[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

If according to what Lin Daiyu said, when Jia Lian is in a difficult situation, he will let him go out. I don't know when he will have to wait.

With the previous management, although he and Jia She were exiled, they just lived a simple life, and they also did some idle things on weekdays to pretend to be effortless.

Therefore, in order for this matter to go smoothly, it is necessary for people not to wait.

Bao Cong didn't do anything, but delayed the monthly management contribution by a few days.As the winter festival was approaching, he also "forgot" to give them something for the winter and the new year.

Without Bao Cong's relief, Jia She and Jia Lian's life plummeted.Not only do I have to get up early every day to work, but I don’t have thick cotton clothes to wear, eat cold food and drink cold water, and cover myself with a thin summer quilt at night. I get cold and fall ill within a few days.

Jia Amnesty lay on the bed humming and ordering Jia Lian to serve him.I want hot water all at once, and beat my back all at once.Both of Jia Lian's noses were stuffed with coarse cloth, he would cough twice from time to time, and he spoke in a cacophonous manner.

Not only did he have to serve Jia She, but he also had to go to work every day, otherwise the prison boss guarding them would not even give them food.Life was several times harder than Jia Amnesty's.

There was no filial son in front of the sick bed for a long time, Jia Lian only waited on him for two days, and he complained in his heart, seeing that Jia Amnesty's eyes also lost a bit of awe.

"Lian'er, the medicine, why hasn't today's medicine been cooked? If you don't take the medicine, you, you will die of illness?" Jia She called out with a sallow face, panting heavily.

Jia Lian came in with a small bowl of medicine that looked like clear water, and complained, "Father, this medicine has been boiled for three days, and I don't know if it is still effective. Those damned officials have accepted Bao Cong's filial piety, but they can't even take the medicine." Not for us! But don’t worry, father, I’ve already written to Bao Cong, asking him to bring the money, and I’ll definitely reply in two days!”

Jia Amnesty drank the medicine, lay down on the bed again while feeling the sweat, groaned and groaned, "Oh, it's really bullied by dogs. If it was in the past, I would have killed these lowly people! And Bao Cong, In the past, he seemed to be able to handle affairs, but now it seems that after all, he is young and unreliable in handling affairs. He is not thoughtful even in handling such small matters, it is really a waste of studying for so many years!"

"Hmph, how about a test? You can't even do things!"

Jia Lian responded again and again, saying: "That's exactly the case. If I were to handle this matter, it must be thoughtful in every aspect. How could I let my father suffer so much!"

Jia Amnesty glanced at Jia Lian and nodded secretly.Jia Lian used to be very thoughtful in handling things, but he was good at spending money, but not good at making money.

Now they are all relying on the things sent by the capital for relief. They are getting old and being manipulated by a junior. It's really uncomfortable to think about it!Bear with it now, wait for the opportunity to return to Beijing in the future, and then settle the score with Bao Cong!

Jia She was thinking in a daze, and fell asleep...

A few days later, the capital finally received a letter.

Jia Lian opened the letter to read, and cursed angrily: "Ping'er, you little bitch! I thought she was a good person, but when I saw that I was down for a while, I couldn't wait to run away! If I were in the capital, even if I beat her to death, I wouldn't let her go." It would be such an embarrassment to call her out!"

Jia Amnesty picked up the letter, scanned it roughly, and said: "Okay, since her family has given money to redeem her body, let her go. If you hold on to someone, it will appear that we are petty." At the end, he asked again. : "What about the 200 taels of silver? Let me see?"

Jia Lian refused to take the burden out, and instead said to Jia Amnesty: "Father, look at what Baocong did! Is this still a brother of an ancestor? It's okay for outsiders to bully me, even my own family bullies me. ! This is really a wall between brothers, the family is unlucky!"

Jia She patted the edge of the bed vigorously, and said angrily: "Okay! Now that the old ancestor is gone, who can control that little bully? If you have the ability, go back to Beijing and scold him! Hurry up and take out the money and buy some medicine and quilts." Cotton coat! Long-winded, I can’t freeze you to death!”

