The Red Mansions

Chapter 579 Jia Heng: I feel wronged

Chapter 579 Jia Heng: I feel wronged

In the barracks

Just when Princess Xianning was in doubt, she suddenly raised her eyes and caught a glimpse of the young man looking at her with a smile, and the eyes under the firm brow seemed to be a little interested.

Ok?

"Sir, you..." Princess Xianning suddenly said, feeling a sense of grievance in her heart, it turned out that he did it on purpose!

In the midst of complicated thoughts, I suddenly felt that my hand fell into that gentle palm again.

Jia Heng held Princess Xianning's hand, his eyes moved slightly, and he was about to say something.

However, at this moment, Princess Xianning gently broke free from those gentle palms, turned her pretty face away, and did not look at the boy in python suit, because against the candlelight, the glowing candlelight reflected on that crystal jade face , becoming more and more quiet, beautiful, and glamorous, said quietly: "Mr. Bu Lao warms his hands, I am not cold."

Jia Heng: "..."

This is to feel aggrieved.

That's right, after all, he is a noble-born Tianhuang nobleman, and he already has some temperament. In front of him, he just restrained his arrogance. If he just came back and forth, if he didn't have any emotions, it would be abnormal.

Jia Heng reached out to grab Princess Xianning's slender catkin again, and said softly, "I know Your Highness is not cold."

Princess Xianning didn't say a word, she just struggled lightly, but felt that the young man's grip was tighter, so she didn't break free again.

Fang's heart was mixed with shame and joy, and some grievances also surged up. Sure enough... teased her?

Jia Heng said softly: "It's past the third watch now, Your Highness has been busy all day, go to the tent to rest first, tomorrow, let's go to the city together."

While talking, the girl couldn't help but pull Princess Xianning's slender hand, and walked towards the sleeping tent on the right side of the military tent. The military tent was separated by a curtain, and the sleeping tent was inside.

Princess Xianning slowly turned her face to look at the innocent young man, her bright eyes flickered, as if she wanted to ask, what is this about?

The sleeping tent, which was involuntarily pulled aside, was built with blue bricks, covered with bed boards, cushioned with straw, and covered with bedding.

As soon as she sat down, Princess Xianning's cheeks turned red, and she didn't care about "getting angry" with Jia Heng. She turned her head, her bright eyes were shining brightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, you..."

What are you going to do sir?This is still in the military tent, besides, she is not ready yet...

"Your Highness, lie down and squint for a while, and I'll call you again when the sun rises." Jia Heng looked calmly at Princess Xianning who seemed to be a little embarrassed, and supported the girl's shaved shoulders, but saw the rosy red on the snowy skin of the beautiful girl. The blush dissipated, and the beautiful glow was like a brocade. After concentrating on it for a moment, he sighed softly: "Your Highness, you don't need to look at the peach blossoms. Ice muscles and bones, Xia Fei's cheeks, are as delicate as peach pistils."

"Huh?" Princess Xianning looked surprised for a moment, and then realized that she was as beautiful as peaches and plums. She was overjoyed, and there was a hint of embarrassment in her beautiful eyebrows. After a while, she couldn't help but said angrily: "You...you Just like to tease me."

Now he became angry, and even the husband didn't call.

Jia Heng looked at the shy girl with her head hanging down, her eyes lost her mind.

He actually didn't like Princess Xianning's polite appearance before, because it was more admiration and respect, and now Xianning made him feel a little bit, this is a girl of this age, fresh and beautiful, delicate and thin angry.

Being sized up by that scorching gaze that was no longer concealed, the curved eyelashes under Princess Xianning's black eyebrows trembled, her bright eyes sparkled, and for some reason, she suddenly felt her heart beating violently.

"Yeah, I like to tease Your Highness, what do you think your Highness should do?" Jia Heng suddenly approached and whispered in Yi Ren's ear.

Princess Xianning: "..."

Is this a direct admission?

The warm breath that came from her ears suddenly made her flustered even more, she quickly turned her cheeks and said in shame, "Sir, uh~~"

When the shadows approached and the breath invaded, Princess Xianning felt a softness between her lips, like an electric shock, her delicate body trembled violently, and she couldn't hold herself back.

