Until Xie Jun arrived with the officers and soldiers from the Bingma Division, Prince Duan and others did not leave, so the arrest work went smoothly.
But the noise was also loud.
After all, there were a large number of clan members, and after being arrested, they kept yelling and scolding, causing countless people to watch and discuss.
"My lord, who are these people being arrested..."
Xie Jun's face turned pale when he heard those clan members reporting threats to their family. He received an order from Jia Lian, saying that someone had formed a group to scold the emperor and asked him to bring more troops to arrest him. He only thought they were children of ordinary aristocratic families. Who would have expected that these people, without exception, were all children of the clan? Moreover, one of the two leaders is the crown prince of Prince Duan, and the other is the prince of Prince Zhongshun!
Xie Jun felt that he trusted his master too much. If he continued to work alone, he might not be able to protect himself.
"What, are you scared?"
Jia Lian looked at the road ahead and looked at Xie Jun playfully.
Xie Jun's face turned bitter, "Sir, of course you are not afraid. You are a Marquis and you have the support of the imperial concubine, so you are not afraid of them. But if your subordinates are concerned about them, and you want to deal with them, you don't have to just raise your hand..."
The fourth prince next to Jia Lian looked down on his appearance and cursed: "You are a worthless coward, not just a few dudes, to scare you like this, you are still a leader, it is really an embarrassment to our military attaché of Wei!" "
Xie Jun was furious when he heard this: "Where did you come from, a pretty boy who talks so brazenly? How can you interrupt me when I'm talking to my master?"
The fair and tender face of the fourth prince suddenly froze, his mouth slightly opened, unable to say a word after being scolded. Others, including Jia Lian and the two brothers Zhang Shuo and Zhang Tao, were also stunned and looked at Xie Jun blankly, with the word "submit" in capital letters.
Well, there’s no need to wait for these dudes to deal with you.
But he couldn't blame Jie Jun completely. He felt that he was in a bad mood because he got into trouble, and he didn't dare to vent his anger on Jia Lian. At this time, the fourth prince came to mock him and naturally became his punching bag.
After all, the fourth prince, who had just come out of a brothel, was dressed like a young master. At first glance, he looked like a pretty boy.
Seeing that the fourth prince's expression changed again and again, he was about to get angry. After all, he was his subordinate. Jia Lian quickly smoothed things over and said: "Ignorance is not guilty. He does not know the identity of His Highness. I hope Your Highness will be magnanimous and forgive his disrespectful words." "
This time Xie Jun was also stunned.
Anyone who can make Jia Lian bow to apologize and say "Your Highness", without asking, he can guess that he is an awesome person.
He trembled all over and couldn't care about anything. He quickly turned over and got off his horse. He hurriedly knelt down on one knee and apologized: "I am guilty of the death penalty for understating my position. I don't know that it was your highness who made the offensive words in front of you. Please forgive me..."
The fourth prince looked gloomy. This was the first time in his life that someone pointed at his nose and scolded him. Even if Wei Xian is a child, the most he can do is name him, call him a pretty boy, a brat like this, and he wouldn't dare to give Wei Xian ten courages.
He wanted to be angry, but considering that Xie Jun was Jia Lian's subordinate after all, and his official position was low, it seemed... not so classy to care about him.
Just in time to see Juncheng's frightened look, he confirmed that this guy really didn't recognize him, so he glared at him angrily for a few seconds, and finally waved his hand and hummed: "You idiot without eyes, for your sake, this time Come on, I’ll spare you this once. If you dare to scold me next time, I want you to look good.”….
After saying that, he rode up to the front of Jia Lian. He felt that it must be because he was following Jia Lian just now that the warrior underestimated him. Now he walked in front of Jia Lian to see who dared to underestimate him.
When he heard the fourth prince calling himself the king, he wanted to die because he was really causing trouble. He didn't hear the other words of the fourth prince clearly and could only nod his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Get up."
Jia Lian was also speechless. Seeing him standing up tremblingly and wiping sweat from his forehead, he was obviously frightened, so he smiled and cursed: "Well, His Highness the Fourth is the most generous and righteous man, and he keeps his word. Since he said to spare you, he will definitely not make things difficult for you again."
"Yes, yes, thank you for interceding for me. I can't repay my humble position. From now on, my life belongs to you. I told you to go east, but I will never do it."
If you dare to go west, your Majesty will tell me that I will catch the dog, but I will never chase the chicken..."
