The light in the hall had dimmed.

Dong Shan took the freshly lit candlestick to the imperial eucalyptus, and gave Zhu Wucheng a bowl of tea.

Zhu Wucheng picked up the tea bowl and drank a few sips in succession before putting it down.

Dong Shan turned around and wrung a hot towel from the copper basin and handed it over.

Zhu Wucheng took the towel and wiped his face, and asked, "How is it?" ”

Dong Shan took the towel and kept scrubbing it in the copper basin before replying: "Jiafu Yin led people to pull a batch of stones from Ningrong Street out of the city, and the Wu family also sent the stones that had just been transported to Daxing, and several other families are also ready. ”

Zhu Wucheng nodded with satisfaction, and asked again, "What about the military department?" ”

"The old man is not here, Jia Guozhang and Jinxianghou can't be the masters, and the letter was sent to the cabinet and handed over to the king of Beihai County."

"Huh?"

Zhu Wucheng pondered for a while, "I haven't been in good health for the past two days, and I'll invite Li Yuanzheng later." ”

Dong Shan was taken aback, and immediately understood that the emperor was acquiescing to the military's behavior, and said softly: "The old slave understands. ”

"Your Majesty, the secret fold with the head of the Lin Jian Jun King has arrived." Outside the main hall, the voice of the chief eunuch of the East Factory came from behind.

"It's fast!" Zhu Wucheng's eyes flashed, "Come in." ”

The big eunuch walked in with his head bowed in his hand and walked in with a broken step, walked to the royal eucalyptus, knelt down and raised his hands high.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes glanced at Dong Shan and motioned for him to accept it.

Dong Shan took the letter box from the hands of the great eunuch and handed it to the imperial eucalyptus.

Zhu Wucheng got up and walked to the bookcase on the side of the hall, took the key handed by Dong Shan, opened the cabinet door, swept his eyes, and took down the key that represented Wang An.

Opening the secret box, Zhu Wucheng took out the secret fold inside and looked at it, and suddenly, there was a "hmm", and his face suddenly became solemn.

Zhu Wucheng's face became more and more ugly as his eyes moved on the dense fold. In the middle of the night, Zhu Wucheng pressed the secret fold and raised his head to look at the sky outside the hall.

Dong Shantou was lowered, but he was feeling the dynamics of the emperor.

"In addition to the Jia family, where else did you go?"

Dong Shan was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Wang Yi has typhoid fever, and the imperial doctor said that he should stay in bed for at least a month. ”

Zhu Wucheng stood up, paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, walked to the door of the hall and stood again: "Copy a copy of the testament of the Juyong guard and send it to Wang Ziteng." ”

Dong Shan: "Yes." ”

.............

On a good day when eight or nine geese came, the sky was clear, the birds chirped, the door curtain was lifted, Amber walked into the room with a basin of water, put the basin on the shelf, turned around and entered the room, and then walked to Jia Jue's bed, stretched out his hand and opened the tent.

"Third master, third master, it's time to ....."

She nudged Jia Jue and called softly.

"I didn't tell you, I won't be going anywhere for the next two days..... You're busy, don't worry about us...."

Jia Jue turned over and took Xiangling into his arms.

Xiangling snuggled in Jia Jue's arms, nodded lightly, and whispered: "Sister Amber, you are busy, I will accompany the third master for a while." ”

The corners of Amber's mouth showed a hint of laughter, and then glanced at the chiming clock in the corner, and then continued: "Did the third master forget, the master said that there are guests coming today, and the time is not early, isn't the third master going?" ”

"Guests? Oh yes, that grandson is coming today......"

Hearing her say this, Jia Jue immediately turned over and sat up, Xiangling's eyes slowly opened and said "Hmm", she hurriedly wanted to get up, but Amber held her down, "You just continue to sleep, don't get up and make trouble!" ”

"Oh."

Xiangling blushed, and her voice was so small that she could almost only hear it.

"I don't need you to serve, you can continue to sleep!"

Jia Jue kissed her on the lips, then got up and went out, Xiangling was stunned for a moment, and then wrapped in the quilt and continued to sleep.

After washing, he simply pulled his hair into a bun and walked out of the room, the air outside was very fresh, and there was a hint of coolness, a gust of morning breeze was blowing in his face, Jia Jue suddenly felt refreshed, walked to the courtyard, stretched his waist for a long time, waved his hand, and walked towards Rongguo Mansion with amber.

