The Red Mansions

Chapter 227 Fu Shi's Visit
View of Qingxu, in front of the attic, Jiamu, supported by Yuanyang, Fengwan and others, looked into the distance, with a bit of eagerness on her face, and said softly: "It is better to call someone to remind me."

If it wasn't for Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xiangyun who followed Jia Heng, Mother Jia would have asked people to look around, and she would have had to complain when she came back.

"People are coming, people are coming."

At this time, a woman ran over from afar and said with a smile, "The uncle said that he went to the back mountain to see the scenery."

Qin Keqing said softly: "Husband usually doesn't like listening to operas very much."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Just now, I saw it too. He doesn't look interesting."

Sister Feng also smiled, and said: "Brother Heng doesn't listen to opera very much, it's just that he is different from the men next to him."

Jia Mu smiled and said softly: "He was so bored that he went to look around, but he brought my Yu'er and the others with him."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "The old ancestors, brothers and sisters, sometimes play and talk together."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

Not long after, four figures appeared, Jia Heng, Tan Chun, Xiang Yun and Dai Yu who was being carried by a woman.

Seeing this, Jia's mother's face changed, she walked a few steps quickly, and said anxiously, "Yu'er, what's wrong with her?"

Mrs. Wang also cast her eyes away, her lips moved.

Jia Heng looked indifferent, and said: "Sister Lin said that she was tired of walking, so I asked my mother-in-law to carry it."

Daiyu also got off the woman at this moment, shook her head lightly, and said softly: "Grandmother, I'm fine, I just accompany Brother Heng to look around at the scenery."

Seeing this, Mother Jia felt relieved, and hurried forward, put her arms around Daiyu's shaved shoulders, and called out, "My Yu'er..."

Then it screamed heartily.

She didn't realize it in the past, but at this moment, Daiyu felt a little ashamed at being called, and subconsciously looked at Jia Heng with her star eyes, but she saw that his face was still calm, and her heart was slightly relaxed.

Little did they know that this was someone's expression management, and there were no micro-expressions.

Jia Heng's eyes were indifferent, watching this scene, in fact, speculations about Daiyu's marriage arose in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, Mother Jia should belong to the Bao Dai Party, and the marriage between wood and stone should be what Mother Jia would like to see. Even in the original novel, Sister Feng mentioned their marriage in private.

Because the reason is very simple, Daiyu's grandfather was a lieutenant, and her father was an official in Kejia. All enough.

The only shortcoming may be weak and sickly, born with deficiencies, but if it is well taken care of, it is actually not a big problem.

Looking back at Baochai, inner strength is inner strength, but he has suffered from his birth.

On the other side, Mother Jia hugged Daiyu to comfort her for a while, then looked at Tanchun and Xiangyun again, and said with a smile, "You guys come over too, we'll go back now."

Xiangyun and Tanchun stepped forward with a chuckle.

Jia Heng said in a clear voice: "It's getting late, it's time to go back."

Jia Mu nodded and said with a smile, "I'm done with my interest today. Girl Feng, Brother Heng, pack up and we'll set off."

Sister Feng responded with a smile.

Then everyone prepared their chariots and horses, marched out of Qingxu Temple, and headed towards Jia's Mansion on Ningrong Street.

On the carriage, Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xiangyun were sitting in the carriage. Tanchun gently took Daiyu's hand and said softly, "Sister Lin, are your legs still sore?"

When she was watching getting into the car just now, Sister Lin frowned, as if she was still upset.

Daiyu said in a low voice, "It's much better now."

Tan Chun was silent for a while, and said: "Sister Lin, just now you were worried that the old lady would blame Brother Heng?"

Seeing her concern, Daiyu pursed her pink lips, and said softly: "It's because I'm exhausted, I ruined everyone's happiness for nothing, and because of this, Brother Heng was blamed, and I feel more and more sorry."

Xiangyun pinched the handkerchief, said with a chuckle, "Sister Lin is always a caring person, and I haven't seen anyone complaining."

Tanchun said: "Sister Yun, Sister Lin is also kind."

