Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 343 Taking a Stand

Jia Cong heard this and sneered: "If it weren't for Li Meng's sake, I would have killed this beast today. Does the eldest prince think that Your Majesty will let me take his life for him?"

Sun Qiu hesitated, Jia Cong was now in use, and Li Zhen had offended him first. It was impossible to save his life. At most, he would be fined or demoted, but it was for Li Meng's sake.

Even the father wished for the conflict between the Duke's line and the Hou Bo's line to shake the authority of the Hou Bo's line.

"You bastard, you're going too far!"

"Arrogant, do you really think Jin Yiwei can do whatever he wants?"

"How dare a mere earl dare to be so lawless!"

"Jia Cong, don't be too showy, we'll see!"

Jia Cong sneered and said: "How dare chickens and dogs bark in front of me. If you hurt two of my servants, each of them will pay 10,000 silver. If you can't pay them back, you don't have to leave today."

"What?! Why don't you go and grab it?"

"Asshole! No! What can you do to us?"

"As the commander of the Imperial Guard, you are extorting money on the street?!"

Jia Cong's eyes were like daggers, he glanced over and said with a sneer: "You know I am the commander of the Jinyi Guards, but you are still so arrogant. Well, well, well, I haven't killed anyone for a long time.

Come on, take down this group of dandies who are arrogant in officialdom and maliciously hurt others! Those who resist will be killed without mercy! "

"Yes!" the soldiers shouted in unison: "Dismount and be bound! Violators will be killed!"

Jia Cong gave the order and the temperature in the stadium suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Facing hundreds of crossbow arrows, Li Zhen and others also experienced some commotion in the formation.

"You! You are abusing your power and avenging private revenge!" the officials yelled angrily.

Jia Cong smiled coldly, raised his right hand slightly, and uttered one word: "Three!"

"two!"

Seeing that they were about to be shot, Li Zhen and others looked at each other in shock, not knowing what to do, when they suddenly saw the eldest prince standing in front of the two armies.

"Uncle Dang Kou, it's just a misunderstanding. Why go to war? I'll just pay for their medical expenses." Sun Qiu waved his hand and his entourage presented the banknotes.

Jia Cong was honest and polite and ordered his soldiers to take it away.

Looking at this group of yamen, he was not interested. How could he take these people seriously now? He shrugged and said with a smile: "First Prince, are you going to be with these people?"

After saying that, he smiled, turned his horse's head, and walked away with his soldiers.

After being ridiculed by him, Sun Qiu could no longer maintain his gentlemanly demeanor. His face darkened, he stared at Jia Cong's background and snorted coldly.

"Your Highness..." Everyone was waiting to say more.

Sun Qiu waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
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Without saying a word, Jia Cong caught up with the front team, but he was making rapid calculations in his mind.

Now that we have met today, we can't hide. It is nothing to intimidate Li Zhen and others. The two sides have different camps and are mortal enemies.

The purpose of deliberately offending the eldest prince was on the one hand because the friend of the enemy was the enemy; on the other hand, it was also to show his position to the queen.

Sun Qiu, the concubine's eldest prince, and Sun Can, the second-legion prince, have always been recognized both inside and outside the court as the most promising candidates to take over the artifact.

Jia Cong has always been decisive and disdains any method of playing both sides and betting on both sides. He just studs whichever side he bets on.

Now he is in business partnership with Chen Guojiu, and has good relations with Sun Can, Sun Chi, Ruyi and others. He has also been favored by the Queen many times. His eldest sister also needs the Queen's care in the palace.

Moreover, the Queen was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan, and her family background was extremely deep, which was definitely not comparable to that of the eldest prince who was born as a concubine. Various factors determined that he could only choose Sun Can.

It would be absolutely impossible for Jia Cong to seek refuge with Sun Qiu and join the group just now.

Another reason is that Jia Cong has clearly seen that although Sun Qiu and Sun Can both appear to be gentle and elegant, Sun Qiu does this deliberately, and the slightest provocation will reveal their flaws.

