The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Jia Amnesty immediately asked about the location, and rode his horse to the tree-lined path south of Lushan Academy.

Seeing this, Wei Qingdong also hurriedly rode his horse.

When the group arrived, it was already dark, and the officials went to Lushan Academy to borrow more than 20 lanterns. They picked them up at the same time, and immediately illuminated the scene of the crime.

As soon as you get close to the corpse, you can find a strong rancid smell, so that most people at the scene covered their noses.There were so many mosquitoes and flies around the corpse that they almost hit the person's face.The yamen chased away with a broken branch, and there was a buzzing noise.

After the yamen took a lantern and shone close to the corpse, Wei Qingdong inspected the female corpse reclined in the roadside ditch without changing his face.The degree of decay is relatively high, and she is wearing a Taoist robe. Although her face is swollen, her eyeballs are protruding, and there are rotten blisters on her body, her facial features can be vaguely discerned.

Zhu Mao also ran to identify the corpse, turned to vomit for a while, and then ran to nod to Jia Amnesty, confirming that it was the Taoist nun.

"In your opinion, how long has this corpse been dead?" Jia She asked.

Wei Qingdong frowned and said, "Looking at the corpse watch, it's been five or six days at least, it's not too long."

"Dead for five or six days? But she appeared in Lushan Academy four days ago, how is this possible." Zhu Mao exclaimed.

Wei Qingdong was stunned for a moment, and asked Zhu Mao if he could confirm that she was alive at that time.

"Of course I'm sure, I don't know Second Master Bao, my subordinates have seen it with their own eyes." Zhu Mao looked at the highly decomposed corpse with horror on his face, and turned to his master, showing fear in his eyes look.

Wei Qingdong frowned, checked the corpse again, and checked the surrounding environment, but there was still a cloud of suspicion between his brows, thinking about the question he didn't understand, "This place is a shaded place, so it must be because of the unusually hot and stuffy conditions first. The corpse is decomposing at an accelerated rate, why does this happen?"

After hearing what Wei Qingdong said, Zhu Mao was even more frightened, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

Jia Amnesty ordered the Yacha to transport the body back to the capital first, and then asked Wei Qingdong to go back to the next step for inspection when it was dawn.

Wei Qingdong cleaned his hands, walked to Jia She, and nodded with him.Fortunately, the moon was big at night, and the road was still clearly illuminated. Taking advantage of the moonlight, the group rode fast horses back to the capital without any delay.

After Wei Qingdong entered Beijing, he had to say goodbye to Jia She.

Jia She said with a smile: "I happened to pass by your house first, so I took a look at the big girl, she is about to give birth now, right?"

Wei Qingdong smiled and agreed yes.

The two arrived at Wei's house immediately, Yuan Chun was preparing the reunion dinner and dishes, waiting for her husband to return, when she heard that her uncle was also here, she rushed to greet her with a smile.

Jia She looked at Yuan Chun, because she was pregnant, her figure was a bit rich, but her complexion was good and radiant, and she really looked like a loving mother when she smiled, as if she had grown up and matured a lot.

"You still need to be careful with your first child. If there is any lack of energy, send someone back to your mother's house, and just let them help you with the preparations." Jia She instructed.

Yuan Chun smiled and agreed to stay with Jia She for a drink.

Jia Amnesty thought about the festival, so naturally he wanted to have a drink before leaving.

After Wei Qingdong took a bath and used pomelo leaves and wormwood to get rid of the darkness, he hurried over to entertain Jia Amnesty with a smile.

Jia Amnesty sat down for a while, drank two glasses of wine, and then left.

The couple wanted to get up to see them off, Jia She said: "Sit down quickly, no one is allowed to move, today is a holiday, it is a day for you young couples to reunite by themselves, I just drop by to join in the fun, you just leave me alone. "

Hearing this, Yuan Chun thought of the time when he celebrated the reunion festival at home when he was young, and immediately shed tears, and then smiled at Jia She: "Uncle is not an outsider, not only a family member, but also the benefactor of our young couple. This reunion festival With you here, we couldn't be happier."

"Exactly." Wei Qingdong nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Okay, don't say these provocative words if it's a big festival, just be happy." Jia Amnesty raised his glass, drank the last glass with the couple, and left in a hurry.

When they arrived at Tongde Street, Jia Amnesty accompanied Xing Ming and Xing Xiuyan's brothers and sisters again.

