The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But he said that Jia Cong had been playing in the military camp for a few days, and was going to investigate a suitable location for a commercial street in the city. He said to Gao Li, "My nephew would like to invite three cousins ​​to go with me."

Gao Li originally wanted to let Gao Ying accompany him, but he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll ask them if they have anything else to do."

Nai invited the three sons to talk about it, and Gao Mang hurriedly said: "Needless to say, this time Cong'er will definitely tell or act out many things that we haven't heard before. I definitely want to go."

Gao Li also knew that the third child had learned a lot of rare knowledge during the years in Rongguo Mansion, so he said, "Since that's the case, let's go together."

The next day, the four of them led a large group of people wandering around the city.First take the map to draw the route, and then prepare a large white paper with many large grids drawn on it, and start to record in each street in turn.What kind of shops are there? How many people, how many carriages, how many men, how many women, how old are the intersections every half hour? How much, Linlin and so on.

The shopkeeper saw that it was the men from Jiedushi's family who were dispatched together, thinking that something had happened to his family, his face turned pale with fright.Gao Hua said with a smile: "It's not to check the accounts, it's to find out how the current business situation is generally."

Jia Cong said: "We don't ask how much money you make, we just do a market data survey, in order to build a commercial street, so that everyone can make more money. Please don't hide it from me. If there are false reports or less Report, the final result may be wrong, I'm afraid it will delay the big event." The shopkeeper agreed hastily.

In this way, each shop performed once.In fact, the people in those shops still made some false reports, but they could make less false reports just by scaring him.

After a day, the four brothers are exhausted.

Back at Gao Mansion, Jia Cong said with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you three cousins, I'll continue to investigate tomorrow."

Although the three brothers of the Gao family didn't know what he was going to do, seeing that he was looking good and fresh, they were all curious about what he would look like in the future.

After seven consecutive days of questioning, a lot of information came out.Jia Cong said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard. We only searched the downtown area near Huajie and Liuxiang. Today is the last day, and we have seen everything we should see. I will invite everyone to have a good meal at Qunfanglou in the evening. "Qunfanglou is a famous brothel.

Everyone laughed: "Brother Jia is from the capital, let's see how good our flower house is."

Jia Cong snorted and said, "My family has a flower house, okay? You go to the capital to find out, Yihong Courtyard is the best flower house."

Everyone said: "When you go to the capital in the future, you must visit the Yihong Courtyard."

Then they made a noise to Qunfang Building, and the old bustard came out with a big smile on his face, calling for a crowd of fans to go upstairs with them.

Suddenly, an unknown uncle laughed loudly and said: "The second son of the Gao family doesn't even have a son-in-law to have a bright future hahahaha..." Gao Hua was originally happy, but when he heard this, his face darkened instantly.

The clever boy next to him hurriedly said: "Master, he is talking about other Gao family, there are too many people with the surname Gao in the world."

Jia Cong smiled wryly beside him and said, "You don't know how to speak, don't talk nonsense, the more you describe, the darker it becomes."

Gao Mang said: "A man cares about his concubine, look at Conger Huaner, and then look at Baoyu."

Gao Ying was also busy trying to smooth things over, and the old bustard came up and said a bunch of good things, and all the fans cooed coquettishly, and persuaded Gao Hua to be better.

Everyone sat down in a large private room, Gao Mang ordered food, the table was opened, and the fans with red sleeves and green scarves were persuading them to drink, and it was very lively for a while.Jia Cong suddenly said: "Actually, what the person said just now is true. Usually in a big family, it is very rare for a concubine to be more successful than a legitimate son."

Gao Ying said: "The bastard is promising, don't you know it?"

Jia Cong said: "Our family is a special case, and it is rare among ten families. If a woman is doing well, the most important thing is her father; if a man is promising, the most important thing is his mother."

Gao Ying wanted to interrupt, but when he heard that he seemed to have something to say, he swallowed it again.

Jia Cong then drank half a glass of wine and said: "Whether a woman's life is good or not depends on whether she is married well. Character, appearance, temperament and talent are all important, but none of them is the most important thing. The most important thing is who her father is. Hello, father." , shrews and ugly aunts are also married very well; the father is not good, because you are so virtuous and virtuous, you are better than Yi An, it is difficult to marry a good man. Or how to say that the fate of the confidante is unlucky. Many confidante are not unlucky at all , people are doing well! It's just that everyone only pays attention to regretting the unlucky ones. Most of those unlucky women are good in character, appearance, temperament and talent, but they are married very badly, and other people are sympathetic. They always think, Such a good woman, if I got it, I would treat her very well, why would I marry such a man blindly? In fact, these men who were thinking about it missed such a woman because most of the time they married a wife It’s the father-in-law who is watching. If a woman with a bad life has a good father, she won’t have a bad life.”

