The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous
Chapter 205
The emperor wanted to please the empress, so he treated the emperor's eldest grandson better than others.Xue Baochai murmured in his heart, but it seemed that the eldest grandson of King Rongjun, who was more than one year older, freely entered and left the Daming Palace. The King of Rongjun wanted to see the emperor, and he had to ask someone to report.Immediately, she knew in her heart that compared with the sixth prince who had never been able to please the Queen Mother, the Jianjun Wang and his wife, both of whom were as honest as sawing gourds, were the real enemies.
"Baochai? Baochai?"
Suddenly hearing someone calling, Xue Baochai woke up immediately, and waited respectfully for Fang Wenhui to speak.
Fang Wenhui said with a smile: "Could it be that you came back late last night and lacked energy? Go back and rest earlier. Today is the birthday of King Rong Jun. The Lord may come to your palace."
"Yes." Xue Baochai agreed, and regardless of how Concubine Ji Hui and Concubine Wu looked at her with envy and envy, she glanced at the eldest grandson of the emperor nestled in Fang Wenhui's arms, and then retreated.
After returning to Yuxiu Palace, Xue Baochai deliberately led Rongjun Wang to speak, seeing that Rongjun Wang could only speak a few words, and his baby voice was not as clear as that of the emperor's eldest grandson. Very difficult.
Although Xue Baochai was angry, he could only patiently guide Rongjun Wang.
When it was time to light the lamps, as expected, Xiao Lizi brought down the dishes rewarded by the Empress Dowager and the Empress first, and Xue Baochai ordered Yinger to thank the Empress Dowager, and Shui Mu came over.
It's just that behind Shui Mu, there is another small tail.
"Concubine Xue, where is King Rongjun?" The eldest grandson of the emperor followed Shui Mu over, and because he was the same age, he immediately went to look for King Rongjun when he arrived.
When Xue Baochai saw that the emperor's grandson called her Concubine Xue, there was no anger on his face, but he was even more unhappy in his heart.
"Father, my son won't have a birthday." Suddenly King Rong came out.
Shui Mu came over, hugged him in his arms and asked, "What's the reason?"
"Yesterday, the mother and concubine said, said..." King Rongjun was not close to Shui Mu in the past, but now being held in Shui Mu's arms, he was so scared that he couldn't even say what he remembered.
"Could it be that your maternal ancestor's family is too extravagant?" the eldest grandson of the emperor said suddenly.
The king of Rongjun said this, he understood the righteousness, and the grandson of the emperor said it, as if pointing out the complaint.
King Rong laughed happily and said, "That's it."
Shui Mu said with a smile: "Good boy, I will often learn from your eldest nephew in the future." After speaking, he put down the uncomfortable King Rong, and hugged the eldest grandson of the emperor in his arms.
The eldest grandson of the emperor put his arms around Shui Mu's neck and said, "Grandfather, I won't eat eggs tomorrow, save them and help the victims."
"Good boy, it's not bad for your mouthful." Shui Mu said, and carried the eldest grandson into the room.
Xue Baochai knew that the child was more than one year old, and his articulateness was much worse, but seeing the birthday of King Rongjun and the emperor's eldest grandson taking the lead, he still couldn't help being angry at King Rong for not being up to date and hating King Jian for not being able to teach his son well, so he waited Sending Shui Mu to Fu Qiufang's room, he personally escorted King Rong to repeat what he taught today a hundred times, and only then let him go when he saw that he spoke fluently.
Three days later, when Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng entered the palace to express their gratitude, Xue Baochai invited them to the Yuxiu Palace to talk, and sent Aunt Xue to look after King Rongjun, leaving only Wang Xifeng in the house.
"What do you want to tell me, Madam?" Wang Xifeng sneered at Xue Baochai's aloofness in the past, but now she still asks her the same way.
Xue Baochai took a deep breath and said, "Sister-in-law, please try to find a way, and let the king of Jian County make mistakes when he comes to rescue the disaster."
"What's wrong?" Wang Xifeng forced Xue Baochai to say, thinking that she should not be made to be a villain in vain, but Xue Baochai should be made to be a villain in a serious way.
Xue Baochai pondered and said: "In short, let him make a mistake that will be watched all his life."
Wang Xifeng said suspiciously: "The king of Jianjun has always been honest and responsible, and he doesn't make a fuss. How did he offend the empress?"
Xue Baochai sat on a sandalwood chair, propped her head, and said in a secretive way: "Who told him to give birth to an eldest grandson?"
Wang Xifeng understood, thinking that maybe the emperor would see that the emperor's eldest grandson is clever and smart, and give him the throne?Thinking about it, when a eunuch came to remind Shi Chen, he hurriedly led Aunt Xue out.
Sitting in the Cuiwei Zhuying sedan chair returning home, Wang Xifeng couldn't help thinking, thinking that the hardest-hit place was in Jiangxi, she had an idea in her heart, so she called Wang'er over and whispered to Wang'er: "Isn't the king of Nan'an Do you want to seek peace? Tell him to find a way to rob or burn the food and grass that the King of Jianjun sent to Jiangxi for disaster relief. Remind him, if there is no old Nan'an prince and win the battle again, the Nan'an palace will never be able to hold its head up in this life .”
Wang Er hurriedly agreed, and immediately sent a message to Nan'an Palace.
The king of Nan'an County first complained that Wang Xi Fengyang was obedient to the Yin and offered food and grass. Now hearing what she said, he also felt that this method was feasible, so he secretly asked someone to send a letter to Jiangxi Jiedu.
Jiangxi Jiedu is an official, and there are Xue family members in the escort of grain and grass, so the officials and bandits all the way, and the inside and outside cooperate, so the grain and grass escorted to Jiangxi disappeared as soon as they entered Jiangxi.
The matter was supposed to be flawless at first, but the king of Jianjun was an honest man. Seeing that the food and grass were gone, he sent people back to Beijing to report the letter, while insisting on investigating. Just one day, he found clues. The king of Jianjun was anxious to track down the food and grass. After carrying out the ribs, after two days of simmering, he died.
For no reason, a son was missing. In grief, Shui Mu dismissed dozens of officials in Jiangxi. on the bed.
Fang Wenhui led the emperor's eldest grandson to personally serve the decoction. Seeing that Shui Mu was worried, he sighed and said, "My concubine has a way to help the victims."
Shui Mu said impatiently, "What can you do?"
Fang Wenhui said: "First, take advantage of the Empress Dowager's birthday to amnesty the world, and release those who are living in prison for nothing and who are willing to repent; second, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are the most affluent. My concubine begs Fang, Xu, Li, Yuan, and Ning to persuade the gentry and rich men in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to donate money and food."
"...These five families are the most hateful. They are very capable, but they are only willing to use five points. Are they willing to show off the limelight?" Shui Mu gritted his teeth and said that he really loves and hates these few families.
Fang Wenhui said: "The concubine brought the emperor's eldest grandson to the Xu family to kneel. Although they have always looked down on the ministers and concubines, the king of Jianjun has a good reputation. The emperor's eldest grandson lost his father last year. These five families are not willing to show off. Forget it, but they are not without conscience, and they will definitely agree. As long as they agree, how can officials and businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang dare not sell their face? Besides, so much food and grass for disaster relief have been robbed. Could it just be burned? I’m afraid they are still hiding in Jiangxi, and they sent people to buy them at a high price with silver, and it turns out that someone’s family has inexplicably more money and food, so don’t you know who is responsible for it?”
Shui Mu was dizzy, hearing her say this, because she thought that although Fang Wenhui was the queen, the five families never took her seriously, so she said: "I have wronged you."
Fang Wenhui smiled, then solemnly held the eldest grandson's shoulder, and asked him, "Do you want your father to rest in peace under the spring?"
The eldest son of the emperor nodded vigorously immediately.
"Then go to the Xu family with grandma and kneel down. If the Xu family doesn't agree to help, we won't get up."
"Yes." The emperor's grandson hurriedly agreed again.
Fang Wenhui took a deep breath, and led the emperor's eldest grandson to go out. Instead of taking the Luanyu, she got into the sedan chair that Dai Quan used to go in and out of the palace, and went to Xu Laoshangshu's house. After entering Xu's house, she went to the front hall He led the emperor's eldest grandson out and knelt in front of the hall.
The servants of Xu's family watched and hurriedly went to support Xu Zhi'an and Xu Shining, and hurriedly invited the master and wife of the Fang family. .
No matter how much a group of people tried to persuade them, Fang Wenhui and the eldest grandson of the emperor were not asked to get up.
Seeing that it was getting late again and it was getting cold outside, everyone was afraid that something might happen to the grandson of the emperor, and after repeated persuasion was useless, they could only gather in the hall to talk.
