The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Gan Lei visited the Rongguo Mansion at night, and he bluntly invited Jia Cong to join him.

Jia Cong was stunned and said: "Why don't I help you? It's not suitable for me to be a spy. As a spy, you have to be cautious all the time, and I tend to get carried away when I act; I also have to strictly keep secrets in front of family and friends. Once you sit in the crowd of trustworthy people, you will have no handle." So he put on his clothes, got up, bowed to him, and ordered to light the lamp. "In my own home, in my own room, light a light and be fair." Gan Lei couldn't help laughing.

The candle was lit, Jia Cong sat down on the chair beside the tea table, invited Gan Lei to sit down, and said apologetically, "I don't drink tea in the middle of the night, so we don't prepare tea at night in our yard. It's going to be a little troublesome."

Gan Lei waved his hands and said, "It's okay." Then he glanced at him and said, "Master Lin was snatched from prison that day, but you did it."

Jia Cong was quiet for a moment, pretending to be naive, and said, "I don't have that ability! Besides, I don't have soldiers or horses."

Gan Lei smiled and said, "Spend thousands of taels of silver and hire some bandits, wouldn't it be enough? Your forged imperial decree is even printed wrong."

Jia Cong immediately said: "Who forged the imperial edict? I don't have the guts to forge the imperial edict!"

Gan Lei said: "Yes, you never forged the imperial decree. You didn't cover the jade seal, and you didn't tell the jailer that it was the imperial decree; he thought it was the imperial decree. Although you have no soldiers and no power, you saved it with a mere thousand taels of silver. Thirteen loyal ministers came out. Jia Cong, you can come up with ideas that ordinary people can't think of, and you can survive from a desperate situation. Now we need you most. The broken eunuch, Eunuch Liu."

Jia Cong opened his mouth, and said after a long time: "He thinks highly of me too..." Oh, what's wrong with the illusion of feeling sorry for the old eunuch...

Gan Lei clasped his fists and said: "Today, the courtiers are in power, the emperor is missing, the mountains and rivers are in chaos, and the righteous way is difficult. I also hope that the third master Cong will help us to rescue the saint as soon as possible."

Jia Cong let out a sigh of relief and said, "So what if the saint is saved? An emperor without military power is a target for arrows. I'm afraid his own son may not be willing to spare his life."

Gan Lei said silently for a moment: "Chen Wang is the crown prince chosen by the sage."

"If the sage goes to vote for the king of Chen, the king of Chen will announce to the world that the sage has arrived in the country of Chen, and the country of Chen will be besieged by all the kings; if he doesn't tell the world, he is already a prince of one party, and he still finds the emperor to take care of himself? Then the country of Chen is his." A saint? The only one who can vote is Lu Wang, who is still young enough to use my father's teaching."

Gan Lei was silent again.It took a long time before he said, "There is still the support of the people."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "People's hearts are useless, what are useful are the hearts of generals and officials. You are always looking forward to the sage coming out and the gang of thieves coming down. Isn't that impossible? Even if you save him now, you have to hide it." , or die faster than anyone else."

Gan Lei hurriedly asked, "Do you know where he is?"

"How do I know?" Jia Cong asked inexplicably.

Gan Lei sighed, frowning for a while before saying, "I don't know if the old man is still alive."

"Probably." Jia Cong said, "I had no idea before today, but now I can guess the idea."

Gan Lei was overjoyed: "How did you guess it?"

Jia Cong then told about Liu Dengxi's copying of Situ Pan's articles to Situ Hou. "There must be more than one thing like copying an article. I guess the saint is probably in Situ Pan's hands, because he has the most benefits. Situ Pan grew up aggrieved, and he would want the saint to see him rule the world. , to show that I have the real ability, not cheating. So I won’t kill him.”

Gan Lei was a little embarrassed, and said: "It's just a matter of youth, and the sage doesn't know... How can he rebel because of this? A king is a king, and a minister is just a minister."

Jia Cong looked at him and sighed: "Actually, I am not better than others. Some people always say that I am smart, but it is because I don't think about 'what should be' in everything, but 'what is the truth'. For a person There are only two kinds of people who have no complaints or regrets and don't ask for anything in return. His parents and people who have received great favor from him. One is what he owed him in his previous life, and the other is what he owes him in this life. Situ Pan has both. No. In the past, it was Eunuch Liu who used force to force him to work for the saint. He was not willing. Now even Eunuch Liu is gone... General Gan, don’t think that a saint is still a saint. He may not be comparable to an ordinary prince now."

Gan Lei was silent again after hearing the words, and said for a long time: "Look, Third Master Cong, where is the saint now?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "I can't guess. It's right to try to see if we can rescue those three people first. Is the doctor one of your people?"

Gan Lei said, "Yes."

Jia Cong said sadly: "Four. Except for the hero who uses the stick, the rest are not easy to survive."

Gan Lei said, "That doctor is really a doctor."

