The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Cong coaxed Mr. Wei for a meal, and returned home drunk. When the matter was almost over, he wrote a letter to Jia Xu to let the pigeons fly away.Two days later, Mr. Wei came to visit.

At that time, the juniors were all in Lin Hai's study, coaxing the old man to be happy like stars holding the moon.Lin Hai never took a close look at Wang Wu in Shuizhai that day. Mr. Wei looked like a literati a few days ago, and the old man didn't recognize him.Hearing that he came looking for Jia Cong, he frowned and said, "After all, he is the confidant of King Wu, so don't get too close to him."

Jia Cong said: "Uncle, don't worry, we are not familiar with each other. These two exchanges have nothing to do with King Wu." So he ordered Mr. Wei to meet him in his room.

Not long after, Mr. Wei came over, holding a wooden box in his hand, Jia Cong smiled and said, "Is it a gift for me?"

Mr. Wei put the box on the desk and bowed to him: "I want to trouble the third master with something."

"what?"

He pointed to the box and said, "Third Master, please send this box back to Beijing and give it to Wei Ruolan."

Jia Cong blinked: "What is this? Could it be his mother's crime?"

Mr. Wei shook his head and said, "It was just given to me by my grandfather back then, and now it is returned to the Wei family in Beijing."

Jia Cong stared at him for a while, and said, "Since Mr. Wei gave it to you, you should keep it in mind."

Mr. Wei said: "No need, it belongs to their family." Nai bowed to the ground again, turned and left.

Jia Cong shouted from behind: "Hey, why don't you be so free and easy!" He ignored it.

Seeing that there was no shadow of the person, Jia Cong sighed lightly, picked up the box and weighed it, it was not very heavy.Trying to open it casually - it just opened like that!Inside are books.Jia Cong hurriedly took it out and took a look. There were six volumes in total, all of which were military books. From arranging troops to setting up camps and even escorting food and grass, they were full of wisdom.It seems that Mr. Wei really can trust him.It's just... haven't you heard of geese plucking?

Coincidentally, he got up and clicked on the door, and he said: "This work cannot be done by outsiders, so please make a copy."

Qi Dian was taken aback: "This should be the art of war passed down by the Wei family."

Jia Cong said: "Perhaps Old General Wei knew about Changsun Conghui. He was afraid that he would resent the Wei family or become depressed because of his mother's abandonment, so he passed on the ancestral military book to him, and he probably said something to encourage him to revitalize the Wei family in the future. , Coaxed the innocent child Wei Ruoheng for half his life. Do you think King Wu knows his true identity?"

He raised his head and said, "King Wu didn't even want to tell you his name, he only mentioned Mr. Wei, obviously he knew it. Why did he give you this?"

"Let me give it back to Wei Ruolan." Jia Cong said, "Yixin has severed his friendship with the Wei family in the capital."

Qi Dian hesitated and said: "He believed you. Is it appropriate to copy it privately?"

Jia Cong said: "It's not appropriate, it's very shameless. But we need it. We haven't fought a real tough battle until now, but it's just because of Sister Lin's talent and some coincidences."

At the beginning of the day, he hesitated for a while, and asked: "After copying, who are you going to give it to?"

"Jarvis."

Qi Dian sighed: "Forget it."

From this day on, Qi Dian dropped all the sundries and concentrated on copying the six volumes of military books.She copied very quickly, one copy a day, and finished the work in six days.Jia Cong picked it up with a smile and blinked his eyes: "Is there any typos?" He got a big white eye.

Jia Cong then put the original book back into the box and put a seal on it, and ordered someone to send it to Jia's horse shop in Suzhou, and asked them to carefully send someone to the capital to deliver it to Wei Ruolan; he took the manuscript and gave it to Jarvis, saying: " I finally got it. Brother Yao’er kept it for himself, and looked at it with Sister Lin. After returning to Taiwan, we will print thirty or forty copies for internal use.”

