The Red Mansions

Chapter 363 Yuan Chun: Fortunately, I didn't find out...

The Princess Mansion actually occupies a vast area with many courtyards, but Jia Heng and Princess Jinyang, because of the frequent exchanges in the past few days, were negligent and did not have time to change places.

In fact, not only the two were careless, even Lianxue was a little slack.

The key is to get rid of some worries about the impact on the status of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and the personal relationship between the two is morally pointless.

Because the eldest princess is not a married woman, and the secular world has relatively loose requirements for men, even if Jia Heng goes in and out of Goulan brothels and flower streets and willow lanes, he will always say that he is a romantic boy.

In short, when Yuan Chun walked along the corridor to the courtyard, he didn't see anyone, and he was quite surprised, but he kept walking, opened the cotton curtain and entered the hall, called His Highness in a low voice, and was about to go The little one on the side went to get the account book.

"ah……"

Suddenly hearing a familiar voice from the inner room, Yuan Chun was startled.

Yuan Chunyu was slightly stunned, the hand holding the book hovered in place, frowned her eyebrows, and said to herself, "What kind of sound is this?"

As if by a ghost, he walked lightly, walked away, walked around a glazed screen with hundreds of flowers, folded the corner raised by the curtain, and stopped outside a dark red carved door, his eyes flashed, faintly conscious This is not the right move.

As a result, at this moment, a "Zi Yu" was heard.

Yuan Chun was startled, and thought to himself, Brother Heng, what happened to him?
Can't help but gently propped up the window and looked over.

In the inner compartment, His Highness and Brother Heng...

Immediately, such a scene with such a strong visual impact almost made Yuan Chun feel as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood there dumbfounded and almost shouted out. , Shocked beyond words.

This... what's going on here?
"Brother Heng and His Highness, how could it be... in broad daylight?"

In the girl's crystal clear beautiful eyes, there is a clear reflection, almost visible, her white and snowy cheeks are instantly red like clouds, she is so beautiful, her heart is beating non-stop, almost jumping out of her throat eye-like.

Mood ups and downs, at a loss.

All kinds of speculations surged in my heart.

"Could it be that His Royal Highness Jinyang persecuted Brother Heng? But according to Brother Heng's temperament that he would rather bend than bend..." Yuan Chun thought, and suddenly spat at himself, why would he rather bend than bend.

For a moment, my mind was in a mess, and I even wondered if it was because I went to work in the princess mansion that brother Heng bowed down to serve others?
At this thought, Fang's heart trembled wildly, and she bit her cherry lips with her white teeth.

After all, Yuan Chun served as a female official in the palace, and he has seen extraordinary boudoir women. He calmed down a little, and his eyes were complicated, "No wonder he came so often these days..."

With hindsight, I suddenly realized.

"Brother Heng... he has come here every day at noon these few days, and he is too unrestrained." Yuan Chun frowned and thought, with worry on his face.

After about a while, Yuan Chun felt his mouth was dry, and at this moment, a servant girl called out from outside the house, "Miss Lianxue..."

"No, someone is coming." Yuan Chun suddenly woke up, it was not good to stay any longer, and walked away quickly.

But Jia Heng's heart suddenly moved slightly, but he thought it was Lianxue, but he didn't care.

But then there was something wrong with the hurried footsteps.

He had keen ears, and when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, he couldn't help but frowned, paused, and quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the door, only to see the light-yellow skirt flashing away.

Jia Heng frowned, his heart moved slightly.

……

……

But Yuan Chun didn't even have time to get the account book, almost like fleeing, he quickly left the wing room, walked along the corridor, and returned to the courtyard where he lived.

Entering the wing room, still gasping for breath, he picked up a cup of half-warm tea on the table and drank it with a "gudong gudong".

At some point, his back was already soaked in fine sweat, his breathing could not be calmed down for a long time, as if he had lost his soul, he sat on the bed, his body was still soft and hot.

He couldn't help reaching out and touching one side of his face, it was hot as fire.

