The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 870

The King of Qi sent troops to Qinghe County to arrest the Cui family members, but unexpectedly, they only took half a day to get their way.

The superior originally ordered to go and return quickly, but the implication was to arrest people and leave immediately.The leading general took a bribe from Cui's family and stayed overnight in Qinghe.Fearing that they would go back late, they were reprimanded by their superiors for rushing hard. The soldiers were very tired and became more and more drowsy after noon.From a distance, they saw a house on the side of the road ahead, which was a restaurant they had visited yesterday, so they stopped for a rest.

A prisoner gave a piece of silver to the soldier in front of the prison cart and asked him to ask the general to come and speak.The general walked up to the prison wagon.The prisoners inside were two young men in their early twenties. The one who spoke had a straight nose and a broad mouth, and he seemed to be a good guy at first glance, while the other seemed to be sulking.The man stretched out a hand lowly from the prison car.The general understood and stretched out his hand to take a jade tablet from the prisoner.The prisoner said in a low voice: "This villain's grandfather was bestowed by the late emperor when he was young." The general shook his body and gripped the jade plaque tightly.The prisoner said again, "The villains and others are tired and thirsty, so I beg the general, Xu Xiaoren, to buy some tea as well. There must be wells where the tea is sold. If there is not enough hot tea, well water will do."

The general took a closer look at the jade tablet, which was carved from high-quality suet white jade, with orchids on the front and two lines of poems engraved on the back.He couldn't read very well, and he couldn't make out what was written after reading it for a long time.The whole piece of jade brand is completely flawless.Nai nodded, took it close to him and prepared to go back to his son.Then he said with a smile: "It's really hard to travel today. Well, I'll get you some water to drink."

When I entered the restaurant, I saw that there were three or four groups of guests resting here.The boss went to the back kitchen to check, and the guys were still the same as yesterday.Hot tea will be enough to quench the soldiers' thirst, and the prisoners can only drink well water even if they are paid.Fortunately, these prisoners did not complain, and thanked the officials for giving them water.The general secretly praised the Cui family as worthy of being a big family, and the people of the clan are so sensible.After a while, all the soldiers stared wide-eyed, salivating from the corners of their mouths, you pulled me back and then fell down.The general said "not good" in his heart, and went up against the case.Unexpectedly, he himself was also dizzy and fell down with a "plop".The heart is clear, the body is numb and unable to move.

The guy exclaimed: "What's wrong!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, it has nothing to do with your shop." Seeing a person coming from the back of the restaurant, he said with a smile, "If you don't open for half a year, you can eat for half a year when it opens. This fellow came out of Cui's house, and he definitely didn't want to receive benefits from others. Little ones, search carefully!" All the merchants responded, "Yes."

A merchant said: "Your Majesty, what should we do with those in the prison van? They are all sober."

The king glanced at him and said, "What should I do with it? For the best goods, the men will be sold to South America, and the women will be sold to the country of Wu. There must be a lot of valuables on them, even the clothes are of good material, and everything will be safe. state to sell."

Another merchant said: "According to me, there are not many of them. Call all the brothers over and take off the clothes of these eagle-clawed grandchildren and let us wear them. How about being an officer and soldier for a while? Your majesty will also be a general for a while."

Sitting on the table, the king raised his legs and bent over to look at the general, and said leisurely: "Interesting, that's it." The merchants cheered and rushed up to strip off the uniforms of the Qi army.At that time, Qi Jun was still not completely unconscious, just staring at each other with bare eyes.

A few fellows had already lost their legs and begged for mercy on their knees: "Everyone is a good man, don't have anything to do with villains!"

The king laughed and said: "Although it has nothing to do with you, we still think the government is noisy. Wait a moment, we will let you go after we finish the business." He ordered the younger ones to be tied up.Someone pushed the already tied-up boss out and threw it with the guys.Hearing a burst of crying father and mother, the officers and soldiers fell asleep one after another.

It was already afternoon when they woke up, and they found that all of them were lying on the official road, and the prison carts and horses were missing.The general was terrified all over.Searching around, the silver ticket box was nowhere to be seen, but the jade plaque that I just got was still there.He originally suspected that it was the Cui family's fault, but why such an important jade token was not taken away?As if not again.When I went back to the restaurant, there was no one left, but there was still money in the counter.Even though he messed up his errand, he still had to go back and report back.The general collected the money from the restaurant, and led the people back to the capital with his head downcast.

Master Lu was shocked when he heard the news, and shouted: "Meet a black shop?! Quickly explain it from the beginning!"

The general said with a bitter face: "I also ate there when I went, it's good; who would want to be targeted by thieves." Not daring to hide it, he reported it carefully from the beginning, and finally took out the jade tablet from his pocket.

