Detective in the Red Chamber

"This 'rosin wax' is of course excellent."

Mrs. Wei praised at first, but then said sternly, "It's just that the mansion is currently struggling, and it owes a lot of famine to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - so this object, which is equivalent to gold, always feels uneasy when using it. .”

She wanted to persuade Shui Rong not to be too extravagant.

But when Shuirong heard this, he laughed and said, "My concubine doesn't have to worry about it. Now my brother-in-law and I are partnering in a business. Within ten months, we can get several 10 taels of silver into the account. What is rosin wax?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wei was about to ask the question carefully, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly changed her words, "By the way, my brother-in-law just sent someone over to send a message, saying that when the prince wakes up, some things need to be reported in person."

Shui Rong laughed again, and said triumphantly, "Maybe there is some good news——Aifei, please wait here, let me meet my brother-in-law first, and I will tell you about this good deal when I come back!"

As he spoke, he pecked Wei Shi on the face, and ran out as if fleeing.

On the way to the flower hall happily, seeing Wei Rusong's complexion was cloudy and uncertain, Shui Rong suddenly felt a little uneasy, and quickly asked, "Brother-in-law, did something happen?"

"This is..."

Wei Rusong hesitated for a while, then spread his hands pretending to be cool and said, "It's not a big deal, but it's just some inconspicuous things that jumped out to make a fortune."

As he said that, someone would briefly recount to Shui Rong the situation of selling middle-grade golden shells near Honglu Temple, as well as his follow-up countermeasures.

Finally, he said calmly, "A mere [-] middle-grade golden shells can't make any waves. As long as we handle it properly, maybe we can take advantage of the trend to make another wave."

Shui Rong was infected by Wei Rusong's relaxed attitude, and felt that it was no big deal. There were only [-] middle-grade golden shells left and right. It was like the [-] gold shells in Jia She's hands, which were seized by a merchant privately. stock.

Although one has to pay at least 3 taels of silver to eat these two thousand gold shells, if the middle-grade gold shells rise to 30 taels of silver as expected, wouldn't it be possible to earn more money?

So Shui Rong also laughed and said, "Unfortunately, there are only two thousand pieces, if there are more..."

"My lord, my lord!"

Before Shui Rong could finish speaking, he barged in like a mourner from outside, but it was Liu Guanshi who had received the silver and went to the vicinity of Honglu Temple to sweep the goods.

But when he came into the hall, sweating profusely, he knelt down on his knees with a thud, prostrated himself on the ground and said tremblingly, "The big thing is not good, my lord! The little one was ordered to buy those two thousand gold shells, but who would have thought that the other party would buy those two thousand gold shells?" Take out [-] middle-grade golden shells, and continue to open the sale!"

"Not only that, they also directly lowered the price to ten taels of silver!"

Another [-] pieces were taken out? !

Just now he thought it was too little, but after hearing the astonishing amount, Shui Rong was startled and dumbfounded.

Wei Rusong's face lost all color in an instant, and there were only 2 middle-grade gold shells in the warehouse of the Beijing Prince's Mansion - he could take out [-] middle-grade gold shells at once. Yes, I am afraid that there is only Prince Zhongshun's mansion!

But how is this possible? !

Even a fool should know how disastrous the consequences would be if 2 middle-grade gold shells were sold at a low price majestically!

Is King Zhongshun crazy?

You must know that once the price of Taozhu Jinbei collapses, he will lose at least several 10 taels of huge profits!

"Brother in law!"

Shui Rong swallowed her mouth out of composure, and looked at Wei Rusong expectantly, "This...how can I do this?"

How could Wei Rusong come up with any solution?

After a long while, he opened his mouth with difficulty, but before he could say anything, he heard someone outside the door report, "Qi Wang Ye, the chief minister of the Zhongshun Palace, Zhou Mo, just sent a letter, saying that he is Zhongshun." The king wrote to you, my lord."

King Zhongshun's letter? !

