The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Ying Tianfu judged that Zhen Zangzhu had been idle for more than half a month, everyone from the governor to the yamen servant regarded him as an idler who could only flatter the third master.On this day, someone from outside the magistrate's yamen came to report the case.Coincidentally, Zhen Zangzhu wandered over to watch the commotion among his colleagues.It turned out that someone found a dead body in the Qinhuai River this morning, and it was unknown how many days ago it had been dead.The magistrate Fang sent the policeman Wu Zuo and others to have a look.Zhen Zangzhu couldn't be more curious, so he stayed in the yamen to wait for the result.For a while, the police came back with the corpse, saying that the man was dressed gorgeously, and he was probably a son of an official.Mr. Fang hurried to check it himself.Zhen Zangzhu mixed with the government servants and followed to the mortuary.

Wu Zuo checked for half a day, and returned: "This man died of drowning, and he drank alcohol before he died." Everyone thought it was a dude who fell into the water while playing.Although this person has a letter on his body, the ink stains have been soaked so that he can't see it, and his face is also unrecognizable, and he is wearing ordinary clothes of a wealthy family, so he can't guess his identity for a while.

Zhen Zangzhu watched quietly for a long time, and said: "This person must be Mr. Huang who is next to the son."

Mr. Fang was startled, turned his head and asked him, "How can you see that?"

Zhen Zangzhu pointed to a piece of jade pendant that he had taken from the man and said: "A few days ago I was wandering with Brother Bao Xian, and I saw this Pei in a shop. Ordinary jade pendants are carved with patterns of wealth and honor, but this one is a sheep. Besides, the carver is not very good. The quality of this topaz is also not good, so it can’t be sold for a long time. I casually said, since it is a sheep carving, why not make it fatter and more auspicious. How can there be such a thin sheep? The white jade carving is also good. Brother Bao Xian smiled, there is a little yellow sheep in front of the son, who is just a thin man. Why don't you buy this piece and give it to him."

Mr. Fang was drenched in cold sweat from fright, and said in a trembling voice: "This... this is... Mr. Huang?"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "The jade pendant belongs to him anyway. Brother Bao Xian just gave him this for a joke, it's not a good thing, and he wouldn't give it away casually if he thought about it?" Mr. Fang felt reasonable, and hurriedly ordered Mr. Huang told people to go.

Not long after, people from Huang's Mansion and Shizi's Mansion came.Although it is difficult to distinguish the face, based on the size, clothes and other things, both governments believe that the corpse is a yellow sheep.Seven days ago, Huang Yang was ordered by his son to go to other places to do errands, but now he died in Qinhuai River for no reason.The prince was furious and ordered Mr. Fang to solve the case within ten days.

The case spread all over Jinling City immediately, and Bao Sanye immediately came to find Zhen Zangzhu to inquire about it.Zhen Zangzhu told him in detail what happened today.Third Master Bao asked enthusiastically, "Brother Zhen, how do you think he died?"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Where can I guess? Wu Zuo said he was drunk and drowned."

Bao Sanye said: "This person has all four corners. I never thought that he would get drunk when he was doing something important."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Most people who practice martial arts like to drink alcohol."

"He is a thin bamboo pole scholar, how can he compare with your martial arts practitioners."

Zhen Zangzhu's eyes moved: "Scholar? Master Huang is a scholar? Never practiced martial arts?"

Bao Sanye waved his hand: "Tell Brother Zhen a word, Huang Yang is what is commonly known as a gentle scum. He is full of words, but in fact he is a 'benevolent, righteous, polite, wise, loyal, filial, honest and courageous, one two three four five six seven ninety'. Shameless, forgetful eight!"

He wanted to tell a joke, but Zhen Zangzhu didn't smile at all: "Since that's the case, the deceased is not a gazelle."

"what?"

"There are calluses on the hands of the corpse, I saw it." Zhen Zangzhu said, "It was sharpened by holding a weapon. Holding a pen can't grind those calluses."

Bao Sanye was stunned: "Didn't you recognize them all?"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "In this spring weather, if the corpse is soaked in water for three to seven days, it will become a 'giant view'."

"What view?"

"It's so swollen and rotted that you can't see its original appearance. Forensic medicine is called Giant View." Zhen Zangzhu said, "The one who came to identify the corpse is Master Huang's servants and colleagues. They all recognized it from the clothes and objects."

Bao Sanye was stunned for a long while: "Then...how did the yellow sheep's clothes and objects get on the dead man?"

Zhen Zangzhu thought for a while and said, "Is the son your nephew?"

"Yes."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Since that's the case, tell your son about it, just say you heard it in the tavern, don't mention me."

Bao Sanye said: "Why don't you say it? I'm trying to save face for Brother Zhen!"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Huangyang is not a good person, I am impatient to meddle in his affairs. If the son orders me to investigate, I may not be able to find out many things that turn black and white. I know it but I can't control it. I have to hold back." Death. It is better not to be blind."