"Old Shangshu, what do you think should be done?" Fang Wenhui's father said bitterly.
Xu Zhian rubbed his drooping eyelids, then went to look at Xu Shining again.
Xu Shining said: "The lord is not willing to suspend the army. It is already a crime for the queen to come to our house and kneel. If she refuses to agree, it will be an added crime. Besides, with so many victims, if there is a big trouble It's a good ending, so what should I do?"
Because his father was not in the capital, Li Bizhou said on behalf of the Li family: "Now that the matter has come to an end, we can't ignore it. The King of Jianjun is gone, and the emperor has even thrown out his son. Can't we just keep a low profile for the time being?"
Now that the Xu and Li families had spoken, the Yuan, Fang, and Ning families also nodded their heads.
Xu Shining then walked outside the hall, knelt down and said to Fang Wenhui: "Several families have agreed to come down, please take the emperor's eldest grandson back with you."
Fang Wenhui smiled comfortably, quickly helped the eldest grandson up, rubbed his legs a little, and took the eldest grandson to the palace in a sedan chair. After entering the palace, seeing Shui Mu on the dragon bed, he couldn't help but Weeping with joy.
Shui Mu let out a long breath.
"What happened to the eldest grandson's leg?" Dai Quan asked suddenly.
Shui Mu hurriedly sat up, and asked Dai Quan to carry the emperor's eldest grandson to the dragon bed, took off his little boots, rolled up his trousers, and saw that his knees were blood stained and purple, and two swellings were swollen.
"My good grandson!" Shui Mu called out, and immediately called for the imperial physician to come. Seeing the emperor's eldest grandson move, he hurriedly said, "Just lie on the dragon bed of grandpa." Then look at Fang Wenhui, see Fang Wenhui His knees were not doing well, so he just rubbed the emperor's eldest grandson's knees with his hands.At this time, he didn't care about the royal manners, remembering that when he was young, he heard a little eunuch say that saliva could cure diseases, so he spit two mouthfuls on the emperor's eldest grandson's knee, and rubbed it vigorously.
"Be gentle, it hurts." Fang Wenhui said while sitting by the bed.
Shui Mu raised his head to look at the eldest grandson of the emperor, but saw that his eyes were full of tears but he never made a sound. In a moment of pity, he hugged the eldest grandson of the emperor and cried, "Remember the difficulties of our grandfather and grandson, and we will come back again in the future." Don't encounter such a thing!"
"En." The eldest grandson of the emperor said, holding back his tears. Seeing the imperial physicians filing in, he touched Shui Mu's face and comforted him, "Grandfather, my father can rest in peace."
"Yes." Shui Mu restrained his sadness, pointed to the emperor's eldest grandson and asked the imperial doctor to look at his leg.
Although the imperial physicians were amazed at how the emperor's eldest grandson's knees became so swollen, they didn't dare to ask further questions. After checking, they said to Shui Mu: "Go back to the emperor, His Highness the eldest grandson is fine, just rest for two days and disperse the congestion. .”
Shui Mu nodded, pointed to the side of the dragon bed and said to Dai Quan: "Put another bed next to my bed, and I want to watch the emperor's eldest grandson's blood go away."
Dai Quan hastily agreed.
The imperial physicians were also quite knowledgeable. Seeing Shui Mu say this, they immediately understood that although the county king of Xianjian was not very good, the emperor valued the eldest grandson of the emperor very much, so they hurriedly retreated to discuss the prescription carefully.
Dai Quan also went to the House of Internal Affairs and personally chose a Panlong Babu bed, which was placed opposite the emperor's bed.
The news that the emperor's eldest grandson took root in the emperor's palace spread throughout the court in just a cup of tea.
In Yuxiu Palace, Xue Baochai heard this, and glanced at King Rong, who was playing with takraw ball, thinking, is this a coincidence?
Outside the palace, in Guang Renbo's house, Wang Xifeng sat in the majestic upper room where he was resting, with cold eyes and no words for a long time.
Half a month later, Wang'er came back to Wang Xifeng and said, "Xu and Li's family sent their lords to borrow food from the lords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Our family's staff came to ask, do you still have the food in the shop?"
"If you don't borrow it, if you borrow it now, isn't it telling others that we didn't do our best when we donated rice earlier?" Wang Xifeng sneered.
Wang'er asked again: "Then what should we do with the more than half of the rice grains allocated to our family? Nowadays, rice grains are all valuable things. If we sell them now, we can earn a lot of money."
This rice grain was half of the batch that was robbed.
Wang Xifeng sneered again and said, "I'm brave, but I'm not brainless? If I sell it now, I'll tell others that it's us who guarded and stole it."
"Grandma, what should I do?" Wang'er said hastily.
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "The other half of the rice will be sold to Jia Yun and Jia Qiang of the Jia family."
"Grandma, what do you mean?" Wang'er asked in bewilderment.
Wang Xifeng looked outside in a daze, and said with a smile: "The Empress is so capable, she can move the Xu and Li families, I'm afraid that even the Jia family will be able to hold her back in the future. Now it's the Xu family's son-in-law who is being robbed. What will Xu and Li say about the sale of the grain and grass?" Looking at the swallows in the sky, I thought that Jia Lian was so tactful, although he had helped Xue Baochai a few times before, if he was not sure of his thoughts, he could not be completely trusted. he.
Wang'er immediately understood that Wang Xifeng had a quick brain in her mind, and when she agreed, she immediately went out and asked someone to contact Jia Yun and Jia Qiang.
Besides, because of You's health, Jia Qiang, who was supposed to go to Jinling, stayed at home for the time being and was helping his little aunt tie a kite, when someone said that Wang Er was coming, so she still held the paste in her hand, and just asked Xichun went to the back hall to accompany Ling Guan to talk, and invited Wang Er to come in.
When Wang'er came in, he looked at the pile of red and green colored papers in Jia Qiang's hand, and said with a smile, "Brother Qiang is busy?"
Jia Qiang nodded and asked, "I don't know why your grandma sent you here?"
Wang'er hurriedly said, "Brother Qiang, do you know what the price of food is now?"
Jia Qiang sat on the stool, and Xichun became impatient when she heard that, she hurriedly sent Wang Er away, and said with a smile: "The food is expensive now, if your Xue family didn't donate the food, you can make a fortune now. "
"To be honest, our family only donated half of the food, and there is still a lot left. But since our grandma said earlier that she gave up everything, if she took out the food now, wouldn't it be a blow to my family? Face? That’s why our grandma said, since the two families are as close as one family, we should ask Brother Qiang and Brother Yun to sell it. Brother Yun took Miss Hong to Jinling, so let’s talk to Brother Qiang first. "Wang'er said with a smile.
Jia Qiang still can't figure out the depth of Xue's family. Hearing what Wanger said, she fell into a groan, and suddenly heard Xichun scolding in the back hall, "I'm waiting for retribution for making such a fortune!", so she laughed at Wanger. .
Wang'er knew that Xichun had been spoiled since she was a child, and she didn't take her words seriously, so she watched Jia Qiang and waited for Jia Qiang to speak.
Jia Qiang also felt that it was unreasonable for the people to drive up the price of rice and grain at a time when people were struggling, so she said: "My aunt has spoken. As a junior, I can only listen to her."
Xichun listened and giggled with Lingguan in the back hall.
Wang Er thought that Jia Qiang was eager to make money and would not refuse, but when he saw him say this, he immediately complained in his heart that Jia Qiang didn't know how to flatter him, so he said: "In this case, we can only go to Brother Zao and Brother Yun." " After saying that, he took his leave and went out, walked out of a street, saw a small paper kite released from Jia Qiang's yard, snorted, and went back to Guangrenbo's residence, and told Wang Xifeng about Xichun's retribution.
Wang Xifeng heard that, if she didn't know Xichun as well, she felt that Xichun was scolding her; she also thought that since Jia Qiang refused to agree, she would definitely persuade Jia Yun not to agree, so there was no need to bother sending someone to Jinling I asked, so I asked Wang'er: "The lord has pardoned the world, has Brother Rong been released?"
Wang'er hurriedly said: "Brother Rong committed a serious crime, how can he be released so easily?"
Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "Xu Shining has already gone to borrow food, can't we release Brother Rong? Besides, Brother Rong has been imprisoned for so many years, it was his father who committed the crime, and It’s okay for our Uncle Wang’s family to plead for mercy and let him out.” Saying this, he told Wang’er to take the money and go to the House of Internal Affairs to manage people.