Shui Rong said anxiously, "Quick, quickly present that letter to the king!"

Immediately someone came in from outside, offering the letter with both hands.

Shui Rong snatched it away, tore the letter apart and looked at it ten lines at a time.

King Zhongshun said in his letter that he had recently discovered by accident that the barbarians in the Western Regions were concocting a conspiracy—these damned barbarians actually wanted to use worthless rotten shells to defraud the people of the Great Zhou for their favor and anointment!

After learning about this, King Zhongshun felt a sense of mission as a subject, so he decided to use his own strength to smash this crazy conspiracy!

Therefore, he has been collecting Taozhu Jinbei in recent months, not for the purpose of making the country rich, but to preemptively make this thing worthless, so that the conspiracy of the Hu merchants will be self-defeating!

Unexpectedly, this great kindness has brought disasters. Since May 25th, the domestic slaves he secretly sent to buy Jin Bei were often stopped by people on the official road, half-robbing and half-buying Jin Bei. .

Four times before and after, more than 5 golden shells disappeared.

King Zhongshun searched for a long time, but failed to find out who was behind the scenes. Now he was going to the palace to escape the summer heat, and he really couldn't get away, so he had to write to ask Shuirong to investigate on his behalf.

But when Shui Rong saw this, his handsome face looked as if it was covered in a pot, and he raised his head and gritted his teeth and asked, "Guan Liu, since the 25th of last month, how many traders have been intercepted in our house, and how many gold shells have we got?"

Although Liu Guanshi saw that his face was not right, how dare he deceive him?

Busy and respectful, he replied, "Reporting to the lord, since the 25th of last month, a total of seven businessmen have been intercepted, and more than [-] gold shells have been obtained..."

Before he finished listening to the words, Shui Rong kicked Guanshi Liu back and roared angrily, "Damn idiots, you have been fooled for a long time, and you haven't noticed anything!"

Comparing these two times, how could Shui Rong not understand that more than half of the gold shells he bought recently were from King Zhongshun's stock? !

Adding in the more than 2000 medium-grade gold shells bought at the market price before, and before I knew it, he had cheated me of 6 taels of silver!

But why did King Zhongshun do this?

In order to cheat yourself of the 6 taels of silver, will you abandon the huge profits of 10 taels?Isn't this behavior too strange? !

Just as he was puzzled, Wei Rusong picked up the letter from the ground and quickly scanned it, then he suddenly exclaimed, "Damn it! We've all been forgetting that there is such a variable as His Majesty! "

"His Majesty?"

"It's Your Majesty!"

Wei Rusong smiled wryly and said, "Apart from His Majesty, who else can make King Zhongshun give up the easy money and come forward to clean up the mess himself? Presumably, His Majesty felt that it was harmful to the people after asking about this matter, so he ordered King Zhongshun to Rein in the cliff."

As he said that, he shook the letter in his hand again, and said helplessly, "However, King Zhongshun didn't want to take the capital, so he hit the idea on us and cheated our money to fill his shortfall!"

"Fortunately, we still think we have a plan, and we can follow him to pick up a big bargain without any risk, but who knows that we are played by him in the applause..."

In the middle of speaking, Shui Rong swayed a few times and almost fell to the ground.

Wei Rusong hurriedly stopped talking, stretched out his hand to support Shui Rong, and was about to ask a few questions with concern, but heard Shui Rong gritted his teeth and said, "You're bullying people too much, this old thief is really bullying people too much!"

While speaking, traces of blood seeped out of his mouth.

When Wei Rusong saw this, he knew that he was very angry and hurt his heart because of it, so he hurriedly said, "My lord, you must take care of your health, it's just a mere 6 taels of silver, since it was my idea at the beginning." I paid the money, so naturally I should come..."

He was taking care of everything here, but he heard someone outside the door hurriedly report, "My lord, something is wrong! The Chief Shi Zhoumo of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion led people to surround Chen Guanshi in our mansion and beat him up. Identify him as a strong man blocking the way, and drag him to Shuntian Mansion to meet the officials!"