Jia Cong said indifferently: "Those in power would rather kill ten thousand people by mistake than let one person go. No one cares if you are wronged or not."

Gan Lei fell to his feet with a snort.

Jia Cong yawned and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, it's useless to be anxious. Do your best and obey the destiny."

Gan Lei said: "The one who uses the stick..."

"Don't tell me." Jia Cong said, "I played a trick on Brother Feng today. He respects that hero and hopes that he will survive. If he fails to keep it in a few days, he will ask me to help persuade him to surrender. I will see the opportunity when the time comes. Acting. If I know the details, I'm afraid I will reveal myself. I'm not very good at pretending."

Gan Lei nodded, and suddenly smiled again: "Master Cong helped us in everything, but he didn't agree to join the gang."

Jia Cong said: "I have already refused, okay? Didn't I tell you earlier, I can't be a spy with my temper."

Gan Lei sighed: "It's not that I want you to be a spy... that's all, that's fine. Anyway, you won't stand by and watch." Then he took his leave.

The two went out and entered Qidian's house without lighting the lamp.Qi Dian asked: "General, is that all?"

Gan Lei laughed and said, "He doesn't want to join the gang, but I insist on him joining."

Started up and said: "It's just that a few brothers still have doubts."

Gan Lei stood by the window and looked up at the moon for a long time. Fang leisurely said: "Today we lose Mr. Liu, it's like losing our backbone, and people are in panic. Loyalty alone can't do anything. The rest of us are Neither do I. Jia Cong is a very pragmatic person. Eunuch Liu is dead, he doesn’t think much about it anymore, he only thinks about how to save the rest of the people. We really need him. A few years ago he was in the second prince During the banquet in the mansion, it was said that during the Three Kingdoms, the state of Wu must die. Sending troops to attack Wei and Shu is to seek death, because they are weaker; guarding against them is waiting for death, or because their strength is weaker. Right now we are like this. I I calculated all the people who knew about it, and found that they are all reliable and there are no traitors. It can be seen that Situ Pan and Feng Ziying's ability is getting stronger and stronger. We are too weak, and if we don't move, we are waiting for death. Jia Cong can think of a way when there is no way out Come on, let him guide everyone is better than waiting for death. The saint is still in the den of tigers and wolves."

Qi. Dian hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, and finally bowed his head in response to "Yes".

Gan Lei sighed: "30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi." He turned around and left.

He took a few steps to the door, and suddenly shouted: "General!"

Gan Lei stopped.

Qi. Pointed: "I suspect that Jia Cong is not loyal enough to the emperor."

Gan Lei was shocked: "Is there any evidence?"

Started up and said: "No, it's just a thought of mine. I have been facing this person day and night in the past few days, and when he occasionally mentions saints, he doesn't take it seriously. I respect everyone who mentions saints, but Jia Cong does not." .In my opinion..." She hesitated for a moment before saying, "That day we guessed that Jia Cong protected the Seventh Prince not necessarily because of his loyalty but because of Mr. Lin. I'm afraid we were right. He only raised the Seventh Prince because of his appearance. Lovely is his stepbrother again, he just likes it. If the general wants to let this person be our commander, in the future... in the future... in the future, if he can't be safe in the future, any brother he knows is more important than a saint. If he meets If there is any difficulty, he will probably give up saving the saint."

Hearing this, Gan Lei stood at the door for a long time as if he had been immobilized, then suddenly opened the door and walked out.When he got outside, he said, "That's fine... if something happens to the sage, the brothers also have a way out."

Qi Dian stood in the room staring at the door for a long time, smiled slightly in the dark, and said in a low voice: "I guess the general said that."

The next few days were uneventful.The Qin family and the Xue family were very busy because of Qin Zhongbaoqin's upcoming marriage, and invitations were sent to Rongguo Mansion.Mother Jia only said that she was not in good health, so she turned around and ordered the eldest lady to go; Mrs. Xing couldn't help but sneered at Mrs. Wang with the invitation, and was so angry that Mrs. Wang fell ill that day.Baoyu then went to serve in front of the bed, which made Jia's mother read to scold Mrs. Wang, "I only know how to die all day long, which delays Baoyu's study."Li Wan, on the other hand, used to be the most tiring for her, but now that Jia Lan is favored, she has less trouble.Aunt Zhao even said that she would not go away from the illness, saying that she was afraid that Mrs. Wang would be overwhelmed by the illness.Mrs. Wang also had nothing to do with her, she just spread her anger on the two brides.So Jia Zheng refused to agree again, and found an excuse at random to order the two of them not to go to the wife's house to serve.Madam Wang's heart was as cold as ice.

But on this day, Aunt Zhou helped her out of the house for a few steps, and walked around the Rongxi Hall at will; it happened that the two maids brought Han Quan to the Rongxi Hall to play.Mrs. Wang vented her anger on this little child, and he was just an adopted son with no power, so she pointed at him and scolded: "Where did you come from to abuse the bastards raised by little whores! Rong Xi What kind of place is it, who let him in?"

