The Niu's Mansion.

In the courtyard of Niu Jizong, after pushing the bookcase open in the study, you can see that there is a passage that can lead to one person.

Jia Rong was a little worried about whether people would suddenly pop out of this kind of passage, so she beckoned two soldiers to step forward to explore the road first and reward ten taels of silver.

After the two soldiers went first, he led a group of people to follow in.

At the beginning, it was extremely narrow, and only then did it pass people, and it was dozens of steps back, and it suddenly became clear.

I didn't expect that there was such a large space hidden under the Niu family, it was incredible, and Niu Jizong's body leaned against the wall in a kneeling position, emitting a great smell.

Due to the lack of ventilation, the stench almost made everyone vomit.

Jia Rong took the lead first, covered her mouth and nose first, and stepped forward to investigate, and after finding nothing, she called her to come over.

He forcibly endured the stench and stepped forward to investigate Niu Jizong's situation, and after a while, he respectfully said to Jia Rong: "Commander Jia, Lord Niu has bruises all over his body, and the bones of his arms have become several pieces, which can be confirmed that he was beaten to death." ”

"It's cruel!" Jia Rong couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, this kind of death is really a bit miserable, it is better to give him a clean knife directly.

"Check it again to see if there is anything missing, and Lord Niu's body is also looking at it." Jia Rong ordered the soldiers and the servants.

It didn't take long for them to give an answer.

"Report to your Excellency, there is no omission found anywhere."

"My lord, this corpse is a little strange."

The soldiers did not find any omissions, but they made new discoveries.

"Tell me about it." Jia Rong quickly asked after hearing this.

"The deceased's pupils dilated, and he should have been greatly frightened before he died, causing him to be so frightened that his pupils dilated." He pointed to the corpse's eyes and said seriously.

Jia Rong: "......"

"Didn't you take off your pants and fart? Before he died, he was beaten like this, can he not be afraid? Jia Rong rolled her eyes speechlessly.

"Keep checking, keep looking, give me a good look at every inch of skin, anyway, this is a secret room, even if you take a look at all the people's clothes."

In the end, with the help of the soldiers, he looked at every inch of Niu Jizong's skin, and he also gained a lot.

It can be concluded that Niu Jizong has been dead for about three days.

Now there should be nothing to check in the secret room, and after dressing Niu Jizong's corpse, he also took him out.

When he arrived in the courtyard, there was already this group of monks waiting to give Niu Jizong a pass, and now there is nothing to do with Niu Jizong, so Jia Rong will naturally not let go.

At this moment, a big man with a strong body and a thick waist rushed over, his voice trembled and stretched out four fingers to Jia Rong and said: "Brother Rong, my brother was definitely not killed by me, you have to believe me, I am sad that I have eaten four bowls of rice today because of my eldest brother's death." ”

Niu Baoguo's eyes were red, and tears kept flowing.

I used to call me a little hairy boy, but now I have a request for Lao Tzu is Brother Rong, don't look at Niu Baoguo crying so badly, but Jia Rong didn't believe that he was really sad at all, because Jia Rong smelled a familiar smell on his body.

Ginger!

This Niu Baoguo didn't expect to use ginger water to bite his eyes and fake crying, he was probably happy about his brother's death at this time.

Niu Jizong has no heirs, only this younger brother, and now that Niu Jizong is dead, this title is most likely Niu Baoguo's from Niu Baoguo's point of view.

But he also thought that he might suspect him, so he approached me to clear his name.

"Oh, Brother Niu, what is there to believe or not believe this, as long as Brother Niu doesn't commit any crimes, brother, I will naturally not be able to attack you." Jia Rong glanced at Niu Baoguo with a smile.

When Niu Baoguo heard this, his expression was slightly stunned, and he said in his heart: "Little deflated calf, Lao Tzu and your grandfather's generation, you are not afraid of flashing your tongue when you call Lao Tzu Big Brother." ’

After Niu Baoguo secretly scolded, he promised loudly: "Good brother, as long as you can wash away your brother's grievances, then the Niu family's Zhuangzi in Liaodong is yours." ”

"Okay, then brother might as well go and get the title deed now." Jia Rong smiled even brighter at the moment, she was a Zhuangzi in white, don't be in vain.

Niu Baoguo: "......"

Seeing that Niu Baoguo was stunned, Jia Rong stretched out her hand and shook it in front of him: "What's the matter, Brother Niu, go get it." ”

"Really now?" Niu Baoguo felt that his head was dizzy, he didn't expect Jia Rong to agree so happily, he always felt like he had been tricked.

