The Red Mansions

Chapter 318

Chapter 318

The night was dark and the wind was blowing cold.

Aunt Xue and Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan after dinner, and only Jia Heng, Qin Keqing, Youshi Sanshu, and Xichun were left in the inner hall.

Qin Keqing was holding Xiangling's hand, speaking thoughtfully.

Xiangling was wearing a water-green jacket and skirt, sitting on the side of Xiangfei, who was wearing a pair of flat buns. There was a little rouge mark on her forehead, which was as smooth as jade, but her bright eyes were slightly drooping, as if hiding a melancholy air.

Qin Keqing said softly: "From now on, when you are in the mansion, you will treat it as your own home."

Xiangling looked at Qin Keqing and said softly, "Thank you, sister."

Jia Heng looked at the two people with somewhat similar eyebrows, eyes and demeanor, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

Qin Keqing held up a gorgeous and beautiful face, and asked softly: "Husband, can you still find Xiangling's parents now?"

"I'll have someone check it later." Jia Heng put down the teacup, glanced at Xiang Ling, who had timid brows and eyes and a greasy face, and said softly.

The investigation he was talking about was not about Xiangling's life experience, he knew this, but it is inconvenient to tell Keqing now, what he wanted to check was the whereabouts of Zhen Shiyin and his wife Feng's family at the moment.

Of course, by the way, I will tell Keqing about Xiangling's life experience at that time.

But speaking of checking his life experience, is it possible to find Keqing's life experience?

According to the original book, Keqing is an abandoned baby brought by the father-in-law, Qin Ye, from the Yangshengtang.

"Let's discuss this matter with my father-in-law first." Jia Heng thought about it, but remembered the rumors when he read the original book in his previous life, and felt uneasy for some reason.

Qin Keqing turned to look back and told Baozhu, and said softly: "Go to the small courtyard next to my courtyard in the backyard, and tidy up a wing room for Xiangling to live in."

"Yes, grandma." Baozhu replied with a smile, then turned and left.

Jia Heng raised her eyes and glanced at Xichun, who was covering her mouth with her small hands and yawning softly, her eyes were warm, and she said softly: "If my sister is too sleepy, you can go and rest first."

The little loli with a double bun and a cold face looked at Jia Heng quietly, her pink and pretty face was startled, but she didn't get up for a moment, her cherry lips were pursed, and she hesitated to speak.

Jia Heng's heart skipped a beat, but he remembered that he had promised Xichun to go to her room to see the picture of Xuemei, and said in a deep thought: "The road may be icy and slippery at the moment, I'll take you there."

Most of these little girls are angry because you didn't do what you promised me.

Sure enough, when Xichun heard the words, the cold look on her pink and pretty face dissipated slightly, and joy appeared in her crystal clear eyes, she gave a soft "um" and said, "Thank you, Big Brother Heng."

Jia Heng looked at Qin Keqing and said, "I'll see off my fourth sister."

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Husband, let's go."

Watching the two leave.

At this time, Jia Heng and Xi Chun came to the courtyard where they lived, looked at the painting, the color screen, and the two maids lit the candlesticks, packed the bedding, and lit the incense.

Jia Heng looked around at the furniture and furnishings, turned his eyes to look at the tsundere little Lolita, and asked, "Sister, are you used to living in the house?"

"I'm used to living here, it's quiet and unique." Xichun's voice was charming and childlike, but her expression was cold.

While talking, he pointed to the case by the window and said softly, "The painting is over there."

Jia Heng nodded. Before approaching the desk, he didn't look directly at the scroll pressed by the paperweight. Instead, he looked at an open scroll of Buddhist scriptures, frowned, and picked it up.

"Sister, why are you reading these again?" Jia Heng picked up the Diamond Sutra in his hand, and it was obvious that there were signs of flipping through it.

Xichun should have read these Buddhist verses very early, otherwise, she wouldn't have revealed the Zen spirit of becoming a monk when she was a little older, when her sisters were composing poems and guessing riddles.

This is not something that can be said in a short period of time.

Xichun looked at the boy opposite with bright eyes, and said softly: "I just flipped through it at random."

Jia Heng approached, looked at Xichun, and said: "That's not okay, Buddhist scriptures and Zen techniques, if you can see through the world, you can read it, maybe you can, but at my sister's age, watching it too early is just ruining people's life. I still hope that my sister is safe and happy." , Get married in the future, take care of your husband and children, and enter the painting, all these will be collected, and I will take them away later, and you will not be allowed to buy them again in the future."

Xichun: "..."

How do you talk, just get married in the next day, and get up with your husband and children?

Girls in this era are a bit precocious after all, Xi Chun's bright eyes are slightly lowered, and she is also a bit ashamed, and the baby's cheeks are a little flushed.

Jia Heng glanced at it, and thought to himself, there is still hope.

