The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

On the seventh day of Wu Tianzuo's first day, news came from central Beijing that the killer battalion had been captured.No wonder Jia Cong was confident with Wu Rui a few days ago, he really knew his husband Zhan Qiao very well.The old man is in the dark, but the Baotai Palace thinks it is in the dark, but it is in the light.

Prince Baotai disappeared and did not return all night.The next day, the stewards of the Wangfu went to the dark kiln to check the address, and the old bustard Fantou said that he didn't see such a person coming.The manager was in a hurry, so I asked again and again.The old bustard said: "We do business here at night, and there are very few customers during the day. If you come, how can you not remember? The first customer came in the afternoon yesterday. The six uncles ate enough for two. An hour's worth of wine, spent the night with us." The steward suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurried back to the palace.

Not long after, the steward and a few people came out from the gate, and followed the road from the palace to the dark kiln to find someone to ask if they saw their prince yesterday.The three generations of Baotai kings did not show their sharpness, so the palace is not big.Zhan Qiao sent some experts to surround it with binoculars from the outside, and saw a man coming out of the back garden wall.This person directly led Zhan Qiao's people to his lair - a farm in the western suburbs, specializing in the sale of flower and tree bonsai.The killers taught here know how to do gardening.

The one who was caught earlier in Xiaozhai also confessed, and presented the confidential file directly.Zhan Qiao said happily, "It's not easy for me to check if he doesn't say it." The file was actually hidden in the right arm of a Buddha statue. Most of the things that ordinary people hide are hidden in the belly of the Buddha.

There are four gold mines, two silver mines, and three big gambling houses among the eighteen benefactors, and they are the big ones who donated merits to Wanshou Temple.The rest are three academies, three brothels, one bandit, one water bandit, and one serious army.It is easy to handle with the existing address and directory, and dig out the radishes slowly.

Jia Cong then changed into plain clothes and rushed to Wu's house, offering incense, Wu Tianyou, Wu Rui and his uncle and nephew accompanied him into the wing.Jia Cong said: "Beijing has completely removed the killer's lair, you are safe. There are seventeen other killers in other places, and they are not in the country of Yan. Xiao Wang has to go back to discuss with everyone, and leave tomorrow."

Wu Rui was pleasantly surprised, and put his hand on his chest: "my father can rest in peace under the nine springs." Then he and Jia Cong exchanged some polite words.

Wu Tianyou didn't say a word at first, and when the two of them had finished talking, he asked: "My lord, I heard from my nephew that the old man has a grandson who became a monk and was taken away by the lord's men?"

Jia Cong said "Oh" and said, "Yes, he's fine, don't worry. I'm about to mention this matter to Mr. Wu." Then he said to Wu Rui, "Xiao Wang thought about it a few days ago, and I'm quite curious. It is said that Wanshou Temple knows Wen Kong's identity. The old monks are all smart, and it is impossible not to guess that this child will not survive until the old emperor dies. If that is the case, why do you have to tell the Wu family about him? identity of?"

Wu Rui snorted, "My lord thinks they told me out of kindness?"

"That is?"

Wu Rui sighed: "17 years ago, I was ordered by my father to go to the capital to donate merit to the Wanshou Temple, and I ran into him."

Jia Cong blinked: "17 years ago... four years old?"

Wu Rui nodded and said with a smile: "It was also cold at that time. A little older monk ran out of the apse, like a snow doll made out of the snow on the bamboo forest outside, who was as tall as my sister when I was young. I inquired about his origin, and the temple said he was an abandoned baby. I thought it was probably fate, so I discussed with their master about adopting this child. The temple refused to agree, and taught the child to tell me that he wholeheartedly wanted to Buddha, never waver."

Jia Cong laughed: "A four-year-old baby knows that he is devoted to Buddha! He doesn't even know what Buddha is."

Wu Rui still smiled and said: "I just asked the child if he would like to go home with me. Guess what? He immediately answered yes! I hugged him so happy. He put his arms around my neck and said, Master, I want Go home with this uncle. Monk Liao Yuan recited 'Amitabha Buddha' several times."

Jia Cong said with emotion: "It's really a dear nephew. Who said children are easy to lie? Children naturally have an animal sense of touch, and they know who will treat him well."

Wu Rui's complexion darkened: "He really had no choice but to tell me that this child was born by my sister. Because of the horoscope, he sent it to the temple."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "This excuse is definitely a temporary deviation from Monk Yaoyuan. Because he himself became a monk because he defeated the late emperor."

The Wu family's uncles and nephews were all shocked: "What?!"

"He is the son of the first emperor, the elder brother of the king of Qi." Jia Cong said, "Wen Kong is willing to go with Mr. Wu. He was caught off guard, so he used his own background to prevaricate you."

Wu Rui was stunned for a moment: "Master Lio Yuan...should be the prince?" Nai shook his head and sighed.

