Pick all the cold branches

Jia Yu also stared at Su Ge.

Every once in a while, he would meet with the servants of Prince Jing's mansion outside the city, pass some news to each other, and send some silver taels along the way.

In order to fight the battle against the Japanese in Jingbian, Prince Jing's mansion was basically emptied.The second brother is not in Beijing.The life of the family members who stayed in the palace these few years is really not easy.

When they lived in Prince Jing's mansion before, these people also served him as their master and treated him sincerely.Now he can only do his best to take care of one or two, and give everything in return.At least he couldn't let his loyal servant feel cold and angered his second brother.

But Su Ge Bala would suddenly appear here, which he never expected.

Back then, Brother Su was asked to go north with Cui Ying and Xiao Shizi. One was because of her status as a Tatar princess. Returning to northern Xinjiang was a natural deterrent. Being Jiashou's weakness made Xiao Qi'er, who had no backbone in the first place, completely obey Chen Shiqin's advice.

Now that Brother Su suddenly returned to Beijing, what about Cui Ying and Xiao Shizi?

"...how did you come back?"

Jia Yu's face was sullen, but he couldn't hide the scorching eyes.

"I came back by myself." Su Geba had already guessed his thoughts, so he stepped forward and sat down beside him, patting the grass and ashes on his body, while explaining: "Sister Cui and Xiao The eldest son didn't follow, although Bai Haoren is not very reliable, but there are big brother Tong, the dozen or so guard brothers, and Na Ren and the others, so it should be fine."

She still called Bai Zongbing by her first name, but she had changed her name and started calling Tongqian "Brother Tong". She thought that she had been watching each other and trusting each other in northern Xinjiang for the past three years.

That being the case, why did he return to Beijing alone?

"What are you doing back?" Jia Yu still frowned and asked in doubt.

In an instant, a strangeness flashed in Su Geba's eyes.She nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and asked softly, "Qilang... How have you been these few years?"

Jia Yu couldn't help being startled, and sarcasm flooded his eyes, "What? Our little Qi'er has finally watched the clouds open to see the bright moon?"

Before the words fell, the fleeting strangeness in Su Geba's eyes completely spread into astonishment.

"Did you really not get any news?"

She was looking straight at Jia Yu, and she spoke a little more solemnly.

"I'm coming back because someone else is coming back."

Jia Yu's eyes trembled, and the name was ready to come out.

But Brother Su put his finger on his lips and whistled.

In response, another person stood up from the sea of ​​grass and trotted over, not forgetting to pat the grass on his head and complain, as if he thought the little princess let him eat the soil for too long.

At this time, there is still time to complain, and you don't need to look closely at the Fourth Highness to know that it can only be that kid Yuqing.

"It's really lively today." Jia Yu couldn't help but glanced at the dog handler.

The dog-leader bowed his head and saluted him, as if apologizing.

Jia Yu glanced at Xiao Hengwu next to him again, thinking that although the other party hid Su Geba and Yu Qing to scare him without saying hello, but he also brought Xiao Niang on a whim, even if he was angry, he couldn't let it go When he came out, he could only let out a soft "hum".

Now that Yuqing has shown up, it seems that the second brother is really coming back.

At this time, Yuqing was released to send a message, which shows that there are not many people around the second brother who can truly believe in it, and the situation is still dangerous.

In particular, the second brother's letter can instruct him, but it may not be able to dispatch the princess.

It must be Zhen Xian who convinced Su Ge Baba.

Just thinking of "Zhen Xian", Jia Yu's complexion became even worse, immediately stretched out his hand to Yu Qing gloomyly, and said: "Bring it."

Yuqing didn't know how she offended the Fourth Highness by her brashness, so she hurriedly and carefully sent a wax pill that sealed the letter of His Highness Prince Jing with both hands, then spit out a couple of mouthfuls of sand, and said: "I have delivered both the letter and the person, I have to hurry." Go report to the lord. Do you have any message from the Fourth Highness for me to pass on to the lord?"

Jia Yu clutched the wax pill and refused to let go. After a long period of trance, he murmured: "Everything in Beijing is up to me, let him take care of himself, I will wait for him to come back."

This kind of words, if said from other people's mouth, is just a piece of nonsense to show loyalty.But when the Fourth Highness said it, it always made Yuqing feel nervous.Yuqing felt weird, but she couldn't tell what was weird, and didn't know how to answer, so she simply nodded and turned to run away.Before leaving, he didn't forget to reach out and rub Huanglong's dog's head.

