The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Han Qi asked Lu Guo's policemen to block him at the entrance of the inn, and he cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, what's the matter?"

The policeman yawned and stepped forward, "We, Mr. Zhu, said that if you just stay put, it's nothing to do with you; if you escaped overnight last night, or ran away early today, it must be careful work."

Han Qi hurriedly said: "The villain is just an ordinary merchant, not a spy!" Who cares about him?The police quickly put an iron lock on his head and pulled him away.

After being locked in the cell for a whole day, Han Qi thought of thousands of explanations in his mind, and was dizzy from hunger.Until dusk, it can be regarded as a yamen servant came to pick him up, and he followed him out with one foot high and one foot low.Instead of going directly to the court for interrogation, I got on a donkey cart and pulled it for half a day to a corner gate; the inside was huge, and it took half a day to walk through the corner gate.

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled the smell of food, and Han Qi's eyes went straight!I saw three dishes on the small table in front of the hall, and someone was eating with his rice bowl.It took Han Qi a long time to turn his gaze from the food to the man's face.The man ate and said, "I'm sorry, I'm too busy. I only have time to interrogate you now. I heard that you have been trained to be patient when you work carefully. I think Master Qi has prepared a speech."

Han Qi smiled wryly and said: "I really didn't do it carefully, I am wronged." Then his bowels groaned. "I wonder if your Excellency is Mr. Zhu?"

"Hmm." This person was Zhu Tong, put down his chopsticks and said, "The one who sold the Western clock told you a few days ago that Wang San took a fancy to that clock and wanted to dedicate it to King Lu; you didn't buy it at that time, yesterday Suddenly rushing to buy it. And after buying it, he drank with Mr. Liu and got him drunk. Mr. Qi would never want to tell me that the owner is pitiful, and Tete spent money to buy that clock just for Don't let him be taken away by the two of the Wang family who bought the whole thing with a fraction of the money?"

Han Qi said: "Why do I think so much about it? I just want to flatter Mr. Liu."

Zhu Tong said: "Since you picked him to flatter you, it is obvious that you also know that the King of Lu is not a good thing in Lu State. You know that Mr. Liu wanted to settle accounts with Wang San yesterday, why did you stop him? Followed the fox and pretended to be powerful. Wouldn't it be nice to grab it back?"

Han Qi argued: "After all, it's only a piece of artifact, why bother to provoke Liu Sanye and the prince's discord."

Zhu Tong sneered, and said in a drawn-out tone: "If Mr. Liu kills the most important person under His Highness, wouldn't it be even more discordant?"

Han Qi waved his hands again and again: "How can I be a prophet? If I knew, I wouldn't buy that clock."

Zhu Tong's eyes lit up sharply, staring at Han Qi.Han Qi had prepared a lot of words with a bitter face before he was going to say them, but he couldn't say them after seeing this appearance.After a long time, Zhu Tong suddenly smiled, quite warmly, but Han Qi inexplicably shivered.Zhu Tongnai called for someone to come in and bring Han Qi back to the cell, and casually ordered: "Don't starve Mr. Qi." Han Qi's heart suddenly stopped: Master Qi has become Mr. Qi.After he left, Zhu Tong smiled lightly and said, "Interesting."

Han Qi returned to the cell.Not long after, someone brought him meals, all of which were ordinary rough food.He couldn't pick it up either, and swallowed it three or five times.About an hour later, two other people came over and sent him to another place where he was blinded by the night. The room was much neater than the cell.

It turned out that the brothers of the Wang family were originally the money bag of King Lu; once the two of them died, King Lu would not let him go, and came to Zhu Tong in person.Zhu Tong had no choice but to put down many things in his hands to inquire.First, I asked the people who followed Mr. Wang and Mr. Liu respectively.The Wang family said that the clock was spotted by their men a long time ago and was cut off by Liu San's men; the Liu family said that their men's friends randomly picked it up by the roadside.When a policeman asked if he wanted to call Han Qi for questioning, Zhu Tong waved his hand and said, "Call the store first."

