serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 78 The Hostage Incident 2
Hall of the Ministry of Justice
Officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Shuntian Mansion stood in a row with their heads bowed.

In the middle of the lobby, King Shui Rong of Beijing Jing was constantly taking pictures of the big case: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, in broad daylight, the world is bright and bright. It is too arrogant for someone to openly challenge the imperial court."

Turning his attention to Li Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice: "All the guards from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Shuntian Mansion are dispatched, and we must find him before dark!"

Li Jin was about to speak, but the officials yelled, "My lord, half a day is too tight, we don't have any clues."

With a "snap", Shui Rong slapped the big case with a palm, and shouted: "Eight hundred li express can run out of Gyeonggi!" He paused here, and then said slowly: "You should know, the missing What is the relationship between these people and those in the Qianqing Palace? If they fall into the hands of the Mongols, or even the Manchus, you can guess how much trouble they will have!"

Li Jin and the others were shocked again.

There was a slight commotion outside the gate, and Shuntian Fu Yin supported Jia Zheng and walked in sweating.

Shun Tianfu Yin shouted loudly: "There is news!"

Shui Rong was startled at first, then stood up and hurried out.

"Uncle Shi."

"My lord."

Jia Zheng was no longer rigid and solemn in the past. He grasped Shui Rong's hand and said excitedly: "Ancestor Blessing, the boy who followed Baoyu woke up. He heard what the thief said, and they went to Tongzhou. Please also quickly tune in, my lord." Soldiers go to the rescue."

Tongzhou?

Shui Rong was secretly startled, but pretended to be nonchalant and helped Jia Zheng to sit aside, then turned to Li Jin: "Aren't you going to look for it?"

Li Jin: "Dare to ask the father-in-law, do you know where it is in Tongzhou? Who is the other party?"

Jia Zheng replied, "I don't know about that, but they took away several horses. Such a big goal shouldn't be difficult."

Li Jin shook his head: "If you dare to kill someone at the emperor's feet, the other party is obviously not an ordinary person. As the prince said just now, there are nine out of ten Mongolians or Manchu Tartars, and their foothold will definitely not be in Tongzhou City.

In addition, due to the looting of the Tatars, many villages around Tongzhou were empty, and there were too many places for Tibetans.It's hard to find people like us. "

Jia Zheng was taken aback for a moment, "Then, what should we do?"

Li Jin: "Deploy troops."

Shui Rong snorted: "Send troops? Where can I send your troops at this time? Without His Majesty's order, the soldiers of the Bing Ma Si and the Infantry Commander Yamen can't leave the city. As for the large army outside the city, those who can send troops are now It's in Qianqing Palace."

At this time, a doctor of the Ministry of Justice who went to inquire about the news hurried in from the gate, panting: "Yang, Yang Ge is here."

After a while, Mr. Yang Ge walked in, "How is it?"

Shuntian Fu Yin: "The servant of the father-in-law's family said that the thief went to Tongzhou."

Elder Yang Ge: "Then don't look for it yet!"

Shui Rong looked at Li Jin, and said to Elder Yang Ge: "Tongzhou is too wide, and we don't have so many people. In addition, once we search in a big way, it is likely to anger the other party and threaten the lives of several people." .”

Jia Zheng was the first to change his face.

The others were also surprised.

Li Jin hesitated for a moment, "Mr. Yang Ge, can I get in touch with Qianqing Palace?"

Elder Yang Ge shook his head: "No one is allowed to approach the Qianqing Palace without the order of the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty, and anyone who trespasses will be shot to death! People inside will not be able to get out."

Jia Zheng and the others were shocked again.

Li Jin said to Elder Yang Ge: "Can you call the people from the Fusi?"

Old Yang Ge was startled, the Zhenfusi was the eyes and ears of the emperor, and he was only responsible to the emperor, and he, a cabinet scholar, had no right to intervene, and there were many taboos in it.Once the emperor's taboo is violated, catastrophe will be imminent.

Yang Ge stared at him for a long time before replying, "I'm getting old!"

Hearing what he said, Li Jin had the nerve to go on, so he nodded.

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth, swallowed again, and said, "I'll go." Then he got up and was about to go out.

"Hold on."

Elder Yang Ge stood up, walked in front of Jia Zheng, and said in a deep voice, "The Jia family won't be able to tell if you're gone."

Jia Zheng was taken aback for a moment, looked at Elder Yang Ge, then at Li Jin and the others, and finally his eyes fell on Shui Rong.

Shui Rong nodded in agreement.

Including Li Jin and Shuntian Governor, other officials nodded.

