The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the Liu family sent someone to Lixiangyuan early in the morning to ask Jia Cong to hand over Liu Si.Jia Cong nodded his nose and asked, "Do you think I can kidnap him with such an idea?"

The Liu family member said coldly: "Don't tell lies in front of real people. The day before yesterday, the fourth child sneaked away in the night. If Mr. Jia didn't hide him, please tell me where he is."

Jia Cong frowned: "Brother Liu, can you explain more clearly? I can't understand the nonsense. What does it mean to sneak away? Could it be that he is in jail?"

While speaking, Chen Ruijin came over and said: "I have already guessed a thing or two about this, Jia Cong doesn't know anything." Nai looked at Jia Cong and said, "Still going to the Imperial Academy?"

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Do I dare to leave in this posture?"

Chen Ruijin sighed softly, and said to the people of Liu's family: "Sirth Master Liu really came to look for me."

Jia Cong blinked: "Huh?"

Chen Ruijin turned his head to look at Jia Cong: "The morning before yesterday, you said that you seemed to hear a strange whistle in your dream. That was the secret signal from Fourth Master Liu."

"Why is he looking for you?"

"Entrusted me to take care of his daughter." Chen Ruijin said, "If he didn't tell me, I would never have thought that the girl belonged to him. Looking back, the looks and eyes are indeed somewhat similar. Besides, I was the one who provoked that."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Chen Ruijin said: "If we want to talk about this matter, it's Liu Siye's fault first. He has a lover who raised a daughter for him, but now he only lies to people that it was left by his ex-husband, and he married another coolie with his daughter. Life is hard; Liu's family is not short of money, and I don't see him to help. His good friend is good at making flowers, I met by chance, and asked her to order something. Maybe I didn't notice that day that I was wearing rich clothes, The sharp-eyed idlers around saw it and spread it, and local ruffians went to her door every day to ask for money."

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Zhao Cheng doesn't care about these trivial matters. Did Brother Liu go to frighten him?"

Chen Ruijin looked at the people of Liu's family and said: "Fourth Master Liu said that the family is not allowed to take care of it, so that's why I'm bothering you to do it."

"What do you mean?" Jia Cong said, "It's fine if an illegitimate daughter doesn't get started, but how can someone who is being bullied as an old man stand by and watch? Can Fourth Brother Liu bear it?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Coincidentally, Brother Huan and his wife came back, so I asked Princess Jian'an to set up a car and drive away. I heard that the local ruffians made a lot of noise at that time, and even broke the door. The princess finally sent someone to see Zhao Cheng , and took Brother Huan’s film, that’s all.”

Jia Cong nodded: "The only ones who can hold back the underworld are the official ones." Then he said, "What's the matter with Brother Liu missing? Eloped with his girlfriend? What about his wife?"

Chen Ruijin said: "He has no wife."

"Uh, he is so old and still doesn't have a wife?" Jia Cong looked at the Liu family and said, "Since that's the case, why not just take that girl home. You can find any excuse, it's always your family's flesh and blood. "

The man had a strange expression on his face: "Our family's rules are different from those of ordinary families." Looking sideways at Chen Ruijin, the righteousness just now was gone in his eyes.

Chen Ruijin raised his chin: "Since you said you were 'sneaking away', he asked me to take care of his daughter. He thought he had gone to another country to start a career. It's a pity to let his abilities go."

The person from the Liu family said decisively: "Impossible!"

Chen Ruijin said: "Liu Hu and Liu Mingqiu came out of your family, so it wouldn't be surprising to have another one." Nai smiled and said, "His daughter's name is Liu Mingyi, which is the same name as Liu Mingqiu. I didn't expect it to be them at that moment. A girl from home. She is so courageous! She is lively and clever, and she is so charming and cute that I want to accept her as a disciple."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you accept her?"

Chen Ruijin said: "We can't stay in Beijing for long, don't we have to go back to the south? Their family is in the capital."

Jia Cong said: "Isn't their family poor? They might as well pick her up and go with her, and they can take care of her when they get to Chengtian Mansion. Anyway, Brother Liu is not in the capital either."

Chen Ruijin thought about it: "You can give it a try."

The two of them discussed on their own for a long time, and the Liu family member coughed twice.Jia Cong said: "Ah, this Brother Liu, since your family doesn't raise that little girl, why don't you become sister Chen's disciple? At least she won't be bullied by local ruffians."

Before he could answer, there was a "whoosh", a figure jumped down from the wall, walked up to the three of them and saluted: "Second Brother, Third Brother Cong, Miss Chen." It was Liu Xiaoqi.

"So you are the second child." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Why are you here, Xiao Qi?"

Liu Er looked at Liu Xiaoqi: "You came out?"

