The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

On this day, news came from the Lin Mansion that Hu Yong was suddenly very enthusiastic about working for others, and he was going out of the mansion to do some errands today, Yang Song said: "I'll follow."

Qin Sangu said with a smile: "I'll go, there are not many people in the world who can surpass me in stalking people."

Yang Song knew she was capable, so he didn't grab her.

Third Aunt Qin quietly summoned Yao'er and told him: "Master Tan fell asleep inadvertently while reading the official documents the night before yesterday, and the candle burned a large cabinet of documents."

Yao'er frowned: "Is he hurt?"

Qin Sangu praised: "No wonder you are said to be smart. He is fine, only his clothes are blackened."

Yao'er knew that this person was innocent.

"On the other hand, he didn't find out the clues, and now the news is suppressed. I think this person is capable and loyal, but he is a little shy of success. I'm afraid he was anxious, made a mistake in his busy schedule, and leaked the information. Master Lin found out and clamored to see the situation."

Yao'er said: "Understood, I will never leave my husband. I shouldn't take it for him to hear, but he will not listen."

Qin Sangu nodded, and went outside Lin's mansion to wait for Hu Yong.

Hu Yong was quite vigilant, he came out to do things honestly, until he went to a small tea stand to drink tea before returning home.Coincidentally, there was a shoe repairer opposite the tea stand who was also thirsty, so he went over to have a table with him.Sangu Qin sat down on the bench near them and listened for a long time, the two of them just chatted.Until Hu Yong finished his tea and left, the shoe repairer also went back to repair the shoes.Hu Yong hadn't seen any suspicious people by his side these days. Third Aunt Qin thought about it carefully, and the only one was the shoe repairer.When Hu Yong returned home, she turned back and guarded the shoe repairer until he closed the stall, then quietly followed him away.

Only halfway on the way, Qin Sangu knew that she had followed the wrong person, and this person turned her head several times, which showed that she was also a good-natured person.

The shoe repairer never returned to his own residence, but went to a rather large inn, saying that a man named Li Daguan who lived in a herringbone room invited him to repair shoes.After a while, the waiter let him in.Qin Sangu threw a bundle of smoking straw into the kitchen of the hotel, and everyone was so frightened that they thought there was a flood, so they rushed to put out the fire.She flipped through the shopkeeper's registration book, and was shocked: Mr. Li was actually an envoy from Jinling Zhen's family to buy items for the Dragon Boat Festival, and his name was Li Ji.He hurriedly slipped upstairs to eavesdrop outside Li Ji's house.

But he heard the shoe repairer say: "If you can't keep it clean, who else will he offend?"

Li Ji said: "You don't care about this."

The shoe repairer said yes.

Li Ji asked again: "Did he say anything else?"

The shoe repairer said, "He said he didn't see Yang Song, which is a bit strange."

Li Ji said: "It's not surprising, Lin Haiji doesn't trust many people, it's probably what Yang Song has to do."

The shoe repairer said, "The one next to it is gone."

Only then did Sangu Qin understand that Hu Yong said at the tea stand just now, "There is a pine tree in the front yard of our house that the master loves very much. The pine tree he planted by himself in the early years has disappeared for no reason!" Strange, how could the tree disappear?It turned out that it was Yang Song who said it, so I couldn't help laughing.

The shoe repairer repaired Li Ji's shoes, smiled and begged for a few rewards, and then left.

Qin Sangu went back and told Lin Hai one by one what she saw today. Lin Hai was amazed: "I have nothing to do with the Zhen family. Their old lady is the nurse of the old sage, how can she move! Besides, there is really no enmity between them. There is no reason for the family to stab me."

Yao'er said in the sideline: "Cong'er once told me that the Zhen family in Jinling took over four times alone, and the gold piled up like mountains and silver flowed out, and I don't know where the spare money came from, but it was able to buy four. Go back to the fun."

