The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

At the foot of Panlong Mountain, soldiers and horses of unknown origin were stationed overnight.The next morning, the fine ghost from last night came again.With his hands behind his back, he boldly entered the large tent of the Chinese army, and said to the general in the army: "Dare to ask the general's name?"

The general said: "Didn't I tell you last night? King Wu of Taihu Lake."

The fine ghost sneered: "These words only fooled me for a while. Taihu King and Wuzhai Lord are younger than the general by at least ten years. Princess Jian'an met him when she was young."

The general was shocked, and said with a dry smile: "Princess, have you ever seen a water bandit?" The fine ghost looked at him with a half-smile.The general had an epiphany.That's right, King Wu of Taihu Lake has ruled for many years, and the court has never moved; after the latter land fell into the hands of King Wu, he had been wiped out several times, and General Wei Ruoheng, who was invincible in Dongying, had nothing to do with him.I'm afraid, like the King of Golden Horn and King of Silver Horn, he is a thief by order.Concubine Ning was quite favored in the palace. Princess Jian'an had met Wang Wu when she was young, so she knew that Wang Wu must be the Supreme Emperor's man.The strategy of pretending to be Wang Wu was obviously seen through, and the general was a little embarrassed.

Jing Jinggui said slowly: "Thinking about it, this leader is also someone from the court. I wonder if it is the Yellow Wind Monster or the Yellow Eyebrow Patriarch?"

The general smiled dryly again, and said, "I don't know who is the Taishang Laojun who is above your lord?"

The fine ghost smiled and said: "Of course Laojun is Laojun." He looked at the general again, "Elder Jin Chan only has one. Our king wants it, and the leader wants it too. Now that he has entered the realm, he will naturally follow him." Follow the rules of the lower world. Our leader wants to fight with the leader for three days, and the winner will go to Tang Seng, how about it?"

The general thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Alright." They held Princess Jian'an and the terrain in their hands, and it was fair that they had more soldiers and horses.So he made an appointment with the leader of the fine ghosts to fight for three days, and then the time was right.The fine ghost bowed to the ground and swaggered away.

The general then prepared trenches, knives, arrows, fire, guns and other things at the foot of the mountain.Two days later, there was still a day before the appointment with the people on the mountain, when suddenly a patrolling scout came to report that the soldiers were coming!The general was shocked: "Quickly find out who!"

The scout said: "Look at the banner of Bingjia, it is the Royal Forest Army, and the word'Gan' is picked up on the flagpole. There are at least five or six thousand people who came, and they came straight to our army. There was a village girl sitting on a horse in front. The woman is leading the way."

The general thought for a moment, then stumbled and said, "I'm afraid it's Gan Lei. It's a trick!" Nai asked, "How long will it take for the Imperial Forest Army to arrive?"

The scout said: "We have reached the hill ahead."

The general counted his fingers, and if he didn't leave, it would be too late.Looking up at the mountain, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's good to go out and drive away the wolf. Just wait, the old man will come back to settle the score." Li ordered to leave the camp tent and other luggage, and leave immediately with dry food and weapons.

As soon as they left, the Royal Forest Army chased after them. Seeing the mess on the ground, they knew that there were soldiers and horses stationed there, so they hurriedly followed the horseshoe marks and chased after them.Those in front ran away desperately, and chased after them hard.Fortunately, both armies have just recharged their batteries and are full of energy. They can play "Chasing Me" for a long time.Not long after the Royal Forest Army left, chariots and horses gradually descended from the mountain. Princess Jian'an's Shili Hongzhuang and the soldiers sent by King Lu were quite a few, and three hundred more cavalry escorted them back. The bandits of a dozen or so sent out for more than two miles.

Seeing that there was a big road ahead, the leader of the three hundred cavalry clasped his fists at the bandit and said, "Thank you for your help, leaders, there will be a big reward in the future."

The leader of the bandits said: "It's easy to say. I hope that the adults will take care of our family's business in Beijing."

The cavalry leader laughed and said: "Naturally. Our two families are good friends, and our master has always been fair. The meat is in the pot, and everyone has soup to drink. Why not do it?" The bandits also laughed and cupped their hands bid farewell.

A group of bandits went back down the mountain and looked at the luggage all over the ground, and someone said, "Hurry up and move up the mountain."

Another said: "No! These can only be given to the Imperial Forest Army for free. If they become suspicious, we will have to move again."

Another said: "That's what it says...but they haven't counted the quantity, so how do they know that we have moved away? Besides, it can't be taken by the people in the mountains near Zuojin? Anyway, the master didn't want it."

Just now the one said: "It's better not to move. These things are worthless, and it takes a lot of effort to move them up the mountain, so it's not worth it. Can you find any soft ones? The boss doesn't like the bulky things."

The thieves picked and picked carefully, but there was nothing of value, and disappointedly said: "It's so poor."

