The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But Jia Cong said big things in front of the white-bearded monk, saying that there are many smart children in their school.The white-bearded monk looked at him and said, "Forget it, I'll go and have a look with you."

Jia Cong said: "It's just that we have to have a definition, what kind of child is smart. Master uncle thinks sister Lin is smart, where is she smart? King Yan said she is smart?"

The monk said: "It's rare for her to trick Zheng Chao'er into a valley in Fujian."

Jia Cong said: "That trick is not difficult. After all, Zheng Chao'er underestimated the enemy and became anxious, and miscalculated the pace of Jarvis's lead. Otherwise, he would not be fooled. In detail, to be fair, Jarvis He and the generals accounted for one-third of the credit. The reason for the fast travel was the light luggage, and the colleagues in the research institute accounted for another one-third of the credit. Master uncle, it is wrong to attribute the collective credit to a single person. "

Although the monk didn't quite understand, he didn't argue with him, saying: "It's even more rare to be able to get out of the plum forest of the poor monk."

The corners of Jia Cong's mouth twitched twice: "I have to take half of the credit for that—no, more than half. Her ability to play mazes was developed by me, your nephew and nephew."

"what?"

"I often give maze questions to Jia Xiaomeng of our family." Jia Cong tilted his head and smiled, "Meng'er can't do it, so I ask Aunt Lin for help. As time goes by, Sister Lin is the best at playing mazes. can find a way out.”

The monk didn't understand the cause and effect here, so he thought for a while and said, "What kind of maze problem did you come up with? Let the poor monk have a look."

Jia Cong then called someone to fetch the labyrinth questions from Uncle Xiaomeng over the past few years.These things are very important to children, so they didn't lose any of them.Jia Meng refused to take it at first, but the boy who went there swore that he would return it later. After taking it, he smiled and told Jia Cong, "Master Xiaomeng said, I want you to buy him a pony." , ask for black."

"Stinky boy! It's not like he doesn't have a horse."

The servant smiled and said, "Uncle Xiaomeng said that his horse is white." Jia Cong was noncommittal.

The monk looked at the paper, what a big pile!A maze of various shapes is drawn on it.He always thought that there was no way to get out of the Merlin Labyrinth without a map.It's just that the ancients believed that heaven rewards hard work, practice makes perfect, and Lin Daiyu really went out from it.Pinching the two ends, although I still feel a little puzzled, I reluctantly accepted the matter.

Jia Congnai said to the monk: "As the saying goes, 360 lines can lead to the number one scholar. It is a skill to complete everything, and it is also a skill to specialize in one thing. Sister Lin is smart, that is because she has learned the art of war, and she also has deduction exercises in normal times. I have seen many examples of wars in ancient and modern China and abroad. If others learn from her, they may not be as good as her."

The monk said: "You don't have to argue with me about this. Since you said that there are many smart children, take the poor monk to have a look."

Jia Cong let out a "huh", stood up, led him out, and said, "By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you about your old thoughts. How do you determine that the one who will win the world in the future is King Yan?"

The monk followed him out and asked, "Didn't you take a good look at him?"

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "In the past, he was the one who looked up to him the most. Now that there are compulsory education schools in several countries, he doesn't have one. I'm not sure."

The monk said: "The purpose of building a school is nothing more than to get some talents. King Yan has his own considerations, and there is no shortage of talents. What's the matter with getting the world?"

Jia Cong said: "It's a question of short-term interests and long-term interests. Right now the capital presides over the imperial examinations, and he is the first to get the moon if he is close to the water. In recent years, it seems that there is no shortage of talents. Guan Zi said, it takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate people. Wait for schools in other countries As the children in the village grow up, more people will return to their hometowns to serve. At that time, the country of Yan will be short of talents compared to other countries."

The monk said with a smile: "Where the talents go, the most important thing is the king. If the king is fatuous and incompetent, no matter how many talents he raises, he will go elsewhere. You only need to look at the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to know."

Jia Cong pursed his lips and said, "How can you assume that the monarchs of other countries are all stupid when deciding on a national policy... What if they are not stupid?"

The monk thought for a moment and said, "It's not a big deal just based on this one thing."

After saying that, the two had already gone outside, and Gong Sanyi and Bai Lingen were still sitting and discussing matters.Jia Cong let out a "wow", then turned to the monk with white beard and said, "Master Uncle, why don't you sit in the next room for a while, I have something else to do here."

His words were a bit rude, but the monk snorted: "It's messy!" He really went to the next room.

Jia Cong knew that his hearing must be good, and he probably wanted to eavesdrop.But he didn't mind, and smiled and bowed to Gong Sanyi and Bai Lingen: "Hello, you two old people!"