Jarvis just asked him where he got it, and said, "At the moment, it's better to let the military division look at it first."

Jia Cong said: "You two should read it first. Sister Lin is very talented and has a good memory. You can show her first." He clapped his hands and left.Jarvis went to look for Lin Daiyu with the military book in his hand.Leading the army is addictive, let alone Daiyu, who is so talented; so I was overjoyed to see it, and immediately started to study it.

As the weather was getting colder and there were nearly a thousand troops stationed outside the city, Jia Cong then discussed with Lin Hai to set off.The old man thought about it, and now he really had to go to the south for the time being, so he agreed.

Chen Ruiwen was still in Suzhou, seeing that Lin Hai couldn't be persuaded, and they were leaving in two days, so he quietly found something to talk about.He winked and said: "I already know what my sister is thinking. Since that's the case, I thought, how about not mentioning your identity?" language.Chen Ruiwen smiled even more, and said, "It's just that you have been in the palace for many years, and I can't find you at home. I really miss you. Now that you are going south with Mr. Lin, please remember to ask someone to send a letter to tell you about the situation of the people there. .Didn’t the Jia’s run a horse shop to deliver letters? It’s very fast.” Qi Dian nodded while biting his lip and pinching his handkerchief.Chen Ruiwenxi said that there was nothing wrong with it, and he said good things for a long time before going.

Talking about listening to Jia Cong later, the corners of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "You still say he is smart? Why should I give you some silver taels!"

Qi Dian sighed: "He is really smart, what do I do? As the third master said, people have blind spots. The one surnamed Chen is Chen Ruiwen's blind spot." Jia Cong shrugged noncommittally.

Two days later, Lin Hai and his party set off for the south.Chen Ruiwen sent out the Shili Pavilion outside the city gate of Suzhou, and on the way, he took the opportunity to give Qi a roll of banknotes!There are a full 5000 taels.

Jia Cong quietly pulled it up and clicked: "Isn't the Chen family already poor? Give so much money?"

Qi Dian glanced at him and said, "Do you still need to ask? It must be given by King Wu."

"Oh, don't want it for nothing."

So they got on their horses one after another and went to join Cheng Chi in the camp. Cheng Chi had already led his brothers out of the camp and set up the camp.Lin Haiyin asked: "There are quite a few of you, won't the surrounding villagers ask about it?"

Cheng Chi said: "We only say that it is the army of King Wu, no one dares to suspect it." Lin Hai smiled and pointed at him.

Jia Cong took a look at the map and said, "Uncle, the road is smooth anyway, I want to go to Nanchang Mansion."

"Ok?"

Jia Cong blinked: "Jiangxi Commander Xie Jing is also close to me, I want to visit him."

Xie Jing is Xie Guiren's elder brother. Lin Hai suddenly thought of the Seventh Prince, thinking that they were going to talk about the Seventh Prince, so he stroked his beard and said, "You see."

Yang Song heard about it, and quietly said "thank you" to Jia Cong, Jia Cong was taken aback, "Why are you thanking me?" Yang Song left with a smile on his face.Jia Cong didn't realize until he was gone that Yang Song was originally from Nanchang Prefecture, or from a family of green forests, known as the Yang family in Yuzhang.

Then everyone went all the way to Jiangxi.Since entering Jiangxi, they have played the banner of Wang Ziteng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, saying that Mr. Wang went to Beijing to pick up his family.Entering Nanchang City that day, seeing the bustling market and the dense population, Lin Hai praised a few words, and then said: "I won't go to see Zongbing Xie, and find an inn to rest." Jia Cong said "Oh", After everyone picked out the inn and settled down, he led a few people away.

Someone had already reported to Xie Jing that thousands of soldiers had come and set up camp outside the city. Only a dozen or so people had entered the city, and they sat in the mansion and waited for the news.Not long after, someone came in with a post, and it was Jia Cong from the Rongguo Mansion!Busy and joyful, he greeted him out of the gate, and said with a smile: "Strangely, last night the lanterns exploded and exploded again, so the omen is here with my virtuous brother!"

