The Zhen Family Brothers in the Red Chamber

After things got difficult, Zhen Yingjia's expression turned a little strange, and Zhen Zhu frowned when she saw this.

"Originally, there were people who opposed it in the court. They only said that if only scholars make trouble every time, the court will let them be afraid that the government will not be stable in the future. Now that there is someone who justly agrees with them and thinks they will be persecuted, it will be even more lively." Zhen After Zhu finished speaking, he felt some doubts in his heart. He looked at his father and asked, "Does father know the examiner who hanged himself?"

"Although I'm not familiar with it, I've seen it a few times, and it doesn't look like there's anything wrong with him. It's just that he didn't agree to the invitation to drink before, and he also shirked the invitation afterwards." Zhen Yingjia said this, and felt that the matter was true. Something is wrong.

The two father and son discussed for a while, and Zhen Zhu got up to leave.He had ordered someone to inquire about the location, and he was going to see the murder scene.

Although it is said to be a murder scene, the house has been cleaned up and the autopsy has been done.There is no need to doubt whether it was suicide or not. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, people like them must have followed one another, so it is estimated that someone watched him hang himself but there was no time to save him.You can't save a person who just wants to die.

"His surname was Rong, but later he was surnamed Qian because of his mother's remarriage. He used to serve as a sacrificial wine in the Imperial College. This year, he almost happened to be the invigilator. He still has a wife and concubine at home, but his knees are desolate. He has a good relationship with Jiangning Academy on weekdays. There’s not much to think about, actually.”

Reporting the situation to Zhen Zhu was Qian Jijiu's colleague, Xu Jijiu.He is on good terms with Zhen Yingjia, and today he happened to meet Zhen Zhu at Qian Jijiu's house.

"How are his wives and concubines now?" Zhen Zhu bowed her hands to Xu Jijiu to salute, and then the two sat down and talked in detail.

Jin Bao stood behind Zhen Zhu and looked at the room. It was said that the man hanged himself here, but his young master was not afraid of it.

"I can only take care of it a little bit, because I can't go to the grave to pay homage to this matter, and now I can only hear about it before he was alive, and offer a toast." Xu Jijiu sighed and said helplessly, "At the beginning, he told me Complaining about the desolation below the knees, it is better to bring a child from the sideline, everyone has been selected, but I don’t know why I suddenly couldn’t think about it and committed suicide.”

"Could it be that what happened in the examination room was related to the offering of money to the wine?" Zhen Zhu asked.

"Probably not..." Xu Jijiu was also not sure, he frowned, "Although his family is not very rich, it is still enough for daily chewing, not to mention that his mother often takes care of him. Silver, that's impossible."

Since money is impossible, it may be human favor.Zhen Zhu fell silent, and Xu Jijiu could only drink the tea in his hand and think carefully.

After a while, a servant from the Qian family outside came up to pay his respects, and then said: "The wife at home heard that Mr. Xian's friend is here, although she is powerless, she still invites Mr., thank you in person."

This is the thoughtfulness of the principal of the Qian family. Xu Jijiu felt that if he came here alone today, he would definitely not go. Now that Zhen Zhu is by his side, he naturally has less thoughts.

"Let's go together." Xu Jijiu stood up, Zhen Zhu greeted him, and then the two went to the main hall one after the other.

There is an extra screen in the main hall, although the wife of the Qian family still greets people, but it still sets up a barrier between men and women.After the three of them greeted each other a few times, Xu Jijiu asked Mrs. Qian's family if there was anything unusual about Qian Jijiu in the few days before his death.

"Ever since that damn examinee started making trouble, my master has been worrying every day, and he hasn't had a good night's sleep. Although my concubine has intentions but is powerless, who knows that with such a wrong eye, she will be gone." Mrs. Qian's family seemed to be Crying too much, voice hoarse, speaking intermittently.As soon as she cried, the maid who was waiting on the side was busy.

Xu Jijiu felt that this was not a problem, so he got up and left.Zhen Zhu didn't reveal her identity, so these people misunderstood that he was Xu Jijiu's colleague.The two went out, Zhen Zhu bid farewell to Xu Jijiu, Xu Jijiu went south, Zhen Zhu went north.Jin Bao, who was behind him, turned his head to watch the door of Qian's house close, and suddenly saw a maid waiting inside, his expression changed.When Zhen Zhu turned around, she saw that Jin Bao's expression was not right.

"what happened?"

"The little one just saw an acquaintance." Jin Bao's expression was a little strange.

"Who?" Zhen Zhu asked.

"Master, guess what." Jin Bao lowered his voice, and then moved closer to Zhen Zhu's ear.

Zhen Zhu turned her head to look at Jin Bao, waiting for Jin Bao's next words, Jin Bao really looked left and right and then said mysteriously: "I saw the little girl who was serving Man Niang back then, do you remember that one with a particularly sharp mouth?" .”

Having said that, Zhen Zhu remembered, he raised his eyebrows, sure enough?

The next day, Jin Bao came to inquire, and then he wiped the sweat off his face and said to Zhen Zhu, "Master, you don't even know who I saw."

Song Zhaoyong was serving Zhen Zhu for dinner, when he heard this sentence, he followed Zhen Zhu to look over.

Jin Bao said: "I heard that Mrs. Qian's family has a distant cousin who lives with Qian Jijiu's house. Others say that it is because Qian Jijiu has never had any children, so Mrs. Qian's made a foolish move. But that distant cousin is exactly us When I met Manniang in Yanyu Pavilion back then, that little girl came with Manniang. You said that Yanyu Pavilion was sitting on the stage, so why is Mrs. Qian so hard to think about it? She is not afraid that her master will be coaxed. Don't remember the old wife?"

