The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Bai Lan signed a contract with the treasurer at the Taiping Escort.The Taiping Escort helped her move out of the private house before noon tomorrow, and paid 1000 taels of silver.Bai Lan asked them how to move, and the shopkeeper said with a smile, "Is this..." Nai whispered something.Bai Lan was shocked.The shopkeeper said sternly, "Guests, don't worry. Since you're in this line of work, your reputation is the most important thing. Otherwise, we might as well do something else. Why bother to take care of someone else's bodyguard?"

Bai Lan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that where can I find a place to store it?"

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officers can temporarily store in our security agency. We will not charge storage fees within three days. From the fourth day onwards, we will have to collect money."

Bai Lan laughed when she heard this: "You really love money."

The shopkeeper said confidently: "Open the door to do business, not to make money, but to do charity?"

Bai Lan thought for a while: "Forget it, I will temporarily store it with you for a maximum of two days. Maybe the shopkeeper will help me transfer it?"

"Naturally." The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Since I got 1000 taels of silver from the guest officer, I will naturally provide the best service. Our Escort Bureau has real skills." Bai Lan nodded.

The three of them elaborated on the details of smuggling private houses, and it took half an hour to finish the discussion.

It was already past noon when we left the escort agency, Bai Lan didn't go to the HSBC bank, but led the little girl to have lunch and go to a tea shop.She picked the largest tea shop in Chang'an City, and when she entered, she told the clerk, "I want the most expensive tea in your store."Bai Lan thought to herself: what my mother said before was wrong.In the eyes of many men, money is much prettier than beauty.

There was an accident when entering the mansion, the badge on Bai Lan's little maid's waist fell off at some point, so she couldn't enter the house.Little things don't matter.Back in the courtyard, the little maid triumphantly showed to the servants how Aunt Bai bought the tea just now. Who doesn't know that their men love tea most?Those few were winking.It wasn't long before someone slipped out.

I thought the man would come tonight, but I didn't want to come after the second watch.Sitting in front of the case, Bai Lan wrote a letter to Widow Huang, sealed it with a paperweight, and ordered the gate to be closed.

The little maid asked with a smile, "Auntie, do you want some tea?"

Bai Lan glanced at her: "I know you're thinking about the tea you bought today." She said generously, "Boil the water, soak it out and let's all have a taste. Follow me, there will be plenty of blessings. I can't eat such expensive tea." The little maid promised to take the tea stove, and the maids and women beside her hurriedly said good things.

Brewing tea is originally Bai Lan's specialty, so of course she cooked this tea herself.The water is poured into the teapot, and the fragrance is overflowing. Even though the maids and women have their own thoughts, they are also attracted by the fragrance of tea.Bai Lan thought they all tasted this tea, and everyone praised and flattered them endlessly.Bai Lan listened very comfortably, and said gracefully: "It's just tea. If you like it, eat more. There will be more in the future." Everyone cheered and flattered again.After eating tea, Bai Lan felt tired, yawned three times in a row, and went to sleep.The little girl said: "Today I heard people say that sleepiness is contagious, and it is true that you will also be sleepy when you see others are sleepy." After hearing that, those few were also a little drowsy, so they went to sleep separately.

After about a quarter of an hour, several figures quietly climbed over the wall of Bailan's yard.The leader went straight into the bedroom through the window, stepped to the front of the kang, hung up the curtain, untied a gourd from his waist, and poured it into Bailan's mouth.Today at the Taiping Escort, the shopkeeper gave Bai Lan a bag of good tea sprinkled with drugs. Just now, what Bai Lan gave to the servants was not the bag bought at the tea shop.Not long after Bailan woke up, she saw a man standing outside the tent, and she exclaimed in surprise.The man hurriedly covered her mouth: "Guest officer, be sober! I'm the head of Escort Kong." Bai Lan's eyes widened, and it took her a while to remember what was going on, and she nodded.Kong Biaotou let go.

Bai Lan sat up and looked at him for a moment, then asked, "How did you get in here?"

Escort Kong smiled and said: "Guest officer, we have a waist card." He said, and handed her a piece.

Seeing that it really belonged to their house, Bai Lan was shocked: "Where did this thing come from?"

Biaotou Kong briefly talked about it.The little girl's waist card was just let the escorts go, and even the drowsiness would be contagious because the escorts pretended to chat and deliberately told her to listen.After getting the waist medal, the bodyguard saw that it was only a bronze medal, and immediately sent it to a workshop for imitation, and someone else imitated the clothes of the servants in their mansion.The workshop is very skilled, and within the evening, dozens of imitations have been made, and some old ones have been hastily made, and they can be used after dark.

Biaotou Kong said: "It has now been found out that the wife of your mansion will send a batch of gifts to Gao's family in Ping'an Prefecture tomorrow. After five watch days, we can pretend to be gift givers and leave the mansion early. It's because of sleepiness, and we have a waist card, so we won't notice it. Even if we notice it, it's very cheap to restrain him for a while with my ability."

