serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 404 Downfall

Jiao Da led a group of cavalry into Mingzhaofang.

In the distance, in front of Zhu Qizhen's mansion, there were people watching the excitement. A gust of wind blew by, and an indescribable smell hit his nostrils.

Jiao Da secretly smiled, stood on the saddle, flipped over the heads of the crowd, and landed firmly in the open space in front of the crowd.

The people watching were startled at first, and then cheered.

The open space in front of the gate of Zhu Qizhen's mansion was densely filled with Yongwei camp fire gun soldiers, each of whom stood there holding a fire gun with a bayonet.Under the warm spring sunshine, the tip of the knife flashed coldly, murderous, and the atmosphere was tense.

In front of the open door with red lacquer and copper nails, Lin San stood there with a knife.

Seeing Jiao Da coming, Lin San rushed to greet him.

Lin San hugged him with both hands: "Mr. Jiao."

Jiao Da: "Yes." As he spoke, he strode to the big steps in front of the door, glanced inside the door, and said to Lin San: "The prince has sent a message, saying that everything will be listened to by the great master." After that, , took out a token from his arms.

Lin San glanced at the token: "Yes."

Jiao Da took it back again and continued: "The cabinet has not reached an agreement. According to the eldest master, Zhu Qizhen's house was raided and the family members and servants were gathered in the backyard without disturbing them until the cabinet was released.

All property was confiscated and all had to be recorded and reported.You handle the study yourself. Copy all the letters and ink-paper and hand them over to me. Not a single piece of paper is allowed to be left behind. "

Lin San replied: "Yes."

Jiao Da asked again: "Where is Zhu Qizhen?"

Lin San: "In the front hall over there."

Jiao Da walked in with several guards.

Lin San repeated Jiao Da's words loudly, then waved his hand: "Copy!"

Several officers led a group of gun soldiers and swarmed in through the gate.

There was a group of gunmen standing on the steps of the front hall. The hall door was open, a chair was placed inside the door, and Zhu Qizhen was sitting on the chair.

Jiao Da came over with several guards.

"Hey!" The leading officer suddenly stopped.

Jiao Da took out the token again, stepped forward and said, "The prince's military order, Zhu Qizhen has given it to us."

The officer glanced at the token, waved his hand: "Retreat!" and led the team of gunmen toward the front yard.

Jiao Da walked into the front hall and looked at Zhu Qizhen: "Is this Zhu Qizhen, the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zhu Qizhen did not answer, but glanced at Jiao Da and the guards behind him indifferently.

Jiao Da dragged a chair and sat down in front of him.

There was silence.

Suddenly, the earth-shattering cries of many people came from the backyard.

Zhu Qizhen moved slightly and wanted to get up, but ended up sitting still.

Jiao Da: "I just came from Dongshi Street. The soldiers and horses found more than two hundred corpses from the rubble, but more of them were destroyed by fire. According to Shuntian Prefecture's estimation, the common people and merchants did not have time to escape. There are 700 people.

Thousands more people are left homeless, and hundreds of prosperous families have been torn apart by the fires."

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen's face turned pale. After a while, he muttered: "We agreed to burn down the newspaper office. How could it be like this?"

Jiao Da leaned back in his chair: "Don't kid yourself, you should have thought of it a long time ago."

Zhu Qizhen was silent for a moment and said, "What do the Jia family plan to do with me?!"

Jiao Da: "You misunderstood. How can the Jia family have the power to deal with Zhu Yushi?"

Zhu Qizhen sneered: "Don't you dare?! You all broke into my house, what else do you dare not do?"

Jiao Da: "I was ordered to ransack the house to compensate the victims for their losses."

Zhu Qizhen was startled: "Let me go?"

Jiao Da rolled his eyelids.

Zhu Qizhen understood and asked again: "Let my family go?"

Jiao Da: "Leave aside the people who were affected by the disaster. There will be many people in the Infantry Yamen, Soldiers and Horses Division, and Shuntian Mansion who will be demoted, fined, or even lose their hats because of the fire. Do you think they will let your family go? ?”

Zhu Qizhen's expression changed.

At this time, Jiao Da took out a confession from his sleeve and handed it over: "The confession has been drafted for you. You copy it yourself and sign your name. After you die, the Jia family will protect your family." .”

As if there was a muffled thunder above his head, Zhu Qizhen was startled and froze there.

Jiao Da smiled: "Think about your children."

Zhu Qizhen took the confession in a daze, slowly unfolded it, and began to read it with drowsy eyes.

As soon as Jiao Da raised his hand, a guard immediately brought a wooden table, and all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones were placed on the table.

