But it was said that Aunt Xue was waiting for Jia Lian at the camp, and she waited until the sky was dark.

When the sound of the neighing of the war horses came in, Aunt Xue, who had been unable to sit still for a long time, immediately got up and ran to the outer courtyard.

Different from the deserted scene when she arrived, the outer courtyard at this time was brightly lit, and well-dressed guards filed in from both sides of the gate, adding a bit of a chilling atmosphere to the whole place.

A young and handsome figure walked forward, guarded by lights and guards, fully displaying its boundless majesty and power.

Aunt Xue, who had been stopping for a moment, showed endless joy when she saw the young man. Without her usual demeanor, she strode towards Jia Lian. The large skirt and robe blocked her movement, making her almost

Fan almost fell, but she didn't care and just called:

"Brother Lian, you are finally back. Please save your brother Pan! If you don't save him, he will be beheaded by Qiu Houwen..."

Looking at Aunt Xue stumbling over, Jia Lian slowed down.

In his impression, Aunt Xue was always an intellectual, elegant and beautiful woman who paid great attention to her manners. Perhaps it was her own qualities that enabled her to raise a daughter as bright as snow as Xue Baochai.

He had never imagined what Aunt Xue would look like if she lost her temper.

Raising his hand to support the shaky Aunt Xue, Jia Lian could see at a glance that Aunt Xue must have suffered a lot in order to rush on the road, because the aura of travel and dust on her body was so obvious. But this aura of travel and dust was different from her face.

The sadness and fear on her face, as well as the faint traces of tears on her face, made her lose three points of her former grace, beauty and inviolability, but she became seven points more pure, beautiful and pitiful.

"Brother Lian?"

Facing Aunt Xue's burning eyes, Jia Lian said calmly: "I already know about Brother Pan. Don't worry, Auntie, I won't just sit idly by.

Auntie has been on the road all day and hasn’t had dinner yet? I have ordered someone to pass on the delicious dishes on the table at Yuxianglou. Perhaps auntie doesn’t know that Yuxianglou is the best restaurant in Tianjin, and the dishes are better than

It’s not bad for a first-class residence in the capital.”

Seeing Jia Lian talking and heading towards the main room, gagging on her words, Aunt Xue glanced at the eyes in the courtyard, took a deep breath, raised her legs and followed Jia Lian's pace.

…

When Jia Lian changed into comfortable clothes and came to the side hall, the people below had already prepared the table, and Aunt Xue was sitting at the side.

Aunt Xue's expression was much calmer than before. When she saw him coming in, she even stood up and smiled at him, although the smile looked extremely forced.

"When you are away from home, keep everything simple. Please forgive me for the poor reception. Aunt please."

Jia Lian greeted Aunt Xue and sat down beside him. Aunt Xue responded politely and looked extremely humble.

Although Jia Lian felt sad, he could only pretend that he didn't know what to do. Just like when Aunt Xue entertained him before, he carefully introduced the local dishes on the table to her.

However, Aunt Xue is not a deep-thinking person after all. At this moment, even the dragon's liver and the phoenix's courage are just the same to her.

She was not stupid. Even without her daughter's reminder, she actually sensed from some of Jia Lian's reactions that Jia Lian probably would not agree to her request.

She does not blame Jia Lian, because she herself knows the difficulty of this matter, and it is difficult to say anything to force others to do so. Yousi's son is in prison and suffering all kinds of hardships, and it is very likely that he will soon have to pay for his life with others.

She is separated from heaven and earth.

Thinking of this, her sadness was uncontrollable, and tears fell from her eyes. She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, but she couldn't stop it.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became quiet, except for Aunt Yu Xue's cry. Jia Lian's movements of picking up vegetables also stopped in mid-air. After a while, he suddenly sighed: "Aunt, why are you doing this?"

Seeing that Jia Lian was finally willing to answer the question head-on, Aunt Xue quickly wiped away her tears regardless of her image, and cried: "I know that your brother Pan deserves it this time. I have indulged him all these years.

In fact, ever since that year when he went to Beijing and fought with someone over an actor and caused someone to lose his life, I have always been worried that one day he would cause a big disaster and affect his own life. I didn't expect that day to come so quickly.

"

As Aunt Xue spoke, she glanced at Jia Lian through her tears. Seeing that Jia Lian was listening, she mustered up the courage to stand up and bow down in front of Jia Lian. She cried and said, "I didn't have the face to beg you. But, you

After all, Brother Pan is my flesh and blood and the only heir of the Xue family, but the people from the Ministry of Punishment said that he will be sentenced to death by Queen Qiu in two days..."

Aunt Xue burst into tears and did not follow Jia Lian's support. Instead, she looked up at Jia Lian and begged: "I have begged everyone, but no one can save him. After thinking about it, you are the only one. Good brother Lian."

Son, my aunt knows that you are the most capable person, so for my sake and for the sake of your sister Baochai, please save her brother's life."

Before Aunt Xue completely abandoned her identity, it was difficult for Aunt Xue to speak. When she knelt down in front of Jia Lian, she found that there was not much burden on her, and she could say all the words.

She knew that Jia Lian was not a hard-hearted person and would definitely agree to her, he would definitely do it, and she had no other choice.

Aunt Xue's two maids who were standing by the side quickly knelt down when they saw Aunt Xue acting like this. Lai Wang's wife glanced left and right, and stepped back with great discernment.

However, Jia Lian remained silent.

Just as the Xue family's mother and daughter guessed, Xue Pan was an insignificant person in Jia Lian's heart. He was vulgar, stupid, arrogant, and somewhat self-righteous. Even if he was Xue Baochai's brother, it would be difficult for Jia Lian to have a good impression of him.

