The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chen Ruijin, the third grandma of the Rongguo Mansion, invited Li Tao, the oiranian of Hongxiangfang, to have tea at a tea shop.Liao Shouping reserved a private seat.Since Chen Ruijin is the master, he arrived first.Li Tao caught it a little bit, followed Liao Shouping upstairs, and was taken aback when he pushed the door open.

She had thought that Grandma Jia would either dress in jewels and jade, or disguise herself as a man.So she only wore a light water-green spring shirt, and she didn't apply makeup or hairpins. She stood as chaste as a spring water, and she might not lose to a wealthy lady.Unexpectedly, the third grandmother was actually wearing men's clothing, but it was not an ordinary man's brocade robe with arrow sleeves, but an official robe.The half-new Jinyiwei Feiyu suit fit perfectly, and he wore a black gauze official hat on his head.Although it is obvious that she is a woman, she has a bit of official authority out of nowhere.

Chen Ruijin had already stood up, and bowed to Li Tao solemnly: "Master Li."

Li Tao smiled and said, "What did the third grandma say?" It was a blessing.

Chen Ruijin said: "I guess Miss Li is a fellow official, isn't she?"

Li Tao shook his head: "No. My lord has lost his mind."

"Sorry." Chen Ruijin cupped his hands again, "Miss Li, please sit down." Li Tao bowed and thanked her.Chen Ruijin said solemnly, "This time, thanks to Miss Li's report, otherwise Nanchang Mansion would be in dire straits, and Mr. Su would not be in danger. Miss Li has a heart for the people, she is extremely intelligent, courageous and insightful, she is a real genius. Would you like to join Jinyiwei?"

Before Li Tao came to the appointment, she had made thousands of guesses about what the third grandma would say, do, and look on, and she claimed that she had predicted all kinds of things, but she had never thought about this kind of thing.After being slightly stunned for a moment, she said with a charming smile, "A girl from a brothel in my family, how can she be a royal guard?"

Chen Ruijin sighed softly: "Jinyiwei is in decline now. Ten years ago we had all kinds of colleagues, including brothels, green forests, teachers, and businessmen." Reluctantly. Miss Li is really rare, and you can come to me whenever you change your mind."

Li Tao said: "Thank you for your love, I don't dare to be a slave." Nai slightly lowered his head, and said softly, "My slave~~ is just an ordinary little girl, I only hope for a beloved one to entrust her for life."

Chen Ruijin frowned and shook his head: "You entrusted your fate to others again. You are talented and beautiful, why don't you stand on your own? Can others be more reliable than yourself?"

Li Tao took a peek at her, pursed her lips and said, "Didn't the third grandma also entrust her life to the third master?"

"No, he entrusted his life to me." Chen Ruijin smiled a little unconsciously, "His official title is not as high as mine. I have been protecting him since I recognized him."

Li Tao said sadly: "The third grandma is very capable."

Chen Ruijin coughed: "Okay, let's get down to business. These days, we have had a lot of conversations with General Yang. Although he knows a lot, he is not like a joint figure, but just a errand; it is obvious that Miss Li knows more than him. There are many more of them. Since you reported the letter to us, it is obvious that you have plans in mind. Your boss, Mr. Gu?"

Li Tao was sitting up and looking at her: "The slave family has made great achievements, I wonder if the adults will be rewarded."

Chen Ruijin frowned slightly: "At first we all thought that Miss Li was a colleague, and we discussed for a long time what position I would give you in the future and where you would be assigned to work. I really never thought that you are not Jin Yiwei. Since you are not..." She thought, " Last time you and Mrs. Jia showed that you wanted to be good, this section is naturally Mrs. Su's decision. If you are afraid that your boss will not agree, Miss Li just needs to help us get rid of him. Gao Ren bird flies."

Li Tao suddenly became languid, moved his fingers, and said leisurely: "My family has fallen in love with Mr. Jia, and I would like to be his wife."

Chen Ruijin said calmly: "I don't care what he thinks; if he cheats, I won't divorce him, I will kill him."

Li Tao laughed: "The third grandma is indeed not an ordinary woman. If that's the case, can I choose another man?"

Chen Ruijin said: "As long as you are willing and other men are willing, it's easy to talk about."

Li Tao pondered: "The slave family can't pick any good man at this moment."

"There are no good men who often go to brothels. Ms. Li might as well change her career and do something else. It's easy to change her identity, name, or go to another country or overseas."

Li Tao nodded, and said seriously: "My family told Mr. Jia because they were afraid that Mr. Su would be assassinated." Chen Ruijin raised his eyebrows.Li Tao lowered his eyebrows and looked at the teacup, "There is a grievance in my family. Mr. Su is a good official, and he is willing to make decisions for the people; besides, he is backed by the Rongguo Mansion and supported by the King of Guangdong and Guangxi, so there is no need to be afraid of anyone. If he dies , I don’t know who the new prefect is, and I don’t know if he has the heart and strength.”

