The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber
Chapter 39 Chapter 1 Paparazzi
Yuan Chun blushed thoroughly, tugged at Wang Xifeng's arm, shook her head shyly, acting like a little girl, embarrassed to say it directly.
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes cleverly, pushed Yuanchun and said: "It's not stubborn to cause a misunderstanding in this kind of thing. There are no outsiders here, and there are still things that we sisters can't talk to each other, so let's talk to them freely. Let me listen! I really want to know which man is worthy to be the son-in-law of our Rongfu."
"I took my heart out, but you made fun of me. Just pretend I didn't say anything and leave." Yuan Chun got up after saying that.
Wang Xifeng'er hurriedly smiled and pulled her back, "Well said, look at you. Then let me guess, continue..."
Wang Xifeng deliberately prolonged the sound, observing Yuan Chun's expression.Yuan Chun was extremely shy, and there was joy in his eyes, and he was moved at first glance, and he really liked her.
Without even thinking about it, Wang Xifeng immediately guessed who she was talking about.Not long after Yuan Chun returned home, he met countless people, except for relatives and friends, the only one was the unrenewed adult who held a high position.
"Yo, I really want to come up with one. That identity must be worthy of our family, and it's still high-ranking. Are you thinking of me, the one who just came recently?"
"I'm leaving, don't come here again!" Yuan Chun immediately ran away covering his face.
Wang Xifeng called her twice with a smile, and then suppressed the smile on her face when she saw that the person really left.
Ping'er came over to serve tea and asked Wang Xifeng, "Could it be that the eldest girl has taken a fancy to Master Song?"
Wang Xifeng sneered, "The people who come out of the palace are high-spirited and wishful thinking!"
In terms of official status, character, appearance, and family background, she is outstanding in everything, even if she just picks one out, she is enough to be worthy of a girl with a comparable family background. What does she have!What's more, Mr. Song is both talented and intelligent, he is more than a thousand people, and he hasn't remarried for many years, so his vision must be high, so how can it be impossible to look up to her.
It is no exaggeration for Wang Xifeng to use the four words "wishful thinking" to describe her.
But Yuan Chun was also shrewd, no matter how she tried to seduce her, she didn't mention that person's name.Anyway, she can guess whether it's true or not. If she is so stupid as to stand up for her, if the matter doesn't work out later, she may still be blamed on her.
As expected of a mother and daughter, Yuan Chun's thoughts are not much worse than Mrs. Wang's.
Wang Xifeng was glad that she had been instructed by the Elder Master and woke up early, otherwise she would be cheated to death by this mother and daughter sooner or later.But since Yuan Chun had this kind of wishful thinking, why didn't she take advantage of the situation and go back to make their mother and daughter suffer.
In the afternoon, Wang Xifeng was called by Jia Mu to play cards, and there were Mrs. Wang, Yuan Chun, and Li Wan.Halfway through the cards, the old lady blinked her eyes, as if she was a little tired.Wang Xifeng and others quickly threw away the money and went out, pretending to be sexual and saying that they would not play anymore.
"My money is all I can live on, and all of them voluntarily put it in the pockets of my ancestors, and they don't want to stay with me any longer. It's okay to do it, play a few games less, and let me spend a few days eating chaff and swallowing vegetables .”
Mother Jia smiled from ear to ear, and pointed at Wang Xifeng, "Just say she's a genius, and if she loses a little, she won't play any more."
Mrs. Wang agreed gently, put down the cards, and turned to drink tea.
Yuan Chun glanced at Wang Xifeng, and after meeting her eyes, Yuan Chun excused himself and left.
Wang Xifeng watched Mrs. Wang's demeanor from the bottom of her eyes, she didn't seem to be unusual, and turned to Mother Jia and said, "I shouldn't have intervened in the eldest sister's marriage. But the attitude of Prince Qi's mansion is really chilling. Let me tell you, our girl Whichever is not good, it is better to find someone who has no son to be the main wife than to be wronged and looked down upon in vain."
Mrs. Wang glanced at Wang Xifeng and thought about it. She didn't say anything, but turned to look at Jiamu.
Jia Mu pondered for a moment, then frowned and said: "You are not unreasonable. Being a concubine must have wronged our girl. Let's not do the face-saving thing! Let's have a look first, and if you change your mind, agree." If you can become a side concubine, you can also consider it."
"Old ancestor Mingjian." Wang Xifeng smiled, and then explained that she was also kindly thinking of Yuanchun, and if there was something wrong, she told Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang not to mind.
Jia Mu pushed her aside and said cheerfully, "Feng Lazi has been possessed by something today, and she is being polite to us."
Mrs. Wang also said: "Yes, we all know your kindness, so there is no need to be so polite."
After hearing this, Wang Xifeng stopped talking, and chatted with Jia Mu about Jia She's opening a bookstore outside.
When Jia Mu heard it, she asked if it was true, and then scolded Jia Amnesty for nonsense.Wang Xifeng then mentioned to Jia's mother cryptically that the book shop made a lot of money.
Mother Jia stopped talking until now, with a puzzled look on her face, "He can still do business?"
"This book shop is more powerful than the average one, and it only deals with literati." Wang Xifeng explained.
Mother Jia nodded in satisfaction, lamenting that Jia Amnesty is indeed promising. "It turns out that he was collecting money in the account room for this purpose. Why didn't he explain it clearly to us, causing us to misunderstand him."
"I guess the master was angry with Wu Xindeng at the time, so he thought that how many people would believe him, so it's better to do it first, so that everyone can see it with their own eyes." Wang Xifeng praised Jia's forgiveness both openly and secretly. .
Mother Jia was quite satisfied with what she heard. After all, the eldest son was also the flesh that fell from her body.He is promising, and mothers should be happy too.
Mrs. Wang took a special look at Wang Xifeng, and seeing her beaming and willing to continue talking, she felt a little uncomfortable, but now in front of everyone, she didn't have the guts to speak ill of Da Fang.In short, I couldn't afford to offend him, so I hid, although I also excused my resignation.
After Mrs. Wang went out, she turned to Yuan Chun's residence.
Yuan Chun was busy embroidering, when he heard his mother came, he hurriedly put down the things in his hands and greeted her with a smile.
"What are you embroidering?" Mrs. Wang asked.
"Lotus." Yuan Chun shyly showed Mrs. Wang the lotus flower she had embroidered with only a few petals.
"The craftsmanship has improved a lot, so I didn't embarrass your mother." Mrs. Wang sighed.
Yuan Chun promised: "I learned many acupuncture techniques from my mother in the palace, and I couldn't learn them outside."
"It's hard for you to be so ambitious." Mrs. Wang paused, then stared into Yuan Chun's eyes and said, "Why did your brother and sister Lian suddenly bring up the matter of reunion? You must have said it."
Yuan Chun was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to deny that he didn't dare, tears streaming down his face as he spoke.
Mrs. Wang hurriedly pulled her into her arms, "I know you can't do such a thing, but I just tried you casually."
Yuan Chun was coaxed to stop crying, but felt uncomfortable after all, and hung his head silently.
Mrs. Wang patted her on the back, and she shed tears in pain.
"Our second room is different now. You should know what your uncle is like now. Something like that happened to your uncle again. It's because your mother's surname is Wang, which makes you suffer and be wronged. Now you are not old. When you are young, you should be cautious when discussing marriage. You must not spread any bad reputation at this time. You can rest assured about your marriage, and your mother will definitely open her eyes wide and choose a good one for you. , don’t let you be wronged.”
Yuan Chun nodded sullenly, pursed his lips, after all he didn't dare to tell Mrs. Wang what was on his mind.After sending Mrs. Wang away, Yuan Chun sat alone by the window in depression, watching the delicate orchids swaying in the wind on the porch outside the window, her heart trembled, and she kept crying.
Looking at the girl in such a state, Baoqin feels distressed, and comforts her to rest on the couch.
Yuan Chun lay down obediently, but couldn't fall asleep, so he thought about the book that Baoqin asked someone to buy.
"Come and take a look with me."
