Enter Jia Amnesty from the Red Chamber

The prefect of Jinling seems to be developing in the direction of Lord Qingtian recently.

The Qinhuai River, where people come and go, is the craziest area for news transmission. Every night, after dinner, tourists always like to gather a few friends to talk about what they have seen and heard recently.

Speaking of which, Jinling has been really lively in the past three to five days. Most of the business on the Qinhuai River has been contracted by Caishikou, and you can hear new things wherever you go.Careful people made a little statistics and found that the egg and vegetable leaves sold at Caishikou can be worth a flower boat with a good business. This is so sensational.

Jinling, where there are many rich people, is used to producing talented men and beautiful women, as well as dandy and unfilial sons. Everyone is tired of hearing such things as fighting and molesting decent women, but the prefect of Jinling, who is known as Jin's timid, even cuts down more than [-] dandies in a row. Young Master, there are hundreds of suspects caught in the prison, the yamen is besieged by servants of various families all day long, and all kinds of suffering people who have nowhere to avenge come to complain, I have never seen it.

"You don't know, right? Today, several people were arrested for molesting women from good families. You said that the prison cells in the government office are not full yet? There must be hundreds of people. Those who were arrested were said to be suspects, but none of them Never let it out."

"How could it not be full? I heard from the person who watched the cell that there are only a dozen or so cells in total. Usually, three cells are too much for one cell. Now, there are only a dozen or so people in one cell. If there are a hundred or so cells, there will be no more cells." Stand on your feet, do you think there are so many dudes in Jinling?"

"There must be. Among the hundred or so salt merchants, rice merchants, grain and oil merchants, there are always five or six dandies in the whole family. Usually the prefects don't arrest them. Now if they really want to arrest one, there must be one. There are two hundred or so. Not too much."

"That's right, do you know how many sons of the three-bedroom elder family of the Xue family of the Jinling emperor? It is the Xue family who just died a while ago and was the head of the family! One of the two concubines is three years old and the other is still in their infancy. I heard that their wives are about to cry to death outside the yamen, but Jin Taishou will not let them go."

"It's more than crying to death, it's about to cause trouble. Today I heard that the guards in their house fought with the arresters, and the yamen didn't even dare to open the gate."

"Can you stop making trouble? The mother-in-law will have to rely on those sons for the rest of her life. Don't those concubines who are all dead be afraid of her head? Why do you think Jin Taishou is so noisy? The attack is not light, targeting All of them seem to be members of the Four Great Families of Jinling."

"You don't know this, do you? It is said that it was the Zhen family who did it, and they have torn their faces." The tea drinker on the next table suddenly interrupted, and the big guy made sense when he heard it, "You all know that Jia The elder of the family is about to come to Jiangnan to be the governor, and the second-rank official is the biggest one in Jiangnan, do you think the Zhen family is willing?"

"Aren't they always on good terms? It's not uncommon for them to control prices together!"

"The key problem lies in the elder Xi. The elder Xi and the Zhen family are not on the same side. He is a real woman who stands on the opposite side of the Zhen family. You often hear the Zhen family showing off their family's eleventh year." Brother."

"This is the situation in Jinling before the arrival of the Grand Master Amnesty. If the Zhen family continues to make a move, the four families will not be able to stand up. It will be useless when the Grand Master Amnesty arrives. I am afraid that it will be no different from those governors in the past. go."

"No, if those families are established now, they will be no worse than the Zhen family in the future. If they don't, then blame yourself for being incompetent. This is just to punish the dude. Next, you may have to target shops, prices, connections, etc. It is the foundation of several companies."

Big guys, you say something to each other, as if a business war is about to be staged.

Even outsiders can think clearly about the things they want to understand. How can the four families of Jinling be so stupid? The leaders of the eighth house of the Jia family gathered together with dark faces. There were many disputes.

As the oldest and oldest old man Jia San rubbed his eyebrows and said with some discomfort, "Let's talk about it, what should we do next."

