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

Today is Jia Zheng's birthday.

Ningrong and Rongfu set up more than a dozen tables of wine, gathered together to celebrate Jia Zheng, and invited opera troupes to sing operas with tinkling gongs, which was very lively.

Jia Zheng sat in the middle, listening to operas and drinking wine, and chatting with people, feeling very happy.

Although Baoyu was afraid of Jia Zheng, on such a happy day, he would inevitably take the initiative to toast in front of Jia Zheng.

Trembling with fear, Baoyu went with his wine glass. When Baoyu saw Jia Zheng, he hurriedly said a few words of congratulations and was about to slip away after drinking.

Seeing him, Jia Zheng hurriedly stopped him, and scolded him, "Boys, why are you so timid? Hold your head up and chest out, and you must be generous!"

"Yes, master!" Baoyu responded, stiffened all over, and retreated respectfully.

Jia Zheng still shook his head, thinking: If it were Bao Cong, it would definitely not be like this in front of him.

As for Bao Cong, this wicked person secretly went to Yangzhou last year and hasn't come back yet!

Alas, how are they born one by one!

Jia Zheng sighed, and in a blink of an eye a chief executive surnamed Zhan came over to toast, and he hurriedly raised his smiling face to greet him again.

The chief surnamed Zhan offered a toast, but he didn't leave. Instead, he lowered his voice and said with a smile, "Master Zheng, double happiness!"

Jia Zheng was surprised, and asked, "How do you say that? Could it be that there are other people in our Jia family who share the same birthday as me?"

Mr. Zhan shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't your family related to Mr. Shilin, the inspector in the south? This happy event is related to him."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng said, "It's the in-laws. He is my sister-in-law." Then he sighed and said sadly, "But where is the happy event? In the winter of last year, Lin Xiandi passed away, leaving only an orphan girl behind. , and is still attending the funeral in his hometown in Suzhou!"

"So that's it!" Chief Zhan cupped his hands towards the south, and sighed, "It's a pity that such a talent as Master Lin has already gone."

Jia Zheng said, "Who says it's not?" Then he asked Mr. Zhan doubtfully, "Why do you say that there is a happy event related to him?"

Master Zhan wanted to use the news to please Jia Zheng, but when he saw Jia Zheng asked, he smiled slightly and said, "Have you heard about Mr. Zheng? A few days ago, because of Mr. Lin's affairs, he became loyal to His Highness!"

"Ah?" Jia Zheng was really surprised to hear that Prince Zhongshun was punished because of Lin Ruhai.

The two of them have an irreconcilable relationship, and besides, Prince Zhongshun has a high position and authority, and the emperor values ​​him.The emperor rarely punished him, even scolded him.

"Why is that? Please hurry up and tell me in detail." Jia Zheng said.

So, Mr. Zhan recounted the gossip he had heard and his own conjectures, embellishing it.

He inquired about the news, saying that Lin Ruhai had written a seal and dedicated part of his family property to the Holy Majesty.The Holy Majesty had sent someone to the south to take over Lin Ruhai's property a few months ago.

Later, the silver converted from the Lin family's business was secretly transported back to Beijing by the imperial envoy, but was robbed not far from the capital!

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was already very surprised, and asked with his eyes wide open, "Where did you hear that?"

Mother Jia didn't know about Lin Ruhai's secret book, and there was no news from Jia Lian about it, so why did Master Zhan know about it from the outside?

He immediately doubted the authenticity.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chief Zhan swore: "This news must be true! I'm also lucky. I have some connections in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, so I know about it. How can anyone else know about it!"

What Master Zhan said was true, even though Jia Zheng didn't believe it anymore, he still felt that it seemed to be somewhat true.

Jia Zheng asked again: "Why is this matter related to Prince Zhongshun again?"

Chief Zhan then said quietly: "I heard that the person who escorted the money was recommended by Prince Zhongshun. That person is not good at work, so Prince Zhongshun will be unlucky!"

"But after all, the emperor valued the prince, so he was only fined for a month to meditate behind closed doors, and that person was only fined salary, and was deprived of his position."

Jia Zheng frowned, pondered for a while, and said, "Where's the lost silver? Can Shuntian Mansion find it?"

The money was lost near the capital, so it should belong to Shuntian Prefecture.It would be a pity for the Lin family to lose such a large amount of money like this!

Speaking of this matter, Master Zhan had a mysterious face and said: "This is amazing! This matter is not under the control of Shuntian Mansion, but Dali Temple has taken over!"

"It's strange..." Jia Zheng's heart sank, and he murmured, "How can this be a happy event? What a disaster!"

The money of the Lin family was secretly escorted to the capital by people sent by the emperor, but it was robbed near the capital.The important place in the capital has always been guarded by heavy soldiers, how could there be bandits to rob the ship?It happened to be the boat that escorted the silver?

Master Zhan shook his head and said with a smile: "Although the silver is lost, Master Lin has donated his family property after all. I heard that the Holy Majesty may have the intention to canonize the orphan girl left by Master Lin! Doesn't that child live in your house?" ? Isn't this a happy event?"

Jia Zheng listened, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, although the child is still in his hometown in Suzhou, he will return to Beijing soon. Naturally, he will live in my house and be raised by the old lady herself."

Chief Zhan cupped his hands and said with a smile, "That's why I congratulate you, Master. Double happiness!"

Jia Zheng was frightened and worried for a while, but he was really happy at this time.It's just that the gossip is not accurate, so he waved his hands again and again: "Don't say it, it's not sure!"

Master Zhan also understood what Jia Zheng meant, so he nodded with a smile, and toasted him another glass of wine understandingly.

