The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Liu Tong led the troops back to Dongying, before leaving, he calculated many people, in fact Zhu Tong's ability is there, no one else can hold him back.So he wanted to entrust Zhu Tong with all the affairs of the state of Lu.Zhu Tong waved his hands again and again: "I can't do it. Wansheng is new here, and he can't take on such a heavy responsibility. It's better to ask the major general to take charge."

Liu Tong looked up at him and thought, "He's a bit younger."

Zhu Tong said: "Late birth is also young. After all, the major general is the eldest son of the general, and his name is justified."

Liu Tong thought about it for a long time: "It's fine, he doesn't care anyway." Then he really handed over the affairs of Lu to Liu Shu, told him what Zhu Tong said, and told him to listen to what Zhu Tong and Liu Qian said.

Liu Shu's favorite is the word "eldest son", and he was overjoyed: "Father, don't worry! I know that Mr. Zhu and Mr. Liu are both talented."

Liu Tong said again: "That Zhou Jiruo hasn't left yet, so hang out with him more often. This man is very knowledgeable, I'm afraid he has traveled many places since he was a child." Liu Shu nodded repeatedly.

Liu Shu later told his mother about this, and Mrs. Liu was overjoyed: "Mr. Zhu and Mr. Liu are all on your side. It's not like you don't have mature and prudent people in your hands, and both of them are young. Now that the two of them are in charge, your position is stable." Liu Shu chuckled.

Liu Tong bid farewell to his family and led the army and left.Liu Shu was in power for the first time, and he was so excited that he was running around.Zhou Ji looked funny, and quietly said to Zhu Tong: "The old cat is not at home, the mouse has come to the house." Zhu Tong rolled his eyes.

As the saying goes, there is always something to think about when there is nothing to do.Liu Shu, the person in charge, was just a listed person, and others would go to Zhu Tong for questions, even if they asked Liu Shu, he didn't quite understand.After wandering around for a few days with nothing to do, he remembered that his father asked him to communicate more with Zhou Ji, and that Zhou Ji was interesting, so he went to talk to him.Zhou Ji also likes to talk nonsense, and often runs his tongue around the earth, which makes Liu Shu dumbfounded.

Speaking of the countries in the south of the Yangtze River this day, Zhou Ji said: "In the entire south, the strongest one in the future, [-]% may be Lu State, and [-]% will be Wu State."

Liu Shu laughed and said, "That's all for Wu Guo. What's the matter with Lu Guo, where the king of Lu is young?"

Zhou Jidao: "From the current point of view, it is less than a hundred years for the princes to separate each other. There are great changes in a hundred years. What is the most important in a troubled world? Soldiers. How do you get soldiers? Money. Now it is the age of firearms, and it is useless to have people alone. If you have money, you can buy armor and firearms, train elite soldiers, and gradually annex land. The country of Wu is rich and the king of Wu is rich, so Wu can have a [-]% chance of being able to dominate the south of the Yangtze River in the future."

Liu Shu asked, "What about the country of Lu?"

Zhou Jidao: "Money can be earned by people. This person is not a 'population', but a talent. 20 years later, the country that lacks the most talent will be Lu. With talent, everything will be easy."

Liu Shu wondered, "Why don't they lack talents?"

Zhou Ji waved his fingers and said, "Because their talents are bigger than other countries." Then he talked about King Lu's universal compulsory education, and finally sighed, "As the saying goes, fierce tigers hide in the deep mountains, and unicorns lie in the wilderness. Ordinary people There are many bright children in the family, and they all try to pick them out and teach them well. How can these people not be grateful to the king of Lu when they grow up? Even the girls are not spared. School. If you look at the Ma family, you will know that women are also extremely intelligent. Although she does not abide by women's morals, the strategy she made for General Liu is really good. The strategy of Lu State is very far-sighted. Regardless of whether he is male or female, it is only for talents to use it. Yes. If a woman is talented and educated, she can become a monk. Wouldn’t it be nice to take the title of nun and Taoist and work for the lord? In the future, Lu Kingdom will have the most talented people in the world, and they will be the most loyal.”

