Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 180 Release the Cloud Light
Emperor Longqing allowed Jia Qiong to have dinner with the queen and princess. This was a great favor, and even Jia Qiong was a little flattered.

Jia Qiong dined with the emperor and empress, watched the two princesses begging for tricks, and then left with Emperor Longqing.

After leaving Shou'an Palace, Emperor Longqing had no intention of letting him leave.

Jia Qiong knew that Emperor Longqing had something to explain, so he followed him all the way back to the Yangxin Hall.

"Jia Qiong, I heard that you are very good at chess. Come play a game with me."

Jia Qiong knew that it was not easy to play chess with the emperor. It was not good to win, and it was not good to deliberately lose for the emperor to see.

It would be best if the battles were evenly matched, and the emperor would win by a hair and a half in the end.

But according to his character, it would be too scheming to do this.

Jia Qiong thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have never lost in chess."

Emperor Longqing laughed when he heard this and said: "Why, are you afraid that I will be unhappy if you win?
I have never lost in chess in these years, so you try your best. I want to see how good you are at chess. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Ten minutes later, Emperor Longqing looked at the already defeated chess game and said displeasedly: "The minister is playing chess with the king. Can the minister win?"

Jia Qiong looked at Long Qing and others speechlessly, and thought to herself, who told me to go all out just now? I only used [-]% of my strength.

"Your Majesty, your thoughts are on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, so I can compete with you on this one-foot-square chessboard.

Emperor Longqing smiled when he heard this and said, "What you said makes sense.

This round doesn’t count, let’s move on to the next round. "

"...The minister obeys the order."

Jia Qiong thought for a while and asked: "Your Majesty, since I have become a lecturer, shouldn't I also hand over the errand of the Chang'an County Magistrate?"

Emperor Longqing glanced at him and said, "You haven't been at the county office for more than half a month, and there hasn't been any trouble in Chang'an County.

Since you are so capable, you might as well continue to do both. "

Jia Qiongxin thought that the emperor was beating him up, so he could only kneel down and apologize and said: "I was lazy and slack some time ago. I really have failed the emperor's favor. Please punish me."

Emperor Longqing saw that he was sincere in admitting his mistake, so he said: "The Chang'an County Magistrate's Department has already selected a candidate, and he seems to be a new scholar.

When he comes back from vacation, you will be able to step down. Until then, you should continue to serve part-time.

Don't cheat again in the future, otherwise I will definitely punish you. Get up. "

"I obey the order, thank you, Your Majesty."

After a while, Emperor Longqing suddenly asked: "Do you know about Yun Guang?"

Jia Qiong was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Go back to the emperor, I know something about it."

"What do you think I should do with him?"

Jia Qiong said: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I don't know whether Yun Guang has colluded with the Wala people, so I can't answer."

Emperor Longqing said: "According to Jinyiwei's investigation, those things were done by his nephew himself, and no evidence of collusion between Yunguang and the Wala people was found."

Jia Qiong thought for a moment and said, "If this is the case, I think Yun Guang can be demoted and transferred to other positions."

Emperor Longqing nodded noncommittally and said, "Tomorrow you go to Beizhen Fusi to pass on my oral instructions and ask him to go home first and think about his mistakes behind closed doors."

Jia Qiong asked carefully: "Your Majesty, why do you want me to deliver the decree?"

Emperor Longqing said: "Yunguang used to guard the border with Dai Shangong in his early years and had some influence in the army.

Without conclusive evidence, I will not punish you easily.

You go find out about him for me and see if he is involved in this matter. "

Jia Qiong was shocked when she heard this, thinking that Emperor Longqing wanted him to fabricate evidence so that he could get rid of Yun Guang smoothly?
He said: "Your Majesty, I have no friendship with Yun Guang. Even if he is really involved, I am afraid he will not tell me."

Emperor Longqing smiled and said: "I didn't remove him from his post and asked you to deliver the decree, just to make you sell well.

Whether you can gain Yunguang's trust depends on your ability. Once you find out more about it, come and report to me at any time. Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, Jia Qiong had no choice but to agree: "I obey the order." "

Jia Qiong was a little confused about Emperor Longqing's true intentions. Even if Yunguang had a connection with Sun Dexia, he would not be stupid enough to tell others. Emperor Longqing would not have thought of this.

Did he want to use his hands to get rid of Yun Guang, or was he hiding some other intention.

Jia Qiong couldn't guess at all now and could only take one step at a time.

While Jia Qiong was playing chess with Emperor Longqing in the palace, thousands of miles away, by a small dry lake in the mountainous area of ​​Baodingfu, Hebei Province.

A locust gnawed the last bit of green in front of it and found that there was no more grass to eat.

The two tentacles on its head swayed, then it suddenly kicked off its legs and flapped its wings to fly into the sky.

In an instant, countless locusts took off behind it, sweeping into the distance like a sandstorm.

At the same time, locust plagues of varying degrees also occurred in Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Hebei Province, Henan Province, and Shandong Province.

Countless locusts gather together in patches, fly to one place, and eat away the vegetation in that place.

The crops that had already been reduced due to drought have all gone into the bellies of these billions of insects, and many places are destined to have no harvest again this year.

Although the government has long publicized how to prevent and control locusts, those methods are of little use in the face of the overwhelming locust attacks.

A catastrophe is about to come to the troubled land of the Central Plains again.

The next day, Jia Qiong came to Fusi, Beizhen early in the morning and saw the haggard Yun Guang in the imperial prison.

Yun Guang was a second-grade official, and the Jin Yiwei did not dare to torture him without the emperor's order.

However, being locked up in a dark and damp prison for more than ten days was a torture in itself for him.

Yun Guang also came to congratulate Jia Qiong at the celebration banquet for his Sanyuan victory, so he knew Jia Qiong.

Seeing him coming in, Yun Guang immediately said excitedly: "Master Jia, are you here to rescue me?"

Jia Qiong said: "The Holy Spirit has spoken, and Yun Guang listens to the decree."

Yun Guang hurriedly bowed and said, "I respectfully send you your holy greetings."

Jia Qiong cupped his hands and said from a distance in the direction of Daming Palace: "Good morning, Holy Gong.

Yun Guang, you are not strict with your subordinates and have neglected to discipline your nephews, so that they colluded with the Wala spies and smuggled prohibited items out of the customs. They should have been severely punished.

But because of your previous achievements in guarding the border, and not knowing the details, I want you to go home and think about your mistakes behind closed doors, waiting to be dealt with. I appreciate this. "

Yun Guang said excitedly: "I accept the order and thank you."

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "Yun Jiedu, congratulations on you being able to go out."

"Thank you, Master Jia."

Yun Guang remembered that Jia Qiong was just the magistrate of Chang'an County, how could he come to deliver the emperor's oral instructions.

He asked out of curiosity: "Mr. Jia, why are you here to announce the decree?"

Jia Qiong said: "Yesterday the emperor promoted me to a noble title.

When I entered the palace to express my gratitude, the emperor asked about you, so I put in a few nice words for you. "

Yun Guang was stunned when he heard this, and he said sincerely: "Master Jia is a great kindness, and Yun Guang has nothing to repay. If anything happens in the future, I will just give you instructions.

I don’t know what rank the emperor has promoted you to. I will definitely prepare a generous gift and send it to your house when I go out. "

Jia Qiong said: "The emperor has given me a first-class viscount with great kindness, moved me to the Hanlin Academy to serve as a lecturer, and given me the title of Imperial Guard."

Yun Guang took a breath and said, "This is really a great grace. The emperor really favors Mr. Jia."

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go out first and then talk."

"Yes, let's get out of this hellish place first."

(End of this chapter)