The other said with a smile: "These are officials and thieves. They don't have much oil and water. Even if they get good things, they have to be handed over to the master. How can we be comfortable. We have to deliver the goods to Beijing tomorrow." Everyone laughed and abandoned I didn't take any of the crude benzene and luggage, and went up the mountain happily.

When they were gone, a man jumped down from the old locust tree at the foot of the mountain, stared at the mess and thought for a long time.After waiting for another two hours, people from the Royal Forest Army came to clean up the battlefield and picked up all the luggage and other things.

The next day, seven or eight bandits came down from the mountain, and they all pretended to be ordinary mountain people and sent a mule cart full of things out of the mountain.The mule cart walked slowly for more than half a day, and arrived at a market town, and found a secluded alley to unload the objects on the cart.After a while, more than two dozen burly men walked out of a tavern not far away, belching and throwing their arms around their shoulders.The leader of the drunk and the bandit whispered something, then turned around and made a gesture.The drunks woke up immediately, each took out a piece of burden cloth to wrap the items on their backs, turned around and went back to the tavern to pick up their horses, and headed for the capital with whips.The bandit drove the mule cart slowly back to the mountain.

Not long after the drunks left, a man approached the tavern where they had been drinking and asked for some food and drinks.After a while, he said that he saw a group of drunken men riding horses just now, and said with a smile, "I don't know if I fell off the horses and knocked my teeth." My lord, the clothes are so neat! There are also horses to ride."

The waiter loves to talk a lot, and said: "That's the guy from Yinfengju! Does Yinfengju know? It's the biggest antique shop in Beijing. Don't underestimate them, their owner is very rich and generous, and the guy has money in his waist."

The man couldn't help sneering: It turns out that Yinfengju in the capital was engaged in selling stolen goods.It's just that the "adult" must not belong to the King of Yan, otherwise, it would be extremely cheap to bother them to help send Princess Jian'an back to the capital while the Imperial Forest Army is there.It can be seen that the imperial forest army was recruited by the king of the mountain or "my lord" as envoys.At this moment, he might not have time to catch up with those drunks, so he had a big meal, went to the market to buy a horse, and galloped away to the capital.

He was on a fast horse, and when he was about to reach the capital, he met Princess Jian'an's convoy, and the three hundred cavalrymen had disappeared.I thought to myself: If those people are invited by the Rongguo Mansion, there is no need to hide them, just follow them into the city.Since it is hidden, it is probably the idea of ​​another family.He was alone and couldn't do anything. He just pretended to be a curious passer-by and looked around for a long time, and quickly rushed into the city.At the gate of the city, there were people from the Rongguo Mansion waiting eagerly, among them was holding a young man with a weak crown, who was looking out from a distance under the awning, presumably he was the son-in-law Jia Huan.The man smiled coldly in his heart: his daughter-in-law has spent several nights in the bandit's hands, so let me tell you whether she is perfect or not; since she is willing to tell the bandit that she recognizes "Taihu King Wu", it is not certain that someone will bribe her.

In the afternoon of this day, Lord Zhao Cheng, the military commander of the five cities, received an anonymous report that the antique shop "Yinfengju" colluded with bandits to sell stolen goods.There have been a lot of stolen goods these days, and the government doesn't care at all.It's just that the paper that sent the letter was the best Xue Tao paper, who would use this in ordinary people?It can be seen that the messenger is not an ordinary person.Then he was troubled: he didn't know whose property Yinfengju belonged to, nor who wanted to take over this property.Should this case be handled?

On the other side, the Rongguo Mansion can be considered to have received Princess Jian'an.Seeing the chariots and horses approaching from a distance, Jia Huan let out a sigh of relief and went up to meet him. When he saw Zhong Wei, he cupped his hands and said hello.I asked what was going on, and I arrived much later than originally estimated.Zhong Wei said: "Let's talk later." Jia Huan knew that there was an accident on the road, nodded, and ran to the princess's carriage to give a deep salute: "Princess has worked hard all the way." eyebrow smile.Knowing that there are many people watching around, so he must not lose his courtesy, so he ordered the maid to go out and say some scene words, nothing more than "well" and the like.The dowry of this brigade entered Beijing, and it attracted countless idlers to watch.

However, since they are not married yet, naturally they cannot directly live in Rongguo Mansion.It's not that the Situ family has no property in the capital.Furthermore, King Yan Situ Pan, as his uncle, and the Empress Dowager, as his grandmother, have done many good deals without capital and huge profits in the past two years, so there must be some dowry, right?Situ Pan then made the decision and ordered her to be placed in a private house of his own.I don't know if he did it on purpose. The small courtyard happened to be the one in Lizhi Lane, and it was lent to Lin Hai to live in in the early years.

On the other side of the Taiwan government, everyone else is busy preparing to go to the Malay Islands in a few days and there is no time. Only Jia Cong rushed to Beijing, and he just arrived yesterday.After Princess Jian'an was settled, Zhong Weituo and his brothers took good care of her and went to Rongguo Mansion by herself.Because of Shi Li's instructions, Zhong Wei did not mention the matter of the Empress Dowager being poisoned, and Jia Huan only said that she stole items from the palace and sent them to Yinfengju for sale.

