Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 184
"Second uncle was joking. Brother Bao is as smart as my nephew, and my nephew didn't become sensible until he was 17 or 8 years old. After a few years, when Baoyu grows up, he will come to his senses."

"I hope," Jia Zheng said in his mouth, but in his heart, because Shi Zhongkui said the words, he couldn't help being secretly happy and looking forward to it.

But when he thought that Shi Zhongkui won six yuan in one fell swoop in only a few years or two or three years, Jia Zheng didn't think Baoyu could compare with him.

Just being able to win a Jinshi is all thanks to the blessings of the ancestors.

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng couldn't help turning his head and glaring at Jia Baoyu.

He was so scared that he hurriedly stopped, and somehow he didn't know where he was making his father unhappy again.

While talking, she came to the main hall of Ningguo Mansion unknowingly. Jia Zhen, who was under house arrest in the room, saw Jia Zheng, Shi Zhongkui, and Jia Lian, her eyes turned red.

Howling, he rushed over and knelt down in front of Jia Zheng with a plop.

He hugged his leg and cried loudly, "Master, my nephew is wronged, wronged..."

"You bastard, you can't stop talking."

Jia Zheng knew that Jia Zhen had suffered and was frightened, but just now he said that Embroidered Yiwei was here to protect his relatives, but Jia Zhen said that he was wronged. Isn't this the face of Embroidered Yiwei and Shi Zhongkui? .

Scared by this, Jia Zhen immediately shut up.

Periodically, Ai Ai looked at Shi Zhongkui and Jia Lian.

Shi Zhongkui nodded with a smile, while Jia Lian stepped forward excitedly to support him.

Taking advantage of the time when Jia Zhen stood up, she whispered a few words in his ear.

When she heard that Shi Zhongkui had taken care of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, Jia Zhen burst into tears of gratitude.

Kneeling on the ground subconsciously, he cupped his hands towards Shi Zhongkui and said, "My brother will never forget the kindness of saving my life, but I have an order from now on, I will go through fire and water for my brother."

"Bastard", Shi Zhongkui said angrily instantly, "I am deeply favored by the emperor, and I am a fourth-rank official at such a young age, do you need to repay the favor?"

Jia Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and when she saw Shi Zhongkui winking at her, she immediately reacted.

Then he saw Eunuch Liu standing beside him with a smile on his face, and behind him were a dozen generals and academies of embroidery guards.

I still don't understand that I said something wrong.

Shi Zhongkui saw that Jia Zhen must have understood, so he continued to cup his hands in the direction of the palace, "Besides, I came to Jia's mansion this time because I sued Shui Rong for violating the clan's etiquette, because it involved Jia Baoyu, the second son of the Rongguo mansion.

Only then did the emperor and the sage send this official over to have a look. "

Not to mention Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Zheng, even eunuch Liu and the embroidered guards were a little dumbfounded when they heard this.

All fools know that Shi Zhongkui is helping Jia's family, but when he said this, it became assistance.

If Jia Zhen really committed some serious crime, it would be easy for him to get away.

On the contrary, he can participate in the investigation and restore the innocence of Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Lian, who was the most thoughtful, hurriedly said to Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, hurry up and present that string of fragrant beads to the imperial envoy."

Then Jia Baoyu took out a small palm-length wooden box from his sleeve in a panic, bent down with his hands raised, and raised it above his head respectfully, and brought it to Shi Zhongkui.

"Brother-in-law, this item is exactly what was presented by the king of Beijing County back then."

After speaking, I remembered what Mrs. Wang explained before, and said, "After this thing came into my hands, my younger brother enshrined it in the Buddhist hall at home. Not only did I never wear it, but my younger brother's mother chanted scriptures and Buddhas to this object every day.

There was never an iota of negligence. "

Shi Zhongkui smiled inwardly.

Offering this string of rosary beads like a bodhisattva means that the Jia family attaches great importance to it in name, but chanting scriptures and Buddhas every day implies that the Jia family knows how to avoid taboos, so they will not have undue thoughts.

Pretending to salute the wooden box, he took it with both hands and opened it.

After confirming that it was a rosary composed of 42 small beads, I was relieved.

However, he still beckoned to Liu Changji and Eunuch Liu, "Eunuch, I don't have much contact with His Majesty, please come and see if it's the rosary?"

Liu Changji rolled his eyes, secretly thinking that Shi Zhongkui was being cautious.

Walked over and looked carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "It is indeed a gift from His Majesty."

Shi Zhongkui nodded with a smile, and under Liu Changji's surprised gaze, he closed the box and put it directly in front of him.

"Since it is confirmed that it is correct, then please submit it directly to His Majesty."

Nima's bastard.

Liu Changji scolded directly in his heart. If he holds this thing by himself, if something goes wrong in the end, he will bear all the responsibility.

