The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Cong was wandering in the imperial garden when suddenly the sound of the piano was dazzling.Turning my head to look, I don't know when a man in Tsing Yi sat on the edge of the lotus pond, playing the piano, like a ghost whispering.I sighed secretly in my heart, the charm of art.When the man's song was over, Jia Cong had already walked very close to the man's house, and bowed deeply: "Sir, the piano is good."

This man is very old and has no beard. He is obviously an eunuch. He wants to kneel down and kowtow when he puts down the piano.Jia Cong hurriedly shouted: "Don't! I'm not a noble person. What's your name, sir?"

The man had already knelt down, and he had no time to kowtow, so he had to say: "Old slave Wang Fu."

Huh?The voice is not high-pitched.Sure enough, not all eunuchs have high-pitched voices.Oh what a vulgar name.It can be seen that the name has nothing to do with the artistic level.Jia Congnai cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Fu, get up quickly, I feel guilty kneeling in front of me at your age." Wang Fusui stood up slowly.He asked again, "Are you in charge of playing music in the palace?"

Wang Fudao: "The old slave was originally the Secretary of the Jiaofang. Because of the empress dowager's love, he joined the palace and usually only played the piano for the empress dowager."

Jia Cong frowned: "The one from Lu?"

"Mother of Saints."

"Ah? Are you kidding me! The little sage's mother?" Jia Cong turned to Feng Ziying's subordinates, "Brothers, isn't the little sage very young? His mother has never gained power, right? Why did you just welcome people in from outside the palace?"

The two said: "Naturally, you have to cleanse yourself." "No matter how out of position you are, you are still the Queen Mother. It is not a big deal to get someone who plays the piano from the Jiaofang Secretary."

Jia Cong felt cold all over.Although the people in the Jiaofang Division have been registered in music for generations, both men and women are normal people.How many years has the little saint been on stage?This old man is already over 50.After a hundred years, people will be eunuchs, don't talk about bullshit dignity, I am afraid that their lives are hanging in the sky at any time.Nai shook his head: "This kind of power is terrible. Do you want to go out of the palace, old man? It's a pity that you can only play the piano in the deep palace."

Wang Fu smiled wryly and said, "This old slave is over half a hundred years old, so I just consider myself dead."

Jia Cong persuaded: "You can't say that. The old man's qin skills are rare in the world. And you have gone through such a difficult situation innocently, but the sound of the qin is distant and clear. There was another extremely powerful qin master who also suffered a very hard life. It's just...it's not without fault that she got to that point." According to Jia Xu's description, Ding Wangji's mother's piano skills are probably still better than this old luthier.Although this one is an eunuch, he can spread positive energy.Jia Cong said sternly, "However, her piano sound is violent and vicious, which makes people feel angry when they hear it. The old gentleman is much better than that one. Talents are extremely rare in all walks of life, especially if you are in the art field." Yes. You see, Lin Yuantu is also an eunuch, so he has accomplished a generation of career?"

Wang Fu still shook his head and said: "My lord's kindness is appreciated by the old slave. The queen mother loves the piano. Now that the old slave is here, she can serve her for a while. If there is no old slave, she must find another person to play the piano for her."

Jia Cong sneered and said: "The palace is poor. The Empress Dowager has been infamous for thousands of years and sold nobles for money to support these people. She doesn't care. She also raises happy people. It's too ignorant." Wang Fu turned his head and looked away.Jia Cong looked at him and said, "Mr. Wang, Wansheng promises that the mother will not harm anyone else. Do you want to go out?"

Wang Fu hesitated for a moment: "Of course I wanted to."

Jia Cong stretched out his hand and said "OK": "You go back and tidy up for a while, and we will leave the palace together later." Wang Fu was stunned, as if he didn't believe it.Jia Cong grinned at him and waved away.

Back in the Empress Dowager's palace, Feng Ziying and Dai Quan hadn't come back yet, so Jia Cong sat outside and waited.I saw a few women in the palace poking their heads, somewhat showing off their looks, spreading their hands and saying: "I really... have a lot of good luck."