Holding the piano and looking around, he went to the cabinet to carefully dig out the book he had hidden earlier, and handed it to Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun touched the four words on the cover, read "Secret Stories Next Door", and started to read. She had heard the previous story before, so she was not interested at all.Turn directly to the back to see that person's story.
Yuan Chun couldn't help pressing the name on it with her slender fingers. Although the characters were different, the sound was the same, which also made her heart beat faster, thinking of the first time she saw him.
At that time, through the screen, she heard the sisters whispering how good he was, so she bravely glanced at him secretly.After all, I only saw his profile, but I was astonished.From that moment on, Yuan Chun realized that he could no longer see other people in his eyes.The image left by that glance has been imprinted in her mind like a demon, and she has been thinking about it over and over again.
In fact, when Yuan Chun was in the palace, he had heard some rumors about him, all about how powerful he was.Yuan Chun always thought that someone with a heart was deliberately exaggerating in order to please the queen, so when those little court ladies were blushing and talking, she took it lightly and never took it seriously.In the past seven or eight years since she entered the palace, that person has also been to the Empress's Palace of Spring Harmony several times, but the Empress has always only asked eunuchs to serve her, and the maids rarely use them, let alone bring them with her.Therefore, Yuan Chun has not really seen him in the palace these years, except for hearing some news about his promotion.
Now that she thinks about it, she regrets it. She knew that he would be such a character, but she would rather surrender herself and follow those little maids to sneak a glance at him outside the Hall of Spring Harmony.At least she will now have one more scene to recall, instead of just a glimpse at Jiamu's place.
"Girl, there are rumors outside that Mr. Song has a habit of breaking sleeves, is it true?" Baoqin couldn't help asking worriedly.
Yuan Chun sneered: "Don't listen to those people's nonsense. I know best how Zhang Houqianjin died. The imperial physician sent by the queen personally diagnosed it. It has nothing to do with him at all. As for going to Yafeng Hall, it is not a problem for men. What, if it’s far away, we have it in our house, so it’s not a big deal.”
Baoqin agreed, so I didn't say much.
After Mrs. Wang came out from Yuanchun, she still cared about what Wang Xifeng said about the continuation, so she sent a message from Zhou Rui's family to ask Wang Xifeng to come this time.
Mrs. Wang waited for quite a while, only to see that Zhou Rui's family led Wang Xifeng to come late.
Before Wang Xifeng could say anything, Zhou Rui's family said, "Second Grandma has a lot of people answering today. It coincides with the important event of autumn harvest, so we can't delay it."
Mrs. Wang nodded honestly, but she gave Zhou Rui's family a dissatisfied look, then smiled and let Wang Xifeng sit down, and asked her: "You are suddenly talking about your eldest sister at the old lady's place, but what else do you have in mind?" ?”
Wang Xifeng, who had just bribed Zhou Rui's family, already knew that Mrs. Wang had gone to Yuanchun's place.Now that Yuan Chun doesn't recognize it, then she doesn't recognize it either, shaking her head and saying it's just casual talk.
Mrs. Wang smiled: "What's wrong with me? Before you married into Jia's family, you and I were a family."
The implication of Mrs. Wang's words is that Wang Xifeng should think about this family affection.Besides, if she hadn't been the matchmaker, she would not have married the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion on Wang Xifeng's terms.
Wang Xifeng only had a sneer in his heart, but he laughed at Yanyan on his face, swearing that he was just talking casually and didn't know anything else.
Mrs. Wang snorted and laughed, she didn't expect Wang Xifeng to be out of oil and salt now.Mrs. Wang really wanted to know what was going on about the sequel, but she didn't want to hear it from Yuan Chun. She originally wanted to let Wang Xifeng stand out, but she was pretending to be stupid with herself at this moment.
"I thought you had some suggestions for candidates, but it was just nonsense, that's all. I'm supercilious, and you are busy. Go back to the housekeeper." Mrs. Wang turned down her face and chased people away.
Wang Xifeng hurriedly bowed her head and saluted, pretending not to see Mrs. Wang's face, turned her head and backed away.
Zhou Rui's family was puzzled: "If the old lady can talk about the side concubine of Prince Qi's mansion, it will be a great honor. What sequel can compare to this. Why should the wife worry about what Second Mistress Lian said?"
"There is indeed a continuation of the marriage, which is a hundred times better than that of Prince Qi's Mansion." Mrs. Wang said with a frown.Her mind was already stirred by Wang Xifeng's words, but Wang Xifeng ran away.
Zhou Rui's family suddenly realized, "Could it be that Mrs. Song is referring to that adult?"
"Shut up! You can't talk nonsense. And this matter is not easy." Mrs. Wang's whole face became sad.
Zhou Rui's family also understands that this candidate is better than the other, but they are afraid that they will not be able to climb high.There was no one in the middle who could make peace, and the Elder Master had a good relationship with Mr. Song, but based on the relationship between the Elder Master and the Second Household, it was estimated that it was absolutely impossible to open his mouth to help this favor.
After Wang Xifeng came back, after much deliberation, she sent Ping'er to pass on a message to Dong Sun, first to tell the master what Yuan Chun meant, so she could be considered as a good sale for the master.
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The case of Dali Temple Minister covering up the assassination of a witness by his subordinates aroused the emperor's vigilance. It turned out that the corrupt officials in the imperial court were a nest of snakes and rats, and their friends were traitors.He almost ruined Jia Amnesty's painstaking investigation and evidence collection because of his wrong judgment.
Immediately, the emperor recalled Jia She's arrangement of money for the news network this time. He didn't seem to have heard anyone mention it, so he asked the eunuch in charge beside him.The eunuch shook his head, indicating that Jia Amnesty had not presented any memorials regarding any expenses.After the emperor ordered people to investigate carefully, he found out that Jia She's trip to the local area was paid out of his own pocket.
The emperor was in a daze for a while, and then he came to his senses. He couldn't help being shocked and moved by Jia She's self-sacrificing behavior.For many years, he has rarely seen a minister who is so dedicated to the country and does not seek fame and fortune.Those officials who shouted in the court every day to do their best and die, but behind their backs they were doing evil deeds of stealing the court's property, hiding filth, confusing black and white, and exploiting the common people.All of them have honey swords, saying that they worry about the world first, and when there is a chance for promotion, they all rush to get it.When they really had to do some thankless work, they backed away one by one and became shrinking turtles.
The emperor pointed his halberd and glared at himself for having such a civil and martial arts in the Manchu Dynasty.Now, he is even more fortunate to have met a good minister.
The emperor immediately ordered someone to secretly withdraw 10 taels of silver from the treasury, and immediately gave it to Jia Amnesty while it was dark.
In the middle of the night, Jia Amnesty was woken up just as soon as he fell asleep, saying that someone outside was passing the imperial decree secretly.After Jia Amnesty listened to the oral order, he worried about the boxes of silver that had been transported to the back streets of Rongfu.
What kind of crazy is the emperor, even if you pay him, you should tell him in advance.So what if it was delivered at night, he had nowhere to put the money.The Rong Mansion is safe, but if such a large sum of money enters the mansion, it is bound to be discovered immediately.Linjiaxuan and Jingwai Yinfang can be released, but they are not safe.
10 taels is not a small amount.
Jia Amnesty discussed with the secret guard whether it could be returned to the treasury.The big deal is that when he spends money in the future, he will greet the emperor.
The secret guard refused, "The Holy Majesty expected that you would not want it. He said that the money was given to Mr. Jia, so that it would be convenient for Mr. Jia to use at any time in the future, and it would save you the trouble of going through formalities. The Holy Majesty said that the money will definitely be returned." I won’t be going back, please Master Jia find a place to resettle as soon as possible, so that the subordinates can transport the money safely before dawn.”
"let me see."
Jia Amnesty then ordered someone to lead a horse.
He rode a horse and walked ahead, and asked the silver transport team to follow him to the Song Mansion.
"My lord wants to send the money to Lord Song's house?"
Jia Amnesty: "Yes."
