The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Everything in Beijing has been decided, after Jia Cong walks the streets and got acquainted with many princes, he is going to go back to the south with Gong Kun and others, Lin Hai's mansion is also preparing luggage.Because Lin's residence has been closed to thank guests for a long time, although people come to disturb them every day, the letter inside has not been spread.

One day, when Lin Hai was drinking tea in the study, the doorman came in and replied: "Someone sent a letter, only saying to hand it to the master quietly, it's very important." Lin Hai opened the letter and thought for a moment, then ordered someone to change clothes and go out. .But he didn't take it alone, and rode away by himself.After dinner, a boy came to deliver a letter, saying that he was sent by Mr. Su Zheng's family. Mr. Lin was drunk and wanted to talk with their master at night by candlelight, and he would send it back tomorrow morning.

The next day, Lin Hai didn't come back until the afternoon, and he couldn't report him, so he went to Su Zheng's mansion to inquire.Who would have thought that people from the Su family said that Mr. Lin had never been here!The kid from the Lin family was shocked and begged to see Mr. Su.Because Jia Cong Jarvis was about to leave Beijing, the three brothers were coaxing the old man at Su's house, they were shocked when they heard the news, and they all asked: "Who did he say he met yesterday?" The boy just said he didn't know.

Su Zheng immediately said: "Nowadays there are quite a few people who are trying to trick him, some are reasonable and some are unreasonable, hurry up and find them!"

Sanjia hurried to the Lin residence and found the letter in the study.It read: "I have a personal matter that cannot be explained in words. I beg you to come to the Hanlin Academy's Library Pavilion alone for a while."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Cangshu Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy? How can anyone choose there for a date?" Because he asked the people in the Lin family.

Yang Song regretted breaking his bowels.Yesterday he happened to have something to do and went out, and he specially told everyone to take care of the door, who would have thought that their lords would be coaxed out of the house.Immediately rushed to the Imperial Academy.

When he arrived at the Imperial Academy, Menzi said that Mr. Lin had been there yesterday morning, but he had never seen him go out, so he was puzzled.Everyone was so frightened that their faces changed color, and they immediately searched the Zangshu Pavilion carefully, but they couldn't find anyone.

Jia Cong patted his chest and said in a trembling voice: "No news at this moment is good news. There are many people in the Imperial Academy, and some adults have always seen my uncle. His official title at this moment is a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, right?"

The gate who came in with them said: "I don't know, the Imperial Academy is not what it used to be. Since the Fangxiong Rebellion, this yamen has always been empty and no one is there. Most of you adults live at home and don't come to the Imperial Academy. gone."

"Does that come often?"

Menzi said: "It's very rare, most of them are going to Zangshu Pavilion to look up Huizi's books."

Yang Song said: "I'll go door to door and check."

Jia Cong scrutinized the letter for a long time, and put it in his arms: "I'll go back to Mr. Su's house and ask him if he recognizes the handwriting."

Nai took the letter and went back to the Su residence. Su Zheng saw that the characters were correct Wei Li, frowned and said, "I don't know the characters. I guess they are someone Ru Hai knows."

Jia Cong said: "Why don't you think about it?" Su Zheng looked at it for a long time, but still said he didn't recognize it.

Reluctantly, Jia Cong and others broke down the gates of the academicians of the Imperial Academy one by one to ask, especially those who had been to the Imperial Academy that day, and compared their handwriting.However, they are not experts in handwriting identification, and the character is Wei Li, so they can't see why.There were nine people who had been to the Hanlin Academy yesterday, and seven people who had been to the Zangshu Pavilion. Even the old man who was the gatekeeper of the Zangshu Pavilion was checked carefully, but none of them had anything to do with Lin Hai.Everyone was in a hurry.

