The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But Lin Daiyu drove out a drawing overnight, and Jia Cong took Yao'er inside and handed it to him. "Sister Lin drew it. I'm afraid outsiders will leak the secret, so we can only separate the parts and make them in several blacksmith shops, and we can assemble them ourselves."

Yao'er looked at it and put it away: "I'll do it. Do you want to use the authentic way?"

Jia Cong nodded: "It's a pity to keep those weapons, and we won't be able to use them for a while. Besides, since we are going to fight in a melee, it's natural to be evenly matched. Just like the NBA draft, whoever builds a team late and lags behind will help whoever .”

Yao'er didn't know what he meant by the last two sentences, so he didn't bother to ask, and went to deal with the blueprint.

He bought three or four new Taihu stones for the mansion in the south of the city, and carved them with a stone chisel according to the drawings.He has a calm temperament, and he is as good at chiseling as a natural stonemason.Because of the high price, the blacksmith's shop was finished quickly, but a new mechanism was added to the mechanism at the entrance of the tunnel, and the new Taihu stone was used to cover it up.

Afterwards, Gong San also went to Zhenwu'an to discuss the meeting with Mrs. Jingyuan, temporarily closed the lamp oil in the tunnel, and transported some rare and useful ones from it.Naturally, none of the crossbow machines, matchlock guns, etc. were left behind.

Naturally, Jia Cong used all kinds of clues from the court to argue with Jia Amnesty every day.Jia Amnesty was reluctant to move at first, but seeing Jia Meng every day, he was afraid that there would be chaos in Beijing, so he waved his hand and said, "If you want to avoid chaos, you should avoid it! I'm only in Beijing."

Jia Cong snorted: "I don't believe you are willing to see Meng'er for two or three years." He clapped his hands and left.

On this day, Jia Cong and Jarvis went to visit Prince Ning's mansion. The sixth prince was very pleasantly surprised and came out to greet him personally.When he arrived at the study, Yao'er cupped his hands and said, "Students are taking the liberty to come here to ask for something."

The Sixth Prince smiled and said, "Mr. Jia, just talk."

Yao'er said: "It's just a private matter. It's okay if the prince doesn't want to. The students want to trouble the prince to find someone to impeach Jia Lian, the deputy envoy of the general administration and department. You can do whatever you want to impeach him."

The sixth prince was taken aback.

Jia Cong laughed and said, "We want to leave Beijing for two or three years. The court situation is too chaotic now, Beijing and China are not safe, and my nephew is too young. The Supreme Emperor is about..." He closed his mouth.

The sixth prince was shocked, straightened up and stared at him and asked, "How do you know?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I won't tell you, the letter has been revealed anyway, believe it or not~~"

The Sixth Prince couldn't sit still immediately, stood up and walked a few steps in the room, suddenly realized that he was impolite, hurried over and smiled apologetically, took a sip from the teacup.

Yao'er said: "I'm afraid that the chaos will come much faster than the student estimated in the early years, so there is no way to judge the future trend. The student just wants to persuade the prince and all the princes: the name does not matter, the important thing is the strength. Those who are in a hurry to get started will probably become stepping stones for those who come later. The death of the Supreme Emperor may be just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go. The sage now has seven sons."

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the sixth prince.For a long time, he looked at Erjia and said, "I know what you mean, sir." Then he bowed, "Thank you for your suggestion, sir."

Yao'er waved his hand: "It's just a few casual words."

The sixth prince said again: "It's just that I can't impeach Jia Lian for nothing, there must be some reason."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Why do you have to have a reason? The reason is 'unspeakable'. You just close your eyes and impeach him indiscriminately, and others will only say that there is no reason. The more you can't find out the reason, the more people will believe it. They will guess it by themselves. Guessing and guessing, it’s sure to be more authentic than our own. If necessary, just follow their weaving to reveal some flaws.”

The sixth prince thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "The old man always said that Jarvis is the best when he sees through the world situation, and Jia Cong is the best when he sees people's hearts."

