The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 107

It is said that Jia Cong confessed the silver taels robbed by Zoro the thief, Li Wen asked: "In Master Gao's opinion, is the matter of the Pan family the work of the thief or is there another mystery?"

Jia Cong naturally hoped that his brain would be as devious as possible, so he pondered for a while, pretending to be deep and said: "I guess this is a coincidence or not."

Li Wen hurriedly asked what happened.

Jia Cong walked around the room for a while, and said: "Mr. Pan hid silver taels in a secret compartment. His wife knows it quite well without the key." And his sixth aunt also knew, "So I thought about it. Probably it is not a great secret in their house. There are a lot of people talking, since it is not a secret, others will know if it is not guaranteed. The secret compartment was only opened today, so it can be seen that when the silver taels were taken away, it was opened with a key. Now, But I’m not sure whether the silver taels were taken last night, or earlier. For example, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, or even earlier.”

Li Wendao: "If it was taken away early, how could Mr. Pan not come to report the case?"

Jia Cong said: "That hero Zuo's handwriting is in Guange style. There may be no clues from the handwriting, which shows that this person is quite meticulous. Putting money into my car will make him smarter. My family is I wouldn't care about the thousand taels of silver, and if the Pan family wanted to search the whole county, they wouldn't dare to search my car. And those two big men mentioned by Aunt Liu," he shook his head, "I can't imagine that they are such I am afraid that they are killers and evil slaves. In addition, the secret compartment where ordinary wealthy people hide large sums of silver ingots is opened at most once a month. Therefore, I guess, Zuo Daxia has already taken the silver taels, but I don’t necessarily know how to return it to the folks. Yesterday, many of our horses and horses came to the yamen, which alarmed him, and it happened that we had been thinking about paying taxes all night, and we had been discussing how to get a tax refund. If he happened to come to find out what happened Well, it makes sense to stuff the money into our carriage while taking advantage of the situation. Or he found out that Mr. Pan was murdered, and even saw the killer, so he rushed to hide the money in the county government. This is no coincidence."

Li Wen stared wide-eyed as if listening to his commentary, and asked after a long time: "Then how did Mr. Pan die?"

Jia Cong said: "This is a coincidence. It just so happened that someone came looking for him last night, either seeking revenge, or he knew something he shouldn't know and people silenced him. My lord thought, since you killed him, why did you keep him?" What about Aunt Six? Also, someone who can silently climb into someone's courtyard wall to kill people is obviously quite capable, so why did they only take a hundred taels of silver? Bao Buqi deliberately took it away to cover up their real purpose of killing Mr. Pan. Whether we come or not, they will go to Pan's house last night."

When Li Wen thought about it, it seemed to make sense, and he nodded again and again.

Jia Cong laughed again and said, "I'm young and haven't seen much in the world, so I just had random suspicions. I don't know if one of the two big men in Baoqi is the Great Xia Zuo."

Everyone is curious.Between an ordinary story and an unusual story, most listeners hope that the story is originally the unusual one.From those three forms, Li Wen admired Young Master Gao, so he naturally believed in his previous speculation even more now.Therefore, he looked at Jia Cong with a smile and said, "Let's wait for Wu Zuo to come." Then he asked Jia Cong when they would leave.

Jia Cong said: "I'm a bit tired from the quarrel from last night to today, so let's rest more. I also want to know how Mr. Pan died."

Li Wen naturally hoped that he would come to support him and flatter him again and again.

That night, the Pan family quietly sent someone over to invite Li Wen to the banquet. Li Wen knew that he couldn't offend them, so he informed Young Master Gao and packed up his clothes.

When he arrived at Pan's house, he didn't see the uncle and second master of Pan's family. It was the third master Pan dressed in filial piety who entertained him in a small hall and set up a vegetarian banquet.I thought he would cry, but I didn't want Mr. Pan to just try to persuade him to eat vegetables.After Li Wenchi hugged Third Master Pan, he asked, "My lord, I just want to ask, what is the origin of that young master Gao?"

Li Wen immediately became complacent, and said with a smile: "Didn't he say it himself? Mr. Gao's nephew."

Third Master Pan asked again: "What is the name of this Young Master Gao?"

Li Wen shook his head: "I never used a common name."

Sanye Pan said: "Since you have never used a common name, Master Li believes it?"

Li Wen shook his head: "He has a letter from Master Gao."

Third Master Pan rolled his eyes and said with a sneer: "Lord Li, he was passing by after all, so he left if he didn't guarantee Qi Ming'er. My father died for no apparent reason, and there were so many silver coins that disappeared out of thin air. Naturally, my family won't just leave like this never mind."

