New Dream of Red Mansions

Even if it is only a small-scale investigation, there are already many entanglements in the officialdom.There are also many people staring at Shen Congyun.As soon as Shen Congyun asked someone to check Jiayu Village, someone knew about it later.

Manager Zhuang deliberately made people let out a little bit of rumors, so soon, everyone who wanted to know knew about it.

Many people snorted coldly, asked a servant to watch, and then removed the others. This matter has nothing to do with them.Take it as a joke.Of course, since it's a joke, you can't listen to it yourself, you have to tell others.

As a result, the matter slowly spread in private.

And the parties are always the last to know.Of course, that's for later.

Now, that is, the third day after the incident, Xiyan still found out about Guanshi Zhuang's private visit to Feng's.

It can be said that Feng's failure to come on the second day was stumbling, and he didn't come on the third day. Not only Xiyan, but also Daiyu was in a hurry, and asked people to go out to inquire, and only then did he know that Feng's went to Jia Yucun .

Although Xiyan was angry, she wanted to know what was going on. Xiangling could no longer stay in Jia's mansion. Who knew when Xue Pan's nerves would go wrong and break into Xiangling's room?

Fortunately, Guanshi Zhuang didn't ask her to wait. It was only two days before the incident went viral, and Shen Congyun officially intervened in the investigation. Not only Jia Yucun was brought under control immediately, but Xue Pan and Shen Congyun also sent people to arrest her. He took him back to the Yamen and put him in prison.

So when the people from Dali Temple came to the door politely, Jia Zheng knew that Mrs. Wang's nephew had caused trouble, and he was so angry that he couldn't say that he was a relative of my family and had nothing to do with my family.

He personally took people to the courtyard where Xue's family lived.

Aunt Xue was slightly taken aback when she saw Jia Zheng bringing a group of people from the yamen to the door, she hid behind the curtain and asked, "I don't know why brother-in-law and the adults are here?"

Several people received Shen Congyun's order, but they asked: "Are you the Xue Wang family?"

"It's the little woman."

"Then you have a son named Xue Pan?" He told Xue Pan's records.

Aunt Xue's heart skipped a beat, and she thought to herself: "Could it be that Mrs. Feng really dares to sue?" Then she thought, so what if she sued. It was Xiangling who stole it and handed it over to the Feng family. With the help of the Jia family and the Wang family, is it possible that a mere Feng family will fail?

Thinking of this, Aunt Xue nodded and said, "That's right, Xue Pan is my son."

The yamen servant continued to ask: "Then let me ask you, is your son Xue Pan still alive?"

Aunt Xue was furious when she heard such a question, and said angrily through the curtain: "What are you talking about, my lord, Pan'er is naturally alive and well."

The yamen servant took out another portrait, which was the portrait of Xue Pan drawn by Shen Congyun, and asked, "Is that the son?"

At this time, even Aunt Xue felt that something was wrong, but she still asked the mother-in-law to take a look at the portrait and said, "Exactly."

The yamen servants smiled with satisfaction.

Aunt Xue became anxious, "My lords, I don't know what trouble my son has caused outside? My lords calm down, and the little lady will apologize to everyone on behalf of Pan'er."

People from Dali Temple only said that Xue Pan had detained Liang Jiazi and beat him, and that he needed to be taken to the yamen to cooperate with the investigation, but they did not say that it was the old Jinling case.So Jia Zheng didn't know that Jinling was involved.At this moment, he was just confused, but he had no clue, so he just drank tea on the side.

And Aunt Xue has always been a woman in the inner house, and she doesn't know anything about the outside world. What's more, they came to Beijing before the case was over. She won't worry about the result of the trial anymore, she only knows that their family won, and no one will trouble them.So she didn't know that his son was "dead".

The yamen servant cupped his hands and said: "Lord Jia, Mrs. Xue, we are indeed acting impartially. Because the Dali Temple inquired about the old cases of previous years, it was found that Mr. Xue had already died, but now he is alive and well. Yesterday, our lord met on the street. Another son, I was surprised, so I went to investigate and found out that Xue Pan had beaten someone to death and had been sentenced to death by Jia Yucun, the prefect at that time, but he was not taken to prison for unknown reasons. Now Jia Yucun He has been taken into custody and is just waiting for Xue Pan to confront him."

