The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But she said that Zhenming used the airs of an elder to confuse Liu Mingqiu, she said after a while: "This matter is not small, let the younger generation think about it."

Zhenming said: "That's fine. Pindao just doesn't want you to waste your skills."

Jia Cong asked casually: "How many of you are still with Concubine Hui? Please come here. What uncle said is, don't waste your skills."

Liu Mingqiu said: "We followed Concubine Hui originally under the leadership of Master, but now she has gone to Nanyang to find her junior uncle, and she doesn't know when she will come back."

Jia Cong laughed out loud immediately: "Want to wait for her to come back? She won't come back." Liu Mingqiu asked why.Jia Cong said, "I went to Chen Guo in the early years. Concubine Hui and Chen Wang wanted to beat the fat sister-in-law dozens of boards because of something as big as a sesame seed. With her kung fu, the boards can't hurt her naturally; It's extremely embarrassing. In addition, Chen Wang's sister-in-law even treated Uncle Zhou as a servant. It can be seen that Concubine Hui's mother and son didn't pay attention to their sisters at all, and regarded them as two slaves. Zhou Xiaolan is now the lord of a country. How can you let your own sister be a slave? If Master Zhou doesn’t find Java, it’s fine; if he finds it, Zhou Xiaolan won’t release her even if she’s under house arrest.”

Liu Mingqiu said calmly: "Master's kung fu is better than my junior uncle's."

Jia Cong smirked and said, "Did Zhou Xiaolan fight with fists and kicks? Dare I ask how Zhou Damei's kung fu compares with firearms?" Liu Mingqiu took a deep breath.Jia Congnai looked at Chen Ruijin and said, "Since your little uncle has captured Java, he must drink some cocoa tea every day. Oh, I always forgot to send someone to Spain to make cocoa recipes, otherwise I can give it to you." she."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "We don't need to think of a way, the little uncle will figure it out by himself. With her ability, it's not easy to figure out a prescription."

Jia Cong thought so too.This kind of master who flies into the sky and hides from the ground is not a matter of coaxing, judging, or peeping, so he hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, let's send someone over to contact first. Cocoa tea is comparable to brown gold, but it's big. Business." Chen Ruijin nodded.

Liu Mingqiu looked at the two of them with a wry smile and said, "So, Master can't come back without guarantee?"

Jia Cong said: "The word 'Baobuqi' can be removed." Besides, Concubine Hui has not many days to live, and when she comes back, she won't be able to find her master.

Chen Ruijin also said: "After a long time of comfort, the master will change. Being the emperor's elder sister is more comfortable than being a slave, and you can drink cocoa tea every day." She clapped her hands and laughed, "I love cocoa tea the most. Since the little uncle is going to Java, she must give me some money."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "She will think about going to Java, isn't it because she got your cocoa tea that year?"

Liu Mingqiu hurriedly asked what was going on, and the two of them explained in detail why Zhou Xiaolan left King Chen and chose to go to Java.Liu Mingqiu was dumbfounded when he heard this; Zhenming was also a little startled, and then he stroked his beard with a smile: "In the past, King Wen of Chu paid for Mrs. Xi, did this little Miss Zhou attack Java for food?"

Chen Ruijin smiled brightly, and praised the delicious taste of cocoa tea: "The Taoist priest has never tasted it; that is really worth conquering the country."

Jia Cong also laughed: "Both men and women love it, but most men don't like to add honey to taste. There must be some in Curry, and I will bring some with my uncle. You should try it too." He called Baoyu courtyard through the wall. The boy came over and asked him to tell Second Grandma Lian to get some cocoa tea for the uncle; I really knew that there were no servants here.

After a while, the boy came back and said with a smile, "Second Mistress Lian said that during the war in Java in the past two years, most of the cocoa tea was brought from West Africa, so it was not easy to buy. The girls bought all the tea last time, and the new ones haven't been bought yet. It’s here. I’ll send her own first.”

