The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

In the afternoon of this day, two female customers came to Wang's noodle restaurant in Sesame Lane in the north of the city, both wearing ordinary civilian clothes.The widow Wang Jiangshi knew it was unusual when she saw the two of them.One is Chen Ruijin, which she recognized at first; the other woman looks bright and charming, and her bearing is also very human.Wang Jiangshi just stood up gracefully, but did not greet him.

Chen Ruijin stepped forward and said, "Sister Jiang."

Wang Jiangshi said: "It's you. I heard that you are very lucky."

Chen Ruijin said: "It's okay." He pointed to the woman and said, "This is Mrs. Jiang's Mrs. Xue. Today I will accompany her to find Sister Jiang to discuss business."

Wang Jiangshi first bowed to Xue Baochai, thought for a while, and closed the shop.Although the store is shabby, the three of them still sit separately as guests and hosts.Xue Baochai said what he wanted to do.After hearing this, Wang Jiangshi frowned slightly, and said: "I am just a messenger, such a big event must be decided by the Empress Dowager."

Chen Ruijin said: "I would like to trouble Sister Jiang to make a point or two. Anyway, you have to report what we said."

Wang Jiangshi said: "Uncle Jiang's matter is easy to handle."

Xue Baochai said: "Minnv knows that my brother is on the other side, the difficulty is only my sister-in-law's identity. But he has also made contributions."

Wang Jiangshi said: "Mrs. Jiang doesn't know something. Everyone knows Liu's achievements. It would be fine if he stopped singing operas since that year. But he still sings all these years, and more and more fanciers. Not only respect and love him like crazy , and did a lot of good deeds. Every day, they donate food, build bridges and build roads..." She stopped and looked at Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai said: "I don't understand what the shopkeeper means. Wouldn't it be good to do more good deeds?"

Wang Jiangshi said: "It's good for others to do more good deeds. For example," she looked at Chen Ruijin, "Second Grandma Bao in the Rongguo Mansion is now taking the lead and leading many wives and grandmas to do good deeds."

Chen Ruijin said leisurely at the side: "Mrs. Jiang, everyone Liu's good deeds are done with too little effort."

Xue Baochai said, "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Second Grandma Bao's charity work is done by many well-known wives and grandmas, and she herself has to stand out from time to time; Liu's charitable deeds are actually done by herself. His fanciers say something, and the fanciers do it spontaneously. However, his fanciers are many and obedient, and getting what he says...is like an imperial decree."

Xue Baochai nodded: "The girl understands. But he has no intention of becoming an official, so what has he to do with the court?"

Wang Jiangshi said softly: "I've heard that Mrs. Jiang is extremely intelligent, why bother pretending to be ignorant? If one day Liu Aiyun's intentions go against the government, I don't know whether his fans will listen to him or the government."

Chen Ruijin shook his head: "This sounds very depressing. Why doesn't Sister Jiang think that if one day the two armies of Yan and Qi confront each other, and the general of the Qi army will be a fan of Liu Aiyun, will Liu Aiyun persuade him to surrender before the battle? There are all kinds of people Ability is like a torrential river, if you guard against it, you can't guard against it."

Wang Jiangshi thought about it for a moment and said: "There is some truth to this statement."

Chen Ruijin said: "Looking back, if the court comes, even an actor with a broken sleeve must be on guard... Then who can't be guarded against many loyal ministers and good generals? Which great Confucian is not more famous than him? Which one? Isn't the general more powerful than him?"

Wang Jiang said: "But he has the power to draw out the troubles of the people, and he doesn't know where those 'people' are. There are three religions and nine streams, high families and low households, everywhere. Besides, he is an actor after all. If the son of an actor can Who else can't get the title? I'm afraid that the people who buy the title will be in chaos."

Xue Baochai said with a half-smile, "Isn't it all right for an actor not to be awarded a title?"

Chen Ruijin said: "If the Empress Dowager is afraid that everyone in Liu can respond to everything, if the Xue family wins this title, wouldn't it be more appropriate for the Tian family?"

Wang Jiangshi said: "How do you say that?"

Chen Ruijin said: "First of all, everyone Liu has always been uncertain about yin and yang, a man's body and a woman's heart. Master Xue won the title, so he is definitely a 'wife' who was cast into a male fetus by mistake. The world can regard him as the second sister-in-law of Bao. "

Xue Baochai looked at her and said with a smile: "The word 'Bao Er Sister-in-law' is very fluent."

Chen Ruijin looked at the two of them: "Does anyone think it's inappropriate for me to say these four words?"

Xue Baochai waved her hand: "Not really." She wondered inwardly that she didn't blush at all?The girl Jia Cong saw was really weird.Wang Jiangshi also shook his head with a smile.

Chen Ruijin went on to say: "Secondly, the title is given by the imperial court. After getting the title, everyone Liu is no longer a 'people'." Nai sneered, "The Empress Dowager is nothing but worrying that all the good things are not done by the officials. That's all. She can't stop her from doing good deeds, she's afraid she'll win the hearts of the people, and she doesn't think she's an actor, so she owed her a huge favor in her early years and hasn't paid it back."