After hearing this, Bai Lan praised: "You guys are so capable, my 1000 taels of silver is really worth it."

Biaotou Kong said: "Without diamonds, we don't do porcelain work. Since we have done this business, we can do it naturally. What kind of business is this, guest officer? We have done much bigger than this."

Bai Lan nodded and said: "In the real world, there are masters." Then she started to pack her things.

The Taiping Escort also brought some rattan boxes that can be carried on the back, containing cotton, ropes, etc., in order not to bump the damaged items when carrying them.Bai Lan packed the things that were going to be moved, and the bodyguards helped her put them in the rattan boxes one by one, there were as many as fourteen boxes.Affix the seal, make up the serial number and write out the list, in duplicate, and each of Escort Kong and Bai Lan press their fingerprints.Just after the fourth watch, the leader of Biao Kong took the box and left, saying that he was going to pack the carriage.Bai Lan returned to the kang and pretended to be asleep, but she never closed her eyes again.

Little did he know that Escort Kong coaxed Bai Lan just now.The badge she was shown was that of the little maid. The Taiping Escort did not fake it at all, it just broke in over the wall.Because she didn't want Bai Lan to know that her family had jumped over the wall without authorization, she told a lie.Now that they are going to go out, the brothers have carried the goods on their backs, and they are a little flamboyant over the wall.Just now, I have lost sight of the two men who were on duty at the west corner gate, and a bodyguard was guarding there.Everyone kept their voices down and slipped towards the west corner gate, while Escort Kong led the way.Seeing that it was almost there, suddenly there was a sound in a small courtyard next to it.Boss Kong immediately meowed to make everyone stop for a while.

The courtyard wall was very low, Boss Kong climbed up a little to the top of the wall and slipped past, there was a woman crying and burning paper, how pitiful she was.Looking at the yard again, it was extremely barren, with weeds all over the ground, it was obvious that no one had lived there for many years.Biaotou Kong frowned slightly.Hiding in a secluded place to burn paper in such a cold day, the deceased must have been beaten to death by the owner?The firelight reflected the woman's clothes, which turned out to be satin jackets.And it can be clearly seen that his appearance is rich and stately, even the posture of burning paper is very dignified, he should not be a slave.Boss Kong looked around the yard again, and suddenly found a figure quietly hiding in the corner.The moon was covered by dark clouds, and it was impossible to see the appearance of that person at all, only vaguely discerning that it was a woman from the corner of the burnt paper.Biaotou Kong was puzzled, thought for a while, and returned to lead the people forward.

Not long after, everyone went out through the west corner gate, Boss Kong ordered them to go back to the escort office first, and returned to the outside of the courtyard just now.The woman was still burning the paper and crying more and more heart-piercingly.She cried again for a stick of incense, the paper money was burned, and the woman was tired from crying, staring blankly at Ashes in a daze.The embers flickered and flickered, and they were exhausted in a short time.The woman struggled to get up, but her legs gave way and she fell to the ground instead.The man in the corner was still watching, motionless.The woman cried again.This time she didn't cry for a long time, she stopped her tears, stood up slowly, turned around and walked step by step.He walked very slowly, as if he was using all his strength with every step.

It wasn't until she opened the courtyard door and walked out that the man in the corner came out.By the faint light coming through the gaps in the clouds, Biaotou Kong saw that she was a woman.The woman picked up a shovel, and with a few swift moves, she dug a hole under a big maple tree in the yard.Turning back, he carefully cleaned up the ashes of paper money that the woman had burned just now, poured them all into the cave and buried them.After thinking about it, he threw a few stones on it.After tidying up the shovel, broom and other things, the mother-in-law returned to the place where the paper was burned, stood with her hands on her hips and watched for a while.Although the courtyard is dark and his face cannot be seen, one can see the complacent heart of this person by looking at his figure.

Finally, after looking around again, the woman tiptoed out, turned back and closed the courtyard door, took out a candle from her bosom, lit it and put it on the ground, and then took an iron chisel and poked it into the crack of the door.Boss Kong could see clearly, and she fastened the door bolt bit by bit.Then he squatted on the ground to clean up the dripping wax oil, and blew out the candles.Fortunately, at her age, it was dark and she walked as if she could see the road without touching her feet.Biaotou Kong quietly followed her around two bends, and there was a row of low houses in front of her.The mother-in-law sneaked into a room lightly, without changing her clothes, and fell asleep on the kang.After a while, there was thunderous snoring in the room.

