The Red Mansions

Chapter 333 Who gave them the guts!
Following the store manager, he entered the stables, and saw a tall and vigorous horse, without any variegation on its body, it was Dawan horse, also known as sweaty horse.

Jia Heng sighed: "It's a pity that the Western Regions are not owned by our Dynasty, otherwise, using this horse to improve our military horse breed will contribute a lot of fine horses to the country."

The records of Dawan horses in the history books were first recorded in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and more recently in the period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. And Yuhuacong.

Chen Han, who followed the territory of Zhu Ming, did not actually have any military presence in the Western Regions, so the Dawan Liangju had to be transported by Hu merchants to the Guanshan Mountains to sell one or two horses in Shenjing.

Princess Xianning was delighted to see the horse, and she was very satisfied with the horse named Zhao Yeyu Lion.

Jia Heng asked: "Shopkeeper, what is the price of this horse?"

Perhaps it was because of the conflict just now, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "If you want to buy it, please just give me the cost price, 7000 taels."

Talking about the cost price, but there is actually a profit.

Princess Xianning didn't make a counter-offer, she took out a stack of gold tickets from her purse, and said, "Here are 600 taels of gold tickets, if it is exchanged for gold and silver, it should be enough, right?"

Jia Heng watched this scene quietly, and secretly thought, Princess Xianning is quite rich.

Princess Xianning is the fifth daughter of Emperor Chongping, and enjoys a salary of [-] households in the city, but in reality it is only a fictitious seal, and the real seal is greatly discounted.

The smile on the shopkeeper's face gradually grew, and he said: "Enough, enough."

Reaching out to take the golden ticket, he didn't even order it, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, nobleman."

Jia Heng looked at Sun Yun and said: "You take care of it first, and then send it to the house later."

Sun Yun replied yes.

After Jia Heng and Princess Xianning bought the Dawan Liangju, seeing that it was almost noon, they didn't want to stay any longer. They drove out of the East Market and headed back to Princess Jinyang's mansion.

The two walked side by side along the street, and the "da da" sound of horseshoes stepped on the bluestone slabs and filled the alleys.

Jia Heng took the rein and asked casually: "Your Highness, is the Zhongshun Palace usually so disrespectful to His Highness?"

Princess Xianning said: "Brothers and sisters in the clan are often noisy. There have been such quarrels a few times, but they were all brothers and sisters. This is the first time I have encountered it. , I don’t usually argue with people.”

After all, they are all surnamed Chen, born of a grandfather, and the children are noisy, and it is not good for adults to meddle indiscriminately.

Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness, it seems that she is indifferent and peaceful, and has a temperament that does not contend with the world."

When Princess Xianning heard the words, her cold and frosty cheeks were somewhat ashamed, and she said: "So, I have to thank Mr. Jia for his righteous act."

Jia Heng smiled lightly and said, "Your Highness is welcome."

Princess Xianning turned her head away, gazed at the broad street, and fell silent for a while.

Just thinking, "After going back, I should talk to my mother about what happened today."

After a while, Jia Heng broke the silence and asked, "How long has Your Highness been learning to ride a horse?"

Princess Xianning said softly: "I have been learning to ride a horse since I was ten years old. It has been six or seven years. Mr. Jia bought the pony for his brothers and sisters at home, right?"

Jia Heng said: "There are two younger sisters in the family who are over ten years old and want to learn how to ride a horse, so they bought two ponies."

Princess Xianning said: "Riding a horse is very good. It can strengthen your body. However, if your riding posture is not correct, it will hinder your legs. If things go on like this, it will also affect your posture. If you can practice dancing, you can correct your posture."

Jia Heng said: "What Your Highness said is true."

Then he asked again, "I heard from the little Princess that Her Royal Highness can dance?"

As he said that, he couldn't help but glanced at Princess Xianning, she was indeed a Miaoxiu figure, with straight and slender legs.

Princess Xianning seems to be keenly aware of Jia Heng's eyes, her face is as clear as frost and jade, and there is something strange, and her voice is as clear as a mountain spring, and she seems to be hitting Xuan'er slightly: "Mother concubine loves dancing and music, I... It can be regarded as ear-smelling, but also a little clear."

Jia Heng was quiet for a while, then asked casually: "Then what kind of dance does His Highness know?"

