The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 28 Asking for help
Jia Daishan had a very strong political vision when he married his daughter to Lin Ruhai.

Jia Min is the legitimate daughter of the Jia family, and her offspring determines how much Lin Ruhai feels for the Jia family.

But in the original novel, Lin Ruhai first lost his son and then failed to take good care of Jia Min.

Most people cannot bear the loss of a son or a wife in middle age.

It is only natural for Grandmother Jia to blame her son-in-law for not taking good care of Jia Min.

Moreover, after Jia Min's death, the relationship between the two families naturally became much more distant.

Jia Zheng now regretted even more that he had not taken action earlier.

If Li Jingxiao was already engaged to Yuanchun, then it would be natural to invite him to go south.

After all, Jia Min is Yuanchun's aunt, and the youngest son of the Lin family is also Li Jingxiao's wife's cousin.

Looking at Yuanchun, who was crying and trying to persuade Lady Jia, the more Jia Zheng thought about it, the more he felt that he was really blind.

It is clear that Li Jingxiao saved the eldest son Jia Zhu, and with the favor of the retired emperor, he became an eighth-rank official in Beijing at the age of 15.

Why didn't I think of recruiting Li Jingxiao as my son-in-law?
Thinking of this, looking at Mrs. Wang's eyes, he suddenly became complaining.

If this woman hadn't been in front of him, talking about sending Yuanchun to the palace every other day, he wouldn't have subconsciously ignored Yuanchun's affairs.

Although girls from noble families who have reached a certain age have to participate in the selection.

There are many ways to be selected or not.

Some people even hope that their daughter will not be selected, as the cost will be much less than if she is selected.

Give three to five hundred taels of silver to each of the eunuchs in key positions, and they will definitely be eliminated at the first round.

The reasons are easy to find, just say that Yuanchun caught a cold during the primary election.

This sickly one is enough to get you eliminated.

No one could make trouble for it afterwards.

Jia She actually values ​​his younger sister Jia Min very much.

Apart from the affection they have developed since childhood, Jia She is actually not as incompetent as imagined.

The old relationships left by the Jia family have always been in his hands, and they have been well maintained.

Otherwise, even if he wanted to cooperate with the border generals to smuggle goods to the grassland, they might not agree to his request.

Seeing that Jia Zheng had remained silent, he could not help but frown and asked, "Second brother, can you say something too? Can you give me some rules?"

Jia Zheng came back to his senses, looked at Jia Yuanchun again, sighed and shook his head.

I know in my heart that Li Jingxiao is already engaged, so it’s useless to say more.

Then he remembered what his colleagues in the Ministry of Works said, that Li Jingxiao had Sanhua Yulu Pills, Liuhua Yulu Pills and Jiuhua Yulu Pills.

Jia Zheng looked at his mother and said, "Mother, I have a colleague who went to the imperial mausoleum a few days ago to supervise the repairs. He met Jingyou who was also on official business there.

After taking just one Sanhua Yulu Pill, my colleague's cough, which had persisted for years, was cured by 70% to 80%.

Although I still cough occasionally, I can sleep comfortably at night.

It’s so much better than before.

So the son thought, why not ask Jingyou for a few Sanhua Yulu pills and send them to Yangzhou by express horseback?

Naturally, Grandmother Jia nodded quickly and told Jia Lian to go to the Taoist temple to find Li Jingxiao.

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Jingyou has been noticed by the officials in the Daolu Division and has recently been assigned to perform geomancy surveys on the imperial mausoleum.

Before he was appointed as an official by the emperor, he was also a Taoist priest. No one was more suitable for this job than him.

If you want to find him, you have to go to the imperial tomb.

Moreover, his son was worried that Jingyou didn't have many of these pills, and they might be related to his practice of Taoist internal training.

It was better for the son to go there in person to show respect.

I should be able to get one or two."

At this time, Grandmother Jia was only thinking about whether her little grandson could get through this difficult time, and she didn't care that her youngest son had to run more than a hundred miles.

Jia Lian had always been in charge of the Rongguo Mansion's external affairs, so naturally he had to accompany Jia Zheng. Jia Zhu also wanted to go, but was directly rejected by Jia Mu and Jia Zheng.

Although Jia Zhu's health has indeed improved a lot in the past month and a half.

But since he was so seriously ill before, Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng were worried about him traveling such a long distance.

Moreover, it is already the late October of the lunar calendar, which is equivalent to the late November or early December of the Gregorian calendar in the future.

Not only is the weather cold, but the wind is also strong, and it looks like it might snow.

If I catch a cold again, it will be troublesome.

Jia Zheng naturally didn't know how to ride a horse when he traveled, and it was only after he left the yamen and returned home that he learned that the boy from the Lin family was seriously ill.

By the time they arrived near the imperial mausoleum, it was already midnight.

Fortunately, there were many people accompanying him, including a dozen young and strong men holding sticks and torches, and six servants who took turns carrying a sedan chair carried by two people.

There was also a wagon loaded with torches, oil, food, and warming liquor.

Including Jia Lian and his entourage, there were more than twenty people in total, and they didn't encounter any trouble along the way.

Just outside the dense forest about six or seven miles away from the imperial mausoleum, bursts of laughter suddenly came.

In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard laughter.

The laughter became more and more creepy, and the group of people subconsciously tightened their long sticks in their hands and gathered together.

Jia Lian was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Jia Zheng, on the other hand, was surprisingly calm.

Moreover, he never believed in ghosts and gods.

I remember reading a book that described how mandrills like to scare people with their laughter at night.

He could not help but shout, "They are just mandrills. Light some more torches, form a circle, and slowly move through this dense forest.

These wild beasts in the mountains will certainly not dare to charge when they see that we are so many and powerful and that we are carrying torches."

The group was afraid and at a loss, but when they heard what Jia Zheng said, they immediately did as he said.

They formed a circle, each holding a torch, and slowly walked forward for more than two miles.

Although the laughter was still there, there were still rustling sounds coming from the woods from time to time.

But in the end, no wild beast or monster rushed out.

After getting out of the dense forest, Jia Lian looked back and saw a dozen monsters with ferocious faces and gray-black bodies squatting on the trees, staring at him and his group as they walked away.

Jia Lian was so frightened that he shuddered.

He thought to himself, this is not a wild beast, it is clearly a demon.

He hurriedly urged the team to move faster.

Although the group had already left the dense forest, they were still very nervous. When they heard Jia Lian's words, they walked faster.

Until he heard a roar, "Whoever comes here, if you violate the imperial mausoleum, you will not be forgiven."

The imperial guards were quite knowledgeable. Jia Zheng and his group were carrying torches, and there was an official sedan chair carried by two people in the middle.

Naturally, I would ask first.

Otherwise, if you can't see the situation clearly in the middle of the night and just use bows and arrows to kill someone, it will be in vain.

Jia Lian quickly answered and felt relieved.

At this time, Li Jingxiao was meditating in his tent and practicing the Eternal Youth Kung Fu as usual.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he quickly stopped practicing, and then he heard the voice of the flag officer Zhao Junming.

"Sir, the master of Rongguo Mansion is here to visit."

Li Jingxiao was stunned. He stood up, put on a cloak, opened the door, and saw Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and a group of imperial guards waiting outside the tent.

He asked doubtfully, "Master Zheng, what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)