The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 545 Track down the real culprit behind the scenes
After Qin Keqing escaped from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there was no reaction from all aspects.

The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice thought Jin Yijun and Shuntian Mansion were taken away.Although it was not sent back and there was no news, it did not mean that there was any problem.

This kind of thing used to happen often.The person who brought it out from here will find his body outside in a few days.

No one is stupid enough to ask why people die.

As for Jinyi Army and Shuntian Mansion, after they were arrested, they went through a round of interrogation, and then they were put in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and ignored.

It wasn't until this time that the emperor ordered that those whose homes were ransacked should be executed, that Jin Yijun went to the prison to arrest them.

When it was finally discovered that Qin Keqing was missing, the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice took out a bill of lading and pushed it six-two-five.

The incident finally reached Sun Tongren, the commander of Jinyi Army, and Yin Jiayu Village of Shuntian Prefecture.

The two were naturally furious, so they began to investigate internally.

There are two results of the investigation.

One is that no one in my family admitted that Qin Keqing was mentioned in the prison.The second is that the two bills left in the prison are genuine.

In tracing how the draft was circulated, there was no result in the end.

The two had no choice but to check it together and decided to hide the matter.

One is that if the emperor and other ministers know about this matter, they will leave a handle.

Second, the current situation is very chaotic. As long as this matter is not exposed immediately, people will forget it after a while, and no one has the heart to pursue it.

So the two went to report back to the emperor together, and prepared a lot of rhetoric.

The emperor heard that the prisoner had been beheaded, so he only said: I see.I never asked anything else.

Even if this matter is covered up, it is useless to even prepare the rhetoric.

It turned out that Luo Qihua wanted Qin Keqing, and Prince Zhongshun wanted Miaoyu.

Jia Yucun had to explain to these two people.

Miaoyu didn't grab it, so Prince Zhongshun couldn't say anything.In addition, I was busy going to the northwest at that time, so I couldn't take care of this matter.

From Luo Qihua's side, they only said that he was a prisoner of the emperor, but he really didn't dare to keep Qin Keqing, so Luo Qihua didn't say anything.

Whether it is Prince Zhongshun or Luo Qihua, there are more important things to do at this time.

Women are important, but compared to their future wealth and life, they are still a level behind.

They can still tell which is more important.

After all these were dealt with, Jia Yucun was in a happy mood.

The reason why he was happy was because he felt that he was getting closer and closer to his goal of getting Xue Baochai.

So, he felt in the mood to visit Jia's mansion.

Now, Jia Yucun is walking in the Grand View Garden with a few followers.

In the past, the Grand View Garden, which was full of flowers and blooming like brocades, is now naturally empty.

Many places in the yard have been overgrown with weeds.Rare animals such as deer and swans that roamed the grass and lakes in the past have disappeared.

There are only a few houses left, which still seem to be telling the prosperity of the past.

In Hengwuyuan, Jia Yucun stopped.

"Lai Da, open the door and go in and have a look."

Lai Da came in with Jia Yucun, so he naturally knew who Jia Yucun was.

He was very familiar with Jia Yucun before. At that time, Jia Yucun was very polite when he met him, the big housekeeper.

But it's different now.In front of him, Lai Da no longer had the confidence he used to have, and became submissive.

Lai Daobediently opened the door, and Jia Yucun went in alone.

This is where Baochai lived.

Jia Yucun closed his eyes, and seemed to see Baochai's beautiful figure here again.

Although he already knew that Jia Min and Baochai were engaged, he couldn't get rid of Baochai's shadow in his heart.

He felt sorry for Baochai, thinking that Jia Min was not worthy of Baochai at all.

Despite Jia Min's fame, he never looked down on Jia Min.

In fact, Jia Min and Jia Yucun have never met each other.

When he went to Jia's mansion, Jia Zheng often asked Baoyu to come out to see him.He knew that Jia Zheng wanted Baoyu to set himself as a role model.

At this time, Jia Yucun felt very satisfied.

It's just that Jia Min never went to see him, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, now Jia Yucun's mood has improved.

He attributed this to the fact that he came to Baochai's residence.

He came to Jia's mansion today to experience the feeling of being the master.

Just yesterday, he met Song Kuan at Cyclamen.

Song Kuan promised him that after occupying the imperial capital in the future, when the new dynasty is established, Jia Yucun will become a new generation of Rong Guogong.He will also be admitted to the cabinet as a bachelor of military aircraft.

Matching with the new generation of Rong Guo Gong, the house of Rong Guo Mansion will naturally belong to him.

Jia Yucun already had a plan in mind, and when the new dynasty was established and the situation stabilized in the future, he would persuade the new emperor to use troops against Beihai.Sweep out the remnants of the Jia family hiding there, and then make them slaves to him.

Jia Min is more threatening, this person must not be left behind.As for Xue Baochai, of course she wanted to keep it in her house.

Lai Da's housekeepers and servants will all be retained at that time, and they should be told to experience what it is like to serve the new master.

At that time, Jia Yucun could feel that the anger that he had accumulated in his heart for many years had been vented.

Hmph, it's just such a bunch of trash who dare to call themselves my benefactors.From now on, I will give you a taste of what it is like to be a slave.

Not to mention you bastards, how about Wang Ziteng?It's not the same as planting in my hands!

Reluctantly leaving Hengwu Garden, Jia Yucun went to other places to browse one by one, and then left satisfied.

