The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Sun Shaozu finally voted for the third child, and explained that he had eavesdropped in Qingxu Temple that day.Luo Man immediately proposed to try to reveal to King Yan that Feng Ziying had become the heir.It's just that the three of them discussed for a long time but couldn't find a suitable method.Even if Mr. Gao, who had helped the son a few years ago, was forced to come forward to prove that Feng Ziying entrusted him, he still had countless ways to clear it up.unless there is other evidence.

Now that this happened, Sun Shaozu had no choice but to say that the young man he eavesdropped on was Qin Zhong.Roman was shocked: "So, will the Rongguo Mansion also stand by him?"

Sun Shaozu said: "I figured out the meaning of his words, as if I wanted to sit on the sidelines and ignore left and right."

Roman said: "Right now, we are sitting on the sidelines. When Jarvis' son becomes the accompanying reader, there is no way to stand still. We must stop this matter. Fortunately, the journey to North America is far away, and there is still more than a year to go. When his son arrives Before Beijing, this matter must be disturbed."

Sun Shaozu nodded again and again: "Mr. Luo's words are correct. Jarvis is rich in blessings, so don't let them be friends."

The three of them discussed until the evening, and the third highness left first, and Luo Man sent someone to send Sun Shaozu back to the brothel where he came first.

It was inconvenient for Roman to come forward to do things for the third child, so the third child sent another person to investigate Zhan Qiao.It turned out that this person was a younger brother of the former Crown Prince Taibao Zhan Feng's family, and his intelligence was higher than that of his elder brother.After returning to his hometown due to illness, he fell into the hands of barbarians for some reason. Prince Xian Yizhong redeemed it, and there was little news after that. It was obvious that he had gone to do some secret work for his master.

A few days later, two scribes went to Qingxu Temple to offer incense and wandered to the Palace of King Ganluming.The guard of the temple is an old Taoist priest with white beard and hair.The two asked about the origin of King Ganluming, and the Taoist name of the old Taoist priest.The old Taoist stroked his beard and said: "The poor Taoist has no name, and the layman's name is Fan Yao." The three sat and chatted.

A servant who followed the scribe was so bored that he went out to steal a bit while the master was not paying attention.After looking around for a long time, I can count on seeing two little Taoist priests.The boy then pulled the little Taoist to talk.After chatting for a while, the boy asked who the Daoist Fan Yao was inside.A little Taoist said with a smile: "We also don't know what kind of person this fairy is. Anyway, the audience respects him very much."

"Has he been living in your temple?"

"That's not true." The little Taoist said, "I heard that he lived in the capital for more than 20 years. Later, for some reason, his own Taoist temple was destroyed, so he left Beijing to be a wandering Taoist priest, and traveled to many places. The old year came back again, The order was placed in the Tianqi Temple outside the west gate. One day when we came back to our temple, we saw the Palace of King Ganluming, and said with a smile that it was also in the capital. The Taoist priest who guarded this temple was curious and asked him if there were any other places? He said he had seen several places The main hall of Jin Zha Mu Zha. Later he went to see the temple master, and the two talked for a long time. After a few days, he moved to our place, and the temple master transferred the original Taoist priest to go elsewhere."

The little servant tutted and said: "I'm afraid he is someone with a history, I think he is very good in the world."

Another little Taoist snorted: "Ghost knows what happened." His expression was somewhat disdainful.The boy hurriedly turned to ask him, but he just kept his mouth shut.

The boy turned around and looked at the one in front of him.That one smiled, waved his hands and said: "Don't ask the poor Taoist, the poor Taoist doesn't know anything." Nai took his companion and ran away.

The boy became more and more curious.He went into the hall to see that his master was still chatting with the old Taoist priest, so he troubled the young fellow who went with him to be more careful, and slipped away on the pretext of looking for a latrine.Turning around a lot in the observation, it can be regarded as seeing the talkative little Taoist just now sweeping the yard in a secluded place with a broom in his hand.Seeing no one around, he walked into the yard and said with a smile: "So you Taoists also sweep the yard."

The little Taoist looked up and saw that it was him, and said with drooping corners of his mouth, "Do you think we all read a formula and sweep the floor with the broom?"

The little boy smiled and said, "I'm still a Taoist temple and hired another person to clean it." The little Taoist even drooped his eyebrows.The boy stretched his arms, "My master is chatting happily with that Daoist Fan Yao, I'm bored to death outside." He glanced at him again, "Forget it, I'll sweep it for you a few times, and you can rest too."

The little Taoist's eyes lit up: "Really?"

The servant said nothing, and rolled up his sleeves.Then the little Taoist handed him the broom, and the boy swept it with his hands.The little Taoist was tired and sat down on the steps.While sweeping the floor, the young man said, "It's not yet out of the first month, you're not afraid of freezing, and you're still sitting there. Go sit in the hall for a while."

There is no guard in this hall, so the little Taoist really went to sit in it.The boy helped him sweep the floor and went in with a smile.But I saw the little Taoist lay down beside the altar table and fell asleep.Nai pushed him up and said, "You lazy Taoist slept for half a day, and I cleaned it for you. How can you thank me?"

