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But it is said that Beijing Wang Shuironing and Prince Shuizawa also had four deputy commanders, and they brought more than 300 heavily armed Imperial Forest Army. When they came outside Ningguo Mansion, they saw several carriages waiting outside.Shui Ruoning said angrily: "I really don't know how to repent, come here, put all these carriages aside first, and everyone must not leave."

A few imperial guards stepped forward to control the gatekeepers, and the prince said to the two deputy commanders behind him: "Take half of your people to surround them, and don't let anyone out!"

The two deputy commanders said: "Prince, don't worry, the last general will pass!"

After a while, everyone had already lit torches, illuminating the outside of Ningguo Mansion like daylight.

But it is said that Jia Zhen and others in Tianxiang Tower are gambling at this time, and they are drinking and drinking, only to see a servant stumbling in and said: "Master, it's terrible, it's terrible! The Imperial Forest Army is here!"

Jia Zhen and the others were stunned when they heard this.I hurriedly walked out of the building to take a look, and saw torches everywhere in the mansion, mixed with crying and shouting.Only one of the people below shouted immediately: "Jia Zhen and Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion accept the order!"

Jia Zhen couldn't take care of much at this time, and hurriedly ran downstairs with her feet shaking. Others also screamed to leave, but they didn't know where to run.

When Jia Zhen ran downstairs, she saw more than a dozen riders standing side by side downstairs, and the leaders turned out to be Prince Shuize and Wang Shuironing of Beijing. They were so frightened that they knelt down and said, "Officer Jia Zhen kowtowed to see the prince." , Meet the prince of Beijing!"

A group of people following Jia Zhen heard that it was the crown prince and the prince of Beijing Jing, they knelt down to salute, and did not dare to move.

Prince Shuizawa said angrily: "You are all after meritorious service, so you gather people to gamble for fun, humiliate the family tradition at home, and violate the law and order in the country, what should you do! Eunuch Xia, declare the decree!"

Eunuch Xia got off his horse, stepped forward and preached loudly:

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's Edict said: Ningguo Mansion Jia Zhen Jia Rong, as the queen of the country and the court officials, deceived the emperor, gathered people to gamble, lured the children of the family, wooed the court officials, violated the court guidelines, corrupted the official style and the people's style, and failed my kindness , there is Zude, who is dismissed from his post and seized his family property, hereby!"

When Jia Zhenjia Rong heard this, she immediately fell to the ground.

Shui Ruoning said to those imperial guards: "All those who are present today have their names recorded on the record, put on the instruments of torture and wait aside!"

Prince Shuize said: "Uncle Wang, what about those female relatives?"

Shui Ruoning said: "Look at how many people there are in this mansion, the women's family allowed them to bring warm clothes to the prison of the Ministry of punishment, and wait for the emperor's order!"

But half an hour later, the downstairs of Tianxiang was already crowded with people, and I saw a few imperial guards carrying an 90-year-old old man over, and said to Prince Shuize and Wang Shui Ruoning of Beijing: "Prince, lord, this old man is Found in the ancestral hall behind, where he was crying."

Seeing that this man was old and thin, but with tears streaming down his face, King Bei Jing asked sharply, "Who are you and why are you staying here?"

The man knelt down and said, "Prince, lord, the villain's name is Jiao Da."

After Jiao Da finished speaking, he pointed at Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, and cried loudly: "I persuade you men who don't make progress every day, and treat me as an enemy! You will only make your master behave in front of Jiao Da. You don’t cherish being an official, enjoying glory, and being rich! Your ancestors escaped death to earn this family business, and they don’t remember the hardships of those years. My grandpa, how can you expect to give birth to these beasts today! Stealing every day Dogs play chickens, climb ashes, climb ashes, raise uncles, raise uncles, eat wine and gamble every day, get this field today, grandpa, open your eyes and see! I live to be eight or ninety years old, and I have no face when I die See you, grandpa!"

Jiao Da's crying and fuss made Shui Ruoning a little admired.Shui Ze said: "Uncle Wang, considering his age, he should be a righteous servant, let him go."

Shui Ruoning nodded and said to those imperial guards: "Take him out, if he wants to bring something, let him bring it!"

Going to say that in the Rongguo Mansion at this time, Jia's mother had already rested early.But Jia Amnesty's office was not peaceful at this time.

It turned out that when Xing Dequan saw the Imperial Forest Army stop in front of Ningguo Mansion, he was so frightened that he crawled back to Rongguo Mansion. He immediately hid in his room, sat on a chair, and remembered the scene just now. Know what happened.

It turns out that Xing Dequan is the father of Xing Xiuyan, whom Xue Biao married.At this time, Xing Dequan's wife was still sewing under the lamp. Seeing that Xing Dequan came back with a look of distress, sitting down and shaking all over, she hurriedly asked: "I know you are going to have a good time, why did you come back like this today? Could it be that someone beat you back?"