Dou Cong did not know where he got the news, but he chased him here and came to see Jia Amnesty.

Seeing his sullen face and red eyes, Jia Amnesty knew that he probably knew about his father Dou Huai's death.

It was the first time for Xing Ming and Xing Xiuyan to see Dou Cong. They were very happy that Jia She could come to have dinner with them, but seeing that Dou Cong was not very happy, they guessed that something important had happened, so they quickly suppressed their smiles, and cautiously Go visit Dou Cong.

Dou Cong stared straight at Jia She, standing a foot away from Jia She, motionless.

Jia Amnesty patted the place beside him, "What are you still doing?"

Dou Cong sniffled, walked up to Jia Amnesty and sat down with his head half down.

Jia She then recommended Xing Xiuyan and Xing Ming for her.

The two children hurriedly smiled and Zhang Luo served Dou Cong a meal.Xing Xiuyan also poured the plum juice she made by herself to Dou Cong, and let him taste it with a smile.

Dou Conghong looked at Xing Ming and Xing Xiuyan, and with a wave of her hand, pushed the rice bowls and cups they brought to the ground.

Both Xing Xiuyan and Xing Ming were taken aback. Xing Ming hurriedly blocked his sister behind him, took a few steps back, and looked at Dou Cong defensively.

"Take me home!" Dou Cong said to Jia She.

Jia She winked and told Zhu Mao to take Dou Cong back first, and then patted Xing Ming on the shoulder, "His father just left, don't be surprised."

When Xing Ming heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and the anger on his face dissipated a lot.Xing Xiuyan also persuaded Xing Ming to be considerate of his pity.

Xing Ming just nodded, then raised his head and looked at Jia Amnesty with sparkling eyes, asking Jia Amnesty to go and persuade Dou Cong not to continue having dinner with them.

"We all understand the feeling of losing a loved one. Besides, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every day like this in the future, he may never be able to experience the joy of the festival again." Xing Ming felt sympathetic.

"What a sensible child." Jia She looked at Xing Ming who had grown a lot taller with satisfaction, and asked him if he would like to practice by his side in the future.

Xing Ming has been learning accounting and other work from Fang Zhenglu and others these days, and he was very happy when he heard Jia She's words.If he can experience two years by the Duke's side, then he is someone who has really seen the world, so there is nothing to be afraid of.Xing Ming nodded hurriedly, and quickly agreed.Xing Xiuyan was also happy for Xing Ming.

Both siblings forgot their embarrassment and unhappiness before, happily sent Jia She off, and had a happy reunion dinner under the care of Zhu Mao and the mother-in-law at home.

Dou Cong sat in the car angrily and waited for a long time before he saw Jia Amnesty coming up, glared at him, turned his head and walked over without saying a word.

Jia Amnesty ignored him, sat upright, closed his eyes and meditated.

Dou Cong was silent for a while, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, and shouted at Jia She: "My father just died, and you are responsible for raising me. You are the adoptive father bestowed by the emperor, and you don't want to comfort me?"

"Is it useful to comfort you, can it erase the sadness in your heart?" In the dark car, Jia She's eyes flickered, looking at Dou Cong.

Dou Cong stared at Jia She, startled for a moment, then said slowly: "It's useless."

Jia Amnesty: "The dead are gone, and so are the living."

Hearing this, Dou Cong burst into tears immediately, and the more he cried, the more he cried, "I should have given him a good gift this morning, but I felt ashamed and dared not approach him, I—"

Dou Cong was out of breath when he cried halfway through his words.Jia She stretched out his hand to pat him on the back, Dou Cong let out a yell, and threw himself into Jia She's arms, his body trembling and weeping bitterly, sighing that he had hurt him, and he shouldn't be self-willed to force him to this day This point.

Jia Amnesty didn't say anything and kept silent, but his hands kept patting Dou Cong's back.

Dou Cong's crying gradually slowed down, but his body still trembled a little. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and sat up straight. Somewhat ugly.But he couldn't care less about it, he was too uncomfortable.

"Do you think I will go to the [-]th floor of hell after I die? What will happen to my mother after he knows the news? Will she hate me and never talk to me again? In your eyes, am I early?" Has he become the big devil who killed his father?"

"I don't know if there are eighteen hells, and I don't know if your mother will blame you. I only know that your mother has always spoiled you and loved you more than anything else. As for your father, you didn't kill him." .”