The girl's cold and beautiful face was full of stupefaction, and then uncontrollable joy welled up in her heart. The originally stiff and stiff shoulders gradually softened in the boy's palm, and a sound came from Qiong's nose. "Wow", those narrow, long and bright clear eyes slightly closed, allowing the young man to taste it.

Not to mention the dizzy feeling just now, it seems to have intensified, very violently.

For some reason, Princess Xianning suddenly remembered that in the summer when she was eight years old, she followed her mother and concubine to learn to dance for the first time in Shuyu Palace. At that time, she learned a dancing posture of turning in circles. flushed.

At this moment, Jia Heng held the two petals plump and moist, but felt soft and slightly cool, a lotus-like fragrance floated under the wings of his nose, and gently stroked Princess Xianning's shaved shoulders with both hands.

In view of the girl's blank experience, in the end, she just tasted it and didn't knock on the city gate to grab the sweetness. However, for the girl, it was the first time in her life experience of more than ten years.

In the past, the cheeks that were as cold as frost and jade were flushed, and they were as beautiful as clouds, as if they were drunk, and fell into an unspeakable state.

Jia Heng gently hugged Princess Xianning's snowy back, and hugged Yi Ren into his arms, feeling a little happy in his heart.

The slim girl was already very shy, she leaned her head on Jia Heng's shoulder, her chin and cheeks on her shoulders, her long and narrow phoenix eyes were still a little absent-minded.

Sir, he just...kissed her?

I don't know why, a sentence suddenly came to my mind, keep the clouds open to see the moonlight.

Jia Heng said softly: "Your Highness, traveling with the army these days has been a lot of hard work. Fortunately, the city of Kaifeng was finally captured without delaying for several months. Otherwise...Your Highness, let's rest."

In fact, it was just a candy reward for Princess Xianning who accompanied her all the way.

Princess Xianning seemed to be in a dream at the moment, the residual touch between her lips was infiltrating her heart, she looked at the young man's face, pursed her cherry lips, her bright eyes rolled, and she whispered: "Sir, I... I don't think it's hard work, and I'm not too sleepy right now."

How can I sleep at this time?

Moreover, she has to ask clearly, what happened just now, can't the husband finally say that her mouth just now...is also cold?

"I'll be sleepy after lying down for a while, otherwise my eyes will be bloodshot tomorrow, and I'll look even more haggard. I just saw that His Highness's lips are a little chapped." Jia Heng said softly.

Princess Xianning: "???"

Chapped lips?

However, in a flash, I knew he was talking nonsense, otherwise what would she be in his arms?

Think she's cold, hug her to keep warm?

Hmph, anyway, she doesn't believe what the husband says anymore, it's just deception, trying to cover up the truth.

Jia Heng hugged Princess Xianning and stroked her snowy back. She could clearly feel the girl's trembling because of the agitation of her heart. She suppressed her desire to caress those two slender and straight thoughts.

Actually, it was mainly out of curiosity, Xianning has a slender figure and is good at dancing, so I don't know how long those legs are.

Anyway, so far, he hasn't seen anyone with outstanding advantages in this area.

Jia Heng said: "Your Highness, lie down first."

Princess Xianning wanted to say something, but when she saw the young man helping her gently on the bed, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Jia Heng with bright eyes. Of course, she didn't think that Jia Heng would "bully" her here and now.

Jia Heng said softly: "If your Highness is exhausted, if you return to Shenjing, Concubine Rong will still trouble me. Okay, let's sleep for a while."

As he said, he picked up the quilt on the side and covered Princess Xianning.

Princess Xianning's bright eyes were rippling, she bit her lower lip with her white teeth, and said softly: "Sir, my concubine is fine, but I am also worried that I will be in danger as a female general."

Jia Heng said: "I know, I talked to Concubine Rong about His Highness that day, and what Concubine Rong said made sense. Your Highness may not be able to adapt to the wind and the sun."

Compared with the graceful and glamorous Empress Song, who is the mother of the world, Concubine Rong belongs to the kind of elegant and beautiful peacock who has been proud all her life. She is cold and proud, a bit like Murong Yunhai's mother.

In fact, Xianning's temperament is more like Concubine Rong, but he hides his true temperament in front of him and lowers his posture. After all, in order to show the best side at the beginning, people like to hide their true self.

