Red House Farm Stay

In Mr. Cai's Biezhuang, Jia Zhuo was holding a bowl to eat. Jia Lan finished eating earlier, and was chewing a pickled wild fruit on the plate with chopsticks.

"Did you and Baner often do this kind of thing?" Jia Lan began to think that maybe Jia Zhuo's previous life was not as simple and poor as he thought.

"Occasionally, it's just that it's much more difficult to do than it is now. You know, we were poor at the time, and we didn't have brothers who could do anything." Jia Zhuo said casually, swallowing the last bite of food.

A maid stepped forward to remove the food, brought them water to rinse their mouths, and served fragrant tea.

Seeing Jia Zhuo's relaxed expression, Jia Lan couldn't help laughing, "If that's the case, you guys live more chicly than me."

"Wealth and poverty don't determine whether you live chicly or not, and I don't think it's a joy in bitterness. The life we ​​live is the result of our own efforts. I think it's the happiest time in life."

"Sorry, that's not what I meant." Jia Lan put down the teacup in embarrassment.

"I didn't mean to laugh at you, and you don't have to think I'm that sensitive, I'm just stating the facts." Jia Zhuo shrugged.

"You are really different from others." Jia Lan didn't know how to describe it. She seemed to have the courage to face everything without being afraid of anything.

People in the world are more or less afraid of exposing their shortcomings, and they don't want their poor or poor past to be known unless they are strong enough.But Jia Zhuo is different. She faces her past calmly and grows up without feeling inferior.

"I hope he knows about the granary." Jia Zhuo was thinking about tonight.She calculated that Wang Ren was purely inspired by Jiang Jing. Jiang Jing, a weakling, couldn't help them. He felt ashamed of Du Xiao, so he asked someone to find Jia Rong's excuse.

This kind of son, who has dozens of people of all shapes and sizes around him, is afraid that no one will order him, and as soon as he hears the order, he immediately checks out Jia Rong.

Jia Rong used to eat all men and women, but after following King Zhongyong, he gradually lost interest in women for some reason, but King Zhongyong couldn't just be greedy for him.When I was lonely, I hooked up with friends outside.

What Jia Zhuo originally thought was that once such a scandal happened, no matter what happened to Jia Lian, he would not be able to wash himself clean.What happened to King Zhongyong in the past can still be said to be random guesses, after all no one has seen it with their own eyes.But this is different, so many people in the market have seen and heard it with their own eyes.After going back to the hall again, I really lost all face.

But unexpectedly, this incident inspired Jia Zhuo. As soon as Jia Lian's incident happened, involving the court, war, and various struggles, she consciously hid the small thoughts that were about to move in her heart.But once Jia Rong's scandal fermented, it was like a switch, opening her restless heart.

Taking advantage of the entanglement between King Zhongyong and Jia Rong, and no time to care about other things, first arrest Wang Ren, find out how much he knows, and then think about it.

This is how today's layout came about, and it was also thanks to Jia Lan who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, covered his colleagues, and formed many close companions, which made Mr. Cai willing to drop his identity to help them.

At nightfall, a man in black opened the room where Wang Ren was being held. Wang Ren couldn't sleep soundly at this time, but naturally he woke up as soon as he heard the sound.

"Hush, Lord Chang Shi asked me to rescue you." The man in black covered his face so that people could not see his face clearly. Wang Ren didn't suspect him, so he grabbed the man in black's arm and refused to let go.

"Quickly, get me out."

"How did you offend someone in the Jianghu? That man is the most famous Mr. Butterfly in the Jianghu. He is the most moody." The man in black asked him in a deep voice as he led him away from the villa.

"Don't mention it, he turned out to be Jia Liu's brother." Without any doubt, Wang Ren opened his heart to the man in black.

"I didn't expect Jia Liu to know this kind of people." The man in black also choked up, feeling quite uneasy.Immediately seeing him smelling something all the time, Wang Ren also became nervous.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Didn't you smell anything? Didn't you feel a faint scent of sandalwood?" The man in black asked back.

Wang Ren sniffed it again, and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Really, it really smells like sandalwood."

He didn't know the idiot, he knew that there would be no sandalwood scent in the wild anyway, it must be something wrong.

"This Mr. Butterfly is the best at tracking. The smell along the way is not right. We have to find a place to hide." The man in black showed nervousness, which made Wang Ren's heart almost stop beating. He would never go back to see him again. That young man who is about to kill at every turn.

"Oops, there is no place to hide here, are we really going to die here today?" the man in black said to himself.

Wang Ren was in a frenzy, seeing that he escaped and was about to be arrested again, how could he bear it.

"Where is this place, why is there no place to hide?"

The man in black said the name of the place, as if angry, "Look, there is no place to hide here."

