Heir of the Red Chamber

After Lin Ya and his party left Beijing, they did not use the banner of imperial envoys. Instead, an officer of the Imperial Army came forward to travel across the prefecture and county in the name of serving as an official of the Ministry of War. Xiaoxing stayed overnight and headed south.

In just over ten days, they arrived in Guazhou, changed boats and crossed the river straight to Jinling.

According to the regulations agreed upon with the officers of the Imperial Army and the head of the servants on Linya Road, everyone split up, and a few servants left the team and went to the residences of several noble princes and princes in Jinling City. But it has nothing to do with other families, so don't be too suspicious, don't be too troublesome.

Lin Ya and the others still went to the Jiangning government office under the name of the Ministry of War. When they met the government officials, Lin Ya showed his status as an imperial envoy, claiming that there was a secret order, and asked Jiangning government officials to obey the orders.

The governor of Jiangning Mansion is a corrupt Confucian who was born as a Jinshi. He was released in Jiangning Mansion only after he came from the Zhen family.Lin Ya knew about the origin of the local parent official before coming, so he would not reveal anything to him.

Among the bureaucrats and assistants in Jiangning Mansion, most of them have deep entanglements with local big families, and their forces are intertwined. Lin Ya didn't expect to rely on this leaky Jiangning Mansion to handle affairs.

Splitting half of the guards of the imperial army under him, controlling the government office, and ordering not to leak the news, Lin Ya selected a few simple-looking and honest old officials from the accounting room of the Jiangning Fan Treasury, and went straight to the government office of the Jinyi Mansion in Jiangning City—— —It’s not far, just half a street away.

Official Qian Tang of Jinyi Mansion was appointed by the new king Chu Ronghua more than half a year ago. Since he took office, he has not heard of any major moves, but he is obviously a ruthless character who does not spit his bones.

Tang Guan Qian was not surprised by Lin Ya's confession of his identity and his secret mission. After verifying the seals of the relevant documents, he summoned all the leaders of his subordinates in front of the hall, and heard Lin Ya dictate again " After following the decree to search for repeat offenders, everyone shouted "Long live", and immediately assembled their troops, and walked out the door in a mighty manner hugging Lin Ya.

Jinyi Mansion is not too far from Zhen's Mansion, half an hour later they arrived at the gate of Zhen's Mansion.

After so many years, Lin Ya is no longer the young boy who came to pay his birthday greetings that day, and his brows and eyes are full of arrogance from the experience in northern Xinjiang, but he took a deep breath, and waved an order: "Enclose this mansion, and don't let him escape. Got one."

Ever since they recognized which courtyard this was, the fan servants began to panic.

It was unbelievable that what they copied today was actually the Jinling wealthy family Zhen's Mansion.

But with the emperor's order to boost his spirits and his boss to take the lead, no one commented on Mr. Qian's thunderous methods of rectification in the past six months.The Jinyi Mansion usually ignores small matters such as local fights, and specializes in the errands of ransacking the house and seizing people. They are proficient in their business, and immediately separated a group of people, scattered around, and surrounded the Zhen Mansion without mentioning it.

The concierge of Zhen's mansion saw the menacing approach of the crowd, and sent a servant to rush back to report the news. A steward came up to meet him, smiling, and was about to speak. Lin Ya sullenly signaled his subordinates to stop him at the door. A group of people rushed in without stopping, and went straight to the main hall.

Zhen Yingjia and his three sons happened to be discussing matters in the main courtyard, so they came out together to greet Zhen Yingjia.

Faced with Lin Ya head-on, the boss Zhen Cheng couldn't help being taken aback: "Boy from the Lin family?"

As soon as he made a sound, Zhen Yingjia couldn't help being surprised.There is only one kid in the Lin family who can surprise the eldest son of himself.

However, the mansion newspaper copied from the capital yesterday also said that Lin Ya had received the emperor's order and went to the northwest to quell the chaos. Why did he suddenly appear in Jinling and bring this group of murderous people to provoke him?The Zhen family has been in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, but there is no news!

