serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 152 Another move

Dragon Head Palace

Bedroom
The Supreme Emperor leaned on the couch by the window, closed his eyes and meditated.

Looking at the king in front of him who he has been loyally assisting for more than [-] years, Song Chengliang's heart felt cold, and he said after a long time: "Your Excellency will resign."

The Supreme Emperor still closed his eyes: "Go."

Song Chengliang knelt down and kowtowed, then stood up slowly, staggered and walked out, even staggered when he crossed the threshold, and quickly supported the door frame to stand firm.

"Chief!"

Xia Shouzhong was startled, and quickly stepped forward to help him.

"fine."

Song Chengliang pushed Xia Shouzhong's arm away, calmed down, and walked out with difficulty.

Xia Shouzhong hesitated for a moment, but followed him out.

The Supreme Emperor finally opened his eyes, and looked at the gate of the palace with complicated eyes.

Song Chengliang came out with a sad expression, walked slowly towards Wenyuan Pavilion, stopped suddenly, and had already arrived outside the Qianqing Palace, looked at the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, sighed deeply, and then walked forward go.

At this time, Dai Quan greeted a few little Huangmen who hurried over carrying two boxes.

"Chief!"

Dai Quan bowed, turned around and left.

Seeing that Dai Quan was sweating profusely, Song Chengliang asked, "What's the matter?"

Dai Quan hesitated for a moment, then walked in front of Song Chengliang, and said in a low voice: "The imperial concubine had a difficult delivery, her vitality was hurt, and she hasn't woken up yet."

Song Chengliang was surprised: "Where is the little prince? Did you give birth to the little prince safely?"

"Don't you know?"

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "The little prince is safe and well. Don't say anything, the miscellaneous family is going to deliver medicine. The old concubine got angry, and if she misses something, she will die." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly reported to Fengzao Palace go.

Song Chengliang laughed out of composure: "It's good to be born! It's good to be born!" Thinking of the father and son today, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

Luck is the most terrifying mentality of those in power. Regarding the current rebellion in the south, the emperor is just thinking about luck. Coupled with Wang Hetang's support, it is difficult to persuade for a while.

In desperation, Song Chengliang went to Longshou Palace. Although he met the Supreme Emperor, the result was very bad.The Supreme Emperor not only refused to send troops south to suppress the bandits, but also directly stated that this was a step in his plan. He also said when he had wiped out more than half of the gentry, and when he would stop.

The emperor's ruthlessness is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

If this tossing continues, the Great Zhou Dynasty may really fall into chaos, and there is still a Manchu in the north who is eyeing it. By the way, the Raksha people are also a big threat!

At this moment, Song Chengliang felt deeply exhausted, maybe he shouldn't be alive!

Song Chengliang was taken aback by this sudden idea, and shook his head with a wry smile, how could he have such absurd idea.

Jia Yuanchun gave birth to the prince, and the nobles have hope and retreat. The emperor currently has only three sons and a daughter, the third prince who is ten years old, the fourth prince who is five years old, and the seventh prince who has just turned two years old. The queen has only one child Princess.

The newly born little prince Xingjiu, Ninth Prince, Song Chengliang smiled and strode towards Wenyuan Pavilion. He still had to discuss with Liu Fang and prepare for the deployment of troops to counter the rebellion.

Outside the gate of the Ministry of War, cars and sedans stopped for a long time.

Officials from the Ministry of Punishment, the Infantry Yamen, Bingmasi and Shuntian Mansion looked like ants on a hot pot, dripping with sweat in anxiety, and kept stretching their necks to look at the gate of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Li Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, Qiu Liang, the commander of the military and horse department, Li Mingbo, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and the deputy commander of the infantry yamen were all standing in the lobby of the Ministry of War.

In the middle of the hall, Jia Hu sat in front of the big case, and said: "You have also read the imperial decree. This Marquis has committed a crime and performed meritorious service. If the Manchu Tartars who murdered the clan cannot be captured within five days, the crime will be added. What should I do? ?”

There was silence.

The scene on New Year's Eve happened again, it was still near Shichahai, and it was still the clan mansion, but this time it was the Manchu Tartars.

If it weren't for the soldiers patrolling the streets nearby, the eleven clan mansions that managed to escape the catastrophe on New Year's Eve would have been bombed, because all the mansions had increased guards, and there was no such thing as annihilation like on New Year's Eve. The prince fell and was injured due to the shock of the explosion. A county king happened to go out and was killed by the bomb, and another county king was lucky enough to save his life, but he was also crippled. This made the already weak royal family even worse.

