serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 342
The sun was obscured by clouds. In previous years, at this time, the fields in Changping were full of busy people. The fields were filled with water. Amidst the croaking of frogs, seedlings were inserted into the paddy fields one by one.

Changping is short of water this year. The fields cannot be irrigated with water, and the rice seedlings cannot be planted. Weeds are everywhere in the fields and ditches, and there is a lot of buzzing insects.

From the Ming Dynasty to this time, the post road outside Changping City has been around for more than 300 years. It is lined with green trees and cicadas are chirping in summer.

However, all the cicadas stopped chirping at this time, the big trees on both sides of the post road were full of people, and the fields and ditches were full of war horses grazing.

Jia Hu sat on the ground with his back against a big tree, the sword on his lap, and his big white horse lying quietly beside him.

Lin San and others stood on both sides with knives in their hands, looking in the direction of the capital from time to time.

They were obviously all waiting for something.

There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and a soldier was galloping towards this side, whipping his horse.

Lin San's eyes lit up.

The soldier had already galloped in front of them, quickly reined in his horse and handed a letter to Jia Hu with both hands.

Jia Hu took the letter, opened the seal and read it. After reading Jiao Da's letter, he raised his head and thought silently. According to the original plan, he should have entered Beijing yesterday, but on the way to Juyongguan, he received Jiao Da's letter. The big secret letter learned about this sudden change.

Yang Cifu's death was beyond Jia Hu's expectation. He did not expect that this old man who had been a coward for most of his life would end his life in this way.

It's a pity that his death will not bring any reward. The rise of the royalists has become an unstoppable trend. This is the political need of the emperor. No one can change it, not even the military.

There are also Wang Hetang and Zhao Zixun. These two people are really confused. They have not realized that the current emperor is no longer the new emperor who was struggling and controlled by the Supreme Emperor.

What they did would only arouse the arrogance in the emperor's heart and make the emperor hand over more power to the royalists.

In addition, Jia Hu also became interested in Enke Sandingjia, who was causing turmoil in the court, especially Jin Shuqing, who was second in the list. Although Jia She was instrumental in this, this person was able to defeat Wang Hetang and others with the emperor's favor. The people were defeated one after another, losing the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works and the Shuntian Prefecture one after another, which shows that there are more than just some clever people.

And there is Jia She. He is getting more and more confused about this old drunkard and doesn't know what he is going to do!
The plan of Wang Hetang, Yang Cifu and Zhao Zixun failed because Jia She had tampered with it, which allowed the Director of Ceremonies to directly find out who was responsible for the cabinet, and indirectly led to Yang Cifu's suicide.

Jia She also killed King Zhongshun and poisoned the third prince. Jia Hu even suspected that Song Chengliang's death was related to him.

This old drunkard is about to become a spirit, hiding in the "Rong'en Hall" given by the emperor to stir up trouble in the court!

It seems that he is not simply seeking revenge.

Song Chengliang died, Yang Cifu also died, who will die next?There are only a few veterans who can preside over the government. If they all die, the court will fall into chaos, if not paralysis.

I heard that the emperor was not in good health, but I didn't know what was going on.

Suddenly I thought of the Supreme Emperor again. This old guy is really amazing. When I first came here, I heard that he was about to die. Five or six years later, not only did he not die, he was still alive and well. He didn't do Tai Chi every day. Just recite Buddhist scriptures.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu stood up, put the letter away, waved his hand and shouted: "Get ready to set off!"

Lin San came over and asked: "Your Majesty, we rested for the night in Juyongguan. The palace must know the news of your return to Beijing. Do you want to go to the palace to see the emperor first?"

Jia Hu: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so I won't disturb the emperor." After that, he said to the soldiers: "Get on your horse. Let's go home!" Then he got on his horse.

Lin San and the soldiers followed and got on the horse.

Jia Hu waved his riding whip, and the big white horse rushed forward like an arrow.

Lin San and others quickly rode towards the capital following Jia Hu.

At this time, dozens of bowls of various dishes were placed on the long dining table in Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Jianwu sat at the top with his eyes slightly closed.

Jin Shuqing stood slantedly at the bottom. The red and swollen cheeks and the blood mark on his neck all showed that the emperor's confidant had just been beaten.

At this time, Dai Quan brought a pot of wine over, filled the two wine glasses on the dining table with wine, and then glanced at Jin Shuqing, feeling secretly happy in his heart.

Jin Shuqing was beaten in the mourning hall. The person who beat him was Yang Cifu's nephew who had just arrived from Tianjin Pier.

Emperor Jianwu opened his eyes and said to Dai Quan: "Bring a chair and let Jin Shuqing sit next to me."

Dai Quan responded and moved a chair to the dining table.

Jin Shuqing knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly, and said in a trembling voice: "I, I thank you for your grace!"

Emperor Jianwu looked at him with a smile: "Get up, sit down and talk."

Jin Shuqing kowtowed again, then stood up and sat down on the edge of the chair.

Emperor Jianwu looked at him: "Are you okay?"

Jin Shuqing stood up quickly and replied: "The Taiyuan Hospital has prescribed medicine. You will be fine after taking it for a few days."

Emperor Jianwu waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down. Do you want to know why I want you to kowtow like this? Let you suffer this grievance?" Jin Shuqing stood up again.