This matter immediately alarmed Situ Pan, and immediately ordered Feng Ziying to go to Rongguo Mansion to inquire.The brothers didn't come back until it was dark. When they saw Feng Ziying, they took the letter and asked him if he recognized it.Feng Ziying looked at it and said she couldn't tell.Fearing that a nearby prince would kidnap Lin Hai, he hurried to report to King Yan.

Situ Pan then ordered his head to search with all his strength, turned his head to look at Sangu Qin who was very idle, and asked, "According to Sangu, who took Lin Hai away?"

Qin Sangu said: "I don't know, more than half of the kings want to invite Master Lin to return to the country. It's just that Cong'er is clever. Besides his father, the one who respects him the most is Master Lin. If Master Lin is lost, he will find a way to get him back." .” He can even get out of the imperial prison. "My lord, don't worry, let's just sit and wait."

Situ Pan unconsciously smiled and said, "You're right, he's more anxious than us anyway."

Sure enough, the next day they searched the Bookstore of the Hanlin Academy again, and found many footprints and traces of clothes on the beams, and found a small piece of what looked like a snack under a bookshelf.Because I was looking for someone to identify it with the fragments, an uncle who made pancakes recognized it. He said it was Shandong pancakes, an ordinary dry food for Shandong people, and everyone there eats them.

Jia Cong immediately ran to Feng Ziying's house to ask him for help, and checked whether there were any suspicious people or vehicles heading to Shandong in the past few days.Not long after, someone guarding the southern city gate came to report that early the next morning when Lin Hai disappeared, someone was driving a carriage waiting for the gate to open, and left as soon as the gate opened.The coachman said that he came to Beijing to buy gifts for the old lady's birthday, but it was already two days late, and if he didn't hurry to send it back, he might delay the day.Several people have Shandong accent.

Jia Cong stumbled and said: "The thief is not a bachelor who went to the Imperial Academy at all! He must be a green forest thief. Anyway, there is no one in the Imperial Academy now, so he managed to hide in the night and spend the night in it! My uncle was probably fascinated by him when he arrived. He was still hiding inside all day long, eating pancakes to satisfy his hunger. My uncle must have been hungry all day! At night, he managed to take the old man away. His accomplices pretended to be members of the Su family and coaxed the Lin family One night. I was afraid that things would be exposed, so I waited for the city gate to be opened early the next morning and left.”

He hurriedly asked what the coachman looked like, but the guard at the city gate couldn't remember clearly, so he just told him what he remembered.Jia Cong and Jarvis went back to the house immediately, and took a group of brothers out of the south gate to chase after them.

It took more than half a month for Rongguo Mansion to receive a letter from Ma Xing, and Lin Hai found it.Jia Huan, Su Zheng and the others let out a sigh of relief.

It took another three or four days for a detailed long letter to be sent back.It turned out that when Jia Cong and the others first came out of Beijing, they found out about the carriage from the tea and dry food sellers on the official road, and soon lost the news, and they became more and more sure that Lin Hai was in their hands, but they just changed the carriage and horses.Since they couldn't find anyone, they guessed that they were afraid of pursuers, so they hid first, waiting for the pursuers to relax or chase them before leaving.So he patted his horse and went first, guarding Cangzhou, the pass from the capital to Shandong.Sure enough, more than ten days later, a group of timber dealers came from Cangzhou, Jarvis saw the flaw and rescued Lin Hai.

It turned out that the person who wrote the letter to Lin Hai was an old friend he knew in Suzhou before, and he voted for Liu Tong, the commander of the Shandong Capital.Liu Tong intends to ask Lin Hai to serve in the State of Lu, how can Lin Hai go there?Even if people come to the door countless times, they can't see them, and the gifts they give are also confiscated.That old friend came up with the idea of ​​luring him to leave the mansion, and sent a letter with a vague meaning.Lin Hai was afraid that he would have something to hide, so he really went to the Hanlin Academy's Library Pavilion alone.

