The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chen Ruijin guessed that the reason for the fight in the government office was to coax Su Cheng away.Yang Guotai waved his hand and said: "There are many methods of killing people in the green forest, can you find out if you want to?"

Chen Ruijin said: "The people in the green forest may not be clever in hiding their traces, but they run fast and are hard to catch. If the person who commits the crime and investigates the crime is mediocre after a long time of careful preparation, he may not be able to find it. If he does it hastily, he will inevitably stay behind." Here are the clues. The Taiwan government has people who are very good at investigating cases."

Jia Cong said: "Then the other party not only knows my temperament, but also Cheng'er's temperament."

Chen Ruijin said: "Knowing Cheng'er's temperament, knowing that Cheng'er is favored by the elders, and knowing that General Yang and Cheng'er have friendship, could it be that old beard?"

Yang Guotai thought: "He really understands."

Jia Cong said: "I'll try him later. But this can explain why the assassin in the group fight and this one today used poisoned darts. They wanted to catch the wind by surprise and strive for the greatest success rate." After a while, he He also said, "It's just that I still can't explain why the silence was so hasty. There is no need for that old beard to be exposed."

Chen Ruijin said: "We know that they are very anxious and dare not take the slightest risk. Since they are anxious, we don't need to be anxious. You see, they act hastily twice."

Jia Cong asked Yang Guotai: "Do you always think that if no one disturbs the gang fight, how likely is it that they will succeed?"

Yang Guotai smiled bitterly and said, "Eighty percent."

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Is there [-]% that much?"

Yang Guotai sighed: "I know about that. The one surnamed Lu said it was to give Mr. Su a disgrace and let him know who has the final say in Nanchang Mansion. I also specially asked the old Hutou to pass the word to them, so that they don't want to I offended Mr. Su. Therefore, when they made a scene that day, I neither guarded against nor paid attention to it. I just regarded it as a monkey show. I have been raising it in the yamen for the past few years, and I have been slack."

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said, "If Cheng'er hadn't reminded you, you would still be unprepared. The assassin this time is still your apprentice. The success rate will be even higher." Yang Guotai nodded.Jia Cong thought about it for a long time, then shook his head and said, "There are still a few things that are wrong with the style of painting." Nai broke his fingers and said, "Let's say that old man Lu and the short man come to fight in groups at the gate of the government office, just to create chaos and sneak attack on General Yang. Later The brother asked them what kind of lawsuit they were filing for, and they said it was because of Changfeng Building and wanted to break up the partnership. If I were on their side, I could bring up many plausible reasons to file the lawsuit. The reason, that one is not absurd enough. Old man Lu is also a educated person, why can't he even make up a proper reason?"

Yang Guotai said: "Dong Lu's family are people who have studied? He is just a manager."

"what?"

"He was originally the chief steward of a large family in central Beijing, but because his master did something wrong with Prince Yizhong, he was betrayed by the officials."

Jia Cong's heart skipped a beat: "Which one?"

"I don't know."

Jia Cong curled his lips: "The people in charge are very clever. They blink their eyebrows and move their eyebrows. It's still not smart to sue for dismantling the gang. It's just plainly drawing our attention to Changfeng Building. Also, the pigeons he released Although the letter is not well-written, it is obviously written by someone who has read the book, and the handwriting is correct and has a strong sense of style. It is so good to write such small words, it is not easy!"

Chen Ruijin said: "He must have scholars under his command."

Jia Cong said: "He came from a management background. He must be cautious if he can be a big manager in a big family. How much trust does he have in that scholar, so he asks him to compose important letters?" Chen Ruijin couldn't understand, so he glanced at him.Jia Cong said, "I think the reason why he asked scholars to write important letters for him is because his boss is a literati. Old man Lu subconsciously wants to please his boss."

Chen Ruijin heard this and thought for a while: "It's also possible."

"Changfeng Building seems to be a big cover." Jia Cong knocked on the desk, "Not only. Changfeng Building and old man Lu are both abandoned sons. They made a big fuss in the government office and accidentally injured Cheng'er's year-end friendship. After we came here, nothing happened. I will let Changfeng Lou go. Now we must first understand that the matter of silence was the old Hutou's own idea, or he received an order from someone temporarily, or the order he received at the beginning was "If nothing happens, the killer is caught , Immediately silence'. Our family opened an escort bureau, and originally assigned Mr. Su a martial arts escort. From the opponent's point of view, even if we didn't happen to rush over, it is not impossible to be disrupted by our escort of."

