The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Cong casually exposed Zhu Tong to Gao's father and son, and Gao Li led his three sons to block him.Seeing that the old man's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Jia Cong hurriedly stood in the middle and made a gesture of "stop": "Wait first!"

Zhu Tong was quick, and immediately dodged behind Jia Cong.

Jia Cong said to Gao Li: "I just talked to Mr. Zhu a few words. Although I didn't make it clear, it is obvious that there is something hidden." Then he turned to Zhu Tong and said, "Mr. Zhu, the thing that bothers me the most is hidden feelings. .Didn’t the matter between Mr. Chen and his father back then be hesitant and secretive? You two are clearly partners in cooperation, why can’t you open the skylight and speak clearly? Isn’t it clear?”

Zhu Tong was startled, shook his head and said nothing.

Jia Cong frowned: "Is it that embarrassing? Why don't you tell me, and I'll tell them?"

Zhu Tong lowered his eyes and said, "I have nothing to say."

Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Li and said, "Did my cousin do anything to offend them?"

Gao Li sneered, "May I ask what Gao has done to offend General Bai?"

Zhu Tong just closed his eyes and said nothing.

The gentleman who followed Gao Li took a step forward, but before Fang raised his arm, Jia Cong looked at Gao Mang: "Brother-in-law is staring at your family, don't let them come over."

Gao Mang nodded.Jia Cong grabbed Zhu Tong's arm and left, leaving Gao's father and son behind!I dragged them along for a long way, and walked around to a water pavilion. This time, there was really no one around.Jia Cong spread his hands: "I haven't thought about this matter. But you are too confident. If you don't want the Gao family to know, you should come to me quietly earlier. What's the matter if you bump into me now! Both are equally responsible."

Zhu Tong smiled wryly and said, "Master Jia is really a god, I am speechless."

Jia Cong chuckled twice, and said, "I just thought about it on the way, and I really can't think of any need for the Bai family to install in the Gao family. You come in. You are upstream and downstream, not competitors."

Zhu Tong said: "It has nothing to do with General Bai, it's my own business."

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Huh? No way! Do you want to marry a girl from the Gao family?"

Zhu Tong was also taken aback, and said inexplicably, "Where do you want to go!"

"You're not young anymore, isn't your own business just a matter of marriage?"

Zhu Tong shook his head and said, "No."

"Mr. Zhu, can you make it clear? I was the one who broke your business just now. Didn't I want to make up for it?" Jia Cong said, "I always know more about the Gao family. Besides, there is also my brother-in-law. Well. You have to pass the test now, right? You two still have to do business. No matter what, I will always be taught by Gong Sanyi."

Zhu Tong was silent for a long time after hearing the words, Jia Cong was getting impatient, he finally said: "I'm looking for someone who killed my father and my enemy."

Jia Cong was startled: "Are you kidding me!"

Zhu Tong turned his back and looked at the fallen lotus leaf on the other side of the lake: "My father was originally in the camp of Prince Xianyizhong."

Jia Cong pursed his lips, stretched his head to his side and said softly, "So, is your enemy the Supreme Emperor? Or the virtuous king?"

Zhu Tong said indifferently: "In the matter of seizing the heir, the winner is the king. I don't blame them. If the prince wins, the people who follow them are the same."

Jia Cong rubbed his neck and thought, I, Mr. Lin, are on the other side of them, so it's better for Prince Yizhong to lose.

"My father and the prince had a long-term friendship, which is not known to everyone. They only came up with some ideas, and the prince rarely adopted them. After the prince was defeated and died, General Beringen rescued the prince's orphan and entrusted my father. Let the child leave home and hide in another country under a pseudonym."

Jia Cong let out a "bang" in his heart.He knew about the little prince.

"Later, General Bai's people told me that my father and the children were all killed by Situ Yao's men."

Jia Cong asked: "Was the little prince still a baby when he was killed? He was not yet one year old?"

Zhu Tong turned around and glanced at him: "It's only been seven months."

Jia Cong said: "Is that General Bai's man a bad old man? Did he send some money and food to your family?"

