The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Jia Zhen quickly picked up the book again, trembling slightly while holding the book, her brows straightened, her face reddened.

"What, what does this mean? Does he want to write about me in "Secrets of My Neighbor" and send it to everyone in the capital? Oh my god, how could this happen? I will definitely be laughed at by the rich and powerful in the whole capital die."

"More than that, think about Xing Zhong." Jia Amnesty reminded him in a friendly manner.

Jia Zhen was so frightened that she immediately shivered. Because of Mrs. Xing's death, he paid special attention to Xing Zhong's affairs, and he knew exactly what would happen to him.Jia Zhen still remembered that he still applauded at that time, scolded Xing Zhong for what he deserved, and patted his belly and laughed heartily.Thinking about it now, if he also suffered the same result as Xing Zhong, then he would have no face to live on.

Being forced to leave the capital, leave the Ning Mansion, and become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats... This is too terrible.

Jia Zhen was furious, stomping her feet while slapping the table, gnashing her teeth and scolding fiercely: "Where did this writer come from? Don't let me find him, or I'll beat him until his pants are all over the floor!" Looking for a tooth, let him cry father and mother and beg me, let him call me Grandpa Zhen, and promise not to write about me again!"

"Go ahead, I'll go first." Jia She made a gesture to get up and leave.

Jia Zhen hurriedly grabbed Jia She, and said anxiously: "Good uncle, my nephew is about to be killed by this book, why are you still leaving? You can't just leave him alone."

Jia She sneered: "I think you can solve the problem by cursing people."

"Okay, okay, I won't scold." Jia Zhen slapped her own mouth in a fake way, and then asked Jia Amnesty if there was anything she could do.

Jia She saw that he didn't seem to have finished talking, so he didn't speak.

Sure enough, Jia Zhen started crying for her pity with snot and tears.The words are not new at all, just a few clichés, impulsive, hot-headed, uncontrollable, and then make mistakes that men will make.

Jia She sneered, raised his head and looked at Jia Zhen, "Are you simply playing with women? It's incest."

Jia Zhen suddenly became wilted, bowed her head in shame, turned to grab the tea on the table in panic, and poured it into her mouth, a little afraid to look at Jia Amnesty.

The room was quiet for a while before Jia Zhen asked, "Then what do you think I should do now? Do I want to watch him write my story in a book? I guess I'll deny it to death, and everyone will definitely Still believe the words in the book, not my explanation.”

"It's natural, everyone is not stupid, why don't you believe the facts and believe your sophistry." Jia She laughed.

"Then what should we do now?" Jia Zhen's facial features were twisted together, extremely distressed.

"I do know someone, he can talk to the author of the book. It's just that whether you can solve this matter depends on the author's mood." Jia Amnesty's words are not a lie, he does know many people who know himself people, and they can talk to themselves.

"Then quickly introduce me!" Jia Zhen said anxiously.

Jia amnesty agreed, but he asked Jia Zhen to promise that he would keep this matter a secret, otherwise he should know what would happen if he annoyed the author.Jia Zhen quickly patted her chest to reassure.

Early the next morning, Jia Zhen received a letter, and the letter was signed with a four-character stamp with a unique pattern of "Secrets of the Neighborhood".The content is to ask Jia Zhen to prepare 10 taels of silver notes and wait for the middleman to trade with him.

That afternoon, Jia Amnesty took Jia Zhen to a very ordinary tea house in the north of the city. The two sat in the lobby on the first floor for a while, and then received a note from a beggar, asking Jia Zhen to refill the teahouse at No. [-] on the second floor. between.

The two entered the room immediately, and saw a large screen in front of the door of the inner room, and they couldn't see anything inside.Standing in front of the screen were two people, both wearing masks and sabers on their waists. They looked like they belonged to practice guys, and they couldn't be provoked.After entering the door, there is a table and stool in front of the eyes, and there are pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.Jia Amnesty let him sit here, told him not to ruin his future on impulse, and then went out.