He was still familiar with Yuqing, Huang Long, so he patiently let him squeeze him, and let out a low growl of displeasure at his leaving back, and when Jiayu comforted him, he threw another piece of jerky to him. It just buried itself in eating again.

Huang Long is the second brother's dog, although he is only a feeder, what kind of "old master" is Zhen Xian?In terms of affection, he and Huang Long lived together in Prince Jing's mansion much more than Zhen Xian.

Su Ge's words just now suddenly resounded in his ears again, Jia Yu suddenly clasped his hands together, and hugged Huang Long even tighter.

His complexion was not good, and Su Ge Bala didn't take it seriously, he just put his hand on his forehead and glanced at the sky, and urged him to return to the city earlier.

When she came, she followed the carriages of Prince Jing's mansion, but when she left, she took a second look at Xiao Hengwu and changed her mind.

"Let me drive the car. Your attire is very eye-catching. In case of interrogation by Dongchang, I will drive the car and you will look good in the car." She pushed Xiao Hengwu into the car, and jumped dexterously Go up, take the reins and whips.

Xiao Hengwu was full of thoughts, so he couldn't help but froze on the spot, and looked at Jiayu timidly.

With just one glance, Brother Su raised his eyebrows and laughed.

"What's the matter? Is the Fourth Highness so fierce?"

She meant it.

Jia Yu snorted secretly when he heard it.

The matter of how Xiao Niang hurt Zhen Xian was after all a secret kept by Prince Jing's residence, probably no one had ever told this little princess in detail.Even if you know a little bit, it is probably better to know about those who were "forced to jump off a cliff" and "the whole family suffered disaster".Otherwise, she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to have such a good intention to come to him to fight against injustices and help the weak.

In Su Ge's eyes, it must be him, a sinister and cunning villain, who is bullying Xiao Niang.

But Jiayu was really too lazy to explain, and felt it was meaningless.Anyway, he's used to it.He was born to be a villain, one more evil thing is not much, and he is not interested in keeping Su Gebala's goodwill towards him.

What he cares about now is another matter.

"Listen to her. Come here."

Jia Yu leaned back in the car, without raising her eyelids, and gave orders neither too serious nor too serious.

Xiao Hengwu got into the car after getting the order, and huddled in the corner all the way, not daring to look at him.

Not long after entering the city, he was indeed interrogated by martial law in Dongchang.Originally, I thought it would be over after a while, but who would have thought that a few people would push through the window and see His Royal Highness the fourth prince with his concubine Ji, but they still refused to let go, and wanted to search the body after checking the carriages and horses.

Most of these fan servants acted based on the wink of the leader, hoping that even if they did a good job, they could rely on their "posture" to claim credit for their work.It can be seen that there is indeed some trend recently, which made these eunuchs completely ignore him as the fourth prince.It's no wonder that her mother was angry in the palace, and she could even put on airs against her in a wine and vinegar situation.

Jia Yu has always been arrogant and stubborn, so he would not let these eunuchs get close to him, not to mention that he still has a wax pill containing a letter from His Highness Prince Jing on his body.

He refused to give in half a step, and those officials in the East Factory refused to give up and leave.One of them was so bold that he came forward and reached out to grab his belt.

Jia Yu was so angry that her face turned pale, but she insisted on her identity and didn't want to dirty her hands with mere eunuchs, so she raised her leg and wanted to kick the little dog away.

However, Dongchang's fanciers were not necessarily skilled in martial arts, but Jiayu was pampered and weak since childhood. Not to mention that he never practiced riding and archery for a day, and he couldn't even hold a sword well. These people fight?

Sure enough, it only took a blink of an eye to hug his boots in turn.

Jia Yu's center of gravity was unsteady and almost fell down, her face was full of humiliation and anger, and she couldn't even breathe smoothly.

"What are you doing? Is it going to be the opposite?!" Seeing this, Xiao Hengwu yelled, and rushed forward to protect Jiayu, but was pinned to the ground by the other two guards, one left and one right. .

One of the fans laughed so that the villain got his wish, "The villains all know the majesty of His Highness Fourth's 'tasting of people's tongue', and they will never dare to do anything wrong. But we are also acting according to orders, so please cooperate with your Highness yourself, sir. Take some grievances."

