The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Gong Kun persuaded Mr. Gong Sanyi and ordered someone to call Jia Cong over.Jia Cong hurriedly paid a lot of flattery.Several people stayed here that night.The next day, Gong Kun stayed behind to hand over official duties to the old man, Jia Cong...who didn't carry bags when he went to Hong Kong with his fiancée before getting married?

Chen Ruijin has no shortage of things.It's just that the two of them are usually busy, so it's hard for them to have time to date.Since I have free time today, I will take the opportunity to order him for half a day.After shopping for only a few hours, Jia Cong had his hands full, so he simply found a shop opened by Jia's family on the side of the road and asked the staff to send it back.

The department store supermarket model of the later generations moved Jia Cong long ago, and several commercial centers such as Hong Kong have also opened.The two of them went to visit the biggest one, called "Fuyuan Chain Hypermarket".This was originally a dowry shop prepared by the Rongguo Mansion for Jia Gui, and the shopkeeper didn't want to use it, so it got bigger and bigger.There are no code scanners and computers at this moment, and the cashiers in the first three lanes behind the cashier on the third floor are clattering with their abacus in their hands.In order to avoid making mistakes in the amount of money, it is stipulated that each list must be counted three times.

Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin bought some odds and ends, pushing the shopping cart and waiting in line for the checkout.He heard someone yelling from behind, and turned his head to see that Situ Cen also pushed a small cart and ran over with a smile on his face to discuss with the aunt who was behind the two of them, and begged him to change to be with his friend.He looks handsome and can talk, and a few words made the aunt smile, and he really made him go ahead of her.

Jia Cong laughed and joked: "People still have to live independently. Look at us, Cen, who used to be a master who stretched out his clothes for food and opened his mouth, but now he can play tricks on men."

Situ Cen complained, "I called you just now, but you didn't hear me." Jia Cong shrugged and said nothing.Situ Cen glanced at a large cashier counter, "These people who settle accounts are all women."

"Earth leopard! That's called a cashier."

"I don't know if I made a mistake."

"There must be mistakes." Jia Cong said, "Since it has been done three times, the probability of making mistakes is less. Besides, don't customers know how to settle accounts?"

Situ Cen said: "I bought a lot of things, and if I don't keep them all, there will be customers who miscalculate. Not everyone knows how to count."

"Basically everyone can count." Jia Cong proudly said, "Literacy classes for adults were set up very early here. Apart from character recognition, basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division must also be learned. This is called improving the quality of the whole people." Nai patted Situ Cen shoulder, "You Shu people are not so knowledgeable."

Situ Cen glanced at him: "How many years have we opened the school?"

When it was their turn to check out, Chen Ruijin looked at the messy grids in the cash register.There are silver bills, silver and copper coins, and small scales for weighing. He whispered: "It's time to issue banknotes."

Jia Cong rubbed his chin: "Paper money should be issued by the state. Otherwise, dozens of vassal states, large and small, will issue their own paper money, and there must be chaos."

Chen Ruijin said: "It's okay for the bank to move first. We really need to use banknotes right now." Nai pouted at the cash register, "Look, this is a mess."

"Well... go back and discuss with Fifth Aunt."

Situ Cen heard it from behind and asked, "What did you say?"

Chen Ruijin looked at him and then at Jia Cong, and sighed: "Forget it, today we have to talk about serious things again."

Jia Cong hurriedly turned his head and told Situ Cen: "It's too complicated, let's discuss it later." Situ Cen gave him a contemptuous look.

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "There is no need to go shopping anymore, I bought everything I wanted, and after paying the bill, I found a place to have some snacks." Jia Cong responded.

There was a cocoa tea shop not far from here, and the two of them went to find a place to sit down and ordered some food.After the food was brought up, Situ Cen cheerfully followed him in.Jia Cong glared: "Why are you joining in the fun? Light bulbs."

Situ Cen said: "Miss Chen was thinking about something important just now?"

Chen Ruijin ate cocoa tea and said, "Not really."

"It's definitely there." Situ Cen waved to the shopkeeper to order.

Jia Cong was annoyed: "Hey, we are a young couple on a date, why are you here as a single dog?"

Situ Cen said seriously, "I'm sorry for you!" Jia Cong kicked him, but there was no way to drive him away.

For a while, Situ Cen talked about his travels in the West.Although Jia Cong watched a lot of materials and film and television dramas in his previous life, he has never been to Europe in this time and space, and he heard his interesting words, so let it go.After all, there was no serious matter mentioned this day, and the few of them had half a day's leisure, which was considered at ease.

