The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The little saint is missing.Zhan Kun is really busy now, and Zhan Qiao is in charge of investigating this matter.When I went to the makeup shop and asked, the Queen Mother and all the eunuchs and mothers in the room pointed out that the old man was wrong.

His surname is Guo, he is from the capital, and he has been doing business in the south for more than ten years.Two or three months ago, the business failed miserably and came back in despair.The little sage was merciful and felt sorry for him being old and unemployed, and seeing that he really had some skills, he was kept in the shop.It's just that for some reason, the queen mother, the nurse of the little saint, and the important eunuchs all looked down on him.This man surnamed Guo also had a friend, monk Jianru, who practiced cultivation at Fahai Temple in the suburbs of Beijing earlier, and then traveled all over the world, only to return recently.

Zhan Qiao went to Fahai Temple to investigate. This monk came to place orders in the early years, and he was often invisible on weekdays, and it is even more so now.Asked when he went out to travel, the presiding monk said: "It was when the capital was in chaos."

Zhan Qiao immediately said: "The capital has been in chaos for a long time, when did he leave?"

The presiding monk thought for a while: "When the princes leave Beijing."

Zhan Qiao nodded, and asked again: "Does he have hobbies? For example, is money lustful?"

The presiding monk thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "No. When we were in our temple, we ate fast and recited scriptures, worshiped incense in front of the Buddha, everything was good. It's the same when we come back." Zhan Qiao thanked and left.

The old man immediately guessed that there were idlers who wanted to imitate Cao Mengde and coerce the emperor to command the princes. After calculating that there was no such person, he speculated that the other party was either a young man or a clown.I thought that I would be able to find out these two people in a short time, but who would have thought that there would be no more clues after that.Everyone became anxious and helpless.On the contrary, Yang Song sat back and relax.He said: "If An'er was in trouble, she would have come back early. If there is no news, nothing will happen."

In the blink of an eye, it was three months later, and it was late autumn.Chen Ruijin's pregnancy response has improved a lot, and Tanchun is pregnant again.Chen Ruijin sent Jia Cong back to work in the Zhengshitang.Jia Cong went back and took a look, and some of the difficult things he thought earlier had been resolved.For example, let the girls in every household go to a coeducational school. I thought it would take five or six years to promote it, but now it is roughly done.

Lin Daiyu and Zhan Kun discussed several strategies of combining grace and power.Those who honestly send their daughters to study will be rewarded by the government, including the girl's clothes, pens, pens and meals at school; those who don't, if the report is true, the whistleblower will be rewarded, and the whistleblower will pay a heavy fine.Officials and eunuchs can study at home if they have hired a good tutor.However, I have to go to the nearby school to take the exam every month.If she fails the exam, the girl has to go to school.If you don't send it, you will be revoked from the official position.Naturally, this test does not include knotting and embroidery. Apart from literacy and numeracy, there is also a test of running and long jump.

Jia Cong clicked his tongue: "Reporting this is too harsh." Who doesn't have many enemies?After a while, he said again, "Who came up with the idea of ​​revoking an official position!"

Lin Daiyu said, "You guess."

"Where am I going to guess? You are all human beings."

Zhan Kun said: "Master Wu Tianyou's idea."

Jia Cong grinned: "Sure enough, only officials know officials."

Zhan Kun laughed and said, "Master Lin is afraid of losing the hearts of the people."

Jia Cong waved his hand: "Complaining must be serious, but complaining is useless. Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and political power is a tool of coercion. Even if they complain about the sky, they will get used to it after a while." Nai thought for a while. Dao said, "At first, I thought that Yan's national style was strong and had to be adjusted slowly. Now, it seems that it is better to hammer it hard. I want to completely improve Yan's political system."

Zhan Kun said: "Isn't it almost changed?"

"For example, the Wucheng Bingma Division. Before, they and the armed police both enforced the law, and the responsibilities and rights were unclear." Jia Cong said, "From the commander Zhao Cheng to the yamen servants and arresters, they all had to be retrained. The name of the yamen was directly changed to Yanjing. Municipal Public Security Bureau."

"What about six?"

"Let's keep the name of the six departments first, and it has completely become our model anyway. The capital is almost ready, and the next step is the prefectures and counties. Expand."

Lin Daiyu was thinking again.Zhan Kun hurriedly said: "President Lin, don't think too much, the more you think about it, the more you look forward and backward."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Forget it, let's take it step by step. I think it's better to be safe."

Jia Cong said: "It's safe enough. Anyway, we don't want to reform the elderly, we just need to grasp the young people."

Then began to discuss the details.After talking about the meeting, someone sent a telegram in - Wu Xiaoxi will go to Beijing tomorrow.She is the big shopkeeper of Honggu Ji, she travels around all the year round, and rarely returns to Beijing.This time she came with an urgent matter: serious quality complaints, four orders in a row.

