Jinyang Princess Mansion
After some affectionate love, Jia Heng turned to ask about King Zhou's seizure of the legitimate son.
The eldest princess of Jinyang frowned and said softly: "This matter is very complicated. Brother Zhou Wang has been weak since he was a child. It is hard for me to say whether anyone has harmed him, but King Zhongshun is indeed suspicious. The emperor I don’t know whether my brother is watching this matter coldly or not.”
In fact, there were many doubts. She even doubted whether Brother Huang had also used tricks on Brother Zhou Wang.
Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at the gloomy beauty and asked, "By the way, why were you so sure that I wasn't her just now?"
Princess Jinyang's phoenix eyes turned sharply and she looked at Jia Heng. She stretched out her hand to gently caress the young man's cheek and said softly: "Because I... Okay, let's not ask anymore, okay? It's all Chen Sesame." You must get to the bottom of this rotten beans matter."
My man is so smart that he can trick him out without asking questions. It's not that he can't tell him, but if he has resentment towards the emperor's brother in his heart, he is bound to be alienated from him, and the emperor's brother I have always been sensitive and suspicious. Once there is a gap, in the long run, I will definitely be wary.
From the current point of view, someone should have performed a trick, but what is the purpose of this trick?
But after all, it was a royal scandal. The furious father didn't care about the gender at all, and ordered her to be drowned, and the surviving Wen Po was also executed. Didn't expect that after a while, she would appear again?
"Okay." Jia Heng felt something strange in his heart as he felt the beauty's coaxing tone towards the child, and buried his head in the beauty's snowdrift.
In fact, after asking, even if there is no answer, I have already guessed some details in my mind, and I can basically rule out the option of the crown prince's heir. Otherwise, with Xianning... Jinyang would not be so calm.
Jinyang is so secretive. Since he is not the blood of the deposed prince, it may be inseparable from the deposed prince. It may be the blood of an important figure in the prince group.
But even if this was the case, if it reached the ears of Emperor Chongping, then because his current position is very sensitive, the rising trend may be interrupted.
Sometimes, not touching it for a while may not be a bad thing. This is why some files will be decrypted after time.
Yuan Chun was slightly breathless, his face was dizzy, and he said: "Brother Heng, stop asking, don't embarrass His Highness."
Jia Heng stood up, pulled Yuan Chun over, looked at the beauty, and said, "Then I won't ask."
Princess Jinyang's phoenix eyes were full of water, and she whispered: "Stop asking for details, do what you should do, and bring that Chen Xiao over quickly. If she doesn't do what the good princess does, she will go crazy."
Afterwards, after Jia Heng took a bath, he changed his clothes and went to the flower hall to have lunch. He looked up at the girl and asked in surprise: "Chanyue, when did you come here?"
"I've been here for a while." Li Chanyue, wearing a fairy bun and a pretty face, looked at Jia Heng and asked, "Mr. Jia, where is my mother?"
Jia Heng said softly: "Well, she is still taking a bath."
After saying that, he came closer, sat aside, took Li Chanyue's hand, and asked: "Chanyue, what have you been busy with recently?"
Li Chanyue's face was flustered, her eyes were fixed, her eyebrows were a little shy, she hid to the side, her cheeks were rosy, she glanced around, and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Xiao Jia, I'm not hot, and I'm not sweating on my head."
Jia Heng: "..."
Seeing that the child was frightened and had a stress reaction, it seemed that he needed to restrain himself.
However, at the beginning, it was just to eliminate the estrangement in the relationship with Chan Yue, which was regarded as an ice-breaking operation.
Jia Heng said: "I don't have anything else to do. I just want to talk to my Chanyue. Chanyue is sitting next to me...next to me."
As he said this, he felt something was wrong and quickly changed his words. Jinyang had just sat there before.
When Li Chanyue heard this, her heart trembled, she pursed her lips, stared at the young man opposite, and said shyly: "Who is from your family?"
Jia Heng held the girl's slender hand, brought it to him, and whispered: "Chanyue."
Li Chanyue pulled away slightly and let Jia Heng hold her, her cheeks were slightly red, and her heart was filled with sweetness.