"Flatterer." The fourth prince in front cursed secretly, but raised his nose high, reined in his horse and started running briskly. Obviously, Jia Lian's "objective evaluation" of him made him very happy and satisfied.
At the front, the officers and soldiers of the Military and Horse Division, who were pressing forward with a group of clan disciples, also felt guilty.
Finally, knowing that his commander was personally holding down the formation, he could barely maintain the formation and walk towards the base camp.
Suddenly, a group of soldiers and horses were seen approaching, forming a formation to block the road ahead, and everyone stopped.
"Who is coming?"
"Let Jia Lian come out to see me."
Jia Lian had long known that the way back would not be smooth. Otherwise, he would not have fought with the fourth prince in person, but would have gone directly to the palace to face the saint.
Riding a horse, he came to the front of the formation and saw the people coming to interfere. Jia Lian cupped his hands and said, "Jia Lian has seen Uncle Qiu Shi. I wonder what Uncle Qiu Shi is doing when he leads troops to my nephew's territory?"
Qiu Liang, the commander of the Army and Horse Department in Zhongcheng, was the grandson of Marquis Jingtian. He was an old friend of Jia's family and Jia Lian was also familiar with him.
Qiu Liang looked at the royal family members on the ground who were being escorted by officers and soldiers. His eyelids twitched and he couldn't help but look at Jia Lian: "What does this mean, my nephew?"
"Uncle Qiu Shi, are you talking about these people? These people met secretly in Jinpin Pavilion. Not only did they discuss the government affairs, but they also dared to speak out and slander His Majesty. They deserve to be punished. Therefore, my nephew is going to take these bold madmen back to the Yamen first, and wait for the explanation. Your Majesty, you will deal with it later."
Qiu Liang looked surprised, "Does my nephew know the identities of these people..."
"I don't know, is this important? Anyone who dares to slander the Holy Gown shall be punished by death according to law."
Qiu Liang: "..."
The clan members, who had been tired of scolding the officers and soldiers and Jia Lian for a long time, saw that Qiu Liang was coming to save them, so they immediately started shouting again.
"Master Qiu, help me, we are all being slandered."
"Exactly, please Sir Qiu, please save us. This Jia Lian has a grudge against me, so he deliberately framed us. Even if we have the courage, we would not dare to slander His Majesty. Please Sir Qiu, please come to our rescue. In the future, this junior generation and the entire Duke Duan Palace will definitely repay you with generous gifts."
Qiu Liang looked over following the voice and found that it was Crown Prince Duan, and he admired Jia Lian even more.
After taking a look at the people who were gathered outside to watch the excitement, Qiu Liang stepped forward on his horse, went to Jia Lian's side and whispered: "Why is my nephew so stubborn? You and I are all ministers, we don't care what their royal affairs are. …"
These clan members are used to being arrogant and domineering. To us, Your Majesty is a lord, and we should be in awe of him. But to them, His Majesty is not only the emperor, but also their elder. It doesn't matter if they say a few words of irritation to their elders.
I believe that my nephew is a good person and will never let him go. However, we really can't do it. Think about it, nephew. If you arrest someone in front of them, and their elders later beg for mercy in front of your majesty, your majesty will soften your heart and probably won't do anything to them. When the time comes, my nephew will In the middle, if you have offended someone for nothing and are still not at peace, why bother to fast?
Listen to Uncle Shi's advice and let them go. It will be good for you and me..."
Jia Lian smiled and said, "Uncle Shi is here, he must be entrusted by someone, right?"
It only took about a quarter of an hour from the time he arrested the person until Qiu Liang arrived with his troops. Needless to say, this was only possible if someone went to report the news.
Qiu Liang narrowed his eyes and saw that Jia Lian seemed to be a little obsessed, but he didn't hide it and still whispered: "Since my nephew has seen it, I won't hide it from you. I came here on orders from Prince Zhongshun.
My nephew may not know that one of these people is the son of Prince Zhongshun! My nephew is also from an honorable family. He should know that we nobles cannot afford to offend Prince Zhongshun’s family no matter what.
Why would a good nephew put his family's fate and future on the line for a trivial matter...
What's more, you arrested Prince Duan again. You think you didn't offend Prince Duan's palace enough! "
"That's what Uncle Shi said."
Jia Lian understood what Qiu Liang meant. King Zhongshun was not only the younger brother of Emperor Ningkang's mother, he was also in charge of
In charge of the lifeline of the clan and relatives - the clan mansion.
