Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 232 Case
What happened at Duke Li's Mansion shocked the capital.

Duke Li Guofu is one of the Eight Founding Dukes of Daqian. Although the power in the hands of the Eight Founding Dukes is not as good as before, his influence is not small.

One night, Duke Li's house was ransacked and everyone was arrested. This was something no one expected.

Dali Temple, Dali Temple Qing Lin Ruhai and Jia Qiang sat face to face, two cups of tea with a little mist rising.

"Brother Qiang, you did a good job this time. With the decree from the palace, and the evidence you sent, the Liu family is finished!" Lin Ruhai said in a deep voice.

According to Rong Guo Mansion, he and Li Guo Mansion should be friends.

Duke Danli's government sent an assassin to assassinate his uncle. It goes without saying which side he is on.

What needs to be done now is to solidify all the evidence so that the Liguo Government cannot turn around.

Don't underestimate the influence of Duke Liguo. Even at this point, there is still a lot of help from Duke Liguo in the court.

"The Zhen family is probably used to being a local bully in the south. He is always assassinated. This is true for the second girl of the Zhen family, and the same is true for the third girl of the Zhen family!" Jia Qiang shook her head and said.

"The news coming back from the outside shows that the impact of this matter is not small. Those families who married girls from the Zhen family often imprisoned the girls from the Zhen family to prevent the girls from the Zhen family from harming their own families. The lives of these girls from the Zhen family will be difficult in the future. Yes!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.

Just look at the huge Duke Li Guo's Mansion. Due to a reckless act by the three girls of the Zhen family, the Duke Li Guo's Mansion was dragged into hell. This incident forced other families who married girls from the Zhen family to be on guard.

"Can Liu Fang be nailed?" Jia Qiang looked around, then lowered her voice and asked.

In fact, when he was searching the Duke's mansion, he discovered that Liu Fang was unaware of it.

But he had achieved this step. Regardless of whether Liu Fang knew it or not, the three girls of the Zhen family could also represent Duke Li Guo. There was no way he could let Liu Fang survive.

With such a deadly feud between the two sides, Liu Fang would definitely not give up if she survived.

He wasn't worried about Liu Fang, but he didn't want to cause trouble.

In fact, his ambition is not big. He has been working hard to improve his official position, all for self-protection.

After offending the immortal, he learned that what the immortal feared was the great luck. As long as his official position was high enough, the immortal would not dare to get too close to him.

Just like in these years, since he became the first-level inspector of the nine provinces, he has never met the Daqian Immortal again.

In his opinion, the way he promoted his official position indeed curbed the immortal's actions.

In order to be a normal official in Daqian, he must abide by the rules of Daqian officialdom.

Otherwise, with Jia Qiang's strength, let alone Liu Fang, the first-class disciple, he could kill any prince or even several people in the palace with just one 'poison spell'.

Because of this, when dealing with Liu Fang, he tried his best to use official means instead of using the assassination method that he was good at.

Speaking of assassinations, the assassins sent by the third girl of the Zhen family were at the level of infants compared to him.

"It depends on what the Supreme Emperor wants. The punishment of depriving him of his title, removing him from his official position, and then being sent to the border gate should be over!" Lin Ruhai thought for a while and replied.

The reason why King Beijing died was because of the serious crime of treason, but even for such a serious crime, the Supreme Emperor still allowed him to stay as his heir.

The case of Jia Qiang's assassination can only be regarded as involving Liu Fang, but Liu Fang cannot be convicted of death.

"Assigned to the border!" Jia Qiang couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Generally speaking, the distribution border refers to the border where the north intersects with the grassland, most of which are Jiubian military towns.

Regardless of whether it is the Nine-Border Military Town, the border in the south, or the border in the west, there are now his 100% loyal generals serving as military attachés.

No matter where Liu Fang is sent, all it takes is a letter from Jia Qiang to kill Liu Fang.

It is too easy to let a prisoner die at the border. There are too many excuses to die from the mouth of a wolf, conflicts between aliens, prisoners killing each other, etc.

"Actually, when the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Emperor sent the case to Dali Temple, they handed over the handling opinions of Duke Li Guo's Mansion to you and me. However, we cannot act rashly by relying on the grace of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Emperor. That would damage the Holy Grace!" Lin Ruhai Then he continued.

Who doesn't know the relationship between Lin Ruhai, the minister of Dali Temple, and Jia Qiang? The fact that the palace handed over this case to Dali Temple to handle it is very clear about the situation.

"Teacher, if Liu Fang is assigned to the border area and goes to any military base in Jiubian, then the third girl of the Zhen family must die!" Jia Qiang put forward her own opinion.