The next day, except for Gong Kun who stayed behind, the rest went to Guangzhou by car together.In the early years, Wang Ziteng rescued Zhen Yinglian from Xue Pan. Wei Ruoheng and his wife have been grateful for many years, and they have always wanted to thank each other face to face.Arriving at the gate of the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi, I saw an important steward beside Wang Ziteng greeted him early, pulled Jia Cong and said in a low voice: "My lord said, let Third Master Cong go to the small study in the northwest corner later, there are guests Waiting for you." Jia Cong nodded.Then everyone followed the steward and went in to meet Wang Ziteng.After chatting with Situ Cen for half a day, Zhen Yinglian came forward to thank him for saving his life.

After Jia Cong introduced the few of them he knew, the prince glanced at him.Jia Cong only said that there was something to do, and he and Chen Ruijin picked up their feet and left.When they arrived at the small study in the northwest corner of their house, they opened the door and looked slightly surprised: the person sitting in front of the desk was Li Sheng, the assistant in the capital when Lu Sangu was still Qin Sangu in the early years.After Lu Sangu asked King Yan to send her out of Beijing, Li Sheng took over all the things she had in hand.Although Li Sheng is not as talented as Lu Sangu, he is still a rare figure, and he can speak well under King Yan.Jia Cong stepped forward to say hello, but Chen Ruijin quietly hid himself.

Li Sheng looked anxious, and stepped forward to give Qianer a slap: "Master Cong!"

Jia Cong had a good impression of this man, so he bowed to him, "Why did shopkeeper Li come to Guangzhou?"

Li Sheng suddenly stumbled: "Master Cong, hurry back to the capital with me!"

Jia Cong frowned: "Don't worry, shopkeeper Li, what happened?"

Li Sheng shook his head and said: "I can't tell. The prince is also confused, I'm afraid he's going to abolish the son."

"Huh?!" Jia Cong was shocked, "A well-behaved waste son? Isn't the son more inferior than the best?"

Li Sheng didn't care about his inappropriate words, so he hurriedly spoke up.All the detailed information about this matter was kept from the outside world, only that a clue came out of nowhere, the prince hurriedly interrogated several people himself, and found that his second son, Situ Yan, was murdered by his eldest son.Now the son has been locked in a small courtyard in the mansion, which is no different from being in prison.Feng Ziying only felt that there were many doubts about this matter, but King Yan didn't want to listen to it, and the princess was also messing around in the mansion, wishing to kill the eldest son to avenge the second son.

However, Feng Ziying's position is the most taboo to be involved in the dispute for the succession, and he doesn't know what's going on inside, and he is afraid that the son will be wronged, so he asks Jia Huan to ask.It was rare for Jia Huan to take the initiative to ask to see the King of Yan, and the old man stopped him when he opened his mouth.Feng Ziying had no choice but to ask Li Sheng to find Jia Cong.Since Li Sheng took over the affairs of Third Aunt Qin back then, he became King Yan's pocketbook—although it was less money than before, it was still pocketbook.How could he not have someone placed by his superiors?He didn't dare to run to Taiwan mansion openly, for fear of causing some suspicion, he only said that he came to Guangzhou to discuss business, and by the way, greet Mr. Wang Ziteng on behalf of Mr. Feng Ziying.He came by coincidence, Wang Ziteng got Jia Cong's letter and knew that he was going to bring Wei Ruoheng's family over, so he asked Li Sheng to stay and wait.

After hearing this, Jia Cong took a few deep breaths.He knew very well that Situ Yan clearly begged Jia Xu to kill him, and his fifth uncle did it himself, and had nothing to do with others.Then he turned around the room a few times with his arms behind his back, and said, "I won't go to Beijing."

Li Sheng begged, "Master Cong, if the prince doesn't listen to persuasion, Mr. Feng is helpless!"

Jia Cong said: "Listen to me. If I rush to Beijing, the prince is really hopeless." He pointed to his nose and said, "You know who I am. Let me tell you the truth, it is the lower realm Sase's."

Li Sheng nodded again and again: "Therefore, no one else can convince the prince except Cong Sanye."

Jia Cong said: "I'm going to get married soon. If you rush back to the capital because of this, the prince may suspect that the real son is not himself, but the son. In front of Jiangshan, what is a son?" Li Sheng gasped.

Jia Cong straightened his mind, and said: "This matter is obvious. Whoever benefits is behind the scenes, and it must be the third child who did it."

Li Sheng's eyes moved, and he said after a while: "...Master Feng also guessed the same way." He paused, "Master Feng thought...although the son... is honest, the third prince is not right." Jia Cong nod.To put it bluntly, Prince Yan's son is mediocre, and he needs the support of good officials; the third child is deep-minded, and if he sits on the dragon chair, he may not be as good as Feng Ziying.Although Feng Ziying was a lone minister, it was not that she hadn't thought about which little master would be beneficial to her if she came to power.The same is true for Li Sheng, so he would risk listening to Feng Ziying's idea and go around in circles to find Jia Cong.

