Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 331 The bold chess player

Chen Guozi's smile finally disappeared, "Master Jia, you have passed."

"Hmph! If you have the ability, come and join me!" Jia Rui raised his head proudly.

Chen Guozi really has nothing to do with Jia Rui now. Who makes Jia Rui more favored by the emperor than himself?
Chen Guozi really didn't understand why the Emperor trusted Jia Rui so much. This was not like the original Emperor who was jealous of the ministers.

"Master Jia, regarding Sun Shaozu, I also know that there is something wrong with him, but after all, he is a hero. We seniors should give the younger generations some opportunities to change, don't you think?" Chen Guozi endured this breath, and then He spoke to Jia Rui calmly once.

Jia Rui was also a little stunned. Does Chen Guozi really have no temper at all?
"Do you think this is a good idea? Let Sun Zhao's group go to the Tianjin Navy and send him away on a certain errand in the future. Master Jia can also be out of sight and out of mind." Chen Guozi continued to say in Jia Rui's ear.

"Haha, I offended him, but he still wants to be an official. He wants to be beautiful." Jia Rui ignored Chen Guozi's words and turned around and left the cabinet.

Chen Guozi looked at Jia Rui's retreating figure and shook his head gently. This Mr. Jia was still young and had no experience.

Then Chen Guozi took the memorial in his hand and went to Longshou Palace.

I don’t know what this guy said to the Emperor. The Emperor’s approval was sent to Jia Rui the next day.

However, the emperor still left room for Jia Rui to watch and arrange an official for Sun Shaozu.

Jia Rui took the memorial and looked at Chen Guozi, who was sitting not far away, with his teeth almost broken.

This old guy actually went directly to find the Supreme Emperor without going through him.

Jia Rui held back his anger, put down the memorial, closed his eyes and thought about the ins and outs of this matter.

In Dream of Red Mansions, Sun Shaozu was not implicated in anything and still lived a luxurious life like his second master.

There is another problem. Sun Shaozu's official status has been far inferior to that of Rong Guofu since his ancestors, but his life is on a higher level than that of Rong Guofu.

Where does his money come from?
How could the court allow him to spend so much money?

It seems that there is some secret that I don't know about.

But Jia Rui thinks that he is not easy to mess with. Even if I don't know your secret, I can still kill you.

As for the consequences of killing Sun Shaozu, Jia Rui didn't consider it at all. With his current status, even the emperor couldn't do anything to him. Jia Rui didn't believe who could hurt him?

Don’t you want an official? Okay, I'll give you an official position, and I'll also give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. It depends on whether you can grasp it.

Then Jia Rui scrawled a few words on the memorial, "Here, I will actually teach Gansu General."

After Jia Rui finished writing, he threw the memorial in his hand to Chen Guozi who was far away.

Chen Guozi was not angry either. He picked up the memorial and looked at it, then nodded with satisfaction.

Jia Rui muttered a little when he saw the other party's look. Is Chen Guozi stupid? I didn’t know that I was playing tricks, so why did I agree so happily?
Jia Rui was originally planning to argue with Chen Guozi, but looking at the situation now, Jia Rui had nothing to say.

That night, Jia Rui returned home and immediately wrote a secret letter to Gansu Jiedushi Zhou Heng, and then sent it to Gansu through his own secret channel.

Jia Rui believed that this letter was Sun Shaozu's fatal letter.

Originally, after Sun Shaozu came out of prison, he would live the life of a rich man at home, but Jia Rui quickly forgot about him. Unexpectedly, this guy started jumping up and down again. Isn't this looking for death?

Now it's fine, Sun Shaozu fell into Zhou Heng's hands. It would be strange if Zhou Heng could spare Sun Shaozu!
Sun Shaozu was the one who originally competed with Zhou Lang for his wife, but now he offended Jia Rui and fell into Zhou Heng's hands. What else could he do?

Therefore, Jia Rui believed that he would soon receive news that Sun Shaozu had died at the hands of his enemies.

After that, Jia Rui put aside the matter of Sun Zhaozu because he didn't think this little man could cause him any trouble.

Jia Rui put Sun Zhaozu's matter aside, but other things at home would not make Jia Rui worry.

Jia Rui had just returned home that day, and before he could take a breath, Siqi, the eldest maid who welcomed the spring, ran in.

There were three or four little maids following her. It turned out that Siqi had forced his way into Jia Rui's yard.

Xue Baochai, who was changing Jia Rui's clothes, had an angry look on his face when he saw Si Qi barging in.

"Is this what your lady taught you?" Xue Baochai asked before Jia Rui could speak.

Siqi jumped directly in front of Jia Rui and knelt down with a plop, "Uncle, please help my young lady, otherwise she will be bullied to death."

Jia Rui glanced at Xue Baochai. Xue Baochai stepped forward and stood in front of Jia Rui, and asked gloomily: "What's wrong with Yingchun? Who dares to bully her in our house?"

"It's Grandma Sun." Si Qi said stubbornly.

