The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Chen Zhong couldn't figure it out, but he still had to calmly appease the old masters and young masters in the room.Then I stood on tiptoes and stretched my neck to look at the place where the fire was rising, and said with a smile: "Today is the Shangyuan Festival, and it is also the firecrackers and the lanterns. I think the boys in the family are not paying attention, so they can't take care of it for a while." , the sparks that jump out may burn something. Old masters and old ladies sit at ease, and the little ones just go out and have a look."

If it was sparks that set fire to something, where did the sound of swords and swords come from?Chen Zhong's words were just to bluff children who are not familiar with the world under the age of three. Anyway, everyone present, including the second sister, didn't believe it.

And because there was a commotion ahead, everyone in the Chen family became more and more worried about Chen Gui's safety.Old Mrs. Chen was even more afraid that the gangsters in the front would be a group, and someone else would sneak into the inner house from the bottom of the back wall, and the trouble would be serious.

So he ordered Chen Zhong to manage the boys in the nursing home to enter the second gate to take care of them.In the outer courtyard, there are brocade soldiers sitting and eating wine - in terms of martial arts, these people's skills are much better than the ordinary boys who guard the courtyard.What's more, these people were originally sent by Master Zhao, the commander of the Jinyi Army, to protect Chen Gui and his family members, so Chen Gui's safety must be the top priority.Therefore, Mrs. Chen is not too worried about the outside world - but then again, these words are just comforting his own stature.

After all, the person standing in front of him is his own son, and now he is facing the danger of killing people with a knife and ax, and everyone is Chen Gui's close relatives, so why not worry about it.It's just that these people are old and young, even if they are worried, they don't dare to go to the front to check. It's not to help, but to add to the chaos.

In the current situation, they can only stay in the back house and run around like ants on a hot pot.

Not to mention how anxious the family members of the back house were, Chen Zhong also hurriedly took his children into the second gate to inspect—especially under the wall next to the outer street.But this time, Mrs. Chen was too worried.Those kidnappers escaped from Huajie, because of a moment of anger, they got entangled with a group of familiar ruffians to find Chen's house for revenge. This was just a temporary idea.

Originally planning to set a fire, he was shocked and ran to the south to hide from the limelight.At that time, the mountains will be high and the emperor will be far away, Fourth Master Feng will lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade, and Chen Gui will be a mere seventh-rank donated official. It will not be easy to capture them.

With such a plan in place, those kidnappers didn't really think about hurting people's lives.It's just that everyone was eager to run first, and they didn't know what happened afterwards.Naturally, I don't know that kidnappers are rampant to attract real dragons, and Chen Gui courted Zhao Bihe, Zhao Bihe sent a team of Jinyi soldiers to escort the family members of Chen's residence, and when Chen Gui came home, Chen Gui kept people drinking. Accident.

Even after Jin Yijun ate too much wine and went out to release water, because he was too lazy to go to the hut, he dismissed the boy who led the way and searched for a corner under the wall. He just smelled a strong smell of kerosene, so he traced the clues and found this group of kidnappers. It's also a few coincidences.

Now that the thieves were found to be in trouble, the Jinyi army had to shout and make a show, and then drew the crowd to come forward and meet with swordsmen.Even though those kidnappers are cruel, their martial arts skills are not as good as those of an upright military master. What's more, the commotion in Chen's house was so loud that it immediately attracted the neighbors to go out to check, and some soldiers patrolling the city also followed the sound Come.After the soldiers and horses from each house gathered, the kidnappers saw that there was nothing they could do, so they had no choice but to arrest them without a fight.

After about four or five meals, the commotion in the outer courtyard gradually subsided, and the burning fire was also extinguished.Seeing this, Mrs. Chen hurriedly sent the kid to check it out.Only then did I know that nothing happened.

Hearing these words, Mrs. Chen's heart was still hanging in his stomach, and he couldn't help feeling scared again.Hurrying to the front yard, I thanked several Jinyi soldiers as hosts and old people, and also thanked the neighbors who helped me and the soldiers who patrolled the city who arrived in time.

Chen Gui looked for Kong'er, and secretly ordered Chen Zhong to prepare a generous gift to reward everyone.

After all this tossing, the sky has already brightened.Everyone in the Chen residence was busy all night and didn't sleep.Seeing that the gate of Chen Mansion and the walls of the outer courtyard were burnt black and almost collapsed, Chen Gui was fighting in chaos.

He really didn't expect that he would lead out such a group of vicious gangsters just because he kindly called out the kidnapper's behavior.What's more, I didn't expect this group of gangsters to be so bold that they dared to really endanger the imperial court officials.This kind of behavior is really appalling.

Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Brocade Army, also heard about this incident from his subordinates.At this moment, I have to be grateful and afraid at the same time.Fortunately, he had predicted the enemy first, and had already dispatched soldiers in brocade clothes to escort Chen Gui's house, and only then stopped the group of kidnappers from arson and wounding people in time.It also prevented someone from impeaching him for negligence and even being accused of colluding with bandits.

