Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

"You...how did you know?" Wang Junxiao looked at Yan Liang in surprise, his expression very excited.He quickly moved his eyeballs, and hurriedly cupped his hands to make obeisance, "I often hear the discussions of the masters in the palace, saying that Mrs. Jia will observe acquaintances, but I still don't believe it. Today I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and I am very convinced. The next official feels deeply guilty about what he thought the day before yesterday, and apologizes to your lord."

"Physician Wang is too polite. I haven't thanked you properly for what happened yesterday." Yan Liang invited Wang Junxiao to take the seat, and asked someone to serve him the best meal in Guangyuan Tower.

Wang Junxiao hurriedly thanked Yan Liang again, and when he mentioned his nephew's death during the meeting, he burst into tears and his body trembled from crying.

"The imperial doctor has a sip of tea, and the matter is over, don't be sad anymore, I believe your nephew under the nine springs can't bear to see you go on like this. As I said, evil will be rewarded with evil, it's just a matter of time, Let's see how he turns out now." Yan Liang comforted him.

After wiping away his tears with his sleeve, Wang Jun nodded, his eyes were still a bit ferocious, "But I am not reconciled, my nephew was killed by him, he is a poor man, he is still a living person after all!"

"If you involve yourself, there will be retribution sooner or later. You can choose to sacrifice yourself, but you have to think about those family members who depend on you. That's all I'm saying. You still decide what to do." Yan Liang poured a glass of wine for Wang Junxiao.

Wang Junxiao looked at Yan Liang in fear, and drank the wine.His deep frown is enough to kill a fly.

After a while, Wang Junxiao took two hasty bites and left in a panic.After the others left, Yan Liang sent someone to follow him. Sure enough, this guy figured it out and sent his family boy out of the city to chase after him.

"If the old doctor harms someone's life, I'm afraid he will probably use poison. If he does it, he's probably dead now." Wu Qiumao guessed.

"It's only been a short time since I left Beijing, and those government servants are not stupid enough to attack at the root of the imperial city." However, it was unexpected, Yan Liang asked Wu Qiumao to send two people to chase after him on fast horses, and he had to help delay the time.

In the morning, Yan Liang got the news that Wang Junxiao's subordinates had caught up with the prisoner who was escorting Wang Ziteng.

After Yan Liang had breakfast, he tidied up and was ready to go to the palace to face the saint.Yesterday the emperor deliberately told him to enter the palace as soon as possible today.However, the Holy Majesty was a little strange today. After meeting him, he didn't talk about state affairs or family affairs. He just kept asking some questions for the school exam, which made Yan Liang feel like he was taking part in the palace exam.

One can't live two lives in vain, and besides, Yan Liang liked to read books, so he can naturally respond fluently to the emperor's exams.

The emperor was satisfied, and praised Yan Liang's talent and understanding, "I suddenly became a little puzzled, how could you be a scholar with such talent, how could you be born as a Jinshi, it's a pity that you didn't get the second place in the ranking."

"There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond the people. Comparing with them, I am inferior in talent and learning."

"Hey, Jia Aiqing, you are too modest. I checked on purpose, and the people who took the scientific examination with you at the time were not very promising, but you are the only one who is out of the crowd." The emperor's love for talents is beyond words.

Yan Liang thanked him and left the hall.Afterwards, he pondered over what the emperor had said.When the original deity took the scientific examination, the person who took the palace examination was the current Supreme Emperor.The emperor now regretted that he was not named the top three, and said that the people who took the scientific examination in the same period were not promising, which should imply two meanings.One layer is implying that Yan Liang is the Bole who knows people and wants him to know how to be grateful; while the other layer shows that the emperor's attitude towards the Supreme Emperor is not completely submissive.The emperor seemed to have a lot of dissatisfaction with the emperor in his heart, and he was faintly unconvinced.But it's no wonder, I heard that although the Supreme Emperor has abdicated for many years, he still hasn't let go of the government and will ask questions from time to time.After such a long time, even the emperor who is famous for his filial piety probably couldn't bear it anymore.

Today is the end of the month, and Yan Liang has the habit of going to Guangyuan Building to check the accounts on this day.

The car drove for a while, but Wu Qiumao didn't hear his master's order, so he opened the curtain to ask the master if he was going.