After a while, Jia Zhen walked out of the house with a sad face.

"10 taels of silver, 10 taels, it's gone." Jia Zhen beat her chest and stamped her feet.

"Otherwise, you can keep it," Jia She said.

"No, no, no, I don't dare to keep it, or I won't be able to keep the entire Ning Mansion, let alone losing 10 taels." Jia Zhen couldn't help but be afraid.

The two then got into the carriage and walked back.

Jia Zhen: "But I can't help but be curious about the identity of the author of this book, who is so powerful. The middleman behind the screen just now told me about my daily diet and daily life. Think about it all the time. , to have eyes staring at me all the time, I was afraid, and I didn't even have the guts to hate them."

After Jia Zhen finished speaking, she was afraid that someone would overhear him, so she looked around, and then remembered that they were in the car.Now that Jia Zhen was relieved, she scolded severely, and then asked curiously how Jia Amnesty contacted these people.

Jia Amnesty was tired of Jia Zhen's noise, and kept his eyes closed to rest.Hearing this now, Fang said: "Beggar."

Jia Zhen originally wanted to wonder how Jia She got entangled with these people, but seeing that Jia She seemed very tired at the moment, he wisely didn't speak again.Anyway, he could guess in his heart that Jia Amnesty was questioned and investigated by the writer's subordinates because of Mrs. Xing's death and Xing Zhong's incident.Therefore, it is not surprising that Jia Amnesty has a way to contact the author.

The author of the book is really really too cunning to take advantage of the most inconspicuous and easily overlooked beggar in the city.There are too many beggars in the capital, and all of them are dressed in tatters and their faces are dirty, so that they all look similar.If anyone really wants to follow the beggar's vine to catch people, it will be very difficult, almost impossible.

Jia Zhen suddenly remembered something, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and gave it to Jia Amnesty, "I left in a hurry, I forgot to say, they gave me this thing back."

Jia Amnesty glanced at the contract and asked him what he thought.

"You say that all my money will be used to help the poor, build bridges and pave roads, and investigate corrupt officials. And you say that I am doing good things like benefiting the people, improving people's morals, and restraining officials' evil deeds. I did my part. Why don’t I believe it! Just stealing money, talking about the name of supporting justice, bah, I just think they are sanctimonious and disgusting!”

When Jia Zhen thought about the 10 taels of silver she gave up, she felt very angry.Now the matter is indeed resolved, he escaped a catastrophe, but as long as the author of the book lives and catches his scandal, he will be angry and dare not speak out for the rest of his life, and he will suffer as a dumb man eating coptis.

The other party also asked him to make a written guarantee that he would never do anything like bullying Second Sister You in the future.Jia Zhen couldn't be more angry, but he didn't have the face to tell Jia Amnesty about it, so he kept it a secret.

Regarding Jia Zhen's doubts, Jia Amnesty explained patiently this time, "If they really take the money for pleasure, they will just ask for the money and leave. Why bother to explain to you, and leave this contract for you."

Jia Zhen was stunned, thinking about it, it was indeed so.Although he didn't want to admit it, if the other party really took the money and left, he wouldn't say anything.Nowadays, such promises and guarantees are easy to leave people talking. If they can't make it later, they will get a reputation for hypocrisy, and they will be asking for trouble.

Jia Zhen gradually changed from completely skeptical to dubious.Let's wait and see later, if the other party keeps silent, he can use this matter to blackmail him back if he doesn't keep it safe, and then he can scold him happily.

"Keep your mouth shut about today's affairs, if you suffer from it again, you will deserve it." Jia She reminded.

"know."

One of the guarantees that Jia Zhen wrote to others just now must be kept secret.Originally, he felt that it had nothing to do with talking about it with someone close to him.But after hearing Jia Amnesty's reminder just now, and considering the supernatural powers of the author, he still keeps his mouth shut and doesn't talk to anyone in the future.

