The Forest of Red Mansions

Since ancient times, whether it is a wise emperor or a faint emperor, once the stability of the imperial power is involved, or the rebellion is involved, they will definitely kill a thousand by mistake rather than let one go.

The collusion between Kuang Zhen's family and the four sons of the former emperor has been proved to be solid. Their various rampant actions not only seriously challenged the dignity of the current emperor, but also caused huge losses to the Qing Dynasty. According to the approximate information shown in the account books provided by Lin Ruhai, Over the years, Zhen has used various means to obtain wealth, including cash and various treasures, with a total value of about tens of millions!

Such a huge amount, if it is used for people's livelihood, does not know how many people it can benefit, but it is hateful that it was forcibly poached by the selfish and greedy treacherous officials and thieves as their own. How can the Holy One not be angry?

What's even more hateful is that these people actually plan to use the corner they dug from him to turn against him!It is really audacious and unforgivable!It's hard to dispel the hatred in his heart if he doesn't smash the traitor's body into thousands of pieces!

When the Holy Majesty was furious, the first person to suffer was Concubine Zhen in the palace. As soon as the incident happened in the east of the Zhen family, this concubine Zhen, who had always been honored and favored, was relegated to permanent residence, and within a few days she "died suddenly." "Death", but there is no coffin after death, it was directly swept up with a roll of grass and thrown on the mass grave, born noble, but died miserably.

Then the Holy Majesty issued repeated orders, demanding that Prince Yu must arrest the Zhen family and bring them back to Beijing. Naturally, that huge amount of treasure was also the most important thing. The execution order of the four sons of the former emperor.

However, who would have thought that those people were so cunning, not only was there no one there, even the huge treasure was nowhere to be found, it seemed as if the world had evaporated for a while, and Prince Yu was extremely aggrieved Irritated and annoyed.

"Second Emperor, why don't you focus on searching in Jinling City." Fourth Master subconsciously turned the wrench in his hand, frowning thoughtfully.

"Do you think they are still in Jinling and have never fled?" Prince Yu frowned tightly, and said, "It's just that Jinling has been searched up and down, but they haven't caught any clues."

The fourth master said: "I'm not sure if the person is still in Jinling, but the treasure... We have only found out that a few servants of the Zhen family sent a few boxes of treasures to the Jia mansion in the capital to hand over to that person." The second wife's wife, Mrs. Wang, kept it on her behalf. Judging from the amount, she didn't even have a fraction of the Zhen family's real wealth, and the real big part seemed to evaporate out of thin air, and there was nowhere to be found. This is obviously too strange. "

"As the saying goes, if you don't want people to know, you have to do nothing. The amount of treasure is huge. If you want to transport it out and hide it quietly, it is also a huge project. It is absolutely impossible to do it silently. There must be tails left behind. Now there is no clue. If it can’t be found, it can only mean that the treasure has never been moved at all, and it must still be in Jinling City.”

Prince Yu nodded in agreement when he heard the words, "You are right, but that old thief Zhen Yingjia is the most suspicious and cunning. In this huge Jinling City, I don't know where he dug the mouse hole."

The fourth master suddenly smiled and said: "I heard that there is a Niuxin Mountain in Jinling, which is very interesting. According to the rumors of the nearby villagers, there have been ghosts suddenly happening there since more than ten years ago, and there are often mournful wailing sounds in the middle of the night. The crying of the baby, and more than once, some villagers have seen a white figure floating in the forest from a distance, and when they looked carefully, they disappeared in an instant."

"Since then, several hunters went to the mountain to hunt without returning. Some people went to the mountain to look for people, but they also went to the mountain without returning. Later, the villagers were helpless, so they reported to the officials, but they didn't expect more than a dozen officials to send them in." In the end, only one person came back from the mountain, and the only survivor turned out to be crazy, and died soon after, without any warning, and even the author could not find the cause of death."

"Since then, the villagers have regarded Niuxin Mountain as a tiger and a wolf, and avoided it. Whenever they talked about it, they were all terrified. They all said that there were fierce ghosts in that mountain. As long as people stepped into that mountain, they would be haunted by ghosts." tortured to death."