The Jia brothers looked at each other and smiled.

The Sixth Prince asked again: "When will Mr. Jia be impeached? Are you in a hurry?" That was his agreement.

Jia Cong thought for a while: "If it is convenient for the prince, how about six or seven days later? The prince is just going to collect some evidence."

The sixth prince agreed.Jia Cong and Jarvis all bowed to him and thanked him, then stood up and said goodbye.

The sixth prince knew that they would not recognize the Lord at this moment.Anyway, he is more familiar with himself than other brothers and nephews, and it will be easier for him to get these three sons in Japan.Busy and courteous to send them out.

The next day, Jia Cong went to Prince Xian's mansion again.

Situ Pan obviously gained weight because of his carefree life recently, so he asked with a smile, "I haven't been here for a long time, why do you think of me today?"

Jia Cong put his finger on his lips and gave a "shh", and said lazily, "Hey, I have trouble finding you every time, and every time it is more troublesome."

Situ Pan smiled and asked what was the matter.

Jia Cong blinked and said: "Brother Xian Wang, you can represent the court, right? Can I contact you for business negotiations with the court?"

Situ Pan laughed dumbfounded: "Do you have any business you want to do with the imperial court?"

Jia Cong bit his lip and thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes."

Situ Pan asked, "What business?"

Jia Cong said: "Even if you don't do business, but you have made contributions, it's okay to want a reward, right?"

Situ Pan wondered, "What contribution can you make?"

Jia Cong leaned over to him and whispered in his ear, "Is it worthwhile to pick up money?"

Situ Pan glanced at him: "Could it be that you picked up a gold ingot while walking on the street?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "No. Anyway, it's gold. Our family picked it up, and I intend to secretly hand it over to you, Brother Xian Wang, in exchange for a favor."

Seeing his hesitation, Situ Pan couldn't help straightening his back, looked him carefully twice, and asked, "What's the benefit?"

"For my second elder brother Lian, it's better to change to an official who has been released from abroad. It's best to be in Guangdong and Guangxi, and Qiongzhou is even better. Guangdong and Guangxi are really inconvenient, and Taiwan government is also fine."

Situ Pan's eyes moved, he raised his hand to take the fan on the desk and fanned it a few times, without saying a word.

Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said, "Go and avoid disaster." Situ Pan raised his head and waited for an explanation.Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Brother Xian Wang, don't inquire about it. You probably won't be able to find out. No one will say... There are always some things that cannot be said. Anyway, my second brother offended someone, or someone who can't be offended. Avoid It's good to go out of the capital. There is Lord Wang Ziteng in Guangdong and Guangxi, he is his father-in-law, and he is also a military officer. I can only hint so much."

Situ Pan frowned: "Is there a way to resolve it?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "Not at all... Oh, yes, time. When the days get longer, it won't be all right..." He suddenly snorted, "As the days get longer, they will definitely go with the wind. But right now..."

What he said was vague; Situ Pan was already smart, and a dozen possibilities flashed through his mind, but he couldn't decide which one it was.He didn't show anything on his face, he just said: "Forget it, first show me the gold you picked up."

Jia Cong stood up and bowed to him to the ground: "Please ask the virtuous king Qiansui to change into inconspicuous clothes and go with the students. I didn't ride a horse today, I came in a carriage."

Situ Pan stood up: "Let's go! Go and have a look." So he really went inside and changed into ordinary civilian clothes.

He really trusted Jia Cong, seeing that Jia Cong didn't even bring a servant with him, and there was only one coachman in the car, so he didn't take anyone with him.Just as he was about to get in the car, he suddenly found out that the driver was Jarvis, the son of Jia Si whom he had met in Jiangxi, and suddenly felt that today's trip was extremely unusual.

Situ Pan and Jia Cong got into the carriage, Jarvis waved the reins, and the wheels turned slowly.When he got out of the car, Situ Pan was slightly taken aback when he saw the mansion in front of him.