When Aunt Xue got up with a "huh", even Jia Zheng was so shocked that he dropped his teacup, and he didn't know about it.He knew about Xue Pan’s beating to death, and he also knew about Aunt Xue begging his family to help settle it, but he didn’t know how to settle it. It’s just that who came up with such a method is really, really unheard of ah.

Aunt Xue simply passed out.

Xue Pan happened to be away today, but because Xiang Ling was closed at home, he didn't dare to go out for too long, so he came back after a while.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the shout from the room, "Madam has fainted, please call the doctor."

Although Xue Pan is a jerk, he is considered filial. Hearing this, he immediately rushed in. Several servants in the living room saw him, and stepped forward to stop him and catch him.

"Who are you guys? You are so courageous, why don't you let me go soon?" Xue Pan also has brute force, but it's not enough in front of the yamen servants.

The person in the lead knew that Mr. Shen was determined to clean up the Xue family, so he didn't show mercy. He kicked Xue Pan into the flower garden, and said, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and arrest him and take him away."

That kick hit Xue Pan's waist and abdomen, and the pain was unbearable, so he kept yelling "Ouch, Ouch", seeing that they dared to take him, his face flushed with anger, "Do you know who the master is? You are the uncle of the Xue family, I will ask my family to break your dog legs later... My cousin is a noble concubine in the palace, and my uncle is a third-rank official, please let me go, let me go!"

The yamen servant snorted coldly, waved his hand directly and said: "Take him away, by the way, I heard that one of the victims back then is also here, what is it called Xiangling or Yinglian, hurry up and come out with us, we Your Excellency is still waiting for the trial."

Xiang Ling's face was pale in the room.

Dongmei could see clearly from the side, and the door was facing the corner, and Zhui'er was standing in the crowd watching the excitement and gave her a wink.Dongmei understood, and persuaded Xiangling: "Sister, don't worry, maybe Mrs. Feng succeeded in suing her, and she came to pick you up through the yamen servant."

"Really?" Xiangling has always been naive, and always likes to think of the good in people, even for people like Xue Pan, she can find a lot of good points.

At this time, although the servants were still vicious, she still suppressed the fear in her heart and opened the door.

Seeing Xiangling, several yamen servants thought to themselves: No wonder this stupid overlord wants to beat people to death, this girl is indeed beautiful.

When Baochai heard the news and rushed over, Aunt Xue had just woken up. When she heard that her son had been taken away by the yamen servants, Aunt Xue almost cried to death. She held her daughter's hand tightly and cried, "My son , what should we do, our mother and I have only your brother to rely on."

Baochai's face was pale, but she forced herself to be calm and said: "Mom, those yamen servants followed someone's order to do so. Otherwise, why didn't Auntie and Uncle get the news? We might as well ask Auntie to find a solution."

Aunt Xue felt reasonable after hearing this, "It was your uncle who brought people here, and he might be able to find out some news." Speaking of this, she couldn't help feeling resentful towards Jia Zheng.Anyway, they were relatives, so they brought someone here without notifying them.

If they had known earlier, Pan'er would have gone out to hide, but this time they were caught off guard.

Mrs. Wang was serving in front of Jia's mother, and when she received the news and rushed over, she happened to meet Jia Zheng who was walking back.

Jia Zheng never liked Mrs. Wang, and seeing her at this time was even more distasteful, "Madam also cares about the people below, how can she be so rude?" He was talking about servants, but he also alluded to Xue Pan.

Mrs. Wang's face suddenly became ugly.The Xue family is her relatives, so it's too embarrassing for the master to say that.

It's just that Jia Zheng didn't give her a chance to defend herself, so he just flung his sleeves and left. After walking for a while, he ran into Daiyu Xiyan Tanchun and others who heard the news and wanted to visit Aunt Xue and Baochai.