Then he looked at Daiyu, and said softly: "Brother Heng has prepared some medicinal wine for traumatic injuries, I'll ask for some when I get back, just rub it on."

Daiyu nodded her head and answered.

Tanchun laughed and said, "Sister Lin should go out and walk more often. The predecessors said that reading thousands of books can travel thousands of miles."

Daiyu nodded and said, "I never noticed before that the scenery is so different."

In fact, Daiyu lived in the small courtyard of the Jia Mansion, except when she went to Kyoto by boat at the age of five or six, with Baoyu and other brothers and sisters in front of her, and she couldn't see much of the bustling world outside.

So, if you haven't seen the world, where does your world view come from?
The three sisters were talking, and in the evening, the Jia's travel team returned to Ningrong Street.

In the Ningguo Mansion, the setting sun shone at night, and the afterglow fell between the ridges and eaves of the roof, covering the century-old princely mansion with a layer of golden gauze.

In the study room, Jia Heng was sitting behind the mahogany desk, looking down at the material about Donglu and Dahan Nine Sides that he had previously borrowed from the Ministry of War. It mainly recorded details about the rise of the Jin Kingdom and the fall of Liaodong.

It has been more than 27 years since Liaodong fell in the 18th year of Longzhi and the world was shaken. However, the cause of the war can be traced back to the unification battle of the Jurchen tribes in the [-]th year of Longzhi.

At that time, the Jurchen in Hetuala City had integrated all the Jurchen tribes except Yehe tribe. Yehe asked for help from the Han Dynasty. .

Five years later, the slave chieftains rebelled against the Han, and then Fushun fell, and Shenjing was shaken. He Tuala city was sent, and after that, it was a terrible defeat.

In the next year, the Eastern Captives fell into Kaiyuan and Tieling successively, and two years later, they fell into Liaoyang and Shenyang. At this point, the vast territory outside the pass and other areas were no longer owned by the Han.

"Although there is no explicit statement on it... During this period of time, I am afraid that the situation in the court will be turbulent, and the sky will be full of wind and rain." Jia Heng frowned, continued to read down, and saw the following line of shocking words, "Supervisor Zhao Wang 13 Wan, from Handan to Beiping, to prevent the enemy from advancing southward, Zhou Wang led 14 troops to guard Luoyang, and Pingfan Xijing."

"That's right, after the fall of Liaodong, the world was shaken, the prestige of the Supreme Emperor was damaged, and even the throne felt faintly unstable. If an emperor felt that the throne was unstable, the monarchs and ministers would doubt it... If you guessed right, this is the way to abolish the crown prince." There is a cause." Jia Heng looked at the words on it, and deduced from some clues.

Because Emperor Longzhi reigned for 39 years, until the 27th year of Longzhi, he was still rich in age, but the prince was strong, so naturally there were many civil and military supporters under his command, and when Liaodong fell into such a big defeat, how could the civil and military officials not be angry, Floating hearts?

"Is that the case? Maybe you can try to insinuate about that single mother... Princess Jinyang? Or ask the old lady in the West Mansion at night. No matter how big things happen in the back house, it is impossible not to hear a little bit." .”

Of course, Mother Jia's knowledge is limited, and she probably can't tell much about it.

Ask Princess Jinyang, and worry about breaking other people's taboos.

Jia Heng was thinking to himself, when he heard footsteps, he raised his head to look at Qin Keqing, and said softly, "Where are you from the West Mansion, have you sent them there?"

"Send it over." Qin Keqing approached with brisk steps, and said softly, "Husband, third sister's servant girl is still in the inner hall. I wonder if you have any Dieda wine here?"

Jia Heng was stunned when he heard the words, and said in a clear voice: "There is some medicinal wine, where is she now?"

Love is for Daiyu.

"It's in the inner hall." Qin Keqing smiled gently, and said with a little taste: "Husband accompanied them to climb the mountain?"

Jia Heng smiled and said, "I just sat on the gazebo in the back mountain for a while."

Saying that, he got up and took out the medicinal wine from the drawer of the bookcase, looked at Qin Keqing, and said in a gentle voice: "Usually practicing martial arts, I made some myself, but now I need it, and when we are free, let's go enjoy the scenery inside and outside Shenjing City. "

"Ah."