Sun Can, on the other hand, is more sincere and less frivolous.

To put it bluntly, when Sun Can makes friends, he just makes friends. When Sun Qiu makes friends, it is a clear way to attract people to follow the dragon.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Jia Mu's voice.

"Brother Cong."

Jia Cong hurriedly leaned to the sedan chair and said, "What are your instructions, old lady?"

"You have offended these people today..." Jia Mu raised the curtains and said worriedly.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Old lady, if we don't agree with each other, we won't conspire against each other. Even if we don't offend them, they will attack us without mercy."

Jia Mu sighed: "It's just Li Zhen and others, why don't you even give me the respect of the eldest prince?"

Jia Cong leaned down and whispered: "Old lady, because there is only one throne, if you want to choose one, you must first depose one. If Cong is like a rat with two ends, I am afraid it will not end well in the future."

Mother Jia was shocked and nodded slowly. No matter what, it was obviously better to make friends with the queen than with the eldest prince.

Only by severely offending the eldest prince would the queen be able to safely regard Jia Cong as one of her own.

Jia Cong leaned next to Bao, Dai, Qingwen and Qian's snowmobile again, and softly comforted them.

The four girls all believed in Jia Cong, so they were not afraid and talked and laughed freely.

Not long after, we arrived at the foot of Qingxu Temple.

Just listening to the ringing of bells and drums, Judge Zhang, holding a wat and wearing robes, led all the Taoist priests to pay greetings by the roadside.

Just as Jia Mu's sedan arrived at the mountain gate, she saw the gatekeeper, the clairvoyant, the wind-eared, the clay-embodied saints of the land and the local city god, so she ordered her to stay in the sedan. Jia Rong led his disciples to come up to greet him. Sister Feng knew that Yuanyang was waiting behind her and could not catch up to help Jia Mu. She got off the sedan chair and hurriedly came up to help her.

Fortunately, there was a little Taoist priest of twelve or thirteen years old, holding a scissors and taking care of cutting the wax flowers everywhere. Just when I was about to have a good time, I hid out and didn't want to run into Sister Feng's arms.

Sister Feng raised her hand, struck the child in the face, knocked the child into a somersault, and cursed: "Bison fucked you, where are you going?"

The little Taoist priest didn't care about picking up the candle and scissors, he got up and ran outside.

Just as Baochai and Daiyu were getting out of the car, all the women and daughters-in-law were surrounding him, but when they saw a little Taoist priest rolling out, they all shouted: "Take it, take it, take it! Beat it, beat it, beat it!" "

Jia Cong glared at everyone angrily and scolded: "What are you making all this fuss about? Are you going to die if you look at it? What's wrong with you!

Come, send this little Taoist priest down and reward him with two taels of silver, which should be used for medical expenses. "

"Yes." Yan Shuangying agreed and ordered someone to take him down.

Jia Mu listened in front and asked questions.

Sister Feng said: "A little Taoist priest, who cuts lanterns and flowers, didn't hide out. He is working hard at the moment. Brother Cong has already rewarded him with some money and sent him away."

Mother Jia nodded and said, "Brother Cong is very good. He is proud of his superiors but not his subordinates. He bullies the strong but not the weak. This is very similar to my legacy."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Oh, I know that the old lady is partial to Brother Cong, so she is just going around the corner to scold me for beating that little Taoist priest.

Brother Cong can't fight, and I'm not a general, so of course I can. "

Jia Mu laughed and scolded: "You are a monkey with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. If I say something, you will definitely say it back. You should be beaten."

Everyone chuckled.

Jia Cong was at the end and said: "Shuangying, Yuanba, lead the people to show me all the passages. The temple is fortified at every level, and no other people are allowed to enter the temple."

"Yes." The two of them waved over several captains of the soldiers and went to make their own arrangements.