The rest are mostly as Jia Cong guessed.Those who waited for Lin Hai in Zangshu Pavilion were not his old friend at all, but two green forest masters invited by Liu Tong.Lin Hai didn't see the old man when he arrived at Zangshu Pavilion, so he thought he hadn't arrived yet, so he took a book and read it first.Immediately, he was stunned by a green forest thief with a knife in his hand and hid on the beam.Later, throughout the whole day, several Hanlin adults came in successively from Zangshu Pavilion, none of them looked up, they were all safe and sound.After nightfall, the green forest bandit took him away on his back and stuffed him in the carriage.Not long after they left Beijing, they disguised themselves as timber dealers and put Lin Hai under house arrest in a small farmyard. They treated the old man very attentively.Ten days later, he went on the road again, and Jia Cong and Jarvis stopped him in Cangzhou.The two groups fought for half a day, from the inn to the street.Liu Tong's people were not opponents, because a shameless person took Lin Hai as a hostage, and the two groups moved out of the city.In the end, it was Jia Cong who negotiated with them and agreed to let them go and leave Lin Hai behind to rescue them.

The three masters and apprentices returned to Cangzhou City to rest for two days.Lin Hai was upset and didn't want to go back to Beijing, the brothers asked him where he wanted to go, and Lin Haidao wanted to go back to Suzhou to have a look.Therefore, they will not return to Beijing for the time being, and will accompany the old man to Suzhou for a stroll.

Everyone in the capital felt relieved, Yang Song got the letter and immediately ordered his horses to get ready, he was going to Suzhou.

Jia Huan said: "If Brother Yao'er and Cong'er went to Suzhou, they must have left very quickly. Now that they want to accompany Uncle Lin, they must be strolling slowly. If Brother Yang passes quickly, it is uncertain how long they will wait in Suzhou. Anyway, they are not thieves, and they will not hide their whereabouts, Brother Yang, why not go to Cangzhou first, ask people which way they are going, and it will be cheaper to follow them."

Yang Song was right when he thought about it, so he rushed to Cangzhou on a starry night flying horse with a burden on his back.

Cangzhou is not far from the capital.Regarding the matter of Jia Cong and the others waiting for the rabbit, Situ Pan had already received a letter from his subordinates, and said with a smile that these two boys were not stupid.Later, they also had detailed reports on the street fights, but Lin Hai was worried that he was going to Suzhou!I thought that everything in the court had a way out, and the imperial examination was postponed to next year, so I planned to ask him to write a question.Things have come to this point and there is nothing to do, I just hope that he will come back after a short stroll in Suzhou, even if he wants to come to King Wu, he will not like it.I don't know if I can catch up with Chunwei.

A few days later, a spies sent a letter. Jia Cong Jarvis followed Lin Hai to Suzhou, and Yang Song was also on the list of entering the city. The group had already moved into the old house of the Lin family.Not long after, Jia Huan received a letter stating that they would not return to Beijing, and were going straight to Taiwan to visit Lin Daiyu, Lin Hai ordered him to go to Lin's residence to get some things.Jia Huan then blatantly transported Lin Hai's already packed luggage from Lin's mansion, and asked Jia's horse to send it away.

Taiwan is already far away, and there is Lin Hai's only daughter, where will she come back in a year and a half?Needless to say, Chunwei is hopeless.Most of Situ Pan's displeasure was thrown on Liu Tong's head, and the other half was thrown on Chen Wang.If he hadn't wanted to marry Lin Hai's daughter forcibly that day, why would that girl hide in the remotest corners of the world!When she is in Beijing, she can choose one of her children and grandchildren to marry Lin Hai, and everything will be fine.Thinking about it again, at least Taiwan is the home of the Jia family, so it's better than letting someone else take it away, and I feel a little better.

After hearing about it, Sangu Qin came over to him and said with a smile: "My lord, don't be bored, Mr. Lin's trip may not be a bad thing."

Situ Pan said, "What's your opinion, Sangu?"

Qin Sangu said: "Master Lin's daughter is not young. Counting it, she must be seventeen."

