xiaonizi to change her clothes, and she probably knew the time when the girl would change her clothes. She originally thought that Baochai would be limited even if she was more neat, but to Jia Lian's surprise, Baochai came back with Ying'er very quickly.
Already.
At this time, Baochai removed the excess hair accessories and simply tied two maid buns on the back of her head. The most important thing is that she was wearing the same goose-yellow dress that Ying'er wore before, and Ying'er
The son changed into another set.
Now Jia Lian believed what Aunt Xue said, Baochai was very obedient. He just said it casually, but he didn't expect Baochai to be so strong in execution.
Looking at Baochai who was less glamorous and more pure as a girl, Jia Lian smiled with satisfaction and said, "Let's go, I've asked the housekeeper to prepare the carriage."
…
At the gate of the Military and Horse Department in Xicheng, Baochai walked out of the carriage with his head raised. He looked at Jia Lian who dismounted and walked to the carriage and stretched out his hand to her. He hesitated for a moment, then obediently put his hand into Jia Lian's hand and jumped out of the carriage with Jia Lian's strength.
.
"Is this the military office?"
Baochai followed Jia Lian and walked forward, his eyes couldn't help but look at the Yamen with the words "Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division" hanging high in front of him.
In her eyes, the Bingma Si Yamen was not luxurious and majestic. On the contrary, it even seemed a bit simple. However, in this simplicity, there was an aura of majesty everywhere. This was the aura of power.
"See my lord!"
The loud roar of the guard standing at the door shocked Baochai, and he involuntarily followed Jia Lian a little closer.
As Jia Lian came to the back hall, many officers came to greet and report. Baochai could see clearly that although Jia Lian just dismissed these people casually, these people looked at Jia Lian with reverence.
color.
Obviously, Jia Lian, the chief officer, has already gathered the entire Army and Horses Division into his own force.
Baochai did not speak. She stood quietly behind Jia Lian, fully fulfilling the role of her maid.
"Sir, why are you back suddenly?" A slightly lean middle-aged officer hurried over.
Jia Lian asked him: "Where is Sun Shaozu?"
"Replying to your lord, this boy is in the prison of our Army and Horses Division!"
Xie Jun probably guessed the purpose of Jia Lian's return to Beijing, so he hurriedly explained: "That day, this boy followed the Xue family uncle to Jinxiangyuan. Unexpectedly, something happened to the Xue family uncle, and this boy took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
He also wanted to pack up his bedroll and run away. If I hadn't been told to keep an eye on him and catch him on the way, I'm afraid he would have escaped long ago."
Jia Lian nodded.
When he had Sun Shaozu arrested and tortured in the Bingmasi Prison, he never imagined that the Sun family, which only had a sick daughter-in-law and a widowed mother, would actually have the ability to get into Jia Zheng's hands.
Jia Zheng thought that there were some intersections between the ancestors of the two families and that Sun Shaozu had not made any serious mistakes, so he wrote to Jia Lian to intercede. Jia Lian thought that it would be monotonous to simply let Zhongshan Wolf enjoy the pain of prison, nor did he go all the way to trick Sun Shaozu into
The original intention of coming to the capital. Therefore, he asked Xie Jun to release him and instead monitored him closely and added more luster to his life.
It was unexpected that he met and fawned over Xue Pan, but that he went to the gambling house to gamble his life was the guidance and arrangement of Xie Jun and others.
"Take me to have a look. It's time to meet this Zhongshan Wolf."
Instructing Xie Jun to lead the way, Jia Lian turned around and looked at Baochai with a smile: "Do you have the courage to go and see it together?"
Baochai nodded, but he was wondering in his heart: It sounds like this person that his brother has just made friends with might have a grudge against the second brother Lian. Why does the second brother Lian look so disgusted with this person?
Xie Jun had long discovered that Jia Lian had brought a beautiful maid over today. Seeing what Jia Lian said to him, he knew that Baochai was not a simple person. When he took a quick look, he was immediately shocked by Baochai's beauty and beauty, and felt very sad.
I am envious, and I deeply feel that my lord is worthy of being a dragon or a phoenix among people, and even the women around him are equally stunning.
…
The dark cell environment did bring some discomfort to Baochai, but she did not show it.
She followed Jia Lian to a cell and saw Jia Lian stop, so she obediently stayed behind him.
Jia Lian quietly looked at Sun Shaozu inside the cell door. Sun Shao was slumped on the ground, but he also looked at him suspiciously. Although Sun Shaozu still didn't know Jia Lian, but judging from his posture, he knew that the identity of the visitor must be unusual.
Jia Lian looked at it twice and lost interest, and calmly ordered: "Bring him out."
"yes."
Sun Shaozu was granted amnesty and thought that the savior had arrived. However, Jia Lian added: "Break his legs."
The officers and soldiers of the Bingma Division carried out Jia Lian's orders so well that they all rushed out and immediately held Sun Shaozu down. This frightened Sun Shaozu and quickly begged loudly: "Please spare your life, sir. I don't know what the crime of this young one is."
What mistake did I make to make you behave like this? Please tell me clearly. I must repent and reflect..."
Jia Lian paid no attention to him.
