The Red Mansions

Chapter 181 It's time to kill, it's time to judge



Chapter 181 It's time to kill, it's time to judge

Chapter 181 It's time to kill, it's time to judge

In the hall of the military commander of the five cities——

Just when everyone's thoughts were ups and downs, and they were thinking about the matter of being promoted, they heard the young man behind the case say loudly: "Meng Gongcao, write another letter of appointment in hand, to the effect that there is a Beijing camp now. Xie Zaiyi from a hundred households, loyal and brave, diligent and relentless, was given the command of Dongcheng, and reported to the Ministry of War for consultation."

Meng Chang froze for a moment, paused with the pen in his hand, and said softly, "I don't know who this Xie Baihu is? Where is he now?"

Jia Heng smiled and looked at Xie Zaiyi approvingly.

Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice, "It's just a mere thing."

Meng Chang glanced at Xie Zaiyi, saw that he was a tall and tall man, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and his voice was like a bell, Cang Sheng said, "He is really a fierce general."

At this moment, Jia Heng's words of "making a wish for an official" aroused his thoughts, and even his demeanor was much more submissive. When writing official documents, he wrote many words of praise.

After waiting for a while, Meng Chang took the official document with his name on it, presented it to Jia Heng, and said, "My lord, you can sign it and use the seal."

Jia Heng nodded, took the brush and inscribed his name on it, then took out the copper seal confiscated from Qiu Liang from the fish bag at his waist, dipped it in the ink pad, and stamped it on the place where the official document was signed. Fang Zheng said: "Let's Report to the Ministry of War, and take it together with the report."

With the power of his imperial decree to point out the military and horse division of the five cities, in fact, reporting it to the military election and cleaning up officials of the Ministry of War is more like a record than an approval.

Gongcao Mengchang nodded, and then ordered the little official to go.

Jia Heng looked at Mu Zhong, Wu Bin, and Yan Biao, and said: "If you have nothing else to do, you can go back first. It's almost noon, and it's time for lunch."

Mu Zhongdao: "My lord has just arrived in office, and my subordinates prepared a light banquet at the Fuxing Restaurant to clean up the dust for my lord."

He still has several thousand taels of silver bills hidden in his bosom, and he will see if he can send them out later. Only if this lord accepts them, can he, the deputy envoy, sit securely, otherwise, who knows if he will take them out after a while? He fucked to the end?

As for the stern words just now, well, Zhou Song, the former commander of soldiers and horses, was not just putting on airs at the beginning, but in the end, he collected money faster than anyone else?

Wu Bin also said with a smile: "The humble official knows Fang Zheng, but the reception banquet is also a common practice in the officialdom, so please be sure to honor him."

Yan Biao remained silent, and put away the money hidden in his sleeve. This money was accumulated with great difficulty over the years. Since the young man was not wanted by the rich and powerful, it was just what he wanted.

Jia Heng said: "There is no need for a welcome banquet. The two of you first come to the workshop to study the regulations and regulations with Gao Facao, and that is to welcome the official."

For these people, even Yan Biao is watching the consequences. If corruption is found out in the future, they will have to settle the score after the fall. What do you do if you accept their food now?

When Mu Zhong and Wu Bin heard the words, their faces were sullen and submissive.

Jia Heng said: "If there is nothing else, Gao Facao will take them down."

Gao Yinian took the lead and left.

Jia Heng also left the official hall, led a group of subordinates into the inner hall, and took their seats one after another.

Jia Heng looked at Xie Zaiyi, and said: "Brother Xie, Dongcheng Huo Jun, I don't think he will resign willingly, and he will definitely make trouble. We will go to Dongcheng in the afternoon and take over the Dongcheng soldiers and horses immediately, and you will be in charge of Dongcheng. After that, the situation should be brought under control as soon as possible."

In order not to scare the Sanhe gang, he had to temporarily transfer Huo Jun, the commander of Dongcheng, away from Dongcheng, at least in name, he no longer had the command of Dongcheng.

Xie Zaiyi nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord."

After Jia Heng confessed, he looked at Qu Lang again with a pair of calm eyes, and said, "Vice Qu Qianhu, do you have any evidence of collusion between Huo Jun and the members of the Sanhe Gang?"

Qu Lang said seriously: "Returning to your lord, Huo Jun, Lu Tongzhi from Jinyi Mansion is also staring at this person."

"Lu Tongzhi?" Jia Heng frowned, and said hesitantly, "Jinyi Mansion is the nearest...?"

