A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 248 Meeting the Best Him: Red Dust (83)
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Ru Jian's death was not in vain after all.The case is over, and someone in the court has been urging him to conclude the Jilantai case. If there were no disturbances again, Hongce would not be able to delay any longer.Right now, he is given an opportunity, and it is also an opportunity created for the emperor.The person who once testified against Prince Zhuang died tragically in prison. Since the royal relatives were involved in the murder case, the court has reason to severely punish him.Emperor Lei Ting was furious, and suspended all duties in the Hongzan Military Aircraft Office and the Shang Study Room, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to investigate together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.The income and expenditure accounts and human relations of Prince Zhuang's mansion over the years must not be neglected.

Who can stand up to such an investigation for a clan member Zhengzhier?The huge palace was given the bottom line, it was like copying the house.Regardless of whether Hongzan was involved in the case of Wen Lu and his son, he thought it was impossible for him to be alone.You have to believe that there are people who make troubles everywhere in the world. Seeing that he is about to fall, anonymous memorials of impeachment are pouring in from all directions. recovered.

The queen felt very sad when she heard the news, she pinched her handkerchief and held back her tears as she said: "It's nothing else, I must be sorry to see you. In fact, we all know that she is Wen Lu's daughter. If you don't speak, no one will dare That's all. Now that there is only such a brother, Hongzan was killed, how can she live in her heart!"

The emperor turned the jade finger in his hand, and said softly: "Qi Dafei, originally the two of you are not commensurate, what are you doing together? Let the old man know, so that you don't have to blow your beard and stare. I am poor old Twelve, and I understand him, he If it is said that Wen Dingyi and Wen Lu have nothing to do, then it doesn't matter! But you see, the girl is collecting and sending Wen Rujian. Isn't the whole family capable of doing this? That is, I cover it here and put it outside, who doesn't understand. "

The queen gritted her teeth and said: "Jian Hong's praise is too dark, and he has squeezed out the last seedling. He is familiar with the way, and he is imprisoned in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He is capable enough to kill."

The emperor nodded, and paced around the half-person-high gilded incense burner, "So cleverness was misunderstood by cleverness. If it wasn't for his lack of composure, I really couldn't catch his braid."

"Then what should I do?" The queen asked after him, "How about her marriage with Lord Twelfth?"

The emperor glanced back at her, "You have committed your old problem again? The benevolence of a woman... wronged the king."

The queen frowned, lowered her head and said: "Anyway, I can't see it. I'll tell Ama later. After the matter is over, I will live in the mansion for a few days if I want to. What do you want to know as a daughter-in-law?" Yes, you can point to the marriage. Anyway, you are fooling around in this matter, and you don't care about it one more time."

The emperor heyed and wanted to refute, but finally gave up.Turning his head to look at the colorful painting on the corner of the eaves, he pointed with his finger, "Why is there a bald spot here? Hurry up and send someone to make it up... If the two of them are willing, they can do as you say!"

The queen sighed. In fact, women understand women best. Whether Dingyi can have an ending with the old twelve is really hard to say.She is not a girl raised in a deep boudoir, and she has lost that kind of habitual dependence. If you let her out, she will find food by herself, and she can live without a man.The death of her parents and brother was a thorn in her heart, too deep to pull out.As for myself, as an outsider, I tried my best to create favorable conditions for her, but it was up to her to accept it or not.

There was residual snow on the roof in the distance, she sat by the window and looked out, she didn't know who had let a beauty kite fly over the Forbidden City.

The inner gardens of the imperial palace have been quiet and peaceful for a long time, but the prisons of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are eerie and eerie that have not changed for thousands of years.

Two jailers carried buckets to deliver food to each cell. They arrived at the door of Lord Zhen Guogong's cell, but it took him a long time to see him handing out the bowl.A jailer got impatient and poked his head out and said, "What's the matter with you? Are you afraid that our food might be poisonous? You haven't eaten anything all day. If you keep going on like this, you'll be starving sooner or later. Listen to me, is it a blessing or a curse? It's a curse." You can't hide, you are down-to-earth, if you die, you will be a full-fledged ghost, right?"

