There is no phoenix

Zui'er thought for a while and said, "It was winter two or three years ago, when the concubine of the imperial palace passed away, Jia's mansion had to guard the spirit because of the high-quality male and female family members, and there were no directors in the mansion, so they lied to the emperor about the Ningguo mansion's death. Mrs. Jia Zhen's wife, You Shi, gave birth to a child and asked You Shi to help manage the affairs of the two houses. Who knew that within a few days, Jia Jing, who was practicing Taoism in Xuanzhen Temple in Ningguo Mansion, died suddenly. Because the second master Lian went to Ningguo Mansion to watch the spirit, he met Mrs. Jia Zhen's sister, the second sister You, and immediately bought a house secretly, and married the second sister You as the second room. Zhang Hua also went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue Lian's second master for marrying a married woman during the filial piety of the country and forcibly marrying a married daughter! However, I heard that the master of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was familiar with Jia's mansion, so the case was eventually suppressed. "

After hearing this, Wang Ren sneered and said, "I thought this Second Master Lian was clean. Okay, Zui Er, thank you for telling me this. But, please tell me, where does Yan Hong's father live now?"

After hearing this, Zui'er hesitated for a moment, and Wang Ren took out another two taels of silver. Zui'er saw that Wang Ren was so generous, so he explained carefully where Yanhong's family lived.

When Wang Ren returned home, it was Haishi.Aunt Chen, the concubine, told me: "Master, today your aunt from the Jia residence sent two letters, saying that if we return to Jinling, we will send these two letters to the Elder Master and your sister."

Wang Ren looked at it and saw that it was Mrs. Wang's letter, so he handed it to Aunt Chen and said, "Put it there first, we will leave later."

The next day, Wang Ren took a servant and quickly found Yan Hong's father according to the address given by Zui'er.

It turned out that Yan Hong's father liked drinking the most.Because the family was poor, the old mother passed away after being ill for a long time, and owed a lot of debts.But his wife's health is not very good, and she only gave birth to a daughter, Yanhong.The two couples only hope that Yanhong can find a good family to solve the family's difficulties.

Yan Hong's mother has always been in poor health, men like to drink and are not good at making a living, so life at home is getting more and more difficult.In order to make ends meet at home, the mother and daughter had to do needlework for some money.Because her mother was often ill, Yan Hong occasionally went out to sell her needlework.At that time, Jia Amnesty was upset because of Yuanyang's refusal to marry, and he also felt that it was not easy to see Jia's mother, so he often went out to have fun.

But one day, not long after Jia She went out, he happened to see Yan Hong who had just returned home from selling her needlework.

Although Yanhong was dressed plainly, she couldn't hide her handsome appearance, especially her beautiful eyes, which were very similar to mandarin ducks. Jia She was moved by seeing Yanhong's family background, and knew that Yanhong's father liked to drink, so he immediately invited Yanhong's father to come A decent restaurant for a meal.

After a few glasses of wine, Yan Hong's father knew that Jia She was hereditary from the Rongguo Mansion, so he didn't dare to offend her. Seeing that he had five hundred silver in cash, Yan Hong immediately agreed to sell Yan Hong to Jia She.Jia Amnesty then asked someone to write a transaction document immediately, saying that he would take her into the mansion tonight, Yan Hong's father had no choice but to agree.

After returning home, Yanhong's father gave Yanhong's mother ten taels of silver, saying that he would go and buy Yanhong a decent set of clothes as soon as possible, and someone would come to pick her up in the afternoon.After hearing this, Yan Hong's mother realized that this unbearable husband had actually sold her own daughter to Jia She, who was nearly sixty years old, to be a housekeeper without telling her. She was so shocked that she almost fainted.

However, nothing can be changed, and the mother and daughter can only hug each other and cry.

After Yan Hong was carried away, the desperate mother hanged herself that night.

It took only one day for Yan Hong's father to realize that because of his greed for drinking and cowardice, he pushed an originally poor family into ruins again.After numbly asking someone to bury Yanhong's mother, Yanhong's father wanted to find Jia She again, and also wanted to see his only daughter, Yanhong.Who knows that no one has seen it, Jia Amnesty also said that the two parties already have a transaction document, and Yan Hong has nothing to do with him, if he comes again, he is afraid that he will be sent to see the official.

