[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Lin Jian looked at Shui Rong with a smile that was not a smile, and said, "I really don't dare to take the word "撺打" used by the king of the county."

"I just follow the Holy Majesty's will to do business, and what I do is the duty of a courtier. I really can't afford to be praised so highly by the county king."

Shui Rong smiled lightly and said: "Lin Yushi deserves it. There was no accident before, the dark tide was raging in the capital, and the situation in the court was even more changing. This king was dazzled by seeing it, and thought that Lin Yushi was really sick. Now that the dust has settled and the truth is revealed at dawn, the king and all his courtiers know that Lin Yushi played tricks with everyone. Lin Yushi is in good health, but he is willing to waste money on this matter Putting all your effort into pretending to be so sick and weak, just for this kind of hard work, Lin Yushi deserves my king's praise."

Shui Rong changed the subject and said again, "It's just that Lin Yushi did his best for the Holy One, but does Lin Yushi really know the Holy One's will? Now that the matter is up to now, this king can also tell Lin Yushi frankly that these four kings and eight kilometers There are people like Jia She who do no evil and do nothing to bully others, and people like Jia Zheng who are still conscientious and willing to do something for the country and the Great Zhou. It is people like Jia She who the Holy One wants to eliminate."

"But Lin Yushi, you are the censor of Qiandu, you know very well in your heart that such people should be purged, but this time, you also caused the Holy One to lose a prince. He is the son of the former empress and the eldest son of the emperor. He will not be spared in this rebellion. For the sake of morality, the emperor cannot forgive him, but he cannot kill his own son, and the emperor cannot easily let him go. How to deal with it Prince Rui, this is a difficult problem. But there is no doubt that the eldest son of the Holy Majesty is already useless."

"The Holy Majesty is naturally hating Prince Rui now, but in the final analysis, Prince Rui is still the Son of the Holy Majesty. After this matter is over, the Holy Majesty will finally have the heart of being a father to Prince Rui. At that time, the Holy Majesty will think that it is because of Lin Yushi, your strategy made Prince Rui end up like this. But you have become a great contributor to clearing up the atmosphere in the court, tell me, will the Holy Majesty feel at ease?"

Lin Jian pursed his lips lightly, and said with a smile: "Prince Jun, Prince Rui rebelled, that was his own idea. I did not let him seek to take away his biological father's land. It is His Majesty's wish to confer the eldest prince as Prince Rui. As for the will, even if I have schemes, the Duke feels that I can influence the will of the Holy Majesty? Prince Rui is insatiable, and he deserved what he deserved, so what has it to do with me?"

Shui Rong still smiled lightly and said, "I hope the Holy Majesty can think like Lin Yushi."

Lin Jian took a deep look at Shui Rong, and then his gaze faded away. He turned his gaze away from Shui Rong, and looked at the gloomy sky with distant and indifferent eyes.

"Frankly speaking, I am really curious about the thoughts of the county king. The county king will not be ignorant of the things Jia Amnesty has done, but he was invited by him to come to the Rongguo mansion to be a lobbyist for the Jia family. The power of the public is huddled together, one is prosperous and the other is damaged, even if the family is not born, if the other forces are damaged, everyone will be affected by the twists and turns. It is not unusual for the county king to be a lobbyist for the Jia family."

"Just now the king of the county also said that the dust of last night's incident has been settled, and those involved will be punished according to the seriousness of the circumstances after waiting for the incident to be clarified. In the past few months, undercurrents have surged in the court, and all forces have secretly The event, what role did I play in it, what role did His Majesty and His Royal Highness King Zhao play in this, the county king must have known it. Ming people do not speak secret words in front of the Ming people, how many people in the forces of the four kings and eight princes are because of Prince Rui? His thoughts are stupid/stupid/desire/moving, and the Duke of Dongping even participated in supporting Prince Rui with all his strength, the Duke of Dongping values ​​the unity of the four kings and eight princes so much, why didn't he want to follow Prince Rui to revolt against Prince Rui?"