The fans around were weeping immediately when they heard it.Gao Ying has two sons, but Gao Hua has one son and one daughter, and said with a smile: "For my little girl, I have to rest a bit."

Jia Cong continued: "Men are different. Whether a man is promising or not depends on his family background, his intelligence and his teacher's teaching. The most important thing is his temperament. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" says that where there is a will, there is a way. There are many things, but not many things come true. You see, my big brother Jarvis's family is mediocre, and brother Huan's talent is mediocre, and they are all promising. Brother Baoyu's family background and talent are extremely rare, but his temper is like that. As the saying goes, three Look at the old at the age of seven, and look at the old at the age of seven. Because a man's temperament is mostly developed during the years between the age of three and seven. In recent years, his father has been busy with official duties, and the wet nurse is no longer available. The husband hasn't hired him yet. Most of the sons are mothers." He smiled wryly, "Whether the eldest wife is educated or the younger wife is educated, do you need to say? Although my mother left early, she has seen my father's aunt in the yard. Besides, look at the ring My elder brother and my aunt are really not on the stage. Ignorant and vulgar, their minds are smaller than the tip of a needle, and their eyelids are less affectionate than the emperor's family." Everyone who said that laughed.

Jia Cong couldn't help laughing anymore, and said: "Besides, after growing up, it is very important for a man to have a good grandfather and uncle. For example, two people want to seek the same job, and their respective families There is almost no difference in ability, fame, and fame. One uncle is capable, and the other uncle is a slave; "

A follower below asked, "Why is your family different?"

Jia Cong said: "I am smarter than ordinary children. I have been taught by an expert since I was three years old; Brother Huan was brought here to make an ally at home. I will teach him what my husband taught me. As for Brother Baoyu, he is pure It’s because I’ve been doted on a little too much, and I’m used to it. If I’m not so smart, if Brother Huan hadn’t met me, he would definitely be flattering and can’t catch up with Brother Baoyu. It’s very rare for us to see this.”

Gao Hua frowned and said, "It's no wonder that many rich families hand over their concubine sons to big women to take care of them."

Jia Cong waved his hands again and again: "The old lady has no sons to pay back, it is nothing more than giving birth to a son through the womb of the concubine. If the old lady has a son, the bastard will basically be useless."

Gao Hua immediately remembered what he said last night, and frowned more and more.

"Looking back, if the eldest wife has only daughters, it will be difficult for the concubine to take care of the sisters born to the aunt's mother after they grow up. Because men and women are separated from each other at the age of seven, there must be less affection between those who rarely meet, and the blood relationship is different from that of the same mother. Just look at how Brother Huan treats my eldest sister and third sister." Yibi said, he suddenly squeezed Gao Mang's hand from below.

Gao Mang knew that he still had something to say, so he said along the way: "The most unusual thing about Cong'er is that he can clearly see the root cause of many things in the world. We have heard or seen most of the things you said, but we just don't think about it. It's just a matter of reason."

Jia Cong sighed: "People always say, why things are like this, how they are like that, and why they are different from what they should be. In fact, most of the 'should be' is wrong. There is a great sage in Germany named Hegel. , this person once said, "Those who exist in the world are rational, and those who are unreasonable do not exist." This "reason" is not what we usually say about "reasonable", but the meaning of "rationality, cause and effect". Many rules in the world are "unreasonable". According to the rules, let’s not mention me, my wife should at least treat Lian’s second elder brother as her own, but how could she do it! According to the rules, people between countries will not offend me, and I will not offend others, but there will always be a meeting Let’s start the war first. According to the rules, if the king wants the minister to die, he has to die, and the minister said, if you don’t die, you can bite me if you have the ability!” Everyone laughed again.Jia Cong also smiled and said, "Don't be angry with that so-and-so, why did he turn against him? How could he turn against him when the court treated him well? Since he turned against him, there must be a reason. The rule is that the dead are alive, and no living person is willing to be punished." Dead by the rules." He turned his head to look at a fan who had long since lost his smile, "What do you think, girl?"

Immediately, a fan shouted, "Who are you? You're not from our building!"

The fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "How did Mr. Jia spot me?"

Jia Cong said: "I just said that my family runs a kiln. I have seen all kinds of fans when I urinate. Some have sold dead contracts, and some have placed orders in our building. Fans don't matter what their temperament is." , origin, ability, all have to make money. Your clothes, makeup and even your movements and expressions are the same as ordinary fans, but your eyes are wrong, and you don’t have the vigor of 'Grandpa give the money to my slave', so you are obviously not a fan."

