The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Cong's persuasion coaxed the head of the Liu family's internal guards to decide not to live in the family temple of the Liguo Mansion, and went to find a middleman to buy a house the next day.Ever since Liu's family left the Forbidden City, Jia Cong thought that they must buy a secluded and spacious residence for martial arts practice, so he ordered people to buy all the most suitable houses in Beijing, all of which were visited by Chen Ruijin himself. .Since none of them are in lively places, the purchase of more than [-] houses did not cost much.Mr. Liu walked with the middleman for two days, and the houses he looked at were all owned by the Jia family, and he finally chose one of them to buy.

The middleman then made an appointment with the people of Jia's family to make a deal.Old Mr. Liu arrived in a hurry, and as soon as Fang entered the door, the middleman was talking with a young man in charge.Seeing him coming in, the middleman hurriedly said: "Guard Li, this is Manager Li. Manager Li, this is Manager Li. The two of you were in the same family 500 years ago." Old Mr. Liu recognized Manager Li at a glance It was Chen Ruijin disguised as a man.

Chen Ruijin was also quite astonished, stunned, he stepped forward and bowed and said, "Hello, shopkeeper Li."

Mr. Liu thought it was a bit funny, and he also handed over: "Guan Li."

The two of them acted as if they didn't know each other and made a deal, which was quite neat. "Guan Li" even made the decision to take advantage of "Treasurer Li" by 200 taels of silver, and the middleman happily took a large reward.When the matter was settled, "Manager Li" then invited "Treasurer Li" to have a glass of wine, as if it was just for acquaintance; "Treasurer Li" agreed after thinking for a while.The two then looked for a tavern by the side of the road, picked a secluded table and sat opposite each other.

Not long after, the waiter in the store served drinks and side dishes, Chen Ruijin looked at Mr. Liu and laughed out loud: "I don't want to be a senior."

Mr. Liu said: "It's really a coincidence. Why do you have to work on such a small matter?"

Chen Ruijin said: "To be honest, I just bought this house a few days ago, and it's not warm in my hands yet. Because of the hot weather this year, this house has many trees and shade, and I plan to save it for summer in the coming year. I bought it Fang thought that it was rare for him to live in Beijing for these years, and he was not sure when he would live in it seriously. It was a pity to let it go for nothing, so he wanted to sell it again. I don’t want to think that someone wants to buy it just now. The younger generation was curious and wanted to see who it was. He has a similar vision to mine, so he came here in person. I don’t want to be a colleague, but it can be regarded as a ‘hero sees the same’.”

"I see." Mr. Liu nodded.

Chen Ruijin said: "This area is quiet and comfortable, it is most suitable for practicing in the morning and evening."

Mr. Liu said: "The hill behind is nice and has running water."

Chen Ruijin smiled, and said again: "The small noodle restaurant opened by the Empress Dowager, I think it is a place to negotiate and trade titles with people?"

Mr. Liu glanced at her: "Didn't you buy the Rongguo Mansion? How can you not know the way?"

Chen Ruijin said: "The deal in the Rongguo Mansion is extremely cheap, and at that time, Eunuch Dai Quan was looking for as a middleman. Where can I find him now? There are two more troublesome deals. I want to discuss with the Empress Dowager first."

It turned out that something happened to the Xue family a few days ago.Xue Pan and Liu Aiyun adopted the second son of Jiang Zirong and Xue Baochai, named Xue Hongyi, and raised him as a son at home.Xianpingyuanhou's mansion is now gradually falling into disrepair. Although it is not poor, it is very different from before.The members of Jiang's family suffered a lot, cursing Fang Xiong who robbed their family's money every day, and missed the rich days earlier.Only Jiang Zirong, who met Nan'an County King Huo Sheng by accident, and Xue Pan because of him, and married Xue Pan's sister, is now the most wealthy man in Beijing.The relatives often went to play the autumn wind.It's fine for the other clansmen, Jiang Zirong will help out a little bit; Jiang Zining, the grandson of Xian Pingyuanhou, is the last thing he wants to see.

In the early years, Jiang Zirong's younger brother was beaten to death by the dandy of the Niu family in Zhen Guofu. Jiang Zining got the benefits of the Niu family and took care of the face of the two families. The mother and son swallowed the breath.Jiang Zirong was almost ruined, and then he hired someone to avenge him, and Fang regained his strength.Even so, his mother and son still hated Jiang Zining deeply.Because the title of Marquis of Pingyuan came to an end, Jiang Zining is now only a second-class man and the imperial court no longer pays him a salary, and Situ Pan doesn't want to see him.It was often seen that some people benefited from Jiang Zirong, but refused to give him half of it. In the early years, they refused to marry his sister-in-law and slapped him in the face.