"Mr. Xiao Jia, I saw that the emperor's uncle had already planted the sweet potato you selected last time in the back garden of the palace. Is it really that high-yielding?" Li Chanyue blinked her starry eyes, turned her pretty face, and suddenly asked road.
Jia Heng said: "Compared to the current Mi Gu, it will definitely be much better."
"Can it be promoted in the North?" Li Chanyue said softly.
Jia Heng said: "It shouldn't be a serious problem."
In the botanical history of sweet potatoes, Xu Guangqi introduced sweet potatoes from Fujian to Shanghai and then to Jiangsu. Chen Zhenlong’s fifth grandson, Chen Chuangui, introduced sweet potatoes to Zhejiang. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the government vigorously promoted sweet potatoes, and in Zhili (Hebei) The sweet potatoes were widely encouraged to be planted in other places, which is said to be recorded in historical records: "Emperor-controlled provinces were widely encouraged to be planted." After that, sweet potatoes were gradually spread to the southwest "Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan" and other places.
Therefore, the so-called habit is limited to a certain area and cannot be spread everywhere. It is pure talk. Even Baidu is not willing to search it. It is based on imagination, let alone citing CNKI journals?
He was from the Central Plains in his previous life, and his parents grew up eating sweet potato soup, sweet potato noodles, and steamed sweet potatoes in the era of Santi and Wutong. In the face of hunger, no one cares whether you will feel nauseous after eating for a long time. If you don't eat enough, your stomach will be strong.
Li Chanyue asked curiously: "When can we harvest it?"
Jia Heng did not answer, but asked: "Chanyue is very concerned about this matter."
"Mr. Xiao Jia once said that food is the most important thing for the people, and I deeply believe it. I have read some books on agriculture recently." Li Chanyue said softly.
Jia Heng said softly: "Chanyue really likes reading, and she is full of poetry and calligraphy."
He said and took Li Chanyue's hand. Sometimes, there is no need to pile snow or dig wells every time. Compared with the wolf-like age, which is dominated by physiological needs, girls at this age pay more attention to emotional value.
As the saying goes, you can say whatever she likes to hear, and then...she took off her pants.
Li Chanyue felt a little ashamed, lowered her head slightly, pursed her lips and asked, "Mr. Xiao Jia, when will you write a new review?"
Jia Heng smiled and said: "I don't have much time recently, so I can either Chan Yue or tell you a story."
In fact, I quite like telling stories to Li Chanyue, looking at Li Chanyue's childlike eyes, sometimes happy, sometimes curious, and sometimes thinking.
He can probably understand why Jinyang raised Chanyue in the first place.
Under Li Chanyue's beautiful eyebrows, her eyes sparkled, and she said softly: "Mr. Xiao Jia, let's talk about it. We also talked about the ancient myth we talked about last time. Last time we talked about the division of holy positions in Zixiao Palace."
On a whim, Jia Heng told Li Chanyue about the Great Desolate River, which aroused the girl's concern.
Because the little princess was well-read, read many kinds of storybooks, and listened to the bizarre fairy tales, she did not accept the difficulty.
Jia Heng said softly: "Then let's continue telling the story of Nuwa who made humans become saints."
As he spoke, it was said that Nuwa, the great saint of the demon clan, created people to become saints in order to understand the profound meaning of the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
After a while, the little princess frowned and asked: "Mr. Xiao Jia, was this man thrown out of the mud by a whip?"
Jia Heng said softly: "That's what the myth says."
Isn't it just a man-made whip that was thrown out of the mud?
Li Chanyue said thoughtfully: "What Mr. Jia said can actually be compiled into a storybook and passed down to the world for reading and appreciation."
"Zi Buyu has strange power and chaos. It's okay to talk about this in private, but if I write it out, I'm afraid it will cause an uproar. But if you write it, just sign it with your name or a pen name." Jia Heng said softly.
Li Chanyue was slightly startled and said in surprise: "Me?"
"You don't really like listening to story books. According to what I told you, it's okay to write a copy of the story. Once it's written, it will be published in a book. It's impossible for the whole city to talk about the name of Princess Qinghe." Jia Heng said encouragingly.