Han Quan was annoyed, he ran up to her and said loudly, "I'm not a bitch!"

Madam Wang slapped him twice.Although Han Quan had suffered a lot in the past, he hadn't been beaten yet. He couldn't stand upright after being beaten by her, fell to the ground with a "plop", and burst into tears with a "wow".Mrs. Wang suddenly felt a sense of abusive pleasure, and she wanted to kick him when she came up and raised her leg.

All the maids who followed him got Jia Cong's order, and one of them hurriedly stood up and stopped in front: "Second wife, stay here! Uncle Xiao Han is our third master Cong's heart, and third master Cong is not a man of etiquette when he urinates, and slaves can't keep up." What will Third Master Cong do?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback for a moment, and abruptly retracted her leg.Han Quan cried louder and louder.Mrs. Wang said annoyedly: "My ears are buzzing." She turned around and walked out quickly, without Aunt Zhou's help.

The girl hurriedly helped Han Quan up and coaxed him not to cry.The other sneered and said, "It's strange that Third Master Cong said that if something happens in the mansion, he should report his name, not the eldest wife. Bully the weak and fear the strong, bah!"

The one who coaxed Han Quan said: "The eldest lady herself is like a glass person in the mansion, so she has more face. Besides, Mr. Cong acts harshly. As the saying goes, those who are soft are afraid of being hard, and those who are too hard are afraid of being stunned... "

The two of them were chatting casually, and Han Quan heard that Mrs. Wang would be afraid of Jia Cong, so she broke away from the girl's hand and ran away.The two girls didn't know what he was going to do, they shouted and ran after him.

Han Niannian had short legs, but he ran extremely fast, leaving the girls far behind and rushing into Lixiangyuan.It is also his luck that Sanjia has been visiting friends outside more recently, but today he is free to bask in the sun and serve refreshments by the side at midnight.Suddenly seeing him barging in, his face covered with tears, everyone was shocked.Before he could ask him, Han Quan glanced and saw Jia Cong sitting on the wicker chair, bumping towards him like a calf.Jia Cong quickly caught him and hugged him in his arms: "What's wrong with Quan'er?" Han Quan burst into tears.I was so scared. I lost the teapot and ran over and asked in a stack of voices.

After a while, the two maids also rushed over, and Jia Cong immediately asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Xiao Han?" The two maids hurriedly knelt down and told Mrs. Cai about insulting and beating him just now.Before he finished speaking, Qi Dian's face was already black with ink.

Jia Cong caressed Han Quan's little face and said coldly: "She hit you twice, didn't she?"

Han Quan nodded with tears in his eyes.

Jia Cong said, "Get up and hit her twenty times."

He clicked and turned around to leave.

The two girls couldn't help shouting: "She is the wife!"

Jia Cong sneered: "So what about the wife? Wang Ziteng is not in the capital, Jia Baoyu can't do anything, and the second uncle is reluctant to have two little aunts to attend to her sickness! She doesn't put her tail between her legs to save face, blame me?"

After he finished speaking, the starting point had arrived at the door.The two girls watched her disappear in a flash, and looked at each other.Jia Cong stood up holding Han Quan and said: "You wait here first." The girls hurriedly said "yes".

Jia Cong said to Jia Huan, "Brother Huan, do you want to go with me to see my second uncle?"

Jia Huan wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and stood up: "Go."

Han Quan puffed up his cheeks, and the two brothers carried him to Jia Zheng's study together.

Jia Zheng was studying again on the Red Sleeve Timing Fragrance Day, and he heard that it was a bit strange for them to come here with Uncle Han in their arms, so he ordered them to come in.

Jia Cong didn't salute when he entered the door, he just hugged Han Quan and stood in front of him, saying, "Second Uncle, my nephew just did something that disrespected Second Uncle, but I'm not here to apologise."

Jia Zheng frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jia Cong said slowly with a sullen face: "Nephew ordered his eldest girl to beat the second wife twenty times, and the beatings are not complete at this time."

Jia Zheng stood up immediately, pointed at him and shouted, "Bold!"

Seeing this, the two little aunts and the three cleaning guests wanted to avoid going out. Jia Cong shouted sharply: "Don't go out, aunts. Why don't you stay and listen to the three gentlemen?" Dare to go.

Just at this time, Yu Chuan'er came in crying, with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, watching Jia Zheng fall to his knees with a "plop", crying and kowtowing, "Master! The one in Mr. Cong's house broke into our wife at the same time." He beat our wife for a long time! The wife has already been knocked out by her! Second Lord Bao stepped forward to stop her and let her fall to the ground, and she was so frightened!"

Jia Zheng shouted: "It's reversed!" He ordered someone to "invite the old lady!"

Jia Cong said calmly: "Well, it seems that the fight is okay. Brother Huan, what do you think?"

Jia Huan folded her arms and leaned on the bookshelf and said with a smile, "Come on, this girl is pretty good, she has a sense of propriety."

Yu Chuan'er turned pale as she stared at him.