[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

At first, the Beijing Central Procuratorate took Zhang Hua's pleadings against Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son as a mere pleasure.

It's a joke for an ordinary citizen to sue the Duke's government.The confidant officer next to him also laughed: "Master, if you don't sue the Duke's Mansion, the case will not reach our procuratorate, and the bites between the ordinary people will be dealt with in the Beijing Yamen."

"Besides, this person is giving money to the master for nothing." The officials and servants on duty in the procuratorate all laughed tacitly: If the Jia family wants to calm things down, there will naturally be free money coming.

Since there was a complaint, the standard procedure still had to be followed. The officials of the procuratorate received the complaint, stamped the seal, and then sent a Qingyi to Ningguo Mansion.The intention was to tell Jia Zhen and Jia Rong and his son that someone sued them, and in order to show his justice, he sent two housekeepers from the Ningguo Mansion to question him, which was considered a procedure.

At that time, Jia Zhen and his son were still drinking with Jia Lian, discussing where to rent a house, so that Jia Lian could live there conveniently without being discovered by Sister Feng.

When the discussion was in full swing, it was suddenly heard that someone had been sued.

Jia Lian was half sober at that time, and Jia Rong was a little scared when she was young.

On the contrary, Jia Zhen was fearless after a long time, and only said: "What are you afraid of? It must be that the husband of the second sister wants to extort money again. Hmph, this kind of unruly people can be found out after being beaten by the procuratorate. You don't have to I’m afraid, it’s okay to sue our family for treason outside.”

Afterwards, 300 taels of silver were collected and asked the housekeeper to go to the procuratorate to answer the call, and directly gave it to the official receiving the paper as a processing fee.

Then he continued to let Jia Lian drink, and said that when the new house is completed, as a brother-in-law, he will definitely buy a good dowry for the second sister, and get two well-behaved servants to serve him, etc.

But Jia Lian somehow lost his mind and didn't know what to eat.

He suddenly remembered, when he said he was going to Ningguo Mansion to help Jia Jing's funeral when he went out this morning, Sister Feng's smile was different from usual.

At that time, he thought it was a bit weird, but now that he thinks about it, the hairs on his back stand on end.

For a moment, he almost thought that it was Sister Feng who found out about this and asked someone to sue Jia Zhen and his son.

But Jia Lian quickly gave up this ridiculous idea.How could Sister Feng sue the Jia family?Even if she found out about this matter and got angry, she would probably just make a fuss with herself.

Just with this matter in mind, Jia Lian couldn't drink anymore, and became a little bit less interested in marrying Second Sister You when she was so excited--Wang Xifeng's son is actually an excellent character, but the two still have affection Gradually, Jia Lian felt that Wang Xifeng was oppressing him too much. He was a tigress, not as gentle and considerate as Second Sister You, which made him feel at ease and comfortable.

But now, Second Sister You is involved in the lawsuit, which doesn't make him feel at ease.

So he simply sexed Jia Zhen and his son, and prepared to go home and lie down for a day of leisure.

When he returned home, he found that except for the little maid who was born to make the bed for him, Ping'er Feng'er and others were gone, and no one came to serve him and pay attention to him. It is said that they were all helping Sister Feng with the housework. It is even more depressed, feeling that I am not welcome.

But soon, Jia Lian felt that being ignored by others was also a very happy thing - at least happier than being beaten violently.

He had just returned to Rongguo Mansion and lay down for half an hour when Jia Amnesty ordered someone to pass him up, ordering him to go without delay.

Jia Lian was terribly sleepy, but afraid of his father, he got up quickly and was wiped off his face by the little maids before going, so as not to be sleepy and be scolded by the master.

Sure enough, this face wipe was very useful, at least it was convenient for Jia She to slap him.

As soon as he entered the door, Jia Lian was kicked when he was still bending over to say hello, "I've seen my father", and then Jia Amnesty took a copper bone fan and whipped her head and face.

At this time, it was discovered that Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were still like brothers.

One smacked his son with a feather duster, the other with a fan, and they both smacked his son unceremoniously.

Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng stood aside, politely dissuaded them, and then just covered their mouths with a handkerchief and sighed in sadness.

Sister Feng's voice was always clear and loud, but now she was humming like a mosquito: "Oh, what can we do if we continue fighting like this."

Mrs. Xing also replied in a low voice and said to Sister Feng: "Yes, it is reported to the old lady, and we must blame us for not persuading."

Sister Feng smiled: "Madam, don't worry, I'll talk to the old lady. The master is furious, how can we women stop it? We must not let the old lady blame the wife."

Mrs. Xing was relieved and nodded again and again: "That's a good relationship."

Just as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were communicating in low voices, the fight over there was already in full swing.

Jia Amnesty whimpered and scolded: "You are useless, you are not a good official, you know you are fooling around with Brother Zhen, and now he has been sued to the government because of his wife and sister. I heard that you still want to go to the government." Marrying Nayou? What a sinner!"

"If you committed a crime during the filial piety period and were taken away by the sage, wouldn't it suit the second room's mind! The old lady is now worried that she can't give Baoyu the title of this mansion, you should hurry up Give Baoyu a favor and a title? Why did I give birth to you!"

After all, Jia Amnesty was not a cultured person, and he felt that cursing people was not cruel enough, so it was more enjoyable to slap them.After giving Jia Lian a hard time, he turned his fan and pointed at the door: "Get out!"

Then he told Jia Lian to get the hell out, and said, "Let me know again, you won't break your legs! Get out!"

And Jia Lian had to let go of the idea of ​​marrying Second Sister You because Jia Lian ordered Jia She to beat her so violently, at least not in the near future—because all the slaps on her face were marks, and she was ashamed to see Second Sister You.

After returning to the room, Jia Lian couldn't help asking Sister Feng if she went to complain to Jia Amnesty.

Sister Feng was unambiguous, and nodded directly: "Although the master is usually a good little aunt, there is nothing wrong with what he said about the second master. How can this filial piety be the same as the other time? How can I look at the second master?" Grandpa committed a serious crime and was deprived of office, and even my imperial order is gone, and sister Qiao's future is also gone?"

Jia Lian was always short of breath when facing Wang Xifeng, so he had to put the matter aside first, and then asked: "Then brother Zhen was sued to the government, is it because of you?"

Wang Xifeng showed her excellent acting skills, and said in a daze, "What government?"

Then he spat as if he had come to his senses: "Second Master thinks I'm too confused. I told Eldest Master this is to make Second Master correct his mistakes, so as to prevent outsiders from taking advantage of him and suing the officials. Could it be that Will I still sue Big Brother Zhen? Don’t I understand the reason why I folded my arm and hid it in my sleeve? What good does Ningguo Mansion’s misfortune do to our family?”

Several repeated questions made Jia Lian dumbfounded, and she was also persuaded by Sister Feng.

So he had no choice but to lie down and say, "Ouch", saying that his face hurts and his body hurts, and asked Sister Feng to find medicine for him to apply.

Sister Feng responded with a sneer, and said caringly: "Second Master, don't worry. Before I went to tell the master and wife, I asked Qingwen to ask Lin Yuanzheng to get some medicine for the wound and came back. I even asked for a prescription for Second Master. As I said, as long as the person who was beaten is still alive, he can be cured. It’s just that this prescription is more bitter, if the second master is in severe pain, I’ll ask Ping’er to prepare the medicine?”

Hearing Sister Feng's tone, Jia Lian knew that the medicine was definitely not ordinary bitter, so she immediately shut up, didn't even scream, and only dared to inhale softly.

And Sister Feng sat aside, took out the half-made bellyband for Sister Qiao, and sewed it slowly. From time to time, she looked up to admire Jia Lian's bruised face, which was gradually changing color: I saw that the scars drawn out were different in severity, and some changed. Green, some turn red, some turn purple, and they are so colorful and beautiful.

And if Jia Lian inhaled loudly from the pain, Sister Feng would stare at him and ask if he wanted to take medicine.

The torment Jia Lian suffered was so painful that he dared not even say the pain.

However, the life of Jia Zhen and his son in Ningguo Mansion was more painful than that of Jia Lian who had been beaten violently.

