Jia Jing, national teacher of the Red Chamber

It was just dark when Li Wan woke up with a white cloth wrapped around her head. Jia Lan was tired from crying and fell asleep on the side. Her mother-in-law was lying straight on the ground with her head covered with a white cloth.

Li Wan felt sad and burst into tears, only then did she understand why her mother-in-law put her in confinement for no reason and didn't give her food.

They had to knock on the door with the determination to die, so that Jia Lan could be exonerated. Mrs. Wang was just betting on the tiny possibility, thinking that Li Wan, who had been hungry for a few days, was not strong enough to escape.As for why Madam Wang didn’t starve herself, firstly, someone must die, and secondly, it’s God’s mercy that the Rong Mansion can survive. She can’t have extravagant hopes, and she can’t live to see her son die, so It's better to hit him head-on and kill him.

Li Wan hugged Jia Lan and burst into tears. What can be left in the Rong Mansion in the end?

King Zhongshun was imprisoned alone in the innermost cell. He was still limp. When he saw the emperor coming in, he gritted his teeth and leaned half against the wall to force his upper body to stand up.

The emperor looked at him like this, and felt a little emotional in his heart, but he was more satisfied, "Elder brother also has today."

King Zhongshun spoke weakly, "It's just a winner and a loser."

"It's good that brother understands. Tomorrow is the day of execution. Don't worry, brother, the knife is well sharpened."

Maybe it was because he wanted to rest after eating, or maybe he had consumed his energy with the true or false conversations with the three people in front of him, but the emperor had nothing to say to his elder brother who was the most resentful in his heart. He sat there and watched his elder brother half-closed He squinted his eyes, barely able to keep his body upright, as if he was not thinking about anything.

"Brother, it's getting late, I'll take my leave first." What else can I say, tell my elder brother how unwilling he is, how partial his father was in the first place?The father is dead and has become the first emperor with a posthumous title of 21 characters. The eldest brother will be beheaded tomorrow.The emperor shook his head, got up and left.

"Do you really think he didn't get anything out of it?" King Zhongshun said suddenly out of nowhere.

The emperor paused for a moment, and King Zhongshun said again: "You will find out when you count the property of the Rong Mansion and Xue Mansion. Lin Ruhai has been in charge of the salt government for so many years, and there is no way he will only have such a small amount of money left in his hands." The words were vague , but clearly pointing to Jia Jing, King Zhongshun did it on purpose.

The emperor ignored him, and his steps were undisturbed.

Early the next morning, King Zhongshun and Shizi Kanghe were beheaded, Prince Zhongshun's mansion was sealed off, and the concubine and others were imprisoned, waiting for the emperor to make a final decision.

All the families implicated in King Zhongshun's rebellion, including the Rong Mansion, Xue Mansion, and the former Zhen Guogong's mansion, were taken into custody, and a seal was pasted on the gate.

However, the emperor's first decree was not to seal him up, but to seal Jia Jing as a national teacher.

All the ministers had no objection at all. The scene of King Zhongshun being stunned by the scene is still vivid in his mind, and the tip of his nose seems to have a burnt smell. Besides, they are all looking forward to Jia Jing's elixir, and it would be better to be a national teacher.

Feng Guoshi is different from other rewards. The emperor also went to the Ministry of Rites to find out the specific etiquette of Feng Guoshi in the previous dynasty, and set up an altar at the entrance of Qianqing Palace.

All the ministers were kneeling, the emperor was standing beside the altar, the eunuch passing the decree was reading the imperial decree, and Jia Jing, wearing his first-class robe, walked towards the altar step by step.Following the words "Feng Guoshi", Jia Jing felt a burst of relief, his mind was empty, and his expression seemed to fly in a trance.

"National teacher." The emperor grabbed his wrist, and the ministers could not see clearly when they were kneeling, but he clearly saw that Jia Jing's feet were no longer touching the ground, and the wind was blowing in his robe, and he wanted to The posture of soaring in the daytime.

Jia Jing came back to his senses, closed his eyes, broke away from the emperor's hand, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't leave now." Just now when I heard the word "National Teacher", the last bit left by the original owner The things finally dissipated, and most of the memories originally belonged to Xianjun flooded in instantly. The amount of information was too large, which caused his brain to be temporarily unable to connect to the expressions.Therefore, although his face remained paralyzed, his mind was already turbulent.

The first clue that was sorted out was that the body he occupied probably had less than five years of lifespan.

In the imperial study room, the emperor and officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs were discussing the aftermath of King Zhongshun's rebellion. Because he became a national teacher, and he had a little bit of entanglement with the Rongfu, Jia Jing was also in the imperial study room. , and is the only one sitting besides the emperor and the editor of the Imperial Academy.

Now his expression has returned to normal, unlike the cold and indifferent expression just now, although he still has no expression, but there is a faint warmth on his face, the emperor felt a little relieved, and said: " Go and bring tea to the national teacher."

The meeting of a group of people in the court decided the fate of those who participated in the rebellion. In fact, it was the difference between beheading and beheading, or the difference between being exiled to Yazhou or Ningguta.

In the prison cell, the whole family of the Rong Mansion was already crying into a ball, and Mother Jia was lying on the ground almost out of breath. It would be useless to say that she was a first-rank imperial order, and there was a convicted treason on top of her head. On the contrary, now that he is dead, he will suffer less.

