The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Seeing that Zhong Heng's marriage had settled down, Jia Cong led Liu Shu to spy on Luzhou's compulsory education school every day, and had to hide from Fan Cheng.Fortunately, Fan Cheng is busy, so it is not easy for him to meet him by chance.Liu Shu beat around the bush every day to inquire about Jia Cong's identity, but Jia Cong just opened his eyes to fool him, Liu Shuming knew he was talking nonsense and had nothing to do with him.

On this day Zhong Heng came to their inn suddenly, he was full of hesitation, and said that he was looking for Chen Ruijin for something.Chen Ruijin then led him into the hall and asked what was the matter.Zhong Heng wanted to speak but stopped for a while and Zifang said: "Please help me meet someone."

"Who?"

"There is a female crown in the Yuantong Temple, and the Taoist name is true."

Chen Ruijin stared at him for a moment, then said: "If you don't explain things clearly, I won't do anything that is foolish."

Zhong Heng sighed lightly: "Miss Chen can probably guess it."

Chen Ruijin frowned and glanced at him: "I'm not good at solving messy things." Nai went out and called Jia Cong in.Zhong Heng's face was somewhat uncomfortable.Jia Cong glanced at the two of them inexplicably, and Chen Ruijin tilted his head towards Zhong Heng: "He has a friend in the Taoist temple."

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Men and women!" Zhong Heng's face became darker and darker.

Chen Ruijin laughed and said, "Female."

Jia Cong smirked twice, then complained, "Why didn't you tell me before getting engaged?"

Zhong Heng said: "I still didn't recognize her at that moment."

Jia Cong twitched the corners of his mouth: "Then you should have told us sooner! I just calmed down the Tian family, so what's the matter if I want to divorce the marriage!"

Zhong Heng said: "I will not withdraw from the marriage. I broke up with her a few days ago, but she is just angry and wants to change from the Zhengyi school to the Quanzhen school."

Jia Congqi said: "They're all Taoists, what's the point of getting angry? The Quanzhen sect is so good, the head of the famous sect..."

"Cough cough!" Chen Ruijin coughed twice, "Zhengyi sect..." After thinking about it, he didn't know how to explain it to him, so he said, "Zhengyi sect's disciples don't obey the precepts, while Quanzhen sect has strict rules. It’s really a monk.”

"You can return to vulgarity after leaving home."

Chen Ruijin said: "If you want to become a monk, you may not be able to become a monk."

Jia Cong thought for a while, looked at Zhong Heng and said, "Brother Zhong still needs to think clearly. If you really like that Taoist nun, there is nothing you can do about the Tian family's marriage. When you go out to suppress bandits and fall off the cliff, everyone will think you are dead. Yes. Let Mrs. Tian finish the filial piety for you. Uncle Zhong recognizes her as a righteous daughter and gives her a dowry to go out. You will come back after she gave birth to a child. Just say that when you fell off the cliff, you hit your head and forgot your origin. Thinking about it in the future, it’s a pity that things are different.”

Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing and said, "How did you come up with these strange ideas?"

Jia Cong said: "It's all vulgar and bloody, and there are a lot of them in the commentary. If Brother Zhong misses that Taoist nun in his heart, even if he marries Miss Tian, ​​the three of them will not be able to live well. But I think, Uncle Zhong is really serious. If you can choose your niece and daughter-in-law, Miss Tian and Brother Zhong are very suitable. This Taoist nun, you only met after you got engaged, and you haven’t known each other for long. Can you two really live a good life? Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. The ancients said, Falling in love is easy and getting along is difficult. Since you think she can’t be considered a monk now, and she became a monk only after becoming a Quanzhen, why does she have to be a half monk? What’s the background of the family?”

Zhong Heng was thoughtful at first, but then he felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, and he said after a long time: "Her family is quite high, and she entered the Taoist temple for the convenience of going out."

Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin looked at each other, and immediately shook their heads: "Then I advise Brother Zhong Huijian to cut off his love, you can't live well with that Taoist nun, even if they are together, you don't feel comfortable." Looking at Zhong Heng from the corner of his eyes, Xinkou said, "I don't know her background, so let's take the Zeng family as an example. Mr. Zeng is a professional pig farmer, and his daughter, granddaughter and granddaughter are all pigs. They are born as pigs, raised as pigs, and sold as pigs. The daughter was sold into the emperor's house, became a concubine, and is now a concubine. These girls from the Zeng family grew up in Beijing, and they are proficient in everything. Every move has rules. But you are a bandit, and your uncle is a thug—he himself said that he is not a spy but a thug; the food and living of the two families are very different. And the Taoist family must be very rich. A bunch of antiques were brought as a dowry , you rough man, if you brushed your sleeves off and smashed it, she smiled and told you that the antique was worth five or six thousand silver, and then smiled and asked the dowry maid to take it out and throw it away, as if nothing happened. How do you feel? "

Zhong Heng shook his head again and again: "No, she lived a very miserable life when she was young, and it will be even more miserable if she enters Quanzhen." Nai sighed, "I can't save her after all."

Jia Cong immediately had a headache.Isn't it the way the knight saves the princess?This guy has been staying in the bandit's den all year round, and has never seen this.Jia Cong had a classmate who fell into this kind of trap in his previous life, knowing that outsiders said it was useless to go out, so he quickly changed the subject: "Then will she take care of the family and the outside? Will she look down on your bandit brothers and your thug uncle? Will you treat the brothers who have been with your uncle as hired servants? Do you treat them politely based on the faces of your uncles and nephews, or treat them as your own? Brother Zhong, the big family has a strict hierarchy, and the young lady who came out there Most people are divided into three, six, and nine classes. If your daughter-in-law inadvertently gave your uncles a face, it would be really embarrassing. Don't say she can't, if a person looks down on another person in his heart, sooner or later there will be traces Come on. I don't believe that Shui Rong didn't underestimate you back then. He definitely didn't check it himself, you probably remember it clearly."

Why did Zhong Heng think about this?Immediately froze.Can Shui Rong inadvertently show signs of looking down on him?Zhong Heng kept everything in mind.So I was in a dilemma again.

Chen Ruijin complained to Jia Cong in a low voice: "What kind of idea! He has already cut off the other end of a good marriage. As soon as your idea came out, his mind became active again."

Jia Cong also said in a low voice: "If I don't come up with that idea, Uncle Zhong and Miss Tian will objectively separate the two of them. Look at Huo Xuan, he misses my Fifth Aunt until the end of his life. One has a good life, and the fifth aunt did not have a good life in the past. If he sent someone out of the house by himself at that time, it would not have been involved for many years. Brother Zhong has to take the initiative to not want to be with that Taoist nun. Their loyalty and morality force them to disconnect. Otherwise, even if they don’t regret it, it’s hard to talk about the future.”

Chen Ruijin shook his head: "He may not be willing to break it."

Jia Cong said: "I don't want to part with it now. Tian's marriage is a widow's life. Why bother to come! Aren't we cheating on others? Rather than cheating on others for a lifetime, it's better to lose some face at this moment." Chen Ruijin thought about it. Yes, let's not talk about it.

The two looked at Zhong Heng in unison.Zhong Heng really didn't know what to do, he clenched a fist and let it go again.Jia Cong then said: "He can't make up his mind for a while, call Shi Li to come in and let us fight landlords." Chen Ruijin motioned him to call himself.Jia Cong opened the door and called, "Ah Hei, come in."Liu Shu was outside wondering what they were saying, scratching his head; seeing that Ah Hei had also entered, he turned around more and more anxiously.

Jia Cong, Shi Li, Chen Ruijin and the three took out their playing cards to fight the landlord.Shi Li lost the first round, and according to the rules, he drew a line on Zhong Heng's face with a pen.Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin didn't care, and continued to fight.He lost again in the second set, and another ink note was added to Zhong Heng's face.In the third game, Chen Ruijin lost, but she didn't take advantage of Zhong Heng, and personally painted her face with Dao ink; Jia Cong did not bully Zhong Heng even if she lost.Shi Li felt embarrassed if he lost again, so he drew a line on his forehead with a pen.

Liu Shu was so itchy that he ordered someone to go outside to buy four packs of dim sum. When he came back, he pretended to hold the dim sum and knocked on the door, shouting, "Do you have dim sum?"

Jia Cong and Shi Li shouted in unison: "Eat——"

"Then I'll send it in for you—" He said and pushed the door open.I saw three of them sitting and playing cards, one standing and worrying, all four of them had ink marks on their faces, and said angrily, "You guys are playing poker together!"