Jia Zheng was always tolerant towards the girls, so everyone was not too scared when they saw him, but they were a little restrained when they saw his cold face.

Jia Zheng took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile and said: "The Xue family is in a hurry, you don't look like it in the past at this time, why don't you go back and read the book, and come back tomorrow, if you are worried about Miss Xue, you Just send a girl close to me to come over and take a look." After telling Yingchun Tanchun to take care of the sisters, she turned her head and asked Daiyu kindly: "Is your health better these days? I listened to it two days ago. Your mother said that you have been taking medicine from Imperial Physician Liu these days? If you want me to say, don’t use those medicines once your cough has stopped, because the medicine is three-point poisonous, and it’s reasonable to take more care of yourself on weekdays.”

Daiyu responded repeatedly, "I just stopped my cough yesterday, and I don't need it today. Sister Yan also said that the medicine should not be used too much, even the ginseng Yangrong pills given by the mansion have been stopped a few years ago."

Jia Zheng smiled with satisfaction.Although Jia Zheng can't read anything famous in reading, this does not hinder his natural love of reading.His younger sister, Jia Min, was versatile when she was there, and she was very close to him.The married Lin Ruhai was also his friend, so he always had a feeling of affection for the only daughter left by his younger sister.

Then Jia Zheng looked at Xiyan and said gratefully, "It's because you know better. Your sisters are far behind you. You will have to worry about Yu'er's health in the future."

Xi Yan repeatedly said, "Don't dare."

Jia Zheng didn't like Mrs. Wang, which was almost a fact recognized by the Jia family, and because of this, Baoyu was implicated. Every time Jia Zheng saw him, his eyes were not eyes, and his nose was not nose.Jia Zheng didn't even look good towards Sister Feng, it's just that she was his nephew and daughter-in-law, and they didn't see each other very often.

But from a few comments, it can be seen that Jia Zheng doesn't like her.

But unfortunately, Jia Zheng didn't have that kind of dislike for her, and even had a kind of closeness to her, which was naturally much farther than Daiyu.

Xiyan didn't know, but Jia Zheng was actually quite understanding.

He likes people who love to read, so naturally he doesn't like those who don't.

If Lin Ruhai liked him because he was his friend, then Wang Zifei admired him because Jia Zheng admired him.

He married the daughter of the Wang family. Even if he doesn't like the Wang family anymore, he still knows something about the Wang family. Back then, the old uncle blocked Wang Zifei like that, but Wang Zifei not only became a talent, but also got the second place in the exam. It seems that it takes a lot of perseverance, so he admires Wang Zifei.

Wang Zifei's sons and daughters obviously inherited his excellent genes.

The Wang family's daughter is illiterate, so she only needs to learn how to be a housekeeper. Even the account books are kept by a person who keeps them by her side.But Wang Xiyan is not only literate, but also able to enlighten his younger brother, which is already very remarkable in his opinion.

Of course, Daiyu is still the most powerful. The poems she composes now are not as good as Baoyu, even the girls in the family are not as good as many.

After Jia Zheng explained one by one, he got up and left. He still had to find a way to deal with the Xue family. Even if he didn't like it, now that the Xue family lived in Jia's mansion, people outside would inevitably connect the two.The imperial concubine had to be careful in every step in the palace, they couldn't hold her back.

I thought so, but Jia Zheng didn't have a good solution, so he handed over the matter to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was busy, and this matter was on him, and he was somewhat displeased.

Coincidentally, Sister Feng didn't like Aunt Xue and Baochai either. Seeing this, she smiled and said, "Just do what you do. It's not up to you how you do it."

On the other side, Shen Congyun never came out to see Xue Pan, and after confirming that Xue Pan was correct, he immediately put him in prison.Xiangling was taken to the back hall by him.

In the back hall, Feng Shi was waiting, when she saw Xiang Ling, she hurriedly stepped forward to hug her, looked at the rest of her, and saw that she was not hurt, so she was relieved.

Shen Congjun smiled and said: "Now that I have found out about this case, since you have obtained Miss Zhen's deed of prostitution, I will register it for you, and she will be free from now on."

Feng Shi was immediately grateful.

