Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Not long after Emperor Ding'an came to the throne, although he suppressed the rebels with thunderous means, he also eliminated many national thieves this time, leaving a huge lack of official positions and a vacuum of power.Some of them, who were not defeated in this incident, even started buying and selling officials because of their high positions and powers.

Among them is the former crown princess, the mother's family of the current queen.It should be said that the current empress has a very high family background, she is the sister of the former Nan'an County King's direct relative, and now the Nan'an County King's direct relative's aunt.After the world was settled, the four kings and eight princes and other families were all taken over. Even the king of Beijing with the highest contribution had only a false title. Only the king of Nan'an County is still leading the army. It is because the Nan'an king's family has a crown prince for the sake.

In the previous life, it was the Seventh Prince who ascended the throne, but several years after the new emperor ascended the throne, Nan'an County King still stands tall.It wasn't until after the death of Taishang Huangtaihe and the defeat of Xihai Yanzi in Nan'an County that Nan'an Palace was truly taken back from the military power, and the house was ransacked.In the previous life, the prince had no ambitions, and the concubine of Nan'an dared to look like a human being. After defeating Xihai Yanzi, she forced Jia Tanchun to be her righteous daughter and marriage. stand up.

In this life, because Emperor Ding'an was poisoned, he didn't react quickly. During the years when the princes fought most fiercely, they relied on Lin Ruhai on the outside, and relied on the queen on the inside for many years.At first, two censors joined Huo Jiong, the younger brother of the king of Nan'an County, to buy and sell officials for personal gain.Emperor Ding'an thought about Empress Huo's distress, and under Huo Jiong's ingenious arguments, he not only believed Huo Jiong's innocence, but even reprimanded Yushi a few words.Although the censor was not punished for this, after all, all the officials saw that the Huo family was backed by Emperor Ding'an, and turned a blind eye to the Huo family's actions.

Man said that when the first emperor was alive, he was afraid of Lin Ruhai after hearing the slander from Niao Jin Gongzang. He only said that Lin Ruhai was in charge of the household department, and Emperor Ding'an relied on him, and entrusted him to track down the treacherous party.Even if Lin Ruhai had the heart, he would not be able to intervene in the affairs of the Nan'an Palace. After this, the Nan'an Palace became more and more daring.

He also said that Jia Yucun, who went to Lin's house to seek a teacher seven years ago, was capable and good at franchisees. He taught Zhen Baoyu at Zhen Yingjia's residence for a year, and got his recovery through Zhen Yingjia's network.At that time, because of Concubine Zhen Gui's ambition, Zhen Yingjia promoted Jia Yucun, originally to train courtiers for the fifth prince. Later, when Concubine Zhen did something bad, Jia Yucun intentionally or unintentionally went far away from the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, but recognized the same clan as the Rongguo Mansion and got very close.

Jia Yucun climbed to the Nan'an Palace through the Rongguo Mansion, and the Nan'an County King led the troops. Jia Yucun was promoted to Da Sima under the mediation of the Nan'an King's younger brother Huo Jiong.It is also said that Jia Yucun is the home of Xinrong, and many court officials thought that he had gained power, but many were willing to make friends with him, so the news about Jia Yucun was actually a few clever people.Jia Yucun found out that Emperor Ding'an wanted to take care of the Jiangnan Zhen family, so he stepped forward and read Zhen Yingjia's book.

Although Jia Yucun has only been a guest in Zhen's house for one year, he also worked in Jiangnan when he first resumed. Jia Yucun often secretly provided convenience for Zhen Yingjia's sale of private salt.Now the Zhen family has been completely defeated, but the drums are broken and everyone is beating. Jia Yucun wrote a detailed memorial about the Zhen family's smuggling of private salt, expelled himself, and only pushed all the crimes on Zhen Yingjia's head. Let people find mistakes and omissions.

