The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that on this day, the King of Wu returned to the backyard after all the state affairs, had a little talk with the princess, got up and went to Meiji's courtyard.Mei Ji came out to greet him with a smile, and helped King Wu into the room, then leaned in front of him and said, "Your Highness, have you heard the news?"

Mei Ji's eyes were shining brightly, seeing it made King Wu's heart itch, and he asked curiously, "What news?"

Mei Ji said: "I heard that there was an interesting incident outside a few days ago. A locksmith's daughter-in-law went to the street to buy vegetables. When she met a frightened horse, she was about to be kicked in the head by the horse's hoof!" She said while gesticulating. Get up, "It was too late to say it, and then I saw a flash of cold light. A hero descended from the sky and grabbed the horse's head with his bare hands! The horse stopped abruptly. The locksmith's daughter-in-law hurried forward to thank him. The hero waved and said, There is no need to thank you for being a hero! When the locksmith's daughter-in-law looked up while speaking, the hero was stunned!"

She paused, and Wu Wang followed her with a smile and asked, "Why is he stunned?"

Mei Ji clapped her hands and said, "Although the locksmith's daughter-in-law has a plain face and shabby clothes, she is a stunning beauty! The moon is ashamed, the fish is like a wild goose, the hero is dumbfounded~~ The hero has seen many beauties in his life, but he has never seen her before." I have seen such a beautiful woman before. So..." She stretched out a slap, "I bought this daughter-in-law from a locksmith for 5 taels of silver." King Wu was taken aback by her words.Mei Ji sighed, "But I don't know how is that woman compared to me?"

King Wu laughed loudly: "A common girl, how can I compare with my concubine?" Mei Ji immediately raised her small face and smiled brightly, she was as delicate as a newly blossomed pistil in the court.

Waking up the next morning, Meiji was serving King Wu to dress up, when suddenly she heard a few people making noise outside.A nanny in charge asked what was the matter, and said outside that the lock was found broken and a locksmith had to be called.When King Wu heard the word "locksmith", he couldn't help thinking of the locksmith's daughter-in-law that Mei Ji mentioned yesterday, and he couldn't help being curious.After leaving the yard for a while, he quietly ordered the eunuch Li beside him to inquire.Eunuch Li smiled and left.

When King Wu was taking a nap, Eunuch Li whispered back and forth, "My lord, about the locksmith's wife..."

"Huh?" King Wu became interested, "How?"

Eunuch Li hesitated a bit: "It seems that what Mei Niangniang heard is not the same."

Seeing him hesitating, King Wu frowned, "What's going on."

Eunuch Li said in a low voice: "That man is not a locksmith, but his name is Wang Tongsuo."

"What's the matter? It's probably a word of mouth passed down by the idlers in the mansion, and they got it wrong."

"His daughter-in-law was indeed rescued from under the horse's hoof, but it wasn't some hero who fell from the sky, she was just pulled aside."

King Wu glanced at him: "Yes."

"That man...only gave that five taels of silver surnamed Wang...and forcibly snatched his wife away in the street." Eunuch Li couldn't help bowing his head.

King Wu frowned: "That's unreasonable! Who is the one who robbed him?" Seeing that Eunuch Li refused to say anything, he snorted, "Which bastard is under the command of him?"

Eunuch Li said: "It's about a Shaozhan surnamed Zhen in the Shizi's mansion, and now Wang Tongsuo is going to the Yamen to sue him for kidnapping the women..." Seeing King Wu's brows tightened, he added, "Yes... ...The people of the Second Highness...helped him write the pleadings." King Wu snorted heavily.If an ordinary person dared to sue Shao Zhan in the Shizifu, the second child would definitely not only help him write the pleadings.Eunuch Li said again, "Lord Zhen and the third master of the Bao family are very close friends, and even the house was given by the third master Bao."

King Wu sneered and said, "What is Bao Laosan who doesn't even know?" After thinking for a moment, he asked, "How about that woman?"

Eunuch Li said: "Everyone outside said that she was stunning. Mr. Bao said he had seen it before, and he was very beautiful." King Wu heheed twice.Eunuch Li said again, "I heard...today is the day that Mr. Zhen will serve wine, and he must take that woman as his concubine seriously."

King Wu's eyes moved: "Today?"

Eunuch Li nodded and said, "We will have a banquet tonight." He whispered, "It is said that the woman will come out to toast."

King Wu rolled his eyes: "I want to see what kind of beauty it is."

In the evening of this day, Shizi Tete changed his clothes and prepared to go to Zhen Zangzhu's house.The theory is that Zhen Zangzhu is not his confidant at the moment, and he is just taking a concubine, so it shouldn't alarm the prince.But now all over Jinling City, it is rumored that the woman is more beautiful than a fairy, and the son of the world also wants to see it.He wanted Zhen Zangzhu to send her at first, but his third uncle said that Zhen Zangzhu liked that woman so much that he didn't want to marry her anymore.And this person came under his command not long ago, and helped him get back so much money a while ago.Besides, Bao Laosan has said countless times that the woman looks mediocre.After much deliberation, the son thought, why not go and have a look today, and give Zhen Zangzhu some face by the way.It's just that I didn't tell him in advance, it was just a temporary idea.

