The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

A low male voice came from behind the curtain.

"Since he has set his sights on this kind of thing, you can breathe a sigh of relief."

Prime Minister Wu stared at the curtain with a bit of hatred, "You have forced me to this point, how can I relax, it's ridiculous."

"You'll feel fine."

After the man put down his words meaningfully, there was a long silence.

Prime Minister Wu raised his eyebrows quietly, and tilted his hand slightly.After a while, he heard the sound of the wind blowing on the window sash, so he got up and opened the curtain, and sure enough, he saw that the house was empty, except for the open window swaying with the autumn wind.

The butler knocked on the door and entered, telling Prime Minister Wu: "Just now there is..."

"Never mind." Prime Minister Wu immediately cut off the conversation.

The butler immediately changed his words, talking about the situation outside the mansion, "Master, there seems to be someone outside the mansion staring at us."

"You don't need to worry about them." Prime Minister Wu said nothing, he immediately asked about the situation of the youngest son, and then hurried to the backyard.

……

Jia Amnesty's men stared at Prime Minister Wu for a few days without any movement, and then ordered the guards to be removed.

Song Xi was still a little puzzled, and asked him why.

"Since he is suspected, why do you let him go?"

"Don't you think it's weird what's happened to me these days? Wherever I found out, it was a dead end. From the Liuzhou case to Prime Minister Wu, it's the same. Let's say the person who kidnapped his son, He died without leaving any clues, and the suspicious boy named Guibaiian next to him also chewed his tongue and killed himself at a critical moment. Everything seemed to be controlled by someone secretly, deliberately throwing some difficult and subtle clues to me, Leading me to the path they preset, and every path I choose is a broken path they prepared for me, and it doesn't work at all."

Jia Amnesty has calmed down these few days, carefully pondering the cause and effect, and feels that it is impossible for him to encounter similar incidents by chance every time, and it is impossible for someone to make things develop so coincidentally several times without presupposition.

"I agree with your thoughts. In recent days, we'd better think twice and act cautiously. Don't just believe in the judgment in front of your eyes. Not everything that happens in front of you must be the most real." As soon as Song Xi finished speaking, there was a voice The boy handed over the report.

Song Xi took a look and immediately told Jia Amnesty: "Zhang Nan's army was attacked by surprise and suffered heavy casualties."

Jia Amnesty immediately stood up and looked at Song Xi nervously.

Song Xi quickly glanced at the follow-up content, "Zhang Wei is fine, more than [-] casualties."

Jia Amnesty was not relieved because he said 'Zhang Shu is fine'.Zhang Nan is his brother-in-law, and Jia Amnesty is very concerned about his safety, but the tens of thousands of soldiers who died are also human lives, and every life should be taken seriously.Now this is not a war on the border, and sacrifices must be made to defend the country.These people should not have sacrificed their lives for the court's power struggle.

"There were 3 casualties in Dazhou."

"You guessed it right, Wang Tianfang and Tang Tianli are in the same group, but they didn't wait until Zhang Nan led the army to attack Liuzhou City, but they did it halfway." Song Xi turned and asked Jia She Is there any reason for the leak of news.

"It must be so, but because the saint transferred troops from Jin two days ago, the battle was bigger and there were many insiders, so it is difficult to find out the source of this news." Jia Amnesty said worriedly.

"You and I change our clothes quickly, the saint must call us urgently when he hears this news."

Later, as expected by Song Xi, the two of them were summoned into the palace in a hurry, and they made a fuss over this matter, and at the same time questioned Jia Amnesty, why the relationship between Tang Tianli and Wang Tianfang had not been found out yet.

"It's been a long time, and it didn't happen in the capital city. It took a lot of effort to find the relevant people back then." Song Xidai explained for Jia She.

Jia Amnesty didn't say a word, only saluted the emperor to make amends.

Seeing Jia She's behavior, the emperor felt a little guilty, "In the end, I don't blame you for this matter. You already expected that Tang Tianli and Wang Tianfang seemed to have something to do, and you informed them, but you didn't expect these two thieves to be so rampant."

