Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

Chapter 299
"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles from the government offices of various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River are urgent!!"

As soon as he got off the court, not long after, Dai Quan hurried in, with a hint of nervousness in his words.

Eight hundred miles is urgent, and the magistrates seldom use it. Once such a document is used, it means that the matter has reached a certain level, it is very urgent, or the matter is extremely harmful, otherwise it will never be used. such instruments.

Hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Mingkang was obviously taken aback, is the eight hundred miles in the south of the Yangtze River in a hurry? ?what's going on?Jiangnan is located in the hinterland of Dakang, so how can there be a rush of [-] miles there?

"what happened?"

Emperor Mingkang's tone was a bit cold.

It didn't mean that Emperor Kangdi was always like this, and he couldn't hear any troubles, but that the situation in the capital these days was too severe, which already gave him a headache, and he really didn't want to hear any more bad news.

Dai Quan bent down, stood aside cautiously, bowed and said, "I haven't checked it yet, so I don't know what it is?"

Hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Ming Kang laughed.

"You old dog is self-conscious!!"

After all, Emperor Mingkang took the memorial from Dai Quan, and as soon as he opened it, Emperor Mingkang's brows were furrowed. At first, he thought that he had read it wrong, so he couldn't help but read it again from the beginning.

After a while, Emperor Mingkang threw the memorial on the table, snorted coldly, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"These bastards!!"

"Damn~~"

These words were almost squeezed out between Emperor Mingkang's teeth, and Dai Quan's body trembled. At this moment, he clearly felt that the lord of Dakang in front of him was obviously murderous.

After saying these words, Dai Quan felt that the entire imperial study room suddenly cooled down. Emperor Mingkang, who had a low air pressure, gave people an extremely oppressive feeling.

"Dai Quan, call the cabinet ministers into the palace immediately!!"

"Also, call Wu Qiugui, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, to me!!"

Dai Quan didn't dare to neglect, and left in a hurry after taking the order.

After a while, Emperor Mingkang narrowed his eyes and said, "Xu Yuantu, shouldn't you give me an explanation? What's going on in Jiangnan?"

"Why is there still a problem with the salt transportation?"

As soon as Emperor Mingkang finished speaking, Xu Yuantu came out from behind a pillar on one side.

Facing Emperor Mingkang's questioning, Xu Yuantu had nothing to say for a moment. He was in the capital, and the Jiangnan region was thousands of miles away from the capital. He was simply beyond his reach. Even if something really happened, it would take some time for the news to come back.

Since he had nothing to say, Xu Yuantu simply knelt on the ground and said aloud: "My minister is guilty, please forgive me!!"

Seeing that Xu Yuantu was such a bachelor, Emperor Mingkang immediately became furious, picked up the memorial from the royal case, and threw it on him hard.

"You are indeed guilty, or a capital crime!! See for yourself, what are these things!! According to the reports of several prefects, there are salt-carrying boats sinking in the river every year. You are blind, Or is it deaf? Why is this situation not reported?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuantu felt helpless. This situation is inevitable, because the riverbed will accumulate some silt every year, and the water will also sweep away some stones from both sides of the river. Even if it is regularly dredged, there is no guarantee. There will definitely be no problems with the building, how can he report it?
Emperor Mingkang pointed to the folder on the ground, and continued to say in a cold voice: "Take it up, take a look for yourself, see if I belittle you on purpose, and see if I have wronged you?"

Xu Yuantu picked up the memorial on the ground, opened it, and his expression immediately turned cold.

More than half of the year-old salt transported to the south of the Yangtze River this year has sunk, and the salt that sank into the river disappeared immediately.

Seeing this, Xu Yuantu knew that someone must be playing tricks on this matter, and it wasn't like it was a few years ago.

In the past few years, even if those large ships hit a rock and sank, they were no more than one-twelfth, or even less, at most, and those, after the salt was silent, more than half of them could be recovered after salvage.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuantu said: "Qizou Emperor, in the past years, there were indeed shipwrecks in the matter of salt, but those are unavoidable shipwrecks. After salvage, most of them can be recovered. This is normal." The phenomenon of this year is definitely not this year, and the subordinates suspect that there must be someone deliberately making trouble behind this incident!!"

