The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

When he was placed under house arrest in the Rongguo Mansion, when he saw the panic-stricken Jia family locked together with men and women, he said angrily first: "Master Fu! I know you are a servant of the Prince of Qin's mansion, and you are of high rank, but here is Duke's Mansion! All the female relatives here have orders! Even I am a cabinet bachelor! Master Fu is so rude, is there any law?"

Fu Zhong flipped his right hand, and a jade plaque waved in front of him: "Do things according to the order, the emperor's oral order is the king's law! Besides, how does Mr. Wang know that the lower officials have neglected the order of the rank?"

Wang Ziteng's feet went limp, and he was taken to Rongxi Hall by the guards. Jia Rong and Jia Huan were already squatting in the hall and crying. When they saw him coming, they begged him to be the master, and they were busy comforting the female relatives in the room: "My lord, come here. It's gone!" However, Wang Ziteng had no choice but to ask twice, "Where did your father send Baoyu?" Then he scolded, "You are so stupid!"

Jia's mother died of this illness, and she was lying on the bed early. When Yuanyang heard that the prince was coming, she didn't care about the difference between men and women, so she hurriedly told him to go in.Inside the room are the female relatives who have been ordered, only You Shi is still young, and she hid in the green gauze cabinet. Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and others cried with red eyes. Seeing him, Mrs. Wang choked up and said: "Brother!" Wang Ziteng was sullen and didn't speak, and asked Jia Mu directly: "How many people did Cun Zhou and Enhou take away?" Jia Mu covered her chest and shook her hand, unable to speak, Madam Wang cried: "Brother, You don't know, today was Baoyu's big day, I was the only one left, and I was crying so hard that I didn't know what to say, but these soldiers rushed in suddenly, screaming and beating and killing, without any reason The empress is still in the palace, they are so bold and reckless! Now we are here, even the garden where the empress visits relatives is sealed, only Zhu’s daughter-in-law is a chaste woman, and Daoxiang Village is not sealed, so the sisters are crowded inside. I don’t know how many things in the house were dropped and smashed!”

Wang Ziteng ignored her, and when Jia's mother was out of breath, she still stared at her.Knowing that she couldn't hide, Jia Mu said in a deep voice, "Your brother-in-law, his elder brother, and Zhen'er from Dongfu have all gone."

Now that the matter was over, Wang Ziteng didn't say anything, he asked Jia Rong to stay outside, and said in a hoarse voice: "They locked us all outside, so we don't necessarily have enough manpower. I thought it was an exchange, killing chickens to scare monkeys, calling It is useless for me to say that the other family put down their means for the sake of our family's face. Relax, old lady, stay a few more days, and we will find out when we meet." After all, he once held the military power in the capital and knows what is going on in the capital , as long as there is a slight possibility, those who guard the city will not really want to make a big mess. The four major families have no future at all. In his opinion, it is a gamble. It is also a reasonable thing.

The imaginary scolding and questioning did not come, and even Jia's mother was surprised.

"Anyway, there is no evidence at all. Everything is the King of Qin's guess. He has the emperor's orders now, but he uses the private guards of his house. At most, these people will keep us here and can't do anything." Prince Teng calmed down and analyzed the situation, "You don't have to be nervous, old lady, it's only two days at most. His Highness is not the only one in Beijing."

At such a critical juncture, who wouldn't be extra cautious?Although the emperor had already said that Shui Fu was the appointed crown prince, he dared to use the power in the house at this time, and he was not afraid of being questioned.But once the situation becomes clear, the other princes know that the capital is really going to be in chaos, and they will come to share a piece of the pie.Several princes' residences have more or less raised people, and if they really take action, they must intrigue and restrain each other.At that time, privately imprisoning the cabinet bachelors, Rongguo Mansion, and Ningguo Mansion's female family members will also be a big reason to bring Shui Fu down, and other princes will naturally not let it go-no matter what age it is, even if the rebel soldiers have already arrived outside the city. People in the court still have to calculate their own benefits.

Although he had always felt that Baochai's following King Yun without a name was a crime, and it would embarrass him as an uncle, but at this time, Wang Ziteng had to pin his hopes on King Yun and the Chu Palace behind him.

Once he can go out, regardless of whether Wu Lianshui succeeds or fails, it will be an opportunity for the four families.

He was thinking secretly in his heart, and recalled the formation of troops in Beijing.Back then he was the military envoy of the Beijing camp, although it has been quite a while, but after thinking about it carefully, he can guess the general idea.In the end, it was concluded that although there are many soldiers in Beijing, there are also many scruples.The emperor didn't know how many people Wu Lianshui had brought in, and secondly, he didn't know how many people had turned against him in Beijing - this number would never be small, so he would definitely keep enough people just in case.Therefore, although he intends to kill chickens and monkeys, it is not only unreasonable to arrest people as soon as anyone shows their intentions, it will scare the snake and scare the people who are already watching. There must be a reason and someone.

