The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Song Xi mentioned the beggar.

This is clearly implied.

Jia Amnesty observed Song Xi calmly, and saw that his complexion was normal, let alone showing curiosity.This shows that this person already knew the identity of the author of "Secret Stories Next Door".

Jia Amnesty decided to keep silent, but he wanted to see what purpose Song Xi had here.

Song Xi was silent for a while, and said to Jia She: "I want to know how much my news is worth, why don't I tell you first, and you help me judge?"

Jia Amnesty: "83 taels of silver."

"What?" Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty in confusion.

"The current total surplus of "Secrets of My Neighbor" is 83 taels of silver." Jia Amnesty explained again patiently.

Song Xi stared blankly at Jia Amnesty, not expecting him to react so quickly.It was obvious that the other party had already guessed that he knew his identity, but Hypothetical did not show a little panic, but directly answered his question with a very calm attitude, indirectly acknowledging his identity.Song Xi couldn't help laughing, the sharpness that should have been in the eyes of the phoenix turned into softness and elegance like a mist.

"Since you are willing to give me all the surplus, I will make an exception and tell you about it." Song Xi took out a letter from his sleeve and pushed it to Jia She.

Jia Amnesty opened it and saw that there were only five characters written in it, "Sun Xinyang Wu".Jia She remembered that Sun Xinyang should be the youngest son of Sun Yingwu, the imperial historian.

"This person is an infatuated kind, very interesting. I believe you will find many surprises after careful investigation." Song Xi said.

Jia Amnesty put the letter away, hooked his hands together, and asked Wanfu to take 83 taels of silver and give it to Song Xi.Song Xi seemed to be really greedy for money, so he took the money with his own hands.Because a few taels of silver were scattered and fell out when he held it in his hand.

Jia Amnesty picked up the silver, thought for a while, and simply poured out his own purse and put it in it for him.

Song Xi took a special look at the purse, it was very ordinary, it was just a piece of leftover brocade and satin, and there was no special embroidery pattern on it.Only then did he feel relieved to put the money in and put it away.

"If Mr. Song is fine, you can leave." Jia Amnesty said hurriedly.

Song Xi pointed to the book he had just bought on the table, "I haven't read it yet, the hospitality of your bookstore is really bad."

Jia Amnesty was speechless, and returned to his original position to drink tea and read a book.Song Xi also sat down and looked through "Secret Stories Next Door" page by page, seemingly seriously.

Jia She was sure that Song Xi had watched these two episodes a long time ago, and he didn't understand why he still pretended.He glanced over by chance and found that Song Xi was turning to the page where he wrote "Songxi" in the first issue, that is, himself.

Now Jia Amnesty finally understands, this fellow came to settle accounts with him after all.

"Every sentence is true, but I need to clarify. I often go to the Yafeng Pavilion, and my wife died early. There is no relationship between these two things. Du Chunxiao and I are simply masters and servants. Fengguan and Chunfenglou are to me what a beggar is to you. They all have the same function, to collect information."

It turns out that Song Xi opened Chunfenglou, the largest brothel in the capital.

If Jia Amnesty remembers correctly, the Dazhou Law seems to clearly stipulate that it is illegal for an official to open a brothel.

"I am not the owner of the title deeds of these two places." Song Xi seemed to see Jia Amnesty's thoughts, and added in time.

Jia She nodded, "Understood, you are exploiting a loophole in the law."

"You can say that." Song Xi admitted frankly.

"You also said that everything in my book is correct. But I have reservations about your relationship with Du Chunxiao." After all, Jia She had seen Du Chunxiao in front of Song Xi with his own eyes. bath.It must be a familiar master-servant relationship to do such a casual thing.

"Why do you say that? Is it possible that you have seen something with your own eyes, so that you have misunderstood?"

Song Xi knew that Jia She was not an unreasonable person, and he could clearly see what he was like from the contents of the two books he wrote, so he had to ask clearly.

Jia She pursed her mouth and met Song Xi's eyes indifferently, but didn't answer.

"Tell me, maybe I can explain." Song Xi said.

