The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 178 Two Towns
The soldiers guarding the gate of Jiedushi's mansion saw Jia Ke coming in with the eunuch, how dare they stop them?So he let Jia Ke follow the old eunuch into the Jiedu Ambassador's Mansion easily.

As soon as they entered the gate of the mansion, the Jiedu envoy Wang Tao came out to welcome the old eunuch.But after seeing Jia Ke, he ignored him, as if Jia Ke didn't exist at all.

With a smile on his face, Wang Tao arched his hands and said to the eunuch, "Eunuch Zhao is here, please forgive me for being late."

Eunuch Zhao also smiled and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, where did you say that? Our family is just a lowly person, so we can't deserve to be welcomed by an adult."

"You can't say that, father-in-law. Father-in-law is someone close to the emperor, so he is much more honorable than others in this regard." After speaking, Wang Tao glanced at Jia Ke.

Seeing Wang Tao's attitude towards him, Jia Ke even insinuated that he was not as noble as the eunuch, and his anger rose in his heart.But he still held back, now is not the time to confront him.Originally, Jia Ke thought that after Wang Tao took refuge in Wang Ziteng, even if she had some conflicts with him this time, she would not be too rude to herself for Wang Ziteng's sake. Unexpectedly, Wang Tao did not hold back at all.

He heard from Fan Kang that Gao Hong, Wang Tao's counselor, was quite talented. Now that Wang Tao and himself are having trouble, is it Gao Hong's idea?But such tricks like children's vindictiveness don't look like the idea of ​​a capable strategist.

Eunuch Zhao didn't care about their previous conflicts, but just said: "Since everyone is here, let's take care of things today, and each room will be clean."

Wang Tao replied with a smile all over his face: "All according to the father-in-law's orders, I will let people prepare the incense case."

After speaking, he let Eunuch Zhao go to the Jiedu Envoy Hall, and asked Eunuch Zhao to sit on the tiger-skin chair in the middle. Eunuch Zhao still knew the rules. Although he was very domineering every time he went down, he never violated the official rules.

This time, seeing Wang Tao let him take the main seat, he absolutely did not dare. If he sat in this position and let the censors participate in a book, he would be beaten to death by the emperor immediately.Although the eunuchs in this dynasty are very powerful, under the pressure of successive emperors, their status is very humble.This is the method that the founding emperor came up with, not only to use eunuchs, the emperor's domestic slaves, to fight against the civil and military forces of the Manchu dynasty, but also not allow them to become bigger and eventually become eunuchs to hold the emperor hostage.

Therefore, no matter how Wang Tao gave way, Eunuch Zhao would not sit on it. In the end, Eunuch Zhao was a little annoyed, and said bluntly: "My lord let our family sit in this seat, is it because I want our family's life, or what?"

After listening to this sentence, Wang Tao realized that although the eunuchs of this dynasty were powerful, Taizu and Emperor Taizong made regulations on their sitting, lying and walking, and one of them was that they were not allowed to sit in the official office.

After Wang Tao reacted, he quickly apologized. Eunuch Zhao was not in the mood to greet him anymore, and asked directly: "How is the preparation of the incense case? Our family has no time, so we will delay here."

Seeing Eunuch Zhao's impatience, Wang Tao quickly ordered people to speed up, and soon the incense table was placed in the lobby.

Eunuch Zhao came to the incense case, and the young eunuch who followed him hurriedly delivered a sandalwood box.Eunuch Zhao carefully opened the box and took out the yellow imperial edict from inside.

Wang Tao and Jia Ge hurried to the incense table and knelt down.

Eunuch Zhao opened the imperial decree, glanced at the two kneeling below, and then read aloud: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Jia Ke has made great achievements in defeating the Tatars. I am very relieved. I am now promoted to the commander , Supervise Xuanhua, Kaiping two towns, and specially conferred the title of General Zhaoyong of the third rank. This is my honor."

Jia Ke shouted loudly from below: "Sir, Jia Ke accepts the order."

After Mrs. Zhao listened to him, she turned the incense table and put the imperial decree in his hands, and then said gently: "General Jia, the emperor treats you very highly. You must repay the emperor's long grace."

