New Dream of Red Mansions

In just one night, the guards arranged around the small courtyard stopped three groups of people. Manager Zhuang snorted coldly, not afraid that they would do anything, but that they would not do so.

The next day, the yamen of the infantry commander received three bunches of gangsters bundled into meat dumplings.

The people at the bottom didn't dare to be self-reliant and reported it. Although the admiral of the Nine Gates thought it was evil, it was considered an achievement of his own. Just as he was about to wave his hand to let them handle it according to their discretion, the master took a piece of paper and walked in quickly and quietly handed it to him.

The admiral of the Nine Gates took a look, raised his eyebrows, and shouted: "Such a lawless thief is still used to question this officer? You have learned all the laws in the stomach of a dog."

Those who came to report immediately comprehended the idea, nodded and bowed in agreement.

The admiral of the Nine Gates saw the people leaving, so he stroked his beard and asked the master, "He caught these people? When did Pingyang Marquis like to meddle in such nosy things?"

The master guessed: "Could it be that these people committed crimes against Lord Hou?"

The admiral of the Nine Gates rolled his eyes at him, "They are just gangsters, they sound fierce outside, once they meet capable people, they will be scared, how could they seek their own death."

It's true, although that master is not a weak crown, his aura is terrifying, even if he sees him, he can't help shrinking his neck, not to mention these little bastards who don't know much, I just don't know what they did.

The admiral of Jiumen was also thinking of this, and ordered: "Go to the prison and have a look yourself, ask clearly, and don't leave any trouble."

The master hurriedly responded and left.

The person Xue Pan sent out didn't respond, and he couldn't help frowning now, but he didn't take it seriously, if he couldn't catch you this time, wouldn't he be able to catch you next time?Secretly decided to ask someone to go again tonight.

But Jia Yucun couldn't help panicking. He could comfort himself if the first group of people didn't come back, but the second wave of people didn't come back... Jia Yucun turned around, frowned and thought: Could it be that the Feng family was ordered by someone? no?

Thinking of this, Jia Yucun couldn't sit still any longer, he turned to look for his wife Jiao Xing.

Jiao Xing was watching the nanny feeding her youngest son, when she saw Jia Yucun coming in, she got up quickly and said, "Master."

Jia Yucun nodded, patted the youngest son's head, asked the nanny to take him down, and said to Jiao Xing: "You bring a gift to visit the Feng family today. After all, our two families met once." After a pause , and said again: "Look at what she needs help with, doesn't it mean that the Zhen family can barely live on the Feng family now? Then how is the silver tael for coming to Beijing this time? Can someone help? If not, we If you can help, you should help.”

Jiao Xing didn't want to go, after all, she was just Feng's girl before.Although she also wanted to show off in the past, she was still habitually short of breath when facing Feng Shi.But she was always smart.She knew that the master asked her not to visit Feng Shi at this time, but to inquire about news, although she didn't know why he wanted to inquire about Feng Shi.

At this time, several guards were talking and laughing as they walked towards their own yard. When they saw the man standing in the middle of the yard, their voices stopped abruptly as if they were suddenly cut off.

Several guards rushed forward to pay their respects, Pingyang Hou nodded lightly, and asked, "How's the matter?"

"According to the master's order, the person has been thrown into the infantry commander's yamen, and the note has also been sent to the admiral of the nine gates. Now, the interrogation should have begun."

Marquis Pingyang nodded in satisfaction, "Tonight you will be divided into two shifts, continue to guard the yard, if there are people who don't understand the rules, you will know what to do."

Originally thought it was an extremely simple task, but now that Master Hou attached so much importance to it, several people couldn't help but become more serious, showed their aura on the battlefield, and responded.

And when he learned that the three waves of people who invaded the yard last night had all entered the infantry commander's yamen, Guanshi Zhuang was also taken aback, but he understood after thinking about it.

Not everyone can order the nine admirals to move.

Manager Zhuang immediately hesitated, should he tell the girl about this?

He hasn't told the girl about making a big deal out of it. If he tells the girl about Pingyang Hou's help from the side, maybe the girl will feel that Pingyang Hou is a disservice like last time, and then pass on the word. I'm afraid that no matter how good-tempered Marquis Pingyang is, he will be ashamed and annoyed.At that time, it would be bad to destroy the friendship between the two families.