Originally, the procuratorate received the money and had a good relationship with Wang Ziteng, so he planned to wipe the matter away for the Jia family. When he returned to the court the next day, he said that Zhang Hua was a rascal who had falsely accused his beloved, and even ordered the guards to beat Zhang Hua up. , and threw him out of the procuratorate. [1]

Ordinarily this should be over.

Unexpectedly, after Zhang Hua was thrown out, it happened to be picked up by a new imperial censor who was passing by. After that, things developed so fast that the Ningguo Mansion was completely confused and messed up.

The censor, the new official who took office, had a cockfighting temper. Every day, he wanted to arrest someone and impeach him. He happened to pick up a commoner outside the procuratorate who said that the Duke's mansion was bullying others, and he sued the official and was beaten. It's really a long drought and sweet dew.

The document for the impeachment of Jia Zhen, the third-rank general of the Ningguo Mansion, was handed over to the emperor's desk the next day.

The emperor heard this gossip, no, he heard that the violation of the rules during the period of filial piety was outrageous, and he immediately shared this excerpt with the court, and ordered all the ministers to discuss what crimes should be caused by unfilial behavior.

As the saying goes, a centipede is dead but not stiff, not to mention that the Jia family is not 'dead' yet, there are still old relatives and friends, and there will always be someone who speaks well for their family.Naturally, some old relatives of four kings and eight fathers came forward and said that this matter was purely slander. They only said that when Jia Jing passed away, Jia Zhen was so sad in front of the coffin that she cried tears of blood.

The emperor looked at the courtiers, showing confusion: "What Ju Qing said and what Yu Shi played, Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion seems to be two people, one is pure and filial, and the other is rebellious and rude. When it comes to big things, you can't blame someone alone—if you get a reputation for being unfilial, what face will you have to be an official in the future?"

The courtiers only heard the emperor's final word in a loose tone: "Ningguo Mansion is the mansion of the Duke, so the procuratorate will step back for now, and the Ministry of Punishment will send someone to investigate carefully."

As soon as these words were said, those who still wanted to continue to speak for Jia Zhen shrank back.

The four princes and eight princes are all familiar with each other, and no one knows who, whether Jia Zhen is pure and obedient at home or whether she is drinking day and night and molesting her wife and sister, everyone knows in their hearts.Originally expecting the emperor to look at the merits of his ancestors, let the procuratorate investigate and close the case, but now it seems impossible.

Be obedient and listen to the sound, the meaning of the emperor is clearly that if you want to do this 'unfilial act', you will have no face to be an official anymore.

Isn't this the meaning of seizing an official title?

Originally for the sake of old times, King Beijing Jing, who took a step forward and was about to say something nice, pretended to have made a mistake and retreated: Don't put yourself in it.

At most, when he went to court and sent a letter to Jia's family, he was already caring about the friendship of his family.

There are also historians and others who think the same way.So on this day, there was no one to speak for Jia Zhen in the upper court, but everyone in the lower court unanimously sold favors. Jia Zhen received warning messages from several families in horror.

Only then did he finally panic.

He first sent Jia Rong to invite Jia Lian, and wanted Jia Lian to marry Second Sister You away quickly—Jia Zhen thought that as soon as Second Sister You passed through the door, she would be Jia Lian's second wife. He only said that Second Sister You had no one to rely on , temporarily staying at his brother-in-law's house, just waiting to get married.

He has already thought about the reasons for the outside world: he is not having an affair with his wife and sister, otherwise why would he solemnly arrange a dowry for her to marry? !

Unexpectedly, Jia Rong ran for a while, covered her face and came back crying, "Second Uncle Lian told the elder over there that he couldn't get up, and he is lying at home. He can no longer marry Second Aunt."

Seeing Jia Rong covering her face, Jia Zhen yelled angrily, "I beat your second uncle Lian, why are you crying while covering your face?"

Only then did Jia Rong dare to let go and let Jia Zhen look at the five finger prints on her hand: "The second aunt Lian over there knew that it was her son who got married and wanted the second uncle to marry the second wife secretly. No, it gave me a big mouth. "

Jia Zhen's eyes were filled with anger.

