The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that someone shot a loud arrow into the courtyard of the inn where Jia Cong lived, reminding them to be careful about plotting.Jia Cong went to see the King of Shu early the next morning, and said, "I beg you to do something."

The king of Shu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"I beg your lord to help find a safe and convenient place to live. I'm bringing bodyguards with me, just in case something happens and I'll hurt the inn." Jia Cong took the letter out from his sleeve and said, "This is someone from last night. It was delivered quietly."

The king of Shu was shocked and ordered Qiu Liang to come.Qiu Liang was also shocked when he saw it; the king of Shu ordered him to investigate the matter, and chose a small house near the mansion of the king of Shu to house Jia Cong and others, sent soldiers to guard and patrol, and raised two children according to Jia Cong's words. big dog.Jia Cong was like a normal person, after moving to his residence, he still discussed with the King of Shu's subordinates to build a school, and that Ding Wangji also came over to discuss the establishment of a university.This matter is so important that the King of Shu arranged a Yamen with them.Although Jia Cong has no official title, he seems to go to the Yamen every day to do errands.

On the first day of moving here, it happened that someone from the neighbor's house also went out.The woman casually raised her head and glanced here, and Jia Cong couldn't help secretly praising that Chengdu Plain is indeed a place for beauties.A few days later, when Jia Cong came back from the yamen, he ran into the beautiful woman again. By chance, he got out of the carriage and held a woman's hand, with a graceful willow figure.

When they arrived in the courtyard, little Yuan Shikai was riding a horse. Jia Cong stepped forward to tease him, but Jia Xu yelled at him through the window not to make trouble.After entering the room, Chen Ruijin said: "That woman is hooking you up."

Jia Cong was startled: "Which woman?" Then he understood, and said: "I think too much, I'm just a neighbor, and I don't know each other." Naixizi glanced at her, thinking wow, will she be jealous?

Chen Ruijin said: "I've learned it before, and I knew it the first time." After a pause, "I just want to see when you will understand." Jia Cong pouted.

Jia Xu was discussing with Liu Feng, when he heard this, he raised his head and said: "You are not young, and you have never married a wife. These days, you are showing your talents in the Shu Palace, and it is not normal for anyone to plan on you."

"How can there be such a coincidence?" Jia Cong poured tea by himself, and said, "It just so happens that the family lives next door, so we just moved here."

Liu Feng suddenly laughed out loud: "If Miss Chen is sure, I know who shot the arrow."

The three asked at the same time, "Who?"

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "No one of you cooperates with me when I am whetting my appetite. Why do you cooperate with everything he says?" Nobody paid any attention to him.

Liu Feng said: "The way of the neighbor next door is our own. It's a trick to scare the snake. Congratulations to the third master, it can be regarded as the harem of the King of Shu."

Jia Cong rubbed his nose: "You mean, someone has already planned it out. If we move, [-]% of us will move here."

Liu Feng nodded and said: "Alone in Shu Kingdom, even with bodyguards around, ordinary people would not stay in the inn even if they got the arrow letter. The Shu Palace moved here temporarily, and there won't be many nearby The small house happens to be the property of the king of Shu. We moved out of the inn, and the third master is unwilling to live in the palace. Which house the king of Shu will use to settle can be deduced early on. It would be easier if someone whispered in his ear. "

Jia Cong breathed out: "Then we are not so dangerous for now?"

"It's even more dangerous." Liu Feng said, "Obviously the task of finding out this matter will fall to Qiu Liang. Qiu Liang is capable. People are either not afraid that he will find out, or they are sure that he will not find out. Now the neighbors next door have ulterior motives." , I don’t know if there will be other purposes, not necessarily just for this one.”

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Whatever, it's not like we didn't go through other things."

Jia Xu said, "By the way, I went out and killed someone just now."

"what?"

It turned out that a few days ago, Jia Xu'an's secret agent in the Shu Palace knew something. The chief executive of the Shu Palace and the younger brother of a concubine of the Shu King were conspiring to seize the antique shop.Jia Xu drove Liu Feng to pretend to be a Taoist priest to ask the owner of the shop if he wanted to join the merchant party.Just now a sinister Taoist priest was killed by a wronged soul, how could he still be willing to be a Taoist priest?So Liu Feng was driven away.When Liu Feng was about to leave, he said: "According to the poor, this owner's fortune is imminent. And if you open this hole and break your fortune, you will lose thousands of miles." He ran away before he was beaten by a broom.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, someone was robbing their most profitable shop!The boss inevitably became suspicious.When Liu Feng went again, he treated each other with courtesy and asked Liu Feng for advice.Liu Feng took advantage of the situation to promote the Shang Party again, and said: "Our Party is only for those who do business with their duty and have their property seized for no reason. The rich and powerful and these brother-in-laws and chief executives deceive others without reason. Is it okay to be bullied by them in vain? Not to mention the usual taxes, how can the daily filial piety be less?"