Because it was about the safety of Qingshan, the rough envoy of the Yafengguan, Jia She shook his head and said that he couldn't say it. He didn't care about it himself, but he couldn't take the risk of other people's lives.

Song Xi raised his eyebrows, "I can pay you 3000 taels for this news."

Jia Amnesty shook his head.

Song Xi frowned in embarrassment and thought for a while, then said in a firm tone: "I must clear up this misunderstanding with you today. In this way, I will guarantee my life. After you confess this matter, I will not hurt or hurt you." If you persecute anyone, you won’t say or do anything. If you don’t believe me, I can give you a written proof.”

Jia Amnesty was quite surprised that Song Xi would work so hard to explain something.

Seeing how serious he was, Jia Amnesty revealed something, but he still insisted that he didn't mention Qingshan.

"Once I went to the Yafeng Pavilion to investigate, I happened to see Du Chunxiao was about to take a bath through the window, and you were lying on the couch reading a book and waiting for him."

Song Xi quickly recalled the scene in his mind, and suddenly understood.

"It turned out to be that day! Du Chunxiao has always been too clean. When he came back from spying on information that day, he said that he was covered in bird feces. He couldn't stand it. He had to take a bath before reporting the news. If you saw clearly at that time, you would You should know that when he changes clothes and takes a bath, I can't see anything through the jade screen. And Du Chunxiao said that this man likes women. If you don't believe this, you can send someone to investigate at will. Although I occasionally stay in Ya Fengguan, but I have never lived with him, my room is next door."

Jia Amnesty: "Oh."

Song Xi looked at him.

Jia Amnesty ignored him.

When the two of them were speechless and embarrassed, Wanfu suddenly shouted: "Someone is here."

Jia Amnesty also noticed the sound of horseshoes, and hurriedly opened the window screen to look.Song Xi immediately grabbed Jia She's arm and hurriedly pulled him upstairs.

Jia Amnesty was puzzled and was about to ask him when he heard someone downstairs asking Wanfu loudly.

"Shopkeeper, is there any news from the book delivery side?"

Wanfu hurriedly said no.

The man in brocade clothes with a knife on his waist put a note on the counter, "Our master said, if you receive any news, you should call someone here immediately."

Wanfu looked at him incomprehensibly: "Guest officer, are you from the government? Why do we have to tell you about our neighbor's house?"

"It's someone you can't afford to offend. Let me tell you something, our master is someone who came out of the palace." After the man finished speaking, he walked out with loud steps, got on his horse, and galloped away.

Jia Amnesty asked Song Xi strangely, "Are you an acquaintance?"

"Not familiar, but he knows me. If he sees me with you, his master will naturally suspect you." Song Xi explained.

"His master?" Jia Amnesty asked tentatively.

Song Xi came to his senses, turned his head to look at Jia She, "So you were waiting for the third prince just now."

"Third Prince?" Jia Amnesty rubbed his chin, a little surprised and a little hesitant.

Although there are many sons of the current emperor, most of them died young, and now only three princes survived well.The oldest among them was the third prince, Muruijiong. He was just over 25 years old, the son of a concubine Xian, and his status was quite prominent.Slightly younger than him is the eleventh prince Mu Ruiyuan, 17 years old, who was born to a court lady. He is said to be very playful and not too ambitious.As for the youngest one left, he is the fifteenth son of the emperor, born of the empress. Although he is of the orthodox bloodline, he is only eight years old and still underage, so there are too many variables.After all, this is a dynasty in which even a prince in his 20s can die casually on the battlefield. People who stand up too early are too stupid.

"Do you feel it's a pity, or are you disappointed?" Song Xi asked.

Jia She frowned: "It's troublesome. My book is already being targeted by you noble people. I'm afraid it will be seized in the future."

"It's simple. I'll let the eleventh prince recognize this bookstore on your behalf, so he won't dare to provoke you." Song Xi suggested.

Jia She shook his head, Song Xi's method was equivalent to directly letting him stand on the side of the eleventh prince, he was not stupid. "I prefer to leave it to fate."

Song Xi grinned, then went downstairs with a flick of his sleeves, then got into the carriage and left in a hurry.