Right now, only Song Xi's mansion is suitable, safe and confidential.And when you take money in the future, take it from him, which can also be regarded as a kind of supervision.In the future, when the emperor cares about the money, he can still have a personal proof.
The secret guard nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. When they arrived at the Song Mansion, they knocked on the door, and safely sent boxes of silver to the Song Mansion's warehouse, and then they said goodbye neatly.
After Song Xi put on his clothes, he walked slowly. Sure enough, when he saw Jia Amnesty here, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "
What are you trying to bribe me with? "
"Coincidentally, there is something new just now. If you are willing, I am willing to give up the 10 taels." Jia She smiled mysteriously and looked at Song Xi.
"It must not be a good thing." Song Xi stretched out his hand, motioning for Jia She to go to his room for tea.
When going from the warehouse to his yard, he passed a courtyard.Because the attendants raised the lanterns high to illuminate the surroundings, they also illuminated the nearby courtyards.Jia She took a glance from the corner of his eye and saw that the yard was full of roses and chrysanthemums.But all the houses in the yard are dark, and it seems that no one lives there.
"This is the residence of that Zhang Hou Qianjin."
Before Jia She could ask, Song Xi explained first.
Jia She looked at the wildly growing flowers and plants that had already extended to the road, and suddenly remembered what the black pig said earlier.He said that a few days before Song Xi's wife died, the Song Mansion had brought in a large number of flowers and plants, and it turned out that it was to decorate the yard.
Song Xi continued: "She loved flowers when she was alive, especially a few days before her death. I didn't care about these, it was her parents who took care of her, tossing with her heart. But after she left, Master Zhang came Apologize to me and say that I want to restore this yard to its original appearance. I think that there are no people living in this yard, so it’s fine. It’s so deserted so far. There are maids who come to clean and renovate twice a year, but they can’t stop these vagrants The flowers and plants are gone."
Jia She nodded.After he sat down in Song Xi's room, he drank a bowl of tea.He had just been tossing around, and he was really thirsty.
"What's the new thing you just said, you haven't told me yet." Song Xiduan was sitting at the table, just opposite to Jia Amnesty.
Jia Amnesty put down his teacup and looked at Song Xi.He was wearing black casual clothes, with nothing adorned except a jade belt around his waist.It seems that this guy fell asleep just now, and because he was in a hurry to see him, he didn't bother to clean up.
"What do you think of my clothes? Do you like them? Later, I will have someone make you one too?" Song Xi said.
"No, just take a look at how outstanding Mr. Song is." Jia She sighed and said nothing more.
How shrewd Song Xi was, he immediately understood the meaning behind his words, "You didn't have such emotion before, let's go ahead."
Seeing no one else, Jia Amnesty said, "You are not a talkative person, so it is easy to say it. Someone is interested in you. In the future, someone will try to make me match you up. I know who you are, but I should talk to you." Just say it, give me an accurate word in advance, so that I won't bother you later."
Song Xi knew exactly what was going on in the Rong Mansion.At this moment, he could probably guess who Jia She was referring to, and shook his head to show that he was not interested.
Jia Amnesty smiled, knocked on the table, and ordered the maids of the Song family to quickly exchange tea for him.
Song Xi: "You're welcome."
"It's because you don't treat guests well, but since you helped me save my money, I don't despise you." Jia She said.
"You don't dislike anything," Song Xi's eyes suddenly froze and fell directly on Jia She.
Jia Amnesty was uncomfortably stared at by Song Xi, and turned his head away.
After the maidservant finished serving the tea, Song Xi suddenly got up, squeezed Jia She's chin lightly, and turned his head around. "Don't you dislike me?"
Jia Amnesty knocked off Song Xi's hand and glared at him, "I'll give you news after the next year."
Song Xi was in a daze for a moment, then realized Jia She's words, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Jia She with surprise.
"What did you say? Say it again!"
"If you are deaf, you should find someone to fix it." Jia She smiled, said goodbye to Song Xi, and walked away in a dashing manner.
Song Xiyi stood on the spot, looking at Jia She's back with burning eyes, until he disappeared into the night, he still couldn't recover.Suddenly, he leaned against the door with a smile on his lips, half surprised and half happy.
Then, he began to worry about gains and losses, such as what to do when Jia Amnesty was disappointed in him before the end of the year.It is time to reflect on how to be a person who is not disliked by him.
Song Xi stayed up all night.
But early in the morning, Song Xi went to the court in high spirits.Today is the morning sun, he saw Jia She again, he smiled and asked him how he rested last night.
Jia She glanced at him coldly, and said in boredom, "Excellent."
"That's good." Song Xi smiled, and continued with Jia She, "Do you know why the emperor suddenly treated you like that last night?"
Jia Amnesty looked at him.
"It is estimated that he saw the memorial of the Dali Siqing case."
Jia Amnesty suddenly understood that the emperor gave him money because of Song Xi's talkativeness.
Song Xi: "The treasury has a lot of money, so you don't need it for nothing. If you like it, you can take it. If you think it's hot, you can go to the victims of the disaster. It is definitely more effective than the imperial court's appropriation."
Jia Amnesty understands the irony in Song Xi's words, the disaster relief money is exploited layer by layer, and naturally very little reaches the common people.Don't ask him to encounter this next time, or we will conduct a thorough investigation and find out all the officials who are greedy for the life-saving money of the disaster victims.
"I will ask people to keep accounts carefully to ensure that every penny is spent wisely." Jia She said.
Song Xi laughed, and handed Jia She a key in his sleeve instead, "This is the key to the Song Mansion's warehouse, you can get it as you please."
"Is there any money in it?" Jia She asked.
"No, it's all your money." Song Xi affirmed.
Jia Amnesty accepted it straightforwardly.
After coming down to court, both Song Xi and Jia She were left behind by the emperor.
The emperor said that the Dali Siqing case was handled well, and at the same time expressed concern about whether other officials were involved, so he asked Jia Amnesty and Song Xi to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure that there would be no more accomplices in the case.
"I have found a random excuse, and this afternoon I asked the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to transfer the detained Dali Temple Minister to the Gyeonggi Prefecture for custody. No matter what means you use, find out this matter."
Both of them took orders, and Fang resigned.
Song Xi immediately discussed with Jia She, and met in Gyeonggi Province in the afternoon.As soon as the minister of Dali Temple was escorted to his place, the two of them interrogated together.
Jia Amnesty agreed, and hurriedly bid farewell to Song Xi.
"You are in such a hurry, where are you going?"
"Prince Qi's mansion, the old concubine's birthday will be celebrated in two days, so the king of Qi invited all the officials to celebrate her birthday with a poetry competition at his mansion today. I heard that there will be a Jade Buddha statue as a reward for winning the first prize." Jia She said.
Song Xi sneered: "Just you, go to the poetry competition?"
"Don't look down on me, I've also prepared a song." Jia Amnesty took it out of his sleeve and showed it to Song Xi.
Song Xi read it, "It's okay, but after all, this poem is a bit petty. It doesn't seem like a man could write it, let alone you."
"I didn't say it was me, I asked someone to help me." Jia She took the poem, recited it twice, stuffed it into his sleeve, but he still couldn't remember it, so he had to read it again.
Song Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and opened his mouth to repeat.Seeing Jia She looked at him in surprise, thinking he didn't remember, he repeated it again.
"You really... have a photographic memory?" Jia She asked.
"No, you will only remember what you read with your heart." Song Xi explained.
Jia Amnesty was speechless, he knew that Song Xi was only answering in general, but he really couldn't help feeling that he was showing off.This human design is unscientific and completely violates the law of development in nature.Jia Amnesty looked up at the sky, sighed, and left.
After Jia Amnesty arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, he went down to the back garden of Prince Qi's mansion under the guidance of the servant.After he met King Qi, he was sent away to write poems without being noticed by King Qi.
There are already many officials gathered here, those with high rank are all talking around King Qi, while those with low rank get together in twos and threes, pondering verses near the table, it seems that they all want to make the best Come out brilliantly to win King Qi's attention.
