The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 262 The big boss...he is gone!

Gao Ai came here for Jia She, and it was impossible for Gu Mingchen not to understand the implication of Emperor Tai Qi's words.

If it were Jia Cong who heard these words, he would definitely think of the fate of the talented scholar Xie Jin in his previous life.

Xie Jin originally stayed well in the imperial prison, but Emperor Yongle said, "Jin is still here?" Ji Gang had to let him die.

Today, Emperor Taiqi is furious, and Jia She's survival has affected the current situation in Liaodong. What value does such a person have living?
Gu Mingchen is not afraid that he will become a grudge against Jia Cong for killing his father. It has nothing to do with him whether Jia She is alive or not. This is the emperor's intention. And the most important point is that others don't know about the contradiction between the east and west houses, and he is not have no idea.

Jia Cong should be looking forward to Jia She's death more than anyone else. If this man were not his biological father, he would have died long ago, and the grass on the grave would have withered several times.

Liu Qingfeng's head and face were covered with sweat. He knelt on the ground and shouted: "I'm sorry." Gao Ai glanced at him sideways, "I'm sorry, why did I wrong you? The master of suffering is outside, do you want to call him in?"

A farmer man came in, knelt down behind Liu Qingfeng, and said with a passionate expression, "I beg Mr. Qingtian to make the decision for Xiaomin. Xiaomin's daughter is 15 years old this year. She went to the city not long ago and was favored by others. It costs ten taels of silver to buy Xiaomin's daughter.

How could Xiaomin be willing to sell his daughter? Besides, Xiaomin had inquired about that family and it was a sinner who was exiled here. How could Xiaomin be willing to let his daughter go with such a person.

Unexpectedly, someone set up a trap for Xiaomin and asked Xiaomin to bet with him. Xiaomin didn't know that he was fooled, and he even had to pay 500 taels of silver. Even if Xiaomin's bones were sold, he didn't even have that much silver. That family... Xiao Min's daughter was snatched away, saying it was to pay off a debt. Poor Xiao Min's daughter was actually harmed by Xiao Min! "

Gao Ai glanced at Liu Qingfeng, who was also dumbfounded. At this moment, he remembered that the person who forcibly bought the civilian girl was none other than Jia She.

"The family you mentioned are criminals exiled here. What is his name?"

"Everything is true, little folk. That family's surname is Jia, and they come from Shenjing City. They say they are noble people who committed a heinous crime and were exiled here."

The common people didn't know how to speak, so they actually used the word "noble" to Jia She. Gao Ai scolded, "Since he committed a heinous crime and was exiled, how can he be called a noble?"

He stared at Liu Qingfeng again and asked, "Master Liu, I remember that there is only one person who was exiled here from Shenjing City, and that was the former first-class general Jia She. I remember that he was deposed by the emperor. Well, could it be that Mr. Liu doesn’t know this news yet?”

"I don't dare. I know it. I already know it!"

Gao Ai asked the common people again, "Have you ever come to the Yamen to file a complaint?"

"Xiao Min came here, but when Mr. Liu heard that he was accusing the man named Jia, he said that Xiao Min was making a false accusation and beat Xiao Min twenty times. Xiao Min's leg was lame because of the beating."

Liu Qingfeng was so frightened that he realized that Gao Yushi was probably here to target Jia She.

Although the official rank of Dashun was low, because he was on patrol on behalf of the emperor, responsible for correcting hundreds of officials and identifying those who were wronged, he was the governor of a province. When he saw the censor, he wanted to kneel down, but just because of a memorial It is possible that the black gauze hat on your head will not be protected.

"Sir, please forgive me. I am blind. Please give me a chance. I will atone for my sins!"

Gao Ai didn't mean to offend his colleagues. He did come for Jia She, but he didn't want to do it himself. He said, "It's not just this case. Also, since the criminal Jia She came to serve his sentence in Longhua County, Serves, how can you commit fraud for personal gain and make Marquis Ning Guo bear the bad name of disregarding the law?
This time, I have also come here to verify according to the order. The Marquis of Ning State is the Qiancheng of the country, so there is no reason for you to slander me! "

"I don't dare! I really don't dare!"