Qin Keqing nodded happily, and said softly, "I'll give her the medicinal wine."

Jia Heng smiled and took Qin Keqing's slender hand, and said softly: "Let's go together, suddenly remembered that Fu Shi, a disciple of Master Zheng, will come to visit, and I will meet you in the outer flower hall." Then he followed Jia Heng out of the inner study , came to the inner hall and saw the servant.

Qin Keqing didn't say anything anymore, and followed Jia Heng towards the inner hall.

He gave the medicinal wine to the waiter, gave some instructions, and then sat down to drink the tea. The husband and wife just chatted one after another, not long after they sat down.

In the evening, an outside servant came to report, "Fu Tongpan and the second master have come together."

When Jia Heng heard this, he was taken aback, and thought to himself, this Fu Shi actually invited Jia Zheng to negotiate peace for the middleman.

After thinking about it, he looked at Qin Keqing and said, "I'll go ahead and have a look."

In the front hall, Fu Shi was already sitting in the flower hall. He was dressed in casual clothes and was talking to Jia Zheng who was beside him with a forced and calm expression.

Jia Zheng didn't want to go there at first, but Fu Shi, as a student, took his wife and younger sister to visit Jia's mother in Rongguo Mansion first.

Jia's mother liked Fu Qiufang's character, so she stayed aside and talked for a while, and asked Jia Zheng to come and have a look.

Seeing Jia Heng coming out from the backyard, Fu Shi's complexion changed, he stood up, saluted and said, "Fu Shi has seen Uncle Heng."

He is respected by his rank in the officialdom, but he intends to get close to him by title.

Jia Zheng on the side also stood up with a smile, and said, "Ziyu, is it going well to go to Qingxu Temple to make offerings?"

"Thank you, Second Master, for your concern, and it went smoothly." Jia Heng nodded at Jia Zheng, exchanged a few words of greeting, then looked at Fu Shi, his tone became a little indifferent, and said, "Master Fu, there is no need to be polite, just sit down." stop."

It is clear that he almost disapproves of Fu Shi's tricks.

After that, Jia Heng sat down on a chair beside him, and at this moment, a servant girl brought tea to the three of them.

Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at Fu Shi, and said in a calm tone: "Fu Tongpan, I heard from the second master that Mr. Fu has something to do with me, and there is no one else in the hall, so you might as well speak up."

He also has a vague understanding of Fu Shi, who is good at speculation and profiteering, and he is probably not honest as an official.

Although it is said that there will be no fish when the water is clear, and there will be no disciples when people are inspected, and corruption is common in Chen Han's officialdom, but he does not accept everyone.

Whether he can help Fu Shi and how much he can help depends on Fu Shi himself. Whether he is worthwhile is the first, and the cleanliness of his body is the second.

Fu Shi said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Jia, I will go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, and ask Dong Weng's face to visit. I have something to ask."

Jia Heng looked indifferent, holding the teacup on the small table, picking up the gaiwan, fiddled with the tea foam, without saying a word.

Fu Shi looked up at Jia Heng, sorted out his thoughts, and said cautiously: "Before, Lai Sheng of your mansion violated the national law and was sentenced to death in prison. He recommended the jailer of the Jingzhao Yamen as if he wanted to do something illegal, but the officials couldn't save his face at the time, so he accepted 5000 taels of silver in desperation. It was supposed to be punished by Dong Weng afterwards, but Jingzhao's case was busy with official documents. , I forgot about it for a while, yesterday when Yu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked a small official, the next official suddenly remembered it..."

Jia Heng took a sip of tea and said, "Fu Tongpan, I remember talking to you when I first arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, right?"

Fu Shi's heart trembled, and he said urgently: "Master Heng, even though I have ten heads, I dare not let Lai Sheng go. This is an important case appointed by the imperial court. How dare I interfere with it?"

Fu Shi was very annoyed, and secretly thought that he regretted not listening to the younger sister's words.

"Then you can tell the truth to the Metropolitan Procuratorate that you will not be wronged because of the censor's uprightness." Jia Heng said calmly.

