At the beginning of October, it was already winter. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info in the mansion located on the inner street of Shichengmen in Jinling City, Ning Ru admired the green bamboo outside the window in the elegantly arranged side hall.

Today, his investigation into the Jinling grain case has been completed. His burden was lighter.

After passing the breath with Jia Huan and making a little modification, he has already played the music and the result to the imperial court. Now it is just a matter of waiting for the outcome of the imperial court's disposition.

Footsteps could be heard outside the side hall. Supervisor Tu came up at the door, came in with a stack of invitations in his hand, and asked, "Senior Ning, this is the invitation I received today, and there are more and more invitations every day. I've sorted it out and asked Senior Ning to take a look. ”

The Jinling grain case involves a wide range of issues. Now that one Shangshu has been suspended, three squires have been imprisoned, and dozens of small and medium-sized officials have been arrested, and nearly 100 petty officials have been involved in the case. It can be called a big case in recent years. The big and small officials in Jinling City all wanted to come and get close to Ning's predecessors.

In addition to investigating the case, Senior Ning did not meet anyone privately in the mansion. As the case came to an end, the invitations increased. He wanted to filter it out. Like Chen Gaolang's invitation to be at home, he didn't have to show it to Senior Ning.

Ning Ru took the thick stack of invitations and flipped it up. The top one is an invitation from Zheng Guogong Deng Hong, inviting him to drink in his courtyard at noon tomorrow.

Tu Jiansheng explained: "This is the third time that Zheng Guogong has come to post...", of course, because he received Zheng Guogong's silver.

Ning Ru smiled, "Why, Tu Xiansheng is so eager to see the customs of the Qinhuai River?" ”

Tu Prison was in his thirties, his face was slightly red, he hummed for a long time, and said, "No." Senior Ning, Zheng Guogong invited you to his mansion for a banquet. ”

Ning Ru smiled slightly. He naturally knows about these officialdoms. I don't mind the people around me receiving red envelopes from the porter. This is the unspoken rule of officialdom. Put Deng Hong's invitation card on the four corners of the high table at hand, and flip through the next post.

The second is an invitation from Jiayu Village, the prefect of Jinling. The third one is Mr. Nakasan's...

After passing the invitation in his hand, Ning Ru pondered for a moment and decided, "Let's go to Zheng Guogong." You go and arrange. ”

Now that the recitals to the imperial court have been sent out, the facts of the case have become clear, and it is no harm for him to meet the officials of Jinling.

Tu Jiansheng responded with a smile and exited the side hall.

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On the eighth day of October, in the evening, charcoal pots were burning in the flower hall in the front yard of the Jinling Mansion, which was as warm as spring. The painted table of eight immortals is furnished with delicious food and wine.

Jia Yucun presided over this month's township drinking ceremony, and after a few drinks with the villagers of Jinling Mansion, Jia Yucun returned to the back hall of the mansion.

Master Bai was waiting, with a hesitant face, pacing back and forth in the hall. Seeing Jia Yucun coming in, he stepped forward and said, "Dong Weng, just delivered the news, Ning Longjiang went to Zheng Guogong's farewell banquet in Mochou Lake. ”

This is not good news for his Dong Weng.

Jia Yucun was slightly stunned, sat down on the chair in the middle of the back hall with a deep groan, and looked at his confidants and staff, "So, where has Ning Hanlin already reported the results of the Jinling grain case?" ”

Master Bai nodded, with a worried look on his face, "I'm afraid it's not good for Dong Weng!" ”

Obviously, the shock behind the Jinling officialdom this time was the result of Jia Huan, a young man, using the Jia family's hole cards. His eldest sister Jia Yuanchun is quite favored in the palace. And if you really want to talk about it, Jia Huan is only afraid that he has a lot of opinions about Dong Weng.

First, Dong Weng was passive and slacking off when tracking down the murderer who shot Aunt Pei. Everyone knows that the firecrackers only need to check the elite battalions of the Nanjing Garrison Mansion alone. But Dong Weng was watching and did not do so.

Second, when Jia Huan wanted to speak up for Aunt Pei, Dong Weng seized the Jinling briefing, which led Jia Huan to take the most drastic measures to buy murder and shoot two battalions of soldiers in the garrison. This feud is really bigger.

On the other hand, Zheng Guogong Deng Hong actually doesn't have such a big hatred. It's nothing more than asking for Su Shishi unsuccessfully, and she refuses to help.

Jia Yucun is wearing a three-grade official uniform, in his forties, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and powerful cheeks, and a dignified appearance. is very official, and said with a smile: "I didn't participate in the grain reselling case, what can he do to me?" ”

After thinking about it, Jia Yucun said in order to be foolproof: "I will write to Wang Tongzhi in a moment to explain the ins and outs of this matter." Please ask Master Bai to help me arrange a fast boat trip to the capital. ”

Master Bai nodded and suggested, "Dong Weng, the matter of the Jinling briefing cannot be delayed any longer. "Now it's the man-made sword, and I'm the fish!

Jia Yucun sighed softly and said, "You can go to Guozijian on your behalf." Let the Jinling Bulletin be republished. ”

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Jinling is thousands of miles away from Jingshi. Official documents are delivered in the express shop, and it often takes ten days and half a month to arrive in Beijing. However, the edict of the Kyoshi, if it is an urgent paperwork, will arrive in a very short time.

The maximum speed of the express delivery shop is 800 miles expedited. Eight hundred miles a day. Within two or three days, the information between the two places will be communicated.

On the sixth day of October, Ning Ru reported the results of the Jinling grain case, and on October 28, the latest decree of the imperial court arrived in Jinling. The decree was proclaimed by Qincha Ningru. Officials of all sizes in Jinling City gathered in the office of the household department in Nanjing.

