The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Song Xi's face became more and more serious, "Do you suspect it's Dou Cong?"

"He is only a ten-year-old child. I don't know if my suspicion is reasonable, but when Dou Cong was present that day, his behavior was indeed abnormal." Jia She said.

"I haven't seen this child a few times, and I don't know exactly what his temperament is. But if it is really this child, the eldest princess will have another worry. She has already made a mistake in what the palace did today. If something happens, it will be even more difficult for her, but it's pitiful." After Song Xi said, he said to Jia She, "But you can go back home with me."

Jia Amnesty asked him why.

"Forgot? Chunxiao and him are good friends." Song Xi reminded.

Jia She nodded suddenly, he really forgot about it.Instead, you can ask Song Lu what kind of person this Dou Cong is, and whether he has the ability to do such a thing.

It is not easy for a ten-year-old child to control an adult through his mind and guide Zhu to the level of a leader.Moreover, this child not only knows that he is the author of "Secret Stories Next Door", but also knows how to keep an eye on him, and has a fast learning ability.The way he released "The Shocking Secret" is exactly the same as the secret distribution method of "The Secret Next Door" in the early days.

If the child really paid so much attention to him, he might not be able to hide the relationship between him and Song Xi from him.Then Song Lu, he should also be on guard, hoping that Song Lu's intelligence can detect the clues.

After that, Jia Amnesty said goodbye to Song Xi and went to Yushitai.In the morning, the threshold of his house was almost stepped down.

The censors came one after another to ask Jia She, why the emperor didn't respond to their memorials, and whether their memorials were not delivered in the Hall of Martial Arts.

Naturally, Jia Amnesty could not tell these people bluntly that their memorial had been thrown away by Song Xi, but just told them tactfully that the eldest princess had already interceded with the emperor, and the emperor might want to deal with the son-in-law in consideration of the eldest princess' wishes.

When all the censors heard this, they were very excited. This son-in-law has lost the face of the royal family of Da Zhou, that is to say, he has lost face of Da Zhou. Da Zhou has no face. How can these courtiers have face?Now that the two princes of Zhenyang are still alive, such a scandal is not only the matter of the eldest princess, it is clearly a matter of the dignity of the country and cannot be handled hastily!

The high-spirited censors said that they must become more and more courageous, and they will keep participating in the book until the emperor is shaken.

When the first group of people said this, Jia She nodded and let them go, but the second and third group came again, Jia She ran out of patience and immediately became angry, so he simply sent these people to the censor. They sent them all away, and closed the door to refuse any visits.

Liang Leyun hurriedly brewed a cup of shock tea for Jia Amnesty.

After an hour of silence, Qin Zhonglu came, with a smile on his face, flattering to the fullest.

When Jia She saw him enter the door like this, he knew it was because of that accident, so he waved his hand and sent him to get out of here.

Qin Zhonglu didn't leave, and came over to discuss with Jia She with a smile, "Those people are indeed difficult to deal with, and the lower officials have also realized that. Seeing that they couldn't find the adults, they all ran to the lower officials. They are really troublesome. !"

"Is this related to me?" Jia She asked.

When Qin Zhonglu heard the words, he put on a bitter look, "My lord, take pity on me, too, and tell me some news?"

"What news, I don't have any news to tell you." Jia Amnesty put down his pen and looked sideways at Qin Zhonglu.

Qin Zhonglu asked in surprise, "Could it be that the adults don't know yet? The reason why those bastards come to harass the adults again and again is actually to find out what the adults say."

Jia She frowned, "Mouth?"

"I just want to find out the situation at the Hall of Martial Heroes from the adults. They want to know if all their papers have been sent to the emperor. It's amazing." Qin Zhonglu laughed.

Jia Amnesty's expression became even colder upon hearing this.It turned out that his subordinates came to him because of Song Xi, thinking that Song Xi could pass their papers so that they could show their talents and persuade the emperor.

Seeing the change in Jia She's expression on Qin Zhonglu, he thought he had said something wrong, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Now outside because of the "Shocking Confidential" incident, the city is full of uproar, and I advise you to go back to the residence immediately, or go to Mr. Song There too."

