The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

According to the letters received from various places, the special envoy of the King of Chu wanted Liu Er instead of the Qi family, as if it had something to do with the escort he had secured.Jia Cong went to the Escort Bureau to inquire about the past of the leading Escort Master, but he didn't get any clues; it was Jia Si who came back from Ruixiang Silver House.

The old man only said that he wanted to find the strong man in the straw hat to be a bodyguard, and asked them if there was any news.The owner of Ruixiang Silver House smiled and said, "Master Jia, let's go somewhere! I also want to invite him to take care of the house."

Jia Si smiled and said, "I didn't look for him and you didn't look for him either. Why should I look for you? Could it be that after hearing what I just said, you suddenly wanted to cut him off?"

"It's really not." The owner said, "A few days ago, I got a reminder from the next manager. In today's world, if there are such high-level people, it will be much safer."

Jia Si hurriedly asked: "Since that's the case, he wasn't invited by your family?"

The owner clapped his hands and said, "If I get him, what else can I ask you to do?"

Jia Siqi said: "It's weird. Did he help out for nothing? And he doesn't have any money. Could it be your in-laws who invited him?"

The owner said: "I just passed the letter to her natal family to ask, it's too early to reply after a long journey."

Jia Si blinked when he heard the words, and suddenly stood up to say goodbye.The owner sent him out of the yard, turned around and said to the left and right: "Quick! Hurry up and go to Suzhou to meet your in-laws! I'm afraid Jia Si wants to get ahead of us." Not long after, their family ran out of the city with a fast horse. went south.

After hearing this, Jia Cong laughed and complimented Jia Si: "Uncle Si, you really know how to act, and my nephew has to learn a little bit." Jia Si knew that he was used to please his elders, but this sounded pleasing to the ear, haha laugh.

Then he went to Yihong Courtyard to ask if anyone else was looking for Liu Er.As soon as Luo Tainiang heard the words "wearing a straw hat", she immediately said: "Yes! First, two people came here, and the next day there were seven more, just years ago."

Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Who are the first two? How did I ask you? What is the style of the portrait?"

Luo Tainiang said: "One is from the Zhen Guofu, and the other is an informant. Even those who came later, none of them have been given portraits." He repeated what the two said.

As soon as Jia Cong heard it, he was talking about Liu Er, but both of them mentioned once that "the one who wears only a gray coat in the cold weather" and "wears a single gray coat if you are not afraid of the cold".Nai muttered, "There are no portraits. How could there be no portraits?"

Luo Tainiang said: "There are too many people looking for, how can everyone have a portrait? People who see it may not remember clearly."

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said, "Then why does the special envoy of King Chu have a portrait?"

Luo Tainiang didn't know the cause and effect, and said: "The special envoy of the king of Chu must be a spies, and the spies can explain clearly."

"It makes sense." Jia Cong thought, "That's why other people saw him, but they couldn't describe him. 'It's a cold day wearing only a gray coat'... Those two people saw him only after the weather was very cold." The gray gown sounds like a single impression. The impression of him in the state of Chu should be overlapping, and he will not wear the gray gown every time. Did the informant also say that he wears other clothes?"

Luo Tainiang said: "No more. The other seven are also wearing gray single coats."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Check to see if anyone else is looking for him, and then find out who is behind this informant."

Luo Tainiang said: "The informant is an idler who works for many spies. Let me find out who is entrusting him this time." Jia Cong nodded and left.

It seemed that things got a little more complicated when they got involved in the Zhenguo Mansion, so Jia Cong asked Liu Xiaoqi to ask what relationship Liu Er had with the mansion.At night, the two brothers came to Rongguo Mansion.Jia Cong said: "Second brother Liu, you have something to do. Now the special envoy of the King of Chu is looking for you, the Fuyang Houfu is looking for you, the Zhenguo Mansion is looking for you, and there are seven or eight people who don't know who are looking for you. Feng Ziying is looking for you." Luo Tainiang just sent a letter, and the informant's client this time is an imperial spy.

Liu Er smiled wryly and said: "Probably because he said a few words that day, which attracted people's attention." Then he mentioned that he passed by the Zhenguo Mansion a few years ago for some reason, and heard that the evil slaves in that mansion were forcibly demolishing the neighbor's house. Said a few words.He was wearing a gray single gown that day.

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Brother, if you have something to say, why are you pretending to be coercive... The Zhenguo Mansion happened to be troubled a while ago, Niu Jicheng and Niu Jiye wanted to separate, and you just let You Xiaer kill him." A few evil slaves. The elders of their family were also from the army. How could they stop because of the death of a few slaves? They will definitely do something to save face, and the ranger will definitely pay attention to their house. How many people are right' Ranger, I'm curious, there are several times more spies and informants waiting for you than in the past. You are always being targeted by the spies."