Zhu Tong was a little surprised, and said, "No, in his 40s."

Jia Cong said "Oh".He just remembered that when he first met Gong Sanyi, the old man went back to appease the family members of his former comrades-in-arms, causing him to stretch his neck and wait for a long time.It can be seen that after Prince Yizhong broke things, he did not know how many people died unjustly, either explicitly or secretly.Nai sighed and said: "The evil of the company is too numerous to describe. This kind of law must be abolished."

Zhu Tong sneered and said, "Abolish? Whoever becomes the emperor will be scolded by others, and the emperor is scolded by others, how can killing only one be enough to relieve his anger?"

Jia Cong said casually: "Therefore, the emperor should not be given so much power that he can kill people just because of his unhappiness."

Zhu Tong was even more surprised when he heard this, and looked at him for a long time.

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Don't look at me so strangely. We are not the only country in the world. The emperors of many countries have no right to kill people. This is called a constitutional monarchy." Seeing the obvious interest in Zhu Tong's eyes, he explained , "It means that the law is above the monarchy, the law is extremely meticulous and thorough, and those who do not break the law can not kill the emperor. There is no such thing as implicating the nine clans."

Zhu Tong said: "Is the Son of Heaven still the Son of Heaven?"

Jia Cong said: "The Son of Heaven can appoint officials, and the Son of Heaven has a lot of tax money to spend. Although the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he is not guilty of the same crime as the common people, but it is enough. Many countries in the world are like this. Some countries do not even have an emperor, and they are republics. . " He said a lot of future political systems, and Zhu Tong's eyes widened.

"There is such a thing!"

"It's too much! The world is so big, we only see the one-third of an acre of land under our noses." Jia Cong snorted, and suddenly remembered that this is not a time for popular science, democracy and the rule of law, so he hurriedly said, "Stop, stop! Let's talk about this slowly later. Since your father-killing enemy is the Emperor's man, how did you find this place!"

Zhu Tong said: "I heard from a servant who escaped with his life that my father hid it very well with his young son, but because he occasionally took in a rushing person for the night, somehow his flaws were exposed."

"..." Jia Cong was speechless, and finally said for a long time, "So this kind of thing really happened! I always thought it must be the storyteller telling the truth."

Zhu Tong said: "Later, General Bai led me to pack up my father's belongings. A piece of paper was scattered under the case with a poem written on it, which was not in my father's handwriting. The person who stayed overnight was a scholar. Three months Before, General Bai sent someone to send me a letter with a delivery list inside, I will remember that handwriting all my life."

Jia Cong said, "It must be the Gao family's invoice."

Zhu Tong nodded.

Jia Cong said: "It can be seen from this that the person who killed your father may be hiding in the Gao family. If so, why not ask the Gao family to help investigate? You two are partners."

Zhu Tong smiled wryly: "General Bai sent someone to test it out, and the Gao family pushed him back."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "It's just to test people, of course you will come back, and you also think you are spying on business secrets. Have you made it clear to people that the person is the Supreme Emperor?"

Zhu Tong said: "We are just doing business with them, how can we make it so clear? You two are relatives by marriage, can you make it so clear?"

Jia Cong said: "It's quite clear. It's not because of the in-laws, but actually because of my brother-in-law, whom I have already recognized." Nai scratched his head, "Forget it, I probably can't tell you clearly for a while. Mr. Zhu, this time It's a big deal..." He suddenly laughed, "Sorry, I remembered a joke."

Zhu Tong looked at him.

"It's said that monkeys don't know how to eat fruits with the skin peeled off, so they gnaw bananas with their skins on. A monkey keeper loved his monkey and taught him how to peel bananas. The monkey learned it after just watching it once. A few days later, the monkey keeper bought oranges and gave them to the monkeys to eat, but the monkeys still gnawed on them with the skins on instead of peeling them."

Zhu Tong said: "It's not a good thing to hear."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Of course it's not a good word. When I went to Chang'an a few years ago, the story about your classmate Mr. Chen is true."