Sister Feng fainted, and Ping'er was helping her to comfort her. Jia Zheng noticed that Mrs. Wang and Li Wan were not there. Finally stayed behind.

But the rest of the people were not so far-sighted, and soon someone shouted, "The wife of the second room is missing, the eldest grandson of the second room has escaped, etc.", or "The Duke is my uncle!"

The jailer guarding the death-row prisoners was very experienced, so he didn't take it seriously when he heard this, and said, "All the Zhongshun kings were beheaded earlier, let alone the Duke of the State is really your uncle, the Emperor is your own father, it doesn't matter." Already!"

However, there was one person who was not in the cell. When officers and soldiers went to Rongfu to arrest people, there was a list. Except Mrs. Wang was dead, Li Wan and Jia Lan were in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lin Daiyu was not on the list. Theoretically, her father is still a doctor of Lantai Temple, and also a inspector of salt and censor, so the officers and soldiers invited her and several maids of the Lin family out and sent them to the government-run inn.

Daiyu's parents died within a year, and there was no one to comfort her in the Rong Mansion. She couldn't feel any sincerity, and she was already thin to a piece of paper. In addition, the adults who ransacked the house knew that her family's money was taken by King Zhongshun He rebelled, so he took more care of her.

The discussion in the imperial study room has entered the concluding stage.Zhao Daren, Minister of Dali Temple who was in charge of the trial, said: "All men from Rong Mansion, Xue Mansion, Zhen Guo Gong Mansion and Shenwu General Feng's family will be beheaded, women will be bestowed to death, maids and servants will all be distributed."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the emperor, then turned his gaze to the newly appointed national teacher, and said, "There are still a few exceptions."

The emperor listened carefully and said, "Continue."

"One is Li Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of Rong Mansion's second house, who bumped into the pole with her mother-in-law Wang Shi with the pleadings in her arms. Wang Shi is already dead, and Li Shi is currently in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with her two-year-old son." Master Zhao looked at it again. The national teacher glanced at it, and the pleadings also said that her late husband, Jia Zhu, died for Lord Jia, the supervisor of the Qintian Supervisor.

Jia Jing looked at him blankly, you tell the emperor, I can't make the decision, I will be messed up now.

The emperor nodded and said, "Next."

"Xue Pan, the eldest son of Xue's family, sued King Zhongshun to defraud the Xue family's property on the grounds of dowry."

The emperor frowned, and before he could speak, the servant of the Ministry of Justice came out, "Your Majesty, this statement cannot be trusted. The Xue family has already given the money to King Zhongshun, and has already agreed to the marriage. This is just to get rid of the crime." It's just an excuse."

The emperor nodded, Master Zhao made a mark on the paper, no one in the Xue family pardoned.

"Feng Ziying, the son of Feng's eldest son, conspired against King Zhongshun, the secret guard of Dali Temple in advance. He committed a crime and made meritorious deeds, so he can be pardoned."

The emperor knew about this, and he also told the officials of Dali Temple not to disclose it for the time being. The emperor thought for a while, "Just send him to the guard camp as a soldier."

Someone had already been pardoned, and everyone went back to discuss the names of the first one, Jia Lan and Li Wan.

The Ministry of Punishment meant that Jia Lan was a direct descendant of the Jia family and should be punished according to the law. However, Li Wan was also from a famous family, and her father was the former Imperial College Jijiu.

In the end, with a swipe of the emperor's pen, they were able to spare their lives, and Li Wan's dowry was drawn from the property copied from the Rong Mansion, and she was allowed to live with her son, but Jia Lan and his descendants would never live forever. scientific research.

Having said that, it's almost the same, the emperor helped his forehead, and the ministers said goodbye with winks.

"The national teacher stays," said the emperor.

Mr. Zhao, who was walking at the end, was holding a thick stack of lawsuit papers and other things. He couldn't help but turned his head and glanced at Jia Jing. It turned out that the emperor was planning to whisper to the national teacher.

There is still one person whose fate has not been discussed, and that is Lin Daiyu, the orphan left behind by Lin Ruhai.The Lin family doesn't have a direct descendant. This Lin Daiyu is only nine years old, who will take care of her?And there is another possibility that Lin Ruhai actually left a message before his death, asking Jia Min to take Daiyu to Beijing to take the opportunity to give money.However, Jia Min died suddenly in Jia's mansion, and Jia's mother was said to be dying after being locked up in the cell for two days. There is no way to investigate this matter.

The emperor looked very embarrassed. He himself has no children so far, so he always takes pity on the children. This is the main reason why he spared Jia Lan. However, after Lin Daiyu was barely a loyal minister, her father Lin Ruhai died in Ren Therefore, finding a good family for her is more of a political consideration.

The emperor said: "National teacher, how should Lin Ruhai's daughter be arranged?"

Jia Jing still remembered that Xiao Shu read "Dig my sister back and raise her" three times a day, but now his mind was so confused that he didn't care much, so he said, "Why don't you find someone from the same age as Lin Ruhai and let him raise Daisy?" Jade."

The emperor's face looked even worse. It's only been a long time since the national teacher was appointed as the national teacher, and even I don't want to talk to him anymore.