Lin Hai said with a smile: "They borrowed a lot of money from the treasury, and they also gave them money from their superiors and sincerely allowed them to get it. Naturally, there are many illegal things. Anyway, as long as the emperor is a day, there is a day like their family."

Yao Eryin said: "Does the master have evidence of their crimes?"

Lin Haidao: "Why should I take their faults? If the old saint is gone, it will be the same whether they are wrong or not."

Jia Si suddenly remembered what Jia She had said quietly to his Gong Sanyi in the early years, "Everyone in the world ransacked their families, and breaking the law is just an excuse." I was afraid that the old sage would attack Zhen's family when he returned from the crane to the west, thinking about the wealth and grandeur he saw in their mansion a few days ago, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Qin Sangu said: "I have always heard that their family can still talk on Yanlu Road."

Lin Hai sighed: "I will give them everything I can to save face."

Immediately, Yao'er said, "So there's a time when we won't give it?"

Lin Haidao: "Of course I can't give them all. After all, I work for the saints. They are so greedy, they want to kill everything that is beneficial. Could it be that I receive the saint's salary, but hold money for others?" Everyone understands, The others must be the princes. "Besides, their family has also been in charge of Lianghuai Salt Affairs for four years, so they have already made enough money."

Yao'er's eyes lit up: "They also managed the salt affairs?"

Lin Haidao: "That was when the old sage was around. After taking the throne today, he extended his term to show favor to the old officials. No matter how stupid they are, they should know that there will be no more in the future. Even if I die, it will be someone else's."

Yao'er said: "But other people are easier to fool than my uncle. They are experts, but it is easy to fool a layman like Mr. Tan. Besides, from the fact that they bribed Hu Zhong to assassinate, they are playing tricks. If they have military power If someone wants to kill my uncle, they can send dead soldiers here instead of going around in circles like this. It shows that the murderer behind the scenes has no soldiers in his hands."

Lin Hai shook his head: "No, it's not difficult for them to get money."

Jia Si snorted and said: "I was ordered by the master to go to their house to get back the silver that was stored in them in the early years. It took so long. Although everyone is well-clothed and well-fed, look at the embarrassment of giving money. You know, they are starting to be poor now."

Lin Hai still said: "A centipede is dead but not stiff. No matter how poor their family is, they don't have to take such a big risk for money." Yao'er couldn't help laughing out loud.Lin Hai glanced at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Yao'er said: "I remembered a few words Cong'er said, and I don't know where he heard them from. Most of the people who break the law in the world are for money, no matter how much money they have, they just want more. Wisdom Those who do not break the law can do things, but those who break the law are not wise."

After hearing this, Lin Hai thought about it, clapped his hands and praised: "Which woman in their family is so smart and wise, she taught this little thing."

Qin Sangu hurriedly asked: "That brat Cong'er was taught by a woman from the Jia family?"

Lin Haidao: "Yes, I just don't know who it is."

Qin Sangu counted for half a day, but couldn't figure out who was coming.

Jia Si waved his hand and said: "Ninety percent of them belong to Zhen's family. I think the money I had in my early years is not much left now, and my lord will not let them miss it here."

Qin Sangu also said: "The ancients said that it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal."

Lin Hai was a little moved by what they said, holding the teacup and pondering for a long time, said: "If it's their family, even if there are real evidence, it will be difficult."

Qin Sangu said: "I'll go to Zhen's house to inquire again, and the court will deal with it if it is confirmed." Yin turned her head and glanced at Yao'er.Yao'er blinked, then quietly extended a thumb to her.Qin Sangu knew that she had guessed it in the morning, and rumors had already spread in Xunyan Yushi's mansion, but seeing Lin Hai's appearance, she didn't hear it, thinking that Yao'er managed to interrupt it.If this is the case, I am afraid that this matter cannot be delayed for too long.So she thought about it for a while and said, "My lord, I have a plan to scare the snake away. Can you listen to me, my lord?"

