The True Winner of the Red Chamber

Kang He only woke up after sleeping for a while. Lying on his stomach was not a comfortable position, and there was such a big hole in his back, so he woke up with pain when he moved a little.

"Get up and eat something." Zhen Yingjia said, and put two pillows under Kang He's chest, and let him eat on his stomach.

"It's true—I don't know when it will be better." Kang He sighed.

"Don't next time..." After going through such a situation, Zhen Yingjia couldn't help talking to him in a tactful manner, "Just now the general said that these people have been killed and silenced, but what to do next, you need to come up with a charter."

The atmosphere of a good meal was interrupted by this topic, and Kang He couldn't help feeling a little discouraged, but after all, this was a serious matter, and it was about a big plan, so he had to restrain his mind, thought for a while and smiled wryly: "To be honest... Can't handle it."

The movements of Zhen Yingjia's hands paused.

Kang He smiled, "But if you can't control it, it doesn't mean you can't do anything. Since those people have already been punished, they barely avenged the knife, and the news that I am the eldest grandson of the emperor has been spread, and I was tortured by the salt dealer again." With such a serious injury, no matter whether it is a salt dealer or an official, they must be feeling uneasy now and restless all night."

Zhen Yingjia nodded in agreement with his analysis, "And then?"

"After all, I have no real power, let alone a prince, I'm not even a prince."

One sentence shocked thousands of waves, and Zhen Yingjia suddenly realized what the emperor meant. Is this a temptation?Or defensive?He looked at Kang He together.

"I can't intervene in local affairs. Whether it's the magistrate or the general soldier, I can't deal with them. Even if I know that they are in collusion with the salt merchants, it is justifiable for the emperor's grandfather to do it. If I exceed my authority and dispose of them, the emperor What would grandfather think of me? Besides, you and I came to Jiangnan for the purpose of practicing the palace." After Kang He finished speaking, he asked again, "How is the palace?"

Zhen Yingjia said: "I haven't forgotten, the repairs are almost done. Your Majesty said that you want to change this place into the Taimiao, but you can't change it while your majesty is alive. In short, you can repair it a little according to the previous style, and the rest can only wait for it." ...in the future."

Kang He hummed, and sighed: "After finishing our errands, we can go back to the capital."

"I still feel unwilling to go back like this." Zhen Yingjia looked at the wound on Kang He's back. Although it didn't ooze blood now, it was just that the wound was uneven. One could tell how dangerous it was at that time.

"In this case, you just pretend to be sick." Zhen Yingjia had an idea in her heart, and quickly said to Kang He: "No one will come, I just ask them to quickly arrange a boat for us to return to the capital. In Jinling, there are governors, governors, The general soldier, the magistrate, and the inspector of the salt censor, but they also made the salt dealers bigger. I know they want to get rid of your crimes, but I don’t want them to be happy. I want to make them feel It’s better to be anxious and anxious all day long! The rest of the matter—we will settle it together in the future!”

Kang He naturally had no objection.If you can't deal with it, you can't deal with it, but he can do it if you don't make them feel at ease, and it can also make Ren Ren less aggrieved for a while.

Now that the two of them have made up their minds, Zhen Yingjia is like going out to arrange for his servants to pack up, but he didn't expect Kang He to hold his hand.

"Take a nap first, let's see what time it is? It's past the third watch, wait until tomorrow daytime."

Zhen Yingjia thought it was the same reason, so she tidied up immediately, slept on another couch in the room, and said: "Call me if I have anything to do." After a long while, he said: "Tomorrow I will have to sleep until Si time, so I won't call them." I won’t go out until it’s dark.”

Now that Zhen Yingjia has made up his mind, it is true that no one is near Kang He.

No matter who came, they squinted their eyes, looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "The grandson of the emperor is recuperating, and he suffered such a wound on his back. Naturally, he needs to recuperate well. What if there is something wrong with his body? Are you going to plead guilty with His Majesty?"

No one dared to do this, so he could only smile wryly.

The governor and others came to ask him what to do with the aftermath?Apart from the fact that Zhen Yingjia lost his sense of proportion when he saw the emperor's eldest grandson injured that day, the chief soldier also went with him. He just discussed with the general soldier and sent the governor away.

In addition, Zhen Yingjia also had someone in his hands, but he packed up the boat in three to five days, and left inadvertently in the early morning, but no one noticed.

The two got on the boat, and Zhen Yingjia helped Kang He to the ground, and then he suddenly laughed, "I finally understand what it's like to be a scoundrel." He shook his head while laughing and said, "It's really good."

After all, Kang He has a good foundation. After a few days of raising him, he can move his hands and prop up his upper body. Hearing this, he also laughed a few times, "You protect me tightly."

Zhen Yingjia glanced at him, then her eyes fell on the wound on his back, "It's always inferior to you."

The voice of this sentence was low, and there seemed to be a hundred kinds of emotions mixed in it. Hearing it, Kang He felt an itch in his heart, but he felt pain in his back as soon as he moved his hand.

He couldn't help secretly hating the person who slashed him that day, if his back wasn't injured now, he really wished he could hold Zhen Yingjia in his arms and force him to find out why.

