The Princess Mansion actually occupies a vast area with many courtyards, but because Jia Heng and the eldest princess of Jinyang had a lot of exchanges in the past few days, they were careless and did not have time to change places.
In fact, not only were the two of them careless, but Lianxue was also a little slack.
The key is that apart from some worries about the impact on Jinyang's eldest princess' status, there is nothing morally reprehensible about their personal relationship.
Because the eldest princess is not a married woman, and the world's requirements for men are relatively loose, even if Jia Heng goes to Goulan brothels, flower streets and willow lanes, he will always say "romantic young man".
In short, when Yuanchun walked along the corridor to the courtyard, he saw no one and was quite surprised. However, he kept walking, opened the cotton curtain and entered the hall. He called out to His Highness in a low voice and was about to go. The waiter on the side went to get the account book.
"ah……"
Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice coming from the inner compartment, which startled Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun's jade face was slightly startled, her hand holding the book hovered in place, she frowned and thought to herself, "What is this sound?"
As if by chance, he walked lightly, walked away with a whisper, walked around a glazed flower screen, turned around the corner raised by the curtain, and paused outside a dark red carved door. His eyes flickered, and he felt faintly conscious. This is inappropriate.
As a result, at this moment, I heard a sweet, melodious voice with a hint of crying, "Ziyu..."
Yuan Chun was shocked and thought to himself, Hengdi, what happened to him?
I couldn't help but gently propped up the window and looked over.
In the inner room, His Royal Highness, who was previously dignified, bright and graceful, was lying on a couch, with his exquisitely embroidered and gorgeous dress lifted up to his waist, with one hand on his waist, and Brother Heng...
Suddenly, such a scene with such a strong visual impact almost made Yuanchun freeze on the spot as if struck by thunder. He almost shouted, and quickly reached out to cover his mouth, his beautiful eyes under the curved willow-leaf eyebrows staring. , shocked beyond words.
This...what's going on?
"How could Brother Heng and His Highness... do it in broad daylight?"
The reflection in the girl's crystal clear beautiful eyes was so clear that it was almost visible. Her cheeks, which were as white as snow, instantly turned as red as clouds. She was so beautiful that her heart was beating "bang bang" non-stop, almost jumping out of her throat. Eye-like.
Mood ups and downs, overwhelmed.
Various speculations surged in my heart.
"Could it be that His Highness Jinyang forced Hengdi? But according to Hengdi's temperament, he would rather break than bend..." Yuan Chun thought, and suddenly secretly spat at himself, why would he rather break than bend?
For a moment, my mind was in a mess, and I even thought about whether it was because I went to serve in the princess's house that Brother Heng bent down to serve others?
As soon as I thought of this, my heart trembled, and I bit my lips with my white teeth.
After all, Yuanchun had served as a female official in the palace, and he had seen extraordinary women in the boudoir. He calmed down his breathing slightly, and his eyes were complicated, "No wonder he has been here so frequently these days..."
Hindsight, sudden realization.
Just listening to the sound inside, Yuan Chun's jade face gradually turned as red as blood, and her eyes were as bright as water. She thought about it for a while, but did not intend to say anything. She was about to pretend that nothing had happened and walked away, but the voice ringing in her ears sounded like There is a strange magic power that makes the feet feel numb and stay in place.
"Brother Heng...he has come here every day at noon these days. He is so out of control." Yuan Chun frowned in thought and looked over again.
After about a while, Yuanchun's body felt really dry, and what was even more troublesome was that the slender legs under her skirt couldn't help but tighten together... He needed to take a shower and change clothes when he went back.
At this moment, the maid's voice suddenly came from outside the house, "Miss Lianxue..."
"No, someone is coming." Yuanchun suddenly woke up and couldn't stay any longer, so he walked away quickly.
But he said that Jia Heng was busy working hard and suddenly felt a sense of being spied on, but he thought it was Lian Xue and didn't take it seriously.
But then there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and something was wrong.
He had a keen ear, and when he heard the rapid footsteps, he couldn't help but frowned, paused, and quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the door, only to see the shadow of the goose-yellow skirt disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Jia Heng frowned and said, "Is it her?"
"Um?"
However, this stagnant situation made Chen Li, the eldest princess of Jinyang, suddenly feel empty. She turned her head, her rosy face was filled with bright light, her long and narrow phoenix eyes were opened, her eyes were watery, and she was filled with anger and joy. Looking at that person, his voice was soft and charming, "What's wrong?"
