Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

In a side hall next to Ningshou Palace, everyone in the palace retreated outside the door to wait.

Wan Jinzheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, had a secret conversation with Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Sixth Palace and the Duke of Dongchangchang.

"Eunuch, regarding the matter reported to the officials the day before yesterday, the Supreme Emperor only said, 'As you are the admiral of the Imperial Guards, you can just go and do your duties.'

I have been trying to figure it out for two days, but I can't figure it out, so I came here to ask my father-in-law for advice. The Supreme Emperor's holy will is..." Wan Jin said.

Xia Shouzhong's long, orange-skinned old face was covered with age spots. He had white eyebrows and small triangular eyes. He had a habitual smile on his face. He picked up the royal gilt bowl and said, "My lord, try the red color of this Wuyi Mountain mother tree." How about the robe?"

Wan Jin smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, I don't know what I'm doing right now. Even if you ask me to drink the nectar from the fairy mountain, it won't taste good. Does the Supreme Emperor want me to do it or not?"

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "Why are you so confused? The Supreme Emperor naturally wants you to do it, but it can only be done within your scope. Ningshou Palace is not allowed to be involved. It will be difficult to handle it."

Wan Jin nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then over at Dongchang..."

Xia Shouzhong said: "Our family has been brothers with you for decades, and the files in Dongchang are naturally at your disposal. The Jia family does have a lot of nonsense, but I don't think it may be of much use. "

"Why?"

Xia Shouzhong said: "The people in Nansi are not for nothing. They have uprooted the black sheep of the Jia family in advance in the past two days. Even if a few small fish and shrimps are missed, the effect will not be great. If you want to move with this little thing, It is difficult to overthrow Jia Cong.

What's more, in the past two days, senior members of the old party have sent people to visit the prisoners in the South Prison. It is obvious that Jia Cong must have made a deal with them privately. I don't think anyone will speak for you in the court."

Wan Jin frowned and said, "If this happens, our fist will be stuck in the cotton."

Xia Shouzhong shook his head and smiled: "Brother, since this road is blocked, why don't we find another way?"

"Please give me some advice, father-in-law."

"It's hard to find problems with the Jia family, but we won't find problems with his relatives?

Hehe, Jia Shi Wang Xue, the four major families in Jinling City, have been closely related to each other for hundreds of years. Everyone knows that they are all prosperous and suffer.

Nowadays, the Xue family has the closest relationship with the Jia family. Why not start with the Xue family and pull Jia Cong into the water? "Xia Shouzhong laughed darkly.

Wan Jin's eyes lit up, he nodded and said with a smile: "My father-in-law has a clever idea, and I am all ears."

Xia Shouzhong took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "You Jinyiwei always like to investigate some major cases and investigate corruption and malfeasance of officials. What can I say to investigate? Which official is not corrupt? It's just a matter of whether to arrest or not."

The Dongchang of our family is different from yours. He only likes to inquire about the secrets of the palace, the back house, and the transportation of officials.

In this sacred city, which master collects ashes, which grandma raises a brother-in-law, which wife is lonely in her boudoir and raises a man, and which young lady has a secret meeting with her lover, what doesn’t our family know? "

Wan Jin cupped his hands and said: "My father-in-law is wise, but my younger brother has always only done hard work and knows nothing about these sophisticated methods."

Xia Shouzhong said slowly: "It's just a matter of specialization. If I have been hanging around in the palace for decades like ours, why don't I understand?"

Wan Jin was a little embarrassed. I was not stupid enough to become a eunuch, so he laughed and said, "My younger brother is too low-qualified and stupid to serve the Tian family."

"Let's just say that the Xue family has been prosperous and declining since the death of Duke Xue, the owner of Ziwei House. Now they can no longer stay in Nan Province, so the orphans and widows have to go to the Jia family and live there shamelessly for several years.

Now with Jia Cong's support, they started the business of Shenxian Liquor House and Liaodong together, and they have regained some of their strength.

But Mr. Xue was a dandy, a bully, and once beat someone to death in Jinling. He was exonerated by Jia Yucun, the prefect, and he is still at large.

Because of this case, the matter of the Xue family's daughter being selected has also come to light. "Xia Shouzhong has obviously done his homework in the past two days, and he knows everything he knows.

Wan Jin stroked his hand and said, "This plan is very clever. I immediately ordered the Jinling Guards Office to quickly send the relevant files, witnesses, and the victim to Beijing."

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "Don't be abrupt, lest anyone notice you.

In the past few days, we still have to make every effort to collect the crimes of Jia family members and servants, and send Xue Pan's case to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to see if the officials will take care of it or not.

You don't have to take action, you can just sit back and watch. "

Wan Jin suddenly became enlightened and sighed: "My father-in-law has far-reaching plans after all, and I feel ashamed of myself.

In this way, it can not only confuse Jia Cong and catch him off guard, but also intimidate the court officials so that they dare not ignore it. It can also divide the alliance between Jia Cong and the civil servants, killing three birds with one stone.

