The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It's a night with few stars and a light moon, thin clouds and light wind.Zhu Wei, the prefect of Chang'an, had already gone back to the government office and was sitting in the study reading official documents.Suddenly a doorman came in and said: "Master, there is a guest outside the door. He is travel-stained and said he wants to see Uncle Tong."

Zhu Wei was taken aback: "Want to see Tong'er?"

"Yes." Menzi said, "The master once said, don't let people see Uncle Tong at will. He never gave a name card. Therefore, the servants dare not bring in carelessly."

Zhu Wei pondered, "Ask him what his surname is, and where he came from." Menzi agreed and left.Zhu Wei shouted again, "Wait a minute." Menzi hurried back.Zhu Wei thought for a while, frowned and said, "It's all Liu Feng's bad idea, not to close the city gate... He flung his sleeves and ran away. It's too late today, send that person away."

"Yes."

After a while, the door came again. "Master, the person outside said that it's almost midnight. It's not easy to find an inn, but it's easy to find the house of the prefect. He's tired. I want Uncle Tong to arrange a guest room for him. It doesn't matter if you see him or not."

Zhu Wei shot the case: "Bastard!"

The door said: "The man said that he is Uncle Tong's creditor, and that Uncle Tong owed him a lot."

Zhu Wei frowned: "Did he say what his surname is?"

Menzi shrank his neck: "Eh... the master just said to send him away, but the servant didn't ask." Zhu Wei glared at him.Menzi hurriedly said, "Slave, just ask." After saying that, he ran away.

Just as the door crossed the threshold, Zhu Wei shouted, "Stop!"

"master!"

Zhu Wei thought for a while: "You don't need to ask. You go straight to Tong'er's yard and tell him."

"Yes!" Menzi ran away in a flash.

Zhu Tong's youngest daughter was originally a dog's age, and a while ago in the capital, she was led wild by those children again, leading her two older brothers to climb up to the roof to count the stars at night.Zhu Tong is a scholar, so he just stands in the courtyard and drinks with them.The children would not move.But his daughter-in-law Liu Jing is the daughter of a general who has learned some kung fu.Seeing that her husband told him that the three of them should not move, she simply rolled up her sleeves and climbed up to arrest them.It was making a fuss, and the door came.

Zhu Tong was taken aback when he heard the newspaper: "I owe him money? When did I owe someone money?"

Liu Jing asked on the roof: "How old are you? What do you look like?"

Menzi raised his head and shouted: "Back to Grandma Tong, she is 35 and six years old. She was born with a strong back and a hunchback. She is about half a head taller than Uncle Tong. She wears purple arrow sleeves and carries a burden on her back. Look, it means to catch up with her." It's been a long way. The horse he rides is very impressive, like a military horse."

Liu Jing thought for a moment: "What's his last name?"

Menzi shrunk his neck again: "This... the servant hasn't had time to ask yet..."

Zhu Tong and his wife looked at each other for a moment: "Who could this be?"

Then they heard their daughter shouting from the roof: "Uncle likes to wear purple clothes, he has several!"

Zhu Tong was taken aback: "Isn't he unwilling to partner with me?"

Liu Jing thought about it: "Whether it is or not, you will see me first." Zhu Tong nodded, ordered the doorman to lead the man in, and told his children to come in quickly.

Not long after, Menzi pushed open the courtyard door with a lantern.The first thing a guest says when he enters the door is: "I'm not used to lanterns much anymore."

Zhu Tong raised his eyebrows: "Are you used to clear oil glass lamps?"

"Yes." The guest glanced at his yard, "It's really backward. The Forbidden City has begun to lay cables." Zhu Tong couldn't help but laugh.

The two entered the main room and sat down, Zhu Tong personally poured the tea cup and came forward: "Uncle, you have had a hard journey all the way." The person who came was Liu Shu, with a heavy snort in his nostrils, he raised the tea cup and drank it down in one gulp.Zhu Tong then returned to his seat and asked the girl to pour tea.Liu Shu raised his chin and crossed his legs to look at him.Zhu Tong said, "Don't look at me. I don't apologize for that matter, each is his own."