Shen Congyun waved his hand and said, "It's all about the salary of the emperor, madam, you're welcome, but there's something I want to ask about."

"Sir, please speak."

Shen Congjun asked with a smile: "I don't know who sent my wife to the capital, and who sponsored my wife's expenses all the way, including the money for Miss Xiangling's redemption?"

Feng's face changed slightly, but she insisted that she went to Beijing alone, and the money was obtained by selling her business.

Although Feng Shi is somewhat selfish, she is not ungrateful.

Seeing that she was so determined, Shen Congyun sighed in his heart and stopped forcing her.

Shen Congyun didn't doubt it at first, but when he was investigating the case, he sent someone to investigate the Zhen's family by the way, to find out whether the girl was her daughter or not.

The Zhen family was indeed quite wealthy before, but a fire destroyed a lot of things, including the house title deed and so on.

The maids and servants all dispersed when they saw this, and all the houses and fields that were rented out were kind and returned. Even if they were not kind, they could be recovered as long as they could provide evidence. Officials, or local officials took the opportunity to embezzle the property of the Zhen family.

Although the Zhen family could recover some of it, after all, the fundamentals were broken, and they sold the family property and went to join the Feng family.

At first, the Feng family was friendly to the Zhen family and his wife, but when the Zhen family's money was exhausted, rumors spread.

I heard that Zhen Shiyin ran away insane because he couldn't find his daughter for a long time and was suppressed everywhere.Only one Feng family was left to guard.

In the past few years, they have also been relying on the Feng family's financial assistance and selling jewelry. The cost of traveling to Beijing is not low, and plus the 800 taels of silver to redeem Xiangling, these are not what the Feng family can afford.

So Shen Congyun suspected that this was planned by others long ago, but it is not known whether this calculation was aimed at Jia Yucun, the Xue family, or the Jia and Wang families.

Shen Congyun shook his head, forget it, it doesn't matter whose scheme it is, as long as Xue Pan's beating to death is true.

It's just that Shen Congyun was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to the Feng family, so he persuaded: "Now that my wife has recognized Miss Zhen, why don't you go back to your hometown as soon as possible. There are many right and wrong in the capital, so it's better to come here less often."

Feng Shi also had this intention, and after thanking Shen Congyun, he hurriedly took Xiang Ling back, packing up his things and going back.

Xiangling hesitated, "Mother, how about saying goodbye to a few girls?"

Feng Shi persuaded: "I'll make amends to the girls when I go to the capital again. Now we can't stay here, Master Shen also said, the sooner we leave, the better."

Seeing that Xiangling was still struggling, he said, "Don't you know how to write now? It's the same when we write letters to girls."

Only then did Xiang Ling agree.

Feng said: "From now on, you can no longer be called Xiangling. Your father named you Yinglian back then."

Xiangling muttered "Yinglian" twice, and happily said: "From then on, my daughter will be called Yinglian."

Only then did Feng Shi let Xun He pack up and salute, and was about to go out after taking his things, when he bumped into Manager Zhuang, his face suddenly felt awkward.

Manager Zhuang pretended not to see it, and smiled and handed over a box, "Our girl specially asked me to bring it over when she learned that my wife was leaving."

Feng opened it hesitantly, and there was a stack of bank notes inside. The largest amount was only 100 taels, but most of them were one, two, two, five taels.

Feng closed it with a snap, and declined: "Miss Yan has helped our mother and daughter a lot. Even if we die, we can't repay one or two. How can we still collect her money?"

Guanshi Zhuang said with a smile: "Mrs. Feng must have thought that my girl was coaxing you by saying that Mr. Zhen and my girl's elders were old. In fact, Mr. Zhen did help our girl's elders. I wonder if Mrs. Feng still remembers Wang Yongyan from the countryside of Gusu Master? He is the sixth old man of our family, and also the sixth grandfather of our girl. When the sixth old man was hit by a car in the city, he rested on your house, and it was the sixth old man who hired a doctor for the sixth old man. "

Feng suddenly remembered, because Master Zhen often mentioned that person, saying that he was one of his rare confidantes, but later I heard that he was tired of family affairs and had been running around all the time, but he seldom saw him again.