However, as long as you can eliminate your suspicions, then what is a Zhuangzi, and the entire Zhenguo Mansion will be your own in the future.

But a Zhuangzi, with an annual income of nearly tens of thousands of taels, Niu Baoguo feels really distressed.

"Mmmm, Brother Niu, go and come back quickly, I'll wait for you here!"

Jia Rong smiled and waved her hand to Niu Baoguo, her expression was very indifferent, as if it was just a trivial matter to remove the suspicion for Niu Baoguo.

Niu Baoguo looked at his relaxed and freehand appearance, gritted his teeth and left.

Looking at Niu Baoguo's distant figure, Jia Rong's smile stopped abruptly, in fact, where was Jia Rong sure to remove his suspicion and send him on the road.

Jia Rong now suspects very much that this Niu Jizong was killed by the emperor!

Jia Rong's nose was quite smart, and since he entered the secret room, he had smelled a smell of fat powder mixed with a rancid smell in addition to the smell of rancidity, which he had often smelled recently.

It is unique to the palace, and the eldest aunt Yuanchun also has this taste, and the palace maids in the palace can't leave the palace without permission, so the fat powder used is purchased by special people in the palace.

After smelling this smell, Jia Rong personally stepped forward to investigate, and the smell on Niu Jizong's body was even stronger, so he definitely met someone in the palace in the secret room before he died, and this person was still very close to him.

In addition, when he came, the emperor specially ordered an old eunuch to remind himself, it is not difficult to imagine how Niu Jizong died, and what happened to Niu Baoguo next.

But obviously he had already guessed the fate of Niu Baoguo, and why Jia Rong accepted Niu Baoguo's bribe.

As the saying goes, the four kings and eight princes are in the same spirit, which means that although Niu Baoguo hates it, he is still his own person, and it is normal for other four kings and eight princes to protect their own people.

But Jia Rong can't do it, not only will he not cover up, but he will also fall into the well and take advantage of it.

There are five ways in the Guards, but the emperor doesn't look for others to find Jia Rong, Jia Rong is the contemporary lord of the Four Kings, Eight Princes and One Vein Ning Guofu, it is obvious that the emperor is asking him to make a choice.

Not to mention anything else, judging from the generation we know so far, the four kings and eight princes are almost withered, and Ning Guofu and Rongguo Mansion can basically be said to have no rights except for Jia Rong today.

There are only some connections left to nominate some local officials, and then Yuan Chun is willingly sent to the palace from Rongguofu to be a palace maid, these aspects show that Rongguofu actually wants to admit it, where may the emperor be soft-hearted, plus the ending of the original work, a large piece of white.

Although Jia Rong herself has not read much of the original works of the Red Mansion, she has clearly told Jia Rong that according to the original historical process, the Jia family and these so-called four kings and eight princes will definitely lose very badly.

They really have something wrong with their brains, they have nothing to do to make friends with the same spirit, no matter who is the emperor, they will want to cut people when they see this situation.

You don't want to be a good courtier, you have to make a force that can wrestle with the emperor, if you meet a weaker emperor, you can be a powerful minister.

But if the emperor is a little cowhide, it is really a lantern in the toilet - look for death!

Now that the emperor is willing to give himself the opportunity to choose, he must grasp it, and he must be decisive and completely cut off his connection with the four kings and eight princes.

After taking advantage of Niu Baoguo, not only did he not help him do things, but he also stabbed him to show his loyalty, as for the little bribe he received, what was it.

Just say to the outside world that everything is my Jia Rong's greed for money, it's none of the emperor's business, so that the emperor's face can be gone, and then the emperor will punish himself a little bit.

After a long while, Niu Baoguo came back, holding a wooden box in his hand.

"Brother Rong, this is what you want."

Jia Rong stretched out her hand to take the box, opened it and saw that there was indeed a title deed stamped with Da Yue's official seal.

"Haha!" Jia Rong laughed and closed the box, then patted Niu Baoguo's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Brother Niu, I guess this case must have nothing to do with you, Brother Niu!" ”

Is that so sure?

Niu Baoguo always felt that something was wrong when he looked at Jia Rong's sworn appearance, but he didn't think much about it, after all, he was indeed not the murderer of his eldest brother.

Although he seems to be the most suspicious one, and he also wants his eldest brother to die early, he really didn't do anything, just afraid that someone with a heart will wronged him.