This Prince Qi, who is only 24 or [-] years old this year, is in charge of the Ministry of Officials and is in charge of the performance appraisal and promotion of officials below the fourth rank.Therefore, when he spoke, there must be many petty officials to cater to him.Fortunately, there were so many people present, Jia Amnesty seemed inconspicuous.It happened that Jia Amnesty didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he just stood around a corner, observing the environment of Prince Qi's mansion by the way.After he surveyed the audience, he also found an acquaintance, Jia Zheng.
Jia Amnesty hurriedly backed away, lest Jia Zheng find himself, and it would be difficult to be entangled by him later.
Jia Amnesty has long felt strange about one thing.That is, if the prince of Qi has a problem with reticence and the old concubine is here, as a mother, it is impossible for her not to care about her son and ask a doctor to treat him.However, there are very few records of inviting an imperial doctor in the Qi Palace, so Jia Amnesty guessed that the doctor might be in the Palace.
He still used the old trick to hold his stomach and scream for pain.
Zhu Mao hurriedly said to the housekeeper of the palace: "My lord's stomach is going to burst. It's an old problem. You see, the lord and Lord Shangshu are having a good chat. It's really not easy to disturb such a small matter. Is there anyone in your mansion?" doctor?"
The butler was stunned for a moment, and saw Jia She shrunk his head into a ball, and hurriedly agreed: "There is a doctor, but he only treats our lord. Seeing that this lord is really uncomfortable, I will make an exception today, please Dr. Sun is here to show your adults."
Jia Amnesty nodded, let his followers help him, and went with the housekeeper.
Passing through a bamboo grove, turning around and turning to a very secluded courtyard, I smelled a smell of medicine from a distance.Such a remote place, and the Prince Qi's Mansion is a very hierarchical place, no wonder the seven insiders from Zhu Mao's development didn't find out.
After the housekeeper introduced Dr. Sun to Jia She, he ordered his servants to take care of Jia She, while he will go back and continue to take care of the adults.
Jia She looked at this so-called Dr. Sun, who was actually wearing a Taoist robe. The building he lived in was also built in the style of a Taoist temple. In the main room was a large alchemy furnace. There are several children watching the fire in front of the stove.
Jia Amnesty had already carried a piece of jade under his arm, and now he stretched out that arm to Dr. Sun.
After Dr. Sun took Jia Amnesty's pulse, he frowned, "My lord's pulse is false or not, it seems to be an intractable disease."
"Really? I said why my stomach often hurts inexplicably. It turns out that I have a strange disease. Doctor, please show me how to cure it." Jia Amnesty stretched out his hand again, gesturing to Dr. Sun Take his pulse again.
Dr. Sun twirled his beard and shook his head, "My lord's illness has been seen very clearly, and there is no need to see it again. If you don't treat this illness early, the abdominal pain will become more and more severe, and it won't last for a few years... well!"
"You doctor, don't talk nonsense. Although the imperial doctor didn't see the good or bad of my disease, it won't affect my life. Why are you cursing me like that?" Jia She pretended to be angry and asked.
"I have been a doctor in the Prince Qi's mansion for eight years. I have been treating the old concubine and Lord Qi. How can you be more noble than them? You say that I am unreliable. If you don't believe me, you can leave and come to me again. .” After Dr. Sun finished speaking, he showed a haughty attitude and wanted to leave.
Jia She hurriedly asked someone to take out a piece of gold to Dr. Sun, "The person trusted by the prince must be a superior person. Today is my blessing, and I can meet Dr. Sun by chance. Thanks to Dr. Sun's help, hurry up." One dose will cure my strange disease."
Dr. Sun glanced at the ingot of gold, and politely pushed it back to Jia Amnesty, "I have a painkiller pill here, you take it first. As for the future, let's talk about it after you feel better after taking the medicine."
"Don't, doctor, I won't be able to come to the palace often in the future, how should I see you?"
"On Saturdays of every month, I will go out to buy medicines. You just need to wait for me at Baofu Pharmacy in the north of the city." Dr. Sun said mysteriously.
Jia Amnesty nodded hurriedly, grabbed the pill, and asked Zhu Mao to bring the water instead.Zhu Mao was so clumsy that he broke the teapot.Dr. Sun hurriedly glanced at Zhu Mao.
Jia Amnesty quickly covered his mouth and got up, shouting that the pills were unpalatable and asking someone to find water.After drinking the water, he turned around and thanked Dr. Sun, as for the ingot of gold, he didn't accept it, it was right to pay for the teapot, and asked someone to leave 100 taels of silver notes as a thank you gift for Dr. Sun's pills.
Dr. Sun smiled and confiscated the money, but Xiao Tong came to collect it on his behalf.Immediately, he shook the fly whisk in his hand and ordered Xiao Tong to send Jia She away.
Jia Amnesty didn't want to stay any longer, so he left immediately, and left Qi Palace with others.Jia She had lunch at the neighbor's restaurant, during which Fang Zhenglu came to ask Jia She about the advertisement for the fifth issue of "Secrets of the Neighbor".
Fang Zhenglu: "After printing three shops in the fourth issue, the profit of the least one has doubled compared to before. The jewelry shop has the most, and it has earned nearly 1000 taels more than before in the past three months. After the news spread, many The shops all knew about it, and they wanted to do it even after making a fuss. They even fought over the price, and the highest price was 500 taels."
"Three hundred on the first page, two hundred on the middle page, and one hundred on the last page. From now on, we will follow this number, and it can't be higher. Tell them the benefits, this matter is risky, and it may not necessarily make money. You need to sign a contract." Jia Amnesty instructed.
Fang Zhenglu expressed his understanding.
Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and then said: "Only do it with those rich businessmen, don't let those poor people take this risk."
Fang Zhenglu nodded, and continued: "Xia Family's Osmanthus Bureau will also be done here, will you?"
"It's still the same sentence, explain the benefits, and they will do it if they are willing. The money will not be used elsewhere, and it will be sent to the poor and beggars." Jia She said.
Fang Zhenglu then suggested that Jia Amnesty tell the whereabouts, so that people will admire him and not talk about it, and it will not make people greedy.
"Don't say it, I'm afraid that after a long time, it will become too famous among the people and attract the jealousy of the court. The reputation of "Secrets of Neighbors" has been enough so far, and there is no need for more. The money will be donated in the name of the court. Those who are jealous, let them go, it is nothing if we are scolded, as long as we can help the poor people."
Fang Zhenglu was busy saluting Jia She, admiring Jia She's thoughtfulness, and even more admiring his deed of not being famous, but only willing to sacrifice for the people.
"Don't think too much about me, who said I'm not famous. After you do these things, the court won't see it, the emperor won't see it? I'm afraid I'll get more than that, And it will be safer." Jia She explained.
Fang Zhenglu bowed again and again: "The junior has learned even more."
"Forget it, I won't chat with you anymore."
Seeing that it was about the same time, Jia Amnesty rushed to Gyeonggi Prefecture to try the case of Minister of Dali Temple with Song Xi.
Not long after he arrived in Gyeonggi Mansion, before Song Xi came, he saw a black pig running erratically, panting heavily, and told him that Xue's family had come to Rong Mansion.
"The Xue family? The Xue family in Jinling?" Seeing the black pig nodding, Jia She asked again, "Why didn't anyone tell me in advance?"
"Let's not talk about you, even the second wife has only received the news. It is said that the person who was originally sent to deliver the letter in advance encountered an accident on the way, so it was delayed."
"Understood." Jia Amnesty didn't care, Xue's family and Mrs. Wang's current situation is the same.They were all flies with their wings chopped off, unable to fly, and at most just lying on the ground and buzzing twice.Just like Mrs. Wang, she definitely didn't have the guts to have an impulse with him directly, at most she would provoke Wang Xifeng as before.But what's the use, the people in the Rong Mansion are now under his control, and there is no big wave.Jia Amnesty didn't even bother to worry about her small movements at the moment, it was enough for Wang Xifeng to block them.
At this time, Song Xi came, and he brought a yamen messenger with a distressed expression into the door.
Jia She took a special look at the clothes of the government official, it was not from Gyeonggi Prefecture, but from the Ministry of Punishment.