Later, Gao Ai sent a police officer to Jia's house to perform official duties, and ordered people to take Jia She to work in the quarry.

Jia She was having lunch with Mrs. , Jia She was very impatient and cursed, "Go ahead and tell me, sir, I don't have time. I'm coming here and there. Sir, am I free?"

One moment he comes while listening to music, and the next moment he catches up with him when he is sleepy, then he comes again!

It's a pity that Jia She can't do anything with Liu Qingfeng, otherwise, he really wants to replace him with someone who is obedient and sensible.

The steward wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Sir, the people who came here are not the county magistrate, but the policemen and others from the yamen, saying, saying, saying...saying..."

"What are you talking about? Say it quickly. If you can't say it, stop it!" Jia She never dreamed that someone would dare to regard him as a sinner. He was still a sinner in the eyes of the emperor and courtiers in Shenjing City. But in this borderland, how could anyone regard him as a sinner?

Jia She thought that some blind person came to accuse him of robbing a girl.

It's funny to say that when he was in Shengjing City, if he had fallen in love with the daughter of a good family, it would have cost seven or eight hundred taels of silver at least. How could he know that the common people in Longhua County had never seen the world, and they were just a yellow flower? The eldest daughter can get it for ten taels of silver. The 800 taels of silver given by Sun Shaozu could buy fifty.

"Sir, yes, the officer from the Yamen said that he was ordered by the county magistrate to ask him to work in the quarry. He said that this house should be sealed!"

Jia She picked his ears and asked, "What did you say? Say it again!"

The steward had no choice but to say, "Sir, this was not said by the young man, but by the chief of the yamen. How dare you say such a thing!"

Jia She was so angry that he almost fainted, "They are rebelling. Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like this? Go and call him in. I want to ask him face to face, who is the county magistrate Liu Qingfeng?" Is it the end?"

Soon, the catcher came, and instead of saluting Jia She, he stood arrogantly, with his hand on the handle of the knife, "Jia She, listen carefully, the imperial censor has come to the court, and now he is verifying this." Let’s talk about it. The emperor has also issued a decree to ask whether this is the punishment department of Dashun or the punishment department of Rongguo Mansion?”

Jia She really fainted this time.

When he woke up, he was already at the quarry, with the dim sun above his head without any heat. The howling wind crossed the Great Wall and blew in from outside the wall, blowing on his body like a knife.

Jia She hurriedly stroked his arms. He was only wearing a tattered sheepskin jacket. The fur coat he brought from Shenjing City was missing. On his legs was a pair of blue trousers. His feet were bare. The slightest movement was like iron. The sound of the chain.

Jia She was so surprised that he hurriedly stood up and looked around. He saw people working around him. They were like zombies. They only moved stones mechanically, with no expression on their faces.

Not long after, a man who looked like a steward came over and waved his whip at Jia She without any explanation, "Why don't you go to work? I've been standing up for two hours, why haven't you frozen to death? You're not allowed to eat at night!"

"You, you, you dare to treat me like this, do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are, this is my territory, since you come to my place, you have to listen to me!"

After saying that, the man whipped Jia She severely again. Several cracks appeared on the torn sheepskin coat. The whip hit his leg, causing burning pain. Under the stinging pain, Jia She's breathing He began to feel rapid, and the cold air stung his lungs. Unable to breathe, Jia She fell headlong onto the stone.

A sharp stone pierced his forehead, and blood spread out and quickly solidified.

The steward glanced at the bloodstain, put his whip behind him, and turned to inspect other places. The people passing by carrying the stones looked very impatient because they wanted to avoid this area. One person even kicked Jia She in the body out of anger and shouted "bad luck".

At nightfall, Gao Ai heard that Jia She was dead.Kong An, who had been staying outside the city for two days, heard that Jia She was dead. He rushed over in a hurry and was covered in dust. He was filled with grief. He circled around Jia She's body and said, " What should I do, how can I explain it to the Marquis?"

Kong An arrived two days ago. When he heard that Gao Ai was coming, he did not go into the city immediately. He also wanted to see what the court was doing. Unexpectedly, this time, Gu Mingchen was of great help.

