The sky is clear, today's sun is very good, through the weeping willows shining on the body warm, Lin Daiyu ordered someone to bring an embroidered pier to sit on the railing, fishing with a fishing rod, idle to do, Jia Jue invited their sisters to come to the garden together, they were tired after walking around, or laughing together, or playing chess, and Daiyu who fished alone.

Qingwen: "It's up." ”

"Okay, it's going down again. I knew I couldn't get up. ”

Xiangling smiled.

Daiyu glanced back at the two of them, stood up, took the hook up and took a look, it was empty, Zijuan hurriedly replaced it with new insects, and pasted the reeds on it, and threw the silk rope down, and after a while, I saw that the reeds were sinking straight down, Daiyu picked up the fishing rod and pushed it to the ground, a small crucian carp two inches long was jumping around, Qingwen rushed up and grabbed it all over the ground, and sent it to the small magnetic altar with both hands to raise it with clean water.

At this time, Baochai came over, sat down on the small embroidery pier next to Daiyu, and said with a smile: "What's the situation?" ”

Daiyu didn't answer.

Baochai smiled again: "But it's only thirty hands, and I have already made two wrong moves, obviously I have a heart." ”

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu handed the rod to Xing Xiuyan, "This fish are here, and it's very easy to catch." ”

Xing Xiuyan smiled and threw down the silk rope, and sure enough, he caught a small pomfret fish when he sank.

Turning to look at the pavilion and glancing at Jia Jue who was sitting there in a trance, Daiyu smiled and said: "Don't worry about him, the gods are chattering all day long, and it's okay to pretend to be deep, and when he thinks about it himself, it's fine." ”

Baochai smiled, "There are also things he can't understand, it's rare!" ”

Daiyu glanced at her, "Why is Sister Bao worried!"

Baochai smiled awkwardly and didn't speak again.

"Third brother, third brother, it's your turn!"

Xiangyun pushed Jia Jue and called softly.

"Huh?"

Jia Jue came back to his senses and picked up a chess piece and slammed it on the chessboard.

Tanchun's brows couldn't help but furrow.

Yingchun glanced at Jia Jue, who was restless, and quietly picked up a chess piece and gently put it on the chessboard.

Baoyu put the folding fan away, slammed it on the palm of his hand, and praised loudly: "Second sister, this son has fallen well!" If you don't have 20 hands, you will win or lose! ”

Yingchun smiled lightly.

Next to him, Xichun picked up a piece of dim sum and said while eating: "Third brother, what's wrong with you?" It's only been a long time before you've made the wrong three moves! ”

Yingchun smiled and nodded her forehead, "You can't stop your mouth if you have food." ”

Xichun stuck out her tongue slightly, and her eyes turned, but she saw Li Kun walking towards this side surrounded by a group of mothers-in-law and maids.

Baoyu, Tanchun, Xiangyun and Xichun hurriedly bowed: "Sister-in-law." ”

Yingchun also stood up.

Jia Jue raised his head, "Sister-in-law is here." ”

Li Kun glanced at the chessboard first, and then said: "The old lady is touching dominoes with Aunt Xue and Grandma Liu, and I want to ask you, where is dinner?" ”

Xichun flashed his eyes a few times and said, "Let's eat with the third brother." ”

The three of them didn't speak, but they all looked at Jia Jue.

Jia Jue thought for a while, then turned to Amber and said, "You go to Ermen to have a look, is Jia Gui back?" Why have you been going for so long...."

Before the words fell, Mama Li hurriedly walked in, trotted all the way, and said breathlessly: "Third master, third master, Jia Gui is back, he said that the second master is already on the second way back to Beijing, everything is going well." After speaking, he took the tea bowl handed by Amber and drank it all.

Jia Jue's eyes flashed, and then he stood up and said to Li Kun: "The eldest sister-in-law told Grandma Liu the good news, and said that his son-in-law was fine. ”

Li Kun smiled and asked again, "What about dinner?" ”

"I don't need to ask!" Xichun muttered.

Jia Jue shook his head and said with a smile: "I won't go out these days, they will come with me here." ”

Li Kun understood what he meant, so he smiled and said: "Don't be too used to them, especially Baoyu, drink less wine, now the master is at home, ask you carefully." ”

Baoyu lowered her head and whispered, "I didn't eat today." ”

Xiangyun said with a smile: "Second brother really didn't eat wine today. ”

Yingchun and Tanchun both nodded, and Tanchun smiled: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I look at the second brother, keep him from eating and drinking tonight, you can get busy with serious things." ”

Seeing that several people were saying this, Li Kun had to nod and said to Jia Jue again: "I won't bother you." With that, he turned and walked out.

Seeing Li Kun walking away, Jia Jue turned around and smiled at Xichun: "How is it?" ”

Xichun was very embarrassed and lowered her head.

Jia Jue waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, it's rare to have good weather, let's go shopping again!" ”

...........

Liu Wenbin, Niu Jizong, Han Jun, Ding Yuanzhu, Wang Shaoguang, and Zhang Jiacheng all came, sitting there silently looking at the emperor.

