The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Cong said the truth that everyone knows but few people are willing to tell. King Yan's subordinates were silent for a long time, and no one dared to say anything for a long time.Situ Pan glanced around and said, "Don't you guys have anything to say?"

It was still Roman who cupped his hands first and said: "My lord, these 'rangers' are obviously not rangers, and they are not sure what their origins are and what their purpose is. It is still necessary to find out. Even if they seem to be beneficial to the lord at this moment, if one day they Have you changed your mind?"

Situ Pan said, "What if we can't find out?"

A counselor stroked his beard and said, "If you really can't find out, the only thing you can do is wait. Change with the same."

Situ Pan said: "It's absolutely impossible to ignore it. Such a big matter must be investigated." Feng Ziying bent down and agreed.Situ Pan turned his head to see Jia Cong holding his cheek in thought, and asked, "What is Jia Cong thinking?"

Jia Cong said: "It's still the same thing. What do they want? If these people are too capable to catch them, it's fine. They have to figure out what they want, and they will never help the government when they are full. Even if It is also a purpose to try to be a hero to please women."

Feng Ziying said: "My former son went to the Wucheng soldiers and horses to take the handwriting left by them. Some of them were written by the same person. It's just that there are so many people, there are 27 different handwritings."

Jia Cong said: "Could it be that only one person is good at writing many kinds of handwriting?"

Feng Ziying said: "Impossible, they really are a lot of people. Four of them died last night. One is a master who lives in the Muni Temple outside the west gate. This woman does not know medical skills. Huadanshui, the patient died. The family also beat drums to sue, but they couldn’t find any evidence to prove that there was anything wrong with Huadanshui. The other was a Taoist priest from Tianqi Temple, who hooked up a girl who came to offer incense. The little girl Only 13 years old, because she was pregnant, she hanged herself. The other one was a loan shark in Mahua Street, and the interest rate was too high. A waiter in a restaurant borrowed his money for the treatment of his old mother. Those who didn’t pay the interest, so they took some hard work to make money besides the serious work, and died suddenly a few days ago. The other one is... Da Sima Tian and Mr. Pu Murata.”

"What?" Situ Pan was shocked.This man is a serious villain, greedy, ruthless, shady, ambitious, and talented. This is an excellent knife, and Situ Pan used him to clean up many old immortals who were smelly and tough. , it will be useful later. "Tian Pucun is dead? Because of what?"

Feng Ziying said in a deep voice: "Master Tian... arrested someone." He paused, "The charge is for defaulting on government money." Situ Pan didn't say a word, took a teacup and took a sip of tea.Feng Ziying lowered her head slightly, "I, the concubine's old man, because he fell in love with some antique fans, the owner refused to sell them. After returning home, he sighed and regretted a lot. Master Tian found out, so he ransacked the man's house."

"Boom!" Situ Pan raised his hand and smashed the teacup into pieces, spilling the tea soup all over the floor.

All the people in the room immediately lowered their heads, but Jia Cong hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty is innocent!" Well, all the people in the room turned their heads to look at him.Jia Cong said, "Brother Feng, are there any people who bully good people? For example, those who forcibly occupy people's fields, houses, wives and daughters. I don't believe that such a big Yanwang Mansion is so clean. I can't find them all. There are also brothers and sisters-in-law of the prince's concubines, concubines and concubines."

Feng Ziying said: "Yes. Three days ago, Wu De, the younger brother of Wu Liang, the chief steward of the palace, killed a fan because he was playing tricks in the flower building, and let those 'rangers' kill him. Seven days ago, the uncle of a concubine in the prince's backyard Forcibly bought a house on Xinglong Street, and died unexpectedly."

Jia Cong looked at Situ Pan and said, "My lord, do you know these two things? If you say that the rule of law is not strict, you also have a part." Situ Pan's face turned black and white, red and purple, like opening a clothing store. He gritted his teeth and said nothing.Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Don't ask me how I know. Our mansion has been punishing this kind of slaves for more than ten years! Ten, several, years, ah! .Until now, there is nothing that can be done. No matter how honest and pure they were when they were sent out, it could be as long as two years or as little as half a month..." He spread his hands.Everyone is silent.

After a long while, Situ Pan said, "All the people in Xinglong Street live in government houses. Whose house did he take away?"

Feng Ziying said: "It was first brought together by the left censor of the Capital Procuratorate, Lao Fu. Mr. Lao is already at home, and now he is probably living in another secluded house in the south of the city. The house on Xinglong Street is empty."

Situ Pan sneered and said, "Lao Fuhe was also the Minister of the Household Department. Some people even dare to take his house."