When they arrived at Ningguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty got off the car and said goodbye to Jia Zhen.The black pig returned to Rongfu immediately, and handed over a stack of bank notes and Jia Zhen's autographed guarantee to Jia Amnesty.

"Master, you want 10 taels at once, which is quite a lot." The black pig sighed.

"Originally, I only planned to ask for [-] yuan to give him a warning. However, who told him to have a bad temper, and scolded the scholar for four words, so I added a little more to him, and I think he wouldn't mind. This time it can be called He had a heartache and learned a lesson, maybe it's a good thing."

"What should I do with the money?"

"There will be a war soon, and the people will always be the ones who suffer, so try to stockpile as much food and medicine as possible. When they are all bought near the capital, they will send people to buy them along the canal, so they can be easily transported." Jia She sighed.

fight?

The black pig was very puzzled. The world was so peaceful and peaceful. Even the restless barbarians on the southwestern border signed an armistice agreement last year.The black pig almost thought he had tinnitus, and misheard these two words.But according to the master's order to stockpile food and medicine, this is clearly talking about war.

Jia She waved his hand, urging the black pig to do it quickly.The black pig was dumbfounded, but still agreed, called Zhu Mao together, and followed the master's orders.

After Jia Zhen returned to Ningfu, she was still heartbroken over the fact that she had given up 10 taels.Although Ning's family has a great business and can live on with a loss of 10 taels, but all of a sudden, such a large amount of cash has been lost, and it must be a tight situation.

At this moment, he was feeling heartbroken, when he heard someone outside the door shouting "You Lao Niang", Jia Zhen remembered that their mother and daughter were still in Ningfu.

At this time, Mrs. You had brought Sister You into the door with a smile, and said hello to Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen took a second look at Second Sister You's appearance. She was born beautiful and somewhat beautiful, but compared with 10 taels, it was nothing!

"We ladies haven't seen my aunt for the past two days, and I was wondering if you were unwell, but just passing by at this time, I heard that my aunt has just come back, so I came here to see you." Mrs. You said with a smile on her face.

"This is Ningguo Mansion, not a place where you girls just walk around. What's the matter if you are seen by outsiders. From now on, don't bother me wherever you come from." Jia Zhen immediately drove away with a cold face. humane.

The smile on Mrs. You's face hadn't stopped yet, she was dumbfounded when she heard this, and turned to look at her daughters.Third Sister You looked angry, while Second Sister You drooped her head and was already crying.

Only then did Mrs. You realize that what she had just heard was true, and Mrs. You wanted to ask why, so she heard Jia Zhen send someone.

"Leave quickly, don't stay for a moment." After Jia Zhen said this, she walked away with a cold face and hands behind her back.

After waiting for a while, Mrs. You was kicked out by the maid, and the three of them had to go back to the room to pack their luggage.

Second Sister You was very sad and kept crying.

Mrs. You was so angry that she dropped her luggage, and scolded Jia Zhen for being ungrateful, disrespecting the elderly, and acting good when she got a bargain.

The third sister You went to pull the second sister You, and advised her not to think about the "thin lover".Second Sister You cried away from her, "How old are you and what do you know?" After she finished speaking, she continued to wipe away her tears.

Third Sister You glared at her angrily, "I am younger than my sister, but I see you hooking your shoulders every day, so I don't understand what you want to do! He is the Ningfu uncle, but treat us as a cat and dog plaything, just tease us when we are happy." Funny, not happy like today, kick us away, what can I say! It’s been a while, and you still take other people’s lies as the truth, and feel sad for that kind of beast. I look at it, and I feel aggrieved for you .Thanks to him showing his ugly face before taking advantage of you, you wake up earlier, we left earlier, and we are all clean."

Second Sister You suddenly widened her almond eyes, and looked at Second Sister You tearfully, crying pitifully.

Mrs. You hurriedly patted Third Sister You on the arm, telling her to stop talking nonsense.

Third Sister You quit and pushed Mrs. You away.

