The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that that night, Liu Xiaoqi brought back a nocturnal traveler from outside, it was Lou Jinqiao, the green forest thief that Jia Cong offered a bounty to capture.Jia Cong was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and waved: "Hero Lou, hello, hello. Since you're here, how about having a cup of tea inside?"

Lou Jinqiao cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhou is being polite."

Just as Jia Cong was about to turn around, he caught a glimpse of the men in black on the ground out of the corner of his eye and asked, "Xiao Qi, who are these?"

Liu Xiaoqi pointed to one and said, "This is your family, Zhou Zhoulang."

Jia Cong opened his mouth: "Sent by Cui Mian?"

Liu Xiaoqi laughed and said, "I know what stupid mistake you made."

It turned out that after dinner tonight, he and Liu Zhuang were stationed at both ends of the Lu Mansion for inspection.Not long after knocking down the watch, Liu Xiaoqi found a group of nocturnal pedestrians stepping on the roof of the neighbor's house.He then held his breath and concentrated on not being disturbed.When those people arrived about ten zhang away from Lu's house, the leader made a gesture, and the others stopped and hid in the dark.The leader walked around Lu's house three times, Liu Xiaoqi followed him from a distance, and met Liuzhuang on the way.The man returned to his accomplices and assigned them to guard where, and the accomplices dispersed outside Lu's house as he said.Liu Xiaoqi praised in his heart: the leader has a good vision, and the positions he guards are all impressive.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, another night walker came from far away.Someone in the group in front noticed it and meowed a few times.The leader jumped out first and clasped his fists at the people.The man was slightly startled, and clasped his fists and said a few words of slang, which meant that he wanted to get a deal from the Lu family.The leader didn't allow this person to go, but if this person insisted on going, the two of them raised their hands.

At this moment, the uncles and nephews of the Liu family hid aside to watch the excitement.Liu Zhuang told his seventh uncle in a low voice: "The one blocking is Zhou Lang, and the others are his brothers. Their usual method is that Zhou Lang fights alone, and the other six steal hidden weapons."

Liu Xiaoqi thought about it: "Could it be that no one came forward to announce the reward of 1 taels before, because they were blocked by these bastards. Jia Cong is an idiot!" The accomplices have quietly surrounded the Night Walker.The uncle and nephew didn't care about chatting, and rushed over to take all the hidden weapons before they released them.

After hearing this, Jia Cong patted the back of the head, and said to Zhou Zhou Lang: "Hey, my family~~ Would you like to explain?" Zhou Zhou Lang didn't say a word.Jia Cong shrugged, "Slowly keep silent. Let's talk when you have figured it out." He turned around and cupped his fists at Lou Jinqiao, "Sorry for the delay. Please, Mr. Lou." Then he led Lou Jinqiao into the house.

Lou Jinqiao was also very courageous, so he went straight to sit down in front of Jia Cong, and said with a smile, "It's the first time to eat tea from the servant of the Ministry of War." After a moment of silence, he mentioned the case he committed in the past.

Lou Jinqiao is really a gangster in the forest, who has done everything from murder to robbery, and is never afraid of retribution from the underworld.When I went out to visit friends, I got sick in the inn, and the illness lasted for more than half a year.I invited a doctor to see it, and the doctor also prescribed medicine, but it didn't get better.Seeing that a burly man is getting thinner and thinner, Lou Jinqiao himself feels that he is afraid that he has done too many evil things in his early years, and he will be killed by the wronged soul.One day, he found that he couldn't even clenched his fists tightly, thinking that the end was approaching.Then I called the innkeeper to enter the house, took out all the money on my body, and told him: "Leave me to live. If I die, help me buy a coffin. If there is more money, it will be yours."

The boss knows he is not an ordinary man.Even though he is ill now, he still dare not send him away.It's just that if someone died in the inn, it would be really troublesome, so I complained to other guests behind my back.A doctor passing by heard this and went to Lou Jinqiao's house to have a look.Lou Jinqiao didn't expect to survive, so he let him watch if he wanted to.

The doctor Wangwen asked and said: "I have a folk prescription, which was passed down by my husband. It seems that it is a disease like yours. Because I have never encountered it before, I don't know if it works or not. Is there a mistake. A strong man is willing to give it a try. try?"

Lou Jinqiao is about to die, so why bother?If you are not about to die, you will not be afraid of death.Only he himself knew that in those three or four days, he was terrified of all the ghosts and gods he had never been afraid of before.Then he agreed repeatedly, with tears streaming down his face, wishing he had no strength to kowtow to the doctor.Lang Zhongxin was kind, so he personally went out to grab medicine and decoct soup for him to take. Lou Jinqiao felt refreshed the next day.