Although King Zhongshun was not yet a Zongling, after Prince Su became old and became inactive, King Zongshun became the actual person in charge of the Zongren Mansion.
It can be said that no matter whether you are a clan member or a close relative, if you want to live a smooth life, you should not offend the clan family or King Zhongshun.
Therefore, if the Fourth Prince was not here today and he bumped into these people alone, he might really not pay attention to them.
"but……"
"Master Qiu, please come back. I'm sorry that I can't obey your order."
Jia Lian took a step back from his horse, cupped his fists and saluted.
Qiu Liang saw that Jia Lian suddenly distanced himself from him. He didn't know where Jia Lian was wrong. Just as he was about to persuade him again, he heard a young man's voice coming from behind Jia Lian: "Qiu Liang, right? You led the troops here, right?" Do you want to protect these unfilial children who insulted my father?"
Qiu Liang opened his eyes and looked. As the commander of the Zhongcheng Military and Horse Division, Qiu Liang's status is higher than that of the other four commanders, because the scope he is in charge of is the periphery of the imperial city, and he usually has the most dealings with the royal family.
Of course he recognized the fourth prince, so he quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"I ask you, do you want to protect these unfilial sons?"
"Well, Your Highness has misunderstood. This is not what I meant by my humble position."
"Since you don't mean it, then go away. Otherwise, I will arrest you too!"
Listening to the arrogant and direct words of the fourth prince, Qiu Liang finally understood why Jia Lian dared to arrest these clan members.
He thought in his heart that since he was a low-ranking official, even if the fourth prince had no real power, he was not someone he could offend. Besides, today's matter also involves Emperor Ning Kang. It's okay to help, but it's not worth it to involve yourself. ….
Anyway, the fourth prince was there, and he had an explanation in front of Prince Zhongshun, so he turned around and waved to the officers and soldiers he had brought.
Seeing that the person blocking the way walked away, the fourth prince was satisfied and said, "I guess you know the truth." Then he ignored Qiu Liang and stepped forward to quarrel with the chattering Wei Xian'er.
Seeing this, Qiu Liang shook his head at Jia Lian and said, "My dear nephew, take care of yourself."
"Thank you, Uncle Shi, for reminding me."
So Qiu Liang said nothing, moved out of the way, and let Jia Lian and others leave.
…
In the south study room of Daming Palace, Emperor Ningkang happened to be summoning King Zhongshun.
"You really don't want to go?"
Emperor Ningkang looked at King Zhongshun who was kneeling on the ground and crying miserably. He felt a little angry and a little disappointed in his heart.
"Reporting to Brother Emperor, I really can't do this. Brother Emperor, it's not like he doesn't know which of the people in the clan is easy to deal with? I'm of a lower generation and I don't obey others. In order to help Brother Emperor these years, I don’t know how much effort I put into managing the clan’s mansion well, and how many smiles I lost.
Now they have to pay taxes and ask me to send people to clean up the farms and acres under their names. Those people still won't eat me!
Not to mention anything else, if my father's brothers and our imperial uncles knew about my intention to leave, they would probably beat me out.
Therefore, if the emperor really wants me to persuade them, it would be better to remove my junior brother from the position of deputy sect leader..."
King Zhongshun cried, "I won't go anyway."
How could Emperor Ning Kang not know what he was thinking. First, to persuade those in the clan to collect the land in accordance with the tax laws and take the initiative to pay taxes in the future, this is inherently offensive. Secondly, if we want to say which palace has the most acres among the royal family, it must be the Zhongshun Palace.
The reason why Emperor Ningkang wanted King Zhongshun to be the lobbyist was actually to let him take the lead and set an example. Who knows, this guy doesn't understand his painstaking efforts at all.
I don't bother to force him. This matter is already a lot of trouble. If he doesn't want to do it, he can't do it well if he is forced to do it. It seems that we can only choose another person from among the kings.
Seeing Dai Quan coming over with a strange look on his face, he obviously had something to report, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I understand, get out of here, you useless thing."
Although from Emperor Ningkang's tone, he knew that his royal brother was dissatisfied with him, but
Faced with such a high-stakes matter, as long as you can get away, you can be scolded, and you are used to it anyway.
So he stood up with a shy smile, bent over and was about to leave.
"slow."
"I don't know if the emperor has any other instructions."
"You'd better kneel down first."
…
In Xicheng, as Jia Lian expected, the road was not smooth.
Qiu Liang had not walked for half a quarter of an hour when another obstacle came.
This time, the style is huge.
