The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that Liu Tong took Lin Hai and Su Zheng into prison, and Jia Huan went to Qin Sangu to inquire about the news.However, he was not responsible for such intrigues in the past. He just picked up the leaks and made up for it. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only pretend to be pitiful to Qin Sangu: "Everyone in our family who can make up their minds has gone to the south. Even the sisters are gone, there is no one in the whole family to discuss, and we have to prevent the ancestors, brother Baoyu and my father from causing trouble. Third aunt and sister, I am almost confused, please help me out."

Qin Sangu has been used to chatting and bickering with Jia Cong over the years.Jia Cong was very thoughtful, so he waited with all his heart to hear what Jia Huan would say; he didn't want him to ask himself the other way around, so he was stunned.

Jia Huan simply tugged at her sleeves and acted coquettishly.

Qin Sangu couldn't help but know that he was more honest, so she thought for a moment and said: "I heard that King Xian has a personal relationship with Mr. Lin, so I think I won't just sit idly by."

What Jia Huan wanted was her words, and he slapped his head when he heard the words: "That's right! There is also King Xian, I forgot about him. Then I don't have to worry about this matter, he is there anyway. I Inquiring about sending food and clothes." He stood up and bowed to Third Aunt Qin, then turned around and walked two steps back, "Sister Third Aunt, do you know where my two gentlemen are locked up?"

Qin Sangu glanced at him and said: "Are you confused? This time, eight adults have been imprisoned. Even I know that they must be in prison. Otherwise, can we still send them to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Jia Huan shrank his neck, completely dispelling the thought of throwing himself into prison.The Imperial Prison is not something that a few green forest heroes have the ability to move; I only hope that those guards know that these adults were not brought in by the emperor, and they may be released at any time, and don't treat them too harshly.

Seeing that he was in a hurry to go back to prepare food and clothes, Qin Sangu asked, "Are you still going to the Xian Wang's mansion?"

Jia Huan waved his hand and said: "No. I have no relationship with King Xian, I just went to have dinner with Conger twice. Besides, the old man will naturally save my husband, whether he goes or not, he will save people." Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned his head and saw Heizi, and rushed over to him.

Heizi was a puppy just one and a half years old back then, but now he is an old dog, and he still recognizes Jia Huan.Jia Huan caressed its head and sighed: "No wonder Cong'er refuses to keep dogs, they are shorter than us."

Qin Sangu also knelt down and quietly touched Heizi's back from head to toe, refusing to speak.

For a while, Jia Huan went out, stood on the river and thought for a moment, hesitating whether to write a letter and send it to the south.If he wrote it, Jia Cong's quick temper and Jarvis's loyalty and courage would definitely leave behind the things on the other side and rush over.It's just that it's useless for the two of them to come, and it will make Lin Daiyu anxious, and if they don't keep Jia Cong together, they will cause trouble.It's better to wait for King Xian to make a move.If you don't write it, look at the appearance of Heizi today, I'm afraid Jia Cong will miss the last side of it.Jia Cong's love for Heizi was no less than that of Qin Sangu.After much deliberation, I finally decided to write.

Then he hurried back to the mansion and wrote down all the recent events in Beijing, except Lin Hai and Su Zheng among the eight adults who were imprisoned.In addition, Heizi was going to be too old to walk, so Jia Cong Jarvis was asked to see Heizi for the last time.It was sent out by people pretending to be people who had fled the capital.Then he rushed to the Lin Mansion to comfort Mrs. Su, Su Cheng, grandparents and grandchildren, and discussed with Yang Heng and Ge Qiao about sending clothes and meals.

When I arrived at the Imperial Prison, I saw that although the two old men were ashamed, they were still in good spirits. They scolded people full of anger and used allusions from ancient and modern times, and they both lived in single rooms. Lin Hai even wrote two poems for him to go back. After transcribing, I feel much more at ease.Presumably everything is still under the control of the virtuous king.

It was only five days before Jia Huan was relieved, and another accident happened in the court.Liu Tong shot and killed two censors who contradicted and insulted him, one of them hacked and killed on the spot, and the other ordered someone to drag him out of Daming Palace and behead him.The ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.Two days later, he killed three more ministers, and this time two were bachelors of the Imperial Academy.For a while, the streets were full of literati's swearing poems. Jia Huan couldn't help laughing at this, and sighed to Ge Qiao: "In the past, Cong'er used to say that if swearing is useful, what do you need swords and arrows for? I didn't understand it at the time. Son, I understand."

