serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 186 Jokes
Outside, it was still raining heavily.

The study door was open, and Jia Amnesty was sitting on the reclining chair with his eyes slightly closed, resting his mind there.

Jiao Da and Ni Er stood silently by the door, one on each side.

There was silence in the study.

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering thunder on the roof.

Jia She finally opened his eyes. The East City was set alight last night. The raging flames turned half of the sky red, turning the night into day. Due to the rapid fire, many people had no time to escape and were engulfed by the fire.

Tens of thousands of forbidden troops stationed in the imperial city rushed to rescue the fire. Not only failed to put out the fire, but hundreds of forbidden troops were engulfed by the fire. Just when the fire spread to the east and west cities and everyone was desperate, it rained in the old days, and the fire was covered by heavy rain. Extinguished.

The old house of the Zhen family was the hardest-hit area, and it was also the first fire point. When Jia She, Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang and others arrived, the Zhen family had been burned to ruins. The old lady of the Zhen family, Baoyu of the Zhen family, and the Zhen family The three girls failed to escape and were all buried in the sea of ​​flames.

These are not what Jia She cares about. The palace gates of the imperial city are still closed, and no news has come out so far, which makes him feel uneasy.

The wind suddenly picked up, followed by another thunderclap, and the rain became more urgent. Jia She stood up and walked out facing the strong wind, his clothes were blown up.

Jia Amnesty stood on the porch looking at the endless rain, suddenly, his eyes lit up.

In the rain curtain, I saw Wang Shanbao holding an oiled paper umbrella, coming in through the moon gate of the yard against the wind, a strong wind blew the umbrella over in his hand, and he just let it go, and the umbrella was blown in the strong wind Piaofei went out, seeing Jia She was already standing under the eaves, he quickened his pace, approached Jia She and saluted: "Master, the Chief Assistant is here."

Jia She was overjoyed: "Please!"

Wang Shanbao: "Yes." He walked out despite the wind and rain.

After a while, two young servants from Jia's family, wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats, came carrying a heavily covered soft sedan chair.

The soft sedan chair was carried directly under the eaves of the corridor, and Song Chengliang walked out after the sedan chair was lifted.

Jia Amnesty stepped forward to help Song Chengliang: "It's raining so heavily, why did you come in person?" He helped Song Chengliang sit down on the chair, and poured another bowl of tea.

Song Chengliang took a few sips, put it down, and glanced at Jia She.

Jia Amnesty understood, Jiao Da and Ni Er said: "Go back and rest."

Jiao Da and Ni Er: "Yes." They retreated with the two servants.

Song Chengliang leaned back in his chair and sighed: "The imperial decree was drawn up in the study room, and it will still be done in accordance with the opinions of Wang Hetang, Yang Ge and Zhao Zixun who discussed in the cabinet yesterday, and Xia Shouzhong was pardoned for his crimes."

"What?!" There was a look of disbelief in Jia Amnesty's eyes.

Song Chengliang sighed again: "Really. According to Hou Zhongyi, it was Feng Tang. His Majesty only replaced a dozen senior generals of the Forbidden Army, and did not cleanse the entire Forbidden Army, nor sealed the Dragon Head Palace."

"This"

Jia Amnesty was really surprised, "So many of us took the risk of killing our family. In the end, they turned out to be kind and filial. What's going on?!"

Looking at the rain curtain outside the door, Song Chengliang waved his hand: "I should have guessed it a long time ago. Your Majesty's temperament is not suitable to be an emperor at all." At this point, he himself was startled, and turned his head to look at Jia She.

Jia Amnesty was also looking at him in surprise.

When the two eyes met, they both moved away again.

The study fell into silence again.

After a while of silence, Song Chengliang spoke first: "Your Majesty asked Prince Zhongshun to enter the cabinet as a clan prince to assist in military affairs, counselor government affairs, and also serve as an errand in the clan's mansion. Don't take it to heart, Enhou."

Jia Amnesty's face darkened: "No need to discuss?"

Song Chengliang: "When Jiahou was in Beijing, he agreed to Prince Zhongshun. At that time, His Majesty also wanted to persuade Prince Zhongshun and Jiahou to prevent any accidents."

Jia Amnesty stared at him: "Accident? What kind of accident can happen!" He raised his voice, "Anyone who dares to play tricks on military and national affairs will just beheaded!"

After pondering for a while, Song Chengliang asked, "What do you think?"

Jia Amnesty's expression became serious: "It's not that Jia is intolerant, in fact, he is a villain who does things unscrupulously. If the clan mansion falls into his hands, the Jia family will never have peace."

This was an expression of determination, and Song Chengliang didn't say much, "All right. You write a letter to Jia Hou immediately to make him ready to enter the customs."

