Clear water and jade in the Red Chamber

Er Chu, coupled with severe punishment, Jia Zheng collapsed, and only then did he fully confess. "Liu Xie reported in detail.

"Okay!" Qing Chuan smiled in satisfaction, "Don't just rely on brutal punishment, Liu Aiqing, you've done a good job for trying such a serious case!"

"The emperor congratulates me! My ministers are terrified!" Liu Xie dared not take the credit.

"Although Ma Yulong, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, was not an accomplice of Jia Zheng's rebellion, he accepted a bribe of 5 taels of silver from Jia's family six years ago. Because the department avoids taboos, I will investigate and deal with it at Dali Temple. The position of Minister of Criminal Affairs, Liu Aiqing, is up to you Come take over." Qing Chuan said with a smile: "I hope you can rectify the style of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs from the source, not just to treat the symptoms but not the root cause like replacing officials. From the first trial of the case to the management of the prison, we must get rid of the old system and reform the code!"

"My humble minister, thank you Lord Long En! Long live, long live, long live!" Liu Xie was delighted when he heard the appointment: "This humble minister will definitely work hard for the court and share the worries of the emperor!"

"Well, what else does Ai Qing want to play?" Qing Chuan asked.

"My Majesty, according to the account of the key criminals of the Jia family, I compiled a list of 130 or eight people who were murdered by Jia Zheng and several people over the past ten years, from servants in the mansion to local officials." Liu Xie Played: "It's really ruthless, extremely cruel!"

"If he knew the king's law, he wouldn't have rebelled!" Qing Chuan frowned and said, "Brother Huang is about to return to Beijing. In the next few days, you should focus on the case of adultery between Jia Zheng and Mrs. Jia Li, and make some preparations. When I come back, I will start the trial of Jiamu Jiazheng and Zhongshun immediately. Inform Dingbeigong of this list together with the details. He knows many things about the Jia family better than I do. Please ask him to kill some of the accomplices due to internal strife according to the case. Those who were killed were eliminated, and the rest were all set aside according to the system, and funds were allocated from the seized properties of the Jia family to provide compensation to the families of the victims. There is also Jia Baoyu, who has been missing, and ordered strict investigations everywhere!"

"Yes!" Liu Xie kowtowed: "I obey the order!" Then he resigned and left.

The palace door was slowly closed, and Qingchuan kept thinking.Could King Zhongshun be so kind as to give up the map to Jia Zheng?So what is his motivation?Loyalty?Forget about this word, there is still some information that has not been explored...

"Come on!" Qingchuan said.

"Your Majesty!" Dai Quan just came back from delivering the decree, and came in to reply without touching the ground.

"Ask Du Chun to go to the Dingbei Duke's Mansion, and ask my sister-in-law to arrange a team of black armored guards, and then search the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion carefully. If there is any suspicion, it can be demolished or destroyed." Qing Chuan ordered.But seeing that King Zhongshun colludes with Qiyue without telling Jia Zheng, we know that he is not committed to forming an alliance with the Jia family. What if the old fox Zhongshun made up his mind to blackmail from the very beginning?Very likely!

According to Qing Chuan's order, Liu Xie sent a box full of affidavits.In the list of those murdered by Jia's family, Lin Ruhai accidentally discovered that the names of Zijuan's father, Chen Huaishan, and his mother, Pu Yiyun, were on the list. After careful examination of the confession, he found out that Chen Huaishan was directly listening to Jia Zheng in the second room. He was ordered to do some foreign affairs in the government, and when he went to answer a call, he overheard the shocking news that Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen secretly discussed the success of laying a poison on Jia Min, and was accidentally discovered by Jia Zheng's confidantes.Therefore, Zijuan's family was banned in their own room and closely guarded.It is the so-called fact in Zijuan's memory that his father fell ill after returning from business.In the end, Huaishan and Yiyun were poisoned to death one after another, creating the illusion of dying of illness.But Jia's mother thought that Zijuan, who was named Yingge at that time, was still young and had no parents, so he could be trained to work for her, so she stayed with her and used false words to deceive her.

After much deliberation, Lin Ruhai ordered someone to call Zijuan to tell the truth in a tactful way.Only then did Zijuan know the real cause of death of her parents, and she felt unbearably sad.Daiyu felt very sorry for her, and ordered people to pick up a few low-level old slaves from the prison temple who were in charge of the family's food, clothing and funeral affairs, and escort them to the Jia family's cemetery in Beijing.The Jia family originally came from Jinling, but the coffin was only transported back to the Jinling tomb after the death of the master, and the rest of the servants were buried directly on a hillside surrounded by fences in the suburbs of Beijing.

It's been too long, the cemetery is poorly managed, and it's a bit barren. It took a lot of effort to finally find the graves of Zijuan's parents.Two small soil bags, the stone tablet standing in front of the grave was exposed to the wind and rain, the paint color was peeling off, and it was covered by overgrown weeds.

The Lin family invested in the purchase of a piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing, with excellent geomantic omen, they replaced the Huaishan couple with a high-quality coffin, and moved the joint burial.

"Girl, sister Zijuan is going to visit her father and mother's grave, so she came here to kowtow farewell to the girl." Chunxian helped Zijuan in plain clothes come in, her sallow face made people feel sad.When he came in, he fell to his knees and kowtowed three times with tears in his eyes.

