The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Liu Aiyun led his fanciers to deliver food for more than ten days to the officials trapped in the imperial mausoleum, and two groups of soldiers rushed over. Seeing that Cao Datong was surrounded, he was in a dilemma.

In the evening of that day, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy finally appeared among the food deliverers of the Liu Aiyun Fan Club.When they returned after delivering the meal, a soldier shouted, "Hey, that little fat man, can he climb trees?"

The boy happily said: "Yes! I can do it since I was young!" Then he pouted, "I'm not fat! You haven't seen my brother before, he's fat."

The soldier said: "Come with me, and help me get something."

The boy agreed and followed.

The soldier led him into the tent, only to see Cao Datong was full of hostility and sad, looked up at him: "Sit."

The boy was not polite and sat down on the stool in front of him.

Cao Datong asked, "What's your surname?"

"Zhao."

Cao Datong nodded: "Young Master Zhao."

Mr. Zhao said crisply: "Hey! General Cao, do you have any snacks? Is there any tea?"

Cao Datong said, "Where do you get snacks in the army?" He ordered people to serve tea.

Mr. Zhao muttered, "What a poor man!" Then he asked, "What did the general call me for?"

Cao Datong coughed and said: "I saw that you are very knowledgeable that day, so I would like to ask you a question or two."

Mr. Zhao waved his hand: "You don't need to be so polite, I also look forward to taking my father home sooner, we both win the best. Dare I ask the general what the situation is now? No, you should tell me the first thing first, Otherwise, I can't figure out the reason. A general who has no reason will never rebel. But who got the instigation? Since the general can trap the imperial tomb, he must be a courageous and resourceful person. Didn't he think about what will happen after the incident? What to do?"

Cao Datong blushed, and said: "I'm thinking...to force the sage to write down the edict of forgiveness...I don't want him to put on airs and refuse to agree."

"Cough cough cough..." Mr. Zhao choked on a sip of tea and coughed for a long time before he said, "You you... cough cough, you are such a big general cough cough, general, you actually believe that the saint wrote the imperial decree of forgiveness Will you admit it later?"

Cao Datong was stunned for a moment, and said, "You are not joking."

Mr. Zhao rolled his eyes: "That is the Eternal Mingjun. Go through the entire history book, how many are there? Besides, do you think it is the Qiangu Mingjun today?"

Cao Datong was stunned.

Mr. Zhao drank tea and waited for him to slow down. After waiting for a long time, he was still in a daze, but his black face turned redder. He asked curiously, "Is this difficult to understand? Well, the emperor has no way to be faithful, and everything is only controlled by the court."

It took Cao Datong half a day to hold back a sentence: "Isn't it true that since ancient times, Jun Wu has joked about golden mouth and jade teeth?"

Mr. Zhao said: "The people who wrote the opera commentary hoped that the king would have no jokes, so they wrote it in the opera commentary. Because the people who wrote the opera commentary are all subjects. The emperor's affairs, the subjects have the final say, and the emperor has the final say." Calculate?"

Cao Datong choked again.

Mr. Zhao looked at him and said, "Why don't you tell me from the beginning? I'll help you sort it out."

Cao Datong drank two bowls of tea and frowned again, as if he didn't know where to start.

Mr. Zhao sighed: "Is it because the sage didn't give you military pay or food, or did he want to kill your whole family?"

Cao Datong raised his head and stared at him: "How do you know?"

Mr. Zhao spread his hands together: "Otherwise, who would be free to rebel and play?"

Cao Datong hurriedly said: "That's right! It's just that the government forced the people to rebel!" Then he talked about cause and effect.

It turned out that the sage had stopped his military pay for a while, but the grain and grass were not short.Until a month or so ago, someone told him that the old sage was about to die, and the sage cut off his military pay because he was afraid that he would be disobedient, and sent people to spread rumors under him that he had embezzled it for himself.Originally, Cao Datong was only resentful in his heart, and he didn't expect to come up with the opposite word at all.A few days later, he got another letter, informing the sage that he had collected all his criminal evidence, and listed more than a dozen charges, all of which were true, and he just waited for the Supreme Emperor Dragon Yu to return to the west to destroy his family.The man said that at some point he had been saved by General Cao because of something, and now he happened to know about it, so he came here to inform him, hoping that the general would either escape early or try to seek an amnesty.

Mr. Zhao thought for a while and asked, "The general's family has probably been settled properly. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to escape early?"

A hint of sternness appeared on Cao Datong's face: "Flee? The Hunjun wants to kill you, where can I escape? Anyway, I only have one life, even if I die, I will be on the way of the Hunjun."

Mr. Zhao glanced at him: "With such an anxious temper, it's no wonder that you are specially picked on. Forget it, the matter has come to this point, what does the general think? Anyway, even if the sage forgives your sins, it will not be really forgiven. , must settle accounts after the fall."

Cao Datong cupped his hands and said, "Please advise, sir!"