Wang'er took the silver, and didn't care about the darkness, so she immediately went to the eunuch's house in the city. Sure enough, she did some shopping around, and answered the sentence "There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys rule the king". Within two days, Jia Rong was arrested. let it out.
Jia Rong left the House of Internal Affairs and followed Wang'er into Guangrenbo's house. When she saw Wang Xifeng, she immediately knelt at Wang Xifeng's feet and cried bitterly, "I never thought it was my aunt who rescued me! Auntie is me. Jia Rong’s reborn parents, the nephew will be very filial and filial to the aunt in the future.” Then look at Wang Xifeng wearing a vermilion flowered satin skirt and gold silk phoenix hairpin, sitting in the hall in a majestic way, and look at the calligraphy and paintings of the current talented scholars hanging in the hall, The relics of the ancients from the previous dynasties were displayed, which were even more majestic than the previous Ningguo Mansion, and they kowtowed again and again.
Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Rong, seeing that he was being tortured like elder Jia Qiang, and said to him with a smile, "Brother Rong, do you speak from the bottom of your heart?"
"Of course it comes from the bottom of my heart." Jia Rong hurriedly patted her chest hard.
"Since it's from the bottom of my heart, I'll ask you to go back so that you can honor your mother and your little aunt, and drive out Brother Qiang, who has occupied the magpie's nest. Will you agree?"
Jia Rong had been talking about this a few years ago, but now she heard Wang Xifeng say this, and said hurriedly: "If my aunt supports me, how can I not agree?"
"Okay, I have something to tell you after the matter is done." Wang Xifeng said with a smile, although Jia Rong and Jia Yun are not in the same clan anymore, but the two of them have always been inseparable. Can you get so much food?It's not that someone wants to go to the Rongguo mansion with suspicion.
Jia Rong hurriedly agreed gratefully, because she wanted to send Jia Qiang away, and didn't care to taste the delicacies of mountains and seas at Xue's house, she hurriedly washed her face and shaved off her beard, and hurried to Jia Qiang's house.
When Jia Rong got to the door, she was beaten out by the servant.
In desperation, Jia Rong yelled: "I am a serious young master Rong, call grandma and girl out."
The young servant felt strange, so he hurriedly asked Jia Qiang to come out and recognize him.
When Jia Qiang came out, seeing Jia Rong who had gone through a lot of vicissitudes, she shed tears immediately, and hurriedly asked Jia Rong to go inside to meet Youshi and Xichun.
Seeing Jia Rong, Youshi cried again, but Xichun didn't recognize Jia Rong, so she just sat and watched quietly.
"If the Lord hadn't pardoned the world, it would be difficult for the son to return to honor his mother." Jia Rong knelt at You Shi's knees as she spoke.
You Shi was wiping away tears, and couldn't help being startled when he heard what he said.
"Didn't you say that Brother Rong isn't that filial?" Xichun sat by the side, feeling disgusted by Jia Rong.
Jia Qiang coughed and said, "Perhaps Brother Xu Rong has figured it out in the past few years."
Jia Rong stood up with tears in her eyes, looked at the house secretly, and saw that although the layout of the house was not very rich, it looked like a well-off home, so she held Jia Qiang's hand and said, "Brother Qiang, I have worked hard for you before, In the future, just ask me to take care of my mother and little aunt."
"...Brother Rong, let's eat first." You Shi said, and asked the senior officer, "Have you asked someone to prepare the meal?"
"Already ready to go." Ling Guan said hurriedly.
Jia Rong hadn't noticed Ling Guan before, but when she heard her gentle voice, she looked over and saw that she was a slim and beautiful woman. She immediately thought that she should have been married by him, so she hurriedly said, "Mother, my son is already in Guangren. I've eaten at the uncle's house." Kneeling in front of Youshi again, he said, "Mother, my son will definitely change his ways and stop doing the previous foolish things. Mother, you can rest assured and leave the family business to me in the future."
Youshi turned pale, knowing that Jia Rong's words were worth eating at Guangrenbo's house, she lowered her head, seeing that Ling Guan and Xichun were about to refute Jia Rong, she gave them both a look, and then took the Pazi wiped Jia Rong's face and helped him stand up again.
"Mother doesn't believe in her son?" Jia Rong thought to herself that You Shi must not be confused, he is You Shi's serious stepson, and Jia Qiang is just from outside.
"Xin, we are about to go to Jinling. You are here. Brother Qiang has a helper. Wouldn't it be good? Tomorrow, I will hand over the business of the capital to you. Brothers are of one heart, and their profits can cut through gold." You Shi As he said that, he beckoned Jia Qiang to come over again, and put Jia Qiang and Jia Rong's hands together.
Jia Qiang felt like a thorn in her throat, but it was inconvenient to contradict Youshi, so she held Jia Rong's hand and urged Jia Rong, "We're leaving in two days, you go back and rest first, and follow me to the shop tomorrow." As he was talking, he asked the girl to lead Jia Rong to rest.
Seeing that it was done so easily, Jia Rong felt weird and helpless, so she could only follow the people away. Before leaving, she saw Xichun blooming and falling like daffodils, graceful and charming, and she said flatteringly: "Little aunt was born so beautifully." Like Fairy Lingbo, if she enters the palace, there will be no place for the virtuous concubine to stand."
"Bah! You also want to be a duke and earl? I don't want to see if you can marry such a powerful woman." Xichun scolded.
Jia Rong blushed immediately, because Xichun was too old to speak back, and she wanted to please Youshi, so she went away with a smirk.
As soon as Jia Rong left, Lingguan said bluntly: "Mother, this is really unfair. When Brother Qiang followed you, it took a lot of effort to pay off the foreign debt. Now..."
"Be safe and don't be impatient, my mother will definitely care about it." Jia Qiang comforted the senior officer and looked at You Shi.
Youshi squinted his eyes and said, "I didn't hear him say that he came out of Guangrenbo Mansion?"
"Should we just let him?" Lingguan sneered, glanced at Xichun, and said, "Little aunt was born so well, maybe he took a look at it and decided to sell little aunt for glory and wealth."
Youshi regarded Xichun as her own, and when she heard what the official said, her heart felt like a needle. Seeing Xichun squeezed into her arms, she said: "The rich family only opened warehouses to release grain in hungry years, and absolutely did not take it." It can be seen that the Xue family will not last long. Right now, we can only endure it. Brother Qiang, turn around and tell everyone in the shop that if they are not willing to follow Brother Rong, they can just roll up their bedding and go to the shop. Jinling defected to us; discuss with Brother Yun and Brother Zao again, and quietly ask how to deal with this matter. Although the sect is divided, the two families have always been close, and only those who have a discussion and an amount of money can take care of them. .”
"Hey." Seeing that Youshi did not favor Jia Rong, Jia Qiang felt relieved, and sent the senior officer to get some materials to ask an outside tailor to cut a dress for Jia Rong.On the second day, while sending people to deliver letters to Jia Yun, Jia Zao, etc., at the same time leading Jia Rong to various shops in a very "frank" manner.
Everyone in the shop heard that Jia Rong would take over the shop in the future, or they went to inquire about Jia Rong's preferences, or they were worried and prepared to find another job.
Seeing this, Jia Qiang secretly asked the person who wanted to find another job to go to the shop in Jinling according to everyone's own ambition. After four days, when Jia Rong urged him to go back to Jinling with Youshi and Xichun, he was very busy. After preparing the chariots and horses, he left the capital courtyard and a dozen servants in it to Jia Rong, and took his mother, aunt, and daughter-in-law to Jinling.
Unexpectedly, on the way, he received a letter from Ni Er, asking him to speak to Chang'an County, so he appointed a safe person to escort the three Youshi, and immediately rushed to Chang'an County. After taking it back home, he let out a long sigh and could only do nothing.
After entering the garrison mansion of Chang'an County, he first followed the people to look for Ni Er in the back garden. After entering the Moon Cave Gate in the back garden, he saw Shi Xiangyun standing in the rose garden picking petals. wicker flower baskets followed.
"Uncle, aunt." Jia Qiang called out.
Ni Er nodded his head first, and seeing Shi Xiangyun took the basket, he said, "Ask someone else to carry it, so don't get tired."
Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "I can't get tired of this idea. Let's go."
When Ni Er heard it, he strode towards Jia Qiang.
Jia Qiang took a look and said with a smile, "What is Auntie doing?"
Ni Er smiled triumphantly, "Your aunt is going to pick flower petals to make me a pillow."
Jia Qiang let out a chuckle, and blurted out, "Second Uncle Bao's pillow with a rose is quite appropriate, but Uncle Ni's pillow is really..." Seeing Shi Xiangyun squinting at him, he knew that he was being abrupt, and hurriedly stopped talking.
