Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 200 Introduction
After passing through the layers of guards, he came to the door of a separate secret room in Jinyiwei's prison. Qining opened the door, let Lai Shangrong in, then closed the door and went to the cubicle.

"Master Qin wants to see me?"

Although I was holding back a lot of anger, I still acted calmly and calmly.

Qin Ye smiled brightly: "I'm just a criminal, how can I be called an adult!"

Although the emperor promised to let Qin Zhong live, he only let him go, but he may not be willing to save his life.

If the emperor didn't want the account books for the distribution of spoils, then Qin Zhong didn't need follow-up protection, but the emperor not only had to hand over the account books himself, but also made a statement in front of the Supreme Emperor.

This undoubtedly betrayed King Beijing and everyone on his line.

Even after thinking about it, he knew that after he died, these people would have nowhere to vent their anger, and they would inevitably transfer their hatred to their sons. At that time, the emperor would definitely not be able to protect Qin Zhong, and would even deliberately distance himself from the relationship to prove to the emperor that he had no relationship with Qin Zhong. What kind of deal did he have to frame Beijing Wang and others?

However, the case has solid evidence. If he does not follow the emperor's wishes, Qin Zhong will not be able to wait for the revenge of King Beijing and others.

It's not that he didn't think about picking out the most powerful King of Beijing, but firstly, the emperor had a lot of information and his attitude was clear; secondly, he didn't have the chance to meet the King of Beijing to ask for any promises.

But if the King of Beijing is singled out, even if he passes the emperor's test, once he dies, the King of Beijing will not protect Qin Zhong in order to avoid suspicion.

After thinking about it, all the previous relationships were offended as soon as the account books were handed over, and the only option was to entrust Lai Shangrong.

He has been in officialdom for decades and has been tempered for a long time. He thinks he has a very thorough understanding of people's hearts.

If he hadn't mentioned before that he wanted to give his adopted daughter to Lai Shangrong as a concubine, he might not have had any other ideas in mind, but since he had mentioned it but failed to fulfill it, it was inevitable that he would have a grudge.

That's why he pretended to be mysterious and asked Lai Shangrong to be his guarantee before he was willing to hand over the account books. The purpose was to meet him.

In the past, both he and the King of Beijing underestimated the emperor, but in this case, the emperor took action after making a decision. From now on, it seems that he started planning the case from the time he installed Mei Gong, and then tolerated it until the evidence was conclusive, which shows that His imperial mind.

Such an emperor would feel free to let him talk to Lai Shangrong?
Even if there was really no eavesdropping arrangement, as long as he handed over the account book to Lai Shangrong and his son was his student, couldn't the emperor guess the reason?
If Lai Shangrong does not protect Qin Zhong by then, he will definitely leave a label of treachery in the emperor's heart. This is a conspiracy. No matter what Lai Shangrong thinks in his heart, he will not be willing to leave this label in the emperor's heart.

Although I felt sorry for him, he had to do this for the sake of his son.

Even if Lai Shangrong had a grudge and stopped teaching his son, it would be a blessing as long as he kept his life and continued his incense.

Lai Shangrong knew that Qin Ye was devoted to protecting his son, so when he saw him silent, he thought he was worried about Qin Zhong.

Asked: "My lord! Since the emperor has promised not to punish Qin Zhong, why are you worried?"

Qin Ye came to his senses after hearing the sound, fell to his knees with a plop, and said with tears: "Good nephew! This time I hand over the account book, how can they not bear grudge against me? It is not a pity for me to die, but Zhong'er is young, how can he hide from me?" To live up to their plan, I just ask you to do your best to save his life for the sake of master and disciple!"

Lai Shangrong supported Qin Ye and said, "Relax, sir. Even if you don't tell me, I will do my best."

Qin Ye lay on the ground and sobbed: "My dear nephew! Last time Jia Zhen had the idea of ​​picking up the ashes, I wanted to save the little girl and entrust her to you, but Jia Zhen insisted on not allowing Jia Rong to divorce his wife. , I am now in jail again, and I am already exhausted!"

He didn't know that Lai Shangrong knew Jia Zhen's attachment to Qin Keqing, and was afraid that he would be dissatisfied because of his adopted daughter.

So I tried my best to explain, anyway, this matter was heard, and it was only Jia Zhen who made a fool of herself. As for Qin Keqing, she is an adopted daughter after all, so it is not important to continue the Qin family's incense.

Lai Shangrong just thought that he was still concerned about Qin Keqing's safety, and hurriedly agreed: "Sir, get up quickly! I know everything about this, so just don't worry, no matter you are here or not, I will try my best to protect the Qin family and Qin Zhong!" "Okay! Xian! My nephew always does what he says, so I can rest assured!"

Although I am dissatisfied with Lai Shangrong for putting his adopted daughter before his son, I am also afraid that it will be self-defeating.

"Do you have any other instructions, sir?"

Lai Shangrong tried his best not to be too eager for quick success and asked again.

Qin Ye stood up and sighed: "I don't have any extravagant hopes as an old man. I just want to continue the fragrance of my Qin family! This place is unlucky after all. I will leave the account book in the hands of Liu Xianglian, the second son of the Liu family, whose family is..."

Liu Xianglian?
No wonder Liu Xianglian went to repair Qin Zhong’s tomb after his death in the original work. It turns out that there is still this relationship.

However, Liu Xianglian collected the account books for Qin Ye, so he didn't know if he would be implicated.

He had no personal relationship with Liu Xianglian and was too lazy to care about his fate. He cupped his hands in front of Qin Ye and said, "Sir, take care of yourself!"

After leaving the secret room and explaining the location of the account books to Qining, Lai Shangrong was not in a hurry to go home, but was waiting for news in Jinyiwei.

Although Qin Ye had revealed the location of the ledger, if Qining went there and gained nothing, he would not be suspected if he left early.

Fortunately, what he feared did not happen. An hour later, Qi Ning left and returned, along with Liu Xianglian and the account book for sharing the stolen goods.

"Hahaha! Thank you for your hard work, I have to report to the emperor, so I won't send you off!"

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Qi Ning returned to the imperial study and handed the account book to Emperor Zhenglong.

He also recounted the conversation between Lai Shangrong and Qin Ye in detail.

When he heard Jia Zhen removing the ashes, Emperor Zhenglong snorted coldly: "Ha! Remove the ashes? It can be seen that these nobles are broken at the root!"

After flipping through the account book briefly, Emperor Zhenglong couldn't help but sneer and said: "This Jia family is full of trash seeds, and Jia Zhen has to reach out because of her nepotism. , such a major corruption case is still excluded, which shows extremely incompetent."

As an emperor, he is not afraid of corrupt officials. After all, as long as he reaches out, he will be able to get something. He is afraid of mediocre officials like Jia Zheng.

He secretly remembered that such an important government office could never use such a person again.

"I remember that there are no actual positions in the Ningguo lineage?"

"Back to the emperor, it is true that he has no actual position, only a first-class general."

If they are just nobles waiting to die, even if they occasionally bully men and women, the emperor will only be happy to see it happen with the legacy of his ancestors. After all, except for a few iron hat kings, the rest are hereditary descendants, otherwise It hasn’t fallen off in several years.

But if you don't serve the imperial court and dare to stretch your hands randomly, you are like a blood-sucking moth lying on the imperial court, so naturally it is a different matter.

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(End of this chapter)