The Red Mansions

Chapter 588 Jia Heng: As long as the tyranny does not slow down for a day, the thieves will not stop

Chapter 588 Jia Heng: As long as the tyrannical government does not slow down, the thieves will also continue

palace garden, evening time

The brocade-like sunset glow dyed the sky red in the western sky, and the golden sunset fell on the palaces and pavilions, as if covered with a layer of golden gauze.

Princess Jinyang took Li Chanyue's hand, boarded a beautifully decorated and luxurious carriage, surrounded by guards in brocade clothes, royal mothers and female officials, and left the palace gate. The wheels of the carriage rolled over the bluestone road, making a sound In the shadow of the car, the shadow of the car stretched extremely long in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the curtains of the car were lowered to block the noise outside.

In the carriage, Li Chanyue sat upright on one side of the carriage, with a dignified posture, two small hands folded in front of her body, clutching a handkerchief, slightly lowered her head, and remained silent.

"Moon Moon."

Li Chanyue heard the slightly cold call in her ears, her heart skipped a beat, she raised her eyes to look at Princess Jinyang with a frosty complexion, her eyes quickly lowered, and landed on the string of pearl necklaces on Princess Jinyang's chest Go up, and call timidly: "Mother."

"Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?" Princess Jinyang stared at Li Chanyue closely with her beautiful eyes under her bright forehead, and asked suddenly.

Li Chanyue's pretty face froze slightly, her heart trembled slightly, and she said in a weak voice: "Mother, I... I didn't do it on purpose."

At the beginning, she was also worried that her mother would be robbed, so she came up with a plan to lure trouble to the east.

I didn't expect things to turn out like this.

"Then what do you think we should do now?" Princess Jinyang frowned, with a hint of complexity on Fu Rongyu's face, and said: "Now your uncle is determined to promise your cousin to Jia Ziyu."

Li Chanyue muttered: "What else can I do? Why don't I just do what you said..."

In the end, she was so ashamed that her voice was so weak that she couldn't hear it.

She didn't know what to do, maybe she followed what her mother said, and it wasn't impossible.

Princess Jinyang narrowed her beautiful eyes and fixedly looked at Li Chanyue. She was stunned for a while, then snorted softly, and said with a smile: "You think it's pretty."

Li Chanyue: "..."

What do you mean?

Didn't mother actively facilitate this matter in front of her uncle in the palace?

And when did she think about it?

"Walking around, you're back again, right?" Princess Jinyang narrowed her beautiful eyes, and said softly, "Why did I tell you back then, it was for you, and it turned out to be good, and there was nothing about your cousin at all. Son, it's all right now, do you really think that everything will be fine if your uncle doesn't object? How much credit will he have to make to marry both the princess and the princess back home?"

Li Chanyue was a little depressed when she was told, she said in a low voice: "I..."

"You are just like that now, making yourself cocooned, harming others and yourself." Princess Jinyang glanced at Li Chanyue, and sighed softly: "However, if you don't like him, then I won't make it difficult for you, and I will arrange a marriage for you later."

Li Chanyue panicked subconsciously, and quickly said: "Mother, no, I..."

"You what?" Princess Jinyang frowned and said softly.

She felt that Chanyue was a bit weird, if she said she was not thinking, but she often mentioned this period of time, but if she said she was thinking, she was coy, she didn't know what she was thinking.

The thoughts of a little girl in this age group were hard to fathom.

Li Chanyue bit her cherry lips with her white teeth, and said in a trembling voice: "I just think that my cousin and I are a little older, like sister Nanyang, it's too scary to suddenly marry someone I don't know one day. Now, since my cousin thinks that Mr. Jia is good, and Mr. Jia has a relationship with our family, he is also familiar with him."

She actually doesn't know, anyway, she just feels lonely these days and can't think about doing anything, and she doesn't know if it's because her cousin left Beijing, or because... She used to tease her cousin a lot, and felt that Xiao Jia There seems to be something different about Mr.

No problem, Mr. Jia doesn't want to see her.

Princess Jinyang looked at her own daughter, a flash of understanding flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she said faintly: "I see, you like the excitement of sisters and sisters being together."

Li Chanyue: "..."

What do you mean, what do you mean she likes the excitement of her sister and sister?

"no."

Princess Jinyang said: "What is it? For a while I was worried that your cousin would abandon you, and for a while I was worried that my mother would not want you. You are not a child anymore. You will grow up and get married. You will have to marry someone in a year or two. How can you be like that?" Like a child, everyone talks and laughs, and they will never be separated for the rest of their lives?"

