Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 501 Pull out the carrot and bring out the mud

The ups and downs in the court had little impact on the several happy events that the Jia family had already planned.

Letters came from Suzhou two years ago. Several elders and relatives of the third family of the Lin family in Changzhou had hired the Xue family's passenger ship and would set off from Suzhou on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, carrying a set of brand-new furniture and traveling thousands of miles. He came all the way to the capital to prepare for Lin Bai and Tanchun's wedding.

To say that Lin Bolin Changqing is not young at all, he is already 20 years old this year.

The appearance of the Lin family is hard to say, and they are a big family in Gusu. Lin Bai is talented and knowledgeable, not to mention his character. He is the successor of the third room who was personally taught by the patriarch.

Such people would have been married long ago.

But at the beginning, the Lin family was really in danger. Lin Ruhai offended too many people during his tenure in Yangzhou, which caused Lin Bai's planned marriage to fall through and almost affected his scientific examination.

Fortunately, things are now going smoothly. The Lin family in Changzhou, Suzhou has become one of the few wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River to survive the disaster of the Zhen family.

But people from the Lin family may have to wait for several months. Tanchun has Baoyu in front of her. If the elder brother is not married, Tanchun can't get over her brother.

It's interesting to say that Daiyu was born on the 12th day of February, the Flower Chao Festival, Tanchun was born on the 3rd day of March, the Shangsi Festival, and Xiangyun was born on the 26th day of April, Mangzhong...

In other words, the family has to hold hairpin gifts for the three girls in the family. At the end of April, Baoyu is supposed to marry Xiangyun. At the beginning of May, Lin Bai, the eldest son of the third wife of the Lin family, is marrying Tanchun. Then, Jia Cong is planning to marry her. Daiyu's great joy.

Jia Cong is really counting the days on his fingers every day now. It's a pity that he has a brother and two sisters in front of him, so he has to wait a long time.

"Dad arranged for people to be waiting at Tongzhou Pier early. Several great-uncles and uncles from the Hui clan are coming over this time."

Daiyu answered Jia Cong's question on behalf of Tanchun, who was blushing awkwardly.

But then she joked about Tanchun again: "Third sister, do you think I should continue to call you third sister or sister-in-law from now on?"

"That's okay for me, I can always call you Third Sister."

Tanchun, who was always cheerful, was teased by the young couple and blushed even more. He was so embarrassed that he rushed to hug Daiyu. He searched for Daiyu's itchy flesh with both hands and started to scratch it.

For a while, the two ladies looked for each other's weaknesses and began to play and play. The fragrant breeze filled the room, and their laughter woke up the big cat snoring beside the stove.

ba da~

When the big cat subconsciously raised his head, the white cat lying on his head fell to the ground.

Bai Jingjing, who was stunned by the fall, glanced at the two people on the couch in confusion, meowed at Daiyu a few times, and finally jumped directly onto the couch.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, okay? My dear sister-in-law, please forgive me."

Daiyu was defeated in the end, but she didn't say forgiving. This "good sister-in-law" made Tanchun so embarrassed that she blocked Daiyu's mouth with her hands.

When Daiyu held the big white cat in her arms and Tanchun rearranged her bun and hairpin, Jia Cong, who had watched a beauty battle, asked about the business.

"I heard from my uncle that Brother Bai was released from his post unexpectedly. Has Third Sister asked him where he wants to go? Will Third Sister go with him in the future?"

Lin Bai was the second-class Jinshi in the fifth year of Yuanyou. At the end of the seventh year of Yuanyou, after the Hanlin Academy was disbanded, he went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and concurrently served as Zuo Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu.

Last year, I was sent to Henan by the Holy Emperor. Although he did not achieve any great achievements, he was remarkable in handling official affairs. He was unanimously praised by the cabinet ministers for his ancestral style.

According to the rules of the country, if he wants to go further, he needs to go to the local area and serve for one or two terms. With experience in local governance, he can enter the central government in the future.

However, there are unspoken rules for this external transfer. With Lin Bai's current level and qualifications, he will naturally not work in the county. At least he will be a Tongzhi of the upper government and a magistrate of the lower state.

After all, the rank of the official in the capital had to be upgraded to a higher level. Now that Lin Bai was already a sixth-grade official in the capital, he had to start from the fifth rank.

There are also differences among state officials. Jiangnan, Henan, and Huguang are the top choices, while places like Hexi, the Western Regions, and Yunnan-Guizhou are no different from being demoted.

But this is also a general situation. As the saying goes, there are people in the court who are easy to do things. Lin Bai has a good uncle and a good father-in-law, not to mention that he is now regarded as the prince. Even if he goes to the corner of the corner, as long as he makes contributions, anyone can do it. They didn't dare to cover or stop him. There was no suspense about returning to the capital and getting promoted.

