Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 95 [095] Ziying is in love with Su Ma, Chen Dailang is in love with a concubine
The openings and closings were densely packed, with knives like a sea and guns like a forest. No one noticed Feng Ziying's sudden cold arrow.

He was going to shoot Dorgon, but was blown by the howling northwest wind, and the arrow missed his aim and flew towards Lagu Su Ma next to Dorgon.

However, at this moment, Dorgon only had Jia Yuanchun in his eyes, and he didn't even notice that someone was sniping.

It was only when the arrow flew close that Dorgon caught a glimpse of the sharp shadow of the arrow.

Although Aunt Su Ma is a maid, she is actually a sister to Da Yuer.

For Dayuer's sake, Dorgon wanted to rescue him, but it was too late.

Aunt Su Ma doesn't know martial arts, so in a hurry, she can only lower her head and dodge.

There was a crisp sound of "clang".

The arrow hit Lagu Su Ma's helmet.

The rest of the strength was still there, and the helmet was thrown out by the arrow.

"what!"

Aunt Su Ma screamed, her bun was messed up, and her long hair fluttered in the wind.

A terrified look filled her beautiful face.

Her big lychee eyes were filled with tears, and the pupils were flickering, eager to look forward to, and arousing love and affection.

Feng Ziying let go of her hand, and the strong bow fell to the ground.

"What a nice view!"

Feng Ziying secretly sighed in her heart, her mouth gaped, she was stunned.

Aunt Su Ma is a Jurchen, but she has good features, delicate features, and a pair of big eyes that seem to be able to speak.

There is also a unique exotic style.

Actually, Aunt Su Ma is three years older than Feng Ziying, but Feng Ziying is still infatuated with her.

……

On the other hand, in order to protect himself, Zuo Liangyu told Jia Chen about a crime committed by Xu Luan, the prefect of Yangzhou.

It turned out that there was a Yongfeng County in the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou.

About half a year ago, a rich man surnamed Liang in the county was involved in a death lawsuit.

During the investigation, the yamen inadvertently found two thousand taels of silver and one thousand two hundred taels of gold left by the bandits in Liang's house.

It stands to reason that if such a huge amount of money is found, it needs to be reported level by level, and the money should be turned over to the state treasury.

The Yongfeng county government did not dare to hide anything, and immediately reported the case to Xu Luan, the magistrate of Yangzhou.

Unexpectedly, Xu Luan became greedy.

When he reported to the imperial court, he deliberately lied about this sum of money as one hundred and twenty taels of gold and twenty thousand taels of silver.

Xu Luan embezzled more than [-] taels of silver by exchanging silver for gold and the price difference between gold and silver.

Jia Chen's eyes lit up, this is a good opportunity to bring down Xu Luan!
Without further ado, Jia Chen immediately sent someone to Yongfeng County to investigate.

In the end, as Zuo Liangyu said, this is a well-founded fact.

Jia Chen was overjoyed. Although Zuo Liangyu was not a good bird, he had made a contribution.

Now, there is still a lack of witnesses to testify against this matter.

Zuo Liangyu is just an insider, and what he said is not enough to testify. He needs to find a witness from Xu Luan's accomplices.

Jia Chen immediately sent someone to investigate Xu Luan further.

Not long after, Jia Chen keenly locked on a person.

This person is very suitable to be a witness, and his identity is Xu Luan's housekeeper—Liu Rui.

Jia Chen knew very well that as long as he could pry Liu Rui's mouth open, Xu Luan could only confess his guilt obediently.

Xu Luan entrusted Liu Rui to do many of Xu Luan's shady activities.

This way of handling has another advantage, that is, knocking the mountain to shake the tiger, knocking Liu Rui, and shaking Xu Luan, so it can be regarded as not completely tearing apart with Xu Luan, leaving room for officialdom.

Because Emperor Chongrui was an inconspicuous emperor, he didn't play cards according to common sense.Even if Xu Luan is found guilty this time, Emperor Chongrui may not order Xu Luan to death. Maybe Xu Luan will have a chance to make a comeback in the future, so there is no need to offend Xu Luan to death.

The preparations were ready, and in order to avoid alarming the enemy, Jia Chen instructed his subordinates to further paralyze Xu Luan and Liu Rui.

However, just when Jia Chen was about to make a move, Liu Rui suddenly disappeared from the world.

