Chapter 83 Old lady, times have changed

The red-painted door of Rongguo Mansion was still tightly closed as before.

Not only was there no celebration with lights and colorful decorations, but no one greeted her outside the house.

The return of Li Yunze, who seems to have revived the Jia family's glory, is something completely unworthy of joy. If it had been any other family, it would have been decorated with lights and fireworks.

"A group of sand sculptures." Li Yunze, who was on horseback, turned to look at the guards around him, "Everyone, wear armor."

All the soldiers responded with a roar, got off their horses and began to put on their armor.

Li Yunze's armor is different from others. It is carburized alloy steel armor specially ordered at a high price.

Not only is it light in weight and extremely strong, it is also polished very brightly and has extremely exquisite moiré patterns engraved with laser.

Wearing it on your body makes you look heroic and mighty.

"go."

Li Yunze, who was wearing iron gloves, raised his riding crop and pointed at the middle door, "Open the door!"

The middle door can only be opened when the head of the family returns home. Li Yunze's thoughts are clearly revealed.

"What are you doing?" Lai Da, who was hiding in the corner gate and peeking, saw that Li Yunze was serious and hurriedly led a group of servants out to stop him. "Don't make mistakes in front of Rongguo Gate!"

As the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion and the son of an old lady who married a maid, Lai Da was extremely well-known in the entire Rongning Street.

Jia Ping, who was leading the team, was quick-thinking and suddenly saw that Lai Da, who was comparable to her master in the past, actually stopped subconsciously.

The group of soldiers behind him naturally stopped.

Lai Da, who was still a little scared at first, immediately showed a proud smile when he saw this. "Who do I think this is? Isn't this Jia Ping from the backstreet? You are a promising person, dare to come and smash Rongguo's face?"

Jia Ping came back to her senses and secretly cried out, "I'm going to be unlucky."

Sure enough, before he could make up for it and kicked Lai Da over, he heard Li Yunze yelling from behind, "Jia Ping, get here!"

Jia Ping stamped her feet angrily, glared at Lai Da fiercely, turned around, ran to Li Yunze's horse, leaned over and saluted, "General!"

The riding whip was pointed at him, and Li Yunze immediately ordered, "Give him twenty lashes."

The surrounding soldiers immediately swarmed up, first stripped off Jia Ping's armor, then pushed her to the ground and whipped her over.

Jia Ping did not resist, lying on the ground silently and enduring the screams.

After twenty lashes, his back was already covered in blood.

Holding back the severe pain, Jia Ping saluted tremblingly, "Thank you, General. Jia Ping knows I was wrong."

"If you disrespect military orders again, you will be killed without mercy!"

It is precisely because Li Yunze was willing to spend money to feed his soldiers well, and he was even more meticulous in strict military orders.

If he can't do what is forbidden, wouldn't it be a joke for him to spend so much money?

Looking up, he saw Xue Pan who was eager to try not far away. Li Yunze pointed his riding whip at him and said, "Up."

The excited Xue Pan immediately responded loudly and rushed forward with an ax in hand.

Before Lai Da could say anything, the dumbfounded Xue Pan had already raised his ax and struck at him.

This really frightened him to the point of peeing, and he rolled and crawled towards the corner door.

I saw the bloody Xue Pan on the battlefield, and he was really Leng. He immediately chased after him with his ax raised.

After passing through the corner gate, he was pulled back by his companions.

Li Yunze's order was to open the middle gate. They must execute the military order first, rather than chase and kill people.

The red-painted middle door was opened. After glancing at the two stone lions in front of the Jia Mansion, Li Yunze stepped straight inside.

Pass the screen wall, cross the flower gate, and walk along the verandah.

Hundreds of soldiers poured in, and the servants and maids along the way looked like ghosts.

People in the Jia family who are used to enjoying themselves have never seen such a murderous army.

All the way to the atrium of Rongxi Hall, the place that used to be filled with serving maids and servants was now empty without any sign of people.

The door curtain was lifted open, and the pretty golden mandarin duck came out.

"Second Master."

Looking at Li Yunze, who was dressed in silver armor and full of grace, Yuanyang's pretty face turned red and said, "The old lady wants you to come in."

"Wait here." Li Yunze asked the people around him to wait in the atrium.

Stepping forward and passing by the mandarin duck who had raised the door curtain, Li Yunze returned her smile.

Mother Jia was sitting high, with several side dishes placed on the coffee table beside her. It was obvious that she was eating before.