The little Taoist rubbed his eyes and said, "Thank you very much. How about treating you to some noodles later? We did it in Guanzhong."

The little boy said: "What's so delicious about noodles. Just now, that friend of yours talked about the new story of Taoist Fan Yao, let me hear it?" The little Taoist looked around.The boy said, "No one else. My heart is itching."

The little Taoist hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Don't tell others to listen to it." The boy agreed.The little Taoist said, "I heard that this fairy..." His voice became lower and lower, "What's the matter with the presiding aunt of the nunnery..." He stretched out two thumbs and gestured a few times.

The boy's eyes widened: "An aunt?"

The little Taoist nodded: "It's still the host. I visit that aunt several times a month."

"real or fake?"

The little Taoist curled his lips: "How would I know, anyway, I just heard it from the brothers in the audience."

The little servant clicked his tongue twice: "Seriously answered the storyteller's words: Bald donkey, how dare you rob the poor Taoist teacher!" The little Taoist laughed, and the two of them laughed together.

That night, the two scribes went back to see His Highness the Third Highness, and praised the Taoist priest named Fan Yao for his knowledge of the past and the present, and having traveled to many places, his knowledge was unfathomable.His Highness the Third Highness then arranged a few detailed tasks around the Qingxu Temple to stare at him.

After a few days, Fan Yao changed into a half-worn Taoist robe and went out. He didn't hire a chariot or horse, and only walked on two legs.He is quite old, but he does not walk slowly, he can only keep up by trotting.Walking all the way to the south of the city, I was almost out of the city, and finally saw a small mountain.Fan Yao straightened his clothes and hair, and slowed down.From the background, it can be seen clearly that the Taoist priest really entered a nunnery called Zhenwu Nunnery.He stayed in the nunnery for more than half an hour, didn't even eat lunch, and came out again.Later, I went to the small restaurant next to the nunnery to ask for some side dishes.

Then check the presiding master Jingyuan in this nunnery, and they all say that she must have been a beauty when she was young, and she had a good bearing.There is also a gossip aunt in Zhenwu's Nunnery, who also secretly gossip about saying that the presiding teacher and this Daoist Fan Yao were old friends more than ten years ago.I also asked the neighbors near Zhenwu'an, but I heard many rumors about Mrs. Jingyuan, and some people said that she was a wealthy lady before she became a monk.Zhen Wu'an is also busy.The four generals encountered thieves when they were in disorder in the capital, and those thieves rescued a dozen of the emperor's confidantes from the imperial prison by falsely preaching the imperial decree.Later, this Jingyuan master and a beautiful aunt who practiced with hair were even kidnapped by thieves.Before the two of them were tied up, suddenly many noble ladies frequently came to this nunnery to offer incense.

After hearing these things, Luo Man thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the cause and effect, so he said to His Royal Highness: "My lord, I dare to conclude that Zhenwu'an and Master Jingyuan are too unusual, but I really can't guess why they are so unusual, so I have to pay more attention to them." Check. Since it is said that she used to be a wealthy lady, I am afraid I have to find a few old father-in-laws and old mothers who have met wealthy women decades ago to identify them."

His Highness the Third Highness thought it was reasonable, so he managed to invite an old lady from King Yan's mansion, pretending to be an ordinary old woman, and asked someone to accompany her to Zhenwu Nunnery to offer incense.As soon as the old mother saw Mrs. Jingyuan, she recognized it: this old sister-in-law is the daughter of Prince Xianyizhong, Princess Jinyang.

His Highness the Third Highness was so shocked that he rushed to find Roman, and said, "No. Fan Yao is not Mrs. Jingyuan's old friend."

Roman hurriedly asked: "The lord has found out?"

"Who do you think she is?" His Highness said with a smile, "Although she is a bit older, she is actually the princess of Jinyang."

Roman was stunned: "My minister... I don't know these princesses very well."

His Royal Highness said: "I don't blame you. Her story was wiped out many years ago, and not many people knew about it at that time. My cousin is also a character. She is the daughter of Prince Yizhong, so she was recruited first." A new top scholar is a county horse, and his life is not bad. Unexpectedly, the county horse died early. The princess doesn't need to keep the chastity, so he wants to fall in love with a married man."

Roman frowned: "Didn't they see her?"

His Royal Highness said: "I also fell in love with them. The two of them cheated very quickly. There was a bad reputation for a while, and my uncle was uncomfortable, so he ordered that man to divorce his wife and marry her. Who knew that guy only wanted to have an affair with the princess. , and didn't want to be a county horse, so my uncle killed her. She became a nun in a fit of anger."

Roman nodded: "This Taoist priest named Fan Yao was the lover of Princess Jinyang back then, and he didn't die for some reason."

"No." His Highness said, "He is obviously older than my cousin. That lover is ten years younger than her, so he must be dead. At that time, my eldest uncle is the crown prince, and the crown prince wants to kill a commoner Where can I go wrong?"

Roman thought for a while: "That is... she found another Taoist lover after she became a monk?"

"Then why didn't she return to lay life and marry this person? This Fan Yao didn't even get a Taoist name, so I don't look like a serious Taoist priest."