"Fortunately, I didn't find it... It's really embarrassing."

She didn't know if she was dazed just now, but she kept peeking at her and refused to leave?

At this time, Baoqin entered the wing room, holding a few books in his hand, and asked with concern: "Girl, why are you in such a panic."

A flash of panic flashed in Yuan Chun's bright eyes, without thinking too much, he said hastily: "Just now I saw a snake in the back garden."

"Snake?" Baoqin frowned, with a look of panic on his face, and said, "Have you ever been scared, Miss?"

Yuan Chun also felt it was a lie, especially in winter when there are no snakes. He lowered his eyes and explained: "I'm not scared, maybe a hibernating snake has burrowed into the hole."

Baoqin hurriedly said: "It's good that the girl is fine."

After a while, Yuanchun sat on the bed, his body was really uncomfortable, he held back his shame, and said nonchalantly: "Hold the piano, prepare some hot water, I want to take a bath and change clothes."

Baoqin responded, and then went to work.

And until the time when the application was not made, after Jia Heng took a bath, he also changed into a new set of clothes, and then left the Long Princess Mansion refreshed and headed towards the Jinyi Mansion.

Beizhen Fusi
Amidst the greetings of guards in brocade clothes, Jia Heng strode into the official hall, sat down behind a redwood desk, and was about to deal with official business. ?”

Previously, Jia Heng asked Qu Lang to take Wu Jinxiao and Zhuang Ke to the Zhenfu Division. With Qu Lang's heart, he understood Jia Heng's intentions, so he ordered the Jinyi guards to question Wu Jinxiao, his son, and Zhuang Ke respectively.

This inquiry, because there was no statement in advance, of course it was not correct, it was inconsistent and full of loopholes.

Just to say that the reason why Jia Zhen sold Zhuangzi at a discount was because Zhuangzi's harvest was not good, but whether Zhuangzi's harvest is good or not, wouldn't the farmer brought by Wu Jinxiao know?

Coupled with the details of the transaction when Zhuangzi was sold off, it was even more detailed, so I asked them one by one.

Since ancient times, it has always been easy to deceive the upper and harder to conceal the lower, and there are many discrepancies and falsehoods in a quick comparison.

The people in Jinyi Mansion are all masters of interrogation, and it didn't take much effort to interrogate them, so they chased after him and investigated him thoroughly.

Qu Lang clasped his hands and said, "My lord, this is the speech transcript of Wu Jinxiao and other dealers."

As he spoke, a Jinyi school lieutenant behind him took the book and handed it to Jia Heng.

Qu Lang added: "Wu Jinxiao didn't admit that he was involved in the annexation of the Ningfu's property. The governor will ask whether he will use torture now?"

Because he didn't get Jia Heng's approval before, Qu Lang didn't act on his own accord, he just took the preliminary questioning method and didn't torture Wu Jinxiao.

Jia Heng took the interrogation transcript and read it quietly, only to see that it recorded the details of how Wu Jinxiao falsely reported the disaster and withheld it. Although it was only the tip of the iceberg, it was still shocking.

Jia Heng's complexion was slightly condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "Interrogate Wu Jinxiao and interrogate for details."

Qu Lang nodded in agreement, and then ordered Captain Jinyi to send an order.

As for this kind of domestic slave's encroachment on the property of the master's house, Jia Heng no longer needed to personally intervene in such matters as in the beginning. As the governor of Jinyi Mansion, he only needed to convey the meaning of the inquiry, and someone would investigate it himself.

Jia Heng picked up the summary of information on the book case again, and flipped through it, mainly the information on the land of Jinling in the southern province.

It records the grand occasion when the president of Jinling Tirenyuan, Mrs. Zhen's family, celebrated her [-]th birthday not long ago. The description is detailed, as in front of your eyes.

"The Zhen family's family is like a city, and there is an endless stream of horses and horses, especially above the Jia family." Jia Heng frowned in thought.

