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 these clan members, and after being arrested, they kept shouting and scolding, causing countless people to watch and discuss.

"My dear family, who are these people being arrested..."

" Xie Jun's face turned a little pale when he heard those clan members reporting threats to their family. white. 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 would be in trouble.

"What, are you scared?"

Jia Lian looked at the road ahead and looked at Xie Jun playfully.

Xie Jun's face turned bitter, "Of course you are not afraid, my lord. You are the Marquis and have the support of the imperial concubine, so you are naturally not afraid of them. But if your subordinates are worried about them, you have to deal with them. It's not just raising your hands..."

The fourth prince beside Jia Lian looked down on his appearance and cursed: "You are a worthless coward, not just a few dandies. It's a shame that you were scared like this. You are still a soldier, you really disgrace our military attache in the Wei Dynasty!"

Xie Jun was furious when he heard this: "Where did you come from, such a shameless talker? How could you interrupt me when I was talking to my master? "Fuck?"

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 Su and Zhang Tao, were also stunned and looked at Xie Jun blankly, with the word "submit" in capital letters.

Well, you don’t have to wait for these dudes to deal with you.

However, one cannot completely blame Jie Jun. He felt that he was in a bad mood when he got into trouble, and he did not 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 man. 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 His Highness will be magnanimous." , forgive his disrespectful words."

" Xie Jun was also stunned at this time.

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 demeaning my position. I don't know that it was your highness who was in front of you. Your words were offensive. Please forgive me..."

The fourth prince looked gloomy. This was the first time someone had 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.

The fearful look on Juncheng's face made him confirm 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 the sake of you adults, I will spare you this time. If you dare to scold me next time, I want you to look good."

After saying that, he walked 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.

Hearing that the Fourth Prince claimed to be the King, he wanted to die because he was really causing trouble. He didn't hear the rest of the Fourth Prince's words 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 laughed and cursed. : "Well, His Highness the Fourth is the most generous and righteous person, and he is true to his word. Since he said to spare you, he will definitely not embarrass you again."

"Yes, yes, thank you very much. Your Majesty pleads for your humble position, but your subordinates have nothing to offer in return. From now on, this life of your humble position belongs to you. Your Majesty, your humble position will tell you to go east, but your humble position will never dare to go west. Your Majesty will tell your humble position to catch the dog, but your humble position will never chase the chicken. ..."

"Flattery." 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 Bingma Division, pressing down the clan members, felt guilty.

Finally, I knew that my commander was personally controlling the formation, so I 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 together.

"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 to the front of the formation, Jia Lian cupped his hands and said, "Jia Lian has seen Uncle Qiu Shi. I don't know."Qiu Shishu leads troops to his nephew's territory, what's the point? "

Qiu Liang, the commander of the Army and Horses Division in Zhongcheng, is the grandson of Marquis Jingtian. He is an old friend of the Jia family and Jia Lian is also familiar with him.

Qiu Liang looked at it The nobles of the clan who were being escorted by officers and soldiers on the ground all had their eyelids twitching and couldn't help but look at Jia Lian: "What does this mean, nephew? ? "

"Is Uncle Qiu Shi 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 to slander His Majesty. They deserved to be punished. Therefore, my nephew planned to take these bold and crazy people back to the Yamen first and deal with them after His Majesty was informed. "

Qiu Liang looked surprised, "My nephew, does he know the identity of these people..."

"I don't know, is this important? No matter who dares to slander the holy bow, he shall be punished by death according to law. "

Qiu Liang: "..."

The clan members, who had long been tired of scolding the officers and soldiers and scolding Jia Lian, saw that Qiu Liang was here to save them, so they immediately He started shouting again.

"Master Qiu, help me, we are all being slandered. "

"Exactly, please save us, Mr. Qiu. 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. We still ask Master Qiu to come to your rescue. In the future, this junior and the entire Duan Palace will definitely repay you generously. "

Qiu Liang looked over following the sound and found that it was Crown Prince Duan. He admired Jia Lian even more.

He glanced at the people who were gathered outside to watch the excitement. Qiu Liang rode up to Jia Lian and whispered: "Why is my nephew so stubborn? You and I are both ministers and 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 make mistakes without aim. 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 said with a smile: "Uncle Shi is here, he should be accepted. Entrusted by people, right? "

From the time he arrested people to now, only about a quarter of an hour later, Qiu Liang arrived with his troops. Needless to say, it was only possible if someone went to report the news.

Qiu Liang narrowed his eyes and saw that Jia Lian seemed a little obsessed with it, but that was not the case.Without hiding it, he still whispered: "Since my nephew has seen it, I won't hide it from you. I came here just after receiving an order from Prince Zhongshun.

My nephew may not know it yet, One of these people is the son of Prince Zhongshun! The nephew is also from an honorable family, so he should know that we nobles cannot afford to offend Prince Zhongshun’s family no matter what.

Why bother with the nephew? For a trivial matter, you put your family's fate and future on the line...

What's more, you arrested Prince Duan again. Do 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, but he was also in charge of the clan's mansion, the lifeline of the clan and relatives.

Although King Zhongshun was not the Zongling yet, 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. , cupping fists and saluting.