Prince Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "You mean, there's something weird about that Niuxin Mountain?"

Fourth Master sneered and said, "Where are there so many man-eating monsters and ghosts in this world? Most of them are just pretending to be ghosts."

Thinking about it carefully, Niuxin Mountain made such a battle, and the horror rumors are spreading. Its purpose is to prevent people from going up the mountain and to cover up some shady things. Although it cannot be sure that it has something to do with the Zhen family, it is a clue after all. , is worth digging into.

Well aware of the other party's vigilance and cunning, Prince Yu didn't even send anyone to find out what happened first, and led his troops to make a surprise attack that night.

Although the process is tortuous and thrilling, the result is very gratifying. Who would have thought that the big fish that seems to have evaporated from the world was really caught just like this!

That Niuxin Mountain is indeed a den of the fourth son of the emperor. The so-called white ghosts are actually just his subordinates, a group of minions in white clothes and white turbans. It was those people who deliberately made noises to scare people, and those people who died on the mountain were undoubtedly killed by these people, in order to turn this Niuxin Mountain into a forbidden place that no one dares to set foot in, to protect their lives. This den is not exposed.

For so many years, no one dared to take a step forward. Almost everyone mentioned Niu Xinshan with fear. Obviously, the trick of pretending to be a ghost has made it very successful. Many people are very confident about it. After more than ten years, almost everyone He had lost his vigilance and his defense was very lax. This time Prince Yu and Fourth Master led a group of elite soldiers to attack, they were caught off guard and stunned. By the time they reacted, half of them were dead.

Although most of these people are just mobs and are definitely not opponents of a group of elite soldiers, there are also some people with very strong martial arts among them, which caused some casualties to the soldiers. After all, the elite soldiers of the imperial court still beat those thieves into bereaved dogs.

Seeing this situation, the four sons of the former emperor knew that it was not good, and their hearts were full of hatred, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth with hatred and secretly said, "Let the green hills be left without worrying about no firewood", and turned around with the remaining few martial arts masters His subordinates tried their best to fight a bloody road and escaped, but in the dark, they panicked and were forced to go up the cliff. In the end, they were shot through the chest with an arrow by Prince Yu, who was chasing after him.

"Uncle?" Fourth Master couldn't help frowning, did that man really die like this?

Prince Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "I'm sure that my arrow shot through his heart just now, but just in case, I'd better send someone to look at the bottom of the cliff, anyway, if you want to see people, you need to see dead bodies." .”

Fourth Master also nodded in agreement.

The operation was a complete victory. The escaped Zhen family members were all arrested, and the huge amount of treasure finally revealed its true colors. Box after box full of gold and silver treasures can blind people's eyes. Fourth Master and Prince Yu couldn't help but gasp, hating that cowardly and greedy traitor even more.

Holding such a treasure in their hands, the two sons and grandsons of the Aixinjueluo family felt a little restless. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, the two decided to return to Beijing as soon as possible to return to their lives, and they had to be sent to the treasury safely. , their hearts can be at ease.

What is just a little disturbing is that there is a torrent at the bottom of the cliff. Once people fall, they will be washed away. After searching for several days, they have never seen a single person. It is true that no one is alive or dead.

Although he knew that the result would not satisfy the Holy One, but Prince Yu really had no choice but to go back to Beijing as planned, accompanied by the Lin family's boat.

On the way, I also encountered two groups of water robbers who were not long-sighted, or they were motivated by profit, but they were all dealt with neatly by the soldiers. snowflakes.

Without even having time to enter the house, Lin Ruhai briefly washed and washed on the boat, and then went into the palace with Fourth Master and Prince Yu after getting off the boat.

The monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time in the imperial study room, but unexpectedly, they were reserved for dinner by the Holy Majesty. In an instant, the name Lin Ruhai became famous in the hearts of those powerful and powerful people in the capital, and they couldn't help but secretly be cautious.

Even if the emperor enjoys a dish at will, it is all grace and glory, not to mention eating at the same table with the emperor, it is also a rare honor for those princes, the civil and military of the whole dynasty are counted by the hand of the emperor. Those who come here are all the emperor's confidantes. Lin Ruhai's receiving this kind of grace is enough to show his status in the emperor's heart, so people have to treat it with caution.