Jie Jun, on the other hand, knew Jia Lian's dislike of Sun Shaozu from the beginning. Seeing him wailing at this time actually gave him a perverted pleasure. He held Sun Shaozu down and said with a sinister smile: "Boy, it's your fault.
You should do evil, and you shouldn't do it in the hands of my family! When you are reincarnated in the next life, remember to be a good person."
Sun Shaozu was stunned. Having suffered several losses at the hands of Xie Jun, he already knew the other party's identity. At this time, hearing Xie Jun address Jia Lian as "my lord" with such respect, he not only immediately realized Jia Lian's identity, but also
Suddenly, I felt like I suddenly woke up and saw the light through the clouds!
"It's you! Has this always been you? Did you harm me?!"
Sun Shaozu is not stupid. Since the beginning of last year, the Sun family, especially Sun Shaozu, has been cursed, from a family of mid-level military officers to where it is today.
Perhaps at first he thought it was an unfair fate, or even retribution for his many years of evil deeds.
But as time passed, he couldn't help but reflect on whether someone was deliberately trying to harm him. But he couldn't find any clues, and there was no way to confirm it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just today, in Xie Jun's simple words, he suddenly understood that everything that happened to their Sun family, especially his Sun Shaozu, was
Thanks to the people in front of you!
This man is the inheritor of the Jia Jiarong Palace, the commander of the Army and Horses Division, and the world-famous Marquis of Zhenyuan!
Everything can be explained. It's ridiculous. At first, he considered himself a disciple of Rongguo Mansion, trying to use this relationship to make the Sun family make a comeback!
Looking up at Jia Lian's indifferent eyes, Sun Shaozu confirmed what he was thinking. Then he saw that one of his legs had been forcibly held up by the officer of the Bingma Division, and Xie Jun had already pulled out his scabbard and was about to break his leg alive.
Sun Shaozu was not a kind person to begin with. The meekness he had shown in front of Xue Pan before was just due to his desire to survive. Now that he truly understood his situation, he suddenly felt a surge of hatred in his heart, and he didn't know where it broke out.
With the strength he gained, he broke free from the Yamen who restrained him in a few strokes, and rushed towards the cell door with all his strength, towards Jia Lian outside the door!
"Even if I die, I still want your kid to pay with my life!!"
"Sir, be careful!"
"Protect your lord!"
The sudden situation shocked everyone.
Xie Jun was also staggered by Sun Shaozu. Although he knew that Jia Lian was not a person without the strength to tie a chicken, he also knew that with his hands tied, Sun Shaozu, who was defenseless, was unlikely to cause any harm to Jia Lian.
But he still instinctively raised the saber in his hand and slashed hard at Sun Shaozu who was trying to seize the way.
He was originally planning to use the scabbard to break Sun Shaozu's legs, but now he even skipped the step of drawing the knife. If he hadn't known that Jia Lian's keeping of Sun Shaozu would be useful and deliberately left a three-point margin, this knife would have been enough to kill him.
Sun Shaozu’s life.
But even so, the scene of the sharp steel knife slicing through the tall Sun Shaozu's back, and the blood splashing out from the blade, was still so shocking.
Baochai had been frightened when Sun Shaozu burst out and revolted. Seeing such a terrifying scene again, a girl's nature made him immediately throw himself into the arms of the person who felt most secure around him.
Jia Lian was naturally calm from beginning to end, but subconsciously stepped back to protect Baochai. Seeing that her beauty turned pale, she threw herself into his arms again. Jia Lian quickly hugged her tightly, patted her jade back and comforted her in the ear.
Said: "Don't be afraid, it's okay..."
In my heart, I actually have a higher opinion of Baochai. Yes, I was not frightened and screamed.
Looking back at Sun Shaozu, who was still staring at him even though he was convulsing on the ground, Jia Lian coldly said don't let him die, and then considered whether to pick up Baochai and take him away.
It's just that Baochai's temperament is unusual after all, and she is already sixteen years old, so she is not an ignorant girl. She quickly realized that it was inappropriate to throw herself into Jia Lian's arms, so she packed her mind, got out of Jia Lian's arms, and faced Jia Lian
An apologetic look.
Although Jia Lian felt a little regretful in his heart, he did not make any extra moves and raised his legs to leave. After walking a few steps, he saw Baochai's face was deep in thought. Jia Lian was afraid that what he saw today would leave a bad shadow on Baochai's heart, so he asked
Said: "Girl, do you think I am too cruel to this person?"
Baochai shook his head.
"This person is a treacherous person and would not regret his death. Moreover, he cannot be compassionate towards his enemies..."
At this point, Jia Lian frowned and suddenly stopped. Looking at Baochai, who was frowning thoughtfully, Jia Lian suddenly changed his words: "But girls still have to be kind, so that they can be liked by others. Especially in this age group.
Before you are sure that the other party is a life-and-death enemy, you must not act rashly and be the first to expose your flaws. A woman should still protect herself first..."
Although Baochai was puzzled by Jia Lian's sudden and confusing remarks to her, she still nodded politely and replied: "I understand. Thank you, second brother Lian, for your teaching."
Jia Lian twitched the corner of his mouth and said no more. I hope today's trip will not have any bad impact on Baochai.