Liu Shu thought about it, and couldn't help praising: "Who came up with this idea! It's hard to understand where he came up with it."

Zhou Jidao: "I heard that it is a gentleman surnamed Fan." After a pause, he said, "I want to go to Luzhou for inspection in a few days."

Liu Shu glanced at him: "Are you a Shangguan? Still investigating."

Zhou Ji stretched his waist and said, "What the hell. Anyway, I'll go and see how they did it and what it looks like."

Liu Shu glanced at him and asked, "When are you going?"

"Let's go after a few days of shopping. Ah Hei will probably go with me."

Liu Shu hurriedly said, "I'll go too."

Zhou Ji glanced at him and said, "You can go as well, don't bring too many people, not to mention the inconvenience on the road, and you will attract people's eyes when you arrive in Luzhou. You have to pretend to be an ordinary businessman. Otherwise, people in Luzhou will know You are Liu Tong's eldest son, so it's not sure what will happen."

Liu Shu snorted, "I know this, so I need you to say it!"

"And!" Zhou Ji pursed his lips, "Obviously I don't know! Why are you so stubborn." Liu Shu gave him a hammer.

Liu Shu heard that the wind was rain, so he went back immediately to tell his mother and packed his bags.Mrs. Liu ordered him to bring more people, and Liu Shu readily agreed.But after three days of work, a few people set off.

The flying horse galloped along the way, and when they entered Luzhou City that day, seeing the commotion on the street, they sent someone to ask what happened.Not long after, the boy came back and said: "Recently, there have been flower pickers in Luzhou, and they have killed girls from two families; when they got to the third house, they almost succeeded, the girl struggled out of the house and screamed, and the thief ran away. "

Zhou Jiqi said: "Aren't all the flower pickers very skilled? Why did he run away when the girl called out?"

Ah Hei said: "Flower picking thieves are also divided into three, six, and nine classes."

The maid of the Zhou family stood up and asked: "Do you know which family's girl has suffered?"

The boy who inquired said: "The first two are ordinary families, and the third one seems to be a daughter-in-law engaged to an important family in Luzhou, and they are retiring at this moment."

Zhou Ji asked casually, "Which family?"

"The young owner of the tea house, General Xiao Zhong."

Zhou Ji blurted out: "Impossible!"

Liu Shu said: "It's so tight, how can it be impossible? As the young owner of the tea house, even if the woman didn't suffer, she also survived at the hands of the flower pickers."

Zhou Jidao: "I know this Young Master Zhong's family is extremely loyal."

Liu Shu said inexplicably, "It's reputation, it has nothing to do with loyalty."

Zhou Jidao: "In this day and age, women are all weak. Looking at how a person treats the weak, one can infer whether this person values ​​affection or profit or righteousness, face or liking. Looking back, what kind of character is Xiao Zhong? Knowing that he is a man who values ​​righteousness and respects his face, we can deduce that he will not treat his fiancée badly. There is a misunderstanding here. Sister Qi Dian will go to their teahouse first, and we will go there when we find the inn." Qi Dian agreed With a sound, he patted his horse and left.Liu Shu looked sideways at Zhou Ji for a long time.

They found an inn and wrapped up a large yard, and Zhou Ji left Liu Shu alone.Liu Shu refused and wanted to follow to watch the excitement.How dare Zhou Ji and Ah Hei take him?He was thrown off with a trick.These two were naturally Jia Cong and Shi Li, and hurried to Yuezhi Tea House.

At this moment, Zhong Heng is still in the guard camp and Chen Ruijin and Zhong Wei have been talking for half a day.When Zhong Wei saw Jia Cong, he sighed, "What kind of fate is my Heng'er!"

