The Zhen Family Brothers in the Red Chamber

There was a commotion outside Jiangdu Mansion, everyone went out, people who were shopping for vegetables also joined in the fun, and then threw away all the things they had picked out in a basket all morning, those refugees in shabby clothes The broken bowl in his hand was also smashed.

King Yong and a group of officials stood at the gate of the county government office, looking at the dejected faces of those who were paraded through the streets, Qi Liang and Xu Zuying beside them began to feel that things were not good.Also with a bad face, there were other big and small officials gathered here early in the morning. King Jing caught Xu Zuying's subordinates, and then found a silver ticket of 200 million taels from him. The stone finally fell to the ground. Before Ren Nanpo wanted to use the money, he didn't dare to say anything. In the end, it was still the third brother who made the decision. If the whereabouts of the well-earned money is unknown, it is estimated that he and the third brother will not have to go back to Beijing. , just find a place to dig a hole and bury themselves. They are very busy, and Zhen Zhu is no exception.

As someone who will take over Jiangning's weaving position in the future, he is very clear about what his father has done before. Although Feng Yueqing belongs to the seventh prince, but in line with the family's principle of not putting one egg in two baskets, Zhen Yingjia and Feng Yueqing are definitely related.

The crime of Wei Minzhong and others parading the streets was naturally embezzling the disaster relief silver, and then King Yong ordered people to distribute the remaining 40 taels of silver in Feng Yueqing's mansion, calling it food and clothing, and distributing it to the people affected by the disaster. A refugee camp was built outside to accommodate refugees nearby.

A few doctors came to the camp spontaneously to save people, King Yong sent a large amount of medicine for them to use after he knew about it, everyone in Jiangdu immediately praised them.Anyway, now that Xu Zuying's subordinates are in his hands, the confession is just waiting for a while, and he lives in Wei Minzhong's mansion with the principle of not wasting.The Wei family members are all imprisoned now, because the house has not been searched yet, and everything in the house is readily available.

Zhen Zhu casually rummaged through two cabinets, which were full of delicate clothes, turned over the foot of the bed, and found that there were silver taels underneath, and Wei Minzhong's own study contained all kinds of calligraphy and paintings of famous people, all of which were of invaluable value.

The study room is facing south from the north, waiting for the sun to rise, the sunlight shines through the emerald green screen window onto the book case, and the millions of taels of banknotes found in it were all taken by King Yong for disaster relief, and the rest He also asked him to pack most of the celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and sent them back to the capital. King Yong was not stupid, he wiped out Wei Mingzhong and Feng Yueqing early, leaving Qi Liang and Xu Zuying frantically looking for someone.

After she was free, Zhen Zhu obediently went to the study to practice calligraphy, not to disturb King Yong and King Jing who were being invited to drink by officials from the south of the Yangtze River.

He has been in the study for three days, and the strangest thing about this study is the various vases on the antiquities shelf in the west. I heard that Wei Minzhong likes porcelain pots, so there are many collections in the mansion, and the people around him are even more trying to please him. For the favor of him, he sent all kinds of playthings.

"If you want to hide something, naturally you have to put it in a place where you can see it but others can't." Zhen Zhu touched her face and tried hard to think. Until now, she could find that Wei Minzhong had a relationship with the Seventh Prince. There are not many letters involved, and they are mostly normal exchanges. After all, the Seventh Prince is in charge of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhen Zhu circled the shelf twice, flipping each one back and forth. There was indeed nothing hidden in the bottle, so where would it be?

He looked around the entire study room, and found that Wei Minzhong's bedroom had been dug three feet by the officers and soldiers. If there was anything there, it would have appeared along with the silver coin, but there was nothing, especially when he knew that Wei Minzhong had sent someone to inspect it. Zhen Zhu felt even more uncomfortable when she was looking for someone at home.

He vaguely remembered that King Yong looked at him very delicately at that time. The slightly calculating eyes let him know that he must make a move this time, otherwise his father would be in trouble. For King Yong, he was unwilling to surrender. Minister, there is no need to defend it, so it is absolutely impossible for the father to be okay with such a big incident in Jiangning this time. The premise is that the emperor knows or not, and he dare not bet.

"Things, things, things, thin, hidden." Zhen Zhu stood with her arms folded for a while, bit her index finger and thought about it, and suddenly saw four symmetrical Gemstones, and the square protrusions on the top, if this is not a decoration but a drawer, Zhen Zhu squatted down and buckled it with her fingers, but it didn't feel moving at all. He ran to the desk and took a look, found the paper knife, and climbed onto the chair Then climbed up the table again, the good thing climbed down the same way, ran under the shelf and cut it in with a knife according to the gap.

Smooth flow!Sure enough, it was empty!He subconsciously knocked on the vicinity with the handle of the knife again, and sure enough there was a gap, how to open it.Zhen Zhu squatted on the ground, looked hard, then lay down cautiously, looked twice hard, just when he stretched out his hand and was about to violently dig it open with a knife, a pair of hands appeared in front of him, the fingers were pale, and there were some spots on them. Calluses and scars, you can tell by looking at martial arts. As a young master who has grown up pampered, Zhen Zhu actually admires it very much.

