Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 473 Leaking Secrets
Jia Rui stretched out and lay on the bed, "Don't worry about these things, just let Rongguo Mansion take care of them."

Jia Rui now has no time to care about these trivial matters. His main task now is to completely eliminate the opposition in Jiangnan.

Third Sister You blinked her eyes, then moved closer to Jia Rui, and said softly: "What do you think I would like to have a baby too?"

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sister You San's belly, "You have one too?"

Third Sister You curled her lips and then said, "Aren't you waiting for you to come?"

An ambiguous smile appeared on Jia Rui's face, then he hugged Sister You and lay on the bed.

Early the next morning, Jia Rui went to the old man's house. Seeing that he was fine, he sat down again and returned to the palace.

After entering the Yangxin Hall, Jia Rui came to the side hall, took off his shoes and sat on the kang, reaching for the list he had put on the table yesterday.

But when his hand touched the list, Jia Rui stopped because he found a scratch on the corner of the list.

Jia Rui frowned, and then asked Lao Li beside him: "Has anyone been here since I left?"

Lao Li was taken aback and quickly replied: "Master, no one has been to Yangxin Hall since you left."

Jia Rui said in disbelief: "When I left, there was no such crease on this piece of paper."

Lao Li was really frightened this time. According to Jia Rui, someone sneaked in quietly and touched the paper after he left.

Jia Rui turned around and left the Yangxin Hall without even looking at Lao Li.

After arriving outside, Qin Shun had already walked over quietly.

"Send your people to check who entered the Yangxin Palace after we left yesterday."

Qin Shun quickly called Qian and bowed out.

Lao Li, who was standing next to Jia Rui, was very embarrassed.

Originally this should be his matter, but Jia Rui asked Qin Shun to do it. Doesn't this seem like he doesn't believe in himself?
Then Jia Rui stopped staying at the Yangxin Hall and went straight to the Changchun Palace behind the Yangxin Hall.

After entering Changchun Palace, they saw Concubine Jing inside preparing to have lunch.

When she saw Jia Rui coming, she quickly stood up and saluted Jia Rui, and then helped Jia Rui sit in the middle of the dining table. Concubine Jing stood beside her with her big belly.

"Why did the Duke come here so early today?"

Jia Rui said angrily: "There was a thief in my Yangxin Palace. Yesterday someone dared to touch my documents even when I was away."

Concubine Jing smiled slightly after hearing this and placed a piece of venison on the plate in front of Jia Rui.

"My lord, what's so strange about this? In the past, this kind of thing often happened when the Emperor and His Majesty were at work."

"Does the Emperor not care?"

Concubine Jing wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and then said, "Why don't you care? She got angry every time, but in the end it happened again and again."

Concubine Jing stood up and poured a glass of wine for Jia Rui, and then said: "Don't talk about the things you put on the surface, once I heard that the exam questions that the Supreme Emperor locked in the cabinet were stolen. .”

Jia Rui was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that a small Nourishing Heart Hall would almost become the scene of a spy drama.

"Then what should we do in the end?"

"What else can we do? Kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

Jia Rui finally understood. He put down the chopsticks in his hands, thought for a while, and then said to Lao Li who was following him: "When Qin Shun finds out who did it, go and deal with this guy yourself. You must let him go." Everyone in the palace knows the consequences of doing this."

When Lao Li saw that Jia Rui finally talked to him, he felt relieved.

"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely let these little brats below know how powerful I am."

Jia Rui nodded, then waved Lao Li out.

After eating, Jia Rui helped Jing Fei walk around the park, which was considered as letting the pregnant woman move around.

When he returned to Changchun Palace in the afternoon, Qin Shun was already waiting there.

When he saw Jia Rui coming, he quickly went over to kowtow to Jia Rui and salute, "I have seen my master and my queen."

Jia Rui nodded, and then asked the palace maid next to him to help Concubine Jing back to Changchun Palace.

"How's it going? Have you found out?"

"When I got back to the master, I found out that it was a cleaning eunuch from the Yangxin Palace who secretly read through the master's documents."

Jia Rui frowned and then asked, "Who is he in contact with outside the palace?"

"Master, it belongs to a shopkeeper of the Jiangsu Guild Hall. He has been captured by the slave."

"A shopkeeper is not so bold and has such great ability to operate this matter. This matter must be dug into deeply and no one can be allowed to miss it."

After saying this, Jia Rui's face became murderous.

He is now even more determined to eradicate these cancers in Jiangnan.

How brave do you think these people must be to dare to send Jianxi to their own heart-nurturing palace? Did they eat the heart of a bear or the courage of a leopard?