"Don't worry." He advised Mother Jia.

Mother Jia was originally an ambitious woman. She has been in the Rongguo Mansion for so many years, from the great-grandson's daughter-in-law to the head of the family. Being able to make up her mind to cater to Wu Lianshui shows her absolute courage. After hearing what he said, she didn't say much. , only sighed: "I hope everything goes well."

However, before the sky darkened, another person came from outside the house.

Yuanyang cried: "Old ancestor, another officer and soldier came and said they wanted to raid the house!"

"That's impossible!" Wang Ziteng yelled at the table, "What reason do they have to ransack the house!"

"One sued Ningguo's mansion to sit in the manor, instigated the children of the aristocratic family to sell gambling, be extravagant and promiscuous, and forcibly took the wives and daughters of good people as concubines. The crime was extremely heinous. Second, he sued Jia Enhou, the first-class general of Rongguo Mansion, for not paying back the money he owed, and the criminal officer Jia Yucun Isn’t it enough to report him for selfish gain and instigate him to hurt people’s lives?” Zhang Xin, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came here, but he came with Song Qi, the censor of Zuodu.Although Song Qi's official position was not too prominent, he was someone the Song family could talk to. His presence meant that the Song family would never stand on the side of the four families.Although King Chu himself had some power in his own house, in the end it was the Song family who relied most on it.Even if he has his own people, relatives of the Song family and King Yun Shuiji, who will he turn to?

Song Qi was also a little surprised.

Lin Mo was really fast. Jia She borrowed 4000 taels of silver from Qingqing to buy a prostitute. It has been a few years since Lin Mo never charged interest, but the days on the IOU are long past.It’s fine to send this piece of paper, and I also brought someone to the prison and brought out a confession——What Jia Yucun committed back then, in the final analysis, was a prison for injustice, corruption, and perverting the law. Jia She's crime of killing the stone nerd was not counted at all, and now that he has paid off the crime, it can be regarded as squeezing the last drop of oil.Song Qi would not understand the twists and turns.Lin Mo must have prepared these two hands for many years. When he took them out at this time, in addition to being caught off guard, it also gave people a creepy feeling.

Although Jia's family and Jingyuanhou's house had a bad quarrel back then, it has been a long time since the incident, depending on Lin Mo's intentions, he didn't intend to care about it.The relatives can't do it, and the friendship is just like that. One of the two families is going downhill, and the other is going up step by step. There is no problem of looking up and seeing down, and it can be avoided.At first, I thought that this person was harsh enough, and he didn't show any mercy when he dragged people off the horse, but it was only then that I realized that he was clearly tolerant.When you are really ruthless, you will be cut into two layers with a knife.

With the accusations of these few crimes down, even Wang Ziteng has nothing to do.He also knows his own relatives, not to mention the Rongguo Mansion, but he is strict in his family management. If someone pursues the children of the Wang family, others will not mention it, but Wang Ren alone, why not eat, drink, prostitute and gamble?Things like profiteering and selling people are not uncommonly involved. At first, everyone turned a blind eye to it, but they really ransacked the house with great fanfare. How can it be so clean that people can't catch their braids?

Just as he was about to ask for help, Zhang Xin had already stood up: "What did you find out?"

"Return to your lord, two boxes of house deeds and land deeds were found in the room of the female family members of Rongxi Hall, and they were loaned by usury." A swift-handed yamen servant has already come to report.

"Oh, let's make a profit." Zhang Xin sneered, and shouted, "Keep searching!"

He stared at Wang Ziteng, and said indifferently: "Master Wang, it is better to say a few words less, there are few people in Beijing now, if the emperor thinks that your relatives like you are being dishonest in his own house, you want to put them in prison directly." Go, now the evidence is enough."

It is a felony for an official family to lend interest money privately, not to mention the large amount of borrowed notes in Mrs. Wang's room, which is shocking.Even Jia's mother listened to the yamen servants loudly reporting the confiscated list, and she couldn't help but look at Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Xing was even more angry and jealous. , and couldn't help sneering twice, just thinking that Jia Amnesty has been accused of so many lawsuits now, and worried uncomfortably.

Lai Da's son was admitted to the official examination, and he himself has been promoted to a few ranks. At this moment, he can still deal with people: "Master Song, those soldiers who want to enter the garden of the girls are not allowed to do so. It belongs to the concubine Yuan." In the family-sacrificing villa, a few girls were allowed to live in, and only innocent girls—”

Song Qi looked at Zhang Xin hesitantly.

"Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong, these need to be taken away. Now only Jia Rong is here, and the other Lord Wei should go after them." Zhang Xin asked, "It's not about the girls in the family. They all moved to a married woman’s yard? Just avoid that yard.”

Mother Jia shook her body a few times and collapsed on the bed.

What exactly went wrong?

In the original plan, General Wu's men and horses should gather together, and the first few people in the capital would respond in unison, set fires, and cause commotion inside and outside the city.

What's the matter now?

Are they really being sold?