[Red Mansion] Today is also not a person in Jia's house

Chapter 157

From sending troops to the southwest to now, more and more money has been invested, but the process is really slow.

"The soldiers were sent in May, and it's July now. I don't know when they will be back. Yesterday I sent people to see Lian's second sister-in-law and the others in the prison. I was always in a panic."

Ever since Wei Ruolan set off on the expedition, Tanchun came to Lin's house whenever she had nothing to do, and this is the only place she can walk around now.

I saw her pick up the tea on the table, put it down as soon as it was brought to her lips, clutching her chest, too lazy to move.

Lin Daiyu watched the meeting and ordered people to serve fresh melons and fruits.

"Both my father and I can't use the cooler, only my sister has an ice mirror in her room. You seem to be in a bitter summer, so you want to move here? Sure enough, you have become more delicate after marriage. I haven't seen you like this before."

The sisters talked in the boudoir, and there were a few teasing words, which attracted Tan Chun to stare at her.

"And when you get married, you don't know what it's like to be pampered. Then I will have good things to say about you."

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then brought herbal tea to drink to feel better.

"Why hasn't big sister come back? I want to ask her about the Nangong family. I heard that it is a medical family that sent people to the southwest. I don't know what the situation is now."

Because Wei Ruolan is far away in the southwest, Tanchun inevitably pays attention to the affairs of the southwest, but she lives in the inner house and can't get involved, so she is more anxious.

"Sure enough, he is a married person, and he is thinking about his brother-in-law. Nangong's family has only been there for a few days. I heard that it helped control the infection. How could it be so fast? If you are so anxious, your soul will follow."

Lin Daiyu pretended to sigh twice, then suddenly thought of something, she clapped her hands and laughed.

"By the way, my sister is at Cheng's house, and my second brother is going to the southwest again. If you have anything to send, just ask him to take it."

"this is not good."

Just as Tanchun hesitated, Lin Daiyu stopped him.

"What's wrong. Let's not talk about us, don't the second elder brother and the third younger brother-in-law know each other? I just asked him to bring a few clothes, which were not expensive, and lost them on the road. How can I feel sorry for you?"

Talking like this on purpose, wait until Tanchun gets annoyed before begging for mercy.

"My dear sister, I was wrong. The second elder brother will leave the day after tomorrow. If you want to send it quickly and pack it up, if you delay, you will not be able to catch up."

"Your mouth is always unforgiving. I really don't know what kind of brother-in-law can calm down. Wait until I come back to deal with you!"

Leaving aside a few words, Tanchun went back to pack some clothes.

Lin Daiyu sent her off with a smile, but her smile faded after she turned around.

"Watching the sisters get married, I have no idea. I will probably be like the fourth sister in this life, and I don't want to be like sister Yun."

"Girl, don't talk nonsense. A few days ago, the son of the Shangshu family came to propose marriage. The master said, I want you to be willing. Which girl in the capital can compare to you?"

Xueyan poked her head back, but was poked back by Lin Daiyu with her finger.

"Seeing that you're getting older, and you don't know what to say, you should find a young man to assign you out, so you don't have to talk nonsense in front of me."

"Ouch."

Clutching his forehead, Xueyan shrank back obediently.

Going back to the room, I waited for Tanchun to pack up and deliver, but after waiting for two hours, only the servant came over with a happy face.

"Pack up the things, my wife said she would deliver them in person, but she felt uncomfortable when she walked to the door, thinking it was heatstroke and asked the doctor to look at it. Unexpectedly, she was happy. The doctor said that it was not easy to detect in the first two months, but I just couldn't work harder. .”

"really?"

Compared with Shi Xiangyun, the child Tanchun must be expected by his parents when he is born, and will be loved by thousands of people.The partial guard Ruolan is still in the southwest, and there are dangers everywhere.

Seeing Shishu's happy face, Lin Daiyu made a secret decision.

"Go back and take good care of your wife. My brother-in-law will definitely come back early, and I will never let her guard the child alone."

As soon as Lin Yun came back at night, he was stopped.

"I wrote a letter, do you know how to contact Nangong Xu?"

"Just send it out."

After a busy day in Cheng's residence, Lin Yun half-closed his eyes and responded casually. After walking a few steps, he suddenly opened his eyes and stepped back.

"What did you say? You said you didn't want to see him last time. What happened?"

Lin Daiyu felt a little uncomfortable to take back what she said.

"Just tell me if you can do something. The third sister was diagnosed with pregnancy today, if she doesn't solve the Southwest matter as soon as possible and ask the third sister-in-law to come back, what will she do?"

Lin Yun was shocked and didn't notice Lin Daiyu's strangeness at all.

"She has it too? What's the rush at such a young age? My body hasn't grown up yet, so I forgot about Shi Xiangyun? I'll ask someone to deliver the letter."

Fifteen or sixteen years old should be the best age for a girl's family, but to be a mother at this time, and to be a grandmother at 30 years old, it is scary to think about it.But this is the norm of the ancients.

"In the future when you and I get married, whoever dares to urge to have a child, I will screw his head off."

He snatched the letter with his hands and rushed out angrily.

Looking at this irritable appearance, Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing.Turning around and thinking of Shi Xiangyun, I couldn't laugh again.

"The third younger sister is the wife of the house, so she can take care of herself well. I have pity for younger sister Yun's injury."

With a sigh, he asked someone to prepare medicinal materials for health care and send them to Shi Xiangyun.

Two days later, Cheng Qian went out of Beijing again to escort the supplies. As soon as the front foot left, there was an uproar in the back foot department, and a group of officials hurried into the palace to ask for an audience.

