The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

In April of that year, Jia Lian led a sentry to Beijing to report that the virtuous king had been rescued.The saint was overjoyed and asked him how he was rescued. Jia Lian looked embarrassed and his eyes flickered, and said: "Because the thief was not in the right mood, we divided up three times. Lord Lao and Lord Feng then divided and fought, and finally rescued the virtuous king."

Because Jia Lian's official position is quite low at this meeting, he doesn't have much experience in speaking on the scene, so all the civil and military personnel in the audience can see that there is another story in it.The sage simply withdrew from the court and asked Jia Lian to play carefully with him alone.

It turned out that they rushed to Jiangxi all the way, stationed in Jiujiang, and sent a messenger to send a message, only saying that the imperial court still remembers Master Xu's merits, don't make people miserable, and that a mere province is no match for the imperial army, so let them hurry up Send back the virtuous king Situ Pan.After waiting for two days, Xu Su wrote back, asking the court to order 100 million taels.Lao Fu and Cai replied with a long letter expressing reason and affection, and someone came to see him, also said to be from Xu's family.It turned out that Xu Hong's confidant named Wan Zhang led a group of people to assist his young son Xu Kang, and was willing to return Situ Pan for 80 yuan.Lao Fu and Feng Tangzheng couldn't laugh or cry, and there was also the messenger of his eldest son Xu Qi, who also paid 80 yuan to the Xian Wang.

Jarvis listened to Jia Lian's account and said, "As the saying goes, shop around. Since there are three, it's easy to deal with, and the one with the lowest price will get it. Besides, they are all private letters, and they will not expose them face to face. Let's Write back and say that the price of other houses is lower, and see how low it can be."

Lao Fu and Guo Ran wrote to Xu Su, only saying that other companies offered lower than him, 70 to 60.Letters to those two also lowered the ransom respectively.Before long, three more letters were received, all of which were reducing prices.After several rounds of bargaining, the ransom was stuck at 40 taels.Jarvis told Jia Lian again: "Needless to say, the Xu family must be extremely chaotic, but we don't know what the chaos will look like for the time being. Why don't we try their bottom line again." After hearing the report, Lao Fuhe also felt reasonable, so he simply asked People let out the word, if there is a green forest expert who can send the virtuous king, he will pay 30 taels of silver notes at the time of delivery.

Originally, this letter was just a test, but after a few days, someone actually delivered Situ Pan, packed it in a sack, and stared in bewilderment.The three who gave it away were immediately arrested by Feng Tang, and the 30 taels of silver notes were naturally a deception.

After Lao Fu and Feng Tang carefully woke Situ Pan up and let him rest for a whole day, they dared to ask about what had happened.

Situ Pandao, at first no one knew that he was a prince. Seeing that he was carrying some account books that his men had stolen from the Yuzhang county government, everyone in the Xu family thought he was a secret agent of the imperial court and almost chopped him off.Because of the Daoist of Wan Zhang's staff, Bao Buqi was able to ask some court affairs from this population, so he kept it.The next day, Wan Zhang guessed that Situ Pan was a virtuous king by simply scanning Situ Pan's luggage. Instead, he was locked up in a small courtyard under house arrest, with acceptable food and drink.In the first few days no one paid any attention to him, then gradually people came to see him at night, including Xu Hong's son, nephew, nephew, nephew, general, staff and even his aunt.Situ Pan gradually realized that there was a disagreement among them after Xu Hong's death, so he tried his best to provoke and talk nonsense.One day, I heard that something big happened outside, but I didn't know why. After hearing a few words from the guards, I knew that Xu's family had a big fight.

Seeing that the days passed day by day, and there was no major movement between the imperial court and the Xu family, he was anxious.Later, when he heard that an imperial envoy from the imperial court was coming, he secretly took a medicine that he had kept close to him all the time, and after taking it, he seemed to be ill.He lied to the guards that his disease would be contagious, and he would die soon.The doctor who invited him also blinded him.The Xu family was afraid that he would cause a plague in Yuzhang City, and feared that he would be worthless if he died, so they moved him to a remote small courtyard outside the city, and negotiated to ask the court to redeem him quickly, even at a discount.The three who brought Situ Pan here were the guards, and others avoided him because of his illness.The three of them wanted to watch him with trepidation and prevent illness, but when they heard that there was 30 silver, Fang secretly packed Situ Pan in a sack and sent him to Jiujiang.

