The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

Hearing Feng Ziying's shout, Shui Chi strode into the Buddhist hall, and saw a black hole more than three feet high on the left side of the Buddhist altar. There are dozens of steps of stone stairs, and you can't see clearly when you go down.Fearing that there might be some mechanism in the secret passage, Feng Ziying hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I'm going to investigate."

Shui Chi nodded and said: "Be careful, just explore the way, don't move even if there is anything inside, just come up to me when you see clearly."

Feng Ziying should claim that she took out a fire pocket from her bosom, and holding it up, leaned forward and lowered her head down the steps. After walking a dozen steps, Feng Ziying turned around the steps and disappeared into the tunnel.The water is not in a hurry, just wait patiently.All the maids kneeling in the yard were stunned when they heard that there was a secret passage in the Buddhist hall. They had been serving in this yard for not a year or two, but they didn't notice it at all.

About half an hour later, Feng Ziying emerged from the secret passage. He walked up to Shui Chi and whispered something in a low voice. They are here to watch things and make books with their own eyes."

The guards got the order and immediately went to tell Jiamu and others, even the mother and daughter of the Xue family who lived in the Lixiangyuan, and they were all taken to Mrs. Wang's yard half-invited and half-arrested.

After everyone went forward to kneel and worship, Shui Chi said lightly: "Stand aside."

Feng Ziying led two guards down the secret passage again, and after a while, things were continuously transported out.As the sky was getting darker, the water was brewed but no one was allowed to light the lamps, only to see boxes that were two feet square were brought out and placed all over the floor.Mother Jia was extremely disturbed. Although she didn't know that Mrs. Wang had a secret room where the items were stored, she knew that Mrs. Wang had seized many things belonging to the Lin family over the years, and many of them were forbidden items. Enough for the Jia family to drink a pot.

Shui Chi gave an order, and the guards lifted the lid of the box, and saw that the dim courtyard was suddenly bright, and there were all kinds of gold, jade, jade and gemstones, all of which were extremely rare.There is also a box full of longan-sized pearls, there are hundreds of them, and each one is extremely smooth and round, even today's tributes are not as good as it.The bright jewels reflected the faces of the people in Jia's mansion clearly. Jia Mu's eyes were slightly narrowed by the light, her complexion was suffocating, and Jia Amnesty's eyes were wide open, full of greed and desire. Jealousy, Li Wan's eyes showed bitter hatred, but Sister Feng felt like she had overturned the five-flavored bottle in her heart, thinking that she had been coaxed by Mrs. Wang to accompany so many dowries in the past few years, Sister Feng only felt that she was the number one in the world fool.Even though Xue's family is an imperial merchant, they have never seen so many rare items, and they couldn't help staring at them, but Baochai was annoyed and hated in his heart. What's the benefit of such a search, so that they can't fall into her hands again? up.

Glancing at the people in Jia's mansion, taking the different expressions into his eyes, Shui Chi sat down and said indifferently: "I don't think the housekeeper's wife of the Rongguo mansion is so good at making money, you are all knowledgeable, let's talk about it."

Jia's mother knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "I don't know the truth about ignorant and stupid women accumulating wealth. I beg His Royal Highness to investigate clearly." Shui Chi nodded and smiled: "Oh, I don't know, Mrs. Jia Tai Regardless of family, it is understandable not to know. Ziying, just read a few words to Mrs. Jia."

Feng Ziying was making a booklet. After hearing Shui Chi's words, she hurriedly got up and said yes, holding up the booklet and reading: "A handful of two snows, two hundred longan and big east pearls, two sets of Laokeng emerald emerald emerald head and face jewelry, Ceylon Kingdom Forty red and sapphires each, a set of Ru Kiln Yuguotianqing tea set, a pair of gallbladder vases consecrated in enamel and brocade with eighteen arhats, four red pots with fixed chi ears, twenty golden flowered bowls, and brocade satin with golden silk clouds Twenty horses..." Every time Feng Ziying said the same thing, Jia's mother trembled. These things are extremely rare, and even if they have money, they are hard to buy. I never imagined that Wang's housekeeper would be able to save these things in less than 20 years. Didn't even know a little bit.