Liu Zhuang came out from behind the screen to have a look, and said: "The late emperor once ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a December flower card made of mutton fat and white jade. Could it be this? I heard that there is a peony in the Empress Dowager's place."

Lord Lu wondered: "Mr. Liu also knows this?"

Liu Zhuang smiled and said: "I grew up in the palace, and I know every brick and tile in the Forbidden City." Master Lu was stunned.Liu Zhuang continued, "But I haven't seen this. I don't know if my lord has seen it, I'll trouble him to recognize it."

Master Lu thought for a moment and said: "Even if it is a gift from the late emperor, it may not be the work of the Cui family."

Liu Zhuang said: "South America is too far away. Send people to Wuguoren City to look for their women, and see if they can buy their women. Then go to Ping'an Prefecture... Ping'an Prefecture is a bit difficult, most of the shops are sold out." He thought for a while. , "Except for the country of Yan, there is a market in the whole country. Why do you want to sell it to the country of Wu in South America? Aren't the countries of Lu and Chu closer? The foreign countries are also the closest to Dongying."

Unconsciously, Lord Lu let him lead him away: "Could it be that the bandits are originally from the state of Wu?"

The escorting general immediately shouted: "My lord! The thief has a Wuyue accent!"

Another soldier who accompanied him in to testify said: "The king speaks with the accent of the Qi State, and the minions who proposed to pretend to be officers and soldiers have the accent of Wu Yue. I also heard the accent of the State of Shu."

Liu Zhuang said with a smile: "If it is really the actions of bandits from all over the world, the Cui family will also be responsible for it. These people were originally scattered in various countries, but they were summoned here. Now that the Cui family has collapsed, the people of the green forest will immediately turn against their master. It is true that the law of heaven is clearly retribution. accurate."

Lord Lu stroked his beard and let out a long sigh, and said apologetically, "It's just that the prince agreed to Mr. Liu's business..."

Liu Zhuang said: "As much as you have, it is not short of the prince's money. If there are criminal officials in the future, no matter how big or small, just keep them for my sister."

Lord Lu smiled and said, "Sister Ling is so bold."

Liu Zhuang said: "My sister knows the goods. What can a villager be useful to? A scholar has a lot of uses. Besides, England is an island, and the imperial palace is like a fortress. No Westerner outside the palace can understand Chinese, and the whole of Europe is at war all year round. Even if they have a hundred thousand minds, they still can't play tricks, and there is no other way but to help my sister wholeheartedly."

Lord Lu sighed: "This trip involved many of my old colleagues, and I couldn't bear it. Although it is going abroad...at least it is a way out. Sure enough, God has the virtue of good life."

Liu Zhuang said with a smile: "It can be considered as a beard."

Master Lu immediately nodded, clapped his hands and said, "Not bad! It's also Hua Hu!"

Then he took the jade tablet and sent it to King Qi to watch.King Qi saw it, and it was indeed one of the sets made by the first emperor. He himself had seen osmanthus flowers on the first emperor when he was young; Prince Hui Yizhong wrote a good poem, and the first emperor gave him a piece of plum blossoms.King Qi couldn't help but sigh: This thing is so precious that the Cui family's children actually used it to exchange water with the escorting officers and soldiers.Naisha enjoyed it for half a day and liked it very much.When Master Lu looked at him, he knew that the Cui family did not do what he believed.Originally, there were many doubts that could be investigated again, but now we simply give up.Not only was the general not blamed for presenting the jade medal, but he was also rewarded with two boxes of snacks. Life was very exciting.

On the other side, Yan Jun robbed the prison car and turned into a small road.The mountain king just now was Liu Xiaoqi, Jia Cong pretended to be an ordinary soldier and rode in front, and sang along the mountain wind: "The river flows eastward, the stars in the sky look at the Big Dipper—" All the soldiers followed suit : "Hey hey hey, join the Big Dipper, a bowl of wine between life and death—" It was very lively.

After walking around for a long time, there was a forest ahead, Liu Xiaoqi asked everyone to stop.Until this moment, Zi Fang swung his knife to break open the prison car and release the members of the Cui family.The young man who just presented the jade plaque got out of the car, flexed his muscles and sighed: "I didn't believe that you really came to save us until now." Shen Zhimo stepped forward to comfort the women and children.

The soldiers worked together and smashed all the prison cars into pieces.Rubber tires are very expensive, and the prison cars are all made of wooden wheels, which have also been chopped into pieces.There are many people and strength, and more than 80 prison cars disappeared in a short time.The soldiers were throwing firewood into the woods, when they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes on the road, the Cui family was frightened and paralyzed.Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, the fighter is back."

