An old lady's life

Jia Daihua's death was just a small splash in the capital, not to mention that the people who really cared were only the Jia family.Because Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang have been busy helping Mrs. Xu for several days, the owners of the Rong Mansion rested quietly for the rest of the time. Of course, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng returned to work in the department.

As soon as Jia She dismissed the excuse from the right servant, the right servant turned his head and asked him: "Enhou, your nephew is gone, who will take over the job of prison?"

"Your Excellency, there is someone to choose? Don't worry about me. I don't have any suitable candidates here." Jia Amnesty nodded knowingly. Although Zhaomo and the prison guards are frequently replaced, they are still on business, and the right servant will not give people easily. If you ask this question, there should be a candidate.

The servant on the right showed a signature smile when he heard this: "If that's the case, then I'll give the seat to someone else."

Jia Amnesty nodded, and opened the case file on the table. This was the latest case file that was submitted from below for their approval. After checking that it was all right, he signed his name.

When Jia Zheng returned to the Ministry of Industry, he found that he hadn't come for a few days, and his colleagues were a little unfamiliar with him, but the officials who joined him quickly integrated into the two small groups in the department. They got very close, Jia Zheng In his eyes, he was not in a hurry. He had dinner with his colleagues at noon, and then learned from everyone's chats that he was not here for a few days, but there were people in the department who were entertaining guests every day. Climbing up to the prince... so, but an idle Ministry of Industry is divided into several groups.

In the afternoon, Jia Zheng and two colleagues went to the Qianshan Workshop under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. The Qianshan Workshop was some distance away from the Ministry of Industry. They came to inspect some things that the Qianshan Workshop was rushing to produce. Some of the foreign orders received were some things needed by the palace that was being repaired.There are five or six hundred craftsmen in Qianshan Workshop, who are good at all kinds of things. Jia Zheng checked the progress with two colleagues, and the two colleagues returned to the Ministry of Industry. Jia Zheng stayed and discussed some professional issues with the craftsmen. .For example, ask a craftsman in a ceramics factory what procedures are needed to make porcelain, ask a carpenter what procedures are needed to make a carriage, how to make wood into wheels, and so on.

At about the same time, when Jia Zheng returned to the Ministry of Industry from Qianshan Workshop, some colleagues had already left, and some colleagues were gathering together in twos and threes to boo and go out for a banquet. When they saw Jia Zheng coming back, one of them smiled at him and said: "Cun Zhou , do you want to go together?"

Jia Zheng shook his head: "You go, the elders in the family have passed away. Recently, I have become a vegetarian."

When the group heard this, some people's faces changed slightly, and they quickly came back to their senses and smiled apologetically at Jia Zheng: "I forgot for a while, sorry."

It seems that taking advantage of them is not easy to find, Jia Zheng nodded to them: "It's okay, I'll go first, see you tomorrow."

Jia Zheng's carriage didn't move fast, his colleagues and his carriages galloped past him quickly, turned at the intersection ahead, and turned into the street with few pedestrians.

At this time, the coachman said: "Master, where your colleagues go, you must never go in the future."

Jia Zheng frowned: "Where is that place?"

The coachman thought for a while and said: "In the morning, I sent the master to work, and then chatted with the coachmen of other adults. I learned from them that there is a place for prostitutes, which is worse than drunk red street." The coachmen here are very aware of this, and some coachmen even boast that they can sleep with women inside for only a few dollars, and they have a common language, so everyone can chat without defense.

The entire street of Zuihong Street is full of brothels, but anyway, they are in the skin/meat business on the bright side, which is more reliable than prostitutes.

Jia Zheng sighed: "I know, don't worry, I won't go to that kind of place." The imperial court forbids officials from prostitutes, but this kind of thing is prohibited repeatedly. As long as they are not caught, many officials in private are better than prostitutes. To be nasty.

When Jia Zheng returned to the mansion, Jia Amnesty had arrived home first, and was meeting Lao Zhou and his son Zhou Chao in the study in the front hall. Zhou Chao was here to hand over the task. listen together.

Zhou Chao is talking about what they have seen and heard along the way. Over the years, only a few foreigners came to visit occasionally in Beijing. Haicheng has already seen many foreigners, with all skin colors, it can be said that it is an eye-opener for bumpkins.

Jia She and Jia Zheng listened with great fascination. Afterwards, Jia She said: "Tomorrow, you will call a few brothers who went to sea together this time to the Rong'an Hall to greet the old lady, and tell these things to the old lady as stories."

Zhou Chao nodded: "Master, the buyer of the goods has been found, and Boss Song has been in Beijing for several days. Boss Song asked me to ask the master when to meet him?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Alright, let's do it tomorrow night."

After Lao Zhou and Zhou Chao left, Jia Amnesty laughed at Jia Zheng: "Second brother, we made money this time, but after the money arrives in the account, we have to pay back the debts from the household department first."