Jia Amnesty frowned and looked at Qin Zhonglu in puzzlement.

Qin Zhonglu: "The situation in Gyeonggi Prefecture is no worse than the Hall of Martial Arts. The front door is packed with water. Those who have been deceived by the White Lotus Cultists have handed over the papers when they heard that there are names on the list that they are familiar with. I beg the Gyeonggi Province to give them justice and severely punish the woman who deceived them."

Jia Amnesty smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Qin Zhonglu was taken aback, and quickly slapped his own mouth, "Look at me, I forgot about this, you are the governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture, you must have known these things at the first time, why should I worry about showing off here. "

"No, your news is better than mine." Jia She thanked Qin Zhonglu and told him that the Hall of Martial Heroes had received the emperor's instruction on how to deal with those memorials.Jia Amnesty indicated to Qin Zhonglu that he could tell the censors to save a little pen and ink for repetitive words, and if he figured out something new, he would have a chance to show his face in front of the emperor.

Qin Zhonglu happily agreed, thanked Jia Amnesty again and again, and left cheerfully.

After he left, Jia Amnesty asked Liang Leyun if there was anyone from the Gyeonggi Prefecture.

Liang Leyun agreed, then bowed his head guiltily and apologized to Jia Amnesty, "The lower official thought that the lord was in a bad mood, and he didn't dare to let anyone disturb him after he got the order, so he asked everyone to drink tea and wait in the next room."

As for the fact that Qin Zhonglu was let in just now, it was because Liang Leyun was not high enough to stop the vigorous Qin Zhonglu, and he also knew that his lord had a very good relationship with Qin Zhonglu, so he would not shy away from it.

"Just call someone, you don't have to blame yourself."

Jia Amnesty then listened to the report from the Gyeonggi government official, nodded, and then sent a message to Liu Zhizhong, "No matter how many people come, we must prove the case, and those who say that someone is defrauding money must show evidence of deceitful money." , Falsely accuse or slander others at will, after ten blows with the stick, beat them out."

Liu Zhizhong then got a reply from Jia Amnesty, who was being troubled by miscellaneous cases reported by various people, when he heard the words of Mr. Jia conveyed by the yacha, he immediately understood the meaning.He casually pulled out a complaint, held a public trial, and asked the servants what they had said, and whether there was any evidence.

"My lord, the villain was deceived by the woman Wang for three taels of silver! I beg you to make the decision!" The man knelt and kowtowed.

Liu Zhizhong asked him to elaborate on what had happened, and the kneeling man faltered and said that he was deceived and that the woman was fooling him.Liu Zhizhong repeated it again, and asked him to detail the conversation in detail.But the man chattered for a while, and finally Liu Zhizhong ordered the widow to be confronted, and the man admitted that he was greedy for the widow's beauty. Hearing that she was in trouble, he offered to lend her three liang of silver.

"Is what he said true?" Liu Zhizhong asked the widow Wang.

Wang lowered her head and said with a red face: "That's not the case at all! He said it himself. If he touches his hand, he won't have to pay it back. He will treat it as a kind deed to help me. Now that he touched his hand, he returned Come and say that I cheated him, bah! What a man!"

Mrs. Wang has also developed her courage in the White Lotus Sect. When dealing with a man like him, she is naturally merciless and not afraid of tearing her face.

The man blushed with anger, pointed at Widow Wang and called her mean, flirtatious and so on.The widow was so annoyed that he called him a thief with evil intentions, and he was acting good when he got the advantage.

Liu Zhizhong immediately knocked on the gavel, and asked the man if what Widow Wang said was true, the man, under Liu Zhizhong's repeated warnings and intimidation, admitted with a guilty conscience that he seemed to have said that.But as soon as he said this, he thought about it, and then refused to admit it. He firmly stated in a sonorous tone that he never said it, and that the widow made it up.

The widow was so angry that she wanted to grab the man, but the man dodged guiltily.

Liu Zhizhong knocked on the gavel again, and asked the man if he had any proof.

The man was stunned.

Liu Zhizhong: "Since you lent her money for no reason, why didn't you leave an IOU? Was there anyone else present to testify?"

The man shook his head.