Qu Lang lowered his voice and said, "Commander Shang Yong was demoted to Nanjing, and now Lu Jingyao and Lu Tongzhi are in charge of the government."

Jia Heng frowned, and said: "Tell me about the personnel affairs in Jinyi Mansion. I'm in charge of everything, and I'm still a little confused."

These words have some high-sounding meaning.

Jia Heng also felt a little bit emotional, this matter was originally used by Emperor Chongping to help him send money, but now with his holy family, he can find out a little bit about the affairs of Jinyi Mansion.

Qu Lang pondered for a moment, then said: "Today Lu Tongzhi is in charge, and another Tongzhi is Mr. Ji Yingtian Ji. Now the two Tongzhi adults are paying close attention to the development of this case."

The implication is that under the premise that Lu Jingyao is in charge of the government affairs, there is another commander who is concerned about the case. It is obvious that the two are vying for the top position.

Hearing this, Jia Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he asked calmly, "Isn't Captain Qiu in Jinyi's mansion?"

Although Qu Lang didn't know why the young dignitary in front of him paid so much attention to the governor Qiu Liang, he still said frankly: "The governor Qiu followed Prince Zhongshun to Chang'an County on business the day before yesterday, and he hasn't returned yet. Come back."

Jinyi Mansion investigated the case of Yunguang's collusion with Cuihua Mountain bandits, and sent a town governor to assist King Zhongshun, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to search the house.

Qu Lang hesitated for a while, and said, "Lord Jia, Lu Tongzhi seems to have some complaints about the recent frequent secondments of the Jinyi Mansion by the Lord."

Jia Heng heard the words, his face was indifferent, and he said in a deep voice: "Now I am ordered by the emperor to oversee the Dongcheng case with full power. I also need the assistance of Jinyi Mansion. After lunch, I will meet this lord. If you don't allow it, It may be said that I will invite the Tianzijian."

He is now a third-class Yunhui general, and in terms of rank, he is one level higher than Jin Yiwei's fellow acquaintance Lu Jingyao's third-rank general.

Moreover, the most important thing is that he acted according to the emperor's order, while the two acquaintances in Jinyi's mansion basically acted on their own.

Not to mention that he has the sword of the emperor in his hand, and with the title of commander of Jin Yiwei, he has the right to order and restrain himself in case of emergency.

"Of course, if it is not necessary, it is not good to force the officials of Jinyi Mansion, unless... this Lu Jingyao is really ignorant of current affairs!"

He has gradually discovered that the Jinyi Mansion is really a sharp weapon, and if possible, he would like to hold it in his own hands.

"In the early Chen Han Dynasty, there was an example of Wu Xun serving as the governor of Jinyiwei, but later, Wu Xun didn't even want to do serious errands, let alone such a job of serving the emperor."

"By the way, Deputy Qu Qianhu, there is something I need your help with now." Jia Heng suppressed his thoughts, and told about the investigation of several heads of the Sanhe Gang in Dongcheng.

"Deputy Qu Qianhu needs to collect as much information on the leaders of the Sanhe gang as possible."

"To be honest, my lord, I went to the experience department last night and collected all the information about the leaders of the Three Rivers gang, all of which are collected here." Qu Lang said, greeting the two subordinates who were standing not far away.

The two each took out several large books from their leather-tanned briefcases.

Qu Lang explained: "In the Jinyi Mansion, the detectives have been collecting and summarizing information on the Sanhe Gang in Dongcheng for many years. It's just that the former commander, Mr. Shang... doesn't pay much attention to this matter."

Hearing this, Jia Heng felt somewhat clear in his heart.

I'm afraid that Commander Shang didn't pay attention.

Instead, turn one eye and close one eye, not daring to offend the King of Qi, there is a way to be close to each other...

"Loyalty must not only be absolute but also unique. As the commander of the Son of Heaven's army, if he only thinks about being able to do things right and wrong, and dare not offend others, he will naturally be replaced by the Son of Heaven."

Jia Heng took the book, and was silent for a moment, looked up at Qu Lang, met a pair of serious eyes, his heart moved slightly, he just flipped through it without saying much.

Qu Lang did not hesitate to take the risk of offending Jin Yi's fellow acquaintance, Lu Jingyao, to bring out the information. He had to make good use of it.

There was a sound of "swiping" when the paper was opened, and the deeds of the leader of the Sanhe Gang, Li Jinzhu, and several leaders were all recorded in the book.

Jia Heng extracted effective information from it, and his impression of the leaders of the Sanhe Gang gradually became clear.