If it is mentioned that marriage can be ignored, then... it is almost impossible.

Jia Heng said: "Okay, let me see how you draw?"

As she said, she stood beside Xichun, looking down at the picture scroll on the table.

I saw that it was the scene of enjoying the snow and looking for plums in Huifang Garden that day.

The first thing that catches the eye is that a tree of qiongzhi plum blossoms grows among the jagged rocks, blooming and pistils, beautiful for no reason. On the winding stream, a dark green and cold white stone arch bridge spans the On it, the Tianxiang Tower in the distance is showing a corner of the eaves.

It can be seen that due to the building construction, Xichun's techniques are still a little rusty.

Then, on the stone bridge, stood a handsome young man wearing a black cloak, a mountain crown on his head, and a military commander's men's uniform, with a sword on his waist, his brows cold, and looking into the distance.

The painters seem to be very good at drawing figures, and the exquisite animal-shaped patterns on the clothes are also clearly visible, mainly due to the stern lines, which are quite charming.

Looking at the picture scroll, Jia Heng couldn't help laughing and said, "Is the person on the bridge me?"

Xichun lowered her eyes slightly, and said in a weak voice, "Well, I'm just learning, so I don't really know how to draw."

Jia Heng's cold eyes showed thought, and he murmured: "I remember... I didn't wear official robes that day, I don't remember."

Xichun didn't know why, but her pink cheeks felt a little hot, and said softly: "I... I forgot too, maybe it was a mistake in the drawing."

Jia Heng smiled and said: "It's fine when the artistic conception is reached, but it's just me, it looks quite lonely."

Secretly, at such a young age, don't be a restrained and subdued person, right?

Well, after playing with Miaoyu, maybe you think this kind of cold temper is more friendly?

Xichun suddenly said in a soft voice: "It was originally a scene of snowy plum blossoms, but there are scenes and no one, so it became a bit monotonous, so... I drew my brother on it."

At this moment, Ru Hua brought two cups of fragrant tea, and said with a light smile, "Master uses tea."

Jia Heng rushed into the painting and nodded, then looked at Xichun, and said, "The painting is quite good, although the scenery is good, after all, there must be more fireworks."

Seeing the young man's brows and eyes looking happy, Xichun's bright eyes drooped slightly when he heard the pun-like words.

Jia Heng took a sip of the fragrant tea and said: "Tomorrow, I will have someone lead the painter to your courtyard. You see that painter likes it, so study hard."

"En." Xichun replied.

Jia Heng said softly: "Don't read Buddhist scriptures in the future."

Xichun raised her head, looked at the young man silently, nodded her head, and accepted it.

Jia Heng put down the teacup, smiled and said: "Okay, it's getting late, you should rest too."

As she said, she looked towards the painting and the color screen, and said, "Take good care of your girl."

"Yes, sir." The painting and the color screen responded.

It wasn't until Jia Heng left that Xichun slowly looked away. After returning to the book case, she looked at the boy in the painting and was a little lost in thought for a while.

At the time of Haishi, after Qin Keqing settled Xiangling properly, Jia Heng also returned from the Xichun courtyard, and returned to the room with Qin Keqing. The two lay side by side on the bed, the candles were blown out, the curtains were lowered, and the quilt was soft and fragrant. Nestled in Jia Heng's arms, the , creamy suet beauty raised a piece of hibiscus noodles, and said softly, "Husband, won't auntie complain about husband?"

Jia Heng caressed the round and smooth fragrant shoulders of the beauty, and said softly: "It depends on what she thinks, I think I will do my best."

Qin Keqing said softly: "My husband doesn't seem to like Xue's family very much? Yes, sister Baochai's elder brother is not worrying. I heard that because of Xiangling, there have been lawsuits and disasters involving human life in Southern Province."

Jia Heng said: "It's not that I don't like it very much, but that the matter of relatives is getting deeper and deeper. It's not easy to complain."

Qin Keqing wanted to say something else, but she heard the breath from the man in her ear, "Okay, let's not talk about these troublesome things."

Jia Heng's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly spoke in Qin Keqing's ear.

Qin Keqing blushed, and said: "Husband, how can this be possible, the universe is orderly, how can there be..."

"I ran here and there today, and I'm a little tired, so I don't want to move much." Jia Heng said softly.

Qin Keqing: "..."

……

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In Lixiangyuan, the night was shrouded in darkness, the lights in the wing room reflected two solitary shadows, it was clearly Aunt Xue who was sitting on the bed and sighing, while Baochai was persuading her.

Baochai persuaded from the side: "Mom, Brother Heng has agreed, and I will look for it early tomorrow morning. Brother should be fine."

Aunt Xue sighed: "But this night, I don't know your brother, why do you think brother Heng..."