Song Xi said to Jia She with a cold face and serious eyes: "Dali Siqing just died in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes cleverly, pushed Yuanchun and said: "It's not stubborn to cause a misunderstanding in this kind of thing. There are no outsiders here, and there are still things that we sisters can't talk to each other, so let's talk to them freely. Let me listen! I really want to know which man is worthy to be the son-in-law of our Rongfu."
"I took my heart out, but you made fun of me. Just pretend I didn't say anything and leave." Yuan Chun got up after saying that.
Wang Xifeng'er hurriedly smiled and pulled her back, "Well said, look at you. Then let me guess, continue..."
Wang Xifeng deliberately prolonged the sound, observing Yuan Chun's expression.Yuan Chun was extremely shy, and there was joy in his eyes, and he was moved at first glance, and he really liked her.
Without even thinking about it, Wang Xifeng immediately guessed who she was talking about.Not long after Yuan Chun returned home, he met countless people, except for relatives and friends, the only one was the unrenewed adult who held a high position.
"Yo, I really want to come up with one. That identity must be worthy of our family, and it's still high-ranking. Are you thinking of me, the one who just came recently?"
"I'm leaving, don't come here again!" Yuan Chun immediately ran away covering his face.
Wang Xifeng called her twice with a smile, and then suppressed the smile on her face when she saw that the person really left.
Ping'er came over to serve tea and asked Wang Xifeng, "Could it be that the eldest girl has taken a fancy to Master Song?"
Wang Xifeng sneered, "The people who come out of the palace are high-spirited and wishful thinking!"
In terms of official status, character, appearance, and family background, she is outstanding in everything, even if she just picks one out, she is enough to be worthy of a girl with a comparable family background. What does she have!What's more, Mr. Song is both talented and intelligent, he is more than a thousand people, and he hasn't remarried for many years, so his vision must be high, so how can it be impossible to look up to her.
It is no exaggeration for Wang Xifeng to use the four words "wishful thinking" to describe her.
But Yuan Chun was also shrewd, no matter how she tried to seduce her, she didn't mention that person's name.Anyway, she can guess whether it's true or not. If she is so stupid as to stand up for her, if the matter doesn't work out later, she may still be blamed on her.
As expected of a mother and daughter, Yuan Chun's thoughts are not much worse than Mrs. Wang's.
Wang Xifeng was glad that she had been instructed by the Elder Master and woke up early, otherwise she would be cheated to death by this mother and daughter sooner or later.But since Yuan Chun had this kind of wishful thinking, why didn't she take advantage of the situation and go back to make their mother and daughter suffer.
In the afternoon, Wang Xifeng was called by Jia Mu to play cards, and there were Mrs. Wang, Yuan Chun, and Li Wan.Halfway through the cards, the old lady blinked her eyes, as if she was a little tired.Wang Xifeng and others quickly threw away the money and went out, pretending to be sexual and saying that they would not play anymore.
"My money is all I can live on, and all of them voluntarily put it in the pockets of my ancestors, and they don't want to stay with me any longer. It's okay to do it, play a few games less, and let me spend a few days eating chaff and swallowing vegetables .”
Mother Jia smiled from ear to ear, and pointed at Wang Xifeng, "Just say she's a genius, and if she loses a little, she won't play any more."
Mrs. Wang agreed gently, put down the cards, and turned to drink tea.
Yuan Chun glanced at Wang Xifeng, and after meeting her eyes, Yuan Chun excused himself and left.
Wang Xifeng watched Mrs. Wang's demeanor from the bottom of her eyes, she didn't seem to be unusual, and turned to Mother Jia and said, "I shouldn't have intervened in the eldest sister's marriage. But the attitude of Prince Qi's mansion is really chilling. Let me tell you, our girl Whichever is not good, it is better to find someone who has no son to be the main wife than to be wronged and looked down upon in vain."
Mrs. Wang glanced at Wang Xifeng and thought about it. She didn't say anything, but turned to look at Jiamu.
Jia Mu pondered for a moment, then frowned and said: "You are not unreasonable. Being a concubine must have wronged our girl. Let's not do the face-saving thing! Let's have a look first, and if you change your mind, agree." If you can become a side concubine, you can also consider it."
"Old ancestor Mingjian." Wang Xifeng smiled, and then explained that she was also kindly thinking of Yuanchun, and if there was something wrong, she told Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang not to mind.
Jia Mu pushed her aside and said cheerfully, "Feng Lazi has been possessed by something today, and she is being polite to us."
Mrs. Wang also said: "Yes, we all know your kindness, so there is no need to be so polite."
After hearing this, Wang Xifeng stopped talking, and chatted with Jia Mu about Jia She's opening a bookstore outside.
When Jia Mu heard it, she asked if it was true, and then scolded Jia Amnesty for nonsense.Wang Xifeng then mentioned to Jia's mother cryptically that the book shop made a lot of money.
Mother Jia stopped talking until now, with a puzzled look on her face, "He can still do business?"
"This book shop is more powerful than the average one, and it only deals with literati." Wang Xifeng explained.
Mother Jia nodded in satisfaction, lamenting that Jia Amnesty is indeed promising. "It turns out that he was collecting money in the account room for this purpose. Why didn't he explain it clearly to us, causing us to misunderstand him."
"I guess the master was angry with Wu Xindeng at the time, so he thought that how many people would believe him, so it's better to do it first, so that everyone can see it with their own eyes." Wang Xifeng praised Jia's forgiveness both openly and secretly. .
Mother Jia was quite satisfied with what she heard. After all, the eldest son was also the flesh that fell from her body.He is promising, and mothers should be happy too.
Mrs. Wang took a special look at Wang Xifeng, and seeing her beaming and willing to continue talking, she felt a little uncomfortable, but now in front of everyone, she didn't have the guts to speak ill of Da Fang.In short, I couldn't afford to offend him, so I hid, although I also excused my resignation.
After Mrs. Wang went out, she turned to Yuan Chun's residence.
Yuan Chun was busy embroidering, when he heard his mother came, he hurriedly put down the things in his hands and greeted her with a smile.
"What are you embroidering?" Mrs. Wang asked.
"Lotus." Yuan Chun shyly showed Mrs. Wang the lotus flower she had embroidered with only a few petals.
"The craftsmanship has improved a lot, so I didn't embarrass your mother." Mrs. Wang sighed.
Yuan Chun promised: "I learned many acupuncture techniques from my mother in the palace, and I couldn't learn them outside."
"It's hard for you to be so ambitious." Mrs. Wang paused, then stared into Yuan Chun's eyes and said, "Why did your brother and sister Lian suddenly bring up the matter of reunion? You must have said it."
Yuan Chun was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to deny that he didn't dare, tears streaming down his face as he spoke.
Mrs. Wang hurriedly pulled her into her arms, "I know you can't do such a thing, but I just tried you casually."
Yuan Chun was coaxed to stop crying, but felt uncomfortable after all, and hung his head silently.
Mrs. Wang patted her on the back, and she shed tears in pain.
"Our second room is different now. You should know what your uncle is like now. Something like that happened to your uncle again. It's because your mother's surname is Wang, which makes you suffer and be wronged. Now you are not old. When you are young, you should be cautious when discussing marriage. You must not spread any bad reputation at this time. You can rest assured about your marriage, and your mother will definitely open her eyes wide and choose a good one for you. , don’t let you be wronged.”
Yuan Chun nodded sullenly, pursed his lips, after all he didn't dare to tell Mrs. Wang what was on his mind.After sending Mrs. Wang away, Yuan Chun sat alone by the window in depression, watching the delicate orchids swaying in the wind on the porch outside the window, her heart trembled, and she kept crying.
Looking at the girl in such a state, Baoqin feels distressed, and comforts her to rest on the couch.
Yuan Chun lay down obediently, but couldn't fall asleep, so he thought about the book that Baoqin asked someone to buy.
"Come and take a look with me."
Holding the piano and looking around, he went to the cabinet to carefully dig out the book he had hidden earlier, and handed it to Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun touched the four words on the cover, read "Secret Stories Next Door", and started to read. She had heard the previous story before, so she was not interested at all.Turn directly to the back to see that person's story.