"Someone must have leaked the secret and passed on the news." Song Xi said.

The emperor agreed, and turned to look at Prime Minister Wu who had been nodding his head and not even looking at him, and asked him what he thought.

"These two thieves are so arrogant, the court should immediately send troops to suppress the rebellion." Prime Minister Wu gritted his teeth and said angrily.

The emperor nodded, and immediately dispatched 15 troops to suppress Liuzhou City from the north and south of Liuzhou City.

"Your Majesty, are there too many soldiers and horses to be re-deployed? If you take advantage of this and lose the other, it will be difficult to deal with someone who sneaks in and causes chaos at the border or in the capital."

"That's the case, so we should deploy more troops to fight the battle quickly, so as not to spread the news of the civil strife to the border and cause unnecessary crises." Wu Cheng refuted Jia She on the contrary.

The emperor agreed with Prime Minister Wu's statement, "How to build a country's prestige due to internal strife and injustice, is to solve it quickly."

Three days later, the urgent order of eight hundred miles was sent to the three nearest garrisons to Liuzhou. It was said to be 'the closest', and it was seven or eight hundred miles away. It would take six or seven days to go at full speed.

Zhang Nan's army suffered heavy casualties and needed herbal supplies.This requires sending a minister to bring the supplies and comfort the remaining soldiers by the way.

When the emperor was thinking about the candidate, there was a rumor outside the palace that the eldest prince asked to see him.

The emperor called immediately.

This was also the first time that Jia She met the legendary eldest prince. He was tall and tall, wearing a boa robe and a black veil on his face, only his forehead and eyebrows were exposed. He walked with great dignity and confidence.

After Murui bowed to the emperor, he used a low voice to indicate that he had heard that Zhang Nan's army had been attacked and suffered serious injuries.

"My son is willing to go to comfort the wounded soldiers, please grant permission from the emperor."

Muruijiong's words were sonorous, with a courageous wife, which inspired the emperor to hear it.

The emperor gave a big praise, and immediately agreed, ordering the eldest prince to make preparations right away, and as soon as the preparations were completed, he would set off immediately without delay.

Murui agreed, and took action here, hastily bid farewell to the emperor.

The emperor was very happy, patted the armrest of the dragon chair with relief, and looked at his three favorite ministers standing in the center of the hall.

Prime Minister Wu was expressionless and only twirled his beard.

Jia Amnesty had a pondering expression on his face, but he didn't express his opinion.

Song Xi didn't have any attitude at first, and even less now.On the contrary, it was Dai Quan who immediately sensed the emperor's emotions once again, and praised the eldest prince repeatedly.

The emperor was happy to hear it, but he was not satisfied, because the words of praise came from the eunuchs, but they never came from the mouths of the three people.

"What happened to the three lovers?" the emperor asked.

Prime Minister Wu hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized, saying that he was still immersed in the grief of the casualties of [-] soldiers, and he had not yet shaken his mind.Immediately he was satisfied with the emperor, and everyone praised the eldest prince's character.

The emperor was very happy, but when he was excited, he coughed violently, so that he couldn't wait for Song Xi and Jia She to speak more words of praise, so he sent the three of them out.

Not long after Jia Amnesty returned to Yushitai, he received an oral order from the emperor. He must have left in a hurry just now, and the emperor didn't remember it for a while.In the oral order, Jia Amnesty was asked to investigate the case of the abduction of the Prime Minister's son, and immediately reported the current case to him.

After Jia Amnesty dismissed the eunuch, he got up and went to Fude Teahouse again.The few Jiang Hu people hired by the shopkeeper were also escorted here by the yamen.Jia Amnesty asked them one by one about their daily situation and scope of activities, and once again asked them to recall the characteristics of the dead shopkeeper.

"My lord, I beg you, I beg you, this question is not limited to you, Mr. Liu of the government office has also asked the little ones no less than a hundred and eighty times, and the little ones have said all that can be said, there is really nothing left behind place."