"This is a bit strange. Back then Zhou Xiucai was obsessed with Man Niang, but now he is still in prison. Now the dead Qian Jijiu obviously has a wife and concubine, but he still raises such a concubine for no apparent reason. Distant cousin, who will change her identity?" Zhen Zhu's train of thought was still very clear, but no one present could give him an answer.

Just as he was feeling helpless, someone from outside suddenly came in: "This Man Niang was specially raised by someone, but the person who connected her was too cautious. She followed her for three days, but she was afraid that it would wake her up if it was too obvious. I don’t know, but it’s true that he’s not from the imperial court, so you don’t have to worry about this, Young Master Zhu.”

The person who came spoke clearly, Zhen Zhu followed the voice and saw that it was the head of the guard who said his name was Archie standing at the door.Jin Bao snorted secretly, and then saw Song Zhaoyong bowing to the other party in fear.

If you want him to say, these guards are not open-eyed, that is, when the young master lived in Yongwang's mansion, he had never seen others give him a look, but now these guards are obviously looking after the young master, but they always look The look of superiority.

Zhen Zhu didn't raise her eyebrows, she just said indifferently: "Mr. Hard Work."

That Archie didn't dare to bow his hands, and then he continued on his own: "The backstage of Yanyu Pavilion is a salt dealer named Lu. In fact, he is a member of the Seven Sage Kings, but the origin of that Manniang is unknown. Go to Yanyu Pavilion It's only been two years, and it's just a sign. The old bustard said that there are always a few benefactors who go to find her every month. It's set up."

"So, in the final analysis, this matter was still taken advantage of by someone with a heart." Zhen Zhu sighed and then looked at Archie with a serious expression on her face, "So, do they have a follow-up?"

If it's just to kill the two examiners, they've already done it.But now that Qian Jijiu hanged himself like this, the matter is not over yet, so what are they doing for it?

Several people couldn't explain clearly, but Archie frowned unconsciously when he heard Zhen Zhu talking about Xu Jijiu.

"Could it be that there is something strange about this person?" Jin Bao was startled, and hurriedly asked.

Zhen Zhu snorted, and said, "It's not like that." His gaze also followed the head of the guards.

The head of the guards frowned: "Xiaoba received news before, saying that Xu Jijiu's hometown is no longer found. He was said to have escaped when he was 14 years old, but the place had been washed away by the flood. All the information is missing, although it seems to be fine now, but it is better to be careful."

He came here today to remind Zhen Zhu to be careful.

Zhen Zhu thanked him, and then sent Archie away, Song Zhaoyong went to see him off, and Jin Bao went to Zhen Zhu's side and said, "Master, look, do you want to go to our date tomorrow?"

After parting from Xu Jijiu before, the two made an appointment to go to the bookstore together tomorrow.

"Of course we have to go, otherwise how can we let him show his feet." The more abnormal, the closer he is.

Because Jin Bao was worried about Zhen Zhu's personal safety, he had the cheek to look for his father.Manager Jin, who is in his 40s, still looks very young. Seeing his son, he immediately put down the books in hand, and ordered someone outside to come back tomorrow, and then walked in to meet Jin Bao.

"I don't know how you've been doing all these years since you've been away." Guanshi Jin sighed for a while, and then beckoned Jin Bao to approach.

Jin Bao shrugged indifferently: "It's good, I can meet many gentlemen with the young master, which is much better than the private school back then, so there is no way to be reliable, otherwise my son can let my father be the old man of Juren."

"Okay, well, hey, it's all fate, I just hope that you will have children and grandchildren in the future, so you don't make any plans." Manager Jin sighed a little, and then reached out to pat his son's head.At the beginning, he thought that he would never see his daughter in the future. After all, what the old lady did was obvious, but Jin Hua'er married by her side instead, and his son went to the capital with the young master.

"Don't be in a hurry, Dad, do any of us know how to fight?" Jin Bao asked Jin Guanshi seriously.

Manager Jin thought for a while: "There are a group of thugs in the mansion, but they are just watching the excitement. What are you going to do?" He suddenly felt something was wrong, looked Jin Bao up and down, and said seriously, " Don't cause trouble for the master, if you do something to ruin the title of the young master, see if I don't break your legs."

Jin Bao hurriedly begged for mercy: "No, no, it's just that recently I found that the young master has a lot of things to do, and the surroundings are not quiet, and I don't know how to fight. I want to learn a little so that the young master will not be hindered in the future."

"You, what's there to think about? The mansion will naturally arrange it. By the way, the family surnamed Song seems to be looking for a wife for their family, Yong. Do you want it?" Jin Guanshi nodded with his chin pointing He pointed to the direction of the west, and then looked at Jin Bao.

Jin Bao shook his head: "There is only so much effort in a lifetime, I still want to follow the young master, so if Ah Yong asks for a wife, won't he be able to serve the young master by his side?"

"That's right, but I guess I'm following a few stewards, and I'll follow the young master in the future." Steward Jin frowned, "You haven't married a wife yet, and when you get older, it might be hard to talk about getting married."

Jin Bao said indifferently: "It's okay, wait for the young master to become famous in the future, and if I can't find anything like my personal servant, don't worry, father."

When Manager Jin heard about it, he made sense, so he stopped taking care of it.Sure enough, within two days, that Song Zhaoyong asked for leave one after another, and raised the matter of being married to Zhen Zhu one afternoon. Zhen Zhu didn't seem to embarrass the people around her, so she asked Song Zhaoyong to take over the errand in the house. He is in charge of the things in his yard, and only takes Jinbao with him when he goes out on weekdays.