The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that King Lu and his uncle came to visit Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Huan took the opportunity to tease him.Clearly seeing Zeng Ting's eyes flickering, Jia Huan just did nothing, looked at King Lu with a smile and said, "King Lu, calm down, just be like an ordinary child. Nothing is good. You are still young, and the future will be long. Waiting for you When you grow up, your brothers and uncles are all old."

King Lu frowned and hesitated for a while, then asked, "Mr. Jia, is my father still alive?"

Jia Huan thought for a moment and said: "I guess he is alive, but he is not free. Even if he is free, he will not be an emperor anymore."

"Is the emperor Fifth Brother or Ninth Uncle?"

"On the surface, it is your fifth brother, but in fact it is not."

"What about Uncle Jiu?"

Jia Huan stroked his head: "He is the King of Yan. Although your father lost the throne, it may not be a bad thing for you."

King Lu bit his lip and looked up at Jia Huan.

Jia Huan sighed lightly: "Does King Lu know why your ninth uncle rebelled?"

King Lu pursed his lips and said, "He is a traitor, and he hides evil intentions to take my father's throne."

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "No. Because your father thinks he is very smart, but you are not as smart as him. Your father thought, what if Lao Jiu suddenly wants to rebel one day? So I want to kill him first to save trouble. .Your Ninth Uncle didn't want to be killed, so he reversed."

King Lu and Zeng Wei were shocked.

"King Lu Qiansui, what someone told you when you were young may not be correct. 'The king wants his ministers to die' is the king's wishful thinking. Those ministers who are willing to be wronged by the king will not rebel, and there is no need to kill them. And some other people are, if the king wants to kill his ministers, the ministers will rebel. Just like your uncles."

Lu Wang argued: "Why did the father want to kill them? Could it be that they are dissatisfied and intend to rebel?"

Jia Huan smiled and said: "All the kings are as good as your father, why should they obey?"

King Lu said: "It was the emperor's grandfather who passed on the throne to my father."

Jia Huan said: "So what? The struggle for the throne has never been reasonable in the past and present. That's why I said that it is better to be the king of Lu than the sixth prince. If nothing happened in the past, you would still be the sixth prince, but your father is already dead." It means that the second prince is the prince. Of the seven brothers in your family, except for the eldest prince, who is now the King of Lu, who occupies the title of eldest son, only the sixth prince, you are the most eye-catching because of your intelligence and benevolence, and you are also the easiest to be attracted by other brothers. Let's start. But now, you are just a little Lu Wang, and people don't want to stare at you. Small has small benefits."

King Lu bowed his head in thought for a long time, then asked in a low voice, "May I ask you sir, what should I do now?"

Jia Huan said: "Anyway, Luzhou is small. You leave everything to the elders. You should play, eat, and practice martial arts. Don't worry about studying." He laughed, "It's a pity that you can't stay here." Our family, otherwise, I can take you to play a lot of fun."

Zeng Ting suddenly burst into laughter, and hurriedly said: "If Mr. Meng will not give up, King Lu is willing to worship Mr. as a teacher. Even though the two places are separated, we can also exchange letters and give some pointers."

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "You are his uncle, not him. Don't make decisions for him." Nai looked at King Lu and said, "My lord, I am not old enough to be your husband. If you are free, In the past few days, I have taken you to play seriously! Then it seems useless to meet you as a child."

King Lu looked at Zeng Jing again.

Zeng Ting said: "Mr. Jia's intention is to show weakness to others, so that the kings will be less prepared."

Jia Huan glanced at him: "It's as long as you're happy."

At this moment, a servant brought in sugar-steamed crispy cheese and pine-rang goose oil, and Jia Huan hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter about the others, let's have some snacks first!" Then Zhang Luolu King and Zeng Wei ate together.I won't talk about serious things anymore, just talk about the many lively and interesting places in Beijing, which made King Lu's eyes widen, wishing he could go shopping now!Zeng Ting only thought that Jia Huan was just playing for his nephew, and he didn't stop him.King Lu and Jia Huan ate their stomachs full of ideas, and they couldn't eat dinner anymore, they both rubbed their stomachs and laughed.

The next day, Zeng Wei sent King Lu to Rongguo Mansion as agreed.Jia Huan got ready early, carried him on the horse, waved to Zeng Tun, "It's none of your business, go and rest." Zeng Tun could not help but bow to him to the ground.

Jia Huan rode his horse and ran out of Ningrong Street, turned a corner, smiled and said to King Lu, "Okay! Your uncle can't see you anymore, so you don't have to pretend to be seen."

King Lu grinned and said, "I'm not pretending."