"Speaking of useful things, I will commute your sentences by three months." Jia She said.

As soon as this remark came out, several people in the rivers and lakes immediately thought hard, and someone immediately said that the shopkeeper sometimes spoke with an accent, and he sounded like a Yuzhou native.

"Can you confirm?"

Another also said: "After what he said, I remembered it. One day before, a man rushed into the store and talked enthusiastically to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper didn't recognize him and sent him away. Then The man was still not convinced, saying what his name was, and the shopkeeper chased him away, saying that he had recognized the wrong person. The man was still not convinced, and asked the shopkeeper if he knew about Wolong Village in Yuzhou. The shopkeeper said he did not know him, and forced him to dismiss I left, and said that the man was a lunatic. But I see that the man is just dressed poorly, and he doesn’t look like a lunatic.”

Jia Amnesty ordered No.1 to commute his sentence by three months, and the second one to commute his sentence by one year.

Seeing this, other people expressed that they had details to disclose, but when it came time to speak, there was nothing special about it.

Jia Amnesty had previously assumed that if everything was deliberately designed against him, give him clues to let him discover that the previous assassins and Che Shuangquan were all real-faced people who were trained strictly to be spies, and their identities could be forged, but Experiences cannot be faked.If you really want them to tell the source, when they lived in Dazhou since they were young, their identities were immediately exposed, and they didn't have an accent, and they all spoke pure Chinese.But the shopkeeper of the Ford Tea House obviously does not have such characteristics. He only has a short strand of hair on the back of his head, which is in line with the characteristics of a real-faced person, but in other respects, this shopkeeper does not look like a real person. Yan people.

Jia She felt that the shopkeeper of Fude Tea House deliberately pretended to be the real person who caused trouble before. As for the purpose of this, it is unknown, but one thing is certain, he must want to hide his true identity.

Jia Amnesty immediately sent someone to Wolong Village in Yuzhou, but he wanted to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to retrieve the case files and check the records of Wolong Village.But he changed his way halfway and went straight back to Rongguo Mansion. Instead, he sent an unfamiliar boy to go out in disguise, and then went to Liu Mansion, where he delivered a letter to Liu Zhongliang.The reason why Jia Amnesty was so twists and turns was because he was afraid that someone would pay attention to his every move and respond accordingly.If the identity of the shopkeeper of Ford Tea House is really suspicious, then he can't let the other party know that he has doubted the identity of the shopkeeper for the time being.

After Jia Amnesty returned home, he received greetings from Jia's mother, and specially told him to drink the qi-tonifying ginseng soup.Jia She then summoned Jia Lian and asked him to prepare well to make the house lively when Brother Mao'er was full moon, which happened to be what the old lady liked.

The purpose of Jia Amnesty's doing this is not to please Jia Mu, but to let Jia Mu know that as long as her old man treats him calmly and does not cause trouble for him, he will also treat her harmoniously and try his best to let her enjoy her old age peacefully. , live happily.

Jia Lian just likes to talk about lively things, and besides, if he doesn't drink the full moon wine of his son, whoever will drink it.Now that his master has already said that he can make it more lively, then he better play it well.So he agreed, and geared up, and began to make arrangements.Wang Xifeng was also happy when he heard the news, and while coaxing Brother Mao, he told Jia Lian, "But don't go too far, if you are not close enough, don't invite me, so as not to cause trouble for the old man and let those people gossip root."

"I know, how many times have I undertaken it, do you not understand the truth? You should take good care of yourself and wait for me to set up a lively place for you, so that you can have fun with the children. But I have to trouble you a lot Coax the old lady, I think the master has the same intention now, so you have to bear more."

"Tsk tsk, it's different when you become an official. The words can touch my heart. Well, I will definitely not let you down." Wang Xifeng smiled charmingly, stretched out her hand and tapped Jia Lian's forehead, telling him to hurry up and get to work.

Jia Lian beeped and went this way.