In the next few days, Liu Tong killed more and more people, their ranks became higher and higher, and more and more people were crowned in court.It wasn't until this time that Jia Zheng realized that it was better to have no officials than to have officials, and those without officials would not die, so he became more and more interested in Hui Niang.

One day, someone who followed Hui Niang discovered that she had secretly poured contraceptive medicine into the flower pot, and hurriedly returned it to Luo Tai Niang.Tai Niang smiled and said to her: "I'll just tell you a few words. The one who has the final say in the Rongguo Mansion is the Third Master Cong, the second is the Third Master Huan, and the third is the Eldest Master. The Second Master has no weight at all." .”

Hui Niang hung her head for a long time, and murmured in a low voice: "Master said, Third Master Huan is very supportive of me, saying that I am blessed."

Luo Tainiang said: "You were sent by him, so he will naturally agree with you in front of the second master, and sing opera with you for the second master. It's just that if you want to raise a younger brother for him, although he doesn't mind, Aunt Zhao will definitely mind." At that time, guess, will he keep you to save trouble, or will he kill you to keep Turgen quiet and prevent Aunt Zhao from nagging him all day? woman."

Hui Niang was stunned.

"Have a job for the third master, he will let you go out in the future, take the money and pretend to be a widow, marry a good family and be a decent wife, so you won't lose your life." Luo Tainiang said and walked away.

Hui Niang shouted from behind: "Master will definitely miss me!"

Luo Tainiang paused for a moment, then looked back with a smile: "I just said that there is no shortage of women who open a kiln. Think about it for yourself, is it difficult to find a woman who is younger and more beautiful than you? The second master just fell in love with you. You are younger and more beautiful than his wife and the two aunts." Nai turned around and said, "I chose you that day because you were smart and interesting, but I didn't expect you to have such thoughts. Sure enough, this time and that time. If you don't want to do it, it's fine, I'll arrange a replacement. Qiaoyue is also clever."

Hui Niang rushed to catch up and grabbed Luo Tainiang's sleeve: "I will do it! I understand it! I will never have any inappropriate thoughts again!"

Luo Tainiang glanced at her sideways: "Really?"

Hui Niang nodded again and again: "Really! I was fascinated by the gentleness of the master these days! Now I have woken up. I was originally doing business for Third Master Huan."

Luo Tainiang said seriously: "Forget it, I let you go this time not because I thought you were the first offender, but because I am really too busy right now and don't want to bother to arrange this matter. If you let me see that you have signs of dishonesty again, coincidentally Yue, Qiangwei, and Jin'er can stand up to you; the second master is also very good at lying."

Hui Niang nodded repeatedly, swearing and swearing, and even said the poisonous oath of the next life, Luo Tainiang let her go.

But he didn't dare to hide it, so he quietly returned it to Jia Huan that day.Jia Huan frowned when he heard the words, and said: "It is inevitable for people to be confused sometimes, but this time it will be fine."

Luo Tainiang smiled wryly: "It's not that this subordinate wants to be lazy; with the state of Beijing these days, this subordinate is really busy."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "Tai Niang has worked hard, I will give you a big red envelope at the end of the year."

Luo Tainiang greeted him with blessings.

Someone quickly spread the news of the incident in Beijing to Tianjin, and Gan Lei stepped up the siege. Unexpectedly, Cao Datong ordered someone to shoot a piece of sleeve with a loud arrow, which was what the saint was wearing when he was taken away!Gan Lei was so frightened that he didn't dare to push him too much.Eunuch Liu Dengxi left Beijing long ago and lived in the Ganlei camp. He commanded spies to search Tianjin city day and night, and he almost flew into the sky to escape, but he couldn't find where the saint was hiding.For the time being, the Imperial Forest Army is hopeless.

The minister of the Ministry of Rites and the two servants were both imprisoned, and Liu Tong killed a few more officials, and the rest of them finally couldn't hold back the knife on their necks, and began to organize the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

Jia Huan is still counting on his fingers when King Xian can save his husband, but Jia Huan Jarvis is about to return to Beijing.