This person will abuse her, she is a majestic princess, but she is like...
"Li'er, stick it out..." Jia Heng raised his hand and slapped her.
"Hmm~" Chen Li snorted from the wings of his nose, raised his head involuntarily, and his beautiful green hair fell down, revealing his jade skin with a snow-covered back, and a strange rose-colored blush on it.
But Yuanchun didn't even have time to get the account book, and almost fled, quickly leaving the wing and walking along the corridor back to the courtyard where he lived.
Entering the side room, still panting heavily, he picked up a cup of half-warm tea on the table and drank it "gudonggudong".
I don't know when, my back was soaked with fine sweat, and my breathing couldn't calm down for a long time. As if I had lost my soul, I sat on the bed blankly, my body still limp and very hot.
He couldn't help but reach out and touch one side of his face, which was as hot as fire.
"Fortunately I didn't find it...it's really embarrassing."
She didn't know if she was in a daze just now, but she kept peeking and wouldn't leave?
At this time, Bao Qin entered the side room, holding a few books in his hand, and asked with concern: "Girl, why are you so flustered?"
Yuan Chun's bright eyes flashed with panic, and without thinking much, he quickly said: "I just saw a snake in the back garden."
"Snake?" Baoqin frowned, with a hint of panic on his face, and said, "Have you ever been scared, girl?"
Yuanchun also felt that he was lying, especially since there were no snakes in the winter. He lowered his eyes and explained: "I'm not scared. Maybe the hibernating snake got into the hole."
Baoqin said hurriedly: "It's good that the girl is fine."
After a while, Yuanchun sat on the bed. He felt really uncomfortable. He endured the shame in his heart and said nonchalantly: "Hug Qin, prepare some hot water, I want to take a bath and change clothes."
Baoqin responded and went about his business.
At the end of the marriage, Jia Heng also changed into a set of clothes after taking a bath, and then left the eldest princess's mansion refreshed and headed towards Jinyi Mansion.
Beizhen Fusi
Amid the respectful greetings of the guards in royal robes, Jia Heng strode into the official hall and sat down behind a mahogany desk. He was about to handle official duties. Suddenly he remembered something, so he called Qu Lang into the official hall and asked, "What did Wu Jinxiao say?" ?”
Previously, Jia Heng asked Qu Lang to take Wu Jinxiao and Zhuang Ke to the Zhenfu Division. With Qu Lang's character, he understood Jia Heng's intentions and ordered the guards in brocade to question Wu Jinxiao, his son and Zhuang Ke respectively.
This inquiry, because the confessions were not linked together in advance, was of course inconsistent and full of loopholes.
Simply speaking, the reason why Jia Zhen sold Zhuangzi at a discount was because Zhuangzi’s harvest was not good. But whether Zhuangzi’s annual income was good or not, could the Zhuangzi’s customers brought by Wu Jinxiao know?
In addition, the details of the transaction when Zhuangzi was sold at a discount were even more detailed, and they were asked one by one.
Since ancient times, it has always been easier to deceive than to deceive others. When compared at once, there are many discrepancies.
The people in Jinyi Mansion were all experts at interrogating him. Once he made inquiries, they didn't waste much effort at all. They pursued him and investigated him thoroughly.
Qu Lang cupped his hands and said, "Sir, this is the transcript of the words of Wu Jinxiao and other Yingzhuang guests."
With that said, a Jinyi captain behind him took the book from his hand and handed it to Jia Heng.
Qu Lang added: "Wu Jinxiao did not admit that he had annexed the Ning Mansion's property. Will the governor ask questions under torture now?"
Because he had not received Jia Heng's previous approval, Qu Lang could not act on his own initiative. He only adopted preliminary questioning methods and did not use torture methods on Wu Jinxiao.
Jia Heng took the transcript of the inquiry and flipped through it quietly. He saw that it recorded the details of how Wu Jinxiao falsely reported the disaster and withheld money from him. Although it was only the tip of the iceberg, it was also shocking.
Jia Heng's face slightly condensed and he said in a deep voice: "Interrogate Wu Jinxiao and torture him for details."
Qu Lang nodded in agreement, and then ordered Captain Jinyi to pass on the order.