While the father and son were talking, they saw You Shi hurried over, saying that an official from the Ministry of Punishment had arrived and wanted to see Jia Zhen.

When Jia Zhen went out to have a look, she couldn't help panicking.

This Mr. Cai from the Ministry of Criminal Justice is a well-known King of Hades with an iron face in the court. He was the one who accompanied the eldest prince to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the embezzlement of land by the governor of Jinling Prefecture.

At that time, not to mention that the four major families took turns to let the local clansmen come forward to make peace, this one didn't even give the face of the eldest prince, and insisted on carrying the pressure of the eldest prince, and worked diligently in Jiangnan to investigate Song Zhou's case It was clear and clear before returning to Beijing to report.

Now the former governor of Jinling, Song Zhou, has gone to the place of exile and started herding sheep for the country.

Seeing him, Jia Zhen felt really headache and fear.

When Cai Shilang saw Jia Zhen, he showed a smile: He has heard about this house all along, and he wanted to check it out a long time ago.

Tell him to say that if the men in this house are dragged to the Ministry of Criminal Justice one by one for interrogation, I'm afraid not many will be wronged.

After all, Jia Zhen is a lawless person. When she was chased to the door by the servant of the Ministry of Justice, she developed a kind of rogue courage: the second sister You and the third sister are all girls who have not left the court, and they can barely be regarded as the daughter of an official family.So what if the rumors outside are not pleasant?So what if it has a nose and eyes?Does the Ministry of Criminal Justice dare to take the second sister You to the lobby for interrogation?

If this is the case, Jia Zhen will first sue the Ministry of Punishment for the crime of intimidating a weak girl and destroying her reputation.

Jia Zhen would like to see what the legendary Cai Shilang can do with him.

Therefore, when Cai Shilang asked about the impeachment of "occupation of wives and sisters, filial piety period, father and son get together to blame", Jia Zhen's whole body froze, furious as if she had suffered a great slander.

"Father-in-law has passed away, and mother-in-law has no one to rely on and the family is struggling. Is it wrong for me to help? Besides, mother-in-law and two daughters usually live in their own homes. This time it is because of a big funeral in our house, so we are too busy inside and out." Come on, this is why I invited someone to help watch the house!"

"This rumor-monger is really hateful! If such gossip is poured on women, isn't it forcing them to die?"

"Such rumors are really shameful. After all, my family is also a loyal minister and good general. Such slander cannot be tolerated. Please ask the Ministry of Punishment to clear up our family's injustice!"

Instead, he dumped the blame on the Ministry of Criminal Justice and asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice to give him an explanation.

Cai Shilang looked at him for a long while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, these words outside are really ugly, and I don't think that's the case in your lord's house."

"However, although women's family members are not good at meeting people in court, there is no problem with the servants of the family. After all, it is always the most difficult to prove innocence in the private affairs of the inner house. General Jia's words are reasonable. If we don't clarify one or two things thoroughly, how can we? Didn't you force the two female family members of your mansion to die?"

This defeated Jia Zhen with Jia Zhen's logic, and confused Jia Zhen.

"You servants... know what, most of them will soften after going to court, and they are afraid of talking nonsense." When Jia Zhen said this, she actually seemed pale and powerless.

However, Cai Shilang actually nodded his head, as if he accepted the explanation, but he was not as aggressive as Jia Zhen expected, insisting on interrogating the servants of the Ningguo Mansion, he just said: "It makes sense, General Jia, don't worry too much, I'm just here today to ask questions Just ask about the situation."

"By the way, I heard that General Jia was in mourning recently, and he felt that his son could not go to the school, so he also set up a target at home, and asked one or two relatives and friends to practice shooting?"

This topic was so wild that Jia Zhen couldn't turn a corner, so she nodded in a daze.

What Cai Shilang wanted was Jia Zhen's nod, so he smiled slightly.

Turning around, he saw that the little official next to him had recorded all the conversations between the two, so he asked Jia Zhen to get an official seal so that he could leave.