But if you don't say it, Pingyang Hou will definitely not know what the girl is thinking, and it will be even worse to be suspicious.

After thinking about it, Guanshi Zhuang sent a message to Marquis Pingyang on his own initiative, with only two words, "Thank you".

Pingyang Hou looked at the little note and laughed, and he kept smiling all day long.

Director Xia couldn't help frowning, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: Lord Hou, the piece of paper you read was written by a man, and he was an old man.You don't need to be like this, are you affectionate?

Sure enough, Shen Congyun lived up to his stubborn reputation. Ever since he heard from Feng Shi yesterday that Xue Pan had beaten someone to death, and he himself died, he has been very persistent in wanting to know the truth of the matter.But the young servant who went out to inquire about the news only came back and said: "I have inquired about it, and some people have heard vaguely that this Uncle Xue has indeed killed people, but no one knows if it is true. Jinling is far away from the capital. Far away, apart from his relatives, few people know about these things. The younger one talked with a few servants in Rongguo Mansion, and they all said that Uncle Xue had beaten someone to death, but if you want to ask again, just ask Nothing came out."

Shen Congyun saw that his expression was different, so he didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he kicked him directly, "Hurry up and tell me, what else did you find out?"

The young man didn't take this kind of kick very seriously, he chuckled and said, "Young man knew you were impatient, so he bribed the gatekeeper to let him in."

Shen Congjun jumped up in fright, "What did you say? You entered Rongguo Mansion?"

The little servant nodded, "I just went around the outer courtyard, but I also saw a few women. The young one said that he was delivering things to the house for the master of Jia Yucun, but he lost it because he was going to the toilet. They hit it off."

Shen Congyun's face darkened, "This matter cannot be done again in the future." However, he underestimated the Rongguo Mansion in his heart. A young servant can bribe the door to break into the outer court, so wouldn't someone with more ability enter the inner court?Shen Congyun quickly shook his head. Although this Rongguo Mansion started with Taizu when the country was founded, it has been handed down for nearly a hundred years. There should still be rules, right?

"Those women do know more than the outsiders, because they heard that the young one belonged to Master Jia Yucun's family, and they didn't guard against me. When they talked about Uncle Xue, they were like beans in a bamboo tube, and they had to turn back in the end." Come over and ask me how our master sentenced him to exonerate a capital crime with solid evidence? Fortunately, I was clever enough to fool him."

"Wait, what did you say? Xue Pan was exonerated by Jia Yucun?"

Seeing that his master was so surprised, the boy nodded in satisfaction, thinking that he was even more surprised than the master when he heard this.

"Exactly. I heard that Master Jia Yucun was serving as the magistrate of Jinling at that time."

Shen Congyun's face darkened, so Jia Yucun's eagerness yesterday was explained.

"What else did you find out?"

"I heard that Uncle Xue beat someone to death because of a girl. Coincidentally, that girl was the daughter of Mrs. Feng who was abducted and sold. I heard that she is very beautiful. Unfortunately, Uncle Xue is not so lucky. Listen Said that the girl was bought by Xue Pan and had been threatening her with death to prevent Uncle Xue from succeeding. Uncle Xue was afraid when he saw that the girl had the will to die, so he asked Mrs. Xue to transfer the girl to serve her younger sister, intending to wait Her younger sister got married, and the girl took over the house after she softened. Who expected that her mother would find her, so that's why Uncle Xue beat her. I heard that the girl would be imprisoned now, if his sister didn't stop her , maybe it’s already succeeded by now.”

Shen Congyun's face became more and more ugly, but at the end he sighed: "It seems that Xue Pan's younger sister is kind-hearted, and she is completely different from her brother."

The boy nodded approvingly.

Seeing his servant like this, Shen Congyun slapped him hard, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back and ask your wife to go to Feng's place for a while, and I also want to ask for advice. This is Jia Yucun. How to smooth out a well-documented case."

In fact, there are quite a few cases like this every year, and as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he knows more or less about them.

He is also a son of a family, whether it is said that he is hypocritical or hypocritical, or that he is trying to gain fame, in short, as long as he has the ability to settle grievances, he will do his best.

