There is a big problem with my harem [Qing Chuan]

After Liang Jiugong honestly confessed that he also got a piece of opium from others for trial use, Kangxi immediately sent someone to track down the source of opium.

It was soon discovered that there were commercial firms in the capital selling opium with gimmicks such as refreshing, longevity | ointment, and fairy dreams.

The most famous one turned out to be the Xia family, one of the best in the capital!

The Huangshang Xia family has been quite famous these years, especially the hundreds of acres of land full of sweet-scented osmanthus fields, which is even more admirable!

For several years, all the bonsai displayed in the palace were paid tribute by the Xia family, and it is normal to come and go and have friendship with many eunuchs in charge.It's just that as a merchant near the capital, how could he hook up with the opium network?

Kangxi carefully looked at the results of the secret guard's investigation: The Xia family of the imperial merchants only had a widowed mother and a daughter. The daughter had a domineering personality. Although she was a wealthy family, no one came to propose marriage at the age. The Xue family exchanged Geng invitations, seeing that they were about to get married.

"Where did their opium come from?" Kangxi asked carefully.

"According to the slave's investigation, I'm afraid that the Emperor Shang Xia's family didn't get the opium from foreigners in the first place."

Yuheng knelt down on one knee and replied carefully, "Slave inspection, the imperial merchant Xia family began exchanging Geng Tie with the son of the Xue family in Jinling at the end of last year. But the father of the son of the Xue family died young, and there were no elders in the family. An uncle took care of it, and it was a matter of marriage. Naturally, someone rushed to the capital from outside to handle the affairs.

One of the masters of the Xue family was doing shipping work in Guangzhou, and it was probably a gift from that time.At the beginning of March this year, the Xia family had a ship to send to the Guangzhou mansion, and brought back hundreds of boxes of opium back to Beijing for sale. The House of Internal Affairs had a lot of business dealings with the Xia family, so someone soon brought opium into the palace. "

"Hundred boxes of opium, what a hundreds of boxes!" Kangxi sneered, but it was better than Liang Jiugong thought, and he didn't get angry on the spot.

"Determine the quantity, and determine how many people in the capital are buying opium!" Kangxi took a deep breath and urged.

Most of the people arrested in the palace were eunuchs, and there were very few guards, but a young companion, Nalan Renqing, was caught beside the brothers!

Before he was ten years old, he had been exposed to it under the guidance of his elder brother at home. This incident gave Kangxi a warning: outside the palace, the only people who can repeatedly smoke for a long time are the children of the wealthy clan Eight Banners and the princes of official families!

I don't know how many people have been involved in opium, so we must be more careful in handling it!

He bowed his head, and quickly wrote another secret letter, describing the results of the test in the capital in detail, and asked Nalan Xingde to go deep into the Guangzhou government to investigate the number of opium smokers and the situation of the officials and the army. Then join hands with Prince Kang of Taiwan Island to deal with it, be sure to pay attention to safety and act carefully.

On the other side, Kangxi urgently contacted Dai Zi and asked the Ministry of Industry to speed up the research on warships and new artillery guns!

When Nalan Xingde received the letter from Kangxi, he had already taken the lead in investigating many places.

Opium is not called opium here by such a popular name. The local business houses sell opium, so they gave it a meaningful name, which is 'Fushou|paste'.

Next to Dongtiao Street in Guangzhou Fu, there is a tall plaque, walking in is the brothel alley of Guangzhou Fu.

When night falls in this alley, young and beautiful girls should solicit customers on the road, but unlike other places, there are very few girls soliciting customers here. Nalan Xingde sat in a restaurant where he could see the other side, and a few people Colleagues looked over there from time to time.

"Master Nalan." A guard looked extremely nervous, "This alley feels too weird!"

Yeah, not weird, but weird.

In an alley dominated by brothels, few girls go out at night!Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, but there are several brothels with girls soliciting customers at the door, but no one even enters!On the contrary, the lights of several households were on and off, watching people coming and going in the dilapidated restaurant, this situation was very strange!

"Xiaoer, don't people here go to brothels?" Nalan Xingde covered his mouth with a fan, looking like a romantic, innocent and ignorant young man, he put away his fan curiously and pointed to the alley far away.

Xiao Er, who was pouring tea, had a smile on his face: "Master! This kiln is naturally a place for gentlemen to go shopping, and the small ones don't have the money to go!"

"My lord, looking at your brothel, I'm afraid there isn't even an oiran. Look, no one comes in or out!"

"Masters are foreigners, right?" Xiaoer waved his hands repeatedly, then looked around mysteriously and secretly said, "Not to mention Miss Mumei, girls from Shaohua are all first-class, talented and beautiful, and we are one of the best in Guangzhou. Oiran beauty!"