Speaking of meeting a soldier who might be the king of Chu a few days ago, Zhong Wei said with a smile: "The plan to drive away wolves and tigers is the princess' own idea. She also guessed that they would leave spies to check the follow-up, and plant it to Yinfeng." It was also her idea. Did General Gan Lei chase him down? Is it from the King of Chu?"

"I haven't come back yet." Shi Li said, "Those people are quite capable of running. Judging by the weight of the goods brought back, they all look like things from the Wu Kingdom. It's just that Wu's goods are all over the world, so it's hard to decide. Turn back, Brother Cong, go to Feng Ziying Let’s inquire at home, and help King Wu pick up the scapegoat by the way.”

"I'm not going." Jia Cong said lazily, "Feng Ziying is not stupid, how could he be so easy to be fooled. By the way, don't worry about Yinfengju. The Empress Dowager, King Yan and the suspected King of Chu are fighting, we Just wait and see the fun."

Jia Huan didn't know about the "poisoning" and thought he cleaned up Yinfengju to vent his anger for Chen Ruijin, and said with a smile: "My daughter-in-law has helped her sister-in-law?" Jia Cong gave him a cross look.

Shi Li cupped his chin with both hands and said, "We still have to help. That coward Zhao Cheng dared not do it, for fear of some big shot behind him."

Jia Cong said, "Okay. Is any of Situ Pan's son short of money?"

Shi Li thought for a while: "Everyone is short of money. Although the eldest son is honest, the people around him are not honest. The third son of his family is younger, and his ambition has also risen; he didn't think it was a warning after the death of the second son. By the way, this Do you know that Situ got two more sons in a few years?"

"I don't know." Jia Cong happened to be sitting opposite Shi Li. He was a lazy man himself. When he saw Shi Li being lazy, he was lazy too, and he cupped his chin with both hands, "After all, the eldest son has a higher status, so let him be."

Zhong Wei saw that the two of them were falling asleep face to face, and coughed twice: "Everyone pay attention these few days, don't make any more trouble. The Empress Dowager still has a lot of people in her hands."

Jia Cong said: "Don't tell me that King Yan doesn't have it? Since the princess lives in his yard, her uncle will take care of the safety. By the way, is Situ Pan short of money?"

Shi Li straightened up quickly: "Don't mess around!" Jia Cong rolled his eyes.Shi Li Nai said, "Ever since the third shopkeeper Qin Qin in the west of the city was abducted by the fifth master, her subordinates are far inferior to her, and the harvest is not as good as every year. King Yan is also short of money, and now he has sent people to mine Dongying. The gold mine has gone. If the Yinfengju falls into his hands, he must search it clearly."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Don't you want to destroy this big sale of stolen goods?"

"Why do you want to destroy it?" Shi Li gave him a white look, "Do you know how big the palace is? How many good things are there? To destroy Yinfengju is to cut off a source of income. Besides, the Empress Dowager finally wants Isn’t it a firearm? Have you sent someone to tell Zhenming Daoist Liu Hu about it?”

"No." Jia Cong said, "I just informed my colleagues in Nanyang and Xiyang." He grinned, "Didn't he want to buy firearms? Firearms are the most expensive, so you have to shop around, right?"

Shi Li clapped his hands: "Look? The money from Yinfengju will eventually fall into our hands."

The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "Anyway, the empress dowager can't let her live in peace, you people in Beijing can figure it out."

Unexpectedly, a maid came to Lizhi Lane at this moment, instead of entering the gate of Rongguo Mansion, she came around to Lixiangyuan.Jia Huan hurried out to ask the princess what she had to say.The maid said: "Princess asked who belonged to the soldiers and horses that almost robbed us that day, but whether they were found out. If they were found out, let her go and deal with it herself."

Everyone in the back room heard it, and Jia Cong and Shi Ligu quarreled: "So ambitious!"

Jia Huan laughed and said: "Wansheng knows. If Wansheng can help, please just give orders. It's just that General Gan Lei hasn't come back after chasing the bandits, so I don't know which one they belong to."

The maid said: "Since that's the case, let's talk about it when he comes back." She resigned.

That night, Jia Cong went back to the house to wash up and prepare to rest.Knowing that Chen Ruijin had gone out, I went to the next door to see if she was back.Chen Ruijin didn't come back until the third watch, and patted his heart: "Ansheng."

Chen Ruijin smiled lightly and said, "I went to talk to Princess Jian'an."

"what?"

"Tell her that the Jia family doesn't care for a daughter-in-law who says 'no talent is virtue'." She said, "The more capable you are, the more the Jia family will value it."

Jia Cong blinked: "Does she believe you?"

"I was skeptical at first, but she believed me after I wrote a few words."

Jia Cong didn't know why, she neither said nor asked. "So did you tell her who you are?"

"I can probably guess it." Chen Ruijin tilted his head, "I call her Huan San's sister-in-law." Jia Cong giggled for a long time.