"You are also responsible for this matter. You saw that the people over there were not right, and you allowed our sisters to be molested by their father and son."

Mrs. You burst into tears immediately, and complained while sitting on the ground, patting her thighs: "It's not easy to raise a girl. Everything needs money for food and clothing. I'm a useless bitch who bothers to raise my children, but I'm still disgusted... ..."

"Please, don't talk about us in this way again. We dragged you down, so you dragged us to be with men. It's no different from being a prostitute." Third Sister You was also impatient at the moment. He said everything he dared to say.

When Mrs. You went up, she slapped Third Sister You across the face.Third Sister You sat on the ground and began to cry.

Seeing this, Second Sister You hurriedly reconciled, "It's all my fault that I lost my temper just now, you two should stop doing this, you can't stay here any longer, you all pack your things and leave quickly."

Mrs. You, mother and son went to say goodbye to Youshi, and only got a broken carriage from Youshi to take them home.The three of them took their luggage and got into the carriage through the back door of Rong Mansion, the tears on their faces were still wet.

At this time, a dirty beggar came over with a broken bowl in his hand.

Seeing this, Mrs. You hurriedly sent him away, "Our girls will end up on the streets tomorrow, but I have no money for you."

"Calm down, I'm giving you money." After the beggar said, seeing that there were no outsiders around, he stuffed two silver bills into Mrs. You's hands.

Mrs. You was shocked.

The beggar led Mrs. You to the base of the wall to explain in detail.

"This is given to you by our master on behalf of Uncle Zhen of the Ning Mansion. Take the money back and buy some land quickly, and rent it out later. The rent alone is enough for you women to live on every year, and you don't need to ask outsiders in the future. As for Zhen Uncle, I advise you not to provoke any more trouble." The beggar then whispered to Mrs. You, "The neighbor's secret was intended to expose the matter between Uncle Zhen and your second daughter, but now Uncle Zhen has entrusted someone to settle it. From now on He definitely doesn't dare to provoke your daughter anymore, don't have anything to do with the Ning Mansion, the only ones who will suffer later will be yourselves."

The beggar also told Mrs. You not to talk nonsense, otherwise there will be retribution.

Mrs. You was shocked, and was about to ask who the owner of the beggar was, when she saw that the beggar seemed to be able to fly, and quickly threw it away and disappeared.

Mrs. You flipped through the banknotes and found that there were 600 taels of silver in total.Indeed, as the beggar said, buying some land for rent is enough to fool the girls' annual expenses.

Full of doubts, Mrs. You got into the carriage, and when she got home, she closed the door and told the sisters about it.

"Secrets about the neighbor?" Third Sister You was the first to react, she was taken aback, and then pulled Second Sister You back in fear, "Thanks to this matter being suppressed, otherwise you and her would be Xing Zhong and Qian Widow number two!"

"Don't talk nonsense." Second Sister You patted her chest, she was also quite scared.Jia Zhen was indeed frightened by this incident and lost her money, but he dismissed the girls like this without asking, which is really chilling.Second Sister You also thought it through now, and she gave up on Jia Zhen.

Mrs. You kept patting her thighs and lamenting the danger, and hugged Second Sister You and Third Sister You as she spoke.The mother and daughter cried for a while, and Mrs. You put the banknotes into the box, and said with determination: "From now on, we girls will not rely on anyone, we will rely on ourselves."

"It's just that I don't know who got the money? How can I say it was given by Uncle Dai Zhen?" Third Sister You asked.

"Don't guess, he is kind, we just accept it." Second Sister You laughed through tears.

Third Sister You rolled her eyes and thought about it carefully, and she always felt that there was something strange here. How could a beggar know so much? Could it be that the person who gave the money was appointed by the author of that book?Third Sister You was taken aback by this idea, but then couldn't understand why the writers gave them money for nothing.After much deliberation, I couldn't figure it out, so I felt that what the second sister said was right, this matter must not be understood by them, just take the good intentions of others.

