The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the emperor was hunting in the east, and the officials returned to Beijing from the imperial mausoleum, and they were in a hurry.The next day, more than a dozen important ministers gathered in one place to discuss for half a day, hoping to invite the virtuous King Situ Pan to act as the government agent for the time being.Situ Pan simply stayed behind closed doors.Someone else suggested: "The sage has long intended to appoint the second prince as the crown prince, so it is better to ask the second prince to be a temporary regent." Lin Hai, Minister of the Household Department, strongly opposed it.

It turned out that yesterday he rushed to visit Situ Pan at the Prince Xian's mansion, told Liu Aiyun what he had said, and asked him about his situation in the imperial mausoleum and on the road these days.

Situ Pan was shocked and said: "So he was acting! I also felt that something was wrong when I saw it, but I didn't expect it. It was my mistake."

Lin Haidao: "My lord is not an opera singer. He has a specialization in art. It's not unusual to see it. Besides, the lord was worried about the saint at that moment, which also disturbed his mind."

Situ Pan sighed: "Gan Lei is useful, I hope to save the third brother and come back as soon as possible." He said again, "I got the news that Li Guopei's soldiers and horses have occupied four city gates."

Lin Hai was shocked: "The thief really has evil intentions."

Situ Pan said: "Fortunately, he doesn't have many people, and there are two generals waiting outside the city, so he must not dare to act rashly. The father-in-law who was at the gate of the palace yesterday is by Concubine Hui's side."

Lin Hai thought for a moment, and said, "If that's the case, the second prince is the most suspicious. Besides, the saint has hinted several times that he wants to make him the prince, so it makes sense for Li Guopei to take refuge in him." Nai Tiao fell to his feet, "Why worry."

Situ Pan sighed: "He is so impatient, when the third brother comes back, the crown prince will fly away." He shook his head again, "I hope that the prince of the third brother is safe and sound, not like the previous prince. It caused injustice."

Lin Hai also let out a long sigh and remained silent.

Therefore, Lin Hai tried his best to prevent the second prince from regenting, and this day's court meeting will come to nothing.

The second prince discussed with his staff again and again, probably because Lin Hai's daughter left Beijing because of his courtship in the past year, which made him secretly unhappy.Immediately decided to remarry Lin as his concubine.That night, he went to the Minister's Mansion to ask for advice, but Lin Hai avoided seeing him, and only sent out a stick with eight correct official characters: "Prince Zhongyi from the previous car." The second prince stared at it for a long time, dripping with cold sweat, and turned to the sky Chang Yi, hid the stick and left.The next day, the regency was flatly rejected.The court is temporarily governed by a group of ministers, and when there is an unresolved matter, it is temporarily suppressed. If it is really important, it is thrown to Situ Pan at the palace of the virtuous king.

After a few days, news came from Gan Lei's place that Cao Datong's troops withdrew from the Tianjin mansion without making any demands or letting the saint return to the court. The two armies froze.Situ Pan and Liu Dengxi negotiated to send experts to rescue him, and mixed a few capable people into Tianjin. They searched Cao Datong's general military mansion, military camp and other places, but they never found out where the saint was locked up.

On the other side, on the waterway that Gong Kun and others used to travel, they heard that the old sage was returning west with a crane on the way. He was shocked, and ordered his entourage and bodyguards to escort Yuan Chun with their luggage and go slowly. He wanted to hurry to Taiwan to discuss matters. .Yuan Chun refused and insisted on going with him.

Gong Kun said: "This trip is extremely hard."

Yuan Chun said: "It's not that I haven't suffered before."

Gong Kun said: "The pain of the court and palace is in the heart, and it can't compare with such a bumpy ride."

Yuan Chun said: "According to what Mr. said on the way, sister Lin escaped from the capital in such a rough and tiring way."

Gong Kun said: "That's running for my life, I have to. Now I'm just rushing to discuss the matter. It's okay for the girl to arrive later."

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows: "I'm afraid that sister Lin, the third sister and the fourth sister will also discuss the matter together?"

Gong Kun said: "They discussed matters with Cong Sanye and Huan Sanye when they were in the middle of the capital. Miss Lin also went out of the mansion. I don't want to hide it from the eldest girl. In today's world, it is Miss Lin. Let's start." Then Lin Daiyu told the plan of "six kings unite vertically".