A few months ago, Jia She suddenly asked people to come to Yanhong's house to look for Yanhong. This walking dead father really wanted to find out what was going on, but was scolded instead.

From Wang Ren's mouth, this numb father learned that his daughter Yanhong was tortured and committed suicide. He suddenly rushed into the kitchen like a madman, took a kitchen knife and cut off one of his own fingers, crying in despair: "I am not a human being, I am the one who killed you." They killed their mother and daughter!"

Seeing that Yanhong's father was so excited, Wang Ren immediately asked the boy to hire a doctor to help Yanhong's father bandage the wound, and told Yanhong's father of his plan, then took out 20 taels of silver, and said angrily: "Don't worry, uncle. I have already thought about it. Don’t say that Jia She forced to buy a civilian girl, but your wife was forced to commit suicide that night, and your daughter was tortured and threw herself into the lake to death. I have already found witnesses. You are already like this , What are you afraid of? Just listen to me, that big house Jia Amnesty, even if he is not allowed to face a lawsuit, at least letting him lose the hereditary will relieve the hatred!"

In a blink of an eye, it was already the fourth day of October.

At noon that day, Prince Nan'an returned to the capital with tens of thousands of soldiers from the Southern Expedition. The emperor asked the crown prince and Shui Rong to lead several court officials to greet him in the outer city.

The Jingxi military camp has prepared a reward of food and wine, and the victorious soldiers enjoyed the wine. The prince Mizusawa offered a toast on behalf of the emperor, and conveyed the emperor's will: all the lieutenant generals and above and the slightly injured soldiers in this Southern Expedition are allowed to rest for eight days. Go home for five days off.In addition, seriously injured soldiers can continue to recuperate at home until they recover from their injuries.

Zhang Jun and Wei Ruolan were treated by imperial physicians because they were seriously injured.Wei Ruolan went back to her mansion to recuperate from her injuries. In addition, she was rewarded with 1000 taels of silver and four pieces of brocade.Zhang Jun, Zhang Jian, and Tang Biao performed meritorious deeds, pardoned the original sin, and stayed in the Jingxi military camp as a deputy general.Among them, Zhang Jun also rewarded 1000 taels of silver and four pieces of brocade.Zhang Jian rewards five taels of silver and four bolts of brocade.

Zhang Jun had no residence in the capital, so he temporarily stayed in the Beijing West Army to nourish his wounds.The rest of Zhang Jun’s former bandits who went to the Southern Expedition this time are free of original sin. If they are willing to join the army, they can stay in the military camp in the west of Beijing, and those who do not want to stay can receive 50 taels of silver to return home.

After rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, Shui Rong made a special trip to visit Zhang Jun again, and couldn't help comforting him.Shui Rong said: "Zhang Jun, Lord Nan'an said you are a general, and Zhang Jian and Tang Biao are also good. As long as you work hard in the barracks, it is not difficult to support your family. Li Lei and Li Xun who went to Chang'an County with me last time, They have been selected to be the guards of the palace. Li Lei got married a few days ago, and he married my concubine's girl. She is a very nice person. If you are loyal and motivated, and you don't meet a suitable girl, I can ask my concubine to help you Introduce the right girl."

Zhang Jun, Zhang Jian, and Tang Biao were very grateful to see Shui Rong being so righteous.Zhang Jundao: "Thank you, young prince, the young prince is so affectionate, the three of us brothers will definitely live up to the young prince!"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Zhang Jun, when you recover from your injury, the three of you come to my house together, and I will call Liu Xianglian, and we will talk about the brotherhood that day in Ping'an Town!"

Zhang Jun, Zhang Jian, and Tang Biao agreed very moved.

After comforting the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, Prince Shuize and Shui Rong rode their horses back to the city. When they came to the palace, they were about to dismount and enter the palace, but they saw an old man about 50 years old kneeling in front of Shui Ze and Shui Rong's horses, shouting: "You are wronged!" I beg the young prince to be the master of the people!"

Shui Ze and Shui Rong were quite surprised when they heard that, Shui Rong got off the horse, and hurriedly asked the man: "Old man, why are you wronged, why don't you go to the yamen?"