As for the Ning Mansion, the three of you, mother and daughter, absolutely dare not go there again.Jia Zhen, a dignified Ningfu uncle, was afraid of being written in that book, and they, weak and helpless women, were naturally even more afraid.A man can still live if his reputation is ruined, but if a woman's reputation is completely ruined, she can only die.They don't want to court death yet.

……

Three days later, it was the middle of a month.In addition to the full moon on the [-]th day, it is also the delivery day of "Secret Stories Next Door".

Originally, the dignitaries who were sent books were ready, ready to collect the books at night, and then have a heated discussion.Unexpectedly, early in the morning, just after dawn, the gatekeepers of various dignitaries' mansions picked up a big envelope at the door.

The boys have seen the world twice. When they saw the envelope now, they guessed something in their hearts. Then they weighed it and felt that it looked like a book inside. It must be "Secrets of the Next Door". " up.The servants immediately rushed to give it to the master.

Some dignitaries were still lying on the couch and their eyes were dim. As soon as they heard that the book was coming, they would open the letter and read the book before they got up from the couch.

I thought that the incident described on the first page of this book must be a major event to expose some corrupt officials.But after reading most of the book, I don't know what it means at all.

First, it talks about how many new beggars there are in Beijing and where they come from. Then there are some question and answer records of unknown people in unknown villages and counties. They are all oral testimony, and of course it can be said that they are not testimony at all.Because what is recorded is basically the nonsense of ordinary people pointing the way to the author where the disaster-stricken place is, which is very boring.Even if the author goes to the disaster-stricken area to have a look and describe the scene of the imperial court's disaster relief, it is much better than asking around in circles where the disaster-stricken area is.

In short, this first matter, which occupies most of the book's space, ended in such an inexplicable way.Disorganized, unintelligible, it feels entirely like making up numbers.

As for the second one, the imperial censor doted on his concubine and killed his wife, and it was a matter of sisters vying for a husband. It was really spicy and tasted, and after reading it, people were so angry that they even had the urge to kill Sun Xinyang directly.

Although the description of the subsequent events is good, because the first event was written too hastily and took up too much space, it left the impression of making up numbers to the readers.The dignitaries were very dissatisfied because of this, but they had no way to protest.Many people who happened to have nothing to do these days didn't even eat breakfast, so they hurriedly left for the teahouse they usually go to to complain about this matter.

……

Song House.

After Song Xi had breakfast and cleaned his hands, Fang took "Secrets of the Neighborhood" from his servants to read.He only turned a few pages, his face changed drastically, and he ordered someone to prepare a car and enter the palace immediately.

On the way, Song Xi still complained about Jia Amnesty in his heart.For such a big matter, he didn't reveal any information to him before. Fortunately, he kindly provided him with a second story before, but he turned his face and turned ruthless.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, every ten days, the emperor would go to court every ten days. When there was something to do on weekdays, the emperor would deal with government affairs in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Today is not the morning sun. When Song Xi arrived, he was just in time for the emperor to meet with several ministers from Yushitai.Song Xike couldn't afford to wait, so he directly asked the eunuch to pass the message.

The third prince, Muruijiong, was also waiting in the side hall for the interviewer. Seeing that the little eunuch went in obediently to deliver a message, he couldn't help ridiculing Song Xi: "Some people are amazing. The royal family is more delicate than the royal family, and even the prince still has to warm up the stool to see his father, so he can hurry and urge him before his feet are firmly on his feet."

Song Xi tilted his head slightly, and asked the eunuch guarding the palace: "Which minister taught the third prince to read recently?"

"Master Hui Song, former crown prince Taibao Jiang Hongtreya, Lord Jiang."

Muruijiong sensed that something was wrong, and secretly gave Song Xi a dark look.

"I heard that he is nearly seventy years old, and he is a little foolish. I still don't believe it, but now I see, I should believe it." Song Xi squinted at Muruijiong, then sneered, and said nothing more.