In fact, Shen Congyun hasn't realized yet, but his stubborn character secretly contains some guilt.

If he was just an ordinary scholar, then he would swear to the death to defend Dahan's law, and he would do his best to deal with everything he knew, but he was also a member of an aristocratic family, and he knew what kind of life the aristocratic family lived since he was a child There are those who are disciplined and vigorous, and naturally there are those who are chaotic.His family still has rules, but even so, his elder brother's concubines can still be arranged from the meeting hall to the kitchen.

In the eyes of the big family, the law is far less important than the family, so everything must be considered whether it is in the interests of the family.

He also rebelled when he was young, but his father said something right, he ate the family food from birth, and used the family food. Career help.

He has enjoyed the glory of the family, so he has to shoulder the responsibility of the family.

So he felt sorry for those parties that he could not handle impartially.

But it is obvious that Jia Yucun does not have this condition. The other party is just a small official with no foundation. He said that he is attached to the Rongguo Mansion. It is a joke. Rain Village!

So Shen Congjun prepared energetically.

Mrs. Shen also knew her husband's personality very well, and when she heard the order, she immediately asked the girl to pack up a gift that was affordable and worthy of Feng's value, and went to visit her.

Compared with her uncle who likes to keep concubines, Mrs. Shen is very satisfied that her husband only likes to trouble his colleagues, so Mrs. Shen has always participated in her husband's work with great enthusiasm.

So when Jiao Xing came to the door, she saw Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Feng sitting in the living room talking happily.

Feng Shi was also taken aback when she saw Jiao Xing, because Jiao Xing had become too much.But if you think about it, she used to be a girl and always had to keep her head down, but now she is an official's wife, so she can naturally hold her head up.

Jiao Xing's eyes lit up when she saw that the Feng family had guests. It seemed that the master's work could be completed.

"Who is this lady?" Mrs. Shen looked at Jiao Xing suspiciously. Didn't Feng say she had nothing to rely on in the capital, and that's why she wanted to ask Jia Yucun?

Feng Shi laughed and said, "This is my former girl, Jiao Xing, who is now Mr. Jia Yucun's wife." After speaking, she turned to Jiao Xing and said, "I'm sorry for you to come to see me, this is Master Shen, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. lady."

Hearing Feng's introduction, Jiao Xing's face froze slightly, then she smiled again, looked at Mrs. Shen inquisitively, and said: "My wife didn't say a word when she came to Beijing, so my master and I can clean the house. Is it necessary to rent it outside?"

Feng said in a low voice: "I didn't expect to trouble you. We brought enough money before we came. After thinking that the Xue family is also considered a famous family, after hearing what happened, there is no reason to stop it at home. But who knows..." Feng Shi sighed.

Jia Yucun only asked Jiao Xing to come over to find out if there was someone behind the Feng family, and she only knew that she was here for the eldest lady who lost her childhood, but she didn't know the specifics, so she asked with concern: "My master also said when he came home. I don’t know for sure, but I only said that the abducted young lady was found, and my wife found out what happened? Is that girl really a young lady? Has the abductee been caught yet?”

Mrs. Shen smiled sarcastically, she is different from Jiao Xing, she never fights uncertain battles, so she has already found out the matter before coming here, and she knows everything her master knows.Mrs. Shen, who has cleaned up Shen Congyun's mess and helped Shen Congyun investigate the case for so many years, has a quick mind that is not comparable to ordinary people. Now, as soon as Jiao Xing enters the door, she roughly guesses the other party's intention.

Feng Shi hated Jia Yucun in his heart, and even looked at Jiao Xing, so he didn't like it, so he said that side with a gun and a stick. Hearing this, he said again what he had just said to Mrs. Shen: "... also I don't know how the magistrate sentenced me to the Xue family. Although I am a woman, I also know that girls from good families are not allowed to buy or sell. What's more, the kidnapper has been punished, even if the adult can't replace my family. Even if Yinglian finds her family back home, she shouldn't award my Yinglian family to Xue's family."

According to the law, Yinglian can regain her freedom. If she can remember her family's address, the imperial court will send someone to notify that family to come and pick her up.The local yamen will provide some help to the abducted people. Of course, whether they can live well depends on each person's ability.