Xue Baochai couldn't help laughing and said, "Why bother to make it so clear."

Chen Ruijin also smiled and said: "You don't know, the people in the palace are weird, they value face more than life. If you don't explain it clearly, Sister Jiang may not be able to be cruel enough to help us coax the Empress Dowager."

Wang Jiang said: "How can I coax the Empress Dowager? It's just a message for you."

Chen Ruijin said: "There are different ways of passing words. My sister is out of the palace now, so she should know how different the outside is from the inside. The people in the palace are really pitiful. They seek face because they have nothing else to do. I beg; people outside the palace can get everything, face is like a layer of paper."

Wang Jiangshi said: "As the author, are you here to tease me?"

Chen Ruijin said with a smile: "I'm obviously here to persuade my sister to go into partnership. If this business is successful, the two of us have other things to do. Sister Jiang, a good business does not benefit one party, but benefits many parties. Mrs. Empress Dowager, those who buy titles, me, you—we won’t do it, but Eunuch Dai will.”

Wang Jiang said: "Eunuch Dai is doing this now."

Chen Ruijin said: "It's difficult for him to leave the palace. My sister runs a noodle shop here, isn't that what she does?"

Wang Jiangshi said: "It's really not. There are other uses."

Chen Ruijin said "Oh": "There are not many people who come to eat noodles anyway. It's okay to do side business by the way. Eunuch Dai is in the back section, and sister Jiang is in the front section. Wouldn't it be cheaper and smoother? I want to come to the palace. would agree."

Now that Wang Jiangshi is out alone and free of restraints, it is inevitable that he will be moved when he hears the words.After thinking for a long time, he said: "I have to report this matter to the Empress Dowager before making any plans."

"Naturally." Chen Ruijin picked up the teapot on the table with a smile and sifted about a cup of boiled water into the large noodle bowl in front of him, "Sister Jiang, I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."

Wang Jiangshi hesitated for a long time, but in the end he didn't raise his bowl to touch her, but just clasped his fists.Chen Ruijin smiled sweetly, took a bowl and drank it all, and took Xue Baochai to leave.

After leaving the door, Xue Baochai asked softly, "Sister Chen, do you think this is possible?"

Chen Ruijin said: "It will happen sooner or later." Blinking his eyes, "Just wait a little longer." However, power, love, and freedom will move her sooner or later.

On the other side, the missing Mr. Gao had a clue.Two idlers came to Liguo Mansion and said that they had seen this son in a dark kiln in the west of the city on the day he disappeared.Liu Xiaoqi rushed over immediately upon hearing the news, but saw that Ah Hei who captured him in Rongguo Mansion that day was sitting inside drinking, and immediately became suspicious.

Ah Hei was also taken aback, and beckoned: "Xiaoqi, why is it you? Come and sit together." He said to Fantou, "This is Mr. Liu Qi." Fantou hurried forward to greet him, pulling Liu Xiaoqi sat down.Ah Hei asked again, "Do you also like to catch up with new things?"

Liu Xiaoqi asked: "What's new?"

Ah Hei said: "Their family has just opened for less than a month. Didn't you rush here?" Nai smiled and said to Fantou, "This kid is young, don't you want to tease him."

When the two fans heard the words, they immediately put on Liu Xiaoqi's body and joked with him.Liu Xiaoqi was young, although he had seen these things since he was a child, he had never experienced them, so his whole body stiffened suddenly.Ah Hei called the old bustard to bring more wine.Liu Xiaoqi closed her eyes, exerted some strength to break free from the two pink heads, and jumped up from between the two of them!Ah Hei laughed dumbly.Liu Xiaoqi turned over and landed behind Ah Hei and said, "I'm here to investigate."

"Huh?" Ah Hei turned his head, "What are you looking for?"

"Master Gao."

Ah Hei touched his nose: "He has been here?" Liu Xiaoqi nodded.Ah Hei turned around, looked at Liu Xiaoqihui, and said, "You don't know how to investigate things. You can't find out like this. Sit down and have a glass of wine. Don't worry, their wine is not bad." Liu Xiaoqi didn't speak.

Ah Hei then asked: "Have any of you guys with the surname Gao been here? His father is Gao Hanlin, and his grandfather is Liu Biao, Duke of Li." The fans looked at each other and said they didn't remember such a person.Ah Hei then called their old bustard.

The old bustard thought about it for a long time, and said: "That night, a son of a rich man from other places hosted a banquet in our yard for a dozen or so young masters, all of them were of such an advanced age, and their clothes and appearance were similar."

Ah Hei asked, "Who is that rich young master?"

The old bustard said: "It is said that the surname is Wang, and he came to study in Beijing from the south."

