The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

"Your father is leaving in three days and will be exiled in Fujian, won't you give him a gift?" Jia Amnesty looked at Dou Cong seriously.

Dou Cong twitched the corners of his mouth, but his eyes did not look at Jia Amnesty, and he said with a displeased face: "It is in my favor that he left, I wonder why a man like him who stopped his wife and remarried did not die! "

If others hear this, they will definitely reprimand Dou Cong.But Jia Amnesty did not, because he could see that Dou Cong's words were often duplicity.

"No one will stop you for how poisonous your words are now, but one day, you will regret that you didn't make the best choice." Jia She said.

Dou Cong squinted at Jia She, and sneered, "Oh, I really didn't realize that Mr. She is also a kind-hearted person. Applause, I admire you."

"Do you think this is overflowing with kindness? Is it a compromise and forgiveness that ignores the facts?" Jia She smiled, shook his head and said, "If you really think so, ignore it. Once you make a choice, don't regret it."

Dou Cong glanced at Jia She with mixed eyes, was silent for a while, and soon changed his face to laugh, and let the matter go, just asked Jia She what to eat at the small party tonight.

Jia Amnesty: "I don't know. If you ask Dong Xue about this, you must know more about it than I do."

"That's right." Dou Cong turned around and left.

Jia Amnesty saw him talking to Mrs. Yin in the yard through the window, and it seemed that he had something to say.Mrs. Yin promised again and again with a smile, turned around and went to do it.

Dou Cong turned his head and saw Jia She looked at him, ran over and asked Jia She if he wanted to play with them at night, he thought of a new trick.

Jia Amnesty shook his head.

Dou Cong raised his eyebrows, and glanced at the book on the table, "Indeed, you are worried at night."

After Dou Cong finished speaking, he went away regardless of Jia Amnesty's reaction.After Jia Amnesty confirmed that Dou Cong had left, he picked up the book and read it inside the house.He carefully read the several pages of news recorded in Liuzhou, one was about the sale of private salt, which was even more arrogant than before. The strange thing is that the local government and the patrolling salt censor didn't seem to notice such an obvious name.Another point is that Liuzhou is rich in iron ore. Iron ore involves military affairs and must be guarded by the government.But now a few villagers in the Xiaoliu Mountain area have heard noises in the mine. It may be someone stealing the mine, but the government has not found any useful news after getting the report, which is also very strange.Just how stupid the government is, they went out of their way to find out, but they couldn't find out. Instead, the villagers who were busy farming and working all day knew more than the government.

It is inevitable that local officials turn a blind eye and neglect their duties.

It remains to be seen whether the matter involves the third prince, but the occurrence of this incident can easily make people think of him, and it is inevitable to think that this is another case involving the rebellion of the royal family.

No matter how much Jia She thought about it, he always had an intuition that this matter was not simple.

Although the third prince is a bit irritable, he is also a man with a head, not to mention that he was born in the royal family, and he has long been familiar with the struggle for imperial power.Even ordinary people who don't know what the imperial palace is like, and they also know that this kind of thing should avoid suspicion.Liuzhou is rich in iron ore, and it is almost possible to dig a mountain. The iron ore in the Xiaoliu Mountain area is relatively close to the village, and miners can choose to mine in a place far away from the residential area, quietly.They didn't, and they chose to be in a place where the villagers could vaguely find it.These miners have no brains to make such a stupid decision.

Regardless of the facts, I can't deduce any truth based on the current evidence.This trip to Liuzhou must not be escaped.

At present, the affairs in the capital are still chaotic and unresolved.Jia Amnesty has not yet explored the reason why Prince Zhenyan Heng Jun deliberately extended his stay in Beijing this time.Then there is Heng Meng, although this guy hasn't pestered him for the past two days, but the news keeps on coming, and he always sends people to bring him food, drink and some gadgets from time to time, as if he is treating him like a child coax.

At present, we can only take one step and see one step.

……

Three days later.

Dou Huai and Zhu Shi were driven to Fujian and exiled together.

