Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 486 Blood-stained Imperial City

Not only did Xue Baochai give birth to a son, but Lao Li and Qin Shun took Xue Baochai's hand and followed Hualan to the palace gate.

This time, the commander of the Imperial Guard guarding the door did not embarrass the two of them, but smoothly opened the side door a small crack to let a few people out.

After a few people came out, they went to Long Jinwei first.

Long Jinwei's Yamen was the closest Yamen gate to the palace. Only when they arrived here did the three of them ask for their horses, and then they ran all the way to the Duke's Mansion.

Of course, they also encountered soldiers patrolling the infantry commander's Yamen on the way, but with Xue Baochai's hand and the waist cards of Lao Li and Qin Shun, these people did not dare to stop them.

In this way, several of them successfully arrived at the gate of Duke Wu's Mansion.

When they arrived at the gate of Wu Guo Palace, they arrived at their own home. Hua Lan just said hello and the soldiers guarding outside let him go. Several people hurriedly entered the palace and then entered the second gate.

After arriving here, Hualan asked the eunuch on duty to find out where Jia Rui was resting today.

Originally, they would not tell them this kind of thing, but under the coercion and inducement of Qin Shun and Lao Li, the eunuch spat out.

After finding out that Jia Rui was resting at Xue Baoqin's place, they hurried to the entrance of Xue Baoqin's yard.

At this point, another person was sent in to report.

At this time, although Jia Rui was resting in Xue Baoqin's yard, he was not with Xue Baoqin, but fell asleep in a guest room nearby.

He was sleeping comfortably when he suddenly heard someone calling him outside the window.

"My lord, my lord."

Jia Rui opened his eyes and became angry all of a sudden.

"Where's the soul screaming in the middle of the night?"

Jia Rui's rough shout frightened the maid below, but after thinking about the people outside the door, she said one more thing.

"My lord, this is Eunuch Qin. Eunuch Li and Aunt Hualan are asking for an audience."

When Jia Rui heard this, he immediately became energetic.

You must know that these three people are all directors of his intelligence agency. If they come to see him together now, something big must have happened.

So Jia Rui got up quickly, put on some clothes, opened the door and came out.

"Where are the three of them?"

"Back home, sir, they are waiting outside the courtyard."

"Bring them to the main hall."

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he walked straight to the main hall.

At this time, the main hall was already lit with candlelight.

After Jia Rui came in, he sat directly on the main seat, and the maid on duty immediately brought him fragrant tea.

Jia Rui picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp. As soon as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve, Hualan came in with Lao Li and Qin Shun.

After entering, Hua Lanxing was blessed, and Lao Li and Qin Shun knelt down and kowtowed.

"Everyone get up!"

With Jia Rui's words, several people dared to stand up. After that, Hua Lan came to Jia Rui's side, picked up the cup that Jia Rui drank clean, and left.

"It's so late, what's wrong?"

As soon as Jia Rui finished speaking, Qin Shun immediately took out a Baijuan from his arms, hurriedly went up and said:
"My lord, there is an urgent military situation in the south of the Yangtze River."

Jia Rui took it and looked at it, and his face became angry.

The trees want to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop.

I originally wanted to keep these people happy for a while, but I didn't expect that they would all pop out.

At this time, Lao Li also held a memorial and sent it to Jia Rui.

"Mr. Guo, this is the news I got from my slave. I don't know if it is the same as Eunuch Qin."

Jia Rui took the memorial and read it carefully. After reading it, he had to sigh that the Zhen family's intelligence network in Jiangnan was really powerful.

This information is much more detailed than Qin Shuna's information, but it basically talks about the same thing.

The general meaning is that when the Supreme Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River, he left behind a bastard. In normal times, this bastard would naturally not show up, but now that the current situation is precarious, and some people are secretly traveling around, this bastard actually wants to start a rebellion. What a storm.

In addition to these, intelligence also revealed that this bastard also had behind-the-scenes supporters. In addition to the secret participation of local religious forces, there were also people in the capital who secretly provided intelligence and funds.

If there is no timely intervention now, Jiangnan will be unstable once a storm arises.

Jia Rui put the two things on the table. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and then said: "Qin Shun is responsible for the affairs in the capital, and Lao Li is responsible for the affairs in Jiangnan. I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go."

Qin Shun and Lao Li immediately knelt on the ground, "I will obey the orders of the Duke."

Jia Rui nodded and was about to let the two of them leave, but he thought that there might be a big fight this time and they might not have enough people.

So Jia Rui immediately asked someone to take the four treasures of the study and write two hand metaphors, and at the same time stamped the official seal.

"These two hands are meant for you to hold. When necessary, you can mobilize troops and suppress the rebellion."

The two people quickly knelt forward, took the hand gesture thrown by Jia Rui with both hands, and then respectfully withdrew.

After the two of them went out, Hua Lan arrived belatedly holding a cup of tea.

"How is the training of your men?" Jia Rui asked Hualan while drinking tea.