Murui was very angry, and was about to argue with Song Xi, when he heard someone from over there announce that Song Xi had an audience.Not long after, someone came to tell Murui to come over again.

Muruijiong quickly took two steps, and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony with Song Xi one after the other.

When the two entered the hall, they heard someone talking in the hall, their voices clanging, seemed to bring a lot of anger.In a short while, I saw a person kneeling in the center of the ground, Sun Yingwu, the official censor.

"Your Majesty, the author of this book falsely confuses the public with false rumors. It is a big treason and should be banned. I even thought that if the author of this book was instigated by some treacherous sycophant in the court, he would first really confuse the people, and then use falsehood to confuse the people. Wouldn't it be terrifying to use one's own selfish desires to eradicate dissidents, and then make himself bigger!"

"Sun Yushi is playing the report at this time, is it a little anxious to jump over the wall?" After Song Xi stood still, he smiled, as if he had heard it by chance.

Sun Yingwu was very angry, and immediately refuted Song Xi, "The reason why I ordered the emperor to ban this book is precisely because today I saw that the content of the new issue of this book was fabricated and slandered wantonly. This book did report several people. The evil deeds of corrupt officials were indeed verified by Yu Shitai, and it is precisely because of this that this book has had some influence in the capital. An innocent official."

Song Xi glanced in Sun Yingwu's direction.

"But this official is your son." Zheng Qiao, another censor who was present, said immediately.

"Since ancient times, virtuous people have not avoided relatives. Now that my son has been wronged, how can I not speak for him!" Sun Yingwu could bear with Song Xi, but he yelled fiercely at Zheng Qiao.

The emperor was still sitting at the head, so Sun Yingwu's move was somewhat offensive.Sun Yingwu was terrified and hurriedly kowtowed to apologize to the emperor.

When the emperor just listened to Sun Yingwu's words, he felt that it was quite reasonable, and he didn't pay attention to a miscellaneous folk book, so he felt that it was nothing to block the book.But when he saw Sun Yingwu's sudden gaffe just now, the emperor couldn't help hesitating a bit, thinking that there should be something inside.

The emperor was thinking about how to deal with it, so Song Xi submitted the book.

"Song Aiqing, who is this? I already have a copy of this book." The emperor sighed.

Song Xi: "The emperor can see the front?"

The emperor shook his head, how could he not be interested in reading this kind of book.

Song Xi: "The king of Jin may want to rebel."

One sentence aroused everyone's horror.

Not only the emperor was surprised, but everyone else present looked at Song Xi in surprise.Rebellion is a big deal, and no one would talk nonsense about such things.What's more, the person who said this is the uncle of the current dynasty, a dignified first-rank university scholar.

The third prince Mu Ruijiong didn't take it seriously, and couldn't help but sneered and said, "Master Song has always acted cautiously, don't say that you believe that King Jin is going to rebel just because of a joke in a book today."

Song Xi sneered, "It's useless to talk too much, people will know the two things after checking them together."

The emperor just heard Sun Yingwu's complaints, so he had preconceived ideas and always thought that "Secrets of Neighbors" was a vulgar miscellaneous book that was made up and popular among the people, so he didn't bother to read the contents of the book.Now seeing that Song Xi firmly believed in the content of this book, and it was related to a major event of rebellion, the emperor naturally had to study the above content carefully.

At the beginning of the book, it is said that the beggars in the capital are only from Lu, not from Jin, which is a little strange.Then there are the descriptions of several villages and counties and the discourse records of the local people.

"Zhanggan County, Yulin Village, Menghu County, Zhiqiu County..." the emperor repeated these place names with a frown.

Song Xi: "It is the village and county where King Jin fiefs."

The emperor hurriedly asked someone to present the map and asked Song Xi to draw according to the description in the book.

Song Xi had a vivid memory for the content described in the book, and he quickly circled it with a cinnabar pen.Finally, the largest circle was drawn in Jincheng in the south.

The emperor took a look and saw that there were four directions: east, west, south, west, so those people said that there were disasters in the east and west, it was all false.