Putting the book in his hand aside, Jia Heng turned to pick up another book titled Yangzhou, and flipped through the records in it.

"Liang Yuan, the servant of the household department, after entering Yangzhou, was invited twice to dinner at Shang Wang Shouqi's home. He accepted the Yangzhou skinny horse, and Yu De, the imperial censor of Youqin capital, persuaded him. Liang Yuan returned, and privately complained."

Jia Heng frowned and thought, "Yu Liang and his wife went south to investigate the case. Let alone why they haven't found out yet, Liang Yuan was recruited by the salt merchant?"

Continuing to look down the book, it is basically the second convening of salt officials and salt merchants in Yangzhou on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to hold a salt affairs elimination meeting, but the final result is still nothing.

"Looking at this posture, the progress is not going well."

Just as Jia Heng was studying and judging the situation of Yangzhou's salt affairs rectification, in the execution room, Wu Jinxiao's face was ashen, his hands were cut behind his back by several warriors in brocade clothes, and he was taken to a prison with dim light and humid environment.

"What are you going to do?" Wu Jinxiao hurriedly asked while looking at the well-equipped torture instruments, trembling all the time.

A Jinyi school captain with a slightly fat body and a fleshy face, his triangular eyes flashed fiercely, and said with a grinning smile: "Old man, you have cheated the property of the master's family to the head of the governor of Jinyi Mansion, you are so brave! Bring it here!" , took off his sable fur jacket!"

Immediately, a few warriors in brocade clothes made a promise, set up Wu Jinxiao and carried him to the torture rack. He was already so frightened that the dead souls froze and their bodies were like chaff.

"Tell me, how did you collude with merchants to sell Zhuangzi under Ning's mansion?" Captain Jinyi asked with a smile, holding a few bamboo sticks in his hand.

Seeing the look of fear in Wu Jinxiao's eyes, his lips trembled and he was speechless.

Didn't he just steal a few Zhuangzi and throw him into prison for interrogation?
In another torture room, Captain Jinyi also tortured Wu Jinxiao's son Wu Nan. As the screams sounded, the case of Wu Jinxiao's embezzlement of Zhuangzi under the Ningguo Mansion gradually surfaced.

And Jia Heng kept flipping through the information in the official hall until the afternoon, when he was about to get up to leave, the clerk suddenly reported that Qu Qianhu had come.

"My lord, we're all recruited." Qu Lang said immediately as soon as he entered the official hall.

"So fast?" Jia Heng put down the book in his hand and asked, "What did Wu Jinxiao and his son say?"

Qu Lang said: "My lord, according to the confession of Wu Jinxiao and his son, they have successively invaded and occupied six farmlands in Ningfu in recent years. They have falsely reported the damage and deceived Jia Zhen of Ningguofu to sell the farmlands. The trusteeship is actually controlled by the Wu family secretly, this is a confession, please read it over."

Jia Heng's eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a cold voice: "Six farms? It's really greedy and hard to fill."

Then he asked again: "His younger brother is still in charge of the farmland of the Rong Mansion, but if there is something similar, do you ask someone to ask?"

"Wu Jinxiao's son was not able to be punished, so he confessed to him on his own initiative. His uncle, Wu Jinjing, possessed five Zhuangzi in the Rong Mansion. The two brothers joined forces to embezzle the property of the two mansions of Ningrong and Rong." Qu Lang reported.

At this time, Jia Heng also lowered his head and "scrubbed" to read the confessions of Wu Jinxiao and his son, and said in a deep voice: "For these moths and termites, order people to interrogate them strictly. Inquire clearly about other crimes, since they are so bold, they are carrying life lawsuits on their backs."

Qu Lang clasped his fists and said, "Yes, my lord."

Jia Heng nodded, waved his hands and said, "Go and do your work."

As he said that, he didn't say much, and continued to read the summary of provincial intelligence handed over by the various divisions of the Jinyi Mansion.