Chen Ruijin said: "Leave hers to Fu'er, it's better with mine." He stood up and wanted to go back to the yard to get it.

Liu Mingqiu hurriedly said: "I'll go with you. What you're talking about is so mysterious, I'll be the first to see what the cocoa tea looks like." The two teachers and sisters pretended to be affectionate and left.

As soon as they left, Jia Cong happily surrounded Zhenming and made several bows: "An old man in a family is like a treasure! Uncle, the young ones throw themselves to the ground!" Zhenming said nothing, and pointed to the tea.Jia Cong hurriedly poured tea for him and held it up with both hands.

Outside, Chen and Liu walked back to Jia Cong's courtyard, and before entering the courtyard gate, Liu Mingqiu leaned against the door suddenly, looked at Chen Ruijin and said, "Why did my little master betray King Chen?"

Chen Ruijin also looked at her, and sighed for a while: "You don't believe that she was taken in because King Chen wanted to take her into the house?" Liu Mingqiu was at a loss.Chen Ruijin said, "She is not a fan, but she is not a slave. A fan-headed slave also has a deed in the hands of the master, the old bustard, right? Does Concubine Chen Wanghui have her deed? For decades, the inner court can trap you The Liu family, isn’t it because if you leave, the emperor will send the whole country’s police and army to search for it? Does King Chen have that much power? In the past, the slaves did not dare to escape because they were afraid of being arrested and beaten to death. .Now we don’t know how many people on our island were escaped slaves, and their masters knew where they were born, so there was nothing they could do.”

Liu Mingqiu stared at her and said, "Have you never thought of helping me gain a foothold in Jia Cong's backyard?"

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "I don't care about this kind of thing, it's up to the man to make up his mind."

"I can see the way he looks at you..." Liu Mingqiu shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "That female doctor from the Shu Kingdom must have misrepresented it."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "That female doctor is me."

"No wonder." Liu Mingqiu paused, and said seriously, "What Master said is true, you really can't have a son." Chen Ruijin shrugged, noncommittal. "A few days ago, I heard that Jia Cong wanted to conquer a country called Malaysia in Southeast Asia. I'm afraid his ambition is more than one country. In the future, there must be a male successor."

Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing: "Sister Liu has sieves in her ears? Why do you hear some and not others? Didn't he see Miss Lin lead the army? Didn't he say that there are many empresses in Xiyang? Didn't you hear that he praised the little martial uncle for doing a good job in Occupying Java? Could it be that he doesn't know that the little martial uncle is a woman?" Liu Mingqiu obviously didn't think about this, and was stunned.

Chen Ruijin then ignored her, went inside to find cocoa tea, and sent it all the way to Zhenming's place to cook for everyone to drink.There are some with milk and honey added, and some without. You can try both.In the end, Zhenming, Liao Shouping, and Jia Cong liked to drink pure, while Chen Ruijin and Yuan Shikai liked to drink sweet.Zhenming smacked his lips after drinking it: "No wonder Miss Zhou is going to fight to seize the origin of this thing. Hasn't she already finished fighting? Jia Cong, send someone to buy it quickly!" Jia Cong hurriedly responded, and everyone laughed .

When Jia Cong finished flattering Zhenming and returned to the courtyard, Liu Mingqiu was still standing by the door.Jia Cong shouted from a distance: "Niece, why don't you come to drink cocoa tea?"

Liu Mingqiu looked up at him and asked, "How big is Overseas?"

Jia Cong was overjoyed: "You also want to go out to fight the world? Come, come, I will show you the world map! Please come in quickly." Even if Liu Mingqiu is a fool, he can see that he treats himself completely differently from before, so he is happy now Enthusiasm is the real thing, so I couldn't help but slip a glance at Chen Ruijin.

After explaining the map for half a day, Jia Cong went back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Liu Mingqiu and Chen Ruijin sat face to face for a while, and explained why she came here.

