"Second uncle was joking. Brother Bao is as smart as my nephew, and my nephew only becomes sensible when he is 17 or 8 years old. In a few years, when Baoyu grows up, he will wake up."

"I hope so," Jia Zheng said, but in his heart, because it was Shi Zhongkui who said this, he couldn't help but secretly feel happy and expectant.

But when he thought that Shi Zhongkui had won six yuan in just a few years or two or three years, Jia Zheng never thought that Baoyu could compare with him.

Just being able to get a Jinshi is because of the blessings of our ancestors.

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng couldn't help but turn around and glare at Jia Baoyu.

He was frightened and hurriedly stopped. He was a little inexplicable and didn't know why he had made his father unhappy again.

While talking, she unknowingly came to the main hall of Ningguo Mansion. Jia Zhen, who was under house arrest, saw Jia Zheng, Shi Zhongkui and Jia Lian, her eyes turned red.

He wailed and rushed over, kneeling down in front of Jia Zheng with a thud.

She hugged his legs and cried loudly, "Master, my nephew is wronged, wronged..."

"You bastard, you still can't shut up."

Jia Zheng knew that Jia Zhen had suffered a lot and was frightened, but before he said that Xiuyiwei was here to protect his relatives, Jia Zhen said that he was unjust. Isn't this a slap in the face of Xiuyiwei's stall owner and Shi Zhongkui?

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Jia Zhen was frightened by this and immediately shut up.

I looked at Shi Zhongkui and Jia Lian anxiously.

Shi Zhongkui smiled and nodded, while Jia Lian excitedly stepped forward to support him.

Taking advantage of Jia Zhen's opportunity to stand up, she whispered a few simple words in his ear.

As soon as she heard that Shi Zhongkui had taken care of the emperor and the emperor, Jia Zhen burst into tears of gratitude.

Subconsciously, he knelt on the ground, raised his hands to Shi Zhongkui and said, "My brother will never forget the grace of saving my life. From now on, as long as I have orders, I will not hesitate to go through fire and water for my brother."

"Bastard," Shi Zhongkui said angrily in an instant, "I have been deeply favored by the emperor. I have been promoted to the fourth rank at a young age. Do you need you to repay your favor?"

Jia Zhen was stunned and immediately reacted when she saw Shi Zhongkui winking at her.

Then he saw Eunuch Liu standing aside with a smile, and a dozen embroidered guards and generals behind him.

I still don't understand that I said the wrong thing.

Seeing that Jia Zhen must have understood, Shi Zhongkui continued to raise his hands in the direction of the palace and said, "Besides, I came to Jia's house this time because I was suing Shui Rong for violating the clan's etiquette, and because it involved Jia Baoyu, the second son-in-law of Rongguo Mansion.

The emperor and the saint then sent me to come and have a look."

Not to mention Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Zheng, even Eunuch Liu and the embroidered guards were stunned when they heard this.

All fools knew that Shi Zhongkui was helping the Jia family, but when he said this, it became assistance.

If Jia Zhen really committed any serious crime, it would be easy for him to escape.

On the contrary, he can participate in the investigation and clear Ningguo Mansion's innocence.

Jia Lian, who was thinking quickly, hurriedly said to Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, why don't you quickly submit the string of fragrant beads to the imperial envoy?"

Jia Baoyu then hurriedly took out a small, palm-long wooden box from his sleeve, bent down with his hands raised, raised it respectfully above his head, and brought it to Shi Zhongkui.

"Brother-in-law, this thing was a gift from the Prince of Beijing County back then."

After saying that, he remembered what Mrs. Wang had told him before and said, "After I got this thing, I enshrined it in the Buddhist hall at home. Not only has I never worn it, my mother even chants sutras and chants to this thing every day.

There was never any slightest care."

Shi Zhongkui chuckled in his heart.

Offering this rosary like a Bodhisattva nominally shows that the Jia family attaches great importance to it, but chanting sutras and chanting the Buddha every day implies that the Jia family knows how to avoid taboos, so they will not have any inappropriate thoughts.

He pretended to bow to the wooden box, then took it with both hands and opened it.

After confirming that it was a rosary composed of 42 small beads, I felt relieved.

However, he still waved to Eunuch Liu Changji and said, "Eunuch, I don't come into contact with His Majesty very often. Come and see if it's the rosary beads?"

Liu Changji rolled his eyes and secretly thought that Shi Zhongkui was just being cautious.

He walked over and looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "It is indeed a gift from His Majesty."

Shi Zhongkui nodded with a smile, and then under Liu Changji's surprised gaze, he closed the box and put it directly in front of him.

"Since it is confirmed, I would like to ask my father-in-law to submit it directly to His Majesty."

Damn bastard.

Liu Changji cursed directly in his heart. If he holds this thing by himself, if something goes wrong in the end, he will bear all the responsibility.

He waved his hands hurriedly and said, "Mr. Liu Yuan, although we are internal officials, we don't have many opportunities to enter the palace. And for such an important thing, it would be better for you to submit it to Ouchi in person."

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "I am giving my father-in-law an opportunity to report to Your Majesty in person. Are you sure you don't want to accept it?"

