Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 585: Is it too hasty?
"Cough cough!"

In the flower hall of Lu Mansion,

Lu Wenshan, Mr. Lu Ge, was sitting on the main seat, bent over, covering his mouth with one hand, and coughed suddenly, which made Meng Li tremble all over, as if he had been frightened.
After regaining consciousness, he asked with some worry,
"Mr. Ge, your body is like this, do you need to ask the imperial doctor to come and take your pulse?"

After saying that, he stood up and quickly took the teapot and refilled the hot tea in Mr. Lu Ge's tea bowl. The worry in his eyes revealed his true feelings.

"Ahem, I'm not dead yet. I recommended you as one of the chief judges just to ask you to seize this matter and make the case final. I didn't want you to keep an eye on Feng Yongwen. Gu Yichen recommended him, and he has his own reasons. Now, , you said you didn’t know, are you being honest?”

Lu Wenshan opened his eyes suddenly and stared at the person in front of him, unable to distinguish what was light and what was serious.

Meng Li was so horrified that he knelt on the ground and replied with an aggrieved look,

"Mr. Ge, it's not that I'm not in a hurry. The key is that Marquis Luo Yun is involved. You also know who can stop him from doing what he wants to do. If the three nobles and nobles don't agree, how can a trial be held in court?"

It's none of his business. If Marquis Luo Yun doesn't agree to interrogate Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion, he alone, even if Feng Yongwen and Chang Zuo of the Ministry of Punishment are included, can't do it.

"It's really stupid. How could Marquis Luo Yun disagree? Can't you see clearly now? He is the one who wants Jia Zhen to be convicted the most. If he really wants to stop it, there won't be any six movies in the court that day. When it comes to presiding over the case, you must try your best to protect it.

Meng Li glanced at Mr. Ge quietly. It didn't look like a joke. Then Mr. Ge and Mr. Hou, the two of them were relieved. Meng Li suddenly realized that Jiang was still hotter.

"Why else? I'm just adding insult to injury and clinging to the powerful."

On Feng Yongwen's side, after coming out of the red building, he greeted his nephew, got into the carriage, and hurried back to the house.
As soon as I entered the house,

Feng Taiying looked forlorn and asked,
"Father, what do you think will happen to Jia Rong? I heard that the Ningguo Mansion is in trouble, and you are still the chief judge, so you can't save him!"

"This, yes, Mr. Ge."

Only the maid beside him called out anxiously,
"Miss, the master is here!"

Feng Yongwen's daughter, Feng Taiying, sat on the soft couch with a haggard look.

However, Marquis Luo Yun just said a few words and suppressed the Ningguo Mansion. If I guess correctly, Jia Zhen will be interrogated today.

"Humph, not only did I not save my father, but I also wanted to interrogate him. Why did he confuse the people with his evil words? Do you know what my father did today, and why he hates Ningguo Mansion?"

He looked steadily at the portrait of a man in his hand, with a trace of reluctance in his eyes, and never paid attention to his father's knock on the door.

He went straight to his daughter Feng Taiying's boudoir, knocked on the door, and shouted.

inside the house,

If Marquis Luo Yun informs you, you must prepare your thoughts and ask for a general idea in a short time. Yan Cong will stay at the old man's house and take him with him to Shuntian Mansion to wait. Get up. . "

"Okay, I understand, go and open the door."

He jumped out of the carriage with excitement and ran towards the house in three steps and two steps.

: "Taiying, Taiying, good news, good news, my father has solved it for you,"

Feng Yongwen opened the door directly and walked quickly into the inner hall. Seeing his daughter's haggard look, he felt heartbroken.
"My good daughter, your father has taken care of your affairs. It's all because of my father who lost his mind and fell into a trap set by others, which caused his daughter to suffer such injustice."

He gave Mr. Lu Ge a gift, then slowly exited the flower hall, looking for Yan Cong. Time was tight, so the two of them did not chat. After giving each other a gift, they walked together and took a carriage to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen.

Feng Yongwen was surprised when he heard that, and saw the portrait on the table again. His heart suddenly thought that his daughter had fallen in love with Jia Rong. What should he do?

A gentle voice came over, and the little maid leaned over, turned around and walked towards the door, which she just opened.

Meng Li stood up from the ground in doubt. He couldn't figure it out. Marquis Luo Yun wanted Jia Zhen to be punished. Could it be because the marriage-robbing incident at that time had been solved? Even if he wanted to be punished, he had to wait. I didn't take action until the matter became clear. Isn't it too hasty now?

When Feng Taiying saw that her father was determined to regret the marriage, she had no choice but to sarcastically make Feng Yongwen's face livid with anger.
At this time, Mrs. Feng came in with her maid and cursed,

"You damn girl, if it weren't for you, your father would have gone to the Marquis' Mansion to beg the Marquis without even having to face your complaints. Do you know that your father is feeling sad? The portrait of Jia Rong looks nothing like himself. It’s different, he’s timid, the servants in the house are better than him.”

After saying that, he slapped the table angrily, grabbed the painting, and tore it up directly.

