Whose Evil in the Red Chamber

This guy Xue Pan still has some calculations in his heart. He also knows that his wife and sister have taken a fancy to Wei Zhen. My sister can't compete with Lin Jingxuan no matter what!

Liu Xianglian was amazed and admiring. He was naturally free and unrestrained. Although he was often teased by dudes who didn't know why because of his penchant for playing tricks and his overly beautiful appearance, he hated them because he hated them. Therefore, there was conflict with the Longyang matter.

Seeing that although Wei Zhen and Jing Xuan are acting intimately, they don't feel contrived, on the contrary, there is a natural pleasing to the eye, Liu Erlang nodded secretly in his heart, wondering that the Lichun Troupe is one of these troupes in the Liyuan Opera A maverick, it seems that the root is here.

Xue Pan had something in his heart and didn't care about anything else. He found a reason to drag Liu Xianglian and left first. He didn't go home at the moment, and went straight to the residence of the sisters of the Jin family. It was the first time for Liu Xianglian to go back. Xue Pan's mansion, of course, does not know the southeast, north, south, and so on. After arriving at the Jin Mansion, Liu Xianglian realized that Xue Pan did not return to her own home, but came here instead.

Naturally, Liu Xianglian didn't know the reason, so she couldn't help being a little annoyed, what was going on at the woman's house instead of going home to sleep at night?Xue Pan is such a jerk!But until now, Liu Erlang couldn't turn around and leave. Seeing Xue Pan's sweaty face, Liu Xianglian also knew that there might be something hidden inside, so she also held back her temper.

Although Xue Pan has changed his overly playful nature now, he still has the dullness in his bones. Since he regards Liu Xianglian as a good brother, he completely regards him as his own, and he doesn't feel at all that he is lazy in the middle of the night. There's nothing wrong with running to your fiancée's house with a foreigner.Wu Niang didn't care about this, seeing Xue Pan's anxious appearance, she asked someone to serve tea to moisten his mouth, and then asked: "What's the matter?"

"Where is the third sister? Oh, oh, something big happened!" Xue Pan asked hurriedly.

As soon as the words fell, I heard footsteps coming from behind, followed by a woman's voice: "What's the big deal? Boy Xue, why don't you go to bed in the middle of the night, why are you running to my house and yelling?"

Then, a person walked in from the outside of the house, and Liu Xianglian couldn't help but take a look, and saw that the woman was wearing a fiery red dress, which was even more eye-catching against her already fair complexion. A nobile hairpin, simple but unspeakable arrogance, the eyebrows and eyes are charming, but not vulgar. At this time, there is still some displeasure, which makes people's bones even more fragile.

Rao Liu Xianglian was born extremely handsome, and the people she usually associates with are also dignified, and she hangs out in the Liyuan, and has many friends with those who advocate excellence. Seeing this woman, she can't help but shake her head.

Is this Sanniang or who?Since she left Jingxuan today, she dragged Xu Wenying and Wu Niang to accompany her to drink a few jars of old wine. After finally sorting out her indescribable feelings for Wei Zhen, she planned to go back to her room to sleep soundly Forget about it completely.

Unexpectedly, just after entering the room, I heard that Xue Pan was yelling, after all, it was my future brother-in-law, and it was hard to go into the house without seeing him. Shouting there, Sanniang was not happy in her heart, as soon as she entered the door, she saw a strange man in the hall, with a boyish face, and he couldn't help staring at her, which made Sanniang Feeling worse.

Since when did Sanniang suffer a loss, seeing that this man was a guest brought by Xue Pan, Sanniang suppressed her anger, but she still couldn't help but glared at this man fiercely, Liu Xianglian finally came back to her senses Come on, on the one hand, he felt that the woman's staring appearance was extremely good-looking, on the other hand, he also knew that he was a little abrupt just now, so he quickly retracted his eyes.

How could Xue Pan notice these minutiae? People who saw Sanniang hurriedly told about Wei Zhen and Jingxuan, and finally looked at Sanniang carefully: "Sister, Brother Wei... you ……this……"

Sanniang supported her forehead, and the anger in her heart dissipated a bit. This future brother-in-law is still conscientious, and knows that she is thinking about her affairs, only to hear Sanniang smile, and said proudly: "What's the matter? Just because of this you came to me in the middle of the night, I appreciate your love in my heart, but if you think that I will do something about it, you will underestimate your third sister. Since Luo Hua intends to be ruthless, I, Jin Sanniang, can take it Let go, not to mention that Brother Wei and Young Master Lin still have kindness to our brothers and sisters. No matter what, I will not do anything ungrateful. Originally, it was my wishful thinking towards Brother Wei, but now he and Young Master Lin agree with each other. I also let go of this concern.”