Under Li Chanyue's dark eyebrows, there was hope in Zangxing Yunyue's eyes. She seemed to be attracted by the scene described by Jia Heng, and said softly: "Then I will go back and write about it?"
Not long after, the eldest princess of Jinyang and Yuan Chun came out of the inner room. They had just come out of the bath. They were as bright as the sun and the moon, as bright as the morning glow. They looked at Jia Heng who was telling a story with Li Chanyue. They couldn't help but chuckle and joked. : "What did you two say? You were talking and laughing."
Maybe this is a family, and he, Chanyue, and she can all be harmonious and beautiful in the future.
Jia Heng looked at the two beauties with beautiful faces and said softly: "I told Chan Yue a story."
Yuan Chun approached, the beauty who had just taken a bath, her cheeks were rosy, and the charm in her eyes was flowing out like water silently, and she said, "Brother Heng, what story did you tell Chan Yue?"
"Sister Yuanchun, this is a new story. Mr. Jia told me a long story last time. It is a long story and has not been finished yet." Li Chanyue said softly.
She suspected that Mr. Jia had given a long speech specifically to make it easier to wipe away the sweat.
The eldest princess of Jinyang glanced at Jia Heng. Knowing that they were alone, Jia Heng opened a new trap and chuckled: "You have loved reading story books since you were a child. Mr. Jia knows a lot of stories." , you will never tire of listening to it for the rest of your life.”
Li Chanyue stood up and came over, saying softly: "When I write Mr. Jia's story, you can read it too."
The eldest princess of Jinyang rubbed Li Chanyue's bangs and said with a smile: "Good boy, you can still think of me while listening to Mr. Jia's story."
Jia Heng: "..."
I always feel that there is something in Jinyang's words.
Several people were chatting and laughing, Lianxue said: "Princess, lunch is ready."
After Jia Heng had lunch, he left Jinyang's eldest princess's residence. Under the protection of his subordinates, he went to the Wucheng Military and Horse Division. He was greeted by Fan Yi and other subordinates and entered the office to attend to matters.
In the office, Jia Heng had just sat down and picked up the latest Shenjing case and flipped through the files. At this moment, he suddenly heard a noise outside the door, which was clearly the King of Wei.
"Ziyu, when did you come here?" King Wei asked in greeting.
Jia Heng put down the file in his hand and asked, "I just arrived. Is there something wrong with His Majesty the King of Wei?"
King Wei pondered for a moment and said softly: "Zi Yu, there is another private matter. The day after tomorrow is the princess's birthday. You can bring your wife to the house to have dinner together. I will call Xianning."
Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then declined and said: "Your Highness, you have been busy with a lot of things in the past few days since you returned to Beijing. By the way, isn't the Queen Mother's son in the palace tomorrow?"
King Wei explained: "It's a coincidence that the princess and the Queen Mother gave birth to their children just one day apart."
In fact, he wanted to be a mediator and invite Jia Ziyu and the guests of Nan'an County Wang's family to resolve the previous grievances.
"That's it." Jia Heng's face suddenly became clear and he said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, I have been busy with an errand assigned by the Holy Lord these days. The matter is very important, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go."
Now when he heard about the princess, he felt a little nervous and didn't dare to go to the banquet again. If he was drugged again, well, this was unlikely. King Wei didn't have any special hobbies.
When King Wei heard this, although he felt a lot of disappointment in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. He smiled and said, "In that case, we will make another appointment at another time."
According to what his uncle said earlier, Jia Ziyu should hand over his errands after returning to Beijing, but for so long, there has been no movement, and for some unknown reason.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness the King of Wei, it has been almost a year since the restructuring of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division. Previously, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Beijing Inspectorate delayed the trial implementation of the new system. Now it can be said that the personnel of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division can be changed. To make adjustments, His Highness the King of Wei will be the meritorious official, and a list will be made in detail by remembering the merits of the relevant civil servants and generals."
This is to give King Wei some sweetness in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. After having a riddle with Jinyang earlier, he increasingly felt that his control over the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division could not be lost at least for now.
