serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 403 The newspaper office was burned down

Before dawn, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats broke the tranquility of Ningrong Street.

Jiao Da led several cavalrymen to gallop forward.

Rushing to the front door of the mansion, Jiao Dafei dismounted, stepped forward and knocked on the side door.
A lantern floated rapidly toward the study room.

Jia Hu walked hurriedly and asked, "Do you know what it is?"

The night officer followed closely with a lantern and replied: "I heard that there was a fire in the East Market at the third watch."

Jia Hu's footsteps stopped for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward, arriving in the front yard in a blink of an eye.

Wisps of faint light came from the doors and windows of the outer study.

Under the dim light, Jiao Da was already kneeling there waiting for Jia Hu.

Jia Hu walked in with a livid face, walked straight to the chair behind the desk and sat down: "Tell me, what is going on in Dongshi?"

Jiao Da straightened his body and told the story about the fire on Dongshi Street in detail, including his own thoughts.

"Be smart!"

Jia Hu looked at him: "A fire burned so many people to death. The Infantry Yamen, the Military and Horse Division, and the Shuntian Mansion were all involved. If we investigate thoroughly layer by layer, there are so many innocent and innocent people involved. You What should I do at this time? Even if I listen to you and send troops into the city, what next? Kill people? Who to kill!"

Jiao Da didn't dare to say anything.

Jia Hu sighed: "I wanted to kill people, but I didn't want to involve the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers. The Rakshasa people were making trouble in the northwest, the Annan people and the Xiyi people were making trouble in the southern Xinjiang, and Jiangxi was unstable. At this time, the imperial court appeared The turmoil will affect the whole country, and the world will be in chaos immediately!"

Jiao Da: "Jiao Da only knows how to share the worries of the second master."

Jia Hu closed his glasses: "My strategy has been disrupted."

After hearing this, Jiao Da could only kowtow heavily: "Jiao Da was ignorant and caused great trouble. I am willing to die to apologize!"

With a long sigh, Jia Hu slowly shook his head, then slowly stood up, walked out from behind the desk, walked to the window and stopped, looking out the window: "Are you sure that the man in black was let go?" Did the person fall into the hands of Shuntian Mansion?"

Jiao Da: "Yes."

Jia Hu: "You haven't been discovered by the people in charge of rituals, have you?"

Jiao Da: "No. Most of Si Li Jian's main force was lost in Xishan. They no longer have the ability to control the capital."

Hearing this, Jia Hu said: "Find an opportunity to bleed them again."

Jiao Da looked very excited: "When the emperor was here, these brats used their strength to track us everywhere. That arrow almost disabled one of my arms! I must cripple them this time!"

Ignoring him, Jia Hu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and stopped again when he reached the desk. His eyes flashed with a faint light: "The arrow is on the string and has to be fired!"

Jiao Da looked at Jia Hu with burning eyes.

Jia Hu pondered for a while: "The cabinet should have obtained the case files of Shuntian Mansion by now, so there is no need to look forward and backward." After saying that, he shouted outside: "Is Lin San here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin San walked in: "Your Majesty."

Jia Hu looked at him and then at Jiao Da: "Get up."

Jiao Da: "Yes."

Jia Hu looked at Lin San again: "Go to the back street military camp and mobilize 500 people. Immediately surround the residences of Liang Jianzhang and Zhu Qizhen! Don't let anyone or anything go!"

Lin San responded loudly: "No!" and ran out like a gust of wind.

Jia Hu turned to Jiao Da again: "The eldest master is about to go to the Yamen. Give him those confessions and tell him about my troop deployment."

Jiao Da: "Yes."

"On the premise of not involving the cabinet and the six ministries, try to get as many benefits as possible." Jia Hu added.

Jiao Da: "Yes." He strode out.

Jia Hu followed him out, the sky was getting bright, and a gust of dawn wind blew, with a hint of chill, but the cool breeze made people sober. At this moment, Jia Hu felt a little hesitant in his heart, feeling a little reckless, shook his head, and turned around Walk to the backyard
On Gulou East Street
A group of soldiers, surrounded by a large green cloth sedan, were walking towards the imperial city.At this time, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and a cabinet clerk galloped towards this side on horseback.

After galloping to the front of the team, the clerk got off his horse and ran to the sedan.

The team stopped, and Mei Changwen opened the sedan curtain and stuck his head out.

The clerk came forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

Mei Changwen's expression changed drastically and he said loudly: "Quick, enter the palace immediately!"

The four bearers lifted up the large green cloth sedan and trotted towards the imperial city.
At this time, on Dongshi Street, hundreds of officers and soldiers had put the two-mile-long street under martial law!

There were people watching from a distance.

A man-made fire swept through most of the street, and almost all the buildings on the side of the newspaper office were lost.

After the fire was extinguished, the newspaper office was reduced to rubble.

Looking at the ruins after the fire, the people watching were talking about it:
"What a great job! No one from the newspaper office ran out."

"What kind of idiot did this to annihilate his descendants, and implicated so many innocent people!"

"Who else could it be? This is a fool's errand."

There was a sudden silence.

"Outside the number! Outside the number!"

At this time, an idle man rushed over with sweat on his head and said loudly: "Everyone comes to watch the excitement. The Yongwei camp has surrounded the houses of two senior officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Mingzhaofang."

An idle man immediately said: "It must be these two cowards who did it!"

An old Beijinger spoke: "It stands to reason that we, ordinary people, should not be involved in the affairs of the imperial court. But these bullies have gone too far to do things like annihilating their descendants. We don't understand the truth. How many more have we done in recent years?" The young master has received favors from the county prince’s palace, and if nothing else can help, it’s still okay to spit in front of these two idiots’ doors!”

"Well said!" Everyone cheered together!
Another idle man shouted loudly: "I'll reward them with the urine I've been holding in all night!"

A burst of laughter.

The old Beijing man waved his hand and said, "Follow me, man!" After saying that, he strode forward.

Everyone shouted together: "Let's go, follow us!" and swarmed after him.

There were many people squatting beside the wall and at the intersection, watching from a distance and talking about it.

Ni Er, who was dressed in a coarse cotton robe, squatted behind the crowd, looked at the retreating crowd, grinned, took out a jug of wine from his arms, drank at the spout for a while, wiped his mouth, and said: " The wine is good.”

A young man next to him said hurriedly: "Second uncle, Mr. Jiao said that if you get drunk again in the morning, I will break your legs!"

Ni Er stopped bringing the wine bottle to his mouth, sighed, and said softly: "Let's go to Beicheng and have a look." After saying that, he stood up and got out of the crowd.

The young man followed quickly.

It was daybreak, and the dawn light shone in through the window.

News from all over the capital was delivered quickly. Jia Hu was sitting alone behind the desk, looking at each piece carefully.

After reading one picture, Jia Hu raised his head and thought silently. After thinking for a moment, he continued to look down.

Soon, after reading the last page, Jia Hu had a trace of smile lines on his lips.

The effect Jia Hu hoped for appeared. The wind direction in the capital was almost one-sided. The residences of Liang Jianzhang and Zhu Qizhen were now surrounded by angry people. Rotten vegetable leaves, stones, and rotten eggs were thrown into their residences.

Some even pee in front of their house!

Counting the time, there should be news from the cabinet. I don't know how big a piece of flesh Jia She can tear off!
Suddenly, the sound of running came from outside the hospital, accompanied by the noise of "The second girl is back, the second girl is here."

Jia Hu came to his senses, packed up the bookcase, stood up and walked out.
(End of this chapter)