It turned out that it was intentional to seek revenge.He must have gotten the news earlier that he took Xiao Niang out of the city alone, with no one else around him, let alone guards.

Jia Yu's eyes were red, she subconsciously held the wax pill tightly in her palm, and began to think about countermeasures.

At this time, the street has been cleaned up, and there is no living person in sight.

Quietness is the worst, but also the best.

In case...he really couldn't bear it, there was a big silver needle hidden in the wristband in his sleeve.Ever since he saw it at the imperial doctor's office who came to ask a doctor, he thought it was interesting, so he ordered someone to make a set according to the same, and hid it by his side for later use.Such a needle can do many things, such as drug testing, such as killing people, and worst of all, it can also kill oneself.

But Jia Yu's temperament, even if he hurt himself, he must kill his opponent first to be happy.

There was a sneer on the corner of his lips, and his fingertips were pressed on the wrist guard, ready to move at any time.

But he suddenly heard a barking sound from far to near.

And not just one, but a group.

Jia Yu couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

In such a dazed effort, he saw Huang Long rushing forward first, biting the arm of Fanzi Dongchang who was still holding on to him.

There was a howl of pain during that service, so he had no choice but to let go and hit Huanglong.

But Huanglong is a well-trained hunting dog, even though he is old, his canine teeth are still sharp and majestic, he crushed the bone of that forearm and even tore off a large piece of meat on the spot.

It stood in front of Jiayu, holding a piece of fuzzy flesh in its mouth, and let out a threatening growl.

Followed by a large group of dogs of different colors and sizes, there were no fewer than a dozen of them, not all of them were hounds, but more like wild dogs raised by people in the city or wandering around the streets.

So many dogs suddenly appeared on the deserted streets under martial law, much more than people, all of them wrinkled their noses and bared their teeth and stared at them.

Even Jiayu herself was terrified.

He saw Suge Bala hiding under the car and winking at him with something in his teeth.That is probably the dog whistle of the prairie people driving the hounds.Presumably she used this to attract Huanglong and the domestic dogs and wild dogs around the city.

The Dongchang Fan servant who was bitten by Huanglong hugged his disabled arm, curled up and rolled on the ground in pain, and the rest of them didn't know what happened, and they all turned pale with fright.

Xiao Hengwu got the chance, broke free from the restraints, and staggered forward to support Jiayu.

"Your Highness, let's go quickly..."

She had an intuition that something was wrong, so she anxiously wanted to help Jia Yu back to the car.

Before he could take a step forward, another horseshoe galloped up.

The sound of dog barking and fighting attracted the nearby Jingwei Army.Jia Yu looked up, and the first thing he saw was his uncle Wan Shuyou riding a tall white horse, wearing a helmet and armour, with a knife hanging from his waist, and he kept urging the horse with a bloody face and an angry look on his face.

But uncle didn't come by himself.

Just behind Wan Shuyou and the group of guards led by him, there is another car driving, and many Dongchang soldiers.

Judging from the situation, his uncle didn't come to save the emergency after hearing the news, but rather to clear the way for others.

Jia Yu's heart sank, and she immediately understood why the capital was suddenly under martial law, and why there were so many daring gangsters chasing passers-by everywhere.

"Huanglong, let's go... let's go!"

An ominous premonition crossed his mind, and before he had time to think about it, he hurriedly urged Huang Long to leave.

But Huanglong would not leave him behind, he still stubbornly protected him, barking at those other servants non-stop.

The rest of the dogs scattered and fled when they heard the sound of galloping horseshoes, only Huanglong remained at Jiayu's feet in the blink of an eye.

"What's going on? How do you guys do things? Are you blind and dare to disrespect His Royal Highness?"

Wan Shu yelled first, and ordered his subordinates to take down those Dongchang soldiers first, but he didn't give up. Instead, he got off his horse, trotted to the car behind, bowed and started talking to the car Sitting people talking about something.

The distance is a bit far, Wan Shuyou's voice is not loud, and Jiayu can't hear clearly, only vaguely heard a few words such as "the boy below is not sensible" and "it's all a misunderstanding".

Uncle is trying to smooth things over for him.Jiayu understood in her heart.But even so, a greasy and nauseating feeling still surged up, making him want to vomit.

The person sitting in that car must be Chen Shiqin himself.

It just happened to hit me like this.

But since it has already hit, it can only hit.