"It's just that the old men in the city have other interests now, and they don't have the same interest in the oirans! I saw Mumei get this number before." Xiaoer smiled and compared his hands, and then continued: " Now it's half off, and I think if it continues like this, most of the brothels in this alley will collapse!"

"Oh?" Nalan Xingde's eyes widened, "tell me, what other fun do you have?"

Xiao Er rolled his eyes, and Nalan Xingde noticed that he was watching him, and immediately raised his brows slightly, moved his wrist slightly, took out two pieces of silver from his cuff, and handed it to him: "My lord has a lot of money, tell me about it." , what is it?"

"Hey! Thank you, sir, for the reward! My lord, I won't hide it from you! May I ask if you've heard of Fushou|paste?"

Nalan Xingde's pupils shrank slightly, and subconsciously showed a faint smile: "I've never heard of it, what is this?"

"Grandpa, wait a minute," Xiaoer called out familiarly, with a flash of excitement in his eyes, and bent down mysteriously to a group of people in a low voice, "This is something used by the gods. Once you inhale it, you will feel like you are in heaven. Happier than a god! This is too happy, no matter how beautiful the girl in the brothel is, the men will not be happy to go there!"

"Hey—?" Nalan Xingde tilted his head, and a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes, "How come I haven't heard of such a good thing?"

"Master! Our Guangzhou mansion is a place for shipping, and there are many foreigners. This Fushou|paste is a Western thing brought by the foreigners!" Xiaoer wanted to pat his chest, and said Fushou while spitting droplets at the mouth. |The benefits of ointment, "Grandpa, you don't believe me, don't you?"

Nalan Xingde remained silent.

The little girl left in a hurry, and came back after a while, carefully holding a red cloth package in his hand.Walking to the table of a group of people, he opened the package with shaking hands, revealing a fine wooden box inside, which contained two square pieces of opium.

"Master, this is the Fushou Ointment. If you like it, you can try it, and you can come to our restaurant to buy it next time." Xiaoer said with a smile on his face.

"Oh? You can buy this stuff in your restaurant?" Nalan Xingde asked casually while looking at the Fushou Ointment over and over again.

"That's right! This Fushou | Ointment is the product of our Xue's firm, as long as there is a store marked by our Xue's firm, you can buy it!"

Such investigations are stinging.

What's more, there are many firms like Xue's firm in Guangzhou.The price of Fushou|ointment sold by foreigners to commercial firms is low. Even though they are well aware that Fushou|ointment may have some problems that no one knows about, but under the temptation of profit, commercial firms rush forward and back to buy this piece of gold. The big ship, completely disregarding the cliffs waiting for them!

Nalan Xingde, who received the letter from Kangxi, felt even more heavy.

Not only did this matter have to be handled, but it had to be handled beautifully!

Nalan Xingde first sent a letter to Fujian governor Yao Qisheng, who was in charge of the entire province of Fujian, and Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, set off from the waterway and went to Guangzhou to meet them with warships and guns.Later, he contacted Tong Guoyi, the prefect of Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong, and asked him to prepare manpower. After the matter of acting on behalf of Guangzhou Prefecture was resolved, he immediately arranged for someone to take up the post in Guangzhou Prefecture.

As for the admiral of Guangdong, the prefect of Guangzhou and others, Nalan Xingde can't believe it now.Even Fu Lun, who has just arrived in Guangzhou, can sense something is wrong with the 'Fushou|paste', so how could these old fritters who have soaked here for so many years not notice it?Normally speaking, the behavior of Westerners should have been stabbed in front of Kangxi long ago!

I'm afraid they either accept bribes and turn a blind eye to this matter, or the thief boat who has already stepped on this 'blessed life|paste' is unable to disembark!

Rotten to the root!

At the same time, Kangxi also locked several people in the capital.

The Xia family and the Xue family of the imperial merchants were all involved, and Wang Ziteng, who was declared into the palace by Kangxi, almost wanted to scold his sister who knew the bad things!Even if Mrs. Xue's mother and son are not responsible for the matter now, but after all, they are the direct line of the main branch, and it will be difficult to escape.

Wang Ziteng covered his eyes with emotion: It's just a pity that his good niece, who is beautiful and beautiful, could have entered the palace to fight for her future, but now I'm afraid she can only find a merchant or a son of a family of coating.

"Wang Ziteng, I will leave the rest to you. After seven days, it will be the day to search all the suspected merchants. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

In order to catch everyone by surprise, Kangxi told Wang Ziteng not to spread the news, and on the other hand, he ordered the Imperial Hospital to check the second batch of students going to Taiwan.

All the students who were suspected of smoking Fushou|ointment were sent to Xiefang Temple for management, and the rest went to Tianjin to take a boat to Taiwan.