"Go." Yan Liang withdrew his thoughts, and felt that the carriage slowed down, and it should be turning into Xianghe Street soon.Yan Liang opened the curtains and looked out, and saw two beggars on the side of the street, with ragged clothes, holding a broken bowl, nodding and bowing to beg with passers-by, looking very hard.

When the two beggars saw the carriage approaching, they seemed to be frightened. They hurriedly retreated to the wall with their rice bowls in their hands, then turned around and ran into the alley.

"Go to Jixiang Street, take a detour from there, and then enter from the west side of Xianghe Street." Yan Liang suddenly ordered.

Wu Qiumao was surprised, "Master, the area on the west side of Xianghe Street is full of jugglers. This time is the busiest and there are many people. It may take a long time for our carriage to pass."

"Don't talk too much." Yan Liang closed his eyes and rested his mind, his body shook slightly with the shaking of the carriage, but his expression was cold.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the west of Xianghe Street, almost at a standstill, rubbing inwards little by little.

Wu Qiumao jumped out of the carriage and yelled to make way, but no one heard him, just in time for the juggling class to step on stilts and play with tongue of fire.These jugglers circled around the carriage, attracting a crowd of people to swarm forward.

It took about a stick of incense before the carriage drove steadily up Xianghe Street, and within a short while, it was almost at the gate of Guangyuan Building.At this time, a cart pushing three big baskets of chickens rushed out from a place called Huiyuan Tea House on the side of the street, and lay across the road.The basket wobbled and fell over, the chickens were scattered all over the ground, and the bright yellow chickens ran around chirping.

The person pushing the carriage was a commoner in his twenties wearing linen clothes, who panicked upon seeing this.Yelling sorry, bent over busy catching chickens.

Seeing this, Wu Qiumao jumped out of the carriage and yelled at him to get out of the way quickly.At this moment, a masked man suddenly jumped out of the second floor of Huiyuan Tea House through a broken window. Everyone was dressed in very ordinary clothes and had an ordinary figure.If these people took off their masks and mingled among the common people, it would be easy to hide their presence.

A few people fell to the ground suddenly, startling the passers-by who were watching the chickens, and they all ran around like frightened chickens.

The head of the thief swung his knife in the direction of the carriage to signal, and they rushed straight away.Wu Qiumao hurriedly pulled the coachman, and fled as quickly as those passers-by.

Seeing this, the thief leader laughed, "I thought there would be a few dogs blocking the way, Mr. Jia, I didn't expect your servant to be so spineless! But I think Mr. Jia has a backbone, and he has not moved at all until now. , I will satisfy you and send you to the west to meet the Buddha!"

After the thief leader finished speaking, he rushed towards the carriage.The rest of the killers surrounded them, and two of them even jumped onto the car from the side and stabbed knives in through the window.The thief's big knife flew in from outside the curtain.In the end, there was neither the expected scream nor the smell of blood.The thief pulled off the door curtain, only to see a large cushion that had been smashed by a knife standing in the empty carriage, with snow-white cotton wadding protruding from the crack, as if mocking their stupidity.

At this time, the sound of fast horses sounded from the east and west ends of Xianghe Street.

"Boss, it's not good, officers and soldiers are here."

The bandit head looked back and found that the officers and soldiers had arrived so quickly, only a few feet away, as if they had appeared out of thin air.

"Get out of the house." As soon as the thief leader said, all the masked men took off their grapples from their waists and prepared to climb the house.At this time, the sound of stepping on tiles was suddenly heard from the house, and then a row of soldiers with bows appeared orderly on the roofs on the left and right sides of the street.The direction the arrow is aiming at is aimed at them.

No matter how stupid people are, they also know at this moment that they have been tricked.

With no possibility of escape, the masked men dropped their swords one by one and knelt and surrendered.Gyeonggi Prefecture immediately arrested him and put him in prison.

The matter was soon reported to the emperor.The emperor immediately ordered the Yin of the Gyeonggi Prefecture to examine the mastermind behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, within half an hour, there was a sudden news that all the killers had taken poison and committed suicide in prison.Emperor Longyan was furious and determined to investigate the matter thoroughly.This kind of thing happened at the feet of the emperor, but as the emperor, he couldn't control the situation, he was completely controlled by others, and even almost lost the confidant and loyal minister he had just promoted and wanted to cultivate.How not to be angry, how not to feel humiliated, he can't even protect his favorite subjects, this is a great shame for the emperor!

