The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the Kingdom of Shu sent the name and origin of the owner of the ashes of the seven jars in the underground prison 230 to various countries, and entrusted the local government to help find his family members.Jia Cong also joined in the fun and asked his own post office to send letters to each family for free according to the address to inform them of the matter.Even though it is approaching the end of the new year, there are still many families rushing to collect the ashes of their ancestors.

The family members of the Shu State came first, and an old man in his 70s came in person.These people first went to the Yamen to see Qiu Liang.Qiu Liang took time out of his busy schedule to see them, he sighed and comforted them needless to say, but ordered those who could help them to accompany them to fetch the ashes urn.

The big mansion of Bi An has been renovated, and it was originally built according to the original appearance.The reliefs on the screen wall and the courtyard above the prison were also urgently rebuilt where there should have been.The master who led the way did not lie, and said: "This place has been in disrepair for a long time, and a few days ago, there were bandits from the Heavenly Master and Daoists, and many places were damaged. Many courtyards behind are still the same. You can go and have a look when you look back." He held up a large candlestick to lead the way ahead, and led his relatives down to the prison.Relatives burst into tears when they saw the names of the ancestors on the ashes urn.After weeping, it is inevitable to inquire about how our ancestors died and what crimes they committed.The master said that he didn't know at all and had no clue.

The Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing was the first to learn of this matter, and immediately invited Mr. to write a book "The Mansion of Bi An".It is written in the book: On a certain day, month and day, someone stabbed a letter with a dagger and threw it in the crack of the small kitchen door of the Shizi Mansion of the Kingdom of Shu. There is an address in the letter.The prince was suspicious, so he ordered his important minister Qiu Liang to lead the troops to check it overnight, and wrote both bombardments into the book, and the identities of the 230 seven people were attached at the end of the book.Humpbacked old eunuch, underground prison, columbarium, bandits, celestial masters, artillery... everything has captured the hearts of idlers and officials, can this book not be popular?However, at the end of this book, I don't know why those people fell into prison at all, and let the judge guess.Not long after, storytellers all over the country began to talk about this book.This is for later.

The concubine's father brought all of Ling Dang's parents and relatives, except for the cousin who couldn't be found.He also said that it took so long because of the large number of people.Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh, he had no intention of asking for so many.Then he invited Bell's father to come to see him first.This person's name is Shen Zhao, and he has been working as a coolie in a mine for the past two years, and he is still in good spirits.Hearing that her daughter was safe, she immediately shed tears.Then the whole family met and burst into tears, so there is no need to elaborate.Jia Cong talked with Shen Zhao for a while, and seeing that this person was indeed a talent, he prepared to take him back to Taiwan.

He casually asked how he was doing in the mine.It turns out that the concubine's family spent a lot of effort to get them out.These people are undoubtedly the same as death row prisoners, and what they sent was a gold mine.Since it is a place where gold is produced, there must be guards and self-stealers. I am afraid that people who go out will leak the news.Therefore, the gold mine is easy to enter and difficult to exit.Jia Cong thought about it, and asked him to write an article describing how gold mine officials stole gold.Shen Zhao was stunned, and bowed to the ground with tears in the corners of his eyes.

He wrote it up overnight, and Jia Cong couldn't help but want to cry after reading it—those labors are worse than animals.After thinking for a moment, he said: "I know that your article is well written. However, I can only send this article to the bookstore for printing and publishing, and buy some money for your family. It is useless to present it to the prince and son."

Shen Zhao was immediately disappointed: "Why can't it be presented to the prince and son?"

"The point is wrong." Jia Cong said indifferently, "Those who suffer are labor slaves, and labor slaves are criminals. Although there are many innocent people like you who have been implicated, they are still criminals. But the gold belongs to the Kingdom of Shu. The prince sent to the gold mine to replace it." The officials who oversaw the work stole the prince’s gold and tried their best to deceive the master. Only such content can anger him. As for your article—” he pointed out, “every word written with blood and tears, it’s inevitable for good people to read it. I will have a heart of compassion. Send it to the bookstore and spread it around, so that more people can see it. Maybe it will attract some old Confucianists to speak to the princes of various countries and ask them to improve the treatment of laborers. But if a prince can adopt it, it is considered a merit .”

Shen Zhao stayed for a while, wanted to refute but had nowhere to refute, and finally shed tears: "The villain was wronged..."

Jia Cong said: "Although you are wronged, the fault is not with the prince, nor with the son, but with the law. Even the crime of sitting is ridiculous and inhumane. But if this law is not abolished, so what if the mine treats labor well? Should Mr. Shen To do hard labor?"

