Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 245 Ten Fragrance Ruanjin Powder

When Jia Rui heard the name, his face immediately turned gloomy, and there was a fierce light in his eyes.

Baolinghou Shi Nai seemed to be the emperor's loyal supporter. Otherwise, the emperor would not have asked him to be the governor of water transportation just after he came into power.

This is obviously a betrayal of the four major families.

Jia Rui lowered his head and thought for a moment.

The matter of Baoling Hou Shi Nai has basically become a foregone conclusion, and the emperor has completed all the procedures for him.

Now even if the officials object, there is nothing they can do, unless the Supreme Emperor directly deprives him of his position.

However, judging from the performance of the Supreme Emperor, he still cares about the emperor as his son and will not make any major changes to his arrangements.

Jia Rui thought for a long time and finally decided to use an off-board move.

Since there is no way to stop Baoling Hou Shi Nai in the court, let's do it from another aspect.

"You don't have to worry about this matter."

After hearing this, Shen Wence glanced at Jia Rui in surprise. He did not expect that Jia Rui would let Bao Baoling Hou Shi Nai go so lightly.

But then I thought about it, Bao Linghou was also a member of the four major families, so it was reasonable for Jia Rui to be lenient with him.

So Shen Wence said nothing more, talked to Jia Rui about some official affairs, and then left.

After Shen Wence left, Jia Rui leaned tiredly on the table and chair and rubbed his temples.

Jia Rui would never agree to Bao Linghou's control of water transportation.

He stood up from the chair suddenly, slapped the table hard, and revealed a sinister smile on his lips.

"Prosperity."

Wangcai appeared in front of Jia Rui again like a ghost.

"The little one is here."

"Tell Madam that I was tired today and fell asleep in the study."

"Little one understands."

After Wangcai left, Jia Rui took a random book from the study and wasted time while reading it.

After the sky darkened, Xue Baochai ordered someone to bring dinner to Jia Rui. Jia Rui dealt with it casually in the study and quickly fell asleep in the study after eating.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and dark clouds begin to cover the sky. The jade basin hanging high in the sky is covered by dark clouds, and the night becomes invisible.

At this time, Jia Rui suddenly opened his eyes. He stood up lightly and tidied his clothes, then quietly opened the window and jumped out.

After that, he tiptoed up to the room, looked in the right direction, and headed straight to the Bowling Marquis Mansion.

Jia Rui's Qinggong has reached its peak, and Jia Rui's light steps make him look like a fairy in the night.

In the blink of an eye, Jia Rui had already jumped into the Baolinghou Mansion.

Jia Rui lay on the ridge of the house and looked at this originally majestic mansion.

Now he has declined, and the flowers and plants everywhere are very messy. Although it is winter, the ground is full of dead branches, as if no one has cleaned it for a long time.

It seems that the Baolinghou Mansion is indeed at the end of its rope. No wonder he desperately wants to curry favor with the emperor and rise again.

But this had nothing to do with Jia Rui. He tapped his toes and quickly disappeared between the ridges of the house, and soon arrived at the back house.

After arriving here, I found that this place is much better than before. At least the flowers and plants on the central axis have been trimmed.

Jia Rui slowly searched among the roof ridges and finally came to the back house.

Jia Rui rolled up the curtain, hung his feet between the ridges of the roof, leaned out, and looked in through the window.

As a result, I saw only one woman walking back and forth anxiously in the main room.

"Is the Marquis still in front?"

"Madam, the Marquis is happy today and is still drinking."

"We'll be leaving in two days. We're still drunk from Ming's tincture. How do you look like? Go and deliver a bowl of hangover soup, and tell the Marquis to come back and rest as soon as possible."

The maid agreed and immediately left the house.

Jia Rui followed the maid lightly to the small kitchen of the main house, where a bowl of warm hangover soup had been prepared.

It seems that this Mrs. Bowling Marquis still cares about her husband. She knows that her husband will get drunk after drinking alcohol, so she has prepared sobering soup in advance.

The maid poured the sobering soup into a small earthen pot and put it in the food box. He carried the food box out of the main courtyard and went back to the front.

Jia Rui floated behind the maid like a ghost.

The maid passed through the second gate, then walked around the corridor and came to a flower hall.

Entering the flower hall, they saw their master Baoling Hou Shi Nai, hugging a maid and pouring wine into her mouth!

The little maid who came to deliver the sobering soup curled her lips when she saw this scene. No wonder Madam was so anxious. If she had come later, this little vixen would have succeeded.

"Master Marquis, Madam ordered me to deliver sobering soup."

Baoling Hou Shi Nai glanced at the maid with hazy eyes. He seemed to be more awake and let go of the beauty in his arms.

"Is she troublesome?" Bowling Marquis Shi Nai said angrily.The little maid didn't seem to hear his complaint. She put the food box in her hand on the table and carefully took out the hangover soup.

Baoling Hou Shi Nai took a look, and then said helplessly: "You go back, I will drink the sobering soup in a while, and the alcohol smell will go away."