After that, the doctor didn't come again, but it was the decoction delivered by the assistant.It turned out that Lang Zhong only stayed for one night, because it took more than half a day to get medicine for Lou Jinqiao.So he gave the innkeeper a prescription and asked him to take care of Lou Jinqiao.If it can avoid the bad luck of the guest's death, the boss will not dislike the trouble of taking care of the patients.In only half a month, Lou Jinqiao recovered!

He felt that this doctor had saved his life, and he was willing to reform his past and never do those murders and looting again.He also wanted to find a doctor to repay his kindness, and asked people about his origin.

The doctor had only one son, who was kidnapped by a kidnapper four years ago.A few days ago, a neighbor was doing business in Jinling, and saw a child in the market who looked like his son.The doctor immediately left his family things behind and rushed to Jinling to find his son.Lou Jinqiao worried that he owed the doctor his life, so he chased him to Jinling.I never thought that the general would catch up and collect the doctor's body.

What the neighbor saw was indeed the doctor's son, who had been bought by a wealthy family.Because of his good looks, the master picked him to be a child prostitute.The month before last, the master got drunk with some dudes and killed the child.After the doctor found out that it was correct, he went to the door to fight desperately, and died at the hands of the evil slave.

Lou Jinqiao originally had a heart of reforming evil and returning to righteousness, and he secretly swore to the Buddha in the temple that he would never kill again. When he learned about this, he immediately poured a basin of cold water for three or nine days.After searching for two days, I finally found the doctor's body in a yizhuang, wrapped in a straw mat in ice.Lou Jinqiao sat next to the corpse and guarded it all night. The next day, he went out in broad daylight to make a case and stole the silver, and buried the doctor as a filial son.After the first seven days, he began to investigate who the host was, planning to kill him.As for who his brother-in-law and brother-in-law Lou Jinqiao is, I don't care.So he was wanted by the state of Wu.

Jia Cong thought for a long time after hearing this, and said: "Your revenge is not clean. Since you are a few dudes, besides that brother-in-law, what else is there? The root of this matter lies in the kidnapper. If the kidnapper hadn't kidnapped the doctor's son , the child will not die. If the child does not die, the doctor will not die. Shouldn't the kidnapper be killed too? Human teeth also have a share. There are so many murderers who killed your benefactor, you only kill one, and you are paying back the favor? "

Lou Jinqiao thought about it and clapped his fists: "That's right! It's not just that one!"

Jia Cong said: "Even if you kill the dandy and kidnapper, there is actually another culprit."

Lou Jinqiao's eyes sparkled: "Who is it!"

"Slavery." Jia Cong said seriously, "People are people, not chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, and should not be bought or sold. If there is no market for people, there will be nowhere for kidnappers to sell."

Lou Jinqiao said with a smile: "There is no market, who will serve the master of your big family?"

Jia Cong shrugged: "You have hands and feet, why do you need someone to serve you? Didn't you know that Yan State has closed the city for many years?"

Lou Jinqiao was taken aback: "I don't know."

"It's okay, I'll tell you now." Jia Cong said, "But you are indeed a criminal, I can't let you go."

Lou Jinqiao immediately clasped his fists and said: "The villain knows that he has committed a serious crime. What you said just now is very true. The villain has not killed the murderer. I also hope that the gentleman will give the villain a year, and the villain will avenge his benefactor and come back to receive it." die."

"There is a reason why you have committed crimes in the past." Jia Cong said, "I can't trust you just because of your words. I have to find out if there really is such a doctor."

Lou Jinqiao patted his chest and said loudly: "My surname is Lou, I am a good man who stands up to the sky..."

Jia Cong interrupted: "Pull it down! You even said that you have committed murder and looting. Isn't that just killing people who are weaker than you and robbing others of their hard-earned money? That is a good man who stands up to heaven and earth?" Lou Jin Qiao choked.Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth, "I really look down on people like you, who only bully the weak. The world is so big, why can't you find a serious job to do? To put it bluntly, aren't you lazy?"

Lou Jinqiao was stunned for a while before saying, "I...have never thought of finding a serious job to do."

"Why? What does your old lady do?"

"I don't have a mother." Lou Jinqiao said, "My master picked it up when I was young. My master is a thief, so I naturally become a thief."

Jia Cong was silent for a moment, then sighed: "This...is really not easy." After a while, he sighed again, "Let's do this first. Don't blame me. I was fooled once because I believed in people's words. Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of well ropes, not to mention it has only been a few days. If you really avenged your benefactor in the Wu case, I don't think there is anything wrong. If you want to kill the other murderers, I support it .”

Lou Jinqiao looked at Jia Cong for a long time, and said: "Who is Mr. Zhou? Your subordinates are very powerful."

Jia Cong shrugged: "You don't have to worry about this. Since you are Lou Jinqiao..." He shouted outside, "Xiaoqi Xiaoqi—"

Liu Xiaoqi was listening at the door, and walked in after hearing the words: "What are you doing?"

"Tomorrow, another notice will be issued, saying that Lou Jinqiao has been captured."

