The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin arrived at Tian's house to persuade them not to divorce. Old man Tian was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I know General Xiao Zhong is a good person. But now he is in charge of righteousness and doesn't care about it. After a long time, he will eventually care about it."

Jia Cong also sighed: "It's about Ling'ai's lifelong affairs. Why do you always shrink back without giving it a try? In my opinion, without this matter, the two of them may not be able to love each other; this little thief is actually doing a favor." , the two of them will support each other until they grow old."

Old Man Tian was startled, but couldn't hide the joy in his eyes: "Really?"

Jia Cong nodded, and said: "Zhong Heng didn't care about his children's personal relationship at first. You know that some men put their whole heart into the barracks, and their daughter-in-law is just what the family wants him to marry. He thought he was too lazy to marry a wife. He heard from Uncle Zhong that after he got engaged, he was still thinking about military training, and he had no idea about a new wife. Because of this, he suddenly felt that his daughter-in-law was being bullied and felt sorry for her. It's changed. I heard that your family is going to retire, but he refuses to agree to it. Old man, this is called not pinching and not hurting. If there is no such thing, Ling Ai is just married to the status of General Xiao Zhong; Zhong Heng loves her only because of things. I have known Zhong Heng since I was a child, and I know that he had a very difficult life in the past. You don’t even know that he was only in his 20s at that time, and his face was full of weather. I thought he was in his 30s. Well, just call him uncle." Nai said earnestly, "He is a person who has endured hardships, and he is the one who knows how to pity his fate."

Old man Tian was in a daze, mixed with sorrow and joy, and recited a Buddha: "If it's true, isn't there hope for this relative?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "You two are the ones who want to get married. If your daughter is willing and Zhong Heng is willing, is there still a marriage that cannot be married? Outsiders wish they could break up the two of them so that they can marry their daughter to Zhong Heng. Heng doesn't want to marry someone else. Look, why do you agree with others and go against your own?"

Old man Tian nodded vigorously: "Sir, what you said is true." Then he said sadly, "It's just my daughter..."

Chen Ruijin said: "I'll go and persuade her."

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "Please!"

Old man Tian hurriedly called his wife again, and said apologetically, "The water hasn't boiled yet."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "We just came from the tea house and drank a lot of tea. If the Zhong family didn't really want to marry this family, it wouldn't be such a trouble, would it?"

Old man Tian thought that it was reasonable, he immediately gained confidence, straightened his back, and said happily: "They still told me every day that the Zhong family refused to withdraw their marriage just for the sake of looking good, and they wished to get rid of it sooner. good!"

Jia Cong frowned, and exchanged glances with Chen Ruijin.Mrs. Tian has come, also with gray hair and eyes swollen from crying.Chen Ruijin followed her to the back room to see Miss Tian.Jia Cong asked: "Old man, who is talking nonsense to you?"

Old man Tian saw that he was pleasing to the eye, so he counted Zhang San and Li Si one by one with his fingers: there are yamen servants in the yamen, there are land protectors, and there are gentlemen who write letters at the street. "Boss Zhang of Mingyue Restaurant also said that the Zhong family wanted to come to our house to retire, but they didn't want us to talk about it first, so they pretended to be polite for a few days."

The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "The owner of this restaurant is idle. I don't believe that he has no entrustment from others to lie after you, a painter. Does he have a daughter at home? Or is it his relatives? Do you have a daughter who wants to marry Zhong Heng?"

Old man Tian was taken aback: "Sir, you mean, Boss Zhang lied to me on purpose?"

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Is this unclear? The Zhong family never thought of retiring! Was Wansheng sent by the Zhong family?"

"Oh!" Old man Tian slapped his thigh, "I actually believed him!" Nai thought for a while, "His family only has two sons and no daughter. They are foreigners and have no relatives."

Jia Cong said "Oh", "That's probably some important guest of his." Or the government. "I'll go back and inquire... Forget it, there's no need to inquire. It's just a family that I wish you could take advantage of. Don't pay attention to it." Old man Tian nodded vigorously.

On the other side, Chen Ruijin went inside and saw Miss Tian sitting in front of the shelf weeping and embroidering, and secretly agreed.But he went forward and made a blessing.Miss Tian hurriedly stood up to return the salute, and they sat down on the kang.