Liu Changji waved his hand, "Young Master Liu Yuan doesn't know that His Majesty has many things to do every day. The internal supervisors in our family who are also involved in external affairs are most afraid of disturbing His Majesty.

And compared to this ignorant and unlearned old man like us, Your Majesty definitely likes Liu Yuan Gong more."

Shi Zhongkui smiled and patted Eunuch Liu on the shoulder who spoke insincerely, "My father-in-law understands justice, and I will definitely report to His Majesty the truth."

"Don't, don't", Eunuch Liu almost knelt down in fright.

Even if Shi Zhongkui really said good things in front of the emperor, the more the emperor listened, the more suspicious he would be.

I even doubted whether Shi Zhongkui had taken advantage of the great eunuchs, so how could he praise a eunuch whose hands were full of blood?

On the contrary, the emperor would be happier if Shi Zhongkui spoke ill of the eunuchs in front of the emperor.

Without even thinking about it, Eunuch Liu secretly returned the 2,000 taels of silver notes that Shi Zhongkui had given him without saying a word. Seeing that Shi Zhongkui squinted his eyes and said nothing, he could only grit his teeth and take out the several silver notes he was carrying from his sleeves.

It was all given to him in one fell swoop.

Shi Zhongkui then nodded with a smile.

Then he said to the soldiers who were following him, "What are you still doing? Jia Zhen of the Ning Mansion is still under suspicion. Please take him with me to see Grandma Ning Mansion and Mrs. You."

Shi Xingguo, Shi Xingtai and other soldiers heard that they were taking her with them, not escorting her. They didn't understand that they were clearly escorting her, but in fact they were actually guarding Jia Zhen.

If something goes wrong later, it all depends on Shi Zhongkui's will whether to arrest or protect him.

Jia Zhen saw a dozen soldiers in eighth-grade and ninth-grade military military uniforms with wild goose feather sabers on their waists protecting her, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

When Jia Zheng and Jia Lian saw this, they also laughed.

Secretly, Shi Zhongkui deserves to be his son-in-law.

The people in the Xiuyi Guards all cursed in their hearts, but the eunuch in charge of the Xiuyi Guards remained silent, and Liu Changji's immediate boss, Xia Shouzhong, was very polite in front of him. What could he and others do?

I heard Shi Zhongkui say with a smile, "Let's go, what are you waiting for?"

The men from the Embroidery Guard hurriedly turned around and led the way to Huifang Garden behind the main hall. After passing this garden, we can reach the Dengxian Pavilion.

After Dengxian Pavilion, there is the famous Tianxiang Tower.

Shi Zhongkui looked at the garden with some envy, which was at least half the size of a football field. It could even be said that this garden alone was no smaller than his own home.

Not to mention that due to the construction of the Grand View Garden, more than half of the land boundary of Huifang Garden has been demarcated. You can only imagine how big the Ning and Rong mansions are.

I was determined again to get the garden that the Lai family had built by taking advantage of the Jia family's construction of the Grand View Garden.

He couldn't help but glance at Lai Er, the butler of Ningguo Mansion who had been leading the way in a low-key manner.

The biggest difference between Lai Shangrong and Jia Lian of the Lai family is that Jia Lian is a noble son and he does not need fame to donate his official position.

After entering the Imperial College last year, he probably understood that if he didn't work hard, he would not want to be an official no matter how much money he had, so Lai Shangrong's hard work in the past three months or so was nothing short of hard work.

It's a pity that Lai Shangrong is destined not to want to be an official. Shi Zhongkui didn't find the opportunity before, so he thought of waiting for him to donate his official position and then investigate him for corruption and perversion of the law after he got a real job.

But now I have been ordered to investigate the Ningguo Mansion. Since I can even investigate the Ningguo Mansion, it will be easy to investigate the Lai family.

Moreover, the Lai family looked like they were seeking death. When building their own home, some building specifications were obviously against the rules.

As long as we grasp this point, as long as the Lai family does not want to die, they will never admit that the garden was built for their own family.

The most likely possibility is that they used the leftover materials from the construction of the Grand View Garden to build a small yard for the owner's family to play in.

When the time comes, as long as he complains that his current home is a bit small, the Jia family will naturally give him a garden in order to thank him.

If I delay for a few days and the Lai family transfers all their money and other things to the garden, they will have no choice but to give up reluctantly like a dumb man eating coptis.

Even the Lai family did not dare to openly tell Jia She and Jia Zhen how much money was hidden in the garden.

Otherwise, given the greed of Jia She and Jia Zhen, they might find a reason to kill Lai Da or Lai Er.

However, Grandma Lai is a problem.

The old lady and Lai Da must know a lot of secrets about the Jia family. This is why Jia Mu knew that the Lai family was sucking blood from the Jia family, but she pretended not to know.

Of course, it's not that Shi Zhongkui has to worry about other people's things, and since he is not short of money, it is not difficult to build a garden.

In fact, it was the Lai family who built the garden, and it was all built by sucking the blood of the Jia family.

Just thinking about it, Shi Zhongkui felt that if he didn't rob this kind of person's garden, God wouldn't tolerate it.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but make up his mind to take advantage of the witchcraft incident to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Not only the Lai family must be frightened, but the Jia family must also be frightened.
To be continued...