"As far as I know, not only Jia She has approached the county king in private, but the Feng family, Dongping county king, and even Prince Rui himself have all approached the county king. But the county king is unmoved. And Not with them."

Shui Rong smiled lightly when he heard the words: "Is Lin Yushi saying that this king will not report what he knows?"

"They are looking for this king for something else, not this one. If this king really knew about such a big thing but didn't tell it, and instead let it go without reporting what he knew, how could the Holy One tolerate this kind of thinking of this king? Woolen cloth?"

"Lin Yushi, you don't need to test this king's mind. This king can tell Lin Yushi plainly that even if this king has some selfish intentions, it is because of the friendship with his ancestors in the past. Naturally, this king will not be involved with such a major event. They are in the same boat. My king's heart is towards the Holy One, it can be said that his heart is frozen in the jade pot, and this heart has never changed."

Lin Jian also smiled and let out a long "Oh" before saying nothing else.

Lin Jian and Shui Rong took the people back to the capital together. Shui Rong and the accompanying officials were going to take the corpses of Feng Ziying and others to the Ministry of Punishment, while Lin Jian was going to the palace to see Emperor Chengsheng.

After the two teams separated, Lin Jian sent Qian Ying to take people back to the West Garden to see what was going on with Uncle Wu when he was some distance away from the palace gate. There is no need to pick it up.

Qian Ying looked around and saw Lin Jian standing with him at a secluded corner of the street. Because Prince Rui rebelled against him last night, the capital is still under martial law. There are no pedestrians on the streets in the city, and there are only city defense soldiers patrolling at fixed times. come and go.

Knowing that no one could eavesdrop on their conversation at this moment, Qian Ying lowered her voice and said to Lin Jian: "Master, you have to be careful of the King of Beijing. His subordinates feel that the King of the County seems to have bad intentions."

Lin Jian said softly, "Of course he has bad intentions."

"After several princes canonized as princes, Prince Rui became more and more restless day by day, and the power behind him made frequent moves, both openly and secretly targeting me and His Highness Prince Zhao. The matter of asking for the crown prince has pushed the matter of the crown prince to the cusp. , Ninety-nine percent of the people in the court are on the side in this matter. Those who support Prince Rui as the crown prince, or they support orthodox people like the prime minister, most of these people are civil servants, but it is impossible for them to follow Prince Rui Conspiracy. Another group of people are the forces behind Prince Rui like Feng Ziying. Prince Rui has not been crowned the crown prince, so they want to seize the country for Prince Rui for their own benefit."

"Those who don't stand in line, those who don't support Prince Rui or King Zhao, those who are afraid of being involved in the battle for the succession, are all wise and safe masters. Their status is not high, their official rank is not obvious, they shouldn't stand in line at all. But among these people, the most conspicuous one is water-soluble. Isn’t it strange that he has been quiet for two months? The other two county kings and several other dukes’ mansions have also been quiet for two months. It is impossible to find out who they have connected with in the slightest. With our ability, we can only find out these things, and we can't find out more. This shows the problem. Shui Rong, he is not simple."

Qian Yingdao: "Young master, do you have any ideas?"

There was a little thought in Lin Jian's eyes: "I've been thinking about Shui Rong's intentions before. Until just now he said that his heart is toward the Holy One, and that his heart has never changed. Then I suddenly thought, I'm afraid my doubts are very serious. It might be true."

Qian Ying was moved: "Master, you mean that the king of Beijing County actually knows about these speculations?"

"Yes," Lin Jian nodded, "Now I'm more and more suspicious that Shui Rong knew about these things in the past, and told the Holy One long ago. Maybe he didn't know about it last night, he should have known about it long ago. The Holy Majesty wants to clear up the rogues. The power of the princes should be restrained and pragmatic. As the head of the county king, Shui Rong naturally knows that some of the four kings and eight princes are too much. He wants to keep the part that can be kept. He has selfish intentions. Therefore, the strong man cuts off his wrists, abandons the bad ones, and keeps the ones who are content. At this point, his most likely attitude is to wait and see what happens."