Liu Qingfeng was scared to death. In the back room of the county government office, he locked himself in a room alone. Three feet of white silk was hung on the beam. He just sat and looked at the white silk, trying to hang himself on it again. Don't dare.

The steward who had been following him for a long time persuaded him outside the door, "Master, no one is forcing you to die right now, so why are you in such a hurry? When there is any news from Mr. Gao or Ning Guohou, you can It’s not too late to commit suicide!”

When Liu Qingfeng heard this, he realized that this was the truth. No one paid attention to him for the time being. He didn't do anything wrong. He just flattered the people who should be flattered and did the errands he had to do. Why should he die?

Liu Qingfeng did not die, but Mrs. As a widow, even if Jia Mu didn't want her life, how could Jia Cong be willing to let her live?

Mrs. Xing's body hung on the roof beam for three days before anyone discovered it. Fortunately, after the winter in the north, the weather was very cold, like a natural freezer, and it could still be preserved.

A total of two coffins, containing Jia She and Mrs. Xing, were escorted by Kong An to Shenjing City. As for the concubines who followed Jia She, Kong An set all of them free.

Light snow began to fall on the Hebei side. The further south we went, the temperature was slightly higher. However, due to the rain, the road was muddy and the two coffins were not light. It was not fast to walk along the way. In addition, there were unexpected things on the road. Encountering someone who wanted to rob the body delayed the trip even more.

By the time we returned to the capital, we had been on the road for nearly two months, and the flavor of the New Year in Shenjing City was beginning to get stronger.

On the day Kong An entered the city, good news from Liaodong also came. The city of Hetuala was captured by Ning Guohou. Nuerhaci led a group of Jianzhou Jurchens to escape northward. Because of the heavy mountains and rugged mountain roads, the old slave actually let Got away.

Kong Anxin said that it was good to escape. In order to prevent Nuerhachi from coming back, the imperial court would inevitably have to send military officers to guard Liaodong. It happened that the Marquis could stay in Liaodong without being transferred back to the capital.

At this time, in the city of Shenjing, at the bottom of the deep sea invisible to the common people, as Emperor Taiqi's body deteriorated, the battle to seize the throne was already in full swing.

Kong An knew that it was impossible for Mr. Hou to take sides, and no matter who took that position in the future, it would be necessary to have someone like Mr. Hou.

In the Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu was wearing a half-worn coat with silver and red flowers. He still had a necklace, Baoyu, a name lock, amulet and other items. He had half exposed pine and flower silk trouser legs underneath, brocade-edged elastic ink socks, thick-soled red shoes, and in his hands. He was leaning on a cane and sitting under the eaves to watch the snow. The cold wind hit him. He clenched his fists, brought them to his mouth, and coughed twice from time to time.

Hearing the sound, Xi Ren hurried over and put a Clouded Leopard cloak on him, "Second Master finally recovered, but he doesn't care about his body. He sits under the cold wind and blows out some good things. How can we?" manage?"

The piece of jade on his chest was more radiant than before.

At first, the Jia family even prepared a coffin for him, but unexpectedly, a monk came and said that an old acquaintance from the Qinggeng Peak could cure Baoyu's disease. He was crazy and wanted to use this to cure Baoyu's illness. The grotesque two people fought to go out, but were stopped by Jia Mu, who treated Baoyu's dead horse as a living horse. The two men took Baoyu's piece of jade and recited a few verses, and the original became dim. Dull, like a piece of stone-like jade, it regained its brilliance.

Three days later, Baoyu regained consciousness. After nearly two months of nursing, Baoyu had suffered a serious physical loss and had not yet recovered.

"I feel much better today!" Baoyu had completely forgotten all about his illness, as if he had drank Meng Po soup.

Yuanyang came over and blamed Xiren, saying, "Why did you let him sit on this wind outlet so early in the morning?"

Xiren said hurriedly, "What did I say? The second master just didn't listen to me, and it will be us who will suffer the consequences later."

Yuanyang didn't care about this, and took Baoyu and said, "Second Master, go quickly. The old lady is just trying to talk to you. She said it was early in the morning. I don't know how you are. Are you better than yesterday?"

