The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

At dusk that day, He Xiaonan, an employee of the Palace Museum, got off work, came out of Donghua Gate humming a little tune, and walked north along the outer wall of the Forbidden City.From a distance, I saw a figure coming towards me.Taking a closer look, it was the Nanyang general who injured the little brother of the Liu family yesterday.He Xiaonan didn't like him very much, and pretended not to know him so he would pass him by.

Yang An actually smiled and came over: "Hello Miss He~~"

He Xiaonan pursed his lips and said angrily, "Hi, General Yang."

"Miss He, where are you going?"

He Xiaonan frowned: "General Yang, we don't know each other well."

Yang An turned around and stopped in front of He Xiaonan.He Xiaonan was a little annoyed, and just about to ridicule him, he saw Yang An winking at her, and was slightly taken aback.Yang An held up a few cardboard boxes in his hand, looking like snacks. "Miss He doesn't seem very happy. I'll treat you to some snacks, and you'll feel better after eating." Nai couldn't help but stuff the paper box into He Xiaonan's hand.He Xiaonan was about to return it to him when he suddenly realized that the weight of the paper box was not right: ordinary dim sum would never be so heavy.Just as he was wondering what was going on, Yang An had already withdrawn, waving with his back to He Xiaonan, "Maybe we will see you again in the future, Miss He~~ I'm really not a disciple." He Xiaonan was puzzled, turned around and looked at He half a day.Yang An strode along the wall and entered the Donghua Gate after a while.

The cardboard box was really heavy, and it hurt He Xiaonan's hands, so he hugged it in his arms.Her home was not far from here, so she trotted all the way back.The aunt next door saw her holding something, and said with a smile, "Why did you buy so many dim sum today?" He Xiaonan didn't have the time to answer, so he turned around and smiled.

After entering the room and gently placing the cardboard box on the table, she shivered inexplicably.It is a box that is carefully opened.The first box contained walnut crisps.The second box is mung bean cake.As soon as the third box was opened, I saw some broken snacks, but I couldn't hide what was hidden underneath: a small fire gun the size of a palm.He Xiaonan took a few deep breaths before driving again.There are eight boxes of snacks in total, two small guns and a dagger are hidden inside, and bullets are stuffed in the empty spaces of the boxes.Neither the dagger nor the other musket contained any broken snacks.He Xiaonan picked up the dagger and tried it, cutting the iron like mud.After staying there for a while, she rushed to the yard and looked around, seeing nothing unusual, and hurried back to the house.After thinking for a moment, he carefully hid these three items on his body, re-bundled the other five boxes of snacks, and walked out of the house with them in his hand.The girl stood alone in the courtyard for a while, then suddenly rushed to the door, opened a crack and looked out—there was nothing unusual outside.Then she smiled at the door panel a few times, opened the door and went out.

The neighbor's aunt shouted again: "Xiao Nan, you want to go out?"

He Xiaonan said crisply: "Go to a friend's house to have a party at night."

The aunt said: "It's hot now, come back earlier."

"Understood~~Thank you, auntie." He Xiaonan suddenly stopped panicking, walked to the intersection with his snacks in his hand, and waved for a carriage.

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the door of Liu Xianglian's house.He Xiaonan felt much more at ease, jumped out of the car and waved to the door.The members of Liu's family recognized her, and they all laughed and called "Miss He." He Xiaonan asked, "Is our curator Qin at home?" "Yes." He Xiaonan jumped in like a rabbit.

Qin Keqing and his wife are both in their son's room.Liu Tong was quite a hero yesterday, but now she has wilted like a sun-dried eggplant.Qin Keqing's heart ached so much that she couldn't help but break his bones.But at this moment, He Xiaonan came in, and ran to Qin Keqing in a few steps: "Curator! I just met that Nanyang general, and he gave me eight boxes of snacks."

Qin Keqing was thinking about how to slap Yang An to death, when she heard that Yang An asked He Xiaonan to send an apology, she blurted out: "Throw it away! Who wants his snacks!"

He Xiaonan went on to say: "But there are only five boxes of snacks inside, and the other three boxes contain daggers and muskets!"

Qin Keqing was taken aback, and immediately raised her eyes to look at Liu Xianglian.Liu Xianglian hurriedly asked, "Where's the dagger and gun?"

"Here it is." He Xiaonan took out the three items from his arms and placed them on the small coffee table beside Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian glanced at the gun and said, "This is the latest revolver gun." Picking up the dagger, she looked at it and praised, "Good stuff!"

Qin Keqing also came over to have a look.Liu Tong shouted on the kang, "Show me, show me!" No one paid any attention to him.

The couple took a closer look at the three items, and Qin Keqing asked, "Xiao Nan, what's going on?"

