The Red Mansions

Chapter 704 Zhen Qing: Jia Ziyu, do you know how expensive this palace is today? (A monthly pass is required at the third watch!)

Yangzhou Ferry
Yangzhou Mansion and the young man in python who was guarding Jinyi Mansion, with sword-like brows and bright eyes, with a treasured sword on his waist.

Dozens of guards in brocade clothes behind him, black hats and red clothes, did not hold umbrellas, but the guards in brocade clothes beside the boy held up an umbrella for the boy.

Jia Heng looked at Yuan Jichong, his eyes were fixed for a while, and he looked at the Yangzhou officials and gentry who came to welcome him, smiled and said: "Master Yuan, let me introduce you to the folks in Yangzhou."

Seeing this, Yuan Jichong smiled and said: "My lord, there is still rain here, so it's inconvenient to talk. You might as well go to the restaurant to have a talk. A light banquet has been prepared there to cleanse your lord."

Jia Heng smiled, but did not say no, and said softly: "Master Yuan, lead the way."

It just so happens that everyone has come together, and if they recognize their faces, it will save them from catching the wrong person later.

The Yangzhou gentry behind Yuan Jichong couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief when they saw that the young man in python seemed to be speaking very politely, and he was not as fierce as the one from Henan.

Some of the local gentry in Yangzhou were a little surprised at Jia Heng's young age, handsome face, and dignified bearing.

Secretly thought, he really deserves to be Uncle Yongning who is a wunderkind.

For example, Jiang Tong, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, gave a slight pause to the Wenwan walnut that was turning in his hand, his eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but muttered in his heart.

Yangzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. The so-called Yangzhou thin horse is famous all over the world. It is true that heroes have been saddened by beauty since ancient times. Maybe you can try it?

Huang Rishan, Huang Cheng and the others glanced at each other, they were all behind the scenes and difficult to deal with.

Xiao Hongsheng looked at the young man who talked and laughed freely, his solemn expression became more serious.

But at this moment, among the gentry, Ma Xianjun, a salt merchant from Yangzhou, concealed a hint of ruthlessness in his sunken eyes. The young man who was looking forward to his own glory wandered to the side, and stayed behind for a while at the guard of the Jinyi Mansion, his heart became more cold.

On the hill to the southwest of the city wall of Yangzhou, a few men wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats, holding knives as guards, looked up at the crowd gathered at the ferry through a tree with lush branches and leaves and abundant rain.

The big man who looked like an iron pillar approached the young man wearing a bamboo hat, and said in a low voice in broken Chinese: "Master, that little boy is Yongning Bo, Laoshizi? It doesn't look superfluous, the emperor of the South used such a brat The boy is in charge of the army, is he old-fashioned?"

Under Duoduo's thick eyebrows, the tiger's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "It is by no means easy to become an important minister of the southern people at such a young age, and should not be underestimated."

Since ancient times, a hero was born in a young age. He was not as young as a weak champion, but he joined the army and made meritorious service. When he was a teenager, he also fought with his grandma. How can he underestimate the heroes of the world?
And as the details of the Battle of Henan were collected in the past few days, this Yongningbo was able to quickly extinguish the civil unrest in the South with thunderous means, and his subordinates had real skills.

When he was a child, he heard from his grandma that when the Central Plains Dynasty was about to perish, they would produce a few heroes and fight with a group of idiots, such as Yue Fei of the former Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, his hero, my enemy!

This man must die!
On Jia Heng's side, he told Liu Jixian and his party to escort Daiyu and his party on board the carriage to Yangzhou Salt Courtyard, and then went to the restaurant he had invited under the welcome of Yuan Jichong and other Yangzhou local officials.

The restaurant is called Fuxing Restaurant, and it is a high-end restaurant in Yangzhou. It is expensive to book a table of banquets, but it is not difficult for those salt merchants who spend money like water.

Yangzhou cuisine is famous all over the world. Jia Heng sat down with a group of salt merchants. Yuan Jichong introduced an old man who was the leader of Yangzhou salt merchants, Wang Shouqi.

"Old man Wang Shouqi, I met Uncle Yongning. Uncle Yongning is really a handsome young man with an extraordinary bearing. Now he is even more famous when we meet." Wang Shouqi, the head of Yangzhou salt merchants, with gray hair, said with a smile.

The person in front of him is Jia Heng, who is really young and promising.

Jia Heng looked at Wang Shouqi and said, "You are welcome, sir."

Everyone wanted to toast while talking, but the young man said: "Everyone, I'm not feeling very well recently. The imperial doctor said that I can't drink alcohol and eat things that grow hair, otherwise it will be bad for my bones."