Jia Huan snorted, "I've heard something about your temperament." Wu You said in the letter that this Xiaolu king has a little bit of gossip. "You can eat and play whatever you want, just tell me, I don't read or write these few days, let's go play!"

King Lu said "I don't know", but he smiled brightly on his face.

Jia Huan then led King Lu to play for four days.They wandered around temple fairs, markets, and market stalls in various places in central Beijing. They skipped a serious meal and ate some light snacks. They also went to the Muni Temple in the north of the city to eat a Suzhai meal, and then went to the mountain behind them to climb back to the mountain.The little prince was immediately taken away by him.Walking swayingly, he would hum a few ditties, and even learned a lot of common sayings in the market, which made Zeng Ting have a headache and didn't dare to drag him back.

In the next day, even Jia Cong played with him.Jia Cong was more courageous than Jia Huan, and took the child to Yihong Courtyard!Just didn't tell people that it was Hualou.The three of them listened to the singing for a while and watched the dancing for a while. Jia Cong was annoyed, so he ordered people to take playing cards to fight the landlord.After playing for nearly an hour, the three of them had notes all over their faces, rolling all over the ground laughing.

When Jia Cong was about to go to Yihong Courtyard to do regular business, Jia Cong was still lying on the ground and pretended to be dead. Jia Huan kicked him: "It's time to go! Go outside for dinner."

Lu Wang lay on the carpet and said with a smile: "Why don't you just eat in this teahouse?"

Jia Cong said with a smile, "I don't care. I'm just afraid Brother Huan will complain behind your uncle's back. This is Hualou."

King Lu let out an "Ah" and got up, his eyes full of excitement: "This is Hualou?"

Jia Cong pointed at him and said with a smile: "Look, this kid is really a man! Have you never been to Hualou before?"

King Lu pouted and said: "I never went out of the palace when I was young, but when I went to Luzhou, I was controlled by my grandparents, uncle and sister, and I seldom even went out of the house."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "It's all right for your grandfather to take care of you, and your sister also takes care of you."

King Lu fell back on the carpet with a "boom" and sighed: "My sister cares more than my husband and uncle, but mother and concubine don't care much about me."

Jia Cong said: "My fourth sister has met your elder sister and said that she is a very rare person with better eyesight than your uncle."

"Really?" King Lu got up again, "Is that the Fourth Miss who sold Western potatoes last year?"

Jia Cong asked with a smile: "What do you think of her?"

Lu Wangdao had known them for a long time now, so he didn't shy away from it, tilted his head and said, "My aunt said she was a shrew."

Jia Huan and Jia Cong laughed together.Jia Huan asked, "Do you think she looks like a shrew?"

King Lu said: "I've only seen it once but I can't tell, she's not that kind of lady after all."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "It's not true. My fourth sister has real skills, and she can't be seen as a virtuous person." Jia Huan couldn't help but secretly nudged him with his elbow.Jia Cong immediately turned a corner, "It's not like your sister, who has to think about important affairs in Luzhou for you, and also has to prevent your grandfather and uncle from getting confused."

"what?"

Jia Huan said: "Your uncle is very ambitious and restless in Luzhou; he has limited ability, is extremely stubborn and blind, and loves to daydream. Before you came to Beijing, my fourth sister had told him 'it's useless to brag about benevolence'. It’s still the same thing when he brought you to our house. It can be seen that this person can’t understand the language.” He pointed to the door and said, “Do you remember the girl who came to sing the song just now?”

King Lu nodded.

"What do you think she is?"

Lu Wang said: "Since this is a flower building, she is naturally a fan."

Jia Huan said: "Although she is a fan, she didn't sell herself to a fan in our building. She wanted to make a fan herself to make money."

King Lu was stunned: "Huh? Do you want to be a fan?"

Jia Huan said: "Her man is a clerk in a cloth shop. He has been doing business with his owner all year round and rarely comes home. She has no children and is usually lonely at home, and her livelihood is not rich. Therefore, she came to Hualou to place orders as a fan. Singing and selling oneself to make money, and pastime the loneliness, and get some money to support the family, buy cosmetics and jewelry."

King Lu opened his mouth for a long time before saying, "Isn't that a prostitute?"

"That's right." Jia Huan smiled, "According to what the world says, she is indeed a whore. That's right. But, so what? If she's not her man, who cares?"

King Lu was stupid.

Jia Huan went on to say: "Do you think that the world should scold her and even beat this unruly prostitute to death in the street?"

King Lu nodded.

Jia Huan shrugged and said, "It's a pity that the world doesn't. But the world still comes to listen to her singing and give her money to buy cosmetics and jewelry. Your uncle always thinks that one day your father will descend from the sky, all the officials will worship you, the people will support you, and everyone will love you." Wang Lidi's surrender is the same as your thought just now."

