The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 528

It is said that Jia Cong coaxed away Master Chen, the magistrate of Chang'an, with false words. The next day, someone from the yamen came to deliver a letter. The house of the blind man who died last night caught fire and burned to the ground.Jia Cong bit his tongue!It is simply confirmed that this person is a meticulous worker.He looked at Chen Ruijin in a daze and said, "Do I have such golden mouth and jade teeth?"

Chen Ruijin said: "It's none of your business, I set the fire on."

"what?"

"Fortunately, his house is not connected to other people's." Chen Ruijin said, "I also checked the contents of his house, and there is nothing unusual."

Jia Cong thought: "Will something be taken away by the people in the Yamen?"

"Yes, a lot has been taken away." Chen Ruijin said, "No one knows what was burned anyway. They never dug the ground three feet." Jia Cong couldn't help laughing.

But at this moment, Jia Taijun came to invite Jia Cong, saying that he was meeting an important guest; Jia Cong changed his clothes and went out.I saw two young men who looked like scholars sitting on the guest seats; Taijun Jia took a glance at them, and moved his eyes to a Pixiu ornament on Duobaoge.Jia Cong understood: Pixiu is the son of a dragon, and at least one of these two is the son of King Qin.Nai stepped forward to salute Taijun Jia: "Grandmother."

Jia Taijun said: "Cong'er, these two are Mr. Wang and Mr. Ji. They are both famous people in Chang'an. I heard that you are here. I want to meet you."

Jia Cong thought to himself: Do you always believe such a young Chang'an celebrity when he says he has no family background?He didn't show it on his face, and bowed and said: "I have met you two gentlemen." Mr. Wang, who was the first guest, only bowed his hands in return, but Mr. Ji bowed to the ground.Jia Taijun said a few more casual words, and then asked Jia Cong to accompany them to sit in the outer study on the pretext that he wanted to rest.

After leaving Jia Taijun's courtyard, Jia Cong said with a smile: "The study in their house is too serious, and the bookshelves are all empty. Why don't you sit in the small pavilion at the back of the study. The window is facing the water, and it's cool."

Mr. Wang said: "Alright."

Then I walked to the back of the outer study, and there was a bookstore next to the small pond, with the words "Liaofengxuan" written on it, and a couplet: "The place where the new green leaves are added, and the fragrant clouds protect the celery pickers."Jia Cong laughed and said, "This couplet was written by my elder brother Baoyu. When I came to Chang'an last time, I told my aunt to listen to it. I don't want her to order someone to carve it out and hang it here."

Mr. Ji said with a smile: "The old lady won two of your talented natal nephews. I wish everyone knew about it."

The three of them sat down in the hall, and the servants brought tea up.Jia Cong blinked, and ordered: "Bring some snacks!" The Gao family was originally a military general, and they were not used to preparing snacks.Nai looked at the two of them, and Jia Cong said, "I just came to my aunt's house yesterday, and no one outside knows about it. Besides, the two of you are obviously not here to chat. There must be something wrong?"

Mr. Wang nodded slightly: "Mr. Jia is really straightforward."

Mr. Ji said: "Since Mr. Jia is so straightforward, we will not be polite. The two of us are the counselors of King Qin, and I want to find out Mr. Jia's purpose here."

Jia Cong twitched the corners of his mouth: "You staff think too much. I have a woman I like, and I will bring it to my aunt to see. It is purely a private matter, and has nothing to do with the general trend of the world."

The two of them looked at each other, and Mr. Ji asked again: "Just for this?"

Jia Cong said: "Isn't it normal to bring your fiancée to see your elders? Why all the fuss?"

Mr. Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Most people in the world think that Mr. Jia is the confidant of the King of Yan. You came here suddenly, so we must be suspicious."

Jia Cong said: "Is it a bad thing for Yan Wang's advisers to come? Qin and Yan don't share borders, so they should be friends even if they are friends from afar. I'm nervous."

Mr. Ji's eyes moved: "The King of Yan wants to form an alliance with the King of Qin?"

Jia Cong waved his hand: "I don't know! I really just brought my girlfriend to meet the elders. Also, I asked my aunt to help build a compulsory education school in Qin."

Mr. Ji was startled; Mr. Wang narrowed his eyes: "Compulsory education school? Gao Jiajian?"

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Your lords don't want to build it, so we can only ask the Gao family."

Mr. Wang asked: "Why does Mr. Jia insist on building a school for compulsory education? Shu and Yan were all built by Zhang Luo, and it was also your idea to hear about Wu."

Jia Cong said solemnly: "Because our country is about to enter an era of expansion. The king of Wu is going to fight in South America, the king of Yan is going to go to North America, the king of Shu is going to go to Asia, and the king of Nan'an County Huo Sheng is going to go to Australia. The land will suddenly grow bigger in the next few decades, and there will be no shortage of talents. If we don’t build compulsory education schools in various countries early, there will be a serious shortage of talents in the future. I don’t want the princes to use Westerners as officials because of the lack of talents in their own country.”

