[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

Meiqin, who came in with Aunt Xue, also saw that Xue Pei was not in good health, and she only thought it was the bowl of medicine that helped.But looking around secretly, the medicine was still in the bowl, and the bowl was placed on the small table in front of the bed, it didn't look like it had been drunk, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

This surprise naturally fell into Xue Pei's eyes, and he naturally saw that there was something wrong with the original owner's aunt.He motioned Aunt Xue to come closer, and Xue Pei asked feebly, "Is this medicine a new prescription prescribed by the doctor?"

When Aunt Xue saw the bowl of medicine on the bedside table, she was also a little suspicious: "I asked Tong Xi to look at the decoction in person. Who sent this medicine?"

Meiqin's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she looked at Xue Pei with tears in her eyes: "The maidservant heard that the master finally woke up, but no one gave the master any medicine, so she decocted it and brought it here."

"Nonsense," Aunt Xue said to Meiqin angrily: "Master is awake, the original prescription will naturally have to be changed, that's why I asked someone to pick up the medicine and fry it for Master to eat again. Don't I care about Master's body more than you do?" Said Meiqin knelt down, and couldn't help admitting her mistake to Aunt Xue.

Xue Pei was simply convinced.This Aunt Xue, it seems that she usually complains about Meiqin's favor, and she wants to use this matter to suppress her.But shouldn't you focus on the key points and let people test whether there are any harmful things in the medicine? Even if you don't have it, let people add some. Are you in good health?

Aunt Xue wanted to scold her again, so Xue Pei had no choice but to do it herself, coughing at Aunt Xue and commanding: "I, in my own home, was poisoned for no apparent reason. Now no one can believe it. Call someone, call someone quickly."

As soon as he said to call someone, Meiqin's heart skipped a beat, and she called "Master" repeatedly in her mouth, and Lihua, who was crying again, told her love for him, feeling that he didn't trust her now, My heart was crushed and I couldn't live anymore.The master felt that the bowl of medicine was poisonous, so he might as well let her drink it, so as to prove his innocence.

While talking, Meiqin had already stood up, and wanted to get medicine and pour it into her mouth.Aunt Xue first heard Meiqin talk about her love for Xue Pei, and she felt very uncomfortable. When she saw that Meiqin really wanted to drink that bowl of medicine, she felt that the old man was like an enemy.She hoped that it was really a bowl of poison, that Meiqin would drink it and die.After so much thought, Aunt Xue even forgot to call someone.

Xue Pei was so angry that he had to hold on to protect the bowl of medicine so that Meiqin would not snatch it away, and he had to cough and wheeze, and was so tired that he almost didn't pass out again.Finally, a few girls came in, restrained Meiqin according to Xue Pei's order, and invited the doctor over.

To be honest, the doctor Xue Pei didn't really trust him, but he couldn't say that the medicine was poisonous.Fortunately, with Meiqin's uproar just now, even if the medicine was not poisonous, there is still a reason to dismiss her, and let her take advantage of Zhen Yingjia's troubles to cut off contact with the fourth prince first!

When Meiqin saw that the doctor had really been called, there was no trace of blood on her usually charming face, and Xue Pei could hardly speak, so she only signaled Aunt Xue to let the doctor test the medicine.

Aunt Xue came to her senses at this time, and told the doctor about Xue Pei's suspicion, and asked the doctor to test the medicine quickly to see if there was anything in it that shouldn't have been put in it. Is it harmful.

The doctor's expression was not good-looking, he looked at Meiqin like a knife, shook the medicine bowl, took another sip to taste the ingredients, and then said to Xue Pei and Aunt Xue:

"It turns out that the remaining poison in the master's body has not been cleared, so there is an aconitum in the medicine to protect the heart. Now that Master Xue is awake, the aconitum can no longer be used. The new prescription has removed the smell. But this bowl of medicine contains aconitum. The weight of the head has been increased several times compared to the original prescription, which is not a cure, but a life-threatening." Whoever sent the person dared to poison in front of his face, and was arrested Then, I have to report to the master.