Jia Zhengwan didn't expect there to be so many doorways, his face turned pale, he fell on the chair, and after a while he came back to his senses and patted the armrest: "I have raised this unworthy bastard, and I am no longer filial. Now I’m so tired that I’m a family friend.” Speaking of this, I unconsciously let out a long sigh and burst into tears.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment and Shuntian Mansion were like ants on a hot pot. At this moment, the Yin of Shuntian Mansion was in shock and sweated profusely.

This is exactly what they are worried about. If these people really die, they will be dismissed from office at least, or they will be imprisoned and beheaded at worst.

At this moment, Xie Qiong and Qiu Liang broke in one after the other.

Xie Qiong rushed directly in front of Jia Zheng and asked, "I heard something happened to Brother Bao!"

With tears in his eyes, Jia Zheng raised his head to look at Xie Qiong, and replied, "Nie Zhan, Mr. Feng, Mr. Wei, and Mr. Li's nephew were kidnapped to Tongzhou."

Xie Qiong suddenly changed his face: "It's against the sky! I will dispatch troops to suppress these traitors." Having said this, he turned around and left.

Water soluble: "Stop."

Xie Qiong stopped by the door and turned around slowly.

Shui Rong: "It's a big taboo to transfer troops without permission, let alone this is Gyeonggi. You can't harm Jia Hu."

Xie Qiong's complexion changed, she gritted her teeth, and then said with a firm heart: "Well, I will lead two cavalry teams, it will be no problem at all."

Shui Rong: "That won't work either!"

"you!"

"If you want to kill them, go for it!"

Xie Qiong was stunned, and immediately became furious, "Then what do you think should be done?!"

Shui Rong took another picture of the big case, and yelled at the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Shuntian Mansion: "Don't send anyone to look for it yet!"

Those officials looked at each other in blank dismay: "Yes." Fei also ran out.

Li Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, did not leave, and said to Qiu Liang and Xie Qiong: "Can the two generals send out the sentry among the generals?"

The two nodded immediately.

Shui Rong stood up and said to Li Jin: "That's good! You will be in charge of this case." Then, he bowed to Jia Zheng and strode out.

The Jia family has become a mess here.

It turned out that Jia's mother had waited for a long time and did not see Baoyu's return, so she became suspicious and ordered people to urge her several times.

How shrewd Jia Mu was, she immediately understood that something had happened, and ordered Mrs. Xing to find Jia Amnesty, but Jia Amnesty had no choice but to tell Jia Mu the truth.

Everyone was horrified, and Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue even fainted on the spot.

Aunt Xue's courtyard.

Aunt Xue sat up with Baochai's support, leaned her head on the high pillow, stared blankly at the head of the bed, and sighed for a while.

Baochai wiped the corners of her eyes and advised, "Mum, don't worry, brother will be fine."

Hearing this, Aunt Xue came back to her senses, looked at Baochai, sighed again, and said, "This wicked person has finally caused a catastrophe. It's good that Baoyu and the others are fine. It's really over." As he said, he began to cry.

Baochai stopped crying at first, but when she saw Aunt Xue crying, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she started crying too.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and Xiangling ran in: "Grandma, the second master of the West Mansion ordered someone to send the news, and the Ministry of Punishment and Shuntian Mansion sent people out of the city to look for it."

Aunt Xue suppressed her tears.

Baochai also wiped away her tears, and asked Xiangling, "Is there any other news?"

Xiang Ling shook her head, thought for a while, and said: "The Elder Master reassured the old lady, saying that Second Master Bao is definitely fine."

Aunt Xue: "Really?"

Xiang Ling nodded vigorously.

Baochai hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Mom. Brother and the others will be fine."

Aunt Xue didn't answer, and sighed again, "I'm afraid we won't be able to stay in the Jia family. It's the capital city." She closed her eyes gently.

Beijing Palace, study room.

Shui Rong sat in front of the desk with his eyes closed, and Chang Shi stood aside with his hands down.

The butler came in hastily: "My lord, I've recruited."

Only then did Shui Rong open his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Since the Qianqing Palace is closed and no one can make decisions, silence them immediately, and we must not let them fall into the hands of the imperial court."

The housekeeper and Chang Shi replied at the same time: "Yes!"

At the end of Shen Shi, an old woman in a straw hat and a coarse cloth dress led a mule towards Rongguo Mansion.

When she came to the gate, she took off the straw hat on her head, stepped forward and asked, "Grandpa is happy. I'm looking for Mrs. Zhou, my wife's companion."

It happened that Lai Da came out and hurriedly asked, "What do you want from her?"

The old woman grinned: "It's nothing, I just came to see her."

Lai Da was not suspicious, and pointed with his hand: "Go around to the back street from here, just go up the back door and ask."

On the other side, to the southeast of Tongzhou City.

A group of strong men with steel knives came out of a village that was looted and burned by the Tartars.

The leader looked around for a while, and said to the people around him: "Report to the prince immediately, and say that we have been cheated, and people are not here at all."

(End of this chapter)