The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that one day Jia Huan was bored and was boxing in the inn, when someone from the horse trade came to report: "There are new rumors outside that the king of Lu has taken a fancy to a foreigner named Zhao and wants to promise Princess Jian'an to him. Woolen cloth."

Jia Huan immediately frowned: "What kind of drama is they singing in their house?" Then he ordered people to buy some snacks and wait for Fan Cheng in peace.

Sure enough, Fan Cheng came in less than half an hour, still full of hesitation.Jia Huan smirked and said, "Why did King Lu make things difficult for Mr. Fan again? Can you find out about that?"

Fan Cheng hesitated again, while Jia Huan waited beside him with a half-smile, drinking tea and snacks.In the end, Fan Cheng bit the bullet and said: "Now there are some rumors outside, I wonder if Mr. Zhao has heard of it."

"I heard about it." Jia Huan said, "It is said that King Lu is fond of me and wants to promise Princess Jian'an to me. I just don't know that his little child may not be able to say what he said."

Fan Cheng was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to say: "These words are... a few young people..."

Jia Huan tilted his head and looked at him: "Mr. Fan really can't lie. You just say it's Master Zeng's idea, King Lu's idea, or someone else's idea."

Fan Cheng said: "This is..." Nai sighed, "Someone made a fuss over a small matter in Zeng's house."

Jia Huan said "Oh": "The Zeng family has a wife, grandma, and lady who dislikes Princess Jian'an, and wants to ruin her reputation and let her marry a foreigner?"

Fan Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Co-author guessed it a long time ago."

Jia Huan was disappointed and said: "It really is like this... I was so happy. In this way, King Lu has no such intention at all?"

It was obvious that he was really interested in the princess, and Fan Cheng suddenly felt a headache.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "To be honest, I recommended to the prince the day before yesterday that he would make a mistake. Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zeng, and the concubine are all here. It's just that the prince was not very happy at that time. I came to find Mr. Ben yesterday. I want to mention this matter, but I don’t want to say something to Mr. Wang, so it’s inconvenient for me to speak.”

Jia Huan repented and said, "If I had known earlier, I would talk about it in a few days. Is that only King Xiaolu who is unwilling?"

Fan Cheng said: "Now the prince is willing, Master Zeng is not willing again."

Jia Huan frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Fan Cheng hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything, Jia Huan asked again, "Master Zeng refused or Mr. Zeng Ting refused?"

Fan Cheng hesitated and said, "Nothing."

"Since I agreed first, but now I don't, it's not because I look down on me." Jia Huan thought, "Since you can't say it, a gentleman, the reason must be unfair." The day before yesterday I agreed, but today I shouldn't.From the day before yesterday to today, the accident happened yesterday.Yesterday Jia Huan pretended to be drunk to show off his ideas, and pointed out that Princess Jian'an was smart in handling things.Either the Zeng family had taken a fancy to him, or the housewives realized that they needed a good daughter-in-law after the accident. "Does the Zeng family want to marry their daughter to me, or is their son interested in Princess Jian'an?"

Fan Cheng was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to say embarrassingly, "...all of them."

Jia Huan jumped at the table: "What?!"

Fan Cheng bit his head and said: "Master Zeng said that he intends to promise the third girl in their mansion to Mr. Zhao. When I came just now, the prince told me in a low voice that Mr. Zeng intends to let Fourth Master Zeng become the princess." See Jia Ring's brows were almost knotted, and she hurriedly said, "Sir, there is no rush."

"It's no wonder if you don't rush!" Today's rumors need not be said to have been made by Jian'an himself, and what Lu Wangte told old Fan Zengsi must have been ordered by her.If it wasn't an emergency, why would she make such a bad move. "It seems that King Lu doesn't count at all, the Zeng family is the master of this Luzhou."

Fan Cheng's complexion changed: "It's not enough yet, Mr. Zeng respects the prince very much."

