Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 199
This day happened to be Sister Feng's birthday, and Xue Baochai was invited to leave home early and go to Rongguo Mansion.

Today, Jia Rui was ordered by the Supreme Emperor to go to the suburbs to inspect the imperial mausoleum.

The construction of the imperial mausoleums of past emperors began as soon as the emperor ascended the throne. For decades after the emperor ascended the throne, the mausoleum was under construction all the time.

In fact, the main structure has been completed a long time ago, and now all the subsequent construction work is fine work.

Later, even the fine work was finished, and I started to do some painting and other things, or relief sculptures.

All in all, this matter has been dragged on until the Supreme Emperor Bintian.

The Supreme Emperor also attaches great importance to his mausoleum. Although he does not go to see it personally, he sends his confidants to check it out from time to time.

But this time Jia Rui took up the task.

In fact, Jia Rui didn't want to go today, mainly because it was too unlucky. Wang Xifeng celebrated his birthday there, and he felt awkward going to the mausoleum to check it out.

But the emperor's order was difficult, not to mention that his thigh made the request. No matter how difficult it was, Jia Rui had to bite the bullet.

So after Xue Baochai left, Jia Rui took his guards and servants and rode straight to the countryside.

Since the imperial mausoleum was far away and Jia Rui had not eaten in the morning, Jia Rui became hungry soon after arriving in the suburbs. He ordered his guards to find a nearby house to eat some food, and then continued on his way.

Not long after Jia Rui waited, his personal servant Wangcai came over in a hurry.

"Sir, there is a nunnery in front of you called Shuixian Nunnery. Why don't you sit there for a while while I have something to eat before we go on our way."

Jia Rui nodded, "Lead the way."

Wangcai immediately stood up, got on his horse, and led the way. Jia Rui followed with others, and soon arrived at Shuixian Temple.

After arriving at the gate of Shuixian Nunnery, Jia Rui found two horses at the gate of Shuixian Temple, which made Jia Rui a little strange.

You must know that Shuixian Nunnery has no village or store, and it is so early. How come there are two horses parked at the entrance of Shuixian Nunnery, which are also offering incense?
Although he was confused, Jia Rui didn't take it to heart. After all, there might be something urgent and he couldn't take care of it.

"Go up and call the door."

Wangcai agreed and immediately came to the door of the nunnery and knocked hard with his hand.

"Open the door, open the door."

"Here we come, why worry!"

After saying this, a middle-aged nun came out.

The nun opened the door and looked outside, only to see a group of men on horseback surrounding the entrance of the nunnery aggressively.

The nun was immediately frightened.

Seeing that the nun was frightened, Jia Rui quickly dismounted and stepped forward and said:

"Master, don't be afraid. We were passing by here and wanted to borrow the nunnery because we missed the meal. We will leave immediately after the meal. Of course, we will not lose the money for incense."

It turned out that this was the case, and the nun was finally relieved.

Next, the nun glanced at Jia Rui, and her eyes immediately lit up.

It turned out that Jia Rui was wearing silk and satin, with a jade belt around his waist, and even the riding crop in his hand was inlaid with amber.

Just like this, he looks like a rich man at first glance.

"Uncle, please come in quickly. Xiao Ni Ni will order people to prepare a fast meal."

"What are you talking about? Our uncle will eat your food? Of course we have prepared food. Just prepare the stove."

The nun just glanced at Wangcai, then continued to laugh with me, and took Jia Rui into the nunnery.

After we sat down in the guest room, the nun brought us fragrant tea.

Jia Rui picked up the tea and took a casual sip. He found that it was almost the same as the tea at home.

Jia Rui has been in ancient times for a long time, but there is one problem that he has never corrected, that is, he cannot tell the quality of tea from bad.

You must know that the tea Jia Rui drinks now is probably almost the same as the emperor in the palace.

But he couldn't tell the difference between the top-quality tea and the wild tea in the countryside.

"Your Excellency, please sit here for a moment. I will invite our nunnery master to come here."

Jia Rui nodded and waved her down.

Wangcai stood next to Jia Rui and said: "This little nunnery is too pretentious. When a noble person like the uncle comes, the nunnery owner doesn't come to greet him?"

Jia Rui was actually a little angry in his heart. With his current power, he would be treated with courtesy even when he entered the palace. Today, he was ignored in this nunnery.

Could it be that the people who came to the nunnery today were more valuable than myself?

Just when Jia Rui was thinking wildly, the nun came back again, but she was alone, and the nunnery master she mentioned was nowhere to be seen.

The nun knew the etiquette, and when she came back alone, she looked a little embarrassed.

"This distinguished guest, a distinguished guest came to our nunnery today. The master of the nunnery accompanied him personally. He was afraid of offending the distinguished guest and said that he asked the guest to look elsewhere. We can't have any guests here."

Jia Rui became angry when he heard this and was about to have an attack.Wangcai, who was standing next to him, started yelling and cursing before Jia Rui.