It also coincided with the bad luck of the two censors at the censor platform. When the two censors visited Huo Jiong in Nan'an Wangfu, it was Jia Yucun who was promoted by Huo Jiong.Jia Yucun is a Jinshi who was born in Zhengzheng Kedi, and he also made good achievements in the south of the Yangtze River. Huo Jiong complained in front of Emperor Ding'an, and Emperor Ding'an checked Jia Yucun. The virtuous have meritorious deeds, so the two censors were reprimanded.

However, the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River is also a century-old family, and Zhen Yingjia was re-elected as the salt transport envoy for several years. After the salt transport envoy stepped down, he is still in charge of Jiangning weaving until now.Both the Salt Transport Envoy and the Weaving Mansion are fat jobs, and the inspection of Zhen's house in the south of the Yangtze River is especially the fat job among the fat jobs.Now that it is heard that Emperor Ding'an is going to move the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, some people who don't understand come up with the idea of ​​this errand. Only those who are open-minded know that the raid on the Zhen family is a matter of Emperor Ding'an's prestige, who dares to be inside Enriching yourself is a dead word.

Huo Jiong naturally sought this job through Empress Huo, but Emperor Ding'an still knew his current situation and made plans to train the prince as soon as possible.Many people secretly planned for half a day, and finally decided that the prince should go to the south of the Yangtze River.The crown prince ordered troops to go south, and dispatched troops from the Beijing camp, led by Li Han. Liu Xianglian had also joined the army because of his contribution to the schoolyard incident in the suburbs of Beijing.And because Lin Feng was the prince's companion, he also went south to see the world together.

This day when Lin Feng was out of school, his family talked about it, and Lin Ruhai and Jia Min had to give them detailed instructions.Lin Feng smiled and said, "I'm just following to see the world, and it's not my turn to make up my mind, and there are two martial arts masters, Brother Li Han and Brother Liu, who are following, father, father, what else is there to worry about? I am If you want to make a move, it's just not my turn. Our family has no grievances with the Zhen family, and when the Zhen family saw money and wanted to harm me, I was happy to see their family fall."

Lin Ruhai listened to this, pondered for a long time and said: "Regardless of the national law and personal grievances, the Zhen family deserves what they deserve, but Brother Cheng needs to be more calm, and sometimes he doesn't have to force himself to stand out. Since the government is going to investigate and deal with it, their family will not be caught. Alright, brother Ling, don’t be as knowledgeable as this kind of people just because you are angry in your heart, so as not to tarnish our identities.” After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai sighed again: “It has been several years since we found out about their conspiracy, today they are counted. Retribution, I have wronged you for several years, but when the end of the world comes to reincarnation, it can be regarded as an explanation to our family."

Lin Feng listened and nodded naturally.Although he hated the Zhen family deeply, he would not avenge himself publicly at this moment.Gein Lin Ruhai is too powerful now, every word and deed of the Lin family is related to the reputation of his father and the entire Lin family.Although Lin Feng was young, when he was a child, the Lin family did not hide the conspiracy of the Zhen family and other things from him, so he understood.

All matters were agreed upon, and an auspicious day was chosen, and the prince took his official mission to the south.

Since returning to Beijing, this is the first time for Lin Rong to return to his hometown, and the prince, Li Han, and Lin Rong are all young at heart, and they spend a lot of time watching the scenery from the bow of the boat.It's just because it's midsummer now, and the boat gets hotter as it goes south. After all, within a few days, the scorching sun has sunk several people into the cabin, and they can only look at the scenery on both sides of the river through the window.

After traveling for more than a month, the boat finally arrived at the boundary of Jiangnan.On this day, when everyone abandoned the boat and landed, the prince ordered Liu Xianglian to take the officers and soldiers to Jinling in a mighty way first, and told Liu Xianglian to say: "Go to Suzhou if you have something to do, and you will take the troops to Jinling and station there. Wait for a few days." Afterwards, I didn't do anything until I arrived in Jinling alone.Liu Xianglian accepted the order and said yes, and left with her team.