"Mother, don't be angry, it's my fault." Li Chanyue panicked when she was told that, she quickly took the hand of Princess Jinyang, leaned her head in her arms, and held the little girl's hand like she did when she was a child. Arching her head against Princess Jinyang's heart, she said softly, "Mother, don't be angry with me, okay?"

Princess Jinyang felt a little uncomfortable being pushed, her jade cheeks were slightly red, she supported the little princess's shoulder, and said angrily: "How grown up, you still look like a child every day."

"No matter how old you are, you are still a child in front of your mother." Li Chanyue said softly.

"We all know that the mediator is stretching, and you are still a child?" Princess Jinyang pinched Li Chanyue's cheek, put her arms around her daughter, and said softly: "Then what do you think?"

Li Chanyue frowned, and said, "I'm going to let my mother make the decision."

"Let me decide?" Princess Jinyang said softly, "Why don't you worry about me being snatched away?"

Who is robbing her now, who will Chanyue go with.

Li Chanyue was poked at the center of the matter, her pretty face was flushed, and she said in shame: "What are you talking about?"

The eldest princess of Jinyang said: "My mother is just leaving a place for you now. Whether you can grasp it in the end depends on other people's wishes. Moreover, you have to know things like this yourself."

Li Chanyue hesitated for a while, then said softly: "I... I actually haven't thought it through yet."

She didn't know what she was thinking about Mr. Jia.

Princess Jinyang sighed faintly.

She felt that Chanyue might not understand the meaning of getting married at all, that is, she didn't seem to have taught her at all, and she didn't ask her mother to mention this matter to her.

Then in the bottom of Chanyue's heart, it is probably the same as before, after getting married, everyone can still live happily together, and she doesn't need to get married, just play with Xianning every day.

"Then think about it slowly, thinking that the seat of Rongguo Mansion was also taken away by someone." Princess Jinyang said softly.

Li Chanyue: "..."

Princess Jinyang sighed again.

The reaction was a bit slow, and when she fully figured it out, the Rongning and Ningfu prefectures probably wouldn't have her place anymore.

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In Kaifeng Mansion, in the evening, Jia Heng came out from the front office of the governor's office in Kaifeng Mansion and came to the back hall.

After Bairi entered the city, on the one hand, Jia Heng ordered the civil servants to verify the results of the suppression of bandits in Kaifeng Fucheng, and on the other hand, he met the relevant gentry in Fucheng.

In front of Jia Heng, the head coach of the Beijing camp, the gentry in the Fucheng complained bloody and tearful about the various brutal acts Gao Yue and his gang of thieves did during their occupation of Kaifeng Fucheng.

Jia Heng patiently listened to the gentry's cries, and said a few words of comfort. When they were having lunch, in front of all the gentry, he said a few words to the relevant thieves who were carrying blood debts. The intention of committing crimes is followed by the verification of the results of the battle.

"Sir, I'm done." Princess Xianning stared at the young man who walked around the screen and entered the inner room of the study. He quickly put down his brush and got up from the chair behind the desk to greet him.

The girl was in the backyard, she changed back to the sky blue palace gown and long skirt, her hair like a waterfall of blue silk was tied into a flying fairy bun, her appearance was beautiful, slim and graceful, but there was a layer of pure and glamorous eyes between her eyebrows and eyes. temperament.

Jia Heng nodded, looked at the girl opposite, and asked softly: "How many documents have you written about Kaifeng Mansion that I asked you to sort out?"

After entering the city of Kaifeng, Jia Heng arranged a task for Princess Xianning, that is, to sort out the information on Kaifeng's household registration, money and food, and write a summary, or an inductive summary.

It is impossible to know the household registration, money and food if you want to govern the place.

Princess Xianning saw Xinran on her beautiful and beautiful face, Qingyue's voice was sweet and pleasant, and said: "I have already sorted out the general situation, sir, you can take a look."

As he spoke, he led Jia Heng to the desk.

"I've been copying all afternoon, are you tired?" Jia Heng looked at the beautiful young girl, approached, took Princess Xianning's jade hand, and asked in a warm voice, feeling that the hand was slender and soft.

In the gentle palm of my sweetheart, Princess Xianning's icy muscles and bones are like snow lotuses in full bloom. Suddenly, two blushes floated up on her cheeks. Suddenly, he said softly, "Sir, I'm not tired."

"I wanted to rub your shoulders, but since I'm not tired, forget it." Looking at the shy girl, Jia Heng said softly.

Princess Xianning: "..."

Qingzhi was teasing herself again, under Yu Yuxiu's eyebrows, those bright eyes that were as bright as stars showed a hint of shame, her voice as clear as ice and snow was already trembling slightly, and said softly: "Mr. Let me rub my shoulders, it's a little sore right now."

Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, and his gaze stayed on Princess Xianning's shoulder.

Just rub shoulders?

But there were also those who were delighted by the sudden shyness between the beautiful girl's brows and eyes, gently embraced Princess Xianning, and whispered in her ear: "The princess smeared me with medicinal wine last time, then I will reciprocate."

The girl was held in Jia Heng's arms, listening to the soft words in her ears, her heart was both shy and sweet, her jade face was as dizzy as flowers and trees piled up with snow, and she said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Served people well."

Jia Heng said softly: "Actually, I have served you before, why don't you serve Your Highness?"

Princess Xianning: "???"

Turning her pretty face away, she stared blankly at the young man's clear eyes, her eyes met, her pink lips fluttered, and she was about to speak, but saw the familiar shadow slowly approaching.

After a while, Jia Heng hugged Princess Xianning, who was delicate and soft, and said in a gentle voice: "Your Highness helped me sort out the paperwork, which saved me a lot of time. I can't repay you, so I can only do this."

Princess Xianning's brows and eyes drooped slightly, her cherry lips glistened, and she gave a soft "hmm". The golden sunset light shone through the window and shone on that dizzy pear-cheeked cheek, which became more and more beautiful and charming. Holding the waist, sniffing his own hair and neck.

Sir, do you mean to use this as a reward?After that she...

"Your Highness, I'll go and see the summaries you made." Jia Heng said softly, sitting on the grand teacher's chair behind the desk, with a facelift, picked up the old book, and looked at it intently.

Princess Xianning suppressed the embarrassment in her heart, picked up the teapot, poured a cup for Jia Heng, handed it over and said, "Drink tea, sir."

Jia Heng nodded, took the teacup, took a sip, and flipped through the books.

Princess Xianning's calligraphy is beautiful and unique, her brushstrokes are skillful, and her words and sentences between the lines also show her writing skills.

"Sir, Kaifeng Mansion has a population of more than one million. Since it fell into the hands of bandits, many tragedies have occurred. How do you plan to appease the people in the future?" Princess Xianning calmed down the shame just now, with a thoughtful look on her face, said softly.

Jia Heng said: "Let's deal with some crimes first, to quell public anger. Besides, civil affairs are the most important thing. If you want to govern a place, you have to look at the household registration, money and grain information. It's best to find the magistrates of the counties under their jurisdiction to inquire about civil affairs, etc. Now that the matter is settled, I plan to inspect all the counties under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Mansion and submit a detailed memorial to the Holy Majesty."

The magistrate of Dahan County is in charge of civil affairs, and is in charge of household registration, money and food.

Princess Xianning said softly: "The officials in Kaifeng Prefecture are still in Weishi County and Qi County at the moment, and they will not come here until tomorrow, but my uncle was the county magistrate in Xiangfu County before, so when he comes over, just ask."

Jia Heng nodded, and said softly: "I have sent someone to invite, and I think all the officials will return to Kaifeng City tomorrow."

Princess Xianning thought for a while and said softly: "Sir, don't worry too much. The emperor heard the news that Kaifeng Mansion has been pacified, and he will send capable officials to clean up the civil affairs if he thinks about it."

"The officials sent by the imperial court may not be helpful." Jia Heng shook his head and said.

The governor seals the territory of a province. If he is appointed, it can benefit the people of one side, but Zhou Dezhen, the previous governor of Henan, is obviously not competent.

Princess Xianning's jade face showed a thoughtful look, and said softly: "Sir, do you want to stay here to govern?"

What should she do if Mr. stays here?

"I'm a general, so it's impossible for me to supervise the political affairs here, and the Holy Majesty will not let me stay longer. When the rebellion is settled and the follow-up compensation and aftermath are completed, we should return to the imperial court." Jia Heng explained.

Before he leaves, the emperor will probably ask him who is the governor of Henan, but there is currently no suitable candidate in his pocket to serve as the governor of Henan.

Jia Zheng had just been transferred to the Secretary of General Administration, and he had no experience in local politics, let alone an inappropriate rank.

Lin Ruhai is suitable, but he is still patrolling the salt in the southern province, and even if the patrol is successful, it would be better to be transferred to the center.

Shi Ding's words are also feasible. Previously, he had been seeking to be appointed as a high official in a province. If Shi Ding was allowed to sit in Henan and slowly infiltrate his power into Henan, the four major families would be in the same breath.

There is no shortage of reasons, the chaos in the south of Henan has not been long, and bandits often start in the Central Plains, and Wu Xun, who is well versed in internal affairs, is urgently needed to be the minister of the frontier and the governor of the region.