When he talked about this, Tanchun's reserved and shy person immediately went away, his eyes flashed brightly, and he said proudly: "He and his father also said yesterday that he wanted to serve in the Western Region Protectorate, and I will follow him when the time comes. Go, go see the lonely smoke in the desert!"

"Western Region?"

Jia Cong and Daiyu both exclaimed at the same time that even Daiyu, his cousin, did not know about Lin Bai's decision.

Daiyu frowned. The Western Region was not very stable. It was not even as good as Beiting and Anbei. The soldiers often fought against people from Timur Khanate and Rakshasa Kingdom.

The imperial court's main energy is now focused on the Eastern Expedition and the Western Ocean, and it will not be able to spare any time to deal with the enemies in the west.

"Brother Bai said that the hardships in the Western Regions are a bit tougher, but relatively speaking, the opportunities are greater. Apart from him, the Lin family now has only his uncle in charge. He wants to make contributions as soon as possible and get promoted to one or two levels. So that I can share the burden of the family for my uncle."

This is quite...

Tanchun's pretty face and neck turned red again, and she smiled shyly and continued: "He also said that if he makes great contributions as soon as possible, he can go and ask for a favor from me in the future."

ha?

"Third sister, you are now a sixth-ranked member of the imperial court. What else do you want to do?"

Jia Cong was a little confused. Tan Chun had done a good job in the Ministry of Etiquette. In a year or two at the latest, when compulsory education was almost implemented, the imperial court would have to upgrade Tan Chun by one or two levels at the worst. He would have to be a doctor in the Ministry of Etiquette. official.

But Tan Chun blushed and said proudly: "Can it be the same? It's different. He has to earn my life from me..."

Okay, okay, different, different!

Seeing Tan Chun's shy yet arrogant look, Jia Cong and Dai Yu looked at each other, and then they both smiled and winked at Tan Chun.

……

The death of Liu Zhi, Prince of Yingchuan County, caused a stir in the capital city before the imperial court responded quickly.

The common people were not very interested in Liu Zhi's death, but were extremely interested in the unethical gossip in the Yingchuan Palace.

This legendary incident in which a father and son killed each other because of a woman can be said to be too popular for the common people.

"Have you heard? That one is so dead... When I got up in the middle of the night and touched the bed, my concubine's originally smooth and tender legs became hairy..."

"I also heard that this woman was once a courtesan by the Qinhuai River, and she had a relationship with the uncle of the Wang family..."

"(ˉ▽￣~) Tsk~~, this is all childish, and there are even more bizarre things. How old is the old prince of Yingchuan Palace? When he brought this young lady into the palace, he couldn't do anything like that. Now, the delicate little lady is a widow every day, so the young and strong prince has become her heart, okay?" "This father and son share the same bed, sleeping with a woman... Hey~"

"Today's question, do you think the officials will call the young lady to court? I really want to see what kind of beauty she is that can make the nobles of the palace kill her father and son for her."

dong dong dong~

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, before the imperial court opened the seal, the gate of Fusi, Longjin Guard North Town, slowly opened.

It can be said that this is the first time that Beizhen Fusi has publicly questioned a case. Cao Jiugong, who is wearing a python robe, is sitting in the main hall, and he is still a little uncomfortable when he slaps the gavel with a hand that is used to holding a knife.

The lobby was crowded with people watching the excitement. Cao Jiugong glanced at Jia Cong, who was on the jury, and Tian Zuosheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and cleared his throat with a few coughs.

"Here comes the criminal Liu Mang!"

Wow, wow~

Liu Mang committed patricide, which is a heinous crime. His hands and feet were in iron chains, and he was dragged to the court by the dragon guards.

The royal aristocrat who was still aloof a few days ago has now lost his former arrogance. The prison clothes on his body are still clean, but he has lost his appearance and Jia Cong almost didn't recognize him.

There is really nothing to try in this case. The arrangements made by Wang Dahou were very clear. In less than two quarters of an hour, Liu Mang had already explained how he slept with his father's woman and how he killed his father.

I don’t know what happened to him in Beizhen Fusi, but he was extremely cooperative in signing and deeding money.

However, when Cao Jiugong took the photo again and wanted to interrogate the young lady named Bai, Liu Mang suddenly raised his head and looked pleadingly at Jia Cong, who had been sitting aside eating melon.

"Uncle Yongfeng, can you spare her? She is innocent. I did all this..."

Is this person actually a love brain?

Jia Cong asked in confusion: "You should ask Cao Dudu for your request. Are you asking the wrong person for asking me, the juror? Besides, the law is majestic, how can you bend the law for personal gain with your words?" Cao Dudu, do you think what I said is right?"