Ah Hei raised his eyebrows towards Liu Xiaoqi and said, "Here, you can ask yourself about your errand."

Liu Xiaoqi then questioned all kinds of people in the dark brothel, such as the bustard, pink head, maidservant, night watchman, etc., but they couldn't tell whether this Mr. Gao had come or not, and he couldn't figure out who the young master Wang was. who.Ah Hei didn't care about anything else, just watched the excitement from the sidelines.Liu Xiaoqi spent half a day's energy, but he really didn't have any ideas to use.Ah Hei coughed and asked, "Aren't there more than a dozen young masters? You don't recognize any of them?"

A fan immediately said: "Yes! Uncle Xiong comes here often."

Ah Hei said, "Who is Uncle Xiong?"

Fantou said: "Uncle Xiong is not yet 20 years old, and lives in the south of the city. Because of the tight control at home, I dare not go to flower houses for fear of being seen by adults, so I often sneak to our place."

Ah Hei sneered: "There's no need to manage this kind of thing. Can you manage it?" He asked again, "Do you know where he lives?" Fantou didn't know, and only said that he would come every few days.Ah Hei nodded, and said to Liu Xiaoqi, "It seems that you can only come here and wait."

Liu Xiaoqi didn't know whether to believe that he came here by accident.However, what he said and did was aboveboard, and he couldn't fault it.And really help yourself.Full of doubts, he had to force himself into his stomach.Ah Hei ordered Fantou to sing some songs.After Fantou sang two songs, he said that he couldn't listen to it, so he grabbed the pipa and sang it.It can be said that he sang not bad, the tunes are fresh, and the lyrics are also interesting, fans listened to it.

For a while, Ah Hei had enough food and drink, and was a little bit drunk, so he went to sleep in the back.He was a bit heavy, and Fentou couldn't hold him up, so Liu Xiaoqi said, "I'll help him up." He took Ah Hei's arm, and went back with it.

This meeting is not the time when there are many customers in the brothel, this place is also a dark brothel and it has recently opened, there are no other customers except the two of them.Seeing that Ah Hei fell onto the kang, Liu Xiaoqi turned over and fell asleep, so she didn't go out.While he was snoring, I touched him quietly to see if there was anything.Ah Hei didn't pay attention, his arms were already hollowed out.

Liu Xiaoqi ordered: There are three purses.The largest one contained two ingots of gold and two ingots of silver, and a dozen or so silver bills totaled 570 taels; .There are four hidden weapon bags, which are extremely complete, and there are hidden weapons of various colors.One sleeve quiver, light and delicate.And there is an ordinary small burlap bag with more than a dozen small paper bags in it.Liu Xiaoqi took a few at random and smelled them, and found that they had everything from perspiration medicines to aphrodisiacs to laxatives.An extremely small western firearm, the black body of the gun is very cute.There are also two books, one is the latest erotic picture album published by Zhonghua Book Company, which is very expensive, 300 taels of silver each;Liu Xiaoqi searched him carefully again, and there was a short dagger pinned to his waist. Although he didn't know the name, it was a good weapon.Immediately after, another note was found in his boot, on which was written a couplet: Flying snow shoots the white deer, and the laughing book hero leans on the biyuan.

Liu Xiaoqi watched for a long time, but couldn't understand what this couple meant.I looked through the erotic paintings again, but there were no folders or anything like that.Looking at the commentary again, I saw three red seals on the title page, namely "Rongguo Mansion Collection", "Lixiangyuan Library" and "Jia Cong".The co-author of this commentary is Jia Cong.Look through the book again and there are some annotations.

These days, few families are not curious about Rongguo Mansion and Jia Cong.Liu Xiaoqi lightly put all these things back to their original places, leaving only the commentary on the Rongguo Mansion in his hand, and sat under the window sill to read it.Until Liu Xiaoqi finished reading the commentary, Ah Hei still didn't wake up.The commentary was really interesting, it was about the story of a martial artist in the green forest, and it was obviously endless, so Liu Xiaoqi couldn't help but feel a little worried.Pian Ahei only brought the first volume.He thought for a while, put the book beside Ah Hei's pillow, got up and went outside to ask those pink-headed bustards again.

It was getting dark for a while, and there were guests in the yard.It's a pity that there is no such uncle bear.Ah Hei finally woke up.It's not that he's had enough sleep, it's that he's hungry.

The old bustard sent someone outside to tell Liu Xiaoqi, and Liu Xiaoqi went back to Ah Hei's room and told him: "When I sent Brother Hei over here, you left this commentary on you. I'm bored, I didn't get Brother Hei. Allowed to see."

Ah Hei yawned and said, "It's just a commentary, is it worth mentioning?"

Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "This commentary is not finished yet, Brother Hei, is there anything else to come?"

"Yes!" Ah Hei said, "I have all the complete works of Gu Long in Lixiangyuan. Unfortunately, it is not the original work of Mr. Gu, it is written by later generations according to the story. If you like to read it, come to my place to get it."