Zhu Tong immediately understood, and also knew that he compared himself to a monkey, and said angrily: "How can such an ordinary business relationship between father and son and the Bai family and Gao family be the same thing!"

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Bananas and oranges are not the same thing. It's a matter of working habits. You are used to hiding everything and go to find out by yourself, lest something will be leaked. Probably because of this. The reason why Prince Yizhong's old department has been hunted down by the court for many years. Unlike in the past, Prince Yizhong no longer has to be tabooed. Besides, it is also a taboo for the Gao family to hide the people of the Supreme Emperor in the Gao family. If they know , we must investigate to the end." No wonder Mrs. Chen and the old eunuch broke into the young master's house easily, it turned out that there was a mole inside!He suddenly frowned, "No! No, no!"

Zhu Tong hurriedly asked: "Why is it wrong?"

Jia Cong grabbed Zhu Tong's arm: "Let's go!"

Zhu Tong didn't know why, so he had to follow him from the water pavilion back to the Dahua Hall.Most of the businessmen who came to the meeting just now have already left, and some of them gathered together to study and ponder those charts.Zhu Tongnai said: "What Mr. Jia did is really novel, I'm afraid others will learn it right away."

Jia Cong said, "I wanted them to learn it."

Zhu Tong said: "Aren't you afraid that the disciples of the church will starve to death, Master?"

Jia Cong said: "That is a useless master. If he is not starved to death by his disciples, he will be starved to death by his peers. Many things cannot be done by relying on a few families alone." After looking around for a few times, the Gao family and his son were nowhere to be seen. Then he pulled a young servant and asked.The boy said, "My lord and the three masters have all gone to the study."Jia Cong nodded, and led Zhu Tong to Gaoli's study.

At the door, the boy guarding the door came up and said: "Master Cong, the master told you to come, just go in."

Jia Cong said "hmm" and went in with Zhu Tong.I saw Gao Li, his three sons and the steward all there.Jia Cong stepped forward and said to the manager, "Sir, I apologize first."

The steward hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands: "How dare you!"

Jia Cong said: "Boy, I have a very important and very close matter. It concerns several companies. I need to discuss it with my cousin. I beg you to stay away for a while."

Gao Li just said, "Mr. Zhao is someone I can trust." Gao Mang saw Jia Cong's eyes, and hurriedly said, "Father, since the matter concerns several families, Cong'er doesn't know Mr. Zhao, so he dare not speak casually. .It's the same when Dad discusses with Mr. Zhao."

Hearing this, Gao Li gave up, hugged that Mr. Zhao again, and sent him out.

Jia Cong went outside again to instruct the guards, then turned around and looked back, Gao Li, Gao Ying and Gao Hua stared at Zhu Tong coldly, shook his head, and said to Zhu Tong: "Look, this is the disadvantage of not being clear. "

So he pulled Zhu Tong to sit down.Gao Li snorted heavily.

Jia Cong said: "Don't blame Mr. Zhu. There are some things I don't know that you don't want others to know, but now that you don't talk about it, you can't find it out. I'm afraid our family will be in trouble."

Zhu Tong sighed and remained silent.

Jia Cong didn't care about 21, and poured out everything about Zhu Tong's father and Prince Yizhong's young son, the list of scholars and goods.At the end he said: "There are two things that are strange to me. First, only a scholar like Zhu Tong would believe that his father took in a passer-by for the night by chance, and that passer-by happened to be the secret agent of the Supreme Emperor, and his father happened to miss something. It’s only the flaws that are difficult. The detailed work is obviously based on inquiring about eight or nine times. Finally, go to confirm: if it’s fake, it’s fine, if it’s real, kill it on the spot. How could such a person be so careless as to leave his handwriting? How could such a careless person be so meticulous? He would have died a long time ago."

Zhu Tong who said that was also taken aback.

"Secondly. Let's just pretend that he forgot that sign in a hurry. He forgot it at the time, but he will definitely remember it later, regretting it too late, and often thinking about it, he often blames himself for making a mistake at that moment, and must correct it next time. Since that person knew that old Mr. Zhu belonged to Prince Yizhong, and General Beringen obviously belonged to Prince Yizhong, and Mr. Zhu’s adoption of the young son was also arranged by General Beringen, how careless he would be to remove his handwriting from Gao’s family. Pass it to the Bai family?"

