The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But Lin Hai and the others woke up in a rather exquisite courtyard, looked around for a while, and walked to the main hall with their arms.

As soon as I stepped into the threshold, I could smell the fragrance of porridge.I saw several small tables in the center assembled into a big table, and there was a large pot of fragrant and thick white rice porridge, and there were more than a dozen rough porcelain bowls, with white handkerchiefs placed on white porcelain plates beside the bowls.Everyone didn't care about being gentle and ran forward. There was a piece of paper on the desk, and the first few lines of writing were in excellent pavilion style.

"My lords, there is not enough food in the imperial prison. Please clean your hands with a handkerchief and make some porridge. Please don't eat too much for fear of stomach upset. One bowl is enough for each person. There will be dinner later."

After the adults looked at each other for a long time, Gao Changzhi first said: "It's so strange, what is the saint doing?"

Chen Lai said: "Could it be that the sage has heard some untrue words, and doesn't believe that we are going to be a thief, so he is under house arrest here for the time being?"

Su Zheng waved his hand: "What does he mean? Anyway, Su has never let down the grace of God for a moment, and is frank and frank! The old man is hungry, so let's talk about it after drinking porridge!"

Lin Hai frowned and said, "It's just why they gave us a bowl of magic medicine in that nunnery?"

Su Zheng sat down and said, "Your stomach is empty now, what can you think of?"

All the grown-ups hurriedly sat down with their chests pressed against their backs.Those who were hungry and impatient didn't care about their face, so they filled a bowl of white rice porridge and drank it with their necks up.There was also someone who took the handkerchief to wipe his face first, and shouted: "This handkerchief is wet." Then the latter rolled up his sleeves and filled the porridge, and sat in front of the desk to eat it with a small porcelain spoon.After a while, a big pot of porridge bottomed out.

Because the porridge was not enough to satisfy these people, and the porridge was sticky, some people couldn't help but took the big porridge bowl to scrape the walls.As soon as he picked up the basin, another piece of paper buttoned underneath appeared.Lin Hai hurriedly took it in his hands.

"Out of the ear room in the east is a small pond with a water pavilion and a three-curved bridge. Across the bridge, there are three connected big houses called 'Xiaotang Mountain', which are hot spring pools. There are several imperial concubine beds behind the screen by the pool. There are some changes of clothes, I don’t know the size of the adults, please choose by yourself.”

Everyone took the note and passed it around for a while, and then went out of the east ear room to have a look. It was indeed a pond, but it was not small.Walk along the Sanqu Bridge and pass through the water pavilion. There are three huge houses on the other side of the bridge, with the inscription "Xiaotangshan".Push the door in and there is a big screen.Bypassing the screen is a large bathing pool. On the imperial concubine's couch, there are many stacks of clothes neatly stacked.These old men were all wearing unclean prison uniforms, and hadn't bathed for a long time, they were afraid that the clean clothes would not stick to the prison uniforms on their bodies, so they carefully divided the clothes according to the size, which was interesting.There are a lot of clothes, but they are all common clothes.It's just that they were still prisoners just now, so they didn't care about this.

After bathing and changing clothes for a while, I feel comfortable all over.Going around the big screen at the door, I saw there was a small table out of thin air, and on the table was a sign that read: "Meals are prepared in the main hall."

Everyone hurriedly returned to the main hall, but the empty porridge bowls were gone, and the next table of meals had been prepared.It's just that it's not delicacies from mountains and seas, but a very common home-cooked dish.The bowl of porridge that I had just drank was long gone, and the old men were hungry, so they picked up their chopsticks and ate it up again.This time I was finally full, rubbing my belly and laughing.

Then he lifted all the dishes, and sure enough there was another stick. "There are more than ten scattered pavilions in the courtyard, each with a bed, and you can arrange it yourself. The study room is public. There are tea stoves and tea leaves in each house. Please find them yourself. There is a well pavilion in the back garden, and there is carbon beside the well pavilion. House, water self-extraction carbon self-extraction.”

"Hiss—" Several people took a breath, and Su Zheng looked at Lin Hai: "Ru Hai, what does the saint mean?"

Lin Haidao: "I don't know if he is a saint." As he spoke, he glanced at Su Zheng, but Su Zheng fell silent.

A dozen adults got up and went out, strolling around the garden.There are two adjacent large houses next to the rockery, with a good orientation and a good view outside. The study is diagonally opposite.Everyone likes this place, and they are all embarrassed to speak first.There is a picture in the bianna house, which says "the water on the river is like the potential of the sea".Lin Hainai pointed to the writing and said with a smile: "This house is prepared for me!" It was inconvenient for everyone to refute!Let him go here.Su Zheng took advantage of the situation and wanted to go to the room next door, using the excuse that he was familiar with Lin Hai.Both of them have already opened their mouths, so it is not easy for others to take it away.When I looked at the house later, there were few people who were more polite, and I got the smallest room politely.Going around, Lin and Su's house is really the biggest and the best.They went to Xiaotangshan by the way, and the dirty prison uniform left by the first one was gone.

