Rebirth of the third master of the ring of the Red Chamber

In early January, civil unrest broke out frequently in the five northwestern provinces of Daqing; in February, the civil unrest turned into a massive peasant uprising; in March, the army failed to suppress it, and the five provinces lost three provinces.Just when the emperor was struggling to put down the rebellion, he received a letter from the governor of Sichuan, saying that the rebellion was all caused by General Fuyuan's excessive expropriation and oppression of the people.During his five years as governor of Gansu, he embezzled money for disaster relief, donated prison money, and tax money, totaling more than 1000 million taels. All 170 people in the Northwest officialdom were used by him alone, and the matter of false relief was strictly covered up. Not a single clue has been revealed for five years.The successor he elected also upheld the tradition and changed the expropriation from the true nature to the deduction without permission, embezzling ink and disaster relief with a huge amount of 400 million taels in two years.

However, the people in the Northwest suffered from drought and famine for years but could not get relief. It is normal for the people in the Northwest to be separated from their wives and children, sell their children and sell their children, and even change their children for food. Rebellion.

General Fuyuan Qu Zehou is the brother of Empress Qu and the prince's uncle. He has successively served as the governor of Gansu, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the general of Fuyuan. There is a posture of inheriting the mantle of Qu Xiang and pouring power into the government and the opposition.

After reading the secret book, the emperor was furious. He sent people to escort the General Fuyuan who was far away in the northwest to quell the chaos and return to Beijing overnight. He also sent General Dingyuan to quell the bandits, that is, the fifth prince of the current dynasty, to immediately go to the northwest to suppress.

The next day, the prince knelt down and begged his father to thoroughly investigate the matter and return the general to his innocence. Nearly [-]% of the officials in the court wrote a letter to plead for the general's order, and even a few important officials admonished him with death.

The emperor was even more apprehensive of the princes, so after much deliberation, he sent his confidant Meng Guliang, who led the guards and ministers, to the northwest to investigate the matter. Afraid that he was not worthy enough, he picked and chose among several princes, and finally decided on the three princes. The three sons who were the most honest and upright in the world before entering the imperial court joined forces.

The third prince was not surprised when he received the imperial edict, and he was about to set off after a little preparation.

"I'll go with you." Jia Huan blocked the door of the study.

"The palace examination will be in late April. I don't know when I will be able to return. You stay." The third prince resolutely refused.

"It's a big deal, I will come back by myself in early April." Jia Huan raised one foot to step on the door frame, and blocked the young man from going out of the house.

"My lord, let the third lord go with us. Meng Gu is obviously the emperor's man, but he has been wined over by the fourth prince in secret, not to mention that the prince may try his best to obstruct the investigation. It is very difficult and dangerous to go." Xiao Ze stood at the door Outward arch.

When Jia Huan heard this, he refused to give in.

"Okay, let's go together. Regardless of whether the case is investigated or not, Huan'er must come back at the beginning of April!" The Third Prince had no choice but to pick up the young man on his shoulders and walk to the carriage parked in the front yard.

The two provinces of Shaanxi and Qinghai have not yet been captured by the rebels, and the third prince and his party took the lead in investigating the two provinces.As soon as he arrived in Shaanxi, he was greeted by dozens of officials, big and small, on his knees.The third prince personally supported the governor of Shaanxi and followed him into the governor's mansion.

Knocking on the door, Meng Guliang bowed in, greeted him and said, "My lord, the longer the time drags on, the fewer clues we can investigate. I am bold, please go to the granary with me to inspect immediately. And seal the accounts of money and food exchanges.”

"It's not a big problem to delay for a night or two, Mr. Meng doesn't need to worry." The third prince whose hair was still steaming smiled lightly and waved his hands.

Meng Guliang wanted to persuade him again, but he heard the sound of splashing water behind the screen, and a lazy and casual voice said, "Bring my clothes in." Then another slender and graceful silhouette appeared on the hollowed-out rosewood screen.

The third prince immediately got up and blocked Meng Guliang's sight. His smile seemed amiable, but in reality he was forceful. "This king has his own plans. Mr. Meng only needs to help this king. I don't have time right now, so you can go."

Meng Guliang had no choice but to bow and leave. Before going out, he looked back, but saw the third prince took a silk cloth and walked behind the screen to wipe the boy's body carefully.

"Master Meng, don't look at evil." A warning implying a blade came from behind the screen. Meng Guliang's heart shuddered, and he quickly withdrew his gaze and hurriedly retreated. There is a clear distinction between public and private, and looking at it now, it’s nothing more than mediocrity. The turmoil in the Northwest is related to the state, and he shoulders a heavy responsibility, but he still doesn’t forget to have fun with his pets, he really has a great reputation!"

Chang Sui hurriedly echoed in a low voice.

That night, the governor of Shaanxi hosted a banquet for the two of them. Because Prince Jin agreed, no matter how disgusted Meng Guliang was, he had to attend.Delicacies from mountains and seas, rich nectar and jade liquid are indispensable in the banquet, and there are beauties playing music and dancing, accompanied by left and right, which makes people feel happy.