——If you don’t see it here, it’s great!

I touched the top twice with my fingers, and then pushed the inlaid gems clockwise. Those gems were actually movable, but there seemed to be fixed kneelings, waiting for the gems to turn around, and they stuck. With a sound, the box bounced under Zhen Zhu's nose.

"Seventh brother's, seventh brother's, yes, Mi Zhezi, yes, for the prince, oh, and the governor of Hedao, yes." King Yong took a look at the stack of things he took out from the hidden compartment, There are not only the account books of his bribery, but also the people he bribed. There are countless officials above the fourth rank. If you want to say that this Jiangnan area is not involved, it is like a net. When it comes to the net, King Yong glanced at Zhen Zhu Well, the Zhen family has been ministers in Jiangning for several generations. I am afraid that the Zhen family's connections are more prominent than this little Wei Minzhong.

"Still lying on your stomach, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" King Yong glanced at Zhen Zhu, although there was a smile on his face, but in Zhen Zhu's view, he was very indifferent.

He got up and patted his knees, then straightened his sleeves, still holding the paper knife he had just used for digging in his hand, which was shining brightly and not too heavy. When he stood in front of King Yong, he felt that his whole body They are all stiff, obviously he has already passed 26, and he is older than King Yong, but a child raised from a greenhouse like him is not as good as King Yong. I heard that the princes of the current dynasty have all been on the battlefield Not to mention the great prince with outstanding military exploits, King Yong himself also fought against Zhungeer.

Without saying a word, Zhen Zhu knelt down in front of King Yong, biting her lip and not speaking.

King Yong reached out and took the paper cutter in Zhen Zhu's hand into his own, looked at it, and put it on the desk. He sat on the chair and began to read the letter inside. This Wei Minzhong is a sensible person. The documents were all neatly arranged, and one could tell who the letter was addressed to by looking at the envelopes, but King Yong still read them one by one, and tidied up the things after reading them.

When Zhen Zhu saw that there was no one from the Zhen family, she was finally relieved, but before she could finish her breath, she saw King Yong stood up, walked into the study, and stretched out his feet to put the two white mats by the door. The big blue and white porcelain vase was kicked to pieces, and the first one was missing, so he stretched out his foot and kicked the other one. After hearing a crisp sound, King Yong found what he wanted. On a thin piece of paper, there were hundreds of people's names densely written on it. , King Yong shook casually, and Zhen Zhu, who turned around to look over, saw Zhen Yingjia's name above.

"Here is the official protection talisman passed down by them. This Wei Minzhong is also very powerful. He knows everything, oh, and your father's name." After saying that, King Yong walked up to Zhen Zhu, squatted down, Seeing Zhen Zhu who couldn't kneel down, she was a little slumped.

Cold sweat broke out on Zhen Zhu's forehead. After many days with King Yong, he knew for the first time what it was like to stand opposite King Yong. He wanted to reach out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but King Yong grabbed his hand.

"Stupid boy, what's the matter? Being an official is a tightrope walker. Who knows when it will fall off. If your father had nothing to do with this, how could you still sit in Jiangning Weaving Mansion? He has already taken over and changed people. Do you think the Holy Majesty Don’t you know? No, your father has already told the sage that you are the only child who is worried about your father for no reason, and you are a filial person.” King Yong reached out and touched Zhen Zhu’s face, and the child’s face turned pale with fright .

He was able to catch Zhen Zhu's change today because the guard who served Zhen Zhu said that the young master had been sleeping a little unsteadily for the past two days. King Yong thought about it casually, and he knew the cause and effect. Okay, but it is estimated that Zhen Yingjia taught her too well, and her heart ached too much, and she couldn't bear to let her son know the pedantry of this world.In the final analysis, it is the noble and aloof belonging to the aristocratic family, no matter what shady things he does behind his back, his face is always full of flowers.

Zhen Zhu trembled all over. He looked up at King Yong cautiously, and then said that he deserved to die, so he kowtowed to King Yong. He was about to beg for mercy, but he was not good at it, so he only said damn , I can't find anything else, the sweet words of the past have all turned into nothingness at this moment.

"Okay, I think you are still young, and you will have a long time to get along with this king in the future, so I have to teach you a lesson so that you know it hurts, so you don't dare to be naughty anymore." King Yong lit which piece of paper with fire So, it was burned in front of Zhen Zhu, no matter whether the content on this paper will appear in the future, as long as it is not Wei Minzhong's handwriting, it will definitely not hurt the Zhen family.

Zhen Zhu kowtowed sincerely this time: "Thank you, my lord. In the future, whoever is useful to a villain, the villain will die and will repay the lord." For the first time, he no longer considered his age when he spoke, Regardless of whether the other party doubts why a child can speak such mature words, compared to being burned to death, what needs to be worried about is their entire Zhen family, the father who loves him like his life, and the old lady who really loves him.Even if he doesn't like his eldest sister, he doesn't want her to suffer because of her poor family.