The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Han Quan just entered the door, Jia Huan first teased him for leaving an ink note on his sleeve.

Jia Cong said with a smile, "Don't bully the children! Isn't it the same for us then?" Then Zhao Cheng ordered Han Quan to salute.

Han Quanduan saluted the guests and his two elder brothers upright, Jia Cong nodded and said, "You are so small, you have the air of my childhood." Jia Huan rolled his eyes.

Zhao Cheng smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum: "This young master looks good, and he will be a handsome gentleman in the future."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Forget it. If you want to be a gentleman, you have to go with Brother Baoyu. Quan'er usually follows us two brothers, and you have to become a little rascal."

Zhao Chengdao: "The third master was joking." Nai asked Han Quan, "Little brother, do you still remember what your father looked like?"

Han Quan tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head.

Zhao Cheng asked again: "Do you remember what your mother looks like?"

Without waiting for Han Quan to speak, Jia Cong said first: "Even if he remembers, he can't draw, so it's hard to explain clearly at such a young age. Old Zhao, it's inconvenient for you to ask a four-year-old child these two questions." So he asked himself, " What do you like to do most on weekdays?"

Han Quan said crisply: "I like writing the most!"

Jia Huan couldn't help but cast a glance at Jia Cong, and asked with a smile, "Then what do you dislike the most?"

Han Quan said with a sullen face, "I don't like to adjust fat and powder."

Before the words were finished, Jia Huan and Jia Cong laughed in unison, and even the girls beside them pursed their lips and laughed.Zhao Cheng also laughed.

Jia Cong asked again, "What does Huan'er want to do when she grows up?"

Han Quan shouted: "Test the number one scholar!"

Jia Cong applauded: "Good boy, promising! When I was your age, I just wanted to test flowers, you are more ambitious than me!"

Han Quanqi said: "Why does the third brother want to test Hua?"

Jia Cong said: "Because Uncle Lin is Tanhua. He is handsome. I am quite envious and want to be like him."

Han Quan said with wide eyes, "I've never seen Uncle Lin before."

Jia Cong said: "That's right. Let's invite him to play tomorrow, or let's go to their house." Because he called the girl who brought him in, "Sister Yuanyang led him to the yard to play for a while. Yuanyang responded and led Han Quan out.

Jia Cong then looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "It's very clear. Asking children these things is actually asking adults, and adults can tell them what they want to say. This word is not heard by ordinary schoolchildren. Go. Mr. Zhao should have no doubts."

Zhao Cheng thought about it, maybe he learned some fat-adjusting and powdering from Fantou's mother in the first place, which made his father and aunt unhappy, so he taught the answer now.Neither the palace nor the eldest wife of the Rongguo Mansion could teach him the words "adjust fat and make powder".Thinking of the ink note on his sleeve again.The rules in the palace are strict, the daily life and food are very particular, the prince's demeanor is becoming more and more strict, and he will definitely not get that on his shirt sleeve.Only children raised in ordinary families can be quite careless.Then he nodded and said: "That's true." He smiled flatteringly, "I'm just in case, I'm afraid your family will be fooled by someone."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "It's not easy to fool our family, you need to have some skills."

Zhao Cheng hurriedly flattered him a few words, then got up and left.

Jia Cong then called Han Quan in and said, "Send Master Zhao out of the house together." Zhao Cheng just said "I dare not do it." Jia Huan laughed and said, "It's just a demonstration of etiquette for Xiao Quan'er. He hasn't learned from the past." Come to meet and see off the guests." The four arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Cong and Jia Huan clasped fists at Zhao Cheng, and Han Quan followed suit.Zhao Chenggong cupped his hands, and said a few more words of flattery, and rode away.

On the opposite side of Rongguo Mansion, there was a beggar sitting on the side of the road with his legs crossed. He saw many people coming out, all wearing bright clothes, so he raised his eyes and looked over here.When he saw a three or four-year-old chubby baby, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The three returned to the mansion and called Yuanyang to send Han Quan back.On the way, Han Quan asked: "Sister Yuanyang, why did you ask me to answer like that? I don't like to adjust fat and make powder..."

Yuanyang bent down and said: "These two third masters have the final say in our house now. Uncle Xiao Han won their favor, and it will always be good for you in the future. However, you are wearing such a suit today, which is just right. It was what Master Bao used to wear when he was a child. Both of them... didn’t like the appearance of Master Bao in the past. When Master Bao was young, he only loved to adjust fat and make powder. Uncle Xiao Han said that he didn’t like fat and powder, so it’s the future It won't mean like Second Lord Bao."

Only then did Han Quan come to a sudden realization, and hurriedly bowed to Yuanyang: "Thank you, Sister Yuanyang, for your reminder, Quan will definitely repay you in the future."

Yuanyang smiled and waved his hands: "It's hard to beat me, I'm just a girl, how can I be worthy of the master's gift." Then he was sent back to Mrs. Xing without mentioning it.