Standing on the stairs, Jia Amnesty watched Song Xi's carriage leave, and suddenly came to his senses.Song Xi was indeed hiding from being seen just now, but his carriage has been parked at the door of the Shusi. If the third prince's people recognize Song Xi, how can they not recognize his cool car?

Early in the morning, there are usually no guests in the bookstore.The guard recognized Song Xi's carriage but did not see Song Xi himself in the lobby of the book store, he must have felt strange, and probably suspected that Song Xi came here for another purpose.If you think about it further, you may feel that Song Xi has hooked up with the owner of this bookstore or even the author of "Secrets Next Door".

Jia Amnesty also understood that there was nothing excessive about Song Xi's actions in a moment of urgency, at least it prevented his identity from being exposed.Forget it, it's okay to be misunderstood, so I can be quiet.

Besides, it is not necessarily a bad thing that the bookstore is suspected to have something to do with Song Xi.After all, Song Xi is a powerful man, and he is a dignified national uncle. Under the protection of his name, Neighborhood Xuan may have less trouble.

Jia She felt that since Song Xi was so 'helpful', he should appreciate his kindness, such as letting more people know that this bookstore is under the care of Lord Song.

……

Xue Haomiao, the leader of the fifth-rank patrol in the capital, had a younger brother named Xue Haoliang, who was idle and loved to fight cockfights.For more than ten years, Xue Haoliang has been relying on his elder brother to support him.Now his elder brother was dismissed and investigated for a scribbled book, and he went to jail. Because of this, he has no money to earn money, and there is no meat in the meals at home for several days.Xue Haoliang couldn't stand being a rabbit and was a vegetarian, so he beat his daughter-in-law in a fit of anger, but was scolded by her for being worthless.He picked up the kitchen knife and asked around who the author of the secret book was, determined to find the culprit and settle the score.

In the end, he didn't ask anything, and Xue Haoliang held his breath for another day in vain.However, in the evening, Xue Haoliang heard some scholars talking about Neighborhood Bookstore, and heard that the only one in the whole capital that sells such a secret, Xue Haoliang felt that this bookstore must be the most famous one.

Early in the morning, Xue Haoliang got up, sat shirtless in the middle of the courtyard and sharpened his kitchen knife.He has thought it all over, he will go to the neighbor's house today to ask clearly, if the other party refuses to tell him.He didn't hurt anyone or hit anyone. He just hung around the door of the neighbor's house with a knife and drove away all the guests in his house.If someone dared to call the government, he would say that he was selling knives, so that they couldn't help him.

After Xue Haoliang drank a bowl of corn mush, he did exactly that.Holding a kitchen knife in his hand, he stood at the door of the neighbor's house and waved it away to drive away the guests.

Fangzhenglu and Wanfu came forward to persuade Xue Haoliang one after another, but found that this person was just looking for faults, and he was unreasonable at all.In desperation, the two secretly sent someone to inform Jia Amnesty.

After a while, Jia Amnesty sent an unremarkable boy over to deliver a message, telling Fang Zhenglu and Wanfu not to worry about this matter.As long as the shop is open, if there are no customers, there will be no customers, it doesn't matter.

So, Xue Haoliang waved the kitchen knife at the door of the neighbor's house all morning on his own.

At noon, many government servants in Gyeonggi Province have the habit of having lunch at a steamed stuffed bun shop on Tongtai Street.They happened to pass by the neighbor's house on the way, and they saw Xue Haoliang dancing with a kitchen knife from a distance.

"Hey, who is this, who dares to use a knife at the door of the neighbor's house. Could it be that there are still idiots in the capital who don't know that this shop is under the care of our Fuyin master." A yamen servant exclaimed loudly, and the others The servants of the Ming Yamen drew their knives one after another, and walked towards Xue Haoliang.

Xue Haoliang had noticed these yamen servants a long time ago, and was pondering what to say in his mind.Suddenly hearing them say that this bookstore is the place under the care of the current Yin Songxi of Gyeonggi Province, he was so frightened that his legs went limp and he peed his pants.He threw down the kitchen knife, knelt down on the ground and wept bitterly to make amends to the yacha masters, and then knelt down to make amends to Wanfu and others.

