Chapter 288 Map
How come they took rat poison together?
It shouldn't be like this!
Yesterday, the two of them were eager to survive and wanted to kneel down and apologize to her, but today they died together. Shen Ning really couldn't believe it.
When she asked Jia Zhen to report to the police and leave herself alone, she actually really suspected that someone had taken advantage of the Jia family's weakness and killed them both, with the purpose of throwing a basin of dirty water on her.
Shen Ning was so angry!
"Did Rikain keep it a secret?"
Like Nanny Lai, she was worried that Jia Zhu would find out about his parents' situation and die suddenly.
"It was kept secret. The second grandmother blocked the news as soon as she found out."
Qingzhu said, "Don't worry too much. Jiao Da and the old man have both gone there. I think they will have news back soon."
It was so late, and their wives were not in good health, so they couldn’t go to a place like that.
"Where are Baoyu and his companions? Have they gone?"
"Yes, the Third Aunt and the Fourth Aunt took them with them."
That's good.
Shen Ning rubbed his brows and said, "Okay, report to me if you have any news."
"Mrs……"
Qingzhu hesitated for a moment, "Actually, this matter may not be as complicated as you think."
Um? Shen Ning looked at her, "What do you mean?"
"The medicine we brought is just a small amount. The old lady loves the second master. Lai Madam is biased towards the second master between him and the second wife. The second master must hate the second wife for harming him. What can the second wife do if she can't get any medicine?"
Shen Ning: “…”
This was an angle she had not thought of.
"Did you see anything yesterday?"
Shen Ning couldn't help but ask Qing Zhu.
"…When we left, they had just finished preparing the medicine."
Qingzhu shook her head. "However, when I was a child, a similar incident happened in the neighboring farm. The woman had no way to make a living, so she decided to go all out and used rat poison to kill her parents-in-law, husband, and brother-in-law's family."
Shen Ning: “…”
Well, instead of committing suicide myself, it would be better to take the evil family with me, which is also an option.
Compared with Wang Shi, Jia Zheng is even more important to her in her heart.
If Wang really felt that she could not live anymore and wanted to take Jia Zheng with her, she would have to admire her a little.
At this time, Dong Xiaoquan, who received the report from Ningguo Mansion, was also worried that someone would take the lives of Jia Zheng and his wife to frame Madam Shen. He simply took Chief Constable Lu and a female coroner, and followed Jia She and others to rush over.
The situation at the scene is actually clear at a glance.
The rat poison did not kill Jia Zheng immediately.
When he first had a stomachache, he thought it was just a normal detoxification process after taking the medicine. However, he didn't expect that after going to the toilet twice, the pain that stirred up his five internal organs would become more and more severe.
In the end, he rolled over on the kang in pain and begged Wang, who was lying on the kang, to find someone to save him. Wang agreed, closed the door and the window, and poured him a cup of water with ginger, sugar, and rat poison added.
"There was a lot of noise in the room, but we were far away and didn't hear it clearly."
The village chief's face turned pale. "It was Gou Wa and his children who noticed something was wrong. They went over there to play and saw Master Zheng's body leaning out of the window, half hanging there."
After the palace guards' killing of a chicken to scare the monkeys yesterday, ordinary people became afraid of gossip about wealthy families and dared not get close to listen.
If it weren't for those kids, they wouldn't dare to come over.
"Someone has died. I dare not delay and will immediately report to the Duke's Mansion in Beijing."
"You did a great job."
The situation at the scene was almost clear at a glance.
Wang bit the quilt into pieces, but lay on the kang without moving much.
As for why she died?
Looking at the old lady's expression, Dong Xiaoquan already had some doubts.
When he heard the rumor yesterday, he asked someone to investigate.
I heard that Jia Zhu's hair turned white overnight.
Then yesterday, Madam Shen and Old Lady Shi came over together, and finally Jia Zheng’s silver and cattle were given to the poor families in the village.
Obviously, the punishment that Jia Zhen and Jia She, who came first, first gave to Jia Zheng and his wife was not the ten strokes of the cane, silver, or cattle.
However, no murder had occurred at that time, and he felt that the Jia family's handling of the matter was quite good.
I just didn’t expect…
"Master, there is rat poison powder in Wang's fingernails."
The female coroner examined the case very carefully. "Before she died, she even washed herself. It was obvious that she was ready to die."