It's just... If it wasn't for this injury, I'm afraid I wouldn't have heard this sentence.

Seeing his reaction and the series of expressions on his face, Zhen Yingjia thought it was funny in her heart, and said with a half-smile on purpose: "The grandson of the emperor should rest well, and it will be fine if there is something wrong in the future." Said Then she stepped forward and lifted the quilt up for him, and patted his shoulder, "It's cold on this boat, you should take good care of your injuries, don't try to write about anything else—especially something you can't do for the time being."

Kang He grabbed his troublesome hand tightly.Zhen Yingjia was concerned about the injury on his back, so she didn't dare to struggle hard, so she was dragged by Kang He to the side of the bed to sit down.

It's just that Kang He didn't speak, just raised his head and stared at him with a pair of eyes.

Zhen Yingjia knew that he was just a strong outsider, and this posture would not last long, so she didn't speak, just being held by him and looked at by him, and responded with a smile, but there was a little bit of "what can you do with me?" Seeing the emotion of "like", Kang He really wished that he could just--just get rid of him now!

It's just that Kang He couldn't move his back, and he also knew that the future would be long, and he couldn't really tear the injury on his back, so after only a cup of tea, Kang He lost his energy, and fell back on the bed in frustration, with his head stuck in the pillow not talking anymore.

"You take good care of it." Zhen Yingjia's voice softened again, "The coldness on the boat is not conducive to wound healing. If you go back to the palace and you can't heal your wound well, won't His Majesty punish me as well?" Kang He pulled the quilt.

After such coaxing, Kang He really regained his interest, and immediately put on a comfortable posture, thinking: "Don't worry, let's walk a little slower on the road, and it will be too late to go back after a month, and then I will be alive and well again." .”

Where Kang He couldn't see, Zhen Yingjia smiled silently, and said softly: "I'll tell them to cook, you should rest for a while, you've lost so much blood, you need to sleep more to make up for it."

Kang He was appeased again, nodded his head hastily, and Zhen Yingjia went out with a smile on his face.

Life on the boat had been fine for the two of them.

Kang He talked to Zhen Yingjia on his stomach every day, and sometimes asked Zhen Yingjia to read to him to relieve his boredom, but after all, he was injured and had to sleep at least six hours a day.

Half a month later, the boat has reached the northern boundary, and it is getting colder and colder. It takes only a quarter of an hour to be on the deck, and the cold wind will blow your heart away. Therefore, except for the supplies in the small town on the shore every three to five days, no one has come out. .

The main cabin was warmed by the charcoal fire. After more than half a month, Kang He was able to sit up and eat by himself. Zhen Yingjia took advantage of his time to wipe his body to take a good look at the wound on his back, and a thick layer of it formed. The scab, as long as he doesn't move too much and doesn't kill himself, the wound will heal in about half a month, but it will take a few years for the scar to disappear, and it's impossible for it to disappear completely.

Kang He leaned sideways on the rug, looking at Zhen Yingjia who was sitting beside him. Zhen Yingjia was reading a book of travel notes to Kang He.

To be honest, Zhen Yingjia felt that this kind of travel notes was really nothing interesting, the language was highly condensed, and the writing was extremely simple, but Kang He didn't want to listen to this, but just found an excuse to be in the same room with him.

And... what Zhen Yingjia read today was actually the same as the day before yesterday, and Kang He didn't catch it, which shows that he didn't know where his thoughts went.

After reading two pages of the book, Kang He changed his posture, and suddenly said: "I never said that when I was arrested that day, they thought I belonged to Lin Ruhai." Kang He said bitterly: "I thought he was alone. He has no family, and sent his daughter away, leaving him alone in the south of the Yangtze River, thinking that he didn't want to leave any worries...but he didn't."

Zhen Yingjia was startled, and after understanding what Kang He meant, she shook her head subconsciously, "It's not him... that's right! I met Lin Ruhai's housekeeper on the road that day, and he came to deliver the post, and he must have been seen that time."

However, although the post was sent to him, Kang He was injured the next day, and the matter of visiting Lin's mansion naturally fell through.During those two days, Zhen Yingjia's full attention was on Kang He. Although Lin Ruhai also came to visit him, Zhen Yingjia treated him no differently from others.

Hearing Zhen Yingjia's explanation, Kang He knew it was a misunderstanding, but he said again: "If it wasn't for Lin Ruhai, I wouldn't have been stabbed." Although he knew it was a misunderstanding, his dislike for Lin Ruhai didn't decrease much.

Kang He pondered for a moment, then said: "Lin Ruhai sent his daughter to the Jia Mansion? He is in charge of the salt tax. Does he know that the Jia Mansion is also involved?"

Zhen Yingjia was also curious about this question, but analyzed it from another angle, "I don't know either. But Jia's house is his mother-in-law's house, and no one in his house is watching, so naturally he wants to send his daughter there."

Kang He sighed, "How could my father use such a person? Although he is of good background and an upstart, he has a lot to do with meritorious nobles. If I... I would definitely not use him, it would be too risky."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, stood up and supported Kang He to lie down, and said, "The eldest grandson of the emperor worries too much, he should take good care of his illness first, let's talk about the future."