Back then, the handsome and handsome son-in-law was now wearing a prison uniform, with disheveled hair and a pale and sad face.

Jia Amnesty fulfilled the imperial court's promise to Dou's son-in-law and locked him and Zhu's family in a prison car.Seeing this, the onlookers scolded Concubine Dou for being blind, for not wanting a beautiful and dignified princess to choose to suffer with such a vicious woman.

Zhu's face was numb. She nestled in a corner of the prison cart and let the people beat her with rotten leaves, but her expression remained unchanged.

Prince Consort Dou would visit Mrs. Zhu from time to time, but because Mrs. Zhu didn't pay attention to him at all, he looked even more disappointed and helpless. He had already realized that Mrs. Zhu's affection for him was not sincere.He seemed to have made the wrong sacrifice, and possibly a choice he would regret for the rest of his life.

Concubine Dou leaned against the frame of the prison car with a desolate expression, his brows were deeply wrinkled, his ears were buzzing, he didn't care how noisy the outside world was, he closed his eyes, as if he was dead at this moment.In fact, his choice really pushed himself to his death.

Above the city gate, a man in purple clothes in a splendid attire stood facing the wind, with his hands behind his back, his waist straight, his eyes downcast to the city, and there was a playful look on the corner of his mouth.

The new envoy of the Beijing Camp, Pu Yuxi, hurriedly came to salute. When he bowed, he wanted to hit his head on the ground. "My subordinates are late to greet you, and I hope you will forgive me."

"Forget it, I'm in a good mood today." Song Xi glanced at the prison cart under the city again, and hurried away.Pu Yuxi bowed for a long time before he dared to raise his head, closely following Song Xiqing's slender back.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the city is full of joy. As usual, hundreds of officials will gather to congratulate, and list the happy events and grand occasions of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past year to the emperor, so that the emperor will be happy.There are also gifts for the reunion festival offered by various places, most of which are for happiness and auspiciousness.Among them, the prefect of Liuzhou gave the most ingenious thought, obtained Liuzhou's local specialty iron, and made round iron boxes one by one.The big iron box on the top floor is painted with beautiful vermilion lacquer, the lid is inlaid with pearl grapes, and there are vividly carved green leaves as a lining. Layer by layer, one inside the other.Moreover, the patterns on the lids of each box are different. When peeled off layer by layer, you will find that the patterns are all related to crops, such as rice, millet, etc., and the entire cover of the innermost box is like a moon. A round of bright moon is in full bloom in layers of boxes.

The meaning of harvest and reunion in this gift is unique and ingenious.

Emperor Dayue, made a decree to commend Ren Jiayu, the prefect of Liuzhou.

After retiring from the court, the censors of Yushitai were not idle, and repeatedly sent the ginseng books in their hands to the Hall of Martial Arts.Everyone expressed their own opinions, but they all said one thing, which not only involved the important ministers in the court, Prime Minister Wu, Cai Feiping, Song Xi, etc., but also their boss of Yushitai-Jia She.

Moreover, Jia Amnesty was mentioned most frequently in these excerpts.

These papers delivered during the Mid-Autumn Festival have been carefully considered. For some papers that are not in a hurry, the Hall of Martial Arts will definitely postpone them, and wait until the next day to submit them to the emperor's desk for processing.

Everyone knows that on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor will receive congratulations from all officials, listen to happy events from all over the world, and hold a banquet in the harem to enjoy the moon at night.Therefore, on the next day, the happy emperor will naturally not be in a bad mood, the processing efficiency of reading the notebooks will be higher, and he will not be too annoyed about some inappropriate content in some notebooks.

Song Xi sat in front of the table, casually flipped through the memorials from the Yushitai, couldn't help but sneered, then threw the notebooks back casually, and ordered the documents of the Hall of Martial Arts to process them.He got up and went to the inner room, where he sat on the arhat couch and drank tea with his body crooked.

After a while, Jia Amnesty came, and came to have dinner with Song Xi as promised.

Song Xi had already arranged for the chef of the Song Mansion to cook some special dishes for Jia She, and the taste was so delicious that I don't need to elaborate.Jia Amnesty really improved his appetite because of this, and ate an extra bowl.After the meal, there is hawthorn soup ready for digestion.