Yuan Chun was a little startled, and then sighed: "No wonder she doesn't even want to be a princess. If she can mess up the world with one plan, why bother to be trapped in the narrow and square inch of the harem." Don't miss the future."

Gong Kun was not surprised when he heard the words, he clapped his hands and smiled: "It really is a woman from the Jia family."

The two of them left their entourage and galloped away.

After walking for half a day on the side of the road, Gong Kun Fang Dekong said in amazement: "Young lady is very good at riding! I thought you couldn't ride a horse. How can you, a woman, have this ability?"

Yuan Chun laughed: "I can ride a horse when I was five years old, and my grandfather took me to the military camp." Then he was sad, "I have never touched the saddle bridge since the old man left. It has been many years. I never thought I could remember it."

Gong Kun said: "Young lady will probably have to ride horses in the future, and you need to pick a good horse when you arrive in Taiwan."

Yuan Chun said, "I'm the eldest sister, who dares not let me choose first?"

The two laughed loudly, but fortunately there was no one in the field, only three or five birds were scared.

Because Yuanchun's riding skills were still weak, the two of them walked slowly in the first few days, but then they ran faster and faster.On this day, he entered the city of Guangzhou and went straight to the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Menzi heard that Jia Lian's family members had come from Beijing, so he hurried in to report.Not long after, Wang Ziteng came out to meet him.He and Gong Kun recognized each other, they clasped their fists together and said, "Mr. Gong came so fast..." His eyes swept to Yuan Chun, and he was startled.

Yuan Chun hadn't seen Wang Ziteng since entering the palace, so he smiled and cupped his fists in a manly manner: "Uncle Wang, do you still recognize your niece?"

Wang Ziteng was overjoyed: "Is it Yuan girl?"

Yuan Chun smiled and saluted.Wang Ziteng repeatedly shouted: "It's a coincidence! What a coincidence! Get in there quickly!" He dragged the two of them in.

The two of them didn't wash their faces or change their clothes, they followed the prince for half a day with their heads full of dust, walked around the garden and walked across the Jiuqu Bridge, where there were guards at the end of the bridge, and they arrived at a water pavilion with open windows on all sides.Inside the water pavilion, several square tables were put together to form a long table, which was full of people.

When the two of them came in, someone asked crisply: "Uncle, who is this?" Yuan Chun looked up, and it was her cousin Jia Xichun who was talking, sitting pretending to be a boy, with her hands in her hands. Also carrying a pen.

There were many people who knew Gong Kun, and immediately several people stood up and called "Mr. Little Gong". Gong Kun smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, are you discussing something?"

Jia Cong said: "That's right, I got the express report from Beijing." Nai took a closer look at Yuan Chun and said hesitantly, "The one next to you...is it the eldest sister? I can't recognize her appearance. .”

Before he finished speaking, Tanchun also stood up: "It's Big Sister!"

Gong Kun said: "Because I heard that the Supreme Emperor passed away on the way, the two of us rushed over in a hurry, and the people who followed walked slowly behind."

Everyone hurriedly came over to meet each other, and introduced those they didn't know one by one.Jia Cong's important people from Taiwan all came over.

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Big sister and Mr. Gong should go wash up first."

Wang Ziteng said: "Yes, I am in a hurry to bring them here, forget about this." The busy man led the two of them to the guest room to freshen up and change into clean clothes.

Both of them walked away, Xichun still looked at the back and said: "Why is the big sister completely different from at home? I don't dare to recognize it anymore."

Jia Cong said casually: "The fast horse has run all the way, and it has sunburned a lot."

Xichun and Tanchun said in unison, "No."

Tanchun said: "The spirit has changed."

Jia Cong snorted, "This is the real Jia Yuanchun. In the past, the one who played the piano and wrote poems all day long and didn't care about world affairs was pretending."

Tanchun glanced at him: "It's not an act. Times change, and people change accordingly."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "It's not changing accordingly. She was in the palace nunnery because of the dark clouds all day long, so she had to pretend. Otherwise, she could have followed the maidservants behind in a carriage and walked slowly. What's the rush? How can a woman who is willing to be exposed to the sun and rain in order to discuss important matters with her brothers have no ambition in her chest? I told you earlier that the women in our Jia family are all promising." The man pursed his lips and smiled.

Those two knew that they had something important to do today, so they didn't dare to procrastinate, so they hurried back after tidying up the meeting casually.Seeing that the sisters were all wearing men's clothes, Yuan Chun also changed into men's clothes.Someone had already moved two chairs for them to sit down.