Seeing Jia Heng thinking, Princess Xianning didn't bother, and said softly, "Sir."

At this moment, Liu Jixian, a thousand families in brocade clothes outside, said loudly: "My lord, Qu Zhenfu has returned."

Hearing this, Jia Heng put down the book, looked at Princess Xianning and said, "Your Highness, wait here first, I'll go out and meet you."

"Then go, sir. When it gets dark, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare dinner for you." Princess Xianning said softly, watching Jia Heng leave.

When the study room was empty and there was only one person left, the girl pursed her cherry lips, feeling the invasion between her lips and teeth just now, her cheeks were burning hot again.

Jia Heng came to the front hall, Qu Lang had been waiting for a long time at this moment, when he saw Jia Heng, he quickly stood up and said: "I have seen the governor."

Jia Heng looked at Qu Lang and said, "Thanks for your hard work, this time the city of Kaifeng was broken, and Qu Zhenfu should be the first to do it."

"I don't dare to take credit for my duties, the supervisor has given me too much credit." Qu Lang dared not dare.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then asked: "Listen to Liu Jixian, you have found a clue for Bailian's rebellion against the party."

Mentioning this matter, Qu Lang's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Captain, according to Gao Yue's personal soldiers, Bai Lian in the city previously colluded with the bandits against the party and provided them with information about our side in Beijing."

Jia Heng frowned, thinking about the pros and cons, and asked: "It's not surprising that Bailian's rebellious party has a lot of eyeliners in Beijing. Have you ever found a clue?"

Qu Lang's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, the Bailian Rebellious Party has branch helms in Kaifeng, Luoyang and other prefectures, with eyeliners everywhere, even today's Kaifeng prefectures have eyeliners, and today I am mainly busy catching To arrest the rebellious party, more than a dozen were arrested."

When Jia Heng heard this, his eyes were deep and he asked, "Is there an interrogation, did you tell me what happened?"

"There are no core members, but it can be known that the White Lotus Sect is very concerned about the rebellion that occurred in the Central Plains, and actively ran for Gao Yue, providing information. From those rebels, I learned that the White Lotus Saintess is active in Shenjing." Qu Lang said in a low voice.

"The Holy Maiden of the White Lotus?" Jia Heng frowned and repeated in a murmur. For some reason, he suddenly remembered that the bamboo hat assassin who was assassinated by King Zhongshun last year seemed to be a woman.

Qu Lang said in a deep voice: "My lord, the White Lotus Sect is in Ludi, and that's their lair. I have sent Jinyi detectives to hide their identities, and follow the vines to find out the details of the White Lotus Sect."

Jia Heng nodded and praised: "Well done."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Liu Jixian who was at the side, and asked, "Have you delivered the military report to Shandong Admiral Lu Qi?"

Liu Jixian said: "Go back to the governor, and after lunch, order the fast horse to go to Caozhou. As long as you meet Lu Qi's men and horses, you will be quick to inform Lu Qi."

"There are also a lot of bandits in Shandong. After Henan takes a rest, the Beijing camp will send cavalry troops to Lu Province to wipe out the bandits, big and small, who are entrenched in the mountains and forests." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.

In fact, right now it is just a temporary solution. As long as the tyrannical government does not slow down, the bandits will continue to exist.

Thinking of this, he also ordered: "Take a fast horse to find out about Runing Mansion. After the matter over there is settled, the infantry will be divided into several mansions, and the cavalry will be sent to Kaifeng Mansion to discuss the rebuilding of the Henan Capital. Clean up the provinces."

In the past few days, whether it was Shan Ming from Juyang, Xie Zaiyi from Runing Mansion, or Kang Shaowei from Huaiqing on the north bank of the Yellow River, they were all cleaning up the bandits in Henan.

As for the reconstruction of the Henan Metropolitan Guards, after the previous battle, the Henan Metropolitan Army was completely destroyed. Afterwards, he wanted to leave a general in charge and recommend him as the Henan Metropolitan Commander to rebuild the local troops.

Liu Jixian responded.

"Also, ask Qi Jianhui from Luoyang City to speed up his march so that he can allocate his infantry to guard important areas. The cavalry will soon go south to Huguang to wipe out bandits and bandits, in order to get rid of all evil." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.

In the order of Emperor Chongping, he also supervised the military affairs of these provinces, and he could act cheaply in the matter of suppressing bandits first.

Seeing that Jia Heng had no more orders, Liu Jixian accepted the order with fists folded and went busy.

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While Ningguo Mansion was receiving congratulations from the sisters of the Zhen family, in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion, a woman in a thorn hairpin cloth skirt left Rongguo Mansion from the back house, and went back to a courtyard on Ningrong Street to hide for a while. In the afternoon, head towards the west of the city.