It turned out that Zhong Wei's daughter-in-law was surnamed Tian for Zhong Heng. I was a painter, and the girls were excellent craftsmen. When they were eight or nine years old, they sold embroidery work to earn money for the family; good food.Zhong Wei was very satisfied, but Zhong Heng himself didn't take it very seriously, he practiced soldiers and horses every day, and taught Xiaolu King.It was originally planned to get married in autumn, but suddenly such a thing happened.

Tian Shi usually sleeps deeply, but on the day of her birth, she was restless and couldn't sleep well. She didn't want a flower picker to sneak into her room in the middle of the night.She struggled and escaped with all her strength, and now she shed tears every day, as if she had lost her soul.

As soon as this matter broke out, the door of Zhong's family was immediately stepped on by the matchmaker: they all thought that the Zhong family would definitely not want this relationship.Zhong Wei was very hesitant, but it was Zhong Heng who refused to withdraw the engagement; but the Tian family insisted on withdrawing, saying that the girl had no face to enter their house.

Jia Cong frowned when he heard this: "Uncle Zhong, my nephew said something presumptuous. This marriage is not allowed. The Tian family, I will go with Fourth Sister Chen to persuade you later. Your family is determined not to retreat."

Zhong Wei sighed: "I know that the Tian family suffered innocently, and I don't want to retire. Now their family is going to retire."

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "That's not acceptable. If you agree to withdraw from the marriage, even Zhong Heng and the girl will be ruined. The girl got a very good marriage, I'm afraid the wedding dress is ready now." If you divorce, you won't be able to marry a good family in the future, and your whole life will be over. Brother Zhong has experienced such hardships himself, and knows what it's like for someone to ruin his innocent reputation. If you don’t talk about it for a lifetime, if you don’t keep it together, you have to make a heart attack.”

Zhong Wei took a hissing breath: "I vaguely thought of this section, but I just thought so clearly."

Jia Cong said: "At this point, the most important thing is to find out the murderer."

Zhong Wei said: "I ordered my brothers to investigate, but the first two families still don't know who they are. There are many and mixed rumors on the street. We went to investigate the houses that have been spread, but they are not true."

Shi Li rested his cheeks and said: "It's so strange. In the market, good things never go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles. Although every family wants to hide these things, how can they hide them? There is no impenetrable wall in the world."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "There is one more thing. Since the Tian family is going to retire, why did the news on the street say that the Zhong family is going to withdraw when we inquired? It's not clear, someone took the opportunity to make trouble." Nai glanced at Zhong Wei glanced at him, "Boss Zhong, you are really comfortable and rusty after a long time? You are always a spy, a spy, a spy!"

Zhong Wei smiled wryly, "I'm not a spy, I'm a thug."

"Didn't you still bring three or four spies with you?" Jia Cong muttered, "As a spy, people splashed dirty water and didn't realize it. Don't you feel ashamed of the patriarch of the spies?" Zhong Wei glared. He glanced.

Chen Ruijin said: "Now we have to appease that woman."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Don't hesitate, let's leave now."

Shi Li said: "I'll go to the market tavern Hualou for a walk."

Zhong Wei couldn't help but relax his eyebrows: "It's still you guys who are clever. Zhong Heng is like an idiot."

Shi Li and the others laughed out loud.Jia Cong changed into a Confucian robe in this teahouse, and went out with Chen Ruijin.

When I arrived at Tian's house, I saw people pointing and pointing from a distance, and there were children clapping and laughing around the door of their house.Jia Cong got off his horse and asked, "Have you attended elementary school yet?"

Several children looked at each other and shook their heads: "Not yet." One puffed out his chest and said, "I'm going next year."

"Oh." Jia Cong nodded, "It's strange, so it's because you are still young and haven't gone to school. If you still behave like villains after studying in school, the teacher who taught you will vomit blood with anger. "

The children were a little flustered and looked at each other.A brave man said: "Is this woman a broken shoe? Why don't people say it?"