Mr. Wang looked at him and said, "It seems that Mr. Jia instigated these princes to send troops overseas?"

"Don't make it seem like it's 100% instigated by me." Jia Cong said proudly.

Mr. Wang thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Yijia, see, can the world be unified within a hundred years?"

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Hundred years? Thousands of years will make it difficult to unify. Who can fight against those princes who expanded their territory? Besides, they can't even fight each other. What are they fighting for? Territory, gold and silver, population. What they want to fight Every place is dozens or even hundreds of times the size of the country's land, and there is no shortage of gold and silver mines. When the place is big, do you worry about having no population? No matter how hard it is to make a living, it will always be filled slowly. It is thankless What does the civil war do?"

The two of them looked at each other again, and Mr. Ji said, "Let you guess." Then he said, "Mr. Wang just guessed which prince Mr. Jia had no intention of following, and only focused on going abroad."

Jia Cong said: "I've told every prince that way, I've never lied to them."

"Since this is the case, why did Mr. Jia push the princes to distribute the feudal titles?" Mr. Wang said, "Isn't it good to assist an emperor to succeed to the throne and send troops abroad with the power of the whole country?"

Jia Cong said: "Back then, the Supreme Emperor fought with Prince Yizhong like that. How many generals were liquidated after Prince Yizhong died! And it was a waste of energy and money. It would be great to keep those generals' money to fight Westerners. Besides, each meeting will be different The princes of the family are quite capable, and fighting among themselves will definitely not be settled in three to five years, and it will take a lot of time." Nai looked at Mr. Wang meaningfully and said, "This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come back. Westerners have been here for seven or eight years. Fight a civil war, and it will be difficult to deal with them after they finish fighting."

Mr. Wang nodded knowingly, and glanced at Mr. Ji.Mr. Ji said: "Since that's the case... To be honest, the two of us have already married the third son of King Qin." Jia Cong raised his eyebrows. "I don't know Mr. Jia..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Wang interrupted him: "I am the third son of King Qin."

Jia Cong pursed his lips and said, "Why bother to say it? Isn't it good for us to know each other?"

Mr. Wang smiled and said, "It turns out that Mr. Jia has already guessed it. Since I want to make a deal with Mr. Jia, it is better to say it clearly."

Jia Cong tilted his head slightly: "What deal?"

Mr. Wang said: "Mr. Jia, please help me win the throne." He looked at Mr. Ji again, "This Mr. Ji wants to get his fiancée back."

"Mr. Ji's fiancée was robbed?"

Mr. Ji said dejectedly: "I am the side concubine of the son."

Jia Cong bared her teeth: "...You...has she changed her mind? Is she still willing to follow you? Do you have any children?"

Mr. Ji smiled wryly, "I have given birth to a daughter for my son."

Jia Cong sat up straight when he heard the words, looked at him and said, "You snatch her back, what will happen to the child?"

Mr. Ji sighed leisurely: "I thought I could forget her..."

Jia Cong didn't know whether his words were true or not, so he asked for a while, "I don't know if Mr. Ji has a family."

Mr. Ji said: "I married a wife by the order of my parents." After a long while, he said, "If I hadn't married, I wouldn't know the depth of my demons." He watched the wind blowing across the pond outside the window.

Jia Cong frowned and said: "I know that there are love and infatuation in the world, but Mrs. Zun is innocent. If you want me to help you, you must first reconcile with Mrs. Zun and help her find a suitable status so that she can remarry. Second, confirm that the son and concubine I still like you and am willing to go with you. Besides, that girl is also innocent, and a child cannot live without its mother, can you treat it as if it were your own?"

Mr. Ji said casually, "It's just a girl, I don't mind."

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "With Mr. Ji's attitude, Wan Sheng decided not to help you."

Mr. Ji grimaced and said: "They were the ones who robbed my woman back then. Is there anyone else who can treat his child as his own?"

Jia Cong said: "Anyway, you can figure out your own way, Wansheng won't care about it."

Mr. Wang hurriedly said: "This matter should be discussed in the long run."

Jia Cong waved his hand: "There is no need to discuss it, let's stop here. Things like seizing the heir are too much trouble, and I don't bother to care about it."

Mr. Wang smiled and said: "If I become the prince, not only will I immediately build schools all over the country, but I will also send troops abroad."

Jia Cong's eyes moved, and he said: "Even if Qin doesn't send troops, sooner or later other countries will send troops. The same is true for Gao's school."

Mr. Wang said with a smile: "The Gao family is a martial arts family after all, so it may not be a good school. Besides..." He glanced out the window, "There are still people watching the Gao family, does Mr. Jia know?"

Jia Cong said: "It's just a villain. My aunt and grandmother went to the battlefield when they were young. Are you afraid of him?"

Mr. Wang said: "It's not that the old matriarch is afraid of him, it's just that he won't be able to guard against him."