The crown prince, Lin Feng, and Li Han went to Suzhou with only a small group of guards.What are you going to do with this group of people in Suzhou?It turned out that the crown prince appointed Daiyu, and Li Han appointed Yinglian. Both of them had their ancestral home in Suzhou, but they went to buy Suzhou soil rituals in person.Needless to say, Lin Feng was originally from Suzhou, but his hometown is blurred in his memory.

As the saying goes, soldiers are very fast, but the prince and his party came here so unhurriedly. The boat on the road is no longer fast, and after reaching the border of the south of the Yangtze River, he went to Suzhou to delay for a few days. Zhen Yingjia got the news. up.

However, although Liu Xianglian led the troops to Jinling, she did not search the Zhen Mansion immediately, but first contacted Liu Fu's former comrades, and Jinling City bought the earthen ceremony and wrapped it up, and was going to send it home. .

After Concubine Zhen Guifei committed a crime, Zhen Yingjia had no support and was always in fear. This year was extremely uneasy. Even if the household department came to deliver the ordinary mansion newspaper every month, Zhen Yingjia would be frightened out of her wits.Among them, a few months ago, Zhen Baoyu was bestowed a marriage by the imperial decree. It was honorable for a saint to give a marriage, but at that time, Zhen Yingjia and his wife almost jumped out of their hearts.After being so worried for a year, now that he finally learned that the crown prince was going south, Zhen Yingjia was so frightened that she dropped the tea bowl on the ground.He was afraid and felt relieved at the same time, like a dying person who is finally getting out of the sea of ​​suffering.

However, when the official documents for confiscating the house arrived, so did the officials, but no one came to the house to search, Zhen Yingjia felt relieved again, and the feeling of cutting flesh with a blunt knife was extremely uncomfortable.Now Zhen Yingjia is like a mouse caught by a cat but not killed in one bite, fleeing but not daring to escape, but frightened to death.

On the third day, Zhen Yingjia finally felt unable to hold back, and woke up from a nightmare, unconsciously urinating on the bed.

It is said that disaster is imminent, in the past three days, concubines have been relying on Zhen Yingjia's love, and they have come to beg Zhen Yingjia to reward them with their body deeds and let them live.These goblin-like people used to coax Zhen Yingjia to be happy. When things came to an end, they were all ruthless. Zhen Yingjia was so angry that he slapped these concubines and shut them up in the firewood room.At this moment, the only one who is still by Zhen Yingjia's side is Mrs. Zhen whom he always disliked, so today Zhen Yingjia rests at Mrs. Zhen's place, and a nightmare wets the bed. up.

Mrs. Zhen also got busy, and told the maids to boil water and the two of them scrubbed and changed their clothes. After everything was done, Mrs. Zhen came to ask Zhen Yingjia what nightmare she had, and she became so scared.

Zhen Yingjiaping retreated to serve the crowd, leaving only the husband and wife in the room. Zhen Yingjia then recounted the scenes in her dream: At Iron Net Mountain last year, the Fifth Prince was defeated. Concubine Zhen did not die of illness, but was bestowed to death by the late emperor. Even the powerful Lin Ruhai knew about the murder of Lin Rong by the Zhen family.

After listening to Mrs. Zhen, she comforted her and said, "Master is too worried. Although the news from Beijing is that the imperial concubine died of illness, judging from the fate of the fifth prince and the eighth prince's grandson, we have already figured it out. Reply There are no eggs under the nest. Fortunately, the daughter-in-law Sun Qing, who was given the marriage the day before yesterday, is still in good spirits. The marriage will take place in less than a month. Because the officers and soldiers from the capital are slow to come, we have already packed up the treasures and sent Baoyu and the daughter-in-law to a suitable place. , what do we husband and wife have to be afraid of?"

Zhen Yingjia nodded after hearing this, then grabbed Mrs. Zhen's hand and said, "Madam is talking about it, but you said, how are Baoyu and the others doing well? Will the daughter-in-law despise him in the future? We have already studied with the daughter-in-law. I'm just afraid that once the two of us leave, I'm afraid that my daughter-in-law will run away with her bag and leave Baoyu behind."

