The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 557 Iron Net Mountain (Part )
When Sun Shaozu said this, not only Jia Huan and Xu Wenhou, but even the guards in the royal palace were shocked. Even a fool could hear that the Grand Emperor Kangping had restored the throne, or in other words, rebelled. The so-called "clearing the court" was just an excuse. It has been like this since ancient times!
"Didn't the Emperor have...had...a stroke?" Xu Wenhou said with a stammer.

Jia Zhen sneered and said, "The Emperor is wise and brave, and still strong despite his age. How could he have suffered a stroke? He was just pretending to deceive the Donglin Party and that tyrant emperor."

Xu Wenhou's chubby face turned pale as paper in an instant, and his obese body was trembling. It was unclear whether he was out of fear or anger. It seemed that he was mostly out of fear. He was timid and cowardly to begin with, and suddenly encountered a huge change. He was at a loss at this moment.

Jia Huan was also extremely horrified at the moment, but he had been through a lot, so he was still able to remain calm. Tsk tsk, it turns out that the old ones are the wisest. It turned out that Emperor Kangping had been pretending to have a stroke from the beginning, and took advantage of the opportunity when Emperor Qiansheng was leading the army to attack, and suddenly launched an attack and took control of the imperial city in one fell swoop. This time, not only Emperor Qiansheng was in big trouble, but he was also in big trouble. Jia She and Jia Zhen, these two beasts, have regained their freedom and have soldiers at their disposal. I am afraid they would like to cut me into pieces. Look, they have chased me to Tiewang Mountain, which shows how impatient they are. Fortunately, I am not at home, otherwise, I am afraid I would have been killed long ago.

Now that the cards had been laid bare, Jia Zhen had no more scruples. With a wave of his hand, the rebels behind him formed a crescent shape and moved forward, swords and spears in hand, ready to strike.

Shitou and Mandalin rushed to protect Jia Huan. Xu Sheng and the other thirty palace guards also drew their swords and surrounded Xu Wenhou, shouting, "You bold Jia Zhen, if you hurt His Royal Highness the Prince of Min, I will kill all your clans."

Jia Zhen said: "This is the grudge between me and Jia Huan. As long as the brothers of Prince Min's Mansion do not interfere, this general will naturally guarantee your safety and will not harm a hair of His Royal Highness Prince Min."

As soon as these words came out, all the palace guards looked at each other in bewilderment. Xu Sheng's expression changed. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to Jia Huan and clasped his fists and said, "Master Huan San, I'm sorry. For the sake of His Royal Highness Prince Min's safety, I'm really sorry!"

It was obvious that Xu Sheng was ready to abandon Jia Huan under pressure from the other party. Shitou Xingwei was extremely angry and sneered, "Naive, Lao Long is making trouble in the name of clearing the court of evil officials. Do you think he will let King Min go?"

Xu Sheng frowned and retorted: "Prince Min is the emperor's grandson after all."

Xing Wei had a sarcastic look on his face and was about to say something else, but Jia Huan interrupted him with a wave of his hand. He bowed to Xu Sheng and said politely: "Captain Xu and the brothers' duty is to protect His Royal Highness King Min. It is understandable that they don't want to get involved. Jia Huan should solve his own problems and not bother others." After that, he glanced at Xu Wenhou.

The fat boy's face, which was as pale as paper just now, had now turned red. He turned away guiltily, not daring to meet Jia Huan's gaze.

The leader of the guards, Xu Sheng, looked ashamed, and all the guards in the palace lowered their heads in shame. Although they had no duty to protect Jia Huan, it was obviously unethical.

Jia Zhen raised his thumb and sneered, "Huan Lao San, you are a brave boy. If you know what's best for you, just surrender and wait for your hands to be tied up. You can avoid physical pain."

"Bullshit!" Shitou said in a fierce voice, "Master Wei is not one of those cowardly losers. If you want to touch our Third Master, first ask Master Wei's axe if it agrees."

After hearing this, Xu Sheng and the others blushed with embarrassment. Xu Wenhou's chest ached and he suddenly roared, "No one is allowed to touch Jia Huan. Xu Sheng, I order you to chop off anyone who dares to touch Jia Huan."

Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment, but under Xu Wenhou's fierce gaze, he finally bit his teeth and shouted, "The prince has ordered to protect Master Huan San."

The guards of the palace, who had already put away their swords, drew their swords again, or bent their bows and drew arrows, aiming at Jia Zhen and others. The two sides confronted each other, and a bloody battle was about to break out.

