Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

These 88 people are candidate bodyguards, and they will be distributed to the three princes in total, and 28 of them have mental karma on them.These people are basically mixed in the guard team with ill intentions, their purpose is not pure, and they have evil thoughts of calculating others.

Yan Liang guessed that most of these people had masters behind the scenes, and they were probably not sent by one side, but no matter how many forces they were involved behind the scenes, these people all had the same purpose, and they all wanted to plant their own eyeliner around the prince.Instead of trying to find out which ones to keep and which ones to keep, which would only cause trouble, Yan Liang felt that it would be better to just treat all 28 people equally and eliminate all [-] people.The rest of the guards can be evenly distributed to the three princes according to the upper, middle and lower ranks.

The matter was resolved quickly and neatly like this, and Yan Liang divided twenty guards equally between the three princes.After about five days of calm, An Wang and Kang Wang made troubles.

An Wang and Kang Wang have been secretly investigating the new guards in their mansion in recent days. After all, both of them have a chance to become the crown prince, so they naturally have to participate in the court struggle.The attendants around are the easiest to be attacked by the local government. If the people on this level are not clean enough, then they will definitely lose the opportunity early when playing chess in the future.Both of them understood this truth, so of course they had to find out the eighteen generations of the ancestors of these new guards.

But the results of the final inquiry surprised both of them.King An found that all of his new guards were innocent and there was no problem.At the same time, Kang Wang also found the same situation.

King An suddenly remembered that he asked Qi Shengao to be a candidate for bodyguard a few days ago, so he summoned him and asked, "Have our people been selected into King Kang's mansion?"

Qi Shen shook his head.

King An sighed slightly disappointed, and frowned, "It's a coincidence that they were all selected into the third brother's place."

The so-called third elder brother of King An is the third prince, King Sui, who seldom shows up because of his frail health.

"Actually," Qi Shen paused, and told the truth, "Prince Sui doesn't have any."

"What?" An Wang looked at Qi Shengao in surprise, with a little dissatisfaction in his eyes, "Could it be that the candidates you selected were not careful enough, so that people could tell at a glance?"

"On the contrary, all of them have clean backgrounds, so it's hard for people to investigate and deal with them. But it's a coincidence that these people, together with the secret works of Lord Kang I found, were all dismissed by the Ministry of Officials." Qi Shen Gao's face seemed serious, but when he spoke, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, which was obviously caused by uncontrollable joy.

"You mean that someone in the official department saw through the secret work we installed, and Kang Wang's, all of which were removed?" Duan Gaohan, King An, was very surprised.

Qi Shengao nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "I can't guarantee whether all of Kang Wang's people will be eliminated, but our people, as well as the few people we have identified who know Kang Wang, are indeed all being eliminated by the officials. among people."

"This is strange. In previous years, the Ministry of Officials reviewed these bodyguards. It was nothing more than a formality. As long as the family background was clean, they would stay. Why did they pick and choose this year, and they eliminated as many as 28 people at once."

Qi Shengao explained: "The Ministry of Officials has this power."

"Is there a reason?" Wang An asked.

Qi Shengao shook his head helplessly, "It's all flimsy reasons, just nitpicking."

"Who in the Ministry of Officials is in charge of this matter, I am very curious about this person." Wang An put his hands behind his back, raised his neck, and spoke with a bit of sharpness in his tone.

Qi Shen reported Yan Liang's rank, and under the questioning of King An, he explained his identity as the master of Ningguo Mansion.

Wang An was very surprised, "It turned out to be him!"

I really didn't expect that this guy came back from two years of practice in the Taoist temple, and he saw people much more clearly than before.

But at this moment, Duke Kang Duan Gaoyu was in the same mood as King An. When he learned about this situation, he also expressed that he must meet Yan Liang, a doctor in the Ministry of Officials.

As for King Sui, he had been ill and lived in the deep palace for a long time. The guards sent over this time were nothing more than guarding the empty King Sui's mansion, and would not attract any attention.

So that afternoon, Yan Liang received messages from Prince An's Mansion and Prince Kang's Mansion one after another.

Yan Liang went to Kang Wang's mansion first in the order of first come first.Naturally, Lord Kang couldn't directly ask about this kind of obscure matter, but asked him in a tactful circle. Yan Liang just pretended that he didn't know, and answered Kang Wang's question perfunctorily. In the end, he couldn't get around it, so Yan Liang said His foolish words depend on feeling.Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, Yan Liang changed to a more understandable explanation, saying that he could read faces.This is not a lie, Yan Liang is indeed able to distinguish the cause and effect of each person after seeing them.

Kang Wang was dubious, but finally let Yan Liang go.

After Yan Liang said goodbye to King Kang, he continued to go to Prince An's Mansion for questioning.However, Prince An still seemed to disdain to show up, and asked Qi Shengao to receive Yan Liang.

Qi Shen politely poured tea for Yan Liang, invited him to taste the refreshments, and gave Yan Liang an ancient painting that was originally given to him by the prince.

When the atmosphere of the conversation became more relaxed, Qi Shengao talked about the selection of the guards, and he went straight to the point: "How do you know?"

"I'm a low-ranking official, I don't quite understand what Master Qi means." Yan Liang said rigidly.

"You don't do Tai Chi for me, those guards, why are you eliminating those people?" Qi Shengao is also very smart, he only points to the point, but doesn't say the whole thing, so as not to fall into the trap.