Looking at it, Jia Amnesty felt sour, and shook his head and refused to eat.

Song Xi raised his eyebrows to signal him to take a sip.

"Don't eat." Jia Amnesty said firmly.

Song Xi couldn't help laughing, and brought the white jade cup to Jia Amnesty himself, and took a small piece with a spoon to his mouth.

"I promise you won't be disappointed."

Jia Amnesty cast a half-believing glance at Song Xi, and opened his mouth hesitantly, but his face looked deathly.

As a result of taking one bite, Jia She also ate Song Xi's cup.

"This stuff is good, it retains the taste of hawthorn, but it's not so sour." Jia She asked Song Xi to bring a few more cups for the children to taste when he went to Rongfu next time.Jia She paused for a moment, then told Song Xi not to forget Dou Cong.

"Concubine Dou was exiled from Beijing today, he didn't think about going?" Song Xi asked.

Jia Amnesty didn't answer, and turned to look at Song Xi: "Where is the eldest princess, what's your reaction to this matter?"

"went."

Immediately, the scene outside the city appeared in Song Xi's mind. Others may not have noticed it, but he saw it. At a place far east from the city gate, an ordinary carriage that seemed to be used by civilians was parked, but the carriage was driven But it is the royal horse.In that situation, there must be a princess in the car.

Jia Amnesty glanced at Song Xi in surprise, expecting that Song Xi might have an informant beside the eldest princess, so he didn't ask any further questions when he got the news.He turned to answer Song Xi's previous words, "That kid had a stomachache early in the morning, and said he wanted to stay alone in the house. Later I learned that he is very good at climbing trees and over walls, and he knows how to bring enough money when he goes out." .”

Song Xi smiled, "This kid has a bit of a weird temper, but his heart is not bad. That's why the Queen Mother has been doting on him."

"Well, there must be something good about me." Jia She rubbed his temples, "But it's enough to make a fuss, too much duplicity, it bothers my eyes."

"Let me tell you something serious. Your censors at Yushitai have eaten a lot of gunpowder these days. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they sent a stack of brochures and participated in all the important officials in the court one after another, especially you."

Jia Amnesty: "Oh? What happened to my troublemakers?"

Song Xi turned his head and asked Jia She to watch it by himself.

Jia Amnesty went to the table and flipped through two copies, and then burst out laughing.

"After waiting for so long, I didn't make any noise. However, the participants were very detailed, explaining when, where, who, and what they did. It's a bit like me. It's worth my effort to train them for the past six months. .I think you made a mistake. What they want to participate in is not the important officials of the court, but the close contacts between the princes of Zhenyan and the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. These two princes are indeed a bit out of line."

Song Xi: "I don't care about that. Is it true that Prince Hengmeng gave you ramen, dumplings, and rattles these days?"

Jia Amnesty nodded in acknowledgment.

Song Xi couldn't stop laughing, "Are you moved?"

"I'm not touched, but I feel that she is deliberately making trouble for me." Jia She sighed helplessly.

Song Xi picked up his lips and drank tea, and after hearing what Jia She said about the censors participating in the book, he realized that it was Jia She who deliberately designed half of the words at the beginning, so that those high-spirited censors could not express themselves, and instead let them He took the initiative to turn his attention to the true face princes.These censors really stood up for Jia She, and united as one. After searching for so long, they finally summed up some trivial but plausible things and presented them.

"I think that when the emperor sees her tomorrow, he will feel jealous. After all, the fact that Hengmeng is a woman has already made him a little bit restrained."

"Knowing that fear is a good thing, this Heng Jun is not as simple as it seems. How did he tell me at the beginning that he was so enthusiastic that he wanted to worship me as a teacher. What he said was so touching. Turn around and look at the past few days , There is no movement at all. And let his younger brother Hengmeng give me "small favors and small favors", but he is not moved at all. Is this a weak prince who competes with his younger brother for imperial power and sincerely comes to Dazhou to ask for help from his teacher? I don't think it is at all." Jia Amnesty shook his head and sighed sarcastically.