"It's saved, it's saved. There's an official warehouse here. There are so many people there that Mr. Butterfly would not dare to go." But Wang Ren became ecstatic.

No matter how powerful the people in the world are, they dare not force their way into the official warehouse. This is undoubtedly a rebellion.

The man in black asked suspiciously: "The official warehouse is an important place, how could we be allowed in."

Wang Ren was at a loss for words for a moment, but luckily he reacted quickly, and quickly said, "I have a friend who has an errand here, so it's okay to accept us to hide for a night."

After the man in black sent him there, he waved his hand, "I'll lure Mr. Butterfly away, someone will pick you up tomorrow morning, so don't run out."

Wang Ren was naturally grateful, the man in black turned around, he also knocked on the door of the official warehouse, and hid in.

The man in black pulled off the black cloth on his face, whoever it was.The wild fruit eaten at night can temporarily change the voice, so that people can't hear his original voice.

"Open the door, open the door."

The door of the official warehouse was knocked roughly, and the person who got up to open the door was so angry that no one would dare to make trouble in the middle of the night.

"I was ordered to come to check the grain and grass, and I offended." One person took out the waist card of the household department and said.

"It's not time to check what food and grass, and we have never seen who you are." The person who opened the door was very stubborn and did not intend to welcome them in.

The person who held up the badge sneered twice, "Why, the badges of the Ministry of Finance are no longer working? Who is in charge of you?"

"You are asking this question. If you don't know who belongs to us here, ask the people above. It is easy to let you in, but it is difficult to leave. Don't blame me for not reminding you." He was so arrogant that he didn't pay much attention to the Shangguan who was ordered to inspect him.

The door was pushed open with a "boom", and it turned out that a group of soldiers like tigers and wolves came out in a hurry.

"Who is so bold that he doesn't know that trespassing in an official warehouse is undoubtedly a conspiracy?"

"I can't check the signs of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War, but I want to see who is planning to rebel." The leader looked sullen. He was Huo Shangshu's quartermaster and one of Huo Shangshu's confidantes.Knowing that there was a problem with the grain and grass that was about to be transported to the battlefield, his heart was about to burn, and naturally he worked the hardest.It's a pity that the open and unannounced visits did not find out the problem, which made him wonder if there was something wrong with the news.

Today, it was Huo Shangshu's impromptu idea to let him go to work outside. Before he finished the job, he received an order from Huo Shangshu to listen to Jia Lan's assignment.

"Secure the front and back doors, and don't let anyone go." The quartermaster's order was not deliberately lowered, so that everyone inside could hear it clearly.

"Report, my lord, there is a man who tried to sneak out through the back door, but he has been caught." Two soldiers twisted Wang Ren and sent him to the quartermaster.

"Who are you, why did you escape, and what job do you do here."

Wang Ren couldn't answer a single question, not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't dare to.The government's granary has strict regulations, and outsiders are not allowed to enter casually, let alone overnight.

Who would have thought that when he arrived on the front foot, someone would come to check the grain on the back foot. This is too coincidental.

"Put it aside first, and deal with it later." The quartermaster was not in a hurry, and walked in with his troops.

"Can they find out?" Outside the Guancang, brothers and sisters Jia Lan and Jia Zhuo were watching the movement inside under the cover of night.

"If you can't find this place, it will be even more difficult to find the others." Compared with Jia Lan's worries, Jia Zhuo was more confident.

This position was not chosen randomly, but for a period of time, Wang Gou'er has visited all the official warehouses, and also passed by many warehouses with excuses when delivering grain.When the family's food package was delivered, Wang Gou'er followed and picked up a few leaked grains in the mud, which were problematic grains.

Jia Zhuo asked Jia Lan to take Wang Ren to escape to this neighborhood. It happened that Wang Ren knew the people inside, and the relationship was good enough for him to hide.This way, it is out of ten.

"I hope so." Jia Lan also knew that if no abnormalities were found, even if Huo Shangshu believed him, it would be greatly discounted.If I want to check it in the future, I am afraid it will be more difficult.

The grain bags in the official storehouse were stacked very neatly. The quartermaster personally started to do it. Seeing that the pockets were full of high-quality rice, he couldn't help but nodded.

"No problem, let's go quickly if there is no problem." Yu Li was not polite.

"Since there is no problem, why is my lord's forehead sweating?" The quartermaster looked at this Yu Li, and suddenly pointed to the northwest corner of the warehouse. Yu Li trembled, and the quartermaster smiled even more happily.

"It's so stuffy here, of course it's hot." Yu Li's mouth was still stiff, but his eyes flickered even more.He had just taken five years of grain from the army and exchanged it for new rice, but because the military department didn't know why it went crazy and wanted to check the grain and grass shipped to the front line, so a lot of grain was shipped to him, and the new rice was taken away.

