Jia Jing, national teacher of the Red Chamber

There is nothing to say about Chinese New Year, it is nothing more than eating and drinking after worshiping the ancestors, eating at one's own home and going to other people's home to eat.The difference between this year and previous years is that the invitations flew into the gate of Duke Rong En's mansion like snowflakes.

If you can't invite the grandfather to invite the uncle, even the two elder brothers have received many invitations.Jia Jing ordered the two children to study at home. This year is the township exam. Although Jia Jing originally wanted them to try their hand, it doesn’t matter if they fail the exam, but it’s less than half a year away. Jia Jing thinks why he is so anxious Woolen cloth.It's enough for the teachers of the Imperial College to come here, and it would be a shame if they didn't pass the exam.

In other words, would it work for the monk and Taoist to go to the examiner's house to read the test paper?

Leaving aside the matter in the distance, Jia Jing and Jia Zhen went to the banquet separately, and both of them kicked a bottle of elixir on their bodies. It can only be said to be an enhanced version of Hawthorn Pills. No matter how much you eat, as long as you take one, your stomach will be flat.

Jia Jing felt that the term foodie did not match his image of Yushu Linfeng, so Jia Zhen mainly promoted this elixir.

So Jia Zhen put down a plate of sauced elbow and a bowl of thick pork rib soup, and then came half a crispy chicken, and finally there was room for two sweet and greasy dim sum.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his cuff, put a pill in it, and stroked his beard in satisfaction.Looking at the unbelievable and curious eyes of the people around him, he shook the bottle, "Master Zhang, would you like one of my grandpa's new pills?"

Master Zhang naturally wants it, not only Master Zhang, Master Zhou and Master Li are also very interested.After eating a trial bottle, he sent his family's servants to line up in front of Ron En's open drugstore overnight.

To say that this Xiaoshi Pill is much better than the Shou Sui Pill launched last year, everyone talks about things at the dinner table, and some people are treated every day, and the feeling of being full of food in the stomach is really good, so I don’t know it Just eat too much.Staying up at night is only occasionally, but if you eat too much, you have at least three chances a day.

The emperor also received a very thoughtful gift from Jia Jing, a bottle for the emperor and a bottle of antiemetic powder for the queen.Speaking of antiemesis, the imperial physician said that they can do it too, but who told the emperor to take the medicine prescribed by them when he was still the sixth prince? Most of it.

There are only a few masters in the harem. The three giant Buddha statues, the emperor, empress, and empress dowager, were all rounded up by Jia Jing, leaving seven concubines, one brother and sister of the emperor, and four concubines of the late emperor. It's a complaint, because they also have a name called imperial doctor, who is specially for the emperor to see a doctor, what's going on now.

The ninth son of the first emperor was born into this world on the third day of the first lunar month. The emperor said that this was his father's concubine. He wanted to avoid suspicion. The empress, as a daughter-in-law, was pregnant again. She was afraid of collision, so naturally she couldn't go. The empress dowager had a headache and the weather was cold, so she gave up.In the end, only the other three concubines who were left in the palace by the first emperor went to guard.

Zhao Taipin was crying, firstly because of the pain, and secondly, with this child, she finally didn't have to go to the Taimiao or be buried. Of course, some of the crying was for herself, this child came too hard, How much she was frightened along the way.However, the Ninth Prince is not a threat to the emperor, he is not a threat to anyone, so although he does not enjoy the love of his father and brother, he can grow up safely in the palace.

After the new year was over, under Jia Jing's repeated emphasis, the emperor finally believed that the empress' fetus was sitting firmly, so his worry was slightly reduced.But after he started going to court, he was worried about Jiangnan's salt tax last year. There were two palace banquets. Jia Min said that it was unlucky to have a funeral, so he didn't come. This is reasonable, but you handed over the money Come up.

I have been living with those relatives who have nothing. Although Rong Engong said that it is safe and in accordance with the law, but you said that your first husband was a doctor of Lantai Temple, and he was also a inspector appointed by the first emperor. Can you make some progress?

The emperor was anxious, and he was the kind of straight-hearted person who could only deal with one thing at a time, so he got stuck in the tax money and couldn't extricate himself.