Ni Er didn't take Jia Qiang's words to heart, he dragged Jia Qiang all the way to the front hall, and said as he walked: "Your aunt is a gentleman, and a gentleman handles things, and it's ridiculous to match me as a rough old man. "
Jia Qiang heard the humbleness hidden in his words, and said in embarrassment: "Uncle, just treat me as a child, let me say that, I don't know why uncle called me here?"
Ni Er led Jia Qiang to sit in the back hall, and said, "I don't want to do the high-interest business, so I told the former brothers to disperse, and gave them money, so that they can live in peace. The partial birth brothers are too confused and can't settle down, and relying on my defense here, I can protect them two points, so I do some sneaky things in Ping'an County all day long, because they don't hurt the world, so I will Open one eye and close one eye. Two months ago, two brothers came to me and told me that they only went to the house next door to the magistrate while it was dark. When they came out, they rode on the wall and watched the Here, someone came from the prefect's mansion. Because they saw that the man was a big one, and they knew that the prefect would not deal with me, they were afraid that they would deal with me, so they hurriedly pursued the identity of the person who came. Who knew, after a search, it turned out to be Chang'an Master Jiedu Yun Guangyun."
When Jia Qiang heard about Chang'an Jiedu's sneaky behavior, she made a bad guess, and hurriedly said: "The friendship between Yunguang and our Jia family is all old, uncle, don't worry about us."
Ni Er was startled when he heard this, vaguely remembering that Chang'an Jiedu seemed to have said about his friendship with the Rongguo Mansion, he hurriedly said: "It's not because of him, it's because of Brother Rong. Brother Rong also came a few nights ago."
"What's the reason for this? Uncle, please tell me something." Jia Qiang asked anxiously, thinking that You Shi was right, as soon as Jia Rong came out, something bad would happen.
Ni Er hurriedly said: "Looking at midnight, brother Rong led the people and escorted many bags away from Chang'an Jiedu's house."
At this moment, as soon as she picked up her pocket, Jia Qiang immediately remembered the missing rice grains, and said angrily, "Could it be the batch that was lost in Jiangxi? How did the rice grains get to Chang'an?" ?”
"Since there are Chang'an Jiedu and the prefect of Chang'an as cover, other officials must intervene. Together with the officials and bandits, everything can disappear." Ni Er said.
Jia Qiang said angrily: "It's been a while, those black-hearted people still do such a thing!"
"...I was going to write to Young General Feng directly, but because Brother Rong was in there, I was afraid that your family would be affected, so Yite called you to speak."
Jia Qiang immediately said: "Uncle, don't worry about us, you can do the righteous thing of exterminating relatives now. But, if they jump over the wall in a hurry, burn the food or throw it into the ditch, what should we do?"
Ni Er stroked the beard on his cheek, moved his eyeballs, and said: "Then we can only eat black and eat black."
Jia Qiang knew that he was doing that rascally thing, so she said: "This is the right way to do it. There is a famine everywhere, and dozens of officials and lords in Jiangxi were taken down. If there is a big trouble, under the scheming of people with good intentions, it will stir up a lot of trouble." People's grievances are not easy to end." As he spoke, he spread paper and ink, and after hearing what Ni Er said, he wrote a letter for him and a secret booklet, and asked Ni Er to send the letter and secret booklet to him. Go to the mansion of General Shenwu in Kyoto.
When Feng Ziying received the letter, she was furious immediately. Regardless of the darkness, she immediately went to the palace, waited at the gate of the palace, and then saw Xiao Lizi coming to lead the people, and then followed Xiao Lizi into the Daming Palace. But two years later, the emperor had already had gray hair all over his head, his eyes were wet immediately, he knelt on the ground, and held up Ni Er's secret book high up.
"Mi'er, bring it here." Seeing Feng Ziying's face full of grief and indignation, Shui Mu's heart sank.
The emperor's eldest grandson hurriedly walked over, took the secret fold, opened it and put it in front of Shui Mu, glanced at it, recognized a few words in it, and said with a smile: "It's good that we found the food."
Shui Mu frowned first, and when he heard what he said, he also smiled and scolded Feng Ziying: "It's obviously a good thing, but why is your face so gloomy?"
"Those villains are really shameless!" Feng Ziying clenched her fists.
Shui Mu closed his eyes, knowing how many bureaucrats had to help open the way for the food to be transported from Jiangxi to Chang'an County in order to be so silent. It was these people who killed the king of Jian County, and said: "Just follow For Ni Aiqing, you don’t need to investigate who opened the way, and you don’t need to alarm anyone, just get the food back quietly, and since Ni Aiqing has some friends who are thieves, let those friends help him.”
"Yes." Feng Ziying said through gritted teeth, secretly thinking that this matter is over, and those who carelessly ignore human lives must be brought to justice.After agreeing, he withdrew, and because Xue Pan was not there, he went to Liu Xianglian to secretly discuss how to deal with it, and then sent a letter to Ni Er and Jia Qiang, just as Ni Er said that Jia Rong and Yunguang had distributed the grain and grass. When transporting to the south of the Yangtze River, the troops were divided into several groups, each chasing and intercepting them. After collecting thousands of stones, suddenly one day, I heard Ni Er's friends say that the magistrate's family had transported some earth and rocks to fill the lotus pond.
Feng Ziying only thought that the magistrate wanted to transport the grain back home in broad daylight by transporting earth and rocks, so he took the risk of leading people to stop the so-called earth and rocks outside the gate of the magistrate. .
The prefect of Chang'an stood on the steps and said with a sneer, "Young general, I will definitely go to the court to seek justice for today's matter."
Feng Ziying was stunned on the ground, and suddenly she got excited, and immediately led people to rush to the back office of the magistrate. After entering the back office, she could smell a musty smell. Walking along the musty smell, she saw a huge area in the back office. In one lotus pond, the water depth is only two inches, and there are moldy and agglomerated rice grains under the water.
The prefect of Chang'an immediately knelt on the ground in fright.
Feng Ziying squatted by the lotus pond, stretched out her hand to pick up the rotten rice grains in the pond, squinted her eyes, and ordered the magistrate to be tied up, and immediately went to the capital without stopping. , and finally said as if mourning: "I'm afraid that the remaining rice grains have already been wiped out. The minister is incompetent, and the thieves have been alarmed, and the rice grains cannot be recovered."
Shui Mu sneered again and again when he heard the words, but knew that Feng Ziying had tried his best, so he said: "Before you came back, someone sent a letter saying that there was a fire in the Jiedu Mansion in Jiangxi. I'm afraid that what is burning in the fire, you and I have already died." I know it well."
"My lord—" Feng Ziying hurriedly called out.
Shui Mu sighed, and said with a sneer: "There are officials and bandits on the ground in Jiangxi, and there is nothing they can do."
"Grandpa Huang, tell Ni Er to go. Isn't he a heavy-duty debtor?" Suddenly, the eldest grandson of the emperor who was sleeping on the bed behind the curtain came out.
Shui Mu clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Son'er is right, since they are officials and bandits together, I will send a rogue." Then he said to Dai Quan, "I am making an order, and quickly order the guards in Chang'an County to lead their families to Jiangxi Go to office." Thinking that if the second official Ni was too young, he might not be able to suppress others, so he said, "Make him Jiangxi Jiedu."
"Yes." Dai Quan agreed.
"Then how should the prefect of Chang'an deal with it?——and Jia Rong, he was granted an amnesty, and someone must be behind the scenes." Feng Ziying said.
Shui Mu took a deep breath, and said, "Put all the crimes on the head of the prefect of Chang'an, and let Yun Guang and Jia Rong go for now." Seeing the eldest grandson of the emperor walking beside him, he said to the eldest grandson: "Our grandpa and grandson are patient. Yes, a hundred bears become gold."
The eldest grandson of the emperor nodded and hummed.
Feng Ziying sighed inwardly, so she resigned and went out of the palace to get on the horse. Seeing that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival again, she thought to herself that this year's King Rong's birthday might not be as lively.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard someone calling Uncle Feng. Feng Ziying swept across the street and saw Jia Rongdui laughing over him. She was tired of him, so she sneered and said, "What do you want me to do?"
"Uncle Feng, I don't know..." Jia Rong knew that Feng Ziying was chasing after rice grains, but because of a bad job, she couldn't see Wang Xifeng, so she came to beg Feng Ziying.
"What do you know, go home and have a drink with your two aunts." Feng Ziying said impatiently, and went home.
Jia Rong was trembling first, but now hearing what Feng Ziying said, she secretly wondered if the magistrate was found out, but not him?He was worried at first, but now he breathed a sigh of relief, walking on the street, he went in when he saw his own shop, and saw that the shop was empty, only a handy guy was there, so he asked, "Where's the shopkeeper?"
