[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Zhao Wen said: "Shui Chen is inconvenient to travel, but this person is extremely smart. At that time, many of the four kings and eight princes were doing things in the court overtly and secretly. Shui Chen was behind the scenes. Shui Chen raised a They even set up the Jianghu Killer Organization. The killer who was sent to the battlefield to attack and wound the old general came from this organization. Besides this, these Jianghu killers also did many things for Shui Chen. What can’t be done on the surface, secretly uses this killer organization to eliminate dissidents.”

"The whereabouts of this organization are secretive, it is difficult to find out the specific traces, and it has not been found out who is in charge of this organization after Shui Chen's death. The people of the Holy Majesty are still secretly investigating."

Zhao Wen told Lin Jian that the matter was not over, it was just that the investigation had results, but many follow-up matters were not yet clear, Zhao Wen was ordered to inform Lin Jian of the matter.

Lin Jian raised his eyebrows: "Shui Chen has been dead for several years. Although this underground organization is not visible, but since it is so useful, it will not be disbanded after his death. Shui Chen did not die suddenly, he was lingering/sick for several months Before he died of illness, he must have made arrangements for the future of these killers."

"Either, he gave the power in the dark to Shui Rong, or he gave the power to the four princes and eight princes who he trusted and who had a good relationship with their Beijing County Prince's Mansion."

Zhao Wen said softly: "The words of Lord Hou are also the conjecture of the Holy Majesty."

"The Holy Majesty didn't ask Lord Hou to go out, but he asked Mr. Deping to bring an oral order in front of the two county kings and His Royal Highness. It was intended to appease the two county kings, but it also wanted to protect Lord Hou from being plotted against. The meaning of the master's acting is in it. After all, it is what they like to see the Holy Majesty and Lord Hou turn against each other."

When Lin Jian heard Zhao Wen mention the word acting, he couldn't help but hooked his lips and smiled.

Of course he was acting, and he was acting from the beginning.But Emperor Chengsheng was just cooperating with him in acting.

According to the news, please wait a moment for Lin Jian to rest assured. After half a month, the result will definitely come out.

Lin Jian just nodded with a smile, and didn't say anything more.

Hearing that he finished what he was supposed to say, logically he couldn't stay in the prison for long, so he got up and saluted Lin Jian, and then left quietly in silence.

After the jailer came and locked the cell door, Lin Jian stood up. He turned around and looked up at the dormer window. The dormer window was so high that he couldn't see anything. He could only see the gloomy sky outside. The spring rain didn't stop, the wind was blowing and the rain was falling, Lin Jian sharp-eyed saw the big / flakes of rain being blown into the top window by the wind, he quickly took a big step back to prevent the raindrops from falling on his clothes.

After another half a month, Lin Jian stayed in this not well-ventilated prison, and felt that it was more stuffy here than outside.

Even if he sat still, he would often break out in a sweat.

Lin Daiyu came back to see that the medicine powder brought by Lin Jian had been used up, and then the family secretly asked someone to bring some to Lin Jian.The powder is specially made, it can prevent the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the prison, but the weather is getting hotter, the prison is not ventilated and it is getting more and more humid/humid, the smell is getting worse, the snakes, rats and rats in the corners are also getting worse. Gradually increased.

Even the occasional clean-up by the jailers cannot stop these things from flooding in summer.

Even if Lin Jian had sprinkled the medicine powder all over the prison, those things rushed over one after another, even if they were poisoned to death by the medicine powder, the corpses were piled up densely, which looked very spectacular.

The prison guards of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are also diligent, and will clean up a little while delivering water and food to Lin Jian, but the prison is not in good condition, no matter how clean it is, it can't be as clean as the house. He left, but the smell left behind was mixed with the already unpleasant smell, which made people feel chest tightness and discomfort after staying in it for a while.

At dusk that day, the jailer who always delivered Lin Jian's meals on time didn't come again.

Lin Jian raised his eyebrows, and when he heard footsteps outside, he didn't even move his eyebrows.Half a month later, the person who came back must have come to tell him the final result.

"Why are you not surprised to see me coming?"

The person who came was Xiao Yu in casual clothes.

Xiao Yu was dressed in dark uniform, his hair was simply tied up with a jade crown, and there was no one around him. The jailer who led him in almost buried his head on the ground respectfully.

The following jailer put the torch on the wall, and went to fetch two candles to light it, and put it on the small table on the couch.