After Zhen Qing's previous incident with the Mandarin Duck Pot, he has taken precautions, and he will never fall into the same pit twice again.

Even children know that they should not eat anything given by strangers.

So Mopan really reminded him a lot, he learned a lesson and learned a lesson.

Holding the embroidered spring knife, Li Shu clasped his hands and said, "Commander, I'll drink wine on behalf of your lord."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words.

Yuan Jichong laughed and laughed, and said: "Uncle has been exhausted all the way, and he still has important business to do. It's really not good to drink alcohol. Come here and remove all the wine."

This is determined by power and status, the privy in charge of the country, the minister of military affairs, naturally have the power to say no, and no one challenges Jia Heng's etiquette.

Ma Xianjun's eyes were gloomy, and he thought to himself, what a coward, are you worried about being poisoned?

It's not that they didn't think about poisoning before, but this is almost a way to kill them all. They all have small businesses in Yangzhou, how can they smash jade wares against porcelain pieces?

Under Yuan Jichong's introduction, Jia Heng got to know some officials and gentry of Yangzhou Prefecture, pondered for a moment, and said: "I come to Yangzhou, and I also intend to appreciate the prosperity of Yangzhou, but my holy order..."

Speaking of this, there was a pause, but many people were holding their breath, almost listening to the boy's words with their ears open.

Jia Hengdao: "The Holy Order asked me to reorganize the soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei camp. As for other things, the division of civil and military affairs is not in the list of my officials. Previously, the Jiangbei camp made a lot of efforts to help the flood, but I heard that As far as Jinling is concerned, there is a day in arrears of payment and silver, and the court attaches great importance to this matter."

This time he went south, it was indeed to rectify the Jiangbei camp run by the uncle of Shui Rong. As for the salt affairs, he acted more in the name of Lin Ruhai, but it was within his scope to thoroughly investigate the deficiencies.

Yuan Jichong heard the words, although he didn't believe it, he said with a smile: "Before the Jiangbei camp sent troops to help the flood, and Gaoying and other places were safe as rocks. The elders in Yangzhou were very impressed and donated money and materials to the soldiers of the Jiangbei camp."

The people present were dubious.

Because what Jia Heng said was reasonable, he was a military privy, and he made his fortune by training the army, and now the army is the main task of the court, so it makes sense to come to Yangzhou for the Jiangbei camp.

At this time, Bao Zuhui winked at a person.

A middle-aged businessman in official uniform got up immediately, bowed his hands, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Yongning, I heard that the imperial court has reformed the salt affairs, estimated sales of salt, and re-determined areas. I wonder what Uncle Yongning thinks?"

Jia Heng glanced at the man, frowned, but he didn't feel annoyed, but asked instead: "Isn't Mr. Qi Ge handling this matter? What's the unknown situation?"

At this time, Wang Shouqi just took over the conversation, with a smile on his old face, he said: "Uncle, we don't know what the current court regulations are. Uncle is a military minister, so we know that the court has rectified."

Jia Heng said: "This matter is handled by the cabinet minister Qi Dashi. I don't know much about it. Besides, the imperial household department has its own regulations. How can outsiders be allowed to comment?"

When some people heard this, their doubts immediately dissipated.

Everyone in the world does not know that Yongning Bo and Yang Ge of the Ministry of Households are at odds, and Yongning Bo and the Qi Party even attacked each other, and even impeached Yang Ge several times in court and demanded that the prime minister be dismissed. Every time there was a political dispute.

It can be said that in the past, the disputes fell into the eyes of the bureaucrats of the provinces, and the officials and businessmen with keen political sense had long known that Yongningbo was not in harmony with the Qi Party.

Jia Heng said: "However, everyone, I don't know why the payment of soldiers in the Jiangbei camp in Yangzhou is not enough?"

Yuan Jichong smiled and said: "This matter, the officer just happened to know some of the reasons. How about explaining to your lord afterwards? Your lord has just arrived here, so you might as well have some food first."

Everyone nodded, and then began to echo, inviting Jia Heng to have dinner.

It's just that there is food but no wine, and when everyone is talking, they always feel that there is no taste and no taste, and there is a bit of indescribable discomfort in their hearts.

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But on the other side, Princess Chu Zhen Qing also stopped the boat and led her younger sister Zhen Xue to a manor purchased in Yangzhou. Yangzhou is closer to Jinling, and the Zhen family bought a lot of manors and properties in Slender West Lake.

This beauty is like a delicate rose, every inch of her skin exudes a breath of charm, and her face is full of spring charm, bright and seductive.

Well, I lived my second life.