Cao Jiugong wanted to kick Jia Cong in the butt. Damn it, there was an ulterior motive in this case. Why are you still looking for trouble for me?

"Indeed, this is the case. We are here to investigate the case, so any violation of law must be investigated and law enforcement must be strict!"

Liu Mang sneered at the official tone of Jia Cong. How could there be such selfless people in the world?

These high-sounding words are just because the benefits in exchange are not enough.

Big deal, he adds money!

"I have something that Marquis Yongfeng will definitely be interested in..."

Liu Mang chuckled and added another line to the side of the signed confession. The clerk only took one look at it and his eyes widened in horror, and then immediately handed it to Jia Cong's desk.

Jia Cong looked down, frowned at first, and then burst into laughter.

"No wonder, no wonder...Liu Mang, you are so naive. Are you going to force me to be your guarantor based on these rumors?"

He handed the confession directly to Cao Jiugong, then walked slowly into the hall, smiled sarcastically at Liu Mang, and said in a low voice: "I wonder if your mind is full of mud and you are playing with public opinion." Fight, my second brother Jiabao is enough to defeat everyone!"

It turns out that Liu Zhi, after being tormented by Jia She and his son, laid a secret trap in the capital, preparing to spread the news about Jia Zhen's ashes removal in the whole capital and even the entire capital when necessary.

In the eyes of Liu Zhi and his son, a wealthy family like Ningrong's Jia family will definitely attach great importance to their face. When the time comes, the Jia family will not be able to manipulate it at will.

Although Jia Zhen's matter did not come to pass in the end, the Yingchuan Palace still learned a lot of old things about Ningguo Palace from Jia Zhen.

For example, Jia Zhen, a shameless old woman, has always coveted her daughter-in-law Qin, and even almost succeeded.

If you don't succeed, you won't succeed. Ethical matters like this are just a mess. As long as you use them a little, people will just believe what others say.

but……

Is the Jia family really afraid of this? Haha, do you really think that the second brother Rong Guofu Bao is a loser who only likes to play in flowers?

"Aren't you afraid? Impossible! Qin is that daughter, Jia Zhen..."

Bang!

Liu Mang had only finished half of his words when Jia Cong kicked him to the ground, stepped on Liu Mang's face, and said coldly: "I'm not afraid, but I don't want you to talk too much here. It's unfaithful and unfilial. That bitch is still playing affectionately in front of me. Someone, please pluck out his tongue, so that I don’t dirty my ears!"

……

There are not many kind-hearted people in the Dragon Guards, so they are very skilled at tongue pulling. After pulling out the tongue, they threw it back into the prison. They also thoughtfully applied medicine to Liu Mang's severed tongue so that he would not die easily before Ling Chi.

The questioning in the court continues. Bai is really good-looking, and her figure and appearance are beyond words.

Kneeling in the hall delicately and weakly, the prison uniform on her body made many people feel pity for her.

Bai confessed to having an affair with Liu Mang, but she brought up other cases, and this case was also related to the Wang family.

Wang Ziteng’s wife, Dong, secretly colluded with the Yingchuan County Prince’s Palace...

Good guy, Wang Ziteng kept scheming and scheming, but in the end, his house was stolen by others.

Because the case involved the Ningyuan Hou Mansion, Cao Jiugong could only stop the interrogation first and went to the palace with the two jurors.

The collusion between the Yingchuan Prince's Palace and the Dong family that Bai said was just the beginning, and there was no substantive crime.

This matter starts with Wang Ren. On the order of Prince Teng, Wang Ren made an alliance with the Prince of Yingchuan. In order to make the plan work, he introduced the people from the Prince of Yingchuan to Dong, the mistress of the Wang family.

After all, it was up to Mr. Dong to take care of the family affairs and arrange for the Prince Yingchuan to move into another courtyard. After Dong's experience of having an illegitimate child in his concubine, he became a little bit crazy. After several conversations with the concubine of Yingchuan King Liu Zhi, he actually developed a huge interest in human trafficking.

To be precise, they should have kidnapped Japanese and Korean girls from overseas and opened Qin Lou and Chu Pavilions to make money...

"It's really ridiculous! Is the noble lady of the country so short of money?"

The emperor almost laughed out of anger. Does Wang Ziteng's wife love that yellow and white thing so much? For this reason, he did not hesitate to put down his figure to match the sisters who were born in a brothel.

Jia Cong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to investigate carefully. Where did the Yingchuan Prince's Palace come from, and why did it dare to engage in robbery and trafficking? If I remember correctly, His Majesty only issued the decree a few years ago. Anyone who cheats on others will be killed without mercy!"

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　I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)