Jia Heng no longer needed to personally intervene in the matter of the slaves' misappropriation of the master's property. As the governor of Jinyi Mansion, he only needed to convey the meaning of the inquiry and have someone investigate it.
Jia Heng picked up the intelligence summary on the desk again and flipped through it, mainly the information about Jinling in Southern Province.
It records that Mrs. Zhen, the president of Jinling Tirenyuan, celebrated her 80th birthday not long ago. The Governor of Liangjiang and other vassal ministers and state and county officials came to celebrate. It even contained information on which officials gave what gifts. The description is as detailed as if it were before your eyes.
"The Zhen family's gate is like a city, and there are a lot of carriages and horses, especially above the Jia family." Jia Heng frowned and thought.
Putting the book in his hand aside, Jia Heng picked up another book titled Yangzhou and flipped through the records.
"After entering Yangzhou, Liang Yuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was invited twice to banquets at the home of Wang Shouqi of Shang Dynasty. He accepted the Yangzhou Shou Ma. Yude, the censor of Youqiandu, persuaded him, but Liang Yuan returned, with private resentments."
Jia Heng frowned and thought, "Yu and Liang went south to investigate the case. They haven't found out the reason yet, but Liang Yuan was actually bribed by the salt merchant?"
Continuing to read the book, it is basically the second time on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in Yangzhou that salt officials and salt merchants were held to eliminate salt abuses, but the final result was still nothing.
"Looking at this situation, it's not going well."
Just as Jia Heng was studying the situation of Yangzhou's salt affairs rectification, in the execution room, Wu Jinxiao looked gloomy and defeated. His hands were cut behind his back by several men in robes, and he was taken to a prison with dim light and humid environment.
"What are you going to do?" Wu Jinxiao asked hurriedly, his body trembling as he looked at the well-arranged torture instruments.
A slightly fat and sinister-looking captain in Jinyi, with his triangular eyes flashing fiercely, said with a ferocious smile: "Old man, you have defrauded the master's property and defrauded the governor of Jinyi Mansion. You are so brave! Bring me here. , and took off his mink fur coat!"
Immediately, several warriors in golden clothes agreed, picked up Wu Jinxiao and carried him to the torture rack. They were so frightened that his soul was so scared that his body was like chaff.
"Tell me, how did you collude with the merchants to sell the village under Ning Mansion at a discount?" Captain Jinyi asked with a smile, holding a few bamboo sticks in his hand.
Seeing the look of fear in Wu Jinxiao's eyes, his lips were trembling and he could not speak.
Didn't he just steal a few Zhuangzi and then be thrown into prison for questioning?
In another torture room, Colonel Jinyi also tortured Wu Jinxiao's son Wu Nan. As the screams rang out, the case of Wu Jinxiao's family embezzling Zhuangzi under Ningguo Mansion gradually came to light.
Jia Heng was in the official hall, reading the information until the afternoon. When he was about to get up and leave, the clerk reported again that Qu Qianhu had arrived.
"My lord, we are all here," Qu Lang said immediately as soon as he entered the official hall.
"So fast?" Jia Heng put down the book in his hand and asked, "What do Wu Jinxiao and his son say?"
Qu Lang said: "My lord, according to the confession of Wu Jinxiao and his son, they have successively occupied six farmlands in Ningfu in recent years. By falsely reporting the disaster, they deceived Jia Zhen of Ningguofu to sell the farmland at a discount, and then cooperated with the purchasing merchants inside and outside, and through relatives Escrow, the Wu family is actually secretly controlling it, this is a confession, please take a look at it."
Jia Heng's eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a cold voice: "Six farmlands? You are really greedy and can't satisfy your desires."
Then he asked again: "His brother is still in charge of the village land in Rong Mansion. If there is something similar, can you ask someone to ask?"
"Wu Jinxiao's son could not survive the punishment, so he confessed on his own initiative. His uncle Wu Jinjing owned five villages in Rong Mansion. The two brothers joined forces to embezzle the property of Ning Rong and Ning Rong Mansion." Qu Lang reported.
At this time, Jia Heng also lowered his head and "brushed" through the confessions of Wu Jinxiao and his son, and said solemnly: "These moths and termites must be interrogated strictly, not only to straighten out the ins and outs of the embezzlement of Zhuangzi, but also to clarify their ins and outs." Ask about other crimes clearly, because they are so audacious, and they are carrying the lawsuit with human lives for no reason."
