It was getting dark, Jin Cai and the little maid lit the lanterns everywhere, and the red lanterns were raised high with bamboo poles to illuminate the gate and the courtyard.

Jia Jue stood at the door of the living room in a loose round-necked robe, looking up at the old tree in the courtyard, holding a letter in his hand.

A stick of incense ago, Jia Yucun sent someone to deliver this letter, this is a person with a good temperament, who not only wants to ask for credit from himself, but also worries that he will be too straightforward and let himself look down on him, it is difficult for him to write such a letter, if he doesn't know who he is, I am afraid that he will be deceived by his appearance like Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng and others.

This lawsuit was full of twists and turns, and in the end it was Feng Yuan who died unjustly, he thought that there would be no such a tragedy, but unfortunately, Xue Pan couldn't help himself, so he sprinkled the resentment in his heart on him, and an innocent person lost his life in vain.

There is no gourd case, but there is a corpse blackmail, this Jia Yucun is still very smart, and he actually came up with such a method.

What surprised Jia Yu the most was about the Zhen family, Jia Yucun wrote down the original things of the year, revealing his remorse between the lines, saying that he was very sorry that he failed to take care of his benefactor's family because of his busy official duties.

Hypocrisy!

Xiangling walked in front of Jia Jue with a tea tray, Jia Jue looked at Xiangling, who was looking at her with two big eyes, a little stunned, turned around and walked back to the living room and sat down.

Xiangling put the tea tray on the table and handed him the tea bowl, "Third Master, what's wrong?" ”

Jia Jue took the tea bowl and drank it, and said, "The new Shuntian Mansion Yin Jiayu Village received help from your father back then, and he just sent a letter. ”

Xiangling opened her eyes wide and asked confusedly, "What do you say?" ”

Jia Yu put down the tea bowl in his hand and looked out the door, "Jia Yucun said in the letter what happened back then, which is not different from what Steward Jin investigated, but your father followed that person to travel all over the world and his whereabouts are erratic, I am afraid it will be difficult to have news for a while." As for Mrs. Zhen...."

Of course, Xiangling understood the meaning of his words, and replied politely: "Thanks to the grace of the third master, I am finally out of the sea of suffering, and the previous things should be regarded as a dream." ”

Jia Jue looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

Xiangling lowered her head and said softly: "As for the mother, maybe this is fate." ”

Xiangling never thought that the long-awaited for many years would be such an ending, her father was a monk, her mother was gone, and the grievances buried in her heart couldn't help but come up, tears couldn't stop falling, and she hurriedly put down the tray in her hand, turned her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Although Jia Jue looked out of the door, he knew that Xiangling was crying, and he was also embarrassed about what happened to the Zhen family, but he didn't expect that the Zhen family couldn't survive the person he sent to find her, and the poor woman finally passed away in loneliness.

Fate is impermanent, and creation makes people.

Why not?

When he parted with Qian Feng that day, he was confused by one sentence, saying that the emperor would soon summon him to Beijing, which disrupted his plans.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue sighed deeply, although he has been planning to return to Beijing to take up his post, but he does not want to be recalled to Beijing by the emperor, because the emperor will not summon himself to Beijing for no reason, and there must be something waiting for him, but it is definitely not a good thing, and a good thing will not be his turn.

Xiangling put the tea bowl on the table on the tray, "It's not early, I'll fetch water for the third master." ”

After that, he picked up the tray and walked out.

In the lobby, only Jia Jue was left sitting there alone, and after a while, he stood up and flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and walked to the back hall.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, Jia Jue guessed correctly, Qian Feng, the old eunuch, did not go to Huai'an Town to guard the mansion at all, but went directly north to Shenjing, and was standing on the square of Qianqing Palace at the moment waiting for Emperor Tianyou to summon him.

Suddenly, a small yellow door came over and whispered, "Manager Qian, Your Majesty has summoned you." ”

Qian Feng, the eunuch in charge of the Jinling Town Guard, took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the little yellow door, and the little yellow door did not shirk, but directly put it into the sleeve cage, and said in a low voice: "The chief manager, please hurry, Your Majesty is happy this time." ”

Hearing this, Qian Feng breathed a sigh of relief, straightened out the robe on his body, and walked quickly to the study.

After a while, Qian Feng came to the door of the upper study, carefully glanced at Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, who was standing next to the imperial case, and saw him beckoning, so he walked in gently, came to the palace, raised the account book in his sleeve above the top, and knelt on the ground, "The old slave came to reply to the decree." ”

"Bring the books."

Emperor Tianyou's gaze shifted from the fold to Dai Quan.

"Yes."

Dai Quan took the account book from Qian Feng and handed it to Emperor Tianyou.

Emperor Tianyou took it, quickly read the account book, closed the account book, and asked Qian Feng quietly, "How is it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Dai Quan and Qian Feng were stunned.

Emperor Tianyou: "How are people?" ”

Qian Feng hurriedly kowtowed, "Jia Jue, the guerrilla general of the Jiangnan battalion, asks the old slave to ask Your Majesty for peace, may Your Majesty live long live!" ”

Emperor Tianyou nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, it's still filial piety, let's talk about it." ”

"Your Majesty, this time things are very smooth, a total of 7,560,000 taels of silver, 35,000 taels of gold, and countless treasures have been seized, and a large amount of raw copper and refined salt has been obtained from the Bai family's cellar. All these belongings were transported to the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and they could be transported to Beijing after the rumors passed. ”

Emperor Tianyou couldn't help but be moved, "You have worked hard!" ”

Qian Feng knocked his head again, "It is the blessing of the old slave to share his worries for His Majesty." ”

"You old thing!"