Liu Shu choked, and patted the table and said: "You guys are doing too well! You have ruined the sincerity of our parents. Liu Qian let my father's relatives rule the country, and you are here to marry my sister..."

Zhu Tong hurriedly said: "I am sincere in marrying your sister. If I just married a girl from the Zhang family to gain trust, why would I only want Ah Jing when my father-in-law has so many daughters?"

"It's not because my sister gave birth to a son for you!"

"That's right!" Zhu Tong took it for granted, "I am so old and single, shouldn't I marry a wife and have a son?"

"You...you're messing around!" Liu Shu got angry and ate his tea again.

Zhu Tongnai smiled and said, "Didn't you say you couldn't come to Chang'an?"

Liu Shu said angrily, "Jia Cong couldn't find any other people, so he insisted on forcing me to come. Do you think I want to? Seeing you makes me unhappy."

"Then there is no other way. Obedience to orders is the basic quality of revolution." After two more sips of tea, Zhu Tong talked about the current situation of the Qin court.

Even though the little King of Qin was smart and reasonable, Qin State still fell into the cliché of foreign relatives chaotic dynasty.The Empress Dowager's surname was Yu, and her grandfather was a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and died at the hands of Fang Xiong during the chaos in the capital.His father was editing and writing for the Imperial Academy, and was editing books with his colleagues at that time.The pre-Qin king was entrusted to go west, but Yu Hanlin was reluctant to leave and stayed in Beijing.It's just that King Yan didn't reuse him later, and still compiled some unimportant books.Empress Dowager Yu's two elder brothers failed every exam and are still two scholars.After King Xiao Qin ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Yu wrote a letter back to Beijing to persuade her father and brother to come to Chang'an.Yu Hanlin saw that it was difficult for his son to find a way out in Beijing, so he had no choice but to come to Qin to join his daughter.

To say that King Qin is also a sensible child.Even though he was young, he knew who to listen to.His master, Mr. Cui, told him that Yu Hanlin devoted himself to studying knowledge, and the two Yu family men failed to pass the imperial examination, so it can be seen that they are not great talents.Therefore, he only assigned the three members of the Yu family, father and son, to idle jobs.The Yu family was quite peaceful in the first few years. After all, they were not familiar with the place of life, and the head of the family, Yu Hanlin, was a bit pedantic.

As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, let alone the tree does not want to be still.The prince is young, how can the queen mother's father and brother have no one to hook up with?As the days go by, I don't know how many things happen.The three of them gradually disliked the small and powerless officials, and started to quarrel with the King of Qin.After all, the King of Qin is not a monster like Jia Cong, gradually unable to support his grandfather and uncle, and the officials given to them are getting bigger and bigger.Above the officialdom, as long as the incompetent occupies a high position, all kinds of monsters and monsters will come out below.The members of the Yu family are not opponents, and are often used as spearmen.

A few years ago, the King of Qin met Liu Feng, a great businessman in the Kingdom of Shu, and was impressed by his vision and talent.The national power of Qin State increased greatly.Unexpectedly, Liu Feng suddenly resigned and left for some reason, and King Qin felt very sorry.Xiao Gui Cao Sui was ordered to continue the national policy set by Prime Minister Liu.Even so, the tax payment is still plummeting.King Qin thought hard and couldn't figure out what went wrong.

A few months ago, news came from the State of Lu that Liu Feng went to the State of Lu to assist Liu Tong's fourth son Liu Ge, and in less than a year he helped Liu Ge defeat Liu Tong's eldest son Liu Shu.Qin Wang looked at the information, and he didn't know what it was like.Then Dongyingyan genus annexed the second genus to unify Dongying Island, and Lu Xiang Zhu Tong disappeared.

