The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

Xuanwu five years on November [-]th.

The first snow after winter fell in the capital.

Waking up early this day, countless elite soldiers surrounded several honorable families.This time, the people beside them all kept silent and only talked about the Ningrong Second Mansion.

The two mansions were suddenly besieged, and the masters and slaves were all in a mess, crying and howling.

The elite soldiers outside the mansion had their own rules, they didn't act rashly at this time, they just pulled up their clothes and stretched their arms to wait for the order.

For a while, Prince Zhongyong came on horseback, followed by Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and a row of soldiers.

Prince Zhongyong was ordered by his brother to do the drudgery of ransacking the house, and it was a headache: his hobbies were carpentry and root carving, and he didn't want to watch the house ransacking where ghosts and wolves were howling.

However, the emperor only entrusted him with this task, and did not give it to Prince Zhongshun at all. Prince Zhongyong understood that this was the emperor's expression of his trust in his younger brother.

Even if it is not for yourself, you have to consider your wife and children.

Especially Princess Lirong is not engaged so far, and Prince Zhongyong also wants to make some contributions to the emperor, so that he will be more confident when he asks for grace for his daughter in the future.

So he reluctantly pulled himself together, took a business-like attitude, and began to announce the decree: "This king is ordered to lead Zhao Quan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and several imperial dragon guards to inspect the property of the Ningrong Second Mansion."

Zhao Quan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, smiled and followed behind the prince, looking like a mature and prudent fat housekeeper.

However, everyone knows that this is a ruthless character.

The face said: I am easy to talk to Mr. Shang Shu, but he is actually a smiling tiger.

The emperor also knew the nature of the younger brother, Prince Zhongyong, who didn't care much except for wood.Therefore, Zhao Quan was specially sent to accompany him in person, so as not to copy unclearly.

At this time, the men of Ningrong and Rong's two mansions were already led by Jia She and Jia Zhen respectively, and they all fell down in front of the gate of the mansion.

Zhao Quan glanced over and said with a smile: "Why don't you see the famous Mr. Yu Yu in the mansion?"

Speaking of which, Jia Baoyu's reputation in the six films is very resounding.

What he said in the Ministry of Household Affairs and Shang Chi that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were trash was quite a sensation.

That day, the Ministry of Punishment didn't even argue about the law, and they all ran to the theater.

Only Zhao Quan, who was old and prudent, didn't have the nerve to go to the theater in person, so he could only stay in the Ministry of Criminal Justice regretfully, hoping that others would come back and tell him about it.

So I went around for a while, but I didn't see Jia Baoyu, so I asked questions immediately.

Jia Zheng shivered, and said hastily: "The dog is seriously ill, and he can't get up right now, he is recuperating at his mother's place."

Zhao Quan let out an "oh", then cupped his hands to Prince Zhongyong and said, "My lord, which mansion do you want to start with?"

Prince Zhongyong found out the second decree - he carried a large bag of imperial decrees on his body.

Today he wants to visit a lot of families!

At this time, in the big cloth bag behind him, there were two wills written with the word "Jia" on the outside of the imperial silk alone. Prince Zhongyong decided that whoever was drawn would be the one.

So he took out a copy, opened it and read it: "Jia of the Rongguo Mansion pardoned Jia Zheng and the foreign officials, bullied the weak according to the situation, failed my kindness, and betrayed the virtue of the ancestors. I am dismissed and resigned. I respect this."

Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty were all like thunder, lying on the ground and unable to get up.

Zhao Quan understood that that was the Rongguo Mansion, so he waved his hand.

The elite soldiers of the Dragon Guards are only on the periphery to prevent people from getting out of the rebellion.At this time, the criminal servants of the Ministry of Justice entered the Rongguo Mansion in an orderly manner.

However, at this time, I saw that the King of Beijing brought several servants to visit.

After all, he is a prince with a different surname, and he met Prince Zhongyong before dismounting.

Zhao Quan also hurriedly greeted the King of Beijing, and then asked: "It's so chaotic here today, why did you disturb the prince to come in person?"