Xue Pan was stunned, but Liu Xianglian next to him was elated, and his affection for Sanniang was even more uncontrollable. He was always high-spirited, and although there were many people who wanted to protect him, he was determined to find a matchmaker. He has not found a satisfactory woman for so many years. When he saw this third lady today, he lost half of his soul. Now, listening to her talk, he felt more and more in his heart. I like it.

Sanniang uttered bold words, and when she rolled her eyes, she saw that disciple just now showed a "smiling" look at her, and she was very annoyed. Seeing that he still had a sword in his waist, Sanniang snorted coldly. With a cry, he drew out the soft sword at his waist, and went towards Liu Xianglian with a cold light.

Liu Xianglian was startled, she drew her sword to meet her, Sanniang jumped into the courtyard, Liu Xianglian followed, and the two of them fought together in the courtyard, the two of them were fighting happily, Xue Pan's head But he couldn't turn around, so he asked Wu Niang foolishly: "This...how is it so good, the third sister and Xiao Liu'er just started?"

Wu Niang patted her stupid husband-in-law on the head: "Third sister is in a bad mood, use him to vent out, it's okay, Xiao Liu'er is good at skills, so I can't suffer."

Wu Niang's eyes were bright, but she could see Liu Xianglian's attitude towards her third sister. She had known Liu Xianglian before, so she knew a little about this person's character. Think of him as a good friend, now that I think about it carefully, I feel that this man and the third sister are really a good match, but it's a pity that the third sister is all focused on Brother Wei, and now I'm afraid I don't like this handsome "little boy" Well, if Liu Xianglian is really in love, I'm afraid the road to love will be bumpy!

But it's good to have such a person, and the third sister can quickly get out of her feelings for Brother Wei. Wu Niang thought about this, and her eyes became brighter. Well, it seems that the stupid husband is also good, and I will give more in the future. He needs some pocket money.

Not to mention that the sisters of the Jin family were bustling with each other here, but after Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian left, Wei Zhen and Jing Xuan walked back slowly with Hei Zi, and Jing Xuan ate a bowl of wontons by the side of the road, greedy on the way. Warm up.Wei Zhen suddenly frowned, and silently wrote a few words on Jing Xuan's palm with his fingers.The corner of Jing Xuan's mouth curled up. Sure enough, his feeling was right. Ever since he left the gate of the Escort, he always felt that someone was watching him. Now Wei Zhen gave him an affirmative answer.

He didn't speak, but Jing Xuan held Wei Zhen's hand tighter and tighter. Wei Zhen was slightly stunned, and there was more tenderness on his usually dull face.

The two of them didn't care about those eyeliners, and they were relaxed and comfortable along the way. With Wei Zhen, an invincible heater, the cold weather at night could not shake Jing Xuan a little bit, but Wei Zhen was still afraid that Jing Xuan would catch cold. He ordered his servants to prepare steaming ginger tea to drive away the cold, and prepared a medicated bath for Jingxuan, and he tossed and tossed for an hour before giving up.

Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen didn't mention it since they went to rest. At this time, those nails who followed Jing Xuan and the others also went back to their respective masters to report the details. Some of them went back to a big house in the south of the city. The owner of the house is a cloth merchant from Weiyang, but the person sitting first in his house at this time is an old acquaintance of Jing Xuan, that King Zhong'an who was severely humiliated by Jing Xuan three years ago because of the Sun family. Translated by Shi Zihuan.Ever since the matter of the Sun family came out, the Zhongan Palace had become a laughing stock in the capital. The old prince said he had been ill for three months before reappearing in front of people. For a while, the power of the Zhongan Palace fell silent.

But it's just silence on the surface. In the dark, the palace has not given up its control over Jiangnan, and the fat of Yanzheng is something they can't afford to lose. Most of the money spent every year is from private salt. Come up, Huan Yi took the risk of claiming to be sick and left the capital secretly, because he was afraid that Lin Ruhai would find out something and cause trouble.

