Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 445 Blood Capital

After leaving Rongguo Mansion and returning to Wu Guogong Mansion, Jia Rui sighed in Xue Baochai's room.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you today? You've become sentimental." Xue Baochai said.

Jia Rui did not answer her words, but asked: "How is Daiyu?"

Xue Baochai sat next to Jia Rui, put the tea next to his hand, and said, "I'm still in a bad mood."

Jia Rui picked up the tea cup and took a sip and said: "The Rongguo Mansion was planning to let Shi Xiangyun be Baoyu's equal wife, but I met Shi Da Yatou on the way and she was unwilling."

Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What Rong Guo Mansion did was a bit too polite. They are not qualified to arrange Shi Xiangyun's marriage."

Jia Rui nodded, and then said: "I have just written letters to the two heads of the Shi family in the study. If they are sensible, they should reject Rongguo Mansion."

Xue Baochai asked worriedly: "What should Xiangyun do?"

"Find a Jinshi from a commoner background and ask Xiangyun to marry him. I will help her from behind. She will live a good life, and with my support behind her, she will be the wife of the family in the future."

Xue Baochai was very happy after hearing this. She stood up gently and rubbed Jia Rui's shoulders. After a while, she rested her head on Jia Rui's shoulders and said:

"On behalf of Sister Xiangyun, thank you."

Jia Rui closed his eyes and enjoyed his wife's tenderness, "Haha, it's a pity that you are pregnant now, otherwise you have to take practical actions to thank me."

Xue Baochai blushed because of Jia Rui and lightly hit him on the back.

After sitting down again, Xue Baochai said to Jia Rui: "You haven't been to Aunt Zhen for a long time. Let's go to her place to rest today."

Jia Rui closed his eyes and said nothing.

During this period, it can be said that Aunt Zhen used all her means to bribe various powerful people in the family, so the voice of pleading for Zhen Dianlun never stopped in Jia Rui's ears.

Because of this, Jia Rui was already a little annoyed with her and hadn't gone to her place to rest for a long time.

"She brought this upon herself, and she doesn't know who she is now."

"Don't blame him. She can't help herself now. Her mother came again yesterday and gave her some money. It seems that she was asked to work for her uncle again." Xue Baochai advised.

Jia Rui stood up and walked around the house a few times. He felt that Zhen Dianlun's matter could not be dragged on any longer. If it continued to be dragged on like this, at the speed of the Zhen family's gift of silver, the entire court might be bribed by their family.

If it was an unrelated person, Jia Rui would have killed him long ago. However, due to Aunt Zhen's relationship, Jia Rui still delayed the execution and did not execute Zhen Dianlun.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"If you ask me, just let him live. In fact, sometimes life is more uncomfortable than death." Xue Baochai said nonchalantly while sewing small clothes.

Jia Rui stopped, looked at Xue Baochai in surprise, and then really started to think about Xue Baochai's suggestion.

After a while, Jia Rui sat down again and said, "Then we can't let him go for free?"

"Uncle, today Aunt Zhen came and said that the Zhen family has an intelligence force that has been entrenched in Jiangnan. If they can spare his uncle's life, they are willing to hand it over."

Jia Rui was moved by these words.

You must know that the Jiangnan Zhen family's intelligence power in Jiangnan is not weak. They can even kidnap Prince Yizhong under the eyes of the Intelligence Department. This power is not small.

Jia Rui banged his hand on the table and thought for a while, then said: "This is negotiable."

You must know that the establishment of an intelligence force is not only money, but also requires huge material resources and a long time.

It can be said that the intelligence power of the Zhen family was established decades ago. After such a long period of operation, it has reached its current strength.

It would be a good thing if Jia Rui took over, so that Jia Rui wouldn't need to rely on the Intelligence Department for everything.

Because it was only after Jia Rui became the supreme controller of the empire that he understood the importance of balance.

As the only intelligence force in the empire, the Intelligence Department is doing a good job now, but Jia Rui is always afraid that they will work against the will and cause trouble for him at a certain critical moment. In that case, things will be difficult to handle.

If it is now accepted that the Zhen family's intelligence power and the Intelligence Department will form a check and balance, Jia Rui's side can rest easy as long as there are no problems.

After thinking about it, Jia Rui decided to compromise, so he stood up and said to Xue Baochai: "I will go to Aunt Zhen's place to rest tonight. Don't be too tired. Go to bed early."

After saying that, Jia Rui walked out of Xue Baochai's room.

Looking at Jia Rui's leaving figure, Xue Baochai's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.

She was worthy of what Aunt Zhen sent her.

It turns out that Aunt Zhen came to Xue Baochai today and brought a large amount of silver and some rare treasures.

In fact, Xue Baochai didn't care about these things at all. Although these things were precious, where was her Duke Wu's mansion? Their family's treatment is the same as that of the royal palace. However, there was a piece of cold jade among them, which made Xue Baochai very concerned.

Because she found that as long as she wore this piece of cold jade, the fire disease she brought from her mother's womb was cured without medicine.