He has been proficient in this kind of thing of tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and he doesn't feel any difference.Anyway, as long as it is an inspection, they will get the news in advance, and when they meet someone who is difficult to fool, they will adjust the food and grass.If you are a fool, you don't even bother to adjust it, just pay the money and it's over.

It has been like this for many years, and I have long since lost my initial vigilance and worry.

The grain and grass bales in the northwest corner were pierced with a knife, and a mildew smell came out. Before the quartermaster said anything, Yu Li said: "It is impossible for every warehouse to be completely free of wear and tear. As long as it is within reason, it is inevitable."

"Oh." The quartermaster's face was useless, and he waved his hand, and saw the soldiers quickly tied dozens of grain bags, and all the grains that flowed out were moldy grains.Not to mention humans, even rats probably won't eat them.

"My lord, you have been standing here for so long, why don't you sit inside and make a cup of tea, let's chat slowly." Yu Li was already in a cold sweat, knowing that this man was definitely not easy to fool, It can only be sent with silver.

"Hmph, I'm afraid I'll lose my life if I take the money." The quartermaster and those who opened the food package are all people who will go to the battlefield in the future. Seeing the miserable situation of being starved on the battlefield, everyone's eyes were red.

Hearing Yu Li's tone of wanting to bribe the quartermaster, the soldiers were even more angry.

The quartermaster would only be more angry than them. If it was something like this that he worked so hard to transport to the front, how could he have the face to meet Huo Shangshu and his robes in the army.

"Go ahead, open every package for me."

Yu Li's legs went limp and he almost fell down. Holding his last hope, he gritted his teeth and went to the quartermaster's side, "My lord, please give King Zhongyong some face."

"Then why don't you ask your lord to give us soldiers who are about to go to the battlefield a face?" The quartermaster saw that dozens of bags of grain were opened again in a flash, and the whole bag of moldy, disgusting, nauseating lumps was poured out .Anger surged in his heart, wishing to kill these people on the spot, even if King Zhongyong came personally at this time, he would not be afraid.

"Arrest everyone here, and don't allow a single person to escape." The quartermaster saw the result of the soldiers stabbing one after another, and decided that the only pile of grain in this warehouse that was placed at the entrance was good. The rest of the place is full of moldy food.

"Stay here, sort out the moldy grain and grass, and deliver a letter to Master Shangshu as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow." The quartermaster made arrangements, and finally entered the house. He really started to talk to them, or a more appropriate way to say it. , first arraigned again.

The army has its own means, an old fist hits the stomach, there is no abnormality on the outside, but the pain makes people roll.The beater also joked that with another punch, their children and grandchildren would be ruined.

The people below didn't know much, and they recruited the fastest.The rest who know the inside story know that if they are recruited, they will die, and if they are killed, they don't know anything.

Wang Ren felt that he was the most wronged, and had just escaped from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den.He had no choice but to say that he was cheated by Mr. Butterfly, of course he dared not confess to the man in black who rescued him, he only said that he escaped by himself.

"You're full of nonsense, put it down. When you arrive at the yamen tomorrow, I'll see if you dare to write it down." Hearing this, the quartermaster didn't believe a word.

Detained all the people, and personally escorted them back to the Ministry of War at dawn.As for the official warehouse, he sent his cronies to guard it to the death, and no one was allowed to take over except those from the Ministry of War.

Huo Shangshu kept the news to himself, and when the matter got to the palace, King Zhongyong realized that something was wrong and was about to enter the palace, when he was summoned and ordered to confront him.

Huo Shangshu is explaining the case from beginning to end, "The reason is very simple. A distant cousin of Cai Chuan's family has a very good relationship with Cai Yan, Cai Chuan's son. He took the opportunity to complain to him that he was used by the people in the casino and Wang Ren to pour mercury into his The dice defrauded several hundred taels of silver. Cai Yan got playful and simply went to win them a large sum of silver, and then threatened Wang Ren with an IOU."

"Unexpectedly, after Wang Ren was frightened, he ran to the official warehouse to escape. He happened to meet someone under my command who went to verify the food and found that there was something wrong with the food. He immediately detained everyone, but this person was an outsider. After being captured, he made up What kind of Young Master Butterfly in Jianghu is trying to get away with it."

"Finally, after verification, the grain in the entire warehouse has been moldy for more than five years, and only five bags are intact. After comparing the moldy grain and the grain Jia Lian handed in, it can be almost identified as the same batch of grain .”

"The most suspicious thing is that Wang Ren knew Jia Liu, who was killed after reselling moldy grains. It's just that he himself refused to admit it, but the guys in several restaurants can confirm that they had eaten in one place."