"Since that's the case, why are you suing? You think that you have nothing to prove, and you can talk to yourself. You think that the yamen is opened by your family, so you can make nonsense as you like?" Liu Zhizhong immediately turned gloomy, With such anger that it shocked the crowd watching at the gate of the court.

Liu Zhizhong asked the man again if there was any other evidence to prove it.

The man shook his head with a mournful face, then turned around and said: "But "The Shocking Secret" has her name. Since she is a member of the White Lotus Sect, she is lying to me!"

"What the hell is "A Shocking Secret", can you guarantee that everything said on it is credible? Don't say "A Shocking Secret" that I have never even heard of, even "My Neighbor's Secret" is not easy to use How can the government handle the case like a joke, carelessly without mentioning the evidence? If a book comes out one day, saying that you have killed someone, will the official believe it? If you don’t talk about the evidence, can you be executed casually?"

In the past, Liu Zhizhong might have been influenced by the list in "Shocking Secrets", and he was irrational in deciding the case.But now he is a subordinate trained by Mr. Jia, and he will definitely abide by the iron rule that the judgment of the case must be based on evidence, and he will not waver for ten thousand years!

The man who made the complaint was stunned for a while, then hung his head listlessly, muttering that he was really innocent and cheated out of money, that the woman was mean.

Liu Zhizhong: "False accusation, disturbing the court, pull it down, stick ten, as an example to others."

After Liu Zhizhong finished speaking, he slapped the gavel to conclude the case, and immediately shouted the next one to see who else wants to sue.

Most of the onlookers were men who claimed to have been cheated and sued. Seeing this situation, combined with their own analysis, they retreated one after another, not daring to sue recklessly.There are also those who have submitted the pleadings before, and now they are all begging with a smile on their faces, begging to withdraw the lawsuit.

Liu Zhizhong took the opportunity to reprimand them severely, and then asked them to bring back his complaint.There are a few sporadic ones left, all of which have evidence, and it is easy for Liu Zhizhong to deal with them.

When it was almost dusk, Jia She got the news from Gyeonggi Prefecture. Those who gathered at the gate of Gyeonggi Prefecture, who were half-complaining and half-provoking suspects, had already dispersed, and there were a few minor cases left. All handled properly.

Jia Amnesty was very pleased to have a capable subordinate like Liu Zhizhong, who knew everything and handled things cleanly.After Jia Amnesty agreed to the yamen messenger, he sent Zhu Mao to follow him and paid for the food and drink in the Zhuangyuan Building, which was regarded as a reward for the officials and yamen servants who had worked hard all day in Gyeonggi Prefecture.

When the Yacha who came to pass the message heard this, his exhaustion dissipated immediately, and he thanked Mr. Jia for understanding these little people, and then happily followed Zhu Mao.

Jia Amnesty drove straight to the Song Mansion, and when he arrived, Song Xi and Song Lu were already waiting for him in the main hall.

Jia Amnesty glanced at Song Xi and asked how he was doing.

Song Xi looked at Song Lu and asked Song Lu to say it again.

Song Lu greeted Jia Amnesty with a busy smile, and then said: "Father never forgets his eyes and ears, this junior has just told his father everything he thinks and knows. Please rest assured, my father will definitely Tell you clearly. I didn't eat at noon, and my stomach is growling right now, listen!"

After Song Lu finished speaking, he clutched his stomach shamelessly and said that he was hungry.

Jia Amnesty knew that this child was creating opportunities for him and Song Xi to be alone again, so he was really sensible.Of course Jia Amnesty wanted to accept his affection, nodded in agreement, and sent him to eat quickly.

Seeing Song Xi leave, Jia She turned to look at Song Xi who had a satisfied expression and curled his mouth, and asked him provocatively, "Did you instigate him?"

Song Xi raised his eyebrows, "What do you think?"

"I don't think you dare." Jia She smiled, sat down to drink tea, and looked at Song Xi solemnly, "Okay, let's get down to business, Song Lu explained everything to you?"