Meiqin collapsed to her knees on the ground, and said in her mouth that she didn't know who changed the medicine, and that someone didn't want her to be the master's heart, and deliberately framed her.Xue Pei got the evidence and asked someone to take her down directly to watch, not to let her commit suicide, so she thanked the doctor.

After the doctor had gone out, Xue Pei signaled Aunt Xue to come to his bed, and said in a low voice, "My wife has seen it, and the people in my house can't believe it. It's better to let people take good care of the doctor."

Aunt Xue messed up her hands and feet because of the matter of charming Qin just now, and almost let that bitch destroy the evidence. She was feeling uncomfortable. Hearing Xue Pei's order, she felt that the master believed in herself the most, and said in her heart: "Don't worry, master, I So let people tidy up the house and let the doctor live in it, and when the master recovers, he will send the doctor out of the house."

Alright, although Xue Pei was not sure whether the people in his mansion would pass on the news to the doctor, so he could only agree to Aunt Xue's proposal—in any case, his mansion took a precautionary stance Come on, if those people want to attack themselves again, they have to cover up one or two things.

Taking advantage of their cover-up, I can do something myself.

No, the medicine that was supposed to be decocted, but on the way the girl brought it, was spilled by a little girl who only kept her hair, and had to be decocted again.But I was in a hurry to pick up the medicine just now, so I only had one pair, and I had to work with my wife to open the warehouse to find the medicine.

Xue Pei curled his lips, and while Aunt Xue was looking for medicine, he dripped two drops of repair solution into his mouth - he didn't dare to drink too much at once, lest people think that he recovered from his illness too quickly, and that he was not as good as Give him a white knife to go in, and a red knife to come out happily.

Xue Pei, who was just able to sit up in the eyes of outsiders, the first thing he did was to call Xue Cheng, the chief steward of the mansion, to escort Meiqin to Jinling Mansion to report to the officials, saying that this aunt murdered the head of the family, and the evidence was naturally that the bowl of medicine was returned. There is a doctor who treats Xue Pei.

Waiting for Xue Cheng to take people away, Xue Pei was helped to the inner study with coughing and panting, drove away the people, and immediately began to write a memorial to the emperor. It was poisoned, and the poisoner has been found out, it is the aunt sent by Zhen Yingjia.

Now that my body has been corrupted, I am afraid that time is running out and I can no longer serve the saint. I ask the saint to send someone to Jinling to replace me, lest I really go suddenly. The money the Xue family earned for the emperor will fall into Whose hands.

After finishing writing the notebook, he sealed it solemnly and placed it on the table. Xue Pei hung up a secret sign outside the inner study according to the original owner's memory, and then returned to the inner room to recuperate.

This inner study room was the last place where the Xue Family Patriarchs retreated, and even the mistress was not allowed to enter.So Xue Pei put the booklet on the table, not worried at all that people would read it—the servants of the Xue family were not the only ones guarding this study.

Although the original owner didn't know who else was guarding the inner study, he knew that as long as he hung up the password, the booklet on the table would disappear, and he would receive the emperor's reply within half a month.

Besides, he only stated the facts in the notebook, without adding any subjective conjectures of his own, that is, he did not say that Meiqin was sent by Zhen Yingjia to monitor him, nor that Meiqin was ordered by the Zhen family to poison him. Not to mention that the doctor has diagnosed that there may be more than one person who poisoned himself.

Even if such an excerpt falls into the hands of someone else, they will know that Xue Pei has the right to perform secret expositions. Anyway, this is no secret in Jinling, and people are not afraid of knowing.

Just after Xue Pei dripped two drops of repairing fluid on himself for the third time, Zhen Yingjia came to visit him.But that demeanor didn't look like he was seeing a doctor, he looked like he was looking for someone to settle accounts, which made Xue Pei feel that the Zhen family was the same as the Rongguo Mansion, that all the smart ones were women, and the men were just putting on a show.