Not long after, the shopkeeper of the clock shop came over to talk, and Master Qi showed up.Zhu Tongyin thought, [-]% of this person wanted to sincerely choose the Liu family and King Lu, and [-]% wanted to use Liu Sanye's hand to deal with the Wang family and do business by himself.He was really busy and didn't have time to investigate carefully.So he told the police to keep an eye on Han Qi, and he caught him as soon as he ran away.Sure enough, Han Qi ran away early in the morning.

Zhu Tong didn't even have the time to check Han Qi's luggage, and he didn't even think about asking others to check it. He didn't think about it until the sun was about to set.Because he thought, this master Qi is extremely incomprehensible, and he will reveal his secrets once he checks it. confession.So he didn't care much, and interrogated him while eating.After all, Han Qi is not a spy.Hungry and frightened, and the food smells savory, I forgot to put on a show.He waved his hands a few times, and his inattentive demeanor became his usual appearance - obviously he is a man from a wealthy family who has studied, and he is quite dignified.Zhu Tong became interested.

A few days ago Dong Ming in Zhangzhou was assassinated and recuperated. Jia Cong feared that he would be bored, so he wrote a story about the Holmes brothers studying pedestrians as a game to amuse him, luring him to have some fun while recuperating.Later, because something happened to the Bai family in Lingnan, I had to write to Zhu Tong to ventilate.This fact is very important, for fear that even dare not use pigeons, they sent soldiers to send them away quickly.The letter was written in cipher.In order to cover the password, something else has to be written.Jia Cong then talked about the game played by the Fu family brothers, and Zhu Tong naturally watched it by the way, and also found the game interesting.When he has free time, he also thinks about passers-by.

With this "Master Qi" now, he doesn't even know how to cover up his meticulous work, and he doesn't look like a merchant, and he still looks like a big family.So he locked him in a wing room of his own house, watched his behavior without anything to do, pondered his temperament, family background, and preferences according to his reaction to food, weather, and even the food delivery person, who was sometimes beautiful maids and sometimes rough soldiers, and guessed for fun. .Poor Han Qi is so humiliated and under house arrest, no one knows yet.As for the case of the Wang family, it was nothing more than the death of two bullies in the market. It didn't matter. I just persuaded Mr. Liu to save face for his brother-in-law and give the western clock to King Lu; Mr. Liu just refused.He had a bit of a conscience. He heard that Zhu Tong had arrested Boss Qi, and even ran to ask him to let him go. Zhu Tong coaxed him away with a few words.

On the other side, Bai Lingyi's funeral is over, and the princess wants to go to the barbarian tribe to recuperate for a while.Bai Lingen was startled, and said: "I had no choice but to send the princess to the barbarian tribe. Now that everything is fine, why go there?"

The princess said: "Because I don't have a clue, I want to find a quiet place to stay for a few days, so as to calm my mind."

Beringen said: "Just pick a Zhuangzi near Hong Kong."

The princess said: "I want to see the place where I lived when I was a child, away from the prosperous, gentle and rich towns like Hong Kong and Guangzhou."

Bai Lingen still persuaded her, and she insisted on going.She had no choice but to contact Zhan's family and discuss about arranging her to live in Manbu for two months.Bai Lingen ordered his eldest grandson to pack up and send the princess to the Manbu to relax, and bring her back in a few days.Who doesn't know that the princess's heart belongs to her?Now that the great-uncle is dead, the family is now the world of his own house. His eldest grandson refused to go after death, and there was a quarrel for several days.But the second son of Bai Lingyi's second son was named Bai Lun, and he told his uncle that he was willing to escort the princess.

Beringen was unwilling to give this job to Beringyi's grandson, but he felt sorry for the child.When this son was young, the whole family was sent to northern Xinjiang with his grandfather, and his mother and elder brother died of illness halfway.Later, Beringen managed to rescue them and came to Lingnan, where his father succeeded and gave birth to two younger brothers.Although there is usually a servant girl, Shutong, who takes care of her, it is inevitable that she will be left out in the cold.Beringen weighed and weighed again and again, but it was difficult to make a decision.

But half a day's time, the princess has already learned about this matter.After thinking about it all night, he wrote a letter to Jia Cong at dawn, and ordered his aunt who was close to him to send it to Jia's horse shop in Hong Kong.