Chen Ruijin looked at her and said, "You...doesn't want to file a lawsuit by yourself?"

Li Tao shook his head sadly: "I have lost contact with my family for many years. Since Mr. Su has started asking about the old case, sooner or later someone from our family will file a complaint."

"You have been in Hongxiangfang for many years, and no one in your family has seen you."

Li Tao's face was slightly red: "No. I don't have that spare money."

Chen Ruijin pondered, "Aren't there any relatives or neighbors?" Li Tao shook his head.Chen Ruijin said, "Since that's the case, why don't you go home with a different identity, just pretend to be married to a foreigner, and now you're a widow after your husband dies. For ordinary people, a widow is worse than a fan after all."

Li Tao sneered, "My family doesn't want to be a widow forever."

Chen Ruijin immediately understood that the elders in her family were probably scholars and were thinking about the chastity archway.Nai nodded and said, "That's fine." After a pause, "It's just that you still have to get rid of the 'Gu Er Dai', otherwise you won't have a peaceful life even if you leave Hongxiangfang."

Li Tao said sadly: "I don't even know who he is."

Chen Ruijin said: "How much do you know? Tell me from beginning to end." Li Tao thought for a while, but didn't know where to start.Chen Ruijin asked, "Is your surname not Li?" Li Tao shook his head. "Who gave the name Li Tao?"

"The owner took it."

Chen Ruijin nodded: "You don't have to worry about what you have done in the past. The imperial court has always been able to make mistakes, and you have made great contributions."

Li Tao let out a long breath, as if she had made up her mind.However, she had just opened her mouth and before she could utter a word, she swallowed it again.Chen Ruijin said again: "It doesn't matter if you are He Du." Li Tao raised his head suddenly.Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "I thought He Du was your man. Now that you haven't even found a pleasing man, it's probably yourself. The name He Du can be a pseudonym. A pseudonym, if that dwarf can use it, so can you. Use. If it wasn’t for He Du, how would you have a list of green forests in your hand?”

Li Tao was stunned for a moment, stood up and said a blessing: "Master Chen is indeed not a commoner."

It turns out that He Du was originally Li Tao's pseudonym.She is in a brothel, the cheapest way to inquire about news.The business of pimping the killer was also done by accident.After the three deals, Gu Erdai simply asked her to take an alias and spread it in the green forest, not wanting the business to surge like fuel on the fire.The owner immediately sent someone to open the Changfeng Pavilion, and bought a few assistants for Li Tao, and the dwarf was one of them.And Hongxiangfang is not an ordinary brothel, and most of the visitors are green forest customers.A few years later, the business of Changfeng Pavilion gradually grew and became stable. Many things required the dwarf to come forward. Some people misunderstood that he was He Du.Li Tao and others did not correct them, but let the misunderstanding come true.Now everyone in the green forest thinks that the dwarf is He Du, but they don't know that the green forest book has always been in Li Tao's hands, and the dwarf is just an errand runner.

When Su Tao first took office, Li Tao and others were ordered to help Xie's family and make things difficult for him.Xie's family kept him under control in public affairs, while Li Tao spread green forest stickers to invite heroes from all over the country to make trouble.At first, he was not prepared to assassinate Yang Guotai, who was originally a nail buried in the magistrate's yamen by his boss.Two days before Jia Cong and the others came, the superior suddenly issued a secret order to get rid of Yang Guotai immediately.The fight that Jia Cong and the others caught up with when they first arrived in Nanchang Mansion was indeed to cover up Yang Guotai's extermination.Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that they were disturbed.

Then the government sealed off Changfeng Building, and Li Tao was ordered to drag the green forest people to make trouble.Just two days after the teasing, a tea shop opened opposite Changfeng Building, openly robbing the green forest business.This time, the superiors were not in a hurry, so they ordered to kill Yang Guotai first.A few days later, Su Tao began to handle the case.Gu Erdai ordered the dwarf to send people to make trouble and assassinate Yang Guotai by the way.Unexpectedly, when he met Zhenming, the assassination failed, and Yang Guotai felt the danger himself, so he turned around and took refuge in Su Tao.Gu Erdai suddenly became anxious, and ordered old man Lu from Changfeng Building to send Su Tao the black business account.Unexpectedly, Jia Cong burned those things in the street, and Su Tao didn't even step out of the gate of the mansion.When Li Tao heard the report from the dwarf, he knew that Su Tao handled the case fairly, regardless of whether he was powerful or powerful, and his heart was moved quietly.Of course no one knows.

Then the Xie family came out to disrupt the situation for Su Tao, sometimes raising the price and sometimes not selling it, and Jia Cong and others tried to resist it.And the auction of Zhuzi Street shop went very smoothly.Li Tao believed in Gu Erdai's ability to reach the heavens, seeing him lose several rounds in a row, he gradually admired Su Tao, a Confucian scholar.And Su Tao was never idle all day long, asking questions from morning to night, every case was reported to Li Tao, and the conclusions were clear.

