The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But Jia Cong found Chen Ruijin from the cellar of Yuanchen Hall in Qingyang Palace and hugged him for a long time. He heard the sound of iron chains and looked down. Chen Ruijin's ankles were bound by iron buckles, and his heart felt like needles. He asked softly: " Are you hurt?"

Chen Ruijin said with a smile: "It's nothing. It's just that the lock can't be opened."

Jia Cong looked back at the Taoist priest who led him, and the Taoist priest hurriedly said: "The Taoist brother who brought this girl locked it, and he took the key away."

"It's so far away from the evil way!" Jia Cong squeezed his fist, then pulled out a dagger from his boot.This thing was found by Jia She when he moved the large warehouse of Rongguo Mansion in the early years. He said that it was a rare sword, and his family's ancestor Jia Yuan once used it.Because Jia Cong often ran around outside, he gave it to him.Although the dagger is good, it took half a day to make a rough cut.

Jia Cong thought for a while and asked the Taoist priest, "Is there any green alum oil in your view?"

"Yes." The Taoist said, "At the master's place." He looked at Chen Ruijin with complicated eyes.

Chen Ruijin stood up and gave him a deep salute: "Thank you, Daoist." The iron chain on his feet jingled.

Jia Cong didn't know what Chen Ruijin coaxed him, so he said: "Your master's incompetence is because Zhen Yuan coaxed him. After all, he knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart. He looks like a fairy again. Check. Mr. Qiu has solved countless cases, if he is innocent, he will naturally return his innocence."

The Taoist said "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable".Anyway, the cellars have brought people here, and it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less.Then he led Jia Cong to a small courtyard for alchemy in the back, and found a big urn with a grimace.Jia Cong ordered someone to move the object into the cellar, and said to the Taoist priest, "Go back first, and pretend that you didn't say anything." The Taoist priest responded and left.

Jia Cong then ordered the soldiers to light more candles, fetch a large bucket of water, and brought a large blue and white bowl, carefully scooped green vitriol oil from the big old man with a porcelain spoon, and filled most of the bowl.Nai firmly grasped Chen Ruijin's left ankle, and dipped the iron lock protruding from the iron buckle into the big sea bowl, and it immediately started to bubble up.Green vitriol oil is dilute sulfuric acid, which will start to corrode when it meets metal.

Chen Ruijin said: "Will it take too much effort?"

"It won't take too long." Jia Cong focused on holding the thing for a long time, then took out the iron lock and carefully stood it on the ground, letting Chen Ruijin grasp the iron buckle on his ankle.Nai took out the revolver gun from his bosom, and shot down the keyhole with a "bang" from directly above.The bullet was stuck inside and never came out, and there was a slight crack in the iron lock.Jia Cong then dipped the iron lock into green vitriol oil again, and did it again.In this way, the iron lock "bang" opened.Jia Cong flaunted: "Knowledge is power!" Chen Ruijin glanced at him with a smile.

Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that there was a circle of red marks on the white ankle, and couldn't help but gently stretched out his hand and rubbed it for a while.Chen Ruijin was still sitting against the wall, with his head slightly lowered, as quiet as an orchid.Jia Cong's heart skipped a beat, and he hugged the girl again.

The two of them huddled together for half a cup of tea, and Chen Ruijin pushed him: "There is one more." Jia Cong nodded repeatedly, and then did the same thing, unlocking the iron lock on her right foot.Nai first diluted the green vitriol oil in the bowl in the bucket and poured it out, and then ordered the soldiers to hold the urn back to its original place.

Chen Ruijin asked, "Why put it back?"

Jia Cong said: "The Taoist priest helped us, but he has a Nishi sect. I'm afraid he has a bad reputation. If he doesn't mind, let's talk about it in the future. What if others mind? It's better not to say anything."

Chen Ruijin nodded: "That's right. Let's go out."

"Yeah." Jia Cong got up and took her hand, picked up the lantern and went outside, and said to the soldiers who followed, "Put the cover back and smash it."

The soldiers were taken aback: "Cover it back?"

"Build it back first, then you take a break, gossip, and then smash it."

"Yes."

The two of them walked out of the hall side by side.It happened that a full moon was hanging in the sky in the west, round and bright.Chen Ruijin sighed, "Today is exactly the fifteenth day."

Jia Cong said: "There is an auspicious saying that the moon and the moon are two circles. I would rather find you yesterday when it was not so round."

Chen Ruijin gave him a sideways glance: "You are the one who spoils the scenery the most."

Jia Cong said twice: "I am serious. Do you want to go back first?"

"Seeing that the sun is about to come out." Chen Ruijin looked to the east, "Let's watch the sunrise."

"it is good."

The two then quietly stopped talking.After a long time, there was a bang sound from the hall behind him. It was not very pleasant, but very pleasant.Not long after, there was a series of "cracking" sounds, and the stone cover on the cellar was broken.

In the dead of night, Qiu Liang was pretending to be interrogating a Taoist priest.Hearing the sound behind him, he stood up and asked, "But what did you find?" Then he sent a soldier to look.