Of the four kings with different surnames, only the king of Beijing has the highest merit and has inherited the king's title so far.

The current King of Beijing Jing is only in his twenties, his biological father passed away early, and he is a literati, so in the emperor's small book, he is not accused of any crime except that he has a close relationship with Jia Baoyu.

Besides, the emperor wanted to get rid of a lot of old officials' families, so he didn't plan to move the Beijing palace again, lest the subjects comment that their Xiao family was mean and ungrateful, and they killed all the kings with different surnames in just a few generations.

As long as the king of Beijing is sensible, the emperor doesn't mind leaving a memorial archway.

So Zhao Quan was quite polite to King Beijing.

Although King Beijing Jing is a romantic man, he is also a smart man.He knew that his family was able to survive because he was not involved in military power.Apart from his honorable status, he has already left the center of power, so he can't say much in court.

Therefore, he never offends these ministers with real power. At this time, he just said politely: "My lord, Mr. Zhao. Xiao Wang has a merciless request: I heard that the old man and the old man are in the same room, and the eldest son should be the prince. Follow the decree to inspect the family assets of the old man, and seal the rest according to the house, and wait for the emperor to reply to the decree."

Just thinking about the friendship with Jia Baoyu for many years, and knowing that he is now suffering from chronic insanity, so the King of Beijing Jing couldn't bear it, and wanted to come forward to save the second wife.

Before Zhao Quan could speak, Jia She on the ground got annoyed first: This prince is so outrageous!Why did you only cheat on me!

So he stopped lying on the ground, straightened up and said: "Go back to the prince, our brothers have not separated, and no one in Beijing knows that the Rongguo Mansion is the second house. What kind of person am I? Go live across the courtyard! So I..."

The minister was halfway through, and suddenly remembered that he had been dismissed from the world, no matter how confused he was, he couldn't help but mourn: "So the grass-roots begs to be ordered to search both houses in the mansion!"

King Beijing: ...It's the first time I saw an outsider begging for mercy, but I made things up for myself.So what am I here to do?Could it be that when Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror, he is not human inside and out? !

King Beijing Jing, who suddenly changed from the savior to Zhu Bajie, was very unhappy.

Seeing that King Beijing was choked when Zhao Quan saw that he didn't need to open his mouth to offend others, he hurriedly said with a smile: "I understand the meaning of the prince, the friendship of the world, and the old lady Shi. But please don't worry, the prince, we have already spread the word The back house, and ask the family members to avoid it, and then search it. I will never wrong the old lady."

Seeing that Zhao Quan gave him a step, King Bei Jing quickly came down, cupped his hands and said, "Xiao Wang, thank you, Mr. Zhao. Since this is the case, this king has no intention of being himself, so I will not disturb the business of the prince and your lord."

After saluting to Prince Zhongyong, Shui Rong immediately galloped away.

Seeing King Beijing coming and going in such a hurry, Zhao Quan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling: The Ze of a Gentleman will be killed in the fifth generation. The four kings and eight princes who were so impressive back then, after this round of cleaning, I don't know how much will be left. ?

Let's talk about Jia Zheng's hope when he saw the King of Beijing coming, but now his brother extinguished all the flames, he couldn't help but stare at Jia She reluctantly because he was kneeling behind back.

On the other hand, Jia Lian who was next to him saw Jia Zheng's expression and sneered in his heart: "When the disaster is imminent, we will fly separately. Second uncle, don't blame our family for being cruel!"

Let's say that in the inner house at this time, Wang Xifeng was sitting quietly on the couch with a pair of children in his arms.

At this time, all the female family members and masters in the mansion were crowded in the main room of Jiamu's Rongqing hall, with panic and fear on their faces.

Only she, because she had a plan in advance, didn't get into a mess. Instead, she stopped everyone and ordered everyone to sit quietly.

Looking at Mrs. Wang's snow-white face, she felt a surge of joy in her heart.

Prince Zhongyong twirled a handmade three-layer wooden ball, looking up at the snowflakes falling from the sky.