"The land of Jin was not affected by the disaster at all? Is he the King of Jin cheating disasters and defrauding food?"

"How is this possible? The Holy Majesty had already sent Liu Zhongliang to rescue the disaster. After Liu Zhongliang came back, he reported to the emperor that the disaster in Jin was very serious. The people were as thin as skeletons, and they even had to eat each other." Sun Yingwu firmly believed that the book said The content is all false, so at this moment, of course, I choose to unswervingly believe in the results of Liu Zhongliang's field inspection.

"Indeed, it's time to ask Liu Zhongliang, the imperial envoy for disaster relief at that time." Song Xi sighed.

The emperor sneered, compared to Liu Zhongliang, now he believes more in the survey in this book.After all, Liu Zhongliang followed a clear path in his inspections. If the other party knew that his addiction was intentional to deceive him and faked disaster scenes so that he didn't realize it, it was very possible.But this book will not, because the author sent his entourage anonymously to investigate deeply in Jin, and he traveled to many places, and there are beggars in the capital as evidence, which is not like a lie at all.

King Jin was the only king with a different surname who had a fief in the dynasty.Since last year, the emperor has had the idea of ​​deposing the princes with different surnames to inherit the fief, and suppressed him a little bit twice. Naturally, he hoped that he would understand the meaning and ask for the return of the fief to the court.Unexpectedly, the old Jin King suddenly died of illness. After the new Jin King inherited the title, the emperor felt guilty and did not do anything. He even considered for a while to marry the princess to the new Jin King as compensation before canceling the other manor.

Wan didn't expect that before his idea was put into practice, King Jin would have the idea of ​​treason.

After the emperor asked someone to declare Liu Zhongliang, he flipped through the second half of "Secret Stories Next Door", which was about Sun Xinyang, the youngest son of Sun Yingwu.The author really doesn't have much literary talent, and the narrative is written in plain language, he doesn't look like a talented person.However, the content described is very rigorous. In the actual investigation, he said what he heard. When looking for evidence, he also wrote the original words. The whole article did not judge and figure out anything with his own eyes.The case of Sun Xinyang is the same as the first investigation in Jindi. It feels like a very real restoration, and there is no room for rumors.And judging from the testimony of the last person, this person seems to be a very close person of Sun Xinyang's deceased wife.

The emperor immediately sent someone to the household department to inquire, and then learned about Wu Hanlin's family situation.Wu Hanlin has two sons and three daughters in total, Wu is the eldest daughter from the concubine, Aunt Wu is the second daughter from the concubine, and a youngest daughter from the concubine, who is married to the current magistrate of Puliu County.

The emperor felt that the testimony of the last person was very similar to that of the little daughter. His words were so indignant and earnest that even bystanders would feel the regret, sadness and sadness of all kinds of entanglements in his heart after reading it.

At this time, Liu Zhongliang came to see him.

The emperor asked him to report the situation in Jin again.Although Liu Zhongliang was puzzled, he honestly repeated what he had reported before.

The emperor was extremely helpless, "I am asking you, what else do you find unusual besides these?"

"Returning to the emperor, when King Jin led his ministers to inspect those two villages and counties, they were indeed starving and dying, and the people were in dire straits. The cries of those thin and weak children are still in my ears." Liu Zhongliang mourned. sighed.

The emperor pondered for a while, then warned everyone present to keep today's matter a secret, and then sent away the idlers and others.

The emperor asked Song Xi, "Liu Zhongliang is very firm in what he said, what do you think?"

"I also ask the Holy Spirit to send secret guards to investigate this matter." Song Xi cupped his hands and said, "In order to avoid accidents, we can also dispatch troops and horses in advance to prepare for emergencies."

The emperor frowned and glanced at Song Xi, nodded, and immediately made arrangements.

Three days later, spies came to report that there was no real evidence of the disaster in Jin.