Jia Ke hurriedly said: "Even if I die, I will not be able to repay the emperor for what happened to me. From now on, I will die."

Mrs. Zhao listened to what he said, and then said with satisfaction: "This time, the emperor has entrusted half of the troops in Xuanfu Town to you. You have to be careful."

Now that Jia Ke finally knows Jiedushi Wang Tao, why is he so dissatisfied with him?He now controls the two towns of Xuanhua and Kaiping.Blocking the gate of Xuanfu Town, although he guaranteed the safety of Xuanfu Town, he had [-] troops, almost half of his troops.If the number of people living on empty wages in various places is removed, he almost controls two-thirds of the military force in Xuanfu Town, and almost empties Wang Tao, the Jiedu envoy.Compared with this incident, fighting for merit with Jia Ke before was nothing more than a trivial matter.

After reading the imperial decree, Eunuch Zhao seemed to let go of one thing on his mind, and said with a relaxed face: "Since the matter has been finished, our family should leave tomorrow."

Hearing what he said, Wang Tao hurried forward to persuade him: "Although my father-in-law has lived in our Xuanfu town for a while, he has been busy with his business and has no time to visit. Now that he has finally finished his work, I will accompany you in the next few days. Eunuch Zhao walked around. He also enjoyed the scenery of the grassland."

Who knew that the eunuch who took care of him didn't appreciate it. During this time, Eunuch Zhao was in Xuanfu Town, looking at this dilapidated city, not to mention comparing it with the capital, it was incomparable with any small county town of my brother-in-law. I wanted to have a good meal , there is nowhere to spend money.So he should have been bored by now.Now I heard Jiedu envoy Wang Tao kept asking him to stay. Although he had good intentions, Eunuch Zhao said very annoyed: "Our family is busy with business, and there are a lot of things waiting for the police car. How can we have time to play here. That's fine. , you should stop persuading me, I have my own reasons."

After saying this, he tossed his robe sleeves and led the little eunuch outside. Wang Tao and Jia Ke hurried him outside the gate until they watched them go away in a sedan chair.

Seeing that Eunuch Zhao had already left, Jia Ke turned around and said to Wang Tao, "The humble Jia Ke is here to greet you."

Wang Tao said with a half-smile: "Master Jia is in such a high position now, there's no need to salute me."

Jia Ke hurriedly lowered her head, cupped her hands and said to Wang Tao, "Where did your lord come from? No matter how big an official you are, I am also a member of your lord's subordinates. I have to obey your command. My lord is ashamed to say that."

Wang Tao saw that he was still so humble to himself, so he calmed down, and then said calmly: "The military situation is urgent, so I won't keep you. After you go, I don't have any soldiers for you. I only send you soldiers every month. I'll give you the food and pay, and you can recruit the soldiers you use." After speaking, he went into the mansion without looking back.

Jia Ke let him hang outside the door, but still bowed and clasped fists to salute Wang Tao's back.In fact, he was very angry now. Wang Taoguang said he was asked to recruit soldiers, but he didn't mention a penny. Could it be that he was asked to recruit soldiers empty-handed?

The soldiers outside the gate saw this situation. Although they were the soldiers of the Jiedu Envoy Wang Tao, they knew that Jia Ke had traveled back and forth for Xuanfu Town this time, and went through life and death several times. Now seeing him being treated like this by the Jiedu Envoy Wang Tao, There is a look of unbearable on the face.They still have a good impression of Jia Ke. If Jia Ke hadn't come to help in time, they probably wouldn't be alive now.Seeing that Jia Ke has been treated so unfairly now, she feels angry for him.

It wasn't until Wang Tao's back disappeared that Jia Ke straightened up.Then he smiled and bowed to the soldiers on the gate, as if he didn't care about it at all, and then led the horse from the side and led the people away.

After Jia Ke left for a certain distance, the smile on his face disappeared immediately and became extremely gloomy.He led the horse and walked in front, and several personal soldiers followed behind, not daring to disturb him.It wasn't until the city gate of Xuanfu Town that Jia Ke turned around to look again, his eyes shot a cold light.

(End of this chapter)