Two days later, at the second watch, the entire family has fallen asleep.The princess suddenly heard a sound from the window, "da da da", sat up quickly, and shouted, "what's the sound?"

A female voice was heard outside the window saying: "Third Lord Cong of Rongguo Mansion is asking to see Yijie. The Princess don't have to worry about others, they are all asleep." The Princess took a breath.She climbed up by herself and went out of the tent to visit. There was a shadow of the moon cast on the ground through the screen window, the maids on guard at night were silent, and the insects in the courtyard kept chirping.The person outside the window said again: "Please light the candle, Princess, and change your clothes."

The princess said in embarrassment: "I don't know how to light candles."

Hearing the window "squeak" open, a figure leaped in from outside, and bowed to the princess under the moonlight, and when the princess saw clearly that she was indeed a woman, she turned around and walked straight to the candlestick , obviously knowing where the candlesticks are.Not long after the candle was lit, the woman held the candlestick and sent it to the tall table next to Mu Shi.The princess had to change clothes by herself.She is usually served by someone, and she doesn't know how to wear it; the woman doesn't help, she just stands aside.The princess glanced at her, pursed her lips and said nothing.

It took a lot of effort to change the clothes, and the princess remembered that no one was helping her comb her hair, and looked at the woman who was still standing upright.Then he sighed softly, obviously she wouldn't help either.In a fit of anger, he brushed his head casually a few times, took the hairpin and inserted it briefly, and said in his mouth, "I'm done."

The woman nodded, then moved to open the door and said, "Third Master, the princess is here to invite you."

Jia Cong wiped his sweat and came in from the outside, and said, "It's autumn and it's still so hot! It seems that Hong Kong is already in the tropics." Then he bowed to the princess, "Hi, sister Yi! I accepted your letter. I feel that you are quite hesitant. After thinking about it for a long time, I still come here."

Only now did the princess realize that she was sitting in front of the dressing table, so she hurriedly stood up and walked to the desk, opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Jia Cong sighed: "Many things are easy to know but difficult to do. Yijie has been the princess for more than ten years, and suddenly you are asked to become independent, and it is difficult for you to do it. I think too smoothly. If Yijie wants to marry That's right. I checked this guy named Bai Lun temporarily today, did Sister Yi recognize him in the past?"

The princess slowly shook her head: "I don't know."

Jia Cong said: "He doesn't recognize you, so he's not interested in your person, but in your identity. Your identity is still useful when General Bai is around. Maybe this person also has skills, but it's just that he doesn't like you." An opportunity. If you can jump out and let the elders of the Bai family see him, maybe you can do something. Therefore, if you marry him, as long as Bai Lingen is not dead, Bai Lun will definitely treat you well. And you Marrying him will be better than marrying someone else—such as the eldest grandson of the second wife of the Bai family. Because Bai Lun still depends on you, those two don't need it anymore. If they are willing to marry you in the end, they can only be married The general forced it."

The princess is silent.

He also said, "Marrying Bai Lun is less threatening than marrying someone else. Bai Lun is the second son of Bai Lingyi's second son, and he has no biological mother, and his stepmother doesn't care about him. To put it bluntly, the second grandma of the Bai family Lun Few other women want to grab this position. Er Ye Lun is not an eye-catching figure; if you two live in harmony and live a simple life, no one will try to plot against you."

The princess said indifferently: "If Second Master Lun wants to live a simple life, why bother to send me to the Manchu Department?"

Jia Cong clapped his hands "slap", "So you are not stupid!"

The princess smiled bitterly and said, "Brother wants to say what you want to say."

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Bai Lun, I have ambitions, but I don't know what I'm capable of. If Kong has ambitions but no abilities, Yijie can't marry. He used you as a ladder to show his face in Bai's house. He thought he could be reused, but because of You sacrificed your marriage in vain for lack of ability—there is nothing wrong with sacrificing the word “little brother”—I will complain about your lack of face in the future, and I will definitely not hate myself for being too poor.”

The princess frowned and said, "I don't know if he has the ability."