Although they are not hostile to the faction of King Zhong'an and the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, they still have a taste of fighting against each other. Although the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River is complicated, it is possible that Lin Ruhai will take the first operation, and it is definitely not the four kings and eight princes. People from the Gong's faction are the most dangerous with the Zhongshun Prince's family who are the most difficult to deal with, followed by them.

Be careful sailing for thousands of years, the Sun family’s palace has already stumbled that time, and now the limelight has just passed three years, they can’t afford a second stumble, Huan Yi is afraid of Lin Ruhai on the one hand, and dare not underestimate him on the other Jing Xuan thought in his heart, this time, at worst, he would take out the palace, and it would be great if Lin Ruhai could stumble.

Hearing what happened today from his subordinates, Huan Yi pondered for a moment about the relationship between Jingxuan and Wei Zhen, and then sneered: "I said that after three years, Lin Jingxuan will grow up, now it seems It's just that, hanging out in the Liyuan is all about making friends and advocating excellence, and his behavior is not straight, it really insults the Lin family's lintel."

Thinking of this, Huan Yi remembered the rumors about Lin Jingxuan spread by the Sun family in Gusu, and couldn't help thinking about it. The rumors had little effect at the beginning, one was that Lin Jingxuan was still young at the time, and the other was because of Lin Ruhai Far away in the capital.The situation is quite different now, Lin Jingxuan is just at the age of dawning personnel affairs, and Lin Ruhai is in Weiyang. Originally, Lin Jingxuan did not live in Lin's mansion, which is enough to make a big fuss about the ethics of the Lin family and his son. He doesn't believe that a person like Lin Ruhai who cherishes feathers will tolerate his son's reputation under his nose.

At that time, Lin Ruhai will still be distracted by Lin Jingxuan, and this Lin Jingxuan, Huan Yi knows in his heart that this kid is by no means a good person, once the Lin family father and son get dirty because of this, Huan Yi sneers, then there will be a good show, but he Extremely "happy to see it happen".

"How about the Xue family?" After planning how to deal with the Lin family in his heart, Huan Yi asked a staff member as soon as his words changed.

Originally, three years ago, because of the Zhen family's internal matchmaking, their faction first contacted the Xue family. The Xue family was a down-and-out imperial merchant, but he planned to continue to contact people from the four kings and eight princes through the Xue family. However, who knew that all of this would come to naught because of the decline of the Zhen family and the withdrawal of the Xue family.

Now Huan Yi hates Xue Mingyi. At this sensitive time, the family of four kings and eight princes must not want to make troubles. Since they can't be friends, Huan Yi has the idea of ​​revenge, let alone after these three years. Management, the current status of the Xue family is not what it used to be. Firstly, the status has risen because of the favor of the royal family. Secondly, the business of the Xue family has become more and more prosperous, not only in Jinling, but also in Gusu, Weiyang, Jiangning, and Hangzhou. They all have the property of the Xue family, which can be said to be well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, private salt companies dare not let go, but money is absolutely indispensable, and Huan Yi is even more eyeing on the property of the Xue family.

"I got the news that there is a problem with the dyeing workshop of Xue's silk and satin in Hangzhou. Xue Mingyi will go to Hangzhou to deal with the matter in person in the near future. This is a perfect time for the prince to do it. They will definitely pass through a section of mountain road on the way. As long as our people are ambushed There, if you pretend to be a bandit, you will be safe." The aide hurriedly replied.

Huan Yi nodded in satisfaction, that Xue Pan is an idiot, Mrs. Xue is an ignorant woman, and now the one supporting the Xue family property is Xue Mingyi, and the other is that so-called Jin Wuniang, but this Xue Pan's prospective daughter-in-law is not right for Xue Pan As for the wife's appetite, as long as Xue Mingyi dies, this marriage will surely win. At that time, with Xue Pan's prodigal nature, they will be able to nibble away at the Xue family's property without anyone noticing.

Thinking of these prospects, Huan Yi couldn't help smiling, and said: "Tell them to be more careful, this time, there must be no mistakes."

Naturally, the staff should not mention it, and the other group of people who followed Jingxuan went to Weiyang's mansion. Sweeping away the official prestige in ordinary times, it is an extremely flattering thing to the people at the top, and it is enough to make a villain's face.

The person at the top is not very old, not as weak as the crown, and he is described as beautiful, but he has a certain bearing, and does not look weak. This person is the current son of the Prince of Beijing, Shui Rong. Like Huan Yi, he also came out of Beijing in secret. Weiyang's land boundary is also for private salt.