He saw Chen Shiqin getting out of the car, stroking his temples in a dignified manner, smoothing the already meticulous silver hair more and more docilely, and then whispering something to a golden belt and white boots officer next to him.

The internal officer nodded in understanding, stepped forward without saying a word, and drew out the saber from his waist, and beheaded the Dongchang servants who had clashed with Jia Yu just now one by one.Raised the knife with his hand and dropped it neatly, without even shaking his eyes.

Jia Yu almost bit her lips till they bleed, subconsciously leaned over and hugged Huang Long.

The hot blood that gushes out when a living man's neck is severed has spread all over the ground in a blink of an eye, as if a dye vat has been overturned.

Chen Shiqin was supported by two young eunuchs, tiptoed around the blood stains on the ground, shook his head as if regretting, and then bowed to Jiayu very respectfully.

"The old slave has only been out of Beijing for a few days, and this kind of trouble happened. It is really the fault of the old slave's lax management. It can be seen that 'beating a dog depends on the owner'. It is treating other people's dogs, not your own dogs. If you don't teach it well, you will bite people indiscriminately sooner or later. The old slave's dog, the old slave has already taught him a lesson. Your Highness's dog—"

He stared at Huanglong meaningfully, the arc of his lips was cold.

"Or, this is not His Highness's dog, so we have to find its owner first, and then let the owner take it back and give it a good reprimand."

Jia Yu felt that his mouth was full of blood, but he still stubbornly held Huang Long in his arms, refusing to let go.

This dog belongs to His Royal Highness Prince Jing, but everyone knows it well.

Eunuch Chen's meaning is very clear, he has already killed the troublemaker, as long as he kills the biting dog again, don't make him too embarrassing, this matter will stop here, otherwise, if we get to the bottom of it, it will inevitably involve other things .

In other words, if you don't kill dogs, you have to kill more people.

However, the Fourth Highness seemed unwilling to let go of the dog.

If the stalemate persists, regardless of whether or not Prince Jing Jiafei will be implicated, the one who suffers will always be the Fourth Highness himself.After all, the incident was caused by His Highness the Fourth Highness. His Highness Prince Jing is not in the capital, "going out of the city privately", "running the dog across the city", there are too many things to say here, not to mention that Dongchang is already dead. Man, no matter how reasonable the Fourth Highness is in this matter, it is still unreasonable.

Wan Shuyou stomped his feet in a hurry, hated and angry in his heart, and didn't know what was going on with his nephew, who was usually so smart and clear, but fell for a dog.

It's just a dog.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Go, please let the Fourth Highness go!" With a fierce face, he ordered his troops to separate Jia Yu and Huang Long.

This big yellow dog is very powerful, and you can tell by looking at the flesh and blood here.

All the guards looked embarrassed, they didn't dare to get close to Huanglong, nor dared to offend His Royal Highness Ankang County King, but they couldn't disobey the general, after a long while, they still rushed forward with bitter faces, and three or four soldiers held down Huanglong with hands and feet. , the other two supported Jia Yu and dragged him aside.

Jia Yu was powerless to resist at all, struggling was useless, and in desperation, she cried out loudly.

"Uncle! Don't! Don't kill Huanglong!"

How could the guards really dare to kill the prince's pet dog? After hesitating, Huang Long broke free again, and retreated in fright.

Chen Shiqin watched coldly from the side, and asked in a manly voice: "This dog is so ferocious, where does it come from? Does Commander Wan need help?"

The majestic commander of the Jingwei, not only let a "wild dog" bite the people in Dongchang in the middle of the capital, but he couldn't even catch a dog. Putting this big hat on, the two Highnesses don't mention it, he will never forgive it If there is one, they will be crushed to death first.Chen Shiqin hated him for occupying the position of commander of the Jingwei for a long time, and was worried that he had no excuse to impeach him. Once he seized the opportunity, he would be dragged off the horse first. Neither my sister nor the nephew in front of me will end well.As for His Royal Highness King Jing, who still doesn't know where he is, I'm afraid he won't be able to step into Shuntian Mansion again in this life.

Wan Shu had no choice but to see that Jia Yu was crying and crying, so he had no choice but to draw the bow and arrow and aim at Huang Long with a loud shout.

Huanglong bared his teeth and glared, kept prostrating and jumping, growling angrily at the strangers, trying to get back to Jiayu time and time again, even when he was stabbed by the guards' knives, he didn't get discouraged and gave in.This imposing manner is like a brave general who is still fighting hard under the siege. Compared with the Jingwei army in full armor but driven by eunuchs to besiege a loyal dog, he is more like an iron-blooded hero!