Jia Huan said: "Naturally, there is no Luzhou without King Lu. He is a signboard. It's just that the minister oppresses the king." After thinking for a moment, he said, "Mr. Fan, I would like to trouble you for two favors. Go back and tell Mr. Zeng , Said that I was ecstatic when I heard the rumors on the street, and when I heard that it was going to be the daughter of the Zeng family, I turned my face and wanted to leave on the spot."

Fan Cheng froze: "This..."

Jia Huan said: "It's true, it's just that I didn't turn my back on me. If you have to turn your back on Mr. Fan to say it, let's turn your back on it once."

Fan Cheng hurriedly said: "No need! I understand what Mr. Zhao means. Is there one more thing?"

Jia Huan thought for a while before saying, "Ming'er quietly tried to bring King Xiaolu to meet me."

Fan Cheng is overjoyed!It was a great thing that he was willing to see King Lu, so he hurriedly said, "This is easy!"

Jia Huan made a bow: "Thank you, Mr. Fan."

Fan Cheng joyfully went out and pulled his horse to the Prince Lu's mansion. When he was happy, he forgot the words "quietly managed" and told King Lu and Zeng Wei both things.

Zeng Ting immediately frowned and said, "He doesn't think so much of my daughter?"

Fan Cheng smoothed things over and said: "After all, Mr. Zhao listened to the gossip on the street first, thinking that he could honor the princess, what an honor! Suddenly he was replaced by another woman, and it was just because we looked down on him. If we told him from the beginning Miss, he must be very happy too."

Zeng Ting made sense after thinking about it, and said with a snort, "That foolish woman did another good thing!"

Lu Wang pouted and said helplessly: "You all said that he is a great talent, and his age is about the same as my sister. If you say so, let my sister marry him."

Zeng Ting also felt worried: "This matter really doesn't end well."

Because I was really optimistic about this man's talent, I had to look for Mr. Zeng again.Hearing this, the old man sneered and said: "I have given nine inches to think ten inches, and I have gained an inch. I don't even look at who I am." Nai said, "It's not difficult. He just let the rumors on the street fool him for a while, and he only needs to point it out a little bit." , Let him understand that it is good to be up and down. You tell him that others are very willing, but the concubine thinks that the name Zhao San is not good. If he wants to be the princess, he must change his name to a decent one. Arrogant, I won’t agree. Think about it later, and you will be able to wake up in three days or half a day.”

Zeng Ting said: "Will Mr. Zhao feel humiliated?"

Old Master Zeng said: "The concubine is a woman, with long hair and short knowledge, so he can't argue with women. Just ask Fan Cheng to make amends to him. Although he hasn't known him for long, he already trusts Fan Cheng. So how many days ago? A bit of a hidden talent, but later no longer hide it. Although it is because of drunkenness, who of these people walking outside will get drunk in front of outsiders at will?"

Zeng Ting said: "Will you abandon our prince because of this?"

Old Mrs. Zeng said: "He is courageous, resourceful, stable and active. How can such a good master be thrown away because of a woman in the backyard? Besides, since he is of low birth, other families may not be willing to reuse him." go.

So he told Fan Cheng the words, Fan Cheng thought it was really the concubine who refused, and said anxiously: "Master Zeng, it's too offensive!"

Zeng Ting smiled and said: "Just talk about it. How can you really ask him to change his name? It's just a test to see how he will respond."

Fan Cheng's remonstrance was inappropriate, but Zeng Ting insisted on letting him go.Fan Cheng then begged King Lu.King Lu didn't know what to do.Although his sister said that he was interested in this Zhao San, King Lu still didn't like him in his heart.After worrying for a while, I just said that I was in a bad mood and went for a walk in the yard, and I would talk about it later; in fact, I ran inside and told Princess Jian'an.