The man knelt and cried, "Go back to the prince and the young prince! Xiaomin won't go to the yamen, because Xiaomin is not going to sue ordinary people. Xiaomin only believes in the prince and the young prince!"

After that, the man took out a piece of written paper from his body and presented it to Shui Rong.

Shui Rong took it, saw that the man's hand was still covered with wounds, quickly looked at the paper, handed it to Shui Ze and said, "Brother Prince, take a look!"

The prince took a look at the pleadings, and hurriedly said to the old man: "Old man, you go back first, the prince has already accepted your pleadings, there will be an explanation, you have to wait patiently! Don't go to other places to make trouble, you Do you understand?"

The old man kowtowed to the ground and said, "Thank you, Prince, thank you, Young Prince!"

Not far away, Wang Ren was watching all this, turned back home with a sneer.

Shui Rong and Shui Ze entered the palace, and the two discussed the pleadings.Shui Ze said: "Brother Rong, do you know that the last time there were some reports about Jia's mansion, the father suppressed them first, and now he is suing Jia's mansion, what do you think should be done?"

Shui Rong said: "Brother Prince, although Father said that the matter of Jia's mansion will be put aside for now, if we don't report it, there are so many people watching outside the palace gate just now, I'm afraid it's not right! I think it's better to tell Father first." Have a look? Father has already heard about the stone nerd case above from Zhang Jun. It’s not a big crime for Jia’s mansion to marry a young man and deceive the emperor when the family was filial to the country. Hereditary, the imperial court ordered officials to force people to die by marrying civilian girls as concubines, and even forced people to death by lynching. It is not a trivial matter to put a few things together. Let's show this to the emperor himself. Look at the father. What did the emperor say?"

Shui Ze thought for a while and said: "Brother Rong is right, no matter what this person said is true or not, we can verify it. Let's go, let's go to see Father!"

Shui Ze Shui Rong came to Chengde Palace together, and first reported the situation of going to the Beijing West Military Camp to reward the three armies. Shui Ruoyang sighed after hearing this: "The most lacking in the current military camp is good generals. The three brothers Zhang Jun, Zhang Jian, and Tang Biao did a good job this time. Rong Er See them again when you have time, let them stay in the barracks with peace of mind, and just say what I say, as long as they serve the country faithfully, I will not treat them badly!"

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, my son has already said so."

Shui Ruoyang said: "That's good, you brothers have been running around all day, you all go down and rest!"

Shui Ze summoned up his courage, stepped forward and replied, "Father, my son has something to report."

Shui Ruoyang was a little surprised and asked: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Shui Ze took out the paper of the old man just now, presented it to Shui Ruoyang and said, "Father, just now when I entered the palace with Brother Rong, I met an old man outside the gate of the palace. Special, so I will show my father a look!"

Shui Ruoyang took the pleading paper, looked at it, and remained silent.

Shui Ze hurriedly said: "Father, you don't have to worry. My son thinks that such a thing can be verified secretly first, but just don't let Jia's mansion and Xiande Concubine know. No matter whether this is true or not, it will be determined by Father. Let’s talk about it after the concubine Xiande gives birth.”

Shui Ruoyang said with a serious face: "The girls trained by Jia's mansion are all good, why such illegal and disorderly affairs happen one after another, it's really hateful! It's not right for Rong'er to investigate this matter, after all, your princess used to be there You have lived for so many years. Ze'er, let someone go and investigate secretly, no matter whether it is true or not, please keep quiet, as long as the news reaches me!"

After hearing this, Shui Ze hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely do my best!"

Shui Ze and Shui Rong came out, Shui Rong sighed: "If this Jia's mansion is investigated, there will be more than these things. I don't know what the men in their family think!"

Mizusawa hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Brother Rong knows something?"

Shui Rong shook his head and said: "I don't know anything, but my concubine has lived there for so many years, we have talked about her life in Jia's mansion several times, and when it comes to the people in Jia's mansion, she often keeps silent. The fourth girl of Jia's mansion, who is the woman Liu Xianglian wants to marry, is only 14 years old this year. She is very good with Sister Miaohuang and my princess. She has always wanted to become a monk. At the beginning of this year, she secretly disguised herself as a man and took a girl to escape. Jia Mansion, going to Gusu to become a nun at the Panxiang Temple where Miao Huangjie used to become a nun."