Baoyu coughed twice, and his face was still as bright as the full moon. It was a bit gray and pale, and there was a layer of dead skin on his lips. Looking at his expression, he looked a bit like a weathered old man. .

It’s really heartbreaking to watch.

Baoyu's legs were still flaccid, Yuanyang slowed down, and they arrived at Rongqing Hall together. They saw Mrs. Wang, Xifeng, Li Wan, Aunt Xue and her daughter. It was rare that Yuan Chun also walked out of the boudoir today. He was sitting and talking to Xue Baochai.

In the end, her marriage was decided by the Sun family. She would leave the court after the Chinese New Year and go to Shanxi in the future so that she could take care of the eldest brother nearby. This was Jia Mu's selfish intention.

"This is also the last year that the eldest girl will spend at home!" I don't know what she said, Mrs. Wang said with a smile. She was a little busy preparing the dowry for Yuanchun these days. Fortunately, Baoyu came back to life and only needs to have a good life. When you are naked, the worries around you are gone.

Seeing Baoyu come in, Mrs. Wang's eyes were fixed on her son. She took his hand and touched it. She felt relieved when she saw that the hand was warm.

Before Baoyu could salute, Jia Mu hurriedly said with a smile, "Come here and sit down. I heard that you were studying last night, and your body is not healthy. What kind of books are you reading? Stop reading that book as soon as possible. You will have more time to study in the future." "

Baoyu smiled and responded. He looked at Baochai uncomfortably, but Baochai did not look at him, but looked elsewhere.

The marriage between the two was now being circulated in the house, and it was said that they were a good match. Baoyu thought that Sister Bao was shy and didn't care. His eyes only lingered on her snow-like face for a moment, and then he looked away.

Not long after, Jia Zheng also came, happily saying, "Brother Cong has done great work again. He actually captured the city of Hetuala. This is a great contribution to the destruction of the country!"

Jia Mu's face darkened, "No matter how great his achievements are, they cannot be attributed to us. What are you talking about? But your eldest brother, I don't know what it's like in the north. Give him this year's New Year's goods." I'll ask Yuanyang to take care of the clothes and send them over later."

Jia Zheng said hurriedly, "Eldest brother, I asked Lian'er to send another 1000 taels of silver from Gongzhong. However, Brother Cong has made great contributions. The emperor has no chance of being promoted this time."

Jia Mu sighed and said nothing. Jin Jue was also from the Jindong Mansion branch, so what did it have to do with them?
This second son spends all day worrying about other people's hearts!

When Mrs. Wang saw Jia Zheng come in, she didn't even look at Baoyu. When Baoyu was about to die, Jia Zheng shed two tears sadly. Baoyu came to life, and Jia Zheng looked like Baoyu was not dead. Regretful.

Mrs. Wang would not have thought that this was because Baoyu failed to live up to expectations and was embarrassed. She only thought that it was instigated by Aunt Zhao and her son. Her master liked scholars, and Mrs. Wang knew this very well, so she tentatively said, "Master, Baoyu After the New Year, it’s time to take good care of your health. How about hiring a gentleman to teach Baoyu how to read at home in the spring?”

Baoyu was stunned for a moment, was he going to study?It's better to just let him die!

Sure enough, Jia Zheng's eyes lit up. He looked towards Baoyu and saw that his face was pale. Compared with his former glory and beauty, his vitality seemed to be gone. He couldn't help but feel a little heartache. He nodded involuntarily, "If so, Being able to work hard is also his destiny."

Unexpectedly, before Jia Zheng could finish his words, Jia Mu said, "Let's wait until he is well. This time, if you hadn't instigated him to study all day long, what would he have done?"

Jia Zheng frowned, lowered his head and said nothing, pretending that he had never raised this son.

Outside, Jia Lian came in in a hurry. Xifeng was about to stop him, but was pushed away by Jia Lian. He took two steps forward and almost rushed to Jia Mu, saying, "Old lady, eldest master...he is gone." !”

In the entire Rongqing Hall, for a moment, it was as if the hand of heaven had pressed the pause button, and everyone was stunned into a statue.

(End of this chapter)