Ping'er brought tea, but saw that no one was there, so he smiled and said to Wang Xifeng: "Grandma won't let him take a rest? He just came back from work, so he is busy again."

"Why, are you still feeling distressed?" Wang Xifeng glanced at her.

Ping'er's hairs stood on end immediately, and he hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

Wang Xifeng took her hand with a smile, patted the back of her hand and said: "But it's just a joke. I tell him to work, and he is willing to do it himself. It's good for him to be tired, so that he won't have extra energy to think about it." other."

Ping'er immediately understood what Wang Xifeng meant, nodded and said, "That's the truth, Second Master should really take care of himself. It is said that Zi Xiaofu, Second Master is serious, Brother Mao will definitely have a future."

"At night, you should serve him carefully." Wang Xifeng smiled and pushed Ping'er.

Ping'er hurriedly expressed that she didn't dare, and now she only wanted to work with Wang Xifeng wholeheartedly, and she absolutely didn't dare to provoke the second master.

Wang Xifeng laughed, "You don't have to be polite to me, I'm sincere today, I'm in confinement, but I don't have the bones to serve her, so I have to trouble you."

Ping'er blushed, lowered her head, thought for a while, then shook her head, telling Wang Xifeng to find someone else, because she didn't want to influence her.

Seeing that she was quite sincere, Wang Xifeng smiled sincerely this time, took the ginseng soup and put it in his mouth.

……

The next day, a group of troops from the imperial guards from the capital came, more than a hundred people in total, and surrounded the palace where Prince Zhenyan Heng Jun lived.Outside the entire palace, there are five steps and one post, and the guards are very strict.

Seeing this, the Zhenyan bodyguards in the palace immediately asked why, and then conveyed it to Heng Jun.

Heng Meng was also in the hall. Hearing that the emperor sent troops to guard them, she sneered and said to Heng Jun, "It's all your fault. I think I'd better pack up my things and leave quickly, so as not to be buried with you in the future."

"Why don't you ask who caused the current result." Heng Jun said.

Hearing that his tone was wrong, Heng Meng turned around and asked him what he meant.

Heng Jun sneered and said, "It's time to ask that 'best friend' with whom you are willing to whisper."

"What do you mean?" Heng Meng glared at Heng Jun.

Heng Jun: "I think the emperor knows you are a woman, so he doubts our intention to stay in Beijing."

"What nonsense are you talking about."

"My good sister, don't you think that I haven't noticed it all these years, and you really think you are my hateful and detestable brother?"

Heng Meng was so angry that she didn't speak, she glanced away, but she didn't look at Heng Jun.

"Tell you to stay away from that Marquis Jia En, but you won't listen, and now you're causing us such trouble." Speaking of Jia Amnesty, Heng Jun's eyes were as sharp as knives, as if he wanted to peel him and shave his flesh.

Heng Meng snorted coldly, ignored Heng Jun, and immediately strode away.

At noon, Jia Amnesty's subordinates received a note from a beggar.After Jia Amnesty watched, he went to the Zhuangyuan building by appointment.

When Heng Meng saw Jia Amnesty, she turned against her previous enthusiasm, stared at him coldly, and asked him why he told the emperor the secret that he was a daughter. "I know that you are a courtier of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you are very loyal, but you promised me something, how can you go back on your word."

"I didn't say anything," Jia She said.

Heng Meng was stunned for a moment, looked at Jia Amnesty suspiciously, and asked him if he really didn't say anything.

"If you don't believe me, why bother to ask me, I don't care to ask for the trust of a skeptic." Jia She said.

"But... But apart from him, only you know about this matter. Why did the emperor send people to surround the palace early this morning? Isn't that just suspicious of me!"

"The recent turmoil is all related to Zhenyan's car. Although the emperor has no evidence, he has suspected you for a long time. Yesterday was probably just an opportunity. He couldn't help it, so he sent someone to guard you. You Even if you don't know what big brother has done, you should feel something when you live with him every day." Jia She explained.