Recently, I got the news that Jiang Zirong sent his second son to Xue Pan's broken sleeve to be his son, and Xue Pan's family also raised an actor to act as his wife, and he was furious.Nai went to the door in his official uniform, pointing at Jiang Zirong and scolding: "I don't want my Jiang family to give birth to such a wicked beast like you! Marrying a merchant's daughter is not counted, and even sending the rich and precious young master Houmen to you!" Go and be a son with Duanxiu and Xizi! Your son belongs to my Jiang family, you can’t give it away!” He then ordered Jiang Zirong to return his son and cut off contact with Xue Pan.Hearing this, Jiang Zirong looked up at him, coughed, picked up his feet and walked away in a flick of his sleeves.In vain, Jiang Zining was left to sit dryly in the small hall, and even removed the tea and fruit plate.Jiang Zining became more and more annoyed, and went to Xue's house to make trouble again.Who is Xue Pan?He ordered someone to beat him out, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, which made the idlers around watching the scene laugh out loud.

Jiang Zining was furious, and went back to the clan to make plans to get rid of Jiang Zirong's clan in the name of insulting the clan.He originally thought that he was the head of the clan, and that what he said would be approved; but he forgot that there is only one rich man in their clan now.Not to mention, the expenses of Jiang's family education alone, from the teachers hired, to the paper, pens, inkstones, books in the library and even the money for the children's tea and snacks are all paid by Jiang Zirong alone. Without Jiang Zirong, where would the children go to study? ?Who will promise to remove his clan?Jiang Zining ran away for several days, seeing the old and the young all over the place, not only got a bad nose, but also bumped into a row of south walls!I was so angry that my heart was broken.Now he has made up his mind to use the airs of the patriarch to drive Jiang Zirong out of the clan, and his actions are "player" and "rabbit master".Immediately, this incident caused several tongue-twisting women from the Jiang family to come to Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai was sitting in the hall with her head full of pearls and emeralds, wearing a light Luo shirt offered by Jiangnan, surrounded by several female members of the Jiang family.She took a sip of the teacup in her hand, and said gracefully: "Since he is a grasshopper after autumn, if he behaves better, for the sake of his surname Jiang, our master will not help him; He has never been peaceful. The Hou Mansion suffered at the hands of that thief Fang Xiong. He felt wronged and had nowhere to complain. He scolded our master for venting his anger behind his back. Even if our master knew it, he didn't bother to care about it. Now he insists on killing himself , don’t blame our master for not thinking about the face of old Hou Ye.”

She then wanted to buy two titles from the Empress Dowager.The first one is easier to deal with, that is, to buy Ping Yuanhou's name for her husband Jiang Zirong.After all, Jiang Zirong is also a child of the Jiang family, so it is not difficult to get this title back.The trouble is with the latter.She also wanted to buy a title for her brother Xue Pan.Not to mention that Xue Pan is a big businessman himself, he doesn't even have a daughter-in-law in his family, and everyone in the world knows that he is a broken sleeve, and he has always loved the actor Liu Aiyun; now Liu Aiyun is no different from the mistress in Xue's house.But I don't know if the Empress Dowager is willing to sell the title to them.

Chen Ruijin smiled and said to Mr. Liu: "Mrs. Jiang also has her own thoughts. Although she wants to buy a title for her husband now, at least the title will be bought for two generations, and it must be left to the eldest son; but the second son adopted it to her brother. Palm of the palm The back of the hand is full of flesh. Mrs. Jiang naturally thought that it would be best for both sons to have the honor to inherit."

Mr. Liu frowned and said, "It's fine for Xue Pan, my ancestors were also Ziwei Sheren; but that Liu Aiyun is an actor, a low-ranking one."

Chen Ruijin said: "A few years ago, the emperor, the ministers, the concubines and the wives of the Manchu Dynasty were trapped in Xiaoci County. It was this low-level actor who led his fanciers to deliver the meals. Otherwise, many people would starve to death. Such a great contribution, Is it fair that the imperial court didn't give half of the reward?"

Mr. Liu thought for a long time when he heard the words, and said, "Actually, the empress dowager did not sell the noodle restaurant to the envoy. It's just that Mrs. Jiang can do it if she goes over to discuss the matter."

Chen Ruijin nodded and said: "Junior understands." After hesitating for a moment, he said in a low voice, "Dare to ask, senior, can you see why Ah Hei's face looks familiar to us?"

Mr. Liu said: "I've thought about it for a long time, but I can't figure out where I met him. Don't you know his origin?"

Chen Ruijin said: "His master is very reliable, but he doesn't know who his parents are. Seeing that he is usually cheerful, he has some worries after seeing his senior. We are a little worried. We are friends after all, so it would be great if we can help. "

Mr. Liu looked at her and sighed softly: "Chen girl, you don't look like a female guard at all now."