Jia Cong said in a low voice: "Prisoners also have human rights. They buy them by force, not by force." Situ Pan glanced at him.Jia Cong muttered, "You have to seek truth from facts, don't you? I just don't know if the money is enough."

Feng Ziying said: "It's about [-]% cheaper than the market price." Situ Pan's face was already dripping with ink.

Jia Cong said again: "What the hell... Wan Sheng thinks the prince's concubine is also innocent." Feng Ziying coughed twice.He went on to say, "The dispute in the harem is like the court. An ordinary concubine, no matter whether she is favored or not, would not allow her relatives to do such a thing. Isn't this rushing to give the disadvantages to the opponent? Most likely That uncle himself used the signboard of the palace to scare people outside. People don’t dare to come to the prince to testify, don’t they? Could it be that Mr. Lao came to the palace to ask for an interview—” Nai folded his hands tremblingly and said, “My lord, who is that? Is your niece favored in your harem? If not, then fine. If I do, I will sell the house to him cheaply..." Feng Ziying couldn't bear it and kicked him hard.Everyone fell silent again.

After a long time, it was Roman who spoke first again: "My lord. Just look at the four from last night. Except for Mr. Tian Pucun, the remaining three have no merit to atone for. It's the fault of the Wucheng soldiers and horses."

Jia Cong said again: "No! There is nothing the soldiers and horses of the five cities can do about these things. The first one is that the master's family invited him to go; the second one is that the daughter of that family hanged himself. There is no evidence for this kind of thing, and it is easy to deny it. The third thing, the person who can get involved with the prince is Zhao Cheng's peeing, how dare he take care of it? He is only a sixth-rank official!"

After a while, Situ Pan glanced at him and said, "You are the only one who grinds your teeth when the room is full. How should you deal with it?"

Jia Cong rubbed the back of his head: "My lord, you have to admit that these are all good things that please people's hearts." Situ Pan snorted.Jia Cong continued, "From this point of view, if those 'rangers' have malicious intentions towards the prince, the only thing they might want is the hearts of the people. After many years, a man suddenly appeared and spread the word that he did all these things. , will attract the support of the people.”

Situ Pan said with a straight face, "I'm asking you how to deal with it."

Jia Cong said: "Now I just pretend to be unintentional. Grab the merits! Didn't Lord Tian arrest someone indiscriminately? Let him be released today. Presumably the antique fan was also sent to the deceased concubine's natal family. Take it and return it to me." People, let the old concubine of the concubine apologize to that person and give a generous gift. Naturally, the house on Xinglong Street will be returned to Mr. Lao, and the money used for business will be returned. When they are dead, they will publish a list of their evil deeds, playing tricks and tricks to obscure the meaning. There are many people in the capital, but few know the details. Ordinary people read the list and think that the government is avenging the people."

Everyone can't help but look at each other.After a long while, Roman couldn't help saying, "It's a bit shameless to do this." Situ Pan couldn't help but smile a little.

Jia Cong shrugged: "It's shameless this time, it's better than letting people cut off people's hearts in the future. Commander Zhao Cheng of the Five Cities Army and Horse Commander took care of dozens of kidnappers, big and small, this is true. The people have a good impression of him."

An aide said: "What if someone jumps out and says they did this?"

Jia Cong lazily said: "Oh, what did they do? What about the evidence? Bring it out and confront it in court! Please help us check it out."

Feng Ziying said: "I don't need to disturb the Imperial Forest Army, I can check it."

Another one said: "If it's just some criminals who commit crimes, it's fine, but they even attack the court officials. How can this be done?" Jia Cong immediately pursed his lips, tightly shutting his mouth.

Situ Pan closed his eyes for a while, opened them and sighed, "That's all. Just kill chickens and scare monkeys, so that someone who doesn't do serious things all day long has the time to help someone's old man make a fan." Everyone bowed their heads again. one slice.Situ Pan looked up at Jia Cong, "Mr. Jia thinks the son is innocent?"

Jia Cong nodded: "Not only is the son innocent, but even his father-in-law is innocent. There is nothing wrong with liking a fan, there is nothing wrong with wanting to buy it, and there is nothing wrong with being upset if you can't buy it. This is the fault of both of them. One First, Mr. Tian Pucun, who did evil; second, the prince himself."

When Situ Pan saw that he was sitting upright suddenly, he knew that there must be something important to say, and said with a smile, "What's wrong with me?"