As soon as she finished speaking, before Dong Xiaoquan could say anything, Grandmother Jia's eyes went dark and she fell down.
Because of her, the Jia family immediately fell into panic.
Jia Zhen, on the other hand, winked at Shou'er and said, "Go back immediately and tell the lady."
His mother originally wanted to come, but he persuaded her not to come.
"Also... notify the Second Madam of the West Mansion and ask her to ask Huan'er to come as well if possible."
"yes!"
Shou'er returned to Beijing in the night. At this time, Shen Ning in the room was getting sleepy from waiting.
Listening to Qingzhu's retelling, Jia Zheng hung himself on the window to beg for his life, and she sighed, "Forget it, at least no innocent people are implicated."
In the Red Mansion, the seemingly kindest couple now love and kill each other and die...
Shen Ning closed her eyes, “You don’t have to report their affairs to me anymore.”
Next to her, her little daughter was sleeping.
Shen Ning turned over, feeling the fragrance of her daughter, she felt a rare sense of peace and tranquility, and then fell into a deep sleep.
But Grandmother Jia couldn't sleep.
Wang is not a person who does not value her life.
But she chose this path...
"old lady……"
Nanny Lai followed her in embarrassment, "The amount of medicine we brought yesterday is wrong. The second master probably didn't give it to the second wife."
really!
Grandmother Jia's tears fell silently.
Her silly son, you have cut off someone's way to life, and now that they have no way to retreat, they will definitely cut off your way to life as well! How did my son, who was so smart when he was young, grow up to be like this? There were cries of Baoyu and his children outside. Grandmother Jia stood up shakily and asked, "Where is She'er?"
His brother was killed by a woman from the Wang family. If he had any blood in his veins, he should have gone to the Wang family.
"The master has gone to look for the monks and Taoist priests."
Lai Ma said, "I think the master is also very sad, old lady, please speak more slowly."
If she really scolded the master, he wouldn't be able to do anything to the old lady. However, the same might not be true for the people around the old lady.
"It's all because of this evil~"
Grandmother Jia cried very sadly, "If he had been nicer to his brother..."
"Mother~"
Jia Min lifted the curtain and came in.
They are now renting a house from their neighbor.
Although the neighbors have moved to their relatives' house, the house is not soundproof.
My eldest brother has been busy all this time, how disappointed he would be if he heard what our mother said!
"I know about my second brother. You are sad, and so are we. But no matter how sad you are, you can't take your anger out on my eldest brother and us just because you are sad about my second brother."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
When did she take her anger out on her daughter?
But looking at the daughter's expression, you can tell that she is protecting her older brother.
Yes, when my daughter was in danger, it was my eldest son who rushed to save her, and my second son...
"Your second brother's death was so pitiful."
The old lady's tears were almost dry. "If he were at home, where..."
"If he was at home, we might all be dead."
Jia Min ruthlessly interrupted her mother, "You've seen what Second Sister-in-law has become. She can't live in peace in this place. What do you think will happen to all of us if she is at home and everything doesn't go as she wants?"
Grandmother Jia: “…”
She opened her mouth several times, but couldn't refute a word.
"I know, you want to talk about my second brother again."
Jia Min really had no choice.
My mother has always been partial.
When the second brother was alive, she was partial to him. Now that he is dead... I am afraid that all the bad things that the second brother had done in the past are gone again.
If we continue to let her go astray like this, not to mention what will happen to my eldest brother and Zhu'er, even my mother herself will have a miserable old age.
"But isn't it all because of my second brother that my second sister-in-law has come to this point today?"
Rather than saying that the second sister-in-law is cruel to the second brother, it would be better to say that the second brother is even crueler to the second sister-in-law.
"Over the years, Second Sister-in-law has been plotting for their Second Branch, and coupled with your partiality, Second Brother clearly knew about it, but he pretended to be ignorant. He kept pretending and deceived himself, and almost became a fool."
Although her second brother and second sister-in-law died so tragically, she shouldn't talk about it in such a place, but if she didn't stop it at this time, Jia Min really couldn't bear it, "He didn't give the second sister-in-law the medicine, is he trying to force her to die?"
During the time when the old lady fainted, Jia Min learned everything from Lai Ma and Yuanyang. "Who would have died with him?"
