Detective in the Red Chamber

This was originally just a formality, and it stands to reason that Mrs. Xing had no reason to refuse.

But who would have thought that she didn't know what wrong she had committed today, so she sent her personal servant over to reprimand everyone with the righteousness of filial piety.

"What exactly happened here?"

After the maid left, all the girls looked at me and I looked at you, but they were all confused.

"Sister Bao."

Jia Tanchun also changed his mind at this time, and took the initiative to ask Xue Baochai for instructions: "It's not a problem to sit here and think wildly, why don't you send someone outside to inquire about it - we don't do anything, just listen to the news. "

Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded, but added: "In the Rongguo Mansion, let's send a few people back to ask about it—maybe someone has heard about it."

Most of the girls had no objections, so they discussed again and selected a few shrewd and capable maids and wives, and sent them to the Ning and Rong mansions to find out the truth.

Others didn't pay attention, but Lin Daiyu, Jia Tanchun, and Xue Baoqin discovered that Xue Baochai had sent her personal servant girl, Yinger, to Rongguo Mansion, which didn't seem to be very important to the current situation.

"elder sister."

Xue Baoqin couldn't help leaning close to Baochai, and asked in a low voice, "Do you think something unexpected happened in the Rongguo Mansion?"

Xue Baochai shook her head slightly, but said in her mouth: "I hope I think too much."

When asked again, she refused to say a word.

All the girls were so uneasy, waiting for the answer to be revealed.

However, the news that came back gradually became weirder and weirder.

First of all, the Hu family, who has a reputation for being romantic, even tried to seduce Liu Xianglian in public, and ended up almost tearing up with Third Sister You.

Because at this time, Liu Xianglian and his wife left in anger, and even Sun Shaozong became the shopkeeper, so the order that had just been straightened out outside became a mess again.

These news, at first glance, do not seem to be wrong.

But all the women present were no strangers to the Hu family.

Under the tutelage of Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son, this woman is indeed a free-spirited person.

But at the root, she is as timid as a mouse - if not, she would not be wantonly bullied by Jia Zhen and his son.

It might be possible for her to secretly seduce the handsome Liu Xianglian behind her back.

But in front of the public and in full view, how could she have such courage?

Especially in front of Jia Jing's mourning hall...

The second unreasonable thing is that after Sun Shaozong stood by and watched, the order immediately fell into chaos again.

Although the stewards of the Ningguo Mansion may not be very shrewd, they can't even pick up people's teeth, right?

Even if there is management chaos, it should be after a period of time before it becomes chaotic again.

With these two unreasonable things, coupled with the strange performance of the talented Sun Shaozong, it looks like a farce planned in advance.

But why did Sun Shaozong deliberately concoct this farce?

While the girls were puzzled, another piece of even more weird news came from the Rongguo Mansion: the elder Jia She, who was recuperating at home alone, had half of his ear bitten off by a wild cat for no reason!

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Chapter 835 Dead people are more valuable than living people

Jingren Palace Imperial Study Room.

About a few feet away from the imperial case, two embroidered piers are arranged on the left and right in an angled manner.

The person sitting on the embroidered pier on the left, with a stooped figure and an old appearance, is the current Shoufu He Tiren; in contrast, Xu Furen on the embroidered pier on the right, although also silver-haired, is full of high spirits. Qi.

At this time, both of them were holding several copied memorials in their hands, concentrating on carefully considering them.

It was quiet in the imperial study room, only the bowl cover in Emperor Guangde's hand was tapping lightly on the teacup again and again, making a jingle sound.

slap~

After an unknown amount of time, the lid of the bowl suddenly fell down, first knocked heavily on the edge of the teacup, then slid along the trend, covering the rising water mist tightly.

At the same time, Emperor Guangde also opened his slightly closed eyes, looked at the two old ministers in front of the case and said, "Okay, let's have a discussion."

Hearing this order, He Tiren hurriedly took off his eyes, looked up at Xu Furen who was diagonally opposite, and was about to signal the other party to speak first, but unexpectedly there was a rush of footsteps outside, followed by the sharp voice of the eunuch in charge :

"Report to Your Majesty, Hu Xianzhong, Governor of Beizhen, claims to have an urgent official business and needs to report it to His Majesty immediately—he is currently waiting outside Jingren Palace."

"Xuan!"

Emperor Guangde's voice could not hear any ups and downs, but only this was the precursor of the thunder.

Obviously, if Hu Xianzhong just made a big fuss, or the matter he reported was not within the emperor's attention, Long Yan would be furious to greet him.