Baochai Yurong paused slightly, and said softly: "Mom doesn't even think about it. For the sake of my relatives, sending troops to shake the world in the middle of the night, if it is spread, it will be hard to say."

Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard the words, she seemed to think it made sense, she looked at Baochai for a long time, and said softly: "My dear girl, you have always been considerate of people's difficulties."

Baochai sighed softly, and said softly, "Mom, go to bed early, I have to look for my brother tomorrow morning."

Aunt Xue nodded and said nothing else.

……

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The next day, at dawn, following Jia Heng's order to Guoyong Camp, Guoyong Camp sent a large number of soldiers into the mountain to search for the whereabouts of Fang Ji, Ni Biao, Xue Pan and others.

However, in the Daming Palace, at the midday and morning meetings, hundreds of officials were already turbulent, and bullets were like a tide.

After one night and half a day of fermentation, civil and military officials turned on the lights and fought at night. After writing the memorial, they waited for the impeachment of Prince Teng at the morning meeting.

In the Daming Palace, in the hall, Emperor Chongping was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting on the carved dragon chair in front of the Ming Hall, looking down at the civil and military officials extending to the outside of the hall.

Jia Heng was also in the ranks of military attaches, but in fact he didn't really want to participate in this court meeting.

However, as the party involved in the suppression of the rebellion yesterday, in order to be questioned by the officials, it is impossible not to attend.

At this moment, although the doors and windows in the hall were open, the floor heating could not hold much heat, and the temperature was somewhat low, but it still couldn't cool down the fiery hearts of all the ministers in the hall who were asking questions.

"My lord, Guo Pu of the Bing Division impeached Prince Teng, the governor of the Beijing camp. He is incompetent in commanding the army, incompetent in commanding the army, ignorant of people, big in ambition but sparse in talent, authoritarian and self-indulgent.... Li, Yao, and Yue are covetous, contemptible, and fierce people who split power between Fang and Ji Hao, who are just talking about soldiers on paper, which caused a mutiny in the Beijing camp yesterday. The blessing of the non-sage Dewei, people look forward to it; Mr. Li Ge strategized, and went to danger like a barbarian; General Yunhui ordered his troops to turn around the crisis, and let this incompetent person bring about a catastrophe! Minister, please be strict with the Holy One Wang Ziteng is guilty of misleading the army!" Guo Pu fired the first cannon during the military affairs, holding the wat board in his hand, and went out to play.

Jia Heng was in the queue of military officers, his face was indifferent, thinking: "If we talk about trolling people, we still need these officials."

He sometimes admired the mouths of these officials, the words of impeachment were cadenced, Wang Ziteng, the emperor, Mr. Li Ge, and him, all behaved in this turmoil, none of them fell, and the order was also in the same order.

At this moment, Wang Ziteng, who was standing in the queue of military officers, had a gloomy face and said nothing, as if he hadn't heard it.

He had already foreseen this scene last night, the mutiny of the Beijing camp and the attack by a group of officials, but he did not expect it to be so fast.

In the morning, he was summoned to the court by the eunuch for questioning.

However, because of this incident, his whole family was killed and robbed, and his loyalty to the king's affairs was disliked by all his officials. He didn't believe that the Holy Majesty didn't show any friendship at all.

He raised his eyes and took a peek at the face of the emperor who was sitting upright, but saw that the emperor was expressionless and said nothing.

Wang Ziteng breathed a sigh of relief, if this is the case, there may be a turning point.

However, before Prince Teng could say anything more, Jiang Xuan followed closely behind, holding a wat board and playing in class: "Chen, Huke Shizhong, Jiang Xuan, impeached Prince Teng, the governor of the Beijing camp." , the corpse is a vegetarian meal, mediocre..."

When Wang Ziteng heard this, the heart lake, which was supposed to be a pool of stagnant water, instantly set off a turbulent wave. He looked back and stared at Huke to give Jiang Xuan a burst of anger, and he couldn't hear the words of impeachment behind him.

Just yesterday, when he went to the Ministry of War, this guy was still talking about Jia Heng's incompetence in front of him, but now he impeached him instead, it's really shameless!

Seeing Wang Ziteng looking at him with hatred, the censor of correcting etiquette glared at him severely, and said, "Prince Teng is disrespectful in front of the imperial court!"

Wang Ziteng turned his head and cupped his hands to Emperor Chongping who was sitting upright.

After Jiang Xuan's impeachment, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also came out from the end of the hall, held the wat to impeach, and said: "Chen, Yang Wenxuan, the censor of Henan Province, impeached Prince Teng for appointing Xiaoxiao, which aroused the rebellion of the Liwei camp. For this reason, Xicheng Kang Zhixue, the censor of the patrol city, died heroically..."

The impeachment of the Henan Dao Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate completely kicked off the curtain of impeachment. Hua Hua was scolding Wang Ziteng.