Jiao Xing didn't realize that the magistrate was Jia Yucun, but asked, "Does the wife know who the magistrate is? And who told Madam about the kidnapper?"

Feng sighed: "I didn't go to Jinling, so I didn't find out about the prefect. I only know that the prefect was promoted more than a year ago, but someone who went to Jinling for business came back and talked about it. Strange case, I heard that the girl was pretty and had a rouge mole on her forehead, so I suspected that the girl was my Yinglian, after many inquiries, I learned that it was the Xue family who bought Yinglian, and now they moved to the capital coming."

Jiao Xing's expression changed drastically when she heard "Qian was promoted and moved away after more than a year", and her thoughts were surging, she could not hear the following words for a long time.

Mrs. Shen was worried that she would not have the opportunity to speak, so she immediately asked: "How can this be a strange case? There are countless cases of corruption and perversion of the law, and this case is not ordinary."

Feng said sarcastically: "If the Xue family just replaced someone, it's really not a strange case. I'm afraid I won't know Yinglian's whereabouts either. However, Mr. Xue was in a busy market when he killed someone, and witnesses and physical evidence Gathering together, although Mr. Feng Yuan's family has only one seedling left, he is still considered wealthy, and if he bites that Uncle Xue and won't let go, the magistrate has a way to directly sentence Uncle Xue to death."

Mrs. Shen said "ah" and wondered: "But isn't this Xue Pan still alive?"

The sarcasm on Feng's face became even more apparent, and he said: "It's not just about being alive. I heard that the prefect brought his family to Beijing when the case was being tried, but he couldn't even take him into custody. The prefect said that Xue Pan was dead. It was taken away by the wronged soul of Mr. Feng Yuan."

Even the well-informed Mrs. Shen also opened her mouth wide, and then stammered for a while before asking: "This, that, what is the identity of Xue Pan who is alive now?"

"Naturally, he is alive as the uncle of the Xue family. Who would know that he is actually a dead person?"

Guanshi Zhuang said that Xue Pan's identity was flawed, and he was already a dead person according to the law. Although the reality and the law are always different, it is still a sharp weapon to attack the opponent.

Jiao Xing's face is very ugly now, the girl behind her looked at Jiao Xing worriedly, Feng Shi also noticed her face, and asked with concern: "But you are not feeling well? Do you want me to call you a doctor?"

Jiao Xing forced a smile, and declined: "It's not a big deal, it's just some old illness, as long as you rest more, you'll be fine."

Mrs. Feng hurriedly urged her to go back to rest, and Mrs. Shen gave her a strange look. Mrs. Feng didn't know that the prefect was Jia Yucun back then, but she did.

After Jiao Xing left, Mrs. Shen also left.

Back at Shen's house, Shen Congyun was eating. Seeing his wife coming in with a strange expression, he asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Shen shook her head, "You'd better eat first, we'll talk after the meal."

Seeing her like this, Shen Congyun knew she had discovered something, and he was so anxious that his claws were scratching, but now he was very hungry, and the delicious food on the table was tempting, and he didn't want to put down his chopsticks. He wanted to hurry up and eat, but he felt indecent.

On the surface, Shen Congyun is a very obedient and stubborn person, but on the inside he is the most unruly, and said directly: "Madam, just talk."

Mrs. Shen just glanced at him, without eating or sleeping.

Shen Congyun pretended not to see, and urged: "My lord, I have to go to the sixth department for a meeting in the afternoon, Madam, tell me quickly."

Mrs. Shen had no choice but to summarize what Feng said. When it came to Jia Yucun who sentenced Xue Pan to death, but also said that Xue Pan was dead, Shen Congyun, who "always respected the rules", pissed off.

Mrs. Shen sat next to Shen Congyun, and she was not affected, but she asked someone to remove the contaminated food without changing her expression.

Shen Congyun's face blushed slightly, and then he said with emotion: "Great talent, Jia Yucun is really a great talent, no wonder he was promoted so quickly."

What surprised him the most was that the Xue family had acquiesced in this judgment.From this point of view, the Xue family has nothing to fear.

Master Shen Congyun is gearing up, planning to bring down a dignitary tomorrow.