Jia She explained the objective facts in a steady tone, without any exaggerated and deliberately comforting words, but these few words were more effective than anyone else's comforting words.Dou Cong calmed down in an instant, and his crying gradually became quieter.

"It's a fact that your father stopped his wife and remarried. It's not your fabrication. The only thing you did wrong was that you acted recklessly, and involved too many people in your own personal vendetta." Jia She continued.

Dou Cong frowned, bowed his head guiltily, and acknowledged what Jia She said.

"The brothers and sisters of the Xing family who were treated badly by you just now have long since lost their parents' love. They are worse than you." When Jia She said this, he closed his eyes and remained silent.

Dou Cong was startled, then turned his head away.Don't let Jia Amnesty see his face.He frowned and leaned to the side, alone in a daze.

After arriving at Rong Mansion, the woman who had been waiting for a long time came to greet her, and she and Jia She returned to the situation in the mansion.Mother Jia waited for Jia Amnesty with the people for a while, and when she heard that he was busy with official duties, she started the banquet first.

"I've almost finished eating now, and I'm going to watch a play in the garden." The old woman said.

Jia Amnesty responded, went into the house and changed into casual clothes, then went straight to the yard and met Jia Mu and others.

Mother Jia glanced at Jia Amnesty with a normal attitude, snorted, and excused him.Originally, the old lady was still thinking about the unhappiness she had with Jia She last time, but when she heard that Dou Huai was dead, Jia's mother was surprised, so she forgot the "ex-revenge" with Jia She, and asked Jia She how the situation was. I asked Dou Cong again.

Jia Amnesty answered concisely one by one, and was saluted by Yingchun, Jia Lian and other juniors, so he sat down for a while, watched two plays, and then excused himself and left.

Jia's mother also knew that so many things happened today, and Jia She didn't care about it, so she didn't make things difficult for him.

After Jia Amnesty left, Jia Zheng kept looking at the direction in which Jia Amnesty disappeared.Seeing this, Jia's mother smiled and asked Jia Zheng if he had anything to discuss with his elder brother, and sent him there too.

"It's fine if you go with me. With you here, the children won't be able to let go." Mother Jia called Shi Xiangyun over while laughing, and asked her to order some plays.

Shi Xiangyun was very happy, with a lively smile, so he picked two plays that he liked.

When Baoyu saw this, he was also happy, with a very happy smile on the corner of his mouth.When these sisters are all right, he is happy.He smiled, and turned to think of Daiyu who was not in good health yet, so he couldn't help lowering his head, feeling a little sad.But he didn't dare to let Jia Mu wait to see it, so he turned his head away and pretended to drink tea.

Aunt Xue, Baochai, and Xue Pan were all invited to come here for the festival.Baochai was sitting next to Baoyu, so she noticed it at a glance, so she asked him what was wrong.Baoyu told Baochai all his worries about sister Lin.

After hearing this, Baochai's expression also sank, "I also heard from my mother that she suddenly developed a cough and was not in good health. I was also very worried, but unfortunately I couldn't leave and couldn't visit her."

"Don't talk about you, I saw her once, and I bothered my ancestors. I don't know why, but her old man and the old man still had an unpleasant fight. I wanted to go again, but I didn't dare to mention it again." Baoyu said sadly and depressedly.

"Since that's the case, let's put this matter in the back of our minds for the time being, and have a good time at the moment, and have fun with the sisters. We will discuss it later when we get together. There are too many people, and we will see if we can come up with a suitable solution." Come." Baochai comforted Baoyu with a gentle smile on her lips.

Baoyu nodded and sighed that it was all right.He drank two sips of tea, and heard Baochai and Shi Xiangyun teasing, Tanchun Xichun also came to join in the fun, the four of them chatted happily and got along in harmony, he was also happy, watching them chatting and laughing happily, and only looking forward to the sisters in his heart How nice it is to be in front of him every day.It's a pity that he can only stay at home for three days this time because he came back for the holiday.

Baoyu suddenly remembered that Yingchun was coming, why should she be missing?Turning to stretch his neck to look, he saw Yingchun sitting next to Wang Xifeng, chatting with her about something, occasionally the two of them would look at Wang Xifeng's stomach.Later, Yingchun put her hand on Wang Xifeng's abdomen, then nodded with a surprised smile.