Mr. Zhao said seriously: "Of course I have to escape! It's just that I can't escape with so many people. My father, friends of everyone in Liu, and all the princes and princes are useless. You only take a sage and take the emperor to open a way to escape to a place. In a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, you may fall into the grass and become a bandit, or go to the island as a bandit. As for how you will escape in the future, you will listen to the sage. You must know that the country cannot be without a king for a day. As long as the sage is taken away from the capital by you, he He will be afraid. He is afraid that the ministers in the court will establish a new king, and he is afraid that his younger brother and son will snatch his throne. What's more, you can also tell him, take this opportunity to see how many princes and princes in the court are loyal and how many are hiding ambitions."

Cao Datong's eyes lit up: "That's right! What you said is very true! That foolish monarch is most afraid of losing the throne!" Nai cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao!"

Mr. Zhao pouted and said: "Just now I was still a gentleman, after giving you my advice, I became a little gentleman."

Cao Datong laughed and ordered someone to send him out.

That night, Cao Datong and his men rushed into the imperial mausoleum, captured the emperor alone, and set out to leave.Gan Lei led the army to block his way, so he tied the sage to the front of the battle, and said with a grinning smile, "I will kill anyone who dares to block the way!" .

Immediately after Gan Lei led the people to kill himself, he still took the saint on the horse, pointed to Gan Lei and said, "Don't shoot arrows indiscriminately, or you will be on my head if you shoot the faint king?" He said to the saint again , "Is there a crown prince to be established today? If it is established, the crown prince will kill his father in the name of a thief, and he will be enthroned tomorrow!"

The saint was frightened half to death, but when he heard the words "teng" he woke up and shouted: "No shooting arrows! No weapons!"

Gan Lei saw that Mr. Zhao's plan was effective, and he was overjoyed: "We will let you go if we are safe, otherwise why keep you? We have to feed you."

The sage didn't care about face anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "Let them go, let them go! Don't chase them!"

Gan Lei had no choice but to stop the soldiers and horses. Naturally, he couldn't let them go, so he could only follow from a distance.

Once Cao Datong left, all the kings and ministers would be safe.Some military generals cut down pine branches to use as torches. Regardless of the darkness, they helped the old and the young rush down the mountain.

During the days of being trapped in the imperial mausoleum, Lin Hai and Su Zheng were mostly in one place.At first they were quite anxious, but after Liu Aiyun fancier sent the meal, the two of them felt much more at ease: only those brats from the Jia family could do such a weird thing.Lin Hai also went to comfort the saint several times.After waiting and waiting, the saint was still taken away.The old man was very discouraged, and helped Yang Song to walk on the mountain road with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Suddenly there was a long and short whistle sound, Yang Song was startled, looking around.Except for the officials who came down the mountain chaotically and the female relatives who often screamed, they never saw anything unusual.It's just that there are a few blue fireflies flickering in the bushes on the right.He hesitated for a while, and said: "Master, Mr. Su, there are many people in this meeting, let's go to the side for now." Lin Hai and Su Zheng were easy-going, so they listened to him.The three of them led Mrs. Su and several servants to the right.

After walking for a while, a shadow suddenly appeared in the darkness, clasping fists at Yang Song: "But Yang Heng's brother?"

Although Yang Song has often received letters from Yang Heng these years, he has never seen anyone, and misses him very much; upon hearing this, he hurriedly said, "I am exactly!"

The man could vaguely tell that he was a young man, dressed in the night clothes that people in the forest often wear, and said: "Hero Yang Heng entrusts me to rescue his elder brother and Master Lin."

Yang Song smiled and said, "Thank you, hero. It's just that the rebels have withdrawn now, and I think all the adults can return to Beijing safely."

The man said: "I think that the Son of Heaven has been hijacked by others, so it may not be a safe trip for your lords. Why don't we escort your lord back to Beijing, if there is an accident, there will be someone in Beijing to preside over it. I don't know what Master Lin thinks."

Lin Hai was shocked: "Who still has the heart of infidelity?"

The man sneered and said, "The crown prince has not yet been established, and the kings have different ideas, who is loyal?"

Lin Hai thought for a moment and asked, "What do you know?"

The man said: "I don't know, I just follow the instructions of the hero Yang Heng to save the Lord."

Lin Hai snorted and said, "Don't play tricks in front of me! Your surname is Ge, right? You're from the Taiping Escort, right? You caught me once in Yangzhou in the early years. Although I've grown up, I still remember your appearance. .”

The man was dumb for a moment, and after a while he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Lord Lin has a good look. Boy Ge Qiao."

Lin Hai snorted again: "But Huan'er did it?"

Ge Qiao said: "Yes. Mr. Huan has transferred all the people from the Taiping Escort Bureau here, but we are just some Escort Masters, and it's okay to deal with a few ordinary robbers, but we can't do anything with the decent imperial army. I can only deliver some meals for the adults."

Lin Hai stroked his beard with a smile, looked at Su Zheng and said, "How is it? My divination can't be wrong, those food deliverers are indeed brought by them."

Su Zheng argued: "Obviously I guessed it first!"

Ge Qiao and Yang Song looked at each other and smiled, and said: "It's just that these days we are also inquiring about news in the barracks where we came to save you, and we heard some strange things. Although we don't understand why, I'm afraid there may be accidents, so we are here to pick you up. My lord, go down the mountain from the path, just in case. It’s best if nothing happens.”