Song Xi agreed, his eyes dimmed, but he still agreed with Jia Amnesty with a smile on his lips.

Jia Amnesty's gaze flicked over the corner of Song Xi's mouth, then fell on his own teacup, took it up and drank it all, and then said goodbye to Song Xi.

"Let's go now? Don't stay for a while?" Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty with some reluctance.

Jia She shook his head, "There are still a lot of things to do at Yushitai, and it's not over in Gyeonggi Prefecture. Besides, today is the fifteenth day, or the seventeenth issue of "Secrets of Neighbors". Let's see how everyone reacts."

"Hurry up, finish your work early, and rest early. Now you are not happy inside and outside, and you have to be careful in court. You have become thinner and thinner in recent days." Song Xi frowned and looked at Jia She's thin cheek, and stretched out his hand to touch it. After a while, he smiled at him and watched him go.

The autumn wind was brisk, blowing Jia She's robe into the air, and his back was outstanding.

Song Xi watched, but couldn't bear to look away.

The clerk had been waiting for orders outside, and when he saw Mr. Jia gone away, he came over and carefully asked Mr. Song if he wanted him to continue processing those documents.

Song Xi gave him a stern look, and the clerk shrank his neck and obediently entered the door.

Song Xi then also entered the house and ordered someone to close the gate of Wuying Hall.The clerk was outside to deal with official duties, while Song Xi entered the inner room, ordered no one to disturb him, and closed the door of the inner room.

……

After Jia She heard that the [-]th issue of My Neighbor's Mystery was released, the response was very good and aroused many discussions.Later, I heard that everyone is more rational in dealing with some controversial matters, and knows how to distinguish and trace the reasons. I feel that this is a good phenomenon.

Jia Amnesty then put the matter aside and asked people to secretly prepare for the trip to Liuzhou.On the Lin's side, he sent someone to inquire about Daiyu's condition, and he could rest assured that there was no sign of deterioration.

Since Jia Amnesty got the news that the Taoist nun was going to Lushan Academy, she has been ordering people to hunt her down. However, the nun evaded her cleverness and escaped his pursuit several times. It's like slipping through the cracks of the hands, which can't help but make people feel a little annoyed.

"Master, will this nun be arrested?" Xu An, the butler of the Rong Mansion, asked.

Jia Amnesty: "There's no need to arrest, just guard."

Xu An said that he would send someone to guard Lushan Academy and prevent the mad Taoist nun from touching Baoyu.

Jia Amnesty shook his head, "You just need to guard the three people in one house."

Xu An rolled his eyes and immediately understood what Jia She meant.

There are three people in Yifu, Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang.

Not long after Xu An took the order to go, the face of the governor of the Gyeonggi Prefecture changed drastically, and he knelt down panting and said to Jia Amnesty: "My lord, Concubine Dou, no, sinners Dou Huai and Mrs. Zhu lived twenty miles outside the city. was stabbed to death."

Jia She put down the pen in his hand, stood up and asked, "What did you say?"

"Dou Huai and Mrs. Zhu are dead, and nine of the escorts were injured and one died." The servants reported again.

Jia Amnesty immediately strode out, took the cloak from Zhumao with one hand, and tied it directly on his body.

"Who did it?"

Ya cha followed closely behind and said: "I don't know who is wearing coarse linen clothes, wearing a mask, and holding a big knife. The specific situation is not clear to the young ones. He was bandaged on the spot and awaiting treatment."

Jia Amnesty immediately asked the government servants to invite two carts of doctors, brought enough medicines to stop bleeding and heat, called Wei Qingdong together, and hurriedly rode out of the city, and arrived at the scene of the incident before dark.

Jia She frowned as he looked at the fallen prison car in front of him, and then at the open field.As we approached, we saw several wounded people leaning against the haystacks on the side of the road, and officials from the local village and county took care of them.On the other side of the road, there are [-] or [-] onlookers, and there are also those who are passing by, holding a basket and saluting to watch.But because it was getting dark, they didn't dare to delay for too long. After a few glances and inquiring, they dispersed and hurried on their own way.