When Mrs. Tian went out and closed the door, Chen Ruijin took her hand and said, "I will not hide the truth from the girl now. General Xiao Zhong also met a female whore who picked flowers upside down when he was young, and he almost let the old woman The thief got it."

Miss Tian was shocked.

Chen Ruijin said: "He also struggled and escaped with all his strength. Because of the deep fear, he practiced martial arts and defended himself. Since then, he has been depressed and unwilling to marry a wife. When he mentions a woman, he thinks of that female thief. Your family is Zhong. Uncle really saw that he was old and forced him to agree. Now, he is really willing to get married. Miss Tian, ​​most men in the world may despise you, but he will not. And he respects you deeply, because He knows how hard it is to escape from a flower picker."

It took a long time for Miss Tian to come back to her senses, and asked tremblingly, "Really?"

Chen Ruijin smiled bitterly and said: "As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized. I and the Zhong family are also considered relatives, so why should I tell you this kind of thing. Miss Tian will know if you ask your father. Was it Uncle Zhong who raised this matter first? Zhong Heng himself But do you care about it? Now that you two want to withdraw from the marriage, Uncle Zhong has no idea, and it was General Xiao Zhong who insisted on not withdrawing."

Miss Tian's complexion gradually brightened, and she tightened the handkerchief in her hand.

Chen Ruijin said again: "If you let him marry another woman, wouldn't it mean that you have rejected you? If you have rejected you, it is like you have rejected yourself. After he escaped from the female thief in the early years, he was so frightened that he dared not go home. He has been wandering alone in the green forest for more than ten years. He is also a hard-working person, and I hope that the girl will take care of him in the future, so that he will not make him think that all the women in the world are flower pickers with yellow teeth."

Miss Tian couldn't help but blushed and lowered her head.After a while, he said, "Thank you, sister."

Chen Ruijin nodded and left.As soon as she left the door, Miss Tian rushed to the desk to open the makeup box and took out the Linghua mirror. She held her breath and opened her mouth to take a photo for a long time - her teeth were as white as jade!Fang let out a long breath.After a while, take another photo; after a while, take another photo.

Outside, the old couple of the Tian family sent Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin out, and went back to the house to see their daughter. Miss Tian hurriedly asked, "Father, mother, do you think my teeth are yellow?"

The old couple were stunned, and Mrs. Tian said, "Have your teeth ever been yellow? They have been very white since you were young."

Miss Tian squeezed the mirror in the palm of her hand, stroked her chest and laughed.Although the old couple didn't know what she was doing with the teeth, seeing the girl smiled, the clouds of the day cleared up, and they chanted in unison.

On the other side, when the two returned to the teahouse, they bumped into Liu Shu sitting at the table by the door drinking tea.Jia Cong rolled his eyes.Liu Shu shook his head and said, "Yuezhi Tea House has a good reputation." Nai sized him up and said, "When did you change into such clothes?"

Jia Cong said: "It was changed in the teahouse. You can't go to someone's house to talk about marriage with the appearance of a dandy young master."

Liu Shu wrinkled his nose and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jia Cong glanced at him: "It's like three aunts and six wives. As the young master, I don't go to see how other people do business, and only worry about trivial matters in the market." He picked up his feet and walked in.Liu Shu followed up cheekily.

When they got inside, Shi Li had already returned, talking with Zhong Wei and a few old men, and rolled his eyes when Liu Shu came in.Liu Shu smiled all over his face and said, "Everyone, I'm being polite!" Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he laughed again, "I, an outsider, came in by myself."

Jia Cong looked at the people in the room, couldn't help laughing, and patted Liu Shu: "I was also an outsider earlier." Except for the two of us, the rest are Liu Dengxi's people.Nai acquiesced to Liu Shu's listening, and asked Shi Li, "What did you find out?"

Shi Li said: "There are countless kinds of theories in the market, all of which are rumors and have no reason. Therefore, there are probably no first two families, and the Tian family is the only one that suffered."

Jia Cong snorted, "I guess it is! Those two families are acting as a pretense, and from the very beginning of this matter, they were trying to plot Brother Zhong's marriage."

Shi Li said: "It's just that even if Brother Zhong doesn't marry the Tian family, will he marry the one who plotted?"