Forcibly subduing her doubts, Zhen Yingjia put on the airs of the president of the Tirenyuan, intending to exchange pleasantries with Lin Ya, so as to get a clue.

Lin Ya, however, was too lazy to flirt with him, his face sank like water, and he said in a business-like tone, "Forgive me, Mr. Zhen, I have an order to come here to do business, so please separate your relatives and friends from your house, and leave the family alone to wait Bar."

The members of the Zhen family naturally turned pale with shock when they heard the words, Zhen Yingjia forced herself to calm down and said with a forced smile: "There are no guests in the manor at the moment."

"That's fine, so I won't have to wait." Lin Ya and the officials of the Jinyi Mansion's Qiantang stepped into the main hall, and Zhen Yingjia probed: "Mr. Lin, do you wait for the old man to order the servants to prepare the incense case and..."

"No need," Lin Ya interrupted bluntly: "Master Zhen, I am here this time to order you to dismiss your Zhen family."

Even though Zhen Yingjia has been an official for many years, at first hearing these words, he is like a cat whose tail has been trampled on, his voice has changed a bit: "Mr. Lin, this joke is not to be taken! My two generations of the Zhen family have been honored by the state, you Why do you say you want to get me?"

If it wasn't for Lin Ya's heavy troops and Jinyi envoys by his side, Zhen Yingjia would definitely have tied up this brazen brat on the spot.

"According to the decree: Zhen Yingjia, as a member of the imperial family, is a foreign minister, sells officials and nobles, interferes in the country's important affairs, acts illegally, betrays my kindness, violates ancestral virtues, dismisses her from office, and takes her back to Beijing for questioning. I respect this! "

Thinking about how the Zhen family plotted against him back then, Lin Ya didn't feel that there was anything to be pitiful about this person, so he directly took out the imperial decree and read it aloud.

Then, ignoring the stunned looks of the Zhen family's men, he signaled the Qiantang officials around him to give orders to the servants, and a group of wolf-like Jinyi soldiers rushed to the courtyards separately, and the Zhen family servants were all locked in the firewood on the spot. The houses are side courtyards, and the female relatives have to lock them up one by one.

The Zhen family has been the king of Jiangnan for many years, and the life of the women in the family is better than that of the concubines and princesses. Where have the wives and girls seen such a situation?They couldn't help crying together, but it's a pity that no matter how pitiful they were, they were still escorted to the main courtyard by the sergeants.

Among them were a few prominent maids and mothers-in-law, and the sergeants couldn't tell them apart, so they escorted them over together, and the other rough envoys and servants locked them in several rooms nearby.

Seeing that the family members were being driven into the main hall in a state of embarrassment, Zhen Yingjia's face turned pale and green, but she was still reluctant to part with the old mother, wife and daughter, and went to Lin Ya to beg in a low voice: "Mr. Lin, you must save some face for my Zhen family! My concubine and nobleman are still in the palace, if I seek the grace of the Supreme Emperor, my Zhen family will have passed through this, your Lin family... Mr. Lin, stay on the line, we will see each other in the future!"

After all, looking at Lin Ya's young age, Master Zhen still wanted to scare him with his identity as the president of Tirenyuan and a relative of the emperor, but he himself understood that no matter how inconspicuous Lin Ya was, the imperial decree in his hand was no joke. Can't help showing a guilty conscience.

Lin Ya was secretly contemptuous in his heart, his face was calm, and he just shook his head: "We are following the order to arrest people, and no one is allowed to resist the order. Anyone who resists the order, no matter what his identity is, will be killed on the spot, so as to serve as an example to others."

As he said that, Lin Ya's eyes swept over Zhen Yingjia and his sons.

Zhen Yingjia unconsciously turned his face to the side, obviously still urgently thinking about countermeasures and words. Beside him was a ten-year-old boy with red lips and white teeth, a handsome face and watery eyes. He was obviously frightened by the sudden change cried out.