Since Zhen Yingjia acted like a debt collector, Xue Pei was not polite to him, no matter whether Zhen Yingjia asked him to withdraw the complaint against Meiqin or wanted money, Xue Pei said: no.

Zhen Yingjia did not expect that after walking around the gate of hell, Xue Pei was not only not intimidated, but became hardened. Before asking for money, it was difficult for him to ask for money, but now he dared to tell himself that there was no more, and he couldn't help being ashamed and angry: "Xue Pei Pei, you don't want to toast or eat fine wine."

Xue Pei coughed loudly, and said, "I've already eaten this penalty wine, and it tastes just like that. It's fatal."

"You——" Zhen Yingjia pointed at Xue Pei with her index finger and was speechless. Didn't she kill Xue Pei? Meiqin, a thing that failed to accomplish anything, wasted so much energy on him. Even the little imperial merchants can't handle it.

Seeing Zhen Yingjia leaving in a huff, Xue Pei had a cold smile on his lips, and went to the inner study to write a secret letter again: Zhen Yingjia asked the minister for money in the name of the fourth prince, and the minister suspected that Zhen Yingjia was acting under the banner of the fourth prince. A matter of making money.

Xue Pei would not bluntly say that the fourth prince wanted to do something wrong, let the suspicious emperor investigate it himself, and you will know why Zhen Yingjia is so anxious to collect money.

However, the Xue family's property over the years cannot be cheap to outsiders. Today, since Zhen Yingjia warned herself not to toast or eat fine wine, let's make three glasses of fine wine.

Xue Pei, who was in the inner study, turned an inconspicuous plum vase in the corner of Duobao Pavilion slightly to the right, and the whole Duobao Pavilion creaked and slowly moved towards the wall. After removing it, after moving into the wall, there are narrow stairs on the left and right sides that only allow one person to pass sideways.

Xue Pei thought as he walked, if he didn't succeed the original owner, Xue Pan would definitely not be able to enter these two secret rooms, because the original owner might not have time to confess, and even if he confessed, Xue Pan would not be able to enter because he was too fat.Therefore, in the original book, the Xue family only has a millionaires left, and it is really not the reason why Xue Pan will prodigal.Waiting for myself to leave this place, I must lose weight for that silly son.

He entered the secret room on the left, which contained the silver that the head of the Xue family kept for the emperor according to the orders of the previous emperors.The reason why this silver was left in the Xue family is that if there is a natural disaster or a swordsman in the south of the Yangtze River, the Xue family can directly take out the silver for relief or donation, which is more convenient than releasing the silver from the court:

The emperor talked a lot, but wanted to use some money, and there were always ministers, regardless of whether the money was reasonable or unreasonable, whether they were in a hurry or not, and went on to persuade them one after another to show that they were more thoughtful than the emperor.In order to let the people in the south of the Yangtze River get relief earlier, it is really better for the Xue family to donate money, saving time, effort and tongue.

But now the dynasty has only passed down to the third generation, and the south of the Yangtze River is a rich place, so there is really no place for money.Xue Pei made a rough estimate, and the silver in the secret room was at least 600 million taels.

Put your hand on the silver box, and the boxes are put into the space one by one.Xue Pei smiled at the empty secret room without guilt: The royal family's trust in the Patriarch of the Xue family has been repaid after the original owner was poisoned, and he has no pressure to accept this little money.

After entering the secret room on the right, it is the money accumulated by the Xue family over the years, which is not on the public account. There are not only gold and silver ingots, but also antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and land deeds in boxes.Seeing these things, Xue Pei admitted that the Xue family deserves the testimonial that pearls are like earth and gold is like iron.

This is something belonging to the Xue family, so he can put it away with peace of mind - now that he is the owner of the Xue family, is there any problem with keeping the things of the Xue family?

After collecting the contents of the two secret rooms without any problem, and restoring the Duobao Pavilion to its original position, Xue Peicai calmly hung up the code and left the inner study.As he walked, he sighed, the first generation of Ziwei Sheren, that is really the emperor's confidant, he divided the emperor's property with his own family's property so innocently, and the founding emperor didn't even tell his next emperor. ,awesome.