Li Jinzhu, also known as Zhuzi, Dazhu, was also called Silly Zhu in his early years.

He originally worked as a helper in Caoliangwei, but later, because of his loyalty and ability to speak numbers, he was gradually valued by a commander of Caoliangwei at that time. He handed over part of the unloading and loading of grain to Li Jinzhu, and the commander took care of the water transportation. Most of the money allocated by the governor fell into his own pocket.

After more than ten years of hard work, Li Jinzhu not only actually undertook the loading and unloading of grain, but also bought more than a dozen large ships, recruited sailors, and started the business of transshipment of grain.

Then, following the natural and man-made disasters in various provinces in recent years, and the population of Shenjing increased sharply, Li Jinzhu took advantage of the situation and established the Sanhe Gang with the early backbone.

At the same time, he was engaged in business farming in Dongcheng, and his subordinates supported a large number of thugs and gangsters. Through coercion and inducement, they gradually shifted from gambling shops, brothels, and people's businesses to other shops such as restaurants and cloth shops.

Li Jinzhu found the way of King Qi until he was in charge of affairs in King Qi's opening of the mansion and in charge of government affairs at the Ministry of Household Affairs.

As a result, Li Jinzhu, who was officially asylum, became more and more powerful.

It seems that he has become the underground emperor of Dongcheng.

As for the nickname of the Three Rivers Gang, it is named after the three tributaries of the Wei River, the Feng River, the Hei River, and the Ba River.

After reading Li Jinzhu's experience, Jia Heng frowned, and continued to flip through the booklet.

The subsequent records are nothing more than some deeds of Li Jinzhu, and there are also some things about righteousness, urgency, bullying, bullying, and unreasonable things.

Jia Heng flipped through the book, and also read the backgrounds of Pan Jian, the second master, Huang Zhuo, the third master, Han Ziping, the fourth master, and Li Jiuniang, the fifth master.

"One counts as one, it's all crimes, too many to record!" Jia Heng frowned, his heart boiling with murderous intent.

These gang forces, not to mention devoid of conscience, are also full of crimes. How many good things can there be for those who make money from brothels, gambling houses, and renzi?

"This kind of black and evil forces should be killed, punished, and eliminated!" Jia Heng put down the book in his hand, and picked up the teacup beside him, with murderous intent on his face.

He didn't even think about subduing a group of them as a subordinate force.

Not to mention Li Jiuniang, a half-mature lady like Li Jiuniang, even a beautiful girl, he didn't have the idea of ​​living in the house and secretly manipulating power.

These people are different from Fan Yi. Fan Yi has been a thieves for more than two years, but he still has integrity. The peasant rebel army in his hometown has persuaded Zhang Dayan several times to restrain his subordinates.

If Fan Yi had been guilty of many crimes, he would not have plotted for him to get off the court.

Seeing Jia Heng's uneasy expression and uncertain eyes, Qu Lang paused silently and said, "Do you have a plan in mind?"

Jia Heng said: "It's not difficult to wipe out these ghosts and ghosts, but it's hard to guarantee that they won't take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble! Therefore, it is necessary to cast a thunderous blow! Deputy Qu Qianhu, can you mobilize your subordinates to investigate and get this big and small head Find out the destination residence and daily activity route, and then arrest them?"

Qu Lang pondered for a moment, then said: "My lord, you can try the humble job, but the humble job has limited manpower, so many big and small bosses, nearly three and no. It's not easy, if we can get the full cooperation of Jinyiwei Mansion in this matter, it will be safe."

Jia Heng was silent for a while when he heard the words, his eyes were dark, and he said: "It seems that Lu Jingyao needs to meet for a while."

If one wanted to wipe out the Three Rivers Gang with lightning speed, the only way to do so was to properly deploy a net in advance, and capture these people in one fell swoop.

This is inseparable from intelligence support, and the Jinyiwei Mansion, which has been cultivated in Shenjing City for many years, has more than [-] intelligence spies under it, and has the ability to bring the leader of the Sanhe Gang under control without anyone knowing it.

Jia Heng thought about it, looked up at the sky, and asked: "Qufu Qianhu, is Tongzhi Lu now in Jinyi Mansion?"

Qu Lang said: "Lu Tongzhi has just been in charge of the government affairs. He has been at work all day and night for the past two days, and even eats lunch in the Yamen."

When Jia Heng heard this, he was silent for a while.

Tongzhi Jin Yiwei, who was in such a hurry to perform and waited to take over as the commander, probably wouldn't want to miss this credit.