Jia Cong first passed Jia Huan's letter over: "Look at this." After Gong Kun and Jia Yuanchun had circulated it, he said, "Just now we all had a small discussion in private, and you two have finished reading it, so we can start formally." Then he gestured to Lin Daiyu.

Only then did Yuan Chun realize that Lin Daiyu was sitting in the first place wearing a green shirt, looking coldly at her somewhat like the Lin Ruhai she saw when she was a child.

Daiyu coughed, picked up the teacup and took a sip, said: "All of you here have great wisdom, and you have all read the letter from Beijing. The first thing we need to figure out today is what happened in Beijing. Who made it, what is the purpose, and what will he do next? How should we deal with it next. To save trouble, what should Liu Feng say first? "

Liu Feng said slowly: "I have already guessed eight or nine. I said first that others must be boring, so you go first."

Wu You and Jia Xichun all gave him a big white eye. Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "I know I'm old and not as bright as you young people. Tell me, I'll listen."

Xichun first said: "The matter of Cao Datong discussed in Huan'er's letter is probably correct. It's just that Li Guopei is obviously not the eldest prince, otherwise how could he not take advantage of the situation? After that point, the appointment There is no place for the eldest prince. The second prince has been favored by the present, and most of the officials will support him; if the officials with power come out, they will definitely support the young emperor."

Tanchun said: "It's still more than ten days' journey from the imperial mausoleum back to Beijing. If it's not complete, someone reminded him or the eldest prince that a few people alone can't accomplish great things. The saint just fell into the hands of thieves and did not die, so they calmed down a little. .”

Jia Cong said: "It's not on point. If he has courage, he should be supported first. Since the saint falls into the hands of a traitor alone, it is not difficult to kill someone with a knife or even burn him with jade. The most important part of this matter is that, whether it is true or not, Li Guopei has always expressed his intention to stand up, but he reined in the precipice after arriving in the capital. If he did not rein in his horse, he would be shot to death by random arrows from the Imperial Forest Army who stayed in the palace."

Gong Kun smiled and said: "That's right. If he wants to support him, he will have to catch the Imperial Forest Army by surprise. The Imperial Forest Army has already received a message from Mr. Lin and others to take precautions, so his plan is in vain. How could he know that the Imperial Forest Army has taken precautions?" of?"

Tanchun said: "Could it be that he found out that Uncle Lin, the master, was missing, and suspected that they would report back immediately?"

Jarvis said: "There are so many civil and military officials, it's hard to notice if a few are missing. Besides, Lin Hai, Su Zheng, and Jia Zheng should not be known by Li Guopei, so naturally he can't detect the disappearance of people he doesn't know."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed, "Then here comes the question, who would notice that Lin Hai, Su Zheng, and Jia Zheng are gone?"

Wu Xiaoxi said: "Shangshu Lin is gone, Situ Pan must have noticed it first, but I don't know whether he fell on the way, stayed in the imperial tomb, or managed to slip away. He then went to look for Lin Hai's friend Master Su, and he disappeared. The achievement can be suspicious to Jia Huan, he knows that these two are his husbands. After further investigation, Mr. Jia Zheng from Rongguo Mansion is also gone. Who else could it be if it wasn't Mr. Huan who rescued him?"

Liu Feng nodded and said: "Behind Li Guopei is the wise king Situ Pan, there is no one else."

Yuan Chun was shocked, and quietly asked Gong Kun beside him: "Does the virtuous king have any objections?"

Gong Kun said in a low voice: "He has objected for a long time. Even if our group of people does not intervene to ensure that they are not in order, it is the same. He is only waiting for the death of the old saint."

Yuan Chun sighed softly.

Gong Kun said again: "As for the father-in-law who suddenly appeared at the gate of the palace, it depends on who the master behind him is. If it is the empress, it should be to excuse the eldest prince; if it is the concubine Hui, it is likely to be coaxed by Situ Pan. I heard that this woman is quite good. In the early years, she helped the sage win the throne together with the virtuous king. Among the women in the harem today, she is the only one whom Situ Pan admires. Since Situ Pan has noticed that Lin Hai has escaped and supported him It’s hard to do, and I don’t want to part with a general like Li Guopei, so it’s the cheapest to find an acquaintance to smooth things over for him. Among the acquaintances, only Concubine Hui, the mother of the Second Prince, is the most useful.”