Shui Chi waved his hand, and Feng Ziying stopped reading, and Shui Chi said lightly: "A daughter-in-law of a mere Duke's mansion can hide so many things beyond the control, it seems that this king really underestimated your mansion, Mrs. Jia Madam, you have seen these with your own eyes, what else can you say?" Mother Jia could only kowtow and beg: "The concubine is old, and the housework has always been handled by the daughter-in-law. I really don't know about it. down the line."

Shui Chi smiled mockingly, and said lightly: "Is it just a crime of negligence?"

Jia's mother dared not speak, but kowtowed.At this moment, Baochai suddenly raised her head and said, "Go back to Your Highness, the things here were originally prepared by my aunt to enter the imperial concubine and empress."

Shui Chi frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Ziying, is this the girl from the Jia family?"

Feng Ziying hurriedly said: "Your Highness, she is not a girl from the Jia family, but Xue Baochai, the niece of the convict Jia Wang's family, a commoner."

Shui Chi sneered and said: "The Jia family's affairs are not clear to the Jia family, but a person with a foreign surname is clear about it. This is a rare thing. A mere untouchable dares to speak falsely in front of the king, so he pulls it out and slaps his mouth." Two guards responded Claiming to be so, she picked up Baochai and dragged her out of the courtyard. Aunt Xue was so frightened that she rushed forward crying, but was stopped by the guards. It was beaten by the old nuns in the palace. No matter how strong they are, they are no better than the well-trained guards.After only three or two slaps, Baochai was beaten until the corners of his mouth bled and his eyes stared with gold stars. With the experience of being slapped last time, this time Baochai didn't dare to cry out, and after a few slaps, he was knocked out. past.After the slap was over, Aunt Xue rushed forward and hugged Baochai, yelling "Ahh!"

Baochai's words reminded Jia's mother, and she hurriedly said to Shui Chi: "Young girl Bao is right, these things are for the imperial concubine and empress. Buy things that are beyond the control. Please His Royal Highness check it out." "Go up...Ziying, list those things that are out of the ban, go back and check the list to see when it was rewarded to whom, and then ask King Jia How did you take away the belongings of other families by force?" Shui Chi gave a light command, which frightened Jia's mother, she knew that there were many belongings of the Lin family there, and that day, Lin Hai deliberately took some of them away so that Daiyu could live as if she were at home. Daiyu was brought to Jia's mansion with the boat as a gift from the royal family.At first, Daiyu was young and didn't pay much attention to these things, so Mrs. Wang snatched away some of them openly and secretly. Later, the Lin family sent things to Beijing twice a year. There are also many antiques and treasures. Daiyu didn't even see them, so they were bought by Mrs. Wang privately.

"His Royal Highness, please tell me that because my granddaughter has lived in our home for many years, there are many things that were sent by the Lin family as a gift of thanks. The Lin family has been noble for generations, so it is normal for some forbidden things." Jia Mu hurriedly said.She thought that Lin Hai and Jia Min had passed away anyway, and Daiyu was young and had not been in the Lin family for many years, so she would not be too clear about these things. Thinking about the relationship between the Lin family and the royal family, she thought that the crown prince would be able to let this matter go.

"This case is getting worse and worse. According to Mrs. Jia's wishes, these forbidden items are all sent by the Lin family. They should go to the Lin family to check?" The supreme majesty made Jia's mother hang her head and dare not answer.

Shui Chi smiled lightly and said: "It's getting late today, come here and send the evidence to the warehouse of Zongzheng Temple, Ziying, you lead people to guard Jia's mansion, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and no collusion between confessions is allowed. Tomorrow morning, the king will request the holy will." It won't be too late to pass the witnesses' witnesses for retrial."