Qiu Liang saw that Jia Lian suddenly drew a clear line with him, and he didn’t know where Jia Lian made the mistake. Just as he was about to persuade him again, he heard a young man’s voice coming from behind Jia Lian: “Qiu Liang, right? Did you bring your troops here 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 mean by my humble position."
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"Since you don't mean it, then go away. Otherwise, I will arrest you too!"

Listening to the fourth prince's arrogant and direct words, Qiu Liang finally understood. Why did Jia Lian dare to arrest these clan members?

He thought 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, with the fourth prince here, IHe also had an explanation in front of Prince Zhongshun, so he turned around and waved to the officers and soldiers he brought with him.

Seeing that the person blocking the way walked away, the fourth prince was satisfied and said, "You know what's going on." 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 Liang didn't say much, got out of the way and let Jia Lian and others leave.

…

In the south study of Daming Palace, Emperor Ningkang happened to be summoning King Zhongshun.

"You really don't want to go?"

Emperor Ning Kang looked at King Zhongshun who was kneeling on the ground and crying miserably, feeling a little angry and a little disappointed in his heart.

"Reply 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 accept the general public. , I don’t know how much effort I have put in and how many smiles I have lost in order to help you, the emperor, manage the family mansion these years.

Now, I have to make them pay taxes and ask me I sent people to clean up the farms and acres under their names, but those people didn’t even try to kill me!

Not to mention others, just my father’s brothers and our imperial uncles , if they knew my intention to leave, they would probably beat me out.

So, if the emperor really wants me to persuade them, it would be better to remove the younger brother from the position of deputy sect leader. "It's gone..."

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 Ning Kang 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 am too lazy to force him. This matter is already a lot of trouble. If he is not willing, he will not be able to do it if he is forced. 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 Ning Kang’s tone, he knew that his royal brother was dissatisfied with him, but in the face of such a high-stakes matter, as long as he could get away, he would be scolded. Anyway, he was used to it.

So I stood up with a shy smile, bent down and was about to leave.

　“Slow down.”

　“I don’t know what else the emperor has to say.”

　“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 great.

"I am a member of the Zuo Zong of the Zongren Mansion. I have received a report that a descendant of the clan is making irresponsible remarks about the government, so I came here to arrest him for interrogation and verification. Please, Commander Jia, hand him over."

The "general who governs the country" 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 this kind of person, Jia Lian didn't even bother to pay attention to him and directly took out the fourth prince.

"You are a right-handed person. There is Prince Su and Prince Zhongshun in the clan. Where did you come from?"

You were repeatedly hindered. , which 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.

"Your Majesty, Fourth Highness, don't go 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, then you will have to If you are punished to kneel down, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"Go ahead and sue. My father only forbids me from scolding my parents. Did I just scold your parents? Besides, I think my father just forbids me from scolding good people. For someone like you who looks like a cunning villain at first glance, I can scold you as much as I want. What do you dare to do to me? , hurry up and get out of my way, otherwise, I will arrest you too!"

This was how Qiu Liang was scared away, and the fourth prince felt that these people must be afraid of being caught.

But this Zuo Zong is different from Qiu Liang: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness, is afraid that he will not be able to arrest me. I am a member of the clan, and no one has the right to arrest me except the clan, the Supreme Emperor and Your Majesty. Neither can the Fourth Highness."

As he said this, the Zuo clan member seemed to know that there was no gain in dealing with a jerk like the Fourth Prince, so he turned to Jia Lian: "The Fourth Highness is young, doesn't Commander Jia know? According to the laws of the imperial 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 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 and Horse Division immediately looked solemn. These big soldiers didn't know any rules. They had not seen the fourth prince before, so they were a little worried. Now Seeing that my lord is supported by the fourth prince, I am not even a little bit afraid.

What kind of official in this clan’s mansion only has dozens of clan’s soldiers, and he doesn’t even have any decent weapons. No. As long as the adults give an order, they can take it down in an instant.

"Jia Lian, you! Be bold! ! ”

Seeing that there were many officers and soldiers of the military and horse department around them who were attacking them, Zuo Dazong was furious. How could he understand that Jia Lian, a court official, dared to be as reckless as the fourth prince.
< br />　“You are not trying to capture us, please do it quickly. If you don't dare, go away, 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. Now he is very happy to use it, which shows that he is very educated.

Zuo Dazong Still ignoring the fourth prince, he glared at Jia Lian and said, "Jia Lian, what I do is in accordance with the laws of the country. If you are really brave, arrest me too! ”

Anyway, he won’t let it go.

If Jia Lian is allowed to capture King Zhongshun’s son, his clan will be done with it.

"Jia Lian, arrest him quickly. He is just a general who governs the country. What are you afraid of him doing? "

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, "He's right. He didn't break the national law. I really can't arrest 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 person was a hard worker in the clan mansion, but in terms of rank, in the Wei Dynasty, he was a second-rank official. Compared with him, a fourth-grade official The quality of the commander is much higher.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The important thing is that Jia Lian feels that it is better and more beneficial to keep things 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 see how the people of these clans do not take him as the emperor seriously, and even insult him. He dared to protect his unfilial children.

Counting the time, the palace should know the news.

The fourth prince did not know what Jia Lian was thinking, and even thought that what Jia Lian said It makes sense, so I rolled up my sleeves, stood forward, and turned on the spray mode.