Xiao Yu saw that the jailer was eager to do something, so he frowned and waved his hand to let the jailer go down.

After the jailer left, Xiao Yu moved the two candles on the small table, then put the exquisite food box in his hand on it, opened the food box, and took out the food in the same way as Lin Jian After Xiang Xiang sat down, he looked at Lin Jian and said this with a smile.

Lin Jian was not surprised when he saw Xiao Yu coming. He saluted Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu raised his hand to let him sit down.

"It's been half a month now, I guess it's time for His Highness to come."

Xiao Yu not only brought food, but also wine and drinking utensils. He planned to eat and drink with Lin Jian.

Xiao Yu looked around, frowned slightly, and twitched his nostrils slightly: "The smell in this prison is really bad."

Even the smell of rice and wine can't cover up the damp/damp smell in the prison, which is similar to the smell of leaves or rotting corpses.

Xiao Yu's arrival still alarmed the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the prison, and the sudden brightness in the prison made them run away to the dark shadows, and the rustling sound became louder, attracting Xiao Yu's attention .

Xiao Yu looked around again and asked Lin Jian: "I heard that the family sent you insect repellent powder, but I didn't bring it with you. Why didn't you use it?"

Lin Jian smiled lightly: "The medicine powder smells pungent. If you use it, the smell will be much worse than it is now. The smell will be uncomfortable after smelling it for a long time, so I won't use it for a few days. I'm going out soon. ? I don’t need that anymore.”

Xiao Yu poured wine for Lin Jian himself: "Of course you can guess everything. I was a little confused, so I wanted to ask you personally. So I asked my father for this errand, and my father agreed, and I came. "

Attracted by the aroma of the wine, Lin Jian raised the wine cup to pay respects to Xiao Yu, and then drank it all in one gulp.

The wine entered the mouthpiece, and the taste of the wine was spicy and mellow, but it brought back Lin Jian's past memories.

Xiao Yu's words clearly showed some resentment, Lin Jian pretended not to pay attention to it, just looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said, "Did His Highness specially find this wine from the tribute?"

This is a burning knife produced in Liaodong.There are many vassal states of the Great Zhou in the Far East, and even the shochu is stronger than the shochu in the northern border of the Great Zhou.

Three years ago when Lin Jian decided to secretly go to southern Anhui to join the army without telling everyone, Xiao Yu found this burning knife from Liaodong tribute from among the tributes to see him off.

"I have tasted a lot of wine in southern Anhui in the past three years, but it is a pity that the boundary of Jiangnan is soft and gentle. Even the strongest wine is as gentle and intoxicating as pear blossom spring water, but it is not as heart-burning as this burning knife. Even the wine in the capital is not as good as it is. Burning knives in Liaodong."

Xiao Yu said: "I stole the wine back then from the tribute. For this, when my father found out, I was reprimanded. After mother and concubine found out, they also scolded me. It's not for me Drinking is stealing for me."

"No matter how they asked back then, I didn't tell them the whereabouts of the bottle of burning knives. That is, when you returned to the capital, I accidentally gossiped with my father, so I let my father know the whole story. I heard that I stole the bottle. The wine is to see you off, Father seems quite happy."

"This time I did a good job with the errand next to me. My father asked me what reward I wanted, so I asked my father for this errand, and this burning knife. Come here to drink and get drunk with you."

Lin Jian laughed when he heard this, he knew Xiao Yu's alcohol tolerance, and said with a smile that if only this bottle of Burning Knife was used, he would probably only have to drink together but not enough to get drunk together.

Xiao Yu smiled lightly: "Liaodong only had this bottle of burning knives this year. The emperor obeyed the imperial doctor's order not to drink strong alcohol, so he was willing to give this bottle to me. The few subordinate countries in Liaodong have not been peaceful for several months. Wake up, it is great to have this bottle of tribute sent to the capital."

Lin Jian drank and ate a lot of vegetables, and Xiao Yu also used some, but not as much as Lin Jian, but he just used this meal to accompany Lin Jian.

When Lin Jian was almost used up, Xiao Yu drank a glass of wine and said, "Yunxi, in fact, you should have planned these things before Xiao Yin made trouble on New Year's Eve, right?"

Lin Jian smiled and said, "Yes."