Li Wen was shocked at this moment, that's right, he really couldn't afford to offend their family, so he said in a low voice: "Young Master Gao and I have thought about this matter."

Third Master Pan hurriedly asked: "Have you figured out what?"

Li Wen deleted Jia Cong's nonsense, deleted Zorro and the silver in the carriage, and added some thoughts of his own. He talked to him for a long time, and Pan Sanye was so frightened that his hair stood on his head. "He said that my father's death might be to silence people?"

Li Wen nodded: "According to what Young Master Gao said, the money was taken away long ago if it was not in order. It's just that your father hasn't opened a secret box in recent days and didn't find out. It's purely a coincidence. And those two thieves I'm afraid that the villainous slaves raised privately or the killers hired by them may not have anything to do with the internal affairs of the Dingcheng Hou Mansion or the disputes in the palace, and I don't know~~"

When he said it so mysteriously, Third Master Pan believed it half to eighty percent, and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.

Li Wen said again: "Master Zhou was going to leave today, but after seeing what happened to your father, he refused to leave, and wanted to stay and see what happened."

Third Master Pan's face turned cold suddenly: "Since he is the noble nephew of the Gao family, I believe that he can't see our family's little money. It's just that my father's death may not have nothing to do with him, and it's the people under him who did it. How can there be such a coincidence? My father died when he came?"

Li Wen waved his hand: "If his family did something, wouldn't he hurry up and leave this place of right and wrong? In today's battle, would I dare to stop him if he wants to leave?"

Third Master Pan also sounded reasonable, and thought about it again and again, thinking: If Master Gao really did it, why did he come to stay in this county with such a dazzling fanfare?Now that there are masters in hand, it is safe to sneak in and kill someone before leaving. Presumably it was not done by his family.He still refuses to leave after making such a mess. Could it be that the old man knows something big and he wants to find out?So he hurriedly found an excuse to ask someone to send Li Wen out, then turned around and ran to find Mrs. Pan, saying, "The big thing is not good."

Jia Cong's words were originally far-fetched.It's a pity that most of the rumors in the world are like this. The first one is just a guess whether it is intentional or unintentional, the second is just for fear of chaos, and it is affirmed, and the third is more certain after filling in many details.Therefore, when it got to Mrs. Pan's ears, she took it as "Young Master Gao knows a lot of the secrets of the capital, and guessed from the clues that the master must be silenced because he knew something he shouldn't know." She hurriedly took her son's hand and said, "What do you know?"

Sanye Pan shook his head: "I don't know anything."

Mrs. Pan said repeatedly: "Okay! Call your brothers quickly."

Mrs. Pan ran to invite his two elder brothers, and Mrs. Pan thought about the matter carefully in her mind, and found out many strange things from the past, or a sentence from Mr. Pan, or a The seemingly ordinary items made this matter more and more certain.When the three sons came, she said with a little fear: "The third son just heard the truth from Li County Magistrate, and your father was silenced because he knew about Xin Mi in the palace." Seeing her sons all looking at each other, she He carefully enriched Sanye Pan's words and combined many strange things that he had just remembered, finally ruled out the internal affairs of the Dingcheng Hou's mansion, leaving only the palace dispute.

Uncle Pan has never been very serious, he was shocked when he heard the words, and asked after a long time: "Mother, what should we do?"

Mrs. Pan clutched the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands, leaned forward and asked in a trembling voice, "Do you know anything?"

Uncle Pan and Second Master Pan shook his head again and again: "My son doesn't know anything! I don't know anything! Only then was I shocked!"

"That's good!" Mrs. Pan stroked her chest, "Your old man has gone anyway, we don't know anything, so it's okay to think about it. In the future, you should be more careful in your dealings with the Dingcheng Houfu, and don't inquire about Mr. Xie. We are just ordinary relatives of the Xie family."

Uncle Pan hurriedly said: "Madam is right, no matter how favored Mr. Xie Gui is, it has nothing to do with us."

Mrs. Pan nodded and said, "Sixth Aunt can't stay, let her be buried."

Third Master Pan was startled, and asked, "What's the matter with her?"

Mrs. Pan said solemnly: "Although she was knocked out, what if she regrets it later, maybe she heard something and became suspicious again?"

For a moment, Sanye Pan felt a little unbearable.

Mrs. Pan added: "If you only suspect that she is pretending to be unconscious but actually heard it, that's fine. If you also suspect that she heard it, she might wake up and tell others..."

