God blessed the Son of Heaven to order everyone to donate silver taels, and it went relatively smoothly on the whole. In less than ten days, X received more than 600,000 pieces of silver. The first batch of 500,000 taels given to the three feudatories has already begun to be sent to Hunan.

The emperor promised that the second batch of 500,000 taels would be shipped within 10 days.

Of course, there are also some families who can't come up with 10,000 taels of silver at once, so they have to raise it in installments, hand over part of it first, and then borrow the rest everywhere.

There are also families who don't want to make friends, hoping to fish in troubled waters, so they drag it over, but this trick doesn't seem to be useful. Because the Jinyi army and the palace guards are waiting at home, as long as they don't pay the money, they won't leave.

This donation activity ended with complaints from major families. Many of these families have already seen the hidden serious crisis and have begun to think about the way back.

The two governments of Rongning were the first to pay the money, thanks to the good financial situation of the two families. Although it had cost a lot of money to repair the Provincial Hospital, the two governments quickly recovered from it.

The recent banditry in the south and the silver donation campaign have made Jiafu realize that the imperial court will go through a period of violent turmoil.

In particular, Luo Hanlin's proposal to confiscate the property of some illegal families made Jia Fu aware of the crisis.

In the past few days, the old lady has summoned Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian to discuss countermeasures.

Jia Lian meant that the whole family had withdrawn to Beihai. However, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen did not agree.

For a moment, the old lady ran out of ideas.

Today's discussion, however, is still the same as the previous two days, and there is still no result.

At this moment, Jia Ping hurriedly came from outside.

I didn't even see the salute, so I just broke in.

"Oh no, something happened to my uncle."

The uncle mentioned by Jiafu refers to Wang Ziteng, and the aunt refers to Lin Ruhai.

"Brother Ping, why are you so flustered, you have something to say."

The old lady didn't hear it clearly for a while.

"Uncle Wang's uncle is gone, he didn't have it in Tongzhou three days ago, and he only reported the funeral today."

"It's all nonsense, didn't you come back to become a scholar, how could you say that it was gone, it must have been the wrong news."

Jia Zheng couldn't believe the news.

"The news that just came out of the palace said that I occasionally felt a cold on the road, so I found a local Lang Zhong to see a doctor, used the wrong medicine, and after sleeping at night, I didn't get up in the morning."

At this moment, there was silence in the Rongxi Hall.

Before he could recover from this, Xue Zhen also came in.

"Uncle is gone."

Seeing that no one answered him, Xue Zhen was stunned.

"Don't you already know?"

"Got it."

Jia Lian whispered.

At this moment, another person hurriedly came in outside, it was Wang Ziteng's younger brother Wang Zijing.

"I'm here to inform you that my brother returned three days ago."

As he spoke, Wang Zijing couldn't help but shed tears.

Before he could comfort Wang Zijing, he heard a commotion outside.

When the people in the house went out to take a look, they saw that there were several eunuchs, and the leader was the only remaining Zhou eunuch among the original four eunuchs.

"I came to inform you that Concubine Jia Guifei died of a violent illness last night, and she will be funeral in three days, so let's go to the funeral."

After saying that, there was no more superfluous words, and he turned around and left.

"What do you mean by that?"

The old lady still didn't come back to her senses, and when she asked, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and others immediately cried.

"The big girl is gone. I fell ill and died last night! ”

"Ah, big girl......."

The old lady didn't finish her sentence before she fainted and fell to the ground.

The news of the death of Wang Ziteng and Jia Yuanchun soon spread throughout the two mansions, and immediately, the two mansions were full of wails. Even passers-by at the door heard the sound and stopped to watch and inquire.

The news that the two banners of the four major families of King Jia and Xue Shi died one after another, Prince Teng and Jia Guifei, caused huge repercussions in the imperial capital.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and the major families felt creepy.

Although no one openly questioned it, in private, people still felt very strange about it.

The common view is that these two men did not die naturally.

As for the reason, there are various theories.

Some say that the emperor killed chickens and make an example of monkeys, some say that the two families are disrespectful to the emperor, some say that the ministers eliminate dissidents, and some say that there is infighting in the palace. Others said that the emperor was worried about the two property.

In short, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.

In the past few days, Jiafu has been full of gloom and gloom. first sent away Wang Ziteng, and today sent Jia Yuanchun away, and after coming back, the masters consciously gathered in the old lady's upper room.

Below the old lady, Jia Yu and Mrs. Xing, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, Jia Zhen and You Shi, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, Qin Keqing, Li Kun, Aunt Xue, Xue Zhen and other masters, as well as Aunt Zhao, were all present.

Somewhat surprisingly, the old lady was very calm today, and even had a kind smile on her face.

"Now you should know why I sent Baoyu and the girls away in the first place, right? This emperor has no place for our Jia family to stand on, and the emperor can't tolerate us anymore. It's time for us to go, too. ”

"I didn't expect that my Jia family has been loyal and good for generations, but now it has ended up like this. From then on, we broke off with this court. ”

"Since tomorrow, the business here has been stopped, the things that should be sold have been sold, and the ones that can't be sold at a price have been sold at a discounted price, except for those left for the housekeepers and subordinates at home, everything that should be sold has been sold."

