serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 343 Reaction of the Parties
When Jia Yucun came to Beijing to take office, Jia Hu and Zhen Fu each gave him a house. Later, Jia Yucun betrayed the Jia family, and the Sanjin mansion on Xinglong Street was given to Dai Quan by Jia Hu, while the house given by Zhen Fu Dongcheng Mansion was also confiscated by the court because of Zhen Fu's treason.

However, the emperor thoughtfully prepared a three-entry mansion, located in the bustling area of ​​Gulou East Street, only separated by a small alley from the residence of Mei Changwen, the left deputy censor.

The new residence given by the emperor has an exquisite back garden with rockeries, water, towering ancient trees, and a very quiet and elegant environment.

There is also a pavilion surrounded by water in the back garden. On a hot summer day, sitting in the pavilion, with the breeze blowing gently and the fragrance of lotus lingering around, wouldn't it be nice to sip a cup of fragrant tea!

In the pavilion, Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen were talking about something, and then Jia Yucun laughed.

There was lake water within several feet of it, so no one would hear their conversation.

On the small bridge, Mei Changwen's housekeeper came and stopped at a distance. He waited until Mei Changwen waved to him before walking closer.

Mei Changwen: "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper glanced at Jia Yucun and replied: "Sir, I just heard the news that the Prince of Beining County has returned to Beijing."

Mei Changwen and Jia Yucun were both startled and looked at each other.

The housekeeper continued: "You have received a letter from the young master. Madam, please come back to your home."

Mei Changwen: "I still have something to discuss with Jia Shangshu. You should go back first."

Butler: "Yes." He answered, turned around and walked out.

Jia Yucun sighed slightly, stood up, picked up an ivory folding fan on the stone table, unfolded it and fanned it gently, looking at the lotus leaves in the lake in trance.

Mei Changwen smiled: "Brother Yucun, don't worry, he won't pay attention to you for a while."

Jia Yucun slowly turned back to look at him.

Mei Changwen: "Don't forget, Jin Shuqing and others have tampered with his military rations."

Jia Yucun just looked at him and said nothing.

Mei Changwen: "The rise of the royalist party has also affected the interests of the Jia family and the military. He will take action against Jin Shuqing and others in public and private matters."

Hearing this, Jia Yucun's eyes lit up.

Mei Changwen paused: "Jia Hu is not Wang Hetang and others. If he takes action personally, even the emperor will give him three points. His contribution to the Great Zhou Dynasty is too great!"

Jia Yucun nodded.

Mei Changwen: "Jin Shuqing and others must be thinking of countermeasures right now. This is a good opportunity! Jin Shuqing is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ma Ruifang is in charge of the Ministry of Works, Zhang Guangru is in charge of Shuntian Mansion, and I am in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Hanlin Academy and Imperial College. . And the officials under your control. As long as we are horns with each other, he will not dare to take action at will. At most, he will make a fuss through drinking, and it will only be a flesh wound. "

Jia Yucun thought for a while: "Then, I'll listen to you."

At this moment, Jia Yucun's housekeeper came over. He also waited for Jia Yucun to wave before he came over and saluted Jia Yucun: "Sir, Ma Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry sent a letter from his family." He handed the letter to him. Jiayu Village.

Jia Yucun took the letter, opened the seal and read it. After reading Ma Ruifang's letter, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and handed the letter to Mei Changwen: "Ma Ruifang said that the pomegranate flowers in his house were in full bloom, and he invited us to come Drink realgar wine and enjoy pomegranate flowers."

Mei Changwen glanced at the letter, smiled lightly, and asked Jia Yucun, "What do you think?"

Jia Yucun: "I'm worried about the emperor's side"

Mei Changwen shook his head: "I don't think there is any need to worry about this. First, the emperor is very aware that we jointly participated in the impeachment of Yang Cifu and Zhao Zixun. The other is that we all have grudges against the Jia family, and it is reasonable to stay together at this time. Besides, this This is probably not the situation the Emperor wants."

Jia Yucun was moved by these words, and then nodded: "That's fine." Turning to the housekeeper, "Go and tell my wife to prepare two jars of good wine. I will go to the Minister of Industry's Mansion to enjoy the pomegranate flowers later. "

Butler: "Yes." He answered and walked straight out.

Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen held their hands on the railing and watched the housekeeper walking away from a distance.

Mei Changwen: "Didn't you say that this slave has become a spy of the Supervisor of Ceremonies? Why did you let him enter the back house?"

Jia Yucun smiled: "I'm still counting on him to help me get into the cabinet."

Mei Changwen's long eyebrows trembled, and then he said with a smile: "I'll go back and change my clothes first. Let's meet on Gulou Street." Jia Yucun: "Please!" After saying that, he gave up his hand and accompanied him to the shore. Go
At this time, the spiritual flags in front of the Yang Mansion were covered with white paper, paper figures, horses, paper sedans, treasury, silver treasury and money treasury were placed everywhere next to the corner.

The courtyard door was open, but there was silence.

Wang Hetang walked back and forth anxiously in the funeral shed, stopping from time to time to look outside the courtyard gate.

Officials wearing filial belts around their waists stood on both sides of the memorial shed, also looking at the courtyard gate.

There were finally footsteps outside the door, and everyone opened their eyes wide.

Zhao Zixun and Li Mingbo walked in hurriedly.

Wang Hetang immediately greeted them: "How is it?" He stretched his neck and looked behind the two of them.

There was silence.

Wang Hetang: "What's wrong?"

Li Mingbo answered: "The prince is missing. Changning County Ma said that Jia Guozhang has offered incense on behalf of the Jia family, and the prince will not come. However, on the day of the funeral, the prince will come to the road in person to offer sacrifices."

Wang Hetang was surprised: "Won't the prince come to offer incense?"

Li Mingbo nodded.

Zhao Zixun spoke: "The prince has worked hard in Mobei for a year and it's time for him to rest."

Wang Hetang was stunned for a while and sighed deeply: "Okay. Let's not disturb the prince's rest. Let's wait until Mr. Yang is sent away."

Before he could finish a word, Wang Hetang's housekeeper hurried over and whispered a few words in Wang Hetang's ear.

With a cold snort, Wang Hetang said to Zhao Zixun: "Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen went to Ma Ruifang's house. I heard that Jin Shuqing and Zhang Guangru were both there at the moment."

Zhao Zixun and Lee Myung-bak both changed their expressions.

Li Shouzhong had been in the mourning hall. When he heard this, he came out and said to Wang Hetang: "This is not a bad thing. This means that they are panicked and afraid and want to form an alliance to deal with the next situation."

After hearing what he said, many people got excited. In the past six months, they had been oppressed by the royalists. But because of the emperor, they dared not speak out. Now someone can finally punish them.

Li Shouzhong continued: "We can't all stay here. From tomorrow on, everyone will take turns to watch for Mr. Yang. There must be two people in the cabinet, and they cannot be allowed to bypass the cabinet and deliver official documents to the study!"

The officials nodded solemnly.

Wang Hetang: "Okay." Then he said to Zhao Zixun, "You are on duty tonight. Just go back after putting up the incense sticks."

Zhao Zixun nodded and walked straight into the mourning hall.

Dragon Head Palace

Bursts of wooden fish sounds came from the side hall of Longshou Palace.

There is a gilt bronze seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the side hall. The Supreme Emperor in casual clothes is sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue and praying silently.

The abbot of Daxiangguo Temple was tapping the wooden fish while looking at the Supreme Emperor with his eyes slightly closed.

After a long time, the Supreme Emperor slowly opened his eyes, sighed, nodded to him, and then stood up.

The abbot of Daxiangguo Temple put down his gavel, put his hands together and saluted the Supreme Emperor, then stood up and walked out.

After a while, Xia Shouzhong came in dragging his lame leg and said, "The Emperor is right. Jia Yucun, Mei Changwen, Jin Shuqing and others have started to get together. They are currently gathering in Ma Ruifang's mansion to discuss."

The Supreme Emperor only nodded.

Xia Shouzhong looked around, took a step forward, approached the Emperor, and whispered: "There is news from the Yang Mansion too." Then he told what happened in the Yang Mansion.

The Supreme Emperor was startled at first, and then smiled. He did not expect that Li Shouzhong actually changed his stance. This shows how disgusting the royalists are, and it also shows that the emperor is losing people's hearts.
(End of this chapter)