But he said that the eunuch in charge went away under orders, and brought Hu Xianzhong closer after a while.

As the nephew of the former chief eunuch Dai Quan, this Hu Xianzhong was born a good-looking talent, but in terms of ability and shrewdness, he was far worse than Sun Shaozong's old superior, Lu Hui.

After he entered the door, he was taken aback when he saw the two elders, and after kneeling on the ground to pay respects, he looked around and hesitated to speak.

This look of looking forward and backward is not very pleasing at first.

If the matter is really important, as the head of the secret service, he can ask the emperor to step back.

If you feel that what you are playing is not a secret, then you should not worry about the two elders.

Hesitant like this, not only lacks decisiveness, but also loses stability.

Emperor Guangde waited for a while, saw that he was still looking forward and backward, and finally ordered impatiently: "What are you going to do, tell me quickly!"

Although Hu Xianzhong was not straightforward, he still had the ability to observe words and demeanor. He could hear the displeasure in the emperor's tone, so he immediately kowtowed and said:

"Your Majesty Qizuo, I just got the news that many officials from the court are gathering at the Ningguo Mansion to attend the funeral for Jia Jing, but in fact they intend to slander the Holy Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly became a little dignified.

The impatience on Emperor Guangde's face also disappeared, but instead, Gu Jingbubo's stereotype:

"How do they slander me?"

"This……"

Subconsciously, Hu Xianzhong wanted to turn his head to look at the two elders again, but luckily this time he was smarter, and as soon as the neck moved, he set things right.

He took a deep breath, and said cautiously: "They talk about Jia Jing who just died, and think that alchemists are all liars, and they say that most of the alchemists who favored alchemists in the past dynasties are... most of them are not sympathetic to Li Shu Faint Lord."

"what!"

The corner of Emperor Guangde's mouth was raised, revealing a ferocious and disdainful sneer, and then asked again: "What else did they say?"

Although Hu Xianzhong couldn't see that sneer, he still shuddered unconsciously, and his words became more and more uneasy: "Also...and...someone mentioned the Tiangou Eclipse Day two years ago, and Complaining... complaining that the imperial court did not practice morality, which led to rebellion in southern Xinjiang."

Before the words fell, I felt that there was an extra person beside me.

Hu Xianzhong peeked out, and saw He Tiren knelt trembling not far away, poked his white hair on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty entrusted the government to the minister, but the minister was incompetent, causing chaos in southern Xinjiang." , and please Your Majesty grant the old minister..."

"Elder He Ge doesn't need to do this!"

Emperor Guangde interrupted his resignation in time, and motioned to Qiu Shi'an to help him, and said with emotion: "Since I received the warning from the heavens, I have never slacked off on government affairs and people's livelihood! God knows this. , Dizhi, Zhuge elders, and the six ministers know all of them!"

"Nowadays, a group of rotten Confucians who don't even dare to speak out directly, just like the black-hearted old ravens, guarding other people's corpses and making noise a few times, just want me to bow my head? Do you want my cabinet minister to invite himself to serve?!"

"It's just a joke in the world!"

At the beginning it was just confession, but in the end it was thunder roaring.

It's no wonder that Southern Xinjiang and Liaodong are not peaceful recently, and the court is also undercurrents. Emperor Guangde has been so busy recently that he even gave up female sex, and he has long been holding back evil fire.

But Hu Xianzhong was terrified when he heard it, and when it was time for him to make meritorious service, he quickly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, I will send someone to bring those traitors who talk about the government to see if they have been instructed by others!"

Unexpectedly, what he got for his loyalty was the emperor's long silence.

After kneeling and waiting for a quarter of an hour, I heard Emperor Guangde sigh after the case, and raised his voice to order: "Qiu Shi'an, go to Ningguo Mansion to convey my will: Although Jia Jing is in white clothes, he has no merit." In the country, remembering the merits of his grandfather, he will be given the post of five grades, and Guanglu Temple will give sacrifices according to the above regulations, and the court will allow him to sacrifice and hang up by the princes and below."

After a pause, he added: "Order the Ministry of Rites to put his life book on the Lubu and hang it outside the gate of Ningguo Mansion, so that the common people in the capital can take a look and see who they are offering sacrifices to!"

This move is really a draw from the bottom.

First of all, he affirmed the rationality of the crowd's mourning, and then spread Jia Jing's life in broad daylight, making the people think that those officials went to mourn because Jia Jing had been a Taoist priest for more than ten years.

After all, apart from this, Jia Jing has no other deeds that he can take action.