He hurriedly waved his hands, "Duke Liu Yuan, although our family is an internal official, we don't have many opportunities to enter the palace. And it's better for you to submit such an important thing to the eunuch yourself."

Shi Zhongkui smiled, "This is an opportunity for my father-in-law to report to His Majesty in person, are you sure you don't want to accept it?"

Liu Changji waved his hand, "Duke Liu Yuan doesn't know, His Majesty has a lot to do every day, and the inner eunuchs of our family who are also involved in foreign affairs are most afraid of disturbing His Majesty.

And compared to our ignorant and ignorant old bone, His Majesty must like Liu Yuangong more. "

Shi Zhongkui smiled and patted the shoulder of Eunuch Liu, who spoke insincerely, "My father-in-law is deeply aware of righteousness, and I will definitely report the truth to Your Majesty."

"Don't, don't," Eunuch Liu almost knelt in fright.

Even if Shi Zhongkui really said good things in front of the emperor, the more the emperor listened, the more suspicious he must be.

He even wondered if Shi Zhongkui had accepted the benefits of the great eunuchs, so how could he praise a eunuch with bloody hands.

On the contrary, the emperor would be happier when Shi Zhongkui spoke ill of the eunuchs in front of the emperor.

Eunuch Liu didn't even think about it, so he secretly returned the 2 taels of silver notes that Shi Zhongkui had given him before. Seeing that Shi Zhongkui squinted his eyes and said nothing, he could only grit his teeth and take out several silver notes from his sleeve. Give him all the brains.

Shi Zhongkui nodded with a smile.

Then he said to the following soldiers, "What are you still doing, Jia Zhen from the Ning Mansion is still under suspicion, take him with me to see Grandma Ning Mansion and Old Lady You."

Shi Xingguo, Shi Xingtai and other personal soldiers heard that they were taking them with them instead of under custody. They didn't understand that they were clearly under custody, but they were actually protecting Jia Zhen.

Later, if something goes wrong, whether to catch it or protect it all depends on Shi Zhongkui's will.

When Jia Zhen saw more than a dozen personal soldiers in eighth-rank and ninth-rank military uniforms and wild goose feather knives at their waists protecting her, a smile appeared on Jia Zhen's face.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng and Jia Lian also laughed.

Secretly, Shi Zhongkui is worthy of being his son-in-law.

A group of people in Xiuyiwei all cursed in their hearts, but the chief eunuch in charge of Xiuyiwei remained silent, and Liu Changji's immediate boss, Xia Shouzhong, was very polite in front of him, so what can he do when he waits for others?

I heard Shi Zhongkui say with a smile, "Let's go, what are you waiting for?"

The embroidered guards hurriedly turned around and led the way to the Huifang Garden behind the main hall. After passing through this garden, it was Dengxian Pavilion.

After ascending to the Immortal Pavilion, there is the famous Tianxiang Tower.

Shi Zhongkui looked at the garden with some envy, which was at least half the size of a football field. It can even be said that this garden alone is no smaller than his own home.

Not to mention that because of the construction of the Grand View Garden, Huifang Garden has actually demarcated more than half of the land boundary. One can imagine how big Ningrong and Rongfu are.

My heart is determined again, and I want to take the garden that the Lai family built by taking the opportunity of the Jia family to build the Grand View Garden.

Can't help but roll his eyes, Lai Er, the steward of Ningguo Mansion who has been leading the way in a low-key manner.

The biggest difference between Lai Shangrong of the Lai family and Jia Lian is that Jia Lian is a noble son, and he can donate an official without fame.

After entering the Imperial College last year, he probably understood that if he didn't work hard, he would never even think about becoming an official, no matter how much money he had, so Lai Shangrong's efforts in the past three months or so were called hard work.

It's a pity that Lai Shangrong is destined not to be an official anymore. Shi Zhongkui didn't find the opportunity before, so he thought about waiting for him to donate an official and get a real job before investigating his corruption and perverting the law.

But now that he was ordered to investigate the Ningguo Mansion, since he could even investigate the Ningguo Mansion, it would be a breeze to investigate the Lai family.

Moreover, the Lai family was looking for death. When repairing their own house, some building specifications were obviously violated.

Just grasp this point, as long as the Lai family doesn't want to die, they will 100% not admit that the garden was built for their own family.

Most likely, it can only be said that the leftover materials from the construction of the Grand View Garden were used to build a small yard for the host's family to play.

At that time, as long as I complain a few words about the small size of my current home, the Jia family will naturally give the garden to me in order to thank me.

If he delays for a few days, the Lai family transfers all the money and other things into the garden, and they can only reluctantly give up like a dumb man eating coptis.

Even the Lai family didn't dare to tell Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen how much money was hidden in the garden.

Otherwise, with the greed of Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen, it might be possible to find a reason to kill Lai Da and Lai Er.

However, Nanny Lai is a problem.