Just as Jia Cong was about to go in, he saw Taoist Zhang standing nearby and said with a smile: "I can't compare to others in reasoning, so I should wait inside."

Because of the hot weather, all the rich ladies came out, and the judge did not dare to enter without permission. Please give me permission. I'm afraid the old lady might ask where she wants to be, so I'll just wait here. "

Jia Cong had long known that this Taoist priest was the stand-in for Jia Daishan, the former Duke of Rong, who later became the main hall of the "Taolu Division".

The late emperor once called him the "Great Illusion Immortal" personally, and now he is named "The Final Immortal". Today, princes and feudal lords all call him "the Immortal".

Secondly, he often went to the two mansions and met all the ladies and ladies. He had close contact with the two mansions, so it was not inconvenient for him to be disrespectful.

Seeing what he said now, he smiled and said: "Master Zhang has a very close friendship with our family, which is extraordinary. What is there to avoid? Come with me and talk."

Taoist Zhang laughed when he heard this and followed Jia Cong in.

The two of them went in and came to Jia Mu. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Zhenren Zhang is here to say hello."

Jia Mu heard the hurried cry and helped her up.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Taoist Zhang greeted Jia Baoyu again, and praised him for his good health, good calligraphy, and good poetry.

Baoyu glanced at Jia Cong secretly, but was stunned and did not dare to respond. Now he would never dare to mention composing poems in front of Jia Cong.

Now Jia Cong and Zhuyu are in front of him and cannot be looked up to. If Jia Zheng hears that Baoyu wants to compose a poem, he will definitely be scolded and scolded. We already have Brother Cong in our family. What poem do you want you to compose? Is it embarrassing to do it? Why don't you go read the Bible!

All the girls knew it well, and they all covered their mouths and snickered.

Jia Cong sat next to Baochai and Daiyu, smiling at Baoyu's deflation.

Jia Mu smiled and said: "He is good on the outside, but weak on the inside. He took advantage of his father and forced him to study, which really made the child sick."

Taoist Zhang shook his head and said: "Too much is too little and haste makes waste. I should know that in a few years, things will fall into place and everything will be fine."

Jia Mu nodded and said: "What you always said is very true. I will tell you this truth in the future."

Taoist Zhang said a few words of humility, glanced at Jia Cong, and then said: "I saw a young lady at a house the day before yesterday. She is fifteen years old this year, and she looks pretty good.

I thought it was time for my uncle to get married. If we look at this young lady's appearance, intelligence, and basic wealth, she is worthy of it.

But I don’t know how the old lady is, Xiaodao doesn’t dare to make mistakes. After asking for instructions from the old lady, I dared to open my mouth to others. "

Before Jia Mu opened her mouth, Jia Cong couldn't help but spit a mouthful of tea on the ground.

Seeing that Baochai and Daiyu looked hesitant, they rolled their eyes at him and responded with a proud look of "What, I am very popular?"

The two women looked away angrily and ignored him.

All the girls looked over with a snicker.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Master Zhang, which family does this girl you are talking about belong to? Why don't you tell me?"

Taoist Zhang thought that Jia Cong was interested, so he smiled and said: "She is the fourth girl who is the direct descendant of Nan'an County Prince. She has long admired her uncle as the best poet in the world."

Jia Cong shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, do you think that girl is comparable to my two sisters?" After speaking, he pointed at Baochai and Daiyu.

Taoist Zhang glanced at the two of them and said, "Although it's not as good as it is, it's not that far away."

Jia Cong laughed and stopped talking. He couldn't believe what the monk and Taoist said. What he said was not far, maybe it was as far as Shenjing to Jinling.

Baochai and Daiyu said angrily in a low voice: "You are going to die, and if someone proposes marriage to you, how can we be used as a raft?"

"Isn't this just to show you my feelings?" Jia Cong laughed softly.

Taoist Zhang was a little embarrassed, knowing that Jia Cong was boring.

(End of this chapter)