The five-room old man whose grandsons in his family had been beheaded for public display was dissatisfied and said, "Tell me, what exactly does Jia She want to do? If you really want to object to the Zhen family, why didn't you say hello earlier? Let's make preparations early. You can’t be so passively beaten! The five grain shops in front owed Zhen’s tens of thousands of taels of money on credit until now. They just said yesterday that they can release my kid, but they won’t pay the debt. What’s the matter? .”

As soon as the five-room old man opened his mouth, the fourth old man sitting next to him couldn't help complaining, "That's right, we used to be friends with the Zhen family for generations. Without him pardoning the old man, we don't know how happy our life is. In the early years, he followed Sibeile is a chance meeting, so we can't say anything, but now that he is here again, he really thinks the Zhen family is so easy to mess with."

"Okay, the Zhen family put on a gesture to tear their faces apart, and we refused to even persuade someone to surrender. It's clear that we don't want to hang out with our Jia family and look down on our Jia family. What do you all expect? ?” The third old master was so speechless that he dropped his glass, thinking of this, he felt extremely unhappy.

Thinking about how their Zhen family clung to their Jia family at the beginning, now that their Jia family is in decline, they want to kick them away. They really did a good job.

After the third old man finished speaking, the few old men sitting below stopped talking again, who would feel at ease when they were looked down upon.

"Don't just sit there, try to tell what you have under your command. Let's all figure out how to resist the Zhen family. They are not benevolent and we are not righteous. I have to go to the other families later." The third old man was in a bad mood. , the tone is of course not that good.

"The prefect Jin is the husband of Zhen Yingjia's second daughter. The Zhen family will not let go, and he will never let the children of our family go. I have no evidence of their in-laws of the Zhen family. So far, no one has been arrested. If Brother Lian or It’s okay if Uncle She is here, but now, none of the officials in Jinling have the guts to stand in line.”

Old Master Jia Ba frowned, and retorted, "That's not true. I'm afraid our price is not as high as the Zhen family's. Who doesn't know that the Zhen family has more money? As long as we can afford the money, I can go to the governor of Yangzhou. That guy is used to hob meat, and he is a member of Lord Belle, and I am considered an in-law, so he may not be afraid of the Zhen family."

"Yangzhou prefect? ​​The one who always finds fault with the Zhen family?" The eyes of the third old man lit up.

Speaking of this person, he is quite famous. Like Lin Ruhai, this guy was only a small official when he first came to Yangzhou, and he also stood in the Zhen family camp. After being the prefect, he died in the Zhen family once, and now he is united with Lin Ruhai and the two city defense generals, and he has gained a firm foothold in Yangzhou.

"Yes, there is also Lin Ruhai. Our Jia family can't get people to join the Zhen family in Jinling officialdom, but we can do it in Yangzhou. There are also people from the Shi family. Those guys are still in the army. It's not a small thing to say An official." When the sixth master thinks of Lin Ruhai, he is very happy. The son-in-law of the Jia family is in charge of the salt transportation, which is the most profitable business in the whole south of the Yangtze River. The Zhen family usually intervenes a lot.

The fourth old lady frowned, "That guy Lin Ruhai is unreliable, his body is so bad, he might die one day, and he will die in succession with his wife and children, so it may be difficult for him to take action. It is said that he has not done much business until now. "

The fifth old man curled his lips and said in disapproval, "That's not necessarily the case. Lin Ruhai is used to fighting against the Zhen family. Now that we are supporting him, if he doesn't do anything, it will be even more difficult for him to make meritorious deeds and return to the capital. Just like him , If you stay in Jiangnan for another year or two, you will definitely die, and I don’t know how Girl Min takes care of the backyard, the young masters and young ladies of the prefect’s family in Yangzhou are all living well, and I haven’t seen any sick ones.”

The eighth old master smiled mysteriously, "You don't know, right? The wife of the prefect of Yangzhou was born as an official in the palace. In the past, she has never seen such a big storm with the big beile. It is said that she also knows art. How can girl Min be good at this?" Compared with others, they are completely prepared."

