The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 866

The anniversary of the death of Confucius and Confucian scholars all over the world is a big event. Every February 21, many people come to Qufu.This year is no exception, the streets are full of scholars.Jia Cong asked Liu Xiaoqi to pick him up early today, stood outside the inn and looked at it with his hands behind his back for a long time, and said with emotion: "The cultural level of the people is really high." Then he went to the Confucius Temple to join in the fun.

The process of offering sacrifices to Confucius was very complicated, and Jia Cong became impatient before seeing a third of it.He wanted to run away, but he was the first to stand at the forefront relying on the martial arts skills of the people around him.Now there is a sacrificial ceremony in front of him, and behind him is a high density of Confucian scholars comparable to those who will travel during the Golden Week of later generations, and he cannot move at all.I had to force myself to bear it.Rao deliberately ate more in the morning, and by the end of the ceremony, everyone was so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.Back at the inn, Jia Cong asked everyone if the ceremony was good.Everyone chattered and said: "It's good to look good, it's been too long!" "How can it take so long to worship an ancestor!"

The next day, Jia Cong went to the Confucian mansion to visit with the name card.The door was bustling.Liu Zhuang went through the crowd like a fish swimming through algae, until he reached the door and cupped his hands: "Uncle Trouble, go in and report: Yan Guo Zhou Ji is invited to visit Mr. Kong Yunxian."

Menzi was startled for a moment, and replied: "So it's a guest from Yan Kingdom. Dare I ask if our uncle invited you?"

"Yes." Liu Zhuang took out the poem Kong Yunxian presented to Jia Cong from his pocket.

The doorman took a look, nodded and said: "It is indeed Mr. Zhou invited by the uncle."

Liu Zhuang smiled and said: "I hope that in the future, Mr. Confucius will invite people to be guests and be more straightforward. The allusions are too biased for us to understand."

Menzi smiled and said: "Since the Lord has come, it is obvious that he understands. Please wait a moment, brother, I will go in and announce." Nai bowed to the ground.

Liu Zhuang replied: "Thank you very much." He turned his head and signaled Jia Cong to wait.The people around had heard that they were invited by Master Kong, and gave way one after another.

Jia Cong stepped forward and said casually, "What are Zhuang'er and Uncle Menzi talking about?"

"It's just to bother him to report the letter."

"Why did he give you such a big gift?"

"He understood the allusions in Master Kong's poem at a glance."

Jia Cong grinned: "Even the disciples of the Confucius family are great Confucians."

Not long after, Kong Yunxian picked it up in person, and shouted towards Jia Cong, "Mr. Zhou!" His voice couldn't hide his excitement.

Jia Cong was a little surprised, and cupped his hands with a smile: "Master Kong has read a lot of books at a young age, I admire him very much."

Everyone at the door immediately understood that this person was the direct descendant of Kong Sheng, and bowed deeply one after another.Kong Yunxian returned the salute on all sides.Jia Cong looked at them inexplicably for a long time, and asked loudly, "Have you ever given porridge to their family? Why do they all salute you?"

Liu Xiaoqi said loudly: "It's just for the face of his ancestors."

"Then why don't you go to the Confucian Temple to salute?" Jia Cong said, "Such a young child has been bowing for half a day, so don't hurt your back." Nai glanced at the crowd, "I don't feel sorry for my child."

A Confucian scholar shouted: "It's unreasonable! How can bowing hurt you?"

Jia Cong also shouted: "It won't hurt if you only do one each. It's really hard to say that a little older child's waist and legs haven't grown yet, so you can make many bows in a row. You are happy, and you are happy." Regardless of the life or death of others, it is not you who turn back and lie on the kang unable to move."

Kong Yunxian hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhou whispered, late birth is fine."

Jia Cong said: "If I don't stop you, you won't know if you make dozens more bows. It's okay. Let's go in quickly." But he could not help but walk in on Kong Yunxian's shoulder.Kong Yunxian was a young scholar after all, and Jia Cong had practiced martial arts since he was a child, so he was taken in right away.Jia Cong said in a low voice at this time, "Chen Zi'ang has a poem saying that emerald nests in the South China Sea, male and female bead forests. How do you know that beauty is good, pride and love are better than gold. The king of Qi stares at your family so hard, it's just because of these people. "There was a trace of sadness in Kong Yunxian's eyes.Jia Cong rolled his eyes at the sky - it seems that because the Kong family refused to obey and change the sacrificial etiquette, King Qi found trouble with others.

So he completely ignored the pilgrims outside the door, Jia Cong and his party followed Kong Yunxian straight into the back hall.Kong Yunxian ordered someone to invite his father to the front, saying that there was something urgent.Shen Zhimo smiled and said to the boy who reported the letter: "No matter how old the official accompanied by Yan Shenggong is, our husband is older than him." Kong Yunxian sat silently.The servant left respectfully.

Not long after, Yan Shenggong came.Sure enough, this person is only in his 30s, and he is described as handsome and elegant, and he is a learned man at first glance.Kong Yunxian introduced them for them.Jia Cong hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands: "Mr. Kong, hello." Yan Shenggong returned the salute.