"That's right." Jia Cong said without turning his head, "Last time you lost and refused to get into the table, so you didn't ask you to fight. Thank you for your snacks."

Liu Shu said aggrievedly, "Isn't this time an ink note? People play cards to play for money, so there's no way they would cheat on the table."

Jia Cong said: "We have been playing with drawing ink sticks and sticking sticks on the table. We are all rich, so it's no fun playing with more money." Nai patted the table, "Dim sum!"

Boss Liu Shu brought the dim sum over unwillingly: "Eat other people's dim sum and not play with them."

Jia Cong glanced at him: "For the sake of snacks, I promise you don't draw ink sticks on the third set, and you have to draw on the fourth set, okay?"

Liu Shu hurriedly shouted: "Okay, okay!" He also sat on one side, and the four of them started playing.

After fighting the landlord for a while, Chen Ruijin said: "Since there are four people, why don't we use a deck of cards to play tractors."

Jia Cong responded, got up and went to his own room to get the cards.Liu Shu then looked at Chen Ruijin and said, "You are not their maid."

Chen Ruijin lazily said, holding his cheeks, "I am."

Liu Shu snorted, "How can a slave sit with a master to get a card?"

Chen Ruijin said casually: "Master is willing, but Uncle Liu doesn't care." Liu Shu didn't know whether to believe it or not.

When the cards were brought, a few went on to hit the tractor.After a while Liu Shu asked, "Why is this thing called a tractor?"

Jia Cong said: "Pairs can be dragged one by one."

Liu Shu said: "That's just a drag card, the word 'machine' is so strange."

Jia Cong said: "By the way. There is a machine called a tractor, which can pull a plow to plow the fields for cattle and horses. One tractor is worth more than a dozen cattle and horses."

Liu Shu's eyes lit up: "Where can I buy it?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "It's written in an ancient book. Now a group of Westerners are trying to remake it, and there's no sign of it yet."

Liu Shu was discouraged: "I haven't got anything yet." After a while, he said, "When will I have it? Brother Zhou tell me, I will let my father buy it."

Jia Cong said: "If I have it, I will sell it everywhere." Nai laughed and said, "To be honest, my family hired someone to make it."

Liu Shu was overjoyed: "Really?"

Jia Cong sighed: "I really don't know how many years it will take to make it. Brother Liu, don't be too happy. The ancient books are very broken, and there are not many clues to be found. There is no Zhuge Liang, and the craftsmen can only follow the gourd. There are too few creative people. That’s why I came to Luzhou. Ordinary people—such as craftsmen and the like, can also have some knowledge, and if they don’t have enough knowledge, they can make those things earlier. How much labor will be saved!”

Liu Shu looked at him and said, "I knew you were unusual. Where do you live? I'll go back and find some good craftsmen to send to you."

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? Brother Liu, are you so generous?"

Liu Shu said: "You have ancient books, I'll help you find a craftsman, make a tractor and sell it to me to make money, and I'll use it to plow the fields for cattle and horses, isn't it good?"

Jia Cong let out a roar, and stepped forward to hold Liu Shu's hand: "Brother Liu, you are indeed a comrade sent by God!"

Liu Shu asked inexplicably, "What comrade?"

Jia Cong said: "It means that we are like-minded. Each of us should perform his duties and cooperate with each other. It has always been the ideal of my younger brother. Brother Liu, I am Zhou Ji." He took a look, went to the small table and poured two cups of tea. "Replace wine with tea, respect to Brother Liu!"

Liu Shu didn't know what he was happy about, so he took the tea and the two of them drank it down in one gulp.Jia Cong patted him on the shoulder vigorously again, fortunately Liu Shu is also a son of a general, so another scholar would have to make him jump up.

Shi Li on the other end knocked on the table: "Are you two over? Playing cards." The two of them said "oh" twice, and sat back to play cards.

I don't know how long it took, Zhong Heng, who was standing beside the wooden stake, suddenly said: "If it is broken, it will be broken, I have made up my mind."

Jia Cong Shili shouted at the same time: "Oh~~"

Liu Shu asked, "What did he decide?"

Jia Cong said: "What do you care, tuner!"