"Thanks to you coming late, I asked him to think about it carefully, but he must explain everything that is special. This kid is really good. He started talking about Dou Cong's five-year-old story, one by one. Shi Chen, my ears are almost callused." After Song Xi complained, he turned to look at Jia She expectantly, and asked Jia She if he would be rewarded for his hard work.

Jia She said deeply: "That depends on your performance."

"Okay, then shall I start the retelling?" Song Xi asked.

Jia She hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, "Don't, if you let me listen to it for more than half an hour, my ears won't be able to bear it. Today at Yushitai, I was made a fuss by those troublesome brats For several hours, my ears are still buzzing, and the words they scolded Consort Dou are still echoing."

"Then let me put it succinctly, pick some places you may use, and ask if you don't think it is enough." Song Xi thought for a while, and then said to Jia She, "When Dou Cong was five or six years old, there was nothing abnormal. He is not as naughty as he is now. Although he is sometimes willful, he is still a sensible little baby. When Chunxiao played with him at that time, there was nothing serious about him other than being willful and grabbing things. But Chunxiao remembered Dou Cong broke his jade pendant, the jade pendant was given to him by the late Concubine Wu Shu, the mother of the eldest princess, and he really likes it."

"Concubine Wu Shu gave the Chunxiao jade pendant?" Jia She asked in surprise.

Song Xi promised, "At that time when Chunxiao entered the palace, he was very conscious of his birth, and he knew in his heart that his real background was not good, so when he met the noble children, he felt a head shorter than others, shy away and hid away, sad Sad. At that time, I had no time to look around because of the palace banquet. Concubine Wu Shu appeared at that time and comforted Chun Xiao. After that, Chun Xiao became very close to Concubine Wu Shu and missed her kindness very much."

Jia She nodded, then smiled and said, "It's hard for your son to start with Dou Cong when he was five years old, and he still remembers the revenge of throwing the jade pendant together."

"That's the case. Later, the eldest princess gave Chunxiao the jade pendant given to her by Concubine Wu Shu. Chunxiao was not happy, and just held the broken jade and cried. Later, I asked someone to mend the broken jade with gold. But I don’t dare to carry it with me anymore, I just put it in a box for offering, and when I think about it, I take it out to have a look, and then put it back.” Song Xi said.

Jia She was amazed that Song Lu was such an affectionate person, "This character is very rare."

Song Xi squinted at Jia She, "Follow my father."

Jia She couldn't help laughing when Song Xi put on a look of "I also value love".None of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that Song Xi was ruthless. If those outside heard this, they would probably hate to beat Song Xi.

Jia Amnesty nodded in agreement and asked Song Xi to continue.

"I think the key point is when he was seven years old," Song Xi went on to explain in detail.

One day Song Lu went to play with Dou Cong, and found that Dou Cong was bored in the room alone and did not speak. He would throw temper tantrums and yell at anyone who came in.After Song Lu entered the room, he found Dou Cong lying on the bed alone with his head covered by the quilt.Song Lu persuaded and questioned for a long time before Dou Cong sat up from the couch, hugged Song Lu with red eyes and cried bitterly.

Song Lu saw that his hand seemed to be torn and was still wrapped in gauze, thinking that he was reprimanded by the son-in-law or the eldest princess because of his naughtiness, so he comforted him in this direction without thinking too much.Dou Cong got better after that, but he was still depressed.Song Lu then played chess with him for a while, and said goodbye.But later, he learned from other playmates that Dou Cong was not in a bad mood that day, but was like this for many days.If a seven-year-old child is only sad because of his parents' reprimand, he probably won't be able to survive so many days.

After that, about half a month later, when Song Lu saw Dou Cong again, he found that his temperament had changed, not as well-behaved and docile as before.He often loses his temper, throws fire at the subordinates when he has nothing to do, and often beats things.Song Lu originally thought it was the matter of the eldest princess, but later he saw with his own eyes how the eldest princess cared for and loved Dou Cong, and Dou Cong behaved very obediently in front of the eldest princess, smiling all over his face, Song Lu knew it was not the reason.