"As far as I know, the Ministry of Officials has the right to decide whether the candidate guards will stay or not without reason." Yan Liang still replied perfunctorily.

Qi Shengao's face gradually became serious, and he stared at Yan Liang's eyes like a torch, seemingly purely staring, but also seemed to be a serious warning.

In this oppressive atmosphere, Yan Liang waited calmly for a while.The purpose of his silence is to let the other party understand that his answer is embarrassing, so there is his previous "playing Tai Chi".Not only will this not make the other party too angry, but it will also increase the possibility that Qi Shengao will believe what he said next.

"It's hard to tell the real reason. I'm afraid Master Qi won't believe it. I know how to read! Those people are just out of character in my opinion, so I just picked them out."

Qi Shengao: "You know how to read faces? Why didn't I know before."

"I went to the Taoist temple to practice for two years, and my temperament has changed a lot, and I have learned a lot of other things." Yan Liang discovered that the experience of the master's practice in the Taoist temple is very helpful to explain his current changes.

Qi Shengao sneered, apparently still not believing what Yan Liang said.However, there must be an explanation for that matter. Considering Yan Liang's status as a doctor in the Ministry of Officials, he is incapable of knowing the secrets of the secret arrangements of Prince An's House and King Kang's House at the same time, so I'm afraid it's really just a "look". Such a mysterious reason can be explained.

What if?

Although there was a Rakshasa like Yan Liang blocking the way this time, at least the other party's secret work did not infiltrate it.At least everyone is fair, An Wang and Kang Wang are both at peace with each other, which is not a bad thing for these two people.

Qi Shengao no longer pursued it, and after sending Yan Liang away, he went to repay King An.Prince An was naturally skeptical, but after thinking about it, he had the same thought as Qi Shengao, and felt that only the mysterious reason of looking at the physiognomy could make sense.

"Actually, if you don't believe me, you can confirm it." Qi Shengao suggested.

Wang An squinted at Qi Shengao, "How to prove it?"

Qi Shengao: "I heard that the imperial concubine and empress are having trouble, why don't you ask him to come and see and find out the thief?"

Wang An thought about it silently, then suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Qi Shengao, with a happy smile on his cold face, "As expected of Qi Shengao, this idea is very good, I will go to the palace to report to Concubine Ming."

Qi Shengao smiled and cupped his hands, and then took his leave.After leaving the gate of Prince An's Mansion, his face turned cold, and he turned his head and asked his attendants to find out the real masters behind the 28 guards who were eliminated by Yan Liang.

"Master, I don't understand. There should be a part of it that you arranged for Prince An's elaboration. Why do we need to check all 28 people?"

"I have no arrangement." Qi Shen said plainly.

……

Besides, at the Rongguo Mansion, after Jia Zhu's funeral had been dealt with, Mother Jia remembered the pain of the loss of her youngest daughter, Mother Jia.She hurriedly ordered someone to draft a letter and send it to Yangzhou.

Lin Ruhai had already received a letter from Yan Liang of Ningguo Mansion two months in advance, and he was moved by the words of concern in the letter. At the same time, the other party also described the loss of the second wife's son in Rong Mansion.Lin Ruhai felt very sad when she heard that, and understood that Jiamu Jia Zheng and others were very sad at this time, and they might not have time to reply to their letters.But he never expected that it would take up to two months before he would receive greetings from Mother Jia.

Lin Ruhai felt a little psychologically unbalanced for a while. Logically speaking, the relationship between his son and Jia Jing of the Ningguo Mansion was a little far away. The other party could still get news and letters to comfort him in time, but the child's grandmother did not come until two long months later. The news, isn't it a bit too careless?My son's child is a child, so my daughter's child is worthless?Of course, this matter can't be said to be Jia's mother's fault, but Lin Ruhai was really disappointed and chilled by this move.

Little did they know that Mother Jia was a bit late in replying to the message this time, but it was only a month late, but the boy who delivered the letter at home was negligent and playful on the way, and extended the delivery date.Compared with the servants in Ningguo Mansion, they trained quickly and worked hard, which shortened the delivery date.One is fast and the other is dragged, and the distance between the two compartments is only two months away.

In this matter, Jia Min was overly sad because of the loss of his son, so he lay on the couch to recuperate.At this moment, I heard that my mother was so neglectful about her loss of her son, and her worries became more and more serious, and she fell ill.Her daughter, Daiyu, is still young, but she is sensible and serves the decoction by the bed every day.

Seeing her daughter like this, Jia Min felt even more sad and in a bad mood.

Lin Ruhai hurriedly persuaded her not to be so worried, "It's just us husband and wife, and your private room is in the back house. No one will blame you for this, so why worry so much. It's fate that my son is gone. , look at this is not a sensible daughter!"

Jia Min nodded, cried and coughed twice.

Lin Ruhai saw that she still couldn't hear her, so he frowned and fell silent for a while, then said, "There's something that I haven't told you. The last time you wrote a letter from Brother Jing from the Ning Mansion, this time my official The assessment was rated as top-notch, and it is very likely that you will be selected and transferred to Beijing as an official. But I think your condition is not suitable for long-distance fatigue, so I should write to him and ask him to help me get rid of it as soon as possible!"

"Going to Beijing?" Jia Min gently grabbed Lin Ruhai's sleeve, and her tear-filled eyes suddenly brightened.