Jia Cong said: "My father bought this place in the early years to accommodate those uncles who were soldiers. Later, the uncles bought their own houses, so this place is a bit empty."

Situ Pan nodded in praise and said, "Jia Enhou is a long-term lover."

When Jia Cong heard someone praise his father, he immediately showed a big smile.But he led Situ Pan in. It was empty and no one was there, and the three of them didn't care, and went straight to the garden.Situ Pan caught a glimpse of an oil lamp in Jarvis' hand, and was somewhat surprised.

When we arrived at the crossing of the rockery tunnel, Jia Cong said, "It's a coincidence. A few months ago, I brought my eldest nephew here to play. Children like to run around, and I didn't pay much attention. Who knows he suddenly He yelled. I came over to have a look, and he stretched his little arm into the stone hole in the rockery. I don’t know what he encountered in it. I thought it was a grasshopper or something, so I went to dig his little paw. The little guy actually I grabbed something and didn't let it go. I didn't dare to use too much force! I carefully broke his hand, and suddenly I moved the thing he was holding... Then I heard a creaking sound, and turned my head Take a look..." He said, looking at the tunnel entrance.

Situ Pan had vaguely guessed some shadows, and his whole body shuddered: "Where is it?"

Jia Cong walked to Lin Daiyu's newly added mechanism and reached in to break it.Hearing the sound of iron locks clattering, the entrance of the tunnel was slowly revealed.

Yao'er took out the fire folder and lit the oil lamp and held it in his hand. Jia Cong looked at Situ Pan with a slight smile, and stretched out his hand to signal: "The virtuous king is a thousand years old, please."

Situ Pan followed the two of them down the stairs, and walked along the extremely wide bluestone tunnel inside. There were three door openings at the end of the tunnel, and there was a faint chill in between.

At the door, Yao'er handed the oil lamp to Situ Pan, who stood with Jia Cong not going in.Situ Pan took the oil lamp and walked inside by himself.Fang held up the oil lamp to shine a light, and suddenly took a breath of air!

Surrounded by silence, the sound of gasping was quite clear. Jia Cong clapped his hands outside the door and laughed, "Wow, you didn't make any noise! ​​The first time I came back, I was so scared that I screamed! Meng'er was so scared that she cried." .”

Situ Pan was shocked by the full arsenal, but when he heard this, he felt funny, and the coolness disappeared immediately.He wandered around inside with the oil lamp for an unknown amount of time, and even the lamp oil was almost burned out before turning out.Seeing that Jarvis was still standing motionless with his eyes closed, Jia Cong had already sat on the ground and dozed off. He couldn't help being angry and funny, and said, "This kid is really brave."

Yao'er woke up Jia Cong, and the little fat man got up and stretched: "Have you finished reading?"

Situ Pan nodded, raised the lamp himself, and the three walked out slowly.

When he got outside, Situ Pan took several deep breaths and asked tremblingly, "Where is the mechanism?"

Jia Cong pointed: "You reach in and grab randomly, and you will catch it soon."

Situ Pan stretched out his hand to grab the rocky hole in the rockery that Jia Cong had explored just now, and sure enough, he caught an iron object, which felt like a handle, and broke it off.However, he was so weak right now, it took a lot of concentration to keep from trembling.So I pretended to scratch inside and took a few more breaths.Finally calmed down a bit, Situ Pan turned the mechanism, and the tunnel entrance slowly closed.

After a while, Jia Cong blinked his eyes: "I said it is to pick up 'gold', right?"

Situ Pan glanced at him: "Isn't it a few months ago?"

Jia Cong snorted and said: "Such a big thing must be exchanged for something, isn't it? The court is poor, so there is no need to count on rewards. If it was donated a few months ago, it is nothing more than another false title for my brother, which is not practical at all." .He has only been promoted not long ago, and he will definitely not be promoted again."

