serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 208 Jinling
A gust of autumn wind blows, and the withered and yellow leaves fall one after another.

Autumn in Jinling is suitable for cold and hot, and it is the busiest time. From time to time, Wu Nong Ruanyu's unique singing voice can be heard from the painting boats on the Qinhuai River, which makes people's hearts flutter.

Along the river is a street paved with bluestone slabs. At this time, the street is full of people, let alone the shop, and both sides of the street are also full of stalls, hawkers, bargainers, and Wu Nong. Soft language, twitter, lively.

Diagonally opposite the street stands a large archway, engraved with the three characters "Ningrong Street".

Through the archway, you can see the wide street. About a shot to the west, there are two big stone lions squatting on the north side of the street, and three gates with animal heads. The gate is closed. There are five big characters of "Ningguo Mansion", and not far to the west, there are still three gates with animal heads, and there are five big characters of "Zao Rong Guo Mansion" written on the plaque.

Jinling City also has a Ningrong Street, as well as Ningrong and Ningrong Mansions, but this is an old house that no one lives in.

Suddenly, there was a rush of horseshoes on the street. Before the street vendors and pedestrians could recover, they saw a group of cavalry turning into Ningrong Street.

The cavalry rushed into Ningrong Street and slowed down, reining in and standing in front of the gate of Ningguo Mansion.

The officer got off his horse, went to the side door and stopped, and knocked on the door knocker.

The small door on the right door opened, and a soldier with a knife came out.

The officer said, "Official documents from the Ministry of War." He untied the burden on his back.

The soldier: "Come in." After saying that, the two walked into the small door, which was closed.

Ningguo Mansion in Jinling does not have Huifang Garden, but it also has a large back garden.

Jia Hu was dressed in casual clothes, walking alone on the path by the lake with his hands behind his back.

Lin San, Jia Yun, and Ru Hua's father who was in charge of guarding the old house of Ningguo Mansion in Jinling followed from afar.

Walking to a water pavilion, Jia Hu stopped, looked at the fish in the pond, and let out a sigh of relief.

It was already November [-]th, the second day after arriving in Jinling City.

Jia Hu entered the city at Haishi last night, and instead of going to see Wang Hetang, he went directly to the Jinling government office with the imperial decree.

After reading the imperial decree, Zhang Shangwen smiled so calmly and relaxedly, took the poison and drank it in one gulp, then calmly wiped the corners of his mouth with his cuff, and said: The emperor is not dead, the world is restless!

The emperor gave Zhang Shangwen peacock gall, after taking it, he would fall into a deep sleep and die without any pain.

Presumably by now Wang Hetang has received the news that Zhang Shangwen committed suicide in fear of crime.

It is embarrassing that the second assistant of the dignified cabinet finally ended his life in this way.

But what he said is right, as long as the emperor is not dead, such things will still happen, all because of the greed of human nature, as well as the speculation and luck based on greed.

The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps, and Jia Hu followed the sound.

In the distance, the guards hurried over with the officer, stopped in front of Lin San, and the officer handed the burden to Lin San.

Lin San strode towards Jia Hu with the bundle in his hands.

Jia Hu untied the bundle, took the official document, tore off the seal and opened it to read. As he watched, his brows furrowed.

The Ministry of War even asked Shaanxi Wei and Hubei Wei to rest and return to the station to wait for the imperial court's reward.

Doesn't this mean that they intend to wipe out the water solution immediately?

The Yongwei Battalion will return to the capital before the end of November. The Henan Wei has long been beaten by the prince, the Shandong Wei has also been disabled, and the Anhui Wei will stay in Luzhou to clean up the mess.Calculated in this way, only the Beijing camp is left in the Central Plains.

The emperor was still thinking carefully, and wanted to leave the final credit to Zhongjinghou Shi Ding and Ma Shang.

There was a folk saying in the previous life that He Shen fell and Jiaqing was full.

Now it is the Kong family that has fallen, and is rich in water.

This battle has been going on for almost half a year, and Shui Rong still has food to support soldiers, and the amount of food stored by the Kong family is far beyond everyone's imagination.

Handing the official document to Lin San, Jia Hu looked up into the distance with his hands behind his back.

Lin San held the official document and looked at Jia Hu's slightly raised head without blinking.

Jia Hu looked up, as if looking at Lin San, and as if talking to himself: "People are always selfish and greedy! If you want to gnaw hard bones, you must have good teeth. A broken tooth is a trivial matter. The military strategy of the Ministry of War."