Liu Xiaoqi said calmly: "Grandfather ordered me to do something, so he let me out." Then he clasped his fists at Jia Cong, "Please trouble Third Brother Cong, go somewhere with my younger brother."

"where?"

"Your Yihong Courtyard."

Jia Cong looked at him and then at Liu Er: "That Gao Hanlin's son hasn't been found yet?" Liu Xiaoqi shook his head.Jia Cong pursed his lips, "Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway." Then he turned to Chen Ruijin and said, "Then I'll go with Xiao Qi first?"

Chen Ruijin sized him up: "Since you are going to Yihong Courtyard, do you want to change clothes?"

"It's true." Jia Cong looked down at his half-worn Confucian robe, "Xiaoqi, wait for me." Liu Xiaoqi said "Yes".Not long after, he changed into crow-blue arrow sleeves, called the people below to pull another horse, and he and Liu Xiaoqi got on the horse and left.

Liu Er kept watching the two of them go out, Chen Ruijin said to him: "Jia Cong is gone, I have something to tell you." Liu Er nodded.

The two turned out of Ningrong Street, Liu Xiaoqi asked, "What is my second brother doing here?"

"Ask me if I know where your fourth brother is. How do I know?"

"You don't even know." Liu Xiaoqi sighed, "I still want to find out. By the way, I ran away from home."

"Ah?" Jia Cong glanced at him, "I support you!"

Liu Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly: "Let's go to Yihong Courtyard first, lest the second brother suspect you. Fortunately, it's not far away."

Jia Cong snorted, "Playing with Shi Li, have you trampled all the flower houses in Beijing?"

"Yes."

The two of them came to Yihong Courtyard side by side, and asked the old bustard Luo Tainiang to choose a private room, and Liu Xiaoqi told the story.It turned out that Liu Si often went out these days, Mr. Liu became suspicious and asked him.Liu Sibian couldn't find a good excuse, so he kept silent.Let the old man sternly interrogate and recruit.The old man was furious, rewarded him with family law, and locked him up.In the past few days, Liu Xiaoqi bullied the people who bullied the casino happily, but that night he couldn't help teasing Liu Si, who would have thought that Liu Si would run away!

Jia Congqi said: "How is your house locked up? I have seen your house. There is no cellar or anything like that."

Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "There is no suitable place to lock people up, it's just an ordinary room, and no one guards it."

"Ah? Then why can you lock up an expert like Brother Liu?"

Liu Xiaoqi took a sip of tea: "Because no one wants him to run away."

"……All right……"

Liu Xiaoqi continued.Liu Si escaped, Old Master Liu was furious, and ordered someone to investigate what Liu Si had done, and Liu Xiaoqi's demolition of the roof was also exposed.It's just that Liu Xiaoqi has been with Shi Li for so long, it's no longer a problem to make up nonsense, insisting that he got the news that Mr. Gao was arrested by some unknown gambling house in the west of the city.Mr. Liu asked him why he wanted to tear down the roof of someone else's house, and he said, "I don't know which gambling house it is. I just go around scaring them, and never hurt anyone. The purpose is to arouse the curiosity of the people behind the scenes." There is a lot of it.The old man was dubious, he didn't dare to let him out again, he didn't beat him, he just locked him up; this time he made people watch him.

Liu Xiaoqi's heart has long been wild.I was locked in the house for a day and two nights, and I couldn't hold on this morning.Just now someone came to pick up the breakfast dishes, Liu Xiaoqi lazily chatted a few gossips with him, and escaped like a rabbit while taking advantage of people's unpreparedness.I originally wanted to come to the Rongguo Mansion to inquire about Liu Si's whereabouts. The two brothers wanted to join forces and go outside to make a career, but they didn't want to run into Liu Er head-on.

Jia Cong laughed: "Don't worry, your second brother didn't know you ran away so quickly. Sister Chen will try to catch him."

Liu Xiaoqi stretched her waist: "I'll live with A Li first. If you have a letter from my fourth brother, please let me know."

Jia Cong snorted, "Don't do it. You clearly pushed me under your grandfather's nose on purpose."

"That's just bad luck for you."

Jia Cong twisted his cheeks: "How thick is this face? Let me measure it!" Liu Xiaoqi chuckled.

I thought the Liu family would be able to find them soon, but Jia Cong went to the Hanlin Academy first before seeing the pursuers after the two of them finished their refreshments.Liu Xiaoqi was more thoughtful, went to find Luo Tainiang and asked for a woman's clothes, painted her eyebrows and eyes for a long time, and the drawing was uglier than a ghost, and a few fans laughed beside her and fell down.In the end it was Luo Tainiang who did the makeup for him, and praised: "You look good!" Liu Xiaoqi covered her face with a handkerchief and smiled, and all the fans fell down laughing again.Luo Tainiang ordered another carriage to be called.She made another high bun herself, and specially stepped on a pair of high boots with magpie heads to send Liu Xiaoqi into the car, and sent a little maid to follow.Liu Xiaoqi bowed her head and shrugged her shoulders, and stepped into the car with delicate steps.Luo Tainiang waved the handkerchief and shouted: "I'm so good to serve Miss Qiaoer~~" The little maid readily agreed.

