Seventy-ninth Return Trip
The boat sailed through Jinling, and Jia Zheng stayed for a week. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoJinling Jiangning is the ancestral home of the Jia family, with old mansions, old servants, and some relatives who are not used to coming and going much.
Jia Baoyu was very surprised to see Zhen Baoyu, who was almost exactly the same as him, and the two were also mixed in clothes and walked together, so that people couldn't tell which was Zhen Baoyu and which was Jia Baoyu.
On this day, Jia Baoyu pulled Zhen Baoyu to Daiyu, and he had to introduce her to this identical "brother", and proudly showed off to him:
"Although you look the same as me, but you and I are different, you must not have my fairy-like sister, right?"
That Zhen Baoyu looked at Daiyu, and he was also very surprised, and then he turned his head to Jia Baoyu and said: "Although my family does not have such an outstanding character as your sister, there is also a cousin who has been a childhood sweetheart since childhood, and now she has been approved by her ancestors and mother, and she has already made a marriage this spring." ”
Baoyu couldn't help but sigh in amazement, and looked at Daiyu stupidly for a while.
Daiyu couldn't bear to see him look so stupid in front of outsiders, so she sighed heavily and turned around and went back to the inner room.
Here Jia Baoyu's heart was wandering, and for some reason, he was slapped by Zhen Baoyu and called: "It's back to the soul!" That's when he came to his senses.
The two went to see Jia Zheng together, and Jia Zheng was also very surprised, and after taking a few words of Zhen Baoyu, he saw that he was very literary and good, and his behavior was not the posture of such a gentleman, so he went with Baoyu to mess with him.
Baoyu got a playmate, as if she was so happy, she naturally didn't care about being sad and nostalgic, and she was not in a hurry to set off, she only cared about arguing with Zhen Baoyu all day long, saying "your home" and "my family", and looking at each other was like looking in the mirror.
When they arrived at the Zhen family, even the old lady and the wife of the Zhen family couldn't tell them apart, and often called "Brother of the Jia Family" to their own Baoyu, and "Heart and Liver" and "Evil Barrier" to Jia Baoyu.
Jia Zheng encountered a difficult thing at this time. The prefect of Jinling has an old relationship with the Jia family, and he came to report the news, saying that someone came to the government to overturn the case, and talked about a case of buying a girl and beating someone to death in the old year.
The bitter lord said that the previous prefect was corrupt and sold power, sheltered the bully who killed people, and lied that the bully had a disease and died.
At present, some people have heard that the bully is still alive and well, and he is in Kyoto, and now he has made trouble with the yamen, saying that he must let the government retry it no matter what, otherwise he will go to Kyoto to file a lawsuit.
Jia Zheng listened in confusion for a long time before he knew that it was Xue Pan's case.
Xue Pan is the son of his sister-in-law, and he can't get around this relationship, and the Xue family lives in Jia's house, so he can't be vague even if he wants to.
Moreover, since the establishment of the academy and the fame of Jia Zheng has been greatly enhanced, there have been countless pairs of eyes staring at him, staring at him for pride and complacency, staring at him to make any mistake that is enough to find fault, so he took advantage of the situation and seized the opportunity to pounce on him like a pack of wolves, pulling his Jia family, Jia's Yuanchun, and the virtuous concubines in the palace off the horse together, trampling on a catastrophe.
Even the prefect of Jinling met with Jia Zheng on the front foot, maybe the incident was found out by someone with a heart on the back foot, and it was impossible to hide it.
At that time, it was Jia Yucun who handled the case, and Jia Yucun was good friends with Lai Da. At that time, when Jia Zheng saw Jia Yucun in front of Lai's house, he was already vigilant:
A foreign official with authority and authority, and often treated as a guest, has a lot of face, but he puts down his position to make friends with the servants in other people's houses, what is his intention, think about it, it makes people think deeply.
This matter may not be impossible to see Jia Yucun becoming inflammatory, but Xue Pan can't hide from it.
Jia Zheng pondered for a long time, gave the Jinling prefect the words "handle it impartially", and sent the trembling Jinling prefect out of the door.
Impartiality? How to be impartial, and whose justice is upheld? The prefect of Jinling was raised in fear, and listening to the cry of the bitter lord below, he only felt that one head was two big.
In the end, it was his master who gave him an idea: Lord Jia is about to abandon the pawn to protect the car, how should the adult try the case on weekdays or how to try the case.
After hearing this, the prefect of Jinling still followed the procedure in fear. He picked up a token: "Go!" Arrest the criminal Xue Pan and bring him to justice! ”
The officials below looked at each other, who to arrest and where to arrest? It has been a few years since this case, and in previous years, I went to the Xue family's shop to get a few pieces of silver, and when I came back, I scolded a few words and drove away the bitter master who came to report the case. Now that they are going to arrest someone, are they going to go to Kyoto to find someone?
The master gave another idea to the prefect of Jinling: "Your Excellency, you should write a letter to the Jingzhao Mansion in Kyoto, and ask the adults of the Jingzhao Mansion to cooperate in arresting you." ”
The prefect of Jinling suddenly realized, suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, this should be done this way, I am confused!" Thank you sir for your advice. ”
The master smiled, personally polished the ink, spread out the letter, and told the prefect how to write this letter.
At the same time, Jia Zheng was also in the room and asked Jia Baoyu to polish ink for him. He's writing—Please.
"The minister Jia Zheng - failed to live up to the grace of the saint - failed to check himself and restrain his relatives, causing the son of his wife and sister to commit the crime of arson and murder, and in the name of the minister, he asked Jia Yucun, who was the prefect at the time, to help cover it up, treating human life as child's play, and the fault of the minister was also the ...... of begging."
Jia Baoyu didn't dare to come out, and while grinding the ink seriously, he watched Jia Zheng write a plea.
In the hot weather, even though there is an ice basin, the sweat of the whole body can't stop dripping.
Jia Zheng had Baoyu by his side, and after writing the guilty fold, he told Baoyu about some secret things in the officialdom by the way.
Jia Baoyu never knew that these Lu beetles, who were nothing but sycophants and talkers, could stir up so much sewage, and they could bite people at any time and capsize a good family, which was even more ferocious than a beast. Even for those who were still in a relationship with each other one moment, the next moment they can turn their faces without warning.
He suddenly understood Jia Zheng's irritability from time to time, that is, the panic caused by thinking that the family business had no successor and could only wither and decline. For the first time in his life, he understood his father a little.
Jia Zheng didn't know that he made people send out a plea for guilt, and he felt tired in vain. He was strict with Jia Baoyu, to the point of being harsh almost everywhere, but I was afraid that he would develop a stubborn temperament and cause him to be attacked.
Who would have thought that the son could control it, but he couldn't control an indulgent nephew. Something happened, and the big basin was still on his head.
Being in the intertwined of officialdom, there is a big family to manage, and you have to be careful of the ubiquitous officials and political enemies. Can Jia Zheng not be anxious?
After writing the guilty fold, he immediately set sail, and finally rushed back to Jiafu before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The emperor ordered the investigation of the case, and ordered the Hanlin Yuan to write a letter to comfort Jia Zheng, praising him for serving the country and the public, and being diligent and thrifty. Jia Zheng should not be blamed for the crime committed by the son of a relative, and should be investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law. Jia Zheng was very moved.