Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Three Faces of the Red Mansion
Since the Zhang family's birthday banquet, Bai Tang and Wu Xuemei have received orders and sold all the goods they brought back from the Red Mansion World - many people found that other small handicrafts were also very good, classical and exquisite, and bought them back easily. Seeing that the online store was about to open the skylight, Bai Tang packed up and prepared to go to the world of Red Mansions.
There is a small commodity wholesale market on the outskirts of City D, and Bai Tang took a trip - she didn't buy a car, mainly because this guy is road blind, and he feels even more troublesome about the road rules or something, so he simply doesn't drive by himself. Bai Tang bought a thousand small mirrors, a bunch of crystal bracelets, necklaces, earrings, etc., although cheap, but it looks crystal clear, the style is beautiful, it should be very popular with ancient girls and daughters-in-law, more than two dozen cheapest music boxes...... Others also bought two large bags of nail clippers, folding small scissors, stainless steel thermos cups and a lot of practical and convenient gadgets. For a one-yuan lighter, Baitang wholesaled several large packages, because of the large number of purchases, the seller also gave her a dime discount.
Descending to the grove outside Yangzhou City again, Bai Tang heard a noisy sound outside the woods, she walked out of the forest curiously, and found that the prisoner cart had been parked on the official road, and the officers and soldiers escorting the prisoners were sitting under the trees to rest.
"Stop! Who are you? Seeing someone coming out of the woods, one of the officials shouted loudly, and the others pulled out half of their waist knives.
"Passing by!" Bai Tang said lightly, his bearing shocked a group of officials, and also relieved the officials. How could such a noble man rob the prisoner car, and put the knife back into the scabbard one after another.
"Who are these prisoners? What crimes were committed? Bai Tang curiously asked the official who shouted, and took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and handed it over, "When we meet, we have fate, everyone has worked hard all the way, and this hundred taels will be given to everyone to drink tea to relieve fatigue." ”
All the officers and soldiers were overjoyed, and the officer quickly took the silver ticket and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Childe just arrived in Yangzhou, right? You don't know that these prisoners are the Zhen family, the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou, who sold illicit salt, murdered the prince, killed the court officials, and bullied the people...... The crime is great! The emperor specially ordered them to be escorted to the three divisions of the capital for interrogation, and they can't come back this time! ”
"The Zhen family? Does it have anything to do with the Jinling Zhen family? ”
"The Yangzhou Zhen family is a side branch of the Jinling Zhen family." The official cha Jia said.
Bai Tang calculated the time, it's not yet the day of the fall of the Zhen family, right?
"Does the Jinling Zhen family care?"
"There's no way to take care of it, the evidence is conclusive, the four princes and Lord Lin were almost killed, the emperor was shocked, who else dares to protect them? To say that these people also deserve it, thinking that being rich is great, they are simply bold, and they deserve to be raided! The official cha jia pursed the corners of his mouth. Those salt merchants relied on their money to run rampant in Yangzhou City, and even the prefect did not dare to provoke them. The previous prefect ended up ruined because he offended the Zhen family, which shows how arrogant these salt merchants are! Hmph, this time I kicked the iron plate, I deserved it!
"Lord Lin? But Lord Lin Ruhai, the imperial envoy of the salt patrol? ”
"Childe recognizes Lord Lin?"
Bai Tang nodded: "Is Lord Lin injured?" Is it okay now? ”
The attitude of the officials became better, and they said respectfully: "Lord Lin's injuries are not serious, but the fourth prince was seriously injured and his life is dying, it is said that Lord Lin sacrificed an elixir from his ancestors to save the lives of the four princes!" ”
What elixir? It should be the Pei Yuan Dan that he left for Lin Ruhai, right? Will this fourth prince be the new emperor in the future? The social structure and court structure of the world of the Red Chamber were set up in accordance with the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, and Emperor Kang Yuan also ascended the throne at the age of six, and then went through the Dou Minister and the Ping Three Domains, and the experience was very similar to Kangxi, and even the number of sons was not much different. And the four princes are silent and steady, they are a dry and real-time person, and they also have many similarities with Yongzheng. Bai Tang speculated that if nothing else, the next emperor should be the fourth prince. Lin Ruhai has a favorability in front of the future emperor this time!
"I'm in a hurry, so I'm leaving!" Bai Tang nodded from the officials and turned around to leave. She thought about going to Yangzhou City to see Lin Ruhai, and it would be better if she could see the four princes.
"Childe!" Guan Chajia hurriedly stopped Bai Tang, "If you look for Lord Lin in Yangzhou, you don't have to, Lord Lin has already left Yangzhou." ”
"Left?"
"Yes, the emperor Nianlin had a meritorious role in saving the four princes, and transferred him to the capital to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Yesterday, the Lin family had already left Yangzhou to go to Beijing by land and water. The official said.
What a coincidence! Bai Tang took out another silver ticket and stuffed it to the official cha a: "Thank you for your advice." Take this one and drink with your brothers! ”
The officials were so happy that their mouths were wide open, oops, I was so lucky to meet such a generous noble son today. A full two hundred taels of silver, and their group of them drank enough wine for ten days!
Bai Tang walked into Yangzhou City, bought a lot of delicious snacks along the way, found a remote place, clicked on the skill "Divine Travel" that had been lit up, and the next moment, Bai Tang appeared on the outskirts of the capital.
On the official road, there are more and more passers-by, everyone chats while walking, talking about the new things that happened in the capital, and the most talked about is the border war that has just ended, and the Dashun Dynasty won a complete victory. Bai Tang heard Jia Zhu's name, and her cheap apprentice shined on the battlefield, defeating the enemy's 50,000 troops with 10,000 of her own and capturing the enemy's head alive. After Emperor Kang Yuan knew Jia Zhu's merits, he remembered Jia Daishan who had blocked the sword for himself, and sighed that there was a successor to the Duke of Rongguo, and with a stroke of the pen, he rewarded Jia Zhu with the title of Marquis of Dingyuan. The second room of the Jia family finally stood up again, and the dark clouds that Mrs. Wang brought to the second room were dispelled by Jia Zhu. Jia Zheng was as happy as a laughing Maitreya, he also saw it, his son was so competitive, he still cared about what other false names he was doing, wouldn't it be good to be an old lady at home with peace of mind? He now has a lot of time, and when he is bored, he has two younger sons to supervise Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan's homework. Without Mrs. Wang's favor, Jia Baoyu has grown a lot, although he still doesn't like economics and officialdom theory, he is very proficient in reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and he writes well in policy theory. Without Mrs. Wang's secret persecution, Jia Huan is no longer the frozen cat in the original book, but this child has an active personality and likes to learn martial arts instead of reading, and regards his eldest brother as an idol, thinking of growing up to be a general. Jia Zheng was dissatisfied at first, and then thought that his younger son could take care of each other with his eldest son after joining the army, so he no longer forced Jia Huan to study, but asked Jiao Da from Ning Guofu to teach Jia Huan Lianwu.