Shen Zhao's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Jia may persuade the prince to break this law?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "I can't right now. No, it should be said that I can never. Think about it, once the power is in hand, who would not want to 'you make me unhappy, I will kill your whole family'? Even if this prince is generous and abolishes With this method, the crown prince might be able to restore the throne. What's more, there are so many princes in the world today, with different temperaments and habits."

Shen Zhao was dejected, and sighed for a long time: "The villain is thinking too much."

"If you want to help your friends in the gold mine, please write another article." Jia Cong put away the previous article, "You know how to write." Shen Zhao nodded.

The next day, Shen Zhao submitted another article, detailing how gold mine officials harmed the public and benefited private interests.Jia Cong sent this article directly to the desk of the King of Shu.Thinking of Ling Dang's cousin, he casually asked Chen Ruijin.She said: "After a bit of rectification, I have understood the truth. Send it to Wu State in a few days and let Zhen Zangzhu handle it as appropriate."

Jia Cong wanted to leave immediately, and it would be too late to go back to Dajiala for the New Year; Chen Ruijin said that he didn't want to rush in the cold weather, so he might as well look at the customs of Sichuan.So they stayed in Shu for the New Year.When Qiu heard about it, she came here to ask why.Chen Ruijin said lazily: "We got married this year. After we get married, we have to go to their house to celebrate the New Year. Although their second sister-in-law is a considerate person, she is her and I am me. For example, I am pleasing to the eye when I look at the blue and white dishes. But she likes brightly colored bowls and dishes. If I don’t have to worry about my age during the Chinese New Year in Shu, and I can do everything as I like, wouldn’t it be comfortable?”

Qiu couldn't help laughing: "It's such a reason. It's a pity that your man will listen to you."

Chen Ruijin also smiled and said: "He doesn't know at all. Even if he knows, it doesn't matter. He has ways to do other things, but he is determined to have no way to do things like this."

Qiu's heart was filled with emotion and a little bit of envy, so she wanted to tell Situ Cen.I didn't want Situ Cen to look unhappy when he came back, so he asked him and said he was fine.He tried a few words repeatedly, but he didn't say anything.Qiu was a little worried and asked Jia Cong to ask.

Jia Cong gradually had nothing to do, so he invited Situ Cen to a small restaurant for a drink.When the two met each other, there was indeed something wrong with this guy.I usually drink wine casually, but today I even poured down five or six glasses when I served the table.Jia Cong watched for a long time, neither talking nor eating.Situ Cen put down his cup and said, "I told my brother the truth."

"what?"

"Didn't you guess that my brother liked a man? You guessed it right."

"We guessed right..." Jia Cong immediately understood what he was doing, so he jumped up, "What? You..." You brat!How hard I have gone to cover it up for you!Immediately covered up, "What's in it, just guess."

Situ Cen squinted at him: "Didn't you guess it?"

Jia Cong said twice: "I guessed it too."

Situ Cen poured a glass of wine with his neck up: "You did that?"

Jia Cong played dumb: "What?"

Situ Cen said silently for a while: "Impressive man, I can't let my mother take the blame for me."

Forget it, it was obvious that he had already figured it out.It took Jia Cong a long time to say: "That matter... the princess is willing."

Situ Cen drank another cup: "My mother and concubine have a lot of faults, but she is very good to us brothers and sisters. I did it, how can I let her take care of it. Am I still a human being?"

"This... You are right in terms of reason." Jia Cong said slowly, "But in this way, the prince will have a rift with you? The princess is also afraid that you two brothers will not get along. She is your brother after all. my mother..."

"...I am also his own brother."

Jia Cong sighed: "How come you were born in Situ's family! It's really not like you. Like you, you won't be able to win the heir in your next life." Situ Cen smiled wryly, buried his head in drinking, and got very drunk.

Seeing that this person was becoming more and more like a pile of mud, Jia Cong called a servant to come in, and told him to go to Shizi's mansion immediately, and told Shizi to come no matter what. "Just say that I have something urgent to see him, don't tell him that His Highness the Third Highness is also there." The man responded and left.

The prince thought it was something important, so he really left behind a bunch of official duties and rushed over.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Situ Cen collapsed on the desk, his brows furrowed.Jia Cong stood at the window and looked out. He didn't turn around when he heard the voice behind him, but said: "I came up with the idea." After a pause, "The Supreme Emperor threatened the princess with what happened back then, so Uncle Guo beat A Cen In the end, it was to hinder the rectification of the official administration. However, the old incident has alarmed you, my son, and it would be obvious not to give an explanation. So I persuaded the princess to take the initiative to help Ah Cen take the blame. He sighed a long time and turned around, "I underestimated him, this guy is actually an upright master. Why do you think he was born in a family like yours? Nine lives are not enough to die." The son was silent.