After speaking, he wanted to get off the bed and go to get the bag to see if there was any money in it.Jia Lian didn't even think about it, so he pushed Jia She, causing him to knock on the edge of the bed!

Jia Amnesty was out of breath, clutching his chest and coughing until he couldn't breathe, his head and ears were buzzing, he pointed at Jia Lian and said, "Ahem, cough, you, how dare you push me!"

Jia Lian dragged and pushed, and hurriedly stuffed Jia She back on the bed, then ran outside with the burden, saying, "Father, I'll find you a doctor!"

Jia Lian ran fast, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Jia She couldn't scold anyone, so angry that he almost vomited blood, and became even more ill.

Bao Cong didn't care about their father and son.Anyway, I wrote a letter to Jia Lian, so I have an explanation.In a blink of an eye, he went to Second Sister You's place, released Ping'er's body deed, and asked Chen Ping to prepare the dowry to make a marriage agreement.

One is also married, and the two are also married. It is a festive year, so Bao Cong simply came up with an idea to let Qingshuang and Qingwen get married together as a double happiness.

Qingwen lowered her head and said nothing, secretly glanced at Qingshuang, obviously willing.As for Qingshuang, she finally became acquainted, and although she hesitated, she was still determined to marry Qingwen.It also saved Bao Cong from drooling a lot.

As the happy event was approaching, Bao Cong was very happy, and released both Chen Ping and Qingwen's slave status, and bought them a house and a field for each of them.It's a pity that Qingshuang's slave status cannot be released for the time being.

But nothing is perfect, Bao Cong is also very satisfied to be able to do this for the time being.

With this good mood, he went to visit Feng Tang, but he didn't get the slightest news about the seal, and he wasn't discouraged. Instead, he had a hunch that he would get news somewhere.

No, when entering the illusion again to carve stones, in addition to paying attention to the movement of Concubine Chen, Bao Cong also watched the movements of officials at all levels related to the incident, and finally found the exact same seal in King Zhongshun's study.

It turned out that this seal was a private seal between King Zhongshun and his confidants secretly!

In this way, Bao Cong understood.

King Zhongshun used Tanchun's marriage to encourage Bogda Asen to rob his relatives in order to provoke a struggle within the Bogda family.In this way, the power of the Bogda family will be wiped out by their own family, and the court will not have to worry about them occupying land in Xinjiang and becoming king...

Bao Cong originally wanted to use the secret letter as evidence to participate in Zhongshun Wang Yiben when he was in the court, but he changed his mind because of one incident.

When Liu Xianglian married the mandarin duck, he went to drink, and during the dinner, he overheard a few drunks bragging secretly, saying that the Holy One favored the King of Loyalty and Obedience, was it because he was the emperor's loyal dog?

Just like some time ago, everyone secretly spread the case of Jiangxi disaster relief food being embezzled. In fact, the real mastermind is King Zhongshun!How much money can the officials below get for their filial piety?Didn't the big head go into King Zhongshun's pocket?

But the money that King Zhongshun was greedy for was not all his own use, but most of it was filial piety to the emperor's private treasury!

Look at the officials in Jiangxi, who ransacked more than half of their homes, who benefited?In the end, isn't the emperor's private treasury and the court's treasury abundant!

So even if the emperor knew that King Zhongshun had embezzled a lot of silver, he just found an excuse for being inappropriate before the emperor, fined him a year's salary, and put him in confinement for three months... What did King Zhongshun do? Act according to the emperor's wink!

Bao Cong didn't take these drunken words to heart, but when he sobered up and thought about it, he felt a little suspicious.If King Zhongshun was doing things for the emperor, then would it be the emperor's order to rob his relatives in spring?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so Bao Cong entered the illusion, observing the communication and dialogue between the emperor and King Zhongshun from time to time.

