Chapter 106 Counterattack
Lin Zhixiao's shout shocked Jia Lian.
Is there someone coming to the house again?
"Yes, uncle. They are here too."
Seeing that the other party had no time to shoot arrows, Huo Qi jumped onto the carriage with his sword in hand. He immediately saw many palace guards from Ningguo Mansion, who were already fighting with the bandits. His heart was filled with excitement. "Palace guards, step out and fight with me!"
As he spoke he jumped down and kicked the weakest empty carriage away. With a whistle, his horse came running over with a neigh.
"Others, protect Auntie and Second Master!"
When Zhou Bo jumped onto his horse, he said these words to Wang'er and other servants from the Jia Mansion, and rushed out like the wind.
The guards of Ningguo Mansion are all officers who can be sent to the army. Although not everyone can stand on their own, they have been trained by Jiao Da for many years, and none of them will be afraid when picking up a sword.
What's more, Zhou Bo and others' goal is to ennoble their wives and children.
Although this is not the military, since the master has come, they cannot retreat.
The Ningguo Mansion had difficulty in having an heir, and Jia Zhen’s importance was unquestionable.
They also came from Ningguo Mansion. Although their closest family members would be left behind after they went out to join the army, what about their other uncles, brothers, and nephews?
Without the master, Rong Ge'er was still so young, and how could the brothers and nephews who were still in the manor fight for their status? In an instant, including the four guards who escorted Jia Lian to Jiangnan, they all rushed out.
The eighteen people including Master Baoyan had no idea that they would encounter a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada, while the oriole is behind.
Although it is an official road, who are they?
After roaming the coastal areas for many years, the Baoyan Sanye had never met anyone who dared to confront them head-on.
Just like when they came ashore at Tongzhou Wharf, those experienced servants could see that they were extraordinary, but who would ask? They all tried their best to stay out of it.
As long as they don't commit crimes in other people's jurisdiction, the rest..., if something happens, just follow the normal process! Even through big merchants like the Li family, with some money, even the arrest warrants disappeared after two years.
Jia Family...
Challenged his bottom line.
The Third Master with the Explosive Eyes was furious. He had recognized the man standing behind him as the one with whom he almost got into a fight in Tongzhou yesterday.
Is this the old man?
Do you think this is the capital, his territory? The Third Master with the Violent Eyes wanted to end the battle quickly, but he didn't expect that the ten people he brought were all very capable and had good coordination. Either one defended and two attacked, or two defended and one attacked.
Coupled with the mob outside throwing stones at people... they were unable to achieve any success for a while.
Not only that, eleven people actually came running out from Jia Lian's side to help.
"The wind is blowing hard~"
Not counting the mob, those who dared to confront them head-on could be called elite soldiers and generals, and they had three more people than them.
Although Li Haifeng still has fourteen people on his side, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.
If they want to come over, they have to capture the people from Fuwei Escort Agency and the Lin and Jia families.
The Third Master with the Explosive Eyes is flexible and adaptable.
From the time he was determined to teach them a lesson to the time he acted so hard that the wind blew, only a few dozen breaths of time passed.
After shouting this, he took a step forward and tried to jump onto the horse, but he didn't expect that the old man with Jia Zhen had suddenly picked up a handful of arrows and was locking him from a distance.
Whoosh~ The sound of a long arrow breaking through the air was heard. The third brother with the explosive eyes snorted coldly, raised his knife and hit. When~~ Without any surprise, he hit the arrow head which had little power down.
The third brother with the bulging eyes really wanted to despise him. With the force of the arrow just now, even if it hit his body, it would at most just break his skin.
If you have no ability, why pretend to be awesome? The third brother with the raging eyes was about to leave when Huo Qi arrived.
Dang~clang~bang~clang~~~In a moment, they started killing each other.
Only then did the third brother with the bulging eyes understand what the old man meant.
But he was not afraid. As soon as they started fighting, he knew that this man was no match for him.
If there weren't so many of them, the third brother with the loud eyes would have wanted to stay and teach them how to behave.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have time.
And their horses are obviously not as good as other people's horses.
Their horses were afraid of fighting.
Other people's horses can cooperate well with their owners.
The third brother with the explosive eyes was very anxious for a moment, and he hated that they were only strong on the water.