Wanfu covered his mouth, whining about finding someone to clean the slate on the ground, while sending Xue Haoliang away quickly.

At this time, people surrounded him on the street, and some of them recognized Xue Haoliang, and shouted: "This person is the younger brother of Xue Haomiao, the fifth-rank patrol leader who was dismissed."

"Xue Haomiao? It turned out to be that corrupt official who forced all the vendors in the north of the city to pay protection fees."

"What is his brother doing here, wanting revenge?"

"It's so easy to find a book that can eliminate harm for the people and defend the injustice of our people. He must never let him succeed. Let's read it together!"

The crowd didn't know who said the last sentence, but as soon as the words fell, everyone surrounded and kicked Xue Haoliang hard.

Xue Haoliang was so beaten up that he screamed in pain, screaming, "Master Yacha, help me!"

Several yamen servants clasped their ears, saying that they were hungry, and went away with a smile as they said nothing.

薛浩粮最后被揍的皮青脸肿，爬不起来了，还被众人逼着用舌头舔干净石头上的尿渍。Xue Haoliang had no choice but to cry, lick and beg for mercy, and vowed that he would never trouble Neighbor Xuan and the author again in his life.The crowd finally let him go, Xue Haoliang quickly limped and ran away, fearing that the crowd would regret beating him up again.

After Wanfu and Fangzhenglu watched the joke, they sighed inwardly that their lord had a fortune teller, as expected, they didn't need to do it themselves, someone helped them solve their troubles.So Mr. Song's name is really useful. Once the news of today's incident gets out, the neighbor's house will be popular in the capital in the future, and no one will dare to provoke and cause trouble.

……

Rongguofu

In recent days, because Jia Mu has been dissatisfied with the strange faces that Jia She arranged for her, she has been throwing anger at these servants when she has nothing to do.On the contrary, he got the reputation of being violent because of this, and became more and more unpopular, which made everyone in the mansion respect Jiamu on the face, but bored and perfunctory in the heart.

Mrs. Wang also had a very difficult time during this period. She spent so much effort to get people to restore Jia She's dilapidated courtyard to its original appearance, but she also had to spend energy to regroup and fight for the housekeeping right from the beginning.

Mrs. Wang deliberately dressed plainly, looking a little old.When she arrived at Jia's mother's residence, she knelt down to make amends, crying and confessed her previous embezzlement of the public's money.

Jia's mother thought that Mrs. Wang would deny this matter for the sake of face, but now she heard her crying with snot and tears, saying that she didn't spend a penny of the money she embezzled, and gave it all to the palace. Yuan Chun, who was suffering, even took out a small account book, recording how much dowry she had paid to send to the palace over the years.

"In these years, I miss her more and more. Sometimes I even feel that I am willing to die if I only want to see her. It is all the meat that fell from my mother's belly. She is still my first child, and my feelings are different from others. I saw that none of the younger generation of men in our mansion had great prospects. For the sake of Rong Mansion, they reluctantly gave up on her and sent her to such a place where people can't spit out their bones. I hope this The child can win, and I hope that she will be successful in the future, that she can shine on the lintel and support the brothers in the clan. I blame me for being too ambitious, which hurts her and myself!" Mrs. Wang choked up as she spoke. I couldn't breathe, and I cried bitterly with my chest hanging down.

Mother Jia burst into tears, scolding Mrs. Wang for not hiding it like this, and feeling sorry for Mrs. Wang's difficulty.She was busy moving out of her private room to take care of Yuan Chun in the palace for Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang quickly refused, "No matter how unfilial my daughter-in-law is, I can't ask for my mother's private house. I should solve my own daughter's affairs by myself. I will never commit shameful deeds secretly for the sake of face. When I say this today, I only hope that my mother will ignore the past and forgive me for my previous greedy mistakes."

"Okay, get up quickly. I already knew that you had a hard time, so I didn't point out you in public that day. Now it's just you and me talking about this matter. Don't spread it to anyone else, especially your elder brother. Don't ask him to know." Mother Jia sighed.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly kowtowed to Jia Mu again.

