Jiapingguan Chronicle

Now it was the other people's turn to be shocked except Song Jue and Shen Haolin who knew the inside story. They were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

"What are you doing?" Song Jue looked at the way these people were about to pop their eyes out, and chuckled, "Are you so surprised? Xiao Tianer, if you don't shut up, your jaw will drop. "

"I think my jaw has fallen to the ground." Xue Ruitian pretended to pick up his jaw from the ground, pretended to fix it again, and looked at Song Jue suspiciously, "Wait, look at your performance, what you said just now, isn't it Are you fooling us? Do you want to see us like this?"

"Although I really want to see you as a slut, but this is indeed true, I'm not talking nonsense." Song Jue waved at Xue Ruitian, then looked at Shen Cha sincerely, "I'm not lying , if you don’t believe me, ask Hao Lin.”

Shen Cha shifted his gaze from Song Jue to Shen Haolin, and looked at him seriously.

"Really." Shen Haolin nodded, "Think about it, how can there be such a serious crime, such as ransacking the house, destroying the family, and exterminating the nine clans?"

"That's true, but..." Shen Cha was very puzzled, "But why did you do this? Why did you take the risk? He is a county horse, he doesn't need to go to court, he doesn't need to work in the yamen, he spends every day with the princess and friends Meet, eat, drink, and have fun. If you want to have a tea party, you can have a tea party, if you want to have a banquet, you can have a banquet, isn’t that good?”

"It's pretty good." Shen Haolin nodded, and smiled at Shen Cha, "But you forgot one thing, he is Enke Zhuangyuan Lang."

"I haven't forgotten, he is Enke Zhuangyuan Lang, but didn't he ask for the county horse? He asked to marry the princess again and again, but no one forced him with a knife. Why, before he asked to marry the princess, Don't you know that a county horse can't be an official in the court?" Xue Ruitian touched his chin and said, "What is the purpose of his begging to marry the princess? Don't talk about love at first sight bullshit, I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either." Shen Cha shook his head lightly, "The princess is useful to him, that's for sure, but he said that he fell in love with the princess at first sight, and he wouldn't marry anyone other than the princess, I don't believe it, let alone he has nothing to do Qian, a scholar with little power, how could he have the guts to publicly propose to marry the princess at the Qionglin Banquet and the Great Court Meeting, wouldn't he be afraid of accusing him of destroying the reputation of the princess?" She looked at Shen Haolin, then at Look at Song Jue, "Actually, this is what I care most about. Why is he so confident? Why is he so sure that the princess will agree to him?"

"Xiaocha is right, this is very strange!" Bai Meng also nodded, and he recalled, "I remember... the second uncle didn't get married in the end, so it doesn't have something to do with it?"

"No, no." Song Jue shook his head, "It has nothing to do with your family. After Huai Lu was arrested, he insisted that he hated the princess, great-grandfather, and the royal family. He is a scholar, and he fell in love with the county. My lord, I want to marry the princess as his wife, but he doesn't want to give up his official career. But it has been the rule since ancient times. If you become a son-in-law or a county horse, you can't enter the court as an official, because you want to avoid suspicion. But he just doesn't understand, why Those families whose daughters enter the palace as queens and concubines can still be active in the court and hold great power in their hands. Some people are even under one person and above ten thousand? Why are all the son-in-laws who come to the palace today Are you going to be treated unfairly?"

"Oh, why is the son-in-law complaining?" Yan Rong sneered, "If you have such backbone, don't be the son-in-law!"

"Lao Yan is right. With such a backbone, why do you care about the property of the woman's family?" Xue Ruitian looked at Song Jue, "You said just now that you ransacked the house and wiped out the family and the nine clans, right?" Seeing Song Jue nodding, he raised his eyebrows Chin, "Let's first talk about Huai Lu's previous family background, what was stolen when the house was raided, and how much property was in his family. After he became a county horse, others would give it away or do business for the sake of the princess. Got it?"

"That's right, that's right." Shen Cha nodded, "Also, what was the original situation of his family? Did he ascend to heaven just because he became enlightened alone?"

"You are all right. Huai Lu's family is very poor. It is said that he was born in a poor family because his family has been educated for three generations. There are four Jinshi and five scholars in the three generations. Even the girls in the family are all piano players. Chess, calligraphy and painting, proficient in everything."

"This..." Shen Cha frowned, and looked at Song Jue puzzled, "Is the family's situation okay? Isn't it poor? How many of the truly poor families can afford their children to study?" She Thinking of the place where I lived when I was a child, I sighed softly, "If you can't get enough to eat, how can you read and write to test your fame?"

"It's not a problem for their family to have enough food. After all, they are also a so-called scholarly family. They open a small private school to teach children to read, and the family's food and drink expenses are not worrying about it. It needs to be famous through the ages." Song Jue sighed, "The idea is good, but it is difficult to implement, isn't it?"

"Success and fame. When Huai Lu won the Enke No. [-] Scholar, wouldn't he have already achieved fame?"

"So, Huai Lu wants to marry the princess, and his family has no objection." Song Jue spread his hands, "Although he can't enter the court as an official, he can be regarded as prosperous, and he becomes a county horse, and it doesn't affect the people in the family. , not to mention that it will not affect the people in the family to do business, but it will also bring a lot of help. After being arrested, Huailu's eldest brother said that their family has always felt that Huailu's luck is particularly good, which is better than those who entered the court. Officials, people who get up early and work late every day, how lucky are they, his brother is just ignorant and doesn't know how to be satisfied."

"This elder brother is a sensible person, it's a pity." Shen Cha raised his chin, "How much property did their family copy?"

"For example, if the property of the princess mansion is one, then the property under the name of the county horse mansion and the county horse, as well as the property of his own family, including his parents, biological brothers and sisters, can be said to be ten. .”

"So many?" Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng looked at each other, "This is really..."

"Sure enough, as Brother Zhang Huailu said, greed is not enough to swallow an elephant." Shen Cha sneered, "However, Brother Xiaojue, we understand what you mean by this story. If your son-in-law does something bad Don't be merciful about the matter. But this matter at Brother Ah Rong's house may involve a murder case."

"It's the same, killing people to pay for their lives, and debts to pay back money." Song Jue looked at Yan Rong, "Princess Shuangzhu was ruthless back then, ignoring all kinds of pleadings, and asked her great-grandfather to severely punish Huai Lu. What I mean by this is, You also have to be cruel, understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this time, I will never suffer from future troubles."

"That's good." Song Jue nodded and raised an eyebrow at Ying Shiliuyi, "Proceed with this."

"Yes!"

Song Jue turned her head to ask Shen Cha for credit, but she saw Shen Cha staring at the tea bowl in front of her thoughtfully.

"Little tea? Little tea?" He looked at Shen Cha curiously, and then at the tea bowl in front of Shen Cha, "Is there anything wrong with this tea bowl?"

"No, I suddenly thought of something."

"What came to mind?"

"Is this Huai Lu from Jiaxing?" Seeing Song Jue nodding, Shen Cha and Shen Haolin exchanged glances, "After the Liang family left Wuzhou, they moved around a few places and finally settled in Jiaxing."