Liu Xiaoqi glanced at Lou Jinqiao: "Just this sentence?"

"Well, just this one sentence. Let others guess our purpose of arresting Lou Jinqiao." Jia Cong also looked at Lou Jinqiao, "By the way, which big family are you working as a nursing home now?"

Lou Jinqiao nodded: "Not bad."

"Well, you won't be able to leave anyway." Jia Cong thought for a while, "Have you ever received any green forest stickers? What are they written about? There are people who are ungrateful for profit, how much money he gets, and the person who kills him will be fine." It has to be doubled. There is also a white impermanence drawn on it."

"Is this what you're talking about?" Lou Jinqiao took out a square-folded piece of paper from his pocket.

Jia Cong took it over and saw that it was indeed the one that Lu Jian showed him today, nodded and said, "Exactly. Who gave you this thing?"

Lou Jinqiao clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry. Mr. Zhou, I won't say anything."

Jia Cong narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while: "Hero Lou, it's only polite to call you a hero. Do you know that you are a prisoner?"

Lou Jinqiao smiled lightly: "With a bowl-sized scar on his head, he will be a good man again after 18 years."

"How is it possible!" Jia Cong bared his teeth, "You have committed too many sins. Once you die, you will go to hell to cramp your skin, and you will definitely not be a human being in your reincarnation. I don't know if you will be pigs, cattle, sheep, mosquitoes, flies, or bugs. If it weren't for that doctor Help you, right now you are probably in the chicken coop in the Lu Mansion waiting for the soup to be cooked tomorrow, and this has already passed through five or six lifetimes." He spoke so smoothly that Lou Jinqiao trembled slightly.Jia Cong said again, "But since you are alive, you still have a chance to make up for your mistakes. For example, do more good deeds, kill as many people and save ten times as many people." Lou Jinqiao's eyes flashed.Jia Cong said leisurely, "If you die now..."

Lou Jinqiao shook his head: "I bear the sins I made myself. When I go to the underworld, I should go to the mountain of swords and the mountain of swords, and I should go to the pan of oil. Reincarnated as livestock or ants, I asked for it."

"That's it." Jia Cong touched his chin, his eyes seemed to be in a state of uncertainty. "That's fine. It doesn't matter. I don't believe that all your comrades in the green forest are like you. Among them, there must be someone who loves money more. Money is the most useful weapon in the world, stronger than women."

Lou Jinqiao blinked and said blankly, "What did you say, sir?"

Jia Cong smiled: "Thank you, Lord Lou, for helping me confirm my inference." Nai ordered someone to take him down.

Seeing that the guards handcuffed this person and took him away, Liu Xiaoqi sat down in front of Jia Cong: "What's going on?"

Jia Cong rubbed his temples, and smiled wryly for a long time: "I have some thoughts, but I haven't figured it out yet." After taking a sip of the tea ceremony, "First of all, there must be a problem with the Cui family. And there may be more than one problem. And the problem may not be a problem. On Cui Mian. Cui Mian is a person who has suffered from the family's loss and has ambition. I guess his son-in-law... may not be dead."

Liu Xiaoqi frowned: "Not dead? His son-in-law even threw his daughter's life at will, and will he help him?"

Jia Cong held his chin and said, "If this son-in-law is gone, Cui Mian's status in the Cui family will be greatly reduced. If this son-in-law is alive, no matter if he is a fool, a cripple or an eunuch..."

"Hiss..." Liu Xiaoqi took a deep breath, and said for a long time, "In Cui's stomach... I don't know if it's a son or a daughter."

"That's right." Jia Cong nodded, "He was born as a boy, and the fifth child is less useful. Being a daughter is like a death sentence for Cui Mian's political future. He really loves his daughter. I was there that day. That feeling is not But after calming down, her daughter may not have a cute political future. Therefore, Cui Mian is a person who is easy to use. Besides, he has both talent and status, and the family asked him to blame him. He did it. It can be seen that Cui's cowardice is probably inherited. Therefore, it is not impossible for people who know the details to coerce him." Then he picked up the post that Lou Jinqiao gave him, and said, "The meaning of this thing is clear. No matter what No matter how much money I pay, someone is willing to double the money.”

Liu Xiaoqi suddenly thought of a person, tapped his finger on the desk: "We are going to keep increasing the reward, you bastard seems to have told Cui Ju to know."

Jia Cong covered his face, and it took him a long time to let go of his hands: "I will never do such a stupid thing again."

Liu Xiaoqi squinted at him, and comforted him, "It's okay, you've been stupid not once or twice."

Jia Cong looked at the post for a long time, and said: "Now we can be more sure, this is a woman who is very capable of men. Lou Jinqiao would rather go to hell than confess her." He snapped his fingers suddenly , "There are clues. First, check all kinds of oiran ladies and old bustards." Liu Xiaoqi raised his brows.Jia Cong smiled and said, "In brothels, it's easiest to develop this kind of skill."