Jia Cong also shook his head, and said to Wu Tianyou, "Master, do you want to recognize your grandson?"

Wu Tianyou hurriedly said: "Yes. My daughter is gone, but she left behind a bone and blood. The grandson is pitiful. He grew up in a temple and has no family to take care of him."

Jia Cong said seriously: "Then how are you going to tell him? No one knows whether he belongs to the Supreme Emperor or the late Emperor."

Wu Tianyou said: "As long as it belongs to my daughter."

"Then what kind of identity will Mr. Wu get for him?"

"It's my grandson."

Jia Cong nodded: "Since that's the case, you are going to let some son recognize him, and let him come to Beijing to find me. I have a way to make Master Wenkong confirm that his surname is Wu, and go to the gate of the Wu family in Cangzhou."

Wu Tianyou was filled with grief and joy, and he and Wu Rui exchanged a glance, the two bowed together and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

Jia Cong said: "I'm not serious, and I have a lot of small ideas. It's just that you have to make sense of your son and make him willing." He thought for a moment and said, "Men may be easy to accept the son of a sister, but women may not. After all, men and women give and take No, the difference between the husband's nephew and his own son is not small. If the daughter-in-law is not willing, please ask the elder to give him another identity of both parents dead."

Wu Tianyou said: "No, I'm afraid the child will think that he is unlucky and that he restrains his father and mother."

"You think too much." Jia Cong said, "He is an 'abandoned baby', how happy grandpa is to descend from the sky. What's more, he has a poetic talent, so he will be more happy." Wu Tianyou still hesitated.Jia Cong stopped persuading him and got up to leave.

Jia Cong and Liu Xiaoqi rushed back to the capital, Zhan Qiao and others were discussing how to deal with the other seventeen great pilgrims.Jia Congnai said: "Don't worry about anything else, those gold and silver mines are secret, we have to get them. The seventeen gardeners sent by Baotai Palace cannot live."

Zhan Kun said: "Anyway, Wanshou Temple will continue to recite scriptures and strike the bell as usual, and let them donate merits in other places. These days are busy, so we will deal with it later." The matter was decided for the time being.

Two days later, someone sent a post into Rongguo Mansion.Jia Cong saw that the old man Wu Tianyou came in person, and hurriedly ordered people to invite him to the outer study.Seeing that the old man was a bit disheveled, he thought for a moment and asked, "But my daughter-in-law is not very willing."

Wu Tianyou sighed: "It's just to let them recognize a son. Others have raised you up to such a big age, and they are smart and filial. They actually push each other."

Jia Cong said: "I really can't blame the grandmas. When the mother sees the son she lost since childhood, shouldn't she hug her tightly? They are all women, and it's not good to hug a young man in his 20s."

Wu Tianyou sighed: "The old man understands. If the old wife is still there, we can say that he is our lost old son."

Jia Cong said: "It's okay. He should be the grandson of the boss, so it's better to be your grandson." Nai thought for a while, "The boss will stay in our house for the time being. I have made up my mind about the grandson. Let's arrange it." Wu Tianyou thanked him with a long bow.

For a talented liar like Jia Cong, it is easy to trick a simple little monk.In seven or eight days, what should be prepared will be ready.Jia Cong thought about it for a long time, then suddenly got up and went to the guest house to meet Wu Tianyou.The old man lived like a year, waiting anxiously.Surprised: "My lord?!"

Jia Cong said, "My lord, I want to do a test."

"What test?"

"Actually, it's not really useful." Jia Cong said, "I just want to test it. Do you want to come together, my lord?"

Although Wu Tianyou didn't know what he wanted to do, he must have something to do with his grandson anyway, so he immediately said: "I will go naturally."

Jia Cong grinned, changed his clothes when he went out, asked Wu Tianyou to change into a dark green military uniform, and took a few soldiers with him, mounted his horse and went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.But when I went inside, I saw Wenkong's master, Monk Liaoyuan, and Wu Tianyou mixed in behind the soldiers.

Liaoyuan recited the sound of Buddha, and bowed his head into meditation.Jia Cong looked at him silently for a moment, then suddenly said: "I always thought that all people have human nature. The most important thing in human nature is emotion. The ancients said that people are not ruthless without grass and trees. Monks are also people. Master, you put Wen Kong was brought up since he was a child. You clearly knew that once the Emperor Longyu returned to the West, he would be dead. If so, why teach him to read? You only raise him carelessly, and you don’t like it that much. You don’t feel so sad when he dies in the future no?"

After a long time, Liaoyuan said: "My Buddha is merciful. Since I am a living being, how can I ignore it."

Jia Cong asked: "If there are no four generals to disrupt the capital, is there any way in your temple to keep him?" Liao Yuan shook his head slowly.Jia Cong nodded, "So you master and apprentice still have feelings." Nai took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it over.