In the past two months, she sold a batch of firearms to Qi, Chen, Song, and Jin. They all said that the quality was problematic and that they often couldn't fire bullets.An engineer was sent to investigate in Chen Guo, where the trouble was the worst. The engineer said that the guns were all in good condition.Wu Xiaoxi felt that there must be something wrong inside, so he decided to visit it himself.These four countries are all close to Yan Country, and Wu Xiaoxi didn't return to Beijing for a few days, so he planned to come here first.

Holding the telegram, Jia Cong muttered, "I've never had such a serious quality complaint. What's wrong? I'll have to check it out."

Wu Xiaoxi arrived in the capital the next afternoon, and went straight to the Political Affairs Hall.Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "I don't even wash my face first. You are a big shot." She couldn't help but tell her to clean it up.

Wu Xiaoxi smiled and said, "That's right, don't worry about it for a while." Then he went to the back of his head to freshen up.

Back in the conference room, everyone is already seated.The ladies nodded when they saw her: "That's pretty."

Wu Xiaoxi said: "There is another strange thing about this batch of firearms. They all bought Meteor [-]. This kind is not cheap, and it has just been put on the market. Jin Qi is a little stronger, Chen Guo Although the country is small, its strength is not weak; Song State is only a little bigger than mung beans. Where did the money come from? Jin Qi and Chen Qi bought a thousand sticks, as if they had made an appointment. Song State also bought [-]. Song State If you want to get it, you can get the money, but the king of Song has never paid much attention to firearms."

Jia Cong nodded: "Understood. It is not uncommon for a person with a monthly income of 500 taels to spend 50 taels to buy antiques, and a person with a monthly income of 500 taels also spends [-] taels to buy antiques that were not used much before. It's a little strange." Nai looked at Zhan Qiao and Feng Ziying, "I'm afraid I have to check."

Feng Ziying thought: "If there is any connection between these four countries, this matter is too stupid, and the white eyebrows and red eyes are on the bright side."

Wu Xiaoxi shook his head: "Red Bones has always kept customer information confidential. If I didn't tell you, where would you know?"

"That's unscrupulous." Feng Ziying wondered, "Who has the ability to bring together the four countries that are irrelevant."

A few days later, Wu Xiaoxi set off for the four countries.It was less than half a day after he left the city gate, when he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind, "Stop shopkeeper Wu!" He hurriedly stopped the carriages and horses.Opening the curtain of the car, I saw four or five horses galloping over. The riders on the horses were full of dust, and the leader was Ge Qiao, the prefect of Tianjin.

Ge Qiao smiled and said, "It's a shame that I caught up. Shopkeeper Wu walked so fast."

Wu Xiaoxi looked at him for a moment.Ge Qiao was wearing an official robe, looking tired but in good spirits.Nai asked, "Is there something wrong in Tianjin?"

"Not at the moment." Ge Qiao said seriously, "It will be difficult to say in a few days." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket.Wu Xiaoxi opened it and saw that there was a fire gun drawn on it. It was a fairly standard mechanical drawing. Three or four angles were drawn, the approximate size was marked, and the words "visual inspection" were marked.Ge Qiao said, "Can your people tell what model it is?"

Wu Xiaoxi looked at it carefully for a moment, then asked, "Who painted it? How did you paint it?"

Ge Qiao said: "It was drawn by a cartographer. After seeing it, I drew it from memory."

It turned out that early this morning, a group of armed robbers in black and masked broke into Tianjin Zhao's Shipyard.Seeing them all holding muskets, the people in the shipyard didn't dare to resist, and the accountant honestly pointed to the safe where the money was hidden, but he didn't know the password.All the guards on duty and the workers who came early were rushed to the outer hall.Several accountants in charge flirted with each other for a long time, guessing that these people wanted to ask about the secrets of the shipyard.Unexpectedly, the robbers sneered and stood in a half circle around these people.

Suddenly, the leader gave an order: "Shoot!" Before everyone in the shipyard came to their senses, the robbers raised their guns in unison.Even though his face was covered, there was a wolf-like murderous intent in his eyes.Everyone in the shipyard was stunned and stood there in a daze.

Hearing several "clicks, clicks", the robbers pulled the triggers one after another, but no bullets were shot out.One of the robbers shouted: "What's the matter with this gun! It was fine yesterday!" The robbers pulled the trigger again, but there was still only a click, but no bullets.

Someone in the shipyard had understood it, and yelled: "They want to kill people! The gun is broken!" He turned around and ran away first.Others immediately followed, like frightened rabbits.I'm afraid the robbers' guns will get better after a while, and no one dares to keep them.The robbers chased after him, because they were not as familiar with the roads as the people in the factory, and the fleeing people ran very fast, so they did not chase.

A guard slipped into the guard room and took the signaling fireworks from the rack.The probe didn't see any robbers coming over for a long time, so he put the fireworks at the door of the guard room, took out a match and lit them.At that time, a worker was hiding in a warehouse, and he heard a voice from outside that seemed to be the leader of the robbers: "No! Someone has reported it! Go away, or the armed police will come." Immediately, a long whistle was blown.After a period of chaos outside, it calmed down.After waiting for a long time, the daring workers came out of their hiding place and looked around. There were no robbers, so they called others to come out.