Princess Jian'an made a dangerous move, and it was inconvenient for King Lu to come and inform her all the time outside, so he was so anxious that he didn't close his eyes all night.Hearing what King Lu said, knowing that "Mr. Zhao San" outside had a consonance, he immediately threw all the anxiety of the night out of the sky.Hearing him say "change the name" again, I couldn't help laughing.Then I couldn't bear it anymore, and actually lay down on the imperial concubine's couch and laughed for a long time.Nai wiped away his tears and said to King Lu: "Let Fan Cheng go! Just follow what uncle said." Before he finished speaking, he laughed again.

Lu Wang was inexplicable, but he could see that his sister was originally restless, but now she has calmed down.Nai curled her lips and said, "What's wrong with that person." He left unhappy.

King Lu went back to the front and said to Fan Cheng: "Anyway, he wants to see me, and choosing a day is worse than bumping into the sun. Let's go today."

Zeng Wei knew that Zhao Sanan was young and knowledgeable.Although King Lu agreed at this moment, he was obviously not happy in his heart.In case he is persuaded, I am afraid that this matter will be finalized, so he stopped me with a smile: "I have already made an appointment for 'Ming'er', why go early? I will lose my identity. This matter is just a test, look at him How to deal with it. The country of Lu is very small, and there will be plenty of such things in the future." King Lu had no choice but to order Fan Cheng to go back quickly.

Fan Cheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back to Jia Huan's inn.

When Jia Huan heard him close his eyes and blushed, he abruptly finished what he meant by the concubine, and laughed: "So it's this condition? Is there anything else besides this?"

Fan Cheng said, "It's gone."

"Except for the concubine, everyone else agreed? Master Zeng also agreed?"

Fan Cheng said: "All are accepted, only the concubine is a woman in the inner court, pay attention to these unimportant things. Mr. Zhao, my master is rude, and Wansheng will accompany his mother to accompany him."

Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to accompany me for Mr. Zeng, do you?" Fan Cheng was startled.He went on to say, "The concubine didn't know my name until these two days. If she cared about this, she wouldn't have agreed last time. It's nothing more than Master Zeng wanting to annoy me and blame my husband... to blame the concubine. That's all. You tell them it's very easy to change your name. There won't be any new excuses?"

Fan Cheng was stunned again: "Easy? Aren't you annoyed, sir?"

Jia Huan said: "I know that people deliberately annoy me, but I still get annoyed. Am I stupid? Besides, how cheap is it to get a good daughter-in-law with a name? How stupid am I not to agree?"

Seeing that he spoke generously, Fan Cheng said with emotion: "Mr. Zhao's temperament is really rare."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "What's the use of being arrogant? Even if you want to use it, you shouldn't use it to your mother-in-law, right?"

Fan Cheng couldn't help feeling a little moved: "Don't worry, sir, I'll go back to the lord right now. I think Mr. Zeng has no words." Immediately stood up and said goodbye.

Sure enough, when he said that Mr. Zhao San was willing to change his name, Zeng Ting was dumbfounded, "This, this, this" for a long time before saying, "How could he be willing?"

Fan Cheng knew that Mr. Zhao had guessed right again. This matter was indeed the idea of ​​the Zeng family, and he sincerely wanted to annoy him.He couldn't help saying: "Master Zeng, Luzhou is under the rule of King Lu after all, how can your lord step over the throne and take over?"

Zeng Teng stumbled and said: "You don't understand the affairs of our family! The prince is not willing, how can Princess Kuangtang be willing to promise to a person of unknown origin?"

Fan Cheng said: "Since that's the case, why is Mr. Zeng willing to betroth his daughter to this unknown person?"

Zeng Ting choked.Nai sighed, turned around and went out to look for Master Zeng.

The king of Lu knew that the matter was probably settled, and he was anxious: his sister was going to marry someone, and he had never even seen that person.Immediately ordered Fan Cheng: "Take me to see that Zhao San!" Fan Cheng wished that the prince would meet Mr. Zhao earlier, so he immediately accepted the order.

Not long after, the two of them arrived at the inn where Jia Huan was staying. The people under Jia Huan laughed when they saw Fan Cheng: "Mr. Fan really brought a child back."

