The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Huan urged the King of Lu to make a plan for emigration, so naturally he had to stay and help.Fortunately, these things have all gone through in Pingan Prefecture, and they are familiar with the road to persuade people who have no food and clothing to go to Nanyang.He added: "If you think Nanyang is far away, it's not bad to go to Guangdong and Guangxi. Many people have gone to Nanyang. There are a lot of vacant land, and many factories are recruiting workers. The land rent is low, and the factories can always learn the craft." Although it is far away, it is not a foreign country.After a few days, I would like to go to Guangdong and Guangxi more.Jia Huan also said with a smile, "If there is a better opportunity in Lu Country in the future, everyone is welcome to come back again." Princess Jian'an sometimes dressed up as a man to help, and she smiled when she heard this.The officials persuaded them for a few days, but they were considered to have persuaded some people to leave; because it was almost the end of the year, and some people planned to return to their hometowns for the New Year, and then go south after the year.

One day when Jia Huan and his wife came back from outside, they entered the yard, and a maid with an unfamiliar face greeted them.Zhu Shi, the princess's wet nurse, said with a forced smile: "This is the new Chunhua bestowed by the concubine." The two of them frowned at the same time, and then saw that this maid looks very good.What is it for Concubine Ning to send a beautiful girl to her married daughter?

Jia Huan thought for a moment and asked, "Did my mother-in-law misunderstand me?"

Princess Jian'an smiled wryly: "She doesn't listen to what I say, she only listens to that family."

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly said in a low voice: "Princess, son-in-law, slaves wanted to stop them, but they couldn't."

Jia Huan gave her a funny look: "Are you always stopping me?"

Mrs. Zhu was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Even though the old slave is blind, he can see clearly these days."

Princess Jian'an said: "If you give it away, I will give it away, and it is also the mother's heart." Then she said to Na Chunhua, "I will send you to the capital later, and give you a dowry by selling your body. Go find a man to marry yourself. .”

Chunhua's expression changed.Mrs. Zhu stood beside her and said triumphantly: "What did my old man say? All the people gifted by the Empress Dowager have been dispatched!" Hearing this, Princess Jian'an and Jia Huan laughed and went into the room hand in hand.

As soon as he entered the door, Jia Huan suppressed his smile: "This Zeng family is really annoying. I know how annoying my brother-in-law is these days. Do you want to clean them up?"

Princess Jian'an said: "How will the son-in-law plan to deal with it?"

Jia Huan said honestly, "I haven't started thinking about it yet."

Princess Jian'an chuckled, thought for a while and said: "Their family relies on their daughter. Needless to say, my mother and concubine; the eldest cousin married the son of Du Dequ, the comfort envoy of Luzhou—" Nai sighed, "That man Grumpy and ugly, the eldest cousin had a hard time. The second cousin became a Taoist nun, and she was the only one who escaped from birth. The third cousin married a wealthy businessman in Luzhou. It looked okay, but she didn't know what was going on inside. The fourth cousin married last year I worked with the prefect of Luzhou to fill in the house."

"Huh? The prefect of Luzhou is already so old."

Princess Jian'an snorted, "One warrior and one merchant, only one penny is missing."

Jia Huan thought about it: "Looking at it this way, except for the third child who seems to be doing okay on the surface, the rest of them are all unlucky."

"That's right." Princess Jian'an said, "It's just that my cousins ​​can bear it. Although life is difficult, they are willing to win over the mother-in-law's family." She shook her head and sighed, "Just like my concubine mother."

Jia Huan was thinking about something else at the moment.Just now that beautiful maid looked coldly like Lin Luan sent by the Empress Dowager, so he thought of Lin Luan's female companion Liu Yunxi.This woman also hooked up with the men of Rongguo Mansion at first, and later let Shi Li subdue her to become a spy.Shi Li once said in his early years that it is difficult to raise a male spy, but it is easy but difficult to raise a female spy.Ordinary female spies are mostly ordinary-looking women or mothers-in-law, who hide in the crowd and no one takes a second look; because of the good-looking female spies, because they are eye-catching, it is difficult to find one in a group of educated people.But if you can get one, it will be of great use.

The daughters of Zeng's family are actually female spies, and they are the kind of "it's hard to find one after raising a group of people".The Zeng family invested all their money in them; but they are all real Miss Zeng's family, so they couldn't help but feel a little bit unwilling - why do other girls have such a good life, and they know that their background is not bad, so they let their own father My grandfather sold it as a fan?If he provokes and abducts a little bit, and sends him to Beijing to be educated by Shi Li, he may not be able to add a useful manpower to him; he may as well take the bottom line and let the Zeng family lose some alliances, so that it will be easier for Zhong Heng to do things in Luzhou in the future.

Thinking of this, he asked Princess Jian'an, "Can you abduct your cousins?" Jian'an was taken aback.Jia Huan smiled and said, "A letter from Beijing. Do you still remember that Liu Yunxi?"

"remember."