In fact, Xue Pei was still limited by the times. Even if he knew that the second emperor was not a prince, he never thought that the founding emperor would have no time to explain to his successor. His belongings are really nothing to the royal family, even if they are gone, there is still time to save them when he is firmly seated on the throne.

The same is true for the current emperor.Before getting the big position, he only vaguely knew that there was such a spy in the royal family in the south of the Yangtze River.After he inherited the big position and obtained a complete distribution of spies, he would follow the method of the previous emperor, let the Xue family continue to monitor Jiangnan, and send people to monitor the Xue family until he felt that the Xue family was trustworthy, and then let the Xue family continue to monitor Jiangnan. Keep making money for yourself.

So just now Xue Pei took away the royal family's silver, which was a total of 600 million taels, but in today's mind, the amount of silver he kept in Xue Pei's hand was only more than 110 million taels-this is the current order to the original owner. In the view of the emperor, as long as there is no natural disaster in the entire south of the Yangtze River, the amount of more than one million taels of silver is enough to support it.

At night, Xue Pei found that the secret book in his inner study had been taken away. He was half relieved, and then when the moon was dark and the wind was high, he directly set fire to the inner study.

It's not that Xue Pei's arson technique is rusty, but that his arson must conform to the characteristics of the times, right?This fire was made by someone who saw that Xue Pei was not poisoned to death, and was afraid that he would secretly report to the emperor.

Waiting for Aunt Xue to run over in a state of shock, Xue Pei had already vomited blood in anger, and shouted: "Zhen Yingjia, you villain, how dare you set fire." Then he fell to the ground unconscious.

The fire must be rescued naturally, and the two empty secret rooms will naturally be discovered. Xue Pei, who had just been rescued, found that the secret room was empty, and it was inevitable to vomit blood and faint again.

Fortunately, the wind in the south of the Yangtze River is small, even though the inner study is in the main courtyard, the main room was not burned down.As soon as Xue Pei woke up, he didn't care about vomiting blood and failing his body again, so he must be helped to the ruins of the inner study.

Facing the two stairwells that had become black holes, Xue Pei burst into tears, and murmured something about being ashamed of God's grace, sorry for the ancestors, etc., and he looked decadent and aged more than ten years old.

The magistrate of Jinling had already received a report from the Xue family, saying that someone had set fire and robbed countless property, but when asked about the exact amount of the property, the person who reported the case could not give a clear answer, so he had to go to the mansion to ask Xue Pei, the patriarch, in person. Ask for details.

The current Xue Pei was as if he was in a daze. All the prefect of Jinling saw was Xue Pei who sat on the edge of the ruins without eating or drinking, stared at the two black holes in a daze, and seemed to be unable to hear the questions.

It wasn't until someone around him secretly reminded him, and after two more pushes, that Xue Pei finally realized who the person in front of him was.Seeing this clearly was like seeing a savior, and he grabbed the hand of the prefect of Jinling:

"It's Zhen Yingjia, it must be that villain Zhen Yingjia. He just came to the house yesterday and threatened me not to toast and not eat fine wine. My inner study caught fire that night. This is the fine wine he gave me. God, God, this is to exterminate my Xue family. I, Xue Pei, am ashamed of my ancestors." I didn't say any more words of ashamed of Tian En.

The magistrate of Jinling also saw the two black holes, thinking that what was hidden inside were all the wealth accumulated by the Xue family over the years, so Xue Pei cried and complained that he was sorry for his ancestors.When he heard Xue Pei say something that violated the precepts of his ancestors, he had to remind Xue Pei that he could not frame others without evidence.

Zhen Yingjia, that is the uncle of the fourth prince. When Xue Pei said that Zhen Yingjia set fire, the prefect of Jinling wished that he hadn't come here. How could he just listen to Xue Pei's words and investigate whether Zhen Yingjia directly or sent someone to set him free? fire?

The poor prefect of Jinling didn't realize that the person who had been supporting Xue Pei all the time had a flash of light in his eyes when he heard Xue Pei say that the heavens would destroy the Xue family and that he was ashamed of his ancestors.