After Jia Huan sat down, he neither talked to anyone nor enjoyed the singing and dancing, but just buried himself in eating.From time to time, the third prince brought him vegetables, and peeled off all the fishbone and shrimp skin, leaving the clean meat in his bowl, and softly told him to slow down and not choke.

The governor of Shaanxi came up and kept making friends, and motioned to several peerless singers and accompanying officials to toast in turn. The third prince smiled lightly and refused to refuse anyone who came.

After eating [-]% full, Jia Huan threw away the chopsticks, took the wine glass from a singer, and said with a light smile, "My lord is too strong to drink, so I'll drink it for him." ten cups.

The third prince was already slightly drunk, knowing that the young man was not drunk, so he did not stop him, and smiled at him with one hand on his cheek, his eyes blurred.

Seeing him being so forthright, all the people in the room clapped their hands and applauded, and their attitude was even more attentive.In the middle of the night, Meng Guliang was so drunk that he was helped back to his room by two singers. Jia Huan got up to go to the toilet, and when he returned to the table, the third prince had disappeared.

Hurriedly back to the room, as soon as he approached, he heard the sound of warblers and swallows inside, panting, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.Jia Huan endured it more and more, finally raised his foot and kicked open the door, and walked in quickly.The young man lay on his back on the soft couch, his clothes half untied and his hair hanging down. The two singers lay on his body and rubbed against him, grabbing his big palms and kneading their towering breasts.

The young man's eyes were slack, his expression blurred, and suddenly he pressed a singer wearing a crimson skirt under him, kissed her forehead, cheeks, and the tip of her nose tenderly, and muttered something in his mouth.

A dark red light flashed in Jia Huan's eyes, and he walked slowly, looking towards the singer's neck, but he heard a lingering 'Huan'er', which made him slightly startled.

Another sound of "Huan'er" woke him up from his daze, and the turbulent murderous look in his eyes faded in an instant, he picked up the two singers and threw them out of the room at will, walked to the couch and stared at the handsome young man's face.

"Who did you call just now?" He leaned close to the other person's cochlea and asked word by word.

The young man took a long breath, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Jia Huan stood up, walked around the room, saw the teapot on the table, tested the temperature with the back of his hand, it was neither hot nor cold, picked it up and slowly poured it on the young man's face.

"Cough, cough, cough..." With a few drops of water soaked into his nostrils, the Third Prince was immediately woken up by choking, coughing so dizzily, heart-piercingly, that most of the smell of alcohol disappeared in an instant.

"Little bastard, what did I do to mess with you? Trick me like this?" Seeing the face hanging above his head clearly, he wiped off the drops of water from his face, and asked dumbfoundedly.

"Are you awake? Do you know who I am?" Jia Huan sat down beside him and patted his flushed cheek.

"Huan'er, don't make trouble." The third prince grabbed his fingertips and gently kneaded, and said lazily, "I'm thirsty, give me a cup of tea."

Jia Huan poured a cup of tea, fed him to drink slowly, and said casually, "Just now you hugged a woman in scarlet clothes and kissed, but you called my name."

"Pfft~" A cup of tea was poured out, the third prince's face was flushed, his eyes flickered, and he looked very embarrassed.

Jia Huan turned sideways to avoid him, and when he finished spraying, he immediately moved closer to his face, and said word by word, "When you make out with someone, are you thinking of me? Hmm?" The closer he got, the closer he got, until his body temperature was smeared and his nose breathed. Entangled.

The skin sprayed by the young man's breath was hot and painful, but it was also intoxicatingly numb. The third prince's mind was in chaos, and he couldn't think at all.

Jia Huan turned his head to look at him, and continued to ask, "You like me? Huh?"

The Third Prince closed his eyes, letting the young man's strange and handsome face disappear for a moment, and then said in a hoarse voice, "Huan'er, don't make trouble!"

The change of sexual orientation is not acceptable to everyone, and the road of same-sex love has always been a thousand times more difficult than ordinary people, and it must not be rashly set foot on the spur of the moment.Most straight men, after experiencing a period of 'absurdity', will suddenly realize that they are secretive about this relationship and hate it like jealousy.

Jia Huan didn't want to see Tu Xiuqi's eyes of hatred, disgust, and disgust at some point in the future.If he doesn't want to take the initiative to approach, he won't go one step further.

Thinking of this, he backed away and said with a light smile, "It's just a joke, don't take it seriously. I'm leaving, you should rest early."

There was a soft sound of closing the door, and the third prince's stiff body suddenly relaxed, and he fell back on the soft couch with a wry smile.

The next day, both of them kept silent about what happened last night.At first the Third Prince was a little embarrassed, but seeing the boy's usual intimacy, he gradually relaxed.

Although Meng Guliang accepted the two singers, his attitude was not soft at all. After breakfast, he proposed to check the grain depot.