The emperor was so angry that he immediately dismissed Liu Zhongliang from his official position and ordered him to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors at home.In turn, the decree was delivered again, and the intensity of dispatching troops and horses was increased.

The emperor immediately summoned Song Xi to come to see him.

While waiting for someone, the emperor picked up "Secret Stories Next Door" and put it down again, tapping the cover of the book with his fingers.Only then did I notice that the four characters on the cover were stamped with a large stamp with a special stamp.The purpose of this move is probably the same as Tiger Talisman, to prevent fakes.It can be seen that the author is thoughtful and cautious, and his meticulous insight is by no means comparable to any official in the current dynasty.

"Just because there are no beggars from Jin in the capital, he has insight into such a huge inside story. This person is really—" The emperor couldn't find a suitable word to describe this famous author. If he is said to be talented, his words The ability is very ordinary.

"Weird." Song Xi answered.

"Yes, it is indeed a geek." The emperor put down the book, stared at Song Xi and said, "I want you to find this person, I want to see him."

Song Xi: "The minister obeys the order."

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Ten days later, the third issue of "Secret Stories Next Door" spread to Jindi.Because the locals in Jin are familiar with the place names of some local villages and counties, they immediately noticed that the content of the book was wrong and reported it to King Jin.

After reading this book, the king of Jin felt that something was wrong, and immediately ordered his subordinates to gather troops to prepare for an early rebellion.

The secret guards sent by the emperor had already closely monitored King Jin's movements, and when they saw any abnormalities, they immediately called in soldiers to punish him.The king of Jin closed the gate of Jincheng tightly, sent troops to fight, and stood firm to resist.

However, King Jin was defeated to death because of the sudden incident and lack of preparation.The war lasted only about five days from start to finish.Although the fighting time was short, the entire Jin land seemed to be swept away by a flood, with their homes completely destroyed and the people living in dire straits.At this time, the imperial pension envoy sent by the imperial court has just set off from Jin, and it will take a long time to arrive.

Fortunately, a benevolent person suddenly appeared at this time, and sent people to Jin to provide relief with rice grains, and prepared enough herbs for the innocent people who were injured and sick due to the war.

When the common people asked about the name of the good man, they were all told that it was "Lin Jiazhen".There are no squires near and far with this name, and if you look closely at some gangsters and robbers in the rivers and lakes, they don't have this name either.

The common people were puzzled, but they were all very grateful for the rescue of "Lin Jia Zhen", and they called him "the great good man of Zhen".

The matter spread slowly, and finally spread to the capital.Jia Zhen also heard about this, and after researching it, she guessed that it was the mysterious author who spent his money on disaster relief. "Neighbor Jiazhen" was a secret code specially given to him.

Jia Zhen, who had always been heartbroken because of the 10 taels of silver, now felt relieved when she heard people call her "Zhen Da Shan Ren". She felt that she had done a great thing and was very proud.He was very happy to share this matter with Jia Amnesty.

"Do you think I'm powerful?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Your money is amazing."

"Hey, uncle, do you praise me for saving a piece of meat? My money, isn't that also mine, because I have done good deeds." Jia Zhen said happily, "When I see people later, I have to tell them , my name is Jia Zhen, and I am the kind person Zhen Dashan."

Jia Amnesty smiled, noncommittal.

Jia Zhen was very happy and insisted on taking Jia She out to have a drink to celebrate. "I have to thank you for this. It not only saved me from danger, but also earned me a good name."

Jia Amnesty didn't want to go, but he couldn't resist Jia Zhen's fuss, so he had to agree.After the two got into the car, Jia Zhen asked the driver to drive directly to the Zhuangyuan Building in the west of the city.

On the way, there was a sudden noise and the car stopped.

"Master Pardon, sir, the road ahead is full of people, we can't go on," said the coachman.

Jia Zhen sighed and asked what was going on, and opened the curtain, and saw a lot of people gathered at the gate of the Sun Mansion not far ahead, including ordinary people and officers and soldiers, shouting and cursing constantly.