Zhu Wucheng was sitting in front of the imperial eucalyptus and commenting on the folds.

There was silence in the hall.

Liu Wenbin and Niu Jizong glanced at each other and spoke: "Your Majesty, such a big eucalyptus appears at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the imperial court cannot but check it clearly, otherwise the government and the opposition will speculate and people's hearts will fluctuate." The minister thought that this matter was not trivial, and that he should send a person from the cabinet to take charge of it. ”

Zhu Wucheng didn't say anything, put a batch of approved folds on the high pile of approved folds on the royal eucalyptus, and picked up another fold.

Niu Jizong: "Your Majesty, if it is really as Jia Lian said, then the officials of Gyeonggi are colluding to deceive the imperial court!" ”

Zhu Wucheng unfolded the fold and said, "If this is the case, I will never spare it!" ”

Liu Wenbin: "But..... Gyeonggi 24 state counties, hundreds of officials..... There are too many people involved behind this, and the minister thinks that the top priority is to get things straight. If they were really involved in the reselling of official food and disaster relief food.... It can warn the world by beheading the first offender and the most heinous criminals! ”

Han Jun immediately answered: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The ministers seconded it!" Han Jun, Ding Yuanzhu, Wang Shaoguang and Zhang Jiacheng all agreed.

Zhu Wucheng smiled and said: "Although this matter is tricky, it can't be so exciting, Jia Lian, the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion, can just try this matter." Speaking of this, he raised his head and said: "Early in the morning, I checked the archives of the household department, and roughly estimated that the twenty-four counties of Gyeonggi should have 170,000 stone of grain before November, excluding the five prefectures of Tong, Ji, Zhuo, Ba, and Chang. Later, in order to provide disaster relief, the household department successively allocated 250,000 stone grain and rice. I was generous, and calculated that they used fifty percent of the grain on the people, but where did the two or three hundred thousand stone grain go? Sold to? I can't help but be terrified! Who needs so much food?! ”

After a pause, "The grain used by the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce to make wine last year did not exceed 50,000 stones!" ”

Liu Wenbin and the others were shocked when they heard this, and they were stunned.

Zhu Wucheng continued: "Was this matter premeditated? Was there someone who instructed it? We have to find out, and where did all this grain go, Mobei? Northwest? Or did the grain go to sea in a boat? ”

Liu Wenbin knew that he couldn't be silent anymore, and said after deliberation: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this matter will definitely be investigated!" ”

Zhu Wucheng nodded: "Which chambers of commerce are involved in this eucalyptus also need to be investigated." ”

Liu Wenbin's face became serious, and he replied solemnly: "Obey the order." ”

At this moment, Dong Shan hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Zhu Wucheng's ear.

Zhu Wucheng's gaze slowly moved to Liu Wenbin and said, "The Daxing County Order and other criminals have been escorted to Beijing. ”

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

At the beginning of the day, a battalion of forbidden troops put Yongdingmen Street under martial law, three steps and a post on both sides of the street were full of forbidden troops with guns and knives, those who entered the city were blocked outside, those who went out of the city were blocked inside, and the entire Yongding Gate was made as if it were iron.

The people who were blocked outside the city were curious, so they didn't leave, and gathered together from a distance, peeking and talking quietly, waiting to see what kind of big man he was.

The front of the restaurant was crowded with spectators, Jin Zhixiu finally squeezed in, and the runner immediately greeted him with a smile, "How many are you?" Do you need a private room? ”

Kim Ji-so: "Just find a place on the second floor by the window. ”

The runner raised his head and shouted upstairs: "One, sit upstairs by the window, please!" ”

Kim Zhixiu ordered two dishes and a pot of wine to pour himself there, and from time to time a pair of eyes secretly looked downstairs, on the street, both sides were already full of people, all waiting to see the excitement.

Today is the third day he entered Beijing, except for the day he saw the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Chen Zurong, he never saw any Ming high-ranking officials, the materials prepared overnight have been taken away by the officials of the Ministry of War, leaving only four words - waiting for the summons, as soon as he remembered that the people of North Korea were living in dire straits, he was anxious, and rushed to the Ministry of Rites early in the morning, and finally saw Li Nan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and learned some information from him:

The emperor was unwell, and he would certainly not summon him in the next few days; The Ministry of War is deducing the war in southern Xinjiang, and has no energy to pay attention to the harassment of the Jurchens in Korea for the time being, but the Ministry of War Shangshu has already ordered someone to start sorting out the materials he has handed in, which is good news; The cabinet originally planned to summon him today, but he had to postpone it because of the sudden appearance of the eucalyptus, and as for when he could summon himself, Li Nan only gave three words - wait for notice.