"I'd better think about when you were the housekeeper. Look at what our house has become like by your elder brother. The Lai family has been sent out by him. I don't know how many people outside are scolding us as masters." Unkind and ungrateful!"

"Brother is a bloody man after all, he doesn't care about the consequences, so he is impulsive and reckless. This housekeeper is a delicate job, and it should be done by a woman." Mrs. Wang pretended to be modest by retreating.

"That's right!" Mother Jia patted Mrs. Wang's hand, "I was hoping that you could take back the housekeeping power. It's a pity that Boss is acting more cautiously now, so that people can't catch him, otherwise I will drag him You can't dismount."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said to Jia Mu that she didn't care about the housekeeper, as long as she could honor her old man.

Because of this, Jia's mother felt sorry for Mrs. Wang even more, and gave her a pair of golden bottles inlaid with rubies.

Mrs. Wang took the things and left, but she was still not satisfied in her heart, thinking about how to restore her position in power as soon as possible.Now that Mother Jia already has a guarantee, all she needs to do is find a way to catch Jia Amnesty's mistakes, and then she can get back the housekeeping power.

Mrs. Wang summoned Zhou Rui's family and told her to find Jia Amnesty's fault.When Zhou Rui's family heard that Mrs. Wang wanted her to provoke the Elder Master, they were extremely unwilling in their hearts.Their family is still living next to the horse shed, and her face is twitching after being beaten by the master's people, and she can't even smile.After she had suffered so much, the wife wanted her to find fault with the elder, even if she had lent her ten guts, she would not dare to take the risk now.

But Zhou Rui's family was not good enough to refuse Mrs. Wang face to face, saying that she agreed, but she didn't do anything later, and when Mrs. Wang asked about it, she excused herself on the grounds that she couldn't find the fault.

Mrs. Wang found out that Zhou Rui's family was not in the same heart as her, and she was very annoyed, but the second wife was in a weak position at the moment, if she punished Zhou Rui's family again, it would be mean, and it would chill more people's hearts.So he could only endure this anger, and then went to find someone else to do the matter.But after looking around, they turned out to be some that are not as good as Zhou Rui's family.

Mrs. Wang has already realized that her words have no weight in this family, and when she orders people to do things, everyone is like a soft-footed shrimp, and they can't move anywhere except for perfunctory her.The second room was only temporarily losing power, and all these fools turned against the first room!

Madam Wang was so helpless that she went to her elder brother Wang Ziteng for help, but was severely scolded by Wang Ziteng.After all, this is a family matter of Rongfu, and Wang Ziteng is not easy to get involved as an outsider.But then he also promised Mrs. Wang that he would warn Jia Amnesty through other means.

Two days later, Wang Ziteng sent someone to tell Jia Amnesty to visit the mansion.Jia Amnesty refused because he was busy.

A day later, Wang Ziteng sent someone to invite Jia Amnesty, but Jia Amnesty refused again because he was busy.

The third time, Wang Ziteng came to the door in person, but was in vain. Jia She was not at home at all, and no one knew where he was.

Wang Ziteng was very angry because he failed to punch three times, and thought that he should wait until he saw Jia Amnesty before leaving.Who would have thought that he waited for an hour in his busy schedule, but still did not see Jia She's figure, so he could only choose to leave angrily.

Jia Amnesty has been really busy these two days, he has been concentrating on investigating everything about Sun Xinyang, the youngest son of Sun Yingwu, the imperial historian.

Sun Xinyang was born as a Jinshi, and now he is working as the editor of Cong Liupin in the Imperial Academy.This person has a good reputation abroad, and his father is a well-known royal doctor, who is known to be noble and upright.And he was able to become a Jinshi in high school at a young age and entered the Hanlin Academy, so his future is boundless.In terms of being an official, Sun Xinyang did have no problems, but in terms of being a man, he reached a new level of scum.