When King Wei heard this, he felt happy and said, "Ziyu, I will get this list later."
Jia Heng said: "Your Highness, we have to pay attention to the public security in the capital. Your Highness, I will prepare prisoners for the next two years. If Your Highness has achieved results, I can also declare to the Holy One that Your Highness can take charge of the five-city army and horse department." I thought the Holy One would share my worries."
When the King of Wei heard this, he felt calm, his eyes were excited, and he said, "Ziyu, don't worry."
Jia Heng nodded, said nothing more, and sat in the Yamen for a while. It was not until dusk that he followed the Yamen officials out of the official hall.
Ningguo Mansion, in the kitchen——
Chen Xiaoli stood in front of the window, holding a kitchen knife and stacking vegetables on the willow chopping board. His face was frosty. As the light of the knife fell, the vegetables turned into leaves.
"Uncle Heng, what's wrong?" Chen Xiao washed his hands and looked up at the young man opposite.
Jia Heng looked at Chen Xiao who still hadn't escaped, frowned and said, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
Chen Xiao's eyes moved and he quietly followed Jia Heng to the dining room on the side of the back kitchen.
This scene immediately aroused a lot of discussion among the surrounding mothers. Some of them thought that Jia Heng had fallen in love with this cook with good looks and excellent cooking skills.
Jia Heng looked at the girl opposite, with an indifferent expression, and said straight to the point: "I've already had someone check, and I'm not the one."
Chen Xiao twisted her eyebrows, Qingying's eyes showed a bit of suspicion, and said, "Where did you check it from?"
"I have my own way. As for the so-called female official of Shang Yao Bureau, I have also checked. It is true that my mother is a medical officer of Shang Yao Bureau. However, after my mother left the palace, she married my father incognito." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.
Chen Xiao's eyebrows furrowed. Although Yurong's expression remained unchanged, doubts were welling up in her heart.
When Jia Heng saw the silent Chen Xiao, he realized that Chen Xiao was not sure that he was the heir of the deposed prince, but was making false threats.
Jia Heng looked at the girl with cold eyebrows and said, "Let's talk about you. As a daughter of a clan, it is not a long-term solution to hang out with Bai Lian, a traitor to the party. You and I are going to meet someone tonight."
"Who?" Chen Xiao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and there was a dark meaning in his clear eyes under his willow eyebrows.
Jia Heng said: "Princess Jinyang."
"I won't go, I won't go!" Chen Xiao's expression suddenly changed, and there was a trace of vigilance in his eyes. He said coldly, as if he felt a little guilty, and said coldly: "Why do you want to see the princess?"
She was a little frightened when she saw that elegant, beautiful, and clever aunt.
Chen Xiao thought about it, and then he realized it. He stared at the young man's face and asked, "Is it the eldest princess you were asking about earlier?"
Jia Heng nodded and said, "She knows some secrets from back then, so I went to ask her."
Chen Xiao's eyes were focused and he said quietly: "The eldest princess may not know the full story of what happened back then. Anyway, you are the crown prince's heir."
Jia Heng was speechless for a moment and whispered: "But I'm not."
Chen Xiaoqing's eyes flickered and she said coldly: "You can be."
Jia Heng: "???"
Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Either you help me find out who the real person behind the scenes is, or you are."
"It seems that Miss Xiao has convinced me?" Jia Heng chuckled, and as he spoke, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Chen Xiao's hand, which was already extremely powerful, and clasped it tightly. With his wrist, he gently brought Chen Xiao in front of him, and his eyes began to become dangerous.
Chen Xiao snorted coldly, clenched his fist with five fingers, and punched Jia Heng head-on, but Jia Heng raised his hand to block it gently.
The other slender hand moved towards Jia Heng's neck, trying to strangle Jia Heng's neck. Jia Heng took the other hand and grabbed it again.
Chen Xiao's face turned frosty, he snorted coldly, and suddenly burst out.
"call……"
He bent his knees and lifted them up suddenly, getting another knee bump.