Lao Feng and others didn't know what to say when they heard it at first, and then they praised Wang Qiansui for his cleverness, and ordered the military doctor to prepare an antidote for him.

For a while, Jia Lian also told Gao Mang Jarvis about the cause and effect, and the two of them looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this.After Jia Lian went out, Gao Mang couldn't help asking, "Brother Yao'er, do you believe the words of the virtuous king?"

Yao'er said softly, "Do you believe it?"

Gao Mang snorted, "It's no wonder I believe it! The rebels caught the lord and they only dared to talk about it in the middle of the night. It must not be the rebels who are so considerate."

Yao'er said: "You just need to understand it in your heart. Anyway, the two of us only care about protecting the second elder brother Lian, and the rest has nothing to do with us."

Gao Mang lowered his head and chuckled: "I bet a piece of mung bean cake that the three guards who brought the virtuous king will not be pulled out and chopped up."

Yao'er said: "It's too stingy. Not only will he not be cut off, the virtuous king is charitable, thinking that he also benefited from their escape from danger, and also feels that he is not afraid of infection to serve him. If he doesn't keep everything, he can get a reward of 50 taels of silver. Press two fried beans."

Gao Mang laughed suddenly: "Elder brother may not be generous either!"

Yao'er said: "Small gambling is fun, click until it ends."

When Jia Lian came back, he heard that Situ Pan had released the three men and rewarded each of them with 100 taels of silver.The money was naturally placed by Feng Tang.

A few days later, the Xu family knew that Situ Pan was safe and sound, and suddenly felt humiliated, so they sent troops to try to take him back, and Feng Tang's men beat him back severely.Lao Fu and Ben thought that they had tasted a lot, and it was the right time to recruit security, so they thought about it for two days.I don't know who is the leader of the Xu family, but he came to rob the camp in the middle of the night!Fortunately, Feng Tang is a veteran, and if they didn't succeed, they would inevitably suffer some injuries in the battalion.On the contrary, Jia Lian and Lao Fu lived together, and there was a group of people there who wanted to capture the imperial envoy, so Gao Mang and Yao'er showed their talents.Afterwards, Feng Tang often wandered around Gao Mang's Yaoer, intending to win them over.Jia Lian didn't mind at all.

Lao Fuhe secretly praised Situ Pan: "Master Jia usually seems to be quite frivolous, but he really has a heart. He has two such powerful generals at his side, and Master Feng is so blatantly wooing him every day. do not mind!"

Situ Pan couldn't help laughing: "What family generals! One of those two is his brother-in-law, and the other is no different from his father's godson. If Feng Tangru has the ability to abduct him, this king will write [-] words of 'serve' with him! "

After this battle, the Xu family became much more honest.Lao Fu and then sent people to discuss how to recruit, and they were quite polite.Later, Xu Su also came to Jiujiang to discuss with Lao Fu.It's just that he not only wants to exonerate Xu's family from all charges, but also wants to succeed him as the general of Jiangxi!Lao Fuhe and Situ Pan naturally refused.Someone from Xu Qi and Xu Kang also secretly came to discuss with the imperial envoy, but they were all very big-hearted, and they often made Lao Fu's liver ache because of his kindness.Seeing this, Situ Pan smiled and said, "Let's procrastinate first, let them finish their troubles first." Then he only said that he wanted to discuss matters with a master of the Xu family, and let them recommend someone to come again.Sure enough, the Xu family didn't come to negotiate a peace anymore, and the spies said that Yuzhang city was always lively.Seeing that the big event was about to be decided, Situ Pan ordered Jia Lian to go back to Beijing to report the news.Jia Lian rushed back to Beijing on a starry night.

The sage laughed when he heard that Situ Pan's worth made them bargain carefully, and rewarded Jia Lian with a high-quality palace brocade robe and ordered him to go back to the house to rest.

He came back in good time.In a few days, his eldest son, Jia Meng, will be one year old, and the Rongguo Mansion is full of excitement.The dignitaries in Beijing saw that their family was getting better and better, and they all came to congratulate them one after another. Jia She hugged his grandson in his hands and showed off to everyone, very happy.