However, what if Jia Cong is ruthless and insists on abandoning his soldiers to save his chariot? "

Xia Shouzhong smiled and said: "No. You don't know that Xue Pan has a charming sister named Baochai, whom Jia Cong loves very much."

The popular "Yanqiu Ci" was written for her. With Jia Cong's lust for beauty, even if he wanted to abandon Xue Pan, because of Baochai's affection, hey, he had to jump in even though he knew it was a trap. "

Wan Jin cupped his hands and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is still old-fashioned, and I admire him. But can he bring down Jia Cong with this murder case?"

Xia Shouzhong whispered: "This case is just a bait to make Jia Cong mistakenly think that he can fish for people. When he reaches out to fish for people, our family will make a real killing move! Let him walk away without food."

Wan Jin hurriedly said: "Sir, do you have any other clever ideas?"

Xia Shouzhong took out an azure-colored brocade handkerchief with rich and noble patterns from his sleeve, handed it to Wan Jin, and said, "Brother, take a look, what do you think of this handkerchief?"

Wan Jin was puzzled, so he took it and looked through it, but found no mechanism.

"This is the cloud brocade satin that the Xue Jiafeng brand paid tribute this year. There are hundreds of pieces of this color."

Wan Jin's expression changed, he gently rubbed the handkerchief in his hand, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is wiser than Zhuge, I admire you."
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Before Jia Cong got up early and went out, he took Qingwen to look for Wang Xifeng. When he met Jia Lian at the door, he was about to go out.

"Third brother, are you looking for me?" Jia Lian said with a smile.

"No, I have something to do with my second sister-in-law. Second brother Lian is going out?" Jia Cong said.

"Oh, I don't have anything else to do. Shi Guangzhu from the Duke of Xiu's Mansion is here to serve as a host. Please have a drink and listen to a show. If anything happens to my third brother, I will send someone to resign." Jia Lian said.

"It's okay, just go ahead." Jia Cong ignored him and went in.

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and now Jia Cong took a look. He was even more powerful than the elder, and he hurriedly greeted: "Ping'er, Feng'er, the third master is here. I'm waiting for you. Tell your grandma to come out." After that, he ran away.

Ping'er and others hurriedly welcomed Jia Cong in, offered their seats to watch tea, and congratulated Qingwen.

Qingwen blushed and joked with her, then stood next to Jia Cong with her hands down.

Wang Xifeng, freshly dressed, came out of the inner room and said with a smile: "Brother Cong, why don't you come to greet your sister-in-law early in the morning? This is a rare thing."

Jia Cong glanced at her angrily, raised his chin slightly, looked at the package on the table and said: "This is what Qian'er ransacked from his house, you can put it in the official's account.

Not to mention there are hundreds of thousands of cash, tens of thousands of acres of land, gold, jade and antiques. Take it and redeem all your pawn tickets. Don’t cry poverty to me again. Sister Feng's eyes were like fire. She looked at the ordinary blue cloth package on the table and wanted to swallow it in one gulp. She thought about it and said with a smile: "Do you want me to take care of these furniture, or do you want Lin Zhixiao to take care of them?" "

According to the old rules, the treasury of the mansion belongs to the head butler of the family. In the past, it was Lai Da, but now it is Lin Zhixiao.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "If you want to take care of it, just take care of it. Why do you, the head of the family, come to ask me?" Now he doesn't take this money seriously either.

Sister Feng was overjoyed and said, "Then I will definitely live up to the trust of my third brother." After saying that, she hurriedly unpacked the package.

"Slow down!" Jia Cong suddenly reached out and put her hand on the bundle.

Sister Feng was burned by the heat of his palm, and she hurriedly retracted her hand and spat: "Why don't you finish your words in one breath, what are you doing with your hands and feet?" After speaking, she glanced at Ping'er and Qingwen with a guilty look.

The two of them looked as usual, except that they could not see each other.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's just touching my hands, that's all."

Seeing her coquettishness, he quickly changed the subject and said: "Half of it is the property of Dongfu. You should send someone to invite Ke Qing here immediately, and I will explain it to her face to face."

Wang Xifeng was so shrewd. With a roll of his eyes, he already guessed a few things and said with a smile, "But you called me Qing too? I'm so embarrassed."

Jia Cong laughed twice and said: "Slip of the tongue. Go and invite Brother Rong's daughter-in-law."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Brother Rong's daughter-in-law is not in charge of things now. Since it is Dongfu's property, it will be the same if I ask someone to invite Brother Rong."

"It seems that my sister-in-law has no interest in Ah Duwu. I'll let Lin Zhixiao deal with it." Jia Cong laughed, grabbed the package and left to play with me.

Sister Feng hurriedly pushed him to sit down and said angrily: "Look at you, you don't know how to be funny at all, you are stingy. Okay, I will send someone to invite Ke Qing right away, okay?"

No need to tell me, just say that my aunt misses her and let her come over to talk, okay? Ping'er, little hoof, why are you laughing? Why don't you go and invite me? "

Jia Cong smiled with satisfaction, that was enough, and left the package on the table.