Jia Heng frowned and hurriedly stepped away from the girl's hand. He let go of the girl's hand and punched out like lightning. "Bang!" was accompanied by the sound of elbows and fists hitting each other. Immediately, the girl hit him with the force of her fist. When he suddenly retreated, Jia Heng stepped forward and grabbed Chen Xiao's throat.
"Miss Xiao, don't push yourself too far." Jia Heng's eyes were cold, but his voice was unexpectedly calm.
If he just hit the truth like this, Jinyang would definitely never be done with her niece.
Someone was strangling Chen Xiao's neck, and Chen Xiao was breathing rapidly. Under Liu Ye's slender eyebrows, he said in a trembling voice: "Either you kill me, or you help find out the real candidate."
"You think I don't dare to kill you?" Jia Heng once again pulled the girl with Xianning-like features and brought her closer.
Chen Xiao saw the young man with a faint evil look in his eyes, his face was gloomy, and he felt something strange in his heart. Well, it seemed that he shouldn't have greeted him there just now. This man really had murderous intentions.
Jia Heng was quiet for a moment and said: "I can help you investigate, but you also have to do something for me. Tell me all the spies of the White Lotus Sect in Shenjing City. By the way, there is also the man named Li Yanqing who was in Kaifeng." His whereabouts are unknown after the recovery, was he rescued by the White Lotus Sect?"
When the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, all the bandits and gangsters were captured, but Li Yanqing was missing. Later, according to Qu Lang's report, he must have been rescued by the White Lotus Sect.
Chen Xiao twisted his eyebrows and said, "I don't know where the White Lotus Sect's spies are in Beijing, let alone the whereabouts of Li Yanqing. I'm just a lowly White Lotus sect member."
"A lowly member of the White Lotus cult? That day when you went to assassinate King Zhongshun, you were protected by dead soldiers and accompanied by your retinue." Jia Heng said coldly, "Are you also a lowly member of the White Lotus cult?"
"That's because I have good martial arts skills and know some details about Zhongshun, so they cooperated with me." Chen Xiao said in a clear voice.
Jia Heng looked at Chen Xiao who was telling lies with his eyes open. He came closer and whispered in the girl's ear: "Has anyone ever told you that you can't actually lie?"
Chen Xiao: "..."
Her heart skipped a beat, and there was a burst of warmth in her ears, which made her feel upset. No, why did this person like to talk in her ears? Isn't he hot?
Jia Heng turned to look at the girl and whispered: "Then let me change the conditions. You stay with me first and cut off contact with the people of the White Lotus Sect. No matter how much you doubt the death of King Zhou, you should not act like this. That’s right, besides, there were a lot of doubts about that incident back then.”
There is no rush to take Chen Xiao to see Jinyang. You can call Xianning there first.
Chen Xiaoqing's beautiful face was a little darker, and she whispered: "Did the eldest princess tell you these?"
"No matter how big or small, you don't even call me aunt?" Jia Heng frowned and gave Chen Xiao a cold look.
Chen Xiao was speechless for a moment. He always felt that the person in front of him clearly had the tone and demeanor of his aunt. In fact, after the couple had been together for a long time, their tone of voice would gradually converge.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and whispered: "I know some of the deeds of King Zhou. He valued love and righteousness, and was proud and proud. If he were still alive, he would not want to see his only daughter wandering around the world, associating with bandits, and causing harm. The great Han Dynasty caused chaos in the world, even if it was just to avenge him."
When Chen Xiaowen heard Jia Heng's words, her delicate body trembled slightly and her thoughts were complicated. She raised her eyes and looked at the young man opposite without saying a word.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "I don't think it's the one in the palace. Even if your father is for the sake of the Han Dynasty, he won't bother anymore. If the one in the palace knows this, he won't kill everyone. Will he?" Will there be someone who takes matters into his own hands, such as King Zhongshun?"
From previous contact with the eldest princess of Jinyang, it can be seen that she seems to appreciate this niece very much, and even gives him a faint feeling that she is closer to her than Xianning.
Just as Jia Heng and Chen Xiao were talking, a grandmother's voice suddenly came from outside, saying: "Master, there are people from Jinyi Mansion outside asking to see you."