"Jinghong dance, long-sleeved dance, you can do some dances, and you can do some dances of other titles." Princess Xianning said.

Jia Heng said: "Where is the dance in neon clothes and feather clothes?"

Princess Xianning: "..."

"Forgot, this dance seems to have been lost." Jia Heng said.

Princess Xianning said: "Although this dance was supplemented by the empress of the Tang Dynasty and re-composed and arranged, it has lost the charm of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

"Oh", Jia Heng didn't ask anymore, it was just a casual chat.

Princess Xianning is not a talkative person either, so she also calmed down.

The two walked all the way to the eldest princess's mansion in silence.

Entering the mansion, it was exactly noon, and the melodious sound of jingle music came from the attic.

It was clearly Princess Jinyang who was teaching Li Chanyue to play the piano.

At this time, Lianxue went up to the second floor and said to Princess Jinyang: "Your Highness, Mr. Jia and His Highness Xianning are back."

The sound of the piano was abrupt, and the serious and focused expression on Li Chanyue's beautiful face gradually disappeared, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Princess Jinyang's face was as calm as the water in the Qujiang pond, without any ripples, and said: "Let the back kitchen pass on the food."

Wait for Jia Heng and Princess Xianning to enter the attic under the guidance of the maid.

Li Chanyue approached with a light smile, took Princess Xianning's hand, and asked, "Sister, have you and Mr. Jia's horse been bought yet?"

Princess Xianning glanced at Jia Heng, smiled softly, and said, "Mr. Jia bought three foals, and I bought a Dawan pony, which can be sent to Brother Wang tomorrow."

Li Chanyue smiled and said: "Then congratulations to sister, didn't the horse come with you?"

"The horses are put in the horse market first." Princess Xianning said: "There were some accidents during this trip, thanks to Mr. Jia."

Here, Jia Heng sat down, met the inquiring eyes of Princess Jinyang, and briefly narrated the process.

Princess Jinyang asked in surprise, "You locked him up?"

Jia Heng said: "This kind of people will not be honest if they don't shut up for a while."

Princess Jinyang glanced at Princess Xianning first, then turned to look at Jia Heng, frowned and said: "Aren't you afraid that he will sue you at the emperor's brother?"

Jia Heng said: "If he goes to file a complaint, that's exactly what I want."

Zhongshun Wangzhen took the lawsuit to Emperor Chongping, that was just asking for trouble.

Your son bullied my daughter and was stopped by his subordinates. Do you still have the face to come and complain?

Princess Jinyang thought about it for a while, and she also understood some of the joints, and said coldly: "Chen Rui really didn't do it very openly, as a brother, he doesn't even have the virtue of humility."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "So we imprison him for half a month, let him reflect on himself."

In fact, he was deliberately finding fault with the Zhongshun Palace. The conflict during the horse market did not necessarily have to take the step of arresting someone, but at that time he wanted to make use of the problem to arrest Chen Rui and warn the Zhongshun Palace.

Otherwise, King Zhongshun will only become more and more unscrupulous.

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In Prince Zhongshun's mansion, in the backyard, on an attic with carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and hooked corners, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras came.

Zhongshun Wang Yihong leaned against Cui, shaking his head and listening to the opera.

Wearing flowing sleeves and costumes, Xiao Dan is singing a lazy thrush, moving lightly on the stage with lotus steps, with a graceful figure.

"Qiguan'er's singing is quite soft and delicate, like the charm of glutinous rice balls." Wei Shi, the most favored concubine next to King Zhongshun, said with a smile.

King Zhongshun withdrew his straight eyes at this moment, kissed the young and beautiful concubine Wei Shi, and said with a smile: "In the city of Shenjing, when it comes to Xiaodan's charm, crispness, and tenderness, Qiguan is the second, and no one dares to do it." number one."

Wei said with a smile: "It's also thanks to the lord who worked so hard to find such a good role."

King Zhongshun looked at Qi Guan on the stage, and said with a smile: "There are still many good things about him."

Wei Shi smiled, picked up a grape on the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, and looked at the Qiguaner on the stage who was more charming than women, his eyes gradually became playful.

King Zhongshun was talking, when suddenly a steward from outside hurried into the hall and said anxiously: "My lord, it's not good, something happened to Master Rui."