Jia Jing persuaded the emperor to wait a little longer, because Jia Min might send the silver to him. Of course, Jia Jing knew that this was impossible, and the silver was still lying in his house.Second, maybe King Zhongshun can repent. Of course, this is impossible. That fool Xue has secretly met King Zhongshun twice, and every time they meet, Aunt Xue will definitely go to Rongfu. It became more and more certain that they had already boarded the ship, and now they had to wait for the final blow.

Of course, Jia Jing still has his own little calculations in his heart. Jia Min's medicine can only last until February at most. First, her sudden death can be used to confirm Rongfu's crimes. Not many days left.

Under Jia Jing's persuasion, the emperor calmed down a bit, but his daily calligraphy practice increased.

He has been thinking repeatedly about the three elements of rebellion that Jia Jing said: money, people and a heart that is not afraid of death.Yinzi, King Zhongshun is planning, but such a small amount of money can't make a big deal, and there are not many people with him. Probably the most outstanding thing about the elder brother is his heart that is not afraid of death. Counting it, this is his second rebellion up.After his analysis, the emperor was no longer worried. After arranging the guards, he concentrated on waiting to catch the thief and seize the stolen goods.

Jia Jing really didn't intend to tell the emperor this at first, what he thought was the three elements of convicting King Zhongshun and the Rong Mansion, of course the number one is silver, the property of the Lin Mansion and the rest of the Rong Mansion, The most important thing is that the Xue family is the big head, and the sum of the three families is only a lot more than Lin Ruhai gave him; the second is people, but this person refers to witnesses, it is best to have someone come forward to testify against him, and the third is to catch thieves If the stolen goods are caught, it is best to catch him after King Zhongshun takes action.Later, for some reason, I softened my heart in front of the emperor and said that it became the three elements of rebellion, but the effect was not bad.

What Jia Jing is most curious about is the reason why King Zhongshun will raise the banner in the future and his staff. Jia Jing has already sent monks and priests to the homes of the generals in charge of several guard camps in central Beijing to pretend to be ghosts several times, and he is sure that they have not been bribed. , So is King Zhongshun going to bring his servants to fight against the guards?

Of course, it is also possible that junior officers were bribed, but in that case manpower would be very limited.

Jia Jing counted the days and felt that the emperor's patience might really be limited, so he started to do it.

To untie the first grasshopper from the weak rope tied to the grasshopper by King Zhongshun, Jia Jing chose Xue Pan as the breakthrough point.It was the same as the reason why he deliberately exposed this person to King Zhongshun back then. This person has a silly nickname, which is easy to fool.

The first step is to pretend to be a ghost. Such a disharmonious thing is naturally done by monks and Taoists.

Every night when Xue Pan is about to fall asleep, he comes out to float for a while, calls "Pan'er" twice in his mouth, and then floats away.Afterwards, the monk said that this timing was really difficult to grasp, because the man started snoring as soon as his head touched the pillow for at most half a stick of incense, and sometimes he would pull the people in his room to do some indescribable exercises.

No matter how stupid Xue Pan was, he began to think, could this be my father?Otherwise, who else can call him Pan'er, and it's obviously a male ghost.Xue Pan's father died early and taught him almost nothing, so the Xue family went downhill all the way to the dark. Although Xue Pan was careless on the surface, he still understood this point in his heart.

After seeing the ghost a few times, Xue Pan became more and more sure that this was his real father, otherwise the ghost in the storybook would either have sharp teeth and sharp claws, or a beautiful woman, how could someone with loose hair just call Pan'er .But his father reappeared after more than ten years, is it to teach him how to do business?Dad, I know you won't hurt me, but can you stop waking me up and drifting away.

Jia Jing received the report from the monk and Taoist priest, and knew that Xue Pan had already fallen in love with this ghost, so he started the second step.

The second step has nothing to do with monks and priests. Jia Jing used his ability to pray for rain, which had risen to the level of a rain bomb, to attract a cloud on Xue Pan's head.That's right, just after the first lunar month, the sun never came out on Xue Pan's head. Others had the sun on their heads, but he had dark clouds on his head. When others had dark clouds on his head, it was raining on his head.