Liu Shu looked at Zhong Heng's cards, causing his opponent Chen Ruijin to stare at him: "Concentrate on playing cards!" Liu Shu pursed his lips and concentrated on playing cards.Zhong Heng went out by himself.He was just stepping over the threshold, Chen Ruijin said, "I'll check for you on the other side."

Zhong Heng kicked in and out of the door for a moment of silence, said in a low voice: "Thank you." Then he walked away.He didn't wash off the ink stains on his face when he went out.

Jia Cong and the other four played poker until sunset, but they didn't have dinner, they ate a full stomach of snacks.

After nightfall, Chen Ruijin put on night clothes and sneaked into Yuantong Temple alone. After searching for the residence of the female crown, he found a courtyard that was obviously different.Then he dodged to the window and broke the paper on the window. He only took one look at the female crown in the room and knew that this person must be true.After the maid beside her went down, she took out the black scarf to cover her face, opened the window and jumped in.

The female crown was startled, and she was about to shout, but Chen Ruijin took the first step to cover her mouth.She whispered: "I was entrusted by my old friend Zhong Heng to meet Fairy Xinzhen." Nuguan was startled.She asked again, "Maybe you are?" Nuguan nodded.

Chen Ruijin then let her go and asked her to straighten her Taoist robe, raised her eyebrows and said, "May Xiangu be with you and tell the truth. I know who Xiangu is, so how could I have a crush on Zhong Heng?"

Xinzhen smiled sweetly: "Why did I fall in love with him?"

Chen Ruijin was startled.

Xinzhen said: "Zhong Heng is a man of righteousness. Since we are engaged, the Tian family has nothing to do with it, and he will never regret the marriage." She paused, "Originally this matter belongs to my elder sister, I swear I swore to snatch it. Since Zhong Heng refused to regret the marriage, I took the opportunity to hide in Quanzhen Taoism." Nai smiled wryly, "It's better for General Xiao Zhong to meet someone who has no intentions like me than someone who has intentions."

Chen Ruijin breathed out, and said: "It makes sense." Then he asked, "Why does your family think so highly of Zhong Heng? Even you are willing?"

"That's not it." Xinzhen said indifferently, "He is young and promising."

"Just don't say anything." Chen Ruijin turned around and took two steps, and said, "A word of advice to Xiangu. It will make grandfather short-sighted; since Xiangu has escaped, don't go back easily."

Xinzhen smiled and said: "How much effort did I spend to escape here, how can I go back? You can arrange whatever you want to coax Zhong Heng to go."

Chen Ruijin nodded: "I know." Then he jumped out of the window.

She didn't leave, and quietly crouched under the window.Hearing the letter inside, he really let out a sigh of relief, and said "Supreme Heavenly Venerable." Suddenly, a maid came in to help her wash.After the others retreated, someone asked in a low voice: "Girl, are you really a nun?"

Xinzhen said with a smile: "Naturally. From now on I will get away."

The man said: "If you have a good marriage in the future, why don't you let the eldest girl go?"

Xinzhen sneered and said: "A good marriage? How can I not know who my grandfather is? Since Zhong Heng can't get in, and the Lu Wang's personal guard camp can't get in, Du Dequ naturally can't let it go; Eldest sister wants ten out of ten Married into Du's family. Grandpa dug a hole for himself. Although King Lu is small, Mrs. Jian'an's family is not easy to mess with. Besides, there is another Fan Cheng. Don't think he is honest, honest people are not easy to deal with." Nai Pai They clapped their hands together, "I hid anyway. From now on, they will be in charge of the women's school. They have nothing to do with me." Chen Ruijin nodded and left quietly.

She went back to the inn and told Jia Cong: "The Taoist nun named Xinzhen is the second girl of the Zeng family. She used Zhong Heng as a ladder to escape from home. You can break up with Zhong Heng tomorrow." Recounting what she saw and heard just now Once again, turned around and went back to the house to rest.

Jia Cong was stunned for a long time, rubbing the back of his head: "I can go to write novels, I just talk nonsense all day long. If there is anything to talk about, facts speak louder than words."

The next day he found Zhong Heng, and he told Zhong Heng exactly what Chen Ruijin told him last night.In the end, he spread his hands together: "Here, that's it. He was trapped at home and had no way out, so I borrowed you to open a way to escape."

Zhong Heng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. She coaxed Miss Chen."

Jia Cong shrugged: "Believe it or not." He turned around and went to find Zhong Wei for tea.