King Zhongshun's expression changed when he heard the words, he stared at the steward closely, frowned, and said, "Didn't Ruier go to Dongshi early in the morning?"

The steward said urgently: "Young Master Rui was captured by the soldiers of the Wucheng Army in Dongshi, and he is now being imprisoned in the prison in Dongcheng."

When the soldiers of Dongshi escorted Chen Rui to the prison, there were officials from the Municipal Office reporting to Zhongshun Prince's Mansion.

King Zhongshun suddenly stood up, with a fierce light in his eyes, he shouted: "Who gave them the courage!"

The smile on Wei's face also gradually disappeared, and doubts appeared in the pair of red phoenix eyes painted with eyeshadow.

The steward said: "I heard that I met General Yunhui Jia Heng and had a dispute with him..."

As he spoke, he told what he knew in detail.

Of course, the steward didn't know that there was also the inside story of Princess Xianning.

Prince Zhongshun's complexion became gloomy, and various speculations filled his mind.

"Could it be because of the Xue family?"

Recently, the only thing he has done is to take advantage of the Xue family's faults and plan to concoct the Xue family in order to undercut the Jia family.

No, the counterattack came so quickly!
"Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, did you tell me how to deal with it?" Prince Zhongshun calmed down and asked in a cold voice.

"I heard that he will be detained for half a month." The steward didn't dare to raise his head to meet those cold and fierce pupils, and replied with a bow.

King Zhongshun snorted coldly, and looked deeply, "Half a month in custody..."

Ercai and several officials from the household department jointly designed to remove the Xue family's imperial merchant qualifications, and Jia Heng's son was arrested after his son?

And when Lord Zhongshun was thinking about the joints, suddenly, there was the sound of crying from outside.

"My lord, you have to save Rui'er."

Before the words were finished, a well-maintained woman in silk dress, about forty years old, entered the flower hall surrounded by maidservants and mother-in-law.

Seeing Prince Zhongshun, he was sitting on a stool beside him, holding Prince Zhongshun's arm as if weeping and complaining: "My lord, Ruier, what crime has he committed? He will be locked up in prison. This man from Wucheng Bingmasi, It's really a bear's heart and a leopard's guts. This is clearly using Rui'er as a raft, and it's aimed at the prince. "

The woman who came was Wu Shi, the side concubine of King Zhongshun, who got the news.

Prince Zhongshun sneered and said: "You're right, this is for this king, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities are now under the care of the Jia family. This is deliberately trying to make this king unhappy!"

Concubine Wu said angrily: "The Jia family is deceiving people too much! My lord, I will sue him in the palace right now!"

Prince Zhongshun waved his hands and said: "Now is not the time, this kid is being valued by the emperor, let him take care of the Beijing camp, even if he goes to the palace, he can't be moved at all."

In fact, it was not only Jia Heng who found King Zhongshun troublesome, but King Zhongshun also found Jia Heng troublesome.

It can even be said that the reason why King Zhongshun has made some small stumbling blocks recently is because after the Jingying was managed by Jia Heng, he felt that the crisis was approaching.

Concubine Wu said anxiously: "Then, what should Ruier do, my lord?"

Prince Zhongshun looked indifferent, and said coldly: "Come here, call Zhou Changshi!"

Not long after, a middle-aged man of medium stature and with a short black beard under his chin stepped into the attic hall and bowed to Prince Zhongshun, "My lord, please order."

Prince Zhongshun looked gloomy, and said: "Go to the Wucheng Bingma Division, bring Rui'er out, and tell the officials of the Wucheng Bingma Division that no matter what crimes the clan committed, it should be dealt with by the clan's government. Bing Masi has no right to detain or interrogate clan children!"

He was interrogated and detained by the Clan Mansion, and now the one who holds all the power in the Clan Mansion is precisely King Zhongshun himself.

The Chang Shi clapped his hands in response, and went straight to Wucheng Bingmasi.

Army of the Five Cities

Dongcheng Commander Xie Zaiyi sat behind the desk in the official hall, flipping through official documents.

The Dongcheng commander will step down tomorrow and go to the Beijing camp to be promoted to a guerrilla general.

This is what Jia Heng promised at the beginning, and it can be regarded as a reward for quelling the Liwei camp incident the day before yesterday and keeping the city of Shenjing peaceful.