Mr. Cui, the master of King Qin, did not serve in the imperial court, but only devoted himself to teaching King Qin's studies.He pointed to the newspaper and said, "Zhu Tong is from Qin." King Qin suddenly opened his eyes wide.Mr. Cui said, "This man is a great talent. Although he lost this time, it is not unfair to lose to Yan. Prime Minister Liu also took advantage of his time in Dongying to help Liu Ge take Lu. Otherwise, it is still unclear who will win."

King Qin thought about it: "Will Prime Minister Zhu return to Qin?"

Mr. Cui said with a smile: "In theory, if a person has just lost a game, most of them will go home and rest for a while."

King Qin hurriedly said: "Quickly send someone to find out where Prime Minister Zhu's home is."

Mr. Cui was taken aback for a moment: "Don't you know, my lord?"

King Qin was at a loss: "What?"

"Zhu Tong is the nephew of Master Zhu Wei, a native of Chang'an. Speaking of it, he was the leader of the young talents in Chang'an City when he was studying in his early years!"

The king of Qin was shocked: "Zhu Tong is Zhu Wei's nephew? The lonely king has never heard of it. How did he go to the state of Lu?"

Mr. Cui said: "I asked Mr. Zhu, and he said that he was attracted by Liu Tong when he was studying in Lu State, so he stayed in Lu State as an official. Later, he gained Liu Tong's trust more and more, and married Liu Tong's niece. Fang became Prime Minister Lu."

The King of Qin stumbled: "Such a talent is allowed to go to Lu State. If I knew it, Zhu Wei would call him back."

"Er..." Mr. Cui thought for a while, "Master Zhu sent him out to study because of the faction's seriousness. Besides, the old prince has no intention of reusing young people. Zhu Tong's power in Qin State is not as good as in Lu State. It is naturally inconvenient for him to come back later. That's it. That's good. Zhu Tong has become more and more usable after years of training."

The king of Qin clapped the case and said: "As soon as this person comes back, tell the lonely king immediately." Mr. Cui replied "yes".

Not long after, Zhu Tong returned to Chang'an.Qin Wang immediately sent Zhu Wei into the mansion.Zhu Wei smiled wryly after hearing King Qin's intentions: "My lord, my nephew is exhausted physically and mentally. He wants to study behind closed doors at home, and has no intention of being an official."

Where is King Qin willing to obey? "The State of Qin is much bigger than the State of Lu. He has no choice but to work for the lonely king, which is definitely better than being in the State of Lu."

Zhu Wei had no choice but to say, "I will go back and ask him."

When I went back and asked, Zhu Tong had no intention of leaving the mountain.Zhu Wei couldn't bear to force him, so he turned around and told King Qin that his nephew was not well.King Qin immediately sent a large number of doctors to Zhu's house to see Zhu Tong.The doctors all said that Zhu Tong was really in a bad mood and must be suffering from heart disease.On that day, the king of Qin had just read the accounts of the treasury, and the tax money was less than last month.King Qin had nothing to do, so he took Zhu Tong as a straw.Then he sent out a message to ask eloquent people to persuade Zhu Tong to come out of the mountain.

The Zhu family was suddenly filled with cars and horses.Since Liu Feng left, the government of Qin State has been divided into several parties, and all parties want to win over Zhu Tong.Zhu Tong's classmates when he was young also came to ask to see him.Some were ordered by the family to lure him into the group, and some thought he had a bright future so they could get close.Zhu Tong couldn't bear the disturbance, his head was as big as a bucket.Once, Zhu Wei's political opponent sent an old friend of Zhu Tong's to win him over.After Zhu Wei learned about it, he told the disciples that anyone looking for Zhu Tong should not let it in casually.Zhu Tong's place suddenly became much quieter.

Liu Shu laughed after hearing this: "You are playing hard to get."

"More than that." Zhu Tong said, "If I simply enter the court as an official, I will be controlled by all parties. The King of Qin doesn't recognize me, I have only heard of a name. Don't impress him, I will It's inconvenient to do things."

Liu Shu snorted: "You literati are the most cunning." Zhu Tong smiled and said nothing.Liu Shu asked, "What do you want to do next?"