The last thing I'm afraid of is that if he didn't do this today, the fire of these kidnappers would not only burn down the gate wall of Chen's house, but even he and the prince would not be able to avoid the impeachment of the official Yushi and the quarrels of those who care. .

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Bi and Fourth Master Feng, who was about to make trouble more and more, were itchy with hatred.Fortunately, Zhao Bihe had ordered his subordinates to arrest Feng Siye and his group in time last night.Although stuffing a group of ruffians into the prison of the Jinyi Army really tarnished the reputation of the prison.But when he thought of the trouble Feng Si had caused him and the crown prince, Zhao Bihe secretly ordered his confidants to "greet 'Fourth Master Feng'".

At the same time, it is also necessary to send someone to vent to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The two "monarchs and ministers" were in a state of rejoicing, and prepared to deal with the questions and criticisms from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the censors, and interested people.

The next day was the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and it was also the first big court meeting of the imperial court in the new year.As a seventh-rank donated official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Chen Gui is not qualified to go to court and participate in politics.He is not even qualified to listen to politics.However, Chen Gui was sure that at today's grand court meeting, although he was not present, someone would definitely mention his name.

Because of the incident during the Lantern Festival yesterday, and also because of the fact that during the Lantern Festival, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Third Prince spoke a few words, but they already revealed that they were not in harmony with each other.

Today's sage is over half a hundred years old, and although he has great talent, his energy is gradually fading, just like a tiger with its teeth and claws softened by the setting sun on the western mountains.However, the sons are getting more and more wings, just like eagles spreading their wings and wanting to fly in the sky.

Throughout the dynasties, the old news of the Tian family seizing the heir has never been uncommon.The soldiers are bloodless but have hidden murderous intentions. The winner and the loser are all in one night.The high-ranking princes are based on their wealth and life, and those important officials and relatives of the court who have the capital to bet are all taking positions in the court. The casino is similar, but this game is not eligible for all gamblers.

At least, Chen Gui before yesterday did not have that qualification.There is no place to hide behind the crowd to wave the flag and shout.

But after today...it's hard to say!

After arriving at the yamen, Chen Gui asked for leave from the ministry on the grounds that there were still trivial matters to be dealt with at home.The news in the Beijing-China circle always spreads quickly.Therefore, everyone has heard about the disaster of the Chen family last night, and they know more about the ins and outs of the members of the Chen family's pilgrimage on Flower Street yesterday.

As a result, some people envied Chen Gui's chance encounter, some sympathized with Chen Gui's unprovoked misfortune, and some even secretly guessed that Chen Gui took the opportunity to climb a high branch and climbed to the top, and they were jealous of his future prosperity.In any case, Chen Gui at this time deserves everyone to turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye to send some favors.What's more, what happened to Chen Gui's family, he could have asked for leave.

So the book office of the household department went through all the procedures for Chen Gui to ask for leave, and at the same time comforted him endlessly.From a distance, the scene of holding the hot stove didn't look like Chen Gui's family had suffered a disaster and filed a leave, but it looked like he was promoted to work.

Chen Gui bowed his hands to thank his colleagues, and made an appointment with Xu Zichuan to have a drink at his house in the future, so he didn't mention it.

After returning home and thinking about it for a while, Chen Gui ordered Chen Zhong to prepare generous gifts. He would drive Zhao Bihe to the mansion after he went down to court, and thank Zhao Bihe for saving his life in person.This is also the proper meaning of the question - if there was no team of soldiers and horses in brocade clothes sent by Zhao Bihe, the situation of the Chen Mansion would have been different yesterday.Therefore, out of emotion and reason, Chen Gui should go to Zhao Bihe's residence to thank him face to face.

Furthermore, Chen Gui's misfortune came down to provoking Feng Sicai, the kidnapper.Then Feng Siqie acted under the banner of the prince.Although it was finally proved that the matter had nothing to do with the prince, but it involved the prince's inner house, even if the prince tried every means to make excuses, he still had to be accused of "not being strict with the family".If someone takes advantage of this to cause trouble, and turn a small matter into a big one, from the back house in the market to the state system of the court, intending to make the prince ashamed...

As the crown prince of the country, the prince is deeply favored by His Majesty's family, so he will certainly not be hurt by such a trivial matter, but even if he makes a fuss because of it, he will go back to the source and be jealous of the admiral Chen Gui who reported this matter. Gui is also worth the candle.

Why not stand up as a victim at this time and express your gratitude to Zhao Bihe for his life-saving grace.Even if someone uses him as a pawn to plan something, seeing that his pawn is very uncooperative, they can't do it.

Chen Gui sat in the living room with a golden knife, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was not bad.He was rather complacent, seeing that Chen Zhong had already prepared the thank you gift, he immediately got up and straightened his clothes without changing his official robe, and went to Zhao Bihe's mansion in an official sedan chair.