"Let's start, Your Majesty, the amount of food and grass escorted this time is wrong, and Master Cheng's memorial has been maliciously hidden. Please learn from Your Majesty."

The eunuch handed over the memorial with both hands, and retreated to the side with his hands down.

The emperor unfolded the memorial, his complexion gradually became ugly, and finally threw the memorial on the face of Hubu Shangshu.

"Cheng Qian made a mistake in the bank account, please make up for it. This paper has not been sent to me, who approved it for him? The amount of food and grass has not changed, but the account has been doubled. It is very good. You are in charge of the household department like this. ?”

When the king was angry, there was no sound in the hall.Hubu Shangshu knelt down trembling.

"The old minister was negligent, and please forgive me. Recently, the official residence and other items have been searched. The old minister is really busy. He noticed the abnormality and immediately reported to His Majesty. The wrong treasury was negotiated with the Ministry of Officials. The old minister requested an order to call the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to have an audience. "

"Ministry of officials? What do you mean, this treasury silver is obtained by selling officials?"

Staring at the people kneeling below, the emperor looked unhappy.

Although it has been tacit understanding since ancient times to sell officials and nobles, it is not pleasant after all, and there is still trouble now, isn't it made public?But right now the matter in the southwest is not over, and the Wa Kingdom in the east is also harassing from time to time. It is the time when money is short, so I can't take care of it.

"Shangshu of the Xuanli Department."

Hubu Shangshu kowtowed to thank him, and exchanged glances with the kneeling subordinate behind him.

Not long after, the Minister of the Ministry of officials kowtowed to him.

"Get up, and take a look at the book on the ground."

The emperor waved his hands, too lazy to say it again, aggrieved and angry.Although the scale of the successive wars was small, they couldn't bear the long-term consumption, and the national strength was wasted. Even if they operated for a few more years, the majestic Shang Kingdom would not be ruled by the surrounding small countries.

After reading the memorial, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials bowed his hands.

"I would like to report to Your Majesty that the matter mentioned in the memorial is not known to me. But all the accounts are recorded in the Sifeng Division. Please allow me to go and investigate thoroughly. If there is a mistake, I will not tolerate it."

"Your Excellency, you can push it cleanly. As a minister, shouldn't you know everything about the actions of subordinate officials?"

The Minister of the Household Department squinted over, but the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was unmoved.

"What Qian Shangshu said is true. I think you are very aware of the details in this memorial. Can you tell me?"

"you!"

"Okay, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, you must give me an answer within three days, otherwise you should all go to the southwest."

He drove people out with a wave of his hand, and impatiently picked up the memorial at the table to review.

It so happened that the memorial came from the southwest, saying that Cheng Qian invited the Nangong family to help them fight the plague.Stop the spread in time when it is hot and humid in summer, and temporarily repel enemy attacks.

"This Cheng Qian really knows how to do things. Unfortunately, he is still young and inexperienced. He will be a good seed in the future."

With a sigh of relief, my mood eased slightly, and I wrote the word "reward" on the memorial, put it aside, and continued to review the others.

The eunuch next to him looked sideways and nodded slightly.

It seems that not only Lin Ruhai is in the emperor's heart, but this little Cheng is also very favored. The wealth of Lin and Cheng is far away.In the future, Lord Lin and Lord Xiao Cheng will return to the palace, but they must be careful in serving them, there will be no harm.

The eunuchs who knew the emperor's thoughts best were always the eunuchs who served him personally.

But when the decree came out, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials launched a thorough investigation, and the personnel involved in selling officials checked them one by one.After checking and checking, I can't get around the two departments, and I quickly found out a few suspicious people from them.

Among them is the head of Sifeng, Zhao Zhong.

"My lord, all the accounts are clearly recorded, there will be no problems, and all colleagues can testify."

The two Shangshu lords sat at the top, and the people involved stood below, and the leader was Zhao Zhong.

"All the accounts that have passed through the hands of the lower officials have been checked. If you don't believe me, you can check again. I dare to use the head of the item to guarantee that there will be no mistakes!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials flipped through the accounts and looked up for a long time.

"Seven official positions have been sold from you, but there is an extra 3000 taels in the account. Why?"

"My lord, most of the people who buy officials are flattering and flattering. They intend to offer bribes. The lower officials can't accept it, and it's not good not to accept it. They simply put it away and put it in the warehouse."

Such an answer can be described as generous, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials nodded again and again, but turned over the account book next to him.

"But you only have six places in your hand, but you sold seven in the end. How do you explain?"

Zhao Zhong's self-confidence froze on his face.

Hubu Shangshu glanced over.

"The most important thing right now is the accounting. We will discuss such trivial matters later."

"No, the minutiae are also clues. If Mr. Qian has other clues, you can share them together. Ku Yin made a mistake and went straight to Shengting, so he didn't dare to be perfunctory."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials spoke righteously and refused to let go of any mistakes. He interrogated everyone in detail and delayed most of the day.

The news spread to Prince Zhongshun's residence, and the prince became impatient.

"This old thing is really hard to deal with, I'm afraid it will fold our people into it."

Prince Zhongshun is still there, so he doesn't care.

"Zhao Zhong is just a bridge. How can he be led to Chen Lin without passing through the bridge? The dust will settle within two days."

After speaking, he raised the wine glass in front of him and respected the stage in front of him.

In front, Qi Guan was wearing a war robe, holding a wooden spear, and was singing "The Battle of Guandu".

The author says:

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