Baoyu rushed over and asked them what they said. Hearing that it was fetal movement, Baoyu felt it was fresh, and looked at Wang Xifeng's belly in amazement, and wanted to feel it.

Yingchun glanced at him, and immediately pouted towards Shi Xiangyun and Baochai, "It's not easy for those two to get together, why don't you hurry up and accompany them?"

Baoyu agreed with a smile, and then took a look at Wang Xifeng's stomach before going.

"Stupid again." Wang Xifeng smiled while clutching her belly, her belly was too rough for Baoyu to touch.

"That's right, he has no sense of proportion. My sister-in-law is heavy, so you have to be careful." Yingchun reminded.

Wang Xifeng smiled and nodded, reassuring Yingchun that no one in the house would dare to provoke her because of her temper.

"It's that Uncle Dou who is worrying. Meeting her on such a day... Sigh." Perhaps because of her pregnancy, Wang Xifeng felt a little pity for the child's experience.

"I can't care about the affairs of outsiders. Anyway, I heard people say that he has a bad temper and is an extremely difficult person to mess with. Fortunately, we are all in the back house and can't touch him." Yingchun sighed.

Wang Xifeng smiled, squinted at Yingchun and said: "It's not as scary as you said, I heard from your second brother Lian that he is actually a duck mouth, and his words are just a bit stubborn."

"I don't care." Yingchun took a sip of tea and went to the theater.

Wang Xifeng also felt that there was no need to worry about the things in the front yard. After receiving the playbooks, she also ordered two plays, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and watched them while knocking.

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The next day, all the excerpts from Yushitai were sent to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After reading a few memorials, the emperor frowned and wandered around the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a while with his hands behind his back.The emperor immediately announced that these ministers who had participated in the book would come to see them.

After a while, Prime Minister Wu, Song Xi, Cai Feiping, Jia She and others gathered in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"How is Hengmeng's identity checked?" After scanning these people, the emperor fixed his eyes on Song Xi.

"Prevention is very tight. No one has seen his female body yet, so I can't be sure." Song Xi said.

The emperor turned to look at Jia She: "He seems to be very clingy to you recently?"

"Send some strange little things," Jia She said frankly, "it's not worth much."

The emperor was immediately amused when Jia Amnesty added that it was worthless.He knew that Jia Amnesty was someone that money could not buy, let alone Heng Meng's strange harassment.Jia Amnesty is naturally relieved here.

"These two princes of Dayang didn't bring any soldiers and horses, and they are usually under control when they come in and out. I always think that they are not a big threat. Originally, if Heng Jun asked for help as a teacher, and wanted to increase his strength in Dayang, it would all be explained. Yes. But if Hengmeng is a woman, the reason for Hengjun will not be valid. Then they must have ulterior motives for staying in Dazhou, and they must be strictly guarded against. There are so many memorials from Yushitai. It has been proved that my courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been frequently harassed by the two Princes of Dayang several times. The decree will continue, and from today onwards, the two of them are not allowed to contact the important ministers of our court without reason. All messages must go through the reception officer hand, and hand it out." The emperor ordered.

Song Xi and others accepted the decree.

Prime Minister Wu heaved a sigh of relief, "Finally, I saved myself the trouble of perfunctory them."

Several other ministers also echoed.

Jia Amnesty took the opportunity to look at Prime Minister Wu's expression for a few moments, then continued to look at the ground in front of him and remained silent.

"Again, how sure are you about the matter of Hengmeng's daughter? The spies from the Dayang Kingdom sent back the news, but they didn't find any useful clues. At least at the moment, the people of the Dayang Kingdom still regard him as a man. Heng Jun doesn't know whether she has deceived everyone. Or maybe she is a man at all, we are too worried." Huang Yuande, Minister of Rites, objected.

As soon as this remark came out, the emperor and other ministers, except Song Xi, all looked at Jia She.They wanted to know where Jia Amnesty was based.

Song Xi sneered, and said to Huang Yuande: "This matter is my disadvantage. Originally, Mr. Jia just suspected it, but he didn't dare to confirm it, so he didn't report it. It's my mouth that is open and upright."

Song Xi then knelt down and apologized to the emperor.

"Aiqing has already made this matter clear to me," the emperor hurriedly stopped, and turned to Huang Yuande and said fiercely, "It's all useless to say, if it is confirmed that he is a daughter, why are we discussing it here? .”