Feng Ziyingao claimed that he drove the people of the Jia family back to their rooms like coaxing pigs and sheep. Although Jia's mother had done a lot in her life, she had never encountered a situation of ransacking the house, and she was already trembling and out of breath. Out of breath, the two maids, Yuanyang and Hupo, supported her, and finally helped her back to the room. Mother Jia fell on the bed, her eyes widened and panting, looking really scary.

The mandarin ducks stepped forward to serve for a while, and Jiamu managed to calm down. Two lines of old tears fell, and Jiamu cried: "Master, I am sorry for you..."

Yuanyang hurriedly persuaded her again, and Jia Mu suddenly thought of Baoyu, and hurriedly pulled Yuanyang and asked, "Yuanyang, why didn't you see Baoyu just now?"

Yuanyang already knew that Baoyu had been sent to the Huanyi Bureau to do hard labor, but she didn't dare to provoke Jiamu any more, so she lied that Baoyu had gone out early in the morning, maybe something happened, and she hasn't come back yet.After hearing this, Jia's mother took a long breath and said, "I hope Baoyu will be smarter and don't come back tonight. If he can go to his uncle, he may be safe. In the future, I will point to him to revive the Jia family... " Jia Mu talked for a while, then lay down on the bed, waved her hands weakly and said, "Yuanyang, you go outside, I want to have a rest." Yuanyang covered Jia Mu with a quilt and retreated. Her eyes sat up, and she murmured: "It seems that the Jia family is doomed, so they have to use that force. Alas, if I knew that day would come, I should never have asked him to flee to the Di clan. If he was there, there would still be a legend. The one who believed. That’s all, my lord, Jia’s family is in crisis, and I can only use that person.” Mother Jia got up gently and got out of bed, went to the dressing table to get some rouge, and wrote a lot of words on a snow-white silk silk. After writing the foreign language, roll up the silk and tuck it into the interlayer of a small gold nine-turn hollowed-out and carved aromatherapy, and then find a fingernail-sized incense piece from the dark compartment at the head of the bed and put it in the small aromatherapy. A faint strange fragrance slowly permeated.The incense only burned for half an hour, and then a tiny black shadow came in from the window and rushed straight in front of Jiamu.It was a small black snake with finger-thick and thin triangular head and green eyes. It spit out a letter and circled around the small incense a few times, then hooked the snake's tail to the hollow of the small incense, and swished through the window paper. where to go.The little snake came and went silently, and when Jia's mother sent the news, no one in the whole Jia's house knew about it.

The crown prince raided Jia's mansion with the strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside. No matter the important officials in the court or the people in the capital, no one knew that the majestic Jia mansion had stationed elite soldiers inside, and the people in Jia's mansion had lost their freedom.

Sister Feng returned to her room and kept praying secretly: "Second Master, you must stay overnight at Second Uncle's house tonight, and you must not come back..." Jia Lian went to the Wangfu to discuss business with Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng He was left to eat wine, and seeing that Jia Lian was drinking, he stayed with Jia Lian, so he let Jia Lian escape temporarily.Ping'er went to Sister Feng's side, patted her chest and said softly: "Thanks to grandma's foresight, all the money released has been recovered, and the wife asked her to return the stamp paper to her, otherwise the whole family will be guilty if they are really implicated." .”

Sister Feng sighed softly: "Sister Lin reminded me that day. Without her, I would still be my wife's gunman. Fortunately, we stopped early, otherwise it would not be Zhou Rui's family who was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but Zhou Rui's family." Me. In the past six months, I have cleaned up our house, and I am not afraid of the investigation. At most, I will be implicated in the confiscation of property. , but there is no problem with food and clothing." Ping'er hurriedly said: "Grandma, don't say that, even if you eat bran and swallow vegetables, Ping'er will follow grandma."