Feng Ziying's men laughed and said: "Just now our lord said that if you like it, you can take it away. I'm afraid someone will hear it."

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "What's the use of taking one or two away. There are so many men who can't get married, and so many women are locked up in the palace to waste their youth." Then he sat on the porch in a daze and stopped talking.

Suddenly Feng and Dai came back, and their expressions were not very good-looking.Jia Cong raised his head and asked, "How? Are those treasures still there?"

Feng Ziying said in a deep voice: "Coincidentally, those father-in-laws who died last night, that thing is gone."

Jia Cong shrugged: "I'll take it by myself." He wondered inwardly.He knew that Shi Li had entered the palace through tunnels, but he didn't know where he found the list of these eunuch guards.Feng Ziying sighed softly.

Jia Congnai said: "By the way, just now I was wandering in the Imperial Garden, and I met an old luthier in his 50s. His skills are really rare. He was originally from the Secretary of the Jiaofang, because he was favored by the Queen Mother. I wanted to take him out, but he refused, saying that he was afraid that he would harm others after leaving the queen mother. Brother Feng, is there any way to prevent the queen mother from harming others again? This old gentleman really Highly skilled."

Feng Ziying frowned and glanced at Dai Quan.Dai Quan sighed and said, "But isn't Gao Mengsheng? It's a pity that he entered the palace at such a young age, so he can hang his old life by purging himself."

"He said his name was Wang Fu."

"The Empress Dowager changed his name."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Why did he even change his surname?"

"The queen mother's surname is Wang."

Jia Cong shook his head again and again: "It's a shame that the Empress Dowager is here. If such a Empress Dowager who doesn't treat people as human beings is allowed to take control of the harem, the sky above the Forbidden City will be dark. I'd better not let her teach you, little saint." .”

Feng Ziying glanced at him with a smile: "Speaking of which, the Secretary of Jiaofang should investigate thoroughly."

"That's not it." Jia Cong said, "Zhaoxue who has an unjust case, right? There is no one who has an unjust case, that, hehe..." He suddenly closed his mouth and smirked.Who doesn't know that there is no shortage of imperial spies in Jiaofang Division?Fortunately, Feng Dai is a sensible person.Feng Ziying glared at him, but ordered someone to go to the Empress Dowager's palace to bring out the man named Wang Fu.

Not long after people came, Wang Fu kowtowed to Jia Cong and Feng Ziying three times with tears in his eyes.Jia Cong took him back, temporarily placed him in Lixiangyuan, and asked him if he wanted to go home.The old man shook his head again and again.He also asked if he wanted to change his name back to his original name, and he said, "I have no face to see my ancestors." Jia Cong knew that he had a deep knot in his heart, so he gave up for the time being.

At night, Shi Li came over and asked how he was doing in the palace.Jia Cong said it again, and said, "Do you still want to keep the Empress Dowager?"

Shi Li glanced at him and said: "Don't worry about her life all the time, okay? Mrs. Su is fine. It would be nice to keep that old lady suffocating in the palace. Let me tell you, when those concubines of the Supreme Emperor left home, they were in a hurry , didn’t bring anything, and the small warehouse is mostly full. Now that we have tunnels, it’s much easier to move.”

Jia Cong pursed his lips.He also knew that the Empress Dowager was still alive today, so he snorted, "Forget it, I sent her a dog's head for now." Then he asked, "How did you pick out the treasures of the guardians?"

Shi Li blinked and said, "I didn't leave last night, I was hiding in the Forbidden City. This morning, the Empress Dowager herself told Feng Ziying the list one by one, and I heard them all."

"What did I say, where do you have such great skills? By the way, who was the one who almost robbed Princess Jian'an last time? Has General Gan Lei returned?"

"Nope." Shi Li held back his hands, turned the teacup to play, and said, "It's been a while since I've had serious military training. General Gan led his men to play with cats and mice, trying to catch prisoners."

Jia Cong said lazily, "Oh. I wish them a good time."