"That's good!" Lin Ruhai smiled reassuringly.

He was very relieved that Lin Ruhai sent Jia Qiang away. Jia Qiang took the overall situation into consideration and did not necessarily want Liu Fang to die.

Chen Ruiwen, the Duke of Qi, Ma Shang, the Duke of Zhiguo, Hou Xiaokang, the Duke of Xiuguo, and Shi Guangzhu, the Duke of Tui, were gathered at their usual gathering place.

However, compared with a few years ago, Niu Jizong, the Duke of Zhenguo, and Liu Fang, the Duke of Liguo, are missing here.

Niu Jizong was dismissed from his post and demoted due to his defeat in the war, and now he can no longer enter their small circle.

Today, Liu Fang, the Duke of Liguo, was missing again, which made them feel that the room was particularly empty.

"I have asked King Dongping to write a letter to ask for mercy for Brother Liu. I also wrote a letter overnight. Have you all written a letter?" Hou Xiaokang looked at the others and asked.

Now he is the one with the highest title here. Although he only has the title of first-class viscount, it is still higher than the others.

This time something happened to Liu Fang in Duke Li's mansion, he had to show his integrity and actively work for Liu Fang. This was not all for Liu Fang, but for himself.

When Hachiko formed an alliance, both parties had the obligation to help each other in case of trouble.

If Hou Xiaokang didn't try his best to help Liu Fang this time, then this small circle that has been running for many years will be broken up.

If we really get to that point, each of them will work on their own, and they are afraid that they will be dealt with by their opponents soon.

The big reason why Hachiko has been able to stand for more than a hundred years is unity.

"I also submitted a letter overnight!" Shi Guangzhu continued.

"Me too!" Chen Ruiwen said.

"How can our government be left behind!" Ma Shang finally said.

"We also need to ask Mrs. Jia of Rongguo Mansion to tell Concubine Xiande. If Concubine Xiande can speak for her, Brother Liu's guilt will be much less!" Hou Xiaokang suggested.

"There's no need to go, I've been to Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Jia was not willing to help at all. As soon as I told her about Liu Fang's trouble, Mrs. Jia stopped me!" Ma Shang shook his head.

"There was something going on in Rongguo Mansion before, and we contributed a lot. How can something happen in Duke Liguo's Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion can stay out of it!" Hou Xiaokang said angrily.

In fact, the most promising person here to help Liu Fang is Rongguo Mansion. Who told Rongguo Mansion to have a noble concubine?

"How could the Rongguo Mansion like us now? They are relatives of the emperor!" Ma Shang said sarcastically. Both Chen Ruiwen and Shi Guangzhu looked unhappy. They were extremely disappointed with Rongguo Mansion.

The so-called adversity reveals the heart of the people. Although it is not that they are in trouble, the people of the Rongguo Mansion can be seen through the affairs of the Liguo Mansion.

Jia Qiang did not return home all night and went directly to court the next day. After returning from the cabinet, she went to Dali Temple and did not return to her home until evening.

As soon as they arrived at the main hall, they saw Lin Daiyu and the other women.

Lin Daiyu and the other girls heard the news of Jia Qiang's assassination. They were all worried about Jia Qiang and kept waiting here.

The more Jia Qiang didn't come back, the more worried they were about Jia Qiang.

"Brother Qiang, you're back!" When Lin Daiyu saw Jia Qiang, she quickly stepped forward, regardless of the male and female defenses, and pulled Jia Qiang's arm, observing Jia Qiang up and down, left and right.

"I'm not hurt, they're just two little thieves, they can't hurt me yet!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

"If you have anything, you must tell me first!" Lin Daiyu had tears in her eyes at the moment, but she looked at Jia Qiang with firm eyes and said.

"Sister Lin, if anything happens in the future, I will be the first to let you know!" Jia Qiang comforted her in a hurry.

"There is no future, I don't want anything to happen to you!" Lin Daiyu retorted, shaking her head while shedding tears.

Jia Qiang smiled and gently grabbed Lin Daiyu's catkin. The warmth in her hands made Lin Daiyu's face turn red.

Miaoyu, Yunfei, and Zhujun looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Yinglian and Xing Xiuyan were still a little confused. One of them was confused and the other was young.

The laughter on the side made Lin Daiyu break away from Jia Qiang's hand, but losing the warmth of her big hand made her feel a little disappointed.

"Ah, it's getting dark, I'm going home!" Lin Daiyu said, only now did she notice the color of the sky outside.

Although her family did not object to her coming to Jiahou Mansion, they limited the time for her to return home.