Li Wan hugged the young Jia Lan in his own room, tears streaming down her cheeks. She came from a family of poets and scholars, and the most important thing for her was her clean reputation. Li Wan felt bad for such a scene during the day. Feeling ashamed to die, he hated Mrs. Wang to the bone.After crying for a while, Li Wan got up and opened the makeup box, took out the few pieces of jewelry that Mrs. Wang rewarded during the festivals, wrapped them in handkerchiefs, and planned to hand them over early tomorrow morning, so as to preserve her innocence.After wrapping it up, Li Wan thought about it again, hurriedly went to find a few banknotes that were pressed at the bottom of the box, took off his and Jia Lan's small clothes, sewed the banknotes into the interlayer, and gave them to Jialan after they were sewn up. Putting on her small clothes, Li Wan said in a low voice, "Lan'er must remember that this clothes must never be taken off." Although Jia Lan didn't understand why, she also understood that something serious happened, so she threw herself into Li Wan's arms, The mother and son cried again.

Jia She's room was even more chaotic, Jia She was furious and scolded and beat for a while, Mrs. Xing was so frightened that she hid far away from the door, not daring to step forward. Don't roll over."

Mrs. Xing cautiously moved to Jia She, and Jia She shouted in a low voice, "Find out the bank notes quickly, it seems that the house will be ransacked tomorrow, and what you can hide is worth what you can hide."

Mrs. Xing wept aggrievedly and said, "But the family doesn't have much silver. Master, you bought four new maids. Now I'm afraid you don't even have 1 taels of silver notes."

Jia She was so angry that he slapped Mrs. Xing severely, and shouted: "Nonsense, you pretend that I don't know you have private money, so hurry up and take it out."

Mrs. Xing bumped her head into Jia She's arms and cried loudly: "Where do I have money in my private house? The master is in charge outside the house. I have a total of 20 taels of silver a month. I have nothing but this. You let me What do you take out..."

Jia She hurriedly blocked Mrs. Xing's crime, and cursed in a low voice: "You are dead, you dare to mutter loudly..." Seeing that Mrs. Xing stopped crying, Jia She threw her aside and went to overthrow Mrs. Xing. dowry.He turned a makeup box upside down, but he didn't find any banknotes. Although those jewelry were worth a lot of money, Jia She had no way to turn those jewelries into banknotes immediately, so he could only stomp on his feet resentfully. , went into the inner room to find the concubine to vent her anger.

When Jia Amnesty left, Mrs. Xing walked lightly to the dressing table, picked out a very inconspicuous bone hairpin, and hid it in a hidden pocket of her inner coat.Jia Amnesty looked away, not knowing that this kind of bone hairpin was hollow, and it would be no problem to put two banknotes inside.Mrs. Xing married Jia Amnesty to fill the house, so she was always prepared for danger in times of peace, and secretly saved a lot of money. Up to now, there are more than ten thousand taels. Mrs. Xing quietly deposits the silver in the bank, and the silver bills for cashing are hidden in her bone hairpin. among.

Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun used to live together, but now they are locked together, Yingchun only knows how to cry, while Xichun looks at the Buddhist scriptures coldly, without saying a word, only Tanchun seems to be in a hurry, Restless, wandering around the room, making people dizzy.

"Second Sister, Fourth Sister, what are you doing? Is crying useful? Can reading Buddhist scriptures save the family?" Tanchun was upset and shouted anxiously.

Yingchun looked up at Tanchun, bowed her head and continued to cry, Xichun raised her eyes to Tanchun, the cold eyes made Tanchun feel guilty.Xichun said coldly: "What's the hurry, third sister? Don't say that you haven't copied everything yet, even if you copied the house, it has nothing to do with third sister. You are someone who has a family, and you are implicated, and you are also implicated. If you don't It will implicate you."

Tanchun said angrily, "Fourth sister, what are you talking about? I'm still a girl of the Jia family."

Xichun sneered: "Girls from the Jia family, are the girls from the Jia family more honorable than others? According to me, the house should have been ransacked a long time ago. Sister Lin has the roots of wisdom and left here early to avoid being tarnished."

Tan Chun hurriedly said: "Fourth sister, what do you know, if it weren't for her, our family would not have had this disaster!"

