serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 349 Worse News

At this time, it was noon, the hottest time of the day, and bursts of cicada noises came in.

The chief envoy of Japan, the elder, was sitting on a chair by the window, quietly looking at his grandson Doi, who was impetuous and running back and forth.

Doi walked to the door and stopped. When he opened the door, a wave of heat rushed over him. He said to the guard standing outside the door: "Send someone to check again! Why doesn't this slave Murakami come back?"

A guard said: "Yes." He answered and walked out.
Doi closed the door, returned to the chair, grabbed the fan from the coffee table, and fanned vigorously.

"As a qualified heir, you should not call Murakami a slave in front of the servants." The elder stared at him.

Doi: "Yes." He bowed and changed the subject, "The Emperor of Zhou won't vent his anger on us, right?"

The elder sighed: "There is a saying in the Central Plains, 'Thunder, rain, and dew are not caused by heaven's grace.' We all have to suffer from the chop of the sword and the axe, and the twisting of the poison and the rope."

Doi was shocked: "We are envoys of the vassal state, not the slaves of the Emperor of Zhou! Behind us are the shogunate and thousands of warriors."

"You!" The elder sighed, "A group of homeless dogs who were driven out of their lair by the surrounding army can defeat our army one after another. Do you think we can resist it? The national fortunes of the Zhou Dynasty are now booming, and we can't fight from the north. The Rakshasa people ceded territory for compensation, and Nanyang defeated the Xiyi people. As for the southern Xinjiang, it was just a small defeat and had no impact on the huge Zhou Dynasty."

Doi's eyes suddenly went blank, and his mind was obviously thinking wildly.

The elder: "I can only hope that Jin Shuqing's death has nothing to do with the emperor!"

At this moment, the guard's voice came from outside the door: "Elder brother, Heshuo and Prince of the Qing Dynasty are here."

The elder's eyes flashed: "Please come in quickly!" After saying that, he stood up and walked over quickly.

The door opened with a click, and a middle-aged man wearing a solid moon-white gauze gown and a shaved head came in holding a letter.

The elder greeted him with a smile on his face: "Your Highness." He looked at the letter in his hand.

The middle-aged man was none other than the head of the Korean Tatar peace mission and the younger brother of Gan Xiaosi, Heshuo and Prince Aixinjueluo Hongzhou.

An absurd but not confused prince, in order to show his sincerity to the great Zhou Dynasty, in front of the Yongding Gate, in front of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the onlookers, he personally shaved off the money rat tail, and swore that from now on the Jurchens would grow their hair. Yifu, learn Han rituals and speak Chinese.

Hong Zhou said nothing and turned his eyes to Doi who was standing aside.

The elder said to his grandson Doi: "Go to the Jiajia Chamber of Commerce and buy some ice cubes."

Doi: "Yes." He answered and walked out.

Only the elder, He Shuo and Prince Hong Zhou were left in the room.

Hong Zhou handed him the letter: "This is the emperor's personal letter."

The elder took the letter, opened the seal and read it, with a relieved smile on his face.

After reading it, the elder carefully folded the letter, put it into his sleeve, and said to Hong Zhou: "Your Highness, please take a seat!" He said, giving up his hand.

Hong Zhou walked to the side and sat down on the guest chair, and said to the elder, "I'm not here to drink tea."

The elder was stunned for a moment, but he still brought him a bowl of tea, smiled apologetically, and asked, "How's it going?"

Hong Zhou patted his bald head and said, "It's terrible. Your Majesty asked you to remove the title of your country, downgrade it to a lower level, and rename it as the 'Lord of Korea'. The downgrade has arrived, and the jade seal of the Qing Dynasty was also sent with it. But, Jin Shuqing died unexpectedly. No! Our work has been in vain."

Hearing this, the elder's eyes flashed.

The people of the Qing Dynasty had a good plan and wanted to use this great achievement to push Jin Shuqing into the cabinet, so that they would have a backer in the most powerful government office in the Zhou Dynasty.

It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and Jin Shuqing was killed by a stick in front of the Meridian Gate.

The elder: "You are well-informed, do you know the secret behind this?"

"It's so turbulent!"

Hong Zhou spoke in a very serious tone, "What I'm worried about now is not the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the military of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

The elder was surprised: "You mean the military?"

Hong Zhou sighed: "After thinking about it, I feel that it is impossible for the emperor to do it. Even if the emperor had murderous intentions towards Jin Shuqing, he would not choose this time to kill him. Now, with such means and courage, Of course, only the military is left."