Liu Erdao: "I really happened to pass by."

"Who will believe it!" Jia Cong said, "Recall for yourself, will people think you are a 'ranger'?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Second brother, anyway, after listening to it, I also think that you killed those evil slaves that night."

Liu Er said casually: "It is true that I killed it."

Jia Cong shrugged: "Okay, this way things will be much clearer, and we won't be groping around. There must have been spies from Chu State outside the Zhenguo Mansion that day. Seeing your pretense, they thought you were a 'ranger'. The spies went back. Talk back to the special envoy of the King of Chu, and talk about your appearance. Your straw hat is a symbol, and the special envoy of the King of Chu will naturally remember that he saw a person in the Falcon Bookstore who also wore a straw hat and described it that way. The man drew the figure, and the spies said that it was the man. A few days later, news came from Chu State that it was another man wearing a straw hat who disturbed the business of the officials and gangsters, and it was the same man. Fate Ah! If I were the special envoy of the King of Chu, I would have to look for you."

Liu Er smiled wryly: "I really never thought that the spies would pay attention to it. I just wonder if it will drag the fourth family down."

Jia Cong said: "Fortunately, it's not you, the Straw Hat Man, but the group of 'Rangers' behind you. The special envoy of the King of Chu feels that he has the upper hand, so he will keep it secret."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "They can't find the second brother. It's just the fourth sister-in-law's place..."

Jia Cong said: "Therefore, Second Brother Liu must go to the special envoy of the King of Chu to remove her completely."

Liu Erdao: "I've messed with it, I'll clean it up."

Jia Cong said: "Okay. Now let's start making up nonsense, how to coax the special envoy of the King of Chu."

Chen Ruijin said from the side: "I've compiled it, listen to it."

Jia Cong hurriedly boasted: "You are really talented!" Liu Xiaoqi rolled his eyes.

The next day, the straw hat guy wandered around Zhen Guo Mansion again.Since all the spies suspected that he might not be safe and have something to do with "You Xiaer", how could they evacuate at will?The outside of Zhen Guo Mansion is very lively these days.Since he came, a dozen people stared at him in the blink of an eye.However, he only walked around the outside of the mansion wall twice with his hands behind his back, his eyes glanced inside the wall from time to time, and then he walked away quickly.All the spies were in high spirits.Two days later, the Straw Hat Man came again, and this time he only wandered around, occasionally glancing into the wall, and then left again.Another day later, he only strolled around the west corner gate of Zhenguo Mansion, and left with his hands behind his back.

But this time someone was brave enough to follow him quietly through the streets and alleys for half a day, when he suddenly stopped.The man stepped closer boldly.The straw hat guest said: "Your Majesty follows me, what do you want to do?"

The man clasped his hands and said: "My master sees that the strong man is very brave, and wants to get acquainted with him."

The straw hat guest said: "No need." He lifted his feet and left.

The man chased after him and said: "The Zhen Guo Mansion is heavily guarded, it is not easy to enter."

The straw hat guest said: "It has nothing to do with your honor."

The man said: "A strong man doesn't seem to be seeking money." The straw hat man didn't answer, just walked forward.The man asked again, "Could it be that there is something important hidden in the Zhenguo Mansion?" The straw hat man stopped suddenly;

The Straw Hat asked, "Where is your master?"

The man was overjoyed: "Follow me, strong man!" He beckoned, and suddenly a carriage got out from behind; the man respectfully invited the straw hat man into the carriage.

The carriage bumped all the way to a house.The two went in, and there was an exquisite small garden inside.It was the first month of the lunar year, and the snow had just fallen. The garden was full of pines and cypresses, and there were red plum blossoms, which was very lively.There is a small snow pavilion in the garden, in which sat a Confucian scholar with long beard.Straw hat guest Liu Er took a look: This person is indeed the special envoy of the King of Chu.Recalling what Chen Ruijin said that day: "The other spies only guessed that the Straw Hat Man was related to You Xia'er, and there were no other clues; You Xia'er has many people and skills, and most of these people will not act rashly. Only the special envoy of the King of Chu, both Knowing the skills of Brother Liu's bodyguards and knowing that Qi's lack of security is your weakness, you are more courageous than others. Others guess that you intend to visit the Zhenguo Mansion at night, and you will only go to guard outside the Zhenguo Mansion in the middle of the night; he dares to be the first Come forward and strike up a conversation."

Then he followed the guide and met the special envoy of the king of Chu.The special envoy of the king of Chu made a long bow, and Liu Er only bowed and clasped his fists.The special envoy asked him to sit on the opposite side, sent others down, and invited him to drink tea.Liu Erdao: "I'm a rough man and don't know etiquette. This gentleman, if you have something to say, please speak face to face."