Biaotou Kong is a quick-tempered person.Hearing that she had fallen asleep, he pushed open the door bolt and went in, raised his hand and slapped her unconscious.But he took the quilt and rolled up the woman, lit the candle on the table, and searched the house briefly.The room was very small, with three boxes piled on top of the kang.Darter Kong took the biggest box at the bottom to check first.This box has an extremely thick interlayer, and a large oiled paper bag is placed inside.I don't have time to take a closer look at this moment.He took the rope and tied the oiled paper bag on his back, thought for a moment, and took out another quilt from the low cabinet to wrap the woman up. then go.

Passing by the deserted small courtyard just now, Boss Kong opened the door bolt that the woman had just inserted.I went in and found a shovel, half dug the hole under the maple tree where paper money and ashes were buried, and put down the shovel casually.He didn't know what the old woman was going to do, but he didn't want her to succeed anyway, so he took an earring from the old woman's ear and put it beside the shovel.Calculating the time, the night watchman at the West Corner Gate is about to wake up.He carried the woman straight out of the west corner gate, and slipped away with his companions guarding the gate.

Back at the Escort, Escort Kong placed the old woman in an empty room at the back of the Escort, and told the story with the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper frowned and said, "Why don't you meddle in your own business. Guess this old woman is in the same group as the crying woman?"

Escort Kong was sure: "It's definitely not a gang." Seeing that the shopkeeper was still full of disapproval, he explained, "The shopkeeper didn't see her like that, and everything was under her control. This woman must have Strange."

The shopkeeper sighed: "Forget it, you've all been arrested. Look at what's in this oiled paper bag."

The two then untied the rope and opened the oil-paper bag, stunned.There are four or five scrolls in it.Open it and look, it is the entire Diamond Sutra.The person who wrote the scriptures has beautiful handwriting, so he must be a woman.The shopkeeper looked at it for a long time, put down the scriptures, opened the cabinet, took out the telegraph machine, and sent a telegram.Boss Kong asked who to send it to, and he said, "Let Zhu Tong come over soon."

Zhu Tong and his wife were sleeping when the night messenger knocked on the door and woke them up.Liu Jing was confused and said: "What's the fuss in the middle of the night, can't we go tomorrow?"

Zhu Tong reassured her for a while: "I'll come as soon as I go, you continue to sleep, even with my share."

On the contrary, Liu Jing opened his eyes, and said angrily, "Didn't you say that you will have a happy life after arriving in Chang'an? The coaxed people came with you. I should have known that I would stay in Beijing."

Zhu Tong smiled and kissed her cheek: "It's mine. I think I can see you every day when I open my eyes."

Liu Jing snorted: "Do you think I didn't know that this word came from a drama?" Even so, he closed his eyes and fell asleep satisfied.

Zhu Tong got off the kang lightly, got up with his clothes on, and walked away against the night wind.

When we arrived at the Taiping Escort, the head of Escort Kong detailed what happened tonight.The shopkeeper said: "I was thinking, isn't the fake Bai Lan an aunt? That woman who behaves strangely has the Diamond Sutra hidden."

Boss Kong crossed his legs and snorted: "The shopkeeper admits that she acted strangely?"

The shopkeeper glared at him. "Mr. Zhu, during the day, the government just posted a fake Bailan's portrait, and someone secretly burned the paper at the real Bailan's house. It's a coincidence."

Zhu Tong nodded: "Check this crying woman." Then asked, "Which family are they?"

The shopkeeper said: "It is Mr. Ding Bozhang, the wife and younger brother of Mr. Gao Li, the governor of Ping'an Prefecture. Bai Lan's man is the fourth master of the Ding family."

Escort Kong shook his leg: "Ding Bozhang is currently living in the imperial censor. Could it be that the aunt's matter will end up on Mr. Ding?"

The shopkeeper and Zhu Tong said in unison: "What is he?" "Where can it be him?"

Zhu Tong smiled and said: "No matter how capable Ding Bozhang is, how is he better than Lord Ping'an? King Qin's mother's family and grandmother's family will not let it go, how can he accommodate Gao's family. He has a big appetite, and he is not afraid of indigestion."

The shopkeeper thought about it: "The Gao family made great achievements when King Qin ascended the throne. King Qin trusted the Gao family from the bottom of his heart, so it is difficult to move. What plan do they have?"

Zhu Tong said: "The ones involved right now are a dead sister-in-law, a runaway fan, a lady who burns paper in the middle of the night, and a woman of unknown origin. They are all women. They are in the army and in the former dynasty. You can't find out if you are wrong. You can only take a detour and attack your relatives." Zhu Tong raised his eyebrows, "And it's a woman from a relative's family."

Biaotou Kong suddenly jumped off his chair and ran out, when the shopkeeper asked him what he was doing, he couldn't answer in time.For a long time, he ran back and said with a smile: "Haha! The woman is awake."

Zhu Tong stood up.The shopkeeper said: "What's so ridiculous about waking up?"

Escort Kong proudly said: "She can't pry open our Dajiala spring lock!"