"She figured it out later, and she was very honest. Cong'er helped her and made up a good identity for her and married a good family." Jia Huan said, "The women of the Zeng family are well-behaved and well-educated. Presumably it’s not difficult to marry—even if you’re married, it’s okay, just change your name and identity, and say you’re a widow. It’s better than an ugly husband or an old man who guards the ancient Buddha with a blue lamp and a bad temper.”

Princess Jian'an immediately thought: If there were no elder cousins ​​and four cousins, the Zeng family would lose two strong supporters, and the younger brother would naturally be much more relieved.Nai thought for a long time and said, "It's just that if they lose their status, they won't have the support of their natal family."

Jia Huan smiled and said, "Could it be that they have the support of their natal family now? To put it bluntly, a few dowries are like pawn money."

Princess Jian'an smiled wryly and said: "That's not bad." She thought, it must be easy to kidnap the second child, and she didn't really want to become a monk; For widowers in their 40s?The eldest has a son and a daughter, but her husband's family is a general, so if she is kidnapped, one arm of the Zeng family will be severed.He said in his mouth, "It would have been better if it had been a few years earlier. The eldest cousin was still heartbroken at first, so she tried her own methods to prevent pregnancy."

Jia Huan said: "It doesn't matter if the child is small, the very young child has no affection for his father." Princess Jian'an's eyes flashed - it would be even better if she could even kidnap the eldest son and daughter, the Du family must break off relations with the Zeng family.

But at this moment, someone came in from outside and said, "Miss Zeng Wu is begging to see the princess." Jia Huan laughed, winked at his wife, and took his feet to hide inside.Princess Jian'an sat upright, and ordered Miss Zeng Wu to come in.The two cousins ​​talked for more than half an hour, and Miss Zeng Wu left full of worries.

Counting the days, it was too late for the couple to return to Beijing for the New Year, so they decided to spend the New Year in Luzhou.Concubine Ning was overjoyed.Although Princess Jian'an has lived in Luzhou for so many years, she rarely leaves the Lu Palace.Anyway, her natal family is powerful and her husband's family is rich, so she pretends to be a man and wanders around.Taking advantage of the first snowfall, she ordered Jia Huan and Lu Wang to accompany her and Zhong Heng to lead a guard to climb Huangshan Mountain.Poetry flourished on the mountain and wrote many poems.After going down the mountain, the King of Lu ordered people to publish it in a book and pass it on to future generations.

After a few days, Miss Zeng Wu sent a letter, saying that Miss Zeng Er, the Taoist believer, had replied, begging Princess Jian'an to send her to the capital.Princess Jian'an lowered her eyebrows and smiled.Jia Huan didn't ask about this matter, and asked after hearing the words: "How many did you get?"

Princess Jian'an said: "It's early, I only have these two. The second cousin is always proud of her poetic talent, and she must not be convinced when she sees my poetry book." Jia Huan looked up at the sky, thinking, sure enough, these literati, regardless of gender, are not recognized for their talents. "Fortunately, the second cousin is the best at deceiving people. I didn't hide the truth from the fifth cousin. I told her that I was helping my brothers escape the sea of ​​suffering in order to reduce the restraint of the Zeng family. The three married ones can be sold off." The dowry raises money, she and the second cousin don’t have a dowry. I can give them some, just see how many of the three they can abduct.”

Jia Huan smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Exactly. This is called piece-rate wages in the south."

Miss Zeng Er is really a talkative girl.But after seven or eight days, Miss Zeng Wu came again, saying that the eldest and fourth sisters begged Jia Huan to help sell the dowry.Princess Jian'an said: "It's easy, let them make a list." Miss Zeng Wu took out two lists from her pocket.Princess Jian'an didn't look at it, but ordered, "Leave Zhen'er to the son-in-law, and let him deal with it according to the market price." The maid took the order and went.Princess Jian'an said with a smile, "Tell my second cousin that if she is willing to sell literature when she arrives in the capital, there is a Fairy in Lingnan who can serve as an example."

Miss Zeng Wu hurriedly asked: "But the Fairy Qiancui who wrote 'Vibrating the forest with a thousand trees and birds, and singing a monkey in the valley'?" Princess Jian'an nodded slightly.Miss Zeng Wu said, "Every time her poems come out, the second sister will buy them and read them, but she often sighs that hers are not inferior to hers."

Princess Jian'an said: "Xiangcui loves tea, but she has little income as a monk. Selling poems and buying tea is also a good story." Miss Zeng Wu is not bad herself, so she is very happy.

After Jia Huan heard about it, he hurriedly released a pigeon in Beijing, and attached a poem written by Taoist Xinzhen.Shi Li was overjoyed when he saw it: "This woman is very useful!" Seeing Jia Cong, he also said: "Forget it, there is nothing wrong with having one more business."

Seeing the end of the year, Zeng Sangu's grandma still has no intention of running away from home.Princess Jian'an said: "Forget it. Her husband's family is just a merchant, and my younger brother is not short of money anyway."

Jia Huan said: "If her husband's family treats her very well, it's normal for her not to want to leave."