The emperor immediately dismissed the governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture, because there is no one who can be transferred to fill it, and the affairs in Gyeonggi are complicated, so this vacancy must be filled by a reliable person.After thinking about it, the emperor thought of Lin Ruhai, and immediately ordered him to be appointed as the second-rank governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture, and gave Shangfang a sword to protect himself. In case of special circumstances, he can beheaded first and then played.

Lin Ruhai was ordered to enter the palace urgently, and after listening to the hadith, Fang took the order to leave.

As for Yan Liang, the emperor cherished his talents very much and felt guilty.The emperor deliberately kept Yan Liang drinking tea in the imperial garden, and asked him carefully what happened.

"I heard that you guessed that there was something wrong with the thieves on the way, so you deliberately took a detour, and secretly sent someone to Gyeonggi Prefecture to seek support and escaped this difficulty. But I don't understand, you just took a car all the way, how did you expect that?" Will something happen?"

"After I came out of the palace, I was going to check the accounts of the shop on Xianghe Street. While sitting idle in the car, I looked out of the window boredly, and saw two beggars standing by the side of the road. Although they were dressed in rags, their eyes were clear and their faces were energetic. It's not like someone who wanders the street every day and is hungry and full. Moreover, the faces of these two people are fierce. Although they seem to have not paid attention to Chen's car, they have been staring at the car from the corner of their eyes. Then A while ago, the children were mischievous and threw stones into their bowls. They didn't know it, and they were used to bowing down to thank them. It can be seen that their energy was not on begging. But as soon as my car left, there were obviously people who wanted to give alms, and these two beggars were doing business. If you don’t do it, turn around and run away.”

These are indeed what Yan Liang observed, but they are not the most important.In fact, Yan Liang could not help paying more attention to these two people because he saw at a glance that these two people had karma and wanted to kill each other.Afterwards, based on the performance of these two people, it was obvious that they were stepping on the spot, and as soon as his car passed by, the two beggars ran away. Yan Liang naturally guessed that they were coming for him, so he must take precautions in time to eliminate this trouble.He guessed that these people were planning to do something on Xianghe Street, so he deliberately made a detour to delay the time.

The emperor nodded, convinced by Yan Liang's explanation, which also confirmed that his vision was indeed good.The emperor became more and more convinced that from now on, as long as he had such a capable person by his side, any major event could be easily handled.He no longer has to worry about those rebellious ministers in the court who are running around in the dark.

"Since you can meet each other like this, then tell me, among the ministers in our court, which ones are good and which ones are bad?" the emperor couldn't help but blurted out.

Yan Liang looked dignified, and hurriedly stood up and bowed to the emperor, "I have little talent and little knowledge, and the skill of making faces is not [-]% accurate. Moreover, this kind of facial recognition depends on the right time and place, and there are always changes. Therefore, before there is no hard evidence, I must not Dare to judge rashly. Besides, all the ministers in the court are the pillars of the country, if innocent victims are victimized by a minister's irresponsible words, the minister is going against the sky and breaking the law, and will be punished."

After hearing this, the emperor pondered in silence, with a slightly displeased expression.

Yan Liang knelt down and pleaded guilty, "The minister is incompetent, so I ask the emperor to forgive me."

"Jia Aiqing, what you said is very reasonable. Sometimes good and evil are in the mind of the people. As you said, there are too many variables. It is really hard to convince the public to accuse others so casually before there is any evidence for any crime." The emperor He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately he was only impulsive, and fortunately Yan Liang was an extremely calm and alert loyal minister.Otherwise, his heart will be bewitched. As an emperor, he only listens to Taoist priests every day. Hearing that wind is rain, he will definitely lose his way and have little help, and his throne will not be guaranteed.

Seeing that the emperor understood this truth, Yan Liang felt much happier. The things he had been worrying about before were finally resolved.

"In your case, do you know who is behind the scenes, and what enemies do you have?"

"There are no enemies, but there are a few who are at odds, but they don't have the ability to hire dead men to kill ministers. The only reason that can be thought of now is Wang Ziteng." Yan Liang said truthfully.

The emperor nodded, and so did he.Wang Ziteng has fallen now, the mastermind behind the assassination should not be him, but the forces behind Wang Ziteng.It should be that Yan Liang moved Wang Ziteng, annoyed the behind-the-scenes, and forced him to kill to vent his anger.