Bao Sanye was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "Forget it, I know that brother is upright."

After the two of them finished their food and drink, Third Master Bao rode his horse to the Prince's Mansion.After waiting outside for half a day, I didn't want Shizi to say that he was not well and that it was inconvenient to see each other.Mr. Bao was annoyed, and the boy who had been passing the message snorted, "I just want to see his third uncle and I won't go up. I'm a dandy, and I just want to add to the chaos and watch the fun, right? You tell him, it's not the yellow sheep who died." Turn around just go.

The little servant hurriedly grabbed him with one hand: "Third Master! You can explain clearly! Our eldest son didn't sleep all night because of Mr. Huang's matter! From last night to this moment, he only drank two mouthfuls of porridge, and he is really sick. Great job. Our eldest son is always the best with the third master, how can we look down on the third master!"

Mr. Bao is the son of Mr. Bao in his later years. He is about the same age as his eldest nephew, and the two of them have a good friendship.Hearing that the son hadn't eaten or slept, he hurriedly said, "This can't be done! You have to eat no matter what."

Seeing that Mr. Bao's face softened a little, the boy asked cautiously, "What does Mr. Bao know?"

Bao Sanye sighed: "The corpse has calluses on its hands. It was a martial arts practitioner, not a gazelle. For some reason, it wore the clothes of a gazelle and drowned in the Qinhuai River. Your son ordered someone to investigate." If you want to leave, the boy can't stay.

Two hours later, the eldest son came to Bao Mansion to look for Third Master Bao.Bao Sanye originally wanted to put on airs, but when he saw that his nephew's eyes were bloodshot and red like rabbits, he was startled, and his anger at the point in the morning had long been forgotten: "What's the matter? Haven't slept yet?"

The prince smiled wryly: "The yellow sheep has hidden a lot of money from me. If he is dead, I don't know how to get it back. If he is alive..."

Mr. Bao understood.Had he lived, he would have told whom and what.A few words of relief in a hurry.The prince asked him where he knew that the dead body had calluses on his hands.Bao Sanye said: "Anyway, someone told me. That person is a clean person, and he doesn't want to know about yellow sheep." The prince looked at him eagerly.Third Master Bao couldn't bear it, and said, "If your son has anything unclear, I'll ask him for you."

The prince nodded and said: "This matter is obviously a golden cicada played by a gazelle to escape its shell. He has been gone for seven days, and he is not sure where he has escaped. I am a little bit at a loss. Please ask the great talent for me to ask the third uncle. The whole country is searching, but there is no other way.”

Third Master Bao responded with a lot of voices, patted his chest and said, "Leave it on me!" The prince thanked him with red eyes.

As soon as the son left, Third Master Bao immediately changed his clothes and went out, heading straight to Zhen Zangzhu's house.Zhen Zangzhu was boxing in the courtyard, when he saw him coming, he asked why.Bao Sanye hurriedly told him.Zhen Zangzhu suddenly smiled wryly: "Brother Bao Xian, you have been fooled."

"what?"

"Your Majesty is surrounded by capable people. Why do you have to ask someone you have never met? Besides, don't the yellow sheep have family members in Jinling." Zhen Zangzhu pointed outside and said, "He will send Someone followed you, believe it or not?"

Mr. Bao jumped up and ran out, heading straight for the door——and saw an important dog beside Shizi looking at the door.Mr. Bao looked at him for a while.The man was startled, and came forward to beat Qian'er.Bao Sanye turned around and went back, slamming the door of Zhen Zangzhu's house hard.

Zhen Zangzhu saw that his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and laughed loudly: "How do I guess?"

Bao Sanye was ashamed: "Stinky boy! Even his uncle is plotting!" Zhen Zangzhu laughed louder and louder.

That night, the eldest son went to Bao's house to apologize to his third uncle with a smile on his face.He brought a few gifts, three jars of good wine, and even invited Second Master Bao to accompany him.Mr. Bao was so angry that he lost his temper for a long time, but Shi Zi soft-spokenly apologized and toasted him again.After all, he was his nephew, so Mr. Bao didn't want to take Joe too much, so he gave up.

The son asked about Zhen Zangzhu.Bao Sanye said triumphantly: "I told you that Brother Zhen is a genius! But you don't believe me. Think I'll hire three talents who know how to drink and go to theaters?" Nai glanced at his second brother.

Bao Erye wondered: "It's really surprising that you recognized a decent person. You can't blame us either. How did you recognize such a person in the past? Now you are going to look at him with admiration."

How long has Mr. Bao wanted to hear such words!But when I heard it in my ears, I was very happy in my heart, and said: "Then the second brother also said that he is a local ruffian!"

Bao Er hurriedly poured wine for him and said, "Forget it, it's the second brother who has no eyes and no eyes, and doesn't know Mount Tai. Please fill this cup with the third master, and take care of your second brother once?" I took a cup and drank it down, and my chest has never been so smooth.