Xichun nodded again and again: "Once others notice Li Guopei's disobedience, someone will suspect the Second Prince by the way."

Because Yuan Chun didn't know many things, he didn't quite understand, and asked: "Which prince does the virtuous king want to support?"

Jia Cong said: "Since he intends to replace the present, he must not be able to support a few older ones. I think the youngest Seventh Prince is the most likely. First, the young master is easy to control; second..."

Lin Daiyu tapped on the desk: "Let's not talk about it later." Jia Cong made a face, and Yuan Chun looked up at her.Daiyu just didn't see it, and said, "Let me straighten it out. Situ Pan's plan to incite Cao Datong to rebel, and the failure to keep the order is because he lured people to help him trap the emperor's tomb and arrest the emperor. He will not be released back to the capital for the time being."

Xichun couldn't help laughing and said: "How much the sage relied on the sage king in the early years, now he can let the sage king calculate how much to go back."

Daiyu went on to say: "Situ Pan still bribed Li Guopei..."

Before he finished speaking, Jia Cong raised his hand and said, "Correction, it should be that Li Guopei was subdued. Situ Pan's ability to subdue a general is not a problem, we must respect the opponent."

Daiyu glared at him: "Stop interrupting! Situ Pan subdued Li Guopei and ordered him to falsely support the eldest prince as regent. Today, he clearly intends the second prince. This move will inevitably attract dissatisfaction from the second prince and the officials. There must be Zhongliang trying to come out." Beijing leads troops. But Li Guopei has not many troops, and generals who are willing to learn from the dragon will not have to take the risk of defeating the army. In this way, the capital will be in chaos. Li Guopei escapes with the eldest prince in his arms. Situ Panruo takes the opportunity to provoke The three princes and the four princes are even more chaotic. After the chaos has become a mess, he will come forward to rectify the chaos and take the youngest prince as regent. At that time, let's see the general situation of the world. If the older princes are incompetent, they will directly kill Imamami, and he will support him. Young Emperor; if the princes have a certain degree of prosperity, they will send the saint back to the capital and destroy the princes with the majesty of a father. Because the saint has been in his hands for a long time, his body will not have a few years of effort. Once the saint dies, Situ Pan will surely succeed The prince regent supports the young emperor." After saying that, he drank another cup of tea.

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "My sister missed the last step. When the young emperor was half a year old, she gave way again and again."

Daiyu smiled sweetly: "No need. The young emperor will die when he is less than half-grown. Even if he gives way again and again, he must be the little prince who is lucky enough to survive. After his brother is almost dead, he will not succeed to the throne. Huan'er and Although my father messed up his first move, it didn't do him any serious harm on the whole, it was just delayed. The next move must be the sage's delay in returning, and the soldiers from all walks of life will stand up. The biggest change right now is The other six princes."

Gong Kun said: "I'm afraid that Situ Pan didn't pay attention to those six people. What he wants is a righteous name."

Xichun smiled and said, "Couldn't we be the biggest variable?"

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

Yuan Chun stood up suddenly: "Cong'er! Are you going to send a message to Jingzhong later?"

Jia Cong said: "Of course I want it. I will write it after the meeting is over. Is there something wrong with my sister?"

"A fast horse?"

"Ah."

Yuan Chun sternly said: "No matter what method Ming Huan'er uses, even breaking his father's leg with his own hands will do! Try to get our master to resign immediately, so that he can't stay in court for a day."

Jia Cong was startled for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine."

"Moreover." She looked at Jia Cong and said, "Since uncle is supervising the army in the south, don't shorten the military report to show that he doesn't care about anything in the south."

Jia Cong let out an "Aiya", and turned to look at Yao'er: "Brother Yao'er, we two secret envoys haven't written a secret book yet."

Yuan Chun hurriedly asked: "What secret book?"

Jia Cong made a grimace: "The sage gave me and elder brother Yao'er a secret decree, ordering us to secretly investigate whether the prince of Nan'an lied about the military situation. We both forgot about it."

Jarvis said: "I haven't forgotten, I've compiled one, I just don't know if it's suitable, I'm going to ask Mr. Wang to take a look after the meeting."

The crowd laughed again.

Jia Cong stretched his waist: "I can't remember such things that don't matter."

Yuan Chun sighed softly, and thought to himself, what Mr. Gong said was not bad, how could he not go against his appearance?