Chapter 176 (1/2)
Xia Jun is surprised. He says something in his heart. Before he can speak, he hears that some of his men have already shown their swords. He shouts, ”put down your swords!” But the man, as if he had not heard him, chopped himself up.
It's like a signal that people around you light up their swords and join the team. The crowd was in chaos. For a moment, only the voices of soldiers and soldiers were heard. Seeing this, the officer sitting on the horse was so surprised and angry that he cried out, ”listen to me, take down these arsonists. If you have any resistance, put them to death on the spot!”
This words a, Jiang Chao bring people is panic unceasingly, regardless of Xia Jun's stop, more and more struggle to resist. It's just that so many people are supposed to act at night, and they can't match the imperial guards. In less than a few minutes, the men and horses brought by Jiang Chao had already been subdued, and the ground was in a mess. The fire in the granary is unstoppable. At this moment, people are constantly raising water to fight the fire, which is just like a drop in the bucket. It doesn't help at all. We can only watch the fire engulf the whole granary and turn the hundred vehicles and military salaries into ashes.
This fire has been burning for a whole night. The people in the capital of the great Jin Dynasty are sleeping soundly. They don't know how many secret surges have taken place. No one knows how the granary caught fire. Until the next morning, the peddler went to open the shop. At first sight, he saw that there was a lot of smoke in the granary. The original cars and horses were in a mess, and there was a lot of ashes inside. Obviously, there was no good food.
Jiang Chao, the second son of Jiang's family, and Xia Jun, the second young master of Xia's family, burned the army's pay in the granary at night, and it spread all over the capital on the first day. When Jiang Quan heard the news in the mansion, he almost turned the tea cup upside down with a shake of his hand and stared at his new wife Xia Yue in disbelief: ”what did you say?”
Xia Yue looks at Jiang Quan timidly. She is just a daughter of a distant cousin of Xia Fu. She originally had her own childhood sweetheart. But in order to win over Jiang Fu and prevent the relationship between Jiang Fu and Xia Fu from breaking down after Xia Yan's death, Xia Yue's family married her. Xia Yue is only seventeen or eighteen years old, just like Hua. It's natural to resent that she can be her father when she marries Jiang Quan. It's not long since he married. Xia Yue is even more resentful. However, he has to bow his head under the eaves. On the surface, Jiang Quan looks gentle, but it's frightening to start a fire. She said: ”master, it's true. It's spread outside.”
She said so firmly that even if Jiang Quan didn't want to believe it, he said angrily, ”this bastard! We must destroy the Jiang family! ”
”Don't be angry, master.” Xia Yue looked down on Jiang Quan in her heart. She only knew how to blame the heaven and others for the accident. She concealed her disdain in her eyes and said: ”it's said that the Marquis has entered the palace. It's not a small matter. It's a big crime to burn the military pay in the granary. Now all the 100000 soldiers at the border are waiting for the food emergency. But the second young master makes such a move at the moment, which inevitably makes people suspicious. ”
Jiang Quan was shocked. He was dizzy just now. He was only concerned about Jiang Chao's audacity. But now he really felt a sense of fear. It's true that 100000 soldiers are still waiting at the border for emergency pay, but Jiang Chao and Xia Jun burned the granary last night. In the middle of the night, if it's intentional, no one will believe it. If it's intentional, why should the legitimate son of the official family make such a move. For example, today's war between the state of Jin and the great Jin Dynasty is one of the most sensitive places of the emperor's nerves. When Jiang Chao made a mistake at this time, he didn't force the emperor to think about it, thinking about Jiang Chao's collusion with the enemy and treason. Otherwise, why would you rather destroy the granary than make the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty run out of ammunition!
Jiang Quan was restless. He felt a cold sweat sliding down his neck to his back. The emperor's suspicion was a knife hanging on the head of Jiang's house. But now he has only one son. He can't help it.
He suddenly asked Xia Yue, ”why does Marquis Xia want to enter the palace?” Although Xia Cheng has only one grandson, Xia Jun, he should not enter the palace so quickly. Before everything is clear, Xia Cheng can't act rashly. Now in a hurry, something important must have happened.
Xia Yue took a look at Jiang Quan and said in a low voice: ”it is said that yesterday, when Xia Er young master appeared, he also brought Xia's private army. Those soldiers fought with the city's garrison adults. His Majesty was very angry when he heard that he sent Xia Er young master and Xia er young master into the prison.”
When Jiang Quan heard this, he almost fainted. It's no big deal for the high ranking officials in the capital to raise some private troops in each mansion. This private army is no different from the guards in the mansion, and the number is not very large. The emperor also acquiesced. However, the charges of arson by two people and arson by private army are quite different. If arson is only by one person, it is Xia Jun and Jiang Chao's own idea. But once there is a private army, it is a major event involving the whole government. In particular, the private army fought with the city garrison. Was it not shouting at the emperor's feet? What would the emperor think? Must be that they have already had the anti heart!