Just when I reached the gate of the Shizi's mansion, I saw the doorman running in in a hurry and said: "My lord, the prince is here." The son was startled, and looked up.I saw his father wearing a stone blue brocade robe and walking in slowly with his arms behind his back.The prince hurried forward to greet him.But he heard King Wu say, "Where are you going after changing your clothes?"

The son said: "Go back to the king's words. The son's first young son is taking a concubine today. It's quite lively. The son wants to go and see."

King Wu said: "It's the one who startled the horse and saved people."

The prince smiled and said, "Father also heard about it? Master Zhen is very skilled."

King Wu said: "Since that's the case, Gu also went to watch the excitement."

"Are you going too?!" Shizi couldn't help clapping his hands, "You've lost your face."

Naturally, it was inconvenient for the king of Wu to go to see his son's servants taking concubines with great fanfare, so he pretended to be an old gentleman and followed his son to Zhen Zangzhu's home.When I got there, I saw that although the house was decorated with lights and festoons, it was rather shabby because the owner was not rich.Zhen Zangzhu didn't know in advance that the son would come, and now he is busy with other things in the hall, and it is Bao Sanye who treats the guests on his behalf.

When Bao Sanye saw King Wu, he was startled. He opened his mouth wide and was about to shout, but Eunuch Li stepped forward to pull him and winked again.Third Master Bao stepped forward a few steps, lifted his clothes and bowed down to the prince, but he knelt a little more inwardly, leaning towards King Wu.Others hurriedly bowed down.The prince smiled and said, "I just pass by here occasionally, so you don't have to be polite." Let everyone get up.Bao Sanye shouted: "The son is here, hurry up and call out Brother Zhen~~" He had already gone to the back quickly with his legs and feet.A lot of guests have come to this meeting, most of them are guests from the Shizi's residence, and they have never seen King Wu.Then everyone flattered the prince like the stars holding the moon.

Wu Wang quietly moved away from his son, and looked at Huizi's main room with his hands behind his back.I saw a pair of couplets hanging on the hall, "the world is in chaos, the Spring and Autumn Period is healed, and the pine and cypresses are evergreen in the cold years." He secretly praised it.I glanced out of the corner of my eye, but saw the inscription below: Haining Wang Guowei.King Wu was surprised.A few days ago, Prince Yan's son went all over the capital to find an old gentleman named Wang Guowei. He already knew him, and he had read two poems by this person. He was indeed a talent.Does the surname Zhen know this person?

Not long after, Zhen Zangzhu ran out from behind in a hurry, saying in his mouth: "I don't know that your son is coming, but I hope to forgive my sin." He went forward and kowtowed.

The prince said with a smile, "you are the bridegroom's official today, so don't bow down again and again." Then he ordered the gift list to come up.Zhen Zangzhu accepted it with a smile, and bowed again.

Wu Wangnai pointed to the couplet and said, "Mr. Zhen, who wrote this couplet?"

Zhen Zangzhu said casually, "It's the work of an old Confucianist whom I met in Beijing."

King Wu said: "This couplet is wonderful. Is the old Confucian now in Beijing?"

Zhen Zangzhu said with a smile: "Originally in the capital. But a few months ago, the prince of Yan Wang did not know where he got two poems, and the whole capital was looking for him. He was impatient to communicate with the princes and grandchildren, so he left the capital to travel. gone."

The prince also noticed the name on the inscription, and said with a smile: "It turned out that he was scared away by the son of Prince Yan. I have also read the poems of this Mr. Wang Guowei, and the poems are good."

Zhen Zangzhu said regretfully: "People in the world only know that Mr. Wang's lyrics are good, but they don't know that his qin is the best in the world. Now I don't know who to listen to."Because the King of Wu had not revealed his identity, he had to sit at the head of the prince.

Suddenly the bride came out to toast the guests.All the men in the hall were waiting for this moment.When Mrs. Xu comes out, let's have a look—how can it be considered stunning?At most, it is comparable to the maid with her pretty ideas.Suddenly feel disappointed.Only Third Master Bao winked and whispered to Shizi, "I said she looks ordinary." Shizi didn't think it was funny.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone is eating happily.Suddenly there was a long whistle outside, and there was a strange laughter, which was as cold as a ghost.Zhen Zangzhu stood up "openly".The guests all showed expressions of fear, and the guards of King Wu and his son stepped forward.Zhen Zangzhu looked out the door with cold eyes, clasped his fists to the guard leader next to Shizi, and said: "General Trouble, you have secured Shizi. The one who came outside is my enemy, who is good at hidden weapons, and is used to simmering poison and medicine on hidden weapons. "The elder son Wu Wang and the two of them took a deep breath in unison.He also said, "This man is only coming for me, and will not harm innocent people. General, don't go out. The skills of the green forest people are not comparable to yours, and it is impossible to guard against them."

The leader of the guard held the saber at his waist and nodded: "The end general knows."