"He may not know all the plans between the Holy One and me, but since last night, he should have known, otherwise, he would not have said those words. The three of us have different thoughts, but the current purpose is the same. So he was happy to see what happened last night. And he showed his dedication in front of His Majesty, His Majesty felt relieved of him, these four kings and eight lords will stop being monsters in the future, so naturally there will be no way to talk about purging. "

Qian Ying frowned and said, "In other words, the young master's worry will come true?"

Lin Jian said lightly: "I'm afraid that's the case. After all, he mentioned Prince Rui several times just now. To them, my existence is like a poisonous thorn, so they want to get rid of it quickly. Now that there is this thing that can be used How could he not use it to make a fuss? He must find backing and reliance for the rest of the four princes and eight princes, and if he wants to gain the trust of the Holy One and even His Royal Highness Zhao, he has to come from this."

"Shui Rong is not stupid. He knows in his heart that the merits of his ancestors are no longer available. They cannot be protected by the merits of their ancestors for a lifetime. They have to re-plan for their future. I think his first step should be from me. Let's start here. After all, they started with martial arts. In the end, they still have to return to martial arts. He wants to sow discord. With my Lin family around, their way will be blocked. If they want to use it at will, it is natural It must be eradicated first."

Lin Jian looked at Qian Ying and said in a low voice, "Just now you also heard that Shui Rong said that the reinforcements arrived a quarter of an hour late, and that quarter of an hour he brought Luan Yiwei and His Highness King Zhao together to defend against the enemy. Qian Ying, think about it , the time for Prince Rui's uprising is fixed, and the time for our reinforcements is also fixed. I have also repeatedly deduced that there is absolutely no way to make mistakes in the time. The only possibility is that Shui Rong has tampered with it gone."

Qian Yingdao: "Young master, do you want to investigate thoroughly? As long as this matter is investigated, we will know whether the King of Beijing has sent someone to tamper with it."

Lin Jian shook his head: "No need. Since he can tell this matter, he will definitely send someone to erase those traces secretly. Even if you send someone to investigate, they won't find anything. There is no need to bother .”

Lin Jian discussed with Qian Ying, and then let Qian Ying go back. Anyway, he had been careful about Shui Rong since Shui Rong came to Rongguo Mansion to talk to him, and now he is not afraid of Shui Rong's tricks behind his back.

Now it is the first day of the first lunar month, and the yamen seal does not work.But when such a big thing happened, the people from the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had to do their jobs.

But half a day's work, after the matter was investigated clearly, the results came down immediately.Each person involved has his own treatment.The Feng family and other families that were involved too deeply were all ransacked or exiled.

Ningguo Mansion was not spared either.Jia Zheng of the Rongguo Mansion and the rebel party made some contributions, but because Jia Amnesty was a member of the rebel party and was implicated, Jia Zheng neither rewarded nor punished, and remained in his original position.

Emperor Chengsheng has a decree that all the titles and titles of the Rongguo Mansion will be abolished. Jia Amnesty and other people involved in the mansion will be beheaded for public display. Jia Lian left the big house alone.

The house in Rongguo Mansion was also taken back by order, and the two families in Jia's Mansion were ordered to find another residence within a deadline of [-] days.Emperor Chengsheng was able to spare the members of the Jia family a little and didn't even punish them. One was thinking that Jia Zheng had done something, and the other was because he didn't want to get a bad reputation.Like the historians of the Feng family and others who participated in the rebellion, he never tolerated them, and directly executed them all.

Because Prince Rui Xiao Yin is of royal blood and is the first son of the former empress, Emperor Chengsheng did not want to bear the reputation of killing his parents and children. Even though Prince Rui wanted to kill him and seek to usurp the throne, Emperor Chengsheng still spared Prince Rui's life and sent Rui The king was deprived of the title of prince, demoted to common people and imprisoned, and sent special personnel to guard him.

Lin Jian brought Jia Baoyu's piece of jade back from Feng Ziying, and asked Qian Ying to inform Jia Lian to come to Xiyuan to get it on the sixth day of the lunar new year.

During the night of Prince Rui's rebellion, no one in the General's Mansion or the West Garden was injured, but the gate of the General's Mansion was damaged, and the flowers and plants in the West Garden were ruined.