The boss really made him angry, and said bitterly: "The yamen everywhere have never been less filial, even if they are like this, they can't save their own family! Everyone is greedy like a wolf! It’s a bottomless pit! There’s nothing you can do with them, and my sister has entered the palace!”

Liu Feng smiled and said: "The wolf catches the rabbit, catch you today, and catch him tomorrow. If the wolf is not full, the rabbit is not safe. It's just that the wolf doesn't eat the rabbit today and doesn't have to eat it tomorrow; I have to eat the rabbits from this litter today, and go to eat the rabbits from that litter tomorrow—Bao Buqi happens to eat the rabbits from the same litter every time.” The owner persuaded him.

Because the shop is also inconvenient to give it directly to the "brother-in-law", it is only discounted to one-twelfth of the market price, and it is still bargaining at this moment.Jia Xuzhi killed someone, and he did it in broad daylight and blatantly. He didn't know that the case would be in Qiu Liang's hands at this moment.The host stayed there for a full quarter of an hour, fearing that he would be found out, and when Liu Feng went again, he actually closed the door!

After hearing this, Jia Cong laughed loudly: "Uncle Wu, you scare me!"

Jia Xu said: "The businessman is cunning. If you don't give him a bowl of bandao noodles, he will not be honest. In a few days, I will choose one night to scare him in person."

"Uncle Wu is working hard."

"It's just that there is another important person to see."

"The chief executive?"

"Ding Wangji's mother." Jia Xu said, "I've thought about it, but this girl has to go find out. Ding Wangji looks exactly like Guo Shu. When Guo Shu was romantic in the capital, the King of Shu was fighting at the border. He thought he had never seen Guo Shu; it was just that someone below him must have seen it. Guo Shu and the King of Shu had a vendetta for killing his son, so why didn't the King of Shu suspect him?" Several young people were all born after Guo Shu's death. This person has no feelings, so he is noncommittal.

In the evening, the sound of jingle dongdong came from the next door, and it was really well played.It's just that the five of them are sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting, Chen Ruijin is calm and composed, Jia Xu, Liu Feng and Yuan Shikai are all looking at Jia Cong.How could Jia Cong pretend that he didn't hear?Nai took a sip of tea, cleared his throat again, and roared, "I planted a seed! It finally grew fruit! Today is a great day—" Even if he guessed what he was going to sing, Jia Xu was still scared. jumped.The four looked at each other for a long time and laughed in unison.

The sound of the piano next door stopped, but Jia Cong did not. "I love you, I love you, just like a mouse loves rice—" "I have to love even if I die—I don't want to be happy if I die—" "I want a life in full bloom, just like flying in the vast sky—"

Jia Xu couldn't bear it anymore and was about to beat someone; Jia Cong changed his style of music and changed to "Red Beans".Jia Cong always sang loudly, but suddenly a quiet song came, and several people were not used to it.Jia Xu was an old man, and he couldn't hear such a flat tone, so he muttered, "It's like chanting a scripture."

Jia Cong looked at Chen Ruijin affectionately while singing.Although he didn't sing very well, the important thing is the lyrics, so he sang the key lines over and over again, and sang the whole song again and again. "When the scenery is clear, maybe you will accompany me to watch the long stream of water." Chen Ruijin raised his eyes to see a crescent moon hanging like a line on the tree in the corner of the courtyard, with sparse stars and light clouds, clear wind and clear dew, and he was in a good mood.

Yuan Shikai whispered to Liu Feng beside him: "I think the singing of the third master seems to be useful, although it is still not good."

Liu Feng also whispered: "It's kind of useful."

The next day happened to be the first day of the lunar new year, when the incense was at its peak, Jia Xu quietly went to Zhaojue Temple.This is an ancient temple, with monks and nuns divided into two courtyards. Ding Wangji's adoptive mother has a small courtyard in the south nunnery, and several aunts take care of her.

Jia Xu first looked around to see the terrain, then went around and looked at the aunt secretly for a long time.Although she is old, she can recognize that she must be a beauty when she was young.Seeing how rich and noble the furnishings in her room are, except for her shaved head and wearing Ziyi, she is not an aunt at all!Jia Xu frowned: It would be too arrogant for someone to avoid misfortune and become an aunt.Besides, Zhaojue Temple is a large temple near Chengdu Mansion, so she is a bit rude to be so public.I'm afraid that the previous guess was wrong.So he didn't act rashly, just hid in the temple, wanting to see more.

At night, the old aunt was bored, and she bent over the desk and played the piano. The sound of the piano was majestic and different from ordinary women.The tone suddenly changed, and the murderous aura overflowed like a gold and iron horse.