Xichun said coldly: "Although I am young, I also know right from wrong. The second wife is only allowed to press Sister Lin every step of the way and threaten to kill her, but is Sister Lin not allowed to save herself? Although we were not there that day, this No one is clear about the matter. The second wife pointed out that Sister Lin is a thief, not to mention the temperamental Sister Lin. Even a temperless person like me should ask for a clear explanation. They say that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. I think this is clearly retribution!"

Every word of Xichun's words pierced my heart, Tanchun's face was flushed but he couldn't say a word of rebuttal, Xichun suddenly sneered again and said: "Third sister, I always respect you for your strong bones, but I don't think you are also a person who stalks others. Auntie is also your own mother, her bones are not cold, and your brother's whereabouts are unknown, so you are happily engaged to someone, a hot-tempered housekeeper, this is the rule you learned from the second wife?"

Tanchun was ashamed and indignant, and cried: "What can I do with the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker? You think I want to marry a fool? You say that your sister Lin is so good and so good, but I will ask her to help me, she But she didn't pay any attention to it, she didn't care about her sisterhood at all, Baoyu is enough for Sister Lin, but how can Sister Lin treat Baoyu..."

"Third Sister's words are really ridiculous, Sister Lin is a good-looking girl, why should she care about your parents' order and matchmaker's words?

Why did she treat Baoyu? Sister Lin has always been far away from Baoyu. Everyone can see that it is you who put Sister Lin and Baoyu together in order to please the old lady.Sister Lin is pure and pure, and Baoyu is not good enough for her. After all, Xichun was young and angry, she slapped the Buddhist scriptures on the table, stood up and muttered angrily.

Tanchun already had knots in his heart, and after hearing Xichun's words, he felt even more uncomfortable, so he turned his back and stepped on his feet and said, "I don't want to be entangled with you."

Xichun wanted to say more, Yingchun cried and stood up, pulled Xichun and said: "Fourth sister, don't talk about it, everyone is in a bad mood. You used to be from the west mansion, but now you are only investigating our east mansion, you should think about it quickly." The only way is to go back, there are no innocent people who will be implicated." Xichun shook her head and said: "Second sister, there are dead eggs under the nest, and the two houses have the same origin, where can I escape? We have enjoyed this If you are rich and honored, you should suffer this kind of setback, although I am young, I understand this truth."

Yingchun hugged Xichun into her arms and began to cry again, Tanchun was so irritable that she broke out in a sweat in the winter.Feng Ziying heard Xichun's words verbatim, and he couldn't help feeling curious about the four girls of the Jia family, secretly thinking that these four girls are a rare understanding person, she is young, and she has no faults on her body. It's worth trying to save her.

When Shui Chi returned to the palace, he immediately went to check the old files. He couldn't help but find that there were many things that were rewarded to the Lin family by the royal family, and some artifacts that were rewarded to the Zhen family in Jiangnan.This Jiangnan Zhen's family committed crimes two years ago, but after ransacking the house, they found that many things were missing. This time, they searched Mrs. Wang's yard and found all the lost things.In addition to the things belonging to the Lin family and the Zhen family, there are many other things whose origins are unknown, but most of these things are out of control.

After the water brewing test is completed, the relevant booklets are directly sent to the emperor.The emperor and queen were talking, when seeing Shui Chi came in angrily, the queen asked with a smile: "Qi'er, who made you angry, let's see how dark your face is."

"Father, look, this is what my son copied out today." Shui Chi angrily put the booklet on the imperial book table, and said angrily.

The emperor flipped through a few pages, and said calmly: "Chi'er, don't lose your temper, we have already thought of this matter."

Shui Chi nodded, then raised his head and said, "Father, we must not tolerate the Jia family."

The emperor raised his forehead and said: "What you said is very true, so what are you going to do next?"

Shui Chi was at the age of fledgling, he said angrily: "Search Jia's house, demote Jia noble concubine to common people."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and said lightly: "Is that so?"