Lin Jian asked Uncle Wu to send someone to fix it, so he didn't care about these things.After Emperor Chengsheng made the decree, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was busy with the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment for several days, and things finally got smoother. On the sixth day of the lunar new year, it happened that he didn't have to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was free, so he planned to meet Jia Lian.

This New Year's Eve is desolate and deserted for everyone.

The martial law in the whole city was lifted on the sixth day of the lunar new year, and the common people could go out for a stroll, but the blaze on New Year’s Eve and the rebel army’s entry left a deep psychological shadow on the people, so the people who went out on the sixth day of the new year were relatively Less.Even those who went out also hurried past, not daring to stay too long on the streets where soldiers were still patrolling.

The weather on the sixth day was not very good. The sun was out two days ago, but it was cloudy on the sixth day. When Jia Lian arrived in the West Garden, the gloomy sky even started to rain lightly.

Lin Jian hasn't seen Jia Lian for some time.

Unexpectedly, in less than ten days, Jia Lian became so thin.Lin Jian stared at the very prominent cheekbones on his face, and passed the jade straight to the point.

"Feng Ziying is quite kind. He didn't smash this piece of jade, otherwise it would be just fragments, so it probably wouldn't be useful?"

Jia Lian didn't bring an umbrella when he came, and it rained a little on the way. He tidied up a little before entering the door, but he could still see that the ends of his hair were wet.

Jia Lian took the jade that Lin Jian handed over, took a look in his hand, and after confirming that it was Jia Baoyu's jade, he put the jade in his arms.

Jia Lian thanked Lin Jian solemnly. Although Lin Jian didn't ask, Jia Lian still talked about Jia Baoyu's recent situation.

"Baoyu is still in a daze, and he doesn't even recognize his parents. If this jade can make Baoyu wake up and return to his former appearance, the second uncle said, he will definitely bring Baoyu to the door to thank Lord Hou."

Lin Jian hooked his lips: "That is to say, if Jia Baoyu is not cured, you won't thank me?"

Jia Lian realized that what he said was not good, and quickly said: "No, no, Lord Hou, don't misunderstand. The second uncle originally wanted to come to the door to thank him in person, but the house has been in a hurry recently. The second uncle has just found a house to move to. He really didn't have time to clean up the servants in the mansion, so he planned to come to Lord Hou's mansion to thank him after moving in."

Lin Jian asked Jia Lian: "I saw the words on this jade pendant, and it has some meaning. This man is demented, and most of them can be recovered with medicine. I also heard that your family has invited some doctors for Jia Baoyu, but it was useless. Tell me, take this jade back, how can I use it to restore Jia Baoyu's sanity?"

Jia Lian replied: "Two days ago, a wandering monk came from somewhere in the mansion. I don't know how to know about Baoyu's dementia and that piece of jade. It is said that after the jade pendant comes back, it needs to be hung on the main beam of Baoyu's house. Come on, ask your parents to take care of you personally, supplemented with decoction, and you will be able to recover after a few days of chanting. The second uncle also has no other way, so he believed his words, and just waited for Yu to go back and use this method to try."

"Speaking of which, this wandering monk is a bit strange. After he said this, he swayed in front of the crowd and disappeared without a trace. When the second uncle sent someone out to look for it, he had already disappeared. "

Lin Jian let out a sigh after listening, but did not continue to ask.

He waited for Jia Lian to take a sip of hot tea before asking again: "How is your family doing now? I've been busy all the time, so I don't have time to ask. Now that you're here, just talk to me, so you don't have to ask again."

"By the way, have you found the house you want to move to?"

When mentioning family affairs, Jia Lian's expression became gloomy and depressed, and he sighed: "The old lady in the house was frightened the night Prince Rui made trouble, and fell ill that night. Later, when the situation stabilized, he was treated by a doctor, and he recovered a little bit. Originally, my father The matter of the old lady is hidden from the old lady, but the Holy Majesty's decree must be announced to the whole family, the world titles earned by the ancestors, and the old lady's decree must be withdrawn, so this matter cannot be hidden."