Some people even recited a eulogy in memory of the student Xuncheng Yushi Kangzhi's hard work in the impeachment memorial... with a beautiful voice.

Seeing this scene, Jia Heng remained expressionless.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate died a censor, and the death of one person added luster to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is not surprising that the censor has such a "performative" impeachment.

When the impeachment of Wang Ziteng by a group of officials came to an end, Emperor Chongping looked at Wang Ziteng with an indifferent look, and asked: "Wang Qing, do you have any opinions on the impeachment of Yanguan Kedao?" ?”

Facing the gazes of one after another, the prince vacated the class, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and worshiped, and said in a mournful voice: "Invitation to the Holy Majesty, the minister and the army are so impatient that they provoked a mutiny and disturbed Sheng'an. And the family members of the ministers were also affected, they were slaughtered by the rebellious soldiers, their wives and young children were all murdered, this is really the responsibility of the ministers, wronging others and themselves... Your Majesty, please punish the crimes of the ministers strictly."

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials in the palace were discussing in private.

Wang Ziteng's mansion was attacked by rebels, and many people died. Now Wang Ziteng is charged with the crime. If he is punished severely, the court will be too harsh... It will damage the sanctity.

Jia Heng glanced at Wang Ziteng and shook his head secretly.

In the current state of Wang Ziteng, he obediently pleaded guilty, and then sold himself miserably.

In any case, Wang Ziteng's family members were slaughtered by the rebels. If the court severely punished them, some would be too cruel and mean to those loyal to the king.

Who else dares to take charge?

Emperor Chongping remained silent and asked, "Wang Qing, have you started preparing for the funeral at home?"

Wang Ziteng said in a low voice: "The guilty minister thanked the Holy Lord for his concern. He has already passed away and is making arrangements."

Emperor Chongping was silent again, and said: "Wang Qing is responsible for negligence in the end. He will be relieved of his post as the military envoy of the Beijing camp, and he will go home and contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors."

Wang Ziteng's face was shocked, his voice was choked up, and he kowtowed: "The sinful minister thanked the sage for his great kindness, and the sinful minister only repayed the sage's kindness with all his heart."

After hearing this, the ministers said nothing more.

The matter of Wang Ziteng has come to an end.

However, at this moment, a person suddenly jumped out, "Chen Gong Ke Shi Zhong, Zhu Yuanmao, impeached Huagaidian University scholar, household minister Yang Guochang, can't accept it without permission. Before the mutiny, General Yunhui Jia Heng reminded, but Grand scholar Yang Guochang obstructed the audience and deceived Sheng Cong, which caused yesterday's chaos, please punish him for delaying the military plane."

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were in an uproar... the Beijing camp had long been in danger of mutiny, and General Yunhui had warned it back then?Still being blocked by Mr. Yang Ge?

This is a new revelation. Some censors are like flies chasing stinky flies. They secretly regret that they didn't know about it earlier, so they can only act on the spot.

Jia Heng saw this scene, but his face was not happy, his brows were frowned, and his eyes were full of thought.

On the same day, he went to the palace to remind Emperor Chongping that this matter was originally only the emperor and a group of cabinet ministers, and perhaps Dai Quan and other inner eunuchs who served him, how did it reach the ears of the officials?

So, who actually preached this?

My mind turned, and I already had some guesses.

This use of force to fight, and the needle hidden in the cotton, seems to be Han Huang's handwriting.

But Han Huang's behavior in this way seems to have exposed the emperor's failure to accept the truth.

Of course, the emperor is displeased, and the minister is responsible for it.

This time the blame was thrown to Yang Guochang, no one would find it hard to talk about how the emperor gave the banquet in the past, how to encourage Prince Teng, this matter has been selectively forgotten.

And at the same time, this person also plotted him into it.

So would the emperor suspect that he was the one who revealed it to Zhu Yuanmao?

The Ministry of Industry... Zhu Yuanmao seems to be Jia Zheng's friend.

When Jia Zheng was in the Ministry of Industry, he didn't have many friends, but Zhu Yuanmao was one of them.

But can this concentration of smoke bomb really fool the emperor who knows the situation in the court?

Perhaps, Han Huang didn't want to hide it.

In fact, not only at the national level, it is difficult to hide the size at the second stage, but at the individual level, it is also difficult to hide the power at the second stage.

The real Han Yang was so friendly, it was Emperor Chongping who couldn't sleep.

In the same way, after G2, it is other countries that cannot sleep.

Han Huang probably didn't want to hide it from Emperor Chongping. The bottom line of Emperor Chongping should be to fight for the court, but he can't abolish the public for private reasons. It's just because of this alone, he shouldn't be able to move to a cabinet chief assistant.

(End of this chapter)