Xie Zaiyi and Yan Li, the deputy conductor at the side, said: "Young Lord of Zhongshun Palace, please take good care of him, don't make any mistakes."

Yan Li nodded, and said: "A separate cell has been prepared, and the brothers are staring at it with wide eyes."

Xie Zaiyi picked up the official document in his hand and continued to read it.

Yan Li frowned, and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid Prince Zhongshun will send someone to put pressure on you."

Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice: "Yun Hui said he will be locked up for fourteen days, and one day will not be less. After tomorrow, when I leave office, remember, it won't work if anyone comes to ask for mercy!"

Yan Li's face turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "I understand."

"My lord, the long history of Prince Zhongshun is here." Suddenly, outside soldiers entered the official hall to report.

Xie Zaiyi sneered and said, "It's really fast, let him in!"

Not long after, a middle-aged official in a regular five-rank official robe and a black gauze cap, leading a few followers, strode into the Siwu Hall with his head held high.

Shi Zhoushun, the head of the palace, looked coldly at Xie Zaiyi who was sitting behind the table, and asked, "Your Excellency is the commander of Dongcheng?"

Xie Zaiyi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, blew off the foam, and said, "I am Commander Dongcheng, who are you?"

Zhou Shun's face was gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "My official, Shi Zhou Shun, the head of the royal residence, is a fifth-rank official, but you are no more than a sixth-rank commander, and dare to sit in the yamen hall. Do you have a superior in your eyes?"

In the past, the soldiers and horses of the five cities were divided into divisions, and they were not even qualified to stand upright and speak in front of him. How could this East City commander be so domineering?
Xie Zaiyi raised his eyes, looked at Zhou Shun, and said: "Zhou Changshi, I am responsible for maintaining the security of Shenjing East City. The relationship is very important, and I have to sit in the office to watch things. If Zhou Changshi puts on the authority of the official, he should go Go elsewhere!"

The palace is just an official.

Zhou Shun's complexion changed, suppressing the surging anger in his heart, he said coldly: "I am telling the Wucheng soldiers and horses that you have no right to arrest the general of the town, let him go quickly!"

Xie Zaiyi put down the teacup, and said coldly, "Did Zhou Changshi come to the wrong place? Dongcheng soldiers and horses are responsible for arresting bandits and robbers. There has never been a general to suppress the country here, only a prisoner who violated the law and order."

Zhou Shun was stunned, and said, "Public security regulations?"

Kong Mu on the side said: "Zhou Changshi, General Yunhui, who is in charge of the five cities' soldiers and horses, was ordered by the emperor to inspect the public security in Shenjing. law to follow."

As he spoke, he ordered the secretary behind him, and said, "Show Zhou Changshi a copy of the Public Security Regulations."

Zhou Shun took a copy of the book, and saw the four large characters of Public Security Regulations written on the title page, and when he opened the first page, it was stamped with the official seal of the Five Cities Military Division.

Zhou Shun was irritated, closed the book, looked up at Xie Zaiyi, and asked, "Wucheng Bingmasi won't let the little prince go?"

Xie Zaiyi just drank his tea, snorted coldly, and ignored him at all.

Na Kongmu said: "Zhou Changshi still doesn't understand. This is not a matter of letting go. The laws and regulations written in black and white have been used in the big seal. If they are violated, where will the law of the Han Dynasty be placed? Zhou Changshi is not as slow as going back. Wait a minute, your son will be detained for fourteen days, and he will come out when the time is up."

Zhou Shun's eyes were clear and dark, and he did not give up: "Even if the clan is guilty, it should be punished by the clan's family.

Xie Zaiyi said: "I am in charge of the law and order of Shenjing in the five cities. I have the right to detain anyone who disturbs the law and order. If Zhou Changshi has any doubts, you can ask Yun Hui. The Holy Majesty has issued an imperial edict."

Zhou Shun's heart sank and asked him to ask Jia Heng?What are you kidding?
Xie Zaiyi picked up the official document, lowered his head to look at it, and said: "If Zhou Changshi has nothing else to do, go back and wait patiently. I have to deal with official duties."

Saying that, without waiting for Zhou Shun to say more, he said in a deep voice, "See off the guests!"

(End of this chapter)