Emperor Jianwu showed a smile: "I want you to be a lonely minister who only cares about the court and does not care about personal gains and losses! Do you understand?"

Jin Shuqing's head buzzed, and then he nodded numbly.

Emperor Jianwu smiled and said: "I am doing this for your own good. For the sake of the future of the Zhou Dynasty, the root causes of party strife must be eliminated. When the time comes, I will reward you heavily. Come, we monarchs and ministers will drink this glass of wine." He said. Got the wine glass.

Jin Shuqing was completely stunned, and his mind was in chaos.

Dai Quan reminded him warmly: "Jin Shangshu."

Jin Shuqing came to his senses and hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank with Emperor Jianwu.

At this moment, a great eunuch who was in charge of rituals came over in a hurry and whispered a few words in Emperor Jianwu's ear.

Emperor Jianwu: "Oh? Where is he now?"

The Great Eunuch: "The prince returned directly to his residence after entering the city. He should be home now."

Emperor Jianwu snorted: "That's all." Then he said to Jin Shuqing, "Sit down. Let's talk while eating."

As in previous years, Mrs. Wang held a banquet in the courtyard and invited Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, Xue Baoqin, Aunt Li, Li Wen, Li Qi and her daughter, as well as Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Xiangyun and Xing Xiuyan to have lunch and drink together. Drink realgar wine, eat cherries, mulberries and other seasonal fruits, and enjoy pomegranate flowers.

Because of He San's incident, Mrs. Wang was punished by Jia Zheng to kneel in the Buddhist hall for half a day, which made the relationship between her and Lin Daiyu even more tense. The two are now only "nodding friends". Now everyone in the Jia family's back house knows that Lin Daiyu and Lin Daiyu are Mrs. Wang was angry.

Mrs. Wang knew that Lin Daiyu would not come, so she sent a woman to ask for advice.

Lin Daiyu naturally understood what Mrs. Wang was thinking, so she excused herself by saying that her throat was uncomfortable due to the night wind, so she stopped going to ruin everyone's fun.

Although they all understood that this was Lin Daiyu's excuse, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and others still had to send people to see Lin Daiyu, send Ping'er, Yuanyang and others away, and play chess with this silly girl Xiangling. After talking for a while, he sent her back.

She was sitting under the eaves of the corridor, lost in thought, when someone suddenly slapped her from behind and said, "Why is the girl here alone?"

Lin Daiyu was startled, and when she looked back, she saw it was none other than Hu Hu.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "But you came to me for lunch?"

Amber looked at her with a smile: "Let's go home and have lunch." After saying that, he took Lin Daiyu and left.

Lin Daiyu turned around and called Zijuan and others. Hubo said hurriedly: "What are you asking them to do? I'm here to serve the girl." As he said this, he took Lin Daiyu's hand and walked towards the East Mansion.

Hu Bo took Lin Daiyu to Jia Hu's main house.

As soon as she walked in the door, Lin Daiyu was stunned. Her eyes slowly scanned the room. Since Jia Hu went to war, she came here every day and sometimes took a nap here. She was very fond of everything here. It was clear that the clothes hangers, bookcases, and items on the closet had been tampered with.

Lin Daiyu slowly turned her head and looked at Hu Hu: "Why did you even move the things on the desk?"

Amber smiled mysteriously: "A girl can't wrong a good person." After saying that, she turned around and walked out.

Lin Daiyu's heart moved and she seemed to notice something. She looked inside and was about to speak when she was suddenly shocked!
Inside the door, the one standing alive and well was none other than Jia Hu!

Jia Hu walked out with a smile, stood by the door curtain, then clapped his hands and opened his arms!
Lin Daiyu looked at the dark and thin Jia Hu silently, biting her lower lip, but did not move.

Jia Hu smiled, with a hint of bitterness, walked forward slowly, gently touched Lin Daiyu's head, and said, "I'm back."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu still bit her lower lip, but could no longer control the tears flowing from her eyes.Then he rushed forward and hugged Jia Hu's waist, burying his head tightly on his chest. The grievance buried in his heart burst out with tears, and the tears wet Jia Hu's chest.

Jia Hu hugged Lin Daiyu tightly with one hand, patted her back gently with the other hand, and whispered: "I know everything. I will beat her son later to vent your anger."

Lin Daiyu was startled at first, then burst out crying and laughing at the same time. She turned her head back and forth on Jia Hu's chest, and punched Jia Hu with an angry smile: "I hate it!"

Jia Hu gently held up her chin with one hand and wiped her tears with his sleeve, "I'm not leaving."

After saying "Yeah", Lin Daiyu leaned her head against Jia Hu's arms again, leaning closer to her.

At this time, Jia Hu's stomach growled unsatisfactorily. Lin Daiyu heard it and raised her eyebrows: "Why are you traveling on an empty stomach again?"

Jia Hu smiled: "Do you know how I came here this year? When I think of seeing my sister, I am not in the mood to eat!"

Lin Daiyu's face suddenly turned red, and when she saw that Jia Hu's chest was wet with her own tears, she said softly: "I, let me find you some clean clothes." After saying that, she turned around and ran in. Inner room.

"I've sent someone to call the fourth girl. Let's have a Dragon Boat Festival reunion dinner as a family."

Jia Hu shouted to the outside again: "Hu Hu, bring a basin of water." He took off the robe and walked in.

(End of this chapter)