The old monk lived in a single cell, and the lamp was lit.Liao Yuan took the paper and leaned close to the oil lamp to look at it from the top, and recited the Buddha again.That paper is an article.The first four characters: notice of missing person.

It is about Wu Tianyou, the old man of the Wu family in Cangzhou, in order to find his grandson who had been separated for 21 years, and specially offered a reward in the "Yanjing Weekly" to find relatives.The article wrote: Mr. Wu Tianyou and his first wife Fang have two sons and three daughters, the youngest of which are twin daughters.The elder of the twins entered the palace and became a noble concubine, while the younger married to Fang Mosheng, the nephew of Fang's natal family.One year after the couple got married, Mrs. Wu gave birth to a fat boy. The couple carried their son to a temple outside the west gate in the suburbs of Beijing to pay their respects and pray. They met bandits on the way and both died.The child is missing.Years later, the government caught two thieves and confessed that they were responsible for the case.Although they killed the couple to get the money, because the child was still in its infancy, the thief wanted to accumulate some virtue, so he ordered a young man to give him up for adoption.That Luo Luo had been separated from the two of them as early as more than ten years ago.The Wu family is now offering a reward of 5000 taels of silver for clues to his grandson.At the end of the article, it reads: "The baby's swaddling clothes are—" followed by an empty space.

Jia Cong said: "Wenkong is 21 years old this year, and he is very smart. I believe that when he was about half a year old, he would inevitably ask how he got here. Even if he was an abandoned baby, he would also want to know what the swaddling clothes wrapped him were. Color and style, whether there is embroidery or note, and find out some information about the biological father and biological mother. This is human nature. I don’t know if the master has made up a random one to coax him?”

Looking at the article, Liao Yuan's expression was complicated, and he said after a long time: "Wang Ye wants...to make him think that he is this child?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Jia Cong said, "Wu Guifei's twin sister is the son of Mrs. Wu's natal nephew. It will be published in the "Yanjing Weekly" in a few days for Wen Kong to see for himself. He must suspect that he is this child? Your Wanshou Temple is not far from Ximen, and your age can be matched. Then he will go to Cangzhou to meet his relatives. He looks so much like Wu Guifei! The old eunuchs in the palace recognized it at a glance. The Wu family still lives Looking at the portrait of Concubine Wu Gui, take it out and compare it, it is appropriate! Immediately I have to hug my head and cry. At worst, I will admit my relatives with blood."

After chanting the Buddha, he said after a while: "When he was seven or eight years old, the poor monk told him that the swaddling clothes that wrapped him were wrapped in blue calico with a white background, and there were no tokens inside. He didn't ask any more questions afterwards."

Jia Cong turned his head and looked at him for a long time: "It's wrapped in blue calico with a white background, and there is no token inside?"

"good."

"Why did Wenkong tell his friends in the bandits' den that his swaddling clothes were made of goose-yellow fine satin, and there was a note inside that said his own birth date?" Liao Yuan immediately closed his eyes.Jia Cong's face was expressionless, "You also said that the satin is not affordable for ordinary people, and it must come from a family with a history. You also said that the handwriting on the note is very square. Therefore, Wenkong thought that he was a child of a scholar's family. Although he is naughty, he studies very hard. The poet monk did not come out of thin air." He paused, shook his head and said, "He was taught by you so hard, so why don't you expect him that much?"

Liao Yuan still closed his eyes: "The little disciple was born to be a Buddhist."

"Pull it down!" Jia Cong sneered, "I wanted to leave with my uncle when I was four years old, and I clearly don't have a relationship with Buddha. I don't understand. If a person who doesn't want to be a monk is mixed with monks, the Buddha will really be happy?"

Liao Yuan simply shut his mouth tightly, not even chanting Amitabha Buddha.Jia Cong shrugged and left the cell.

The jailer slipped and locked the door, and Jia Cong led the people to leave.Wu Tianyou walked out of the guard, stood at the door of the cell, bowed to the ground, and said: "Thank you, master, for raising my grandson to grow up."

Liao Yuan was startled, and opened his eyes: "Are you——Are you?"

"Old man Wu Tianyou."

After watching him for a long time, Liao Yuan threw himself through the prison door to see Jia Cong, and sighed for a long time: "The regent is very capable."

Jia Cong was puzzled: "My lord, what is he doing?" Wu Tianyou snorted and walked away.With wind on both sleeves, he really looks like a high official.

Once outside, Jia Congfang showed the article to Wu Tianyou.Wu Tianyou burst into tears immediately, and said joyfully, "My lord is very thoughtful, thank you lord." Nai looked back at the prison, "The old monk doesn't want me to help the regent."

Jia Cong also glanced at the prison: "As for what?"

Wu Tianyou said with a smile: "My lord is so true, he suddenly understands and then becomes confused. Haven't you thought about the identity of this old man?"

"what?"

Wu Tianyou stared at him for a long time, then got on his horse and left.