serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 82

Jia Hu study
Jia Hu stood in front of the desk, turned around slowly, and looked at Jiao Da.

Jiao Da hesitated for a while, and then said: "The second master entrusted such an important matter to Jiao Da, it is Jiao Da's trust, and it is Jiao Da's honor. But, I am afraid that if I don't do it well, it will ruin the second master." Why don't you choose one of the younger generation of Jade Characters."

Jia Hu: "This kind of thing not only values ​​ability, but also loyalty and reliability. I believe in you more than those kids outside."

Jiao Da was a little excited: "Since you said that, Jiao Da will take over this burden." Then, he stood up, walked to Jia Hu, and knelt down: "Jiao Da swears that he will never tell anyone in his lifetime." If you reveal this matter, you will definitely live up to the Patriarch. If you violate this oath, heaven and earth will punish you!"

After finishing speaking, he solemnly kowtowed.

Looking at the pale old Jiao Da, Jia Hu's face showed endless emotion, and then stepped forward to help him up: "Don't kneel in the future."

Jiao Da was taken aback for a moment, and then replied loudly: "Hey!"

Jia Hu helped him sit down by the window, poured two bowls of tea, handed Jiao Da a bowl, sat down on his side, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, then said: "You don't have to be impatient, this kind of thing needs to be slow. Slow down. I’ve made up my mind, don’t move in the capital, start with a few peripheral areas, and then slowly infiltrate after we get familiar with the habits and methods of the intelligence personnel of the Cao Gang.”

Jiao Da put down his tea bowl, patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Second Master, Jiao Da is not good at anything else, he has many ways to interrogate prisoners. I think he was in the Grand Master's army back then. Hehe, it's getting too far."

"I believe that."

Jia Hu thought for a while: "I will select a few people from the former Liaodong Army officers to help you grow old. These people came out of the mountains and fires with me. They are trustworthy, and they all have strong adaptability."

Jiao Da nodded in agreement.

Jia Hu: "Don't complicate this matter, just chew slowly, learn slowly, infiltrate slowly, and don't worry about anything else. Don't have psychological pressure. If one place fails, just change to another place. Now the town Fu Si and Ti Xing Si are arresting people everywhere, and the death of a few people will not attract the attention of the Cao Gang."

Jiao Da nodded and was about to speak when he suddenly caught sight of Lin San who was blocked by the guards outside the Moon Gate, "Lin San is back."

Jia Hu turned his head to look, and shouted to the soldiers: "Let him in."

Lin San hurried in, and reported: "General, General Feng led the cavalry back to the camp, and those remnants of the White Lotus Sect have also been captured in the camp, and the sentry camp is under interrogation."

Hearing this, Jia Hu frowned, a little dissatisfied with Feng Tang's actions, he made a simple matter complicated by him.

As long as the captured remnants of the White Lotus Sect are handed over to the Criminal Division or the Zhenfu Division, it will be a great achievement, not only saves trouble, but also has no trouble.

No wonder the emperor would be dissatisfied with these veteran nobles, and a little greedy.

This time, I dragged myself into the water again.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu stood up, walked to the desk, picked up a pen and began to write, Jiao Da said: "According to the usual practice, the Yongwei Camp will leave 1000 people to guard the camp. With my warrant, if there are less than 300 people, you can Dispatch anytime."

After finishing writing, Jia Hu picked up the letter and blew it, and then said: "I will instruct the officer on duty to fully cooperate with you if necessary."

Jiao Da replied loudly: "No!"

Monogram, affix private seal and official seal, and then hand over the warrant to Jiao Da, and then say to Lin San: "You rush to the camp immediately, watch them point, don't kill people. I will go to the palace."

Lin San: "No."

Half an hour later, Jia Hu and Dai Quan galloped towards the Yongwei Camp under the escort of a group of criminal officials.

Beijing Palace
Shui Rong changed into casual clothes and was about to go out.

The butler walked in with sweat on his face: "My lord, the man in black who was wiped out by Xie Qiong last night is ours."

Shui Rong nodded.

Suddenly, Chang Shi rushed in like a gust of wind, and said anxiously: "There is news from outside the city that the stronghold of the White Lotus Sect has been taken away by the Yongwei Battalion, and all the people have been taken into the camp."

Shui Rong was startled for a moment, then slowly clenched his hands into fists.

Chang Shi tentatively asked: "My lord, will this matter implicate us?"

Butler: "No. But the Cao Gang will definitely be involved. For safety reasons, the people from the Cao Gang in the south of the city must be silenced."

Shui Rong: "You go there yourself."

side hall of Qianqing Palace

Dinner is being served here, and there are four dishes and one soup on the long dining table.