After Qiu Shi'an took the order, Emperor Guangde shifted his gaze to Xu Furen again, and asked meaningfully: "Xu Aiqing, how do you think I handled it?"

Xu Furen hurriedly got up and responded: "Your Majesty is kind and wise, so he has dealt with it very properly!"

Emperor Guangde nodded with a half-smile, suddenly remembered something, and murmured: "I remember that a few years ago, there was a funeral in the Ningguo Mansion, which attracted many princes and nobles in the court to express their condolences—— How can a dead person in his family be more valuable than a living person?"

The following three courtiers were at a loss as to what to do. Emperor Guangde waved his sleeves away again and dismissed Hu Xianzhong, who was kneeling in the middle, repeating the old saying: "Okay, let's talk about the relationship between North Korea and the northern captives first." thing."

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Chapter 836 One Ear [Part [-]]

It was almost noon.

More than a dozen maidservants entered the Xiyun Pavilion one after another in groups of twos and threes, rubbing their shoulders and beating their backs, complaining with sighs:

"There are so many people in the garden who don't use it, so why let us suffer?!"

"In my opinion, some people feel that our grandma has lost her power and are rushing to make an example..."

"Shh! This is the meaning of the eldest lady. If you are nervous, don't get us involved!"

Because one of the maids mentioned "Eldest Wife", the courtyard suddenly fell silent. Although everyone was very angry, no one dared to say anything more.

Seeing that the maids were in low spirits and were about to scatter, someone suddenly pointed to the main room and said, "Eh? It's noon, why did you hang up the curtains again?"

Everyone looked at the prestige, but they saw that as expected, the glass windows that were newly replaced last year had been completely covered by taupe-colored veils.

A maid blurted out: "It can't be the second grandma's illness, what's wrong with it?"

Immediately, countless white eyes stared at him—as long as the IQ reached the average of the Han people, it was not difficult to guess that Wang Xifeng was pretending to be sick.

Since it's pretending to be sick, why not repeat it?

But that reckless little maid is only twelve or thirteen years old, so it's understandable that she can't figure out the twists and turns inside.

"okay."

At this time, the leader, Sister Shan, said: "Everyone should go away, and at this moment, grandma has no other errands, so I can take a rest."

After speaking, she walked towards the main room on her own - since she came back from the garden, someone should report to Wang Xifeng.

"elder sister!"

At this time, a maid who was on good terms with her suddenly came up from behind and reminded in a low voice: "You must be more careful, when Xiao Hong died last time, she also drew the curtain in broad daylight."

Sister Shan's body froze, and then spit out: "Bah, bah, the wind blows away Tong Yan Wuji!"

After spitting, he gave the servant girl another look, and said in a low voice, "Sister, I'm innocent, how can it be compared to that bratty hoof?"

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the main room again, but the pace was unconsciously slowed down by half a beat.

Seeing the door, Sister Shan took a deep breath, raised her hand and was about to knock, when the door suddenly parted left and right, revealing Ping'er's neat figure.

"came back?"

Ping'er looked around for a while, and there were still maidservants in the yard, and then asked Sister Shan: "Have you ever sent someone to inform the eldest lady, after all, she sent this errand."

"Sister, don't worry, I've sent someone there."

Sister Shan was taken aback at first, but after seeing clearly that it was Ping'er, she felt relieved and said with a smile: "I didn't have anyone to support me this morning, it's really hard for my sister—if there is any delay The next errand, just do what my sister tells you to do."

"There is nothing to order."

Ping'er shook his head, then remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "By the way, grandma has a bad appetite today, and she can't see the slightest bit of greasy smell. You can prepare some plain ones on the stove later, ready to send them over at any time."

"Hey~ I'm going to tell them now!"

Sister Shan quickly responded, and was about to turn around and go to the inner kitchen to inform her, when she saw the servant girl she sent to inform the eldest wife, rushing into the courtyard like flying, and shouted from a long distance: "It's amazing, Terrific! There are monsters in our house!"

With this voice, all the maidservants who had just dispersed immediately gathered around from all directions, inquiring about it.

Ping'er had already backed up and retreated into the room. Seeing this situation, he hurried out again, closed the door with his backhand, and shouted loudly: "What's the trouble, wake up the second grandma, who will take care of you?" What?!"

After convincing the crowd, she beckoned the maid who had delivered the message to her, and said with a cold face: "What's going on, please tell me clearly!"

Seeing that Ping'er's face turned cold, the servant girl became apprehensive at the moment, and hurriedly replied: "I went to the front yard to send a message, and there was a mess over there, saying that some cat monster was causing trouble. The ear is bitten off!"