Fu Shi's complexion changed slightly, and he said: "Master Heng, Yu Yushi's side... After all, this is a violation of "Feng Xian Hong Gang"."

Once he admits himself, he will not be able to keep the black hat on his head, and he may even go to jail.

If everything is not on the scale of four or two, once it is on the scale, it will not be able to hold a thousand catties.

Jia Heng put down the teacup and asked: "Then you are begging at my door now, do you want me to intercede for you?"

Fu Shi smiled wryly and said, "Master Heng is very observant."

Jia Heng snorted coldly, cast his sharp eyes on Fu Shi, and shouted: "Then do you know that Lai Sheng and Jia Zhen once colluded with bandits to harm me?"

Jia Zheng paused, and wanted to say something, but finally heaved a sigh.

Hearing this, Fu Shi's complexion changed, he left his seat suddenly and stood up, knelt down, and said: "Master Heng, my servant... I will never dare to oppose Master Heng."

Seeing this scene, Jia Zheng hesitated, and said, "Ziyu, Fu Tong judges whether he has such a heart."

When Fu Shi heard the words, he turned to look at Jia Zheng as if he was listening to the voice of a fairy, and said, "Dong Weng, no matter how daring the students are, they dare not help the court criminal escape."

Jia Heng's face was indifferent, and he was silent.

At this moment, Fu Shi took a few steps on his knees, with an earthy face, and said, "Master Heng, please save the officer."

Looking at this scene, Jia Zheng felt his heart tremble.

Although Fu Shi was Jia Zheng's protégé, it was the first time Jia Zheng had seen such a servile look.

Jia Heng said: "But I don't know how to save you. If the Metropolitan Procuratorate takes any evidence of your corruption and breaking the law, no one will be able to save you."

Yu De is a member of Han Huang's party. He speaks for Fu Shi. Yu De will definitely sell his face, but he wants to owe favors to others.

But Jingzhao Yamen really needs someone of his own.

But Fu Shi doesn't know what happened in the past, and he still needs someone to investigate secretly.

Fu Shi's face turned pale, and said: "Master Heng, the Metropolitan Procuratorate just wants to investigate, but there is no real evidence yet."

Jia Zheng persuaded from the side: "Ziyu, Fu Tongpan has helped the mansion a lot these years."

Jia Heng's eyes were cold, and his heart was smiling. If someone helped Jia She to take care of people's lives, then it was not helping, but helping the evildoers.

Thinking of this, he looked at Fu Shi and said, "Fu Tongpan, you have been an official in Jingzhao Mansion for nearly ten years, right?"

Fu Shi raised his head, terrified in his heart, and replied, "It's worth nine years."

"Then you should know that people walk by the river without getting their shoes wet? If you do something devoid of conscience, even if I can save you for a while, I won't be able to save you forever." Jia Heng said coldly.

Fu Shi's complexion changed slightly, and he said anxiously: "Master Heng, I swear to the heavens, I never did such a thing of conscience."

At this moment Jia Zheng said hastily: "Ziyu, Fu Tongpan's official voice in Jingzhao Yamen is still acceptable."

Jia Heng thought for a while, then said indifferently: "For the sake of the second master, I will give you a trick."

When Fu Shi heard the words, his heart was shocked, and he said: "Please tell me clearly."

Jia Heng said: "What do you say to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I can't hand it over, but you can return the money you collected to the West Mansion, and then say that you have returned to the West Mansion early in the morning, and informed the second master of the West Mansion , whether the Metropolitan Procuratorate will come to ask, and other things, if the Metropolitan Procuratorate finds out other corruption and perversion of the law, there is nothing I can do."

Let him pass on the words to Yu De, I'm afraid it hits Yu De's heart, he is worried that he has no place to owe favors, and it's not worth trying for Fu.

And he explained the whereabouts of the 5000 taels of silver. With Yu De's shrewdness, he might not even come to Jia's mansion to ask.

Hearing this, Fu Shi's heart was agitated, and he said with a thousand thanks: "Thank you, Mr. Heng, thank you, Mr. Heng, for your noble hand."

(End of this chapter)