"Young Master, I've come back to China and it's already come in handy."

"Well, let your people pay attention to the situation in Jiangnan. Once the people under Lao Li are in trouble, ask your people to clear the obstacles for them."

"I know." Hua Lan replied lightly.

Jia Rui took the tea from Huanan's hand, took a sip, and then put it aside. It's a really nice weather today.

It's killer weather.

After Qin Shun and Lao Li left the Duke's Mansion, they started to act separately.

Lao Li's side ordered his men to pass information to outside Beijing.

Qin Shun went directly to the Intelligence Department's Yamen in the capital.

After that, the entire Intelligence Department was in chaos. First of all, people from the Intelligence Department began to flock to the Jinyi Military Yamen.

After that, the entire Jinyi Army Yamen also started to move. Under the leadership of the people from the Intelligence Department, they began to swarm out in droves, heading towards the rich and prosperous place in the entire capital.

After that, the entire capital was in chaos, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

The common people were so frightened when they heard this noise that they did not dare to raise their heads and blocked the doors of their homes one by one.

The people from the infantry command yamen did not intervene, but were on guard inside and outside each street.

Their purpose is to pull the net to search for fish that have slipped through the net.

In this way, there was no peace the whole night. It was not until daytime that the shouting of killing subsided a little, but it still did not stop.

The civil and military officials who originally wanted to go to the Yamen to do business are now stuck at home and unable to get out.

It's not that they don't want to go out, it's that the people in the infantry commander's office don't let them go out.

This lasted for two days before the entire capital calmed down.

However, after things calmed down, officials at all levels inquired and found out that all the royal family in the capital had been killed within two days.

Everyone who got the news was shocked.

Especially Jia Rui's close ministers, this group of people were murmuring. Why didn't the master say hello to them about such a big matter? Didn't he believe them?

After you had this idea, these people couldn't sit still and rushed to their two leaders to read the news.

But now Jiayu Village is in Jiangnan, so most people still go to Shen Wence's place.

When I arrived at Shen Wence's mansion and inquired, I found out that even the leader didn't know what was going on.

In the end, these people were confused and went to do their own things.

And Jia Rui finally left the Duke's Mansion during the day and returned to the palace.

After entering the palace, Jia Rui immediately went to the Yangxin Hall because Xue Baochai also gave birth to a son for him.

Almost all of Jia Rui's children were just born, and Jia Rui watched from the side. Only this child was more than two days old, and Jia Rui came to visit.

Entering the Yangxin Hall, went to the back and entered Xue Baochai's confinement room.

The conditions here are much better than at home. All kinds of equipment are available, and even the rooms are three in a row.

Entering the first room, this is the living room, and then entering the second room through the connecting door, which is Xue Baochai's general activity place.

At this time, Xue Baochai, with her head wrapped in white cloth, was sitting on a chair and gently rocking the cradle.

She heard the door knock, looked up and saw Jia Rui, with a slight smile on her face, and then waved to Jia Rui gently.

Jia Rui walked carefully to the cradle and looked at the child inside with a satisfied smile.

Xue Baochai looked at his youngest son, "How is it? Is it better than his newborn brother?"

Jia Rui looked at his little son in the cradle, yes, with a smile on his face, but he said insincerely:

"That's certainly much healthier than his brother."

Xue Baochai smiled with satisfaction.

But let's be honest, Xue Baoqin's child was born at full term, and Xue Baochai was born prematurely. This younger son is thinner than his brother.

"Have you given the child a name?"

"Nope!"

"Why can't you afford it?"

"Hi," Jia Rui sighed, and then continued: "It's not like you don't know that the right to name our family belongs to the old man."

It turns out that old man Jia Dairu was very excited yesterday when he found out that he had two more grandchildren, and immediately asked for the naming rights from Jia Rui.

Xue Baochai smiled secretly.

In this world, the only one who can control Jia Rui is the old man.

"Lao Li and Qin Shun left the palace two days ago. I wrote them a handwriting. Do you think it doesn't matter?" Xue Baochai asked with some anxiety.

Jia Rui said nonchalantly: "What's the big deal? I'm not in the palace. You can decide everything here."

Xue Baochai lowered his head happily.

Jia Rui didn't notice that there was a desire for power in Xue Baochai's eyes at this time.

It was just a small gesture that day, but it actually made the commander of the Forbidden Army, whom she had never met, agree to release her. This gave Xue Baochai her first taste of the beauty of power.

Of course, this is just a small sweetness. As long as Jia Rui is around, Xue Baochai doesn't dare to show any ambition in front of Jia Rui.

After Jia Rui saw his son, he rushed to the front again to approve the memorial.

Today's memorial was accumulated over the past two days, and Jia Rui has enough to do today.

By noon, not even a quarter of Jia Rui's memorial had been approved, and the eunuch from outside came in to report.

"My lord, the Chief Minister of the Cabinet and the Minister of Civil Affairs, Shen Wence, would like to see you."

(End of this chapter)