"Master, Lao Li said that he would hand over this eunuch to his disposal?" Jia Rui nodded, and then said: "Old Li has been with me for a long time. Give him a chance and don't let him get too upset."

After hearing this, Qin Shun quickly nodded in agreement, but he felt a little regretful in his heart. He originally thought that this time Lao Li's status in Jia Rui's heart would decline. It seemed that his master still missed the old relationship and allowed Lao Li to escape.

But it doesn't matter. Although Lao Li escaped this time, he should have left a bad impression in his master's mind. If he makes any mistakes in the following days, his master will probably not let him go.

Before dinner, Jia Rui returned to the Yangxin Hall, went to the table, picked up the piece of paper he pressed on the table, and looked at the name on it.

Originally, half of the names were not circled, but this time Jia Rui got angry and picked up the imperial pen and drew a big circle on each name without any reason.

After finishing the painting, Jia Rui threw the paper in his hand to Qin Shun who was waiting on the side.

"These people have committed heinous crimes and cannot be kept here. Let the Jinyi Army handle them as soon as possible."

The noble Qin Shun took the piece of paper, glanced at it secretly with his eyes, and then his heart skipped a beat with fright.

It turned out that each of the names written on this paper had a circle drawn with a red pen.

This means that the people whose names are written on it and their families cannot stay.

At this time, the Jiangnan gentry could not recover for more than ten years.

But this had nothing to do with him. Qin Shun held the paper and quietly exited the Heart Cultivation Hall.

After arriving outside, Qin Shun looked at Lao Li standing in the yard, smiled softly, and then walked over.

"Eunuch Li, I have already asked the master, and I will leave the eunuch to your disposal."

Lao Li replied in a high-pitched voice, "Then thank you, Eunuch Qin."

Qin Shun shook the paper in his hand and said, "My master is really angry this time. He didn't leave any names on it."

Lao Li was a little surprised when he heard this. He took the piece of paper from Qin Shun and looked at it. There were one or two names in it that Lao Li knew.

These people gave Lao Li many gifts.

"Why didn't you keep any of them?" Lao Li still didn't believe it.

"I saw that the master had more than twenty names unmarked, but today something happened that someone sneaked into the Yangxin Hall. The master is angry and wants to show off to those people in Jiangnan."

After hearing this, Lao Li sighed softly. These people were simply seeking death.

You know, the master they serve now is different from the one before.

Although those masters in the past did not rub sand in their eyes, they were somewhat afraid of the strength of some Jiangnan gentry, so they did not dare to push them too far.

But now this master controls the military power of the world, and his majesty and power are no different from those of the founding emperor.

Under such circumstances, he naturally could not tolerate the Jiangnan gentry causing trouble under his nose.

"Oh, they are looking for death themselves. They can't blame the master for being angry." Lao Li returned the list in his hand to Qin Shun.

Lao Li and Qian Shun are also very contradictory. Although they are competitors, they are unanimous when it comes to Jia Rui's interests because they know where the power in their hands comes from.

Qin Shun left the palace and soon came to the Jinyijun Yamen in the capital.

After handing over Jia Rui's order, he returned to his mansion.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he saw that there was already a long queue, and there were several unfamiliar people waiting there carrying boxes.

Qin Shun frowned and entered the house through the side door without even looking at these people.

He got off the sedan and immediately called the steward over.

"What's going on outside?"

The butler smiled and said, "Sir, these are the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River who are bringing carbon tribute to you."

Qin Shun glared at the butler fiercely, and then said: "Am I short of their two dollars? Let me tell you, from now on, you can't take one or two taels from all the Bing Jing Tan Jing from the south of the Yangtze River. If you dare to intercept it privately, Or if you accept gifts from others without my permission, I will immediately pluck out your eyes and send you to the incarnation field."

After Qin Shun finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and left angrily.

The housekeeper kept half-kneeling there until Qin Shun's back disappeared. Then he dared to stand up and wiped the cold sweat on his head with his sleeves.

"Quickly, quickly, get rid of these people at the door of the house. If I still see them lingering at the door of the house, I will break their legs." The housekeeper anxiously ordered a boy.

This little thing scared me and I ran out quickly, but I was quickly stopped by the housekeeper, "Wait a minute, return these things to them, and tell them that I am an upright and honest housekeeper. These stinky money can't even try to bribe me." .”

As he spoke, he threw a roll of banknotes to the ground.

The boy quickly picked it up and ran out.

That night, several well-dressed people held a secret meeting in a small restaurant.

"Yesterday, news came out from the palace that half of the people on the list were circled in red." A man in his fifties said with a sigh.

"How about my family?" A relatively handsome young man asked anxiously.

(End of this chapter)