.

In fact, he knew that Aunt Xue was visiting in the afternoon, but Jia Lian knew the reason for her visit, so he waited until the evening to show up, just to make Aunt Xue retreat.

But he still didn't expect that Aunt Xue loved her son so much that she could do it to such an extent.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing that Aunt Xue could not insist, Jia Lian did not force her, so he sat down again and said: "Aunt, do you know that human life is at stake, let alone at the feet of the emperor?

Does the aunt know that the person who was beaten to death by the Pan brothers was the son of a fourth-grade military attaché in Suwei Imperial City? Does the aunt also know that this case may have been known to the saint, and anyone who dares to interfere in the lawsuit at will may get burned?

"

"I know, I know everything, it's just..."

"Even so, does Auntie still think I can save Brother Pan?" Jia Lian interrupted Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue was stunned, then nodded suddenly: "Yes, as long as you are willing to return to Beijing, you can definitely..."

Seeing that Aunt Xue had so much confidence in him, Jia Lian was helpless. Although she didn't know where Aunt Xue had such confidence in him, but if she really thought so, if Xue Pan really died tragically at the hands of the executioner, it would be hard to protect Aunt Xue

Don't spread the rest of your life's sorrow on him.

So Jia Lian stopped talking nonsense, thought for a while and said: "After all, I have the emperor's orders, so it is inconvenient to return to Beijing. Let me write a personal letter, aunt, take it back to Beijing and deliver it to Princess Zhaoyang's house.

Maybe we can save Brother Pan’s life.”

"really?"

"Don't worry, I won't lie to my aunt."

Aunt Xue's face lit up. She had also heard of Princess Zhaoyang's name. After all, when the princess instigated the Queen Mother to seize her son-in-law, and later Jia Lian's thousands-mile protection of the Lord, it had long been sung and became a storybook.

There is nothing I don’t know.

The only thing that made her hesitate was that a noble person like the eldest princess, even if she had a relationship with Jia Lian, would be willing to listen to Jia Lian and go to the trouble of saving someone she didn't know?

But looking at Jia Lian's expression again, Aunt Xue felt more at ease. She felt that it was not unusual for a woman to fall in love with Jia Lian and be willing to do things for her with Jia Lian's appearance and ability, even if this woman has a noble status!

"That's it, thank you very much Brother Lian."

Jia Lian smiled slightly. He did not lie to Aunt Xue, but what he did not say was that with Princess Zhaoyang's intervention, at least Xue Pan's body would be preserved.

No one knows Emperor Ning Kang better than him. Let alone he doesn't know about this case or doesn't care about it. If he really pays attention to it, there are really not many people in the world who can guarantee that he can save people.

Seeing that Aunt Xue was finally no longer stubborn, Jia Lian reached out to help her. But as soon as Aunt Xue stood up, she felt dizzy.

She was too tired. In the three days since Xue Pan's accident, she had not only had little food and water, but had not even had a good night's sleep. She had only relied on her thoughts to support her.

Now my spirit will be relaxed and I will suddenly feel weak.

When Jia Lian saw this, he quickly supported her. When he started to hold it, he found that her figure was plump and soft, which was not comparable to that of ordinary young women. He could also guess that Aunt Xue must have worked hard, so she would not have any obscene intentions at this time.

Just asked how it was.

"Nothing." Aunt Xue calmed down, regained her balance, rejected Jia Lian's proposal to hire a doctor for her, and looked at Jia Lian with bright eyes.

Jia Lian knew what he meant and immediately said with a smile: "I know my aunt is worried about Brother Pan. But my aunt must have been worried about Brother Pan these past few days. She must have left Beijing overnight yesterday. If she rushes back this time, she will say

Maybe I was exhausted before my aunt returned to Beijing.

Let's do this. Auntie, rest here for one night. I'll send someone to take you back to the capital tomorrow morning. As for the letter, I'll send my bodyguard to send it back to the capital overnight and hand it over to the eldest princess. I promise not to delay the rescue of Brother Pan.

?”

Aunt Xue was so eager to save her son that she could not wait any longer. But after listening to Jia Lian's words, she suddenly remembered something, nodded and thanked her, "Just as Brother Lian said..."

…

After sending Aunt Xue back, Jia Lian went to his study, wrote a letter to Princess Zhaoyang and asked personal soldiers to escort her back to Beijing. After that, he sat in his study and studied and sorted out the design drawings of the harbor and various warships.

Thanks to the support of Emperor Ning Kang, although he had only been in Tianjin Wei for less than two months, he had achieved good results in both the construction of the harbor and the construction of warships.

Especially warships. Tianjin Wei originally had a military shipyard. After being requisitioned by Jia Lian, with its original team and the talents he brought, he quickly designed the first batch of warships that can install Zhenyuan guns.

out and put into production.

In this way, according to Jia Lian's estimation, the Tianjin Navy will be able to have a batch of new fleets with strong combat effectiveness in less than a year. At that time, the current naval commanders will be transferred and their own people will be replaced.

He has another powerful force in his hands.

While I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door and two girls walked in. It was Tongxi and Tonggui who were the personal maids in front of Aunt Xue.

"How is your wife doing? Why did I call you here?"

Jia Lian asked curiously as he looked at the two maids holding the corners of their clothes and approaching shyly.

"Our wife is fine, she is taking a bath..."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and asked him to take a bath? And even sent a maid to tell him?

Tong Xi glared at Tong Gui, fearing that she would talk nonsense again when she was nervous, so she stepped forward and said: "Our wife said that she saw that the Marquis didn't seem to have many people to serve him, so she asked us to come over to serve the Marquis..."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked at the two women in front of him with interest.
To be continued...