"Although the two children are good friends, they both have their homework, so they don't see each other very often. They see each other once in ten and a half months, and play a little. After that, Chun Xiao didn't pay much attention, but he vaguely felt that Dou When Cong mentions his son-in-law, he will be particularly restless and lose his temper. This happened when he was eight or nine years old. In the second half of last year, Chun Xiao discovered that he had no such problem, and treated Dou's son-in-law as well. It's respectable." Song Xi continued.

"That makes sense, and it fits well in terms of timing. Later, he got his eye on me, so when dealing with Song Lu, he will be on guard." Jia She sighed.

Song Xi narrowed his eyes and smiled, feeling that this matter was interesting.

Jia Amnesty: "It's unimaginable that a child can do this. The "Shocking Secret" matter is so big, it should be well-documented, and I have asked people to investigate from Yinfang. If there is him, after all He is a child, and it is inconvenient to do things, so he must order the people around him to run errands. I will order the people around him to follow closely."

"What's wrong? Don't underestimate children. On the contrary, children's minds are the most clever and clever. Their sensitivity to things far exceeds that of adults. When I was as old as Dou Cong, I planned more earth-shattering things than him." , but later died for some reason, otherwise you would not see me now." Song Xi smiled lightly and talked about his "remembering the past" to Jia She.

Jia Amnesty: "I'm more curious about the reason for your premature death."

"What I did and why, you can only choose one to listen to?" Song Xi asked.

Jia Amnesty thought for a while, met Song Xi's eyes, "I'm still curious about the reason."

Song Xi hid the brilliance in his eyes, and said to Jia She with a little disappointment, "Father found out."

"Haha..." Jia Amnesty was stunned for a moment, thinking that Song Xi's experience was simply the experience of 'a boy in middle school who lost his nerve and was shot by his parents'.It's not surprising, he has it too, but it happened to Song Xi, and he still found it funny, so Jia Amnesty couldn't help but slapped the table and laughed.

"Is it that funny?" Song Xi didn't understand what Jia She was laughing at, but it was a merit to him that Jia She could laugh so happily when he was troubled.

"After that, there is nothing to show for it. Dou Cong didn't do anything special."

Jia Amnesty: "Or, Dou Cong deliberately hid it from Chun Xiao. This child's city is terrifying, many adults are not as good as him, let alone others, and today I can't believe it myself."

"Dou Cong has been smart since he was a child, and his knowledge is only slightly inferior to that of Chun Xiao. I always thought that if Dou Cong was trained in my hands, he would definitely be much better than he is now." After Song Xi finished speaking, his face was still pale. There was a trace of regret.

"Your idea is bad. What do you want to cultivate? A big devil will come out?" Jia Amnesty sighed with some fear, "The hurdle of his temperament change at the age of seven also coincides with the establishment of the White Lotus Sect. In the Princess's Mansion, Concubine Dou once said that he hadn't had any physical intimacy with Mrs. Zhu in the past three years. This time is also in line with Dou Cong's."

"Then why didn't he expose it, instead he trained Mrs. Zhu to be his subordinate and develop the White Lotus Sect?" Song Xi asked suspiciously.

"Based on his status, it is too easy to deal with Mrs. Zhu. He can kill him with a single mouth. But he didn't, which shows that he has a deeper purpose. I have been thinking about the matter of the Bailian sect." After what happened, what benefited him. To this day, the papers of Consort Dou are being sent to the palace like a stream of water. Only then did I understand that it was Consort Dou, and he probably wanted to get rid of Concubine Dou. .” Jia Shen’s tone was filled with certainty and surprise.

Song Xi was a little surprised when he heard this conclusion, but his surprise was never clearly shown on his face.He shook his eyelashes slightly, picked up the tea on the table, took a sip of neither salty nor weak, then thought about the whole thing, and frowned again.

He also hates this Concubine Dou, but Dou Cong's behavior of trying to drive his biological father away is really bizarre.

Song Xi thought for a while, "This is quite new."

Jia Amnesty wanted to continue with Song Xi, when he suddenly saw Lin Chu, the housekeeper of the Lin family, running over in a hurry, knelt on the ground in a hurry, begging him for a decision.

Jia Amnesty also knew that if nothing serious happened to Lin's mansion, the housekeeper Lin Chu would not come to him at this time, so he quickly stood up and asked what happened.

"Big girl, she, she..."