On the other end, Zhao Cheng went down from the yamen and went back to his wife and said: "I'm afraid Shun'er got it wrong, I think that child definitely didn't come from the palace, he really has a mother who is a fan."

His daughter-in-law put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "I just said that Shun'er didn't have that kind of luck, didn't he? Besides, people who do confidential things are very cautious in what they say and do, how can it be so easy for him to listen to it, and only hear one ear?" Unreasonable. If you don’t keep it all right, someone wants to deal with the master and pick you to mess with the Rongguo Mansion.”

Zhao Cheng thought again: "It's just that the child's age, and the husband's family of the eldest wife's niece's niece happened to be that family? It's too coincidental."

His daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Where is it a coincidence? There are many relatives in Dingcheng Hou's mansion, all of these princes. There must be a family member who has a three- or four-year-old boy. It just so happens that the daughter-in-law's aunt has raised a son-in-law. Godson, exactly that age. He was not found from the Rongguo Mansion, but from the Dingcheng Hou Mansion! The relatives of the Dingcheng Marquis Mansion, no matter which master can afford to offend, right? It's the Rongguo Mansion. If you wronged their family, according to their family's ability, you are not trying to knock an egg against a rock!"

Zhao Cheng said "Aiya": "That's right!" He hurriedly held his wife's hand, "Yes, yes! How can there be such a coincidence! Gu Buqi, who got drunk and lost money, did it on purpose. Follow him! Shun'er's temperament, seeing money is straight, and he will definitely be hooked."

His daughter-in-law went on to say: "He wears black, and the one who led Shun'er to listen to the secret also wears black. How could there be such a coincidence? It must be sincere. My lord, how risky! You always only said that you are a sixth-rank sesame official; As the saying goes, it’s better to be in charge of a county magistrate now. Anyway, you are in charge of a huge area of ​​the capital, and you often chat with noble people, and you can get a lot of benefits of filial piety. It’s really a lot of benefits! I don’t know how many people are staring at you. Fuck you Others come up."

Zhao Cheng suddenly realized! "It turned out to be like this! Thanks to having a virtuous wife, the lower officials never thought about it clearly. Having a virtuous wife at home is like a treasure!" He sighed again, "It's a pity that I didn't come from the imperial examination. I have been an official in the court for so many years. It also didn’t make you the imperial wife.”

His wife took him by the hand and said, "What are you talking about, my lord! Those who have read the Four Books and Five Classics may not have the ability of an adult, but they can write a few articles. I still don't like it."

His husband and wife became more and more clingy, so they spent the night tenderly.Little did they know that there was a person sitting on the beam of their house who could hear them clearly. They turned off the lights for half a day and just sat and held their breath. They only opened the door and slipped out quietly after the two of them fell asleep.

Two days later, He Shun was drunk in the flower building. He opened the door and went out for two steps. Suddenly, the door of a room opened, and a figure flickered. He Shun disappeared!After a long time, his friends didn't see him back, and they all made fun of him, saying "didn't he fall into the toilet", and looked for him everywhere.Finally found him drunk in another room, but there was no one else in that room.Everyone laughed and pushed him but couldn't wake up, and even started snoring, so they had to put it aside for the time being.When he woke up and got up to go home, he couldn't remember how he got there, who he saw or what he said.

Afterwards, he went to Zhao's house to ask about the great contribution, and was scolded by his sister, who told him, "Don't be so easy to be fooled by others in the future. This time, your brother-in-law should be careful, otherwise his idea will be taken care of by others." How can you keep an official! Even if you don't lose the official position, you will lose your position. If he doesn't become the commander of the five cities, how much is the salary of the sixth rank? Not to mention our family, you can't imagine being like today So rich!"

He Shun was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Sister, don't worry, I won't do it again!" After a while, he said proudly, "Brother-in-law didn't lose anything, I got four taels of silver, 170 and six copper coins for nothing!"

His sister scolded: "If it weren't for your shallow eyelids, how could you be fooled by this!" and carried him on for a long time.

He Shun's ears were callused, he didn't dare to leave, so he could only listen.

After a few more days, people from various kings gradually came to Beijing to visit relatives and friends and meet celebrities.The threshold of Lin Hai's house was almost knocked down, and he was the only one missing.Jia Cong Jarvis went to tell him every day for two days how exciting and interesting the affairs of the Taiwan government were, and how majestic Lin Daiyu was doing, which aroused the old man's yearning.

This day, the spring rain could not stop, from morning till night.Jia Cong returned to Lixiangyuan, packed up and got on the kang, and fell asleep after a while.He was shaken awake in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, the curtain was raised, and there was a figure standing in his room.

Jia Cong sat up and rubbed his eyes for a long time, and while rubbing, he whispered: "It's half a night when the rain is rustling, and the gentleman on Liang knows about it at night. He still knows his name and surname, and now half of the world is a king."

The man gave a "puchi" laugh.

When Jia Cong heard that she was still a woman, he hurriedly said: "It's strange, a lonely man and a widow, do you want to light a candle?"

The woman said: "No need, you are too young, I won't do it."