Jia Amnesty nodded.

Song Chengliang stood up suddenly, walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, and stopped by the door, looking at the heavy rain outside: "I know that there is a secret letter between you and Jia Hu. Tell him, some words, yes I made a slip of the tongue. Let him not take it to heart."

After a pause, "The Ninth Prince is too young. If, if I can live to that time, I will fulfill my promise."

This is appalling news, Jia She's eyes flashed.

Without answering, Song Chengliang turned around, saw Jia She was in a daze, and asked, "Enhou?"

Jia Shen came back to his senses: "Yeah." Then he stood up, walked to the door, and said, "I always have a feeling that what happened last night is not the end, but another beginning. He is a man who is extremely obsessed with power. For this reason, he did not hesitate to force his parents and children to death. He will not easily give up the power in his hands. Today is such a temper."

Song Chengliang understood, looking at the endless rain outside: "This is exactly what I am worried about. But this kind of thing will have a lot of variables. Before this kind of turbulent thing is definitive, pre-emptive strikes will be controlled by others .Let's hold back and wait."

"Let's do it like this." Jia Amnesty said, and immediately felt footsteps outside the courtyard, and looked closely.

Sure enough, Wang Shanbao appeared outside the moon gate and said loudly: "My lord, people from Xiangye's house have come, and they say that the old man Yang Ge in the cabinet has sent many people to look for Xiangye everywhere."

Song Chengliang was startled, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Wang Ziteng has won another big battle. This uncle of your family. I'll go back first."

Jia Amnesty: "Okay. You have to be more careful." He shouted again: "Come here."

The two young servants walked in in response.

Song Chengliang understood what he meant, and said with a smile, "He doesn't dare to kill me yet." Then he walked into the sedan chair.

Jia Amnesty waved his hand: "Be careful on the road."

The two servants: "Yes." They carried the soft sedan chair and walked out.

Looking at the soft sedan chair that disappeared into the rain, Jia She shook his head, taking a chance to stand up, but the emperor turned it into a farce and a joke.

I thought of Feng Tang again, I guess he was suffering from a headache, and when things turned out like this, those generals who followed him to the emperor would tear his heart apart.

In the torrential rain, thousands of forbidden soldiers were cleaning up the burned houses. Gulou East Street was burned to pieces, and the Mei family was also here, but there was no damage.

In the rain, a number of civil servants in official robes came out of Mei's house with sullen faces, and many people even spit on the ground.

Soon, the front yard that was originally full of people became empty, leaving only layers of elegiac couplets, filial curtains and blue curtains to show the mourning and glory of Mr. Mei after his death.

Inside the mourning shed, Mei Changwen sat down on a chair.

Mei Zonglu stood silently behind him, with his head down.

After seeing off his colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Rulin came back, looked at the pale-faced Mei Changwen, and said, "Forget it. If you touch the Yongweiying at this time, you will definitely suffer a big loss. The imperial decree also said Yes, the general of the Pioneer Battalion will be demoted to three ranks, and will be sent to the foreign army to serve his crimes and meritorious service. This shows that His Majesty and the cabinet also believe that he is guilty, but he has to do so due to the situation.

In short, this time we did not completely fail.Don't be discouraged, it's only serious if we discuss how to deal with the aftermath. "

Mei Changwen suddenly burst out laughing, and after laughing, he said loudly: "What a 'drunken assault', what a 'blackmail with a dead body', such crimes are all placed on my Mei family, what else can I say? But Don't forget, we still have a piece of blue sky on our heads!"

As soon as the words fell, a frightening blast of thunder came from the sky, shaking the coffin shed, Wang Rulin's eyebrows trembled violently, and a frightened expression appeared on his face!

Mei Zonglu was shocked by the thunder.

Mei Changwen also trembled.

At this moment, a shout came from outside the door: "Lord Zhongshun is here!"

The three of them were startled and looked out together.

I saw King Zhongshun wearing a white hairpin and silver-winged king hat on his head, wearing a five-clawed white boa robe from Jiangya sea water, and a jasper white belt, and walked in with a solemn face.

Walking slowly to the coffin, he took the burning incense stick from the housekeeper of Meifu, bowed deeply, and inserted it into the incense burner.Turning around and walking in front of Mei Changwen, King Zhongshun said, "Don't worry, we will repay this hatred twice!"

Tears welled up in Mei Changwen's eyes, and he nodded vigorously.

Wang Rulin sneered in his heart, in order to appease the morale of the army, the cabinet issued this decree to the Nine Borders and the general military mansions of the provinces. The Mei family became a complete joke and lost their hearts in the Qingliu.

(End of this chapter)