The eldest sister-in-law in the East Mansion could have spared their lives for the sake of my mother and Zhu'er, but he refused to spare them. Who could he blame?
"Mother, for the sake of Zhu'er and Baoyu, please stop quarreling with my elder brother."
Jia Min had a headache. If her mother continued to make trouble like this, she didn't want to live at home anymore.
Now that the Zhen family has fallen, all the princes who dared to challenge the emperor have met with misfortune.
The two letters from the master in Jiangnan were written with a lighthearted tone.
"Let the second brother go quietly!"
Grandmother Jia burst into tears.
The next day, Huitong Hall.
Upon hearing that Jia Zheng and his wife had committed suicide with rat poison, Suo Jin was very upset. However, when Prince Zhongshun came again to give instructions to Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion, Suo Jin reluctantly spent 500,000 taels of silver to buy two royal farms and sent them to Ningguo Mansion.
Of course, this alone is not enough.
The message-carrying eagles were requisitioned by Dazhao, and they only delivered one letter to them, saying that Fu Yu's family and the various royal palaces were packing up their things and were going to move to Dazhao. The emperor allocated a piece of land in Baoding Prefecture for them to use as a farm, and also built eight earl's palaces on the outskirts of the capital.
The six princes who tried to resist were all thrown into prison along with their families.
Today's Fu Yu City has long been taken over by Da Zhao's army.
Suo Jin was no longer a prince of the Qing Dynasty, but the Earl of Shunyi of Dazhao.
Damn Shunyi Bo!
While he was cursing fiercely in his heart, the messenger eagle sent back another message that the Dazhao army and the Luosha people had fought a battle in Heihe. The Luosha people left behind more than 300 corpses and retreated from Heihe overnight.
This news made the emperor straighten his back.
The court was filled with joy.
Just when the emperor happily reported the good news to the retired emperor, saying that he had conquered the territory that Taizu had wanted to conquer but failed, some conservative ministers unanimously felt that they should proceed cautiously, because the land north of Heihe was bitter and cold, and there was no point in continuing to fight in such a place.
We can, however, deal with the Russians who have invaded Mongolia.
Let the Mongolian tribes pay tribute to Dazhao.
Some people even talked excitedly about how many horses, cattle and sheep they would need in a year.
"Mr. Liu, do you think we should fight the Russians back from Heihe, or should we follow what everyone is saying and take care of Mongolia first?"
Liu Zhi: “…”
He didn't speak immediately, just looked at the map.
"Your Majesty, we Da Zhao can now win so easily, thanks to Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion. Otherwise... please ask the Queen?"
In fact, when the emperor asked these questions, Liu Zhi knew that the emperor was more inclined to agree with what everyone said.
But he was determined to do something big and didn't want the emperor to stop there.
If the Rakshasas can come, why can't they go?
He threw the question to Madam Shen, whose eyes were not on the backyard but on the world.
"My dear, what you said makes sense!"
The emperor was actually hesitant about this matter. Upon hearing this, he immediately looked at Liu An and said, "Go to the queen and tell her to invite Madam Shen to the palace."
"……yes!"
Liu An glanced at Mr. Liu and left in a hurry.
After a while, the carriage that came to pick up Chen Ning arrived at Ningguo Mansion.
This time it was Nanny Wu who came to pick me up.
"Sister, do you know that we won in Heihe?"
After meeting the queen, she chatted for a while and then got straight to the point.
"Of course I heard about such a big happy event."
Shen Ning smiled, "My lady, do you want to hear my congratulations?"
Although the Jia family withdrew from the army, many people in the court knew about such a big thing, and she certainly couldn't pretend that she didn't know.
"Hahaha, you talk and I listen happily."
The Queen was amused by her, "Sister, you don't know, but the Emperor loves to hear me congratulate him lately."
She is troubled and happy.
Just keep going forward...
The battle line is too long and they are also afraid of accidents.
Of course, the most important thing is that all the ministers in the court are now eyeing the Tatar tribes.
They were afraid that they would not be able to rescue them in time and would be taken over by the Rakshasas.
“This is indeed something worthy of congratulations!”
Shen Ning smiled, "Next year, the emperor may be able to go to Mount Tai for Fengshan."
“…”
So optimistic?
The queen's eyes sparkled, "Sister, I will definitely tell the emperor what you said."