Jia Cong walked back and forth in the room a few more times, and said decisively: "Check the woman next to His Highness the Third Highness." Li Sheng was startled.Jia Cong smiled wryly.

Gong San also sent the femme fatale Ma Xiangzhu into the hands of the youngest son of King Yan's family, just to cause trouble among the sons of King Yan.This Ma Xiangzhu is a bold and careful master.From being Princess Chen's sister who seduced her brother-in-law King Chen, to being Liu Tong's concubine who seduced Liu Tong's confidant, it was like walking a tightrope, but she was able to hide the people around her to death.It can be seen that this woman's plan must be careful.King Yan was obviously blinded by the "clues and evidence" she set up, and he was disappointed and angry, and he couldn't even listen to the persuasion of important ministers.Fortunately, the eldest son was his eldest son after all, and King Yan was not a heartless person, so he would not kill his son rashly, leaving Feng Ziying and others with time to work.

Jia Cong took a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty won't listen to the persuasion, so it's obvious that you are on the edge of a dead end. To let a wise man get into a dead end, you have to control his emotions delicately. The best at controlling a man's emotions is a woman. 'Blind' For this kind of thing, many clues must be exploded in a short period of time. And it must be forced to look forward and backward, taboo this taboo, and dare not disclose the truth. He thought that it would be very embarrassing to disclose the truth, but he did not know that this "truth" must be loopholes There are a lot of things. And those who are good at setting such traps are mostly women." He looked at Li Sheng and said, "Women know the secrets of the backyard best, and they know what is the most shameful thing."

"Third Master Cong thought it was done by His Highness's concubine Ji?"

"It may not be concubine Ji, it may be a good friend, or even a fan." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Don't look down on fans, there are geniuses in fans. Brother Feng has to figure out what happened before he can prescribe the right medicine."

Li Sheng thought for a long time: "Third Master guess?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "I can't guess it. But the prince always calms down, you find another honest person—I don't know who is honest, anyway, since the son has been wronged, there will always be a great Confucian who is willing to stand up—let that person be with you." The prince said go." Li Sheng nodded involuntarily.

Jia Cong ate the Huizi tea again, Fang said: "It is entirely possible that the second highness wants to kill the prince. But the prince will definitely not kill the second highness. It is very simple and unnecessary. It is too risky to kill a brother. The son of a prince absolutely can't do it. Even if there is any unhappiness between the brothers, even if there is a deep hatred - such as the hatred of taking his wife or something, the son of the world can bear it for a while and take revenge after he comes to power."

Li Sheng said: "If someone says that the son is worried about his brother taking his son's golden crown?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "It can't be won. Yan has a large number of good and loyal ministers. Even if the mediocre master ascends the throne, he can help him open up a peaceful and prosperous world. To put it bluntly, the next King of Yan, the mediocre master is more suitable than the capable master .The prince is expanding the territory right now, but the one behind him should be more stable. If he is too ambitious and thinks about surpassing his father's achievements, he must be warlike. And the new land is not stable. It’s easy to crash if you’re too anxious.”

Li Sheng said, "That's what I mean too."

"Therefore, the son doesn't have to do anything, just sit and lie down and wait to inherit the country. Only his other brothers want to kill him, and there is absolutely no reason for him to want to kill others." Jia Cong said, "The usual yamen Everyone who investigates the case knows that before a murderer is identified as committing a crime, he must find out his criminal motive: that is, why he committed the crime. If there is no reasonable explanation for the criminal motive, no amount of other evidence is useless. Prince, there is no criminal motive for killing his brother. II His Highness's death must not have been done by him, someone framed him."

He said it firmly, Li Sheng nodded again and again: "The third master is right."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's not easy to frame the prince, and it's even more difficult to deceive the prince."

Li Sheng was stunned, and sighed: "Why bother..." Jia Cong shook his head, and sighed too.

As if he had taken a reassurance, Li Sheng said a few more words to him and left in a hurry.Chen Ruijin came in from the outside and asked, "Do you want to support Yan Wang's son?"

"No—" Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "I don't care!" He pulled out the chair for her and waited for her to sit down before saying, "Brother Feng and Li Shengxian are both looking forward to the prince coming to power. If I don't want to There is no way to coax this Li Sheng away, he must stay and harass me. We are going to get married soon! Who cares about whether we will have children thousands of miles away!" Jia Cong waved his hand, "Hurry up and send him away, or if the honeymoon fails They can't be bothered to death!"

Chen Ruijin pursed his lips and smiled, and thought for a while: "Since that's the case, I still have to keep that Ma Xiangzhu."

"Ah? She has completed the task, why do you keep it?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Anyway, you try to keep her." Jia Cong blinked, not knowing why.Chen Ruijin said, "Master Gong's strategy has its own merits."

Jia Cong pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out what the woman was useful for, so he could only say: "Forget it, it's always right to listen to my wife."