Roman thought for a while, and said: "My lord is right. I thought to myself, if this Fan Yao is not Princess Jinyang's concubine, why would he go to see her often? Besides, he has another Taoist temple in the capital, where he lives for [-] years. A few years. The sister-in-law of Zhenwuan said that he was the old friend of Mrs. Jingyuan more than ten years ago. Even if he is not, it is known that they have known each other for more than ten years. He also knows Mr. Zhan Qiao. More than ten years ago, it happened that the capital was in chaos , his Taoist temple was destroyed, and he went out to travel by himself. According to my humble ministers, this Taoist priest Fan Yao is probably a minister of Xianyi and loyal to the prince. Mr. Zhan is his colleague, and the princess of Jinyang is his young master. That's the way it is. "

His Highness the Third Highness couldn't help clapping the case: "That's right! If this is the case, everything will be smooth."

Roman thought for a while again: "Then Fan Yao said that he had seen the main hall dedicated to Jin Zha and Mu Zha elsewhere. This is the first time for Wei Chen to see it. Where did he see it?"

"He asked the two of them, Fan Daochang said that he saw it in several big temples and grand sights in Guangzhou... oops!" His Highness took the case again, "Guangzhou!"

Roman's eyes brightened: "Guangzhou is the territory of Wang Ziteng. Jia Zong entrusted the temple over there to burn incense for Jin Zha Mu Zha. Prince Yizhong's old Qiansui also left behind a princess who hid in a barbarian tribe in Guangdong in his early years. After being searched and arrested, she is now married there. For the past ten years or so, this Fan Yao must have gone with another young master."

His Royal Highness sighed: "Eldest uncle has gone west for so many years, but the subordinates are still loyal."

Roman said: "I have also heard many rumors that Prince Yizhong is really an excellent host. It's a pity that the inexplicable defeat comes from a mediocre person. But that mediocre person can't sit still, and that's why today's chaos." He was silent for a moment, then sighed, "If Prince Yizhong loses to our lord, it is not wronged... No wonder Mr. Zhan can't let it go." He bowed and saluted, "I hope that my lord will not die with him."

His Highness the Third Highness shuddered.After a long while, he said, "I will not share my life with my uncle."

Roman smiled and said: "Since my lord has this ambition, I think that I don't need to bother to investigate Taoist Master Fan Yao anymore."

His Highness the Third Highness hurriedly asked, "What's your opinion, Mister?"

"Go straight to Qingxuguan to visit the virtuous." Roman said, "Even if Zhan Qiao can't be found, isn't Fan Yao still a character? It would be great if the lord got him. Isn't the lord's situation today similar to that of Prince Yizhong?" Why? His master didn't even leave a male heir behind, so it's useless to leave him alone."

His Highness's eyes lit up, and he even sighed: "Mr. Luo, you are really my niece!" Luo Man bowed.

His Highness the Third Highness chose an auspicious day, took a bath and changed clothes, put on a plain robe and went to Qingxu Temple to have a funeral.Zhang Daoshi, the host of the Guanzhong, personally came forward to make arrangements.After arguing for half a day, the third concubine led the female relatives and several young princes and princesses to rest in the wing room, and the third highness wandered around by himself, and wandered to the palace of Prince Ganluming without paying attention.So he ordered his followers to stay outside, and he went in to have a look.

With just one glance at the old Taoist priest guarding the temple, His Highness the Third Highness knew that he was definitely not a vulgar person.Nai stepped forward and bowed to salute: "Master Taoist." The Taoist hurriedly beat his head to return the salute.His Royal Highness said bluntly, "I am determined to be a great position, and I ask the Taoist priest to help me."

The old Taoist stared at him for a long time as if he could shoot fire, and said with a sneer, "Are you interested in a high position? Is the high position so easy to plan?"

His Highness said with a smile, "That's why I'm here."

The old Taoist snorted, "What are you capable of? You're not even a prince."

His Highness said: "The Supreme Emperor is not the prince." The old Taoist shivered slightly, and turned back to add incense to the altar.His Highness the Third Highness followed and said in a low voice, "I heard that Daoist Fan recognizes Mr. Zhan Qiao, the former prince's counselor."

The old Taoist priest Tian Baxiang turned around and looked at him for a long time: "You actually know Zhan Qiao?"

"I have long admired the name."

"That's all." The old Taoist waved his hand, "I don't even have a reputation, so how come I have admired him for a long time."

His Highness said earnestly: "I have really admired Mr. Zhan's name for a long time. I have a counselor by my side, and I admire him the most. That gentleman often sighed, if the prince had listened to Mr. Zhan's advice, he would have been the Emperor of Taiping for more than 20 years."

The old Taoist's complexion changed in vain, and suddenly he remembered something, and his complexion changed again.Changing back and forth like this, he changed a dozen or so expressions, turned around and looked at the young man with his hands behind his back: "Do you know what idea Zhan Qiao gave to the former prince back then?"

"I don't know." His Highness made a bow, "I ask the Taoist priest for advice."

The old Taoist said softly and clearly: "Admonishment."