When the two sat down, Yan Shenggong said: "Thanks to Mr. Zhou for helping the child a few days ago, I am very grateful."

Jia Cong said: "People asked me, I just answered, it's not worth mentioning. It's just why Mr. Kong allowed King Qi to call Young Master Kong Mr.? It's not quite in accordance with the rules."

Yan Shenggong said with a wry smile: "Why didn't I refuse? I couldn't refuse over and over again."

Jia Cong said: "Wan Sheng felt that this kind of thing can't be pushed over and over again, and it must be pushed down thirty times and forty times. Only one person can be respected by the world from birth - the prince. White eyebrows and red eyes Since you are highly valued by the prince, and you have no strength to protect yourself, it is no wonder that all the sons and daughters of the phoenix and dragon want to attack your family."

Kong Yunxian couldn't help asking: "What does Mr. Zhou know? Didn't you just say it a few days ago?"

Jia Cong said: "To tell you the truth, I made a mistake at the time. I thought that the excitement in the theater was the sons of King Qi fighting for the throne. Later, I realized that your highnesses were just puppets, but they were actually There were several family disputes, and family strife. Qufu immediately became safe. I hurried over."

Yan Shenggong hurriedly said: "I heard that the prince has confiscated many people's houses."

Jia Cong nodded: "It's not that time yet, right now there are all kinds of Li Daitao stiff. Hurry up. If you run well enough to run on the first day of the new year, you won't be able to run to the fifteenth day. After the cicada shell is clean, you should fight hand-to-hand. When the time comes, you will die when the knife sees blood. Let's Hide away and see who loses and who wins in the end, and whoever escapes by chance will be heroically responsible."

Yan Shenggong shook his head and said, "I don't live in peace here. The prince sent someone to borrow our family's ancient books, saying that he wanted to compile a complete set of Confucianism."

"Borrowing books?" That's right, there are still many rare and ancient books in the Kong family's library.Jia Cong thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid he didn't just think about it recently. He should have been thinking about it for a long time. If you want to use the power of your family to fight against the court, with all due respect, even the Kong family can't do it. This time he If he sent someone to borrow it, if he didn't borrow it, next time he might send strange people to fetch it, or simply let Yan Shenggong die of illness. Master Kong is still a child, how can he fight against them? Generally speaking, it is not impossible to go straight to Master Kong."

The father and son of the Kong family already had ugly expressions before hearing this, but then they exclaimed in unison: "What?!"

Kong Yunxian asked anxiously: "Is that incident in the theater directed towards me?"

Jia Cong smirked: "No matter how knowledgeable you literati are, you will never be able to fight openly and secretly, let alone fire. Guns and cannons. Mr. Wu Li, who wrote the playbook, is not recognized by others, but Master Kong always does."

Yan Shenggong's face darkened: "He conspired with outsiders to kill my son?"

"Of course not." Jia Cong said, "Mr. Wu doesn't have any bad intentions, he just wants to relax. If Young Master Kong has an accident because of him, he will definitely escort him back to Qufu. After he comes back, he probably won't leave again. This person is simple and easy to deceive, dedicated to love and infatuation, and can be easily grasped by others. Then you will be hard to guard against."

Yan Shenggong frowned: "I heard that his wife is good, could it be that he was hooked up by some woman?"

"Um... To tell the truth, don't be overwhelmed. His wife is a bandit, and you have been wanted by Qi State for several years." The father and son of the Kong family were stunned for a moment.Jia Cong shrugged, "Besides, he was not hooked up by any woman. He was born with a broken sleeve, and pretending to be a relative can't change his sexual orientation." He paused, "I also know that this era will let you It is very difficult for such a family to accept the cut-off sleeves of the children in the clan. But think about it, the broken sleeves do not affect his talent! He wrote the play "Zijian Nanzi" quite well, and it can also add luster to the family After 300 years, no one of you great Confucians will know about it, but he might be famous forever. Take a step back and say, do people want to be a broken sleeve? It’s not your Confucius family who made him a broken sleeve.”

He talked like pouring beans for a long time, Yan Shenggong woke up from the shock, and the first sentence was: "Is his wife really a thief?"

"Is this still fake?" Jia Cong said, "Do you want to go to the Qufu County Government to find out the arrest warrant for Huaying Graphics together? This female thief has already taken refuge in a certain highness, and the matter of the theater is hers." Retaliation, deliberate."

"revenge?!"

"Revenge on you, Mr. Wu Li." Jia Cong said righteously, "If a woman is well-behaved, marrying a broken sleeve is equivalent to ruining her life. Can you not hate it?"

Kong Yunxian said from the side: "But she is a female thief!"

"That's right! She has the ability to take revenge just because she is a female thief! Wouldn't it be possible for an ordinary woman to swallow the injustice of her entire life in vain? She also has to endure the world saying that she can't bear children. Oh, there must be someone to blame She is not virtuous and does not take concubines for her husband. This female thief was originally planning to rehabilitate before marrying, and you Mr. Wu directly extinguished her heart, which is really a crime."