"Is that why you didn't report to me?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuantu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This subordinate has absolutely no intention of doing so. I did not report to the emperor in time. I committed the crime of dereliction of duty. I hope that your majesty will allow me to take the blame and make meritorious deeds to transport the salt in the south of the Yangtze River." The mastermind behind this incident has been uncovered, and he must be brought before the emperor for punishment!!"

Seeing Xu Yuantu lying on the ground, Emperor Mingkang gradually calmed down. He knew that this incident was not Xu Yuantu's fault. He knew it when he saw the memorial.

Behind this incident, there must be someone playing tricks. Although the dark guards are distributed throughout Dakang, the core power is still in the capital. How big is Dakang?He is clear that the dark guard's control over certain places and certain things is indeed not good enough.

Just like the bitter cold land on the nine sides, the Daxue Dragon Cavalry Army led by Jia Jun, before he went to the south of the Yangtze River, no one knew how strong this iron cavalry was.
"I'll give you three days to give me an answer. If you can't, then come see me with your head up!!"

Hearing Emperor Mingkang's words, Xu Yuantu felt helpless. In three days, even if he hurried to Jiangnan, running day and night, it would take at least two days and two nights. Not everyone is a champion. Returned to the capital from the south of the Yangtze River.

In other words, Emperor Mingkang actually only gave him one day's work, and this time was too short.

However, he also knew that Emperor Mingkang was in a fit of anger at the moment, and if he didn't take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, he might suffer disaster.

"My minister takes orders!!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Yuantu was just about to get up and leave when he suddenly heard Emperor Mingkang ask: "Champion Hou Jiaju, is there anything strange about Zhen Guo Gong Li Guo Gong these two days?"

Xu Yuantu was silent for a moment, and then said: "After returning to Beijing, the champion Hou Jia Gong did not go to the mansions of Zhen Guogong and Li Guogong, nor did he send anyone there. I have never been out of the Champion's Mansion!!"

"As for the two old dukes, Duke Zhen and Duke Li, they will be kept in their own backyard. During this period of time, they have never stepped out of the house!!"

"His sons Niu Jizong and Liu Fang are presiding over the overall situation, and they have always been in a state of thanking guests behind closed doors. During this time, they only received one guest, the eunuch in charge of the Taihe Palace—Xia Cheng!!"

"When Xia Cheng left the two mansions, the two old dukes personally saw each other off, but Xia Cheng didn't seem happy at the time, and pointed at the two dukes, and the two old dukes laughed along with him. As for the others, there are no special circumstances!"

Speaking of this, Xu Yuantu paused for a moment before continuing: "Cailuan, the champion Hou's mansion, seems to be more interested in the Jiaofang Division. Most of the maids in the Hou's mansion are from the Jiaofang Division. Recently, they seem to be inquiring about the champion Hou's mother. Information, although the actions are relatively secretive, but the hidden guards who are monitoring the Hou's Mansion have noticed some clues!"

"As for the matter of the champion Hou's birth mother, our secret guards have conducted detailed investigations many times, and there is no problem with her identity. My subordinates guess that it is very likely that the champion Hou Jia Gong intends to help his birth mother move the grave and search for some necessary information. , to calculate the auspicious day, because the Hou Mansion has reserved a group of craftsmen, and according to the plan, when the weather gets warmer, construction will start immediately!"

Hearing Xu Yuantu finished speaking, Emperor Mingkang also sighed softly in his heart. Regarding Jia Gong's move of his mother's grave, he actually expected it. After all, Jia Yu went outside the city to pay homage to him just a few days after the Chinese New Year. over his mother!

"Understood, let's go to work!"

Lin Mansion, Fan Mansion, Zeng Mansion, and other residences of several cabinet lords, before they went back to sit down, or before they sat down and had time to drink tea, they heard the doorman come to report, saying that there are people from the palace, the emperor wants to Summon them!
Although they were suspicious, they didn't dare to delay. They took their official hats and hurriedly left with the eunuchs. Fortunately, none of them changed their official uniforms, so the speed was much faster.

The same is true for the Lin residence, Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked, what is the reason for the emperor's summoning?

But the little eunuch who sent the message didn't know anything about it. He only said that Chief Dai Quan asked them to go to the mansion of the cabinet minister to pass the message. The matter was extremely urgent and there was no room for delay.