After dividing the room and returning to the main hall, the dishes have been cleared away, and there are more than a dozen plates of snacks left.There is also a sign: "I wish you all a happy life in Hengwuyuan. Don't ask when the emperor will see you, the last general will not know."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Two younger ones ran outside to have a look, the courtyard door was locked, and no one answered after smashing it down for half a day.

After a while, Lin Hai sighed, "The books in the study are all good anyway."

Chen Lai asked, "Brother Ruhai, are we under house arrest by a sage?"

Lin Hai waved his hand and put his sleeve on his forehead: "The old man is a little dizzy, and he hasn't slept well these days, so go back and lie down for a while."

Su Zheng hurriedly stepped forward: "You old bastard can't walk steadily, I'll help you."

The two of them walked away with their arms, and the rest of the adults got together to discuss.

Back at the residence, Su Zheng helped Lin Hai onto a chair and asked, "Ru Hai, what you said earlier may not be a saint."

Lin Hai snorted, pointed to the desk and said, "Didn't you see that although there are four treasures of the study in every room, only you and I have already researched the ink?"

Su Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw that there was already thick ink on the inkstone.

Lin Hai spread out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and started writing.Su Zheng came over to take a look, and saw a list of books he had written.Lin Hai wrote on one side and asked, "Any other books you want to read?"

Su Zheng said: "It's just that if you write it, the general will buy it for us?"

Lin Haidao: "If he doesn't buy it, we'll punish that kid to write twenty articles! Fifty articles!"

Su Zheng tugged on his sleeve in a hurry: "Do you know that general?"

Lin Haidao: "I don't recognize her appearance, anyway, Cong'er must have invited her."

Su Zheng was shocked: "Cong'er?"

Lin Hai snorted again, and put down his pen: "How could a sage play tricks on us like this? The note just now was obviously written by him, and the tone was the same as this brat's usual virtue. Even if it wasn't him , is also his friend. I heard you talk about how you fought with Liu Thief the night you were released from prison when you were eating, and I knew that you were all sober at the time."

Su Zheng wondered, "Are you confused?"

Lin Haidao: "The responder whistled in the distance and I was knocked out. At first I thought it was because we old men would mess around and make a mistake. Now that I think about it, I probably recognize the responder."

Su Zheng thought for a while: "It may not be Cong'er."

Lin Haidao: "Even if he didn't return to Beijing, these people must be arranged by him. Huan'er is not as rich as he is, and he is not as bold as him to pretend to be a saint. Besides." He pointed to the room The words, "Isn't it obvious that I live in this house? It is very close to the study well. Also, when I was taking a bath, I found a twine on my head, so I suspected that we were brought here in sacks along the way." Here. When I was in Suzhou in the early years, I asked the Taiping Escort to pack a sack." He patted his thigh, "Yes! When he left Beijing last year, he persuaded me to resign, saying that he was afraid that there would be chaos in the future. Swords and guns have no eyes, and I refused to agree. He seemed to have something to say but swallowed it down, and muttered something, rather than telling me, it is better to tell someone you can rely on."

Su Zheng pondered: "Could it be that the reliable person is the general who robbed us this time?"

Lin Haidao: "It's probably possible. It's just that since this person refuses to show up, he probably won't let us go back easily. Now that the rebels are making trouble and the emperor is uneasy, it's the time when the court needs you and me. We must try to meet each other. It would be better to persuade him."

On the contrary, Su Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Since it was arranged by Cong'er, there is no need to think too much, we will not let us go before the military disaster in Beijing is over. You are a scholar who is useless, and the court will need to use it now." Not you and me."

Lin Haidao: "The virtuous king has been a little discouraged and timid in recent years. I'm afraid he might make a mistake."

Su Zheng sighed: "The virtuous king has no soldiers in his hands, so what can he do if he meets these soldiers and bandits? I don't know what day it is now, has the eldest prince ascended the throne?"

The two suddenly felt gloomy.

The group of old men outside sat and waited in the living room until dinner time, when there was a noise from outside, they rushed to the front yard.I saw the door opened, and several soldiers came in with meals.The adults hurriedly gathered around and asked: "Where is your general?" The soldiers left without saying a word, put their things on the table.They took advantage of the open courtyard door to look out a few more times, and there were some neatly connected houses outside.Wanting to see more, the door was locked again.

Lin and Su also came to the front. After dinner, Lin Hai took out the book list from his arms and left it on the table.He added another sentence: Did Thief Liu succeed?Has the eldest prince ascended the throne?

At breakfast the next day, there was another piece of paper, which read: "There are so many books, it's not easy to buy, please wait a while. Liu Tong thoroughly searched the capital, and the enthronement ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow."