These days the capital can only go out but not enter, and no one else is allowed to enter the capital; so the two of them didn't go through the city gate, and went straight into the mansion in the south of the city through the tunnel, even bringing their horses with them.Nai changed his clothes, groomed his horse, and went to the Taiping Escort pretending to be an ordinary boy.

The two entered the door and went straight to the study.Gong San was also reading a book leisurely, when he heard the two of them came, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Do you two like that dog so much?"

Jia Cong sat down on the chair opposite him and said, "We're all here, let's tell the truth. Something happened to Mr. Lin, right?"

Gong San also raised his eyebrows: "How can you see that?"

Jia Cong said: "I'm a man who is willing to travel to the capital for Heizi; why does Brother Huan take Brother Yao'er with him? Even if he likes Heizi, he won't give up so many important things for Heizi. I'm afraid those eight people Uncle Lin was among the adults who were sent to prison, he was afraid that Sister Lin was in a hurry, so he didn't write it down."

Gong San also nodded and said: "Su Zheng is in the cell not far from him."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "What is Situ Pan doing? There is no bath or sun exposure in the imperial prison, and good people will get moldy if they go in. After all, the old man has recovered a lot over the years."

Gong San also stared at him speechlessly, and said, "Huan'er thought Liu Tong was not from Situ Pan, and I think he was. The few high-ranking officials who were killed were all confidantes of the saint, and the rest of the small officials were all Those who cover up their appearance. There are a few old censors who are old-fashioned and pedantic. Anyone who is an emperor will not like it. People who are the old saint—the old saint is dead; People, in order not to disturb his group of brothers for the time being, and let them continue to watch the fun, he arranged it carefully."

Jia Cong said: "There are still a few groups of people outside the city. It seems that there are quite a few of them. The camp is full of camps."

Gong San also laughed and said, "If they don't come to join in the fun, wouldn't Situ Pan be very lonely?"

Jia Cong rubbed his temples and sighed, "Since it's useless for a while, let's rest for a while."

The two of them washed up and fell asleep.

But at this moment, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old came to the gate of Rongguo Mansion, pushing a cart of vegetables to see Jia Huan.Because the gatekeeper had been ordered, he dared not let anyone in at will.The young man stomped his feet and begged him for a long time, and said, "Tell Third Master Jia that my name is Shi Qiusheng, and that he will remember the one who delivered scones to him that year! I really have something important to tell him!"

The door said: "The third master is not here now, how dare I let you in?"

Then Shi Qiusheng squatted at the door and waited for a whole day, but he couldn't be pushed away no matter what.

Jia Huan didn't come back until the afternoon, Shi Qiusheng saw it from a distance, stepped forward and shouted: "Master Jia, do you still recognize me? I'm Shi Qiusheng! When you passed by our house that day, your senior brother helped our house Five taels of silver and five hundred dollars, do you remember?" Seeing Jia Huan's bewildered look, he hurriedly took out a scone from his bosom and shook it.

Jia Huan went out several times today to find out the news, and just spent half a day to comfort Mrs. Su and Su Cheng's little ancestor, very tired.Therefore, he didn't listen to what Shi Qiusheng said at the beginning, and stared at him blankly.When I saw the scones, I immediately remembered: "Oh, scones! Cold ones are not as delicious as hot ones!"

Shi Qiusheng nodded again and again: "That's right! It's the family that makes scones!"

Jia Huan hurriedly jumped off the horse: "Why are you here? Isn't it forbidden to enter the city now?"

Shi Qiusheng blushed immediately, lowered his head and said, "I... I lied to an uncle who delivered food that my father had a sudden illness in the city, and he asked me to help deliver the food. I was afraid that I would miss San Ye's return home, so I didn't go either. ..."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "It's okay. I'll send someone to help you deliver the food." Then he ordered a boy to help him deliver the food.

The boy was stunned: "Third Master, let me deliver the food for him?"

Jia Huan said, "Go if you are told."

The boy muttered a few times and gave Shi Qiusheng a sidelong glance.Shi Qiusheng was so frightened that he hurriedly hid aside.

Jia Huan said again: "Where are you going? Tell him."