And when Jia Zhen saw that Cai Shilang had gone there in person, he didn't actually interrogate the servants in the mansion, so Jia Zhen appreciated his affection.

Heart said: Although Cai Shilang didn't show face in the Jinling matter, Song Zhou is an official who has been sent out. When he comes to a prince's mansion in a capital like ours, Cai Shilang is still a man of understanding, and he knows the truth of getting by and not offending others.

Jia Zhen thought she had figured it out, and immediately stamped it, and invited Cai Shilang to practice archery together in Japan, and even hinted: "You don't need to bring anyone, we have good children in our house to serve."

Cai Shilang hehe went away.

Afterwards, the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly invited the children of the aristocratic families who had recently gone to Ningguo Mansion to 'study archery' and asked them one by one.

He had heard before that the archery practice held by the Ningguo Mansion during the filial piety period was not a serious practice.

Even if these dandies are confused and want to hide it for Jia Zhen, the adults in the family will refuse if they understand something. This matter has been passed through the oracle. , So they beat and cursed and asked them to write down what they did in Ningguo Mansion on weekdays.

However, when these grown-ups saw their children and grandchildren clearly confessed to going to Ningguo Mansion to 'eat and drink for pleasure, fight treasures in Lintong, prostitute singers, prostitutes and gamble', they wished to beat them to death again!

And parents always have a kind of infatuation, thinking that someone else caused the child to be broken, so a few princes and earls came to ask Cai Shilang to pull out Jia Zhen's cancer quickly, otherwise, even they These 'good boys' at home have also been spoiled.

Cai Shilang has reservations about this view.

But he quickly sorted out the criminal evidence about the Ningguo Mansion.

Contrary to what Jia Zhen thought, Cai Shilang did not intend to obtain evidence about the chaotic relationship between men and women in Ningguo Mansion. After all, unless caught on the spot, they can be denied, and rumors cannot be used as evidence.

And the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, suing the master as a slave, has no good end.The servants of the Ningguo Mansion have a whole family in the mansion, so they probably would grit their teeth and not reveal Jia Zhen's crimes for the sake of their relatives.

So Cai Shilang went directly to fight cattle across the mountain, put aside the private affairs of men and women in Ningguo Mansion, and only went to Ningguo Mansion for Jia Zhen's filial piety, "gathering people to gamble, and openly watching high-profile entertainment" and other crimes.

Anyway, the result is the same, it is disrespectful for Xiaoqi to do such bad deeds.

A copy of the many witnesses and conclusive evidence of the crime was handed over, and the emperor "expressed shock and deep emotion" at the court. Such a dishonorable and shameless person came out. Isn’t this the crime of my lack of strict governance?”

But at this time, Prince Zhongshun stood up and added insult to injury: "These people who are not what they appear to be are actually deceiving the Holy Majesty. How does His Majesty know that he lives in the courtyard of the Duke's Mansion?"

He said again: "I deeply admire your Majesty's benevolence and filial piety. I still remember that when the Supreme Emperor Dragon was riding Bintian, His Majesty vomited blood in grief, which shows filial piety. But I don't want to have such people in the court. Fortunately, the monarchs of various countries have left Beijing, otherwise how could I Didn't you lose face to the barbarians?"

The emperor was a little surprised. Prince Zhongshun is usually the background board. Why did he suddenly speak today and beat the Jia family with a generous speech?

Speaking of which, Prince Zhongshun is a concubine of the Supreme Emperor. Looking at the title given to him, he can tell that he is equivalent to King Xiang. He was exiled from the crown prince dispute early on, and he is the prince who is responsible for being loyal and obedient to the new monarch.

His prestige and status in Beijing are far inferior to King Shao who is one year younger than him.

But after all, he is also the emperor's uncle. Prince Zhongshun usually enjoys listening to operas and watching music, enjoying a leisurely and decadent life. Naturally, everyone respects him, and no one specifically wants to offend him.

But even such a person has a relationship with the Jia family—Prince Zhongshun is a real fancier and loves to listen to operas very much.

There are four or five opera troupes in Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, all of whom are famous actors, and there are famous pillars in Beijing.