Chen Ruijin stood up and said, "Old Hutou has been locked up for so many days, even if he's not locked up, his spirit will be weaker. I'll go test him."

Jia Cong nodded: "I'll go to Mr. Su and ask him a question. General Yang, please rest first? Do you want to call Cheng'er to chat with you?" He also stood up.

Yang Guotai raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you running away now? I still have a lot to say."

Jia Cong sat down quickly: "Where is the end of the talk? You always pick the most important thing to talk about?" Chen Ruijin also sat down.

Yang Guotai glanced at them: "That's all. After all, this matter is hidden from me, and I don't know the truth. I just want to tell you that my surname is Yang, but I have nothing to do with Yang Qianli's family. When I was asked to come to Nanchang Mansion in the early years, Deliberately connecting with the Yang family alone."

Jia Cong immediately understood: "There is someone in the Yang family who is the second stupid."

Yang Guotai nodded: "Yang Qianli's brother, Yang Shuigen."

Jia Cong said "hehe" twice: "Your pseudonym 'Tugen' is based on someone's name. I understand."

The couple got up again and were about to do their own work when a yamen servant rushed in: "Mr. Jia, there are many people outside the yamen again."

Jia Cong frowned: "Who?"

"It's the group of people from Changfeng Building a few days ago." The yamen servant said with a strange expression, "The leader is Lu Dong's family. That..."

"Cut! What is he doing?"

The yamen servant said: "Sir, you should go and see for yourself."

Chen Ruijin said: "Uncle is outside, so I won't go out. I'll see the old Hutou."

Jia Cong nodded and went out with the yamen servant.Yang Guotai said that he was fine sitting still, and followed suit.As soon as he arrived at the lobby of the government office, he heard the sound of blowing and beating outside. Su Tao had stopped asking questions, and led a few people towards the door with their hands behind their hands.Jia Cong hurriedly shouted: "Brother, wait!" Su Tao turned around.Jia Cong took a few steps to catch up and said, "These green forest people don't have any bottom line. You'll be the one to push the line when you go out later, so I'll talk. If he uses any unscrupulous tricks, I will deal with them better than my senior brother." Nai Xiao Said, "You can also deal with gentlemen." Su Tao wanted to argue, but couldn't argue, so he had to give up.

Everyone walked towards the gate of the government office together, and they could see from the inside that it was really lively outside.The people waiting in line to get their lawsuit number plates were crowded around.On the open space at the gate, old man Lu stood in the middle, wearing a bright red brocade robe, looking like an old groom.Behind him was the large group of men who fought in groups that day. These men were all wearing yellow and orange robes, like a group of corn cobs.And there are more than 20 gongs and suonas, and the tunes they play are also beaming. No matter how you look at it, it looks like someone is marrying a wife.And old man Lu put more than a dozen large boxes in front of him, each with a post seal.

A thought suddenly flashed through Jia Cong's mind, he rushed over to stop Su Tao in two steps, stretched out his arms and waved his hands behind him.Su Tao then stopped and led the others to stand inside the threshold.Jia Cong stepped out and formed a group around: "Fathers and folks who are litigating, it's too late now, and our civil servants should have lunch. If you want to arrange a number, please come back in the afternoon. Actually Even if you come a few days late, it won't be a problem, Master Su won't leave anyway!" He smiled and looked at old man Lu and said, "As the saying goes, it's not that you don't report, it's not time. When the time comes, everything will be reported." Old man Lu just opened his mouth , Jia Cong waved his hand and said loudly first, "Folks, this Mr. Lu has brought a lot of thugs, maybe there will be a fight later! Please dodge to watch the excitement, don't be accidentally injured. They brought The darts are all poisoned, and the throat is sealed with blood."

As soon as the words fell, the onlookers, who were still hesitant to leave just now, rushed back, and they all retreated far away in a short time.Pointing to the box, Jia Cong asked old man Lu plainly: "Could it be the shady green forest business you did from Changfeng Pavilion to Changfeng Tower?"

"Where is it?" Old man Lu smiled and cupped his hands, "These are just the account books of our Changfeng Building. Since we want to file an industrial lawsuit, we naturally have to send the account books to the master for inspection, right? Otherwise, how will the master settle the case?"

"Oh, is that so?" Jia Cong glanced at the boxes, "Your box is so big, how do I know it's not an assassin in it? After all, I just caught two assassins today."

Old man Lu puffed up his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, it's all account books."

Jia Cong said, "Open it all and let me see if there is no one there."