Shi Qiusheng gave the address, and the boy went to push the cart with a displeasure on his face, but he couldn't push it at all!Jia Huan laughed and said, "How? It's not easy to deliver food." Then he called two more people to help, and said, "Just say that I hit the child who delivered the food on horseback, and I ordered you to help deliver the food." " The people below agreed a few times, and he turned his head and waved to Shi Qiusheng to let him follow him into the mansion.

Shi Qiusheng lowered his head and followed in without saying a word.

Jia Huan led him directly to Baoyu's outer study, but now there is no one to use it, only a few women clean it every day.Then someone brought tea and snacks up, and then watched from a distance, Fang said: "Although the two of us have only met twice, I also know that you are an honest person, and you will not take such a big risk to come to Beijing for no reason. What's the matter?"

Shi Qiusheng hurriedly said: "Third Master! Many military masters came to our village a few days ago, and several hills were crowded! But there is no military flag! My grandfather said this is very strange, and he has never seen a military master not to fight. We dare not go over to inquire about the banner. Because we heard that the emperor was captured by the bad guys, and there were many fleeing people from the capital, my grandfather was worried that something happened to the nobleman, so he ordered me to come and report a letter."

Jia Huan was shocked: "How many hills?!"

Shi Qiusheng nodded again and again, and explained in detail.

Jia Huan walked around the room several times with his hands behind his back, his scalp ached from thinking about it, and he muttered, "What effort did I have to make? Isn't there Mr. Gong?" He then asked Shi Qiusheng, "Where is the uncle who delivers food?" Pay him back?"

Shi Qiusheng nodded timidly: "There is still a car. I should have gone out of the city to pay him back the money and the car."

Jia Huan said: "No problem. Since he is willing to let you come to the city to see your fake father, he is kind-hearted and doesn't care about this." Then he asked him the address of the uncle who delivered the food, and called out a clever man who could speak The boy came and gave him a silver coin of one tael, a silver ingot of five taels and three hundred coins, and told him, "Don't take any money and things with you, only take these out. Go to the gate of the city and tell The soldier guarding the gate said that your young master kicked and injured a boy who delivered vegetables on horseback, and ordered you to deliver a message for them and to deliver food money to their family. Because you know that it is easy to go out of the city gate and difficult to enter, you will pay the three hundred yuan Take it to bribe the gatekeeper, and only say that one tael is for vegetables, and five taels is for me to pay for their family’s injury. At that time, you can give him whatever money he wants, and the rest will be given to the food delivery man. People."

The kid smiled and said, "He specified the five taels."

Jia Huan also laughed and said: "The five taels were originally given to him. Since he took the five taels, why should he offend the young master of the family, take all the remaining one tael and three hundred silver, and give the young master shame?"

At that moment, the kid pulled the horse and ran away, Jia Huan ordered someone to take Shi Qiusheng down to rest, and he sighed "too hard life", jumped on the horse and went to the Taiping Escort.

Now Yao'er has woken up, but Jia Cong is still sound asleep.Jia Huan came over and saw Yao'er grabbed him, and said happily, "I knew Brother Yao'er would come!"

Yao'er smiled and stroked his head: "It's hard for you, I've been busy all by myself these days." Then he went in to wake Jia Cong up, invited Jia Si over, and together they went to Gong Sanyi's study up.

Jia Huan and others first recounted the turmoil in central Beijing these days, and then told the story of Shi Qiusheng's report.Pianshi Qiusheng was just an ordinary boy in the mountains, he didn't dare to approach the barracks, and the barracks didn't have a banner, so he didn't know where the troops were.

Gong San also listened to it and pondered for a long time, and said: "From what he said, there must be around 8 to [-] people. Liu Tong's idea of ​​soldiers and horses is not enough."

Yao'er said: "The embarrassing thing is that I don't know whose family it is, but it will mess up."

Jia Cong held his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly jumped up with an "oops": "Is Second Brother Liu back?"

Jia Huan said: "I came back a long time ago and brought a lot of good things back. It's in Panlong Mountain."

Jia Cong shouted: "Quickly transfer all his people to the capital!"

"what?"

"Attack the imperial prison at night!" Jia Cong gritted his teeth, "Otherwise, the lives of the two gentlemen will be lost!"