The guy laughed and said, "The shopkeeper please resign, don't you know, sir?"
Jia Rong sneered, and heard the staff say that other shops
"Baochai? Baochai?"
Suddenly hearing someone calling, Xue Baochai woke up immediately, and waited respectfully for Fang Wenhui to speak.
Fang Wenhui said with a smile: "Could it be that you came back late last night and lacked energy? Go back and rest earlier. Today is the birthday of King Rong Jun. The Lord may come to your palace."
"Yes." Xue Baochai agreed, and regardless of how Concubine Ji Hui and Concubine Wu looked at her with envy and envy, she glanced at the eldest grandson of the emperor nestled in Fang Wenhui's arms, and then retreated.
After returning to Yuxiu Palace, Xue Baochai deliberately led Rongjun Wang to speak, seeing that Rongjun Wang could only speak a few words, and his baby voice was not as clear as that of the emperor's eldest grandson. Very difficult.
Although Xue Baochai was angry, he could only patiently guide Rongjun Wang.
When it was time to light the lamps, as expected, Xiao Lizi brought down the dishes rewarded by the Empress Dowager and the Empress first, and Xue Baochai ordered Yinger to thank the Empress Dowager, and Shui Mu came over.
It's just that behind Shui Mu, there is another small tail.
"Concubine Xue, where is King Rongjun?" The eldest grandson of the emperor followed Shui Mu over, and because he was the same age, he immediately went to look for King Rongjun when he arrived.
When Xue Baochai saw that the emperor's grandson called her Concubine Xue, there was no anger on his face, but he was even more unhappy in his heart.
"Father, my son won't have a birthday." Suddenly King Rong came out.
Shui Mu came over, hugged him in his arms and asked, "What's the reason?"
"Yesterday, the mother and concubine said, said..." King Rongjun was not close to Shui Mu in the past, but now being held in Shui Mu's arms, he was so scared that he couldn't even say what he remembered.
"Could it be that your maternal ancestor's family is too extravagant?" the eldest grandson of the emperor said suddenly.
The king of Rongjun said this, he understood the righteousness, and the grandson of the emperor said it, as if pointing out the complaint.
King Rong laughed happily and said, "That's it."
Shui Mu said with a smile: "Good boy, I will often learn from your eldest nephew in the future." After speaking, he put down the uncomfortable King Rong, and hugged the eldest grandson of the emperor in his arms.
The eldest grandson of the emperor put his arms around Shui Mu's neck and said, "Grandfather, I won't eat eggs tomorrow, save them and help the victims."
"Good boy, it's not bad for your mouthful." Shui Mu said, and carried the eldest grandson into the room.
Xue Baochai knew that the child was more than one year old, and his articulateness was much worse, but seeing the birthday of King Rongjun and the emperor's eldest grandson taking the lead, he still couldn't help being angry at King Rong for not being up to date and hating King Jian for not being able to teach his son well, so he waited Sending Shui Mu to Fu Qiufang's room, he personally escorted King Rong to repeat what he taught today a hundred times, and only then let him go when he saw that he spoke fluently.
Three days later, when Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng entered the palace to express their gratitude, Xue Baochai invited them to the Yuxiu Palace to talk, and sent Aunt Xue to look after King Rongjun, leaving only Wang Xifeng in the house.
"What do you want to tell me, Madam?" Wang Xifeng sneered at Xue Baochai's aloofness in the past, but now she still asks her the same way.
Xue Baochai took a deep breath and said, "Sister-in-law, please try to find a way, and let the king of Jian County make mistakes when he comes to rescue the disaster."
"What's wrong?" Wang Xifeng forced Xue Baochai to say, thinking that she should not be made to be a villain in vain, but Xue Baochai should be made to be a villain in a serious way.
Xue Baochai pondered and said: "In short, let him make a mistake that will be watched all his life."
Wang Xifeng said suspiciously: "The king of Jianjun has always been honest and responsible, and he doesn't make a fuss. How did he offend the empress?"
Xue Baochai sat on a sandalwood chair, propped her head, and said in a secretive way: "Who told him to give birth to an eldest grandson?"
Wang Xifeng understood, thinking that maybe the emperor would see that the emperor's eldest grandson is clever and smart, and give him the throne?Thinking about it, when a eunuch came to remind Shi Chen, he hurriedly led Aunt Xue out.
Sitting in the Cuiwei Zhuying sedan chair returning home, Wang Xifeng couldn't help thinking, thinking that the hardest-hit place was in Jiangxi, she had an idea in her heart, so she called Wang'er over and whispered to Wang'er: "Isn't the king of Nan'an Do you want to seek peace? Tell him to find a way to rob or burn the food and grass that the King of Jianjun sent to Jiangxi for disaster relief. Remind him, if there is no old Nan'an prince and win the battle again, the Nan'an palace will never be able to hold its head up in this life .”
Wang Er hurriedly agreed, and immediately sent a message to Nan'an Palace.
The king of Nan'an County first complained that Wang Xi Fengyang was obedient to the Yin and offered food and grass. Now hearing what she said, he also felt that this method was feasible, so he secretly asked someone to send a letter to Jiangxi Jiedu.
Jiangxi Jiedu is an official, and there are Xue family members in the escort of grain and grass, so the officials and bandits all the way, and the inside and outside cooperate, so the grain and grass escorted to Jiangxi disappeared as soon as they entered Jiangxi.
The matter was supposed to be flawless at first, but the king of Jianjun was an honest man. Seeing that the food and grass were gone, he sent people back to Beijing to report the letter, while insisting on investigating. Just one day, he found clues. The king of Jianjun was anxious to track down the food and grass. After carrying out the ribs, after two days of simmering, he died.
For no reason, a son was missing. In grief, Shui Mu dismissed dozens of officials in Jiangxi. on the bed.
Fang Wenhui led the emperor's eldest grandson to personally serve the decoction. Seeing that Shui Mu was worried, he sighed and said, "My concubine has a way to help the victims."
Shui Mu said impatiently, "What can you do?"
Fang Wenhui said: "First, take advantage of the Empress Dowager's birthday to amnesty the world, and release those who are living in prison for nothing and who are willing to repent; second, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are the most affluent. My concubine begs Fang, Xu, Li, Yuan, and Ning to persuade the gentry and rich men in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to donate money and food."
"...These five families are the most hateful. They are very capable, but they are only willing to use five points. Are they willing to show off the limelight?" Shui Mu gritted his teeth and said that he really loves and hates these few families.
Fang Wenhui said: "The concubine brought the emperor's eldest grandson to the Xu family to kneel. Although they have always looked down on the ministers and concubines, the king of Jianjun has a good reputation. The emperor's eldest grandson lost his father last year. These five families are not willing to show off. Forget it, but they are not without conscience, and they will definitely agree. As long as they agree, how can officials and businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang dare not sell their face? Besides, so much food and grass for disaster relief have been robbed. Could it just be burned? I’m afraid they are still hiding in Jiangxi, and they sent people to buy them at a high price with silver, and it turns out that someone’s family has inexplicably more money and food, so don’t you know who is responsible for it?”
Shui Mu was dizzy, hearing her say this, because she thought that although Fang Wenhui was the queen, the five families never took her seriously, so she said: "I have wronged you."
Fang Wenhui smiled, then solemnly held the eldest grandson's shoulder, and asked him, "Do you want your father to rest in peace under the spring?"
The eldest son of the emperor nodded vigorously immediately.
"Then go to the Xu family with grandma and kneel down. If the Xu family doesn't agree to help, we won't get up."
"Yes." The emperor's grandson hurriedly agreed again.
Fang Wenhui took a deep breath, and led the emperor's eldest grandson to go out. Instead of taking the Luanyu, she got into the sedan chair that Dai Quan used to go in and out of the palace, and went to Xu Laoshangshu's house. After entering Xu's house, she went to the front hall He led the emperor's eldest grandson out and knelt in front of the hall.
The servants of Xu's family watched and hurriedly went to support Xu Zhi'an and Xu Shining, and hurriedly invited the master and wife of the Fang family. .
No matter how much a group of people tried to persuade them, Fang Wenhui and the eldest grandson of the emperor were not asked to get up.
Seeing that it was getting late again and it was getting cold outside, everyone was afraid that something might happen to the grandson of the emperor, and after repeated persuasion was useless, they could only gather in the hall to talk.
"Old Shangshu, what do you think should be done?" Fang Wenhui's father said bitterly.
Xu Zhian rubbed his drooping eyelids, then went to look at Xu Shining again.
