The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 732

It is said that Sun Shaozu sent scouts to the Qin family to find out the news, and learned that the Qin family's aunt had heard from her man that in the past ten years, she would copy and kill all her family, she was so shocked that she stood up and stared at the scouts.The scout bowed his head in fright: "That's exactly what the doorman said."

Sun Shaozu scolded with a black face: "Fart! My surname is Sun, the commander of the Beijing camp, the entire capital is in my hands, and even the sons of the prince want to win me over!" The scouts dared not speak.Sun Shaozu scolded in circles in the room for a long time, and suddenly remembered that Jia She was a well-informed and prescient master, and felt guilty.

A few days later it will be the Lantern Festival, Xia Jingui sees her husband listless, ignores him, and takes her maid Baochan out to play, saying that she will go to watch the lanterns at night and not go home for dinner.Sun Shaozu pretended not to care on the surface, and boiled water in his heart for several days, listening to the boys back and forth "Grandma is going out" as if he didn't hear it.But at this moment, the outer room sent someone over, saying that he knew that the general would accompany his wife to visit the lanterns at night, and asked him if he would like to go out for a walk with him in the afternoon.Sun Shaozu thought to himself, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will worry about tomorrow, so you pack up and go out.

Tima walked through several streets, and there were already many pedestrians on the road.Suddenly, a horse galloped across the street.Many pedestrians couldn't dodge in time and exclaimed.Seeing that the horse's hooves were about to step on a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, a figure leaped into the air beside him, jumped onto the horse's back, sat down in front of the horse's owner, and grabbed the reins abruptly to rein in the horse.The crowd was in an uproar.Upon closer inspection, the man was actually a Taoist priest wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe.The Taoist jumped off the horse, turned a deaf ear to the horse owner's yelling, picked up the young man as if nothing had happened, turned around and left.

The onlookers praised it one after another, and the Taoist smiled and cupped his hands and walked slowly.Coincidentally, he was walking towards Sun Shaozu, and after walking thirty or forty steps, he passed Sun Shaozu.Sun Shaozu was originally a general, so you must pay attention to him.The Taoist priest had already passed Sun Shaozu's horse's tail, and suddenly turned around to look at Sun Shaozu.With a look of sorrow and sigh, he looked at it for a long time, shook his head, and let out a long sigh, very regretful.Nai walked forward and sang a little song: "Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but fame can't be forgotten. Where are the ancient and modern generals? The pile of grass in the barren mound is gone."

Sun Shaozu made him feel hairy, and listening to the song was unlucky, so he couldn't help jumping off the horse, and threw the reins to the soldiers to catch up with the Taoist priest: "Taoist, Taoist, please stay."

The Taoist priest refused to look back, waved his hands and said, "I'm just an ordinary Taoist, and I don't care about worldly affairs."

Sun Shaozu said: "The Taoist priest is clearly compassionate, and he saved the boy just now."

The Taoist choked for a moment, then waved his hand again: "There are big and small things."

Sun Shaozu had already caught up with him, stopped in front of him and cupped his fists: "Immortal Elder, doing good deeds is the duty of Taoism."

The Taoist sighed: "It's not that you are poor and don't do good. Your matter is too big, and I am too small to care about it." But after thinking for a while, he stretched out his five fingers to count for half a day, and said, "Today is the Lantern Festival, you find a quiet place The female companions who are not bluffing go to Qingxu to observe the incense. Whether you can get a glimpse of the secret depends on your good luck." Nai shook his head, flung his sleeves and fluttered away.Sun Shaozu was anxious and wanted to catch up with him.Unexpectedly, the Taoist's footsteps were flying, and he couldn't catch up.Sun Shaozu stared blankly at the absence of the apricot-yellow shadow in the crowd, his heart was like fifteen buckets fetching water, up and down.The soldiers yelled at him several times before he came back to his senses, jumped on his horse and rushed to Cotton Alley.

Sun Shaozu took the outer room and went to Qingxu Temple together.Qingxu watched a lot of pilgrims at this meeting, and there were many vehicles and crowds of people and horses outside.The Taoist priests all changed into brand-new Taoist robes, and their eyes were all apricot yellow. Sun Shaozu looked at it with some peace of mind.Nai accompanied the outer room into the mountain gate.This outer room has never been to the Qingxu Temple before, and I find it novel and interesting. I have a closer look at the clay statues from the beginning.Sun Shaozu felt uneasy and threw a lot of copper coins into the merit box.A Taoist priest saw it and said a few auspicious words.

They went in again, worshiped Sanqing and burned incense.The Taoist priest had been following them just now, so he came over to persuade the high official to donate merit.Sun Shaozu didn't usually give alms to monks and Taoists, but now he was generous and gave 500 taels of silver notes.The outer room thought that the money was for its own sake, and suddenly laughed like a flower.The Taoist also smiled, and happily ran out to get the merit book.