For a while, a officer in soap clothes came out and knelt down and said: "Many royal dresses and many prohibited items were found in the Rongguo Mansion, and I dare not move them without authorization. Come back and ask the prince for instructions."

Before Prince Zhongyong had time to speak, another person rushed out and said, "My lord, the Rongqing Hall where the second bedroom lived copied out two boxes of land deeds and one box of borrowing notes, all of which were illegal interest payments."

Seeing that Prince Zhongyong was a little dazed, Zhao Quan understood that this kind of nobleman didn't understand these things about lending money, so he said directly: "Usurus and exploitation is a serious crime, you must investigate carefully one by one!"

Although Prince Zhongyong doesn't understand usury and other things, but in the royal family, he is still very vigilant and sensitive to things that violate regulations.

For example, although his eldest daughter was raised in the palace when she was young, and there was no princess in the palace all year round, she was the most honorable daughter's family.But there is nothing wrong with the style of clothing - the princess is the princess, and the princess is the princess.

On the contrary, the families of various nobles, rich and wealthy have been passed down for many years, and they live behind closed doors, so it is easy to forget these taboos.

Usually the people don't sue the officials and don't investigate, so everyone is fine.

However, now that the emperor wants to find fault, none of these people can escape.

When Jia Zheng heard that these objects were found in his room, he couldn't help being astonished.

Lord Zhongyong slapped his hands and said: "You two have something to say about the prohibited items submitted by the fan servants and the heavy interest and arrears of tickets?"

The chief historian who was following him hurriedly took out a pen and paper to prepare the record—although the emperor had already made up his mind to rob the house, he must be punished without teaching and no one could argue—so even if it was going through the motions, there had to be two officials from the palace. The chief historian was present and formally recorded the defenses of the various families.

Although the excuse written down, the emperor would probably throw it out without even reading it.

For Jia Zheng, today was a sudden and unforeseen misfortune, which completely blinded him. In addition, he was usually pedantic and clumsy, so he couldn't speak for a while.

Jia Amnesty ignored him and immediately said that I wanted to speak.

I saw him earnestly said: "This prohibited thing was originally used by the Wang family to honor the noble concubine and to visit relatives back then. It has nothing to do with our eldest family. Caomin advised my second brother not to do this for a long time, but they only said that I was disrespectful to the noble concubine. I dare not say it again."

"Brother!" Jia Zheng shouted angrily.

Jia She was not willing to let him speak. Instead, he almost poked Jia Zheng's eyeball with his finger. pass me!"

Then he turned his head and said to Prince Zhongyong: "My lord, Caomin is going to report on Jia Zheng's wife, Wang Shi, who once took over the Zhen family's property before the Zhen family ransacked it!"

Prince Zhongyong was overjoyed at the time, and turned to the Chief Historian and said, "Have you written it all down? It should be true that my family has come forward to provide evidence. When this king returns to his brother, the evidence will be conclusive."

Although the Xie family has been staring at these families all these years, they will not miss this crime.But the truth is not as clear as Jia She's publicly calling out the matter.

Jia Zheng's eyes darkened, wishing he could faint on the spot.

Half an hour passed, and Fan Yan presented the incriminating evidence one by one.

Prince Zhongyong was still waiting to seize the Ningguo Mansion, so he shook his sleeves and said, "But there is still hiding? I advise you not to be willing to commit crimes."

Not to mention that Jia Zheng, who was in the second bedroom, was accused of all the crimes, even Jia Amnesty said bitterly: just now they can call themselves grassroots.But now that the crime is in front of him, even the grassroots can't do it.

Jia Amnesty had no choice but to bring all the men from the Rongguo Mansion to kowtow: "Officers don't dare. But the estate of the offender's grandfather has not been divided, but what is in the house where each person lives is his own."

Prince Zhongyong had to go to several houses today, so he did not ask anyone to take things away immediately, but left a group of people to stick the seals and ordered everyone in Rongguo Mansion not to move around. The masters all lived in Rongqing Hall, and the servants They were all detained together in Dongkuayuan.

The author has something to say: Jia Amnesty: It's another day for righteousness to kill relatives.