After another feint, he was about to ride away when Jia Zhen, who was standing with Jia She, put his hand to his mouth and suddenly blew several whistles of varying lengths.
Hissing~~~~The horses of Baoyan Laosan and others are a little out of control.
Lin Zhixiao and others on the periphery grabbed stones and threw them at the bandits who were obviously exhausted but still wanted to escape.
In fact, if the master had not arrived in time, Lin Zhixiao would not have the courage to do it even if he saw these bandits one-sidedly besieging the second master and the aunt.
But now, of course, it's time to give the fallen dog a beating.
Jia She held the arrow, but couldn't shoot.
He played with arrows when he was young, and although he was accurate, he really didn't have the strength anymore.
And the accuracy... that arrow just now was already an extraordinary performance.
Now his own people are fighting with the bandits, and if he is not careful, he might accidentally hurt his own people.
Jia She put down the arrow with a clear conscience. "Zhen'er, if the horse king who taught you how to train horses knew that you would just make a half-hearted boast, do you believe that he would complain to your master in the underworld?"
Jia Zhen: “…”
He believed it, but he didn't need to train the horse.
After so many years, he was able to use his own half-tone to mess up other people's horses for a little while, which was already very remarkable, okay? "Uncle She, our eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother, hehe, they are all the same."
Jia She: “…”
If this kid hadn't arrived in time, he would have hit him right now.
What does the eldest brother mean by not talking about the second brother? He is his uncle.
"Anyone who captures the bandits will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver."
Jia Zhen sensed his uncle's unhappiness and hurriedly shouted, "Injury—ten taels."
The injury can't be too much.
If these guys want to make money and stab someone, he will have to pay for it.
"One hundred taels~"
Huo Qi shouted, "Kill~"
As soon as he finished speaking, with the cooperation of Zhou Bo, he chopped off the right hand of the third brother with big eyes who was holding the knife.
“Ah~~~~”
The third brother with wild eyes screamed and desperately exerted force on his legs, trying to break away from the battle circle.
At this moment, a stone came crashing down. Listening to the wind, he quickly tilted his head again.
But even so, my ears and cheeks were burning with pain.
At the same time, Zhou Bo was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He chopped down with a knife. Blood spurted out high. The third brother with wild eyes fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Ahhh, the Third Master is dead.
A group of bandits who chopped ordinary people as easily as cutting melons and vegetables frightened the people to death. They no longer cooperated as before and only wanted to escape as quickly as possible.
But if you kill someone, you will get 100 taels of silver, and if you injure someone, you will get 10 taels of silver.
The servants brought by Jia She were all very enthusiastic and were throwing stones at the outside, not to mention the guards of Ningguo Mansion.
In an instant, they all became as ferocious as wolves and tigers.
Oh my! Jia Lian, who was standing on the roof and staring at this side nervously, stamped his feet when he saw two more bandits fall down. He pointed at Li Haifeng and others who had already drawn their weapons and wanted to retreat after realizing something was wrong, and said, "Everyone, if you kill one person, you will be rewarded 100 taels. If you injure one person, you will be rewarded 10 taels. Come on!"
The escorts of Fuwei Escort Agency already bore a grudge for their brother's death, and now... of course they rushed forward screaming.
If they don’t get their revenge today, will the Fuwei Escort Agency be able to survive in the future?
"Seventh Master, hurry up!"
Chang Lei pushed Li Haifeng and wanted to escape himself.
If they don't escape now, they will lose their lives here.
When Li Haifeng climbed onto the horse, the others no longer cared about the goods. Some untied the horses, some untied the mules. However, because they were too confident and had long regarded the Jia family's carriages and horses as their own, they did not take any precautions in advance.
Although it took a short time to unload the horses and mules from the carriage, they were only a hundred meters away from Jia Lian's team at this time.
The people from the Fuwei Escort Agency all came on horseback. They had just been untied and had not had time to mount their horses when two of them were chopped down.
"Lian'er, if you kill Master Qi, I will give you 500 taels of silver."
Jia Min lifted the carriage curtain and shouted urgently to Jia Lian.
"Kill the Seventh Master and you will be rewarded with five hundred taels."
Jia Lian shouted hurriedly.
At the same time, the servants of the Lin and Jia families each took knives and sticks and rushed towards the caravan that just wanted to escape.
"The Seventh Master... should be Li Haifeng."