Lin San: "Second Master."

Jia Hu came back to his senses: "Yes."

At this time Jia Yun came over: "Second Uncle, Wang Ge is old."

Jia Hu: "Where is it?"

Jia Yun: "Outside the gate."

Jia Hu frowned: "What's going on?"

Jia Yun replied: "Old Wang Ge said that our family has a lot of rules. If the second uncle didn't ask, he wouldn't dare to enter."

A dark cloud floated over Jia Hu's face, and he quickly smiled and said, "I'll pick it up." After speaking, he strode out of the garden.

Lin San and Jia Yun quickly followed.

The streets of Ningrong were already full of people watching the excitement.

The cars and sedans stopped for a long time in front of the gate of Ningguo Mansion.

Many officials surrounded a big sedan chair, all looking at the closed gate in panic.

Suddenly, the side door of Ningguo Mansion opened, and a group of soldiers with swords came out, with six standing on both sides of the opened side door.

Immediately, an official opened the sedan chair curtain, Wang Hetang came out, walked to the big sedan chair with his hands behind his back and stopped, looking at the Ningguo Mansion in front of him.

The crowd watching from a distance immediately became a sensation.

"Hey! Since when is there someone in Ningguo Mansion?"

Someone spotted Wang Hetang at a glance: "It's an imperial envoy from the capital! Many officials have been arrested in the past few days, and their homes have been ransacked."

An old man was even more startling: "You don't know, do you? Just now, I heard from a friend who works in the government office that Mr. Cifu committed suicide by taking poison last night!"

Everyone was shocked, showing disbelieving expressions.

The old man lowered his voice: "Just wait. The emperor is going to kill someone!"

"Here we come!" Someone called out in a low voice.

When everyone looked at it, they were all stunned.

Jia Hu came out from the side door with his hands behind his back, stood on the steps, and looked at Wang Hetang quietly.

Those officials hurried over, bowed and saluted: "See Duke Ning!"

Jia Hu smiled and nodded: "Don't be too polite, don't be too polite."

Wang Hetang came over at this moment, walked up the steps step by step, walked up to Jia Hu, and said in a low voice, "Was that the mansion you went to last night?"

Jia Hu nodded.

Wang Hetang couldn't bear it any longer, and hurriedly asked, "Where's the imperial decree?"

Jia Hu smiled faintly: "Of course there is an imperial decree." As he spoke, he glanced at the officials of Jinling Mansion standing there, then turned to Wang Hetang and said, "Please invite the old man to enter the mansion. Your Majesty has a decree." Jean, turned around and walked in.

Wang Hetang looked at Jia Hu who walked into the gate of the mansion, his heart was clear, he saw all the officials looking at him with panicked eyes, he sighed, and walked inside.

The people who watched the excitement became agitated again.

Those officials all changed their faces.

Among the crowd, Baoling Hou Shi Nai's personal soldiers got out.

Like the Jia family, the historian also has a Bowling Hou Mansion in Jinling.

At this time Shi Nai was sitting by the pond in the back garden fishing.

The butler hurried over and said, "Master Hou, Zhang Shangwen did commit suicide by taking poison!"

The fishing rod in Shi Nai's hand trembled, but then stabilized again.

The butler went on to say: "I heard from people in the government office that last night when it was almost time for the sub-sign, the gate of the government office was knocked open, and all the servants were driven into the duty room. Although the other party showed the punishment department badges, but they are definitely from the military.”

Hearing his words, Shi Nai trembled uneasy, his body leaned forward slightly, staring ahead, without saying a word.

At this moment, the soldier came running over with sweat on his head, and said loudly, "Master Ning, Duke Ning is here."

Shi Nai was slightly taken aback, then threw the fishing rod, stood up, turned to look at the soldier and asked, "Is that right?"

The soldier: "The humble officer saw it with his own eyes, Wang Hetang is now in Ningguo Mansion."

Shi Nai's eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, and said to the steward, "Prepare the gift, I want to visit."

The housekeeper: "Yes." He hurriedly walked to the front yard.

Shi Nai folded his hands behind his back, looked into the distance, and took a deep breath. Ever since he lost Xuzhou City, he has been recuperating in Jinling. He has not received any orders from the emperor, nor has he received any official documents from the cabinet or the Ministry of War. , It seems that everyone has forgotten him, and no one remembers that there is a right servant of the Ministry of War who is recuperating in Jinling.

Thinking of this, Shi Nai laughed at himself.

(End of this chapter)