The old lady and Lai Da and Lai Er must know a lot of secrets about the Jia family, which made Jia's mother know that the Lai family was lying on the Jia family to suck blood, but pretended not to know.

Of course, it's not that Shi Zhongkui has to worry about other people's things, and he is not short of money, so it is not difficult to repair the garden.

In fact, it was the Lai family who built the garden, and it was all done by sucking the blood of the Jia family.

When Shi Zhongkui just thought about it, he felt that if he didn't rob this kind of person's garden, God would look down on him.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but make up his mind to take advantage of the witchcraft to make an example to others.

Not only to scare the Lai family, but also to scare the Jia family.

It's just that in this way, I may have to show my hand.

When he was hesitating, he suddenly thought that since those Taoist priests and celestial masters enshrined by the imperial court are true practitioners.

In other words, the emperor and the Supreme Emperor already knew the existence of Taoism, and even believed in the practice of Taoism because the former Anle County King was plotted against by Ma Daopo.

Now that I believe it, the new and old emperors must have already had the idea of ​​​​cultivating Taoism, or have already started to practice Taoism.

And what I was most worried about was that the emperor wanted to practice Taoism but failed, and finally wanted to kill himself.

Now this kind of worry is gone, and I am not the only one who knows the way.

Anything that is not unique is not rare.

The probability of being missed by others will be much smaller, and as a wild Taoist priest without a teacher, normal people will definitely believe that the martial arts of those big sects must be better.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help thinking that it would be best to let the five ghosts show their bodies and collect them with purple, gold and red gourds.

Afterwards, it was brought in front of the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jinglong to deepen their sense of crisis brought about by the ghosts and spirits in this world.

With this huge threat, the possibility of the new and old emperors doing stupid things is extremely low.

Besides, I had thought about it before, the idea of ​​cultivating offspring into a family of celestial masters.

Compared with the dynasty, this kind of family can be passed on for a longer time.

As for being emperor, Shi Zhongkui really didn't really think about and do that at this time.

Even if he really thought about it, if Da Zhou himself is not in chaos, the possibility is actually very low.

This is determined by the will of the people, and it cannot be changed by humans.
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Before entering the garden where Dengxiange was located, two miserable screams and cries of pain were heard from a distance.

Jia Zhen exclaimed, "This is You Shi and my mother-in-law."

Seeing Jia Zhen running over in a hurry, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help walking a few steps quickly into the garden of Dengxiange.

I saw a dozen young Taoist priests in Taoist robes, standing in a certain regular position, surrounded by two women who were tied up with cotton cloth, muttering and doing.

Shi Zhongkui only took a few glances, and couldn't help curling his lips.

Although the formation method is not as proficient as spells, and can even be said to be a layman, he can easily see that this group of Taoist priests is the Tiangang Big Dipper Formation.

Moreover, the technique of communicating with the secluded made it easy for him to see that among these young Taoist priests, only three of them had cultivated mana.

But the highest level of cultivation is only the second level of Qi training.

In other words, these Taoist priests are basically doing useless work.

Also because of insufficient cultivation, they were unable to break the five ghosts and nightmares in the first place, so that Youshi and You Lao Niang were suffering from the mana effect on their bodies, constantly competing with the person who performed the five ghosts and nightmares in the air. .

Then I saw two young girls whose faces were covered with tears, but who dared not speak out, were locked on a pillar and stared at Youshi and Mrs. You in the arena.

No need to guess, Shi Zhongkui quickly judged from the appearance of these two people that they must be Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

Secretly, these Taoist priests really don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.

After thinking for a while, Shi Zhongkui looked at the Riyoushen who was hiding beside him.

Just listen to Ri Youshen's voice transmission, "My lord, sitting in the attic are two old Taoist priests who are at the fourth level of Qi training, and they are casting spells to find the casters of the five ghosts and nightmares."

Shi Zhongkui's heart tightened suddenly.

It can be said that Ma Daopo was unlucky to meet her.

It's not good to bribe anyone all the year round, but the one who bribed is the underworld.

I just need to tell Day and Night Youshen that any preparations she has made will be known to me without reservation.

Even the five ghosts used in the five ghosts and nightmares she performed were all bribed by the Yin Division, and the Yin Division's guards helped her find them.

If the five ghosts and nightmares were broken by a Taoist priest, then the target would be directed at her.

It's hard for me to find a reason, so I searched the Ningguo Mansion, and by the way, searched the homes of all the servants of the Ningguo Mansion.

It took a lot of effort to get the uninhabited garden of the Lai family.

He shouted, "A bunch of trash, don't stop."

After speaking, under the amazed gazes of dozens of people including Liu Changji, Jia family members, embroidered clothes guards, personal soldiers, servants, etc., with a flick of his hand, he threw a spell into the air and it rose against the wind.

(End of this chapter)