Jia Zhen and Sun Shaozu were horrified. Although they were outnumbered, there would definitely be heavy casualties in a fight. After all, the other side also had more than 30 people and their fighting power was not weak.

"Xu Sheng, you are crazy. Swords have no eyes. If you hurt His Royal Highness Prince Min, can you bear the responsibility?" Jia Zhen threatened fiercely, and sneered at Jia Huan: "Huan Lao San, if you are a man, then you should take the responsibility for your own actions and don't implicate His Royal Highness Prince Min."

Jia Huan ignored Jia Zhen and looked at Xu Wenhou, who also looked at him at the same time, with a trace of shame in his eyes. He said shyly, "Brother Jia, don't worry. I won't let them touch you." Jia Huan felt warm in his heart and smiled, "Thank you for your protection, Your Highness Prince Min. However, this is a grudge between Jia Huan and Jia Zhen. Your Highness Prince Min doesn't need to get involved."

"But...but!" Xu Wenhou stuttered. The courage he had just mustered with great difficulty had obviously been almost exhausted. After all, he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and was timid and cowardly by nature. It was already quite good that he could do this.

"Third Master!" Shitou said anxiously.

Jia Huan winked at him and shook his head, saying, "Shitou, put down the axe. Jia Zhen just wants to catch me. There is no need to hurt innocent people."

Shitou's heart moved, and he seemed to hesitate and struggle for a moment, and finally threw the axe to the ground, stepped aside and said: "Uncle Zhen, we are all family, there is no need to fight to the death, we can discuss it properly if there is anything."

Jia Zhen sneered in his heart. He wished he could kill Jia Huan right now. He didn't want to be a ghost. However, Shitou was quite skilled and it would be difficult to subdue him. It would not be too late to tie him up first and then manipulate him slowly. So he said ambiguously, "Hmph, I will slowly settle the score with Huan Lao San when we return to the mansion."

Jia Huan said calmly: "Then let's settle the accounts in front of the old lady. You have done bad things yourself, and you know it best." At the same time, he stepped out of the crowd and walked calmly towards Jia Zhen.

"Bah, you still want to see the old lady? You're dreaming!" Jia Zhen sneered inwardly, and when he saw Jia Huan had nothing in his hands, he was even more delighted and shouted loudly: "Catch him."

Sun Shaozu, the wolf of Zhongshan, had failed to collect his debts before, and was sent to the government by Jia Huan instead. He had to spend a lot of money to get away, so he hated Jia Huan very much. He rushed forward, holding a knife in his right hand and strangling Jia Huan's neck with his left hand, grinning: "Huan Lao San, you have come to this day too. Come on, come on, let your brother-in-law get close to you."

However, at this moment, Jia Huan suddenly raised his right hand, and there was clearly a yellow pistol in his hand.

"Not good!" Sun Shaozu's face changed drastically and he retreated quickly, but it was too late. Jia Huan had already pulled the trigger, and the hammer of the flintlock fell suddenly, and the flint hit the firing port heavily - bang!
A gunshot was heard and smoke rose. A flower of blood exploded on Sun Shaozu's forehead. Due to inertia, his body crashed directly into Jia Zhen behind him. The exploded blood and brain splashed all over Jia Zhen's head and face.

At this time, Shitou and Mandarin pounced out almost at the same time, like two nimble leopards.

bang...

Mandalin kicked a terrifying high whip kick, which swept across the neck of a rebel next to Jia Zhen like lightning. With a click, the rebel's head tilted to one side at a strange angle, and his eyeballs almost fell out.

On the other side, Shitou chopped off half of a rebel's head with an axe, stretched out his hand to grab Jia Zhen's arm, pulled him into his arms, and put the bloody axe on his neck, grinning and saying, "Don't move, or your head will fall off."

Jia Zhen was so frightened that he came to his senses after a while. At this time, Jia Huan calmly loaded the ammunition and shouted coldly: "Everyone retreat, or you will blow his head off."

While Jia Huan was speaking, he had already loaded the ammunition and pointed the flintlock at Jia Zhen's forehead with a cold look in his eyes and murderous intent!
"Brother Huan, let's talk it out. We are all family!" Jia Zhen was so frightened that he almost lost control of his bowels and bladder. If he hadn't been held up by the powerful criminal, he would have collapsed to the ground by now.

(End of this chapter)