Jia Cong went on to say: "If you have the ability, you have to find out whether he has a conscience. If he uses you as a ladder to go up, who knows if he will kick you off in the future? Both of these things have to be checked by Yijie herself, or when he arrives The Ministry of Man asked their people to help check."

"Has General Bai agreed to let him take me there?"

"No, but sooner or later I will agree." Jia Cong said, "Now that Bai Lingyi is dead, the most feared thing for the Bai family is that the two families will not get along. It would be nice to give the big house a sweet treat."

The princess snorted, "I've become a sweetheart."

"I said big sister, I haven't figured out my identity yet! It's not easy to accept the reality, but it shouldn't be so difficult!" Jia Cong twitched the corners of his mouth, "Isn't it good to be a sweetheart? Other girls can They are all sold as pigs.”

The princess was silent again.After a long time, I sighed: "In the past, I only thought that my fate was good, and I didn't want to be a bitter one..." I was choked up while speaking.

It was autumn, and the climate in south of the Five Ridges was hot and humid, so Jia Cong felt a little unhappy, and said, "You also suffer from fortune-telling? What about your sisters who lost their lives in vain?" The servant girl who was in a daze from the medicine tea asked, "Where is this maid sister?"

The Princess angrily said, "How can you compare me to others!"

Jia Cong snorted and said: "If it was not the youngest who came to power that day but the others, the Princess is afraid to be a coolie in Ye Ting now, and he will never see the light of day."

The princess choked.

Jia Cong glanced at her and said: "The princess will not secretly complain that the Bai family is not good at teaching their children and grandchildren, let them respect you as the real princess."

The princess hurriedly said, "how can you think so!"

"It's fine if you don't have it." Jia Cong said lazily, "The Bai family really treats you very well! They don't owe you anything, and if they owe it, they owe it to your grandfather. It is enough to be worthy of your grandfather by raising you so old. gone."

The princess sighed: "At this point, I don't think I can marry into the Bai family."

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said: "My little brother has a trick for you: you stay in the barbarian department for a longer time. Originally, you wanted to stay for two months, but you can stay for half a year. See what that Bai Lun means; Manbu for a lifetime. Hey, it’s good to stay for two more years to teach the children there to read and write. People are the same as things. As long as someone needs it, it’s useful.”

The princess hesitated and said: "It's just...my two aunts brought from Beijing didn't allow me to associate with barbarians."

Jia Cong scoffed: "What a big face! You have to rely on others to save your life and look down on them. If sister Yi is a princess and should be held hostage by them for such a trivial matter, my brother was wrong last time. You and others Women are no different, pigs too."

The princess moved all over.

Jia Cong stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I've finished my words, sister Yi can think for herself." Turning around, she walked out.

The princess suddenly said: "Brother!"

"Ok?"

She pointed to the motionless woman standing beside her and said, "You female guard is very skilled, can you send me off?"

Jia Cong was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth wide so as not to drop his jaw, and pulled his ears after a while: "What did you say?!" The woman lowered her eyebrows and smiled.

The princess immediately understood that she had said something wrong, and sighed: "I think this girl is important, that's all, I was rude."

Jia Cong glanced at the woman and muttered, "Still laughing!" She laughed more and more.Jia Cong made a bow to the princess and asked, "Dare to ask the princess, have you ever heard of the treaty signed by the Taiwan prefect Jia Lian and the Fujian governor Huang Wengang?"

The princess was startled: "What?"

Jia Cong snorted, "I don't know! It's true that the Bai family is raising you as a pig." Nai waved his hands and said, "Forget it, I'm willing to come to Hong Kong for such a trivial matter, little brother, I am already very worthy of Gong Sanyi. " Then he picked up his feet and walked away.The woman also followed out.

While the princess was still in a daze, Jia Cong poked his head back from the door: "This elder sister is also the daughter of the Duke's mansion. She has a house and a field at home, and her status is no lower than yours. Princess, people can be dull, but don't be stupid .You are less knowledgeable than ordinary girls, and even some girls who are raised to be sold as pigs. I hope you will go to the barbarian department this time and learn how to light candles yourself. Otherwise, you will really lose face to Prince Yizhong." Fang really gone.