The special envoy said with a smile: "Sure enough, you are straightforward. I occasionally learned about the abilities of a strong man, and I am very envious. I don't know what a strong man does for a living?"

Liu Erdao: "It's just a bodyguard."

The special envoy was stunned: "Escort master? May I ask which escort firm you are in?"

"Not in the bodyguard business." Liu Erdao, "Only protect the secret bodyguards. Do it alone, not in partnership with others."

The special envoy thought for a while and asked, "Dare to ask the strong man, who entrusted the escort of Ruixiang Silver House?"

Liu Er looked up at the special envoy: "Although I'm just a solo escort, I know the rules of this profession."

The special envoy quickly laughed and said, "I'm the one who was being rude." Then he asked, "If I want to entrust the darts of a strong man, how should I find a strong man?"

Liu Er thought for a moment and said: "Now I have placed an order in one place, you can go to the west of the city to inquire about a Falcon Bookstore. I have a code name 'Back the Pot Man' there." Nai paused, "The price is the same as theirs. Discuss."

The envoy nodded again and again: "Naturally. Do strong men only serve as bodyguards?"

Liu Er took a deep look at him, and said after a while, "Naturally."

The special envoy's eyes widened, and he cupped his hands and said, "I understand." Liu Er looked at him again, got up and said goodbye.The envoy only sent him out of the pavilion.

That night, Liu Er changed into his night clothes, still wearing a straw hat, and walked around the Zhenguo Mansion.He knew that someone was watching him secretly, so he just pretended not to know.First I spent half a day in Master Niu's study, then I went to Niu Jizong's study for half a day, and then I stood on the roof empty-handed for a long time in a daze before I left.

The next day, the special envoy of King Chu went to Falcon Bookstore in person.The clerk in the store welcomed him in, and Liu Xiaoqi sat behind the counter drinking tea, having snacks and reading reviews, and said, "Welcome! Welcome to come and take care of the business of our store."

The envoy laughed and said, "You're getting more and more cunning." Nai asked in a low voice, "Are you still in the business of helping people place orders?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "This has been a serious business in our bureau for decades."

The special envoy wondered: "Why haven't you heard of it before? Aren't you selling news?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "In the past few years, most of your big customers have come to buy news. Our office is originally in the green forest. People in the green forest have a hard life, fighting their lives on the tip of a knife, covered in blood, and doing any kind of business. It's just..." He looked at the special envoy, "We won't accept the business of killing any important person, and we won't accept the pending order. It's not stubborn to cause any trouble." He said in a low voice, "If you trade by yourself , has nothing to do with us. Anyway, we don't tap."

The special envoy scolded: "Little slicker." He asked again, "There is a man with the code name 'Back the Pot Man'..."

Liu Xiaoqi couldn't help muttering: "Why is his business so good!"

The envoy quickly asked, "Is his business doing well?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Excellent. If you want to use him, you need a number."

The special envoy whispered: "What if I want to ask him to kill someone?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Didn't you say that? It depends on who. If you want to kill the princes and dignitaries, turn right when you go out, so that you can leave. If you are an ordinary person, it is easy to discuss." He also whispered, "We The bureau itself also does this business."

The special envoy couldn't help laughing, and said: "I've just fallen in love with him." Liu Xiaoqi curled his lips helplessly.The special envoy said again, "That neighbor of yours, who drives a carriage with the surname Pan, who is his wife?"

Liu Xiaoqi glanced at him: "She is a woman from a good family, so don't try to trick her."

The special envoy said: "It looks like an ordinary woman, but there are quite a few people protecting her."

Liu Xiaoqi said coldly: "My lord special envoy, I see you are a regular customer, I would like to persuade you. There are many women who look better than her, why bother to stare at a embroiderer? Don't disturb others' safety."

The special envoy was surprised: "Who is she who is behind the blame?"

Liu Xiaoqi was taken aback: "What does it have to do with him?"

The envoy hurriedly said, "It's nothing to do with it."

On the contrary, Liu Xiaoqi glanced at him a few times, then smiled calmly and said, "Let's not talk about it. Do you want to do business with the backer? What kind?"

The special envoy pondered for a moment and said, "I want to find him as a personal protector. Can you talk to him about the price?"

Liu Xiaoqi snorted and said, "Of course you have to negotiate the price with me. One is that he doesn't know much about it, and the other is that I want to withdraw. Besides, his business is very good, so I'm afraid...to bother Mr. Special Envoy and so on." Nai turned around I searched for a brochure inside and looked through it for a long time, then came out again, "He still has two businesses to do. He will be free after mid-February at the earliest."

The special envoy said with a smile: "No problem, I will wait."

Liu Xiaoqi then asked: "May I ask who the Special Envoy wants him to protect?"

The envoy said: "King Chu."