Concubine Zhen held Zhen Yingjia's hand, her eyes showed a trace of cruelty, and she said: "Sun Yu did many shameful things back then, just chasing and killing Liu Fu was enough for him to die without a place to bury him, so what else is there for Sun Qing?" Where can I go? Besides, the two people around Baoyu and his wife are all confidantes I have cultivated for many years, and they are extremely reliable. A silver lining.

We are doomed, Sun Qing has already married into our family, and the marriage was bestowed by the late emperor.If she publicized the matter of repairing books to avoid crimes, it would be a dead word.She is not for us, for the child in her womb, and she will not be stupid.Since the master is worried, I will go to see them quietly again in the evening, just beating and beating.

This time the crown prince personally led troops to raid our house, and we pleaded more respectfully. Only Baoyu and the others who have not committed any crimes have a chance.I originally thought that when the crown prince came, Beijing would not be able to spare us. I didn't want the crown prince to be like his father, who is also a wimp with no idea. When he arrives in the rich and gentle south of the Yangtze River, he may be dazzled and not know.If the prince is a hanger in the Qinglou Chuguan, I am afraid that he will be very confused in his affairs, and the matter of Baoyu and his wife will be more likely to be confused. "

After hearing what Mrs. Zhen said was reasonable, Zhen Yingjia was a little relieved.

It turned out that Emperor Taihe granted Zhen Baoyu and Sun Qing a marriage at the beginning of the year, and the officials and eunuchs who came to grant the marriage knew that the Zhen family had fallen, and impatiently delayed, forcing Zhen Baoyu and Sun Qing to handle the marriage hastily.The eldest son of the Jiangnan Zhen family married the granddaughter of the governor of the Jiangnan, and the six ceremonies were spent in a hasty manner.

Although this Zhen Baoyu hurts his head, he has not lost his disposition of loving flowers and tender willows. Although he is not good at other things, he is as good at human affairs as Jia Baoyu.When Zhen Baoyu saw Sun Qing's talent and appearance, he actually liked him very much. On the night of their marriage, he and Sun Qing made a good deal.Although Sun Qing was unwilling in every possible way, but the matter has come to this point, there is no room for resistance. Who wants to get married in less than a month, and Sun Qing is pregnant.

Zhen Yingjia and his wife knew that the Zhen family would not be able to keep them, so after Sun Qing became pregnant, they wrote a revision book, coaxed Zhen Baoyu to draw a painting, and sent a few confidantes to take Zhen Baoyu and his wife to find a place outside the wilderness to avoid the limelight. .

At dusk and night, Zhen Yingjia and his wife disguised themselves as two market ladies and women, and they quietly came to a mountain temple outside Jinling City, where Zhen Baoyu and Sun Qing hid.That mountain temple was originally the place where a group of kidnappers kidnapped girls and raised them secretly. Although the outside is dilapidated, the underground is spacious and comfortable.

Speaking of this mountain temple, ever since the abductor case was solved, it has become more and more rumored that its geomantic omens are extremely bad, and there are evil spirits haunting it, even the villagers woodcutters, no one dares to go to that mountain.As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest. Who would have thought that Baoyu and his wife from the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River would flee far away from the wilderness of the frontier, and they were still in Jinling?Who would have thought that Zhen Baoyu and his wife would hide in the ruined temple where the kidnapping case happened?Therefore, Zhen Yingjia and his wife found this hiding place for Zhen Baoyu, but they lost their minds, and it was extremely appropriate.

Zhen Yingjia and his wife went to see Zhen Baoyu and his wife, and stayed in the mountain temple for one night. The next day, before dawn, they changed their clothes and went back outside the city gate. They waited for a while before opening the city gate and entering the city.The husband and wife saw that Zhen Baoyu and his wife were both fine, and felt that they had done this without anyone noticing it. It only took a few years for Zhen Baoyu and his wife to pass the limelight, and they went far away to search for other provinces with their family wealth. If you hide your name, you will not be afraid.So Zhen Yingjia and his wife felt relieved and just waited for the prince to come to search the Zhen family.