Suddenly a woman came from outside the courtyard to see her, she looked like a maid.The girl stood respectfully and waited for the old aunt to play the piano, stepped forward to salute, and said: "Our girl played the piece taught by Master last night." Jia Xu took a deep breath.

The old aunt stretched out her hand to ask for tea, and an aunt who was serving at the side hurriedly brought it to her.The old aunt took two mouthfuls of tea, held the teacup in her hand and said, "Play it as soon as you play it, why bother to tell me every step of the way."

The servant girl lowered her head and said, "Mr. Jia doesn't seem to like it."

"How do you know?"

"The girl just played for a while, and he sang loudly next door, as if he didn't hear the sound of the piano."

The old aunt frowned: "What is he singing?"

The servant girl said: "The tune is also strange, and the lyrics are also strange. Our girl recorded them all." She took out a roll of white silk from her sleeve, "I sang a song at the end, because the voice was much lower, and the girl couldn't hear it." Qingcier, only the tune was recorded."

The old aunt took the white silk shop and took a look at the desk, amusedly said: "What tune is this? It's so ugly. The words are also strange. You girls heard it right?"

"That's the word she heard. Because she guessed it from the sound, it's wrong to keep it incomplete."

The old aunt said: "I have never seen such a vulgar word. Could it be a country tune from some place?" Nai stretched out her hand and played it on the piano, "It's so weird. That's all." She ate again. Tea, asked, "Did we meet yesterday?"

The servant girl said: "Meet it! Mr. Jia glanced at our girl several times, but he was a little casual."

The old aunt snorted: "Casual? Change the color to something more common, so you can see whether he is casual or not? Even the female bodyguards are molesting, and the sinner's daughter is also staring at him. He must be a romantic by nature. His father and his brother are all the same. Stuff." Jia Xu almost laughed outside the window, thinking to himself, he must tell Chen girl about this later.

The servant girl said: "I just heard that when he was doing business in the yamen these days, the people of the prince had a very good relationship with him."

The old aunt said: "Jia Cong is used to business affairs. The prince hastily sent a few people to set up some kind of compulsory education school. He happened to be familiar with this matter, just colleagues."

The servant girl said, "I don't know Mr. Ding?"

The old aunt snorted: "I told him not to test Jia Cong, he insisted on not listening! Jia Cong is small-minded, it may be difficult for the two of them to make friends. Don't worry about your master, the son of the world is useless Among this group of people, only Qiu Liangyin was willing to protect him when he went down the tunnel, and he regarded him as a friend."

The servant girl frowned: "Lord Qiu is a lonely minister."

The old aunt glanced at her: "What's the hurry? It's not time to make Qiu Liang's idea."

The maid answered "Yes" with her head bowed.

After taking two sips of tea, the old aunt looked at the white silk, and said, "Lin Hai and Su Zheng, two elegant men, unexpectedly taught such a vulgar disciple." Nai laughed, "What did I say that day? Jia Cong's temperament is indeed more like Jia She, and less like Lin Hai and Su Zheng. What kind of tree bears what kind of fruit."

The servant girl said: "Do you want to change another girl?"

The old aunt waved her hand and said: "No change. Even if he is vulgar, he will eventually like women who are good at piano and books. Even if they are placed in the room, they are better than vulgar fans."

Jia Xuzheng heard it interesting, when suddenly he heard someone barking in the distance, there are patrols in this temple!Fearing that the dog would sniff out something, he dodged and hid on a big sycamore tree at the back of the yard.Not long after the patrol came over, the dog really barked.After a while, an aunt came out and dismissed the people outside.

After they left, Jia Xu heard the old aunt shouting in the room: "Is there a gentleman on the beam?" Jia Xu didn't say anything.The old aunt then ordered someone to come out and look for it.Seeing that someone found under the tree, Jia Xu pretended to make a noise, and the sister-in-law raised the lamp to look up - although the light was dim, a figure could be seen faintly.

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Shut up! I don't mean any harm!" Nai quickly climbed down from the tree.

Sister-in-law held up the lamp to shine on his face, Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "I would like to meet Mr. Ding Wangji's adoptive mother."

The old aunt's back was straight, and after reciting the Buddha's voice, she came over and said, "That's the poor nun."

Jia Xu also saluted with palms together, took out something from his bosom and handed it over without saying a word.The old aunt took a look at it in her hand, secretly startled - Jin Yiwei's belt badge, silver.Qianhu Liu Quan.Jia Xu said in a low voice, "I'm no longer serving in the imperial court, I'm just curious."

The old aunt looked at him indifferently: "What are you curious about?"

"In the early years, I was ordered to investigate a case of killing a family." Jia Xu said, "After several years of investigation, I couldn't find it out. Although I was not allowed to investigate later, I was in a panic. The dead family, the head of the family and his three They look very similar." Nai glanced at the old aunt. "Mr. Ding and that family of four look alike..."

The old aunt was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing until tears flowed down her cheeks.