"It's only a day's work. You need to kowtow for everything." Daiyu hurried down to help her up.

"Girl, Zijuan will always remember the kindness of the girl! Zijuan will also kowtow to the girl on behalf of her parents." After finishing speaking, she wanted to kneel again.In Jia’s house, the slaves are gone, buried hastily, it’s okay to have a son, I can go to see them when I grow up, and I can go to see if I’m a daughter, I can’t leave the house, so I can only save some money and ask the servants who can walk to help worship, can you It is not clear how to do it.Rao is the favored Xiren because he bought it from outside, and his mother died, so he can only go out for a few days.And the girl paid for the land, and arranged for herself to go out of the house to pay a grand sacrifice, which is really a great kindness.

109 Destiny to Lone Cuckoo Returning to the Nest

"No, no!" Daiyu held back desperately, picked up the handkerchief and wiped her tears: "Go early and come back early, and you can rest assured that the Lin family will arrange someone to take care of your parents' graves."

The words of thanks are meaningless at this moment, Zijuan cried into tears.

"Zijuan hasn't rested well these days, so I asked someone to arrange for my home-made sedan chair to be used by Zijuan, and then call Mrs. He over." Daiyu pulled Zijuan to sit down, and then ordered.

"Yes!" Chunxian asked someone to give orders, and soon ran in and said, "Master He is here, wait for the girl's orders in the yard."

"Okay." Daiyu pulled Zijuan out and stood on the steps: "Master He, Miss Zijuan is going out today, I don't feel relieved to leave it to someone else, please accompany me for a walk."

He Liang was taken aback for a moment, but then his eyes flickered.

"Girl! Lord He wants to protect the girl. Zijuan is just a slave. How dare she work as a black-armored guard? It's really unbearable." Hearing this, Zijuan hastily declined.

"I don't leave the house all day today. Even if Mr. He stays in the mansion, he will wait in the outer courtyard. Although the rebels are gone, they are only under strict investigation. With Mr. He here, the journey will be smooth. Remember to come back early. " Daiyu laughed.

"Girl, Madam has prepared some gold leaf paper money and some snacks for offering fruits, let Sister Zijuan take them with her." Xiao Taoer hurriedly saluted Daiyu as soon as she entered the yard.

"Chunxian, you go with Zijuan to clean up, and then go to say goodbye to mother, it's fine for Xueyan to stay." Daiyu arranged.

"Yes!" Chunxian responded, and Zijuan saluted Daiyu again before leaving the courtyard.

Seeing her leave, Daiyu turned her face to He Liang and said with a smile: "Zijuan is a good girl with a very pitiful background, Mrs. He needs to take care of her."

"Slave..." He Liang heard Daiyu's overtones, he threw up his robe and knelt down on the ground, bowing his head and said: "This slave is guilty, please punish me, Master!"

"What kind of crime is this?" Daiyu reprimanded lightly, "Don't say you are guilty every now and then. Does it mean that you are guilty if you have a crush on someone?"

"Zijuan is the person next to the master, the slave..." He Liang was a little unnatural, and his face felt a little hot.

"But you like her, don't you?" Daiyu sighed, "Since I like her, why didn't you tell me? Since I saw the difference between you and Zijuan, I have been waiting for you to confess to her, but I haven't seen her after waiting for so long. Today Let me ask you something. If you want to marry Zijuan and treat her well for the rest of your life, this escort is a chance for you. If you only have a superficial affection, then stay away from her after returning from this trip. It is."

"Thank you, master, for your grace! This slave really likes Zijuan!" He Liang didn't dare to say that this Zijuan was the big girl beside the master, but he never dared to mention it because he was afraid that the master would be dissatisfied.I didn't expect my master to see my thoughts clearly and fulfill them, I was so excited.

"There is a saying before!" Daiyu said: "Zicuckoo lost her parents since she was a child, and was deceived by Jia's family for nearly ten years. Now that she knows her parents' grievances, she is even more lonely in her heart. She doesn't need gold, silver and glory." , what is needed is an upright husband who can love her and let her rely on her, can my lord do that?"

"Your servant can do it! This servant will treat Zijuan for the rest of his life. If he violates today's words, he will be struck by lightning!" He Liang swore.

"That's good, I believe that the talent that the second elder brother is looking for must not be a heartless person!" Daiyu smiled again: "Go, go early and return early."

"Your servant obeys!" He Liang responded, and walked out of the yard refreshed.

"How did the girl see it?" Xueyan asked quietly.

"The way He Liang looks at Zijuan is exactly the same as the way Wei Ruolan looks at you, why can't you see it?" Daiyu smiled triumphantly, turned and entered the room.

Xueyan blushed, followed in, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it the same as the look in the eyes of the prince when he looks at the girl..."

Master Lin's carriage already had special privileges, and with He Liang personally escorting it, the checkpoints and intersections were very smooth, no one dared to go forward.Zijuan sat in the car, feeling uneasy.Especially this trip was escorted by He Liang himself, but now the two of them are getting along directly, and they can't avoid it even if they want to.Not knowing why Daiyu made such an arrangement, Zijuan clutched the handkerchief tightly, feeling tangled in her heart.

Since He Liang got the order of Shui Rong, and the guard battalion began to be responsible for Daiyu's safety, the two of them occasionally met in and out of the courtyard.At first, it was just a few pleasantries, to say hello.and