"Wait, why do you say that, the Lin family is weak and the Zhen family's handwriting is there? How come we haven't received any news." The fourth old lady frowned deeply, "No matter how weak that guy is, he is still our Jia family's in-laws. The Zhen family has given up on our Jia family for a long time! They didn't even say hello before making a move, it's not very authentic."

The eighth old man smiled mysteriously, as if he knew everything about the land in Yangzhou, "If we don't know, it doesn't mean that the old lady in the capital doesn't know. The prefect of Yangzhou mentioned to me that there are people in the Rongguo Mansion coveting the Lin family's wealth." Gestures, Min girl, mother and son had an accident a while ago, the Lin family said it was Enfang, but in fact there were no fewer than twenty servants from the Rongguo Mansion who were sent to work in the quarry."

As soon as the eighth old lady finished speaking, all the old ladies sitting there frowned deeply.

The fifth old lady really didn't care about Lin Ruhai in the past, but what the old lady of Rongguo Mansion did surprised her. It stands to reason that Rongguo Mansion is not poor, and there is a lot of filial piety every year.

"Then Lin Ruhai can follow us to deal with the Zhen family? There is a possibility that he will fall into trouble." The fifth old man rubbed his brows, he hadn't seen that the Rongguo Mansion could cause such troubles in the past, a Jia amnesty is not enough, and the old lady who usually looks good Such things can be done secretly.

"He will help, and I don't know what he is paying attention to. Isn't Jia Zheng going to pay his condolences recently? It is said that someone was arranged to receive him, but he was buried long ago. The Rongguo Mansion's handling of this matter is too dishonest, and I heard that Jia Zheng didn't say anything good." The Eighth Old Master shook his head, "It was good to look at Brother Zheng in the past, is it just my delusion?"

"Oh, I really heard about what you said," said the fourth master, his eyes lit up when he mentioned it, "A while ago I went to Yangzhou to look at the latest calligraphy and paintings, do you know what I heard others say? It is said that there are not half of good people in our Jia family, Jia Min’s deceased relatives did not show up, the scene was an embarrassment, and the most important thing was the complaint from Brother Zheng, who found it bothersome and tiring when he arrived late.”

"So, there is no one good in the Rongguo Mansion. The Ningguo Mansion is more peaceful." The third old man sighed deeply, "This time Jia Amnesty's emergence is probably related to the decline of the Ningrong Second Mansion. The Holy One is afraid." It is to punish the Zhen family, Jia Amnesty took this opportunity to re-enter the eyes of the royal family, and he did nothing wrong."

The fifth old man rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, "The key point is that this kid doesn't say hello in advance."

"It's useless to say hello, just the few in your family, sooner or later they will all be hacked, I told you to restrain the children, don't really make trouble, you don't listen, it's all right now, once people make trouble , don’t even think about running away from your family.” The third old master gave him a direct look, and his tone was quite unfriendly.

The sons and grandchildren who were arrested the most belonged to the old five family, like the third old master's family, at most they were arrested and locked up, and it would depend on whether he would agree or not to forge charges.

The fifth old man was so upset that he drank his tea in one gulp, "Then what should we do now, we can't just watch the children being arrested one by one. It's not good for others to think that our family is too weak."

"Old eight, you are familiar with Yangzhou, you should contact the prefect of Yangzhou and Lin Ruhai as soon as possible, and fifth, get someone to prepare the evidence that the Zhen family extorted money and not return the money, go to him directly to prefect Jin, and then go to those suffering masters to retract the confession, Be sure to hold down the energy and strength of Jin Taishou."

"Understood!" The two looked at each other and smiled, and turned around to make the Zhen family look good.

"You two, the fourth and the sixth, pay attention to the movement of the Zhen family. The nine and ten, you two, keep an eye on the Jinling officialdom. If one of you dares to turn against you, just poison me and let them all wake up to me. The Zhen family is not easy to mess with, nor is our Jia family."