After hearing this, Shui Rong straightened her back and said bitterly, "Okay! He cheated of my money, and even sent someone to knock on the door. Really... really..."

As he spoke, two blushes suddenly appeared on his face, and then his throat trembled, and he spurted out a mouth full of blood with a wow!

Chapter 425 Roster

On the third day of July, in the hall of the Sun Mansion.

"It's better for the water turtle to be rich and honored all its life, and don't have a time when the horse's high stirrups are short, otherwise if I find opportunities for me..."

Listening to the cheap elder brother cursing, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but smile wryly. Who would have thought that the turmoil caused by Tao Zhujinbei would eventually affect his elder brother?

This matter starts from the days when Shui Rong vomited blood and fell into a coma.

However, after the fall of the water banyan tree, there was a great chaos in the palace, but it soon returned to calm under the pressure of Princess Wei.

And after suppressing the chaos in the palace, the Wei family did two more things

Firstly, they captured Zhou Mo and his entourage from Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, and then tortured them personally, whipped each of them with bruises all over their bodies, smeared salt water on them, and ordered them to be sent to Shuntian Mansion!

Second, she led a group of women's soldiers armed with knives, guns and sticks, rushed into the palace of Zhongshun and smashed it indiscriminately. Before leaving, she shot down the plaque of the palace with another arrow!

After this incident, the two sides were completely torn apart.

One side is the most beloved grandson of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and the other is the most beloved younger brother of His Majesty today; one feels that he has suffered a dark loss, and the other resents being swept away by a woman, so no one is willing to back down half a step.

From the ancestral mansion to the Jinluan Hall, and finally to the Supreme Emperor, it was still a tie.

After several fights, both sides knew that it would be difficult to bring down the other party completely, so they unanimously turned their anger on others.

King Beijing just asked someone to report that King Zhongshun's henchmen were corrupt and harmed the people; King Zhongshun immediately retaliated by exposing that King Beijing's uncle was oppressing the royal family in the clan mansion.

A few days ago, even Sun Shaozu was implicated. The newly promoted commander suddenly added the word "Quan", which means "quan and act as a commander".

And this also means that Sun Shaozu, who was originally ranked second among the four major commanders, is suddenly half a head lower than the three colleagues. Although the real power has not weakened much, it has greatly lost face. Very annoyed?

So now when he mentions water banyan, he always uses the word water turtle.

Of course, there are also some people who benefited from this struggle. For example, Jia Zheng, it was difficult for him to seek to be released, but now a group of officials have been implicated, and he easily found a job as a student of politics. , I will go to take office in a few days.

Not to mention Jia Zheng.

But he said that Sun Shaozong was scolding and drinking with his elder brother, and he heard Zhao Zhongji report from outside, "Master, the Rongguo Mansion sent someone to send a roster, I wonder if the master and the second master should go through it first? "

This so-called roster is naturally the list of domestic servants that the Rongguo Mansion is planning to exchange with this side, so that the Sun family can first screen and eliminate inappropriate candidates.

As for the roster of the Sun family, it had already been sent to the Rongguo Mansion a long time ago, and now they are waiting for the confirmation of both parties, and they will be exchanged together with the deeds.

Sun Shaozu was full of anger, and he was not interested in looking at the roster, so he cursed casually, "Look at it! Hurry up and send it to the wife, and let the wife make up her own mind."

Sun Shaozong is also not interested in this roster, because apart from Yuanyang who voluntarily applied for a transfer, none of the outstanding maids in Rongguo Mansion will appear on the roster.

Outside, Zhao Zhongji heard what the two masters said, and seemed to have no interest in the roster, so he rushed to the backyard in a hurry, and asked the gatekeeper's wife to deliver the things to the inner house.

However, when the roster was sent to the inner house, Jia Yingchun was discussing with Ruan Rong whether to distribute the cloth according to the usual practice and let the servants in the family tailor their own clothes; Distinguish between noble and humble.