It's rare to have a lazy sleep, the sun shines on the body warmly, Jia Jue is in a good mood, so he wants to pass through the garden, the two of them stop and go all the way, enjoying the scenery in the garden at will, halfway to see a group of maids are flying kites with Xichun, just look at it from a distance, this girl has a ruddy face, from time to time to make a crisp smile, lively and cheerful full of spirit, obviously has come out of the sadness.

Keep walking forward, unconsciously arrived at Rongguo Mansion, along the hand-copying verandah through the hall, looking at Rongqing Hall from a distance, only to see Aunt Xue, Baochai mother and daughter are walking towards Jia's mother's house, did not come forward to say hello, crossed the sandwich road along the back porch to the corner door of Jia's courtyard, and hurriedly came out of the corner door, and did not look at the road, directly towards his arms.

"Xiuyan?"

Jia Jue recognized it as his cousin Xing Xiuyan at a glance, and hurriedly shouted.

This sound startled Xing Xiuyan, the package in his hand fell to the ground, and two silver ingots rolled out.

Jia Jue glanced at it.

Amber hurriedly stepped forward to help her pick up the things, Xing Xiuyan only woke up at this time, and she hurriedly explained: "Third and third brother, this is what my aunt asked me to bring to my second uncle..... No, it's not ......"

"Alright, alright, I see what you mean."

Jia Jue couldn't cry or laugh a little, this girl was well-behaved and distressing, she had been at Jia's house for almost a year, and she was still careful every step of the way, just like the original Daiyu had just entered Jia's mansion, she took the package in Amber's hand, handed it to her, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "You don't have to explain anything, you don't have to be so careful..... Forget it, I won't talk about you, you'll cry again if you talk too much. ”

Xing Xiuyan saw that Jia Jue didn't blame herself, and she didn't ask why she took a hundred taels of silver from her aunt, the tension in her heart calmed down a little, so she smiled and said, "The third brother is going to see the guests." People have already come, so I won't delay you in getting down to business. After speaking, he bowed and was just about to leave, but was stopped by Jia Jue.

"Third Brother ....."

"It's only early spring, why don't you put on a cloak?"

Jia Jue took the cloak in Amber's hand and put it on her, and knocked her on the head, "Don't give this one hundred taels of silver to your second uncle, I will ask someone to help him quit his gambling addiction, you and your uncle will tell you, keep this money as a daily expense." ”

Hearing this, Xing Xiuyan looked a little at a loss.

Xing Xiuyan's second uncle is the famous "stupid uncle" Xing Dequan, Mrs. Xing's younger brother, who abducted and sold Sister Qiao together with Wang Ren and others in the high-value continuation book, this old boy is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, especially good gambling, Mrs. Xing's money in the past two years has been wasted by him, and now even Jia Zhen, Xue Pan and others are avoiding him, which can be seen in general.

Thinking of this, he said to Amber: "You take a team of personal soldiers to accompany Xiuyan home, let them send people to the barracks, and I will deal with it when I have time." ”

"Yes."

Amber blinked, took Xing Xiuyan's hand, and said softly, "Miss Xing, let's go." ”

"This ....."

Xing Xiuyan's face flushed, Jia Jue still mentioned her second uncle, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "Thank you, third brother." ”

Jia Jue smiled slightly, "Go ahead, I'll go to you Sister Lin and laugh with them." He watched them disappear into the moon gate, and then strode towards the courtyard of Jia Amnesty.

.............

It's been five months, Wang Xifeng's belly has been bulging, and she is walking carefully outside with the support of Ping'er, this half a year is the most comfortable day for Wang Xifeng to marry into the Jia family, she doesn't need to worry about anything, just to raise the fetus with peace of mind, Jia Mu and others have two heads in three days to send treasures to nourish the body, and the cheap mother-in-law comes to see her every day, and she is reluctant to let herself pour a bowl of tea.

This is nothing, the most comfortable thing for her is Jia Lian, who is now the Shuntian Mansion Yin of Zhengsanpin, and has won the emperor's commendation, and most of them will enter the military department, the household department or one of the yamen in the official department as a left squire, perhaps, or directly enter the cabinet like Zhang Jiacheng.