Xu Shining said: "The lord is not willing to suspend the army. It is already a crime for the queen to come to our house and kneel. If she refuses to agree, it will be an added crime. Besides, with so many victims, if there is a big trouble It's a good ending, so what should I do?"
Because his father was not in the capital, Li Bizhou said on behalf of the Li family: "Now that the matter has come to an end, we can't ignore it. The King of Jianjun is gone, and the emperor has even thrown out his son. Can't we just keep a low profile for the time being?"
Now that the Xu and Li families had spoken, the Yuan, Fang, and Ning families also nodded their heads.
Xu Shining then walked outside the hall, knelt down and said to Fang Wenhui: "Several families have agreed to come down, please take the emperor's eldest grandson back with you."
Fang Wenhui smiled comfortably, quickly helped the eldest grandson up, rubbed his legs a little, and took the eldest grandson to the palace in a sedan chair. After entering the palace, seeing Shui Mu on the dragon bed, he couldn't help but Weeping with joy.
Shui Mu let out a long breath.
"What happened to the eldest grandson's leg?" Dai Quan asked suddenly.
Shui Mu hurriedly sat up, and asked Dai Quan to carry the emperor's eldest grandson to the dragon bed, took off his little boots, rolled up his trousers, and saw that his knees were blood stained and purple, and two swellings were swollen.
"My good grandson!" Shui Mu called out, and immediately called for the imperial physician to come. Seeing the emperor's eldest grandson move, he hurriedly said, "Just lie on the dragon bed of grandpa." Then look at Fang Wenhui, see Fang Wenhui His knees were not doing well, so he just rubbed the emperor's eldest grandson's knees with his hands.At this time, he didn't care about the royal manners, remembering that when he was young, he heard a little eunuch say that saliva could cure diseases, so he spit two mouthfuls on the emperor's eldest grandson's knee, and rubbed it vigorously.
"Be gentle, it hurts." Fang Wenhui said while sitting by the bed.
Shui Mu raised his head to look at the eldest grandson of the emperor, but saw that his eyes were full of tears but he never made a sound. In a moment of pity, he hugged the eldest grandson of the emperor and cried, "Remember the difficulties of our grandfather and grandson, and we will come back again in the future." Don't encounter such a thing!"
"En." The eldest grandson of the emperor said, holding back his tears. Seeing the imperial physicians filing in, he touched Shui Mu's face and comforted him, "Grandfather, my father can rest in peace."
"Yes." Shui Mu restrained his sadness, pointed to the emperor's eldest grandson and asked the imperial doctor to look at his leg.
Although the imperial physicians were amazed at how the emperor's eldest grandson's knees became so swollen, they didn't dare to ask further questions. After checking, they said to Shui Mu: "Go back to the emperor, His Highness the eldest grandson is fine, just rest for two days and disperse the congestion. .”
Shui Mu nodded, pointed to the side of the dragon bed and said to Dai Quan: "Put another bed next to my bed, and I want to watch the emperor's eldest grandson's blood go away."
Dai Quan hastily agreed.
The imperial physicians were also quite knowledgeable. Seeing Shui Mu say this, they immediately understood that although the county king of Xianjian was not very good, the emperor valued the eldest grandson of the emperor very much, so they hurriedly retreated to discuss the prescription carefully.
Dai Quan also went to the House of Internal Affairs and personally chose a Panlong Babu bed, which was placed opposite the emperor's bed.
The news that the emperor's eldest grandson took root in the emperor's palace spread throughout the court in just a cup of tea.
In Yuxiu Palace, Xue Baochai heard this, and glanced at King Rong, who was playing with takraw ball, thinking, is this a coincidence?
Outside the palace, in Guang Renbo's house, Wang Xifeng sat in the majestic upper room where he was resting, with cold eyes and no words for a long time.
Half a month later, Wang'er came back to Wang Xifeng and said, "Xu and Li's family sent their lords to borrow food from the lords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Our family's staff came to ask, do you still have the food in the shop?"
"If you don't borrow it, if you borrow it now, isn't it telling others that we didn't do our best when we donated rice earlier?" Wang Xifeng sneered.
Wang'er asked again: "Then what should we do with the more than half of the rice grains allocated to our family? Nowadays, rice grains are all valuable things. If we sell them now, we can earn a lot of money."
This rice grain was half of the batch that was robbed.
Wang Xifeng sneered again and said, "I'm brave, but I'm not brainless? If I sell it now, I'll tell others that it's us who guarded and stole it."
"Grandma, what should I do?" Wang'er said hastily.
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "The other half of the rice will be sold to Jia Yun and Jia Qiang of the Jia family."
"Grandma, what do you mean?" Wang'er asked in bewilderment.
Wang Xifeng looked outside in a daze, and said with a smile: "The Empress is so capable, she can move the Xu and Li families, I'm afraid that even the Jia family will be able to hold her back in the future. Now it's the Xu family's son-in-law who is being robbed. What will Xu and Li say about the sale of the grain and grass?" Looking at the swallows in the sky, I thought that Jia Lian was so tactful, although he had helped Xue Baochai a few times before, if he was not sure of his thoughts, he could not be completely trusted. he.
Wang'er immediately understood that Wang Xifeng had a quick brain in her mind, and when she agreed, she immediately went out and asked someone to contact Jia Yun and Jia Qiang.
Besides, because of You's health, Jia Qiang, who was supposed to go to Jinling, stayed at home for the time being and was helping his little aunt tie a kite, when someone said that Wang Er was coming, so she still held the paste in her hand, and just asked Xichun went to the back hall to accompany Ling Guan to talk, and invited Wang Er to come in.
When Wang'er came in, he looked at the pile of red and green colored papers in Jia Qiang's hand, and said with a smile, "Brother Qiang is busy?"
Jia Qiang nodded and asked, "I don't know why your grandma sent you here?"
Wang'er hurriedly said, "Brother Qiang, do you know what the price of food is now?"
Jia Qiang sat on the stool, and Xichun became impatient when she heard that, she hurriedly sent Wang Er away, and said with a smile: "The food is expensive now, if your Xue family didn't donate the food, you can make a fortune now. "
"To be honest, our family only donated half of the food, and there is still a lot left. But since our grandma said earlier that she gave up everything, if she took out the food now, wouldn't it be a blow to my family? Face? That’s why our grandma said, since the two families are as close as one family, we should ask Brother Qiang and Brother Yun to sell it. Brother Yun took Miss Hong to Jinling, so let’s talk to Brother Qiang first. "Wang'er said with a smile.
Jia Qiang still can't figure out the depth of Xue's family. Hearing what Wanger said, she fell into a groan, and suddenly heard Xichun scolding in the back hall, "I'm waiting for retribution for making such a fortune!", so she laughed at Wanger. .
Wang'er knew that Xichun had been spoiled since she was a child, and she didn't take her words seriously, so she watched Jia Qiang and waited for Jia Qiang to speak.
Jia Qiang also felt that it was unreasonable for the people to drive up the price of rice and grain at a time when people were struggling, so she said: "My aunt has spoken. As a junior, I can only listen to her."
Xichun listened and giggled with Lingguan in the back hall.
Wang Er thought that Jia Qiang was eager to make money and would not refuse, but when he saw him say this, he immediately complained in his heart that Jia Qiang didn't know how to flatter him, so he said: "In this case, we can only go to Brother Zao and Brother Yun." " After saying that, he took his leave and went out, walked out of a street, saw a small paper kite released from Jia Qiang's yard, snorted, and went back to Guangrenbo's residence, and told Wang Xifeng about Xichun's retribution.
Wang Xifeng heard that, if she didn't know Xichun as well, she felt that Xichun was scolding her; she also thought that since Jia Qiang refused to agree, she would definitely persuade Jia Yun not to agree, so there was no need to bother sending someone to Jinling I asked, so I asked Wang'er: "The lord has pardoned the world, has Brother Rong been released?"
Wang'er hurriedly said: "Brother Rong committed a serious crime, how can he be released so easily?"
Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "Xu Shining has already gone to borrow food, can't we release Brother Rong? Besides, Brother Rong has been imprisoned for so many years, it was his father who committed the crime, and It’s okay for our Uncle Wang’s family to plead for mercy and let him out.” Saying this, he told Wang’er to take the money and go to the House of Internal Affairs to manage people.
Wang'er took the silver, and didn't care about the darkness, so she immediately went to the eunuch's house in the city. Sure enough, she did some shopping around, and answered the sentence "There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys rule the king". Within two days, Jia Rong was arrested. let it out.