At the age of 17, Sun Xinyang married Wu Shi, the eldest daughter of Wu Hanlin's family. Later, because Wu Shi had nothing to do for three years, he took Wu's concubine sister, Aunt Wu, into the house.Who would have thought that Aunt Wu's belly would not live up to expectations, and three years later, her belly has not moved.At the beginning of the spring of the year before last, Mrs. Wu was lucky enough to conceive, and finally gave birth to a son for Sun Xinyang at the end of the year.Originally, it was a very happy event for the first wife to give birth to the eldest son.But I don't know what kind of madness this Sun Xinyang has gone into. He actually used his wife's weakness during confinement as an excuse to hand over the newly born eldest son to Aunt Wu to raise him.

The first wife, Wu Shi, was naturally angry, and she and Sun Xinyang tried to argue with each other several times to no avail, so she couldn't help but want to go back to her mother's house and cry.Naturally, Sun Xinyang did not allow her to do this, so he imprisoned Mrs. Wu in the house and did not allow her to step out of the room.And not only that, Sun Xinyang also took advantage of when Wu shi was weak after giving birth, and replaced all the people who had been close to Wu shi with his own people, in order to prevent her from secretly sending people back to her natal family.

After Sun Xinyang took the child away, he treated Wu indifferently and ignored him.No matter who the outsiders were, if they wanted to see Mrs. Wu, they were blocked by Sun Xinyang on the grounds that they were weak after giving birth and needed to rest.In less than a month, Wu shi collapsed in this oppressive and oppressive environment before she was out of confinement, and chose to commit suicide.

Sun Xinyang did not hide the matter of Wu's suicide, and let the people in the house and Wu's natal family know about it.However, Sun Xinyang concealed the specific facts, and only said that after giving birth, Wu often became confused, insane, and often went crazy due to physical weakness.He concealed Wu's illness in order to consider his wife's dignity and avoid the worries of his elders.Wu Hanlin's family had always believed in Sun Xinyang's character, and without too many doubts, they nodded and agreed to Wu's burial.

Now that Sun Xinyang has finally survived the funeral of his wife Wu, he began to plan to restore Aunt Wu.Wu Hanlin's family is also willing to continue the friendship between the two surnames. Besides, for the children left by the Wu family, they also feel that it is most at ease to be raised by Wu's own sister, so they also support Sun Xinyang's plan.As for Sun Xinyang's parents, they loved this youngest son very much from the beginning to the end, and they never objected to any decision he made.

Jia Amnesty spent nearly six days investigating and sorting out the whole process of Sun Xinyang's incident.

The old people around the Wu family had already been sent away from Beijing. Jia Amnesty could only investigate the friends and sisters of these old people, and heard some information from them.Fortunately, it has been more than a year since Wu's death at this time, and Sun Xinyang's control over the servants in the mansion is not as strict as it was then.Even with the passage of time, he and Aunt Wu are getting better and better, and they have already relaxed their guard against that little thing at the beginning.

It just so happened that an old woman who was in charge of monitoring the Wu family at that time was now resentful because of the injustice of Aunt Wu's housekeeper, so she was willing to sell the news and tell the inside story at that time.Based on the old woman's confession, Jia Amnesty found a maid who was watching with her at that time, and this maid has now been released from the house to marry.But her life was not good, her husband died early within half a year of marriage, and she became a widow.She always felt that her current fate was a retribution for the evil deeds she committed against the Wu family back then.Therefore, she was very calm about Jia Amnesty's questioning, and told the best of what she knew.

Doting on concubines and destroying wives, forced to death his original wife who had just given birth to a son.

How Sun Xinyang, educated by poetry and books, would have such vicious thoughts is beyond imagination.

Jia Amnesty also investigated the news at Wu Hanlin's house that Aunt Wu, who was a concubine at the beginning, had no intention of being arranged to be Sun Xinyang's concubine.Originally, this principle of "better to be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine" was understood by ordinary people, let alone Wu Hanlin's family, who boasted of a noble family.