After years of experience, Lin Ya has already developed a faint power of killing and decisiveness. Although he is gentle and elegant on weekdays, the scene is tense at this moment. Lin Ya only sweeps it lightly, but it is like a sharp sword to that child. His eye circles were red from fright.

The female relatives on the side were attracted by him, and the crying that had stopped slightly started again.

Presumably this is that "Zhen" Baoyu, Lin Ya thought to himself, the cries of the whole family also disturbed him, but he didn't want to punish him for it.

It's not that he can't bear it.

Lin Ya knew in his heart that these old and young women, like the men of the Zhen family, had a bad future.In the end, although they were not completely innocent after being supported by the Zhen family for many years, they would not be sold to the official brothel to be trampled.The crime does not end there.

However, the times are such that he has neither the ability nor the will to change the "universal values" of the current emperor.

What's more, if what the Zhen family planned back then, they might not be merciful to the Lin family, and naturally Lin Ya would not stand up for anyone in the Zhen family.

Another glance at Zhen Teng, the boss of the Zhen family next to Zhen Baoyu, who usually looks arrogant, but at this moment his eyes are erect, his soul is restless.

Knowing that Zhen's family was scared out of their wits, Lin Ya ignored all the crying in the room, and prepared to order the left and right to start the next step of counting and locking.

Suddenly, a slightly trembling but beautiful girl's voice came: "Brother Baoyu, don't cry anymore, so that people don't have to look down on our Zhen family men. Those who are clean will clean up themselves. Our Zhen family has been loyal and good for generations, and we will definitely turn evil into good fortune. Cleanse the wronged."

Looking at the reputation, it was a rather delicate little girl, dressed in a light yellow dress, with a thin and inconspicuous figure, arm in arm with a gorgeously dressed middle-aged female family member, her eyes were red but stubborn. Tears came down, and after finishing speaking, she gave Lin Ya a vicious look, and a woman next to her came up and covered her mouth while wiping her tears, "Fourth Miss, keep quiet..."

"Zhongliang?" The corner of Lin Ya's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, and he didn't have the same knowledge as her, so he turned directly to Zhen Yingjia: "Zhen Yingjia, I won't hide it from you, Zhen's house is full of people, go back to Beijing to investigate, there is absolutely no possibility of turning things around, don't make me wait It's difficult. Besides, don't tell me your Zhen family wants to resist the order?"

After a pause, Lin Yaqing said in a voice that only the Zhen family and his son could hear: "Ming people don't speak in secret, you know why you were convicted, and those backers in the palace are probably too busy to take care of themselves at this time. It's..."

"Traitor! You must have framed my Zhen family in front of the king!" In desperation, Zhen Xuan seemed to come to life suddenly, and yelled in anger: "You are taking personal revenge! You are avenging private revenge! You traitor !..."

After all, Zhen Yingjia is a treacherous and cunning character, and will not trust Lin Ya's pressure. He has the idea that maybe Lin Ya is tricking him, and there may be reinforcements in the palace that can save the lives of all the families. excuse.

As long as he doesn't resist, Lin Ya doesn't have the judgment of the imperial court, and even with the imperial decree, he can't kill people at will-how can this old fox not see the deep hatred hidden under Lin Ya's calm face?

The boss of the Zhen family was about to start a commotion, and Zhen Yingjia stopped hurriedly, but it was a step too late. Zhen Teng originally hated Lin Ya deeply, but at this moment it was Lin Ya who came to raid his home—Zhen Yingjia, who was used to lawlessness in Jinling. Cheng, picked up a teacup and threw it at Lin Ya.

Lin Ya turned sideways to dodge calmly, but half a cup of tea was spilled on the sleeve of an arm beside Lin Ya.

Seeing that Zhen Cheng dared to offend the imperial envoy, Qian Tangguan, who had been standing beside Lin Ya like a clay sculpture and wood carving for a long time, suddenly became furious, and shouted loudly: "Resist the imperial envoy's arrest, and kill without mercy!"