Zhen Zangzhu clasped her fists to the son again and said: "The son is frightened. Please don't worry, that thief cannot enter the door." The son nodded, his face was already pale.He turned around and said to Bao Sanye, "My dear brother, please look at everyone, don't be curious and poke your head out." Everyone heard him say that the thief is good at simmering poisonous hidden weapons, and they were so frightened that they all yelled that they would never poke their heads out.

Bao Sanye was not afraid at all, on the contrary, he was extremely energetic, his eyes were so wide that he almost took up his feet and ran out: "Is he a knight from the green forest? Is his skill good? Can he fly over eaves and walls?"

Zhen Zangzhu gave him a sideways look: "Don't mess around, it's not so stubborn to get hit." Nai smiled wryly and said to the leader of the guard, "It seems that my good brother is not only hopeless, but I have to ask the general to look at his ideas .”

The guard leader said with a smile: "The general understands."

Zhen Zangzhu bowed to everyone, flicked his sleeves and walked towards the door, his figure was quite chic.There were several soldiers who came with the son outside, Zhen Zangzhu invited them all into the hall.Then he heard the ghostly laughter just now: "Li Dalang, do you still remember me?"

Zhen Zangzhu's voice came from outside: "I have now followed my biological father's surname Zhen. Besides, Zhen never remembers his defeated generals."

The man sneered and said, "A certain family has been looking for you for seven years!"

Zhen Zangzhu said calmly: "Oh, thank you for your hard work." Everyone in the room listened intently, and couldn't help laughing in a low voice.

The man seemed annoyed, and shouted: "It's useless to talk, take your life!" Then there was a tinkling sound.Everyone in the house heard that this person is good at concealed weapons, even though they knew that the hidden weapons were outside, many of them shrank their necks unknowingly.

Although Zhen Zangzhu didn't allow people to go out, the door of the main room was open, and brave soldiers hid at the door and watched quietly.I saw a dark shadow in the courtyard with several cold lights, and I didn't know how Zhen Zangzhu and the Chou family fought.The prince couldn't bear his curiosity, so he ordered a soldier to come to him and ask him about his situation.The soldier said: "I only saw a man dressed in white standing on the wall of Lord Zhen's courtyard, and there were six men in black clothes standing on the left and right. Only the man in white was fighting against Lord Zhen. He The two moved too fast, and the villain couldn't see clearly. Anyway, just now, the man has hit the hidden weapon all over the floor."

The prince asked: "How do you think Mr. Zhen's martial arts are?"

The soldier's eyes lit up: "Master Zhen put it in "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", he must be like Beixia Ouyang Chun!"

When Bao Sanye heard the words, he clapped the case and said, "Then I am Bao Zheng?" Sitting next to him was an aide of the Prince's Mansion, who couldn't help but spray tea all over the floor.Everyone in the room, including the prince Wu Wang, was terrified at first, but now he was amused.

After about a stick of incense, I only heard the man say "ah".The prince hurriedly asked: "How?"

The soldier at the door shouted: "Master Zhen grabbed the thief's throat!"

Another yelled: "He holds a pair of six-edged plum blossom Emei thorns in his hand, Master Zhen is unarmed!"

Now that Zhen Zangzhu won, the soldiers became more courageous.Another shouted: "Hey~~ After seven years of searching, I still lost. If I had known today, it would be better to save these seven years of kung fu and practice!" Then everyone laughed.

Only Zhen Zangzhu said loudly outside: "I have accepted it."

The man's face was red and his ears were red: "Forget it, today a certain family's skills are not as good as others, so you win."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, Zhen will still win. Your honor, it is better to save some energy." The soldiers at the gate became more energetic and booed happily.

The man gritted his teeth, cupped his fists at Zhen Zangzhu, turned around and jumped onto the courtyard wall to leave.Some soldiers wanted to run out, Zhen Zangzhu rushed to the door to stop them, and waved his hands.I saw the twelve men in black jumping in and picking up the hidden dart weapons all over the place, and then left.Only then did Zhen Zangzhu say, "It's all right."

The soldiers immediately shouted: "Lord Zhen is mighty—"

Zhen Zangzhu returned to the house and bowed to the son, "The son is frightened."

The son really didn't think that his martial arts skills were so high, he stood up and looked Zhen Zangzhu up and down for a long time, and said: "Master Zhen is good at kung fu." Zhen Zangzhu smiled slightly.

A feast, full of twists and turns.I thought I could see a beauty; the beauty is not beautiful, but I saw a fight.Although everyone was slightly frightened, they were also very excited.After returning to the mansion, King Wu immediately ordered someone to investigate Zhen Zangzhu carefully.

The next day, the son invited the second master of the Bao family to discuss how to reuse Zhen Zangzhu in the future. The second master Bao sighed softly and said, "My son, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep Master Zhen."

Shizi frowned: "What?"

"This man is meticulous in thinking, strong in martial arts, his biological father was a fourth-rank official, and he also knows Wang Guowei, a famous scholar. Most likely the prince will like it." Second Master Bao sighed, "I'm afraid it has a different background."