Jia Cong said: "At first they didn't know what kind of daughter-in-law the Zhong family wanted; now that they know, it's okay to get something similar." After thinking about it, "I roughly guessed who is behind it. Already." Turning to ask Zhong Wei, "Brother Zhong used to follow the Green Forest Village Master, let people go to him."

Zhong Wei was startled: "You suspect it's him?"

Jia Cong said: "It's not suspicion, it's affirmation. There are many people who are interested in Zhong Heng, but only two are willing to make great efforts to dig him out. The owner of the water village and the old man." Zhong Wei nodded.He went on to say, "Old man, to put it nicely, it's cunning, but to put it bluntly, it's not domineering. He likes to do some secret tricks, such as asking the policeman Baohe and the letter writer to say something unpleasant in the old man's ear." If you don’t want to, I will force Tian’s family to withdraw the marriage. Just find a flower picking thief to break in through the window, not the way of the old man, but the way of the village owner.”

Zhong Wei frowned and said, "I've found out about the spy a long time ago, but I didn't see him do anything, and he didn't believe it when he told Heng'er. The village owner is also a respectable person. Here's what to do."

Jia Cong said: "No matter how famous you are, you are also the leader of the Green Forest Bandit? This plan may not have been thought up by him, maybe someone under him thought it up? His current thoughts are probably on the promising mountain. The thief's career is on the rise. Besides, because the old man's family has many girls, and they are not likely to be Xiaojiabiyu like Tian's family, so if his family wants to find Zhong Heng as a son-in-law, they can only try to make Zhong Heng look at his family. Girl, otherwise, even if your family divorced the Tian family, their family would not be the next one. The owner of the water village can follow Tian's model to find a suitable woman. Zhong Heng used to be his subordinate, and he knows For many of his people, it’s easy to just introduce someone who ‘knows the basics’.”

Shi Li asked: "Who is it that went to the street and said that the Zhong family is going to divorce?"

Jia Cong said: "The one who ruined the face of the Zhong family definitely did not want to marry the Zhong family. Uncle Zhong, have you offended anyone?"

Zhong Wei thought for a while: "Although the teahouse is prosperous, it is not so prosperous that it makes colleagues jealous. Could it be Du Dequ?"

"It's possible." Jia Cong thought about it for a while, "It's probably him. Ah Hei turned around to scare Boss Zhang who is going down to Mingyue Tower, and see if it's true."

Shi Li nodded and said with a smile: "Zhong Heng has become a sweet potato."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Okay. Let's deal with it again. It's a pity that Brother Fang Nianzhong, the owner of the water village, regretted letting him go. Knowing that he values ​​affection, he wanted to arrange a daughter-in-law to tie him up and coax him back in the future." He worked hard for himself. So he ordered people to spread two rumors, saying that a flower picker came to Luzhou, and the daughter of the Zhang family in the east of the city and the girl of the Li family in the south of the city were all in trouble. In fact, there are so many people surnamed Zhang in the world, who surnamed Li? It was all hearsay. Then he really sent someone to pretend to be a flower picker to destroy the Tian family. The old man heard about it, and took the opportunity to bribe many people to persuade the Tian family to withdraw. Dishonesty. That's about it."

Chen Ruijin said: "Roughly so."

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Then let's wait."

After waiting for a while and no one spoke, Liu Shu asked excitedly, "What are you waiting for?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Brother Liu will save face. Wait for Zhong Heng to catch the flower picker himself."

Liu Shu said again: "How did he catch it?"

Jia Cong stretched his waist: "How would I know! I'm not him." Liu Shu was immediately discouraged.Jia Cong glanced at him and said, "Okay, we should go back to the inn."

Liu Shu looked at the people in the room, and whispered, "Why don't you introduce me?"

Jia Cong said: "The boss and the staff of the teahouse do not do business with your family." But he stood up.Liu Shu had no choice but to follow, and looked back a few times.

In the evening, Shi Li went to the tea house by himself and chased after Zhong Heng for half a day.