Huan Yi was worried about being liquidated due to being different from Lin Ruhai's faction, but even the people of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes did not trust Lin Ruhai so much now. Lin Ruhai has fully acted as a pure minister of the emperor, which can be regarded as a triple guarantee.

Who would have thought that the Ninth Prince would ascend to the throne in the end? Fortunately, the Emperor was still there. After all, their line had produced "pure ministers", so they were not affected too much. But since something happened to the Zhen family, they were tense, but The emperor gave a sweet date with a stick, fined the Zhen family, but praised the Xue family, so they were really not sure of the emperor's true intentions.

Their lineage is deeply rooted in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the private malpractices in the salt affairs are related to them. The tribute paid to them by the salt merchants every year has now become the main source of money for the princes and princes. , is absolutely unacceptable.However, even if the Lin family's in-laws, the Jia family, came forward, Lin Ruhai's attitude was still ambiguous, which was quite disturbing.

This is also the reason why Shui Rong came to Weiyang personally and secretly. Among the four kings that day, only the King of Beijing had the highest contribution, so the hereditary generations have not been degraded. , seems to have become the leader of the four kings and eight males.

Since Lin Ruhai didn't see the truth, Shui Rong turned his attention to Lin Jingxuan who had just arrived in Weiyang. Whether it was true or not, the emperor, emperor and queen mother all clearly expressed their love for this child three years ago, even this time It would be a good thing to be able to win over a child who was "loved" by the royal family without getting the truth about the salt affairs from this child.

"Everyone, what do you think of this Lin Jingxuan?" Shui Rong is known for his modest temper, and he likes to ask others for their opinions when he encounters problems. He is not a self-professional person, and this time is no exception.

The next person came out of Beijing together with Shui Rong, his name was Shi Ye, he was the eldest son of Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, and now he was named as a supervisor, he was quite quick-witted, and he had Shui Rong's blue eyes. It was not their branch that wanted to give the concubine daughter of the family to Lin Ruhai as a concubine, but the branch of Xiao Shihou Baolinghou Shi Nai. She was born in the family of Xiao Shihou Jia Nai, and because of this relationship, Jia's mother was quite distant from Xiao Shihou's family, and Zhongjinghou's branch was not that close to the Rongguo Mansion, and only dealt with the Ningguo Mansion. That's all.

This is also the reason why Shui Rong didn't call someone from Jia's house and Xiao Shihou's house this time, but instead took Shi Ye out.

At this time, I heard Shi Ye take the lead and said: "It seems that the rumors about Mr. Lin are not based on rumors. Everyone here must know Mr. Lin's temperament. This is probably why the relationship between Mr. Lin and Mr. Lin is not so harmonious. However, after all, it is his own flesh and blood, and now there is only such a single seedling under Mr. Lin's knee, but at this time Mr. Lin has arrived in Weiyang. , you can always see some clues, what do you think?"

As soon as Shi Ye finished speaking, another older man spoke. This man was named Chen Ruiwen. He was a descendant of Qi Guogong, one of the Eight Dukes at that time. His father is now a hereditary first-class general. He was also quite friendly, and I only heard him say: "Hengzhi's words are not bad, and there is one more thing, that Lin Ruhai has always considered himself noble, and now he is quite worthy of being used today. I am afraid that he has two minds, but his young master is now He is still young, and he is quite popular with the Second Sage and even the Queen Mother. It would be great if he could win over him. Therefore, this Mr. Lin has some special hobbies, which is naturally a bad thing for Lin Ruhai, but not necessarily a bad thing for us. .”

Shui Rong glanced at the two of them approvingly, and then said: "What you two said is exactly what I think in my heart. In this case, let's not rush for success, and wait and see for a while before making any plans? But Lin Ruhai Don't give up lightly, please ask the magistrate to walk around more."

Everyone naturally nodded, and the Yangzhou magistrate even responded repeatedly.

Leaving aside these two groups of people, the remaining group of people are the secret guards sent by the emperor. The emperor sent them to follow Jingxuan. I am afraid that the identity of "the only son" will attract the attention of many people. It is ridiculous that the two groups only pay attention to Jingxuan, but they did not expect that the mantis, the cicada and the oriole are behind them, and they themselves are also followed by the emperor's hidden guards. , It also let the emperor follow the vine to learn the news that Huan Yi and Shui Rong have arrived in Weiyang.