The big benefactors have all given money, so the Taoist temple has to invite him to a side room to have a cup of green tea, and talk about self-cultivation, self-cultivation, and immortality.Sun Shaozu patiently listened to the Taoist for a long time, and was about to go out for a walk, when he suddenly heard a shout from outside: "Xiao Qin Xianggong is here." He was so startled that he trembled all over.Nai took a deep breath, and pretended to ask casually: "What is it, you little Taoist priests are yelling."

The Taoist said: "This little Mr. Qin is a rich man, and he is the most willing to do good. He and Grandma Qin met by chance in Xiaoguan in the early years, and they became a good couple. Therefore, he often comes and walks."

Sun Shaozu opened his mouth and said with a smirk: "That's predestined and interesting, no wonder you're bluffing."

The Taoist said: "Maybe they called us to host."

Sun Shaozu said: "An ordinary rich man, does he want the host to accompany him? What a face."

"He is not an ordinary rich man." The Taoist priest explained, "He is a close friend with the young master of the Rongguo Mansion, and our presiding brother Zhang Dao is the substitute of the first Rongguo Duke."

Sun Shaozu nodded unconsciously as if he understood something.So he told the Taoist priest that he wanted to go out for a walk without being accompanied.The one in the outer room was obedient, and immediately said that she was a little tired and it was cold outside. She only rested in the room for a while and would not accompany Sun Shaozu.The Taoist hurried out to arrange a charcoal fire for the outer room.

Sun Shaozu came out with his arms folded and looked around.After walking around indiscriminately for a while, seeing a dozen or so little Taoist priests queuing up in front of them holding trays, on which seemed to be magical artifacts used by Taoist priests, his heart moved, and he followed them quietly.The little Taoist priests walked to a small side hall with seven turns and eight turns, and filed in.Sun Shaozu peeped from behind the wall, and saw at a glance a plaque hanging in front of the supporting hall, which said the hall of King Ganlu Ming.Sun Shaozu was a martial artist, he didn't know who King Ganluming was, and he didn't dare to go to check, and he didn't know if these people had anything to do with Qin Zhong, so he hesitated.Two figures appeared in the distance, and Sun Shaozu was busy pretending to be a tourist and walking slowly.

The two figures approached, but they were two young Taoist priests.Seeing that Sun Shaozu was well-dressed, he beat him to the head.Sun Shaozu returned a gift.Nai smiled and said, "You two priests, just now I passed by a side hall. I heard that it is the palace of King Ganlu Ming. How dare I ask who this King Ganlu Ming is? I don't think I've seen it anywhere else."

A Taoist said with a smile: "It's no wonder that you have never seen it before. This King Ganluming is rarely offered alone in the hall. You don't know about King Ganluming, but you must have heard of the name of the poor Taoist——Jin, the eldest son of Li Jing, the king of Tota. upbraid."

Sun Shaozu suddenly said: "It turned out to be him! It's true that I don't see a private hall elsewhere." Nai paused, "Why do you have to entrust him with this temple?"

Another Taoist said: "We didn't offer it earlier. Later, Jia Congte, the third master of the Rongguo Mansion, gave us money to trouble our host to send some incense to Prince Jin Zha. Our host has a deep relationship with their mansion, so we agreed. .” Sun Shaozu nodded again and again, and separated from the two of them.

After walking for a while, Sun Shaozu looked back to see that the two Taoist priests had no idea where they were going, and slipped back to the palace of King Ganlu Ming like thieves.There was no one in the courtyard in front of the hall, so Sun Shaozu sneaked behind the house, poked a small hole in the window paper with his fingers, and peeped in.But all the little Taoist priests had disappeared, only Qin Zhong was sitting with an old Taoist priest with white beard and hair.For some reason, Sun Shaozu's heart beat violently.Nai observed for a while, found a window closer to the two of them, then poked a hole, and slowly moved closer to his ear.Suddenly he heard a cat meowing outside, which startled him.I looked around for a long time and saw nothing, and then stuck to my ear.Out of nowhere came two cat meows.

Then I heard Qin Zhong's voice drifting into my ears: "I've seen this Sun Shaozu once." Sun Shaozu's heart was beating like a drum, and he held his breath and concentrated.Inside, Qin Zhong went on to say, "Although he has never spoken, he looks very mighty. It's a pity."

The old Taoist said: "He is the same official as the Beijing Camp Jiedushi back then, only his rank is slightly lower. That's all a pity that Ding Chengwu is also a general, and he is both civil and military."

Qin Zhongdao: "That's why I'm most annoyed by the crap of seizing the heir. If the outcome is close, you can still gamble. If the outcome is clear, why don't you accept your fate? Now the prince obviously has no intention of changing his son. Stop?"

The old Taoist said: "How do you know the thoughts of the son of the phoenix and the grandson of the dragon? They all feel that they are only half a step away from the dragon chair, and they all feel that they are sure to win and never lose. Who would let go of the chance to be emperor? If you miss this life, you don't know. It takes a few lifetimes to become a prince again. Besides, isn’t Prince Yizhong dead? Neither the Supreme Emperor nor the prince is the eldest son.”