It turned out that after Zhong Wei told Zhong Heng that someone he brought out from the cottage was a spy sent by Shui Rong, although Zhong Heng didn't believe it, he secretly missed that person in his heart.As soon as Tian's incident happened, that man was filled with righteous indignation, every day he urged Zhong Heng to divorce earlier and find another good woman.Zhong Heng gave him a try, pretending that a good woman is rare.As expected, the man patted his chest and said, "Brother knows a good relationship, please tell me!" Zhong Heng believed what his uncle said.It's just that he and that person had been friends for many years, and he refused to interrogate him face-to-face. He only tried to trick him into finding out who the flower picker was.

Shi Li said: "Look at you, you haven't figured it out yet." Zhong Heng shook his head.Shi Li smiled and said, "There is a specialization in art, but you are not as good at making tricks as I am. I will do it for you."

Zhong Heng was right after thinking about it, so he told him the person's name and location.After Shi Li made a note, he pulled the horse and left.

Shi Li followed Jia Xu and Mu Xu since he was a child, and interrogated prisoners with a lot of tricks, so how could he use routine?The man was still carrying it at first, but he couldn't carry it after three or four routines.It turned out that Shui Rong ordered someone to choose a woman from a good family in Luzhou, and kidnapped her ignorant elder brother to become a bandit, planning to let this person pretend to be the woman's distant cousin and hand the woman to Zhong Heng.It was this person who pretended to be a flower picker.Shi Li shook his head: "Brother's woman, it's thanks to you that I can do it." The man blushed and refused to speak.Shi Li wanted to take him straight to the teahouse to show Zhong Heng, but he stopped suddenly when he reached the door, so he tied him up and locked him in his own home, and went back to the inn alone to discuss with Jia Cong and others.

Jia Cong couldn't help worrying and said: "It's not easy. It's not right not to tell Zhong Heng, and the flower picker will have no results. Tell me, Zhong Heng will kill him, I'm afraid I won't be able to kill him, and if I don't kill him, I will be sorry for my wife."

Shi Li said: "You are not willing to kill his daughter-in-law if you treat him lightly?"

Jia Cong said: "I haven't seen my daughter-in-law yet. The brothers have been working together for many years. It's a dilemma."

Chen Ruijin said: "He is in a dilemma, we are not in a dilemma. Anyway, this person must die, and Zhong Heng's family can't be held in the hands of Shui Rong."

Shi Li said: "Since that's the case, let him commit suicide in fear of crime."

Jia Cong's eyes lit up: "Brother, what a way!" Shi Li snorted triumphantly, and left without hesitation.

That night, a soldier of General Xiao Zhong hanged himself from the beam, and left three crooked words on the table: I'm sorry.This person didn't know how to write, but he learned it after he came to Luzhou.Zhong Heng saw what he didn't understand?With a long sigh, he led the man to the burial.When the brothers asked him, he just shook his head and remained silent.

Shi Li and others spread the news everywhere, only saying that this person saw that something happened to Zhong Heng's fiancée, and they tricked Zhong Heng into marrying his own sister, but they didn't want Zhong Heng to fall into the trap!This person felt ashamed to see his friends, so ashamed, he committed suicide.A few days later, the magistrate of Luzhou found a death row prisoner and killed him. He only said that he had caught the flower picker to reassure the people.He also said that the thief didn't enter Miss Tian's boudoir that day, and accidentally bumped into a shelf at the door, which alarmed Tian's family.Jia Cong and Shi Li worked together to make up a lot of jokes and spread them out, some of which became more realistic and some more bizarre.The matter is settled, whether the common people in the market believe it or not.

Seeing that the matter had settled down, Zhong Heng quietly went to Yuantong Temple to fulfill his vow that day, after respecting Sanqing, he walked around, and finally slipped behind a rockery behind the temple.There is a female crown standing with her hands behind her back, waiting for a long time.

He clasped his fists to the female crown and said: "The fairy girl loves her, but the general dare not accept it. The general has a marriage contract, so it is inconvenient to meet the fairy girl again."

"Okay, okay. After waiting for three months, this is what I said." The female crown turned her head and said with tears, "I'm willing to be a kid...you, what do you do, my sweetheart?!"

Zhong Heng shook his head and said: "If that didn't happen, you and I still have something to do... Fairy's status is too high. If you are young, can she still live in peace?" Turning around and striding away.

The female crown shouted bitterly from behind: "You will regret it in the future!" Zhong Heng paused, and finally did not turn around.