Things went very smoothly. The third step was to send monks and priests to disguise themselves in different appearances and go to the taverns and teahouses that Xue Pan often went to, and whispered next to him to solicit business for the Taoist master.

For example:

Monk: "I went to the pharmacy in the Duke's mansion to buy medicine yesterday. Tsk, it's really worth the money."

Xue Pan was very sensitive to the three words "Grandfather of the State", and his ears perked up when he heard it.

The Taoist looked around and continued: "You only know that pills are good, but in fact, that master has something even better."

Xue Pan's face turned red and his ears felt hot, and he leaned on the stool and moved over.

Taoist: "Divination and praying for rain can also communicate yin and yang." The Taoist leaned close to the monk's ear and murmured expressionlessly: "That one is hooked, and his eyes have turned around. Guess what I'm talking about, can't you guess?" I don't even know what I'm talking about..."

The monk turned his head abruptly and said, "Really!"

The Taoist nodded with a serious face, and leaned into the monk's ear and said: "You said that the tree in the backyard of Xianjun doesn't know how to restrain himself. It is full of green leaves in winter, and it is said to block the snow for Xianjun. Xianjun Use it to block it, then the snow has never fallen on Xianjun."

The monk was overjoyed, "You have to introduce me. When my father died, I didn't explain clearly, and he didn't know where the land deed was hidden. It's been a year."

The Taoist patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's choose some presents first, the Duke has very good taste."

Xue Pan sat there foolishly for a long time, and he had a reason to go to the Duke's mansion.King Zhongshun actually told him not to get too close to Jia Jing for the time being, but Xue Pan, after seeing the beautiful and soft boneless daughter that King Zhongshun said, felt that it was nothing more than that, so he agreed on the surface. In fact, it’s just that I didn’t find the right opportunity to go again.

Daiyu lived with Jia Min in Jia's house, but she didn't suffer much grievances. Jia's mother was thinking about the family property in Jia Min's hands, so she confessed that she took care of the two of them meticulously.With Jia Min watching, Baoyu was forced by his father to go to school every day, and his homework became heavier every day, so although he wanted to get close to Daiyu, he had no chance or time.Not only Baoyu, but even the two sisters, Daiyu, have never met a few times. Wan is doing needlework.

But when manpower was exhausted, just after Daiyu's ninth birthday, and the anniversary of Daiyu's younger brother's death, Jia Min was depressed for several days.One night, Mother Jia told her to go to sleep, but she never woke up from this sleep, and died violently in her dream.

Mother Jia didn't discover this, the old people were sleeping soundly, and it was when Yuanyang, the big maid beside her, came to serve hot water as usual.It was not cold, but it was already green, so she hurriedly asked someone to carry Jia Min to the side of the collapsed bed, and then she called out to Jia Mu in a low voice.

Mother Jia was so frightened that she fainted. The doctor saw that it was damp phlegm, and she had to take a good rest.Mother Jia felt a little trembling when she woke up. She was well-informed, and knew that she might not be well, so she thought about it and had to hurry up.

Daiyu's tears never stopped, and she knelt in front of Jia Minling all day long, but she lost her shape within a few days.At first, Mother Jia was persuading her to make some vegetarian soup to mend it from time to time, but then she thought of something, and said that she should do her last filial piety, and she didn't care much about it.

Hearing Jia Min's sudden death, Jia Jing went to the palace to find the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I think that if King Zhongshun wants to succeed, His Majesty should be the main target. So he must either break into the palace, or lure His Majesty out."

The emperor nodded and said: "There is still a queen in the palace, it's too dangerous. And since the rebellion when he was the prince, the guards in the palace have been rotating every day. It's really not easy for him to come in."

Jia Jing continued: "So Your Majesty has to go out... the first anniversary of the late emperor's death is coming soon, and as usual, we have to go to the imperial mausoleum. This is the only chance for King Zhongshun. Qiu Lie has a large body of guards to follow, he will never If you know how to do it, you have to go to the imperial mausoleum, and the ministers and others will follow you, so you have the best chance of winning."

The emperor agreed with Jia Jing's point of view, "Then do it!"

There are still 23 days before the theoretical death date of the first emperor.