Gong San also let out a long sigh, told him to sit down, and briefly talked about the princess. "Now I don't know what to do with this matter."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Sir, I don't understand why your old headache hurts. It sounds like this to me. Both of you hope that the princess and the Bai brother will get married, but the Bai brother and the princess are not very old. Yes, the princess still has a love affair with that brother Zhan. Brother Bai then thought, it is convenient for others and for himself, so he helped him two. Is that right?"

Gong San also reprimanded: "Nonsense!"

Jia Cong said: "As the saying goes, if you press the bull's head and don't drink water, you can't be a husband and wife. Let the young people decide their own affairs! Wouldn't it be great to fulfill the three of them?"

Gong San also said: "How can Qier's status be worthy of being a princess?"

"It turned out to be a question of identity." Jia Cong rolled his eyes, "I told you earlier! Identity is not simple. What identity does your nephew want? Otherwise, I will trouble King Yan to recognize him as a godson? Or Did my father recognize him as his godson? Spend some money to go to the West to buy him a title? In the West, France is the best place to buy a title now. Or ask someone to lay down a small country in Nanyang and give him a king name?"

He talked like a cannonball like a cannonball, but it actually confused Gong Bai and the two of them.The two old men looked at each other for a while, Gong San also frowned and said: "The identities obtained in this way are all fake, what's the use?"

Jia Cong said: "Then you see, what is the real identity? So-and-so's son? Then how about I ask King Yan to give him an official title?"

Gong San was upset, waved his hands and said, "You don't understand."

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not just now that buying officials is available, is it always good?" But leaving him alone, he asked Bai Lingen, "General Bai also came here for this matter?"

Bai Lingen smiled wryly and said: "The old man is for another matter, and wants to invite Mr. Dong to visit our house and help me check something."

"Eh? What happened to your family again?"

"No." Bai Lingen said, "It's just that the two juniors in the family had a big fight for some reason. I checked for a long time and found out some reasons. I always feel that there is something else."

"Just tell me briefly, what enmity do they have?"

"No." Beringen said, "Brothers were always in harmony earlier, I'm afraid I was instigated by some villain."

Jia Cong sighed inwardly, the old man was obviously blind by choice.The dispute between the younger generation of the Bai family must be related to interests; Bai Lingen hoped that the children would love each other, even if the people below found out some evidence, he might not believe it.Then he raised his head and said, "Men, especially brothers, usually turn against each other for three things: money, power, and women. Your family is a big family, and the fight for money probably won't come to the younger generation—it's the grandchildren, I guess. "Berringen nodded. "It's not up to them to fight for money and power. The most likely thing is to fight for women. Do they like to go to brothels? Could it be that they like the same fan?"

Beringen immediately said: "My grandson and nephew rarely go to Hualou. They went more in the early years, but they don't go these few years."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "That's weird." After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Are they just looking for trouble for each other? But they also brought in other people?"

Beringen said: "There is a very clever child, and for some reason they don't like him."

"Another grandson in your family?"

"No." Bai Lingen glanced at Gong Sanyi, "It's the child from the Ding family."

Gong San also said, "Ding Chu?" Then he told Jia Cong, "This son is the son of Ding Chengwu, the first military governor.

Jia Cong asked, "So how old is this Ding Chu? Do you have any favorite fans?"

Beringen said: "Ding Chu will be 25 this year. He is very infatuated with his wife and never goes to Hualou."

"Oh——" Jia Cong was stunned, then smiled and said, "Isn't his wife beautiful?"

Beringen shouted: "Nonsense! His wife is dumb!"

Jia Cong squinted at him and said, "Everyone is a man, so there is no need to talk about hypocrisy. Whether a woman is a beauty has nothing to do with whether she is dumb or not? This Ding Chu is both a talent and a person of this generation. It stands to reason The brothers in the family should win him over. How could they not like him? I'm afraid it's not just that they don't like him, they should have stepped on him, and they should have stepped on him, and they should have stepped on him. Two young masters who are against each other step on one at the same time. Talents of the same age; apart from being a woman, I really can’t think of any other possibility.”

Beringen frowned.

Jia Cong clapped his hands together: "Here, why don't you go back and check on Ding Chu's daughter-in-law."

Beringen thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "I seem to have heard that the woman's appearance is unparalleled in the world, and the words are too hyped."

"The words 'beautiful women' are not without reason." Jia Cong said leisurely, "Ancient Greece fought for more than ten years because of robbing a beautiful woman."

Bai Ling'en said calmly: "If it is really because of that woman, I will kill her when I go back!"

Jia Cong and Gong San also looked at each other.Ding Chu's daughter-in-law La Xiangzhu is not only beautiful, but also intelligent and vicious.If Bai Lingen killed him, the Bai family would really fall apart.Jia Cong then asked Gong Sanyi: "Is there anything else, sir? There is an old monk next door."