Well, in fact, I still look forward to the day when Xianning's "nature is exposed".

Princess Xianning gave a "hmm", and suddenly remembered something, Wu Zhu's longing eyes flashed, and she said hastily: "Sir, what I meant just now is that I still want to..."

Jia Heng nodded, and said softly: "I know what Your Highness means. If His Majesty does not obstruct, His Highness will still follow me in the future, but the two armies need to be cautious before the battle."

"That's good." Princess Xianning breathed a sigh of relief and said softly.

Jia Heng said in a warm voice, helping Princess Xianning cover the quilt, looking at that beautiful face with a pure temperament, she couldn't help feeling a little lost.

With a melon-seeded face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and clear phoenix eyes, she is eager to look forward to her.

Stretching out his hand to gently caress the girl's face, feeling the shame overflowing between his palms, he said in a low voice, "Your Highness has lost weight in the past few days."

At this moment, looking down at Princess Xianning from a high position, she felt some pity in her heart when she met those bright eyes full of autumn waves.

Half of Xianning's trip to Henan was for him.

Princess Xianning felt the young man's thoughtfulness, sweetness surged up in her heart, and said softly: "I followed my husband all the way to Henan to quell the chaos, and it is something I will never forget in my life."

If she hadn't met her husband, maybe she would have been like a bird in a cage, never seeing the outside world again, and if she hadn't traveled to the capital with him, she wouldn't have shown her love to each other...

Jia Heng smiled lightly and said, "Your Highness will have many, many unforgettable things in the future."

So, what did Emperor Chongping think?

Could it be that after he and Xianning have a husband and wife, let him divorce his wife and marry another, and get married according to the decree (son)?

Princess Xianning saw the boy contemplating with his eyebrows fixed, his lips moved, and he hesitated to speak.

Seeing what Princess Xianning wanted to say, Jia Heng smiled and said: "Okay, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow."

As for the future, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridgehead. It is meaningless to talk about it now. We still need to solve the problem in the process of development.

"En." Princess Xianning responded softly, and there was no need to ask some questions, because she already knew the answers. She knew the difficulties of the husband, and she was willing to wait.

Princess Xianning thought so, closed her eyes slightly, and felt an unprecedented peace in her heart, and then bursts of drowsiness hit her, and fell asleep after a while.

Jia Heng looked at the quiet and peaceful Yuyan, and the sound of gradually even breathing sounded in his ears, his face was like dark water, and his eyes were deep.

……

……

Just when Jia Heng led a group of cavalrymen to attack Kaifeng City for the first time in the evening, it was a coincidence that Xie Zaiyi and Xiao Lin led nearly [-] cavalrymen from the Beijing camp and came to Runing Mansion to rule ——Ruyang County.

The reason why they came here today is that Shenjing is a long way from Runing Mansion, and secondly, they helped the Nanyang prefect in Nanyang Mansion and other places to wipe out a group of bandits who responded.

Ever since Gao Yue unfurled the banner in Kaifeng City, the Nanyang Guards of Nanyang Prefecture were wiped out again. Seeing that the Nanyang government’s troops were empty, some heroes of the Jianghu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. It happened that Xie Zaiyi and Xiao Lin led the army of the Beijing camp to arrive and helped the prefect of Nanyang Prefecture After suppressing a few rebellions, taking advantage of the situation, he took a short rest, and then without much delay, more than ten thousand cavalry rushed towards Ruyang County, the prefecture of Runing Prefecture.

Compared with Kaifeng city, which has high moats and deep moats, bandits are powerful. Runing County is governed by Ruyang County, and the city is much lower, and there are not many bandits staying at night.

The officers and soldiers gathered thousands of horses and came in large numbers, and surrounded Ruyang County from all sides almost in an instant, and launched a fierce attack on the low-rise county before it got dark.

After more than an hour of siege, at night, the city of Runing, which was defended by only two thousand bandits, was caught off guard and returned to the hands of the Han court.

In fact, the thieves in Runing Fucheng did not expect the officers and soldiers to attack with light cavalry. They were almost unprepared, and the Fucheng easily fell into Xie Zaiyi's hands.