Lin Hai and Su Zheng looked at each other, Su Zheng said: "This kid is right. Is it just Huan'er's father?"

Ge Qiao said with a smile: "An old bodyguard has found Mr. Jia just now, and we are already halfway up the mountain." Then he led them down the mountain from the side path.

These days, all the nobles have been frightened, and they are about to escape. People are still trapped, so no one has eyes to look at others.They didn't light the torches again, Yang Song and a young man who came to help sandwiched Lin Hai, Ge Qiao and the other sandwiched Su Zheng, followed by Mrs. Su and her family, and they dabbled in the dark under the dim starlight. Gone, no one else knew.

Bumping down the mountain, he turned up another small hill, and saw a ruined temple in front of him. In front of the temple were some young men in black night clothes guarding him. When Ge Qiao came, someone greeted him, "Secretary Ge!" Qiao nodded slightly: "Brothers have worked hard."

Seeing that they were all full of energy, Lin Hai praised: "Who said that Jia Enhou's bodyguard agency was wasted money and useless? I think these children are very good."

After entering the temple, although it is small, it is very clean and tidy. It is obvious that they have been stationed here for many days.Jia Zheng had already been brought here, and he came back to his senses after seeing his son. He was so frightened that he burst into tears, and Jia Huan was beside him to comfort him.For a while the three old guys met.Although Su Zheng and Lin Haiping had always looked down on Jia Zheng, after reuniting after all these difficulties, they liked him a lot.Jia Huan asked the two gentlemen again, knowing that they were in good health and not hungry.

Mrs. Su looked around for a while, and asked, "Did Master Jia's wife not come up the mountain?"

Jia Zheng said: "I was suddenly taken away by that old bodyguard just now, no one else knew about it."

Jia Huan said: "The eldest wife, the second wife, Brother Zhen, brother Zhen, and daughter-in-law are all in one pile, and there is no way to get so many people away for the time being."

As soon as Mrs. Su heard it, she knew that he was sincerely unwilling to save the mother-in-law, and she disapproved in her heart, so she glanced at him.

Jia Huan continued: "Besides, there are too many people talking. Those wives and grandmas are all pampered, completely different from the teacher's wife. Let them go down this kind of mountain road, if they make a fuss and scream. Anyway, now the rebels are gone. Let's go, there are so many maidservants around them, so nothing will happen."

Lin Hai hurriedly asked, "What's the strange thing you heard?"

Jia Huan said, "It's not a strange word, it's not a strange word." Nai Dao, "We heard the whisper from the soldiers who came to rescue him, "General said, since the prince has not been established, anyone can do it. Why is he the second child?" ?' Obviously this general is not loyal to the Holy Majesty, I don’t know which prince’s person it is. Since the saint is still in the hands of thieves, I am afraid that these princes will be dishonest and cause some trouble, so Fang secretly picked up the two gentlemen here Come here. Others don’t dare to be alarmed.”

Lin Hai was shocked: "We must try to inform King Xian of this matter first!"

Jia Huan curled his lips and said: "Sir, please spare King Xian for now! He is the most difficult thing to do. It is not right to help any nephew. If you help the wrong nephew, he will be the first to be repaired in the next day. If it is not complete, it will be better than the other prince's life. "

Su Zheng glared at him and said, "How do I teach you on weekdays? Loyalty to the emperor is the duty of a minister. Since I know that some princes may go astray, how can I ignore it?"

Lin Hai shook his head: "The virtuous king never takes military power. If the prince has someone in his hands, he can't do anything about it. It's just that he has always been very wise, so there is nothing he can do to keep it safe."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Anyway, we'll see tomorrow. We've been tired for so many days, so it's good to rest for a while. Speaking of which, I'm more tired than the gentlemen. You should give me less homework in the future."

The old men laughed together, and Jia Zheng scolded: "You little bastard who doesn't know how to praise..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Zheng refused to agree: "Without this little evil beast, Mr. Jia, you are still climbing up the mountain with one foot and one foot!"

Lin Hai laughed out loud.

Jia Huan also laughed, went outside to help carry some cotton rolls, and said: "This is a sleeping bag, which Cong'er made according to the Western method. There is a well behind the temple, the water is not bad, the outside has been cut The firewood is boiling water. I'll fetch water for Mr. Master, let's rest earlier."

Lin Hai took a look at the sleeping bag, he sewed the quilt into a big bag and put the person in it, it was quite interesting, so he praised it a few times.These days, the old man is really scared and restless.Now that I saw my disciples, and there were so many young bodyguards outside to protect him, I felt calm, stretched my arms and legs, and let Jia Huan fetch water to serve him, washed up and slipped into the sleeping bag .

In the early morning of the next day, a young man came to inquire about the news that all the princes and lords went down from the imperial mausoleum to Xiaoci County last night, and they all stayed in the county seat for one night.At this time, Xiaoci County has been surrounded by General Li Guopei from Hebei, saying that he will be escorted back to Beijing, but no one is allowed to enter or leave at will.No need to ask, all princes and lords have come out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den.