Lin Hai hurriedly asked what to do.

Qin Sangu said: "Your Excellency ordered someone to send Hu Yong, the servant of the family, to the Zhen family. I will follow and see what happens. As Your Excellency said, it is extremely risky to assassinate Your Excellency. They have the Supreme Emperor, so there is no need to take such risks." , I’m afraid there is a harder back to back.”

Lin Hai thought for a while: "That's fine." He wrote a letter himself and handed it to Yang Song.

Seeing Yang Song, Qin Sangu couldn't help laughing when she remembered that "there is a pine tree" and was about to go back to the front yard of the Lin Mansion.Yang Song laughed so hard that he lost his mind for a long time.

The next day, Yang Song showed up to deliver a letter to Lin's mansion, and asked the old housekeeper to send Hu Yong to Jinling Zhen's family on Lin Hai's behalf.

The old housekeeper hadn't heard from Lin Hai these days, and was frightened. Now that he saw him, he asked hurriedly, "Is the master safe?"

Yang Song nodded and said: "Don't worry, old man, the master is fine, but now for some reason he must not reveal his whereabouts." Because he explained the letter.The old housekeeper was inexplicably confused, but Yang Song didn't say anything, only that the master had other orders, and left.

When Hu Yong heard that Lin Hai was going to send him to the Zhen family, his face turned pale.Seeing this, the old housekeeper thought he had offended the Zhen family, and the master sent him to make amends, so he scolded him.Fearing that he would be retaliated when he came to Zhen's house, Lin Haixin didn't mention sending his family there, so he left his wife and children behind.Hu Yong was very grateful.A few days later, the Lin family sent five or six people to escort him, and Hu Yong bit the bullet and went to Zhen's house.Qin Sangu told Yaoer Yang Song and others, and followed quietly.

Now that the assassin probably had a shape, Lin Hai also breathed a sigh of relief, and wrote a letter to Jingzhong to report his safety.He thought that Qin Sangu would definitely write a booklet and go to Beijing, so he didn't inform Jinshang and Situ Pan.Little did they know that Sangu Qin was extremely cautious, fearing that the news would be leaked elsewhere. In her early years in the camp, she practiced "the general will be outside, and the emperor's order will not be accepted", so there has been no report for the time being.

As early as when he succeeded in hijacking him, Jia Si ordered Yao'er to write a good report overnight, so that people and flying horses flew to Beijing to send it to the client. Light, smiled and praised "six liang of silver is not in vain".

Jia Cong was also relieved, and ran to the garden of the mansion in the south of the city to persist in breaking the mechanism.Because he suddenly realized that he was too weak alone, he took Jia Huan to break up together.When Jia Huan heard that there is authenticity, he immediately thought of many Tang Dynasty legends that Tanchun told him, and he was full of energy.Sure enough, the two children gathered their strength together, and they really moved!There was a sound of iron chains creaking, and the entrance of the tunnel was really exposed.The two of them were overjoyed, their heads were almost smoking with excitement, they rubbed their hands and prepared to go down.

I only heard someone behind me say, "Huh? You guys also know this?"

The two of them were startled, and when they looked back, it was Qin Keqing standing there with a burden and a smile.Busily patted his chest, Jia Cong said: "Sister Qin! Why did you suddenly startle me when you said something."

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "I'm not taking light steps, it's because you two are thinking about that."

Jia Cong recalled what she said just now, and hurriedly asked: "So, you also know this authenticity?"

Qin Keqing nodded and said: "I am no longer the young mistress who used to ride in a car and sedan chair every day. At the beginning of the year, when I was here teaching the servants in your house, I often walked in the tunnel, especially in rainy days."

Jia Cong couldn't sit down on the ground! "Do you go often?"

Qin Keqing said: "It is inconvenient for me to go home often, so I still live in Zhenwu Nunnery. There is a road leading to Zhenwu Nunnery."