Jia Min added: "Lian'er, add another three hundred taels."
"Kill the Seventh Master and you will be rewarded with eight hundred taels."
Jia Lian's eyes turned red.
If they don't kill such a vicious criminal, their family will probably have no peace. "No, a reward of 1,000 taels! Kill the Seventh Master and you'll get a reward of 1,000 taels."
The other minions can escape, but Li Haifeng must not be let go.
Whoosh~Swoosh~Bang~ The escorts originally didn't care who to kill and who not to kill, but the bounty given by Jia Lian was getting higher and higher, and they couldn't spare the hands to chase and kill Li Haifeng, so they kicked, swung, and hit with whatever was at hand.
One of the escorts even grabbed a servant and threw him over.
Everything happened so fast that Li Haifeng heard all kinds of noises behind him. He turned sideways and almost hung on the horse's belly. As luck would have it, two darts hit the horse's butt.
When the red horse raised its head and let out a mournful cry, the bamboo hat also whistled and came crashing down, hitting Li Haifeng's legs which were resting on the horse's back.
Li Haifeng's face twisted in pain, and the horse staggered and fell off the spot.
But he didn't dare let go and was dragged forward by the horse.
He was in such a bad situation, and Chang Lei behind him was even worse off. He was hit directly by the guy who swung the sword and fell off his horse on the spot.
"Quick, two people, chase with me."
Jia Lian didn't dare to leave at first, but now it's different! In just a few moments, the caravan was beaten to pieces, but Li Haifeng struggled to climb onto the horse's back after being dragged for a distance.
He had to get him back.
When Jia Lian climbed onto the horse, Jia Min also lifted the curtain and stood out. She wanted to call her nephew, but opened her mouth and closed it again.
The escort team has already sent two people to chase after them.
Jia Min patted his chest and let out a long breath.
It's okay.
"Mother~"
Lin Changan called for his mother in the car.
The little guy's voice trembled, and he was obviously very scared.
"Be good, it's okay, they are just a bunch of thieves."
Jia Min didn't dare to let her son and daughter come out, "Your uncle and cousin are here to pick us up."
Although it was still a bit far away and couldn't be seen clearly, the palace guards were all from the East Palace. The only thing that could make the palace guards so desperate to kill the enemy was Jia Zhen.
Another person...
She looked at the old man standing in the car, and her eyes couldn't help but become wet.
Her elder brother is here.
"Wait a moment, until they are done, we will go home together."
The people in the caravan probably knew they couldn't survive, so they started a desperate fight back, but my brother and Zhen'er were almost done for because of their advantage in numbers.
Jia She and Jia Zhen also saw Jia Min. Finally, they could not wait any longer and drove their carriage over here.
"Brother~"
Jia Min jumped off the carriage and went to meet her brother.
She hadn't seen her family since she left Beijing for nearly ten years. When she saw them again, she burst into tears.
"Brother is here, brother is here, brother is always here..."
After Jia Zhen stopped the carriage, Jia She also rushed to his sister. He was very excited as they hadn't seen each other for many years. However, his sister was crying, so he...
With shaking hands, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his sister's tears. "Don't cry. If you cry again, I will cry too."
Jia Min: “…”
She couldn't cry anymore, snatched her brother's handkerchief, wiped her tears, and said, "Brother, take two people alive, and help me kill the others."
As the daughter of a military family, even though she had never actually seen blood, she had heard her elders talk about countless bloody battles.
Today's..., although frightening enough, it was still far from scaring her.
Especially before she had time to get really panicky, her brother and eldest nephew attacked her from behind and caught her off guard.
"Don't worry, I won't let anyone bully you."
Jia She turned his head with murderous intent, "Leave one alive, and kill the rest."
Bu~ The two remaining survivors wanted to beg for mercy, but the crowd did not hesitate and left the man with a slightly bowed leg and a missing arm alive.
"Manager Lin, I'll leave this to you. Everyone else... follow me."
When Huo Qi jumped on his horse, the palace guards followed him on horseback in unison. In less than half a minute, the caravan was also cleared.
"mother!"
When little Daiyu and little Chang'an stuck their heads out of the carriage, the dead bodies on both sides were dragged into the carriage and the two children didn't see anything at all.
"Hurry! Come down to meet your uncle and cousin!"