"It's a bit abrupt." He Xiaonan told her about Yang An's snacks in detail.Finally, he said, "I see his appearance...it doesn't look like there is anything wrong. But this gun..."

Liu Xianglian took the gun and weighed it a few times: "The first fire. Some broken snacks were sprinkled on the gun, and the second one is gone?" He Xiaonan nodded.

Qin Keqing pondered: "Could it be too late?"

"It's possible. It's lazy if you can't keep it all." Liu Xianglian said, "These things are confidence, what is he doing for Xiaonan." He stood up and asked He Xiaonan, "Did you see him enter the Donghua Gate? "

"Yes."

"I'll go and have a look." Liu Xianglian said, "The Forbidden City is just such a big idea."

Qin Keqing said: "Do you want to tell Prime Minister Lin?"

Liu Xianglian thought for a while: "Send someone there to ask. Doesn't he live in the Lin family?"

Qin Keqing then sent a reliable person to the Lin family to inquire.The man was less than a cup of tea away, so she simply sent He Xiaonan over.

When He Xiaonan went to the Lin Mansion and asked, Yang An didn't come back!Ever since I went out in the morning and said I was going to hang out, there was no one around until this point.He is not a child, and he has been used to seeing bloody storms since he was a child, Lin Daiyu and his wife didn't take it to heart.Hearing this, he was also shocked.Picking up the gun, gun and dagger that Yang An hid in the snack box, he saw that it was indeed his self-defense.

Lin Daiyu frowned: "What do you want to do? I don't want anything at all?"

He Xiaonan said: "It will be dark then, we are all off work, why is he still going to the palace?"

But Jarvis said: "Since he still has time to arrange these things, and he didn't warn you, and he didn't leave any secret words in the box, he thinks he has his own ideas. This kid has been in charge of the Malay country since he was young. .Don’t worry about him, let him play. He’ll be back in a few days.”

Lin Daiyu also made sense, and said with a smile: "Yes, he has fought more battles than the two of us. It's quite easy for him to arrange things like this."

The two of them were full of confidence, and He Xiaonan couldn't argue, so he had to go back to Liu's mansion.Coincidentally, Liu Xianglian sent someone back, saying that Yang Anwei had indeed entered through the Donghua Gate, and that he had not been seen going out from any gate in the Forbidden City. People inside asked him, but he did not know where he was.When Qin Keqing heard Lin Xiang said that there was no problem, he asked Liu Xianglian to go home.

Unexpectedly, Yang An disappeared just like that.He didn't see anyone for several days, until his uncle Yang Song returned to Beijing, he still disappeared.The elders are a little anxious.There is absolutely no Forbidden City, and it has been searched everywhere.Immediately, they took his photo and searched all over the capital, finding all the places he walked on the day he disappeared.First, I went to the makeup shop opened by the little sage. The clerk still remembered him and said that he bought some of the most expensive makeup.When checking out, the clerk asked him if he was giving off his lover, and he said he wanted to thank the hostess who was staying temporarily.The buddy advised him that this was inappropriate, so it was better to give him some snacks.Then we had lunch. After lunch, we inquired with the restaurant staff about the nearest Hualou, and the staff pointed to Caige in Luhuan.

The investigators chased after Huancai Pavilion, and when they entered the door, they heard a burst of cheers: "The official is here! The official is here!" The investigators were Zhan Qiao's subordinates.

I saw two fans coming up to meet them: "The official messenger came so fast!"

"What happened?" asked the policeman.

A fan said: "Didn't the reporter explain why? Our mother and two sisters just died suddenly!"

The policeman was shocked: "Where is the body?"

"It's in the house, the messenger and the servant are here!" Fentou just turned around, and suddenly said "Ouch", "I dare not go!"

A tortoise came out from behind and cupped his hands and said, "Come on with the villain." The police quickly followed the tortoise upstairs.

At a glance, the three women died in their own rooms.Two were killed by a hidden arrow, and one was killed by a dart.There were holes in all three windows.The catcher was a veteran, and after examining the corpses, it was found that all three had died not long ago.The people who went out to inquire about Huan Cai Pavilion had seen the old bustard an hour ago.

The policeman thought for a moment, then took out Yang An's photo from his pocket for everyone to identify.Not long after, a Qin Niang recognized her and said "Ah", "It's that military master from Nanyang!"

"That's right." The policeman said, "You recognize him?"

Qin Niang said: "I came here more than ten days ago." She suddenly remembered something, her voice trembled slightly, "That day Jiao Yun Ke Xing served him..."

The policeman frowned: "Jiao Yun Ke Xing is the two girls who just disappeared?"

Qin Niang nodded: "This military master said that he wants two fresh people without heavy makeup." She looked at the other people, "I was not there when this person came in. I heard people say this later."

The police quickly looked at the other fans.One also recognized it: "Yes, that's exactly what he said. He said he wanted a cool room to avoid the heat."