Jia Cong frowned: "I heard that there are four exits in total, how come there is one in Zhenwu Nunnery?"

Qin Keqing said: "This is one, one is Zhenwu'an, one is Mr. Gong's residence, and there is another one that he never told me."

Only then did Jia Cong understand that the only one of the "four exits" that Gong Sanyi mentioned that day was in the house.Therefore, he spent a lot of effort in the past two years to find any study or storeroom, but he couldn't find any traces, because there was no exit from those places.He couldn't help cursing himself for being stupid, such tunnels naturally lead to the outside, how could there be any reason to open four or five exits in a house?In his heart, he secretly understood that Qin Keqing had already completely taken Gong Sanyi under his command, so he could be regarded as a member of Prince Yizhong's faction.Although their home is long gone.

Then I heard Qin Keqing say: "Are you going to go down like this without bringing oil lamps and torches? It's all dark in there."

Jia Cong hurriedly asked, "Do you bring a lamp down every day?"

Qin Keqing nodded: "Naturally." Yin took out a fire pocket from her bosom.

Jia Cong frowned, thinking, these entrances have been closed, I am afraid that the oxygen concentration in the underground will be relatively low, so don't cause carbon monoxide poisoning.But there was no flashlight at this time, so I had to think about it for a long time and give up.Yin leaned forward and smiled at her: "My good sister, take us down~~ We have known this for a long time, but because we can't move the mechanism, we can only watch."

Qin Keqing laughed "puchi", because she said: "You two are really too young." Then she took the lead and walked down.

Jia Huan suddenly pulled Jia Cong away, and asked softly, "There won't be an ambush or something like that?"

Jia Cong was taken aback: "What mechanism is ambush?"

Jia Huan said: "It's the commentary stories you usually tell, such as the treasures of the Egyptians, the tombs of the Mayans, the ancient buildings of the Zhang family, and the ultimate Changbai Mountain."

Jia Cong glared at him: "Those are places where people are not allowed to enter. This is the road that Mr. Gong and Sister Qin usually take. Where can there be a mechanism? To trick yourself?" He hurriedly followed.

Jia Huan made sense after thinking about it, and trotted down.

The two of them were full of excitement and looked down the neat bluestone steps under their feet, but they didn't pay attention to where Qin Keqing broke it, and the tunnel was closed.The surroundings gradually darkened, but seeing a bright light coming from a distance, Jia Cong couldn't help but let out a "wow".

Qin Keqing waved the fire pocket, said with a smile: "Actually, only this small section of the road needs fire. If you are familiar with it, you can use it if you don't need it." Then she led them down.Jia Cong secretly admired that Prince Yizhong was really rich. This tunnel was built, spacious and tidy, just like a subway station that later generations often go to.

Sure enough, when we turned a corner at the front, oil lamps were burning on both sides.Jia Congqi said, "Wouldn't it be a waste to just light the oil all the time?"

Qin Keqing said with a smile: "At first there were not many people leaving; there was an mechanism on the wick, and I don't know what was there. I activated the mechanism by the way when I closed the door, so the light turned on. After we passed through this Cut off, then close here, naturally there is a mechanism to buckle the wick, and then go out. Then start the first part."

Jia Cong curled his lips: "Could it be... that the lamp oil used by many benefactors in Zhenwu Temple is used here."

Qin Keqing turned her head and glanced at him: "You are really smart."

Jia Cong made a grimace, he just remembered the nun in the original book who lit a lamp to Jia Mu for alms.The two children followed happily, and there were wide bluestone floors and oil lamps along the way. They couldn't help but praise, "It's really well done!"

They walked for five or six miles, and suddenly saw a bluestone ladder going up at the bend in front of them. As expected, Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Up above is Zhenwu Nunnery, do you want to go up?"

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "We are still young, there is no problem for men and women, and it is not bad to offer incense to the Buddha."

Qin Keqing nodded, leading them up and opening the tunnel entrance.