The little maid didn't dare to disobey, so she hurriedly lowered her head and left. When she left, she didn't forget to give the beauty a fierce look.

The beauty dressed as a maid didn't care at all about her eyes. As soon as the little maid left, she was like a snake wrapped around Bowling Hou Shi Nai's body.

Jia Rui was hanging upside down from the eaves, looking at everything in the room, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

I saw his mind moving, contacting his system, and then a small packet of medicine appeared in his hand.

In Jia Rui's system, there are two medicines that can deal with Bowling Hou Shi Nai, one of which is the famous "Sorrowful Breeze".

However, this medicine is a poisonous gas.

Once you use it, both people in the room will be affected. It will be too obvious, and others will even point the finger of suspicion at you.

Therefore, Jia Rui ruled it out. He used the second one, Shixiang Ruanjin Powder.

This poison comes from "The Legend of Yitian Sword and Dragon Slaying", and it was a poison offered by monks from the Western Regions to Zhao Min, the daughter of King Ruyang of the Yuan Dynasty.

This poison is colorless and fragrant. As soon as the drug takes effect, the muscles and bones all over the body become weak and weak. Although you can move as usual after a few days, your internal strength cannot be exerted at all.

For ordinary people, this poison has a disadvantage, that is, it will slowly recover after a few days. After all, ordinary people do not have internal strength.

But for Jia Rui, these few days were enough. As long as Bowling Marquis Shi Nai was paralyzed and unable to move, it would give Jia Rui an excuse to remove him from the post of governor of water transportation at any time.

Therefore, Jia Rui took apart the poison in his hand, wiped out a little bit and kneaded it gently. After turning it into a small ball, he flicked it far away with the magical power of his fingers.

This small ball of ten-flavor soft tendon powder accurately landed in the wine glass of Bowling Marquis Shi Nai.

After finishing, Jia Rui did not leave, but lay on the eaves and continued to peek.

It wasn't until Jia Rui watched Bowling Marquis Shi Nai finish the glass of wine in one gulp that he left with peace of mind.

With Qinggong, Jia Rui returned to his study very smoothly, lay down on the bed in the study with peace of mind, and fell asleep.

The next day, before dawn, Jia Rui got up, put on his court clothes, and led his people to Qianqing Gate for the morning pilgrimage.

Today's morning court is actually not a formal day, but what happened in the palace yesterday was widely spread in the court, so the Supreme Emperor temporarily decided to hold a morning court.

When Jia Rui came to the court room, almost everyone in the court room was here, and Jia Rui came relatively late.

Jia Rui entered the court room, causing many people in the court room to cast unclear glances.

Among the three bachelors, only Xu Biao came to greet Jia Rui, while the other two stayed far away, as if Jia Rui was the god of plague.

Jia Rui already has a good impression of Xu Biao.

Although this gentleman was utilitarian, he still had basic morals. When he was in danger, he was the only one to stand up and say something to himself.

So Jia Rui smiled and said to Xu Biao: "Did the Supreme Emperor order someone to deliver the edict to you yesterday?"

"Indeed, a confused person came up with this will."

Jia Rui chuckled, "I'm not confused, everyone can see it clearly!"

He Chaodong and Li Chengyang looked very embarrassed after listening to Jia Rui's words from a distance.

Jia Rui was obviously implying that the two of them were pretending to be confused and knew it in their hearts.

This was why Jia Rui was a little angry. He had only not gone to the cabinet for a day or two, and they had assigned the position of Baoling Hou privately.

If I didn't still have some ability, in the future, a chess piece would appear next to me that could threaten me at any time.

Just when all the officials in the court felt that the atmosphere was delicate, a young emissary walked in.

"The hour has come, and all the officials will go to court."

After hearing this, everyone quickly stood up and followed the young censor according to their positions, and left the court room together.

Soon they arrived at the Qianqing Gate Hall, and then stood in their respective positions according to the rules of Wendong and Wuxi.

Jia Rui still stands at the forefront of civil servants, which is his position as chief assistant.

After waiting for a while, the emperor and the emperor had already arrived. After that, the emperor entered the Qianqing Gate Hall and sat in the middle, with the emperor sitting next to him.

Then, all the ministers began to perform the ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.

After everyone bowed, some people looked up and immediately realized something was wrong.

Dai Quan, the great eunuch who had been following the Supreme Emperor, was no longer there. Now he was followed by another great eunuch, Zhao Jin.

Seeing this scene, all the ministers trembled in their hearts.

You must know that Dai Quan's status is not ordinary. If he does not appear in the court now, it means that he has been abandoned by the Supreme Emperor.

Many officials who had a good relationship with Dai Quan also began to worry.

They were afraid of being implicated by Dai Quan, and at the same time they felt guilty that they had lost a backer.

Zhao Jin walked slowly down the aisle, met in the center, and shouted to the ministers below: "The Supreme Emperor has a decree. If you have a decree, you will report it early, but if you don't have a decree, the court will be dismissed."

(End of this chapter)