After receiving the toast, Jia Zheng was about to call him to the theater when he saw a young servant rushing to report: "Second Master, Master Xia, the eunuch of the Six Palaces, has come to announce the decree!"

Jia Zheng quickly asked people to evacuate the banquet on the stage, and set up an incense table in the front yard to receive the order.It turned out that the emperor summoned Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and Jia She to enter the palace for an audience.

Time was running out, so Jia Zheng changed his clothes in a hurry, told the boy and his mother not to worry, and went into the palace with Eunuch Xia.

In Jia's mansion, everyone was in panic, waiting for the news.

As soon as Jia's mother got older, she was also anxious, walking up and down with the support of Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang.

After waiting for half a day, Lai everyone came back to spread the news, but it was a great thing!

It turned out that Yuan Chun was named a virtuous concubine!

Jiamu and the others quickly dressed up and went into the palace to thank each other.In the evening, Jia's mother and others waited for Jia She and the three of them to return to the Rongguo Mansion.

All the masters and girls in Jia's mansion congratulated Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang one after another, and they all talked around them, very happy.

But it was midnight, and Jia Zheng hadn't rested yet, so he went to Jia's mother's room.

Jia's mother was going to sleep, but she put on her regular clothes and got up, although she was a little strange when she saw Jia Zheng coming.

"It's midnight, you still don't go to bed, what's the matter?" Mother Jia asked.

But Jia Zheng didn't say anything, instead he waved his hand, beckoning to Yuanyang, and kicked out all the serving girls and women.

Seeing this, Jia's mother became more and more confused, and said, "What's the matter?"

Just after asking this question, she saw Jia Zheng plopped down on his knees, hugged her leg, and cried, "Mother, what a disaster!"

How many major events Jia Mu has experienced in her life, just looking at Jia Zheng's actions and words, she suddenly felt bad.

It's just that she was used to the storm, no matter how panicked she was, she remained calm on the outside.

So she pulled Jia Zheng, told him to get up, and said, "What a disaster! Tell me slowly!"

"I'm not dead yet! The empress is also sitting in the palace properly, why are you panicking!"

Today, she just went to Fengzao Palace to meet Yuan Chun, so it is impossible that something happened to Yuan Chun.

As long as something didn't happen to Yuan Chun and the Jia family didn't commit the crime of treason, then it wouldn't be a big deal!

Mother Jia is determined.

It was the first time for Jia Zheng to face the saint at such a close distance today, so he was already nervous.

Unexpectedly, after entering the palace, he first got the news of Yuan Chun conferring concubine, and was overjoyed, and then was left alone by the emperor, and said another thing, but was greatly shocked.

This was a toss of joy and surprise, so there was panic holding Jia Mu's thigh in fear.

After all, having the reassurance stone is different, but after a while, Jia Zheng was comforted and calmed down by Jia's mother, and then slowly talked about what happened in the palace today.

"It turns out that Lin Xiandi has already written a secret letter, dedicating [-]% of the Lin family's property to the Holy Majesty. When the person Ke sent went to Yangzhou, Lian'er and Bao Cong had already sold the Lin family's property at a discount!"

Jia Zheng took a breath, and continued: "That's not counting. When the discounted silver was transported back to Beijing, it was robbed on the way. If it wasn't just happened to be discovered by the people of Nan'an County King, and the silver was recovered, our family would be in trouble. You will be charged with the great crime of robbing money!"

Mother Jia was shocked and said, "How could this happen? Not to mention that we didn't know about the son-in-law donating the family property at all, even if we knew, we wouldn't rob the money at all!"

Jia Zheng shook his head and said sadly, "My son doesn't know, but the Holy One only said that this matter is now being investigated secretly by Dali Temple. It may be..."

Jia Zheng paused, but Jia's mother was anxious and asked, "What is it?"

Jia Zheng stammered, "It might be the historian and the Wang family..."

"Nonsense!" Jia's mother immediately interrupted Jia Zheng's words, "We are both relatives-in-law and family friends of the historian and the Wang family. How could we do such a thing!"

Mother Jia never believed that this matter would have something to do with her natal family!

"But although His Majesty didn't say it clearly, he seemed to reveal something..." Jia Zheng murmured.

Mother Jia listened, pondered for a while, then stared at Jia Zheng suddenly, and asked, "You said the Holy Majesty didn't say it clearly? Then what does he mean by leaving you alone to say that?"

"This, this..." Jia Zheng's heart trembled, recalling the emperor's stern expression, he suddenly said tremblingly: "The meaning of the Holy Majesty is to let me secretly assist the investigation of Dali Temple, and secretly investigate the historians and the Wang family. …”

Mother Jia's expression was serious when she heard this, and after thinking for a long time, she took another shot of the coffee table and said to Jia Zheng, "It really is a disaster!"

"Mother, here! What should my son do?" Jia Zheng panicked.

"Son, don't be afraid, the Holy Majesty is probably tempting us." Jia Mu's eyes were burning, and she told Jia Zheng, "You just follow what the Holy Majesty said, and assist Dali Temple in investigating the case."

"We need to investigate the historians and the Wang family..." Jia Zheng thought, they are all relatives by marriage, if we really investigate, wouldn't it ruin the friendship of several generations?

"Silly boy, we don't even know about the son-in-law donating the family property. How could the historians and the Wang family know about it? Let alone robbing the money!" Mother Jia shook her head and sneered, "I think this money is very valuable." Someone else might have stolen it!"

"That's how it is!" Jia Zheng felt more at ease when he heard this, and asked Jia's mother, "Then why did my mother say it was a catastrophe?"

Jiamu clapped the coffee table a few times, and said angrily, "Lian'er and Baocong, these two villains, sold the Lin family's property at a low price in Yangzhou, which angered the Holy One. Isn't it a disaster?"