Ma Liu, who was originally the bandit leader of Jitou Mountain, and the three brothers left by Gao Yue, together with one or two thousand bandits died in the city, and the imperial army recaptured Runing.

At this moment, in the yamen of Runing Mansion, the torches were crackling, and it was as bright as day, and the accompanying soldiers of the Beijing camp were waiting with their knives on the front and back of the lobby and corridor eaves.

Xie Zaiyi, the general of the guard, was sitting on the armchair behind the case in the yamen hall, wearing a black cloak and a black armor inside. He had a face with a strong beard and an indifferent expression, staring fixedly at Runing, who was kneeling on the ground below. Qian Yushan, the prefect of the prefecture.

Qian Yushan's face was like dead ashes, his body was like chaff, and he knew that disaster was imminent.

Xie Zaiyi asked, "Prefect Qian, where is Niu Jizong?"

Qian Yushan shuddered and said, "Thank you General, Niu Jizong was imprisoned by those bandits in the prison of the county government."

"Oh?" Xie Zaiyi was surprised, turned his head to look at Jia Fang who was standing beside him holding a knife, and said, "Go and bring Niu Jizong here. This is a key criminal that the imperial court wants to arrest. He needs to be sent to the capital. Tsunade."

Jia Fang clasped her fists in response to the order, took heavy and powerful steps, and led a few soldiers to the county government prison to raise Niu Jizong.

At this moment, a middle-aged general with a square face and a tall stature came in from outside the official hall. It was Xie Zaiyi's deputy general on this trip—Guoyong Battalion Counselor Xiao Lin. The thieves have been wiped out, and Ding Fu is still screening out the thieves."

Xie Zaiyi nodded, and said: "General Xiao, your soldiers are very fast. There are still remnants of bandits entrenched in the pavilions of Luoshan County and other counties and villages. They are causing great disasters. We need to send people to Luoshan County to clean them up, so as not to flee to the forest. It’s not easy to search, this time we will wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop!”

As he said that, he looked at one of the guerrilla generals with his tiger eyes, and said in a deep voice: "General Sun, you lead two thousand fine cavalry and go to Luoshan County immediately to suppress the bandits who are entrenched there."

"The last general takes the order." The guerrilla surnamed Sun accepted the order with fists in his hands.

Xie Zaiyi turned to look at another guerrilla general again, and said, "Qian Guerrilla, you lead five hundred cavalry and head northward to Xu County as a scout for the vanguard, to investigate the movement of Kaifeng. As soon as there is news, report to Ma Express immediately." .”

Qian Gueran said: "The last general takes orders."

After Xie Zaiyi gave orders to all the generals, he looked at the hundred household officials in Feiyu suits and embroidered spring knives, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Baihu, since Ruyang County has come down, the thieves and bandits in the Runing Mansion will be wiped out by our army, wait for the heavens As soon as it is bright, immediately send a letter to Jieshuai Feige to report this letter."

"Yes." The brocade-clad hundred households answered with cupped hands.

Xiao Lin pondered and said: "I don't know how the battle of the commander-in-chief is in Kaifeng. The last time Feige sent a message, he also said that he had just entered Kaifeng Fucheng. Support is."

"Using the strategy of being a commander in chief, taking Kaifeng is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand." Xie Zaiyi said excitedly with bright eyes.

Xiao Lin nodded, and didn't say anything else.

However, it is said that the yelling and clamoring in the death row of Runing County Yamen is not from gangsters who murdered and robbed them, but from some respectable gentry in Runing Mansion.

After the thieves occupied the Runing Mansion, they changed the head of the prison in the county government, and the prison was also used to detain some county officials from the original Luoshan County and Runing County.

In a dimly lit and stinking prison in the inner chamber, Niu Jizong, the grandson of Niu Qing, the king of Han Zhenguo, was sitting in a pile of scattered straw with ragged clothes and disheveled hair. He was disheveled and looked listless.

Even though Niu Jizong wrote a fake news and sent it to Shenjing, which was considered a betrayal of the Han court to some extent, he did not get Gao Yue and his subordinates to look at him differently, just like the officials and gentry of the Runing Mansion were imprisoned. Don't be full for three meals.