For a while, someone brought out various items to prepare for Mr. Meng to catch him, and the counter was full.Suddenly the door hurried in and back, and three nobles came outside.Jia Cong had already thought about the fact that there might be uninvited big shots today, and when he heard the word "noble person", he immediately dragged Jia Huan into the crowd, but there was no sign of him.Jia Amnesty was hugging his grandson to show off, he couldn't help frowning: "Where are there so many nobles?"

The man whispered: "The three princes have come together!"

Jia Lian was taken aback: "Master! Hurry up and open the door to welcome you!"

With Jia Cong and Gong San also muttering beside him all these years, Jia Amnesty's original idea of ​​awe of the Tian family has worn away a little bit, and he still despises their troubles.Hearing this, his brows became even higher, and he had no choice but to hand over his grandson to Jia Si, who led Jia Lian and all the guests out to greet him.

When we arrived at the door, we saw that the three princes were all dressed like young masters from ordinary families, and there were quite a few guards with them.The eldest prince laughed first and said: "You have come here so presumptuously, don't blame me if you pardon me."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. The three of them said that there was no need to be polite, so they went to Rongxi hall together.It is said that there is no need to be more polite, there are more people in Rongxi Hall, and there is another courtesy.The princes all said that they came to see the young master to catch Zhou, Jia She felt a little uncomfortable, because after glancing at the case, there was one more conspicuous thing than before!Some people pointed curiously and asked, "What is this?"

If you look closely, the thing is more than a foot high, and it is colorful and shiny.There is a seat at the bottom, and the middle seems to be a small wooden umbrella bone wrapped with multicolored silk threads and gold and silver threads, and small bells hang down from the top with colorful ribbons.Jia Cong and Jia Huan said with a smile: "This is a new obsolete device, very fun!" Then he twisted the handle next to it a few times and let it go.I saw that the umbrella bone turned slightly, driving the colorful ribbon and the small bell below it to rotate together, like a small half-open umbrella, the bells jingled, and the color was beautiful.Jia Meng's big eyes were immediately attracted, and she stretched out her hand.Jia Amnesty already knew what his younger son meant, so he hurriedly put his grandson on the case.Jia Meng quickly crawled over, ignoring all the small brushes, swords, and seals around him, and went straight to the beautiful ringing implement, and grabbed it in his hand, the little bell jingled more and more, and the little umbrella Still turning gently in the hand.Jia Meng was immediately amused, and laughed out loud.The child laughed extremely cutely, and when he smiled, all the adults around him laughed.

Jia She pretended to stare at Jia Cong: "What is this?"

Jia Cong said: "I haven't named it yet. It's something that we and Mr. Xiyang came up with together. It sounds fun."

Jia Lian was in a hurry: "This is just a trick, not a catch!"

Jia Cong said seriously: "Second brother doesn't understand, right? There is a lot of knowledge in this. Look at that handle, it uses the principle of leverage...Kinetic energy is converted into potential energy...Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy...Moment of inertia...We Jia Xiaomeng will become a great physicist in the future..." He said while Jia Huan echoed, Jarvis occasionally interrupted, and Jia She pretended to listen and nodded repeatedly even though he didn't understand.

How could Jia Lian have the patience to listen to him?He stomped his feet and said, "You actually use these nonsensical things to catch your nephew!"

Jia Cong argued: "What is far-fetched? Don't look at it as a small obstinate weapon, the subtlety is hard to describe..."

Jia She waved his hand to Jia Lian and said, "Forget it, Menger likes it as long as she likes it. I didn't force you to read and write when you were a child, but now you're not doing well!"

Jia Lian was speechless immediately!Jia Meng was still ringing the little bells.This age is interested in both sound and color. The gift given by the two little uncles is much more fun than those monotonous things that are either red or gold next to them, so they just sit down and concentrate on playing with this, the chubby paw is holding the little bell Dial back and forth.Because at this moment everyone thought it was not good to catch Zhou, they were a little embarrassed and embarrassed to speak, and the whole Rongxi hall was full of clanging sounds.

The three princes also found it funny when they saw it. The second prince said first: "Zhouzhou is a lively event, and children naturally like brightly colored things." The third prince also persuaded with a smile.