After a trip to Guimenguan, everyone in the shipyard was terrified and hurried to report to the magistrate's yamen.When Ge Qiao heard that the robbers were carrying guns, the first thing he said was: "Impossible! They used fake guns to scare you." He knew that guns and firearms were sold by Hongguji, and they didn't just sell them to robbers.

The reporter said again and again: "It's absolutely true, we saw it for real. It's just broken."

Ge Qiao whispered to the master: "The robbers must have stolen the safe while they were hiding." Then he personally led the people over to check.

When I got there, I found that not only the safe was safe, but even the roll of banknotes in the tent was untouched.Ask everyone again.A worker said: "I was originally a painter of drawings. I happened to be standing in the front when they were about to kill people. I could see those guns clearly. I drew them for the master."

Ge Qiao nodded again and again: "You are so good at painting, I will find an expert to identify it."

The worker then drew the blueprints of the muskets used by the robbers.Knowing that Wu Xiaoxi was leaving Beijing today, Ge Qiao hurried over from Tianjin.

Wu Xiaoxi frowned after hearing this, and thought for a long time: "Come on, let's go back to Beijing first." The two groups of people returned to Beijing together.

Arrived in the capital in the afternoon and went straight to the Zhengshitang.Lin Daiyu and others were in a meeting, so the two of them went straight in and sat down.After finishing what he had to say, Daiyu asked, "Why is Master Wu coming back?" Wu Xiaoxi took out the drawing paper from the workers from his pocket and put it on the desk, and Ge Qiao talked about the bandits at Zhao's shipyard.

Jia Cong was shocked when he heard this: "I don't steal money but kill people? What do you mean? What do you want to do?!" A later word that has never been thought of in this time and space quietly jumped into his mind.

Ge Qiao said: "It's really strange. Maybe they can't open the safe without the password. There is a money box in the tent, and there are at least three or four thousand silver bills. There are also the newly issued ones in the past two years. The banknotes are all untouched. An old worker in the shipyard told me that they really wanted to kill people, and their eyes were full of cold and murderous looks, like wolves."

Zhan Qiao frowned: "If the owner of the shipyard offends someone, what will they do by killing irrelevant workers?"

"Maybe it's to tarnish the reputation of the shipyard? It's very unlucky."

"This reason is a bit far-fetched." Everyone discussed.

Jia Cong sat silently for a long time, looking up at Wu Xiaoxi: "Do you recognize this gun? It's just a rough shape with no markings."

"I know." Wu Xiaoxi said, "That's why I came back with Ge Qiao." Everyone fell silent immediately.Wu Xiaoxi looked around and said firmly, "This is Meteor [-]."

Jia Cong yelled at the case: "Are you kidding me!"

Wu Xiaoxi said calmly: "The four countries of Jin, Qi, Chen and Song all have quality complaints."

Jia Cong's back shivered: "This is really not fun." Nai looked at the crowd and said, "This is a standard terrorist attack."

People asked, "What is a terrorist attack?"

Jia Cong took a few deep breaths, and said solemnly: "The indiscriminate killing of civilians without asking for money or sex is aimed at disrupting society and causing panic. Once they succeed, the consequences will be disastrous. It will take a long time for no one to Dare to sway on the street." Everyone was silent.Jia Cong gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever came up with such a vicious idea must not be spared." After a while, he said, "Terrorism has been a means of attacking the weak since ancient times. The three princes of Jin, Qi and Chen are naturally arrogant. .I just don’t know how King Song is.”

Feng Ziying has been doing meticulous work for most of her life, and these four countries are all near the country of Yan, so she understands it best.Nai Dao: "King Song is a scholar and has no ambitions. Besides, he was originally the son of Zhonghe Wangfu. Because of his weak body, he was very spoiled since he was a child, and his ideas are naive. In the clan, he is very trouble-free." After a pause, "In comparison, he still has ideas to deceive."

Jia Cong's mind was spinning quickly at this moment: "Is there a little saint who is easy to deceive?"

Feng Ziying thought for a while: "Little saints are better at deceiving. After all, he has been in the palace since he was six or seven years old, and he was only released in the past two years. It is not much different from being in prison."

They discussed a few more words, and Wu Xiaoxi suddenly coughed twice: "Is anyone still paying attention to the quality complaints of Meteor [-]?"

"Yes!" Jia Cong raised his hand, "It's all right if there is a problem with each of the guns. How can there be four complaints about the quality of the guns?"

Wu Xiaoxi said with confidence: "Our guns won't even have any problems." The hall was silent for a long time.Wu Xiaoxi said it again, "The Meteor [-] is a good gun, there won't be one that fails to fire the bullet."

After a long while, Yang Song gritted his teeth: "That brat Yang An!"