"So, Jia Lian was wronged?" The emperor looked at Huo Shangshu, with an expression on his face that didn't change, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"That's not necessarily true. This Wang Ren is the brother of Mrs. Jia Lian Yuanpei, and they are relatives."

After Huo Shangshu finished speaking, the expression on the emperor's face finally got better.

What he feared the most was that the courtiers would be caught in a battle for succession among several princes. Huo Shangshu was still the same as before, without favoritism, and he felt much more comfortable.

"What does that have to do with Yong'er?" The Zhongyong King's name is Luo Lingyong, so the emperor asked this question.

"That's not true, it's just that Wang Ren confessed that he was acquainted with Jia Rong, the chief minister of Prince Zhongyong's residence." Huo Shangshu cupped his hands, saying that this matter had nothing to do with King Zhongyong, at most it was the people under him who made trouble, and he was a little careless.

As for who Jia Rong was, the emperor knew that he was a member of the Jia clan without anyone reminding him.

Wait, the emperor is a little confused, Jia Penggui is the queen, and Jia Lian of the Jia family is undoubtedly standing behind Jia Peng.Jia Rong actually entered the Zhongyong Palace, which the emperor did not expect.

The emperor's thinking successfully turned to the two princes' internal struggle, and the Jia clan split into two branches, each helping King Zhongyong and the seventh prince.

"What's the matter with the mildewed grain? All the official warehouses are sealed up, and you will send sergeants and the household department to investigate together." After the emperor let Huo Shangshu go, he met the Zhongyong King who had been waiting all this time.

King Zhongyong called him wrong when he came, saying that the moldy grain had nothing to do with him.

"Since it has nothing to do with you, why do you have to panic? This matter has been handed over to Huo Shangshu, and he will investigate it clearly. The most urgent task now is to raise food so that the army can go out and pull out the cancerous anti-king. "

The emperor looked at the memorials sent by various places every day, and there was a lot of fire everywhere, and almost no place was peaceful.He finally came to his senses, only by pulling out the biggest cancer, the anti-king, can Dai Viet return to the peaceful days of the past.It's not about eradicating other small forces and then dealing with the anti-king.As long as there is an anti-king, other small forces will be ready to move, taking the opportunity to make trouble, and there will never be peace.

"Yes, Royal Father." King Zhongyong was appeased on the surface, but in fact he was very anxious.

As soon as King Zhongyong came out of the palace, the emperor's hidden guards were attached to his back. Unfortunately, he didn't know anything, so he went directly to the Ministry of Households to find the Minister of the Household Department.

Hubu Shangshu didn't dare to see him at this time, so he naturally found a reason to refuse, but at night, a guest in black robe came in from the back door of Hubu Shangshu's mansion.The two talked for several hours, and they left the house in a hurry when it was dawn.

Of course, when night fell, Jia Peng was not idle, and asked the emperor in fear, if Jia Rong had committed another crime.

The emperor keenly grasped this word, "So, he has committed crimes before?"

"He, he..." Jia Peng seemed extremely difficult to say, but he still said with difficulty: "He took advantage of the chaotic situation when Jia's house was confiscated, and sold a dozen or so girls from our house into the anti-king's house. Jia Zhuo Ben was one of them and was rescued by a few well-meaning people risking their lives, otherwise, our aunt and nephew would never meet again."

"There are other things..." Thinking about this, the emperor felt that he understood everything. Although Jia Rong and Jia Lian were both members of the Jia clan, they had formed a deep hatred.So they belonged to two camps. If the food mildew was related to Jia Lian, it would definitely not be related to Jia Rong.The opposite is also true.

Thinking of the fact that King Zhongyong wanted to marry Jia Zhuo a few days ago, the emperor felt more and more whether this son's heart was too anxious.

The seventh prince was only a few years old, and Jia Peng's birth resulted in no powerful support behind him. Jia Lian was the only one who was just a small character.King Zhongyong can't wait to sweep them away, and put those in his camp into his camp?

Jia Zhuo slept very peacefully tonight, she knew that if Jia Lian could come out, it would depend on the emperor's choice and the result of several struggles.But at least, she pushed this matter into a vortex where she could wrestle, so that Jia Lian had a chance of survival.

Among the men sent by Huo Shangshu, Jia Lan followed the quartermaster to check the granary for half a month.

The mildewed grains that were finally detected were piled up in one place, which was shocking.This is no longer grain, but completely moldy and agglomerated. It cannot be eaten at all and can only be thrown away as garbage.This is just the granaries in Jinling and its surrounding areas. How many granaries there are in Da Viet and what is the current situation? You only need to look at these granaries under your nose to know what the situation is like.