Jia Cong heard the voice familiar, thought for a while and said: "Got it, Miss Chen from Ping'an Prefecture. Well, if it were you, most of the guards in our family are decorations. Is there anything wrong?"

Chen said: "I was ordered to tell the third master something."

"what?"

"Master Zhao from Wucheng Bingma Division came to your mansion a few days ago, and he was lured by a trick. Now he has no more suspicions, but we have not found out who is behind the scenes."

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? The person behind the scenes? Who is it? Can you explain clearly? What did Lao Zhao do that day?"

Chen said: "He is here to test your house and ask for merit." Then He Shun was hooked for more than 100 yuan and four taels of silver and said a word.

Jia Cong woke up suddenly: "Just kidding! Who the hell! Nonsense! Our family is a child of a scholar's family, why has it ever been related to the palace? How can people live a good life? Our family has nothing to do with the emperor. Friendship, it’s not worth raising a son for their family. If you don’t make an appointment with your sister, we won’t make an appointment!”

Chen pursed her lips and said with a smile: "No one said he is a child of the emperor's family, why are you in a hurry."

Jia Cong said: "Which one who doesn't have a zipper on his mouth is talking nonsense! It's okay to pick things up. I said, Sister Chen, isn't your boss very powerful? Why can't you find out?"

Chen Shi said: "We have checked these days, but we really can't find out. Besides...it is extremely inconvenient for us to do things now."

Jia Cong sat on the kang panting for half a day, the sound of breathing was heavy and long in the dark, which made people feel uneasy.Then he put on his clothes and got up, walked around the room with his shoes on.It took a long time for a stick of incense to sit down on the kang: "I'm not afraid of stealing, I'm afraid of thinking about it."

Chen said: "The people behind the scenes must not dare to really fight. Fang made such a big detour. Otherwise, wouldn't it be cheaper for him to go straight to Situ Pan and talk about it?"

Jia Cong waved his hands and said, "I'm afraid he guessed too." He suddenly said "ah" and clapped his hands, "Isn't it?! He guessed too! Since he guessed, he must not know whether it is true or not, so he made a detour. He urged Zhao Cheng to test it out. Now that the test is over, no! He must have given up his mind." Nai breathed a sigh of relief, "There is nothing in the world, and people are mediocre. I said Sister Chen, don't scare me when I have nothing to do. I am not a timid person. been scared."

Chen shook her head: "Anyway, you should be more careful."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Nothing, nothing. Besides, it's a blessing or a disaster. If it's a disaster, you can't avoid it. Don't care. The sky is falling and the tall man is holding it."

Chen said: "Now that you know, I'm leaving." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Jia Cong waved his paws on the kang: "Eldest sister is so good to leave! Please close the door for me, thank you~~"

Chen turned her head and glared at him, but unfortunately the room was too dark to see Jia Cong.

The next day, Jia Cong did what he was supposed to do as usual, and he didn't go to Han Quan's side to be more vigilant, nor did he ask Rongguo Mansion to be more vigilant.

Two days later, Jia Cong was shaken awake again from his sleep.But there was a moon at night, shining brightly in the room through the open windows.Jia Cong rubbed his eyes and muttered: "I said big sister, what's the matter, can't you come during the day? You can't let people sleep at night! The biological clock is going to be disordered." Looking up, Kang Standing along the edge was not Mrs. Chen, but the old eunuch; after a closer look, Mrs. Chen was also here, guarding the window.Then he let out a sigh of relief, "Um...is this officer surnamed Liu?"

The old eunuch nodded: "I am indeed Liu Dengxi."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "You are quite famous now."

Liu Dengxi snorted: "It's not that easy for Situ Pan to get me."

Jia Cong looked at him: "I said Master Liu, is there anything wrong with coming so late?"

Liu Dengxi said: "I'm here today for no other reason, I just want to tell you not to be too careless. Situ Pan knows the Seventh Prince, as long as he sees someone, he can recognize him immediately."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "The kids all look alike. He has no evidence to recognize him. We'll deny it to the death."

Liu Dengxi sneered, "What does he need evidence for? He said yes."

Jia Cong was stunned for a moment, then muttered: "It's true, you can only blame people who are no more powerful than yourself."

Liu Dengxi nodded: "That's right, you're a mere white body, and you can't play tricks with that traitor Situ Pan."

Jia Cong rubbed his nose and eyes a few times: "It's really troublesome. After all, he is raised in our house, and Situ Pan can't see him for no reason. He won't recognize him when he grows up."

Liu Dengxi said: "Someone is watching your house now, I still can't find out who is here, and what the purpose is, I'd better be careful. What if he stabs the traitor?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and sighed again: "Okay... I see."

Liu Dengxi felt relieved of him, patted his shoulder, and withdrew across the window to hide in the night.Mrs. Chen followed out.

Jia Cong sat cross-legged on the kang, in a daze.

Only a short while later, four sounds suddenly came from somewhere outside, very clear and frightening in the night—bang!boom!boom!boom!

Jia Cong was familiar with this voice, it was the sound of Western guns.