Before he could finish his words, the voice of a Japanese guard came from outside the door: "Elder brother, Murakami is back."

Boss: "Come in."

Murakami walked in with sweat on his head, glanced at Hong Zhou first, and then looked at the elder: "Elder."

The elder looked at him: "Say it."

Murakami: "Yes. I met Lord Ma Ruifangma, the Minister of Industry, and he said that someone had killed Jin Shangshu by forging an edict, and the palace was investigating the matter."

"No more?" The elder stared at him.

Murakami: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Ma Shangshu said that the royalist party is not Jin Shuqing's royalist party, and the cooperation between us will not be cancelled." The elder's face relaxed, and he slowly looked at Hong Zhou.

Hong Zhou also looked at him.

The elder: "Did Master Ma mention anyone from the military?"

Murakami shook his head.

Hong Zhou's eyes slowly lowered.
It was dusk.

Lin San took the lead and led a group of cavalry to escort Jia Hu's carriage into the West City.

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

Just as Jia Hu guessed, the furious emperor ordered to purge all the eunuchs in charge and the godsons around the eunuch in charge, and killed more than 100 people in one go.

The little eunuch who made the imperial edict also found out that there was nothing behind it. He had been in the palace since he was a child and was very clean.

Everyone understands that being too clean is the biggest problem!

This incident reminded everyone, including Jia Hu.Next, people from each family will disappear for no reason.

The unlucky deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace was released under the protection of Dai Quan. After only half a day, his body was covered with scars from torture. It is not difficult to imagine the horror of imprisonment.

Jia Hu slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't figure out who could kill Jin Shuqing at this time.

Could it be Jia She?

Not too possible.

The emperor?
With Jin Shuqing, a troublemaker, causing trouble in the court, it was too late for him to be happy.

Could it be the emperor himself?

It's also unlikely. Jin Shuqing still has a lot of value, so it's impossible to abandon him now.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

After a while, Lin San's voice came from the car window: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Nan'an County wishes to see you."

Jia Hu's eyes flashed and he immediately guessed his intention.

The emperor summoned Jia Hu to the palace not because of Jin Shuqing's affairs, but because of the urgent delivery from the Yunnan governor's office. The remnants of the army finally blocked the Annan army in Lin'an. Kaihua Prefecture and most of Lin'an Prefecture fell into the hands of the Annan people.

In addition, there was a secret letter included in the express delivery. The governor of Yunnan stated in the secret letter that the king of Nan'an County probably did not die in the battle, but fell into the hands of the Annan people.

Because of this letter, Jia Hu did not dare to submit the insurance policy recommending Xie Qiong to the emperor.

This letter directly let the emperor break his guard. If the prince of Nan'an County is really captured by the Annan people, the court's face will be completely wiped out, and the court will also be threatened by the Annan people!
The upper study room was in a mess, everything that could be smashed and everything that could not be smashed was smashed, and even the bright yellow jade Ruyi presented by the Japanese mission was smashed into pieces!
At this time, the voice of the Crown Prince of Nan'an County came from the window: "Your Majesty."

Jia Hu pushed open the carriage door. The Prince of Nan'an County did not get into the carriage. He bowed, then took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands.

Jia Hu took the letter, tore it open and opened it, his face suddenly became solemn. Then, he slapped the letter heavily on the table and looked at the prince of Nan'an County: "Is this true?"

The prince of Nan'an County fell to his knees: "Please save my father!"

Jia Hu's expression changed and he shouted in a low voice: "Get up, are you afraid that others won't know!"

"Yes." The Crown Prince of Nan'an County stood up in a hurry.

Jia Hu thought for a while and asked, "Where is the person who sent the letter? Who knows about this?"

The Crown Prince of Nan'an County: "The person who sent the letter was my father's confidant. In addition to writing a letter to you, my father also wrote to Niu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the old Duke of Jinling, the Marquis of Baoning, and the Bo of Lin'an. "

Jia Hu asked anxiously: "Do Marquis Baoning and Uncle Lin'an know about this?"

The Crown Prince of Nan'an County shook his head: "My grandmother kept the letter my father wrote to them."

Jia Hu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. In this way, you go back first, and you bring him here after dark. I have a few questions to ask him."

The Crown Prince of Nan'an County said, "Yes." He bowed to Jia Hu, turned around and left.

Looking at his retreating back, Lin San whispered: "My lord, do you think this matter has something to do with them?"

"Oh?"

Jia Hu started up and looked at him slowly, "Send someone to find Jiao Da." After saying that, he closed the carriage door.

(End of this chapter)