Gong San also asked, "Who is that monk?"

Jia Cong said, "It's my grandfather's younger brother. Does Mr. Gong know?"

Gong San also raised his eyebrows and said: "Your grandfather and junior brother? I don't know at all."

"Have you ever heard of 'one temple, one plum forest'? I heard that the substitute monk of the founding father of the country practiced there."

Gong San also said: "I only know that it is in the suburbs of Beijing. I checked for a long time in the early years, but I really couldn't find out."

"This master uncle lives there." Jia Cong stretched his waist "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss It is said that she was fascinated by the fox demon and was able to get away only with the protection of her grandmother's soul. It was a mistake to break into a "temple", and this old monk took a fancy to her and wanted to take her as a disciple. But in the end she managed to escape by herself. That's all. The old monk must have gone crazy thinking about his apprentice, and actually chased him to Chengtian Mansion."

"He still wants Miss Lin to be his apprentice?"

"Um".Jia Cong said: "It seems that I have to find a very smart kid, and he looks down on the ordinary smart ones. It took many years before I met Sister Lin."

Gong San also sneered: "What's the use of being smart alone! Which one of you is not smarter than Qiu Sheng, and which one has his caring."

Jia Cong said pitifully: "I knew it! Ever since I got Shi Qiusheng, we have all fallen out of favor!"

"Forget it, you're the smartest, right? How are you going?"

"I was the smartest." Jia Cong snorted, "I'll take the old monk to school later, and see more smart kids. There are many kinds of smart kids. If you say sister Lin is smart, the smartest is the smartest." The energy is still on literary talent. Her poems are really well-received, and she is indeed Lin Hai's daughter."

Gong San couldn't help but glance at him.Although he didn't know Lin Daiyu very well, he also knew that this woman was smart everywhere, Jia Cong's words were obviously for others to hear.Nai waved his hand: "Let's go!"

Jia Cong suddenly clapped his hands again: "I have another idea about that princess!"

"Say."

"Let's not talk about it now." Jia Cong winked, "I'll talk about it in a few days." Nai happily ran to the next room to look for the white-bearded monk.Gong San and Bai Lingen hurriedly followed behind, and eavesdropped on the door.

The white-bearded monk in the room looked at Jia Cong with a somewhat complicated expression, and said, "Although you are young, you are the backbone. Zhan Qiao and Bai Lingen always come to you for advice."

Jia Cong said triumphantly: "That's because I'm not very constrained by rules and regulations. I'm pragmatic and can come up with ideas that are different from ordinary people. Look at that princess, she likes an ordinary person, and ordinary people can only Thinking of the fact that the princess has suffered a loss and the princess is blind, I can think of helping that person change his identity."

The white-bearded monk said with a smile: "Do you really think you are smart? The children of ordinary people are different from the princess in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even if you like it for a while, how will you live in the long run?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Would the princess raised in the palace like the children of ordinary people? This princess was rescued by General Bai after Prince Yizhong. First, he has no identity recognized by the court, and second, he is not a prince. Three have no relatives from a wealthy family, and four have no money and dowry. If she married the son of a wealthy family, she would be waiting to suffer. Even if she married the young master of the Bai family, she would not have a good life—you always think about it Well, she grew up eating rice from the Bai family and drinking water from the Bai family. In the early years, the two adults of the Bai family praised her very highly. It would be very difficult for any man to marry an orphan who has nothing but to respect her Happy? The princess is just a false name, bullshit is worthless! And I have seen the princess, who is like a second fool, not worthy to lift the shoes of our sister Chen." As he said, he stretched out his hand and made a "V" in the air.

Ever since he knew that he was going to meet the monk Chen Ruijin in the Lin Mansion, he quietly followed him, and now he is watching from the window, smiling at him.Gong San and Bai Lingen looked at each other outside the door.

The white-bearded monk looked at him for a long time, and asked: "The poor monk also has a difficult matter right now."

"Huh?" Jia Cong opened his eyes wide and pretended to be cute.

The monk sighed softly: "The little saint in Beijing."

Jia Cong immediately said: "The king of Yan will not let him go."

"The poor monk knows." The monk said, "It's just that it's difficult in the palace now...the treasury is no longer in his hands, but there are still a lot of people."

"It's simple." Jia Cong said casually, "Nowadays, the power of official positions is in the hands of the princes, but the power of titles is still in his name. Selling titles. For example, the title of our Rongguo Mansion belongs to me. It's closed at my grandfather's place. I want to buy three more generations, and buy the title of 'Duke Rong Guo' for my father, my brother, and Meng'er. It's just a false name, and King Yan won't mind."

Gong San outside the door couldn't help nodding.Once such noble titles can be bought and sold, the remaining prestige of the imperial court will be wiped out.