Immediately, he drew out the embroidered spring knife from his waist, took half a step before everyone in the hall could react, and thrust the knife into Zhen Cheng's chest, without blinking, he drew it sideways, and dragged his body with the other hand to smash it to the ground.

A large amount of blood spurted from the heart to the ground, and Zhen Cheng fell to the ground and convulsed, seeing that he could not survive.

The dead side of the hall was silent for a few seconds, and then screamed like a frying pan. Zhen Baoyu opened his eyes wide, gasped, suppressed half of the sobs just now, and then lay on his back on the ground It seemed to have passed away, and several of the female relatives lay down on the other side with a plop.

Zhen Yingjia, who lived in the south of the Yangtze River, saw his eldest son who was brought up by himself die in front of his eyes. His legs softened and he sat on the ground, trembling and unable to speak, his upper body trembling, as if he wanted to raise his hand but couldn't. His other The concubine knelt down and hugged Zhen Yingjia.A puddle of water spread out from under the two of them, but no one knew who it was.

"Big brother!"

The fourth girl from the Zhen family who had the courage to ridicule Lin Ya just now crawled up in front of Zhen Teng and burst into tears, then suddenly raised her head abruptly, her slightly thin eyes were big and clear, and tears flowed all over her face , the dress was stained with blood in many places, which was particularly dazzling.

"What did my elder brother do wrong!" The girl's immature voice was a little high-pitched, and there was some crackling after crying hoarsely, "Why did you kill him, you villains, you all..."

Tangguan Qian's face was full of murderous aura before, and everyone in the Zhen family in the hall was already overwhelmed by his act of killing people on the spot. go back.

Qian Tangguan had enough prestige, so he didn't need to move any more, at least he didn't need to use a little girl to show his prestige, but he couldn't let go of the prestige he had just established, so he turned his head and wanted to call the sergeant to drag the noisy little girl away.

Lin Ya shook his head and winked at a servant next to him.The servant understood, so he stepped forward, trying to drag the little girl up and send her back to the group of women.

This is also because she is afraid that the girl's mind will be unstable for a while, and she will rush towards Tangguan Zhao and others. Even if she doesn't want to use the knife on the women and children, she will have to kill her, but it will not be good for her reputation.

The servant's strength is not very strong, but it is stronger than a woman after all.

He stretched out his hand to hold Miss Zhen Si's slender arm from the side, and the little girl almost jumped out like a little leopard, her strength was actually very weak, she was taken by the servants, but after she opened her teeth and claws, she was dragged back forcibly.

Seeing that she was about to be dragged back to the group of female relatives by the servant on her back, Fourth Miss Zhen couldn't break free, so she suddenly bit him hard on the hand, but Lin Ya, the servant in charge, had the idea of ​​fishing in troubled waters to take over the concubine's house, so she didn't dare to break free with all her strength.

Tangguan Qian is a warrior, so he doesn't think highly of the servants.He waited for a while, and when he saw that the servant was still struggling with a little girl, he became impatient.

Without waiting for Lin Ya to speak, he walked over a few steps, stretched out his hand and squeezed Miss Zhen Si from the back of her neck, and pinched the fourth Miss Zhen's cheeks with his five fingers. The little girl in pain opened her mouth and let go of the waiter.

This time, the wound on the waiter's hand was looked at by Qian Tangguan. He frowned, and he didn't care about the hand of the waiter who was bleeding rapidly. Impatiently, he threw the girl's small body out.

"Look, let's make trouble again..."

With a bang, Fourth Miss Zhen's head hit the corner of the stool heavily, but she twitched a few times and gradually became silent.

As soon as Tangguan Qian made a move, Lin Ya knew it was not good.But he didn't have time to stop Qian Tangguan from using a weak woman as a raft.

After the matter had already happened, how could he argue with Tangguan Qian on such an occasion when he was under the imperial order?

He just watched silently as the servants skillfully identified the men, women and children of the Zhen family one by one, and escorted them out of the Zhen mansion.

Walking out of the Zhen family's mansion, Lin Ya looked back at the chaotic mansion, which was gradually dimming under the setting sun, and sighed softly.