serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 248
Because Jiamu was worried about something, she couldn't sleep well all night, and woke up before dawn. At this moment, she was dressing up, wearing the court clothes of the Duke's wife, and was going to lead Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and others into the palace to congratulate her.

Yuanyang and the others were busy, when they heard footsteps outside, the servant girl came in and said with a smile, "Miss Lin is here!"

Without saying a word, Lin Daiyu came in from the outside and went up to greet Jiamu.

Jia Mu asked with a smile, "Is it snowing?"

Lin Daiyu: "Younger." After answering, she sat down beside Jia Mu and said, "The second brother just sent someone to pass on a message, and he doesn't have to go to the palace to congratulate him today." After speaking, he winked at Yuanyang.

Yuanyang understood and waved to the other maids.

Everyone backed out.

Lin Daiyu stood up, walked behind Jia Mu, gently took off the phoenix crown on her head, put it in a box beside her, picked up a comb and combed it, and said: "Jia Yucun has betrayed, report to the emperor. All the crimes of the king of Yizhong County. The punishment department confiscated the mansion of the king of Yizhong County at the fifth watch, and failed to capture the king of Yizhong County. Now the nine cities are under martial law, and the infantry yamen and the five city soldiers and horses are in full swing City search!"

After hearing this, Mother Jia was a little taken aback.

Lin Daiyu went on to say: "The palace is liquidating all the people and things related to Yizhong County King. I heard that more than a dozen companies have been copied." As he spoke, he glanced at Jia Mu in the mirror.

Mother Jia frowned slowly.

Lin Daiyu stopped talking, combed Jiamu's hair, put on a phoenix hairpin, took a pine flower color bead inlaid from the box, wiped it on Jiamu's forehead, and asked with a smile: "Old lady, are you satisfied?"

Lin Daiyu is behind Jiamu, and Jiamu is facing the mirror, and the two are looking at each other in the mirror.

Jia Mu smiled into the mirror and said, "Yu'er has the most skillful hands."

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, walked to the bed and opened the closet, took out the auspicious dress that Jia Mu wore on major festivals, and walked lightly behind Jia Mu: "The old lady stretches out her hand."

Mother Jia stood up and stretched her hands back.

Lin Daiyu lifted the shoulders of the auspicious clothes, and asked Jia Mu to reach into the sleeves, smooth out the wrinkles for her at the back, and go around to the front to button her.

Jia Mu: "Yesterday, when I came back from the ancestral hall, I couldn't sleep. I was always worried that you would cause trouble for the first time. Now, we are all at home. Let your sister-in-law help you. I happen to be fine too. , Go over and have a look, it’s a pass time.”

Lin Daiyu heard this, and said with a smile: "I sent people to the small kitchen before dawn and asked them to make pheasant soup. It's just right now."

Jia Mu laughed happily and said: "You are such a ghost, you will please me more than Feng girl."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "As expected, it's my filial piety."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Bah! Don't be like Feng girl, just climb up the pole after talking!"

Lin Daiyu smiled, took a big cloak to wrap around Jia Mu, took the squirrel warm pocket, and supported Jia Mu and said, "Please, old lady."

Jia's mother suddenly thought: "What about the Qin family?"

Lin Daiyu smiled: "Qin's surname is Qin, what does it have to do with Yizhong County King? The canonized imperial decree is still placed in the ancestral hall."

Mother Jia felt relieved when she heard the words: "Is your master celebrating the holidays at home this year? Hey, when will your second elder brother come back? It's your first time participating in the ancestor worship, don't be afraid, just follow along." Nagging, she walked outside go.

In the gray sky, snowflakes were scattered and scattered.

A senior eunuch from the Department of Prosecution ran over holding up a copy of the trial record, shouting: "I'm recruited! I'm recruited! The Manchus are recruited! The Manchus are recruited!" In his eyes, he hurried to the cabinet duty room.

Even though there were two large pots of charcoal fire in the house, Yang Gelao, Wang Hetang, Zhao Zixun and Qian Shangshu who were sitting around the fire still felt cold, all of them were wearing thick fur cloaks, and all of them looked tired.