Qu Lang cupped his fists and said, "Yes, sir."
Jia Heng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go and do your work."
As he spoke, without saying much, he continued to read through the summary of provincial intelligence sent by the various departments of Jinyi Mansion.
Staying until the evening, when the dusk fell, Jia Hengfang returned to Ningguo Mansion from Jinyi Mansion. But as soon as he arrived at Yimen, he heard the report from the servant and Xue Pan was waiting for him in the front hall.
Jia Heng walked into the front hall and raised his eyes to look at Xue Pan. Xue Pan had obviously recovered. When he saw Jia Heng, a smile appeared on his big face. He stood up to greet him and said, "Cousin Heng, you are back."
Jia Heng looked calm and asked, "Wen Long is feeling better now."
Xue Pan smiled "honestly" and said, "Thanks to cousin Heng, my body has recovered, but I only have arrow scars."
At the end of the sentence, Xue Pan's face looked a little troubled and depressed.
The scar happened to be left in that place. It was really unlucky for me. When I go to have fun in the future, those kiln ladies will ask me where to put Uncle Xue’s face.
Jia Heng said: "Take good care of yourself and you should be fine."
Xue Pan smiled and said, "I would also like to thank cousin Heng for helping me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come back from this trip."
Xue Pan looked at the young man opposite him who was wearing a python suit and had an indescribable heroic temperament, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng, man, you and your sister talked about going to Lixiangyuan for a banquet."
"Well, I'm going to change my clothes now." Jia Heng said in a calm tone.
Xue Pan had long been accustomed to the "majesty and solemnity" of the young man opposite him and said with a smile: "Cousin Heng, this is a close relative and not an outsider. You can go now. My sister and my mother have been waiting for a while."
He thought to himself, this robe with embroidered python patterns on it looks really majestic.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "That's okay."
With that said, he and Xue Pan went to Lixiangyuan.
Lixiangyuan
Aunt Xue and Baochai were preparing wine and food. The dishes were obviously not cooked by the cook. The Xue family had a restaurant in the Central Plains of Beijing, so they ordered a table to be reserved and delivered.
Seeing that the lights were lit outside but Xue Pan still hadn't come back, Aunt Xue looked at Baochai beside her and frowned: "Good girl, is this brother Heng not here?"
Because Jia Heng always missed coming due to official duties, Aunt Xue also felt a little guilty.
Baochai was currently wearing a cotton-padded jacket made of honey-colored woven gold silk, a small red jacket, and an azure cotton skirt. Her face was smooth and she said softly: "Mom, Brother Heng said he would come over today, so he will come over today."
Aunt Xue sighed and said, "I might be wondering if Brother Heng is getting tired of us because he keeps causing us trouble?"
Baochai rolled up her sleeves with her slender hands, which were as white as tender lotus roots. She took a wine bottle from Ying'er and placed it on the table. After hearing the words, she said, "Brother Heng is a broad-minded person. Mom thinks it's amazing." Difficult things, in his eyes, are just a trivial matter, so how can he take it to heart?"
After hearing these words of explanation, Aunt Xue felt relieved and said with a smile: "I thought so, otherwise I wouldn't give you a pair of rabbits."
Baochai:"……"
What's the point of mentioning rabbits?
Aunt Xue glanced at Baochai with a smile and said, "Brother Heng is also very interesting. He didn't give you any clothes, but he gave you rabbits. I heard that someone gave me a pair. Now that Baoyu has seen it, he also wants it. There’s a couple.”
It turned out that this morning, Baoyu came to the house to look for Baochai and Nian. He saw Baochai and Ying'er feeding rabbits, and asked why, and wanted a pair.
But Aunt Xue's words were originally full of temptation.
Baochai pursed her pink lips and said in a calm tone: "We don't have a shortage of ordinary gold and silver utensils, jewelry and clothing, but they are a bit vulgar. Only pets like these can show the closeness between brothers and sisters."
If you give me jewelry, I won’t give it to her no matter what.
"That's what my good daughter said." Aunt Xue said happily with a smile on her face: "Although Brother Heng looks cold, he is actually a considerate and careful person."
When Baochai heard this, her moist apricot eyes under Cuiyu's eyebrows shone with light, and she said "hmm".
The heroic and upright figure couldn't help but ripple in the lake of his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart.
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