"From now on, you will start packing your things, don't bring too much, and travel lightly. Aunt Xue, now that Brother Pan and Bao Yatou are not here, you can also go with you. ”

"Where the hell are we going?"

Although everyone already had a bottom in their hearts, Aunt Xue still asked.

"Go to Beihae, Brother Min. Brother Min has already prepared a house for us there, so let's go there to spend the days of stopping. This imperial capital, if it is good in the future, it will come back, if it is not good, it will not come back. ”

"I understand your intentions, and you can't bear to be here. Actually, I don't want to go. However, it's not a big deal if it's really gone. Didn't we also come from Jinling in the first place? Wherever you go, it's home. ”

"Brother Lian, where should Brother Ping go now?"

"He said that he traveled day and night, and according to the day, it was time to go to Shengjing."

"Brother Lian, in the past few days, you have arranged your itinerary, and in seven days, we will set off. Let's go back to Zhang Luo, relatives and friends, don't go, lest the news leak out. ”

"Mother, do you have to go?"

Jia Zheng still has illusions.

"Hmph, can't you think about it? If we don't leave, I'm afraid that one day we will also go to prison. The matter was settled. If anyone doesn't want to leave, they will stay by themselves, and they will not be from the Jia family from now on. ”

"I'm just talking, so I'm naturally leaving."

The crowd dispersed silently and began to divide up and prepare.

On the second day, the camp of the West Mountain.

Shi Liu and Shi Song had just had breakfast and were waiting in front of Princess Chang'an's door.

The door opened, and Lichun came out.

"Your Highness has called you in."

The two entered silently, both kneeling on the ground.

"Two Battalion Commanders Shi, what are you doing, why do you have to make such a big salute, hurry up."

"Your Highness, we have something to ask for."

"Something, get up and talk."

"We're leaving, we can't help His Highness train anymore."

Chang An sighed, and after a while, slowly stood up.

"But for the sake of Lord Wang and Concubine Jia?"

The two of them didn't squeak, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

"Some rumors are not credible, the Jia family and the Wang family have worked for my family for generations. Such a self-destruction of the Great Wall, the imperial brother would not do. ”

"Your Highness, the grass people don't dare to suspect, but now that there is something at home, I really can't serve His Highness here, and I ask Your Highness to let us go for the sake of Chief Min. Now I have come to inform His Highness, and our brother is gone. ”

With that, the two got up and walked out of the house.

Lichun followed, and wanted to stay, but saw that more than 20 other instructors had also gathered together with their horses. Seeing Shi Song and Shi Liu coming out, they followed the two of them out of the camp together.

When Lichun returned to the house, he saw Chang'an standing by the window, silent.

"Your Highness, they're all gone."

"Alas, I finally found them, and now they are alone again. Once they leave, how can this soldier continue to train? Did they say where to go? ”

"I heard Shi Liu say that he wants to go to Jiafu."

"Jia Mansion? Call Zuo Linliang, let's go. ”

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"Go to Jiafu."

"What are you going to do there?"

"Don't you think I should go and explain it to them?"

"Your Highness, even if you explain it, they may not believe it. This matter has now spread very loudly outside, even if it is the emperor, I am afraid that he will not be able to argue. ”

"He can't argue? Why did he have to defend himself, if it wasn't for his instructions, who would dare to attack Wang Ziteng and Jia Guifei? Am I a fool to not even see this? ”

"The emperor may have unspeakable suffering?"

"What's so unspeakable about him? Lord Wang worked hard and made great achievements, and the virtuous concubine kept to herself in the palace and never made trouble. Such a person cannot be tolerated, if anything happens in the future, who else will help us? ”

"Your Highness......."

"Look at the people around her now, Luo Qihua, Luo Musheng, Li Yuan, Jia Yucun, Hou Xiaolian, Shi Guangzhu, Sun Tongren, ......, where is there a good thing?"

"Scholar Lu said that he was sick and returned to his hometown, Scholar Ji returned to his hometown, Wang Fu of Beijing was idle at home, Xiu Tonggui was exiled, Liu Changfeng was released to Jiangsu, Zhou Tong was released to Shaanxi, He Jialin and Luo Fengshan were transferred to civil officials. Those who have some ability and good moral character are gone. Far away from the gentleman and close to the villain, how can the government not be chaotic? ”

"There are also those three families, now that the wolf's ambition has been exposed, the royal brother still calls them brothers and sisters, and keeps giving them silver taels, isn't this just raising tigers?"

"If this continues, people's hearts will be lost, and only lonely people will be left in the future."

These things, in fact, Lichun have long seen them in his eyes and remembered them in his heart, but he just can't say them.

"Let's go, when we get to Jiafu, tell them, if any of them can see Chief Min, then explain a thing or two to Chief Min. Don't get things done to the point. ”

"Well, if Chief Min knew this, I wonder how he would feel?"

How do you feel? How do you think he would feel? ”

Chang'an said, and went out,