Just now when they cleaned up the Qi army, they sent two groups of brothers to stand guard at both ends of the official road to fight in groups to prevent passers-by from entering.Everyone singing heroic songs together is a signal, telling the brothers on both sides to call it a day.Then they had to smooth out the wheel marks on the path, and it took some work, so it took a while.

After hearing the reason, the young man from the Cui family clapped his hands and said, "What a delicate plan."

Liu Xiaoqi clapped her hands triumphantly: "It's just a trick."

The young man asked: "Guys, how dare you conclude that the officers and soldiers will stop there for tea?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "One is that the restaurant was sharpened when they came here, so they are quite at ease; the other is..." He laughed, "When you were having lunch, I put medicine in the general's water bag, and he will be thirsty."

The young man nodded: "I see."

A seven or eight-year-old boy suddenly said loudly: "Since my lords have this ability, why don't you just kill him?"

Liu Xiaoqi frowned slightly.Jia Cong asked, "Why did you kill him?"

The boy said confidently: "He is a bad guy."

"Do you know him? Know his name?"

The boy was taken aback: "I don't know."

"Then why do you say he is a bad guy?"

Just as the boy was about to speak, the young man hurriedly left him behind: "He is still young and doesn't know anything."

Jia Cong said solemnly: "So you should teach him. Human life is at stake. The general is just a man on order. Seriously, isn't it because your grandfather and brother committed a crime? He is the innocent one. Then Those who can outsmart me have always been opposed to the strong enemy, which will damage our own strength." He glanced at the boy, "Wu's army is equipped with guns. The life of any one of our soldiers is more than the combined lives of the two hundred of you. It's worth money. If there is an adventure, I won't take care of this nosy business. Qi Bing is also an ordinary person, everyone has a family and a small family, and there is no fault. If you want to live in Yan, you must first remember two things: First, Yan There are no inferior people in the country, and all scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are equal. Second, the life of Yan is very important, and everyone is equally important. In Yan, you must pay for your life. Even if you are the son of a rich family, you killed an illiterate mud leg If you can’t do it, just stay in Qi State, or go to Chu State instead.”

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Yan Guo has opened adult literacy classes for many years, and it is not easy to find illiterate people."

A woman in her thirties slowly came out from the crowd of the Cui family. She was dressed as a widow, and she went forward and said, "I know that there must be a difference between the Yan State and the Qi State. It is dead to be rescued by all the nobles." I will never be arrogant and coquettish again. I beg you to calm down."

"It's fine. You get used to it for a while, and you can't get used to it before leaving." Jia Cong said, "Let me warn you first, there are too many differences between Yan State and Qi State. For example, no one in Yan State will think that you are loyal if you are a widow. It is a good thing to have moral character. Others will only guess whether you have such a good relationship with your ex-husband that they look down on other men. When you wear plain clothes, others will not know that you are a widow, they will only think that you like plain colors. The widows in the country of Yan don’t wear plain clothes, and they can wear whatever they like. Also, the country of Yan doesn’t want women to stay at home and take care of housework, so they will do everything possible to drive all the women out to work. Men and women work together at work. Yours If a male colleague falls in love with you, he will definitely pursue you. Most of the colleagues or neighbors will agree, and even help him and persuade you to marry him. Your husband’s family has no right to say no, because your marriage is Your own affairs have nothing to do with them. The same is true for daughters. Fathers and brothers have no right to marry their daughters and sisters, and the marriage is their own decision." He glanced at the Cui family, "Please be mentally prepared In the past few years, many families have moved out of Beijing, but most of them have adapted. Naturally, more people immigrated from other countries, and you Qi know this better than us.”

Everyone in the Cui family suddenly changed their colors.After a while, an old woman shouted, "How unreasonable!"

Jia Cong shrugged and said: "A few years ago, the Yan Kingdom collected the land tax from the prince's family, and there were more clamors than this. It's not that a copper coin has not been withdrawn and it has been collected."

The young man frowned and said, "Why do you have to behave so badly? Aren't you afraid that the world will be in chaos?"

"Is it in chaos?" Jia Cong said, "Is it chaos in Yan State, or Taiwan? Is it chaos in Guangdong, Guangxi, or Jiangxi? Aren't these places getting better and better? Qi State abides by etiquette and national strength. Isn't it getting weaker and weaker? Young people, practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

A woman in the crowd shouted, "Don't go to the country of Yan! Go to the country of Chu!"

As soon as the words fell, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl ran out, shouting as she ran, "My lord, is what you just said true?"

Jia Cong said: "Of course it is true."

The girl said: "If they go to Chu State, I want to go to Yan State with you, okay?"

The woman shouted: "Second girl, come back!"

Jia Cong ignored her. "Of course!"

The girl raised her face: "I don't want to marry at home, okay?"

"Row!"

The girl cheered: "I'm going to Yan Country!"