After the dinner, Lin Ruhai and Prince Yu left one after another, only the fourth master was left behind.

Kangxi quietly looked at his son who had grown tall and straight in front of him, and said with a light smile, "Unknowingly, my fourth child has also grown up. I plan to nominate you a Fujin in this year's general election. What do you think?"

The fourth master seemed a little embarrassed when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "I want to ask Huang Ama for a favor, and give my son the eldest daughter of Mr. Lin Ruhai's family."

"The eldest daughter of Lin Ruhai's family?" Kangxi chuckled lightly, his eyes unclear, "You only have eyes for her? Except she doesn't want to marry anyone else?"

Rao had already made preparations, but fourth master couldn't help becoming a little nervous at this moment, afraid that he would accidentally make the same mistakes again.

"It's not that she is the only one. It's just that I think that Di Fujin is different from other women after all. The so-called young couples who come to accompany each other are after all, people who want to be with each other for a lifetime. I always hope to marry someone who is at least more satisfactory. Yes, in the future it should be beautiful to support each other and accompany each other, so as not to hate each other and make the house restless. However, Lin's appearance is so rare that I find it pleasing to the eye, so I dared to ask Huang Ama for a marriage. grace."

"What if I disagree?"

The fourth master was silent for a moment, and said: "If Huang Ama disagrees, then there must be a reason. I believe that Huang Ama will never harm my son."

Hearing this, Kangxi didn't show it on the face, but his momentum was no longer so oppressive, he just said indifferently: "This matter is not urgent, I will take a closer look at it when the general election is held, and I will definitely give you a good suggestion."

The fourth master didn't say anything else, he just said respectfully: "Lao Huang, Ama, don't worry."

Kangxi nodded in satisfaction, and said casually: "I heard that the imperial concubine and concubine De each rewarded you with a court lady, but in the end they sent you to the sewing room? But it's not to your liking?"

"The people Er Niang and De Er Niang rewarded are very good, but I don't want other women to have children before the eldest son is born, so I didn't ask them to serve in front of me for the time being."

"What's so difficult about it, just pour a bowl of Bizi soup down. You are no longer young. Even if you get married, Di Fujin doesn't come in so quickly. You can't always have no one around to serve you."

But the fourth master said: "If you really raise your heart, I'm afraid it will be impossible to guard against. Those women's methods... If you accidentally make an eldest son before Di Fujin enters the door, Di Fujin's face will not be good after all. , It is not conducive to the peace and harmony of the house."

The last sentence obviously hit Kangxi's heart. His two sons, Yinfeng and Yinreng, are the eldest and the first, so they refused to accept each other, and they fought from small to big. Now as they get older, The fight became more and more fierce, it was really a headache, and he thought more than once, if Yinfeng was born in front of Yinfeng, there was no eldest son, only the eldest son, would Yinfeng's position be more stable So, wouldn't it be that Yinyi wouldn't be forced to hold his breath and refuse to admit defeat by the treacherous officials and thieves?

With a silent sigh, Kangxi said calmly: "Originally, I planned to point out Fujin and you together during this general election, but now I hear what you mean, but I don't want to?"

Fourth Master's body was slightly stiff, but his face remained calm, he only frowned slightly, and said: "The status of the side Fujin is far different from that of ordinary Gege, if he points at the same time as Di Fujin, isn't it a slap in the face of Di Fujin? I don't know." It's hard to guarantee that Huang Ama is dissatisfied with Four Fujin, how will the son's Fujin gain a foothold in the royal family in the future? I'm afraid that even the wives of those ministers will not pay attention to Four Fujin."

"That's why I think that this side of Fujin should be pointed out in the next general election. No matter who the daughter of Fujin's family is, this bit of face should be given enough, and the husband and wife are one. If you are disgusted and dissatisfied, your son's face will not look good in the future."

Kangxi was taken aback, "I've overlooked this, that's all, let's talk about it next time." After finishing speaking, he told him to step down.

Fourth Master retired respectfully, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after walking a long way.

Is this trial a pass?