"Hey, I'm exhausted." As soon as she entered the wing room, Princess Chu Zhen Qing was sitting on the soft couch, her voice was slightly lazy and greasy, which made the princess a little more playful.

While instructing the female officer to prepare hot water, she raised her eyes to look at her sister Zhen Xue who was facing the mirror with her head off.

Facing the mirror, Zhen Xue took off the emerald earrings on her earlobes, her plump and soft face was as smooth as fat, and her skin was as white as a new hair sprout under her fair neck like jade.

Zhen Qing smiled sweetly, the mopan left the bed perfectly round, came to Zhen Xue's side, waved her hand, pushed back the female officer who was combing her hair, supported Zhen Xue's shoulder, and said softly: "My younger sister is getting more and more beautiful, and the melancholy in her eyes is getting worse. Go, it's like a flower like a jade, no wonder that person treats you..."

As she spoke, she whispered in Zhen Xue's ear.

The two sisters originally grew up together, and now they serve a husband together. It can be said that they have seen each other's twitching expressions between the curtains, and they are even more intimate than when they were sisters in the boudoir.

"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zhen Xuexiu had arched eyebrows, her gentle cheeks were rosy, like a flower, charming and bright, blushing like a glow, and her tone was annoyed.

Could it be that my sister counted them all?

Zhen Qing's eyebrows were suddenly clouded with anger, and she said coldly: "I'm getting angry just thinking about it! That bastard has been trampling on me a lot these days!"

She also knew why something went wrong that day, and then she knelt down like a lowly maidservant to clean up that bastard, and in Xuzhou, that bastard went too far and wanted her to kneel a few steps on the embroidered couch. Insane, not a son of man!

Bastard, bastard, if you don't avenge this revenge, she, Zhen Qing, swears not to be human!
Thinking of this, I just feel that my delicate body is soft, almost unable to hold myself.

But when the Kaifeng Mansion was tossing around endlessly, Zhen Qing said a lot of humiliating words while Zhen Qing was in a trance. , holding back and forth.

Afterwards, the two fleets went one after the other, but stayed in Xuzhou for a while in the middle, and took the opportunity to teach Zhen Qing a lesson.

Thinking of the past, Zhen Xueyu blushed, calmed down, and said in embarrassment: "Sister, you can't beat him, he... has too many tricks to manipulate people."

There are endless tricks, and I don't know where I learned them all. Compared with the Jia Ziyu who strode forward on the carpet with cold brows and hidden fronts in front of the Xihe Palace, it is hard to imagine, how can this be a person?
Zhen Qing's face was full of evil spirits, and she said in a cold voice: "Sister, just wait, one day, I will let him prostrate at my feet!"

After a while, a scene was suddenly reflected in the lake of beauty's heart. She was dressed in a gorgeous dress, a phoenix crown and a xiapei, and a queen's golden crown on her head.

"Jia Ziyu, do you know how expensive this palace is today?"

The bastard then kowtowed and cried bitterly, instead of humiliating her like... well, he could only touch her shoes anyway.

The world-renowned Uncle Yongning, or later the Marquis of Yongning, the King of Yongning, will be her dog in the end...

Xu thought deeply, Zhen Qingyu's cheeks were slightly flushed, she felt that just thinking about that scene made her tremble all over, and she could hardly bear it.

But Jia Heng didn't know that Princess Chu Zhen Qing had always had a strong temperament, even though she was ashamed and happy, there was still a trace of rebellion in her heart, and she wanted to fight back.

This is not a professional, but it makes the subject have a dangerous idea of ​​being anti-customer.

Zhen Xue looked at Liu's raised eyebrows, her eyes fluttering, and her own sister who was already happy in place, although she didn't know what her sister was fantasizing about, but she could guess something, probably overwhelmed that person, and from then on she felt elated, not lying down. Low and small.

But a few days ago, it wasn't that there were two different offenses and defenses.

Youyou sighed, his eyes dazed.

Why bother?Both of them are obviously very... insisting on fighting to the death!
Zhen Qing sat down and said in a low voice: "Sister, just wait, you will kill yourself if you do many injustices. He doesn't know those people's shady methods. , he has just accepted the appointment of those merchants in Yangzhou, and he is having dinner now."

She also has channels with those salt merchants, and her subordinate Suzaku has a secret agent hiding beside those salt merchants.

The mythical beast of Chu State is a spiritual creature with general fire attribute, it is called Suzaku, and Zhen Qing uses it as a secret spy.

Zhen Xuexiu frowned, and turned to Shuli Yuyan, because the cloud bun was loose, she had the lazy attitude of a somewhat fluffy lady, and asked softly: "Sister, why didn't you remind him earlier?"