The movement last night woke up the entire prison, and suddenly found that death was so close that everyone would be afraid.Ji Lantai clasped the rim of the bowl with his thumb, and handed it out tremblingly.And there is no time to care about others being disrespectful to him, just asking, "That Wen Rujian, is he dead?"

The jailer scooped up a spoonful of rotten noodles and put them in his bowl, and said casually, "Yes, he's dead, and he's taken back to set up a mourning hall. People, what are you trying to do while alive? In the end, it's just a matter of breath. When he died, he wrote The word Zhuang, isn’t it referring to Prince Zhuang? Good guy, the Twelfth Lord impeached Prince Zhuang at the court meeting, and now Prince Zhuang is exhausted, his job has been handed over, and he is confined at home.”

Ji Lantai seemed to be blinded by the rain, his eyelids fluttered and he couldn't see his pupils clearly, "You mean that Prince Zhuang was imprisoned?"

"That's right." The two jailers raised their poles, "This time, everyone who seeks refuge in Prince Zhuang's mansion will fall, but if he gets rid of the kid surnamed Wen, it's worth the trouble. Let the people who hold onto him live." , Isn’t this Qing waiting to find death, it’s better to strike first.”

The jailer moved to the next cell, Ji Lantai was exhausted and sat down on the ground.Prince Zhuang has fallen, and the fall will return to the fall. He still has residual power, and he wants to eliminate those who know the inside story.Wen Rujian is dead, whose turn is next?He didn't dare to think, and put his hands on his head.Hongzan promised to exonerate him, but in the end he couldn't wipe his own butt clean, how could he care about him?It was good fortune not to order him to be killed.

He fell into the haystack, the musty smell of rotten straw rose straight to the sky, and he was not in the mood to complain, just staring at the roof in a daze, with nothing in his mind.

After an unknown amount of time, he vaguely heard the sound of the iron chain on the door being touched, and he got up suddenly.There were two people who came, both dressed as yamen servants, with their hats pulled down so that their faces could not be seen clearly.

In the middle of the night, the interrogation shouldn't be at this time.He took a step back, "Which department are you from?"

Those two people came in and quickly held him down, covering their mouths for fear that he would yell.

"Which department?" One of them giggled, "From Yama's department, our master treats you to tea."

He whimpered and struggled, and the other one took out his trouser belt unhurriedly, and fastened a button on the cell door, "Yesterday, someone was in the way, so your boy escaped, and it was easy for you. We are ordered , the work that should be done has to be done, and you have to take money from others to eliminate disasters for others, sir, you have to be considerate of the little ones."

Ji Lantai couldn't accept his fate, so he tried his best to break free, pulled up his pants and wanted to call for help, but the tip of the knife was on his neck, "You are treating this place as a theater, and you plan to come here for a while?" Throat? Master will give you a white knife in and a red knife out, try it if you don’t believe me.”

Ji Lantai was crying, cursing and saying: "I have been with him for 30 years, and I have no credit but hard work. Now he turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone. Yuwen Hongzan, I will fuck his eight generations of ancestors!"

The two people looked at each other and smiled, "Don't be blind and wrong, Prince Zhuang didn't ask us to come."

"Mother, it's not who he is! If you are capable of killing people, don't be afraid that I will miss you on the road to Hades..."

He was not clean, and the two put the noose around his neck, "You went down to see Wen Yushi, please pass on a message for our brothers, let's ask him to be well." After finishing speaking for a while Sweeping his legs, he couldn't stand stably, his weight fell on his neck, and his eyes were stuck upside down, and he was so strangled that he couldn't breathe.

Several princes and ministers stood in the cell separated by a wooden board, listening to it from the beginning to the end, with thick eyebrows furrowed.The guards sent out came back to report, Hongce's goal had been achieved, he waved his hand to ask people to put Ji Lantai down, and without saying a word, he led the way and led everyone into the tea room.