Yuan Chun couldn't help pressing the name on it with her slender fingers. Although the characters were different, the sound was the same, which also made her heart beat faster, thinking of the first time she saw him.
At that time, through the screen, she heard the sisters whispering how good he was, so she bravely glanced at him secretly.After all, I only saw his profile, but I was astonished.From that moment on, Yuan Chun realized that he could no longer see other people in his eyes.The image left by that glance has been imprinted in her mind like a demon, and she has been thinking about it over and over again.
In fact, when Yuan Chun was in the palace, he had heard some rumors about him, all about how powerful he was.Yuan Chun always thought that someone with a heart was deliberately exaggerating in order to please the queen, so when those little court ladies were blushing and talking, she took it lightly and never took it seriously.In the past seven or eight years since she entered the palace, that person has also been to the Empress's Palace of Spring Harmony several times, but the Empress has always only asked eunuchs to serve her, and the maids rarely use them, let alone bring them with her.Therefore, Yuan Chun has not really seen him in the palace these years, except for hearing some news about his promotion.
Now that she thinks about it, she regrets it. She knew that he would be such a character, but she would rather surrender herself and follow those little maids to sneak a glance at him outside the Hall of Spring Harmony.At least she will now have one more scene to recall, instead of just a glimpse at Jiamu's place.
"Girl, there are rumors outside that Mr. Song has a habit of breaking sleeves, is it true?" Baoqin couldn't help asking worriedly.
Yuan Chun sneered: "Don't listen to those people's nonsense. I know best how Zhang Houqianjin died. The imperial physician sent by the queen personally diagnosed it. It has nothing to do with him at all. As for going to Yafeng Hall, it is not a problem for men. What, if it’s far away, we have it in our house, so it’s not a big deal.”
Baoqin agreed, so I didn't say much.
After Mrs. Wang came out from Yuanchun, she still cared about what Wang Xifeng said about the continuation, so she sent a message from Zhou Rui's family to ask Wang Xifeng to come this time.
Mrs. Wang waited for quite a while, only to see that Zhou Rui's family led Wang Xifeng to come late.
Before Wang Xifeng could say anything, Zhou Rui's family said, "Second Grandma has a lot of people answering today. It coincides with the important event of autumn harvest, so we can't delay it."
Mrs. Wang nodded honestly, but she gave Zhou Rui's family a dissatisfied look, then smiled and let Wang Xifeng sit down, and asked her: "You are suddenly talking about your eldest sister at the old lady's place, but what else do you have in mind?" ?”
Wang Xifeng, who had just bribed Zhou Rui's family, already knew that Mrs. Wang had gone to Yuanchun's place.Now that Yuan Chun doesn't recognize it, then she doesn't recognize it either, shaking her head and saying it's just casual talk.
Mrs. Wang smiled: "What's wrong with me? Before you married into Jia's family, you and I were a family."
The implication of Mrs. Wang's words is that Wang Xifeng should think about this family affection.Besides, if she hadn't been the matchmaker, she would not have married the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion on Wang Xifeng's terms.
Wang Xifeng only had a sneer in his heart, but he laughed at Yanyan on his face, swearing that he was just talking casually and didn't know anything else.
Mrs. Wang snorted and laughed, she didn't expect Wang Xifeng to be out of oil and salt now.Mrs. Wang really wanted to know what was going on about the sequel, but she didn't want to hear it from Yuan Chun. She originally wanted to let Wang Xifeng stand out, but she was pretending to be stupid with herself at this moment.
"I thought you had some suggestions for candidates, but it was just nonsense, that's all. I'm supercilious, and you are busy. Go back to the housekeeper." Mrs. Wang turned down her face and chased people away.
Wang Xifeng hurriedly bowed her head and saluted, pretending not to see Mrs. Wang's face, turned her head and backed away.
Zhou Rui's family was puzzled: "If the old lady can talk about the side concubine of Prince Qi's mansion, it will be a great honor. What sequel can compare to this. Why should the wife worry about what Second Mistress Lian said?"
"There is indeed a continuation of the marriage, which is a hundred times better than that of Prince Qi's Mansion." Mrs. Wang said with a frown.Her mind was already stirred by Wang Xifeng's words, but Wang Xifeng ran away.
Zhou Rui's family suddenly realized, "Could it be that Mrs. Song is referring to that adult?"
"Shut up! You can't talk nonsense. And this matter is not easy." Mrs. Wang's whole face became sad.
Zhou Rui's family also understands that this candidate is better than the other, but they are afraid that they will not be able to climb high.There was no one in the middle who could make peace, and the Elder Master had a good relationship with Mr. Song, but based on the relationship between the Elder Master and the Second Household, it was estimated that it was absolutely impossible to open his mouth to help this favor.
After Wang Xifeng came back, after much deliberation, she sent Ping'er to pass on a message to Dong Sun, first to tell the master what Yuan Chun meant, so she could be considered as a good sale for the master.
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The case of Dali Temple Minister covering up the assassination of a witness by his subordinates aroused the emperor's vigilance. It turned out that the corrupt officials in the imperial court were a nest of snakes and rats, and their friends were traitors.He almost ruined Jia Amnesty's painstaking investigation and evidence collection because of his wrong judgment.
Immediately, the emperor recalled Jia She's arrangement of money for the news network this time. He didn't seem to have heard anyone mention it, so he asked the eunuch in charge beside him.The eunuch shook his head, indicating that Jia Amnesty had not presented any memorials regarding any expenses.After the emperor ordered people to investigate carefully, he found out that Jia She's trip to the local area was paid out of his own pocket.
The emperor was in a daze for a while, and then he came to his senses. He couldn't help being shocked and moved by Jia She's self-sacrificing behavior.For many years, he has rarely seen a minister who is so dedicated to the country and does not seek fame and fortune.Those officials who shouted in the court every day to do their best and die, but behind their backs they were doing evil deeds of stealing the court's property, hiding filth, confusing black and white, and exploiting the common people.All of them have honey swords, saying that they worry about the world first, and when there is a chance for promotion, they all rush to get it.When they really had to do some thankless work, they backed away one by one and became shrinking turtles.
The emperor pointed his halberd and glared at himself for having such a civil and martial arts in the Manchu Dynasty.Now, he is even more fortunate to have met a good minister.
The emperor immediately ordered someone to secretly withdraw 10 taels of silver from the treasury, and immediately gave it to Jia Amnesty while it was dark.
In the middle of the night, Jia Amnesty was woken up just as soon as he fell asleep, saying that someone outside was passing the imperial decree secretly.After Jia Amnesty listened to the oral order, he worried about the boxes of silver that had been transported to the back streets of Rongfu.
What kind of crazy is the emperor, even if you pay him, you should tell him in advance.So what if it was delivered at night, he had nowhere to put the money.The Rong Mansion is safe, but if such a large sum of money enters the mansion, it is bound to be discovered immediately.Linjiaxuan and Jingwai Yinfang can be released, but they are not safe.
10 taels is not a small amount.
Jia Amnesty discussed with the secret guard whether it could be returned to the treasury.The big deal is that when he spends money in the future, he will greet the emperor.
The secret guard refused, "The Holy Majesty expected that you would not want it. He said that the money was given to Mr. Jia, so that it would be convenient for Mr. Jia to use at any time in the future, and it would save you the trouble of going through formalities. The Holy Majesty said that the money will definitely be returned." I won’t be going back, please Master Jia find a place to resettle as soon as possible, so that the subordinates can transport the money safely before dawn.”
"let me see."
Jia Amnesty then ordered someone to lead a horse.
He rode a horse and walked ahead, and asked the silver transport team to follow him to the Song Mansion.
"My lord wants to send the money to Lord Song's house?"
Jia Amnesty: "Yes."
Right now, only Song Xi's mansion is suitable, safe and confidential.And when you take money in the future, take it from him, which can also be regarded as a kind of supervision.In the future, when the emperor cares about the money, he can still have a personal proof.