Jia Rong left the House of Internal Affairs and followed Wang'er into Guangrenbo's house. When she saw Wang Xifeng, she immediately knelt at Wang Xifeng's feet and cried bitterly, "I never thought it was my aunt who rescued me! Auntie is me. Jia Rong’s reborn parents, the nephew will be very filial and filial to the aunt in the future.” Then look at Wang Xifeng wearing a vermilion flowered satin skirt and gold silk phoenix hairpin, sitting in the hall in a majestic way, and look at the calligraphy and paintings of the current talented scholars hanging in the hall, The relics of the ancients from the previous dynasties were displayed, which were even more majestic than the previous Ningguo Mansion, and they kowtowed again and again.
Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Rong, seeing that he was being tortured like elder Jia Qiang, and said to him with a smile, "Brother Rong, do you speak from the bottom of your heart?"
"Of course it comes from the bottom of my heart." Jia Rong hurriedly patted her chest hard.
"Since it's from the bottom of my heart, I'll ask you to go back so that you can honor your mother and your little aunt, and drive out Brother Qiang, who has occupied the magpie's nest. Will you agree?"
Jia Rong had been talking about this a few years ago, but now she heard Wang Xifeng say this, and said hurriedly: "If my aunt supports me, how can I not agree?"
"Okay, I have something to tell you after the matter is done." Wang Xifeng said with a smile, although Jia Rong and Jia Yun are not in the same clan anymore, but the two of them have always been inseparable. Can you get so much food?It's not that someone wants to go to the Rongguo mansion with suspicion.
Jia Rong hurriedly agreed gratefully, because she wanted to send Jia Qiang away, and didn't care to taste the delicacies of mountains and seas at Xue's house, she hurriedly washed her face and shaved off her beard, and hurried to Jia Qiang's house.
When Jia Rong got to the door, she was beaten out by the servant.
In desperation, Jia Rong yelled: "I am a serious young master Rong, call grandma and girl out."
The young servant felt strange, so he hurriedly asked Jia Qiang to come out and recognize him.
When Jia Qiang came out, seeing Jia Rong who had gone through a lot of vicissitudes, she shed tears immediately, and hurriedly asked Jia Rong to go inside to meet Youshi and Xichun.
Seeing Jia Rong, Youshi cried again, but Xichun didn't recognize Jia Rong, so she just sat and watched quietly.
"If the Lord hadn't pardoned the world, it would be difficult for the son to return to honor his mother." Jia Rong knelt at You Shi's knees as she spoke.
You Shi was wiping away tears, and couldn't help being startled when he heard what he said.
"Didn't you say that Brother Rong isn't that filial?" Xichun sat by the side, feeling disgusted by Jia Rong.
Jia Qiang coughed and said, "Perhaps Brother Xu Rong has figured it out in the past few years."
Jia Rong stood up with tears in her eyes, looked at the house secretly, and saw that although the layout of the house was not very rich, it looked like a well-off home, so she held Jia Qiang's hand and said, "Brother Qiang, I have worked hard for you before, In the future, just ask me to take care of my mother and little aunt."
"...Brother Rong, let's eat first." You Shi said, and asked the senior officer, "Have you asked someone to prepare the meal?"
"Already ready to go." Ling Guan said hurriedly.
Jia Rong hadn't noticed Ling Guan before, but when she heard her gentle voice, she looked over and saw that she was a slim and beautiful woman. She immediately thought that she should have been married by him, so she hurriedly said, "Mother, my son is already in Guangren. I've eaten at the uncle's house." Kneeling in front of Youshi again, he said, "Mother, my son will definitely change his ways and stop doing the previous foolish things. Mother, you can rest assured and leave the family business to me in the future."
Youshi turned pale, knowing that Jia Rong's words were worth eating at Guangrenbo's house, she lowered her head, seeing that Ling Guan and Xichun were about to refute Jia Rong, she gave them both a look, and then took the Pazi wiped Jia Rong's face and helped him stand up again.
"Mother doesn't believe in her son?" Jia Rong thought to herself that You Shi must not be confused, he is You Shi's serious stepson, and Jia Qiang is just from outside.
"Xin, we are about to go to Jinling. You are here. Brother Qiang has a helper. Wouldn't it be good? Tomorrow, I will hand over the business of the capital to you. Brothers are of one heart, and their profits can cut through gold." You Shi As he said that, he beckoned Jia Qiang to come over again, and put Jia Qiang and Jia Rong's hands together.
Jia Qiang felt like a thorn in her throat, but it was inconvenient to contradict Youshi, so she held Jia Rong's hand and urged Jia Rong, "We're leaving in two days, you go back and rest first, and follow me to the shop tomorrow." As he was talking, he asked the girl to lead Jia Rong to rest.
Seeing that it was done so easily, Jia Rong felt weird and helpless, so she could only follow the people away. Before leaving, she saw Xichun blooming and falling like daffodils, graceful and charming, and she said flatteringly: "Little aunt was born so beautifully." Like Fairy Lingbo, if she enters the palace, there will be no place for the virtuous concubine to stand."
"Bah! You also want to be a duke and earl? I don't want to see if you can marry such a powerful woman." Xichun scolded.
Jia Rong blushed immediately, because Xichun was too old to speak back, and she wanted to please Youshi, so she went away with a smirk.
As soon as Jia Rong left, Lingguan said bluntly: "Mother, this is really unfair. When Brother Qiang followed you, it took a lot of effort to pay off the foreign debt. Now..."
"Be safe and don't be impatient, my mother will definitely care about it." Jia Qiang comforted the senior officer and looked at You Shi.
Youshi squinted his eyes and said, "I didn't hear him say that he came out of Guangrenbo Mansion?"
"Should we just let him?" Lingguan sneered, glanced at Xichun, and said, "Little aunt was born so well, maybe he took a look at it and decided to sell little aunt for glory and wealth."
Youshi regarded Xichun as her own, and when she heard what the official said, her heart felt like a needle. Seeing Xichun squeezed into her arms, she said: "The rich family only opened warehouses to release grain in hungry years, and absolutely did not take it." It can be seen that the Xue family will not last long. Right now, we can only endure it. Brother Qiang, turn around and tell everyone in the shop that if they are not willing to follow Brother Rong, they can just roll up their bedding and go to the shop. Jinling defected to us; discuss with Brother Yun and Brother Zao again, and quietly ask how to deal with this matter. Although the sect is divided, the two families have always been close, and only those who have a discussion and an amount of money can take care of them. .”
"Hey." Seeing that Youshi did not favor Jia Rong, Jia Qiang felt relieved, and sent the senior officer to get some materials to ask an outside tailor to cut a dress for Jia Rong.On the second day, while sending people to deliver letters to Jia Yun, Jia Zao, etc., at the same time leading Jia Rong to various shops in a very "frank" manner.
Everyone in the shop heard that Jia Rong would take over the shop in the future, or they went to inquire about Jia Rong's preferences, or they were worried and prepared to find another job.
Seeing this, Jia Qiang secretly asked the person who wanted to find another job to go to the shop in Jinling according to everyone's own ambition. After four days, when Jia Rong urged him to go back to Jinling with Youshi and Xichun, he was very busy. After preparing the chariots and horses, he left the capital courtyard and a dozen servants in it to Jia Rong, and took his mother, aunt, and daughter-in-law to Jinling.
Unexpectedly, on the way, he received a letter from Ni Er, asking him to speak to Chang'an County, so he appointed a safe person to escort the three Youshi, and immediately rushed to Chang'an County. After taking it back home, he let out a long sigh and could only do nothing.
After entering the garrison mansion of Chang'an County, he first followed the people to look for Ni Er in the back garden. After entering the Moon Cave Gate in the back garden, he saw Shi Xiangyun standing in the rose garden picking petals. wicker flower baskets followed.
"Uncle, aunt." Jia Qiang called out.
Ni Er nodded his head first, and seeing Shi Xiangyun took the basket, he said, "Ask someone else to carry it, so don't get tired."
Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "I can't get tired of this idea. Let's go."
When Ni Er heard it, he strode towards Jia Qiang.
Jia Qiang took a look and said with a smile, "What is Auntie doing?"
Ni Er smiled triumphantly, "Your aunt is going to pick flower petals to make me a pillow."
Jia Qiang let out a chuckle, and blurted out, "Second Uncle Bao's pillow with a rose is quite appropriate, but Uncle Ni's pillow is really..." Seeing Shi Xiangyun squinting at him, he knew that he was being abrupt, and hurriedly stopped talking.
Ni Er didn't take Jia Qiang's words to heart, he dragged Jia Qiang all the way to the front hall, and said as he walked: "Your aunt is a gentleman, and a gentleman handles things, and it's ridiculous to match me as a rough old man. "
Jia Qiang heard the humbleness hidden in his words, and said in embarrassment: "Uncle, just treat me as a child, let me say that, I don't know why uncle called me here?"