"You are so ignorant, do you know who our uncle is? Is there any other distinguished guest in the world who can be more expensive than our uncle?"

Jia Rui frowned, Wangcai's words were a little too much.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wangcai immediately knew that he had made a mistake and quickly slapped himself several times.

Then he continued: "Go and find your nunnery master quickly. If you are a step too late, be careful, I will demolish your Narcissus nunnery."

The middle-aged nun was a little scared when she saw Wangcai's aura, and hurried out.

After a while, the middle-aged nun came in with an old nun.

After the old nun entered the guest room, he looked at Jia Rui up and down and found that he looked familiar. Moreover, the man was really luxuriously dressed, so he did not dare to be too indifferent.

"Dear guest, I am late, please forgive me."

"Is your nunnery sick? Our uncle just wants to borrow the stove to eat, why is it so difficult?" Wangcai said in a very rude tone.

The old nun's face also looked a little ugly, "This distinguished guest is actually a nobleman from the Rongguo Mansion who came to our nunnery, so he was a little neglectful."

The old nun's tone was very arrogant. He didn't even look at Wangcai, but only stared at Jia Rui.

Jia Rui smiled. He didn't expect that he would meet someone from Rongguo Mansion when he went out. He wanted to see which uncle from Rongguo Mansion was so arrogant.

"Then I will meet this 'noble man' from Rongguo Mansion."

When the old nun saw Jia Rui, there was no trace of cowardice in his tone, and he was a little unsure of the identity of the person in front of him.

However, relying on the power of Rongguo Mansion, they did not give in.

"Since you want to see this noble man, I would like to recommend him to you."

After saying that, the old nun bowed and walked out.

Jia Rui also stood up and said to the guards and Wangcai beside him: "Let's go see this noble man."

With that said, the group followed the nun to the back of Shuiyue Temple.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw a person in the distance, dressed in snow-white, kneeling in front of a well, worshiping someone unknown.

As the crowd got closer, people inside also noticed the movement, and a boy ran over in a hurry.

"What are you doing? Can you afford the punishment for disturbing our second master?"

Wangcai next to Jia Rui laughed a little when he saw this man.

"Who do you think you are? It turns out to be you."

The boy heard Wangcai's voice and immediately recognized him as soon as he looked at him. This was Wangcai, Jia Rui's personal boy in the Dingxi Marquis Mansion, and the person Jia Rui most needed.

You should know that Wangcai's name is a bit unpleasant, but among the servants of the Jia family, he can be regarded as a prominent figure.

After all, his master Jia Rui was a dignified first-class official and a favorite of the Emperor. His personal servant also rose with the tide.

"do you know him?"

"Uncle, this is Mingyan, Second Master Bao's personal servant."

No matter how stupid Mingyan is, she knows that the person in front of her is Lord Jiaruijia of Dingxihou Mansion.

This time, Mingyan was so frightened that her face turned white, and she knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Jia Rui ignored him and asked, "Is the jade inside it?"

Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jia Rui didn't blame him, and then quickly replied: "Go back to the Marquis, there is our Second Master Bao inside."

Jia Rui frowned, what happened to Baoyu that he didn't come out to greet him when he heard that he was coming?
Jia Rui didn't think that Baoyu dared to neglect him, because as his clan brother, if he dared to neglect, his father Jia Zheng could kill Jia Baoyu.

Mingyan opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Jia Rui was a little annoyed. He raised his leg and kicked Mingyan aside, and then led the people in.

When I entered the small courtyard, I saw Jia Baoyu, dressed in white, hiding aside timidly.

Jia Rui frowned when he saw what Jia Baoyu was wearing.

You must know that today is Wang Xifeng's birthday. If Jia Baoyu doesn't join in the fun in the Jia Mansion, what is he doing here wearing all white?
"Baoyu, if you don't celebrate Sister Feng's birthday at home, why are you here alone?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Jia Baoyu could only cautiously approach Jia Rui, saluted, and then said:

"An old friend's birthday is also today, so I came here to pay my respects."

Jia Rui's face darkened, "No matter who you are, you shouldn't come out today."

Seeing Jia Rui's expression change, Jia Baoyu was a little scared and said quickly: "She was a concubine of King Beijing. She disappeared a few days ago, so I came here to pay my respects."

"That's nonsense. Even if one of King Beijing's concubines is gone, there is no need for you, the master, to secretly come here to pay homage. Could it be that there is an affair between the two of you?"

"No, no, absolutely not." Jia Baoyu waved his hands in fright.

"What's going on?"

Jia Baoyu couldn't hide it after receiving it, so he could only whisper:
"Today is Jin Chuan's birthday. She passed away because of me, so I thought of coming over to pay my respects."

Jia Rui heard the name in a daze, but couldn't remember it for a while.

Wangcai quickly took a few steps forward, came to Jia Rui's ear, and muttered a few words.

After Jia Rui heard this, he immediately remembered, isn't this the maid of Mrs. Wang who committed suicide some time ago?

(End of this chapter)