The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 65 Flattery

"They ran out of ammunition and raised their crossbows to shoot at the second floor, regardless of life or death; separate into a team and cover Li Kui as he rushes up, otherwise, no one will survive!"

Jia Dai thought that hiding like this was not an option. Sooner or later, he would be shot into a hornet's nest by shotguns.

After the opponent had fired two rounds, Jia Dai suddenly swung the stove and threw it directly at the traitor on the second floor across the street. He took advantage of the situation and rolled on the spot, hiding in the shops along the street.

Even in the critical situation, Jia Dai still did not forget to attract the firepower of the gangsters and led the leading troops to rush in for Li Kui to buy some time.

After barely escaping the attack from the stove, Zhu Xiaotian raised his head and looked out the window. Under the vendor stall, there was no figure of Jia Dai anywhere.

Suddenly, with a hiss, a sharp arrow shot from nowhere flew close to his scalp, silently taking away a few black hairs.

It instantly shot through the chest and abdomen of a subordinate behind Zhu Xiaotian, and was nailed to the beam. The white wings at the tail of the arrow,
It trembled slightly and made a buzzing sound, just like the buzzing of little bees returning in spring in search of nectar.
After shaking off a faint cloud of blood mist, a strange fishy-sweet smell slowly spread in the elegant room on the second floor.

Zhu Xiaotian's face turned pale. Death had never been so close to him as it was today.

Zhu Xiaotian's cheek was pressed against the floor, not daring to show his head, his eyes were straight, and he stared blankly at the miserable state of his men - there was blood at the corner of his mouth, his mouth and nose were slightly open, and red bubbles were popping.

His right hand weakly pointed at Zhu Xiaotian, saying ah, ah, ah, but it couldn't form a sentence. After a while, his neck tilted, and he suddenly lost his breath.

"Zhu Jun, the opponent has a crossbow in his hand, lower your head!"

"Zhu Jun!"

"Get down quickly..."

Zhu Xiaotian squatted down quickly, but suddenly felt something was wrong. He stretched out his arms and legs and put his body close to the floor. Still in disbelief, he touched his scalp.
Then, he stretched out his hands in front of his eyes again, feeling the remaining warmth, and felt lucky again in his heart. Damn it, it's okay, it's just a little scratch, I'm still alive!

Zhu Xiaotian's palms were bright red, and beads of blood flowed down between his fingers, dripping onto the brown floor with a slight ticking sound.

At the same time, countless arrows seemed to have exhausted their strength and fell on the floor around them, making a clattering sound.

"Zhu Jun!"

The anxious voice of his brother-in-law, Tokugawa Jiro, came to his ears.

"Wei Jun rushed forward..."

Zhu Xiaotian looked horrified, "Mr. Tokugawa, it's all the fault of these rotten scholars for attracting Jia Dai's attention by shouting. Otherwise, I would have beaten him to death long ago."

"Damn, what a bad luck! Escape quickly, the future is long!"

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Tokugawa Jiro heard it clearly or not, Zhu Xiaotian climbed to the door, half-bowed, and rushed out immediately.
When I came to the backyard of Yangtian Tower, I jumped down from the second floor and landed on the awning. Then, I rolled on the spot and stood firmly on the ground. I jumped on my horse and ran towards my den without looking back. I just want to get out of the city quickly and leave this place behind.

I don’t know how long it took, Li Kui wielded the Xuanhua ax as tightly as a wheel, led a group of soldiers, and rushed to the second floor with difficulty.

Then, they searched separately and found a warm body in a private room by the window. They carefully searched it again, then came to the window, went to where Jia Dai was hiding, and shouted:

"General, the rebels have withdrawn and it is safe now."

"I found five muskets and the corpse of a traitor, who must have been shot to death by random arrows just now!"

Hearing this, Jia Dai felt relieved and slumped down along the wall, breathing heavily, but deep down he was extremely depressed, "Damn it, I was scared to death!"

"Which thief who had been stabbed a thousand times wanted to kill me, but he used a blunderbuss?"

"Damn it, you don't know how to fight with open swords and guns? You deliberately planned to ambush me, you scared your father to death!"

……

Across the street, Li Weiping vaguely heard someone shouting from outside, "Lord Du Si, the rebels have retreated and it's safe now."

Li Weiping held the door frame with one hand and carefully looked towards the street for a long time. He saw several scholars wearing Confucian robes and black Confucian crowns, holding their bloody waist and abdomen, wailing feebly, and their gray-white intestines were spilled. The tragic state of this place made people's scalp numb, and they did not dare to take another look.

Li Weiping quickly turned his head and leaned weakly against the wall of the shop. He stroked his chest with one hand and held the sword at his waist tightly with the other hand. He let out a long breath.
I felt a sense of fear in my heart. I couldn’t live with the life of licking blood from the edge of a knife!
Secretly I was glad that I was lucky, I was indeed a good person and I didn't deserve to die miserably on the battlefield.

Until, a confidant came to Li Weiping and said:

"Lord Dusi, our people have discovered it up front. General Jia's wedding honor guard, look at..."

The Dusi Yamen of Jinling Province is very close to Zhuque Street. Li Weiping was deprived of military power by Jia Dai, so he wandered here with nothing to do all day long.

That day, when he heard loud gunshots on the street, Li Weiping led a dozen personal guards and rushed here.

However, on the way, I encountered a rebel bandit who took advantage of the chaos to escape.

We meet on a narrow road.

The desperado drew his gun and shot, scaring Li Weiping to death. He quickly hid in the crowd and slipped into a shop to hide.

He waited until the criminals disappeared and then came out to see if there was any oil or water to be fished out.

"General Jia was attacked?"

“The sky is clear and the sun is bright, the universe is bright and clear, is this enough?”

"What are you doing standing still?"

"Hurry up and organize your manpower and follow me immediately to rescue General Jia!"

After saying the righteous and awe-inspiring words, and no one from his confidant responded, Li Weiping took out his sword, held it high and rushed out, shouting:

"Don't worry, General Jia!"

"Your Majesty, Li Weiping, the commander of the capital of Jinling Province, has led troops to help. You traitor, please don't hurt my general!"

I heard that the criminals had disappeared and there was no danger at all. If Li Weiping didn't express his loyalty now, how could he wait?

Say a few nice words for free and sell well in front of Jia Dai. Why not?
The close soldier was stunned when he saw it, and immediately reacted, imitating Li Weiping, and suddenly said loudly:

"Lord Dusi, be careful, there may be thieves hiding in the dark, please let the low-level guards around!"

If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, then there will be the same kind of slaves as there are masters.

Li Weiping was eager to perform his meritorious service, and the sound came before anyone arrived, which frightened Jia Dai to the point where he almost squatted back again. He thought Zhu Xiaotian had killed someone with a carbine.

When he saw who was coming, Jia Dai suddenly felt the urge to kill.

Ni Ma, my men have already killed the enemy. You just came now, and you are still shouting so loudly, for fear that others will not know.

Do I need your help?

Being ambushed and almost shot, Jia Dai could only sit there, not daring to show his head, waiting for his subordinates to share the pressure. He was already a coward today.

You are so embarrassed that everyone in Jiangning and Jiangning knows?

Those who know, they also say that Jia Dai is not a man of bronze and iron, how can he withstand a blunderbuss? Those who don't know, think that he is nothing more than that.

"General, when I heard that you were under attack, I immediately ordered all my troops to come to your aid. It was not too late. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Li Weiping immediately stepped forward to greet him and asked, "I'm worried that I'm going to die. General, are you okay?"

(End of this chapter)