As the old saying goes, the scourge lasted for thousands of years, and King Zhongshun escaped.

And Yizhong County King was not harmed in any way.

Originally, this matter would never have anything to do with Jia Hu, because he broke into the harem without anyone's permission. The stingy emperor charged Jia Hu with trespassing, and then let Jia Hu take the crime and make meritorious service. If the Manchu Tartars who murdered the clan cannot be captured within five days, the crime will be aggravated.

Jia Hu is Jia Yuanchun's cousin, who belongs to the emperor's relatives, and according to the rules, he has to play [-] boards.

If his trousers were stripped and the board was beaten, Jia Hu would be completely humiliated.

Also, the death rate of infants at this time is very high, let alone premature infants. Doctor Wang said that even if this child survives the full moon and one year old and grows up safely, most of them are weak and sick.

Thinking of Jia Yuanchun who was unconscious again, Jia Hu was furious, and with a "slap", he slapped the big case, shaking the tea bowl on the big case: "Three days! You are limited to three days Solve the case!"

The four of them were startled, and Li Jin said, "Master Hou, isn't three days too urgent?"

Jia Hu grabbed the tea bowl on the big case, and slammed it on the floor tiles in front of the big case!
The broken pieces of the tea bowl splashed, and the tea splashed everywhere!

All four were startled.

"Only three days! If you can't solve the case, I will be punished by His Majesty. None of you can live a peaceful life. Now I only want to say one thing, even if the capital is turned upside down and turned into a mess, I will find the Manchu Tartars." come out!"

The four looked at each other, and said in unison: "Yes." They answered and walked out quickly.

"Qiu Liang stay." Jia Hu said.

Qiu Liang stopped.

Jia Hu: "Immediately send someone to search the grocery stores and drugstores that sell firecrackers in the eastern and western cities."

Qiu Liang's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll lead them there myself." After speaking, he hurried out.

Jia Hu sat in front of the big case and thought for a while, then took a blank piece of paper, picked up a pen and began to write.

After finishing writing, Jia Hu picked up the piece of paper and looked at it, while blowing on the ink, and then shouted: "Lin San!"

Lin San walked in in response: "Master!"

Jia Hu handed over the piece of paper: "Send this to Mr. Jiao, and tell him that we will do it when the Bingmasi soldiers rush into Nancheng."

After a pause, "Arrange 20 people from the ancestral hall to cooperate with Mr. Jiao."

"promise!"

Lin San took the piece of paper and strode away.

At this moment, Jia Yucun hurried over and whispered next to Jia Hu: "Just now a few criminals with torn clothes rushed into the imperial city, and many of them were still wounded. It seems that nothing is wrong. Small."

Prosecution Division?
It seems that things are definitely not small.

Jia Hu waved his hand, signaling him to go out.

Qianqing Palace

study room

With a bang, a teacup from a blue-and-white official kiln hit the floor tiles, and the shards flew everywhere!

Emperor Jianwu's face turned pale with anger, and he patted the imperial case almost out of control: "Not enough successes, more than failures! A bunch of idiots, idiots! What I told you that day, all fell on deaf ears!"

A senior eunuch with torn clothes and white silk wrapped around his head fell on the ground.

Dai Quan, who was standing next to him, and the several eunuchs on duty standing by the gate of the palace were all silent.

This time, Emperor Jianwu calmed down quickly and asked, "Did you blow up most of the weapons and ammunition?"

"Returning to the emperor, all the ammunition was blown up, and as for the firecrackers, there may be a small part that was not completely blown up." The chief eunuch of the criminal department replied.

Emperor Jianwu's face had returned to calm, and he said lightly: "Go down."

"Yes." The chief eunuch of the criminal department got up with a heart that was in a panic, and when he retreated, his legs were weak.

Dai Quan glanced at the eunuch on duty and motioned him to come over and clean up the debris and tea foam on the ground.

Emperor Jianwu sighed deeply, the convoy transporting weapons and ammunition to Henan Wei was attacked in Jining, and it is estimated that many firecrackers fell into the opponent's hands.

Dai Quan said, "Your Majesty, Henan Wei."

Emperor Jianwu stood up, walked to the gate of the palace, looked at the sky in the distance, and said: "We took [-] Xiyi muskets from the Beijing camp and sent them to Jiangnan camp by sea, and Wang Ziteng left [-] guns. Let him send someone to Henan Wei to send it."

"Yes."

Dai Quan hesitated for a moment, and said, "Send someone to investigate."

Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed: "Let the people from Zhenfu Division go."

Without saying a word, the deputy chief eunuch of Qianqing Palace hurried over and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is awake."

(End of this chapter)