In other words, in the eyes of Gao Yue and other heroes and righteous men, such nobles as Niu Jizong are born with original sin, and even some bandits want to watch the nobles become prisoners.

While Niu Jizong was listening to the shouts of killing outside, he suddenly heard a series of heavy footsteps outside. He couldn't help brushing away his messy hair, and looked through the kerosene lamp in the prison corridor.

This uniform...is the official army!

The heavens are pitiful, Niu Jizong is emotional and tears are in his eyes.

The officials and gentry in the surrounding prisons also cried and shouted for help.

Earlier, the officials and gentry in the prison heard the shouts of killing coming from outside, and then the thieves and bandits used to guard the cell hurriedly went to support them, knowing that the imperial court sent troops to fight back.

Jia Fang led the people into the dark and damp cell, and approached him closely. Looking at the figure holding on to the railing, she could vaguely recognize from the robes on her body that the person in front of her was a high official of the imperial court. She tried to call Said: "Niu Jizong?"

"Your soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp?" Niu Jizong looked closely, his heart was overjoyed, and he said loudly, "Are you here to save me?"

Jia Fang looked at Niu Jizong, with a half-smile on her face, and said, "I'm here to save you."

Niu Jizong didn't understand the meaning of these words for a while, but as the prison was opened, there was a "crash" while walking, the chains on his legs kept ringing, his body was shaking, and he said anxiously: "The shackles are also taken away!" Come down, it's too heavy to wear."

A soldier of the Beijing camp was about to take out a large bunch of keys in his hand, but he heard a cold shout in his ear: "What are you taking? I will wear them later, and I will take them to Beijing for punishment."

Niu Jizong was stunned for a moment, and said with doubts on his face: "What... what is the official punishment?"

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in my heart.

"Niu Jizong, you betrayed and surrendered to the enemy. The Holy Majesty was furious. He decreed a long time ago that the Duke of Zhenguo should be expelled from his rank and the three clans should be exterminated. The imperial court's decree has already been sent to Nanyang Mansion the day before yesterday." Jia Fang said with a sneer with cold eyes.

As a member of the Jia family, I am well aware of the quarrel between the Zhen Guo government and the Jia family. Now that the Niu family has fallen, I feel very happy about it.

When Niu Jizong heard the bad news, he swayed as if he had been struck by lightning, and hurriedly supported the wooden fence of the cell, so as to faint.

How could it be possible to destroy the three clans! ?

Without waiting for Niu Jizong to ask further questions, Jia Fang gave a deep drink, and ordered her subordinates to escort Niu Jizong to the Yatang.

At this moment, Xie Zaiyi had already collected the captured and casualties everywhere, and ordered the marching master to write a safety notice for posting.

In addition, I wrote a military newspaper and prepared to deliver it to the court quickly.

After finishing all this work, Xie Zaiyi asked: "General Xiao, early tomorrow morning, I plan to take five thousand horses and go north to support Jieshuai to attack Kaifeng Fucheng and block the thieves fleeing south. General Xiao will lead troops here to guard the Fucheng. Suppress law and order and wipe out the remaining bandits."

Xiao Lin nodded, cupped his fists and said, "General Xie, don't worry."

At this moment, the soldiers outside said: "General, Jia Baihu is back."

While talking, Jia Fang had already led several people to escort Niu Jizongjin's big house.

Niu Jizong's face was pale at the moment, his legs were weak, and he could hardly walk freely, so he had to be supported by two soldiers.

Destroy the three tribes?What a cruel heart!

His Niu family once made great contributions to the big man, but he wanted to kill his whole family just because of a small defeat, how mean and ungrateful the emperor is!

At this time, with all the soldiers entering the yamen hall, he raised his eyes and saw Xie Zaiyi sitting behind the table in the yamen hall.

"You are..." Niu Jizong looked at him through the light, his heart was shocked, he clearly recognized him, and said suddenly: "Xie Zaiyi!"

Niu Jizong had paid attention to the generals around Jia Heng since he was dispatched by the governor of the Duguoyong camp, so he was no stranger to Xie Zaiyi, so he was surprised to meet him.

Xie Zaiyi's face was indifferent, and he shouted: "Niu Jizong, are you convicted?"

(End of this chapter)