The water was stunned, and looking at the emperor, the emperor said lightly: "The Jia family hid forbidden things. This crime can be big or small. The big one ransacked the house and destroyed the family, and the small one beat the person who hid it privately and the person in charge of the Jia family to the sixties. Ban, Chi'er, do you think that under the current situation, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will allow you to confiscate Jia's family and destroy it?"

Shui Chi's feverish mind calmed down, he took a deep breath, and said softly: "Of course not, the Jia family is connected with the royal family historian Xue's family, and they are connected to the Zhongshun Palace in the court, and they have selfish interests with the Di family. The family is wiped out, and the court and border will be very unstable for a while."

The queen nodded and said: "What Chi'er said is very true. One more thing, Concubine Jia is pregnant, and now the emperor has not given the reward as usual. Although you report to the public, but you are my son, there is no guarantee that no one will say that I ordered you to abolish the public for private reasons, and intentionally harm the Jia family, so that she cannot give birth to a child safely. In this way, the government will be in chaos. Your father has quelled chaos several times since he ascended the throne, but now that the national strength has been exhausted, we cannot afford chaos."

Shui Chi asked anxiously, "Should we let them go?"

The emperor shook his head and said: "Of course I won't let you go, but the evidence in your hand is not enough, Chi'er, so you can pass it here naturally, but if those ministers don't comply, you will not be able to do things smoothly."

Shui Chi is a smart man, he immediately understood the emperor's intention, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, father and queen mother, I will definitely settle this case. But now I have ordered people to guard all the people in the Rongguo Mansion , even if they are not dealt with immediately, they must be sent to jail and detained, so as to force their hidden strength to come out."

The emperor nodded and said: "It's fine to knock the mountain and shake the tiger like this, Chi'er, you have made a lot of progress, and the emperor is very pleased."

After setting the tune, the water will be easy to operate. Anyway, this matter will not be dealt with until tomorrow day, so the water will be put aside for a while, and only asked the queen: "Mother, why don't you let the little junior sister go home? How long will you stay with her?"

The queen rolled her eyes and said, "If you have the ability, you can keep it for yourself."

Shui Chi said anxiously: "Now that the Jia family is like this, they will definitely find a way to find Junior Sister. Isn't this embarrassing for Junior Sister. It's better to bring her to the palace. There are ways to think about it.”

The queen said angrily: "Qi'er, don't underestimate Yu'er. Yu'er is not an ignorant person. She has her own opinions about right and wrong. Besides, we can't hide Yu'er forever. You have to face many things by yourself, which no one can replace.”

Shui Chi murmured: "But, but...but the little junior sister is still weak, why not let her rest for a few more days."

The emperor shook his head and said with a smile: "Xin'er, if you really care about this precious son, you will be in chaos. It's not as good as Yu'er's Lingtai." The queen also shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Tian said, how could I have such a stupid son?" !"

Shui Chi called out anxiously: "Father, Empress, what are you talking about?"

The emperor smiled and said: "Yu'er was afraid that we would make things difficult, so she proposed to go back. She was afraid that she would be in the palace, and Concubine Jia would point her at her to make trouble here after her father and queen mother. Besides, you said that the Jia family was corrupted by the Lin family. Yu'er is the head of the Lin family, and she always wants to be a witness with you to help you handle the case. If you stay in the palace, it will be inconvenient for you to handle the case."

Shui Chi said anxiously: "Who wants my junior sister to be a witness!"

The emperor said sternly: "Chi'er, don't mess up your position because of the love of your children. Yu'er is better than you. She is the one who suffers and is the cause of this case. How can you make the case a solid one if she doesn't show up? "

Shui Chi bowed and said yes, the queen couldn't bear to see her son unhappy, so she smiled softly: "Silly boy, Yu'er wants to help you, you should be happy, why are you unhappy?"

Shui Chi said in a low voice: "Jia's family is related to Junior Sister after all, their son can't bear to see Junior Sister sad."

The emperor shook his head. Although their family rose to the position of supremacy from the bloody storm, their hearts were not hardened by the bloody storm. There was a little warmth and softness hidden in everyone's heart. The same is true for the empress and the water. .