Jia Cong said again: "I know that accidentally injuring someone's life is also hurting, and I also know that in my heart, whoever enters, if the person is not kept together, will always be there as if rooted. However, people always have to move forward. You both If you can’t forget him, don’t forget him, and let him grow old with you in your memory. This sounds hypocritical, but it’s really helpless. Otherwise, what else can you do?”

"Ah Cen... If you don't want to forgive him, just tell him the truth. If you don't want to see him, then send him to Tianzhu. He will definitely work for you. I also know that there is no atonement for this, because it is not a person at all. It's something. It's better than you two brothers feeling uncomfortable with each other."

After a long time, the prince said in a daze: "A person cannot be resurrected after death."

"There is a saying that I heard in a commentary. When you can no longer have it, the only thing you can do is not to forget. Once the sea was too difficult." Jia Cong went to the table and sat down, looked sideways for a while The son supported his forehead and said, "Feelings are weird things. Sometimes they can be replaced at any time, and sometimes there is only one forever. If you two are destined, maybe you can stay together forever in the next life."

Shizi's eyes lit up: "Can you see it?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "No. Since A-Cen doesn't want to lie to you, I don't want to lie to you either. This matter is really a trick of good fortune. Although I really hope that the two of you can have no grievances, if you can't do it, you can't force it, right? But I believe in God's will, maybe this is not the worst outcome."

Shizi has been standing since he entered the door, now Zifang pulled a chair and sat down, raised his eyes and looked out of the window and said: "It's been so long, I can't even remember what he looks like."

"You can pull it down." Jia Cong said, "Can't remember how you found out the girl's identity? Didn't you think of that after seeing her portrait?"

Shizi said: "I just remembered after seeing the portrait."

"Look." Jia Cong spread his hands, "This is called 'he never left'. Even after many years, you can remember when you see someone who looks like him."

The prince thought for a long time, and said: "I'm so old, but he still looks the same as before." Nai smiled, "His sister really looks like him."

Jia Cong immediately shouted: "You don't want to take that girl in, do you! Don't do that evil, and marry her to a good one."

"What nonsense!" Shizi gave him a sideways glance, "Why did I have that idea. That's his own sister!"

Jia Cong shrugged: "It's fine if you don't have one. You see, if you take care of his parents and sister for him, he will always be a 17-year-old boy in your heart. It's not bad that you won't quarrel and break up because of marrying an older wife and younger wife."

Shizi shook his head: "I would rather he live."

"However, he is already dead. Can't you accept this fact?" Jia Cong glanced at Situ Cen, "If A Cen had known about the two of you back then, he might have scruples and would not dare to talk to you like that. It's a contest."

The prince immediately said: "Nonsense! He is not..." He suddenly closed his mouth.

Jia Cong stared at him for a long time, then said softly, "He's not made of tofu. What happened back then was an accident, no one thought about it. Even though Ah Cen didn't know that he was your sweetheart, he didn't want him to die."

The prince was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "After detours for a long time, you are still pleading for the third child."

Jia Cong sighed: "I'm not pleading for him either. I'm just pleading for him. There is a very shameless sentence, but I still have to say: A Cen didn't mean it. And he was a child back then. Yours is better than you He must be a year older. He must have underestimated the enemy when he was fighting with swords, otherwise he wouldn't have let a fourteen or fifteen-year-old kid accidentally kill him. Besides, since A-Cen is a child, why doesn't he have a martial arts master who is strong in martial arts? He? Is it wrong to give a child a sword that can kill someone? Shouldn’t you use a wooden sword or bamboo sword for ordinary comparisons? No matter how bad it is, you should use a blunt sword. Although it was A Cen who did the right thing, He is not the only one responsible, and it is not fair for him to bear the consequences alone."

The prince snorted coldly, "Didn't Mr. Jia always say that there is no fairness in the world?"

"There has never been fairness in the world. However, as family members and friends, you should try your best to be fair to your family and friends. Everyone supports and warms each other. Otherwise, it would be so cold to live." Jia Cong paused, "Master Yuan, as a person with Ah People who are irrelevant to Cen can treat him unfairly; son, you are his own brother, shouldn't you treat him fairly?"

The prince stayed for a long time, and said disappointedly: "Mr. Jia really has a lot of mouth. I seem to be convinced by you."

Jia Cong pointed to the jug on the desk: "Do you want to get drunk?"