It turned out that after Xu Luan realized the danger, he was quick to get wise, tore off a word "Dun" from the "Sun Wu's Art of War" he was reading, and secretly stuffed this word to Liu Rui.

Liu Rui was smart and quick-witted, so he immediately understood and hid himself.

However, Jia Chen's moves are superior, and he has guessed that Liu Rui must not have escaped far, and should still be hiding in Yangzhou City.

Without further ado, Jia Chen immediately contacted Zuo Liangyu and asked him to send troops to search for Liu Rui in Yangzhou city.

Yangzhou City is full of people, and finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

But Jia Chen was resourceful. After a little thought, he concluded that Liu Rui would not hide in the homes of relatives and friends, nor would he sleep on the streets or hide in poor houses.

As Xu Luan's housekeeper, Liu Rui is considered pampered on weekdays, and he probably hides in a carefree cave like Goulan Wasi.

Zuo Liangyu followed Jia Chen's instructions and ordered his subordinates to focus on searching the fireworks and willow lanes such as brothels and brothels.

Three days later, Liu Rui was searched out of a brothel by the army.

Jia Chen sent someone to interrogate Liu Rui, but Liu Rui was a slick and sophisticated man, relying on himself as Xu Luan's housekeeper, he kept his mouth shut and was even more arrogant.

After two days of interrogation, nothing was found. Jia Chen went out in person, and after only two moves, Liu Rui obediently confessed his guilt.

In the first move, Jia Chen told Liu Rui in detail about Xu Luan's embezzlement of stolen money.

Jia Chen told Liu Rui that he already had conclusive and detailed evidence, and Xu Luan had no possibility of getting off the hook.

These words gave Liu Rui the illusion that Xu Luan's situation was over.

In the second move, Jia Chen told Liu Rui that as long as he testified obediently, he could be forgiven extrajudicially and avoid his guilt.

In order to protect himself, Liu Rui confessed all the crimes of Xu Luan like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Jia Chen attached great importance to Liu Rui's testimony.

Whenever Liu Rui said something, Jia Chen not only asked his subordinates to record it in detail, but also quickly sent people to take the officials involved in the case as pledges.

Facing the mountain of ironclad evidence, Xu Luan couldn't argue, so he had to obey the law obediently, bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

It stands to reason that Jia Chen is the imperial envoy and can immediately sentence Xu Luan to death.

But to do an errand for Emperor Chongrui, one must know how to figure out the Sacred Heart and leave room for it.

Emperor Chongrui might not be willing to kill Xu Luan, and as an imperial envoy himself, he couldn't do it for him.

I just need to report all the crimes committed by Xu Luan, and the final conviction is still handed over to Emperor Chongrui.

As the saying goes, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, so there is no need for you to make your own decisions and run into the bad luck of Emperor Chongrui.

After Xu Luan finished cooking, Jia Chen found evidence of collusion between the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou City and Japanese pirates and bandits through Xu Luan's stalking.

Jia Chen confiscated all the properties of these eight salt merchants, deterring other illegal salt merchants.

Jia Chen also contacted a group of Japanese pirates entrenched in the offshore through one of the salt merchants, leaked false news to the other party, and lured the other party to come to Yangzhou City to rob the official bank.

As a result, Jia Chen had already contacted Zuo Liangyu and set up a net to wipe out the gang of pirates.

Jia Chen killed nine Japanese pirates by himself, and the Yangzhou defenders wiped out a total of ninety-one Japanese pirates and captured thirteen.

After this battle, several bands of Japanese pirates entrenched near Yangzhou fled away one after another, went to other cities to plunder, and dared not come to Yangzhou City again.

The people in Yangzhou clapped their hands and applauded, and were grateful to Jia Chen.

Zuo Liangyu, who has always thought highly of himself, also admires Jia Chen deeply.

Chongrui Emperor Longyan was very happy, and summoned Jia Chen to return to Beijing to receive the reward.

On the other hand, Lin Ruhai basically recovered under the medicine and food treatment prescribed by Jia Chen.

Lin Ruhai invited Jia Chen to his home, had a big feast, and thanked him a thousand times.

At the same time, he also saw that Jia Chen and Lin Daiyu seemed to be lovers and concubines, and there was something wrong with their eyes when they looked at each other...

Does my daughter like this young imperial envoy?

(End of this chapter)