The next day, Jia Zongte went to see Situ Pan.He said: "Yesterday I followed Brother Feng into the palace, and saw that the flowers and trees in the imperial garden were well pruned, and then I remembered something. Are there any top craftsmen of all colors gathered in the palace? Those who grow flowers and comb their hair?" , Cooking, it’s too wasteful. There are also many young women. How many bachelors in the army can’t marry a wife, what a waste.”

Situ Pan glanced at him: "What do you want to say?"

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said, "There's not much work in the palace anyway. The overheard said there are thousands of them. It's enough to clean the courtyard and serve the master. Those skilled characters, such as those who can cook, can go out and open restaurants. Those who can cut clothes will be tailors, and those who can trim flowers and trees will go to the Ministry of Industry to help out. Ladies, if you are willing to go out of the palace to marry, let them marry. Brother Feng was in the palace with me yesterday. Just kidding, if there is a woman you like, you can take it away. Guess what happened? Many women in the empress dowager's palace surrounded me and made poses. I am so fat, and I am not a handsome man. They don't even know who I am. If you are willing to come with me, it shows how much you want to get married."

Situ Pan laughed dumbfounded: "Even if they don't know who you are, they always know who Feng Ziying is."

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Anyway, I just think it's a waste."

Situ Pan said: "There are not many women left in the palace now. They were sent out in the past two years to save expenses, and the inside and outside are only two or three hundred. You have to save some face, don't you?"

Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "Who knows this number? If you don't believe me, just go to the street and ask ordinary people, and you will definitely think that there are still beauties everywhere in the palace. And all the women in the palace are well-educated. They are widows, which is more pity than mediocre women. Your lord , Population. Two to three hundred well-educated women, 20 years later, if they fail to keep them, they will be five or six hundred talents. If there is a loyal talent here, we will make money. Even if they are all mediocre, agriculture, industry and commerce have their own advantages, and they are better than nothing. It’s better to keep the moldy ones.”

Situ Pan thought for a moment: "Let me think about it again." Nai asked again, "Who do you think the empress dowager's escaped guards were snatched away by?"

Jia Cong thought for a while: "It's hard to say. I think it should be King Jin, King Chen, King E, King Chu."

"Why?"

"The king of Jin is a shady man. He is not a good man. He is afraid of being plotted against, so he wants to seek protection. Concubine Hui and the first king of Chu all died of assassination. The first king of E died strangely, so the other three The prince next to him was even more afraid of assassins, so he wanted to pry some capable guards."

Situ Pan nodded: "There is a point." He secretly had some calculations in his heart.

After Jia Cong returned to the mansion, he saw that Lin Luan had brought Jia Jue to play again, and remembered that the empress dowager's influence outside the palace had been crippled by Shi Li, so he could send their two aunts away from the mansion.The surname Liu often flaunts his beauty, I'm afraid Chen Ruijin won't like it.Then discuss with Lin Luan.Lin Luan bowed her head and said, "Listen to the third master." He sneaked a glance into the room from the corner of his eyes.Jia Cong knew that Liu Yunxi was hiding, so he didn't bother to pay attention, so he got up and ordered someone to call for the supervisor.

After two days, everything was arranged properly, and the two beauties will move out tomorrow.Around the second watch, when he suddenly heard a sound at the other end of Rongxi hall, Chen Ruijin rushed over immediately.Jia Cong didn't sleep yet, feeling a little upset, he strolled into the yard with his hands behind his back and took a look, then went back to the hall.Sit for a while and reach out to pour tea.

Wang Fu was also alarmed at this moment, and silently followed him in and out twice.Seeing that he wanted to drink tea, he suddenly called out: "Third Master, wait!"

Jia Cong hesitated: "Huh?"

Wang Fu hesitated for a moment and said: "This tea has been brewed four times, it should be made with fresh tea leaves."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "Where are you so particular? It's too hot and dry." Then he continued to sieve tea.