It turned out that a few days ago, a spy from Shu State sent a letter to Chen State, saying that Jia Cong fell in love with a female bodyguard, Chen Siniang, and fell in love with a female doctor from Shu State. Zhou Damei immediately guessed that the female bodyguard was Chen Ruijin.Concubine Hui thought for a long time after hearing this, and said, "Isn't Chen Ruijin older than him?"

Zhou Damei said: "It's two years older."

Concubine Hui said: "It turns out that he likes older girls. It's also true that his mother died early, and he has been friends with his sisters since he was a child. Those girls who were born in Rongguo Mansion are all very intelligent." Nai said regretfully, " Lin Hai's daughter is really good."

Zhou Damei said: "According to the letter from the Kingdom of Shu, Jia Cong looks down on women with ordinary means, because their family has a flower house and they have seen a lot of various tricks. Those who are older and more skilled He likes women."

Concubine Hui smiled and said, "The King of Shu doesn't have such a woman, but we have them. That girl Chen first followed Liu Dengxi, and now she has followed him for these years. She won't be of one mind with us." Zhou Damei nodded, and then picked Liu Mingqiu came out.

After hearing this, Chen Ruijin shook his head and said: "Because she was favored by the Supreme Emperor and lived a smooth life, she thought that this trick could go all over the world, but she never thought about the reason." She stood up and said, "Sister Liu didn't do it just now. Eat cocoa tea, and I will cook it for you again." Then he took the silver frost charcoal from the tea stove and cooked it, and said, "Grand Concubine Hui is favored by the emperor. There are many reasons why I am smart, but there are many beautiful, compliant, and intelligent women. After all, the Supreme Emperor only favors her because of Mrs. Liu. Besides, the Supreme Emperor himself has mediocre talents, so it is inevitable that he will get a smart woman who is familiar with the harem. Listen to her. No matter how she is a natural female Zhuge, she has not been out of the palace since she was four or five years old. Everything she has seen is in the palace. There are two worlds inside and outside the palace. When leaving the palace, Concubine Hui is a She is a fish out of water. If she followed the virtuous king back then, how much would the virtuous king listen to her?"

Liu Mingqiu looked at the furnishings in her room, and asked, "Why is your room so clean?"

Chen Ruijin hummed: "Sujing? My sister, do you know what these are?" Nai pointed to a Western stone statue on the other side of the screen, "That was made by the Greeks 2000 years ago." He also pointed to a gold bracelet on the dressing table , "This was made by the Egyptians 4000 years ago." Turning around, he pointed to the glass vase on the table, "It's from Venice." He pointed to the candlestick on the shelf, "It's from Persia." Nai smiled and said, "There is nothing in this world I want If you want, you can get it.”

Liu Mingqiu said softly: "Then are you different from Concubine Hui?"

Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing: "I already have these things, and Jia Cong's relationship with Jia Cong only started on this trip to Shu. Miss Wu is not someone like him, and she tried to get everything she likes? Tell Liu In a word, sister, the money I earn can be spent comfortably. If you don’t believe me, go out and earn some money for a bodyguard to try.”

Liu Mingqiu fell silent again.Chen Ruijin cooked the cocoa tea, mixed it with milk and honey, and placed it in front of her.Liu Mingqiu picked it up and tasted it, and couldn't help praising: "It really is a good thing, I've never tasted it before."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "So the little uncle went to war."

Liu Mingqiu asked again: "If Master stays in Java, will you be trusted?"

"Yes, we want to do business with the little uncle." Chen Ruijin said, "If she gets the letter, she will be retained. Do you want to come and follow Daoist Zhenming? It's better than following Chen Wang."

Liu Mingqiu was in a daze for a while, and murmured: "Let's talk about it later." Chen Ruijin smiled and took a sip of cocoa tea.