They stayed until the evening, when it was dark, Jia Hengfang returned from Jinyi Mansion to Ningguo Mansion, but when he arrived at Yimen, he heard a servant report that Xue Pan was waiting in the front hall.

Jia Heng stepped into the front hall and looked up at Xue Pan. Xue Pan had obviously recovered. When he saw Jia Heng, he saw a smile on his face and stood up to greet him, saying, "Cousin Heng, you are back."

Jia Heng looked pale, and asked, "Wen Long is feeling better now."

Xue Pan smiled "simply and honestly", and said: "Thanks to cousin Heng, he is already in good health, only with an arrow scar."

At the end, Xue Pan also had a bit of worry and gloom on his face.

The scar just stayed in that place, it's really unlucky for Mrs. Zhen, she will go to have fun in the future, and let those kiln sisters ask, where will he put Uncle Xue's face?

Jia Heng said: "Take good care of it, it should be fine."

Xue Pan laughed and said, "I would also like to thank Cousin Heng for helping me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come back this trip."

Xue Pan looked at the young man who was wearing a python suit and had an indescribably heroic demeanor, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng, the last one, you and your sister talked about having a banquet in Lixiangyuan."

"Well, I'm going to change clothes now." Jia Heng said in a calm tone.

Xue Pan had long been used to the "prestige and solemnity" of the boy opposite, and said with a smile: "Cousin Heng, this relative is not an outsider, so you can go now, my sister and my mother have been waiting for a while."

Secretly thought, this robe with embroidered python patterns looks really majestic.

Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

Saying that, he went to Lixiangyuan with Xue Pan.

Rikain

Aunt Xue and Baochai were arranging food and wine, and the dishes were not prepared by the cook. Xue's family had a restaurant in the central part of Beijing, so they ordered a table to be packed and brought over.

Seeing that the lights had been turned on outside and Xue Pan was still not coming back, Aunt Xue looked at Baochai beside her, frowned and said: "My dear girl, will Brother Heng not come?"

Because Jia Heng always refused to come because of official business, Aunt Xue also felt a little guilty.

Baochai is now wearing a honey-dyed gold silk padded jacket, a bright red jacket, and a stone-blue cotton skirt. She has a smooth face and soft skin. She said softly, "Mom, Brother Heng said he would come today, so he will come today."

Aunt Xue sighed, and said: "I'm probably thinking, maybe Brother Heng is getting bored of us, after all, we are bothering you again and again?"

Baochai rolled up her slender hands at the cuffs, white as tender lotus root, took a jug from Yinger, put it on the table, and said, "Brother Heng is a big-hearted man, Mom thinks it's great." Difficult things, in his eyes, are only a small matter of one sentence, how can he take it to heart?"

Aunt Xue felt relieved when she heard these words of explanation, and said with a smile: "I think so, otherwise I wouldn't have given you a pair of rabbits."

Baochai:"……"

What does a nice mention of rabbits do?
Aunt Xue glanced at Baochai with a smile, and said: "Brother Heng is also very interesting. He didn't send any clothes and accessories, but a rabbit. I heard that one of them sent a pair. Now Baoyu saw it and said he wanted it too." A couple."

It turned out that this morning, Baoyu came to the house to look for Baochai. When he saw Baochai and Yinger feeding the rabbit, he asked why, and wanted a pair too.

But Aunt Xue's words were intended to be tentative.

Baochai pursed her pink lips, and said in a calm tone: "Ordinary gold and silver utensils, jewelry and clothes, not to mention that we don't have no shortage, but they are a bit vulgar. Pets like this show the closeness of brothers and sisters."

Sending jewelry, no matter what, I would never give it to her.

"What my good daughter said is true." Aunt Xue said with a smile on her brows, "Although Brother Heng looks cold, he is actually a considerate and careful person."

When Baochai heard this, the watery apricot eyes under Cuiyu's eyebrows shone, and she let out a "huh".

The heroic and tall figure couldn't help rippling in the heart lake, and he couldn't help sighing inwardly.

(End of this chapter)