Jiang Quan seized Xia Yue: ”you can hear clearly, only Xia Fu's private army has nothing to do with Jiang's family?”
Xia Yue's heart was even more scornful. At this time, Jiang Quan thought only of himself, for fear that he would be involved in Jiang's house, which was selfish enough. But when I think about it, the relationship between Xia Fu and Jiang Fu was originally maintained by marriage. After Xia Yan died, he added himself to the family. He was only together for the sake of interests. What kind of family relationship is there?”There is no private army of the Chiang family. Please rest assured, master.” Although she thought so, Xia Yue still said with a smile, but immediately frowned: ”but master, do you want to go into the palace to talk about love for the second young master? It's not a small thing. ”
Jiang Quan sat in the same place, his face changing. If he had been in the past, he would have tried to save Jiang Chao without saying a word. But now the Chiang family is not as good as before, and their reputation in the capital is already bad. The emperor has a lot of complaints about the Chiang family. This time, Jiang Chao made such a big mess. It's too big for him to leave. What's more worrying is the emperor's attitude. If he goes into the palace to intercede with Jiang Chao at the moment, will the emperor think that Jiang's family is also involved in this matter. Originally, I just suspected that the Xia family had a rebellious heart, which would involve the Jiang family. What can I do?
”No,” thought for a long time, Jiang Quancai determined: ”now is not a good time, you repair a letter for me, send it to King Jinying's house, and say that you want Jiang Ruan to go back to the house quickly. If her second brother has such a big problem, she will try to save her second brother's life.”
Xia Yue had heard Jiang Ruan's deeds before she came to Jiang's house. She was actually very pleased about Jiang Ruan's rectification of Xia's family and Jiang's power. Now listening to what Jiang Quan said, there is a trace of disdain in his heart. Why should Jiang Quan say such a high sounding thing? He did not dare to show up, but taught his daughter to show up. Jiang Ruan and Jiang Chao did not agree. Jiang Quan knew very well how Jiang Ruan was willing to help Jiang Chao get rid of the crime. He did not know whether Jiang Quan was so confused because he was too anxious.
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The darkest cell in the cell, two cells closely adjacent to each other, separated by a thick iron fence. The weak fire light not only did not bring a ray of light to the already gloomy cell, but also made it more strange.
On both sides of the iron fence, two people were sitting against the wall. One was dejected and wailed, while the other had cold eyes and a face heavy enough to drip water.
Looking at Xia Jun, Jiang Chao could not hide his anxiety: ”cousin, what should we do now?”
”What else can I do?” Xia Jun sneered, ”I'm a butcher, I'm a fish.”
Seeing Xia Jun's painless appearance, Jiang Chao was even more anxious and said, ”how can things become like this? What's wrong with us? Hell, how could the city guard come at this time? ”
Xia Jun lowered his head and his eyes flashed. From last night to now, he felt that everything was too smooth, which made people suspicious. It can't be said that Jiang Ruan didn't stop him. Now he finally understood where the inexplicable premonition came from. It was only because she had never lost as long as it was related to Jiang Ruan since she calculated Jiang Ruan three years ago. She won't lose, how can they win so easily? All this is just her calculation.
”We're in the game.” After a long time, Xia Juncai said slowly: ”this is a game set for us from the beginning. The other side always knows what we are going to do. It's just a push. Now it's time to close the net.”
Jiang Chao looked at him in surprise, his brain more confused: ”cousin, what do you mean?”
”The fire in the granary last night was very strange. It was clear that someone deliberately set fire and led the charge to you and me. At that time, when the city garrison led the troops, I clearly gave an order not to let the private army fight impulsively, but someone took the initiative to fight against each other. Now I think it's really suspicious. It's clear that someone is mixing in and deliberately disturbing the water. ”
The man mingled in the private army, provoked the conflict between the private army of Xia family and the soldiers led by the city garrison, and got the reputation of being a traitor and a troublemaker. The charge of arson, together with the charge of committing a crime, is really a heinous crime, which can be called treason.
”But How do they know about our plan to steal food and grass? ” Jiang Chao was surprised that there was a mantis catching cicadas and a yellow sparrow behind him. But there were only five people who knew about the plan. Where did the news come from.
”It's very strange, isn't it? I also think it's very strange. It's not like knowing the news that we're going to set fire. On the contrary, it's like knowing what we're going to do at the beginning, and even pushing it. Now think about it, the play that Zhang Ji sang that day in the court hall was too perfect. I think at that time, we had already been trapped by others, and we didn't know it. ” Xia jundao.