Although Liu Mingqiu is Chen Ruijin's friend, it is not convenient to live in Jia Cong's courtyard, so Wang Xifeng wanted to find a small guest house for her.Zhenming said: "Is there any land near this courtyard of Pindao? Chen girl is busy, and Liu girl has time to do a few tricks with Pindao." Liu Mingqiu then lived in Zhenming's other side of the courtyard.It was also the first time Zhenming came to Chengtian Mansion, everything was fresh, and he often took Liao Shouping, Yuan Shikai, and Liu Mingqiu to go shopping in the streets, or go to the library to get some books.Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, there are a lot of things in the street market, and if you encounter expensive ones, you will directly credit Jia Cong.Yuan Shikai was still a child, he liked a lot of things, and occasionally he couldn't afford them, so he blinked at Zhenming.Zhenming waved his hand: "Buy!" Jia Cong added another sum to his account.

That night, Jia Cong came back with Zhen Ming after gossiping about Zi Xiyang, and was about to wash up and go to sleep.Someone outside suddenly reported that it was Jarvis who came, and hurriedly let him in.Jarvis looked dejected and looked like he had lost the battle, which startled him: "What's wrong?"

Jarvis smiled wryly: "I don't know what's wrong, I'm here to discuss with you."

This afternoon, after Lin Daiyu had a meeting with the military, everyone packed up their things and left the conference room.Jarvis glanced at her and dawdled for a long time.Daiyu knew that he had something else to say, so she pretended to ponder the sand table on the table.Where else do others not understand?They all ran away, and the last one to go out closed the door behind them.

Jarvis said seriously, "Minister Lin, I want to propose to you."

Daiyu was caught off guard and was stunned for a moment, her face glowing with shame.After a while, he said in a low voice: "This... this is going to be a war..."

Jarvis said: "I've been thinking about it for the past few days. Mr. Lin doesn't want you to go out to lead the army. I'm afraid it's because you haven't gotten married. He's anxious and throws fire on this. If we can get married earlier..."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Daiyu lowered her face: "I'm so busy right now, I don't have time." She picked up the document bag and left, leaving Jarvis in the conference room.Jarvis was dumbfounded for a long time.

Jia Cong rolled his eyes when he heard this: "I can't believe it was Brother Yao'er who said such stupid words. Do you want to marry Lin Daiyu or Lin Hai?"

Jarvis said anxiously: "I've been thinking about it for two years, but I can't come up with a good excuse. I can't just ask for marriage."

"Ahem..." Jia Cong choked on his saliva, coughed for a long time, pointed at him, and said, "Is there an excuse for begging? What do you mean by asking for nothing? Do you like her?"

Jarvis said softly, "I've fallen in love with him since the first time we met in the small house in the south of the city that year."

Jia Cong stumbled: "Is liking it an excuse? Can't you just tell her this?"

Jarvis flushed with embarrassment: "I can't say that in front of her."

Jia Cong was stunned for two seconds, covered his face and said, "You, you... my God! I never dreamed..."

Jarvis said: "I understand it in my heart, and she understands it in my heart too!"

"I know there is a fur ball in my heart!" Jia Cong only felt that this matter was full of noise, and he didn't know where to start. "Pure telepathic communication is an alien! How can anyone chase a girl without talking about love... Brother-you listen to me. If you have language barriers, go to Chengtian No. [-] Bookstore and buy a copy of "Love Talk [-]" Learn from "Hundred Articles" and memorize some classic lines, it is definitely better than using Uncle Lin as an excuse."

Jarvis was an honest man, seeing what he said was certain, he believed it, thanked him solemnly and said goodbye.Jia Cong waved his hand in the back: "We brothers are so familiar, I won't send you off~~"

After waiting for half a day, hearing the sound of Jarvis's footsteps so far away, Jia Cong leaned over his desk and laughed loudly, pounding the table vigorously with both hands.Chen Ruijin heard him clearly in the yard, and when he heard him laugh like that, he couldn't help laughing for a long time.Jia Cong finally stopped laughing and ran out, looked at each other with Chen Ruijin for a while, and they laughed together again.

The next day Jarvis went early in the morning to buy a copy of "Three Hundred Chapters of Love" and memorized it thoroughly. Everyone laughed at it for several years, so this is a later story.