Xue Baochai frowned when he heard the name, and then glanced at Jia Rui.

It turns out that Grandma Sun is Jia Yingchun's nanny. According to the rules of the Jia family that always pay attention to nannies, there are some things that they really can't interfere with.

Jia Rui seemed not to have seen Siqi, but still stretched out his hand to let Xue Baochai change his clothes. Then he sat on the chair next to him and Ying'er brought him fragrant tea.

"What's wrong with her?" Jia Rui asked while drinking tea. "Our grandma is a good gambler. She lost money today and has to pawn our girl's jewelry to pay off her gambling debt." Siqi knelt there and said while sobbing.

When Xue Baochai heard Si Qi's words, she seemed to remember that when she saw Jia Yingchun some time ago, Jia Yingchun didn't even have a piece of jewelry on her head.

She was still surprised at that time, but now combined with Siqi, she finally knew where those jewelry went.

Jia Rui placed the tea cup heavily on the table with a clang, which made everyone in the room tremble.

"You are such an unruly slave, and you dare to take your master's jewelry. Is this okay?"

After saying this, Jia Rui turned to Xue Baochai and said, "Go and see for yourself what's going on. If this slave really dares to be so presumptuous, just bring it to see me."

When Xue Baochai saw that Jia Rui was really angry, he didn't dare to say anything. He nodded, signaled to Siqi, and then took Ying'er and Brother Ying out of the room.

After that, Xue Baochai brought seven or eight little maids, and three or four stout women, and followed her all the way to Jia Yingchun's small courtyard.

Before Xue Baochai entered the courtyard, she heard a whirring sound inside.

"You are so stingy, girl. You hide a piece of jewelry so tightly. You don't even think about it. Without my breasts, how could you have grown so big?"

Then I heard Jia Yingchun's voice: "Mom, this Jin Buyao is a gift from Sister-in-law Rui. You can't take it away. If you are really short of money, I still have a few coins in my box. You can take it."

"Little girl, you know you've hidden your private money? Where is the money? Take it out for me quickly, I'm still waiting to get the money back."

Xue Baochai couldn't listen any longer outside, so she led her people directly into the yard.

The sound of Xue Baochai and the others entering the courtyard also alarmed the people in the room. Only a middle-aged woman was seen, lifting the curtain, sticking her head out, and taking a look outside.

The woman seemed to know Xue Baochai. When she saw her coming in, she jumped up. Then she quickly came out of the house and knelt down in front of Xue Baochai.

"Send your regards to Grandma Rui."

Siqi, who had been following Xue Baochai, said behind Xue Baochai at this time, "This is our girl's nanny, Grandma Sun."

Xue Baochai glanced at Nanny Sun coldly, then passed her and led people into the house.

When Xue Baochai entered the room, he saw Jia Yingchun sitting on the bed, sobbing with tears in her eyes.

However, when Jia Yingchun saw Xue Baochai come in, she immediately wiped her tears, stood up, and saluted Xue Baochai with a forced smile.

"Sister-in-law, you are here."

Xue Baochai walked forward, held Jia Yingchun's hand lovingly and patted it: "She didn't hit you, right?"

There was a hint of flushing on Jia Yingchun's face. She lowered her head and said softly, "Mammy didn't do anything."

Xue Baochai nodded. This was because although her mother always bullied Jia Yingchun, she also knew that once she took advantage of her, not even the King of Heaven could protect her.

Xue Baochai asked Si Qi to help Jia Yingchun into the next room.

After that, he ordered his servants, "Call the man kneeling outside the house to come in."

With Xue Baochai's words, the people outside pressed Grandma Sun into the room.

Grandma Sun also realized at this time that it was the little girl Siqi who called Xue Baochai to cause trouble for her.

Although she was itching with hatred in her heart, Grandma Sun still smiled and flattered Xue Baochai and said:

"Grandma, you have so many things to do, how come you have time to come to our place?"

Xue Baochai glanced at her and then asked: "I heard someone said that you want to take your girl's jewelry to pay off your gambling debt?"

Grandma Sun pretended to be frightened, and then quickly defended: "No matter how brave I am, I wouldn't dare to do such stupid things. I just want to borrow the girl's jewelry for two days, and wait until Once you have the money, you can redeem it for the girl.”

"Redemption? Why don't I believe this?"

As he spoke, Xue Baochai stood up and walked to Grandma Sun, walked around her, and then said:

"There are a lot of jewelry for the Spring Festival. I heard that you took a lot of them away. Why did you come back without seeing them?"

Grandma Sun blushed a little. She lowered her head and said, "Isn't it because I have no money all the time?"

Xue Baochai also laughed angrily at the other party, "Does that mean you will never get the money back if you don't have it?"

Grandma Sun still wanted to quibble, but Xue Baochai no longer gave him a chance, "Pull him out and hit thirty boards."

Grandma Sun was shocked. If these [-] pieces were sold, she might not be able to get out of bed for several months.

　I'm in the hospital today. I've probably done one chapter a day for the past ten days. I'm sorry everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)