Feng Yongwen and his daughter were stunned.

"Madam, look at you, you are just a fake portrait. Just explain it clearly. Why do you have to tear it up?"

Before Feng Taixing could react, the father complained a few words.

Mrs. Feng, who was already angry, became furious and cursed,
"You old thing, okay, you are still blaming me. If you weren't in such a hurry to choose Taiying's son-in-law, you could have been tricked by others. You are pretending to be a good person here. Every portrait is fake. You damn person Old man, what else can you do?"

Mrs. Feng was angry. In the past few days, listening to the master's words, she felt that the Ningguo Mansion was cooperating with the eldest princess's subordinates to set a trap for her daughter. She wanted her to marry into the Ningguo Mansion. No matter what she thought, it was wrong. If it weren't for the master I begged Luo Yunhou, but I don’t know what happened. By the way, Luo Yunhou didn’t know if he had solved it.

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, what's going on? I told you not to make any noise, not to make any noise, but you just didn't listen. Didn't you see that Taiying was uncomfortable?"

Feng Yongwen had an anxious look on his face and kept urging,
Instead, it had the opposite effect. Mrs. Feng stepped forward and threw the fragment in her hand.
"You are pretending to be a good person. Today you went to ask Marquis Luo Yun to resolve the matter. How did it go? The engagement is cancelled."

"It must have been lifted. The internal affairs cannot be spread outside. Anyway, we are not afraid of Ning Guofu!"

She looked at her daughter sitting aside with distress, but the quarrel between the two also brought Feng Taiying back to her senses. It seemed that it was not what she thought, what was a trick, what was a fake portrait.

"Father, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, you damn girl, why don't you understand? Someone took a fake picture album and asked someone to protect the match. They were in a hurry to make an engagement. Do you think it was a trap? Besides, can you see that the Jia family is sincere? Are you here to get married? The engagement ceremony and marriage certificate have not been finalized yet. They are obviously looking around and thinking that our house is nothing."

Mrs. Feng sat next to her daughter and told the matter bluntly, with an angry look on her face. The more she spoke, the angrier she became.

This is the first time in such a long time that I have heard of a verbal engagement agreement, and then not issuing a betrothal ceremony and marriage certificate for so long. It is obviously bullying the Feng family, who are you looking down on!
"Then why did father go to Luo Yunhou? Didn't he have nothing to do with his father?" Feng Taiying sat there and tilted her head as if she understood. It turned out to be wishful thinking on her part.

My father was deceived by the Ningguo Mansion and actually came here to get married. These days, my father looked sad and went around begging for help. He didn't say anything, but he didn't get much. He saw it in his eyes and was afraid that he was really cheated.

Mrs. Feng patted the woman's back and sighed,

"If your father hadn't begged Luo Yunhou, your affairs would have been delayed like this. Do you want to get married in the future? Ningguo Mansion is trying to bite you. With Luo Yunhou's guarantee, what are you afraid of? You want to come this time Ning Guofu’s plan is gone.”

Just as the family of three were talking inside the house, there was another knock on the door.
The three of them were silent and looked at the door of the room in surprise. Mrs. Feng asked aloud,
"what's up?"

Then,

The voice of a servant came from outside,

"Go back to the master, madam, someone from the Shuntian Mansion Yamen just came to inform the master that Luo Yunhou sent someone to inform the master that the trial will be held today, so I asked the master to change his official uniform and go over."

"Understood, let's go!"

"Yes, sir!"

Then, the footsteps of the boy leaving were heard outside the door. After he left,

Mrs. Feng asked hurriedly,

"Master, why are you in such a hurry to interrogate? Didn't you and Marquis Luo Yun just come back from the Red Mansion to discuss it? What happened?"

Feng Yongwen thought about it in his mind. Although his suggestion had its impact, it was really too urgent to be tried before he returned. The Marquis just wanted to hand the knife to the civil servant, which meant that he and others wanted to take Jia Zhen's life. The evidence of guilt was confirmed. In this way, before other people in the court could react, the case was established as irrefutable evidence, which was a good flag.

"You're a woman, what do you know? Stay at home and cook some delicious food for Taiying. I'm leaving."

Without waiting for a reply, the mother and daughter stood up and left the room. Mrs. Feng came back to her senses and cursed,
"You damn old man, how dare you yell at me, really,"

"Mom, my daughter is hungry!"

Feng Taixing quickly hugged his mother's arm and said coquettishly,

"Okay, okay, Mom, let me make your favorite wonton noodles. Let's go quickly."

Mrs. Feng looked happy, knowing that her daughter no longer had to worry about this matter. She felt so good that she forgot what happened in the blink of an eye.

Feng Yongwen changed into his official uniform and went out, boarded the carriage and drove to Shuntianfu Yamen.

Kang Mengyu, on the other hand, received the letter and went to his father's study to greet him.

"Father, why is Marquis Luo Yun so anxious to convene a court hearing to interrogate Jia Zhen? Shouldn't it be delayed to give the old princes time to react and discuss countermeasures! Such a sudden interrogation will inevitably be a little unprepared!"