On the second night after the opening of the rice store in the whole city, at midnight or four o'clock, Gu Erdu's messenger took Li Tao out of the bed to discuss matters.The dwarf was also discussing the matter.The messenger sent Gu Erdai's urgent order, Xu Qi and other bandits attacked the city ahead of time, luring Su Tao to defend the city and wait for the opportunity to assassinate.Li Tao was shocked and asked why it was so early.The messenger only said that it was the order of the owner, don't ask such questions.He also asked the two of them to join hands when the bandits attacked the city to stir up trouble among the green foresters in the city.

Li Tao was trapped in the brothel because her family was in trouble, now that Su Tao is obviously a master of Qingtian, she is secretly looking forward to revenge for her family feud.Now that they heard that the superiors were going to assassinate Su Tao, the idea "faintly" suddenly came to the fore.Li Tao knew that there were not many Su Taos in the world.After this one dies, God knows what virtue will be next.After thinking about it for several days, I finally wrote a post to Jia Cong.She was originally talented and beautiful, and she boasted that all men in the world were her guests, so it was not surprising that she wanted to tease Mr. Jia.Then there was a hint of the last time.

After hearing this, Chen Ruijin nodded slowly: "I see."

Li Tao said: "My boss has never met me in person, so I don't even know if he is a man or a woman."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. You did us a great favor." Nai stood up and bowed to the ground, "Thank you very much."

Li Tao returned the courtesy, looked at her and said with a smile: "The third grandma saw that purse, are you really not afraid that I have hooked up with the third master?"

"Not afraid. He won't." Chen Ruijin said seriously: "I know this person well to the bone and marrow of my soul." Li Tao was surprised, and then bowed deeply.Chen Ruijin pondered for a moment and said, "Gu Erdai's cards must have been almost revealed. Let's check again. Miss Li, wait a little longer, this person won't be able to hide for long."

When she was about to say goodbye, she asked again: "That day you showed Jia Cong who wrote the poem."

Li Tao smiled and said, "Mr. Jia, can you see that I didn't write it?"

"Obviously not."

Li Tao said: "That was prepared for me after I discussed with my superiors about trying to hook up with Mr. Jia." Chen Ruijin nodded.The two said goodbye.

When Chen Ruijin returned to the Su residence, Jia Cong and others were waiting for him.She hastily drank some tea and recounted the details of her meeting with Li Tao.Hearing that it was a temporary order from Dong Lu's family to send Su Tao the account books of Changfeng Building, Jia Cong couldn't help saying, "My God! We made a mistake!"

Su Cheng was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Chen Ruijin said: "We always thought that even if Gu Erdai wasn't Mei Hanlin, he must be in the capital. Now it seems that he is in Nanchang Mansion."

Jia Cong hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Well... I want to make an inference, daughter-in-law and Cheng'er don't be angry..."

Chen Ruijin glanced at him: "Say."

Jia Cong smiled flatteringly: "Judging from the sudden decision to let the bandits attack the city in advance at midnight and four o'clock - this time the attack was very hasty. If they follow the original plan and wait until next month and gather all [-] bandits There is nothing we can do to attack the city. The second plan is to come back after General Qi has left, which is also good. But they are so anxious that they insist on coming before General Qi leaves. It can be seen that this ancient second Dai was very anxious and lost his reason. There is also the one who temporarily ordered Lu Dong's family to send Lulin black account to Senior Brother Su."

Chen Ruijin frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"How can Jin Yiwei, who has been in charge of the green forest for the imperial court for many years, be so anxious? It can be seen that this person is probably more emotional." Jia Cong laughed twice again, "If it is not for eunuchs who are special disabled people, probably It's a woman."

Su Cheng was annoyed: "What kind of inference is this! Aren't women calm?"

"No, no! Women also have a lot of calmness. After being broken several times in a row, they feel uncomfortable inside. Under such extreme conditions, women are more likely to be emotional." Jia Cong said, "Even more emotional than eunuchs. I now think that Gu Erdai has the highest probability of being a woman."

Just as Su Cheng was about to argue, Chen Ruijin raised a hand: "It also makes sense."

Su Cheng stumbled: "Auntie!"

Chen Ruijin said: "If this Gu Erdai is in Nanchang Mansion instead of the capital, and she is a woman..." She thought for a moment, then asked Su Cheng, "Cheng'er, think about it. Let me remind you that many green forests have come to the city recently. People, do you want their family to help, when is it?"

Su Cheng thought for a while: "It was the day when his brother came to see my father."

Chen Ruijin said decisively: "As expected. I suspect that Gu Erda is the ancestor of the Lao family."