Lu Wang said: "Isn't that prostitute wrong? Why don't people scold her?"

Jia Cong said: "Well, from her husband's point of view, she is wrong. However, those who listen to her singing are not her husband, so whether this woman is an adulteress or not has nothing to do with them. Ken hugs her husband for nothing. It's not that there are people who fight injustice, but one in a thousand is rare, and there are nine hundred and ninety-nine who can listen to music. If that one doesn't know that she is married, even this one can listen to music But the people in the world who hate prostitutes the most are not men, but women from good families. But they don’t go out of the door, they can’t stop men from giving money to this fan, and they can’t even stop their own men from giving this fan Reward money. This is the way things are in the world, and it won’t change because you don’t like it. Just like your father, even if he shows up at this moment, he can’t regain the throne. Little prince, stop dreaming with your uncle. It’s better to manage it down-to-earth Good Luzhou."

Seeing his blank eyes, Jia Huan said, "Anyway, your sister has better eyes than your uncle."

King Lu was in a daze for a long time, still unable to understand why many people were willing to give money to the prostitute to listen to her singing, but he remembered Jia Huan's last sentence, "My sister is more discerning than my uncle."

In the past few days when they were playing, the court was holding a grand court meeting every day, and the Daming Palace was as noisy as a vegetable market.Every day, Jia Huan led King Lu around grandly, and anyone with eyes could see it.In the first day or two, some people suspected that the Rongguo Mansion had taken a fancy to King Lu. Later, seeing that King Lu didn't go to the court meeting and Jia Huan only led him to play, they thought that he was sincerely attracting the child to play with things.

Situ Pan also asked Feng Ziying to ask about the news, but it happened that Qin Sangu heard it and laughed.The others waited for a long time before she finished laughing, and said, "You don't need to ask, I can guess." Situ Pan hurriedly asked her why.Qin Sangu laughed and asked everyone to guess.For a while, she guessed that he let King Lu hide his clumsiness, or that he saw that King Lu was smart, benevolent, and wanted to wipe out a future enemy for the prince. The more Qin Sangu heard it, the more she laughed.Finally she said: "Just wait and see, Huan'er either has a crush on a girl from the Zeng family, or Princess Jian'an."

Situ Pan was shocked: "What?"

Qin Sangu said: "Earlier, he led Lu Wang to my antique shop for a stroll, and I watched him, he looked at Lu Wang as if he was looking at his younger brother, and he raised his hands and feet with three points." Caring, two points of hospitality. The prince just wants to think about what they looked like to the second prince in the early years, and wishes to be as far away as possible. If he didn't want to be his brother-in-law, who would have seen the third master Huan being courteous to others. "

Situ Pan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "There is really no other reason. Forget it, Cong'er is a man of his own mind. Even if Jia Huan marries a woman from the Zeng family, it's nothing more than that. Jian'an is also a sensible man."

Qin Sangu said: "If he can fulfill his wish, King Lu must be his ally. Although Luzhou is small, its location is wonderful."

"Exactly." Situ Pan laughed, "The Zeng family and King Lu have no ability to restrain the three families, and they will eventually lead them by the nose." Then he put the matter aside.

On the same day, Jia Huan and Jia Cong sent the King of Lu back to the pavilion and galloped back to the Lixiangyuan. He opened the door and got up. He came out with a sad face: "The two masters are back."

Jia Cong glanced at her: "Who is making trouble in the house again? The old lady? Second uncle?"

Qi Dian sighed: "Second Wife has gotten better these days, she called Second Mistress Bao to order around for a whole day and night yesterday, now she has fallen ill."

"Isn't that good? Take advantage of the situation and get sick for three to five months."

Qi Dian said with a stiff face: "A little girl named Ziyan came to their yard earlier, she was the companion of Second Grandma Bao, and told me about this matter while crying. She cried so badly, as if the third master would not go. If you fight against injustice, you will be sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth."

Jia Cong sneered: "Such a thing makes you frown, when have I dealt with such a person?"

Started up and said: "That little girl is unusual."

Jia Cong and Jia Huan raised their eyebrows.

"She looks much prettier than she looks." Started pointing, "That mouth is also very powerful, she is not an ordinary woman. If only her mouth is powerful, she will sincerely make herself ugly and not let ordinary people From what you can see, they must have had an unusual upbringing."

Jia Cong and Jia Huan looked at each other: "Could it be a spy?"

Qi Dian glanced at the two of them and said: "What am I doing? This woman must be a spy. It's just that I just went to Bao Erye's courtyard because I was worried. It was too late."

"What do you mean by being late?"

Qi Dian sighed: "How long has it been since the second grandma came in? Second master Bao has already tied that girl named Ziyan to her death, and obeyed her words."