After hearing this, Shui Ze was very surprised and asked: "There is such a thing? A dignified Miss Gonghou would rather run away from home to become a monk than stay in such a wealthy family? Brother Rong, you said that your princess and her Great, you must know why?"

Shui Rong nodded and said: "When the four girls fled to the south, they met a villain at Guazhou Ferry, but fortunately they were rescued by Liu Xianglian. After that, we returned to the capital together under my concubine's persuasion. Although she promised to marry Liu Xianglian Xianglian, but she is still practicing in the Muni Academy. I heard from Liu Xianglian that the fourth girl said that she had left Jia's mansion and would not go back anyway, and she was unwilling to let the people of Jia's mansion know about her. She also left a message that if she let If Jia's mansion knows her whereabouts, or if she is asked to return to Jia's mansion, she will immediately become a nun, so Liu Xianglian has no choice but to agree! So people in Jia's mansion still don't know about the fourth girl and Liu Xianglian."

Shui Ze said: "I heard that Liu Xianglian is called 'Leng Erlang', and she wants to marry this fourth girl. I'm afraid they are very similar in temperament. But this fourth girl is only 14 years old, and she is willing to become a monk. It is unbelievable that she does not want to stay in that mansion, and I think there must be something that made her become like this."

Shui Rong said: "So I guess there must be a lot of unspeakable things in Jia's mansion, or some things that make the fourth girl very chilling, or this fourth girl would not be like this. Also, the third girl who was named a princess, in the Dezhou Ferry, when we returned to Beijing, we had a chance meeting together, and she also said that she wanted to leave Jia Mansion. Just a few days ago, my princess and I talked about Jia Mansion and the four girls, and I asked my princess specifically , I asked if she would leave Jia’s mansion like this if she were the Fourth Miss. My concubine nodded without hesitation. I asked the reason, but she was vague and reluctant to say. Brother Prince, I think although they didn’t say the reason in front of me, But I guess there should be a lot of hard things to say. My princess has been in the Jia Mansion for so many years, but she doesn't say anything because she always remembers the kindness of Jia's upbringing. He would only shed tears and say that he missed his father and his family, and never told me about Jia's family."

Shui Ze said: "Brother Rong, don't worry, I'll have someone check it first. I heard that Concubine Xiande will give birth at the end of the year, so my father must have an idea in mind. Of course, my father will not let these people who violate the law and discipline go, but The innocent should be tolerant."

Shui Rong said: "Brother Prince, don't worry, my concubine said that no matter what happens to the Jia family, she will not make things difficult for me, nor will she make things difficult for my father, my father, my father, my mother, and my concubine. I don’t have a good impression of Jia’s mansion, but my princess said that the old lady of Jia’s mansion was kind to her, and a cousin named Baoyu was kind to her. Remembering when my princess was there before, she would vomit blood sickly and often hide and cry. If she even goes to the Muni Hospital to recuperate with Sister Miaoyu, I don’t want to feel sorry for Jia’s mansion! Brother Huang, don’t worry, just check it out!”

Shui Rong returns to the Qingzhu Garden of Prince Jing's Mansion in Beijing, and sees Daiyu writing at her desk.Shui Rong smiled and said: "Dai'er, do you want to go to the No. [-] Scholar exam in the future, and you are still working so hard, what are you writing?"

Daiyu put down her pen, stood up and took the cloak that had been dissolved in water, and said with a smile, "Brother Rong, why did you come back so early today?"

As soon as Dai Yu finished speaking, she was already hugged by Shui Rong, followed by several passionate kisses.

Shui Rong smiled and said, "I missed you, so I came back early!"

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong and said with a smile: "Brother Rong, thanks to the fact that you are still a prince, if you say such things, you are not afraid of losing your prestige as a young prince!"

Shui Rong put Daiyu lightly on the chair with a smile, and said with a smile: "My silly princess, I said such things in our room, who else can hear me but you? I don't believe you will tell me what I said. Colleagues, listen. By the way, what were you writing just now?"

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he picked up what Daiyu wrote on the table to read.

What is Daiyu writing?And see below.