Jia Lian was well prepared, knowing that time would be very tight this time, so he packed his luggage early, and brought Wang Xifeng and Ping'er and two servants to follow. He didn't even say goodbye to the old lady, and hurriedly followed after saying a word to Jia She The large troops left Beijing.

As soon as they left, Jia Amnesty found the Ningguo Mansion according to the plan and asked for a separation before Mother Jia and the others could react!

The reason for the family separation is, of course, Mrs. Wang's unauthorized selling of clan land, corruption and bribery, and filling her own pockets!

All of a sudden, this matter caused a commotion in the capital. Before Wang Ziteng got home, he had not had time to arrest Madam Xue and scold him. Instead, he was pointed at his nose and scolded by his wife, crying to take his two daughters with him. Go back to your natal home with your niece!

Wang Ziteng was completely dumbfounded: "Ma'am, what nonsense are you talking about, we have lived through these decades, how have I ever treated you badly?"

"You have never treated me badly! But, if this continues, how do you make our girls behave? Today, this incident has caused troubles all over the capital! I am drinking tea at my in-laws' place, and I can't wait to cover my face and escape, Second Miss I think the marriage is over!" Mrs. Wang Ziteng cried, she and Wang Ziteng have been married for more than ten years, and they haven't even given birth to a single egg!

In the past two years, the two concubines brought in by the backyard had two daughters. Although she was a bit domineering, she was brought up by her knees and regarded as the apple of her eye.

Not to mention the two daughters of Wang Zisheng's elder brother Wang Zisheng, Xifeng and Xiyun, who were brought up by her own hands!It's good now, Xifeng married into Jia's house, and she will be a housewife in the future, but her sister-in-law is tossing her so much that even her family's wealth is almost gone!

And the marriage that Xiyun was talking about... but it happened when I went to drink tea as a guest today!

In case of regretting the marriage...does Xiyun still live?

Thinking of the half-smile expression of the lady in the house and the contemptuous eyes of the servants, Mrs. Wang Ziteng became more wronged and annoyed when she thought about it. She covered her face and sat on the ground crying loudly.

In the backyard, there are maids rolling and crawling to shout: "Master! Ma'am! Miss, Miss has hanged herself!"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng screamed and ran towards the backyard like a madman. Fortunately, the maid found out early and carried the second girl Wang down.She hugged her and kept crying and shouting words such as "darling baby", which made Wang Ziteng, who came in behind, feel devastated and his face became more gloomy and ugly.

He turned around and left the house, angrily wanting to go to Rongguo Mansion to question the truth!

But at this moment, a young servant hurried in from outside: "Master, Uncle Jia from Rongguo Mansion sent a letter, saying that you must ask Master to take a look!"

"What letter?" Wang Ziteng was furious in his heart, took it and only glanced at it, his complexion suddenly changed, and the next moment he shouted angrily, "Hurry up and prepare the chariots and horses, and go to Rongguo Mansion immediately!!"

……

In Rongguo Mansion, there was even more chaos.

Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion and other members of the Jia family were making noise in the main courtyard. Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion had always been timid and fearful, so naturally she didn't want to get involved in the matter of the division of the Rongguo Mansion.

However, the matter of selling the clan's land can't stand it, so many branches of the Jia family are going crazy!One or two, and by the afternoon, most of the clansmen either poured into the Rongguo Mansion or sat on the street for a sit-in demonstration, demanding an explanation from Erfang Jiazheng and Mrs. Wang!

Even the governor of Shuntian Prefecture brought the servants to manage the order now, so it's hard to end things like this.It spread all over the palaces of the royal families and nobles in the capital that day, and the Rongguo Mansion's face was greatly humiliated this time!

The maids and servants of the Rongguo Mansion thought for the first time that the old man who had been arranged to live next to the stable was the master of the Rongguo Mansion!And the second master and wife of the second room just live here...

"But why was it always under the care of the second wife?"

"No wonder I sold the clan land in private, and felt that it had nothing to do with their family!"

The words of the members of the Jia family fell into the ears of everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, making the maids and servants who were attached to the second room turn pale with fright. In case the accounts are settled after autumn...

Not to mention the worries of the maids and servants in the courtyard, the atmosphere in the main house is also very stagnant.

No matter how much Jia's mother favored her second son, she never thought Mrs. Wang would have the courage to sell the clan land!This, how does this allow her to meet her ancestors underground after her death?How to meet the old man...

Lin Zhixiao held a stack of ledgers blankly and read the contents above. The more he heard Jia Mu pointing at Mrs. Wang, the more he trembled, and he was about to faint.