Thinking of this, Jin Zhixiu smiled bitterly, he thought that the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty were deliberately avoiding themselves, but he didn't expect that they were really busy, and they were busy with big things, compared to these people who were waiting to see the excitement, he learned some information about this eucalyptus from Li Nan's mouth, the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty actually coveted hundreds of thousands of stones of disaster relief grain in the snow disaster, if it wasn't for the mouth of the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, he couldn't believe it at all, this is not thousands, tens of thousands of stones, but hundreds of thousands of stones, which have caught up with the grain production of the whole country in the famine year of North Korea, Even in a good year, counting rice and soybeans together, it is only more than 2 million stones.

A wry smile swept the corners of his mouth, Li Nan also told him a news, after the Ming Dynasty won the Annan Kingdom, he could get more than 10 million stones of rice every year, no wonder the Ming Dynasty had to destroy the Annan Kingdom, Jin Zhixiu kicked the wine glass on the table, his face darkened, and he didn't know if the king could hold out until the arrival of the heavenly soldiers, perhaps, the royal family was already on the way to Daming for refuge!

Looking at the people of the Ming Dynasty who were drunk and drunk on the 35th seat, Jin Zhixiu was stunned, and a thought immediately flashed in his mind: "It would be nice if North Korea really belonged to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

At this time, I heard the noise of people outside: "Come and see!" Come and see! ”

Kim stood up awkwardly, her eyes wide.

On the official road, there was a cavalry team escorting prisoner carts, with Jia Lian in the front riding in the front, the cavalry of the Ruishi battalion transferred to him by Jia Jue on both sides, and eleven prisoner chariots in the middle.

The onlookers immediately became a sensation.

Someone saw it at a glance: "It's an official!" ”

Some people even recognized the Daxing County Order: "It's the Daxing County Order!" Yo, why was even the master arrested! ”

The crowd of onlookers immediately blew up, and countless heads rushed over.

"The emperor is going to kill someone! The emperor is going to kill someone! ”

An old man said even more astonishingly: "Murder? The entire county government has been ended, this is going to be a big prison! Many, many people will die! ”

The heavy wheels of the car slowly rolled forward on the brick floor, and the news that the officials of Daxing County were arrested and taken into Beijing spread all over Shenjing City in less than half an hour!

In the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been commonplace to arrest criminal local officials into Beijing, but this time it is rare to arrest officials from the entire county government with such fanfare to enter Beijing, and even the master hired from outside cannot be spared, which makes everyone see the determination of the imperial court to dig up the roots.

Looking at the distant convoy, Jin Zhixiu woke up, remembered Li Nan's words again, and understood that he had worshiped the wrong Bodhisattva, and the military department was in the hands of Chen Ruiwen, the Duke of Qi, Niu Jizong, the king of Beihai County, and Jia Jue, the Marquis of Zhongwu, the first two of them had official affairs to be busy, and this Marquis of Zhongwu happened to be able to protect His Majesty the Emperor at home because he was guarding the emperor a while ago, which showed that he was very trusted by the emperor, and he also heard that the sister of the Marquis of Zhongwu was the emperor's concubine.

Thinking of this, Kim Zhixiu no longer hesitated, turned around and walked downstairs.

...........

Shui Rong sat in front of the book and silently flipped through the book in front of him.

The butler and the chief guard walked in, fell to their knees, and waited there silently.

After a while, Shui Rong raised his head and closed the book, "Missed?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "Back to the prince, many places in Daxing were flooded, and our people chose the wrong way, and we couldn't reach Daxing County before Jia Lian." ”

The chief guard was not embarrassed, so he had to respond: "Yes, yes, this matter is my mistake, Jia Lian's movements are too fast, and it is too late for us to arrive, and the thousand cavalrymen are all carrying self-generated firearms..... We don't have any chance to ......"

The butler hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Wang, let's prepare to retreat to the south." Shenjing can't stay any longer, and the emperor may turn his face at any time! ”

Shui Rong looked indifferent, and said with a smile: "Even if you dig deeper into this matter, you can only dig out the dead Zhongshun Wang and his son." Besides, those people and grain have long been in the south, and there is no empirical evidence, what can the emperor do to me?! ”

The chief of the guard nodded approvingly.

The butler still had a solemn face, shook his head, and said slowly: "The military swears to ensure the safety of the three generations of the Wuzong lineage, but if they know our plan, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not turn their faces." If one of them made a move, it would be impossible for the chief of the guard to protect the prince and rush out of the Shenjing City. ”

The chief guard's face was blue and yellow, but his mouth had to deal with it: "Reasonable..... Justified ....."

Hearing his words, Shui Rong no longer hesitated, and nodded: "I understand, this matter will cost you to be old, as soon as possible." ”

Speaking of this, a fierce light appeared in his eyes: "But this king can't just leave in ashes, let them remember me forever!" ”

Steward: "A few days before Qingming, Qingming ancestor worship is the first sacrifice of the 'three major sacrifices' appointed by Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Yong'an must go to Tianshou Mountain to bow in person this year." The itinerary of the Shangling sacrifice is regulated, and the third emperor of the first month of March will stop in the Shahe Palace, which is an opportunity. ”

The water-soluble eyes slowly narrowed into a slit.