Fortunately, it is one of the twelve families who are investigating the case now, and they are willing to wash away their grievances for him, and what this Zhuangzi gave is worth it.

The most important thing is that the title will be his own in the future, Niu Baoguo looked ecstatic, but he couldn't laugh and didn't dare to laugh on the current occasion.

Niu Baoguo had to pretend to be very sad: "Alas, I know that this matter has nothing to do with me, but the most important thing is to find out the real murderer of my eldest brother, if I let me know, I will definitely not be able to spare him." ”

Hehe, I'm afraid you'll be dying after telling you!

"Haha, okay, as soon as there is news, I will immediately notify Brother Niu, it should be a matter of the past few days, Brother Niu, please don't be too sad to take care of your body, I still have affairs to deal with, so I will leave first." Jia Rong smiled slightly with a calm face, and waved goodbye to Niu Baoguo.

"Okay, Brother Xian, go slowly!"

Hearing that Niu Baoguo changed his name again, Jia Rong wanted to laugh when he heard it, maybe he should change his name again tomorrow.

.......

After returning to the imperial city, Jia Rong went to the forbidden center alone, the place where the emperor usually handles affairs, Zichen Palace, to meet the emperor, and the emperor was talking with several court ministers at this time.

After they finished speaking, Jia Rong fully informed the emperor of what she had gained today.

Of course, it was to hide the aspect of himself that he noticed that the people in the palace were killing people.

It's good that you know and I know this kind of thing, there is no need to say it, if you say it, it won't look good on your face.

After listening to Jia Rong's report, the emperor bowed slightly and asked, "Then Aiqing, who do you think did this?" ”

Seeing that the emperor began to ask for answers, Jia Rong took a deep breath and complained wildly in her heart.

'It's not up to you who did this, who is pretending to show it now, and it's shameless to want to push me out to block the mouths of the world for you. ’

After complaining, Jia Rong sold Niu Baoguo without hesitation.

I only heard Jia Rong say indignantly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter must be Niu Jizong's brother, Niu Baoguo's doing!" ”

Hearing this, the ministers were very surprised, as if they were shocked by this matter, and no one knew whether they were pretending to be so demeanor or genuinely shocked.

Even the emperor himself looked frightened, and asked with wide eyes and stunned, "Oh? How so! ”

All of them are drama spirits!

Jia Rong pondered for a few breaths, and then said slowly in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please listen to the ministers, the death of Niu Jizong is the most beneficial to Niu Baoguo, Niu Jizong currently has no heirs, and Niu Baoguo can naturally take over his title after his death." ”

"Second, just now the minister also said that Niu Jizong died in the secret room, and there are traces of injuries all over his body, and there are not many people who can enter the secret room of the Niu family's mansion, Niu Baoguo's own force is also high, even if he goes to ten more Niu Jizong, most of them will be killed by him."

"Third, when the minister was still investigating the case in the Niu family's mansion, Niu Baoguo gave me this thing, and told me to let me clear the suspicion for him.

"Niu Baoguo sent something with you, bring it up to me and take a look!" The emperor's expression fell silent.

"Obey the order!"

Jia Rong said and handed over the wooden box in his hand.

The emperor took it and opened the wooden box to take a look, his eyebrows and eyes suddenly became cold, and he said in a fierce voice: "What a cow to protect the country, he is so generous, he actually gave you three Zhuangzi." ”

"I've never seen anyone so bold and reckless, let me arrest him!"

As soon as the emperor's words came out, the ministers in the palace were in an uproar, you must know that three Zhuangzi is not a small number, and the Zhenguo Mansion is only six Zhuangzi, so half of it will be taken out.

And Jia Rong's heart was a little relieved, he guessed correctly, this is the emperor is doing things clearly, only a Zhuangzi title deed, but the emperor said that it was three, and it was clear that he was talking nonsense, anyway, others didn't dare to go up and rush to see it.

In the end, the emperor was furious, determined that Niu Baoguo was the murderer, and immediately sent the guards to raid the Zhenguo Mansion.

Fortunately, Jia Rong was not asked to go to the house this time, otherwise she would still feel a little embarrassed when she saw Niu Baoguo.

And Jia Rong was also rewarded, and the emperor still said very honestly that three Zhuangzi are three, and there is no one missing.

But Jia Rong was happy and faintly worried at the same time, because Niu Jizong could be killed at home, so what about him?

Is there also someone from the emperor in the family?