Seeing a roster sent in from outside, Jia Yingchun received it, but first smiled wryly at Ruan Rong, "Although they are all servants of my natal family, I usually don't care about these trivial matters. Recognized."

Saying so, she placed the roster between the two of them, flipped open the cover, and when she saw the first name clearly, she couldn't help but let out a 'huh'.

"what!"

It wasn't just her, Ruan Rong saw it from the side, and couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise, and said in astonishment, "That mandarin duck is nothing, why is she also on the roster?"

This caused the two people to be astonished, but it was the word "Qingwen" that was written in bright red on the booklet!

Even an outsider like Ruan Rong knows that Qingwen, like Xiren, is the most favored maidservant in Jia Baoyu's house, and she will probably praise the master who is the concubine in the future. Isn't it weird to have his name written on it?

The two of them wondered wildly for a long time, but they still couldn't figure it out, so they could only press Qingwen down first, and continue to look down.

Unexpectedly, turning to the second page, Jia Yingchun was taken aback again, because Gain's name 'Caixia' was impressively written on the red letter on the white paper.

Caixia is the first-class maid beside Mrs. Wang, but why is she also on the roster here?

In this way, from Yuanyang to Caixia to Qingwen, wouldn't the big maids around the three generations be included in it? !

This is too unreasonable?

Jia Yingchun suddenly felt a little uneasy, and murmured, "This... this list, must it be a mistake?"

"It's not something Lian's second grandma can decide on by herself. I think there shouldn't be any mistakes." Ruan Rong shook her head, but then said, "However, the eldest lady might as well send someone to find out what's going on first, so as not to be unclear. Bai, what else is involved."

Jia Yingchun thought it was the same reasoning, so she called Xiuju in and asked her to go back to Rongguo Mansion to ask what happened to the two 'Qingwen and Caixia' on the list.

Less gossip.

But she said that Xiuju rushed to Rongguo Mansion in a hurry, and found Wang Xifeng's courtyard on her own without needing others to lead the way. As soon as she stepped over the threshold, she felt a fragrant wind hit her face.

Xiuju originally thought it was some maid in this courtyard, but she was slandering herself that the smell was too strong and alluring, like a brothel girl, but suddenly saw that the person walking across was Jia Lian, the male master of this courtyard.

"Second Master Lian."

Xiuju hurriedly dodged to the side, and saw Jia Lian leaving the courtyard door without looking sideways, leaving only the strong fragrance on her sleeves, which could not dissipate for a long time.

This second master Lian...

When did you like to paint and paint?

Also made such a nose-piercing smell?

Xiuju was stunned for a while, then remembered the business, hurried to the front of the main room to tell her name, and led by Ping'er, she arrived in front of Wang Xifeng.

When Wang Xifeng heard the reason for Xiuju's visit, she couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "Don't say that the second sister was puzzled, even I was shocked when I first saw it—to tell you the truth, Baoyu even came here to make a big fuss." , but this Qingwen's name was chosen by the second wife herself, so how could I dare not obey?"

Then, he briefly mentioned the reason why Mrs. Wang disliked Qingwen because of her domineering in front of her master.

But when it came to Caixia, Wang Xifeng's face turned cold, and he sneered, "As for that Caixia, she is really a bodhisattva, she dared to hide from the second wife and send something to Aunt Zhao for the third wife in private! "

"Now that the matter has been revealed, the Second Wife looked at the past relationship, and if she didn't kick her out of the house, it would be considered as the best of humanity!"

Chapter 426 One Rebellion and One Success Are Worldwide Differences

Coming out of Wang Xifeng's courtyard, Xiuju still sighed deeply.

Although it has been rumored for a long time that Caixia is not as close to Baoyu as other people are, but is closer to Huan Laosan, but who would have thought that after Aunt Zhao lost power, she would never leave this mother and son?

Such behavior can really be called sharing weal and woe.