Thinking of this, a hint of laughter appeared at the corner of his mouth, then glanced at Ping'er, and teased: "It's cheap for you little hoof." ”

Ping'er pursed her lips and ignored it.

At this moment, Zhou Rui's family walked in and said in a low voice: "Second grandma, someone from the second door said that Grandma Liu is here again." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng frowned, his face was a little difficult to look at, why did this old man come again? Is it possible to fight the autumn wind again?

Yes, I heard Jia Lian mention it two days ago, and the village where Grandma Liu was located was also flooded, and I thought that I was here to fight the autumn breeze again, so I was about to tell Ping'er to take another twenty taels of silver to send her away, Zhou Ruijia spoke: "Second grandma, listen to the meaning of the second family, Grandma Liu is a big incident in the family, her son-in-law seems to have been involved in a lawsuit, and she has no choice but to ask for help.....

"Got into a lawsuit? What lawsuit? ”

Wang Xifeng said strangely.

Zhou Ruijia hurriedly replied: "I don't know too much, but her son-in-law is an honest farmer, so it shouldn't be a big deal, and Daxing happens to be under the jurisdiction of the second master....."

Wang Xifeng glanced at her and didn't answer.

Zhou Ruijia lowered his head.

Just when Wang Xifeng was thinking about whether to find an excuse to send people away, Jia Lian's carriage came to Ningrong Street under the escort of his own soldiers and servants, the carriage shook slightly in the drive, Jia Lian calmly leaned on the carriage, and yesterday led people to send the stones transported from Jia's house to the bank of the Lugou River, and personally commanded the soldiers and young men to repair the river embankment, after a night of hard work, finally succeeded in plugging a gap, a night's hard work made him extremely tired, but he enjoyed this exhaustion very much, because his heart was steady.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the Rong Mansion, and the baffle at the front of the carriage came with the words "Winter!" Winter! Winter! Then came the voice of the little maid Xing'er: "Second master, let's get home!" ”

Jia Lian opened his bloodshot eyes and replied, "Got it." After speaking, he got up and pushed the car door, got out of the carriage, and a cool breeze blew, which made his mind sober a lot, and at this time, an old woman's voice came from the side: "Second Master Lian!" Second Master Lian! ”

Jia Lian followed the prestige, slightly stunned, and a scene in Rongqing Hall last year came to mind, an old woman with gray hair and dark skin full of wrinkles stood cautiously and cautiously beside Jia's mother, laughing all over the house with a clever mouth, isn't this Grandma Liu, a poor relative of the Wang family? How did she end up here?

Thinking of this, Jia Lian waved his hand, the officials got out of the way, and Grandma Liu hurriedly walked over, and then knelt down on the ground, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Second Master Lian, you save the people's women!" Save the poor son-in-law of the people's wife! ”

Jia Lian: "What's wrong with your son-in-law?!" ”

Grandma Liu: "My son-in-law was framed by the government and robbed of official food, and he has been imprisoned, and he will be killed when he reports to the court....."

"Robbing official food?"

Jia Lian couldn't help but be stunned, what happened in Daxing County?

Grandma Liu took two steps with her knees, and cried in front of Jia Lian: "Second Master Lian, we have been wronged!" Wronged! ”

Jia Lian stretched out his hand to help: "Grandma, please hurry up, let's go in and say something, besides, we are relatives, if the ancestor knows, she should scold me later!" ”

said, and gave Xing'er on the side a look, asked him to help the person up, and then said to the soldiers around him: "You go to the government office quickly, if there is news of Daxing, send it immediately." With that, he strode towards the door.