Hearing him yelling so intimately, Jia Cong wanted to shake his hand three times and shout out for bosom friend - finally there is someone as shameless as the master!He was not like this in Beijing before... He also said in his mouth: "I haven't seen Brother Xie for a long time. I passed by Nanchang today, so I wanted to come and have a look." The two exchanged a few words, Xie Jing took Jia Cong's hand all the way Go in and order the servants to set up a banquet.

First, I went to the foreign study room. When I talked about the changes in Beijing and China and the whole country in these years, I was full of emotions.He also asked people outside the city whether the horses belonged to him.Jia Cong said: "I have to go back to Taiwan because of an incident in Beijing. I was kidnapped by water bandits when I was visiting Suzhou a few days ago. I was a little timid and didn't dare to go on the road rashly. I borrowed 1000 yuan from Uncle Teng, the prince of Lingnan. People and horses." Xie Jing was shocked.He nonsense lightly, and Xie Jing clapped his hands and praised him for his good luck.

He said again: "Because the officers and soldiers are here this time, first say hello to brother Xie, how about I let them camp outside the city and come in for a stroll?" Xie Jing naturally agreed.Jia Cong immediately sent someone back to the camp, and asked the brothers to keep some guards, and the rest could go to the city for a meeting.

Nai asked how the aspiring third master of the Xie family was doing. Xie Jing sighed: "Since that time, I have been so scared that I dare not go out. Now I am still raising it at home. It's good, I won't cause trouble." He also said, "My dear brother, after many years, can you tell Brother Yu the truth. When I was in a hurry and went to the doctor to seek help from my dear brother, only my dear brother knew about the blue and white dinosaur. Immediately after my brother came home, Zhou The nobleman’s father, Master Zhou Yan, died in the wild, and later the sage ordered Jingdezhen to burn a lot of blue and white dinosaur porcelain imitating the Ming Dynasty. Brother Yu would not believe it if he said that there is no contribution from a virtuous brother.”

Jia Cong thought for a while, and said: "The situation has changed in time, and those things don't matter. In fact, I don't know much, I only know that Zhou Yan, as the emperor's confidant, used the public weapon for private use. Ninety percent of my younger brother was taken away by the court. , I don’t know why, but it’s related to Zhou Yan anyway. The blue-and-white dinosaur blueprint was indeed given by me, and I don’t know how the sage and the virtuous king will handle it later.”

Xie Jing nodded and said: "It really is you." Then he bowed to the ground again, "Thank you my brother."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Didn't you thank me for the Seventh Prince's birth? By the way, the child hasn't been found yet?"

Xie Jing rolled his eyes and said, "Your brother is not an outsider, and I will not hide it. My nephew..."

Jia Cong hurriedly "hush": "Don't tell me! Anyway, the child is fine."

Xie Jing smiled and said: "You are impatient, I just want to say that I found a very suitable and trustworthy family to give birth to, and now I am good-natured, good at studying and good at everything."

Jia Cong nodded, and sighed again: "It's not easy for a little child to encounter such a thing when he was born in the emperor's house." Nai looked at Xie Jing, "By the way, why don't you have a place like this?" To which prince? It’s not small, it’s rich in wealth, heavenly treasures, outstanding people.”

Xie Jing said: "I don't know, I'm also wondering. Could it be because I was waiting for my nephew to find some for him? Or is it because Jingdezhen wants to offer useful things?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "That's weird! After transferring you to the barren land, it's not bad to leave that space for him. Have you ever seen a wolf cub leave a fat piece for a wolf cub who didn't come? The meaty wolf is not his father."

Xie Jing smiled wryly and said: "I really have nothing good here. The mess left by Xu Hong in the early years is too bad, and his descendants and subordinates lead the army to be bandits everywhere. I have no reputation as the chief soldier, and the magistrate is getting more and more incompetent. .”