Lin Hai hurriedly took it back to the house, and added a line of words on it: "Can someone stop him?"

At noon, a new note came: "The time has not come, I don't know."

Lin Hai had no choice but to stretch his neck and wait for the news every day.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.No matter what, Liu Tong couldn't find out who had robbed the people in the imperial prison, so he had to order people to investigate again secretly.Because Jia Cong and others have tunnels, they can go out of the city at will. They have detected that a large group of people has moved closer to the capital within [-] miles. To fight.

Things that are usually valuable may be useless in wartime.In Beijing, the prices of rice, flour, salt, etc. rose rapidly, while the prices of gold, jade and antiques dropped rapidly.Qin Keqing was overjoyed, buying all kinds of antiques at low prices; Xue Baochai immediately followed after receiving the letter; Shui Rong hesitated for two days, and joined.The Sixth Prince sent his disciples to see Jia Huan again, but Jia Huan still refused to help him, and only said one more sentence: "The Eldest Prince can't sit on that chair."

A few days later, the day came for the new emperor to ascend the throne.The four gates in Beijing were closed tightly, and the number of ministers in the court who pretended to be sick and those who hung crowns were reduced by half.The new emperor's uncles all fell ill, and Liu Tong didn't force it.Never thought that the enthronement ceremony was so peaceful and safe, not even his younger brothers were disturbed, the new emperor sat on the dragon chair amidst the praises.

As soon as he came to power, he immediately issued an imperial edict to confer the titles of Taifu, Jingwei Commander and Cabinet Chief Assistant to Liu Tong, and made his uncle Pingzhang Zhengshi, and immediately appointed a lot of officials.Jinshang, who is still in Dongshou, Tianjin, is honored as the Supreme Emperor, and the Empress is the Queen Mother.

The entire capital waited tremblingly for three days, only to wait until the imperial court had a big change of blood, and all the important positions were replaced. Naturally, Lin Hai's Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was also removed, and he was replaced by a scholar of the Imperial Academy.Later, Lin Hai received a note on the dining table: "Congratulations, my lords, the new emperor conferred the titles of Hanlin Bachelors. 'Hengwu Garden' may be renamed 'Thirteen Bachelors Garden' in the future." Although Lin Hai was angry, he looked at it while teasing There was a hint of disdain, and he was a little happier.

On the evening of the seventh day, Liu Xianglian led people to take a quiet walk outside the city as usual, and was surprised that the large group of troops without banners had approached the capital less than three miles away, and if nothing happened, they would definitely attack the city tomorrow.It happened that Liu Tong was staying with Mrs. Yingge that night, Jia Cong hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Help him once."

It was night, Liu Tong was soundly asleep, when he suddenly heard soldiers shouting outside, he hurriedly got up, put on his clothes and came out to check.A soldier stepped forward and replied: "My lord, a sleeve arrow flew from nowhere and nailed it to the door! It carried a letter."

Liu Tong was shocked, and ordered people to light up candles to have a look. The letter read: "Today, there are 13 unknown Italian troops lurking less than three miles west of Beijing, and there are some trebuchets in the camp, and they will attack the city soon. When my father was there, he got six hundred dollars from his father to help him escape. Although the money is small, the kindness is great. I offer a special plan. As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you don’t have to worry about no firewood. Now the enemy is strong and the king is weak, and the new king has ascended The position is the emperor, it is better to rob and go to another place, and serve the emperor to order you not to be a minister."

After reading this letter several times, Liu Tong hurriedly led his men and horses away, ignoring everything else.When I saw the staff and showed it in this book, the staff was also shocked.After discussing for a while, the staff said decisively: "This person is right! I just don't know whether it is true or not. My lord, it is better to have both hands ready. One end should be packed first, and tomorrow I will send people out of the city to explore." Liu Tong agreed.Li ordered people to rectify the soldiers and horses, packed up their luggage, and went to the palace to invite the queen mother and the new king.

The new monarch and the queen mother were awakened in their dreams. They were shocked when they heard that there might be rebels entering Beijing.Also packed up overnight.

Just after Yin time, there was a sound of horns from nowhere, and immediately a soldier came to report: "Enemy attack! There are enemy troops attacking the city in the north of the city. There are endless black torches, and the number of people cannot be seen clearly!"

How could Liu Tong not believe the words on the sleeve arrow?He has 13, but he only has 1. Where did he get it?He shouted loudly: "Let's go!" Taking advantage of the siege at the other end, he led his troops to take the new king and queen mother, and snatched people from the homes of several useful ministers, and hurriedly opened the south gate and fled.

When the people in Beijing woke up, the streets were full of soldiers, much more than Liu Tong's troops last time.

It wasn't until noon that there was a letter that Jiannan Jiedu envoy Fang Xiong led [-] troops to occupy the capital.Jia Cong hit the case and said: "The king's banner changes at the top of the city! The era of warlords has arrived."