Gao Li thought for a long time after hearing the words: "Cong'er, what do you mean?"

Jia Cong said: "I just thought about it, Mr. Zhu's words are also right. Prince Yizhong's lineage has been hunted down by saints for so many years, and they were hunted down terribly, so they are used to being cautious. They encountered such things Well, I really wouldn't talk about everything like I do. Besides, the two of you are just doing normal business. How can you give up on this matter involving Mr. Zhu killing his father and enemy? Cousin, think about it, If you were Beringen, would you bluntly speak out about these many things? Or would you investigate it yourself?"

Zhu Tong said: "I understand what you mean. But how could the thief have not predicted the business relationship between the prophet Baigao and his family nine years ago?"

Jia Cong rolled his eyes at him: "This is called leisure chess! It is also called introduction! Instead of asking you to find out the clues next to it, it is better to divert your attention with a bright object, in case it is of other use in the future? Look, isn't it useful now?" He then said to Gao Li, "Cousin, I'm afraid this matter needs to be investigated carefully. Which cousin will investigate it himself, without the hands of others. There are people who are too emperor."

Gao Li hurriedly said, "What else do you know?"

Jia Cong said: "I'm afraid you're worried about something, so I didn't tell you. Last time in Qunfang Tower, that Chen who was a fan, came into my room a few nights ago and gave me a fright!"

Gao Li stood up and shouted: "What!"

Jia Cong said: "Now they are in a hurry to go to the doctor. They really think that I am a boy of good fortune. They want me to accompany them to Tianjin to find the Supreme Emperor! If I refuse to go, she threatens me with the little nephew in my sister's womb! "

Gao Mang stood up "thud": "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Jia Cong said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, let me counter-threat to go back. I said they dared to touch a hair of my sister and nephew, and I immediately went to Beijing to try my best to persuade the virtuous king to stand on his own feet and kill all the seven sons of the Supreme Emperor!" She was frightened, and she had nothing to do with me, so she left. I thought, Gao Mansion has been heavily guarded recently, and she is only sixteen or seventeen years old. Even if she has been practicing martial arts since her mother's womb, it would not be so easy to find my house. There are their people."

Gao Li suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and ordered: "Ying'er! Go and investigate yourself! The government will strictly investigate." Then he complained to Jia Cong, "Why don't you talk about such a big thing!"

Jia Cong said: "At that time, I only thought she was really good at martial arts. Besides, they dare not take it seriously if they are afraid. Now Situ Pan has not yet stood on his own. Anyway, the little emperor is the son of the Supreme Emperor."

Gao Li pondered for another half a day, and said, "I don't know who it is. Ying'er, be careful, don't trust anyone casually."

Gao Ying agreed again.

Jia Cong said again: "Although Mr. Zhu's matter is his fault, he has a filial piety, and he has never harmed his cousin. I hope Haihan is better. Besides, he has only been here for two or three months."

Zhu Tong looked at his nose, nose and heart, and said in his mouth: "Zhu who is related to confidentiality has avoided it."

Gao Li was silent.In all fairness, Zhu Tong really has no other way.It's just that he let him be tolerant casually, and Gao Li is not that magnanimous.

Jia Cong added: "It's likely that he was tricked by someone now. Besides, if he hadn't said everything thoroughly today, how would we know these things? How could we come to investigate? It's uncertain what will happen in the future."

For half a day, Gao Lifang said with a cold face: "That's all."

Zhu Tong only gave a deep salute silently.

Just now Jia Cong casually revealed Zhu Tong's identity, and he intended to make Gao Li wary of the staff around him.Because the person who wrote the little scroll knew a lot, he was most suspicious of him.Zhu Tong is not familiar with things in Beijing, so it's not him.First there is Zhu Tong, and then there is no one who knows who must be meticulous, so Gao Li can't trust his staff casually now.Then he ordered Gao Mang and Zhu Tong to check the list of the goods together.