Jia Heng whispered: "Wait here for now. I'll talk to you later."
Chen Xiao pursed her lips, seeming to still recall the previous words in her ears. She raised her clear eyes and looked at the back of the young man who was leaving. He raised his fist and smashed it in the direction of Jia Heng. It was obviously because of the fight they had just had. Unfortunately, the girl who prides herself on her superb martial arts skills still has a fire in her heart.
"That's right." Jia Heng turned back suddenly, looked at the girl who was acting strangely, and remained silent for a moment.
Chen Xiao quickly put down his fists and pretended to be calm, but a light blush appeared on his fair and snowy cheeks. He became angry and said: "What else do you want?"
Jia Heng said: "Who did you learn this cooking skill from?"
Some wanted to ask about the origin of this mother, but in the end, she suppressed the curiosity in her heart.
Chen Xiao was silent for a moment and said: "I was bored in the palace, so I learned from the imperial chef. I can cook Huaiyang and Shandong Henan cuisine."
"Then you are really ingenious." Jia Heng nodded and left the kitchen.
Chen Xiao watched the young man walk away and took a deep breath. This Jia Heng was really famous for being difficult to deal with.
Jia Heng came to the study, looked at Liu Jixian, who was tall and dressed in a flying fish suit, and asked, "What's going on?"
"Commander, urgent report from Yangzhou." At this time, Liu Jixian looked solemn and handed over the report with both hands.
Jia Heng took the paper from Liu Jixian and after reading it, his face was as gloomy as iron and he said, "These people took such a desperate risk that they burned the account books to the ground?"
Just recently, when Qi Kun went to Jinling to interrogate Pan Ruxi, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs in Nanjing, about his grandson's reselling of money and grain, at the same time, as an imperial scribe, he looked through the salt quotations issued by the Ministry of household affairs to salt merchants over the years. This cabinet minister obviously caught The opportunity created by Jia Heng.
However, perhaps because of this, a fire broke out in the treasury of the Salt Transportation Department in the summer night. Despite continuous efforts to put out the fire, the documents and account books in the treasury were still reduced to ashes.
After this incident, it was equivalent to the fact that the records of the cash receipts and expenditures of the transportation warehouse and the audited income and expenditure details of the salt production in the past ten years were all gone. The clues were suddenly cut off, and Qi Kun could not follow the clues no matter how hard he tried.
Looking at the young man whose expression changed, Liu Jixian lowered his voice and asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
"You go outside and prepare the horses. I will enter the palace immediately to meet the saint." Jia Heng's face was gloomy, and he suppressed the solemnity in his heart and said in a low voice.
Now, the trip to Yangzhou is imminent, and Qi Kun can no longer control the cunning people involved.
In the Daming Palace, the inner study room——
Sitting on a heated kang by the window, Emperor Chongping raised his eyes from the paper and said solemnly: "Burning the documents and destroying the evidence of crime is so courageous!"
Jia Heng said softly: "Your Majesty, according to what the capital transfer envoy Liu Shengzao said, the yamen was corrupted, and the relevant scribes, including the chief bookkeeper and the historian, have all been dismissed from their posts for negligence. At the same time, the Yangzhou Salt Academy has sent a special envoy to go there. The Salt Transportation Department is investigating the cause of the fire.”
Emperor Chongping sneered and said: "Qi Kun surprised them. You have to pack up in the next two or three days and go south as soon as possible. I want to get to the bottom of it this time!"
Now that the capital camp is in his hands, the emperor's health has been deteriorating since the collapse of the imperial mausoleum, and now the time has come to rectify the salt affairs.
Jia Heng looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order."
Without the account books, it will be more difficult to check the salt transportation department's account books, but it does not mean that it cannot be checked through other channels. Everything in the world is universally connected. The number of newborns can be inferred by the issuance of BCG. Without BCG, there are still infants and young children. Products, as well as the number of civil marriage registrations, and the number of local kindergartens...
The breakthrough in the Yangzhou case was the disappearance of the Salt Transportation Department's account books, the previous case of poisoning Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou and the fire case in the Salt Transportation Department.
(End of chapter)