Jia Cong asked: "Speaking of which, I'm quite curious. Since Jiangxi has not been distributed to the princes and kings, will you still pay taxes to Beijing?"

Xie Jing said: "Of course it is given, the salaries of me and my colleagues are also paid by Beijing."

"Oh." Jia Cong said, "At least I left some pocket money for the little sage. So you left it for the little sage." Nai laughed again, "I remembered one more thing, do you have one in Jiangxi? Jinggangshan?"

"Yes." Xie Jing said, "Ji'an is near."

"I heard that the scenery there is beautiful, and I want to go and see it."

Xie Jing was stunned: "Jinggangshan? You must never go there! There are gangsters entrenched there. I have been besieging and suppressing it several times over the years, but I can't do it."

Jia Cong laughed out loud, "You encircled and suppressed Jinggangshan? How many times?"

"Four times."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "That place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, brother Xie should not encircle and suppress, I am afraid that he will be rebelled by others for the fifth time."

Xie Jingqi asked: "How do you know?"

Jia Cong winked, "I just know it." Then he asked, "Since it's so powerful, it must be someone Xu Hong left behind?"

Xie Jing sighed: "Yes, it is the most difficult bone to crack. The leader was originally Xu Hong's confidant Wan Zhang who assisted his youngest son Xu Kang. Xu Kang died of illness the year before last, and all the troops belonged to Wan Zhang himself. Not only Jinggangshan , that area is their territory, and we can't even collect ordinary taxes."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes.Eighty-nine out of ten Wanzhang is a member of Situ Pan, and Xu Kang is probably a cover.Because all the people under Xu Hong were loyal, it was impossible not to support someone surnamed Xu at first.When Wan Zhang gradually subdues those people, Xu Kang will be useless.He said that he was going to Jinggang Mountain because that mountain had some unusual significance in his previous life, and he didn't want to hear about it.Nai thought for a while and said, "I still want to go and have a look. I am not weak, and this time I brought a lot of Uncle Wang's men and horses with me."

Xie Jing waved his hand and said: "Listen to me, brother. If you want to play, why don't you go to Kuanglu? That Wan Zhang is really capable, and they have a lot of soldiers and horses. Don't be afraid of your jokes, Brother Yu has been in their hands all these years Suffer."

Jia Cong blinked: "Brother Xie, don't worry, I was planning to come out to walk in the green forest after the Chinese New Year."

Xie Jing tried to persuade him again and again, but he didn't listen, and felt a little strange: "Jinggang Mountain is just an ordinary mountain, why do you have to go?"

Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "Because there are... footprints of great men on that mountain, I want to pay my respects." Although he was not born yet.

Xie Jing wondered: "What great man, I have been an official in Jiangxi for many years, but I have never heard of it?"

After lunch, he came out and returned to the inn. Seeing that Yang Song hadn't gone home yet, he hurriedly asked if there was something wrong.Yang Song said: "Let's wait for the third master to come back and see if there is any order."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Brother Yang hasn't been home for so many years, is there someone else here if something happens? Go back and have a look."

Yang Song sighed: "There is no one at home, it's just two old servants guarding the house. Yang Heng doesn't know where he has gone. In the past two or three months, there must have been a letter. There is no news." Jia Cong suddenly remembered that when they abducted Yang Heng back then, because they were afraid that Yang Song would reveal something in front of Lin Hai, they kept hiding it from him.I didn't know what to say so as not to be beaten.He was tossing his mind to think of an idea when Yang Song scolded again, "I wanted to keep An'er in the capital, and I could get Mrs. Lin to teach me a little bit in my spare time, but he took him away too! When he comes back from the sea this time, he will definitely not let him go again. Take An'er away and let him study for a few years."

Look at his black face, thinking that Yang An has become a little pirate, how dare Jia Cong tell the truth?He just said a few random words "An'er is a good boy" and so on, found an excuse and slipped away.He slipped too quickly, like a thief, Yang Song was somewhat suspicious.