Lin Ruhai had seen this little eunuch who was serving in the imperial study of Daming Palace, so he didn't doubt the authenticity of what he said, and simply explained a few words to the butler, and left in a hurry.

On the other side, Jia Gong took Cailuan and Xiangling and rode a crane to the outside of the city. The sudden landing of such a huge monster from the sky naturally alarmed another group of people who were ambushing here.

After these people saw Jia Gong, they drew out their swords and rushed in without saying a word.

The intention is also obvious, to kill the survivors of Jiaofangsi on the spot.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast, I saw the light of the knife rising, and the sound of screaming came from the room, and then it stopped abruptly!

"Clang, clang, clang!!"

After a few crisp sounds, the long knives in the hands of those villains who rushed into the farmhouse instantly snapped, and their bodies were cut into two.

At this moment, Jia Jun came out from the farmhouse, holding a woman whose face was as pale as paper and trembling all over.

Jia Yu next to Xiangling and Cailuan was fading away. It turned out that when these villains were about to attack, Jia Gong had already rushed out in an instant. The speed was so fast that an afterimage was formed on the spot, and it even lasted for nearly ten breaths. None of them dissipated, and his people had already appeared in the house and rescued the only insider.

Afterwards, Jia Gong flicked again and again, there were four or five crackling sounds, and a few muffled hums came from nearby again. Jia Guan easily solved the other hidden lines lurking around, and then he didn't care what happened to those people. The woman took her to an open space and asked her to lean against a bare tree to ease her nervousness and fear.

Looking at the slightly desolate plain in the distance, Jia Jun said softly after a while, "You must be a smart person, otherwise you wouldn't have lived till now!"

When the woman heard Jia Jun's words, her Adam's apple moved slightly, she probably swallowed her saliva secretly, but she didn't answer.

Afterwards, Jia Gong continued: "You should have guessed the identity of this Marquis, you should also know why those people died, and you should know why this Marquis came to you!!"

"" If you tell the truth that you know, this Marquis can protect your life and send you far away to the south of the Yangtze River, and give you enough gold and silver treasures, so that you can spend the rest of your life in peace! ! "

"Of course, if you don't want to cooperate, then don't blame Ben Hou for being ruthless!!"

After hearing what Jia Gong said, the woman smiled awkwardly, "Young master, what are you talking about? The women don't understand. The women are just an honest peasant family. The husband just entered the city in the morning. I'm coming back soon, if there's nothing wrong, please raise your hand!! I won't tell anyone what happened in the house!"

Hearing this, Jia Ju turned around, looked at the other party, and smiled coldly.

"You have seen the methods of this Marquis just now. I don't want to say good things a second time. If you really want to die, I will send someone to chop you up and make you into a pig!"

"This Marquis knows that you have no relatives, and you are not afraid of threats. You have been a member of the Jiaofang Division since you were very young, but you just don't know. When you die, will someone help you collect the body?"

The woman's complexion changed slightly, and her eyes began to flicker, but she still didn't intend to speak.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that there are tens of thousands of people who died at the hands of this Marquis. One more than you is not too many, and one less than you is not too many. You should think about it carefully. Don't wait until this Marquis makes you a success." Human pig, if you speak again, it will be too late!!"

When he spoke, there was no fluctuation in Jia Guan's tone, as if he was telling a very ordinary thing, but the more this happened, the greater the pressure on this woman.

Does she really know who the boy in front of her is?He also knew that he was a ruthless executioner, and he would never be merciless in killing someone like her.

She also hesitated for a moment, what she knew was very important, in fact, she also knew that if she said it, she would die, if she didn't say it, she might still be alive.

But facing Jia Jun, she didn't know what to do, and if she fell into Jia Jun's hands, her life might be worse than death.

"Then let's start with your hands!!"

As he said that, Jia Guan took a steel knife casually, without hesitation in his hand, he swung the knife and slashed.

The woman saw something wrong, how could the young man in front of her be so cold-blooded?

In an instant, she was startled, and then she hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't cut it!! I say it!!"

The steel knife fell into the ground, and there was only one handle left. Seeing the woman trembling, the other party really wanted to chop this knife.
"Say it!!"

(End of this chapter)