After a while the soldier came running back and shouted, "My lord! Found it! The girl has been found! In a cellar!"

Qiu Liang laughed twice, and shouted: "Take them all!" Nai strolled to the front of Yuanchen Hall, and saw the two of them sitting on the stone steps.

Jia Cong waved his hand: "Master Qiu, hello!"

Qiu Liang smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations, Mr. Jia!"

"I owe you a favor." Jia Cong said seriously, "We are looking at the moon."

Qiu Liang looked up at the moon: "The sun is about to come out."

"Yeah. Watch the sunrise and watch the moon."

"I don't want to bother you." Qiu Liang then led the soldiers to hurry.

Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin were sitting in front of Doumu Yuanjun's palace, watching the full moon fall in the west, and the early sun showing a glimmer of light from the sky.The surrounding clouds are gradually dyed, red, gold, purple and blue.Unconsciously, the clouds gradually faded away, leaving only a golden color.Suddenly there was a sharp light shooting out, and a spot of eye-catching color jumped out from the east, which became white instead of golden.Jia Cong said softly: "You are like the sun. At first it was just a faint light, and then it became brighter and brighter; when it really came out, you will be unique." Chen Ruijin looked up at the sunrise, and leaned gently against Jia Cong. Cong shoulder.

The sun is coming out.The two of them sat for a while longer before they stood up, all the soldiers were busy with their own business, and laughed a few times as they passed by.Chen Ruijin's face was blushing, Jia Cong dragged her to bid farewell to Qiu Liang as if nothing happened, and went back to the residence to rest.

Jia Cong did not close his eyes for three days and three nights, and when he woke up, the sky was bright.He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was only the time of day.Nai packed up for a while and ran out. Those people were all having tea in the courtyard.Jia Xu looked at him and said, "I've slept all day long." Jia Cong rubbed the back of his head, seeing that Chen Ruijin's expression was normal, he was determined, and sat down beside her to drink tea and snacks, and asked her what she said. How about two days.

It turned out that a thief came to visit him that night, and Chen Ruijin saw that his skills were mediocre, so he chased him out.She didn't want an old Taoist priest waiting outside, and she knew that she was no match after only one move.However, the old Taoist's hands and feet were too fast. On the one hand, he forced her to beat her farther and farther. On the other hand, she was so fast that she didn't even have time to take out her pistol. Finally, he was caught.

The old Taoist took a rope to tie her up and asked, "Are you Chen Siniang?"

Chen Ruijin immediately knew that he had something to do with the Taoist Zhenming of Tianning Temple in Nanchang, and wondered: "I never left my name around, how did the immortal master know?"

"Sure enough, I followed Jia Cong." The old Taoist said, "It's good to be calm."

Although Chen Ruijin's hands were tied, he still bowed and said, "Dare to ask the fairy chief, what's the matter with arresting the little girl?"

The old Taoist said: "There is a reason." After looking at her again, he asked, "What is your origin?"

"It's just a bodyguard."

The old Taoist smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that Jia Cong met the stunning female bodyguard."

Chen Ruijin then falsely claimed that he practiced martial arts with a Nanhai god nun when he was young, and returned home after learning.Not long after, Jia Cong in Shanglinhai was kidnapped by water bandits; after Jia Cong coaxed them to release the two of them, he said he wanted to find two reliable bodyguards.This matter let her elder brother know, and recommended herself through the hands of others.

The old Taoist looked at her for a long time again: "Are you from Wu?"

"I'm from the capital, and I came to the country of Wu with my elder brother."

"I don't think you look like a native of Wu." The old Taoist said, "Is your brother a member of the King of Wu?"

Chen Ruijin hesitated for a moment, because the old Taoist's gaze was like a torch, she flinched and lowered her head, "My brother's name is Chen Ruiwen."

The old Taoist was shocked, pointed at her and said, "Aren't you the eldest grandson of the Qi State Mansion? Are you Chen Yi's granddaughter?"

Chen Ruijin was pleasantly surprised: "The Immortal knows my grandfather?!"

The old Taoist couldn't help but took a closer look at her: "Your grandfather is willing to let his granddaughter practice martial arts! You really underestimated him." So he stood and thought for a while.Looking at his expression, Chen Ruijin knew what he had changed his mind.

The old Taoist suddenly picked her up and flew all the way to Qingyang Palace, without even entering the gate, and went straight into Yuanchen Hall from outside the wall.Chen Ruijin has an excellent memory, since he had been to Qingyang Palace, he recognized it right away.She knew that if such a grand view had secrets, no one would know about it, so she pretended to be dazed.The Taoist priest who kept the candlelight came forward to beat him, and secretly glanced at Chen Ruijin, with doubts on his face.Nai led the two of them to lift the lid of the cellar, and the old Taoist ordered Chen Ruijin to go in.Chen Ruijin walked in as stiff as a wooden man, and the Taoist priest who kept the candle became more and more suspicious.

