The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

One day Jia Cong got up and heard the report from the people below, saying that there seemed to be a commotion at the intersection of Ningrong Street last night, but no one saw it in the dead of night.Jia Cong said "Oh", and ordered someone to take out the clothes from the door. After a casual breakfast, he went to Feng Ziying's house to play.

That night Mrs. Chen came again, this time earlier than the previous two times, with a gloomy face.Jia Cong sat up and put on his clothes and asked, "What were the four noises outside after you left last night? It's like firecrackers."

Chen said in a low voice: "Eunuch Liu has been taken away!"

Jia Cong was shocked: "How could it be! He is so skilled! I went to Feng's house today, and Brother Feng's expression doesn't look like he has made great achievements or captured a big shot."

Chen then told the story.It turned out that Liu Dengxi and Mrs. Chen left Jia Cong's house last night, crossed the courtyard wall of Lixiangyuan and landed on Ningrong Street, and walked quickly against the wall.When she arrived at the intersection, she heard the sound of firecrackers, and before she knew what was going on, Liu Dengxi had already fallen to the ground!Because there was a distance between the two of them, Mrs. Chen wanted to go over to have a look. A fishing net fell from the sky and covered Liu Dengxi.Immediately, arrows rained from all directions, Chen pulled out the sword at his waist and pushed aside the feathers of the arrows. He heard Liu Dengxi yell "Hurry up" on the ground, but the opponent didn't show up at all.It was obviously an ambush, and there were many more people on the other side.She didn't dare to fight, so she flew away and fled.When I came out to inquire today, no one knew what happened at that moment, and Zuo Jin didn't even have a watchman.

While listening, Jia Cong squeezed the face of the quilt, and pulled the piece out of his hand with a sound of "tearing".Then he got down from the kang and walked around in the room. After a while, he said to himself: "If Brother Feng already knew about it, this whole thing is his trap. He even caught Mr. Liu, why are you talking to me today?" I speak as if nothing happened? Mr. Liu is a big fish, and I’m just a little shrimp. What is the big fish trying to coax the little shrimp to do? If he doesn’t know, who is it that captured Mr. Liu? Is there anyone else under Situ Pan who cares about this?"

Chen Shi said: "I'm afraid that more than one team under Situ Pan is in charge of this matter."

Jia Cong said: "No way. It costs a lot of money to raise spies, how can Situ Pan have so much money? His brothers divided up the money for raiding big households last year. Feng Ziying probably helped him work at a loss .”

Chen said: "The arrows from last night belonged to the Imperial Forest Army."

Jia Cong said: "The arrows of the Imperial Forest Army may not be used by the Imperial Forest Army."

Chen Shi said: "I thought that the Seventh Prince should be sent away first."

Jia Cong asked, "Do you have a very suitable and safe place to raise him?"

Chen said silently for a moment: "It's better than your house."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "If I have been exposed, Situ Pan's manpower must have been deployed outside the mansion. With our ability, there is no way to take him away safely. If I have not been exposed, there is no place safer than Rongguo Mansion .”

Chen was silent again.

The house was silent for a long time, Jia Cong gritted his teeth and said, "How about this? It's not safe outside, so you stay in our house temporarily. You are very skillful. If something happens, it's easier for you to escape with your whole body. We just take care of it." Crying for grievances, denying everything, I don’t know.”

Chen is still silent.

Jia Cong sighed: "I said Sister Chen, you also have to say something! My ability is only enough to be a counselor, and fighting and fleeing are average. You are more experienced."

Chen asked: "Is there a secret escape route in your mansion?"

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "I don't know, do you know?"

Chen Shi wondered: "How do I know what's going on in your mansion?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I thought you knew. Then don't think about it. If my father knew, he would tell me; he didn't say it, or he didn't, or no one knew."

Chen was silent again.

After a while, Jia Cong suddenly asked: "Is there anyone in the Yulin Army who has a bad relationship with Brother Feng and is jealous of Situ Pan?"

Chen said: "I don't know about this."

Jia Cong thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "There are too few clues, so I can't figure it out. I guess there will be no movement at night, let's talk about it tomorrow." Then he asked her, "Do you want to stay in our house? Or go back?"

Chen Shi just opened his mouth, and suddenly heard a "whoosh" outside, Jia Cong jumped up: "What's the sound?" Nai ordered Chen Shi, "Stay still!" He ran out with his shoes on.

Jarvis and others were also alarmed. Someone said, "It seems to be a loud arrow used in the military." A group of people went to the courtyard with lanterns to check, and after a while they found an arrow hooked on the stone steps lying on the ground. a letter.Jia Cong picked it up and took it into the study to have a look. It was written in the correct style of the pavilion on the top, "One person for three people".Everyone looked at each other and asked, "What does this mean?"

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Although I don't know why, there is always something to it. Go ask Uncle Lin tomorrow."

They searched carefully for a while, but there was nothing left. After discussing for a while, they went to rest.