The fantou said: "Even if it's not a fantou, how can it be...?" She didn't say it.

Jia Cong said: "Because you are not a fan, I'm afraid you are some kind of kidnapper and villain, so I paid more attention to you. The action you poured wine for your second cousin just now is the same as my eldest sister. She used to do it in the palace. The female official who has been here for many years is actually a court lady who serves tea and water to the nobles."

As soon as this remark came out, the three brothers of the Gao family all gasped!Murderous aura burst out, and everyone stared at the fan with wide eyes.

"I just can't guess whether you are from today's little emperor or the overlord."

That fantou was silent for a moment, and came up to him and gave him an extremely dignified palace salute: "I want to ask Mr. Jia to speak for a while."

Jia Cong looked at the crowd and said: "He has come all the way, let me just listen. Everyone eats and drinks well, and I will be responsible for everything."

Gao Ying saw that the pink head was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he didn't think he had much talent, so he called the old bustard to give them a room where they could talk.

They went into a small private room and sat down, Jia Cong said first: "I'm impatient, girl, please speak quickly if you have something to say, don't go around in circles."

That fantou sighed softly, and said: "My maidservant, Mrs. Chen, was originally a female guard next to the sage, and usually pretended to be a maid. The sage disappeared, and Situ Pan caused chaos. Loyalty is hard to find."

Jia Cong said, "Have you found him?"

Mrs. Chen shook her head: "The slaves have already trampled every inch of Tianjin City."

Jia Cong said: "Then he is obviously not in Tianjin anymore."

Chen said: "At that time, the imperial forest army was trapped in the four gates of Tianjin, and there was another navy army pressing down on the port. Even a dog couldn't get out."

Jia Cong said: "Since no one ran out, and there is no one in the city, it means that the old man has never been in Tianjin, and Cao Datong sent him to another place."

Mrs. Chen said "Oops", and her face paled: "I didn't expect this section!"

Jia Cong sighed: "You should find someone first and then talk about it."

Chen asked: "According to Mr. Jia, where is the saint hidden?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I'm not a god, I don't know how to pinch fingers, I really can't guess where he can go. Anyway, Cao Datong knows. There are many people, and there are many clues. If you check carefully, you can always find something. .”

Chen Shi bit her lip and asked softly, "Is it Situ Pan's fault?"

Jia Cong said: "I don't know, I can't rule it out. It may be him, or other princes, or civil servants and generals who have committed many serious crimes like Cao Datong, and saints will probably never forgive them. Isn't there a saying, It caused him to be cut into pieces, and he dared to pull the emperor off his horse. As for when the virtuous king became restless, it's hard to say, but it was after Fang Xiong dominated the capital."

Chen Shi said coldly: "You really have a good relationship with King Xian."

Jia Cong shrugged: "People are not sages, and I am not a sage. Neither is a sage king. Don't use the standards of sages to ask ordinary people, we can't do it."

Chen looked at him with squinted eyes and said, "Didn't Master Lin teach you loyalty?"

Jia Cong said: "I have taught it. I have also been taught that 'the people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least.' If the people live and work in peace and contentment, I don't mind whoever becomes the emperor. Besides, the virtuous king did not oppose it. Isn’t he still the fifth prince? Who knows that the fifth prince will not become a generation of Mingjun in the future? Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was a corporal. If he died at that time, who would know who will be loyal through the ages.”

Chen looked at Jia Cong with a look of "you are fascinated by Situ Pan" for a long time, and finally sighed: "The smartest one among the three Jias is nothing more than that."

Jia Cong said: "Not necessarily. I don't know if you are too obsessed."

Chen shook her head in disappointment, opened the door and went out.

Jia Cong was a little surprised that she just left like that, stayed for a while, then quickly slipped back to Gao's brother's room, clapped his hands and said, "It's all right! I'll coax that girl away!"

None of the brothers in the Gao family asked, and the others probably got orders, and they never inquired.Everyone ate and drank happily and went back to the Gao Mansion upside down.

After Jia Cong went back, Gao Mang asked Gao Li to recruit him, and quietly told Yingchun that he intended to tell Gao Hua those words, and said: "I think, the second cousin's sister-in-law is so virtuous, and she needs to use all kinds of means to fight with her." What kind of winter plums compete for favor, she probably won't; It's important. Getting the second cousin's favor for her is only a temporary solution, this is the root cause."

Yingchun was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then sighed softly, caressing his head and neck and sighing: "It's hard for you."

The author has something to say: Liu Tong is the rebel general from Qingzhou who brought Lin Hai and Su Zheng to prison.