Fan Cheng said: "Your third master guessed it?" It was quite a bit honorable.

The boy said: "Just now Mr. Fan just left the front foot, our third master immediately sent someone to go outside to buy sugar-steamed shortbread, walnut cake and water chestnut cake. He also said that Mr. Fan will bring an eight or nine in a short time." When the young master came over, he asked Mr. Fan to condescend to wait in the courtyard for a while, and asked the young master to go into the room alone, and he waited inside."

King Lu felt a little weird when he heard that the three snacks were all his favorites.Hearing that he was asked to go in alone, he became even more curious.Fan Fan Cheng thought that he had something to say about Longzhong policy, so he happily adjusted the clothes of King Lu, and personally sent him to the door.King Lu pushed the door open and went in, only to hear a sound of "Shhh" from inside, and the door was closed.But after a while, bursts of laughter came from the room, it was the voice of King Lu.Although Fan Cheng was puzzled, since his lord was smiling, he was not worried.

In the room, King Lu collapsed on the Jiahuan Kang, laughing until his intestines were knotted. He took a long time to rest, and laughed again after a while.Jia Huan simply waited for him to laugh slowly, and the King of Lu finally laughed enough to point to the dim sum plate on the small table on the top of the kang and said, "Here, you can't buy pine and goose oil rolls outside."

King Lu was very comfortable in front of him, he simply crawled over and picked up a piece of walnut cake and put it in his mouth, he couldn't help laughing again.Jia Huan hurriedly said, "Don't laugh while eating, it's easy to choke."

King Lu swallowed the walnut cake in his mouth with difficulty holding back a smile, and laughed for a long time before saying: "Mr. Don't you know it's you?"

"Obviously I know." Jia Huan said, "Although I don't know how she guessed it. Everyone in the capital knows that I like dim sum, and I'm afraid no one will tell you about it. In the early years, your uncle's family opened a very A good dim sum shop, I love the dim sum there the most. The few items your sister sent that night were the ones I bought the most from that shop. I opened the dim sum box and I knew she had guessed it. Hey, little prince, how did she guess it?"

"How would I know." Lu Wang pouted, "My sister didn't tell me." He stuffed half a piece of walnut cake into his mouth, turned his head to look at Jia Huan, his eyes were shining, "I knew that Mr. Huan must like it." Sister's!"

"Of course!" Jia Huan gave him a sidelong glance, "Otherwise, if I spend so much effort trying to please her brother, you'll treat me as idle."

"Huh?" King Lu raised his small face, "Is it because of my sister that you were so kind to me in Beijing?"

Jia Huan tapped his little head: "It's not for her, it can't be for you, right? Didn't you see how far away I was from your second brother?"

Lu Wang was immediately disappointed: "So you have this idea...what shall I say?"

Jia Huan chuckled: "Okay, okay. What's going on these few days? Your house is in a mess."

Because the king of Lu understood the situation of his grandfather's family, he was very aggrieved these few days.Seeing Jia Huan for the first time, it was as if he had taken a reassurance, so while eating snacks, he described in detail the messy things in their house in the past few days.At the end, he looked sideways at Jia Huan and said, "Everyone says that my second cousin is very good-looking, even more beautiful than my elder sister."

"What do you think?"

King Lu puffed his cheeks and said, "My sister is beautiful!"

Jia Huan stretched out his thumb, "You're right! My brother-in-law really has taste." He gave Lu Wang a blank stare.Jia Huan sighed softly, and stroked his head, "I thought that when I came to Luzhou, I just had to find a chance to propose a marriage, but now it's a lot of trouble."

"Huh?" King Lu turned his head with a snack in his mouth, "Didn't Grandfather agree? Mr. Zhao San haha..."

Jia Huan shook his head and muttered, "It's no wonder that the emperors always let the civil and military classes restrain each other. King Xiaolu, you can't do without soldiers."