"The old lady is seriously ill. She lies on the bed every day, but she is still awake and not confused. The old lady is unwilling to separate the family, but not to separate the family is against the order. The old lady has no choice but to Follow the will. Cry a few times a day, worrying too much. The family is gloomy every day, which is really not good. Now fortunately, Zhu's daughter-in-law is in the house, everything in the house is still in order, and the second uncle only cares about moving outside. Things are going well."

"As for the Ningguo Mansion, we really can't take care of it. We only know that the people there are even worse. The old lady dared not help because of her will, so she could only secretly ask Zhu's daughter-in-law to send someone to take care of them. As for the historian, the old lady The wife really can't care about it."

Compared with these people, Jia Lian and Yingchun were the only ones left in the big house. Mrs. Xing was not in charge of everything, and she was frightened by what Jia Amnesty did. She hid in her room all day long and did not go out. It is easy and convenient for one person to make the decision.

Jia Lian told Lin Jian that the house he was going to move to had been found.In two days, when everything is in order, the people from the big house will move there.

Lin Jian tapped the table lightly with his hand: "This time you are separating, you have to completely separate from the second room. You can break the bones and connect the tendons, but don't be too sticky in everything. After the separation, things over there will be done naturally. With Jia Zheng in charge, don’t interfere too much. They have their own way to go, and you have your own way to go.”

Jia Lian nodded slightly: "I understand what Lord Hou said."

Lin Jian raised his eyes and smiled at him: "No, you don't understand."

"Jia Lan can read and is smart. In the future, he will have his own achievements in the imperial examination. Jia Zheng'an will be his official in an orderly manner. His rank is not high. As long as he does not act as a demon, he can live a safe life. In the future, their foundation will be It is no longer the martial arts and military achievements of the ancestors, but the imperial examination to become an official, and they have no choice but to go this way again."

"But you are different. You are also a little old, and you don't have so much time to study for you, and you can't take the imperial examination. Your strength is not in this, and it is wronged to ask you to do this. You are Jia It doesn’t matter if your father is a demon and lost the achievements of your ancestors. If you have ambition, I will give you a chance. You can use your ability to earn it back. At that time, your Jia family may not be able to A comeback. This is the real rebirth after a fall."

Lin Jian said in a low voice, "I told you earlier that you will not be allowed to stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate forever. I will send you to the army for training. In the past few months, you have been working in private Not bad, although the strength is not great, but your body is well-trained, and now you are sent to the army, you can barely handle it."

"In today's situation, the Jia family's reputation is not good outside. Not only is Jia Zhengzhi a low-key person, but you are also unlikely to be promoted. No matter how well you do, you can't get rid of the fact that your father is a traitor to the party. You Only by proving yourself with military exploits can they let them see you again and get rid of the inherent impression that everyone in the court has on you."

"So, after this busy period, after the [-]th day of the first lunar month, you can go to the Northwest Army. I'll take care of everything for you, and send you directly to the Pioneer Camp. You go to experience it first, and see the men in the army. What kind of demeanor are you all? Slowly, those bad habits that you still can't get rid of will naturally be corrected. Now that the Feng family's influence in the Northwest Army has been eliminated, it is the time when the military discipline is good, and it is suitable for you to practice .”

"It's about Jia Du, I hope you don't let me down for all my painstaking efforts."

Lin Jian smiled meaningfully, "You must know that the ancestors of your Jia family led the Northwest Army in the past. The Feng family has a foundation there, and so does your family. I have never gone back to lead soldiers, so the foundation in this army is not as deep as that of the Feng family. I will send you there this time, you have to seize the opportunity, it is up to you whether you can turn over with your ability."

Lin Jian wanted to send Jia Lian to join the army, but Jia Lian had no objection, on the one hand, he had been prepared in his heart, and on the other hand, he was holding a breath in his heart and wanted to turn over.

After Jia Lian nodded, he said: "Master Hou is so kind, I will never forget it. I just ask Lord Hou to give me a few more days. I still have a few things to do. After finishing these, I will set off."