The Feng family looked at Yinglian, but Yinglian knew about Miss Yan's adoptiveness to the royal family in Gusu. Seeing her mother looking over, Yinglian nodded quickly.

Only then did Feng Shi completely believe it, but he was unwilling to accept this heavy gift after all.

Guanshi Zhuang persuaded: "Madam, don't you want to go back to Henan? In fact, according to my opinion, Madam might as well go back to her hometown in Gusu, use the money to buy some land and family business, and take Miss Zhen to give birth. Master Zhen was kind back then, although In the past many years, there are not a few people in Gusu City who remember Master Zhen, and now Master Zhen only has you orphans and widows left, and they can also protect you."

From Guanshi Zhuang's point of view, there are many people with crooked minds in Gusu City, but now that the Zhen family has nothing to spy on. Some people quit.But there are quite a few greedy people in the Feng family, and the money Feng brought back was not much, but it was also a lot, not to mention the beautiful Yinglian.

Feng was hesitant. Although she knew that her natal family would plot, it was a place and people she was familiar with after all. If she went to live in another place, she would be surrounded by strangers. She was a little afraid.So she decided to think about it.

Anyway, going to Henan and Gusu, the two roads overlap for a while, so Feng plans to make a decision on the way.

Manager Zhuang arranged for someone to take them back.

The Feng family confronted their daughter day and night, and finally decided to go to Gusu after the third day of departure. What Zhuang Guanshi said was right, if the family members of her natal family saw Yinglian going back, they might really have some bad thoughts.She had already lost her daughter once, and she didn't want to take the risk again.

But in the capital city, it was the time when the troubles were the most frenzied.

Xue Pan is already dead, and Jia Yucun did not destroy the evidence back then, but kept it on file, so there is almost no suspense in this case.

Shen Congjun was quick and quick, planning to sentence Xue Pan to death, then take him into custody, and execute him in autumn.

The members of Xue's family finally panicked. Baochai didn't know whether it was because the Jia family's power was not enough or they were not doing their best.

Wang Ziteng had just returned from patrolling outside, and when he heard the news as soon as he entered the door, he quickly got dressed and went out again.

Seeing that the prince had freed his hands, Mrs. Wang handed a sign to the palace to see the imperial concubine.

Within two days, new news came out that Xue Pan was indeed dead long ago, but the one who is alive now is not Xue Pan, but Xue Pan's twin brother. Because of his frailty, he was kept at home until his brother died. His illness gradually recovered. The Xue family found that calling him Xue Pan could suppress his birth date and improve his health, so they changed his name to Xue Pan.

Therefore, the Xue Pan who beat someone to death is indeed dead, but the Xue Pan who is alive now is not the same Xue Pan as before.

When Xiyan heard the explanation from Chunlan, she spit out the tea in her mouth, and Daiyu who was eating also choked. This explanation is really, really weird!It is similar to Jia Yucun's saying that Xue Pan is dead.

I just don't know who came up with this idea.

The staff member who came up with this idea was standing in front of Wang Ziteng with sweat on his face at this moment, and he kept complaining in his heart, saying that he didn't want to. Who doesn't know that the lord wants to suppress this matter, and wait for the wind to pass, and then send it to Wang Ziteng. Take out the evidence left at the beginning, and then replace it with a scapegoat and forge some evidence.

Mr. Pian Shen is very serious. In a short period of time, not only did he collect physical evidence, but he also gathered a lot of witnesses. Even if he wanted to silence him, would he kill so many people to silence him?give money?After that, will someone pay more money, and those witnesses will bite you in turn?This story cannot be left behind.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to come up with this idea.

Although it was bloody, at least it pulled people out, as long as it was faked that the Xue family did have the twin second master.

This is much more convenient, just talk to the maids of the Xue family.The most important thing is that your lord is completely invisible, even if your political opponents want to use this news to attack you, your lord has countermeasures.

The staff couldn't help sighing, it would be great if Master Shen wasn't in charge of this case.