Jia Zheng, his wife and Wang Xifeng were all sitting at the bottom, with Daiyu Sanchun and Dabao Lian surrounding Jia Mu.

As for Laida, he fell to the ground and was crying and complaining.

Mother Jia, who had a steady look on her face, was slightly stunned when she saw Li Yunze coming in.

Since the death of Jia Daishan, the Jia family has not had any children wearing armor for many years.

Dabao glanced at Li Yunze, taking in the heroic spirit on his body. He looked away unnaturally and muttered, "The stench is overwhelming."

Daiyu and Sanchun had different expressions, but they both looked at each other quietly.

They have never seen such a heroic and handsome man.

As for Wang Xifeng, they already looked straight at it.

"Ancestor, you have to make the decision for me." Lai Da, who was lying on the ground, wiped his tears and wailed, "I was almost killed by those reckless men."

Li Yunze didn't care about him at all, his eyes fell on Sister Lin.

After not seeing each other for a while, Sister Lin became more and more cheerful.

Before Lin Ruhai's death, Xue Baochai didn't come to steal Dabao's face. She was not the miserable Lin Daiyu who buried her.

"Brother Lian." Jia Mu held her breath, "What are you going to do?"

"What did I do?" Li Yunze spread his hands and said, "I just went home."

His nonchalant demeanor made Jia Mu even more unhappy, "Why do you want to kill Lai Da?"

"I went home, but a mere servant refused to let me in." Li Yunze, who added an accent to the word "servant," looked calm, "Such rebellious and unscrupulous people should be eliminated."

Mrs. Wang, who was also holding her breath and feeling that her baby bump was being compared, seized the opportunity to sarcastically say, "Brother Lian has such great authority~~~"

"So what?"

Li Yunze's expression was slightly condensed, and he glanced over with a stern look, "I am a third-rank military officer of the imperial court. The emperor has personally appointed a third-rank mighty general. Why can't I have official authority?"

"You" Mrs. Wang, who was squeezed out, almost lost her power.

"Bastard!" The furious Jia Mu slapped the table, "Your majesty can't be compared to the rest of the family!"

"This is Rongguo Mansion, and I am the inheritor of Rongguo Mansion." Li Yunze looked at Jia Mu with a strange expression, "Why can't you show off your authority at home?"

Hearing this, Sister Lin looked away while holding back a smile and said, "Scoff."

Mother Jia was so angry that she was speechless for a moment.

Over there, Li Yunze looked at Jia Zheng, "Second uncle."

"Ah?" Jia Zheng was in a daze, "Brother Lian, what's the matter?"

"When the emperor conferred a title on me and ordered me to assume the title of Ning Kingdom, was my second uncle present?"

"Here I am."

"Why don't you refuse first?"

Jia Zheng became increasingly puzzled, "Why refuse? The title of Xifu is pending, and now it is back in the hands of the Jia family. This is a good thing."

Li Yunze shook his head, sighed, and stamped his feet, "Oh~~~"

Seeing this behavior, Jia Mu was very upset and said, "You have benefited from it, so don't act like a good boy here."

"The title of Xifu belongs to the Jia family, so it doesn't matter if it is pending. We will work together with all the nobles to present it, and we still have to issue it."

Li Yunze shook his head repeatedly, "If the emperor really wants to be knighted, he can give the Jia family three nobles. Now, using things that belong to the Jia family to reward me will devour all my merits. If the Dongfu side receives the title again in the future, then

The Jia family, which has two nobles, only has one title left. What a good trick."

"Ah?" Jia Zheng opened his mouth, feeling tight in his chest.

The title passed down from the ancestors is not only not more, but also less?

He clutched his chest, holding in his breath until his face turned red.

He glanced at the beloved Jia Mu next to him, then turned around and said, "In that case, let Baoyu inherit the title of Dongfu when the time comes. It just so happens that you two brothers are on one side, just like our ancestors did back then."

As soon as he said this, Jia Baoyu turned around and curled his lips, Wang Xifeng lowered his head and bit his silver teeth secretly, but Mrs. Wang tightly squeezed the armrest of the huanghuali chair, her finger joints turned white, as if she wanted to crush the armrest.

Everyone's thoughts can be seen from this.

Just when Jia Zheng was about to refuse, Li Yunze had already said, "You think this title is like a carp in the Wei River, and you can do with it how you want?"
To be continued...