Situ Pan was startled: "Lin Hai wants to marry a daughter?"

Qin Sangu nodded and said: "I'm afraid I went to discuss with Jia She. Although I don't know who will be chosen, it will not be Chen Wang anyway. Lin Hai can also choose a son-in-law as he likes."

Situ Pan pondered for a long time and asked, "What kind of son-in-law do you think he will choose?"

Qin Sangu said: "It must not be the son of the Tian family. Taiwan and even Lingnan are wild lands. Even if there are talents, most of them are military generals. It is difficult for Mr. Lin, a great scholar, to choose a son-in-law. Let's see if there are any good people in Chunwei next year. If it is Master Lin, he will bring his daughter back to Beijing."

Situ Pan was overjoyed: "All the top figures in Chunwei stay in Beijing and let him choose!" He was relieved.

Of course, the person who wrote the letter to Lin Hai was not an old friend from Suzhou, but Ge Qiao, the leader of the green forest bandit in Panlong Mountain.Lin Hai had taught Ge Qiao for a while, recognized his handwriting, and thought he was a young escort from the Taiping Escort.After he saw the letter, he was quite surprised how Ge Qiao was connected with the Imperial Academy.Because he firmly believed that this son was honest and studious, when he had something to hide, the Hanlin Academy was safe in Lin Hai's heart, so he passed by alone as promised, not wanting to be plotted against by others.

Su Zheng also recognized Ge Qiao's handwriting, but when Jia Cong put the letter in his bosom and took it out, he had replaced it with someone else's.

After singing a life-saving play in Cangzhou, Jia Cong urged old man Lin to take them to Suzhou for a meeting, saying that the middle of Beijing was boring, and the world's major events had already begun, so it's better to take a walk around to relax.At that time, Lin Hai didn't understand how Ge Qiao's letter fell into the hands of the kidnappers. Jia Cong said that Ge Qiao had gone out to the Northwest bodyguards, and coaxed him that it was probably a copy.Lin Hai is skeptical.

Two days after leaving Cangzhou, this group of people stayed in a small town and ate a famous local dish for dinner and it tasted good.Seeing that Lin Hai was in a good mood, Jia Cong approached him with a smile and told the truth: "Uncle, we are the ones who kidnapped you."

Lin Hai looked at him and said lightly: "I have been suspicious for a long time. With your temperament, how can you let those people go for nothing?"

Jia Cong made a grimace and said, "You have to hide it from your own people before you can hide it from others. I'm afraid that you, an old man, will reveal your secrets. When you return to Cangzhou City, King Yan's spies will find out your flaws, so I will tell you now."

Lin Hai was startled.

Jia Cong said: "The king of Yan really thinks highly of you, old man. There are seven or eight spies outside the main gate of the Lin residence, not counting the ones at the corner gate at the back gate. Among them, at least four are highly skilled."

Lin Hai frowned and said, "What does he want to do?"

Jia Cong said: "It's just that the other princes can't let you go away, that's all, that King Chen has a posture of not giving up until he reaches his goal... Don't even think about it, how can King Yan let you go with him! Chen Guo is right under the eyes of Yan Guo How about the bottom? It’s too small, not enough for Situ Panyi to play with his fingernails. If you don’t do this, you will never leave the capital alive! This time when you return to Beijing, Sister Lin repeatedly told me to take you back.”

Lin Hai thought about it again, and asked, "Will Situ Pan suspect you?"

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "What does he suspect me of? I'm not a prince."

Lin Hai let out a long sigh.

"That... Brother Yang Song was also lured away by our design."

"Humph!"

Although he was not very satisfied, Jia Cong Jarvis tried his best to apologize to him, and there was nothing they could do about it.Even though they raised their eyebrows all the way and did not show good face, the two of them would not fight back if they were beaten or scolded.Lin Hai also really missed Suzhou a little bit, and was bored in Beijing and wanted to go out for a walk, so he agreed.