The old Taoist locked Chen Ruijin in the cellar, and said: "Since you are a girl from Chen Yi's family, you can just stay at ease, and see if there will be luck in the future." Chen Ruijin stood there in a daze.The old Taoist left.

The next day, the Taoist priest guarding the Yuanchen Hall came to bring her food and water. Chen Ruijin had returned to his soul, and asked with tears and panic, "Can I still see my parents?" The Taoist priest put down the food basket without saying a word, His eyes became more and more suspicious.

Another day later, when the meal was delivered at night, the Taoist priest who guarded the temple asked her, "Who are you?"

Chen Ruijin hurriedly said with tears: "I am the daughter of a good family. I slept soundly in the house, but somehow I ended up here. Is this a place for taking pictures of Hanako?"

A trace of anger flashed across the Taoist's face, and he said, "Don't worry, girl, someone is looking for a girl outside."

Chen Ruijin grabbed his sleeve: "Is my father looking for me? Daoist, can you write to my father?"

The Taoist praised "Infinite Heavenly Venerable" and said: "The poor Taoist swore an oath not to reveal a single word."

Chen Ruijin thought for a while and said, "Then... can the priest send me a painting back?" The Taoist shook his head.Chen Ruijin pleaded, "I'm gone; others can return it. My grandmother is afraid that she will die of sudden death. She is already 86." The Taoist still shook his head.Chen Ruijin then drew a sketch on the ground with his fingers, which was the 3000-year-old mask that Jia Cong drew that day and the later generations dug up from the vicinity of Qingyang Palace. "I scribbled this when I was a child. The Taoist priest drew it in this way and sent it to my home. My parents will know that I am still alive when they see it. I don't want to worry too much or make something happen."

When the Taoist saw it, it really looked like a child's graffiti, and he believed it in his heart.Chen Ruijin's eyes were reddish, with tears in his eyes, Baba looked at him.The Taoist felt relented, secretly wrote down the graffiti, drew it himself, and found a little beggar in the dark, and asked him to deliver it to the small courtyard where Jia Cong and others lived according to the address.

Jia Cong heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and patted his chest: "It's really lucky to meet this Taoist priest." Nai asked Jia Xu, "What's the matter with these two old Taoist priests, Zhen Ming Zhen Yuan, does Uncle Wu know? "

Jia Xu said, "I don't know at all."

"Where is Qiu Liang?"

Jia Xudao: "Yesterday, a letter came that the master of Qingyang Palace has recruited. Guess what Zhenyuan has in hand?"

"Where do I go?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Gold medal, the gold medal of the late emperor, as if I were here in person."

"Cut, it really is the late emperor's man." Jia Cong's mouth twitched, "Most of the people who wrote to him were monks, that old monk, don't worry about me."

"I don't know much about the old master. Zhenyuan took the gold medal to find him, and said that he would use the cellar of Yuanchen Hall to temporarily lock up a key criminal. It was extremely important and mysterious. And the key to the iron lock in the cellar is the old master. No, but it is in Zhenyuan's hands." Jia Xu said, "The host only knows how to open the cellar."

Jia Cong threw a piece of peach cake into his mouth, and asked: "That night he was so stubborn that he refused to say anything, why did he suddenly recruit?"

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Everyone has been found, but you can't deny it. Besides, you charged Zhenyuan with the crime of being a human trafficker, and the notices all over the street were posted by the government, and one of them was posted opposite Qingyang Palace. He didn't know Zhenyuan. I don’t know who he is. Seeing Master Qiu’s appearance in the notice, I can’t help being suspicious. There are also people who are angry with the Taoist priests all over the city because of the real distance.” Everyone laughed lightly. "And Chen girl pretended to have lost her soul that day, she really seemed to be fascinated by Paihuazi. The host didn't say anything, but secretly wondered if Zhenyuan had tied up a decent girl .”

Jia Cong said: "It can be seen that these monks still have conscience after all, and they will not blindly believe in authority without distinguishing between good and evil. How far is it?"

"No trace yet."

"No problem, let him fall into the sea of ​​people's war." Jia Cong winked, "Where there are people, there will be families, and where there are families, there will be children. Who is not afraid of flirting?" He asked again, "Who will help us?" Where is the Taoist?"

Jia Xudao: "According to what he said, he didn't say anything. You and Qiu Liang found Miss Chen by yourself."

Jia Cong said: "He took off such a big stone cover without any effort. When I put it back, three soldiers carried it. I also want to hook him up as a general."

Jia Xu said: "Since that's the case, I'll go and investigate this person. Presumably, he was specially arranged to guard the Yuanchen Palace." He glanced at Jia Cong again, "Don't eat so much oil and fire snacks, go have some porridge seriously. .”

"Oh~~" Jia Cong responded.I probably slept too much and felt a little dizzy, so I simply started doing eye exercises.

Then I heard the soldiers outside the door saying back and forth: "There is a porter outside asking to see Mr. Jia, saying that he knows the whereabouts of the real man from afar."

Jia Cong put down his hand and blinked: "Why come to me instead of Qiu Liang?"