"I have a problem with my ears. I don't know what Ji Lantai said. Did you guys understand?" He cupped his hands, "I ask you to go back today, and heaven will make its own decision tomorrow." , retreated one after another.The old thirteen walked slowly, he stretched out his hand to give him a hand, leaned his back against the door frame and said, "I've been very tired lately, after Ji Lantai confesses tomorrow, Hongzan will hand it over to you. Wen Lu's case can be regarded as an elder brother's case." Let’s take a personal favor, and you will be considerate of me anyway. I received a report yesterday that the situation in Khalkha is unstable, and I guess it will not be long before I have to go there to suppress the rebellion... This time, the return date is slim..." He shook Shaking his head, infinitely desolate.

Hong Xun pressed his wrist, "Brother Twelfth is working too hard, if the imperial court sends troops, you'd better say you're sick and resign."

He sighed, still shook his head, did not say any more, walked into the moonlight lonely.

He didn't go back to Prince Chun's Mansion, but went straight to the alley of the Wine and Vinegar Bureau.When I entered the door, I saw that the main eaves were covered with white cloth, and the yard was full of paper carts and horses, accompanied by the sound of monks chanting sutras and chimes.

Sha Tong came up to say hello, and he glanced into the room, "Is everything ready?"

Sha Tong said: "I asked someone to approve the calamity list, and the yin and yang students calculated the time of encoffining, which will be at the time of tomorrow."

He hummed, "Where's Fujin?"

Sha Tong said with a sad face: "Fu Jin won't let us call her Fujin... Ever since my uncle stopped the bed, she has been staying by the side of the bed. You haven't been here for the rest of the day, and the girl from the Suo family came, crying so hard That way..." He touched his knees and sighed, "I have never seen such a miserable situation. If someone from Suo's family hadn't dragged her away by force, she might have gone together now. Think about it carefully, uncle let go, Leave Fujin and uncle and grandma, the most pitiful ones are the two of them."

Yes, one is my younger sister, and the other is my fiancée who has been waiting for more than ten years. I thought that after this hurdle, a better day is in front of me, but it turned out to be nothing but joy.

His nose was sore, so he turned his face away.Caring about Dingyi, but a little afraid to see her, he hesitated for a long time before stepping up the steps.

She knelt there in filial piety, her thin silhouette looked desolate.After burning incense and offering sacrifices, he went up to her and called her, and said softly, "I'll order someone to watch the night for you. If this continues, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive, so you'd better go back to the house and sleep for a while."

She didn't even look back.He knew she blamed him, and he blamed himself for being helpless, but it was too late to say anything.He tore in his heart, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and he said slowly: "Today, the imperial court issued a decree to confiscate the real power of Prince Zhuang, and stay in the mansion pending trial. Ji Lantai also confessed, and the case will probably be closed tomorrow. The next thing If I don't want to handle it, Prince Rui and Dali Temple will undertake it, and I will entrust Hongxun to rehabilitate the Wen family..."

"What's the use?" With tears in her eyes, through a shell of water, her eyes were hard and piercing, "Can rehabilitating my parents and brother's lives be exchanged? Don't talk about it far away, just talk about the people in front of you." , went around in a big circle, and finally died at the hands of your Yuwen family. You said you would protect him, did you do it? You reassured me, but in the end my third brother died, and you failed to fulfill your promise. I Kneeling here all day, thinking a lot, if he hadn't come back to Beijing, he would definitely be able to live healthy and sound. I was greedy, I only cared about myself, and dragged him into the fire pit. I will never forgive myself in this life. And you, why did I meet you?" She shook her head slowly, "I regret it, I don't know what to do. I shouldn't think about being with you, I should leave the Central Plains with Ru Jian, and do what he said , find someone to marry, and start life from scratch. But I..." She said that she hated it, couldn't continue, and slapped herself severely.

He was startled, and went up to hold her hand, "Don't do this..."