Jia Min waved to her children.
Jia She smiled what he thought was the most loving smile on the spot.
There are so many wrinkles on the face.
Little Daiyu and little Chang'an paused and gave him their most childish smiles.
"Little Daiyu, little Chang'an!"
Jia She walked towards the two little ones and picked them up one in each hand, "Come, call me uncle, and I will give you something good."
When he was twelve years old, he learned that his mother had given birth to a younger sister, and he really wanted to hold her.
He really hugged her. At that time, his sister was very cute. She would blow bubbles at him and smile without teeth. She was so much cuter than his brother.
Unfortunately, as the younger sister grew up, she also picked up books and got along better and better with her younger brother, but they gradually became estranged.
Seeing his sister crying at him like that just now, Jia She felt a special emotion stirring in his heart. But now, in front of his nephews and nieces, he didn't need to be so bound by etiquette.
"Hello, uncle!"
"Uncle, are you here to save us?"
Little Chang'an and Little Daiyu were exported almost at the same time.
"Hahaha, of course!"
Jia She was very proud, "And your eldest cousin, this time it's all thanks to him."
Jia Zhen smiled throughout the whole process, "This is the luck of my aunt and my little cousin."
He went to Tongzhou, and the fact that he could come here was because of those people's desire for death.
In fact, even if he hadn't come, with their family's guards and the escort agency's bodyguards, my aunt would at most suffer heavy casualties, but he would definitely be fine.
"Mother heard that the seventh son of the Li family had escaped, and she was worried about you, so she specially asked me and Uncle She to meet you by land and sea."
While chasing along the way, he first joined forces with Uncle She.
However, the servants in the West Mansion are good at doing things at home, but if they are asked to deal with the pirates... they will probably be killed before they even get close to the pirates.
Jia Zhen simply took away their swords and asked them to cooperate by throwing stones.
Sure enough, with this sneak attack, they took the initiative.
"Aunt, we can't stay here for long. Let Lin Zhixiao and the others handle the rest. Let's go back first!"
"Okay! I'll listen to you."
Jia Min held her head high.
After being away from home for many years, her brother, sister-in-law and nephew still missed her. She felt sad and warm in her heart, but also very proud.
Although she never worried that her family would not welcome her, she was afraid of the coldness from her brother and sister-in-law.
The eldest brother is unreliable, and he has never met his second eldest sister-in-law. The second brother strictly observes etiquette, and the second sister-in-law... they could not get close to each other when they were at home.
On the way back, Jia Min only had confidence in her mother and her sister-in-law in the East Mansion.
Unexpectedly...
"We'll leave when Lian'er comes back."
This wait lasted for more than half an hour.
Li Haifeng was captured alive by them.
…
In the capital city, it was getting dark, and the streets were bustling with people. At this moment, a fast horse came galloping towards them.
Pedestrians hurriedly dodged, and those who were about to yell at him swallowed their words when they saw the man on horseback wearing the uniform of an arresting officer.
"What big thing happened here?"
"It should be. It looks like he is going to Shuntianfu Yamen."
The most eye-catching case in Shuntian Prefecture was the Li family case.
Nearly tens of millions of dollars in property were seized.
Because of the money, everyone is particularly willing to talk about it.
"Hey, shall we go take a look too?"
The two idle men looked at each other, laughed together, and really went to the Shuntian government office together.
At this time, Lord Dong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was practicing boxing.
In the morning, I have to go to court, so I have no time to practice boxing. When I come back, I have to deal with official business, so I have no time to practice boxing. That means I have some free time at night, so after practicing boxing, I can eat, wash my feet, and then go to sleep.
It's really because I get up too early and don't go to bed early, which won't work at all.
"grown ups!"
The yamen runner came over in a hurry and shouted, "My lord, something bad has happened. There was a robbery on the official road near Tianjin, and nearly fifty people were killed or injured."
What? Master Dong put away his fist, his face serious, "Have the people from the Five Cities Army gone?"
Robberies have occurred around the capital. Does this mean they are not regarded as officials?
"No."
The bailiff shook his head. "The victims were the families of officials from the Ning and Rong mansions. The kidnapper was Li Haifeng, the escaped Li family member. He colluded with the pirates and has been captured by the Jia family. The Jia family requested that he not be tried in Tianjin but brought back to the capital for your trial."
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