Zhu Tong looked at him and said, "Aren't you happy being coaxed by me and Liu Qian?" Liu Shu snorted again.Zhu Tong smiled and said, "Would you like to coax King Qin with me? After coaxing him, you will feel much more comfortable."

Liu Shuman said indifferently, "I'm a general, you're a civil servant, it's up to you to make plans."

Zhu Tong nodded: "Okay."

So he called his son, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to come out to meet each other.Liu Shu looked at the sister and the children, and said with emotion, "Yes, I'm still your brother-in-law."

A few days later, everyone in Chang'an City knew that Master Zhu had a visitor, who was Uncle Tong's friend.This person rushed to Chang'an in the middle of the night with a burden on his back, as if he had come to seek refuge with Uncle Tong.

A few days later, Zhu Tong's former classmates posted a post and invited him to a drink at Chunfeng Pavilion, the largest flower building in Chang'an City.Zhu Tong agreed, and said he wanted to take someone with him.The students have no objection.

That night, when Zhu Tong and Liu Shu arrived at the Chunfeng Building, the old bustard led a group of fans with vicious smiles to greet them.The classmates have been waiting there for a long time, the house is full of fragrant temples, cloud servants, wine, green lights, and the sound of warblers and swallows, so it is very lively.Zhu Tong pointed to Liu Shu and said, "This senior official Liu is my brother-in-law." People in the world didn't know that Zhu Tong's wife was Liu Tong's own daughter, so others thought Liu Shu was Liu Tong's nephew, and they all met each other.

So wine was served and seats were assigned, and Liu Shu ranked first above Zhu Tong.A singer was holding a pipa and sang a tune, and the fans toasted one after another.After a round of drinking, someone proposed a drinking order.Liu Shu immediately said: "I'm a rough person, I don't know how to do this."

Zhu Tong smiled and said: "I testify, he really can't. But he has money, so he can pay someone to do it for him."

A fan smiled and said: "How can the officials at the banquet make the wine order? Why don't you invite Miss Mei to come and let her execute the order for you."

Liu Shu hurriedly asked, "Who is Miss Mei?"

Everyone laughed: "When we arrive in Chang'an, we don't even know who Miss Mei is?"

It turns out that Miss Mei was originally a lady from a courtier's family, and she strayed into the land of fireworks due to her fate.Although she is a female stream, her talents and learning are amazing.Because he is very good at piano, poetry and dance, he does not sell himself as a performer.There have been several poems named Chang'an, and Mr. Cui, the master of King Qin, and several old Confucian scholars all praised it unceasingly.

Zhu Tong said: "In that case, let's invite this Mei girl to help elder brother." Then he sent someone to invite.

Not long after, a woman called out coquettishly: "Miss Mei is here." Both Zhu and Liu turned their heads to look at the door.I saw the door curtain lifted and a woman walked in.With a graceful figure and a dignified manner, she has the style of a great woman.Looking at the appearance again, they are all slightly disappointed.I thought this girl with eyebrows must be stunning, but I didn't want to be regarded as a middle-aged person.On second thought, it's not surprising.If a brothel girl is stunning, how can she let her sell herself or not.

Miss Mei saluted all the gentlemen one by one.When it was Liu Shu's turn, the goddess was visibly moved, and bowed down to Wanfu.When he got up, he quickly glanced at Liu Shu.Others didn't pay attention, but Liu Shu clearly saw the color in her eyes.Liu Shu didn't think about it carefully, but thought that she looked down on him for being illiterate, and felt unhappy in his stomach.

After the meeting, someone smiled at Miss Mei and said, "Miss, do you know why we invited you?"

Girl Mei lowered her eyebrows and said, "My family doesn't know."

Another said: "There is a friend at the banquet who is not good at poetry. We want to enforce the drinking order, so we hired you to help him. Guess who it is?"

Girl Mei was slightly startled, looked at the crowd, her eyes stopped on Liu Shu for a moment, a little bit surprised.He said in his mouth, "I don't know."

Liu Shu frowned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was.