Ni Er led Jia Qiang to sit in the back hall, and said, "I don't want to do the high-interest business, so I told the former brothers to disperse, and gave them money, so that they can live in peace. The partial birth brothers are too confused and can't settle down, and relying on my defense here, I can protect them two points, so I do some sneaky things in Ping'an County all day long, because they don't hurt the world, so I will Open one eye and close one eye. Two months ago, two brothers came to me and told me that they only went to the house next door to the magistrate while it was dark. When they came out, they rode on the wall and watched the Here, someone came from the prefect's mansion. Because they saw that the man was a big one, and they knew that the prefect would not deal with me, they were afraid that they would deal with me, so they hurriedly pursued the identity of the person who came. Who knew, after a search, it turned out to be Chang'an Master Jiedu Yun Guangyun."
When Jia Qiang heard about Chang'an Jiedu's sneaky behavior, she made a bad guess, and hurriedly said: "The friendship between Yunguang and our Jia family is all old, uncle, don't worry about us."
Ni Er was startled when he heard this, vaguely remembering that Chang'an Jiedu seemed to have said about his friendship with the Rongguo Mansion, he hurriedly said: "It's not because of him, it's because of Brother Rong. Brother Rong also came a few nights ago."
"What's the reason for this? Uncle, please tell me something." Jia Qiang asked anxiously, thinking that You Shi was right, as soon as Jia Rong came out, something bad would happen.
Ni Er hurriedly said: "Looking at midnight, brother Rong led the people and escorted many bags away from Chang'an Jiedu's house."
At this moment, as soon as she picked up her pocket, Jia Qiang immediately remembered the missing rice grains, and said angrily, "Could it be the batch that was lost in Jiangxi? How did the rice grains get to Chang'an?" ?”
"Since there are Chang'an Jiedu and the prefect of Chang'an as cover, other officials must intervene. Together with the officials and bandits, everything can disappear." Ni Er said.
Jia Qiang said angrily: "It's been a while, those black-hearted people still do such a thing!"
"...I was going to write to Young General Feng directly, but because Brother Rong was in there, I was afraid that your family would be affected, so Yite called you to speak."
Jia Qiang immediately said: "Uncle, don't worry about us, you can do the righteous thing of exterminating relatives now. But, if they jump over the wall in a hurry, burn the food or throw it into the ditch, what should we do?"
Ni Er stroked the beard on his cheek, moved his eyeballs, and said: "Then we can only eat black and eat black."
Jia Qiang knew that he was doing that rascally thing, so she said: "This is the right way to do it. There is a famine everywhere, and dozens of officials and lords in Jiangxi were taken down. If there is a big trouble, under the scheming of people with good intentions, it will stir up a lot of trouble." People's grievances are not easy to end." As he spoke, he spread paper and ink, and after hearing what Ni Er said, he wrote a letter for him and a secret booklet, and asked Ni Er to send the letter and secret booklet to him. Go to the mansion of General Shenwu in Kyoto.
When Feng Ziying received the letter, she was furious immediately. Regardless of the darkness, she immediately went to the palace, waited at the gate of the palace, and then saw Xiao Lizi coming to lead the people, and then followed Xiao Lizi into the Daming Palace. But two years later, the emperor had already had gray hair all over his head, his eyes were wet immediately, he knelt on the ground, and held up Ni Er's secret book high up.
"Mi'er, bring it here." Seeing Feng Ziying's face full of grief and indignation, Shui Mu's heart sank.
The emperor's eldest grandson hurriedly walked over, took the secret fold, opened it and put it in front of Shui Mu, glanced at it, recognized a few words in it, and said with a smile: "It's good that we found the food."
Shui Mu frowned first, and when he heard what he said, he also smiled and scolded Feng Ziying: "It's obviously a good thing, but why is your face so gloomy?"
"Those villains are really shameless!" Feng Ziying clenched her fists.
Shui Mu closed his eyes, knowing how many bureaucrats had to help open the way for the food to be transported from Jiangxi to Chang'an County in order to be so silent. It was these people who killed the king of Jian County, and said: "Just follow For Ni Aiqing, you don’t need to investigate who opened the way, and you don’t need to alarm anyone, just get the food back quietly, and since Ni Aiqing has some friends who are thieves, let those friends help him.”
"Yes." Feng Ziying said through gritted teeth, secretly thinking that this matter is over, and those who carelessly ignore human lives must be brought to justice.After agreeing, he withdrew, and because Xue Pan was not there, he went to Liu Xianglian to secretly discuss how to deal with it, and then sent a letter to Ni Er and Jia Qiang, just as Ni Er said that Jia Rong and Yunguang had distributed the grain and grass. When transporting to the south of the Yangtze River, the troops were divided into several groups, each chasing and intercepting them. After collecting thousands of stones, suddenly one day, I heard Ni Er's friends say that the magistrate's family had transported some earth and rocks to fill the lotus pond.
Feng Ziying only thought that the magistrate wanted to transport the grain back home in broad daylight by transporting earth and rocks, so he took the risk of leading people to stop the so-called earth and rocks outside the gate of the magistrate. .
The prefect of Chang'an stood on the steps and said with a sneer, "Young general, I will definitely go to the court to seek justice for today's matter."
Feng Ziying was stunned on the ground, and suddenly she got excited, and immediately led people to rush to the back office of the magistrate. After entering the back office, she could smell a musty smell. Walking along the musty smell, she saw a huge area in the back office. In one lotus pond, the water depth is only two inches, and there are moldy and agglomerated rice grains under the water.
The prefect of Chang'an immediately knelt on the ground in fright.
Feng Ziying squatted by the lotus pond, stretched out her hand to pick up the rotten rice grains in the pond, squinted her eyes, and ordered the magistrate to be tied up, and immediately went to the capital without stopping. , and finally said as if mourning: "I'm afraid that the remaining rice grains have already been wiped out. The minister is incompetent, and the thieves have been alarmed, and the rice grains cannot be recovered."
Shui Mu sneered again and again when he heard the words, but knew that Feng Ziying had tried his best, so he said: "Before you came back, someone sent a letter saying that there was a fire in the Jiedu Mansion in Jiangxi. I'm afraid that what is burning in the fire, you and I have already died." I know it well."
"My lord—" Feng Ziying hurriedly called out.
Shui Mu sighed, and said with a sneer: "There are officials and bandits on the ground in Jiangxi, and there is nothing they can do."
"Grandpa Huang, tell Ni Er to go. Isn't he a heavy-duty debtor?" Suddenly, the eldest grandson of the emperor who was sleeping on the bed behind the curtain came out.
Shui Mu clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Son'er is right, since they are officials and bandits together, I will send a rogue." Then he said to Dai Quan, "I am making an order, and quickly order the guards in Chang'an County to lead their families to Jiangxi Go to office." Thinking that if the second official Ni was too young, he might not be able to suppress others, so he said, "Make him Jiangxi Jiedu."
"Yes." Dai Quan agreed.
"Then how should the prefect of Chang'an deal with it?——and Jia Rong, he was granted an amnesty, and someone must be behind the scenes." Feng Ziying said.
Shui Mu took a deep breath, and said, "Put all the crimes on the head of the prefect of Chang'an, and let Yun Guang and Jia Rong go for now." Seeing the eldest grandson of the emperor walking beside him, he said to the eldest grandson: "Our grandpa and grandson are patient. Yes, a hundred bears become gold."
The eldest grandson of the emperor nodded and hummed.
Feng Ziying sighed inwardly, so she resigned and went out of the palace to get on the horse. Seeing that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival again, she thought to herself that this year's King Rong's birthday might not be as lively.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard someone calling Uncle Feng. Feng Ziying swept across the street and saw Jia Rongdui laughing over him. She was tired of him, so she sneered and said, "What do you want me to do?"
"Uncle Feng, I don't know..." Jia Rong knew that Feng Ziying was chasing after rice grains, but because of a bad job, she couldn't see Wang Xifeng, so she came to beg Feng Ziying.
"What do you know, go home and have a drink with your two aunts." Feng Ziying said impatiently, and went home.
Jia Rong was trembling first, but now hearing what Feng Ziying said, she secretly wondered if the magistrate was found out, but not him?He was worried at first, but now he breathed a sigh of relief, walking on the street, he went in when he saw his own shop, and saw that the shop was empty, only a handy guy was there, so he asked, "Where's the shopkeeper?"
The guy laughed and said, "The shopkeeper please resign, don't you know, sir?"
Jia Rong sneered, and heard the staff say that other shops
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