Yesterday was another sleepless night. They interrogated King Zhongshun overnight. They can basically confirm that King Zhongshun did not participate in the assassination of Duke Yansheng, but the emperor's will is to convict King Zhongshun!
The emperor's meaning is very clear, King Zhongshun is guilty!

This embarrasses everyone!
At this moment, the eunuch's voice came from outside the door: "Old Man, the Manchus have confessed!"

Wang Hetang stood up abruptly, hurried to the door and opened the thick cotton curtain, snatched the trial records, looked at them hastily, and said in one voice, "Good job, good job Jia Hu!"

Elder Yang Ge, Zhao Zixun, and Qian Shangshu hurriedly surrounded them and asked together: "What do you say?"

Wang Hetang handed the trial record to Mr. Yang Ge, and both Zhao Zixun and Qian Shangshu moved their heads towards it.

After watching it, the three of them said excitedly, "Good job!"

The eunuch couldn't bear it any longer: "Yesterday, Lord Shan Guo and Niu Shangshu were in the prison of the Ministry of War and killed three Manchu Tartars in a row. They didn't ask a word. Early in the morning, Duke Ning arrived. Without saying a word, he drew his sword and cut you down. I didn’t see it. Ning Guogong killed nearly NO. 40 people without blinking. In the blink of an eye, only three people were left. If it weren’t for the yellow flag Zuo Ling yelled for E Bi to confess quickly, and he, E Bi, and that Wuya Ruixing will also be killed."

After finishing speaking, he stood in front of the door and recalled the scene in the cell and became more excited. This incident will become the biggest bragging capital in his life!
Elder Yang Ge looked at the case record in his hand, and asked the eunuch, "Where is Duke Ning?"

Chief eunuch: "Let's go."

Elder Yang Ge: "Where did you go?"

The eunuch: "Duke Ning said he would go home, take a bath and change clothes, and then wait for the auspicious time to worship the ancestors."

Old Yang Ge smiled wryly and shook his head, he really couldn't understand Jia Hu.

Wang Hetang came back to his senses, took out a gold watch the size of a walnut from his pocket, took a look, the pointer had pointed to the time between the end of the day and the beginning of the day, he put it back, and said: "Your Majesty should get up, let's hurry up Report this good news to Your Majesty, and let me tell you about King Zhongshun." After speaking, he went straight out.

Elder Yang Ge, Zhao Zixun and Qian Shangshu hurriedly followed out.

The snowflakes are slowly getting bigger.

Teams of soldiers were running on the street with guns and knives.

Fast horses shuttled back and forth, and the fierce atmosphere of soldiers enveloped the entire Beijing city.

At this time, on Andingmen Street, apart from soldiers and officials, there was not a single commoner. This year was too embarrassing.

In the carriage, Jia Hu closed his eyes and sat upright, his body shaking slightly with the rolling of the wheels.

On the table in front of him, there was a stick of Tibetan incense floating with green smoke.

While grinding the rosary in his hand, Jia Hu silently thought, Jia Yucun's sudden betrayal, the one who lost the most was undoubtedly Yizhong County King, followed by Jia Hu.

For more than a year, Jia Hu has mastered a large amount of criminal evidence of Yizhong County King. He originally planned to use it as a trump card at a critical moment, but he did not expect to be busy in vain.

Secondly, among the officials who were implicated by Yizhong County King were Jia Hu and Shui Ronggong's spies.

Perhaps, the Supreme Emperor suffered even greater losses.The king of Yizhong County has been abolished, and the remaining sick ghost has also become a clay bodhisattva.Without a helper, how would he regain his power?
Suddenly, the carriage stopped with a "click".

Jia Hu opened his eyes and asked, "What's going on?"

"Going back to the second master, I ran into a convoy carrying corpses." The voice of a soldier came from outside the window.

Jia Hu frowned, opened the window, and took a look. He saw oxcarts full of dead bodies turning from Gulou East Street to Andingmen.

At this time, Lin San rode over and said in a low voice: "Second Master, the people in the car are all from the Prince's Mansion of Yizhong County, more than 300 people are all dead."

The dead bodies on the carriage were stacked as high as a hill, Jia Hu's eyes flashed, if someone was hiding inside.
Thinking of this, Jia Hu shook his head, and said to Lin San: "The dead are the most important, let's go after they are over." Saying that, he closed the car window.

(End of this chapter)