"I'll take you back!" Jia Qiang also noticed that it was getting dark, so she said.

Jia Qiang held a lantern and walked side by side with Lin Daiyu, followed by Xue Yan and another little maid. The two little maids kept a distance apart so as not to disturb the two people in front of them.

"Brother Qiang, I know you are very powerful, but you have to be careful. My sisters and I are very concerned about you!" At this time, there was no one around, so Lin Daiyu spoke out her heart.

"It's just that I have been at ease in Beijing for two years, and people have forgotten my reputation. After this time, I will be stable for at least a few more years!" Jia Qiang explained with a smile.

People are forgetful. Back then, he killed everyone in the Beijing Palace in a rage, which really made many people realize how terrifying he was.

But in the past two years, he mostly appeared as a civil servant, which made the third girl of the Zhen family misjudge his ability.

Two years apart, one of the assassinations ended with the massacre of Prince Beijing's palace, and the other ended with the confiscation of Duke Li's palace. With these two cases in mind, those who were targeting him would have to consider his revenge.

Of course, in the perception of Daqian officials, Jia Qiang's temper has been greatly improved after two years of self-cultivation.

This is reflected in the fact that he did not slaughter Duke Li Guo's mansion immediately, but chose to collect evidence and send it to the palace.

In fact, even if he really massacred Duke Li Guo's palace, the palace would not do anything to him, because there would be no evidence of what he had done, just like when the palace of Beijing was massacred.

Even though we knew it was Jia Qiang who did it, we just couldn't provide any evidence.

An assassination presided over by a woman triggered many changes in Daqian.

The founding faction, headed by the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, was greatly weakened and was no longer strong enough to compete with the lords after the founding of the country.

At the same time, Emperor Jingwen took advantage of Liu Fang's fall and installed many military attachés who turned to him to take over the vacated military power.

In this case, the Rongguo Mansion, which is also controlled by a woman, allowed all parties to see the inaction of the Rongguo Mansion.

The influence on Rongguo Mansion is not visible yet. There are virtuous concubines in the main palace, and all parties maintain a good attitude towards Rongguo Mansion.

These power struggles have nothing to do with Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang is an extremely special existence in Beijing. He plays a decisive role in both the military and civil service systems, but he does not engage in party or private affairs. This makes him stand like a lone tree no matter how powerful he is.

For Emperor Jingwen, Jia Qiang's state was the most reassuring, and he was relieved to hand over power to Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang, a soul from later generations, has done a lot of research on history and knows how to show her loyalty so that the emperor can be reassured.

Although the lonely ministers in history all ended badly, the lonely ministers were also the easiest to obtain the Sacred Heart and the quickest to climb to the pinnacle of power.

He was not worried about the fate of Gu Chen. He put a lot of effort into distributing 100% loyal generals to various armies in Daqian just to prevent him from being liquidated by the emperor.

He came from a later generation, a society that advocated equality for all. His loyalty to Emperor Jingwen was more about surviving in this world.

After a month, this case finally came to a conclusion.

The third girl of the Zhen family committed suicide in prison, and Liu Fang was exiled to the border. Among them, the four princes and eight princes contributed some efforts, so that Liu Fang was exiled in Gansu Town.

The reason why Gansu Town was chosen was that the commander-in-chief of the military town was a member of King Dongping.

With the protection of King Dongping, Liu Fang will not suffer much in Gansu Town. If there is a chance to make meritorious deeds, there may be a chance to turn around.

As for the other people in Li Guogong's mansion, all the servants were sold, their property was confiscated, and their children were deprived of their status and became commoners.

Jia Qiang was too lazy to pay attention to the younger generations of the Liu family. As civilians, they really dared to make an assassination. He didn't need to take action. There were many people who were willing to come forward to deal with them.

The speed with which the case of Li Guo Gongfu was handled exceeded most people's expectations.

Although the evidence is conclusive, it is normal for this kind of case to drag on for half a year and come to an end in just one month. This is because this is a case taken over by Dali Temple.

Lin Ruhai played a role in it, and he settled the case as quickly as possible.

In this incident, Jia Qiang saw the figures of several princes' mansions, and he had ideas about these princes' mansions.

Of course, he won't cause any official trouble with several princes' offices in the short term, but he has other means.

The Beijing camp began to collect intelligence from several government offices, and soon received news about the four government offices that were rooted in the army.

The four government offices immediately became vigilant. They found connections in the court to prevent Jia Qiang from impeaching them.

You must know that Jia Qiang only impeached once, and that time it was the Jiangnan Zhen family, and now the Jiangnan Zhen family has fallen.

(End of this chapter)