In the side hall of Rongxi Hall, Grandma Liu finally made it clear what happened, "The second master, the second grandmother was merciful and gave me twenty taels of silver, and the old lady gave me a lot of good things, although we have suffered snow disasters and floods one after another, our family's life is still good, in the middle of last year, I took advantage of the government's grain to buy a few more stones of grain and saved it, I didn't think that the rich man Zhang in the village framed our family's grain was the official grain that was robbed a few days ago, and the county government officials indiscriminately not only arrested my son-in-law, but also robbed the family of two stones of grain, Said it was stolen. ”

Jia Lian: "When was Daxing's official food robbed?" ”

"I don't know, originally someone from the county notified the court that the disaster relief food had arrived, and it would be distributed in two days, but the big guy waited for three days, but he waited for the news that the grain was looted, and the news was transmitted to our village at noon yesterday, and my son-in-law was arrested in the afternoon." Speaking of this, Grandma Liu sat on a chair and cried, "I took the silver given by the second grandmother to the county, and the cell boss said that everyone confessed, as long as it was reported to the court, they would all die!" ”

Jia Lian's face was extremely pale, he had already guessed what was going on, it must be that the local officials in Daxing learned that the imperial court was about to check the accounts, last year's snow disaster they resold the grain in the official warehouse, and now they have hit the idea of disaster relief grain, swallow these grains, and then beat the villagers who picked up the grain into tricks, and after reporting to the imperial court, they will find a reason to extinguish the mouth before the people from Shuntianfu arrive, such as the fire in the most commonly used cell.

Daxing County belongs to Shuntianfu, only fifty or sixty miles away from Shenjing, there is such a thing at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if it is not for knowing that Grandma Liu does not dare to lie, Jia Lian can't believe it at all, and suddenly remembered that day he asked Daxing County to order the disaster relief grain, no wonder he was spitting at that time, and also blamed himself for being too anxious, and rushed back to Wanping without waiting for the disaster relief food to arrive.

At this time, Zhou Rui's family came to the door and said, "Second master, the old lady heard that Grandma Liu is coming, let me ask." ”

Jia Lian had slowly calmed down and said to Grandma Liu: "Grandma don't worry, I am the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and if they don't see my approval, they will definitely not dare to kill people in advance." I will immediately rush to Daxing to investigate this matter, and I will definitely give you an explanation. ”

Hearing Jia Lian's words, Grandma Liu trembled with excitement, got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Second Master, you are the life-saving benefactor of our family..... We make you cows and horses...."

Jia Lian: "Hurry up!" Hurry up, please! You are so old and kowtow to me, this is to compromise my life! As he spoke, he asked Zhou Ruijia to help her up, and then said: "You always stay here steadily, laugh with our old lady, and wait for my good news." ”

Zhou Ruijia smiled: "Grandma, please." ”

Grandma Liu thanked her and left, Jia Lian did not go out immediately, pacing back and forth in the room with her hands behind her back, although she was extremely resentful in her heart, she understood that there must be a lot of people involved behind it, otherwise she would not dare to do this with a six-grade Daxing County Order, no matter how far away it is fifty or sixty miles, it is also at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

...........

Seeing that Sun Shaozu was gradually walking away, Jia Yu turned around and sat back on the chair, stroked his beard and smiled: "How is it?" It's worth cultivating. ”

Jia Jue glanced at him with a smile, then stood up, walked to the door of the study, looked at the sky in the distance and said, "I never waste my efforts on a dead person. ”

Jia Yu was taken aback: "What does this mean?" ”

Jia Jue's heart was full of murder, and he said word by word: "I will kill him with my own hands." ”

Jia Yu stood up suddenly: "Why? ”

Jia Jue waved his hand: "You don't understand it." ”

After a pause, "This matter is not negotiable!" ”

Jia Yu was a little annoyed, and shouted at Jia Jue: "You give me out!" Get out ......"

At this time, Jia Lian hurriedly walked in, ignored Jia Yu, walked straight to Jia Yu's side, and told Daxing about it.

Jia Jue was also shocked: "What? How could such a thing happen?! ”

Jia Lian: "That's right, Daxing's emergency report has arrived, and there must be a lot of people involved." What to do? ”

Jia Jue thought for a while, and then said: "You can't let them succeed, otherwise it will have a great impact on you." It just so happens that the cabinet is preparing to set off a big eucalyptus in Gyeonggi, so let's start with Daheung. ”

Jia Lian nodded vigorously: "Okay!" I'll take someone to Daxing now. ”

"Wait a minute, you go to the Chongwenmen camp with me first, and I will transfer a thousand cavalry to you, don't alarm others about this matter for the time being."

Jia Lian: "Okay! As he spoke, he saluted Jia Yu, turned around and strode out.

Jia Jue also saluted and walked out.

“.....”

Jia Yu was blinded, and when he woke up for a while, he had to sigh: "Rebel! ”