The corner of Pan Sanye's eyes twitched, he stood up hastily and said: "What mother said is very true! Why don't I go and marry her now."

Mrs. Pan said indifferently: "Go!"

Pan Sanye trotted out immediately.

As soon as he left the door, Uncle Pan snorted, "The third child and the sixth aunt are hooking up, only the old man in this house doesn't know."

Mrs. Pan waved her hand and said: "The third child only interacts with her to get some business from the master, and he doesn't really think of her as something. It's not a day or two since the old man doesn't like the four of us."

Uncle Pan didn't speak anymore, but the corners of his mouth moved a few times sarcastically.

At that moment, Third Master Pan arrived in front of Aunt Liu's house, pushed the door open and entered.Seeing that Liu Yiniang was sitting alone in front of the dressing table combing her hair, although she didn't wear makeup, she was still quite charming, so she stepped forward and supported her shoulders from behind: "Did you get scared last night?"

Liu Yiniang turned around and looked up at him, angrily said: "I was scared to death!" Taking advantage of the situation, she dropped the comb and buried her head in his hands.

Pan Sanye sighed: "In this life, I will only fail you."

Sixth Yiniang was still thinking about it, and was about to speak, when suddenly her neck tightened, and she quickly lowered her head to take a look, only to see that Mrs. Pan's hands had tightly gripped her neck.He raised his eyes again, with a fierce look on his face, and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Don't blame me, the thieves last night were probably not ordinary robbers, but were sent by the nobles in Beijing to silence them. In case the nobleman suspects that you have not passed out, and Bao Buqi hears something that should not be heard, our family cannot afford it."

Sixth Yiniang's face was full of astonishment, and suddenly she couldn't laugh or cry, but she couldn't say a word, she seemed sad and happy.After a while, her body softened.Pan Sanye tested her breath, but he died of breath.

Third Master Pan stood beside the corpse and watched her silently for a long time, gritted his teeth, took a quilt from the kang, tore off the cover, wrapped it around Sixth Aunt Niang's neck, and worked in the room for a long time, making a As if she had hanged herself.Finally, he looked up at the dead body hanging in the air, sighed, bowed, and left behind closed doors.

In the morning of the next day, a patriarch surnamed Wang came from Lin County. Li Wen immediately went with him to Pan's house to examine the body of Mr. Pan, and Mr. Pan accompanied him.Wang Wuzuo took a few glances, and suddenly a girl ran over in a panic and said, "Master, it's not good! Sixth Auntie hanged herself!"

Li Wen jumped up immediately, grabbed the little girl and asked, "What did you say?"

The little girl was trembling and dared not speak.

Uncle Pan stumbled to the side and sighed: "Sixth Yiniang cried like a weeping woman yesterday, she kept thinking that she would go down to accompany my father, I didn't expect her to be so strong, she really died of love." Nai ordered, "It's a good job to place the body of Aunt Six."

Suddenly a woman came over and bowed to them and said: "My wife said, Sixth Yiniang is very loyal to the master, I never thought that she is so upright, and my wife admires her very much. I have given her a good set of clothes, and I will fulfill her and Let's go to the same hole, sir."

Li Wen was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.It was Wang Yu who said, "Wait a minute. Since Liu Yiniang is an important witness in this case, it's strange that she died now. I have to go and see."

Uncle Pan said: "She has said many times yesterday that she will be buried."

Wang Yu said: "These have nothing to do with me." He stared at Li Wen.

Seeing the appearance of the Pan family, Li Wen already guessed in his heart that they killed Liu Yiniang for some reason, but if Wang Yuzuo was not allowed to watch, he was afraid that he would not be able to borrow him next time, so he said: "Liu Yiniang is really chaste, but she is the most important in this case, but she died at this moment! It's better to let Mr. Wu Zuo take a look."

Uncle Pan snorted: "Forget it, it's just a aunt, just look at it." He thought that the third child was usually reliable, and he must have done a good job, so he ordered a boy to lead them inside to examine the body of the sixth aunt.

That Wang Fu went inside and inspected it carefully for half a day, then went out to look at the corpse of old master Pan, and said to Li Wen: "Master Li, how about going back to the yamen first?"

Uncle Pan chased after him and asked, "What did you find out?"

Wang Yu said, "I haven't finished it yet, so I'll look back later." Then he stopped talking.

At this moment, Mr. Pan has come over, accompanied Li Wen and Wang Yu to go out, and talked for a long time.It's a pity that Wang Wuzuo didn't say a word.