"I am a member of the Zuo clan of the clan mansion. I received a report that a clan member is making arrogant comments about the government, so I came here to arrest him for interrogation and verification. Commander Jia, hand him over."
The "General of the Kingdom" of the clan looked at Jia Lian arrogantly, with obvious condescension in his words.
When he heard about this, he thought it was incredible. When did soldiers like the Bingma Si who did dirty work dare to arrest members of the clan? ….
Faced with such a person, Jia Lian didn't bother to pay attention to him and directly took out the fourth prince.
"Why do you have a left-wing person and a right-handed person? There is Prince Su and Prince Zhongshun in the clan mansion. Where did you come from?"
Being repeatedly hindered confirmed Jia Lian's words and made the fourth prince feel very bad. Even though he knew that this man belonged to the clan, his title was lowered to that of General Zhen Guo, and he was probably not even remotely related to him by blood, so he felt no pressure to scold him.
"Fourth Highness, you are not going too far. In terms of seniority, I am also your uncle, and you are talking to me like this? If I accuse you in front of His Majesty, you will be punished by kneeling again. Don't blame me. I didn’t remind you."
"Go ahead and sue. My father just doesn't allow me to call people my parents. Did I call your parents just now? Besides, I think my father just doesn't allow me to call good people bad. People like you are cunning and evil at first sight. I can scold you as much as I want. What do you dare to do to me?
You wise man, get out of my way quickly, otherwise, I will arrest you too! "
This was how Qiu Liang was scared away. The fourth prince felt that these people must be afraid of being caught.
But this Zuo clan is different from Qiu Liang: "I'm afraid the Fourth Highness can't arrest me. I am a member of the clan, and no one has the right to arrest me except the clan's mansion, the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty, not even the Fourth Highness."
As he said this, the Zuo clan member seemed to know that there was no gain in dealing with a bastard like the Fourth Prince, so he turned to Jia Lian: "The Fourth Highness is young, does Commander Jia not know the laws of the court?
These people are all descendants of my clan. Even if they are guilty, they should be punished by my clan's government. There is no reason for the military commander to arrest people without authorization. Commander Jia, you have already violated the national law. If you don't surrender, I will take you down as well. "
"You can try."
Jia Lian grinned and waved his hand, and the two to three hundred officers and soldiers of the army immediately looked solemn. These big-headed soldiers didn't know the rules. They had not seen the Fourth Prince before, so they were a little worried. Now that they saw that their lord had the support of the Fourth Prince, they didn't have the slightest fear at all.
This official of the clan's mansion only had dozens of soldiers of the clan's mansion, and they didn't even have any decent weapons. As long as the adults give the order, they can take it down in an instant.
"Jia Lian, you! Be bold!
Zuo Dazong was furious when he saw many officers and soldiers from the Military and Horse Division attacking them. How could he understand that Jia Lian, a court official, could dare to be as reckless as the fourth prince.
"You are not trying to capture us, please do it quickly. If you don't dare, get out of here. I don't have time to chat with you!"
Rap is a new word that the fourth prince heard after listening to the opera. He thinks it is very interesting. It feels good to use it now, which shows that he is very cultured.
Zuo Dazong still ignored the fourth prince, glared at Jia Lian and said: "Jia Lian, what I do is in accordance with the laws of the country. If you are really serious, arrest me too!"
Anyway, he wouldn't let it.
If Jia Lian were to capture King Zhongshun's son, his clan would be done with it.
"Jia Lian, arrest him quickly. He is just a general who governs the country. Why are you afraid of what he will do!"
Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, "He is right. He did not break the national law. I really can't
Catch him. Otherwise, Your Highness can provoke him and ask him to scold you a few words. In this way, I can arrest him for the following crimes. "
The fourth prince didn't know, but Jia Lian knew that this man was a hard worker in the clan mansion, but in terms of rank, he was a second-rank official in the Wei Dynasty. Much higher than him, a fourth-grade commander.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is important is that Jia Lian feels that it is better and more beneficial to have things remain at a stalemate than to arrest people quickly with his hands and feet.
Sometimes, you have to be reasonable but also weak in order to let the big boss know the difficulty of being a loyal minister. Let the emperor also see how the people of these clans do not take him as the emperor seriously, and even dare to protect his unfilial children who insult him.
Counting the time, it's time for the palace to know the news.
The fourth prince didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking, and even thought that what Jia Lian said made sense. He rolled up his sleeves, stood forward, and turned on the random spray mode. .
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