Emperor Tianyou waved his hand and smiled: "It's hard for you to be old, get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

Qian Feng kowtowed heavily again, and Fang Ban stood up.

Emperor Tianyou looked through the account books again, and Fang said to Qian Feng: "You rest for a day and then go back, I will make a decree to order Zhenguo Bull Jizong to enter Beijing to serve as the secretary of the military department, and those goods will enter Beijing with his official ship, well, transport half of them first, as for the rest, allocate 500,000 taels to the county king, and the rest.... Isn't Suzhou Mansion going to give the Empress Dowager a piece of Taihu Stone in the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate her birthday, the road is far away, and the Empress Dowager has received it, so people don't have to come in person, so that the Jiangnan battalion will send warships from the Yangtze River Naval Division to escort the Taihu Stone into Beijing, and those belongings will be sent by the way. ”

As soon as the words fell, he spoke again, "Let him send it." ”

Qian Feng was stunned for a moment, then knelt down, "The old slave obeys the order." ”

Emperor Tianyou: "How much did he take?" ”

Qian Feng was silent.

Emperor Tianyou: "Dumb? ”

Qian Feng said loudly: "Your Majesty Shengming! General Jia left a batch of property, of which 80,000 taels of silver, 50,000 taels of silver were promised to the 1,000 soldiers, which was sent in the name of His Majesty's reward, and the other 30,000 taels were given to the old slaves, as for General Jia, he just took a batch of treasured solitary books from the Bai family's study, part of which was given to Lin Yanzheng, and the other part was said to be his own collection. ”

Speaking of this, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, "The old slave does not dare to deceive Your Majesty in any way." ”

Dai Quan walked over and took the silver ticket he was holding and handed it to Emperor Tianyou.

Emperor Tianyou glanced at it, handed the first silver ticket to Dai Quan, and said to Qian Feng: "Now one tael of silver in the capital can buy two stones of grain, and the annual cost of a family of four is only twenty or thirty taels, and this thousand taels is enough for you to spend in Jinling." As for what you have kept privately, I will not pursue it, and I want the horses to run away and the horses not to eat grass. I can't do that. ”

Qian Feng shuddered, and the person froze there.

Dai Quan: "I'm not thankful yet." ”

Only then did Qian Feng come to his senses, kowtow, and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Dai Quan: "That's enough. Don't thank you for the reward? ”

As he spoke, he shoved the silver ticket into his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Taking a closer look, Qian Feng's hand holding the silver ticket was trembling slightly, as if it was not a silver ticket, but a life talisman, and a pair of eyes looked at Dai Quan pitifully.

Emperor Tianyou quietly saw all this in his eyes, and said: "You are my heroes, but also the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, you are my minions, good reward!" But this kid has embarrassed me! ”

Speaking of this, as if remembering something, he suddenly burst into laughter, laughed, and said to Dai Quan: "It is said that Lao Tzu is a hero, but now that his son has become a hero, he can't be a bastard!" How do you say that.... A good man only marries nine wives, so you go and choose two beautiful palace maids to send to Jia Yu. Maybe we can give birth to a few younger brothers and sisters for our General Jia, otherwise, how should we spend so much money?! ”

As soon as these words came out, Dai Quan and Qian Feng were stunned.

.....

Rongguo Mansion, Mengyunxuan.

Daiyu leaned on the soft couch under the window, holding a book in her hand, looking at it attentively.

Sitting next to her was the maid Zijuan rewarded by Jia's mother, who was holding a palace fan and gently fanning her wind.

At this moment, the little girl Snow Goose rushed in like a gust of wind, and said urgently: "Girl, go to Rongqing Hall to have a look." ”

"What's wrong?"

Daiyu put the book in her hand on the desk, sat up and asked.

Xue Yan hesitated for a moment, and then told Daiyu about Jia Jue's meritorious service and the emperor's reward to the eldest lord with two palace maids.

Daiyu was stunned at first, and immediately laughed, holding her stomach while laughing, she could imagine in her mind the reaction of Jia Mu and others when she heard the news, Jia Yu who was annoyed and angry, Jia Zheng who was ashamed and unbearable, and Jia Mu who was thunderous, this time Rongqingtang should have been noisy.

Thinking of this, I can't help but be a little worried, the courtier has made a meritorious service, and the emperor should not act like this, unless he has to be rewarded for his meritorious service, but the emperor is unwilling, so he came up with such a bad idea. I don't know what this third brother did to make the emperor do such an unusual trick.

I can't help but think of yesterday's events, Wang Xifeng came to laugh with himself, it happened that he was wearing the hollow lotus pattern white jade sent by Jia Jue, Wang Xifeng looked at it and asked where he bought it, and he told her about Jia Jue's gift, when he learned that Jia Jue also gave himself a white hosta, Wang Xifeng almost laughed, under the pressure, she said the meaning of the man to send the woman's hairpin, and after Wang Xifeng left, Wang Mama also said this, she felt inappropriate at the time, but it was not good to say more.

Daiyu could only comfort herself in her heart, maybe Jia Jue didn't understand, she just gave herself a gift.

"Girl, let's go and have a look."

Zijuan persuaded from the side.

Hearing this, Dai Yuxiu frowned slightly, and felt a little depressed in her heart, she had been in Rongguo Mansion for a while, who was really good to herself, who was forced to care about herself falsely because of the situation, and who was disgusted on the surface, she knew it clearly, she didn't want to make it difficult for Jia Mu, who loved her, but she didn't want to bow her head.

Zijuan sighed slightly, "This second wife should go back to Rongxi Hall to worship the Buddha, it's okay." ”

Daiyu nodded.