"Your Highness, do you remember? When the Rongguo Mansion was still there, I went to the Rongguo Mansion to punish them for Miss Lin, and cut off the plaque on their mansion. That time, Shui Rong was invited by Jia She to come forward to make peace. I talked to Shui Rong alone, and at that time, Shui Rong's words were already trying to provoke my loyalty to the Holy One, and even tried to provoke my relationship with His Highness."

"Your Highness knows what I want to do best. The things I want to do are not easy to achieve, and they will completely offend the four kings and eight princes. The princes and princes who are still in the capital naturally want to do their best. The way to destroy me. What can destroy me more than to provoke the relationship between me and the Holy One?"

"I am involved in the matter of the First Prince. To ensure the peace of the Holy One and the people in the capital, and to remove the hidden dangers of the First Prince and his influence, we can only follow the plan. After the matter is completed, I will be a meritorious minister. But if someone wants to provoke , I may not be a hero, but a villain who deliberately provokes the relationship between the Holy Majesty and the prince."

"Of course those people can't see that I'm good, and they can't see that the Holy One thinks highly of me. As a result, His Highness also saw it. They really insisted on this, spreading rumors everywhere in the city to ruin my reputation, and defining me as a person who seeks personal gain and destroys me. The Holy One tempted the Holy One to ruin his own son's treacherous and evil person."

Lin Jian confessed his thoughts to Xiao Yu with a smile. Xiao Yu listened quietly and did not interrupt Lin Jian.

Lin Jian told Xiao Yu about the second time Shui Rong said these words to him.

"That was the morning when I came down from Mengkong Mountain with the corpses of Feng Ziying and others. Shui Rong came to welcome me into the city by order. On the way, he said those words again. Although the eldest prince is not dead, but because of this As for the matter, his whole person was crippled because of this. What he said was that even if I was a hero, the First Prince would also be crippled because of my plan. Even if the Holy Majesty didn’t say it on the surface, he would definitely hate me in his heart. I really wiped out the four princes and eight princes, and my Lin family has also gone to Stranger Road, either abandoned by the Holy Majesty, or the same fate as their four princes and eight princes."

"Of course I won't be fooled by his few words, and I also know that if he can say these words to me, then he won't just say these words in front of me."

Lin Jian paused, and his voice became a little colder, "Shui Rong is somewhat similar to his father who died young, and they are both quite scheming people. His father was bedridden due to illness, and he didn't meet many people, and he didn't see them often. He went out, but at that time, he was famous for his intelligence since he was a child. Shui Rong was in better health than his father. King Jingjun treats people with gentleness and courtesy, and getting along with him is like a spring breeze. But in my opinion, such a person has a deep scheming, gentle and elegant on the surface, but deep in his thoughts. The eldest prince is causing chaos, but his heart may not be on the four kings and eight princes."

Xiao Yu lowered his eyes slightly: "During that time, Shui Rong often went to the palace to see his father. Every time we had a conversation, he would send out the palace servants. No one knew exactly what he was talking about."

Lin Jian had an expression that looked exactly as I expected.

"If I want to accomplish what I want to do, the trust of the Holy Majesty is essential. Rumors are fiercer than tigers, people's hearts are hard to bet on, and people's hearts are easy to believe, but what I say will always leave some dust in my heart. I am a A person who is willing to let go, but there are some things that I have to figure out clearly. I don’t care what I do alone, but I am tied to my family parents, and my parents are tied to several families. I can’t ignore them. I have to figure out this matter before I can continue to do the following things."

In the prison, only Lin Jian and Xiao Yu sat and talked, the smell of spicy alcohol gradually burned in his heart, Lin Jian's eyes sparkled, and Xiao Yu became more sober the more he drank.

No one disturbed them, and with Lin Jian's hearing ability, he could tell that no one was eavesdropping on what they were saying. Xiao Yu had no scruples when he opened his mouth, and he spoke straightforwardly and clearly.

"Yunxi, you guessed early on that they would take advantage of Xiao Yin's troubles to make a big fuss, and then you found out that there was something wrong with Zhennangong's leg injury earlier, so you wanted to test your father? What happened after you Your actions, looking for craftsmen for Zhennan Gong, seeking rewards in front of your father, and spreading rumors in the capital but deliberately leaving a handle, are all to test the extent of your father's trust in you, is it true? ?"

Lin Jian squinted his eyes, and moved the dazzling lamps on the table in front of him a little further away, and after setting them up on the couch, he looked at Xiao Yu and said, "That's right. But it's not all like that."