Looking at the back of Jia Yucun going away, Lai Da spat hard on the ground.

"Hmph, the villain is successful, wait for my Fourth Master Min to come back, and see how he will deal with you! Letting you die without a place to bury you will relieve the hatred in my heart."

Jia Yucun was sitting in the sedan chair. He never expected that two people were following him not far behind him.

Of these two people, one is Wei Ruoshui, and the other is Li Gui, an old man from the Jia family.

After Qin Keqing was rescued from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, she was sent to Tianjin Wei to board the ship. Wei Ruoshui left 8 people behind to escort Qin Keqing to Beihai.

He himself led the rest of the people back to the imperial capital, and began to track down the murderers of Prince Teng and Jia Yuanchun.

Before coming, he did not receive this task.However, he felt that now that he was here, he had the responsibility to find out the truth of the matter.

Only in this way can I have the nerve to meet Chief Min.He believes.Chief Min will also support himself in doing so.

As for Li Gui, he originally brought the people from the Laofu Corps to Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp and was responsible for training the Beijing camp.

After Wang Ziteng's death, Luo Shen will be transferred to the magistrate of Datong, and most of the soldiers from the Beijing camp who came back from the south fled.

The Ministry of War didn't like to see the Beijing camp very much, so they allowed the soldiers to disperse, and the remaining ones were disrupted and incorporated into other armies.

Li Gui stays with Wang Xin to help deal with Wang Ziteng's funeral.At the same time, together with Wang Xin and Master Jiang, they secretly investigated the cause of Wang Ziteng's death.

Wei Ruoshui met Li Gui when he went to Wang's house to understand the situation, so he gathered those instructors under his command.

Now, what they are secretly eyeing is Master Qin, the master criminal master of Jia Yu Village.

Jia Yucun now has three masters. In addition to the criminal master who assists him in handling judicial proceedings, there is also a master of money and grain who handles economic affairs, and a master of knife and pen who handles official documents.

The traced evidence showed that Master Qin was responsible for the murder of Wang Ziteng.

Seeing Jia Yucun enter the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, Wei Ruoshui and Li Gui went to an inn opposite the Yamen.

They have already reserved a room here.From the window of the room, one can see the people coming and going at the gate of Shuntian Mansion Yamen from a distance.

"Captain of the guard, you should rest first, I will stare at you for two hours first, and then you can replace me."

After speaking, Li Gui sat down in front of the window and began to drink tea slowly.

"Okay, if anything happens, call me immediately."

Wei Ruoshui said, then lay down and fell asleep.

At the end of Shenshi, there was movement at the gate of the yamen.

"Captain, that guy is out and heading north."

Li Gui suddenly called out softly.

Wei Ruolan looked at her pocket watch, it was five fifty in the afternoon.

"It seems that he has gone to his concubine. Well, let's act. I will follow first, and you call the other two brothers, and then follow."

The two went out, got on their horses and left.

Li Gui arrived at the Bafang Inn not far away, and called the other two people who had been waiting here for a long time.One of them rode a horse, and the other drove a carriage with a big wooden box on it. They left the inn and walked north.

Not far from the city is the road leading to Qiao's Village.The road passes through a field of crops.

It was midsummer at this time, and the corn had already grown as tall as a person.As soon as I approached the corn field, I saw a horse wandering there.

Li Gui recognized this horse, it was the mount of Master Qin who had just come out from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

Li Gui was looking around when he saw Wei Ruoshui coming out of the corn field.

"Here, put him in a box."

Li Gui led the two of them into the corn field, and saw that Master Qin had his hands bound, his mouth was stuffed with cloth, he was struggling on the ground, and he was still whimpering.

Wei Ruoshui stood guard, Li Gui and the others packed Master Qin into a wooden box on the carriage.

"Let's go to Xiaoxin Village."

Twenty minutes later, the chariots and horses arrived at Xiaoxin Village, Master Qin was carried out and carried into the house.

The cloth from the eyes was removed, and the cloth from the mouth was also pulled out.

Master Qin got used to it for a while, and saw the people in front of him clearly.

He didn't know anyone else, but there was one person he knew very well.This person is Wang Ziteng's master Jiang Shiye.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Master Qin's brother is Master Jiang.It turned out that the two were brothers from the same school.

"Qin Mingchang, from now on, whether we can still be brothers depends on how you behave today?"

Master Jiang said coldly.

"Why did you arrest me here, who are they?"

"Don't you know why you were arrested? Naturally, it was because of you and Jia Yucun's murder of Mr. Wang."

"Brother, I'm wronged, I didn't do this."

"Qin Mingchang, thanks to the fact that you are still a master of punishment, if there is no evidence, will you be arrested? Wu Langzhong told you to silence him, but his wife secretly heard what you said. People are not as good as God, If you recruit honestly, you will not be tortured, and you will be left with a whole body. Your family can also be spared."

"If you still want to deny it, I will also know all the methods you know to extort a confession. Slowly torture you to death, and your family will also be wiped out. You can do it at your own discretion."

"In addition, let me tell you who they are. They are Lord Wang's nephew, Jia Guifei's younger brother Jia Min and Jia Huaiyuan's people."

"Jia Min's people? Jia Min is back?"

"Not yet, but coming back soon."

"Brother, if I tell more things, can you spare my life?"

"It depends on what you're talking about."

(End of this chapter)