Jia Amnesty sat on the chair at the lower end, his face as cold as water, Mrs. Xing covered her mouth with a fan, but the smile that covered the corners of her mouth couldn't hide the gloating in her eyes.

This list has not yet come to the head, it is only the dowry of Jia She's original partner - Jia Lian's biological mother.After one or two years, the precious calligraphy, painting and jade wares inside began to be damaged and disappeared in the warehouse due to various reasons, and then there were notes bought by Jia Amnesty or Jia Lian from the pawnshop and records given to the seller by the pawnshop.

Jia Amnesty had mixed feelings. If Jia Lian hadn't mentioned it, he might not have known that the entire Rongguo Mansion had been evacuated.

Jia Zheng's face was pale, and he stood by the side, staring at Mrs. Wang who was kneeling on the ground with fiery eyes.

"Mother, brother! I want to divorce this woman!" Jia Zheng shouted sharply.

Mrs. Wang's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, especially when she looked at Jia's mother, who looked like she should be like this, she was full of despair.

She raised her head, stared straight at Jia Zheng with a pair of lifeless eyes, and sneered miserably: "What have I done? It's not for you that I have done so much!"

"You—you're talking nonsense!" Jia Zheng yelled, "Why did I let you sell the clan land?"

"Hehe." Mrs. Wang looked at him sadly, "Don't you know where the money for raising Qing Ke came from? Don't you know where the money for buying paintings and calligraphy came from? Don't you know that you invited Shangfeng to drink tea and eat? Where did the money for drinking come from? Don’t you know how much money will be sent to the palace every year? Isn’t it all because of you?”

"Oh, whether it's for the second brother or not." Jia She took a sip from the teacup, "I'm just curious why you didn't sell your own dowry, but you stretched out your hand so long that you had to reach Zhang's dowry." , to the public account?"

He raised his head to signal Lin Zhixiao: "Show everyone the dowry of our second wife."

"Yes, master." Lin Zhixiao obeyed, took out another list from below and read it aloud.Now Mrs. Wang's complexion finally turned pale and pale. Her dowry was not a little bit large, but many things in it were exchanged for much better.

Obviously, Mrs. Wang has already made sufficient preparations. Even if she leaves Rongguo Mansion, it will be enough to reap a lot of benefits that others will not discover!

"You poisonous woman!" Jia Zheng wished to be three meters away from Mrs. Wang, as if meeting her for the first time, "I'm going to write you a divorce letter today!"

"Come on!" At this point, Mrs. Wang is not afraid anymore!

She got up aggressively, approached Jia Zheng and said in a vicious voice, "Have you thought about Yuanchun in the harem? Have you thought about Baoyu?"

"you--!"

"Shut up!" Mother Jia reprimanded sharply, and then looked sideways at Jia She, with a trace of sadness on her face, "She, Zheng'er is your real brother, and brothers need to help each other to make things better." Our Jia family is prosperous! This matter has too much influence, not to mention your younger brother's official position, even the virtuous concubines in the palace..."

"Mother, are you still helping the second child's family?" Jia She stared at Jia's mother for a long time, then lowered his eyes and said calmly.

"I……"

"Concubine Xian... how many years has she been in the palace? Not to mention having a son, she can't even be said to be favored." Jia She sneered mockingly, he ignored Jia Zheng's clenched fist and Mrs. Wang With a froze expression on his face, he just said a fact indifferently, "How much money does our Jia family give her every year?"

"Gongzhong, after being managed by your good wife for these years, I have no money." Jia She said slowly, "Where did the money go?"

Jia's mother opened her mouth to speak, but was stopped by Jia She: "Mother, don't worry, I naturally know whose house to go to."

Lai Da moved anxiously, and exchanged glances with Zhou Rui, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"So, I asked the servants from Shuntian Mansion to help."

"What—?" Jia Mu's face changed wildly, "You, you fool, how could you ask those government servants to do such things? Well, what kind of face does our family have when we talk about it!"

"Face? What's the use of face?" Jia Amnesty laughed a few times as if he had heard a joke, and then waved his hands slowly, "Come on, mother, the emperor has dealt with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Could it be our family? These servants and maids here are more noble than those from the family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? What do you think? It’s everyone’s fault?”

Jia Amnesty's eyes were gloomy, and he looked very cold and threatening. Lai's legs softened, his face turned pale, so he said weakly: "Slave, I don't know what the old man is talking about."

Jia Amnesty smiled: "You will know until tomorrow at the latest."

Judging from Jia Amnesty's behavior, Jia's mother already knew that this son had made a decision long ago, and would start turning upside down as soon as Jia Lian left.

A trace of resentment flashed in Mrs. Wang's eyes. Thinking of Wang Xifeng's past profiteering, she said with a hint of provocation, "Then do you know what your good wife did?"