Lao Jiu, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth, "Third brother, why don't we instruct those in-laws in the officialdom to disobey orders? I remember that there was a concubine in Wufang who married the head secretary, right? This person usually bears the name of our in-laws in the Jia family, now is the time to contribute."

The third old lady nodded, "That's right. If we want to turn against each other, it depends on whether we are willing or not. Later, please list these in-law relationships, no matter whether they are useful or not, one of them on the boat should not even think about running away."

"That's right, our Jia's mansion is in trouble. If those bastards get better, they don't know how to make trouble." Nine old masters have obviously seen the inside story, "It is said that the master has already planned to divorce his wife."

"What! How dare that bitch!" The fifth old man's eyes were wide open, and he was about to step forward in a rage, "Third brother, these bastards really cannot be let go, and we have to let them play forward! They all play forward!"

"Well, you can help Lao Jiu with these things when you have time." The third old lady nodded. People from the Wang family, I'm afraid they still value Wang Ziteng."

"That little bastard, Wang Ziteng, got himself up by relying on our connections in Jia's house. Now it's good. He just stood by and watched when Jia's family was in trouble." The fifth old man was quite angry. I will write to my brothers to see how Wang Ziteng can gain a foothold in the army!"

"What's the use of those brothers of yours in ruining people's reputation? They have to be trusted by others. How close can anyone be with someone now? It's not because of the benefits. Wang Ziteng can give it, but we can't give it now, maybe. It’s better for historians to write letters.” The fourth old man came out to object again, and the fifth old man stared round again and was very upset.

"Third Brother, did Jia Amnesty arrange someone to pick them up earlier? We still have people on the pier." Lao Jiu raised another crucial sentence, "No matter how much trouble we make, it will be up to Jia Amnesty in the end, otherwise everything will be in jeopardy." no good."

"No, they must bring enough people. We don't have enough people on the pier, so we can't lose too much. We will go there when it is almost here, so that it will be effective. Recently, I have restrained my children and don't let them be arrested easily. Go, it is still difficult for them to come and rob someone.”

"Understood!" After finishing speaking, the internal meeting was over, each of them went out of the house to do what they should do, and the third master hurried to the Shijia.

The past few days have passed quietly, the danger has never come, not to mention the guards, Jia She is a little anxious, the fear of the unknown is the most terrifying.I don't know how the Wang family is preparing.

At night, it was eerily quiet, and there seemed to be none of the ships that were usually seen here.

After a while, one of Fourth Master's guards rushed to report, "Master, a fleet of ten ships is coming."

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he quickly ran to the deck to watch. Jia Lian's heart beat faster for a moment, and his whole body twitched slightly to keep up.

The surrounding area is too quiet, and the posture of the fleet in front is not correct. The river here is quite wide, and it would be troublesome to swim back to the shore in case of an accident, at least he can't do it now.

But that's good too, at least there won't be too many actions on the shore, and the only thing to pay attention to is the confrontation on the water.

"Light the torches and signal the other two ships to be more vigilant." Jia Amnesty ran back to the cabin and put on the equipment that had been prepared a long time ago.Jia Lian didn't open his mouth all the time, but just followed the Elder Master to do things.

After getting dressed, Jia Amnesty held the jar of sauce and poured it into the water spoon by spoon. The people on the two boats before and after were also doing the same work.

Sensing the gloomy atmosphere, the eldest wife and Wang Xifeng came out quietly, "Master, is something wrong?"

"Well, chances are high. Whether we can get rid of the enemy this time depends on Jiao Da's skills." Jia She smiled slightly, then poured something into the water, "You two go back quickly, lock the doors and windows and hide under the bed , As long as the boat is not sunk, you must not come out. Also, aren’t the two big tanks in the house filled with water? Once the boat burns, you will sprinkle water on the doors and windows.”

"Okay." Xing Shi and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, their faces turned pale from nervousness.Wang Xifeng hugged Qiao'er who was sleeping soundly, and hid under the bed.

"The boat is coming." Jia Lian took a deep breath, touched and prayed, hoping that they were overthinking this time.

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