Fengshan means receiving the mandate from heaven, having great achievements in civil and military affairs, and having achievements throughout the world. It means that one's reputation will last forever and be praised for thousands of years!
"Turn~"
Shen Ning nodded vigorously.
She wants the best for the emperor more than anyone else.
"Even at the Ming Mausoleum, we can ask the prince to go and offer sacrifices. The land that our Han family once lost is gradually being returned."
Queen: “…”
Her heart felt swollen and hot.
I also think it's feasible.
"Sister, please ask Jia Zhen to write a memorial."
This is a good way to win over the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.
"Him? No way!"
Shen Ning shook her head, “Your Majesty, you don’t know, my Zhen’er was actually spoiled by us when she was a child.”
In fact, Jia Zhen is capable, but he is not too capable.
Especially now.
The emperor felt relieved about the Jia family because they were indeed honest.
But what about the future?
If the head of the Jia family really wants to have an affair with the military again...
Even if the current emperor does nothing, it is hard to say what the next emperor will do.
"If I stay at home and don't worry about him getting into trouble, I can live a few more years."
Queen: “…”
This is too harsh a derogation.
Among the sons of noble families who have been passed down for generations, she said that Jia Zhen was the best.
However, compared to Jia Jing and this Sister Shen, it is true...
"Sister, you can't use your own standards to demand everyone."
The queen heard a slight noise coming from the inner room, her eyes turned and she smiled: "If you were a man, you could be the commander-in-chief, just like some people said some time ago."
"...If I were in the army like my niece Lanzhi, I would definitely ask the emperor for it!"
Shen Ning also heard the voice inside. She turned her mind for a moment and became a little suspicious. "Don't tell me, I was still beautiful for several days when I heard others praising me like that outside."
“Hahaha~~~”
The queen laughed and said, "It's not okay for me to be beautiful for just a few days. I have to be beautiful for several months at least."
"Yeah, when my injury heals, I can use this to pour myself an extra glass of wine whenever I'm happy."
Shen Ning winked at the queen, "If the emperor has any more good wine, your majesty must give me a few more jars."
"Of course, of course."
It’s just wine. Let her take a few jars home when she gets home.
The Queen agreed, "However, if my sister is the commander and takes down Heihe, do you think we should continue the war?"
Don’t you want to fight anymore?
Shen Ning frowned slightly, "Of course! Why not fight a battle that is obviously winnable?"
"But the Mongols and Tatars may ask for help at any time."
"Are the Mongols and Tatars ours now?"
Shen Ning asked back, then said, "Does the queen have a map?"
"Yes, yes."
She actually has a smaller map here.
The queen waved her hand to her chief palace maid, and soon the map that the emperor often looked at with her was taken out.
Although it is called a small map, it actually covers the entire table.
Chen Ning and the Queen walked over and asked, "Is this a map left over from the former Ming Dynasty?"
"yes!"
The queen nodded, "It was during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty."
"Yes, look, the Black River is here."
Chen Ning's hand moved forward, "This is the Tuomu River Guard, Wudi River Guard, Nurgan Dusi, and Nanghar Guard. Especially the Nanghar Guard, which controls the entire Sakhalin Island."
This is actually the Kuye Island of later generations.
Such a good place finally became someone else's.
It would be fine if there was no chance, but now that there is an opportunity, how can she let it go? "This coastal area once belonged to us. Why should we leave it alone and not take it back? Although the Qing Dynasty is gone, how much recognition do the people who left this land have for our Dazhao? The Russians enslaved them, and they didn't want to resist? If we help them and drive all the Russians away, at least they will have some gratitude towards our Dazhao in their hearts, right?
If we stop at Heihe and don't fight now...what will the people think of us?
And here..."
Shen Ning's hand moved to Hulun Lake, Chita and other places, "The target here is also a guard post, so it should naturally be ours."
"But if Mongolia suddenly asks for help, we won't be able to withdraw troops..."
"Then let them wait!"
Shen Ning said: "They didn't ask for help for so long, isn't it because they thought we would definitely rescue them?"
"But if they surrender to the Rakshasa..."
"No." Shen Ning shook her head, "The Luosha people can't beat us. Those with a bit of brains won't surrender. If they really surrender, then we'll beat them together."
I have tried my best to write 5,000 words. I am begging for monthly votes. You cannot look at the map. If you look at the map, you will know how much land the former Russia has taken from our country.
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