The secret guard nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. When they arrived at the Song Mansion, they knocked on the door, and safely sent boxes of silver to the Song Mansion's warehouse, and then they said goodbye neatly.
After Song Xi put on his clothes, he walked slowly. Sure enough, when he saw Jia Amnesty here, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "
What are you trying to bribe me with? "
"Coincidentally, there is something new just now. If you are willing, I am willing to give up the 10 taels." Jia She smiled mysteriously and looked at Song Xi.
"It must not be a good thing." Song Xi stretched out his hand, motioning for Jia She to go to his room for tea.
When going from the warehouse to his yard, he passed a courtyard.Because the attendants raised the lanterns high to illuminate the surroundings, they also illuminated the nearby courtyards.Jia She took a glance from the corner of his eye and saw that the yard was full of roses and chrysanthemums.But all the houses in the yard are dark, and it seems that no one lives there.
"This is the residence of that Zhang Hou Qianjin."
Before Jia She could ask, Song Xi explained first.
Jia She looked at the wildly growing flowers and plants that had already extended to the road, and suddenly remembered what the black pig said earlier.He said that a few days before Song Xi's wife died, the Song Mansion had brought in a large number of flowers and plants, and it turned out that it was to decorate the yard.
Song Xi continued: "She loved flowers when she was alive, especially a few days before her death. I didn't care about these, it was her parents who took care of her, tossing with her heart. But after she left, Master Zhang came Apologize to me and say that I want to restore this yard to its original appearance. I think that there are no people living in this yard, so it’s fine. It’s so deserted so far. There are maids who come to clean and renovate twice a year, but they can’t stop these vagrants The flowers and plants are gone."
Jia She nodded.After he sat down in Song Xi's room, he drank a bowl of tea.He had just been tossing around, and he was really thirsty.
"What's the new thing you just said, you haven't told me yet." Song Xiduan was sitting at the table, just opposite to Jia Amnesty.
Jia Amnesty put down his teacup and looked at Song Xi.He was wearing black casual clothes, with nothing adorned except a jade belt around his waist.It seems that this guy fell asleep just now, and because he was in a hurry to see him, he didn't bother to clean up.
"What do you think of my clothes? Do you like them? Later, I will have someone make you one too?" Song Xi said.
"No, just take a look at how outstanding Mr. Song is." Jia She sighed and said nothing more.
How shrewd Song Xi was, he immediately understood the meaning behind his words, "You didn't have such emotion before, let's go ahead."
Seeing no one else, Jia Amnesty said, "You are not a talkative person, so it is easy to say it. Someone is interested in you. In the future, someone will try to make me match you up. I know who you are, but I should talk to you." Just say it, give me an accurate word in advance, so that I won't bother you later."
Song Xi knew exactly what was going on in the Rong Mansion.At this moment, he could probably guess who Jia She was referring to, and shook his head to show that he was not interested.
Jia Amnesty smiled, knocked on the table, and ordered the maids of the Song family to quickly exchange tea for him.
Song Xi: "You're welcome."
"It's because you don't treat guests well, but since you helped me save my money, I don't despise you." Jia She said.
"You don't dislike anything," Song Xi's eyes suddenly froze and fell directly on Jia She.
Jia Amnesty was uncomfortably stared at by Song Xi, and turned his head away.
After the maidservant finished serving the tea, Song Xi suddenly got up, squeezed Jia She's chin lightly, and turned his head around. "Don't you dislike me?"
Jia Amnesty knocked off Song Xi's hand and glared at him, "I'll give you news after the next year."
Song Xi was in a daze for a moment, then realized Jia She's words, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Jia She with surprise.
"What did you say? Say it again!"
"If you are deaf, you should find someone to fix it." Jia She smiled, said goodbye to Song Xi, and walked away in a dashing manner.
Song Xiyi stood on the spot, looking at Jia She's back with burning eyes, until he disappeared into the night, he still couldn't recover.Suddenly, he leaned against the door with a smile on his lips, half surprised and half happy.
Then, he began to worry about gains and losses, such as what to do when Jia Amnesty was disappointed in him before the end of the year.It is time to reflect on how to be a person who is not disliked by him.
Song Xi stayed up all night.
But early in the morning, Song Xi went to the court in high spirits.Today is the morning sun, he saw Jia She again, he smiled and asked him how he rested last night.
Jia She glanced at him coldly, and said in boredom, "Excellent."
"That's good." Song Xi smiled, and continued with Jia She, "Do you know why the emperor suddenly treated you like that last night?"
Jia Amnesty looked at him.
"It is estimated that he saw the memorial of the Dali Siqing case."
Jia Amnesty suddenly understood that the emperor gave him money because of Song Xi's talkativeness.
Song Xi: "The treasury has a lot of money, so you don't need it for nothing. If you like it, you can take it. If you think it's hot, you can go to the victims of the disaster. It is definitely more effective than the imperial court's appropriation."
Jia Amnesty understands the irony in Song Xi's words, the disaster relief money is exploited layer by layer, and naturally very little reaches the common people.Don't ask him to encounter this next time, or we will conduct a thorough investigation and find out all the officials who are greedy for the life-saving money of the disaster victims.
"I will ask people to keep accounts carefully to ensure that every penny is spent wisely." Jia She said.
Song Xi laughed, and handed Jia She a key in his sleeve instead, "This is the key to the Song Mansion's warehouse, you can get it as you please."
"Is there any money in it?" Jia She asked.
"No, it's all your money." Song Xi affirmed.
Jia Amnesty accepted it straightforwardly.
After coming down to court, both Song Xi and Jia She were left behind by the emperor.
The emperor said that the Dali Siqing case was handled well, and at the same time expressed concern about whether other officials were involved, so he asked Jia Amnesty and Song Xi to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure that there would be no more accomplices in the case.
"I have found a random excuse, and this afternoon I asked the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to transfer the detained Dali Temple Minister to the Gyeonggi Prefecture for custody. No matter what means you use, find out this matter."
Both of them took orders, and Fang resigned.
Song Xi immediately discussed with Jia She, and met in Gyeonggi Province in the afternoon.As soon as the minister of Dali Temple was escorted to his place, the two of them interrogated together.
Jia Amnesty agreed, and hurriedly bid farewell to Song Xi.
"You are in such a hurry, where are you going?"
"Prince Qi's mansion, the old concubine's birthday will be celebrated in two days, so the king of Qi invited all the officials to celebrate her birthday with a poetry competition at his mansion today. I heard that there will be a Jade Buddha statue as a reward for winning the first prize." Jia She said.
Song Xi sneered: "Just you, go to the poetry competition?"
"Don't look down on me, I've also prepared a song." Jia Amnesty took it out of his sleeve and showed it to Song Xi.
Song Xi read it, "It's okay, but after all, this poem is a bit petty. It doesn't seem like a man could write it, let alone you."
"I didn't say it was me, I asked someone to help me." Jia She took the poem, recited it twice, stuffed it into his sleeve, but he still couldn't remember it, so he had to read it again.
Song Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and opened his mouth to repeat.Seeing Jia She looked at him in surprise, thinking he didn't remember, he repeated it again.
"You really... have a photographic memory?" Jia She asked.
"No, you will only remember what you read with your heart." Song Xi explained.
Jia Amnesty was speechless, he knew that Song Xi was only answering in general, but he really couldn't help feeling that he was showing off.This human design is unscientific and completely violates the law of development in nature.Jia Amnesty looked up at the sky, sighed, and left.
After Jia Amnesty arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, he went down to the back garden of Prince Qi's mansion under the guidance of the servant.After he met King Qi, he was sent away to write poems without being noticed by King Qi.
There are already many officials gathered here, those with high rank are all talking around King Qi, while those with low rank get together in twos and threes, pondering verses near the table, it seems that they all want to make the best Come out brilliantly to win King Qi's attention.