Jia Cong returned to the house with the arrow and the note.Chen asked, "It sounds like an arrow has shot in?" Jia Cong passed the note to her silently.Chen's complexion sank after seeing it, and he went to ask for the arrow again.Jia Cong gave her the arrow as well, and she looked at it and said, "The arrows of the Imperial Forest Army are the same as those of last night."

Jia Cong said, "Can you understand what this means?"

Chen was silent again.

Jia Cong had no choice but to sit beside him dryly.

After a long time, Chen asked, "Is there anything else?"

Jia Cong shook his head.

Chen said: "Then when and how?"

Jia Cong glanced at her and said, "You probably kidnapped someone, right?"

Chen Shi said: "Prince Yizhong's old department."

Jia Cong was startled, and said: "Prince Yizhong is dead, is his person worth kidnapping? Why?"

Chen said: "The saint is in their hands."

"Eh..." Jia Cong hesitated to speak, and said after a long time, "Impossible. Where did they come from? If Prince Yizhong's people are so powerful, he will be a saint now. I always thought that the saint was here It's in Situ Pan's hands. If it was in their hands, I'm afraid he would have died long ago."

Chen said: "How important is a sage, they won't touch him easily, they have to change something."

Jia Cong said: "So what's the matter? Their master is dead, and they don't have a young master—probably not. What else can they do other than avenge their master? If you want to seize the country, you have to have a master!"

Chen thought for a long time, and said decisively: "No. Only one girl escaped back then, and all males have been eliminated."

Jia Cong blinked and said, "Could it be...they want to make that girl an empress?"

Chen shook her head: "It's absolutely impossible." After thinking for a while, she suddenly said, "I'll go first." Holding the arrow and the book in his hands, he turned around and left.

Jia Cong said from behind: "Be careful on the road. Since the hostages are to be exchanged, Eunuch Liu will be fine."

Chen Shi walked out without stopping, and nodded.

For the next day, Jia Cong just did nothing to go around and didn't go to Lin Hai's house.

In the evening, Mrs. Chen really came again, and said: "I will come to live in your house first, just to see if there is any news from them."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "I've been thinking about it for a long time during the day, and this is the only way I can do it. Anyway, they have already recognized my small courtyard." Then he stood up and said, "The house has been tidied up. Although it is small, it can be lived at least. We all live here. It's a man, so I can only wrong my eldest sister to pretend to be a maid. Sister Xun Yuanyang ordered several sets of maid clothes and put them on the kang, but I don't know if they fit well. I don't have any idea about clothes. I don't know the eldest sister's honorable name? Or use a pseudonym? "

Chen said: "Since she is your maid, you can choose a name."

Jia Cong said with a smile, "The names I choose are very strange."

Chen Shi said: "It won't take long anyway, it's okay to be weird. If all your girls' names are weird, but mine is not weird, I'm afraid others will get suspicious."

Jia Cong thought for a while, and since it was a girl's name, it had to match, so he said: "Since that's the case, you can call it a little bit from now on."

Chen was startled: "What kind of weird name is this?"

Jia Cong bared his teeth and said with a grin, "How energetic! Every day is a new starting point, and every day has a rising sun."

Mrs. Chen had already told him to choose a name just now, so it is inconvenient to go back on his word now, so he had to admit it.So he went to the next door.That room used to be where Hong Xiu and the others lived, and it was complete with everything, even a dressing table.Mrs. Chen looked around and said with emotion: "Sure enough, it is a big family, and the house of the servants is also so tidy."

Jia Cong gave a "cut" sound, "I'm shabby, aren't you? What do you say about a rich family when you come out of the palace?"

Chen smiled: "It's completely different in the palace." Yin pointed to a row of puppets on the shelf and asked, "What is that?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Sister Jinjiang made it, and the girls in our house like it very much." Nai told her everything, "Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, Pleasant Goat, Doraemon, Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, and Bugs Bunny. "

Chen asked, "What are these for?"

Jia Cong said: "Just for fun. Their girls like this."

"It's really interesting." Chen stood in front of the shelf and looked at everything, "I've never seen such a puppet before, so clever. Your girl is so skillful, I'm afraid the nobles in the palace will like it."

Jia Cong proudly said: "Sister Jinjiang Lingqiao is also ranked first in our house. She did this for fun, and my sisters in my family have to say 'please' if they want to bother her to do a few. The nobles in the palace are not mine, what are you doing to curry favor with them?"

Chen turned around sharply and stared at him for a long time, Jia Cong was a little confused.She suddenly said: "If you please the nobles in the palace, how many benefits can you get if you don't make sure?"

Jia Congqi said: "Can you get benefits? What benefits?"

Chen said: "Add an official to become a noble."

Jia Cong laughed again: "Elder sister, you are kidding me! How stupid would the emperor have to be for his wives to decide to add officials and ranks, and the women in the harem who will be promoted to ranks after getting a few tricks must also be so stupid!" I don't have any brains. Besides, am I that incompetent? I don't have the ability to earn a future for myself, so I have to rely on a girl to make a puppet to please the nobles? If I am so incompetent, I don't need any official titles. It's good to be a rich young master. An official who can't be made by himself will be killed by his capable colleagues sooner or later."