Immediately, someone recognized Yang An again.Several people chattered about what happened that day.Because Qinniang was following in the house, the police quickly brought her into the house alone for questioning.She thought for a long time, and slowly said what Yang An and the two fans said. "After Master Yang fell asleep, mother beckoned Ke Xing to go out and talk for a while, but when Ke Xing came back, she held Jiao Yun and bit her ear for a long time."

The policeman's face moved slightly: "This is extremely important. You continue to talk, in detail." Qin Niang thought for a while, and gradually told everything she saw that day.This arrest was originally a secret operation, and he immediately heard that the two fans were tricking Yang An's words.Yang An's comments on Liu Tong's words are probably intentional for others to hear.After listening to it, he thought for a moment, and said to Qinniang, "Don't tell others what you said."

Qin Niang turned pale with fright: "Master... I don't know what Mom said to Ke Xing!"

The policeman quickly said: "You are still alive, probably because you don't know." Qin Niang screamed.

The fake arrester hurriedly finished his questioning and left Huancai Pavilion, and saw a tortoise leading two arresters from Wucheng soldiers and horses to come.He hurried back to report the letter, jumped on his horse and hurried away.

Thinking that something was wrong, this person hurried back to the Yamen and reported the matter to Zhan Qiao.After hearing this, the old man thought about it, and ordered Yang Song to come over.Let the person say it again.Yang Song frowned when he heard that three people in Huancai Pavilion had been silenced.Yang Song said: "Don't worry. Since Qin Niang is still alive, we can tell that the other party is not very experienced. How can a more experienced witness let go of such a witness who can hear everything?"

Yang Song frowned: "I think someone asked the old bustard and the fan to find out about An'er's fight with the boy from the Liu family in the Taimiao the day before. That matter is open and aboveboard, so just inquire about it as you like. Is it worth asking the two fans?"

Zhan Qiao said: "It's natural for my own people to inquire freely. Where can I inquire outside? Ask Qin Keqing? Can Qin Keqing not be suspicious? None of her group of people is stupid."

"Where do you know where to go outside?" Yang Song said, "There must be some rumors, right? Tong'er was injured and didn't make it into the newspaper. It's just a few words from the staff and eunuchs in the Forbidden City. Besides, An'er hasn't returned to the capital for many years. , who recognizes him?"

Zhan Qiao stroked his beard: "So, unless it's someone who saw him that day. The eunuch who guards the gate, the people in the imperial hospital and museum."

Yang Song thought for a while: "Forget it. An'er has a track record and won't mess around. Besides, he became a pirate at the age of five or six, and his martial arts are not bad. Maybe he discovered something and went to play."

Zhan Qiao said: "I still have to investigate. After the investigation is clear, we can make a decision." Yang Song nodded.

But start with the eunuchs.Not long after, the eunuch who guarded the Taimiao thought of something. "At that time, someone said that he was serving the Empress Dowager, and he was not familiar with the road, so he asked us how to get back."

The investigative eyes flickered: "Do you not know the way to serve the Empress Dowager?"

"He said he hadn't been to the Taimiao for several years. He also asked how the Taimiao was."

"How did you answer?"

"I said it was well maintained, and there were tourists every day. He clicked his tongue twice and said that there are indeed many rich people. I said, 8000 taels of silver can see the palace, and I would do it instead. He also looked inside the door It's been a while." The eunuch said, "It just so happens that the Nanyang man was fighting with Brother Liu."

"He happened to see Nanyang people fighting with brother Liu?"

"Exactly. He also said what were those two doing, and brother Liu was injured in the blink of an eye."

The investigator nodded and asked, "Do you know that the Nanyang man was beaten in Tai Hospital later?"

"I know!" the eunuch laughed, "Mr. Zhao Qingyun's brother-in-law, I heard that he is a member of the Imperial Forest Army, and he is fair-looking. The mere Nanyang barbarians can only bully their children. When they meet the Imperial Forest Army, they fight once and lose once?"

The investigator said with a smile: "All of our Imperial Forest Army in Yan Kingdom are talents, and no one else can compare with them. By the way, do you remember what that man looks like? Come and make a picture with me."

The eunuch then followed to draw a portrait of the eunuch who inquired about the road.Several people passed it on for a look.The first person who played the part of the policeman recognized it at a glance: "Isn't this the guy from the little saint's makeup shop?"

Zhan Qiao frowned: "The little sage doesn't know anything, he is not as good as an ordinary young man. He definitely has no ambitions. He is afraid of being hijacked and used."

Yang Song also said: "The Empress Dowager is even less capable." He picked up the portrait and looked at it.

Just as he was about to send someone to go to the makeup shop to check, someone came in to report that an eunuch next to the little sage went to Rongguo Mansion to look for Jia Cong, saying that their master was missing.