Mr. Ji said: "Does Mr. Jia know about the blind man's case yesterday?"

Jia Cong said: "Except that the deceased is a spy, I don't know anything else."

Mr. Ji said: "That matter was originally aimed at the Gao family."

"what?"

Then Mr. Ji talked about the case.It turned out that Ding Chu was the one who disliked Gao's family in the past two years, and slandered the King of Qin every day.A few days ago, Ding Chu was listening to gossip in a teahouse again, and accidentally heard that a blind fortune teller had died.The blind man had just finished divination for an old soldier, saying that he would die unexpectedly, but he himself died on the back foot.He then ordered people to investigate the case and was blind, and then urged the king of Qin to steal Jiang Laosi's knife and frame him for murder.He himself did not expect that the blind man was a spy and Jiang Lao Si would be robbed.

After hearing this, Jia Cong thought for a long time, and said: "Yesterday, I heard Mr. Chen say that someone forced him to pin the robbery of Jiang Laosi on the Gao family. Is it also Ding Chu?"

"No." Mr. Ji said, "It's the prince." Nai sighed, "The prince has already fascinated him, and he obeys his words."

"Jiang Laosi's knife was stolen by Ding Chu, does Mr. Chen know?"

Mr. Ji sneered and said, "It's not an aboveboard matter, where everyone knows."

Jia Cong didn't care whether Ding Chu was sent by Gong Sanyi or what he was sent for.Anyway, Jia Taijun is so old, and the Gao family has deep roots in Qin, he does not approve of leaving Qin.So he leisurely told these two about Ding Chu's origin, even the concubine who kidnapped Liu Tong was not arrested.At the end, he said: "He doesn't like the Gao family, I'm afraid it's because of this." The two were obviously startled, and they stared at each other for a long time.Jia Cong thought about it again, and muttered, "The blind man doesn't know who killed it. Ding Chu sent someone to steal the knife and set the blame on it. The people who robbed Jiang Lao Si were still related to the blind man, and they were also deceived by Ding Chu. I thought the blind man died at the hands of Mr. Jiang. Why did you burn the blind man's house?"

Mr. Ji said: "The blind man doesn't have anything in his house, and the police have already taken some away."

Jia Cong asked, "Is he really blind?" Mr. Ji nodded. "Could it be that he made some mark that people who are not blind will not notice?"

Mr. Ji smiled wryly: "It's completely burnt."

Jia Cong took a bite of the walnut cake: "Then it will be difficult to find out."

Mr. Wang looked at him for a while and said, "Mr. Jia doesn't seem to be worried about Jiang Laosi?"

Jia Cong said, "I don't know."

"Why did Mr. Jia pay so much attention to my elder brother's daughter just now?"

"I always pay attention to women and children."

Mr. Wang nodded slightly, and said: "What I just said, Mr. Jia might as well think about it again."

Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Third Highness, for your appreciation. Let's not get involved." Mr. Wang smiled slightly, and led Mr. Ji to leave.

Jia Cong personally sent the two of them out of the mansion, and went back to see Jia Taijun. He explained in detail what happened just now, and finally said: "It was a serious matter, but Mr. Ji suddenly mentioned that he wanted to take back his fiancée, which was a bit abrupt. I doubt it." Is that true?"

Jia Taijun thought: "The woman he was engaged to be engaged to was originally his cousin. After the two families divorced, they actually married into the prince's mansion and became side concubines. I just heard that he and his wife are also in harmony. There is nothing wrong with it."

Jia Cong rested his cheeks and said, "Could it be to test me? What can we find out by fabricating gossip?"

Jia Taijun thought about it for a while, and said: "The third highness has something important to tell you, and by the way, he mentioned Mr. Ji's affair. You didn't ask about the important matter, but just asked about the affair. From this, it can be seen that your mind is not on serious matters. .”

Jia Cong touched his nose: "There's nothing to try, everyone loves gossip."

Jia Taijun said: "That's all. I'm afraid the two of them will suspect that we know the whereabouts of Jiang Laosi."

"There's no evidence, guessing is useless. By the way, have my aunt's people found anything?"

Jia Taijun then called that Xiaomei out.It turned out that this Xiaomei had been a scout for Jia Taijun in her early years, and she sneaked into Ding Chu's house yesterday disguised as a servant girl, and peeped into a small ancestral hall of his family, and there was indeed a memorial tablet of Ding Chengwu in it.There were two guests in Ding's house last night, and she couldn't overhear what Ding Chu said to them.The first one she recognized was the eldest son of Mr. Chen, the magistrate of Taiyuan; the second one she didn't recognize.She was bold enough to pretend to be the daughter-in-law of the night watch as she walked past the man, and she clearly saw what he looked like.After returning to Gao's house, I found someone to draw a portrait, and wanted to take it out to find an excuse to inquire.

Jia Cong recognized the portrait at a glance: Wang Yuzuo.