Situ Pan wanted to refute him, but had nothing to refute, so he shook his head.After a while he asked, "Since you are begging for release on your brother's behalf, why aren't you in Guangzhou? Are you going to Taiwan or Qiongzhou?"

Jia Cong said: "These two places are both big islands, and there are few people. Recently, there have been more and more sea goods, which are obviously smuggled. But now you can buy customs documents. I heard from Uncle Lin that the sea ban is a It was decided by the old sage. Look at what the sage means. When the old sage leaves, the sea ban will definitely be opened. Our family wants to quietly set up a shipbuilding workshop and make some larger sea boats. At... time, the sea ban will be lifted, and the sea ships will be banned. It's easy to sell."

Situ Pan couldn't help laughing: "Since Prince Teng is here, why not even if you open a shipbuilding workshop in Guangzhou Mansion?"

Jia Cong waved his hands again and again: "It's better to be more cautious. The old sage is not easy to provoke, and my brother offended others. Since you want to secretly do something that the court does not allow, you must not let others get the handle."

Situ Pan smiled and said, "It's definitely not you two who are so cautious."

Jia Cong pointed at Yao'er: "His father!"

Situ Pan turned his head and looked at Yao'er: "I have heard Weiss's name in Shilin for several years, why didn't you take the merit test?"

Yao'er said: "Sir, let me take the boy's exam two years later."

Situ Pan immediately understood that this "Mr." must be Lin Hai.The old sage is in good spirits at the moment; however, some imperial physicians whispered to Situ Pan that he only looks tough on the outside, but he is getting weak inside.Others didn't know about this matter, but Lin Haibao knew about it.He probably intended to wait for the old man to leave before ordering Jarvis to wait.Nai said: "It's okay to be a scholar first."

Yao'er said: "I'm still young now, so it's safer to study for two more years. It's not worthwhile to seek fame and fame at such a young age, it's easy to mess up your mind."

Situ Pan hurriedly looked him up and down, nodded and said, "No wonder everyone says hello, you really are good."

Jia Cong said from the side: "That's right! Anyway, there is no shortage of money at home, and I don't wait for your salary to support the family. Being an official is very troublesome. It's pitiful to leave early and return late every day. Look at how happy my father is and how hard my second uncle is."

Situ Pan laughed lightly when he heard the words: "Since your father made such a suggestion, it can be seen that your cautious temperament followed him." He looked at Jia Cong, "Cong'er's temperament also followed his father. You two couples Father and son are interesting."

Jia Cong also smiled and said: "That's right. It's not that it's good to follow my father, brother Huan fortunately didn't follow his father, my second uncle has such a blank face!"

Situ Pan thought about Jia Zheng's face, and laughed: "The word white face is a coincidence." He was in a better mood now, and looked around with his hands behind his back, and then said, "This house It used to belong to Master Bai."

Jia Cong waved his hands again and again: "Don't tell me who it is! I don't want to know! It's who he is!"

Situ Pan couldn't help but laugh, and he didn't say any more.

There are so many weapons in the tunnel, so naturally they can't be removed in broad daylight.Two days later, Situ Pan led his men to drive over in the middle of the night, and Jarvis personally guarded the mansion in the south of the city to open the door for them.Situ Pan was dressed in black and stood outside the tunnel with his hands behind his back. He watched his subordinates take out the weapons one by one and put them on the cart, and then covered them with straw. His eyes flicked and his hands clenched into fists.Yao'er was standing next to him holding the oil lamp, with no expression on his face, secretly seeing Situ Pan's eyes and posture clearly.Because the things are so many and heavy, they can only be done at night, and they have been transported for several days.As for where it was shipped, it was not up to the Jia family to inquire.

The day after Situ Pan was transported to the underground arsenal, a large group of officials under the command of the Six Princes issued a long list of bullets to impeach Jia Lian, but none of them made any sense.Jia Lian only said that he was wronged, and refused to argue. He was full of anger and dared not speak.Situ Pan immediately understood who Jia Lian had offended, but he really couldn't figure out how he would offend the sixth head.