Heng Meng lowered her head, now she has nothing to say.But in her heart she was always thankful, fortunately she had just asked her subordinates to make a fool of herself and came to confirm with Jia She herself, otherwise she might have been fooled by Heng Jun.As expected, he was still too young to judge right from wrong.Thinking of this, Heng Meng became even more anxious.

"As stupid as I am, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete what my mother told me until I die." Heng Meng stomped her feet angrily.

"If you really want to accomplish what you want to do, the most important thing is to keep the Zhenyan tribe at peace. How can the clansmen in the flames of war listen to your teachings calmly? If you are sincere, you should stop you Eldest brother is caught in the battle of Dazhou, return to Dayang as soon as possible." Jia She paused, and continued, "This is a good thing for your clan and the people of Dazhou."

Heng Meng nodded, expressing her understanding.Instead, she looked and assumed with clear eyes, asking him if she could trust him.

"I am a courtier of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why do you trust me? Why don't you trust yourself, your vision, your judgment, and your inner feelings...Use these to see if I am worthy of your trust."

Heng Meng thought for a while, then nodded firmly at Jia She, expressing her belief in Jia She.

Jia Amnesty laughed helplessly, "You are straightforward."

Hengmeng saluted Jia She, and asked Jia She to help her. As long as her wish could come true, she swore that she would never let the Zhenyan tribe invade Da Zhou again.

"Just tell me, what's unusual about your elder brother recently."

Heng Meng: "I go out once in a while, and it takes me half a day to come back. He should be going to see someone, but every time he just takes his cronies, Bibo, and every time he comes back, Bibo will be so busy that he can't see him, what should he do? thing."

"okay, I get it."

After Jia She sent Heng Meng away, he summoned the black pig and asked him to pay special attention to the situation in the palace after Bi Bai left.We must start with some inconspicuous characters, and it is very likely that they are not real-faced guards and followers, but some servants and servants of the Great Zhou who come and go in and out of the palace, or ordinary people who send things, etc.

The black pig wondered: "Then there is no need to continue to follow Bi Bo?"

"No, continue to follow, what was before, what is now."

Jia Amnesty had read the records before, and every time Bibo would go to the teahouse to drink tea after Heng Jun recovered.At first, when Jia She looked at the record, he thought it was Bi Bo who had accompanied Heng Jun, so he found a place to hide.Thinking about it now, it is very likely that the other party already knew about their surveillance, and this Bi Bo was probably trying to attract the attention of his people, and it was the "dong" in "sounding east and west".

Two days later, Jia She ordered people to investigate the commonalities between Ma Tianmo, Tang Tianli and Wang Tianfang, and they finally found out.

It's a coincidence that all three of them were adopted or adopted by other families.The original origins of their three children all came from the same place, Wolong Village.

And 13 years ago, Ma Tianmo stayed in Fujian as a county magistrate, while Tang Tianli and Wang Tianfang were also patrolling the city in Fujian.At the first sight of Ma Tianmo's tenure, a businessman in the county moved his family for some reason, but on the way, they were robbed in Linxian's territory, and nearly one million taels of silver notes and jewelry were looted.Half of the merchant's family was massacred, and the descriptions of the rest of the kidnappers were unclear.After this incident happened, the governor of Fujian was in a hurry to search from house to house, and blocked the main traffic road leading to this place in time.However, those gangsters disappeared out of thin air with a huge sum of money as if they had wings.

Looking at it now, the reason why these three people joined together and chose to rebel is probably due to this reason.No one lives alone, everyone is holding on to each other, like grasshoppers on a rope, they can only advance together and retreat together.

Before Jia Amnesty reported the content to the emperor, he first questioned Song Xi, "Do you have any relationship with this Ma Tianmo?"

Song Xi was puzzled and asked Jia She why he had such doubts.

Jia Amnesty: "When I was lying in Liuzhou City, he kept getting close to me. He told me privately that he was actually under your command, but he was just following orders."

"He is indeed, and I did remind you to send a message to him when you went to Liuzhou to ask him to take care of his family, but I never told him to turn a blind eye to the Liuzhou case. "