According to the memories of the Wu family at the time, Aunt Wu was about to get engaged at the time, but when the Wu family returned home with Sun Xinyang, Aunt Wu fell into the water and was rescued by Sun Xinyang.Aunt Wu felt she had lost her innocence, so she wanted to commit suicide.At that time, Wu's biological mother happened to be worried about Wu's childlessness, so after asking Aunt Wu what she meant, she decided to give Aunt Wu to Sun Xinyang as a concubine.

Jia She felt that this incident happened too coincidentally, as if it was deliberately designed.Sun Xinyang must be a scumbag, but if this Aunt Wu is not innocent, Jia Amnesty does not want to let her go.

Jia Amnesty then sent someone to investigate Aunt Wu's past again.Especially when he was a concubine in the Wu Mansion, did any old man know the inside story.

"Don't limit yourself to the people in Wu's mansion. It's easier to get news from those who are released from the mansion."

After Jia She gave these instructions, he thought that there was one person in the Wu family who might know about it, and that was the deceased Wu's own sister, Zhang Wu.Her husband is Zhang Kaichi, the new magistrate of Puliu County.

Although Jia Amnesty didn't know this person, the reason why this Zhang Kaichi was able to rise from the head book to the magistrate of Puliu County so quickly was thanks to "Secrets of Neighborhood" which exposed the evil deeds of the previous county magistrate.Therefore, Jia Amnesty wrote a letter to Zhang Kaichi in the tone of a writer, hoping that he could let his wife recall what happened back then.

Two days later, Jia Amnesty waited for a reply.According to Zhang Wu's dictation, Zhang Kaichi wrote down the various behaviors of Aunt Wu before she was about to marry.

It turned out that Aunt Wu had a relationship with Sun Xinyang when she was 14 years old.At that time, Sun Xinyang had been the son-in-law of the Wu family for a year and a half.At that time, Sun Xinyang and Aunt Wu even had contact in private, but was bumped into by Zhang Wu.But because Zhang Wu was young at the time, he didn't think too much after hearing their explanation.Now that her sister was killed, things changed and people changed. She recalled all the things back then, and realized that everything was a conspiracy.

But now she can speak, but she can't.Brother-in-law Sun Xinyang's family background is much higher than theirs, and she has no real evidence in hand, so who would believe a woman's words.

When Zhang Kaichi delivered the letter, he also insisted that the messenger boy bring an extra 100 taels of silver, which was a reward from the couple to express their gratitude to "Secret Stories Next Door".Jia Amnesty knew that Zhang Kaichi's annual salary was only 50 taels of silver, and this 100 taels of silver was a large sum for their husband and wife, Jia Amnesty did not dare to accept it, so he asked the servant to return the original amount.

So far, all the events related to the death of Sun Xinyang and Wu have been sorted out, and the testimonies of relevant personnel are sufficient.Jia Amnesty only needs to sort out and summarize, and finally put together a manuscript and publish it.

Jia Amnesty counted the days again, and it has been 23 days since he sent the boy to Jindi. If there is no accident, the two boys should have returned.

Jia She had just finished thinking about it in the morning, and at noon he learned that the two of them had returned.Jia Amnesty was having lunch, and when he heard the news, he was so anxious that he didn't even eat, so he put down his chopsticks and told them to come in quickly.

"My lord, I went to Jincheng first, and saw that the city was prosperous everywhere, and the people lived happily, without any signs of disaster. So I asked some local people to inquire. According to what they said, Jin was indeed affected by a disaster, but it wasn't. All the places, only the northernmost one. Then the little ones went out of the city and went to the north. They went to three villages and counties in the north, but did not see any disaster. Asked the people there again, they said that the disaster The place is in the east. The young ones went to the east again, and the ones in the east said they were in the west, and finally the ones in the west said they were in the south, but when we started to go to Jincheng, he was in the south.”

Jia She sneered.It turned out to be such a trick!

The little servant said with a mournful face: "So the little ones are also confused. After being told by these people, they don't know where to go in the end."

"It's just right to be back." Jia She said that the two of them had worked hard, ordered them to keep their mouths shut and not to reveal any news, and then ordered Zhu Mao to take two taels of silver to reward them both.

The two boys expressed their thanks in a hurry, and then left obediently.