Kang Guichen, the Marquis of Baoning, sat behind the desk, took a sip of hot tea, and asked in a neutral tone,
"Then how do you want to interrogate?"

"Well, my son doesn't know."

Kang Mengyu was stunned, shook his head and replied, how could he ask himself such a thing? Although the old princes recommended him to be the chief judge, he didn't know anything about how to interrogate.
"If you don't know, don't speak. They are interrogating them. When you get there, you must not interrupt. Let Luo Yunhou and Xiangyang Hou fight with the people of the Third Division. You just need to listen to Luo Yunhou. For the rest, Don’t ask questions.”

Marquis Baoning felt quite helpless when he saw his son's appearance. Although he was upright in his heart, he was really not suitable for the intrigues and deceitful officialdom.

The fact that Marquis Luo Yun was able to preside over the interrogation meant that he had an idea. If his guess was correct, the people on the civil service side had a tacit understanding with him, and Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion would definitely not be saved.

"Yes, father, I understand, but what if Jia Zhen of Ningguo Palace is really convicted and deprived of her title?"

Kang Mengyu didn't expect that his father would ask him to keep silent, so why would he be the chief judge? If the title of Ning Guofu was taken away, the nobles in the capital would be in trouble.

"Hmph, who told you that the title of Ningguo Mansion is gone? At most, Jia Zhen was deprived of the title. The status of Ning Guo Mansion will not be moved, and it will be replaced by someone else. The civil servants know the importance. Even if they use their brains, Luo Yunhou will definitely If you don't agree, the entire capital will also not agree. It's just a formality to protect Jia Zhen or not."

After saying that, Marquis Baoning put down his tea bowl and looked at his son standing in the hall. Why couldn't he see clearly what was going on? As long as it was a matter involving Ningguo Mansion, Marquis Luo Yun would definitely add insult to injury. As the saying goes, what man hates his wife? If you can ignore it in your heart and promise not to pursue it again, then you really won’t pursue it, which is shallow.

Only then did Kang Mengyu understand that the co-author wanted to protect Ningguo Mansion rather than Jiazhen. This meant changing the owner's family. If the Jia family could agree, the old lady of Rongguo Mansion could agree.

"Dad, the Jia family is divided into Ningrong and Ningrong. The patriarch of the Jia family has been imprisoned. Not to mention the clan members in each house of the Jia family, that is, the old lady of the Rongguo mansion. How could she be willing?"

"Haha, you are the only one who is still so naive. It doesn't matter whether the members of the Jia family are willing to go to jail if Jia Zhen is sent to prison. They are nothing. The old lady of Rongguo Mansion, although she said she is not willing, her two Not necessarily a son, Jia Zheng also has an eldest grandson and a wealthy second son, do you think he is willing?"

Marquis Baoning sneered. The older the children of the big family, the more intrigues they have. The things involved cannot be explained clearly, and they are endless. The Jia family of the Ningguo Mansion has a lot of people watching.
"Okay, stop making jokes here, put on your official uniform, and go to Shuntian Mansion with your soldiers to wait. Remember my instructions, act carefully, and don't talk too much. Even if the Marquis of Xiangyang objects, as long as Luo Yun If Hou agrees, then you agree and go ahead.”

A scolding interrupted Kang Mengyu's thoughts. Although he was still confused, he knew what his father meant.
"Yes, father, my son understands."

He saluted his father and then exited the study.
The Marquis of Baoning was left sighing in the study, thinking of the chaos in the court, and everyone huddled together for warmth. He was alone in the Forbidden Army. Although there was a group of people to support him, he was still weak. The old Duke recommended Meng Yu Serving as the chief judge may not be a sign of goodwill, but the old Duke only knows that Marquis Luo Yun is already unstoppable and Jane is in the emperor's heart.

Xiangyang Houfu,

The porter took three steps at a time and walked towards the inner hall of the Marquis. When he reached the ground, he shouted,
"Master Marquis, Master Marquis, the Shuntian Mansion Yamen has sent someone here to inform the Marquis that he is going to hold a court meeting to interrogate Jia Zhen, Ningguo Mansion today. He said that other adults have been notified and they are all rushing to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen."

"What, it's so urgent, who gave the order?"

Xiangyang Hou Baiguangju asked closely, with a look of shock on his face. It had only been one day and Jia Zhen was about to be interrogated. It was too urgent.

"Going back to the Marquis, I asked about it, and the officer replied that it was the order given by Marquis Luo Yun. He said it was entrusted by His Majesty, and he did not dare to neglect. He will find a day to investigate the case and give the court an answer."

Bai Guangju took a deep breath and spoke like this. The matter was settled. But he didn't know what Marquis Luo Yun had in mind, whether it was Baoning Guofu or Bao Jiazhen. He just got up to change his clothes, and suddenly thought of Tang Hui When I met Marquis Luo Yun before, the Marquis told me that if I wanted to keep my title, wouldn't Jia Zhen become an abandoned son? How could I explain the entrustment of the old princes!
(End of this chapter)