Jia Lian sighed secretly in his heart, and raised his eyes to see Jia Baoyu standing beside him. Thinking about it, Baoyu grabbed some rouge and gouache, isn't he studying honestly now?I feel more comfortable again.Others came over to try to persuade him with kind words, and their faces gradually softened.Only Jia Amnesty still looked at Jia Meng with the expression "my grandson is the smartest".

Not long after, the princes saw that there was nothing exciting to see and left; Jia Meng and the fresh obsolete were sent back to the wives and grandmas to watch.Jia Shefang quietly pulled Jia Lian aside and said, "The obstinate weapon just now was taken temporarily by Cong'er and Huan'er."

Jia Lian was taken aback.

Jia She sighed: "Now that the government is in chaos, it's better for our family to be incompetent and unambitious. Just wait, there will be great chaos after the old sage returns to the West. You are now a fourth-rank official, and you are still in charge of the administration. Now that you have saved the virtuous king again, no one will underestimate you. From now on, just work in peace and order, and you must not join any party. No matter what the result is in the future, you will not cause trouble to the family anyway If you want to take another step forward, we can talk about it after everything is settled."

Suddenly cold sweat broke out on Jia Lian's back. "Master! Could it be that there has been a change in the court?"

Jia She snorted and said, "What do you think? The prince is not finished yet, and the prince has come out again." Nai glanced at him, "Is there no noble person to win you over?"

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I usually only follow the master's orders and dare not be arrogant. The eldest prince's uncle once invited his son to drink, and asked me to drag two colleagues to go with him. We only had a meal."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "That's right, being smarter. Being honest won't hurt you."

Jia Lian hurriedly agreed, wiped off his sweat, and turned around to meet his colleagues and friends.

When I went back at night, I thought I had to spend some time trying to persuade my wife, but Wang Xifeng grabbed his arm first and asked anxiously, "What happened today?"

Jia Lian said, "Why did something happen?"

Wang Xifeng said: "Don't coax me. Brother Cong and the others asked Mr. Xiyang to make the stick that Meng'er used to catch Zhou. Fu'er saw it a long time ago, and she came back every day to talk about why her brother is not yet one year old. Cong'er said It was delivered to us tonight, and I have even chosen a place for placement. Why did you suddenly take it out to catch Zhou?"

Jia Lian couldn't help but look at him with admiration: "How can you, a woman, see this?"

Wang Xifeng was secretly happy when she heard her husband's praise, and said angrily: "This matter is obviously unusual, why can't you see it?"

Jia Lian said in a low voice: "Because the three princes came suddenly at that moment, I'm afraid Meng'er grabbed something to catch their eyes, so Fang deliberately took that out to lure him to catch it."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Isn't it good to let the prince like Meng'er?"

Jia Lian whispered to her: "The dragon has nine sons, God knows which one is the dragon's son."

Wang Xifeng's eyes froze, and he nodded again and again: "I understand what the Lord means."

Because Situ Pan escaped safely, the sage was relieved.Chen Bin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, came up with another note and wanted to go home to recuperate.The Supreme Emperor then ordered the saint to consider the candidates first.The saint is really worried.I will definitely not be willing to go up to the person who is playing tricks on me, and the person who transfers the old man is unwilling.

One day at the court meeting, the sixth prince smiled and said, "I have an excellent candidate for recommendation." The sage ordered him to speak, and he said, "Jia pardoning Jia Enhou is a good man. He is generous and has fought in wars in his early years. There are grades too."

All the ministers laughed, saying that he was joking.The saint also shook his head.

After retiring from the imperial court, he suddenly thought of Jia Amnesty's in-law, Prince Tenglai.He knew that the sixth prince had tried to win over Prince Teng countless times in the past ten years, but this person didn't respond.On the surface, he is loyal to the old saint, but in fact, this old fox is just watching the wind.With such a hesitant temperament, he will be able to recognize the situation sooner or later.Besides, this man is indeed a brave general.He then replied to the old sage: "My minister has considered for a long time, and Prince Teng, the governor of the nine provinces, can be transferred to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."

The old sage frowned and thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "It's really hard to find a more suitable one, so let him."