Emperor Jianwu sat at the head, and Zhao Zixun, Minister of the Household Department, sat next to him.

After receiving the chopsticks from the eunuch, Emperor Jianwu said to Zhao Zixun: "It's been a long time since we, the monarch and his ministers, have eaten together. If you have anything to do, let's talk slowly while eating."

Zhao Zixun: "Yes", he picked up the bowl and chopsticks.

Emperor Jianwu: "You have been wronged all along."

Zhao Zixun bowed his head silently, and the nobles took the initiative to pay back most of the owed money, and the rest were due to poor financial conditions, but they kept paying back.In contrast, the civil servants' side was far from satisfactory, and the pressure naturally came to the household department's side.

There was no other way, Zhao Zixun had no choice but to go door to door with people to pursue it.

As a result, Zhao Zixun became a flatterer who flattered and oppressed scholars, was rejected by many civil servants, and became a lonely minister who was not a lonely minister.

Emperor Jianwu put down the bowl and chopsticks, stood up, filled half a bowl of soup under the surprised eyes of the eunuch, and handed it to Zhao Zixun.

Zhao Zixun: "Your Majesty?"

Emperor Jianwu: "Trust me."

Zhao Zixun burst into tears, and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Emperor Jianwu, then stood up, took the soup with trembling hands, and gulped it down.

Emperor Jianwu sighed deeply: "I also know that it's difficult for you. It's because I didn't think carefully, which made you feel wronged."

Zhao Zixun quickly wiped away his tears, and replied: "It is the duty of a courtier to eat the king's salary and be loyal to the king."

"Sit down, sit down and talk."

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "As long as this battle is complete and successful, the Datong Army, the soldiers and horses of the three provinces in Henan, and even the Jizhou Guard and the Sanqian Battalion will be in my hands. .

In this way, I will have the confidence, we can carry out drastic reforms, wipe out all these corrupt officials and gentry, and create a ZTE situation.

Zhao Zixun, you are the person I trust the most, you must assist me! "

Hearing this, Zhao Zixun also became excited, and hurriedly replied: "I will not hesitate to do so!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Emperor Jianwu nodded emphatically, and then said: "The current national policy is all about war. Next, you have to ensure the army's military supplies and food."

Zhao Zixun: "Yes."

Suddenly, footsteps came from outside the hall, followed by the voice of the Chief Eunuch of the Division of Criminal Justice: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the servant has returned to accompany Director Dai to interrogate the remnants of the White Lotus Sect."

"Come in." Emperor Jianwu shook his head.

The eunuch walked in with a thick stack of trial records, walked up to Emperor Jianwu, knelt down and raised his hands up.

Emperor Jianwu took the pile of confessions and slowly unfolded them.

When Dai Quan rushed to the south of the city with the people who brought the Criminal Division, what he saw was a scene that shocked him. The fire was burning in an alley in this residential area, which was where the Cao Gang stronghold was located. The fire not only All the evidence was burned, and the court's hope of taking action against the Cao Gang was also cut off.

under the Zhengyang Gate
Jia Hu looked at the convoy going away, his face was a bit ugly, he didn't expect these remnants of the White Lotus Sect to know the Cao Gang's stronghold in the capital, which made him regret it, if Dai Quan successfully captured the Cao Gang's spies, then the outside of the city If you can't keep a few strongholds, your plan will come to nothing.

Suddenly, Jia Hu thought of Shui Rong, and hoped that he could clean it up before Dai Quan.

Cao Gang snorted coldly, Jia Hu rode his horse and walked towards the west city.

"Master Job!"

Jia Hu turned his head, and a eunuch from the Criminal Division came galloping up: "Your Majesty calls you into the palace to discuss matters."

Fifteen miles outside the Guang'an Gate in the capital city, there was an earth-shattering sound of horseshoes coming from behind, and the smoke and dust billowed in the distance, densely packed, at least thousands of cavalry.

The people on the official road hid aside one after another.

The gloomy King Zhongshun led five thousand infantry battalion cavalry, which was obviously a lot less, and rushed to the capital non-stop along the official road.

Honor Hall

There were bursts of laughter and laughter in Jia Mu's house, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Mother Jia leaned on the soft couch, with Daiyu sitting on the left and Xichun sitting on the right, looking kindly at Baoyu who was asking questions around Grandma Liu, and she was even more satisfied with this cheap relative in her heart, plain and simple, humorous, Cheerful and open-minded, he is even more able to read words and expressions. In this short while, he laughed more happily than in the past year.

Well, still a kind person.

At this moment, Zhou Rui's family came in and whispered something in Jia Mu's ear.

Mother Jia nodded, "Just wake up, and then tell Doctor Wang to come over every day."

(End of this chapter)