The emperor was worried about Yan Liang's future safety, and decided to send several people to protect him.Yan Liang proposed to recommend Yuan Hanzai, after all, he was a friend he had known earlier, and it was easier to use by his side.The emperor agreed immediately, and appointed Yuan Hanzai as the head of the sixth-rank bodyguard, leading twelve selected palace guards to protect Yan Liang closely.There are also [-] guards assigned by the Ministry of War to be responsible for the security around Ningguo Mansion.

So when Yan Liang returned to the mansion this time, he was accompanied by twelve brave guards on horseback, and behind him were two teams of strong soldiers holding spears.

This group of people naturally alarmed the people in the Rong Mansion.There was also the assassination incident, which spread throughout the entire capital immediately after it happened in the morning.Regarding the deeds of Jia Shilang of the Ministry of Rites's wise and brave capture of the thief, it was spread wildly, and even described Yan Liang as a Taoist, born with a pair of sharp eyes to see through the world at will.

After hearing these rumors, Jia's mother found it ridiculous, and scolded those outside who had never seen Yan Liang's real appearance.If you met him and knew that he was such a mean and kinsman figure, I am afraid that not so many people would look up and admire him.

Jia Zheng is quiet these days, depressed every day, and even has some self-doubt.After Wang Ziteng fell from power, Jia Zheng felt that there seemed to be a crisis around him. It turned out that their Rongfu had a promising relative Lin Ruhai.But Jia Zheng and him dismissed it several times, and felt that Lin Ruhai would not really do things for their Rongfu. All he did now was to help inquire about news and pass on a message. This seemed to be hindered by the old lady's face. will do.As for real help, such as supporting him in the Ministry of Industry, he didn't do such things at all.Moreover, in the Ministry of Industry, he seemed to have been avoiding suspicion with him because they were related to relatives, and let another minister of the Ministry of Industry dispatch him to use him. Lin Ruhai had no intention of interfering at all.

Seeing that his brother-in-law, who is a high-ranking official, is in the Ministry of Industry with him, but he can't take advantage of it, Jia Zheng is naturally depressed.It is better not to have this relative.

Jia Zheng wondered whether he should tell Jia Mu about the difficulty of this matter, to see if the old lady's face could make Lin Ruhai succumb.However, he wanted to save face first, and was embarrassed to speak to his old mother, especially after the matter of Wang Junxiao's imperial physician, he was even more embarrassed to speak, for fear that he would really become a useless and incompetent person in the eyes of his old mother.Unexpectedly, after a few days of hesitation, Yan Liang was assassinated, and the emperor suddenly ordered Lin Ruhai to be transferred from the Ministry of Industry and became the governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture.

When Jia Zheng heard the news, he only felt regret in his heart. He knew that he would not hesitate before, so he was depressed all day today.

There was so much commotion in the Ning Mansion, so Mother Jia had heard about it, as well as about Lin Ruhai's transfer. Mother Jia wanted to call Jia Zheng to ask about it, and discuss whether to give Lin Ruhai a gift to celebrate.

"They're all of the second rank, transfer at the same level, it's not a promotion, it's not a gift." After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he saw that Jia's mother still didn't give up, and he made a fuss about several expensive gifts to send over.Among the brothers of the same generation, except for the elder brother Jia She, who is unlearned and incompetent, he is the only one left who is worthless.Jia Zheng took a step back and thought that he was really worthless to compare himself with his elder brother.

"There is a reason to give it away, as long as you are happy." Jia Mu laughed happily, and was quite happy that Lin Ruhai was valued by the emperor, but she couldn't be happy when she suddenly thought of the one in Dongfu.This assassination is not a small matter, although Yan Liang came back intact, but the cause of this incident may really have something to do with Wang Ziteng.

Jia's mother was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that Yan Liang would not understand and blame the Rong family for this matter.

"What's there to be afraid of? He has no proof, so how dare he accuse us of having it?" Jia Zheng stepped up stubbornly, with an expression of disbelief.

"The current Yan Liang is not what he used to be. Just look at the guards that the emperor gave him, and you will know how favored he is. We can't fight him head-on, alas." Jia Mu sighed deeply, I feel that I am getting old, but I have not enjoyed the blessings, and the more I live, the more tired I am, "How is your wife?"