Mrs. Chen stood there for a while when she heard the words, and finally sighed: "No wonder Liu Gonggong, the virtuous king, Feng Ziying, praised you for being so rare. How many people of your age can say such words?"

Jia Cong said "Hey": "Sister Chen, do you still know Brother Feng?"

Chen said coldly, "It's just a traitor."

Jia Cong opened his mouth and closed it again. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "Even though Brother Feng also worked for the emperor's family, there is nothing wrong with him. , I still have a big family after all."

Mrs. Chen didn't say a word again, and just scratched him a few times with a knife on his eyes.The moonlight is bright and murderous.

Jia Cong was completely indifferent, and only asked cautiously: "Well... I heard that guards like you are all selected from fleeing orphans in order not to be restrained by their families, but is it true?"

Chen glanced at him: "Where did you hear that?"

"Hey, anyway, I heard it somewhere."

There was a sneer on Chen's face, looking at it under the moonlight made people tremble a little.After a while, she said calmly, "I am Chen Yi's granddaughter."

Jia Cong raised his brows: "It's a very familiar name." After a while, he said "Oh", "Isn't Chen Yi the former Duke of Qi? You are the lady of the Qi State Mansion?! How is it possible! How could you do this! "

Chen said: "I was smart when I was young, so Eunuch Liu took a fancy to me and wanted to enter the palace under the guise of Concubine Hui."

Jia Cong gasped: "You can still rob people like this... Oh, your house was also copied by Fang Xiong that day."

Chen Shi said: "He will copy the saints if he doesn't. There are only two conditions for me to be a female guard. After the death of the first emperor, the Qi State Mansion will be raided, and Chen Ruiwen will be ruined."

Jia Cong immediately understood that their family must have had a lot of blood when they sent the Chen family to the palace, and said, "I always feel that life is more bloody than commentary, and it never disappoints me."

Chen sighed: "For all the women who enter the palace, I am afraid that Jia Yuanchun's fate will be the only one to meet you brothers."

Jia Cong shuddered: "It's dangerous! My sisters are all smart, but luckily they have never met Eunuch Liu. Otherwise, when I grow up, they will suffer too much." As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I immediately realized that they were inappropriate. Then he said embarrassingly, "That... I mean... my sister doesn't have the talent to practice martial arts hehehe...they are all literati and can only write poems and fill in lyrics..."

Chen smiled wryly and waved his hands: "You are telling the truth." Nai turned his head and glanced at the puppet on the shelf again, "I should rest, third master, please go back."

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "Eldest sister, I'm leaving." He turned around and went back to the house neatly, without making a bow to her.

Seeing that he had disappeared, Mrs. Chen sat on the edge of the kang by herself without moving.After a quarter of an hour, the door opened, and a person slipped in.Chen stood up hurriedly.

The man asked in a low voice, "How is Jia Cong?"

Chen said: "There is nothing suspicious." Then he told what happened just now.

After hearing this, the man wondered, "Didn't he say something to comfort you with your appearance? Speaking of which, he's not too young."

Mrs. Chen said: "He is not curious about the affairs of the Qi State Mansion. As Feng Ziying said, this son does not like to meddle in his own business, and he does not care about his own business. He is not born with a heart of pity, nor does he have a long-term hug." It's a heartbreak."

The man said: "Since you don't like to meddle in other people's business, why is the Seventh Prince hiding in their house?"

Chen said: "I have a thought, I'm afraid I have a bit of a fantasy."

The man said: "You say."

Chen said: "Situ Pan's comments to him that day were extremely intelligent, bold and careful, and said that this son valued love and refused to owe others. Now I see that he is right. He is bold. Because of their love, they dared to excuse Feng Ziying in front of me; as for the reason why their family raised the Seventh Prince, I’m afraid it’s not because of their loyalty to the Holy Majesty.”

"Because of what?"

"Since he excused Feng Ziying, it is obvious that he is not loyal to the sage. The only way to raise the Seventh Prince is for others. I guess it is because of Mr. Lin."

The man frowned, and said after a long while: "It's reasonable to say." Then he said, "If we don't use this man, it would be a pity to leave him to Situ Pan. Maybe you can't take him down? If not, treat the Seventh Prince If it gets too big, it must be removed."

Chen Shi said: "I'm afraid it's impossible. The Seventh Prince is only four years old. When he grows up, he has been with the Jia brothers for so many years. His Highness can take them down if he wants to. Jia Huan and Jia Cong are in a similar situation. When the time comes These two will definitely help the Seventh Prince, I'm afraid it won't be Situ Pan's turn."

The man thought about it for a while, and said: "It makes sense." Nai sighed, "When the sage returns, the most rewarding one is Lin Ruhai! The students he teaches are better than the trash of the Manchu Dynasty." Then he ordered Mrs. Chen to carefully study in Rongguo Mansion Waiting, turned and went out, into the night.