Yan Shenggong frowned and asked, "What about the female thief?"

"In the prison. Mr. Kong is best to pretend that he doesn't know anything. How many noble families, dignitaries, generals, great scholars, how many princes and concubines have been involved in this matter. Didn't you see how fast I ran? I can't afford to hide." The father and son of the Kong family looked at each other, wondering how they could get into trouble with such a well-behaved family.Jia Cong saw it, and explained kindly, "Even if there is no Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li, your family will not be able to survive anyway. Look at those people outside the door! Whoever gets the support of the Kong family will be one step closer to the son of the Golden Crown. Hello, King Qi This one. Isn't it far away, Yu Luo suddenly saw it."

Yan Shenggong thought for a long time, and asked: "May I ask who Mr. Zhou is?"

Jia Cong smiled slightly, and took out a gold seal of a unicorn treading fire from his bosom, and placed it on the coffee table casually.Shen Zhimo said crisply: "This is Jia Cong, the Regent of the Yan Kingdom."

The Kong family father and son stood up in shock.Jia Cong also stood up with a smile and cupped his hands: "You are welcome, you two. I am not very good at speaking official Chinese."

That being said, the three of them had to meet again, and they still had to speak a few words in official Chinese.Yan Shenggong asked solemnly: "Dare to ask the prince to come to Qi country, is it really a study tour?"

"Of course not." Jia Cong said, "I'm here to investigate the case. The case is really important, and the criminal is not in the country of Yan. They are too busy and have no time, so they sent me here."

Yan Shenggong smiled unconsciously: "The prince has thousands of rumors in the world, and it is true that seeing a hundred things is better than hearing a hundred."

Shen Zhimo smiled and said, "Do you want to take a photo together?"

"That's right!" Jia Cong said, "Let's take a photo."

Kong Yunxian immediately said: "But the paintings that hang in Jia's horse shop that look like real people?"

Jia Cong smiled and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him: "Here, this is the photo." Kong Yunxian took it and looked at it, it was a chubby female doll. "This is my daughter Miao Miao."

Kong Yunxian handed the photo to his father.Yan Shenggong saw that the child's eyes sparkling in the painting were very cute, and he couldn't help smiling: "It's a blessing."

Jia Cong proudly said: "It's so cute! This is the photo. It's been less than a month since I came to Qi, and there's not a single day when I miss her and her mother. Bringing a photo of their mother and son on my body can relieve the pain of lovesickness. "

Yan Shenggong returned the photo to him and said, "Yan Kingdom has produced many new objects in recent years."

Jia Cong carefully put away the photos and said seriously: "Those new things are beneficial to the people, and they will spread to the whole country soon. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. The world is divided, and the people will be valuable immediately. Even such a small thing is not worth it." A vassal state that is willing to do for the common people cannot retain people. No matter whether it is a scholar, a farmer, a businessman or a businessman, it will not be able to retain people."

Shen Zhimo took advantage of the situation and said, "Why don't you go to Yan State to have a look at Yan Shenggong? I'm afraid the chaos in Qi State will not subside for a while. You just hide out and come back after they finish fighting. After the dust settles, no matter who is the winner, You still expect the Kong family to support him, don’t you?”

Jia Cong said: "Children's words. Yan Shenggong is the head of the clan, and he is not allowed to travel far away at will."

Shen Zhimo muttered, "Sage Confucius still traveled around the world."

Liu Zhuang suddenly said: "If Lord Yansheng goes to the capital and gives a few lectures in the Imperial Academy, Mrs. Lin will accompany him, and Prime Minister Lin will lead General Jia and the Regent to listen, then he will be able to gain momentum. From the king to your highnesses, and the few families we met in Qi, everyone said that Yan is strong and Qi is weak. With Lin Xiang and Lin Laoshangshu as the cover, maybe the king of Qi would not dare to mess around with borrowing books. "

"Hey, that's right!" Jia Cong climbed up the pole, "This idea is better than what I just thought."

Kong Yunxian hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands: "May I ask what your lord's idea is?"

Jia Cong said: "I just thought that since he wants to compile books, he is just copying them. It is better to let him send careful Confucian scholars to your house to copy than to send ancient books to him."

Yan Shenggong said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid the King of Qi may not be willing."

Jia Cong was secretly delighted when he heard the word "King of Qi" and said, "Mr. Kong really has no choice but to go to the capital and borrow the power of Lin Daiyu, the most powerful Confucian student in the world. .”

Yan Shenggong glanced at him: "Isn't the most powerful Confucian child in the world the prince?"

Liu Zhuang Shen Zhimo laughed in unison: "It's not him! It's Prime Minister Lin!" Shen Zhimo added: "Prime Minister Lin of Yan Guo has the final say." Jia Cong spread his hands.

Yan Shenggong thought for a moment, then nodded resolutely: "Forget it. For the library of my Kong family, I will go all the way."