He just raised the teacup to bring it to his mouth, when Wang Fu said again: "It's already the second watch, drinking tea is not good for sleeping."

Jia Cong glanced at him and said, "Mr. Wang, why do I feel that you are playing around?" Wang Fu froze. "If you have something to say, it's good to be straightforward, I can't understand the roundabout." Wang Fusui glanced out.

Jia Cong suddenly suspected that someone had put inappropriate things in the tea, and hurriedly said: "That's all, it's not necessary to talk about it. I just don't want to drink this tea." Wang Fu breathed a sigh of relief.Jia Cong became more and more convinced that the tea was not right.

Baba'er waited for half a day, then Chen Ruijin came back and said, "It's all right. The two concubines that the Second Master Xin took fell into each other's way, and they made a big fuss and collapsed a big flower shelf in the east yard."

Jia Cong said "Oh".When Wang Fu saw Chen Ruijin came back, he found an excuse and slipped away.Jia Cong found it strange, so he hurriedly brought the teapot over and told what happened just now. "Look, is there anything wrong with this tea?"

Chen Ruijin frowned slightly, took the teapot and smelled it, and ordered Jia Cong to hold up the candlestick to take a good look at it for a while, then looked at the poured tea, and said with a half-smile, "Go, get any cat or dog. Seeing her strange appearance, Jia Cong asked curiously twice, but she didn't answer, so he had to honestly order people to go out to play with cats and dogs.But Chen Ruijin yelled from the room, "Go and get it yourself."

"Observe! Ma'am." Jia Cong led two servants to play with small animals in the middle of the night with a lantern.

When he was far away, Chen Ruijin got up and walked slowly to the wing room where the second daughter Lin and Liu lived, stood at the door, tilted her head, and folded her arms.

The two of them were sitting on the kang at the moment, Lin Luan saw her and stood up quickly: "Sister Chen, please sit down."

Chen Ruijin said calmly: "It must be Aunt Liu who did it?"

Liu Yunxi was at a loss: "What did Miss Chen say?"

Chen Ruijin said: "I also grew up in the palace. I don't use these methods because I don't like them, not because I don't know. Aunt Liu really thinks that Jia Cong's teapot is sprinkled with a potion. He will take it. you?"

Liu Yunxi was shocked and embarrassed, and blushed hotly: "Miss Chen, don't want to spout blood!"

"Oh, isn't it you?" She leaned on the door and said lazily, "I heard that Aunt Liu saved Aunt Lin's life in the palace, but is it true?"

Liu Yunxi was taken aback, and looked at Lin Luan: "When did I save your life?"

Lin Luan stood dignifiedly: "My sister saved me more than once. Not to mention... the Duanyang Festival last year, if it wasn't for my sister, I would have been beaten to death by the empress dowager."

Liu Yunxi thought about it for a moment, and said: "So what's the point. If you really think about it, why didn't my sister save me?"

Chen Ruijin smiled slightly: "That's right. Sisters like you can live well in the harem, where people die when they act, and they can indeed figure out a lot of ways to save each other's lives. Aunt Lin, I really didn't see it. You Isn't he from Third Master Huan? When did you start to focus on Jia Cong?"

Lin Luan was stunned, and immediately shook her head: "Whether Ms. Chen believes it or not, although I have learned some medicine, I really haven't given any... what... aphrodisiacs." She covered her face with her sleeves in shame.

Chen Ruijin smiled lightly and said, "It's fine to coax others if you avoid the serious ones. There are only three women in this yard, and I can't do it. This Aunt Liu..." She turned her head and looked at Liu Yunxi, "It's not your opponent at all. .She has a good appearance. You got her out of the palace as a cover. Even if it was her medicine, if the two of you can get it, it must be Aunt Lin."

Lin Luan looked at her fixedly: "I have no intentions about Third Master Cong."

Chen Ruijin glanced at the two of them, then turned and went out: "Whatever you want." Nai Li smiled softly at the door, "This kind of thing, Jia Cong can be regarded as the first time. It will save him from talking about it every day." , what you say is never a woman's way."