Xing Dequan said tremblingly: "I was scared to death today. I don't know what kind of virtue my ancestors accumulated to let me escape."

Seeing that Xing Dequan didn't look like a lie, Xiuyan's mother hurriedly asked: "What is it that scares you like this? I advised you to stop going out to drink and gamble, and you should have a better memory!"

Xing Dequan said: "Sister, let's move out tomorrow. It's better to rent someone else's house. We lived in Gusu for more than ten years and had nothing to do. Although there is no money here, if it is like tonight, we are afraid that we will lose it." I don't even know why."

Xiuyan's mother was shocked when she heard this, and said, "You only scolded me when I said that, but now you understand? Are you willing to live with the scenery of this majestic state mansion? According to me, ask your sister to give us some money tomorrow , you also find a serious thing to do, isn't it better than here? How about we go to Jinling, I don't believe that Xiuyan won't support us."

Xing Dequan said to himself: "I don't know if it will be involved here, big sister, pack up your things quickly, I will ask my sister for money tomorrow, we will move out first, and then go to our daughter and son-in-law if we can't make it through."

Xiuyan's mother scolded, "Jiuzuibao, you haven't said what happened?"

Xing Dequan hurriedly said: "Eldest sister, do you know that just now I saw a lot of imperial guards go to Ningguo Mansion to raid the house!"

Xiuyan's mother was shocked when she heard this, and said, "What? The Ningguo Mansion has been ransacked? Don't talk nonsense, and watch out for your sister and brother-in-law to drive us out!"

Xing Dequan swore: "What I said is absolutely true, but you don't believe it!"

Xiuyan's mother said: "Then why do you say it? Why don't you know anything here?"

Xing Dequan said: "Just now, you don't know, the torches illuminated the place as if it were daytime, and I don't know how many imperial forest soldiers in boots and hats went there."

Seeing that Xing Dequan didn't seem to be lying, Xiuyan's mother hurriedly stood up and said, "Why don't you tell your sister and brother-in-law about such a big matter? It would be a disaster to implicate this place!"

Not to mention how Xing Dequan and his wife told Jia She and Mrs. Xing about the Ningguo Mansion.

But it is said that Baoyu in the Grand View Garden was also the one who learned about the accident in Ningguo Mansion earlier.Because the Grand View Garden is connected to the Dongfu Garden, after dinner, because of the cold weather, Baoyu wrote in the room for a while, but he didn't feel sleepy, and didn't want to read, so he wandered alone on the pavilion in front of Yihong Courtyard.

Sheyue and Qiuwen saw that Baoyu didn't go far, and they followed for fear of making Baoyu angry, so they just watched from a distance outside Yihong Courtyard.

Baoyu suddenly saw that the Ningguo Mansion was brightly lit, and thought there was water there, but it didn't look like it when he looked carefully, so he said to the Autumn Moon Musk Moon in the distance: "Autumn Pattern, Musk Moon, look, what's going on in the East Mansion? "

After hearing this, Musk Moon and Qiu Wen rushed over, looked at the East Mansion, and said in surprise, "Why is it so bright? It doesn't look like water."

Baoyu said: "I didn't hear anything good from Brother Zhen today. Why does it seem that there are so many people? I'll go over there and have a look."

After Baoyu finished speaking, he ran to the small gate near Ningguo Mansion, Qiuwen and Sheyue hurriedly followed.

After a while, Baoyu had come to the small door, but the small door was closed tightly, and only noisy voices were heard there.Baoyu wanted to open the door, but found that the door had been locked.

It turned out that since Yingchun Miaoyu, Daiyu Tanchun Xichun and others left successively, the servants have been reduced a lot. Mrs. Wang thought that only Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard and Li Wan's Daoxiang Village lived in the Grand View Garden, so she asked several small ones to live there. The doors are sealed.

Baoyu saw these torches and those messy voices, and already had a premonition that something important happened there, so he said to Qiuwen Sheyue: "Quickly find some stools, benches are also fine!"

After hearing this, Sheyue Qiuwen hurriedly looked for a stool.After a while, two people came over with two benches.Baoyu stacked up the two benches and said to Qiuwen Sheyue: "Hold on, I'll go up and have a look!"

Musk Moon hurriedly said: "Second Master, be careful!"

Baoyu got on the stool carefully, leaned over the wall and looked, and couldn't help being startled: I saw countless people with torches in their hands busy shuttling back and forth, and there were women's cries and cries from time to time.Inside and outside the entire Dongfu house, there are torches.Those holding torches are all wearing uniforms and armor—is it the Imperial Palace Guards?

Baoyu suddenly understood: something big happened in Ningguo Mansion!Dongfu is now being ransacked!