"It shouldn't be too late. We're going to visit Tongzhi Xialu after lunch," Jia Heng said.

Cai Quan asked: "My lord, didn't you say this morning that you want to go back and check the accounts?"

Jia Heng waved his hand and said: "It's important business, there is no rush to check the accounts, send someone back, just say that I won't go back for lunch, and we will talk about the account check in the West Mansion in the afternoon."

Cai Quan nodded, and ordered a soldier to go back and report.

And Jia Heng finished his lunch in Wucheng Bingmasi, followed Qu Lang to Jinyi Mansion.

But in the Rongguo Mansion——

Sister Feng woke up early in the morning, and the smile on her beautiful face couldn't stop, making Jia Lian frowned, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you so happy?"

Sister Feng smiled, sitting sideways on the kang beside her, and said coquettishly: "The East Mansion received more than 60 taels of silver, brother Heng agreed last night, and will send someone over to check the account today, and we can recover it by then." Two or three hundred thousand taels of silver."

Jia Lian was wearing a Shu brocade round-neck gown and a purple turban on his head. Looking at his temple hair in front of the mirror, he looked as if he was about to go out.

On the handsome face in the bronze mirror, the peach blossom eyes were full of affection, and he said: "My lord checked the accounts, and now I haven't checked anything, and now I'm begging someone from the East Mansion to help check the accounts. It was some gossip. I think the people in the East Mansion seem to have resentment too, otherwise they wouldn’t be holding it up these few days, as if they didn’t mention this matter.”

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Where do you get the money? Last night I went to Dongfu, Brother Heng told me to send someone over to check the accounts today. You don't know, Brother Heng is a busy man, and now he is in charge of Wucheng Bing Ma Si has tens of thousands of servants, he seems to be busy when he sees Tian'er."

Hearing this, Jia Lian raised her eyebrows and said with a chuckle, "Ten thousand people? He's really good at it."

Sister Feng smiled, but she didn't hear the tone of Jia Lian's words, and said in a playful voice, "Isn't it? There are four to five hundred people in our West Mansion, and I have to work hard to manage them. Brother Heng now has tens of thousands of people under his command. I don't know what kind of... decent."

When Jia Lian heard this, she chuckled lightly, and when she turned her head and saw Feng'er's beaming face, she felt a little apprehensive, and said with a smile, "You said Brother Heng on the left and Brother Heng on the right, remember half a month ago, you said The back of the human head grows back."

When Sister Feng heard the words, she was a little ashamed and annoyed. She walked up to Jia Lian with a handkerchief in her hand, and said with a smile, "I'm paying respect to him for what he can do. Why is Second Master Lian going out to make fun of it when he hears that he doesn't like it?" Officer, let me have a good time?"

Sister Feng was speaking at the moment, basically as if the young couple were joking.

Jia Lian's face was a little worried, he waved his hands, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I can't be an official, you can find someone who can be an official."

When Sister Feng heard this, she didn't know if she had been stabbed in the heart, or felt insulted, a bright and charming young woman's face turned red, under the curved willow eyebrows, a pair of red phoenix eyes widened, and said angrily: "What are you fussing about?"

Jia Lian just said it casually, but when she turned her eyes to see Sister Feng's pink face with anger, she asked in surprise, "What did I say?"

Sister Feng also suddenly realized that she was overreacting, her eyes lowered, and she said softly, "What nonsense did you just say? Will you be an official? I haven't lived with you like this for a few years. It's just that you are fighting for your breath. I Now there is not even a commandment."

People in Jia's mansion, including Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, even Jia Zhen's wife Youshi actually have the status of Mrs. Gaoming, but Sister Feng does not.

Hearing this, Jia Lian came forward with a smile, stroked Sister Feng's shaved shoulders, and said warmly: "Good Fenger, wait a few more years, and I will send some silver to the palace. If the eldest girl accepts the holy grace, then you will be yours." My friend, by the way, I am waiting to go out, so hurry up and get me 200 taels of silver."

"If you want money every day, you can't live if you don't want money every day, right?" Sister Feng's beautiful face was full of displeasure, she curled her lips and said.

Jia Lian reached out and tapped the tip of Sister Feng's nose, and said with a smile, "Good Fenger, I'm going out to meet the godsons of the inner eunuchs, and have dinner and banquets. How can I not want money?"

Sister Feng snorted softly, turned around and called out: "Ping'er, go and fetch 200 taels of silver for the second master."

Ping'er responded, and went into the inner room to get the silver.

(End of this chapter)


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