In a manor with deep gardens purchased by a merchant named Wan in the west of the city, in a study room surrounded by bamboo forests in the southwest corner.

The young man with deep eyes, high cheekbones and a hooked nose had a gloomy complexion, his eyes were bright and dark, and he said angrily: "The chaos in Henan is settled in an instant, this Jia Ziyu is really hateful!"

"My lord, Miss is here." At this moment, an old servant entered the room and said in a low voice.

The young man suppressed the anger on his face, and said in a low voice, "Let her in."

Not long after, a slender woman in a long navy blue dress, with a snow-like face without makeup, cold eyes that were as sharp as a sword, looked at the young man opposite without saying a word.

"You still know how to come back." The young man said coldly.

The woman Xiuli frowned, but she didn't respond, but sat on a pear wood chair not far away.

The young man's face was gloomy, and the dungeon said: "Do you know? It's all over in Henan."

"Gao Yue and the others acted hastily and did not wait for the right time. It is not surprising that they were defeated." The woman said coldly.

"It's not a surprise!" The young man suppressed the irritability in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "You are at Jia's house, why didn't you say that the Beijing camp was already prepared?"

"It's inconvenient. There are brocade clothes around Jia's house. I'm taking a risk when I come out to see you now." The woman looked indifferent, pondered for a while, and frowned: "Besides, I sent you a message last time, talking about the Jingying cavalry. The soldier showed signs of preparing for war, and I didn't see you taking it to heart."

"You..." The young man's face turned gloomy, and he was speechless for a while.

After thinking about it, he said coldly, "You wasted time at Jia's house, but what did you find out?"

"There are some clues. I can be sure that the Jia family has something to do with the events of that year." The woman's face was cold, but if she observed carefully, she could hear some fluctuations in the calm voice.

"Don't look into these things anymore. When Jia Heng comes back, you find an opportunity to kill him. This person is the important minister under his command. He wiped out Gao Yue and others so easily. If we want to achieve great things, this person must not be left behind!" Eagle Hook The young man with a nose said in a cold voice.

The woman's face was light, and she said: "No, now the young men of Jia's family who are less than eighteen can't move."

"You don't think Jia Heng is right?" The young man narrowed his pupils and said in a cold voice, "The age is not right!"

"Age? Who knows if there is any fake, one or two years old by mistake, can you know?" The woman said lightly.

She had a few doubts about the candidates in her heart. Since she was sent to the Yangsheng Tang, it might be the Qin family's siblings, or it might be Jia Heng who made the transfer, or it might be some unremarkable member of the clan. Bastard, true and false, false and true, anyway, it is inseparable from the Jia family.

Otherwise, why would the handwriting on the psychic jade be those eight characters "Don't lose, don't forget, longevity and prosperity"?

This is why someone left a trail of clues at the same time as she was raising doubts, for the few insiders like her to investigate the truth.

The young man said angrily: "Who knows whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. If the baby was a girl, your work will be in vain now."

"Always try." The woman said coldly.

The young man said coldly: "Then what about Jia Heng? Now that the Jingying has become more powerful, how can we cause trouble in the future?"

"If he is the person we are looking for, wouldn't it be a good thing to be in charge of the Beijing camp now? Maybe we can avenge our hatred and clean up our stigma without betraying our royal blood." The young woman said coldly.

"Impossible!" said the young man.

Not to mention the question of no, even if Jia Heng is really the heir of the prince, he can't be!

The country of this big man belongs to him.

"You have to check it out. It's too early to say anything about it now." The woman said with a blank expression.

The young man was furious and said, "Still investigating? It's because waiting for you to investigate some grandson will delay the opportunity. Otherwise, the Central Plains will be in chaos. What a great opportunity?"

The gaze under the woman's sword eyebrows was as sharp as a sword, and she looked at the hook-nosed young man like an idiot, and said with a sneer, "You don't really think that responding to Henan is a big deal, do you?"

Before the young man could open his mouth, he said in a cold voice: "Gao Yue and his group were wiped out by the tens of thousands of cavalry troops in the Beijing camp without even splashing a single splash of water. It’s just that the imperial court has spent some more hands and feet, and taking a step back, even if it is a mutual loss with the imperial court, it will only destroy the country in the end, and I don’t know who has benefited.”

The young man's face was filled with anger, and he snorted coldly. He had to admit that there was some truth to it.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have waited until now.

"Find the grandson, and then contact those old departments who are interested in the prince, that's the right way." The woman said coldly.

(End of this chapter)