The coachman asked: "May I ask you, where are you going?"

Liu Xiaoqi shyly read the address while holding her throat, and said: "Go to their back door." The coachman whipped his whip.

After a while, when they got there, Liu Xiaoqi didn't get out of the car by herself, and ordered the little maid to talk to the gatekeeper, only saying that Miss Qiao'er from Yihong Court wanted to see their second master.The man guarding the back door looked strangely at the little maid and sent someone inside.This little maid was originally picked out by Luo Tainiang to accompany Liu Xiaoqi, she is dexterous and good-looking, while she was waiting she started teasing with the two men guarding the gate.

After waiting for half a day, five or six women rushed out aggressively, stepped forward and rushed the little girl away.The little maid turned pale with fright, hugged a doorman's waist and hid back, shouting for help; the doorman couldn't help but reach out to stop the women.The women shouted at the door angrily: "What are you doing? We belong to the eldest wife!"

Even though that guy doesn't dare to offend the eldest wife, he is still a man after all, how can he let the pretty girl behind him look at these "dead fish eyes"?He laughed and said: "Aunts, if you have something to say, there is no one who beats someone without saying a word."

The mother-in-law became more and more angry: "Why did you beat her? You lowly whore, don't even look at what this is! How can you be wild..."

Before the words finished, the little maid was sobbing and said: "Who is born to want to be a fan... It's just that my family is poor and I sold it... You sell it to the rich and noble, and I sell it there... "

Menzi said with more pity: "Aunts, she is also a hard-working person."

The mother-in-law flashed a gleam of compassion just now, and when she heard the words, she became angry again, and rushed forward: "Go, go! Your bad life is a sin you committed in your previous life. Do you still have the face to cry? Mo To stand dirty the clean place of our house."

The little maid ran out while crying, and shouted in her mouth: "It's clearly the sign ordered by your second master himself, and he told our girl to go through the back door. Why bother to come here, you can't even make decisions on your own, and you are tired of our girl What are you doing here!" Napazi wiped his tears and got into the car.Several women rushed to the front of the carriage and continued to bang, and the carriage left in a hurry.

Just turned out of the intersection, the driver asked: "Miss, do you want to go back to Yihong Courtyard?"

"No." Liu Xiaoqi squeezed his throat and said, "Go to another house." Nai said another address, "Still go to the back door."

The coachman saw many of these things, promised to leave with a whip, and hurried to the next house.This time the little maid got out of the carriage and told the door at the back door in a soft voice: "Our girl's surname is Ren, her ancestral home is in Heimuya, and her nickname is Qiao'er. I met the young lady of your mansion a few days ago, and your lady even blessed us. Miss Yingying is the girl's niece. I have a little trouble today and I want to ask Miss Your Mansion for help. Please let me know. If Miss Your Mansion is unwilling, we will leave immediately."

The doorman saw how pitiful this little girl was, and felt compassionate, and said: "I can't go back, I can only pass on a message for you girls."

The little girl's eyes were red, and Wanfu said: "Thank you, brother." Nai wiped his tears and said in a low voice, "If there is no other way, who can have the cheek to beg the official lady who has only met once." Menzi nodded, relieved She said a few words and went inside to report the letter.

After waiting for a while, a pretty and witty maid came out and said, "Our miss said, we have a girl please."

The little girl at the door stretched her neck, and she saluted happily after hearing this: "Thank you, sister!" Turning back to the car, he helped Liu Xiaoqi, who was shy and drooping, and the three went in together.The coachman got a few rewards and waited outside the back door of the mansion.

After a while, a man wearing a straw hat passed by, looked at the house a few times, and asked a beggar on the left: "Brother, may I ask, whose house is this?"

The beggar said: "This is the back door of Mr. Su Zheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy." Hearing this, the man in the straw hat turned his head to look at the Su family's house for a long time.

The big maid at the other end led Liu Xiaoqi straight to the young lady's study, Su Cheng smiled and watched him approach Wanfu, "Hello, sister Ren."

Liu Xiaoqi returned a blessing, and said in a sharp voice, "Thank you, Miss Su, for your help. Such kindness will definitely be rewarded." Su Cheng couldn't hold it any longer, and laughed while leaning on the back of the chair, and even made a "gudong" sound from the chair. He fell to the ground laughing.