The three of them exchanged cups, and the three jars of wine were clean without a single drop left.The matter of Zhen Zangzhu is like the wine, and Bao Sanye Hu Limengdeng told him everything.

The next day, Shizi and Bao Erye went to visit Zhen Zangzhu's home in person.Zhen Zangzhu had no servants, so she went to open the door herself.Seeing him, the two looked at him for a while, then bowed and saluted to the son, "My Highness, Your Highness." Then he saluted to Second Master Bao, "Hello, Master Bao."

The son and the second master Bao looked at each other.The two of them are just ordinary people's clothes.The prince asked with a smile, "How do you know it's the two of us?"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Brother Bao Xian is outspoken, a little naive. If there is a clever person who wants to trick him, there is no way he can't. This man looks seven points like Brother Bao Xian, and he is older Some, it must be one of his two elder brothers. The son is young, and Master Bao is walking behind you. It is impossible for the men of the Bao family to come down with the Second Highness."

The prince nodded in praise and said, "It's really not bad."

Zhen Zangzhu let them into the house, asked the prince to sit up, and went to the kitchen to boil water.Bao Erye said: "That day when my third younger brother came to recommend Mr. Zhen, I never took it seriously and wronged Mr. Zhen."

Zhen Zangzhu lightly waved his hand and said, "What did the second master say? I'm no more than a grassroots, and it's great to be able to become an official in one step. Er..." He thought for a moment, "It's Brother Bao Xian... the second master and the uncle are afraid. I have a deeper prejudice against Brother Bao Xian. Brother Bao Xian is indeed a bit of a dandy, but he is just lazy, not a fool who only knows how to make money with wine."

Second Master Bao laughed loudly and said, "I recognize Mr. Zhen, he is already proud!" Then he praised Third Master Bao.Zhen Zangzhu also praised, and so did the prince.The three of them praised it for a long time, and Bao Sanye probably won't get as many compliments in his life as he did in this day.

After boasting, Second Master Bao asked him what he thought of the gazelle.Zhen Zangzhu said: "Perhaps he ran away by himself, and he couldn't be caught by someone."

Second Master Bao nodded and said: "We are also worried about this. His whole family is in Jinling, if he escapes by himself, if there is a loophole, wouldn't it put the whole family in danger?"

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Who is there in his family?"

"There are four concubines and two daughters."

Zhen Zangzhu frowned slightly: "There are no parents and sons?"

Bao Erye said: "His parents are in his hometown. His wife has a rough appearance and stays at home to serve Weng Gu and raise his son."

"Where is his hometown?"

"Tengzhou, State of Qi."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Concubines and daughters are worthless things. If the gazelle ran away by himself... Even if they are cut into pieces, can the gazelle know first, and even if they know, they may not pay attention to it." Therefore, it can only be assumed that Jinling has nothing to do with him."

Second Master Bao nodded and said, "I've thought about this too."

The prince hurriedly said: "I will send someone to Tengzhou right now."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Why don't you inquire first. His concubine may not be able to ask anything. He knows more about his friends and fans outside. Besides, the corpse was hidden somewhere on purpose. After many days, I didn’t show it to anyone until I couldn’t recognize her appearance. I don’t know if he died in the Qinhuai River in the first place. You can check the boats on the river.”

Bao Erye said: "Heroes see the same thing."

Zhen Zangzhu pointed at him and said with a smile: "Everything I think of, the second master also thinks of it. Why didn't the second master say it earlier?"

Second Master Bao smiled and said, "If I had said it earlier, wouldn't it be true that Brother Zhen would not have said it?"

Zhen Zangzhu snorted, "Did you get me, Brother Bao Xian, drunk? Otherwise, why would he give you everything?" The two looked at each other, clapped their hands together and smiled.

The prince followed Zhen Zangzhu and Bao Erye's idea to investigate, and within two days the result was obtained.It turned out that Huang Yang became greedy when he saw more and more money hidden for the son.He has a good boat prostitute on the Qinhuai River.He redeemed the lover, bought a new boat, and became a bustard.Nai followed a doggy idea, got drunk and drowned a subordinate who was about the same size as him, changed him into his own clothes and soaked in the bottom of the boat.After soaking for seven days, the body was completely changed before letting the corpse float out.He didn't run away at first, but after hearing that "the gazelle is dead", he pretended to be a woodcutter and left the north gate of Jinling City openly.Because he didn't know that he had been seen through, he didn't walk fast.Shizi's pursuers rushed towards the state of Qi at full speed, and they captured this man on the way.The dog leg who came up with the idea went to nowhere.

Outsiders don't know what happened to the gazelle.Anyway, after he was arrested, the son came to Zhen Zangzhu's house to seek a virtuous person.Zhen Zangzhu took over the post of yellow sheep and took the post of Zhan, the son of the son's mansion.A few days later, the whole Jinling City knew that there was an extra celebrity named Zhen Zangzhu in front of the prince—Zhen Yingjia must have known about it.Nai regretted not falling: "Baba sent him away that day!"