Ning Ru announced the latest results in public: Chen Gaolang manipulated the price of grain in Jinling, intending to incite civil unrest in Huainan with ill intentions. ordered the confiscation of family property, and the whole family was exiled for 3,000 li to Yun--Nanbu Political Secretary Guangnan Mansion.

The corpse of Jiayu Village, Jinling Prefect, was vegetarian, and he was degraded to the magistrate of Danba County, Langshan Prefecture.

There are also punishments for the head of the household, Wu Zang and others. The penalties are severe. Although they were not beheaded, most of the officials involved were confiscated from their families, exiled, or demoted. The Jinling grain case, which shocked the government and the opposition, came to an end.

Jinling officialdom is like suffering from a nine-magnitude earthquake, many officials have been swept away, and the officialdom and Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River have been shaken.

At the end of October, there was a lot of talk about the penalties. The most puzzling thing is that Zheng Guogong Deng Hong was unscathed, but Jia Yucun, the unrelated prefect of Jinling, was involved, resulting in a demotion.

At noon on November 4, it was raining lightly, and it seemed that there were still snow seeds. The cold strikes. Pedestrians on the streets are in a hurry.

On the second floor of Beile Building, a well-known restaurant in Jinling, more than a dozen editors of Jinling Briefing, including Zhang Chengjian, Ji Ming, Tian Shiye, Wu Dianji, Zhang Yuanwai and Gao Jian Sheng, drank and celebrated here.

In early October, after being tacitly approved by Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, after more than half a month of preparation, about 20,000 copies of the Jinling Bulletin were republished, once again overwhelming all Jinling newspaper peers. Brilliant results.

Zhang Chengjian was still chubby, with a shy stomach, and said to everyone with a smile: "This person in Jia Yucun is extremely hateful, and he actually used public power to satisfy his private desires and seized the newspaper of my country's sub-prison. It's just a blockage. ”

Today, his father has been promoted to one level and appointed as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, so he can be regarded as giving away this evil breath. On the morning of the seizure of the newspaper, he was really angry, and he was worried that his friend Jia Huan would not survive.

The senior prisoner drank a little high, his face was red, and he said: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come. ”

"Good!" This is said to be a big chunk in the hearts of editors who have been trained in their professions. They were basically beaten that day.

Master Tian, Wu Dianji, and Zhang Yuanwai were all older, twisted their beards and smiled, and picked up the wine glass together and took a sip.

Zhang Chengjian looked at the sky outside the window and asked Ji Ming beside him, "Why hasn't Ziyu come yet?" "Ziyu has been at home for the past few days. I don't know whether to read a book or regulate my mood. He entrusted Ji Ming to invite Jia Huan over for a gathering today. Although he now holds the title of editor-in-chief of the Jinling Briefing. But this newspaper is also Jia Huan's hard work.

Ji Ming smiled bitterly, leaned over and whispered in Zhang Chengjian's ear: "The Chen family set off for the exile site today. Ziyu went to Nancheng. ”

Zhang Chengjian's fat body trembled, and he sighed in his heart, Ziyu is not good at this. Revenge is not willing to fight at all. Immediately, he was dissatisfied: "Why didn't DXN stop him?" ”

It is rumored in Yangzhou that Zheng Yuanjian, a salt merchant, was shot in the head by Ziyu. Chen...

He would not sympathize with the Chen family's plight. He was worried that these things would not be good for Jia Huan.

Ji Ming said helplessly: "Brother Bo Miao, kill to pay for your life." This is a matter of course. How do I stop Ziyu? ”

Zhang Chengjian took a sip of wine speechlessly.

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Jinling South City, Jubaomen, Mihang Street. In bad weather with rain and snow, there are few pedestrians on the once bustling streets. It seems that all the people are hiding at home for the winter.

On this bleak noon, a total of 56 members of the Chen family were escorted onto the ship here, ready to be exiled to Yunnan. The escort was carried out by six officials, who scolded the Chen family impatiently. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, they have to go to Yunnan. This is very unpleasant.

"Be honest."

"What are you hiding? If you are like this, you are sent to grandpa's bed, and grandpa is unwilling. ”

"And you, howl what? Who let your family make black money and give us such a high price of rice, we deserve it! ”

Chen Gaolang was wrapped in cotton clothes, shivering from the cold, and followed his family on the boat. Chen Zizhen, Chen Zizhi, and Chen Zize, as the men of the Chen family, take care of their families. Stay last on board.

Chen Zizhi, the second son of Chen, with shackles and shackles, turned to look at the city gate, and sighed, "There is no one to see him off?" The world is cold. ”

Chen Zize, the fourth son of Chen, sneered: "I don't have such dreams, second brother still has?" At this time, the handsome Fourth Prince Chen was gray-headed, and his hair and clothes were dirty. No more than the old look.

Chen Zizhi defended: "At least, Zhen Li should come to see me off." Look, someone is coming. His emotions suddenly soared. When people are in a desperate situation, they will perceive the warmth brought by the little things that they could not feel in the past.

Everyone in the Chen family looked at the three people who came out of the treasure gate. Two large and one small. He was followed by an attendant carrying a food box.

The leader is a young man, wearing a black square scarf, wearing a green shirt and straight shirt, stepping on cotton boots, medium height, calm face, resolute eyes, step by step, walking from the rain and snow.

When they got closer, everyone in the Chen family saw clearly that childish face that had not taken off was Jia Huan! The crowd suddenly panicked, "It's him". Countless hateful and fearful eyes fell on Jia Huan. The people of the Chen family, who don't know the current situation, are all thanks to this young man?

Yes. It was Jia Huan who came. He came to "see off" the Chen family. (To be continued.) )