"It's my fault, I should apologize. I thought this matter was very simple, but I didn't expect her to be very careful every time she changed clothes and took a bath, and also arrested two of his attendants for interrogation, and she refused to speak until she died." Song Xi said .

Huang Yuande was surprised when he heard this, "My God, the attendant next to Prince Hengmeng can survive the torture methods of the Song family? This is really not easy."

The emperor nodded, expressing that since Song Xi had done everything he had to do, he had done his best and had nothing to apologize for.

"Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. Make up a reason and invite the two princes Heng Meng and Heng Jun to participate, and then try to find a way to force them to undress on the spot." Huang Yuande immediately suggested excitedly.Since it is something that even Song Xi can't handle, if he does it well, he will definitely be rewarded and treated differently by the emperor.

"Huang Aiqing's method is also good, then I will leave this matter to you, and I will wait for your good news." The emperor laughed and sent Huang Yuande to handle the matter as soon as possible.Jia She was also left behind to ask about the whole story of Dou Huai's assassination case. The emperor was furious when he heard that the bandits were so arrogant, and ordered Jia She to solve the case as soon as possible.

Jia She bowed, "I have one more thing to report."

Jia Amnesty presented the memorial in his sleeve.

After the emperor saw it, his brows were almost knit together, his face was so gloomy and terrifying, he squinted his eyes and stared at Jia She, "Who else knows about this, where is Song Mulin?"

"I didn't say it, I have to wait for the emperor to show me, and then I will deal with it as appropriate."

"Very good." The emperor was silent for a while, and because he couldn't sort out his thoughts, he tapped on the table with his fingers, "Don't tell anyone about this for now, it is indeed as you said, you need to go there in person, really Just check it out. Don't tell Mu Lin, he has always looked down on the third child."

The emperor was still afraid of the power of the Song family, afraid that at this critical moment, the Song family would exert their strength and really bury his third son.If this was really done by the third prince, the emperor would naturally not forgive him, but if not, he would be unwilling to send this child to his death because of the factional struggle.

Thinking of this, the emperor felt pain in his heart, thinking of his eldest son who had always been optimistic.Back then, if he hadn't listened to mediocrity, he wouldn't have ruined the life of his precious son.After all, he was in debt to the queen, but the third prince was also his own flesh and blood, and he was one of the only three remaining princes. The emperor didn't want to repeat the same mistakes and lose another one.

"Be sure to check it out." The emperor told Jia She, "If it's his fault, if he dares to resist, you can use your imperial bestowed sword to give him a good time. If it's not his fault, I hope you won't be selfish. Clear him of suspicion. After all, he is guarding the mausoleum in Liuzhou, and once the Yantie case breaks out, he will definitely be at the forefront of the storm."

Jia Amnesty agreed and withdrew.

Normally, Song Xi would wait for him for a while.But today, after Jia Amnesty came out, he heard Song Xi's message from the little official, saying that he had some urgent business to deal with, so he left.

This time Jia Amnesty was more talkative than usual, and asked the little official, "What has your lord been up to lately?"

The little official was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and only told Jia Amnesty that their lord would like to deal with affairs alone in the Hall of Martial Arts very much.

"There must be some difficult and miscellaneous matter that is bothering your lord." The little official added.

"Go, remember not to talk too much." After Jia She said, he hurried out of the palace.

Wei Qingdong came to Yushitai and Jia She reported the results of the second autopsy: "The Taoist nun's death should have been four or five days ago, and there is nothing suspicious about the body from head to toe, and the inside is also very corrupt. "

Jia Amnesty nodded, so that Wei Qingdong didn't have to worry about the fact that the Taoist nun was still alive four days ago, and just recorded the female body according to the autopsy results.This alarming fantasy came from a fantasy, and it went even more mysterious, he couldn't figure it out.But the death of Jing Huan was really strange and sudden.

After Wei Qingdong left, Jia Amnesty drove to Neighborhood House to make preparations for his departure in advance.

In the Fude Teahouse opposite Neighborhood Xuan, the window of the private room on the second floor was opened a crack, and a man covered in black gauze was standing in front of the window.

The man was tall and tall, with his hands behind his back, watching the carriage turn into the back door of the neighbor's house with cold eyes, and Fang raised his hand to close the window tightly.

Heng Jun, who was sitting at the table lazily fiddling with the jade pendant, raised his eyes and looked at the man in black gauze who turned around, "I'll help you return to Beijing, and you can do this?"