Old man Lu laughed loudly and ordered people to open them all.A few men came up behind him, and opened all the boxes in threes and fives.Sure enough, the boxes inside were full of brochures.While opening the box, Jia Cong summoned a guard who was brought behind him and said a few words, and the guard took orders and left.Nai stepped forward to pick up a booklet to read, after a few glances, he smiled, glanced at old man Lu and said, "Your stuff is an account book? Even if it is a false account, can you be more serious?"

Old man Lu remained motionless: "These are indeed our account books."

Jia Cong put the booklet back into the box, took a few steps back, and said loudly: "I know that most people in business will make fake accounts—hoping to pay less tax. But you openly fake accounts with more than a dozen boxes Come to the prefect’s yamen to make trouble, is it because the fifty big boards were lightened last time?”

Old man Lu gritted his teeth: "Sir, these are really our account books!"

"I advise Lu Dong's family to honestly take out the real account books, or go back and make up a set of fake accounts that can deceive people." Jia Cong snorted heavily, "It actually cost 160 yuan to buy three carts of charcoal. Two silvers, it's not like coaxing a three-year-old boy." Old man Lu was taken aback.Jia Cong shook his arm violently, "If I don't give you a lesson, you don't know that the magistrate is not easy to deceive!" He raised his left arm.

Sooner or later, a dozen soldiers suddenly appeared on the roof.Some held slingshots, some held bows and arrows, and the crowd exclaimed.Soon everyone found out that they didn't hit anyone, but the box containing the booklets.The slingshot first hit something into the box, and then the archer released an arrow—a rocket.Hearing the sound of "Peng" counting, flames sprang up suddenly, and a dozen boxes suddenly became fire boxes.The slingshots are still adding guys to the box.

Old man Lu's face was already livid, he was dumbfounded as he watched the box burn more and more, his hands and feet trembled slightly.He bypassed the fire box and walked to Jia Cong's side alone, and said, "There is nothing written in the account book that three carts of charcoal cost 160 taels of silver."

"I know." Jia Cong said, "The book I got, the first page says that Ma Kui, the ruler of the country, hired the green forest bandits to assassinate whoever was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment... What's the matter with the king? That word I don't know. What do you expect him to do when this thing is sent to my brother? Investigate these cases so that the wronged dead can be cleared and the perpetrators punished? How could he be so capable? Are you trying to hold back? Let him die. Let him give up his heart to the court, and even to the officialdom, maybe he will no longer care about the things you do, right?"

Old man Lu smiled wryly at first, but was stunned at the end.After a while, he coughed twice: "Mr. Jia...the villain really doesn't mean that."

Jia Cong sighed heavily: "When I am in the mud, I wish I could drag the people on the shore into the water. I know this kind of thinking." He waved his hand, "It's useless. My brother is born clean. Their Confucianism is With such a group of guys, it’s hard to be stubborn.”

Old man Lu hurriedly cupped his hands: "You have wronged the villain."

Jia Cong bared his teeth, pointed at the fire box and said, "Whatever, it's gone anyway. I know you still have money left, just think it's Babaer who sang a play for everyone to enjoy."

Old man Lu forced a smile, cupped his hands and said: "Dare to ask Mr. Jia, those military masters with slingshots... what are they hitting?"

"Oil bag!" Jia Cong said, "Didn't you see clearly? Just take a bucket of oil in the kitchen, cut some oil paper, wrap the oil in the oil paper, and type it out. The paper bag will fall apart on the account book The oil oozes out. Only by shooting rockets can it burn quickly. Otherwise, things like booklets will be very difficult to burn.”

"So that's how it is." Old man Lu cupped his hands thoughtfully, "The little old man has been taught."

"You're welcome." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Is your boss really in a hurry? What is he afraid of?"

Old man Lu was surprised: "What did Mr. Jia say?" The two smirked at each other, and the smiles were more insincere than the other.

Since all the account books were burned, old man Lu could only lead the people away.Jia Cong turned back to the yamen, Su Tao confronted him and asked, "What's going on?"

Jia Cong wiped off his weak sweat: "I escaped this time. The old man is beating gongs and drums, wearing red and hanging colors, and leading so many burly men, just to attract attention and let all kinds of spy spies come over. Look. Otherwise, how could there be so many spectators, knowing that they might be poisoned by mistake and still not leaving. However, he sent more than a dozen boxes of fake account books. The secret agents don't know that those are fake, and they will definitely treat them as real Turning around, he went to black and white to spread the news, saying that all the accounts of their murder business have been sent to the magistrate's office. Brother, think about it, black accounts! More than a dozen boxes of black accounts, those who have done bad things can be released Have you ever been?"