"Still lying on the couch, not in a good mood, I don't think she can recover for a while."

"I'm old, and I can't control the affairs of this family. Your eldest daughter-in-law has just become a widow, so I can't control it. I think this matter has to be handed over to your sister-in-law for the time being. Don't worry about it, as long as someone can take care of it." It's better than nothing. Ask Lian'er to help with outside affairs." Mother Jia sighed.

Jia Zheng didn't care much about family matters, and had no objections, so he nodded in response to Jia's mother.After he went back, he visited Mrs. Wang, and he accidentally mentioned this matter.When Mrs. Wang heard this, tears came down immediately, she got up with all her strength, and said to Jia Zheng: "I can do it with my body, but I don't want to bother the old lady to worry about family affairs. Jin Chuan, You just go and tell the old lady, I can go to her place to pay him respects tomorrow."

Seeing that her face was still pale, Jia Zheng frowned and said, "Why do you have to be brave?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at him, wanting to explain a few words, but she knew that he didn't care much about the inner house affairs, so naturally she didn't understand her, so she didn't say much, just said that she was worried about her mother-in-law's health, and she couldn't let her down. It made Jia Zheng feel that she was gentle and virtuous.Originally, Jia Zheng wanted to confide his little selfishness to Mrs. Wang, but now he dared not speak out when he saw this, so as to make Mrs. Wang look down on him.But he couldn't be bored, so Jia Zheng left with an excuse, and happened to meet Jia Huan who came to greet him, and Jia Zheng was dragged by the child to Aunt Zhao to confide in his heart.

Mrs. Wang reluctantly got up and drank a bowl of porridge. She didn't see Jia Zheng coming back at night, so she asked casually, and learned that he had slept in Aunt Zhao's room.As soon as her natal family lost power, Jia Zheng went to stay with Aunt Zhao once or twice. How could Mrs. Wang not understand the meaning of this.

Mrs. Wang fell asleep with tears in her eyes, and the current situation does not allow her to continue to be sad.No matter how healthy she is tomorrow morning, she must behave well in front of Mother Jia and get back her housekeeping rights.Besides, sister Jinling is also going to send a letter. Since the eldest brother is gone, the sisters need to unite together.

Besides, Aunt Zhao, after hearing about Jia Zheng's depression, she thought about sharing the master's worries, and asked someone to pass the matter to the old lady's servant girl Pearl.Pearl then told Jia Mu.

In fact, Mother Jia was also thinking about getting her second son promoted, but she hadn't had time to talk to her daughter about the troubles she encountered recently.If I think about it today, I don't want to delay. I sent someone to invite Jia Min's mother and daughter over, saying that she missed Daiyu.

When Baoyu heard that Sister Lin was coming today, she was overjoyed, so she specially asked the servant girl to pick out some smart clothes to welcome Sister Lin.

When people arrived, Daiyu followed her mother into the door to greet Jia Mu.Baoyu greets her and greets her with a smile.

Puzzled, Daiyu looked Baoyu up and down, brows tightened, and there seemed to be many accusations in her eyes.

Baoyu raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked Daiyu, "What's the matter?"

"On the way here, my mother mentioned your elder brother to me. I was wondering, do you have a bad relationship with him? "

"Nonsense, elder brother treated me the best. When he was in school, he would bring me some gadgets to coax me every time he came back. At that time, my happiest thing was seeing him every day. Now I am happiest seeing you. " As Baoyu spoke, he moved closer to Daiyu.

Daiyu stepped back, frowned and glared at him, "Slick tongue! How long has your elder brother been there, and you're dressed so freshly, are you ashamed to panic?"

Baoyu looked down at her body. There was an inch of red border on the front of the clothes, and the patterns on the clothes were also bat patterns embroidered with red and black threads.not good!He was only interested in dressing nicely, and when he was in a hurry, he didn't think too much about it.Baoyu burst into tears, and hurriedly swore to Daiyu that he didn't dress like this on purpose.

The author has something to say: big, fat, chapter, again, come, here ︿(￣︶￣)︿

I would also like to thank the sisters in the group for reminding me that the big fish can only reach [-] today.

Cough cough, don’t even think about [-] or something, it’s just a mouthful╭(╯^╰)╮

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Thank you Jiji for throwing 2 grenades, Jiji is awesome, okay (*￣3)(ε￣*)