After Jia Amnesty dismounted, Zhang Kaichi, the magistrate of Puliu County, stepped forward to salute respectfully.

"When the subordinates rushed over, they immediately asked them to protect the place where the incident occurred, and nothing was disturbed. They also invited the local village doctors to treat the injured in time. Not too heavy."

Jia She took a quick look and found that they were mostly knife wounds, some on the arms and some on the back, none of which were critical.As for the dead Yacha, he cut his shoulder and neck with a knife. Looking at the blood splattered near the ground where he fell, it can be seen that the artery was injured with a knife.

Wei Qingdong immediately went to check the wound of the dead Yacha, frowned and said: "He was killed with a knife, cut from the top to the bottom, but looking at the place where he went down, it doesn't seem to be cut along the neck. Look at the clothes on his shoulders There is a scrape, the knife should be from the shoulder to the neck."

Jia She glanced at the two dead people in the prison van, and the light shimmered coldly.

Wei Qingdong immediately walked over and squatted by the side of the prison car to check, and said to Jia Amnesty, "It's also a one-shot kill, but the strike is more agile, and he chooses to go straight into the big chest and abdomen."

Jia Amnesty nodded, and at this moment, an officer with lesser injuries came over to tell Jia Amnesty what happened at that time.

It's nothing useful, it's just that when the carriage arrived here, a group of people suddenly appeared on the road, dressed like ordinary people, but all of them were wearing masks and holding knives.At that time, the guards escorting the prison van became vigilant when they saw this, and warned them in advance, but these people were not afraid at all, and rushed directly to kill.

"After they stabbed Dou Huai and Mrs. Zhu to death in the prison cart, these people immediately withdrew on horseback. When they came, they came from the south, and when they left, they went in the direction of the capital."

Hearing this, Wei Qingdong frowned and said: "Is this a slap in the face? No matter who kills the former son-in-law, he will not run towards the capital while fleeing for his life."

"This is a wise move. Wear ordinary clothes, wear a mask, lose the horse, and mix among the ordinary people who have entered the city. Who will find it? If it drips into the river, it will be hard to find." Jia She sighed.

Wei Qingdong nodded, marveling at how bold and careful the person who planned this matter was.

"It's just that both Dou Huai and the Zhu family have fallen into such a state of desperation, and there must be no day for them to turn around. Moreover, the journey to Fujian is bumpy and tossing. It is an ordinary person. After going through such a toss, there are seven out of ten deaths. Dou Huai is delicate and fleshy, The possibility of reaching the place alive is very small. As for Mrs. Zhu, she is a woman, and she is so beautiful, I am afraid that she is more dangerous than Dou Huai." Jia She was puzzled, what is the purpose of this murderer.

Wei Qingdong thought for a while, opened his eyes slightly and said to Jia She: "Maybe the two of them know some secret, and those people must be killed."

"When Dou Huai was a son-in-law, he only knew about cockfights and horses, and never got involved in state affairs. Moreover, when the two were in Beijing, they had so many opportunities, but they couldn't confess anything. There is a secret. Since I don't want to say it, This time, I will definitely not say, why bother to kill people twenty miles away from the capital city, and attract people's attention. And you can see that the place they chose to kill is on the official road, and occasionally passers-by. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they slaughtered without any scruples." Jia She said.

Wei Qingdong nodded, indeed rampant.

Jia Amnesty then asked the clerk to record all the confessions in detail, and inspected the scene again.Wei Qingdong carefully re-examined the three corpses and made sure that there were no other omissions before giving up.

The sun is slanting westward, and it is almost dusk.

Jia Amnesty and Wei Qingdong were ready to go back.

At this time, Liu Zhizhong, the Prime Minister of Gyeonggi Prefecture, came on horseback, panting and cursed, he hurried to Jia She and said, "The Taoist nun is dead."

Jia Amnesty immediately asked back, "What Taoist nun?"

"It's the crazy Taoist nun whom the master ordered the whole city to arrest."