Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 34 Qin Palace

When entering the clan members' residences, the flow of people was not as numerous as in the market town.

The convoy was stopped by Jia Yun and Ni Er, and formed a long queue on the street. The cars behind did not know why the car in front stopped, and all stayed where they were and waited.

As a scion of the Ning and Rong mansions, Jia Lian, although a bit dissolute in daily life, has to pretend to be well-mannered in front of the side branches of the Jia family and maintain the status of the two mansions.

Jia Lian had a friendly conversation with Jia Yun, but found that Jia Yun did not give him any way out and started to pester him again.

"My mother has been ill recently and I am short of money to hire a doctor. I thought I would not trouble Uncle Lian. Uncle Lian, can you return the money to me? My family really needs it urgently."

"Silver? How much silver?"

Jia Yun answered truthfully, "Fifteen taels is not a small sum. My family barely needs a tael of silver a month."

Seeing Wang Changshi's cold eyes, Jia Lian didn't have time to argue with him. He fumbled in his pocket and took out more than five taels of loose silver, throwing it into Jia Yun's hand, "Second Uncle, this is all I have on me. You can use it first, and come to the mansion tomorrow and ask me to make up for it. Brother Yun, you should know what is good for you. I'm busy here, so get out of the way!"

Jia Yun did not say anything. Ni Er beside him glared at him and said, "Are you sending away beggars? You give me only five taels when I give you fifteen taels. You are even more ruthless than plucking the feathers of a passing goose. You can make more money than us who lend money!"

Jia Lian was furious at this harsh remark. Seeing that it was Ni Er, a well-known scoundrel in the gambling alley, he angrily scolded Jia Yun, "Brother Yun, you evil creature, how come you got together with this scoundrel? You are really bringing shame to our Jia family, why don't you get out of here now?"

Jia Lian raised his whip to hit him, but Ni Er did not avoid it. Instead, he stood in front of Jia Yun and glared at Jia Lian. "What's wrong with being a scoundrel? He didn't cheat people out of money, and he didn't do his job!"

At the right time, Wang Changshi interrupted coldly, "That's enough, someone give them fifteen taels each."

The fifteen-liang silver ingot was handed to Jia Yun and Ni Er, and they put it into their arms.

I thought they would just give up, but I didn't expect Ni Er to take advantage of me and said, "Master Lian, the convoy in your Jia Mansion is so long that you can't see the end from the beginning. You need so many servants for each trip. Do you really have no place for Yun Ge'er?"

Jia Lian secretly glanced at Wang Changshi's face beside him, which was already very ugly. Afraid that Wang Changshi would vent his anger on him, Jia Lian hurriedly said, "Ni Er, don't be so ignorant and seek death here!"

Ni Er drew the sword from his waist, flashed the blade, pointed at Jia Lian and said, "Brother Yun is afraid of you, but I am not. Everyone knows that your Rongguo Mansion is now in decline, why are you so arrogant?"

Wang Changshi frowned and shouted, "Come here, beat them up and throw them into the alley."

More than ten people jumped off the car in an instant and surrounded them from all directions, preventing Ni Er and Jia Yun from escaping.

Jia Yun and Ni Er exchanged glances, understood each other's intentions, and got down to work.

Ni Er shouted, "Okay, you son of a bitch, you really want to fight me. I, Ni Er, have been fighting for so many years. If you are afraid of this, why do you still come out to fight?"

After saying that, he cut off the wheel with a knife, and the whole carriage turned over.

In an instant, the carriage crashed to the ground and broke into pieces. A pile of thatch slid out from the inside, and some shiny objects rolled to the ground, making a sound of metal clashing.

Seeing this, Ni Er shouted in astonishment: "I am courting death, but I think your Jia family is the one courting death!"

Suddenly something unexpected happened, and Wang Changshi hurriedly shouted, "Quickly pack up your things and tie up these two people!"

Ni Er protected Jia Yun and pretended to escape, but more people gathered around them. Some were busy with the goods in the carriage, and some blocked their way.

Ni Er only has some basic kung fu skills, but is far from being able to defeat a large group of people alone. Jia Yun has never practiced martial arts and is very weak.

Soon, the two men were beaten with fists and kicks, their weapons were confiscated on the spot, they were tied up like dumplings, even their mouths were stuffed with rags, and they were thrown into the car together.

In the car, neither of them had a sad look on their faces. They exchanged glances intensely, both looking excited.

Yue Ling, who was watching from a distance, saw the whole process. After the convoy slowly drove away, Yue Ling came to the place where Jia Yun and Jia Lian had an argument. He searched along the road and sighed: "The servants of Prince Kang's mansion are very quick and efficient. Not even a single arrow was left behind."

The people around were confused as to what was going on. Even the patrolling soldiers from the Bingmasi did not come over because of the conflict. The streets returned to their former harmony.

……

Jia Lian escorted the carriage to Prince Kang's mansion, completed his mission, and was driven out again.

He was originally having a good time outside when Jia She sent someone to find him and take on this assignment, hoping to get some reward. However, he did not expect to run into Jia Yun's trouble when he was near the mansion.

Now, all the credit has been lost, and he might even have to eat the spoils. Jia Lian is really not happy about this.

Turning the corner of the alley, Jia Lian sighed, "I've been really unlucky lately. I haven't done anything to harm anyone, so why do I have to be unhappy?"

He had given all the money he had to Jia Yun, and had nowhere to go to drink. As a member of the Jia family, he did not have the face to buy on credit, so he could only go home.

"Jia Yun and Ni Er, those two young fools refused to listen to advice. Now they are trapped in Prince Kang's mansion. Don't tell anyone about it. Their lives are in danger."

When he thought that there were people with worse fates than himself, Jia Lian's mood improved a lot and he started to hum a little tune.

Just after turning a corner, Jia Lian couldn't laugh anymore. He stared at the person coming in front of him with wide eyes, then took two steps back and said stumblingly, "Yue... Yue Ling, why are you here?"

Yue Ling chuckled and said, "I should say this. This is the clan's territory. Are you lost? Do you want me to take you there?"

As the commander of the Qin Palace's personal guards, Yue Ling should indeed be here.

Jia Lian smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, saying, "No need, no need. General Yue, go and do your work. I have already gone around the capital, so there is no way I can't find your home."

"Have you been everywhere? I don't think so. If I tell you a place, you can guarantee that you haven't been there."

Jia Lian thought Yue Ling had a good place to have fun, so he asked curiously, "Oh? General Yue actually has such a good place?"

Yue Ling also smiled and said, "Of course. It's fun in the Prince Qin's Mansion."

"Prince Qin's Mansion?"

Hearing these three words, Jia Lian seemed to be in emergency and turned around to escape, but he was no match for Yue Ling. Before he could take a few steps, he was pulled back by Yue Ling and his hands were tied.

"The Prince Qin's Mansion is really fun. You'll know once you come with me."

……

Qin Palace,
When the King of Qin returned from the outer room, he saw that the palace guards were on martial law, and there were two more patrols. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong? What happened?"

One of the squad leaders saluted the King of Qin and explained, "Your Highness, Commander Yue has captured a man and is now interrogating him in the dungeon. According to the rules of the palace, we are under martial law here."

"Yue Ling?"

The King of Qin thought deeply and went towards the dungeon.

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(End of this chapter)