At this time, the black pig came to report to Jia She some of the rumors he had just collected, and asked the master to decide which one to focus on.

Jia Amnesty: "As long as there are rumors involving officials' corruption, taking power, or dereliction of duty, they must be investigated. Regardless of their quality or size, if they are found out, they will eliminate harm for the people. As for the anecdotes you mentioned, they seem to be nothing. It's important, but it's worth investigating the fact that the Wang family has children sending people in every month. If the general mansion needs people, they will be included at one time. Even if there are occasional special situations where the cleaning staff urgently needs to be filled, a There will be no more than three annual dignitaries at most. It's really strange that Wang's family wants someone every month."

"The little one also finds it very strange. But Wang Ziteng is running Jiedushi after all, and there are often guards around the house, so it's not easy to investigate."

"There is no impenetrable wall in the world. As long as there are secrets, there will always be flaws. You first ask people to guard all the people in the Wang family, especially the side door and the back door. In short, the more hidden the exit, the more you have to watch. As for others Yes, if there is danger, don't act rashly, safety is the most important thing." Jia Amnesty instructed.

The black pig agreed one by one.

"I've already prepared the content of the new issue, so this matter can be done slowly and there is no need to rush."

When the black pig heard this, he suddenly regained his energy, and hurriedly asked Jia Amnesty what it was all about.

"This time, I have encountered two major events, so I will only say these two. The first case is that there is no calamity in Jin and cheating food, and the second case is that Hanlin Sun Xinyang spoiled his concubine and killed his wife."

"It is indeed two major cases. If these two incidents are reported, I am afraid that not only the entire capital, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the saints will be alarmed."

The black pig just said that with his mouth, and he already felt super refreshed.If this matter broke out and everyone in the capital was uproarious, the scene would definitely be even more exciting.

Jia Amnesty felt that the situation in Jindi was not good for delays, so he finished the manuscript overnight and handed it over to Zhu Mao early in the morning, ordering him to leave Beijing immediately to go to the printing workshop to prepare for the book printing.

It takes four or five days at the fastest for a book to be typesetting with movable type to printed and bound into a volume.

Jia Amnesty remembered that he had heard a lot of gossip from the Ning Manor recently, so he asked Zhu Mao to bring him a blank booklet from the printing room, except for the four words "Secrets of Neighbors" printed on the cover with a special pattern, If the contents of the book are blank paper.

Jia Amnesty happened to be idle while waiting for the printing, so he picked up a pen and wrote a manuscript about Jia Zhen and Second Sister You.Because the content is not published, it is only for intimidation, so it is just edited casually, which seems to be rigorous. The testimony of the anonymous person is also edited.

Later, in order to prevent his handwriting from being exposed, Jia Amnesty asked Fang Zhenglu to copy his manuscript into the blank book.

Second Sister You has just turned 13 years old, and she has been living with Mrs. You in Ning Mansion, eating and drinking.Jia Zhen noticed the changes in Second Sister You every day, and seeing that she was about to bloom, she cared for her carefully, provocatively, and occasionally moved her hands.Second Sister You didn't understand these things when she was young, and she had never been taught by Mrs. You to avoid anything before.So she didn't care about these things, she just thought she was playing around with Jia Zhen, and as the days got longer, she knew a little about men and women, so she felt a little shy about Jia Zhen's taking advantage of her, but she didn't stop her.

The two of them got closer and closer as they came and went, and since no one stopped them, they became more and more daring.

At this moment, when Jia Zhen was planning to attack Second Sister You, Jia Amnesty came to her door.

Jia Amnesty took the handwritten first draft of "Secret Stories Next Door" and showed it to Jia Zhen.

"In the east of the city there is an old man named False Zhen, who covets the beauty of his wife and sister, and to the 13-year-old..."

After Jia Zhen saw these contents, she shuddered and asked Jia Amnesty in amazement what this meant.

"Someone dropped it at the gate of my Rongfu last night. The envelope said 'Received by the Grand Master'. I opened it and saw that it was a handwritten manuscript, but the content was written about you and had nothing to do with me. I thought it might be If you make a mistake, I'll send it to you."