But now the Emperor's thoughts are not on Jiangnan salt abuse at all. He heard the words of the dark guards, and couldn't help remembering the relationship between Wei Zhen and Jingxuan in his heart. After thinking about it for a long time, the poor old man couldn't sleep at night. Minger called Jing Xuan early in the morning to inquire carefully.

Jing Xuan and Wei Zhen didn't care about being followed all the way today, so they slept well, and early the next morning, Yu Hua invited Jing Xuan to meet the Emperor, while Wei Zhen and Xu Wenying and Zhao Lin went to Weiyang's dock together.

When the emperor saw Jing Xuan, he first asked Yu Hua to tell Jing Xuan about the secret guard's report yesterday. Before Jing Xuan could speak, the emperor asked first, "Then Huan Yi is only thinking of harming you through rumors in the market, can you tell me?" What's the charter?"

Jing Xuan looked at the nervous look on the emperor's face, after a little thought, he guessed what the emperor meant, and couldn't help laughing: "It's not a harm, it's true that I always like these things, and Wei Zhen, I also sincerely think about it." Being a brother with him is not a joke, if he wants to talk, let him talk, it will save me a lot of talking."

The emperor couldn't help becoming anxious when he heard it: "What? Brother Qi? You..." This is his grandson, the only child of the crown prince, so why...

Jingxuan hurriedly said: "Grandpa loves me, of course I know. But my mother also knows about this. She once told me that the only thing my father lacks in his life is the word 'comfort'. Her wish is not for me to carry on the family and continue the blood, but Live freely, don't be like your father. My mother thinks so, and my grandfather must feel the same way."

It was rare for Jing Xuan to blurt out the word "grandfather" for the emperor. The emperor was excited at first, but then he was moved into sentimentality by Jing Xuan's words. After a long silence, the emperor sighed. The child who looked more and more like a teenager finally compromised.

"That's all, you have grown up and have your own ideas, old man..."

"Grandfather..." Jing Xuan went up and held the emperor's hand without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking, "I don't care what others say about me in this world, as long as mother, you and uncle understand me, that's enough."

The emperor looked at the child in front of him with a resolute expression on his face, as if he saw the prince who had no regrets standing at the gate of the East Palace, his eyes couldn't help but feel a little sore for a moment, and he touched Jing Xuan's head, the emperor finally revealed a Smiling: "Okay, okay, good boy."

After coaxing the old boy, Jingxuan brought the topic back to the salt affairs: "I heard that the first line of King Zhongan, the first line of Four Kings and Eight Dukes, and the first line of Zhongshun Wang are three-legged rivals in the court. I didn't expect that these three lines They have all intervened in the salt affairs, so it can be seen that the salt administration is really a hot potato. Although there are many people here, they are all from the water village. They have skills, but they are not good at spying on news. Grandpa's dark guard."

Naturally, the emperor agreed to everything, and now the secret guards are under the control of Yu Hua, so the emperor said: "You just talk to Yu Hua about it."

Jing Xuan nodded in response, he had Xue Mingyi's matter in his heart, and when he left the emperor's place, he hurriedly sent someone to call Xue Pan and Wu Niang to the bodyguard bureau, and talked to him about it.As soon as Xue Pan heard that Huan Yi wanted to send someone to assassinate his father and seize his family's property, how could Xue Pan bear this anger, he jumped three feet high in anger, and had the guts to rush to find Huan right now. Translating the theoretical posture, if he is so messed up, even if the other party is the prince of the royal family or something, it will become bullshit in his eyes.

Wu Niang's face also became gloomy, but Xiao Nizi has more wealth than Xue Wuzi, she held down her fiancé who was furious, and asked Jing Xuan, "I don't know what the eldest son is thinking?"

Jing Xuan raised his eyebrows with a sneer: "Since he has such greed, let's just use a trick and tell him to steal chickens without losing money, as long as this is the case..."

Wu Niang nodded again and again, Xue Pan smacked his tongue, and said to himself, "Mother, you really deserve to have a sour face, no wonder Dad admires him so much, tsk tsk."

They made a plan here, Wu Niang sent her most useful confidant, hurried back to Jinling to find Xue Mingyi, so that she could explain everything to him, and that was all, Wu Niang hesitated for a moment, and said to Jing Xuan: " Eldest son, there is one more matter that I want to ask for your opinion, and it is about the Wang family."