Jia Zheng had no objection, they were engaged in maritime business with King Zhaojun, and the emperor knew exactly whether they were making any money, so there was no harm in paying off the debts early.

In the middle of the night, it started to rain again, and it was quite heavy. Until dawn, under the consciousness of Hongye, he found that the whole world was covered by the rain curtain. Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng walked into the rain curtain with thick black umbrellas, got into the carriage and disappeared in the rain.

After breakfast, Lao Zhou brought five young men in their twenties to look for Hongye. Hongye knew that Zhou Chao had returned to Beijing, and also knew that Boss Song's five boats had returned safely.

Asking the maid to serve tea and snacks to Lao Zhou and the others, the young man secretly looked at Hu Po, Yuan Yang and the others.Everyone has a love of beauty, their eyes are clear, and their hearts of pure admiration, how can Hongye hate it.

Hu Po and Yuan Yang are bold, and they don't mind their stares, and even snicker.Realizing that they had discovered them, several young people blushed from face to neck.

Hongye is not serious, she thinks she can be called kind-hearted, but both Lao Zhou and these young people feel inexplicably nervous.

"Don't be nervous, I don't eat people." Hongye smiled. She looked at the five people with a youthful look in her eyes, "Where are you all going this time? What kind of people did you see? What kind of danger did you encounter?" Is it? Is there anything interesting?"

When it came to serious issues, Zhou Chao and the others had different expressions. Zhou Chao started the story, starting from when they left Beijing, and after they arrived in Haicheng, they bought some goods, and the five boats set out to sea.

Although Zhou Chao and the other five are not good storytellers, they have already got to the point. After hearing this, Hong Ye sketched out a picture in her mind. The maids listened with gusto.

Finally, Hongye nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. Xiao Zhou, you will have a lot of opportunities to go out to sea after this. You have to learn all aspects of going to sea. I plan to spend two or three years. Let's buy a boat and do it by ourselves, so you have to learn Go to sea alone and learn how to deal with foreigners, of course you'd better learn the language of foreigners, so that foreigners can't deceive you."

Zhou Chao and the others looked surprised, and the five nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, old lady, I will understand later." Having seen the vast world outside, Zhou Chao and others also want to make their own careers.

Hongye nodded, this is a long-term plan, so she is not in a hurry, take her time.

It was almost noon, and Hongye asked the mansion to prepare meals for Zhou Chao and the others, and also asked Jia Hu and Jia Zhu who were after school to talk to them. Hongye gave Jia Hu the task of listening to stories from Zhou Chao and the others.

In the evening, Jia She went to meet Boss Song, and the two discussed to find a time to invite King Zhaojun and Lin Hai. Within half an hour, Jia She returned home.

However, in the middle of the night, the Criminal Ministry sent someone to look for Jia She, and was woken up in the middle of the night. Jia She was very angry, but after hearing what happened, the anger disappeared immediately.

"Did someone die?" Jia She came to the front hall before he was fully dressed, and while arranging his clothes, he asked the servant who came to look for him.

This young man is a left-behind member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who is on standby all the year round. He said with a bitter face, "That's right, that's why the servant of the right asked the young man to come to the lord."

Jia Amnesty has been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for almost a year, and this is the first time he was called away by the Ministry of Criminal Justice at midnight. He followed the young man to the place where the murder happened. You Shilang and several colleagues had already arrived first. Of course, the personnel from Dali Temple were the first to arrive. It was because it was discovered that the identity of the deceased was unusual that the Ministry of Criminal Justice intervened so quickly.

Hongye knew that Jia Amnesty would leave before dawn, but she didn't pay attention to the murder case.

It's just that this murder case spread throughout the capital in less than two hours after dawn, because the Xiangyan incident has always been the most widely circulated, and it is also the most talked about.

The person who died was Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. He was about fifty years old. Originally, death should be a sad thing. However, the reason and place of the death of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites this time were not good, because he died in a place where prostitutes were located. , This spread is a matter of criticism and generosity.

Jia Zheng was dumbfounded at this moment. Isn't that place the indecent place that the coachman mentioned two days ago?Several officials from the Ministry of Industry were summoned by the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.

Around mid-afternoon, several officials from the Ministry of Punishment came and asked Jia Zheng and the others if they had been to that place, and if they knew any inside information and reasons.

Throughout the whole day, people in the Ministry of Industry were in panic. When it was off-duty time, there were no banquets, and everyone went home in despair. Thinking about the near future, everyone would be safe and secure.

Hongye knew this from Jia Zheng, and she couldn't laugh or cry.And the reason why this case fell to the Ministry of Punishment so quickly was because the Minister of Rites, Zuo Shilang, was at least a third-rank official of the imperial court.

However, this murder case only caused a little splash, because there was news from Jiangnan.Because of too much rain this year in the Jiangnan area, most of the river embankments have reached their limit. This is why most areas in the Jiangnan area have been plunged into a vast ocean, and the river embankments can no longer hold up.