Some of Wan Shu's hands trembled, and he couldn't hold the bowstring steady, so two consecutive arrows missed the ground.

But Huanglong was a ten-year-old dog after all, it would be difficult to fight for a long time when surrounded by so many people, especially since he was injured, even if he didn't die under the arrows, it would be a matter of time before he was exhausted and died under the swords of the guards.

Jia Yu's heart was about to break, and her vision was already blurred by the tears that were forcing her eyes.

He suddenly let out a heart-piercing cry, turned his head and bit hard on the hand of the guard who was holding him down.

The guard wrinkled his face in pain, and let go of his hands in panic.

Jia Yu was able to take it off for a moment, and took advantage of the situation to pull out the guard's saber from his waist.

Holding the knife in both hands, he couldn't even stand steadily, but he still walked straight forward, his eyes were full of fierce glances.

Everyone didn't know who he was going to cut, and they were frightened and confused.

"Your Highness!" Wan Shuyou shouted in panic, and was about to rush to snatch the knife in his hand.

Jia Yu staggered and grabbed the knife and stood down in front of Huang Long.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Huang Long seemed to be confused for a moment, looking at him in a daze, he opened his mouth and gasped for breath, and the saliva dripped from between his teeth on the ground.

But he soon calmed down, as if he had realized something, he sat down upright again, facing Jiayu's wet eyes with a calm expression.

Jia Yu could hardly hold the knife in his hand.

My heart was full of frenzy, anger, and even despair and self-loathing.

I couldn't help thinking, if Zhen Xian were replaced, would there be a way to keep Huang Long?

Is it true that even if he tries his best, he must not let Huanglong die in vain?

But he's not Zhen Xian... never was, and can't be.

He can only be himself, making the decisions and giving up that he has to do.

"You really shouldn't want me now..."

Jia Yu murmured bitter whispers.

Huang Long stared at him fixedly, raised his head to the sky and howled like a wolf.

Tears finally poured out uncontrollably, and Jiayu raised the knife with all her strength.

But he still couldn't drop the knife.

No matter how hard he tried, his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Huang Long sat quietly in front of him like that, looking at him with unusually clear eyes, no anger, no timidity, only firm serenity, bowing his neck to be slaughtered.

Jia Yu felt that he was about to collapse.

He let go of his hand dejectedly, and saw the cold blade falling down in front of his eyes like a white rainbow.

There was an exclamation in my ears.

In an instant, people from all directions rushed towards him like a rising tide, squeezing.

In the chaos, it was Xiao Hengwu who caught the sharp blade that fell from him, and swung it out without hesitation.

This knife, in front of a group of bewildered men, carried the silence and ruthlessness unique to women, like the beauty of ice and snow, cold and gentle.

In an instant, everything was silent, the world seemed to be still, only the blood splashed on the body and face, there was still the heat of life, the fire licked and kissed, and the burning pain was abnormal.

"Announce to clean the street. At the foot of the Son of Heaven, each family's dogs should be managed by themselves. Don't let them out to cause trouble."

Chen Shiqin glanced expressionlessly at the mess, sighed as if in pain, turned and returned to the car.

The moment the carriages and horses were moving forward, he suddenly opened the window and looked down at the wheels of Jiayu's carriage, moving away from each other.

The four eyes met, and all the meanings turned into a mocking smile that was not a smile.

But he didn't say anything else.

He only said to Commander Wan, who was bowed and standing aside: "Wash the floor well."

Su Geba, who was hiding under the car, opened his bloodshot eyes wide, and bit his lips and teeth on the dog flute.

Wan Shu nodded and bowed his promise, and watched Chen Shiqin's car disappear surrounded by everyone in Dongchang. He turned around and sighed heavily, and urged: "Your Highness, go back to the residence quickly..."

Jia Yu was still in a daze, staring blankly at Huang Long, who was already decapitated in a pool of blood on the ground, as if he still couldn't believe that Huang Long, who had just been alive and chewing the jerky he threw away not long ago, had died before his eyes.

He shivered violently, and his whole body collapsed.

"Fourth Highness!" Xiao Hengwu rushed to hug him, fearing that he would fall to the ground.

But Jia Yu covered her mouth with trembling force, blood dripped from her fingers.