After waiting for another day, the prince and his party came to Jinling from Suzhou, pulling a cart of local instruments and specialties behind them, and leisurely entered the city.It took another half a day before ordering soldiers and horses to search Zhen's house.

The accompanying officials from the household department took a detailed look at the property of the Zhen family. Except for a magnificent mansion and a small amount of gold, silver, copper and tin, high-quality ebony and mahogany furniture, and some high-quality materials that were greedy in previous years, there is not much other gold and silver. , the original farm shop was also sold off.It was supposed to take several days to inspect the huge Zhen family, but it was cleared in one and a half days.

The crown prince saw the completed list, frowned, and said, "It's a century-old distinguished family, why is this idea? How many rewards did the Emperor Taizu grant you back then? I don't want to check it carefully!" Ask carefully.

Zhen Yingjia and his wife were escorted by several soldiers and knelt down in front of the crown prince. The crown prince asked again if they had ever kept any private possessions?Zhen Yingjia said: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, knows that the guilty minister knows that he has committed a serious crime and deserves death. I only regret that he woke up too late. Many family properties have already been gambled away by the criminal minister. Now that I think about it, although the criminal minister has committed an unforgivable crime, After all, some family property should be left behind. Even after the death of the guilty minister, the family assets will be returned to the national treasury, and they can be used by the country after all. It can be considered that the criminal minister has tried his best when he is dead, but regretting now is useless."

The crown prince nodded, and then asked the household officials next to him, who nodded and said: "There are many farm shops on this list that were originally owned by the Zhen family, but they have lost all their money in the past six months. The officials have checked the notes. But the culprit Zhen Yingjia personally drew and charged him."

After hearing this, the prince asked if everyone on the list had taken all of them?If you get all of them, you will set off to return to Beijing to return to your order.

The official from the household department said again: "Return to His Royal Highness, all the criminals in the Zhen family have been arrested except Zhen Baoyu and Sun Qing."

After hearing this, the prince frowned and said, "Where are these two people? Why don't you bring them quickly?"

After hearing this, Zhen Yingjia kowtowed and said, "His Royal Highness, it is clear that Zhen Baoyu had a quarrel with Sun Qing one month ago, and Sun Qing has been dismissed, and Zhen Baoyu died of illness half a month ago."

After hearing this, the prince looked at the officials of the household department again.The household official held the brochure in his hand and flipped through a few pages before saying: "Return to Your Highness, Zhen Yingjia's words are true. When the arrest was made yesterday, the subordinate officials saw that Zhen Baoyu and Sun Qing were no longer there, so they had already sent people to the local government office to have a closer look. The population roster of the government. Zhen Baoyu is indeed dead, and Sun Qing has been retired, so he is not on the Zhen family tree."

Hearing this, Lin Feng sneered in his heart: The Zhen family has worked hard to keep that idiot Zhen Baoyu, but he and his group are not so easy to fool.Although Lin Feng sneered in his heart, it didn't show on his face.

After inquiring clearly, the prince announced that the criminals would be imprisoned first, and the criminals would be loaded into the truck, and they would set off for the pier at the next day. Everyone heard it and agreed in unison.

In the early morning of the next day, as expected, the prince and his entourage left the Jinling City in mighty force, escorting everyone from the Zhen family, and dragging the furniture and utensils copied by the Zhen family.Not far from the city, the prince ordered to stop the car, and then ordered Li Han: "I just want to hunt. Look at the mountain next to the official road, which is covered with dense forest and deep grass. I'm afraid there will be extremely fat prey. General Li, You will be the pioneer, and then we will go hunting in the mountains for a day before going to the pier.”

After the prince finished speaking, Zhen Yingjia and his wife trembled in fright, uncontrollably dripping cold sweat, a moment later, there was a smell of urine, all the officers and soldiers covered their noses in disgust, scolding Zhen Yingjia for being rude to the prince.It turned out that a small path next to the official road was the road leading to Zhen Baoyu's hidden mountain temple.