Even though Xue Baochai was just like a normal person, it turned out that she had a heat poison brought from her womb. She spent a lot of money and hired many doctors, but nothing could be cured.

Later, thanks to a bald monk, she was given a "Haifang" and needed "twelve taels of white peony stamens blooming in spring, twelve taels of white lotus stamens blooming in summer, twelve taels of white hibiscus stamens blooming in autumn, and twelve taels of white hibiscus stamens blooming in winter. "Twelve taels of white plum blossom stamens open", and "twelve taels for rain on a rainy day, twelve taels for dew on a white dew day, twelve taels for frost on a frost day, twelve taels for snow on a light snow day..."

To get these things together not only requires money, but also a lot of energy.

At this time, it can be seen that Xue Pan still loves Xue Baochai very much.

Although the prescription was trivial, her brother Xue Pan collected all the flowers and water within a year or two. He spent twelve qian on honey and 12 qian on white sugar to make longan-sized balls, which he put in an old porcelain jar and buried. Under the flower roots, when Xue Baochai gets sick, taking a pill can curb the illness.

However, Lengxiang Pills can only temporarily curb the disease and cannot cure it.

Because when Zhou Rui's family came to see Xue Baochai, they thought it was Jia Baoyu who bumped into Xue Baochai. Xue Baochai explained with a smile: "What the hell. It's just because my illness has recurred, so I haven't left the house these two days."

Xue Baochai's words fully show that her illness has not been cured. However, the symptoms were not obvious at the time of onset, just a bit of wheezing and coughing, so people often mistakenly thought that she was not sick.

After this, Xue Baochai became pregnant and gave birth to her first son, Jia Xuan. Her condition suddenly became more serious.

She didn't tell Jia Rui at the time, but just took more Lengxiang pills to survive.

This time Xue Baochai was pregnant again, and she was a little worried, afraid that she wouldn't be able to survive this time. As a result, by chance, the cold jade was found among Aunt Zhen's gifts.

Xue Baochai felt that as long as the cold jade was worn on her body, the fire poison on her body was actually suppressed.

What's even more strange is that after wearing it for half a day, Xue Baochai felt that the fire poison on his body had dissipated slightly.

This made Xue Baochai ecstatic. Because of this, she made an exception to say good things to the Zhen family in front of Jia Rui.

Xue Baochai is far superior to others in terms of language organization ability, intelligence, and closeness to Jia Rui.

Therefore, others could not change Jia Rui's attitude, but Xue Baochai was right when he said it.

At this point, Xue Baochai can finally enjoy this treasure with peace of mind.

Besides, Jia Rui left Xue Baochai and strolled to Aunt Zhen's yard.

In fact, when Jia Rui came to Aunt Zhen, a maid had already reported it to Aunt Zhen inside.

So now Aunt Zhen actually dressed up and stood at the door waiting for Jia Rui.

Looking at this beauty who was good at singing and dancing, with a delicate body, Jia Rui felt a desire in his heart.

He hasn't been to Aunt Zhen for a long time. During this time, Jia Rui found that Aunt Zhen had become more delicate and cute.

Moreover, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she looked like a beautiful woman with a resentful look, which made Jia Rui even more aware that Aunt Zhen now had an extra charm that she didn't have before.

Jia Rui quickly came to Aunt Zhen, helped her up to salute, then took Aunt Zhen's hand, put his arm around her shoulders and walked inside.

Entering the room, Jia Rui sat in the middle. Aunt Zhen changed Jia Rui's clothes, then picked up the teacup and delivered it to Jia Rui herself.

"My uncle hasn't been to my place for a long time. I thought he had forgotten me."

Listening to Aunt Zhen's complaints, Jia Rui's heart broke. He hugged Aunt Zhen and sat next to him.

"Don't be angry, aren't you busy during this period?"

Although Aunt Zhen knew the reason for Jia Rui not coming, she did not dare to point it out now. Instead, she smiled and said to Jia Rui: "I know you are busy and the whole country depends on you, but please have mercy and come see me every now and then." I'm on my side, otherwise how will the slave family live without you?"

Seeing Aunt Zhen's pleading face, Jia Rui's heart softened again. He hugged Aunt Zhen and whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, beauty, I will come to see you often."

As he spoke, Jia Rui asked, "Have you eaten today? I heard that you haven't eaten well during this period."

There was a trace of tears in Aunt Zhen's eyes, "My mother often comes to see me during this period, but I am always unhappy. I have too much trouble at home, so I have a smaller appetite."

Jia Rui's eyes flashed after hearing this, and he felt a little sympathetic to Aunt Zhen.

It seems that Aunt Zhen did not voluntarily find a relationship with her uncle, but was forced by her mother to have no choice but to do so.

Jia Rui hugged Aunt Zhen and put her big head on his shoulders, and then said: "Okay, don't worry about it. I promise to save your uncle's life, but you have agreed with your family about Jiangnan's intelligence agency. Give it to me immediately."

(End of this chapter)