Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

In the dead of night, Lin Ruhai was still awake. The same is true for the great grievance Cao Yude. But one is worried and cannot sleep, and the other cannot sleep.

Who said people sleep less when they get older? He always wanted to sleep.

After yawning heavily and drinking tea many times, Cao Xian Cheng stood up and shivered a few times to wake up. He put his hands into his sleeves and planned to go out for a walk. I happened to meet someone who was going out to do a shift.

"Ahem!"

He quickly took out his hand, straightened his posture and asked, "What's going on? When is it?"

The watchman hurriedly saluted and said that it was already the third watch and he would go out to prevent the fire.

Some time ago, a nearby temple paid tribute, and the surrounding counties were paying attention. A temple was bombed. Although there were no casualties, too many things in the house were burned, which also caused turmoil in the local economy.

For people who have lost their property to make a living, if the next step of relief work is not done well, rogue bandits will appear, which will also harm regional security.

Their county took in many refugees. Fortunately, the county magistrate at the time was indifferent, and he and Master Zhong worked hard to prevent any serious trouble.

As a result, the county magistrate was promoted, but he and Master Zhong were punished and stayed again.

There is no hope of promotion every year, so he doesn't ask for it anymore, but if he keeps failing to produce some results, he may be transferred to a poor place next year.

Coupled with his temper, if it weren't for Chief Zhong and a group of capable old guys, he would have resigned and returned to his hometown.

He put his hands up again and walked to the prison. Sure enough, I saw that the cell bosses had gone to sleep in different shifts, leaving only two awake ones chatting.

Cao Xian Cheng nodded to them and looked towards the prison.

The three knives had fallen asleep, and the nameless body next to him was motionless. Thinking of the new adult in Jia Yucun insisting on putting this thing here, he felt a chill in his heart. There was no talisman in this cell. Could it be that the corpse transformation could still stop him?

This foreign corpse is so foreign!

He wanted to go take a look, but he was afraid of attracting bad things. Besides, he also promised his wife that he would touch her as little as possible, otherwise he would not be able to touch her when he got home.

Only his daughter-in-law, Sun Erniang, could ignore his quirks. She remembered that he had a concubine before, but because he accidentally let it slip, she no longer stayed at his house. Fortunately, he already has two legitimate sons. Otherwise, if he fails to complete the task of passing on the family line, the old man can crawl out of the ground and beat him with a big stick.

Seeing that nothing happened, he sneaked into the women's cell to take a look. Because there are differences between men and women, and it is difficult to hire female cell leaders, they are all locked up tonight.

Originally, there were not many female prisoners, and the male cell leader could make do, so he only glanced at the small window and saw that Hua's mother was huddled in a corner and already asleep, so he stopped caring.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, a cloud-piercing arrow suddenly shot from the side and hit Mother Hua along the small window.

"I'll go! How brave!"

Cao Yude picked up the frightened hat in his hand and shouted: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming! Someone is attacking the prison!"

The commotion woke everyone up. They picked up their knives and began to deal with the arrows shot at them. Men in black with knives also jumped in to fight with everyone.

"No, didn't you say it was just a fish that slipped through the net? Jia lied and harmed me!"

Cao Xian Cheng quickly looked for a place to hide and scolded Jia Yucun again. But in this short period of time, who knows whether Jia Yucun has been trusted?

Of course, Jia Yucun didn't sleep. The county soldiers he arranged were already waiting around. They were just on guard at first, but now they caught him.

With the participation of more than 20 county soldiers, the man who made trouble in the prison was finally caught. Seven people came, one ran away, five died, and only one who spoke the bird language was left.

Master Cao interrogated him all night and called San Dao to assist with translation, but he said he was not from the same place and could not understand him.

You said this was a big deal. Cao Xiancheng looked at the corpse again and found that among the six people who stayed, four were locals.

This matter has become a big deal. What are the locals trying to do by colluding with foreigners?

"Maybe it's the power of following the dragon?" The next day, Jia Yucun's words were not shocking and he kept dying, which shocked Master Cao and Master Zhong.

They have already reported it to Yingtian Mansion, and it depends on what happens next to their superiors.

At this time, both the Zhen family and the Lin family sent people to report. Jia Min wanted to visit Liu after the matter was over, but news came that her mother-in-law was seriously ill, so she had to leave early.

So Jia Yucun passed Lin Daiyu without his knowledge.

There was nothing serious about Fourth Master Zhen. The reason was that the person he drank with reported the wrong room number, the drunk person climbed to the wrong floor and picked up the wrong box. Therefore, the espionage case was exposed by mistake.

Therefore, the Zhen family has nothing to do and still has merit. The sensible second son of the Zhen family reported this matter to the emperor. Therefore, although Jia Yucun had been an official for less than a year, he could not escape the promotion.

He was full of energy here, but Lin Ruhai's life was much more miserable. He originally wanted to avoid the battle of "seizing the legitimate son" and avoid the court, but he didn't expect a letter from Jia Min directly telling him that his mother was seriously ill and begging him to return home quickly.

He took a leave of absence and wanted to return home, but the fourth prince was assigned by the prince to go to Jinling to thoroughly investigate the spy case. It was another trip, so he became more familiar with him.

"Ruhai's heart for the country is really touching. I would like to make you my friend. I wonder if Brother Ruhai is willing to work with me..."

The four princes all treated Xianjun to such an extent and voluntarily "became friends". How could anyone refuse him? Lin Ruhai himself was a modest gentleman, so he could only agree. But I was thinking in my heart that I hope the prince is healthy and it is best not to give the fourth prince another chance, so that the country can be smooth.

If the prince really dies of physical discomfort as he expected, given the emperor's temperament, he will definitely want to mold the fourth prince into what he wants. This is not a good thing for the emperor or the fourth prince.

The fourth prince will also lose his level due to his unbalanced mentality.

Traveling by boat all the way, by the time Lin Ruhai and the fourth prince arrived at Jinling, Jia Min's mother-in-law had died of illness, and Lin Ruhai had been asking Ding You for three years.

The fourth prince was slightly disappointed, but he still comforted him by saying that if there was a chance in the future, he would definitely not forget Lin Ruhai's talent and knowledge, and they would work together sooner or later.

After the two of them broke up, the fourth prince came to Yingtian Mansion.

As long as you have good companions, you won't have to worry about getting promoted and making a fortune. When the three elites Jia Yucun, Cao Yude, and Zhong Xingshu stood in front of him, Jia Yucun, who was in his prime and majestic and heroic, successfully satisfied the fourth prince's desire for talent.

When the two met and chatted, they were both very satisfied with each other.

Jia Yucun was satisfied that the fourth prince was telling the truth and fulfilled his dream of being a prince. Sure enough, there are prototypes in ancient novels. He is cold to the outside world, but modest and tender to the inside. If he were a little woman, he would also fall drunk in the arms of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince was also very satisfied. He wants to find young people to build the country with him. How could he, a superior, not know the pros and cons of this dynasty?

He knew that the prince was unwell and would delegate power, so at this time, he didn't care about the struggle for the throne. He just wanted to do big things and practical things to change the status quo that he didn't like.

As long as he has the support of his father and elder brother in the future, he can easily realize his dream.

It was his mentality that attracted both the clever and wise Lin Ruhai and the cunning and thoughtful Jia Yucun.

It is a pity that things have not developed in the direction that everyone hoped. It is really sad and lamentable.