This is also the most expensive place in the Zhongshun Mansion. Even the Prince Shao's Mansion sometimes borrows his troupe for banquets, which shows that he is famous.It is a matter of honor for the aristocratic family to invite actors raised by Prince Zhongshun to perform two performances during the Spring Festival.

In recent years, what Prince Zhongshun valued the most was an actor whose real name was Jiang Yuhan and whose play name was Qiguan.

Of course, Prince Zhongshun's "importance" has a bit of a romantic meaning, so he regards it as a taboo.

But who would have thought that when this Qi official went out to socialize, he and Jia Baoyu got on good terms, and they even gave each other red sweat scarves.

This matter was originally hidden from Prince Zhongshun, but Qi Guan had the courage to run away from Prince Zhongshun's mansion once, not wanting to serve the old prince anymore, and Prince Zhongshun got angry and ordered people to search everywhere, so he found out about it.The person who reported the letter only said that the son of Rongguo Mansion, who was born with a jade title, had no relationship with Qiguan.

This made the old man Prince Zhongshun very angry, and immediately ordered the chief historian to go to Rongguo Mansion to find important officials of Jia Zheng.

Although Jia Baoyu couldn't bear Jia Zheng's questioning, he explained the whereabouts of Qiguan on the spot, and let Zhongshun Palace retrieve Qiguan, but the unhappy Prince Zhongshun still remembered it.

He is not a prince who often goes to court, let alone a prince who is in charge of practical affairs. With this matter in mind, he couldn't do anything about Jia's family immediately.

But the Jia family can't hold back, isn't it bad luck if something happens to their own family? Of course, it doesn't prevent Prince Zhongshun from adding a handful of soil.

In addition to beating the Ningguo Mansion, Prince Zhongshun also brought out the emperor's benevolence and filial piety, and carried the sedan chair for the emperor in front of the ministers: after all, when the emperor passed away, the capital was under martial law. They speak out most convincingly.

Usually it's not easy to mention this matter with white eyebrows and red eyes, but today, with Jia Zhen, it is just right to praise the emperor and curry favor with the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor nodded amiably to this uncle whom he didn't see often.

Now that the matter has come to this point, there is no big surprise in the ending of Ningguo Mansion.

On this day, Lin Jiang sat in the imperial hospital, slowly grinding a precious herbal medicine.

This is a [Nine Sun Grass] she extracted from the blind box, which is specially used to treat the disease of blood blockage and deficiency and cold, but it is facing the serious illness of the Zhou family.

When taking Zhou Liheng's pulse that day, Lin Jiang was not only paying attention to the Gu worms on his body, but also checking whether he had inherited the Zhou family's genetic disease.

What reassured her for the time being was that under Zhou Liheng's beautiful face, there was a soft white light without any red that represented disease.

However, even if he had a diagnosis in person, Lin Jiang was not completely relieved.

This disease didn't show much when she was young, so far she has checked the pulse of all the princes, and she didn't find any abnormality.

According to Qin Yuanzheng's observation results, the pulse of this disease will not appear until he is 35 or even 40 years old.

And it is random, not everyone in the Zhou family will get this disease, for example, Prince Zhongshun and others are fine, but Taishanghuang and Shaowang have it.

So much so that Lin Jiang wondered if this disease also dislikes the poor and loves the rich, and it only picks on the powerful members of the Zhou family.

For this reason, when Lin Jiang got this herbal medicine for treating vascular diseases, he prepared to make the easiest-to-preserve sealing wax pills, and kept them for Zhou Liheng first.

"Master, just leave it to me to grind the medicine." Jiang came in from the door, saw that the master was actually grinding the medicine with his own hands, and hurried forward to help.

Lin Jiang shook his head: "No, I have to make this medicine myself."

Jiang nodded obediently.

Lin Jiang glanced up at the little gold watch on the table, and said to Jiang Que, "Go and prepare a pot of good tea and snacks. Father-in-law Thrush will come over later."

Jiang didn't know how Master predicted, but he got up quickly.She remembered what the thrush father-in-law liked to eat.

Sure enough, not long after, the thrush father-in-law arrived.