"Take it. Don't get involved in messy things in the future, do you hear me?" Jia Cong warned, worried.

Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him and said, "I understand, uncle. Aren't I forced to make a living? Are you thinking that I'm neglecting my good second wife and caring about those bad things?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Qingwen and said with a smile: "I'm neglecting the girl by talking too much. Feng'er hasn't invited Aunt Wen down to serve tea. I don't have the eyesight to see anything."

Jia Cong knew she had something to say, so he nodded slightly: "Go."

Qingwen then resigned.

Sister Feng whispered: "Brother Cong, tell my sister-in-law honestly, Qian'er, do you really have the heart to kill her?"

Jia Cong glared at her angrily, "You bastard, you won't change your mind."

"Second sister-in-law, even if I don't kill you, I can just beat you with dozens of sticks. When the time comes, your white and tender buttocks will be exposed, tsk tsk... I also feel it is a pity."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she immediately blushed. Thinking of him peeking at her when she went to the toilet before, she felt even more ashamed and angry. She said angrily: "Dirty idiot, where did you learn these stupid words? How dare you come and tease me. I'll tell the old lady carefully." ."

Jia Cong spread his hands and said with a smile: "Please do it. Anyway, I'm not afraid of embarrassment."

Wang Xifeng spat. He couldn't be hit, scolded, or cured. There was really nothing he could do about Jia Cong, so he had to look away angrily.

There was some throbbing in my heart, as if I had been touched by a feather, it was itchy and crispy, and I even forgot about the wrapping for a while.

Not long after, Qin Keqing came over with two girls, Ruizhu and Baozhu. Sister Feng had always been close to her and hurriedly went out to meet her.

"Good aunt, what are your instructions for calling me here?" Qin Keqing said with a smile.

Sister Feng took a look at her and saw that she was wearing a beaded emerald gold phoenix on her head, a begonia red and flowered Shu brocade narrow-legged coat, and a green and gold lotus petal jacquard tapestry cloud fox fur gown. She was wearing a gift from Jia Cong. Snowy white velvet cloak.

Wearing a jade-colored satin skirt with gold inlaid flowers, a pair of gold and jade bracelets jingled on her wrists. Although she was dressed beautifully, there was a hint of melancholy between her eyebrows.

"But Qing, we will talk about it later, but now it is your uncle Cong who has something to say to you." Sister Feng smiled and pulled her into the house.

ah? Qin Keqing let out a soft cry, and his expression changed several times, from surprise to joy, from joy to sadness, from sadness to sadness. He couldn't help but cover his face with a handkerchief, for fear of being seen.

Wang Xifeng's sharp eyes had already seen it clearly, and she had already guessed that the two of them were having an affair. She thought she had an advantage over Jia Cong, and smiled proudly at him: "Brother Cong, I've brought it for you. If you have anything to say, just say it." Come on, do you want your sister-in-law to avoid you?"

Jia Cong rolled his eyes at her and said, "A man can tell others everything he wants. Do you think I have as many nasty things as you do?"

Sister Feng laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, I'm embarrassed, but I want to see what the man says about being 'above and aboveboard'."

After saying that, he sat aside and stared coldly. I didn't believe it. You went to all the trouble and sneaky ways to meet Ke Qing here, so there's nothing fishy about it.

Jia Cong ignored her and asked Qin Keqing to sit down.

"Thank you, uncle." Ke Qing's eyes were filled with excitement, and she bowed her knees slightly and bowed her head to thank him.

Jia Cong opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but thinking that Sister Feng was beside him, he coughed lightly and said, "Qingwen said you came to see me yesterday, but did you have something?"

Qin Keqing shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that Brother Rong asked me to ask my uncle what to do with the things that were taken from the house of that bastard servant in the East Mansion."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "So that's why. Don't worry, it's been counted now. It's here. You can take it back. I won't take a penny." After saying that, he patted the package.

Qin Keqing stood up and gave a blessing and said, "Thank you, uncle, for taking the trouble to straighten up the family tradition in Dongfu. Let Brother Rong come to thank you another day."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Thank you for nothing. This time it's for myself. These dog slaves have done all kinds of bad things. If they are found out in the future, they will inevitably harm me."

"Uncle is upright and upright, which makes people admire him." Qin Keqing said.

When Sister Feng heard the words "above and aboveboard", she couldn't help but laugh. This bastard is full of evil and is not bright.

Jia Cong glared at her, turned around and said, "Is there anything else?"

Qin Keqing gave Jia Cong a soft look and shook her head.

Jia Cong saw that she looked a little gloomy, and the enchanting beauty in his impression was reduced a bit. He was afraid that she would suffer from depression, so he said: "Okay, don't keep it in your heart if you have any unpleasant things, so as not to hurt your body.

You should know that today is different from the past, and there are probably no worries that I can't solve for you. If you can't tell me, just ask Sister-in-law Feng to tell me. After you chat, I'm going to the office. "After that, he stood up and left.

Qin Keqing stared blankly at Jia Cong's back disappearing outside the door, tears falling from her eyes, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief for fear of crying. (End of chapter)