Kangtai, the governor of Shaanxi, had no choice but to take the account book and take a group of people there.

There are granaries towering over the huge flat ground, each of which is filled with yellow, orange, and golden grains, with a sharp point protruding from the unsealed top, which looks very gratifying.

Kangtai pointed to the granary and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Meng, please take a look. This is the 34 shi of grain collected by Shaanxi this year, all of which are waiting for inspection here. As for the fact that the governor of Sichuan said that the true color has changed, it is all nonsense. Please, my lord, Lord Meng, replace Guan Zhaoxue."

The third prince nodded and smiled, but Meng Guliang approached and tapped the barn wall with his knuckles.A thick beep sounded, and it seemed that the granary was indeed full, instead of being partitioned by wooden boards, it was only stacked on the top floor.

After Meng Guliang finished tapping one by one, the third prince asked with a smile, "How is it?"

Meng Guliang cupped his hands, "Going back to the prince, the warehouses are all full."

Kangtai breathed a sigh of relief, took out the account book and opened it, explaining page by page, "My lord, please see that Shaanxi has collected a total of 160 million shi of grain in the past seven years, which is used for disaster relief from 20 to 22 shi every year. Outside the stone, there is a lot of surplus grain stored in the granary in the eastern suburbs. If the prince is interested, his subordinates can take you to check it. This amount of grain is enough to relieve the disaster-stricken people, and it will not make them precarious. However, they still rebelled, but It is definitely not the responsibility of General Fuyuan to be bewitched by the leader of the Hasa tribe, Rob Zang Danjing."

The third prince listened with a smile and nodded frequently. After he finished speaking, he walked to the granary and said, "How can we count as a thorough investigation just by knocking? You need to take out all the grain to check and weigh it."

"This, how much manpower and material resources will it cost?" Kangtai's heart trembled violently.

Meng Guliang was originally dissatisfied with the third prince's passive sabotage, but now he had nothing to say, and immediately waved his hand at the chief, signaling him to look for labor.

"There is no need to spend manpower and material resources." The silent young man who had been standing beside Prince Jin suddenly said, looked around, removed a bamboo pole supporting the granary, cut off a section, sharpened it with a dagger, and pierced through the partition. It was easily inserted into the wooden warehouse wall, and with a light tap on the warehouse wall, golden particles gushed out, but it was not full grain, but fine river sand, which soon poured all over the ground.

Kangtai stared at the fine sand that had almost covered his shoe upper, shivering.

Jia Huan took out the bamboo tube and inserted it into the next granary, and what poured out was still fine sand instead of grain.After inspecting more than a dozen seats in succession, the third prince finally waved his hand and said in a warm voice, "Huan'er, that's enough." Looking at Kangtai, who was already limp and kowtowing frequently, his voice suddenly became cold, "Come here, take Shaanxi Governor Kangtai to prison Awaiting trial! 34 officials in Shaanxi, regardless of their positions, will be detained!"

Xiao Ze bowed his hands and captured all the officials present.

Meng Guliang worked hard all morning, his joints were red, but he was almost fooled. On the contrary, the third prince only took a moment to control the audience, so he had to obey.Gathering his mind, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is brilliant, I am ashamed of myself!"

"Master Meng is too impatient. If you are impatient, you will easily fall into chaos." The third prince smiled and waved his hands, pointing to the rows of granaries and said, "The real ones can't be fake, and the fake ones can't be real. Shaanxi is a barren land. When 30 shi of grain was handed over to the imperial court, why did the common people rise up from starvation and cold? No matter how much Kangtai spent trying to cover it up, you will know when you dismantle the granary..."

Having said that, he rubbed the boy's forehead and laughed, "With Huaner here, it doesn't need to be so troublesome." He looked at Meng Guliang again, "This batch of fake food is the biggest clue and evidence of crime, and it will never run away, so it's faster every day. It doesn’t matter. Right now all the officials involved have been detained, and the other four provinces will get news in a short time. From now on, we should be in a hurry, and we must torture the confession as quickly as possible!”

Meng Guliang echoed repeatedly, sent Prince Jin and his party away, walked to the bamboo tube that was still spilling sand, and asked in a low voice, "Insert the sharpened bamboo tube into the thickened wooden board like inserting tofu, can you do it?"

The leader who prided himself on his kung fu waved his hands in shame, "This subordinate is incompetent."

Meng Guliang shook his head and sighed, "Prince Jin is extremely capable, his mother's family is famous, and there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers around him. In the future, he will be the master's formidable enemy."

"But he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, so he may not participate in the battle for the heir apparent." Chang Sui said hesitantly.

"Since ancient times, there has been no prince who doesn't want to be an emperor. When the prince is overthrown, let's see how Prince Jin will deal with it. Now you assign some people to keep an eye on him and check his details. Among the princes, he is the most embarrassing Be elusive." Meng Guliang caught a handful of fine sand and ordered softly.

Chang followed the lead and left.