Xue Pei made a detailed list of the "stolen" property, and sent away the Jinling magistrate who took a breath of air. After a long time, he was helped back to the inner room like a walking dead, and then asked for paper and pen.Aunt Xue also wanted to persuade him to rest and recuperate, but was scolded by him for being a woman.

Let's go, Xue Pei didn't want to be seen by Aunt Xue when he was writing the secret book, otherwise this woman would definitely ask the bottom line.The original owner was repeatedly questioned by Aunt Xue because of her indiscretion, and she felt that this was her pillow person, as long as she was told not to tell outsiders, she would know the seriousness.

In the end, the bedside person who knew the seriousness revealed the news to her natal family, and then let the Zhen family know about it. In the end, even the emperor knew about his spying, which led to the original owner making room for him.

In order not to repeat the mistakes of the original owner, Xue Pei has to send Aunt Xue as far as possible?This secret letter is related to whether he can escape from the spy position, so Xue Pei wrote it with a hundred times more care than the previous two secret letters.

He first pleaded guilty to the emperor, saying that he did not keep the money for the emperor, and the news of the saint's private treasury in his home was leaked somehow, and the saint's money was emptied overnight by the thief, not to mention, the thief still wanted to kill him , set fire to his inner study.

Xue Pei focused on describing that the inner study room is less than a dozen steps away from the main house where he lives. As long as there is a little wind from the sky, he, his wife and children will not be spared.Fortunately, by luck, the Holy Son of Heaven blessed him, and his wife and children escaped the catastrophe.

But Xue Pei himself blamed himself very much, feeling that he was extremely sorry for the emperor.He said that he knew that he should have died to apologize, but he had to wait until now because the ancestors of the Xue family were only loyal to the emperor and did not cause trouble to the emperor.

Therefore, Xue Pei wants to keep this breath, and wait for the person sent by the emperor to replace him, so that he can dedicate his family wealth that has not been stolen by the thieves to the emperor through the hands of the successor, which can almost pay off his sins. one.

This time Xue Pei added some speculations of his own to the secret book. After all, he had told the prefect of Jinling that it was Zhen Yingjia who set the fire. The prefect of Jinling didn't know that the arson was to conceal wealth, but the emperor should know the truth.

Because it was only yesterday that Zhen Yingjia threatened Xue Pei not to toast or eat fine wine.

After finishing writing the secret booklet, he hung the secret sign that should be hung in the inner study outside the main room. Regardless of his own illness, Xue Pei asked someone to help him look at the two black holes.After leaving the main room, Xue Pei still ordered that without his order, even the wife was not allowed to enter the inner room.

When Xue Pei stared blankly at the black hole enough and returned to the inner room, the seal was gone again, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Xue Pei's mouth.If he could get the emperor's reply within half a month or see the spy who replaced him, he could be sure who the emperor put by his side to monitor him.

Just when the mood was a little better, Aunt Xue brought Xue Pan and Xue Baochai here again in a panic, causing Xue Pei's mood to sink to the bottom all of a sudden.When Aunt Xue told him that the heads of the other seven households had already arrived in the flower hall and were waiting to see him as the patriarch, Xue Pei calmed down instead.

Well done, let's just say that the Xue family will not wait for him to recover from his illness like this, and he has to say something close to the water when he gets into trouble.After coughing twice, Xue Pei waved to Xue Pan: "Come with me to meet people."

"My lord, Pan'er is still young." Aunt Xue heard that the uncles of the seventh house were not in a good mood, and she didn't want Xue Pan to look at the faces of those people, and she was even more afraid that they would hurt her only son when they got excited.

Xue Pei only looked at Xue Pan: "Our family is in trouble now, and I don't know how long my body can last. You are the only male in the house. Are you willing to go to see people with Weifu?"

Xue Pan really wanted to say that he didn't want to go, but he couldn't say that to Xue Pei's expectant eyes—his father valued him, and his father thought he was a man, so he valued him.