Chapter 6: The Prince
With tears in his eyes, Baoyu picked up a piece of rag, wrapped the pieces of "Tongling Baoyu" silently, and then stuffed it into his arms, he secretly swore that he would definitely repay this blood debt from Jia Yucun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Baoyu changed his clothes and walked out, and everyone who had been waiting in the hall stood up, and He Shangshu asked, "Master Jia, are you in good health?"
Baoyu nodded and said, "It's okay, thank you for coming to the rescue..."
Gonggong Zhang said with a smile: "Gongzi Jia, the emperor really wants to see you, why don't you go with our family?"
Baoyu also heard the conversation between them just now, and he was a little inexplicable in his heart, he remembered that the emperor was already in his fifties, he was a very strict person, how could he talk so childishly, could it be that the old emperor was hanging, the little prince Shui Hong had already ascended the throne, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and it was not strange to say this.
However, whether it is new or old, it is always a good thing to be able to let yourself go, so he said: "Grandpa Zhang, thank you for the emperor's kindness, but I still have some things to do, please tell the emperor, I will definitely go when I have time..."
"This..."Father-in-law Zhang's face was a little unsightly, Baoyu's way of speaking was mixed with modern people's thinking, and ordinary people were fine, but to say this to the emperor, according to their understanding, it was very disrespectful.
Shui Tao next to him hurriedly smiled and rounded the field: "Father-in-law Zhang, Jia Gongzi has been imprisoned for a few months, and he was treated like that just now, he must be a little stunned, it's not good to go to see the emperor like this, let him recuperate for a period of time first, and then go... Moreover, when he came out, didn't our emperor specially instruct him that what he said was not a holy decree, but an invitation from a friend..."
When Gonggong Zhang heard this, he also smiled, and took out a waist card and handed it to Baoyu and said, "It's because our family is not thoughtful... Okay, Jia Gongzi, I'll go back to the palace first, this is the waist card of the second-class guard, take it, and you can enter and exit the palace. ”
Baoyu took the waist card, and saw that it was a square silver medal with fine workmanship, with the words "walking in front of the emperor" written on it, knowing that this thing was not light, maybe it could really be used in the future, so he put it away first.
Gonggong Zhang left with the four inner guards, and Shui Tao said to He Shangshu: "Lord He, why don't you let me take Gongzi Jia away and take care of it?"
He Shangshu nodded: "Old prince, please take care of yourself?"
Then Baoyu followed Shui Tao out of the yamen of the Criminal Department, and as soon as he got to the street, Shui Tao said: "This Jia Yu Village is really hateful, fortunately Beijing got the report and sent me to rescue, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"
In fact, Baoyu understood from the moment he saw Shui Tao that it was the prince of Beijing who saved him, and he had been to the Beijing palace several times before, this Shui Tao, as the chief manager of the palace, was also an old acquaintance, so he smiled and said: "This time is really troublesome for the old prince and the prince?"
Shui Tao raised his hand and pressed down, and said with a smile: "I'm not a prince anymore, don't follow them and scream, you are the same age as Beijing, just call me Uncle Shi..."
Baoyu was not polite, and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Uncle Shi, I don't know how our family and everyone else are doing now?"
Shui Tao sighed: "When the emperor was here, he had already beheaded all the main culprits..."
As soon as Baoyu heard this, her heart suddenly became half cold, and her face became pale: "Then, my parents and they..."
Shui Tao looked at Baoyu's appearance, and hurriedly added: "You can rest assured of this, Ling Zun used to have quite a lot of political achievements, and he was also low-key and diligent, and there were many officials who stood up to defend him, although the emperor was harsh, but he was not a faint monarch, and he was not condemned to death, but he was still sent to the 'Jinggu Tower' together with Ling Tang, and it has been more than three months, and I don't know what the situation is now?"
Only then did Baoyu put his mind at ease, as long as he was alive, there was hope, and asked, "The first emperor really died?"
Shui Tao nodded, looking very complicated: "Yes, a month ago, Hong'er just ascended the throne for three days..."
Baoyu knew that the crown prince Shui Hong and the king of Beijing were very close, no wonder he could let himself go so quickly this time, so he asked hopefully: "Then have my parents been pardoned?"
Shui Tao shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be yet, but the little emperor has already issued an order to let Bei Jing and Zhang Yuting fully retry the case, and you have to ask Bei Jing himself for details..."
Baoyu said: "Okay, I'll go to the palace with you now..."
Shui Tao said: "But Bei Jing is not in the palace now, but in Beishan Villa, and it is estimated that he will come back in a few days..."
As soon as Baoyu heard this, he didn't care about anything else, and decided to immediately go to the Beishan Courtyard to find the King of Beijing, although Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were quite controversial in the "Red Mansion", but for him, they were their own parents, how could they continue to suffer in the "Jinggu Tower".
Seeing that Baoyu had made up his mind, Shui Tao told Baoyu the detailed address, but Baoyu had barely left Jinling City before, and he could only know a general direction, of course, for him who had lived in the modern society of the earth, this was not a difficult matter, it was nothing more than a mouth under his nose, just ask for directions.
Because of the way, Baoyu first went home to take a look, and found that the entire Ningrong Street was in a depression, and the door of the house was still sealed by the emperor, so he walked straight to the north gate of Jinling City.
Out of the north gate, there is a wide official road, at this time, the snow has stopped, but the weather is still very cold, the snow on the ground is more than a foot thick, from time to time there will be a large carriage full of goods creaky past Baoyu, pressing a deep rut in the snow.
Baoyu put his hand in his sleeve, followed the ruts, deep and shallow, all the way to the north, walked seven or eight miles, on both sides of the avenue was already a white wilderness, because he had not yet eaten water and rice in the morning, he suddenly felt tired and hungry, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he could not walk at all.
Baoyu looked around, and saw a building in the grove on the east side of the avenue, which looked like a small temple, so he stopped, wanting to rest his feet, and by the way to see if he could beg for food.
The path leading to the woods was thin with high snow on both sides, and it was clear that the road had been cleaned not long ago, but then another layer had fallen, indicating that the place was inhabited.
Baoyu lifted his spirits, quickened his pace and walked over, and when he got closer, he found that it was a small courtyard, and there was a wooden plaque on the jujube red gate, on which the words "Narcissus Nunnery" were written.
"It turned out to be a women's cultivation hall..."Baoyu hesitated a little for a while, thinking that this was cold and snowy, he suddenly knocked on the door of a group of sisters-in-law early in the morning, and said that he wanted to beg for food, what was going on.
Although before he was imprisoned, he would hardly think about similar questions, at that time he felt that the world belonged to him, no matter where he went or what he wanted to do, it was a matter of course, but now he knew that in fact, the world was very big, and Rong Guofu was really nothing.
Baoyu hesitated for a moment, but decided to leave, but just as he raised his steps, he suddenly heard someone coming from inside the nunnery, and the sound of two young girls talking.
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