My sister obviously knew a lot about the salt merchant, but she didn't tell that person, and even hoped that he would have bad luck.

"Well, he's always arrogant, and it won't be too late when he suffers a big loss." Zhen Qing said in a low voice with a frosty face and a cold look in her eyes.

At that time, if she let the domineering bastard beg her, she would be able to take care of him slowly. This was part of the plan.

And some things also need to be separated from the salt merchants. Fortunately, the mingling is not deep, even if there is disagreement, there is still room for redemption.

Zhen Xuerou said: "Sister, is he in danger?"

Zhen Qing saw some gloom in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Sister, don't worry, I won't let him die."

If she is tricked by those people's dirty tricks, then she will die if she dies. Not everyone can be her master... Well, no, a dog.

While thinking about it, suddenly the nurse outside said: "Princess, Master Lin is here."

Yangzhou and Jinling can cross the river by boat. The people from the Zhen family got the news that Zhen's two concubines came to Yangzhou early, so they had to send someone to pick up the two sisters who were dragging their families.

"Let him drink tea and rest first, and my sister and I have to take a bath and change clothes." King Chu Zhen Qing regained that glamorous attitude and said softly.

As for the distinguished second concubine, she naturally has the qualifications to make the offshoots of the Zhen family wait for a while.

Zhen Qing pulled Zhen Xue's arm and said with a light smile, "Sister, let's go take a bath first."

I feel that along the way, the front, back, inside and outside are full of that bastard's breath, and I need to take a bath.

Zhen Lin is the garrison of Nanjing. He had previously carried grain to Huai'an Mansion for sale. Because of Jia Heng's blade turning inward, he was warned by Mrs. Zhen.

At this moment, Zhen Lin was not in a hurry after hearing Mammy's reply, she sat in the flower hall, sipping tea and waiting, frowning tightly, thinking nonstop.

The news that Yongningbo entered the city under the welcome of a group of officials and gentry from Yangzhou was known to Zhen Lin who came to Yangzhou the day before, and today he was thinking about Jia Heng's intention.

In fact, even the salt merchants in Yangzhou were imagining that Jia Heng didn't come here with the intention of digging up the roots of leeks. How could such a large net be uprooted?

How determined is the imperial court, and which layer will be investigated?
As for all being imprisoned, aren't you afraid of chaos in the south of the Yangtze River?

This is the fluke mentality of human beings, who always have illusions, and are always unwilling to face the bloody reality, or are too optimistic about the situation, and are unwilling to smash bottles and cans.

It's as big as a big country game, as small as... forget it, just click it.

Struggle is by no means a treat for dinner, but life and death!

However, Zhen Lin said that after waiting for a while, she saw Princess Chu Zhen Qing and sisters Zhen Xue coming out hand in hand. I don’t know if it was Zhen Lin’s illusion. Yuli, set off by the gorgeous and bright temperament, and the extravagance is compelling.

Zhen Lin didn't dare to look any further, and secretly thought that the rice grains of the Gaomenxun Mansion in Shenjing are really supporting people.

Leaving aside the fact that the Zhen sisters saw the arrival of the Zhen family, they said that the Yanyuan yamen——

Lin Daiyu came to Yangzhou Yanyuan Yamen in a carriage under the guard of the Jinyi Mansion, and got off the eight-treasure glass hairpin tassel carriage from the back door, and entered the courtyard surrounded by a large number of nuns and maidservants.

"Daddy." Daiyu looked at the middle-aged scribe standing opposite the eaves, and in the blink of an eye, countless childhood memories flooded into her mind, making the young girl froze in place. After a short while, her eyelashes filled with tears. , hazy vision.

People have not spoken, tears want to flow first.

Lin Ruhai looked at his already slim daughter, and asked, "Yu'er, where is Ziyu?"

Daiyu: "???"

Dad is calling for Uncle Heng?Who is real?
Yuanyang answered from the side: "Master Lin, when Uncle Heng entered the city, he was greeted by local officials from Yangzhou."

Lin Ruhai nodded, looked at Daiyu lovingly, and said happily: "Yu'er, come here and let Daddy have a look."

Seeing this, Daiyu came close, took Lin Ruhai's hand, and whispered, "Daddy."

"Yu'er has grown taller, she's a big girl." Lin Ruhai said with a dazed gaze.

It's true that we haven't seen each other for several years, but after all, he is a serious scholar-bureaucrat, not acting like a daughter, his eyes were moist for a moment, and after a while, Lin Ruhai calmed down his emotions.

(End of this chapter)