The expression on Zhu Qizhen's face began to change. First he was a little surprised, and then he appeared to be contemplating while watching. By the time he finished reading, his face had completely calmed down.Jiao Da sat up straight, listened to the crying from the backyard, and said: "The prince said that the Rakshasa people are making trouble in the northwest, the Annan people and the Xiyi people are making trouble in the southern Xinjiang, and Jiangxi is unstable. At this time, the imperial court If there is turmoil, it will affect the whole country. Therefore, we cannot build big prisons and only kill those who deserve to die."

At this time, the shouting and crying from all over the backyard became louder and louder.

The look on Zhu Qizhen's face was very complicated. He did not expect that the person who would ultimately consider the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be Jia Hu, a "national thief" in the eyes of civil servants.

This confession not only brought down Mei Changwen, but also other senior Mei Party officials who deserved to die. Most Mei Party officials were not implicated and would not shake up the government.

Jiao Da: "Master Zhu."

Zhu Qizhen sighed softly, stood up, walked to the wooden table, laid out paper, picked up a pen, and began to copy the confession.
On the other side, officials were standing outside the Daming Palace, talking quietly and looking at the deep palace gate from time to time.

Several senior officials of the Mei Party were even more frightened and sweating profusely.

The sound of footsteps finally came from inside, and Song Jing was seen walking out holding a stack of official documents.

All the officials swarmed up:

"Master Song, what's going on inside?"

"What did the old lady say?"

"Is Mr. Mei Ge okay?!"

"Tell us about it."

Song Jing was in a dilemma, and suddenly saw Li Hao standing in the crowd. He smiled and said to Li Hao: "Congratulations to Li Yushi. The old concubine agreed to the recommendation of Mr. Jia Ge. You have been promoted." Youdu is the censor!"

Li Hao was overjoyed and became the censor of Youdu in the second rank. This was something he could not even imagine.

The officials who were watching the excitement became commotion again.

The expressions of several senior Mei Party officials and other Mei Party officials changed.

Before a stick of incense, the Jia family took over the Ministry of Industry, and Yang Jian was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry!

Lee Myung-bak, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, also moved to the right to be the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, dividing the power of the royalists.

"Give way!"

At this time, Zhao Shun, the deputy general manager of the Qianqing Palace, came running out of breath holding Zhu Qizhen's confession!
"Zhu Qizhen's confession has arrived!" After saying that, Zhao Shunfei also ran into the Daming Palace.

With a "wow" sound, everyone started making a loud noise.

"Finally the showdown!"

"It seems that the Jia family has won."

Soon, two young eunuchs helped Mei Changwen out. At this time, his head was no longer covered with black gauze hat.

Looking at Mei Changwen who walked out tremblingly, everyone looked at each other in shock.

Then Dai Quan walked out, followed by a group of eunuchs who were responsible for the rituals.

After walking to the crowd and standing in front of the crowd, Dai Quan announced loudly: "Give Mei Changwen a chance to become an official, and a yearly reward of one hundred stones of rice."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Dai Quan scanned the crowd, pointed at a senior official from the Mei Party, then pointed at another senior official from the Mei Party. He pointed at five senior officials from the Mei Party in a row, then turned and walked back.

Before anyone could react, the eunuchs who were in charge of etiquette stepped forward, took off the official hats and uniforms of the five senior Mei Party officials, and dragged them away.

All heads were raised, and all eyes were even more shocked. Mei Dang had fallen! ! !

Ning'an Hall Backyard

Jia Hu led Hu Hu in through the moon gate of the yard.

Amber was still holding the food box in her hand.

A burst of laughter came from the house, Jia Hu opened the door curtain and walked in.

In the big living room, Lin Daiyu was talking to Yingchun.

"Second brother is here." Yingchun was sitting next to Lin Daiyu and then stood up.

"Sit down and sit down."

Jia Hu walked to the copper basin, bent down and washed his hands. While wiping his hands, he said: "How is it, are you having a good time there? Is Yang Dayong nice to you? Will you be here later? Eat, or go back to the old lady's place? By the way, do you want to stay here today, or go home?"

Yingchun sat down with a smile and looked at Jia Hu who was talking.

Jia Yingchun was already very beautiful, and she became even more beautiful because she married a good husband and fell in love with her.

At this time, seeing Lin Daiyu looking at him with a smile, Yingchun also looked at Lin Daiyu with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for a few days, and my second brother has become verbose."

Lin Daiyu smiled: "He's always been like this."

After hearing this, Yingchun covered her mouth and smiled, and then said to Jia Hu: "I brought clothes with me and will stay for two days before going back. I told the old lady just now that I will have lunch with my second sister-in-law and then go over for dinner. "

(End of this chapter)