Jia Cong said: "Master Tian Pucun is an important minister in the court. He is an assistant military officer and counselor of the government. He is already a very big official. What did the prince say or do wrong to make Mr. Tian so big? Officials mistakenly think that pleasing Lao Tzu, who is the concubine, will benefit his future? Is there anyone in the court who was promoted because he pleasing the concubine's parents and brothers?" Situ Pan frowned.Jia Cong paused for a moment, then continued, "Or there was such a person, and the prince didn't know about it?"

Situ Pan's face was instantly livid.Those in positions of authority are most afraid of being deceived, and treat themselves as blind.Someone immediately stood up and said, "My lord, please clean up the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Jia Cong added at the end: "It's better to send the victim to do this-if someone is suitable."

Just now that man said: "Master Lao is old, he must not be able to do it."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Master Lao is definitely not the first, nor will he be the last."

Then everyone discussed it one after another.Recommendations of all kinds are flying all over the sky, let alone more than a dozen candidates, all of whom are honest and loyal, neither party nor group.Situ Pan held the tea and listened to it for a long time, then glanced down, and said, "Let's leave today. Feng Ziying stays here." Everyone hurriedly got up and saluted, and filed out like frightened rabbits blinking away.Only Jia Cong walked slowly with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Cong'er!"

Jia Cong turned his head to see that it was Wei Ruolan, and said in surprise, "Brother Wei! Aren't you a military commander? Aren't your staff meeting today?"

Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "There are several generals here today, you probably don't recognize them yet."

Jia Cong rubbed the back of his head: "I'm too lazy to know so many people." Nai glanced at him, "I thought you would go to Japan to fight."

Wei Ruolan said: "Wei Ruoheng went to Dongying, what's the fun of me going! I will go to North America in a few days."

Jia Cong's eyes lit up, and he bowed to the ground: "I wish General Wei the best of luck and success!"

Wei Ruolan smiled slightly, dragged him to the corridor and said in a low voice, "Cong'er, what you said today was a bit reckless." Jia Cong raised his eyebrows.Wei Ruolan lowered her voice even more, "I don't know if you're not in the capital. The one my uncle bought a house on Xinglong Street is the mother of the fourth child. No one living in Xinglong Street is a petty official."

Jia Cong squinted at Wei Ruolan and said, "I don't know everything, but I see it more clearly than the adults in Beijing. Brother Wei, I have a piece of advice for you."

Wei Ruolan cupped her hands: "All ears."

"What is the origin of the prince? He grew up in the deep palace, his mother and concubine fell out of favor, and his elder brother was incompetent. Later, his brother succeeded to the throne and became a saint, and he intrigues with all the princes; then he overthrew the rebellious Prince Xianyi Zhong; It was the chaos in Beijing. The road he walked was much more difficult than his sons! His sons were insignificant in front of him. He didn't clean it up, but he was too busy to take care of it. But if you want to take care of it, move your fingers This matter." Jia Cong said solemnly, "Since we have followed the prince, the sons of the prince will only treat them as children, no matter how old or young they are, whether they are married or not. As long as you are as good as Wei Ruolan on the battlefield To Wei Ruoheng, no matter who the prince passes on to in the future, he will be a general."

Wei Ruolan was stunned for a while when he heard the words, and gave a deep salute: "Brother is right."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Hey, you are not stupid enough to make friends with any of the prince's sons, are you? You are a general!"

Wei Ruolan said: "Not really. It's just that there are quite a few people who want to make friends with me."

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "They're all fools." Nai rubbed his belly, "Hungry!"

Wei Ruolan said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for a while, brother treats you to a drink!"

"The wine is fine. Which restaurant has good dishes? It's important to fill your stomach first." Then they left together.

The two of them had just left the courtyard, and a man jumped down from the top of the corridor, and went to Situ Pan's house to report everything he had just heard.Situ Pan nodded lightly, and said to Feng Ziying: "Jia Cong and Tian Pucun are neither honest men, they are easier to use than ordinary people. What Jia Cong said is that he can see clearly when he is not in the capital. Tian Pucun..." Nai shook his head, "It's a pity. The arms and legs stretched out by those boys were all chopped off by Gu this time."

Feng Ziying replied "Yes", and said: "There are lists of subordinates there, but they can't make a move. The name is not right and the word is not right."

Situ Pan thought for a while: "Although Lao Fuhe is old, his eyesight is still good. He strongly recommended Jia Lian to Jiangxi to recruit security. Where does his son work?"

Feng Ziying said: "The eldest son, Lao Yanjia, is currently the deputy envoy of the General Administration Department."

Situ Pan snorted and said: "The officials of the fourth grade are not young anymore, they dare to take away their house. Let him take care of this matter. Thorough investigation, thorough investigation."

Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment, then opened her mouth, but said nothing.