Qin Zhongdao: "That's because Prince Yizhong's luck is too bad. The late emperor was too able to live and never died. Otherwise, he would have ascended the throne many years ago. The prince does not have as long a life span as the late emperor." After a while, he said, "Third brother It's not a small skill to be able to recruit Sun Shaozu under the eyes of the prince."

The old Taoist said: "If it weren't for this, how could the son take the risk of asking the son of Jarvis to accompany his grandson as a companion? It's just that I'm afraid that in the future, when the prince returns to the west, the third child will draw a ladle from a gourd and give the son a "Xiaoci County". "

Qin Zhong said: "It's better to stab the prince in front of you."

The old Taoist sighed: "It's been stabbed... the third brother has a lot of flowers, and he coaxed it. Besides, the prince trusts General Sun the most, and he refuses to believe that he has taken refuge in the third child. It is also difficult for the son. How is the commander of the Beijing camp?" Position? If you don’t pay attention, you will lose everything. If Feng Ziying hadn’t tipped off the news, he wouldn’t know about it. I’m afraid it won’t be 'Xiaoci County', but 'Xuanwumen'."

Qin Zhong also sighed: "The fate of the prince is hard. Feng Ziying and Sun Shaozu are his most intimate confidants, and now one has voted for the eldest son and the other for the third. He is not dead yet." He thought for a while, "Master Dao, the third son Is it possible to win?"

The old Taoist said: "At the end of September last year, the prince sent a Wei Gonggong to North America to announce the son of Jarvis to Beijing. He has a good life of ten years. Sun Shaozu's idea is much worse than Jarvis's. The third child will lose."

Qin Zhong murmured: "I'm most annoyed by such crap things as seizing the heir. I don't know how many innocent people will be killed this time." Nai sighed.

The old Taoist also sighed: "Heaven and earth are ruthless, and all things are regarded as dogs."

Qin Zhong snorted and said, "What is ruthless in the world? It's just a lack of people's hearts. If the youngest is willing to be honest, are you afraid that you won't be able to get a piece of land in North America in the future?"

The old Taoist said: "What do you know? North America is so desolate that there is no human hair, wild beasts are everywhere, and those immigrants are ruthless, drinking blood and suffering unspeakably. Gan Lei insists on not allowing people to come back on board. Sending them to North America is worse than sending them to the border." too much."

Qin Zhong said "Oh": "If that's the case, I'm afraid Jarvis is willing to return to China." After a pause, he suddenly said, "Master Daoist, do you think the son will transfer Sun Shaozu to North America? Anyway, Jarvis Si will go back to King Jingqin in the future, so he will definitely not want to go back."

The old Taoist said: "It's absolutely impossible. At worst, we don't want that place in the east of North America. You just think about it. Back then, Prince Yizhong's lineage never let go of those who could get it or not."

After a long while, Qin Zhong said quietly: "I'm just very sorry. You never saw him, and Sun Shaozu looked like a general. It's a pity that he didn't die on the battlefield but died at Caishikou."

"What a pity." The old Taoist said coldly, "I made my own life. If the old prince had listened to the advice of Zhan Qiao, the counselor under his account, and now he has been the Emperor of Taiping for 27 or [-] years, he would not have died. In addition, he bears the name of Prince Yizhong. The old man Zhan Qiao still deeply blames himself for not persuading the master."

Qin Zhong sighed again.The hall was silent for a long time, when Qin Zhong suddenly struck a beat and sang a tune. "The rolling waters of the Yangtze River flow eastward, and the waves wipe out the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure turn heads..."

Sun Shaozu slowly stepped back from the window, slowly moved outside the side hall, and slowly walked a little further.My mind was as heavy as gravel, heavy and chaotic.According to what Qin Zhong and the old Taoist said, the son has already decided that he has taken refuge in the third child.Although the prince trusts himself, he only has ten years of life left.And he has decided to pass on the throne to the eldest son, and sent someone to North America to fetch Jarvis's son and come back to accompany the eldest son's son—presumably the youngest son.Ten years later, the prince passed away and the eldest son came to the throne, Jarvis will be the leader of the martial arts class.The eldest son settles accounts after autumn and eradicates the third party member, just like the emperor eradicated Prince Yizhong's family back then.However, he did not take refuge in the third child, fearing that he would be forced to die unjustly.

A few days ago, Qin Zhong's sister rushed into Yihong Courtyard to take away her younger brother and also Jia Lan, thinking that Jia She got some news from the southern island.The Taoist priest I met today felt sorry for him, even Qin Zhong felt sorry for him.What Qin Zhong regretted was that the general could not wrap his body in horse leather, and what the Taoist chief regretted was that he would die unjustly in the future.

The more Sun Shaozu thought about it, the more indignant he became, and he staggered unknowingly.Suddenly someone shouted: "General Sun—is this General Sun?" He followed the voice and turned his head to look, but it was a very capable horse dealer in Beijing, named Zui King Kong Ni Er.Although this Ni Er is a merchant, he is a chivalrous person.Just as he was thinking, Ni Er approached and said with a smile, "I look like General Sun from a distance, and it really is you. I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you, General?"