Chen Ruijin said: "Senior is no longer an inner guard, don't treat everyone like that again."

Mr. Liu raised his eyebrows: "Harsh treatment?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Since we are out of the palace, why not let nature take its course? Just like when we were young, we are not allowed to have hobbies, temperaments, like wood, what fun is it to live to be a hundred years old. They are all living for the master, How can you live a day for yourself? Senior, now everyone has no master."

Mr. Liu said: "Isn't Jia Cong your master?"

Chen Ruijin snorted, "I'm his master." After saying that, he tilted his head and pursed his lips lightly, with a playful look on his face.

Mr. Liu said with emotion: "My old man has been in the palace for many years, and I have seen so many female guards. You are the only one living a decent life."

Chen Ruijin said: "Little Uncle Zhou is already the ruler of a country, sister Liu Mingqiu will be no worse sooner or later."

Mr. Liu shook his head: "That's all." Naizuo got up.The two left the tavern, bowed to each other and parted ways.

When Chen Ruijin returned to Rongguo Mansion, he told Jia Cong Shili what had happened in detail, but didn't mention that she asked about Shi Li.Pian Jia Cong said, "Did you ask him who Shi Li looks like?"

Chen Ruijin said: "He thought hard, but he didn't think about it."

Shi Li smiled wryly: "Is it worth it for you two to talk face to face?"

Jia Cong said: "If you don't say anything yourself, don't we panic for you?"

Shi Li sighed: "It's normal that he doesn't remember. I didn't expect him to remember. My father is not a great person." He raised the tea cup and drank it down.

Jia Cong asked, "Would you like wine?"

"No need." Shi Li said, "I don't like drinking." Looking at the two of them again, he said, "There is really nothing to say. Mr. Mu said that I look very much like my father, exactly the same. He is from the Imperial Forest Army An ordinary soldier who protected the late emperor, the supreme emperor, and several princes went hunting. At that time, the late emperor was very old and slow to move, so he just loved hunting for fun, as if he could still rule the country if he could hunt Later, someone frightened the wild bear for no good reason, and the bear ran out of the forest. The bear also knew how to pick up and chase slowly, and attacked the late emperor in broad daylight. The late emperor's horse was too scared to stand. The soldiers, of course, risked their lives to protect the emperor. They ran away with the late emperor on their backs, and the bear chased after them. Two big inner guards flew over from nowhere, and one grabbed my father from his back. The first emperor is gone, and the other one is behind to protect him." The voice came to an abrupt end.

It was obvious that his old man had been left behind and fell into the hands of wild bears.Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin looked at each other, speechless.

Shi Li sat down and ate another cup of tea, and said: "My old man was originally in that line of work, so there is nothing to say...Later, the late Emperor also rewarded me enough."

Jia Cong hesitated for a while, and finally said: "He might not have died. Those two big inner guards could have rescued him together."

Shi Li said: "The one guarding behind is Mr. Liu." Nai sighed softly, "He really doesn't even half remember who I am." He poured more tea into the teacup and raised his hand to Jia Cong. , "I'm very happy that you demolished Situ's family." Yang Neck drank it down.

Jia Cong also filled a cup: "I am also very happy. Cheers~~" Drank it all.The two brothers looked at each other and smiled.Jia Cong said again, "Since this is the case, even if it's to vent your anger for your father, you can't let the Liu family live and hide in the house for a lifetime."

"What bad idea do you have?"

"I really don't have a bad idea for this kind of thing." Jia Cong said, "Either Mr. Liu must understand that their emperor's rules are wrong. This is more difficult. The old man is old and stubborn, even if he pays a huge price. He may not be willing to admit it. Or let his sons and disciples under him no longer follow his rules."

Shi Li held his chin and said, "I knew you had this idea when you went around helping their family buy a house. It's just that people in the world are only greedy for wine, sex and wealth." He glanced at Chen Ruijin's head, " Those who do their job are not ordinary people, so it doesn't work."

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "These are all powerful, but there are two things that are the most powerful. The Hungarian Petofi has a poem saying that life is precious, and love is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be thrown away." Blinking at Chen Ruijin.Chen Ruijin smiled slightly.

Shi Li bit his lips: "What bad idea do you have?"

"Don't talk about it, don't you have a bad idea?" Jia Cong also raised his chin and lay face to face with him on the desk. "As the saying goes, three years of learning is good, and three days of learning bad." He blinked, "That Liu Xiaoqi It's so simple and unpretentious, do you want to try to play it bad and get angry with his grandfather?"

Shi Li rolled his head in the palm of his hand a few times, and said, "That's a bad idea."

Chen Ruijin withdrew and left: "I'll go to Jiang's house and discuss with Mrs. Jiang about their family's purchase of a noble. I didn't hear what you two said."