"Your Majesty, although they didn't provoke their brothers to compete for the throne this time, the death of the eldest son of the Bogda family is also beneficial to the court. I have already sent people to sneak into the Bogda family, and I must provoke the old man's heart." In conclusion, it might be more exciting if father and son fight each other like this!"

"Okay! You can figure it out!"

The emperor patted King Zhongshun on the shoulder and smiled happily, "You must not be absent from the annual banquet! After the new year, you don't have to be confinement in the mansion, you should go to court as usual!"

The conjecture was confirmed, and Bao Cong was a little silly.

I didn't expect it to be an imperial power!

Emperor Zhao was afraid of the power of the Bogda family, so he had to choose a "princess" to marry and win over, and King Zhongshun took advantage of this situation to disintegrate the power of the Bogda family for Emperor Zhao... No wonder he had to control what King Zhongshun did , As long as it is not a big mistake, the emperor will not punish him.

What is a girl from his Jia family, it is an honor to die for the court!

Bao Cong sat in the study in despair until dark, trying to burn the secret letter, but in the end he kept it.

He put the envelope behind the scroll on the wall opposite him.Watch it every day, so as to remind myself that no one in the imperial court is really trustworthy, they are all fighting for their own interests.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, an order came from the palace to let Yuanchun and the princess return to the palace.

Yuanchun had no choice but to tell Qiaoyan that when she left, she would take Xuan'er to Mrs. Wang to raise her.And she packed her things herself, and brought Baoqin and Xuan'er into the palace.

Unexpectedly, before the guard of honor returned to the palace reached the foot of Huangjue Temple, the mountain shook for a while, and then a stone Buddha appeared in the middle of the road out of thin air.

The accompanying eunuch chief took a look, was shocked, and bluntly said that the face of the Buddha statue was [-]% similar to that of the late emperor!

Only five points are similar, and Bao Cong can't help it.

He had never seen the exact appearance of the late emperor, and the portraits hung in the imperial ancestral hall were also majestic and noble, not very similar to real people.He had no choice but to carve a stone statue of Buddha according to the portrait.

The New Year's Eve was approaching, and such a vision fell from the sky, the chief eunuch who had returned to the palace to welcome Yuanchun hurried back to the palace in person, and threw himself in front of Emperor Zhao and the Empress Dowager, and said with great joy, "The late emperor has manifested! The late emperor has manifested!"

Emperor Zhao hurriedly asked what was going on?

The eunuch then shook the ground on the road, and the sudden appearance of the stone Buddha added fuel and vinegar to the sky, and said: "At that time, a golden auspicious cloud floated from the sky, and the purple air surged like a golden dragon descending to the earth. The old slave opened his eyes again. , I saw the stone Buddha in front of my eyes, which is exactly the same as the late emperor's holy face! This must be the late emperor's manifestation, auspicious from heaven!"

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and waved his hand, "Rewards! All rewards!"

Even the Empress Dowager silently recited a few words "The first emperor manifested his spirit", and happily said to Emperor Zhao: "There is such auspiciousness in the New Year's Eve, it must be because the late emperor knew that my son will work hard to rule, the country will be stable, and the world will be peaceful, so the spirit of heaven has sensed it!"

Emperor Zhao smiled even more happily, and directly rewarded the eunuch who reported the letter with two strings of East Pearls, so happy that the eunuch said a lot of good things again.

Everyone congratulated Emperor Zhao and the Empress Dowager one after another. Only Concubine Chen, after congratulating her, said with a smile: "Our sisters, who have copied Buddhist scriptures for so many years, are not as good as Yuan Guiren! She lived in Huangjue Temple for several months, not only I copied the scriptures and gave birth to a princess. Now the late emperor has manifested, and it really fulfilled what he said before, the princess is destined to be with the Buddha!"

As soon as this was said, everyone remembered.

When Yuanchun went to Huangjue Temple earlier, he said this. He said that he dreamed of the late emperor, and the child had a destiny with the Buddha. He would go to the temple to copy scriptures and pray for the late emperor and the royal family.

At this moment, the eunuch wanted to speak but stopped.