Jia Cong raised his hand to him, and with a "boom", the child had a bag on his head, and cried "wow".Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed, "Come and see! This man has a bag on his head hahahaha so ugly hahahaha..."

The child became anxious, pointed at him and cried, "It was he who hit him!"

Jia Cong snorted and said, "So what if I hit you? You already have a bag on your head, and you're already ugly. Why don't people say it?"

The child cried louder and louder.Seeing that he couldn't beat Jia Cong, he ran away after crying for a while.After he ran away, another child showed off loudly: "His sister wants to marry General Xiao Zhong!"

Jia Cong nodded: "It turns out that there are interests involved, but it is understandable." He asked again, "Does any of your family have older sisters who want to marry General Xiao Zhong?"

The children shook their heads in unison: "No!"

Jia Cong said coldly: "I don't even have interests involved, and I am so young that I take pleasure in deceiving others for no reason. In the future, sooner or later, I will harm one side. I will kill you all today, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people in advance." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand Go draw your sword.The children were so frightened that they all ran away with a few crashes.

Seeing that he had had enough fun, Chen Ruijin stretched out his hand and patted the door gently.After a while, the door opened with a "squeak", and there stood an old man in his fifties, with gray beard and hair, haggard face, and red and swollen eyes.

The two of them felt sympathetic when they saw it, Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "Is it Mr. Tian if you dare to ask?"

The old man nodded: "It's the little old man."

Jia Cong said: "Wan Sheng wants to ask the old man about something, can you allow Wan Sheng to come in and talk."

Seeing that he was dressed as a scholar, the old man turned sideways and said, "Sir, please come in."

After entering the door, Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin took a look and saw that the small courtyard was neat and tidy, and many flowers and trees were planted, all of which were lushly arranged, and they immediately liked it.When they arrived at the main room, Old Man Tian took out the tea leaves and asked his old woman to boil water, and the pot containing the tea leaves obviously belonged to Yuezhi Teahouse.

Jia Cong waited for the old man to sit down, looked at him and said earnestly: "Mr. Tian, ​​Wansheng is the junior of Boss Zhong in Yuezhi Teahouse. I was ordered by Uncle Zhong to have a good talk with the old man. I, Brother Zhong, really want to get married. I don't know if the Tian family has any unspeakable secrets. If it's just because of some bad reputation, Wan Sheng can guarantee that it will be smoothed out."

Old man Tian was taken aback, and waved his hands again and again: "Don't mention that matter."

Jia Cong smiled and pointed to the tea pot and said, "The old man is definitely not angry with Zhong's family. If he is really angry, this pot will be smashed. Just tell the truth, is there someone threatening your family and forcing you to leave?" relative?"

Old man Tian blushed a little when he heard about the tea pot, and then he shook his head and said: "No, it's our family who wants to retire." Nai sighed, "My girl was young and sensible, but now she's out of business. Such a big matter, how can I have the face to marry it." As she spoke, tears fell.

Jia Cong wondered: "Why can't Wansheng understand what the old man said? Did Ling Ai do something wrong? Why did you lose face?"

Old man Tian became more and more choked up: "She was hugged by that prostitute..."

Jia Cong said, "Did she do it on purpose?"

Old man Tian slapped the table and shouted: "Of course not!"

"But here again!" Jia Cong spread his hands, "She didn't do it on purpose, and you always said that she was a thief, so she is innocent. Since she is innocent, why is she ashamed? As the saying goes, face is a person's face Yes, I lost my face. I was surprised, none of the real prostitutes feel shameless, how can a good girl from a good family feel shameless when she suffers for nothing? "

Old man Tian choked, knowing what was going on in his heart, but he couldn't say it out. It took him a long time to point to the door and say, "Those people outside..."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "The kid who was swearing outside just now has a sister in his family who wants to marry Zhong Heng. If you keep withdrawing the marriage, his sister will be fulfilled."