This Prince Qi, who is only 24 or [-] years old this year, is in charge of the Ministry of Officials and is in charge of the performance appraisal and promotion of officials below the fourth rank.Therefore, when he spoke, there must be many petty officials to cater to him.Fortunately, there were so many people present, Jia Amnesty seemed inconspicuous.It happened that Jia Amnesty didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he just stood around a corner, observing the environment of Prince Qi's mansion by the way.After he surveyed the audience, he also found an acquaintance, Jia Zheng.
Jia Amnesty hurriedly backed away, lest Jia Zheng find himself, and it would be difficult to be entangled by him later.
Jia Amnesty has long felt strange about one thing.That is, if the prince of Qi has a problem with reticence and the old concubine is here, as a mother, it is impossible for her not to care about her son and ask a doctor to treat him.However, there are very few records of inviting an imperial doctor in the Qi Palace, so Jia Amnesty guessed that the doctor might be in the Palace.
He still used the old trick to hold his stomach and scream for pain.
Zhu Mao hurriedly said to the housekeeper of the palace: "My lord's stomach is going to burst. It's an old problem. You see, the lord and Lord Shangshu are having a good chat. It's really not easy to disturb such a small matter. Is there anyone in your mansion?" doctor?"
The butler was stunned for a moment, and saw Jia She shrunk his head into a ball, and hurriedly agreed: "There is a doctor, but he only treats our lord. Seeing that this lord is really uncomfortable, I will make an exception today, please Dr. Sun is here to show your adults."
Jia Amnesty nodded, let his followers help him, and went with the housekeeper.
Passing through a bamboo grove, turning around and turning to a very secluded courtyard, I smelled a smell of medicine from a distance.Such a remote place, and the Prince Qi's Mansion is a very hierarchical place, no wonder the seven insiders from Zhu Mao's development didn't find out.
After the housekeeper introduced Dr. Sun to Jia She, he ordered his servants to take care of Jia She, while he will go back and continue to take care of the adults.
Jia She looked at this so-called Dr. Sun, who was actually wearing a Taoist robe. The building he lived in was also built in the style of a Taoist temple. In the main room was a large alchemy furnace. There are several children watching the fire in front of the stove.
Jia Amnesty had already carried a piece of jade under his arm, and now he stretched out that arm to Dr. Sun.
After Dr. Sun took Jia Amnesty's pulse, he frowned, "My lord's pulse is false or not, it seems to be an intractable disease."
"Really? I said why my stomach often hurts inexplicably. It turns out that I have a strange disease. Doctor, please show me how to cure it." Jia Amnesty stretched out his hand again, gesturing to Dr. Sun Take his pulse again.
Dr. Sun twirled his beard and shook his head, "My lord's illness has been seen very clearly, and there is no need to see it again. If you don't treat this illness early, the abdominal pain will become more and more severe, and it won't last for a few years... well!"
"You doctor, don't talk nonsense. Although the imperial doctor didn't see the good or bad of my disease, it won't affect my life. Why are you cursing me like that?" Jia She pretended to be angry and asked.
"I have been a doctor in the Prince Qi's mansion for eight years. I have been treating the old concubine and Lord Qi. How can you be more noble than them? You say that I am unreliable. If you don't believe me, you can leave and come to me again. .” After Dr. Sun finished speaking, he showed a haughty attitude and wanted to leave.
Jia She hurriedly asked someone to take out a piece of gold to Dr. Sun, "The person trusted by the prince must be a superior person. Today is my blessing, and I can meet Dr. Sun by chance. Thanks to Dr. Sun's help, hurry up." One dose will cure my strange disease."
Dr. Sun glanced at the ingot of gold, and politely pushed it back to Jia Amnesty, "I have a painkiller pill here, you take it first. As for the future, let's talk about it after you feel better after taking the medicine."
"Don't, doctor, I won't be able to come to the palace often in the future, how should I see you?"
"On Saturdays of every month, I will go out to buy medicines. You just need to wait for me at Baofu Pharmacy in the north of the city." Dr. Sun said mysteriously.
Jia Amnesty nodded hurriedly, grabbed the pill, and asked Zhu Mao to bring the water instead.Zhu Mao was so clumsy that he broke the teapot.Dr. Sun hurriedly glanced at Zhu Mao.
Jia Amnesty quickly covered his mouth and got up, shouting that the pills were unpalatable and asking someone to find water.After drinking the water, he turned around and thanked Dr. Sun, as for the ingot of gold, he didn't accept it, it was right to pay for the teapot, and asked someone to leave 100 taels of silver notes as a thank you gift for Dr. Sun's pills.
Dr. Sun smiled and confiscated the money, but Xiao Tong came to collect it on his behalf.Immediately, he shook the fly whisk in his hand and ordered Xiao Tong to send Jia She away.
Jia Amnesty didn't want to stay any longer, so he left immediately, and left Qi Palace with others.Jia She had lunch at the neighbor's restaurant, during which Fang Zhenglu came to ask Jia She about the advertisement for the fifth issue of "Secrets of the Neighbor".
Fang Zhenglu: "After printing three shops in the fourth issue, the profit of the least one has doubled compared to before. The jewelry shop has the most, and it has earned nearly 1000 taels more than before in the past three months. After the news spread, many The shops all knew about it, and they wanted to do it even after making a fuss. They even fought over the price, and the highest price was 500 taels."
"Three hundred on the first page, two hundred on the middle page, and one hundred on the last page. From now on, we will follow this number, and it can't be higher. Tell them the benefits, this matter is risky, and it may not necessarily make money. You need to sign a contract." Jia Amnesty instructed.
Fang Zhenglu expressed his understanding.
Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and then said: "Only do it with those rich businessmen, don't let those poor people take this risk."
Fang Zhenglu nodded, and continued: "Xia Family's Osmanthus Bureau will also be done here, will you?"
"It's still the same sentence, explain the benefits, and they will do it if they are willing. The money will not be used elsewhere, and it will be sent to the poor and beggars." Jia She said.
Fang Zhenglu then suggested that Jia Amnesty tell the whereabouts, so that people will admire him and not talk about it, and it will not make people greedy.
"Don't say it, I'm afraid that after a long time, it will become too famous among the people and attract the jealousy of the court. The reputation of "Secrets of Neighbors" has been enough so far, and there is no need for more. The money will be donated in the name of the court. Those who are jealous, let them go, it is nothing if we are scolded, as long as we can help the poor people."
Fang Zhenglu was busy saluting Jia She, admiring Jia She's thoughtfulness, and even more admiring his deed of not being famous, but only willing to sacrifice for the people.
"Don't think too much about me, who said I'm not famous. After you do these things, the court won't see it, the emperor won't see it? I'm afraid I'll get more than that, And it will be safer." Jia She explained.
Fang Zhenglu bowed again and again: "The junior has learned even more."
"Forget it, I won't chat with you anymore."
Seeing that it was about the same time, Jia Amnesty rushed to Gyeonggi Prefecture to try the case of Minister of Dali Temple with Song Xi.
Not long after he arrived in Gyeonggi Mansion, before Song Xi came, he saw a black pig running erratically, panting heavily, and told him that Xue's family had come to Rong Mansion.
"The Xue family? The Xue family in Jinling?" Seeing the black pig nodding, Jia She asked again, "Why didn't anyone tell me in advance?"
"Let's not talk about you, even the second wife has only received the news. It is said that the person who was originally sent to deliver the letter in advance encountered an accident on the way, so it was delayed."
"Understood." Jia Amnesty didn't care, Xue's family and Mrs. Wang's current situation is the same.They were all flies with their wings chopped off, unable to fly, and at most just lying on the ground and buzzing twice.Just like Mrs. Wang, she definitely didn't have the guts to have an impulse with him directly, at most she would provoke Wang Xifeng as before.But what's the use, the people in the Rong Mansion are now under his control, and there is no big wave.Jia Amnesty didn't even bother to worry about her small movements at the moment, it was enough for Wang Xifeng to block them.
At this time, Song Xi came, and he brought a yamen messenger with a distressed expression into the door.
Jia She took a special look at the clothes of the government official, it was not from Gyeonggi Prefecture, but from the Ministry of Punishment.
Song Xi said to Jia She with a cold face and serious eyes: "Dali Siqing just died in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."
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