Princess Jian'an snorted, "It's just to rely on her status and make some profit in business."

Jia Huan said: "That's not bad. If the Zeng's family lacks the eldest and fourth's husband's family, the third's husband's family is actually a drag on the Zeng's family—doesn't it matter if you're doing big business? King Lu just needs to act according to the law."

In the next year, Jia Huan and the others will go south to Lingnan to visit Prince Teng.Before leaving, Zhu Shi, the princess' nurse, went to see Chunhua: "Since you are a local, you should stay in Luzhou. The princess is not going to bring such people." Then she returned her body deed, "This is 20 Two silvers, since the princess promised to give you a dowry, naturally she won't coax you."

Chunhua smiled wryly, "I don't even know you sisters yet."

Zhu said: "I don't know the one given by the Empress Dowager, it's the granddaughter of a fourth-rank official in Beijing."

Chunhua was silent for a long time, unwilling to say: "You don't even want to stay with the concubine's people?"

Zhu said: "Is it the concubine or the empress dowager?" Chunhua bowed his head.She seems to be in prison these days, and Princess Jian'an's people are watching her every action, and she can't leave the yard, let alone send out letters.Mrs. Zhu blocked Chunhua for a few words, feeling relieved, as if helping their princess choke a vixen to death, and walked away with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The next day, Prince Lu sent his sister and brother-in-law five miles out of the city, but when he wanted to send them off again, Princess Jian'an sent them back.

Three days later, four of the five daughters of the Zeng family disappeared out of thin air. The two sons and daughters born to the Du family by Aunt Zeng disappeared, and the two married ones had already sold off their dowry.Luzhou suddenly became a mess.King Lu suddenly remembered what his sister said to him the night before his departure: "Most of the men in the Zeng family are useless, but rely on selling their daughters to win them over. Tomorrow we must cut off their way." Suddenly he burst out laughing. , while pretending to send someone to help find it.

When Ri Jia Huan and his wife left, that Chunhua quietly hid his body deed and money, and waited until the noise outside stopped before getting up and going out.The Lu Palace has already sent a rough envoy to clean up the yard, and no one cares about her.She then went straight back to Zeng's house to ask Zeng Teng, bowed her head and replied: "The servants are incompetent, the princess said that they still have to go to Lingnan, it is not cheap to take the servants with them."

Zeng Teng slapped the table and shouted: "Jealous woman! She was quite sensible in the early years, why did she become a jealous woman after less than half a year of marriage?" After cursing for a long time, he ordered her to go down first and make plans later.Taking advantage of nothing to do, Chunhua sneaked out of the house to get the deed of prostitution to apply for a household registration guide.The little official who was doing things didn't recognize her, so he just followed the rules.

At this time, the daughters of the Zeng family went to four out of five times, but there was no trace of them, and it was impossible to guess why they left.Second Grandma Zeng on Chunhua talked to her, and said casually: "As I guessed by my servant, there is no one else in Luzhou who has that ability. The Princess returned to her mother's house this time, and the Rongguo Mansion brought a lot of high-level bodyguards. The guards are the same as those in the play and in the commentary." Second Mistress Zeng made sense, and she told her husband at night; Second Master Zeng told Lao Tzu the next day.

Zeng Ting sighed: "It happened right after they left, and I suspect them too. It's just that there is no evidence." Even if there is evidence, there is nothing we can do.

Naturally, the two sons-in-law had a falling out with the Zeng family, saying that their daughter was restless at home; in particular, the Du family even let a son-in-law be taken away.The Zeng family couldn't find a suitable way to comfort them for a while, and suddenly remembered the Chunhua they had prepared for Jia Huan.After years of meticulous training, it must come in handy, right?So he was going to send her to the eldest son-in-law as a roommate, and sent her to Du's house to show the man.Seeing that she was really pretty, Young Master Du agreed to accept her.Chunhua honestly made new clothes and tidied up her eyebrows.

On the day before sending them off, Chunhua kowtowed to his wives and grandmas everywhere, and got some rewards.That night, she changed into the clothes of the night watchman, hid them well, and did not take any of the clothes she changed into, her face was lightly smeared with a layer of soot, and slipped away in the dead of night.She was originally a servant, and she was more familiar with the alleys in the mansion than her masters, and she also knew that the night watchman at the west gate liked to drink.Taking advantage of the time when the man was holding the wine jar and looking up, he boldly tiptoed and walked out in front of him - the drunk really didn't see him.

The next day, the Zeng family had a headache again: it would be easy to send it over with a beautiful maid temporarily, but the son-in-law of the Du family has already seen Chunhua.Not to mention that other people are more beautiful than Chunhua, it is obvious that their family can't control not only their daughter, but even the maids, how can they have any face?King Lu suddenly lost his shackles, his hands and feet relaxed.The Zeng family lost their momentum and never got up again.

The four daughters of the Zeng family left with Zhong Wei.The old man carried two children on his back, forcing the four girls to go to Beijing quickly.The four of them had never suffered from this crime, and couldn't help but groaned, but Zhong Wei showed no mercy.