She pushed him away and looked at him with slumped shoulders, "I thought about you every day at that time, I hoped that you could find me, and I even hoped to be your Fujin. Looking back now, what did I do? Because of my selfishness Killed the third brother, this is a mistake that I will never be able to make up for in my life. I am ashamed of the third brother, and I am ashamed of Hailan. She came today, have you seen her? You know that all hopes have come to naught Are you in pain?" She laughed mockingly, "You are a prince, how can you understand, common people are nothing but ants to you, death is nothing."

What she said really made him extremely sad. He had been working hard for a long time. If he hadn't met her, he would not have paid attention to the Wen Lu case, and would not have tried his best to seek justice for the Wen family.It's a pity that it was a step away. Ru Jian died and missed him. He was also sad and distressed, but why did she hate him so much?
He can't get angry with her, maybe she can only offset the pain in her heart by hating someone.He looked at Ru Jian's face and nodded, "It's my fault, I'm incompetent, I'm sorry third brother. The security in the prison has been strengthened a long time ago, and there are people patrolling the prison at night. I can't think of anyone who can come in and commit murder. Fortunately, Hongzan has been caught by us, what is the truth of the matter, there will naturally be a decision in the end."

She glanced at him, gritted her teeth and said, "I don't care about the truth, I want to avenge the whole family, I want to kill my enemies!"

He looked at her in surprise, "What do you mean?"

She stood with her head held high and her body straight, "I have held the sword under Master's hands for six years, and it's time to open the mountain. Prince Zhuang has so many murders, should he be decapitated at the Meridian Gate?"

Does she still want to go back to her old job?How can this be!He didn't know how to persuade her for a while, but now she was so angry that she couldn't listen to anything she said!He had no choice but to explain to her patiently, "Daying's disposal of the clan is to leave the whole body for suicide. It is a matter of the royal family's face, and it will never be beheaded in public. I know you hate in your heart, you have to vent your anger, scold me and beat me It's okay, don't make life difficult for yourself."

Ding Yi has gotten into a dead end, and she also knows that she is making trouble for no reason, but where can she vent her resentment?He is always so calm, why can he be so calm?She stared at him blankly, "Guess what I'm thinking now? I'm thinking if I die, will you kill Prince Zhuang immediately?"

His heart trembled, and he was almost dizzy from her anger, "Do you have to be arrogant? If you want revenge, I will try to make you happy. Why bother to say such things! You are not the only one who is sad about Ru Jian's death, we I have always hoped that you brothers and sisters will be well. When the case is resolved, the Wen family compound will be redeemed, and Ru Jian will revive the family business, and you will have a mother’s house to move around... But it’s all over, Ru Jian is gone, just like the built Most of the house collapsed, and my heart was riddled with holes. I knew he was staying at home, and I was going outside to try my best to deal with the ministers and the emperor. I want to let go, but can I?"

Their voices became louder, arguing in the mourning hall is not good, Guan Zhaojing and Sha Tong hurriedly stepped forward to comfort them, "This is the way it is, you two are in condolences! Don't make trouble in front of uncle, nothing will make him leave uneasy. Fujin, think about Miss Suo, your heart hurts, and she also hurts, and you still have to release her. You also plunged into it yourself, so what can Miss Suo do?"

She calmed down after hearing this, and said in a cold voice: "Wait for your master to go back, don't ask him to come here again. The money left by my third brother is enough for me to buy a house for a lifetime..." She said tears and sealed her mouth , Endless sorrow and grief surged up, she twisted her body and fell on the edge of the bed, crying bitterly.

Is she planning to draw a line with him?She was so disappointed in him that she didn't want to forgive him anymore.

"Dingyi, give me another chance..." He staggered and half knelt on the ground to shake her, "I will fulfill whatever wish you have, please don't hate me."

She broke her heart, but after all, she was alive and still felt the pain.He called out to her mournfully, she held onto Xiao Yan's quilt tightly, trying to call him back, but just opened her mouth, her heart convulsed, and she fell headfirst by the foot of the bed as if she had been hollowed out.

(End of this chapter)