The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, Rongguo Mansion was silent.Because the three relatives of Grandpa Jiashe were the internal response, and Gong San also went out to throw a lot of Mongolian sweat medicine secretly into the kitchens, so the whole family slept very peacefully.

At 200:[-] PM, Jia Si led the team and divided the approximately [-] or so people who needed to be used now into ten groups, a group of five, with their faces wrapped in black kerchiefs and bright oil lamps in their hands, and they went to the inner wall to wait. People's residences were searched according to the portals set earlier.There are more than [-] servants in Rongguo Mansion. Jia She thought that not all of them were corrupt, and only half of them managed to slip money and goods from the books or warehouses.Therefore, there were more than ten households in each group that had to be searched that night.It's fine if it's just ordinary household items; if there is anything that shouldn't be there, such as a huge amount of silver or antique ornaments that are obviously moved from the warehouse, they will all be taken away.Those who died sleeping on the kang first took the bedding and rolled it down and put it on the ground, and then put it back on the kang after checking.Occasionally, someone who hadn't eaten and woke up for some reason, cut them with a knife before shouting, and immediately fainted, and then poured sweat medicine again to make them sleep for several hours.

Another person in each group, holding a rough paper and charcoal pencil, recorded which household got what.This was Jia Cong's idea, "Take the opportunity to figure out which of the unclean ones are the most unclean, and look for opportunities to get rid of them in the future, otherwise I will definitely continue to greedy ink in the future."

The watchman outside Ningrong Street made Ge Liu dizzy and threw him back to his own home.Another seven or eight people specially prepared a lot of rattan boxes and sacks and were responsible for packing them in the courtyard inside the west corner gate.

I thought it would only take a few hours, but I didn't think that this group of people were very courageous and had a lot of things, and it took them two full hours to pack them all. Fortunately, there were a lot of rattan boxes and sacks prepared.Jia Amnesty suddenly became worried about the other half, so he asked everyone to work harder and search those things too.Sure enough, even though the logistics team was quite soft-handed, they still found a lot of things that were not the usual rewards from the master at first glance, and they didn't finish all of them until Yinshi Erji.The whole house is so clean that only two or three out of ten people have never attacked.It was also the first time for everyone to make such a big vote, and they were well prepared beforehand, and they were all very energetic and never tired at all.

Ge Liu went out to deliver the letters when everyone started to pack the boxes for the second time. Before they finished packing, large carriages came to the west corner gate. The hooves of the horses were all wrapped in thick cloth, and the sound of stepping on the ground was low. a lot.Fortunately, these were transported to the Taiping Escort, and the journey was not far away.Only now did everyone know why Gong Sanyi chose the Escort Bureau to be quite close to the Rongguo Mansion, and they admired it very much.The brothers took the titles in their mouths like a night march, and the big carriages transported the goods and unloaded them, and then went back to load them.Jia She, father and son, saw that the last carriage was also loaded, Fang, Gong Sanyi and others got into the same carriage, Ge Liu locked the west corner door and drove ahead, and followed.

When they arrived at the Escort, all kinds of boxes and sacks were transported neatly and smoothly into a large cellar.Following Jia Cong's suggestion, the boxes and sacks were numbered with charcoal pencils, which looked very attractive at first glance.Gong San also laughed and said: "This cellar was originally very small. After we bought it, I had people dig it to be as big as it is now. I said it was going to be used as an ice cellar in summer. I guessed it would be useful now."

Jia Amnesty was also very happy to see the good harvest. Now he has long been used to seeing that the servant's house hides many things from the Rongguo Mansion, so he stopped being angry and flattered Gong Sanyi: "Mr. Gong always wants to be in front of people."

Now that it was almost Mao, Jia Amnesty couldn't help but be thankful that the medicine last night was enough, otherwise someone in the mansion would have woken up long ago.After making some arrangements, Jia She said to everyone: "Brothers have worked very hard tonight, but you have to work hard for a day. The brothers on duty should not rest, and don't let others see that we have moved at night."

All the brothers laughed and said, "Where can I sleep!"

Jia Cong was secretly amused, this old man is really fine as a thief.

After a few more instructions, asking Jia Si to give everyone the hard-earned money, everyone burst into laughter; then Jia Amnesty hurriedly led his two sons and youngest son Wu Baozi into the carriage and went back.Fortunately, it was the twelfth lunar month and the sky was dark. The five of them returned to their respective residences. Although they knew that the whole family was fast asleep, they still couldn't help but tiptoe to change clothes and settle down, but none of them could fall asleep.

The next day until the sun was three shots, the people in the Rongguo Mansion gradually woke up.The house is like a fire.Because the hat and the word "Robin Hood" were painted on the gate of Zhou Rui's house generously, there is no need to ask who did it.When Jia's mother learned that she was shocked, she even shouted "reverse!"Busy people to call Jia pardon Jia Zheng.

Now Jia Amnesty fell asleep.Because he didn't close his eyes all night, Jia Mu sent the person who called him to call him after a long time and still couldn't wake up, so he had to go back.Because there are still many people who have not woken up at this moment, Jia Mu is not suspicious, but asks people to wipe their faces with cold water to wake them up.

Jia Amnesty yawned in a dazed manner and went to Jia Mu's courtyard. After listening to the people below, he understood for a long time: "That Arhat soldier robbed our family's servants in the inner wall of our house last night?"

Mother Jia said with a sullen face, "I'm afraid it's revenge!"

Jia Amnesty was taken aback: "Revenge for what?"

Mother Jia stared at him fiercely: "Didn't you send a post to Wucheng Bingmasi yesterday, and let them work hard to investigate the case?"

Jia She was dumbfounded: Mother, you can really guess!I didn't think about your son, so I hurriedly said: "What the old lady said is very true! Fortunately, they only robbed people, and they didn't have much money to take away."

Naturally, Mother Jia knew how rich the servants in the mansion were, but it was inconvenient to say it directly, so she just leaned on the ground with a cane in resentment.Ask Jia Zheng again.

Jia Zheng said: "Although only the servants were robbed, they belonged to our mansion after all. We should report it to the soldiers and horses of Wucheng as soon as possible, so that they can solve the case quickly."

Jia Shen was very sleepy at the moment, covered his mouth with his sleeve and yawned, "Why don't you send someone to go again? I'm really sleepy. My people went there once yesterday." Let's just say that I have a headache, complain to Jia's mother, and go back to sleep.

Mother Jia had no choice but to point at his back and scold him for a long time, then looked at Jia Zheng and sighed: "Now I can only rely on you."

Jia Zheng said: "I heard that the whole family fell into a coma until now, and there are still many who haven't woken up. It's obvious that the thieves have injected sweat medicine. It's just that there are so many people in our house, how did they do it?"

Jia Mu said: "I'm also unsafe because of this. I didn't even let the dog go. I'm afraid there is an inner ghost. Some of them woke up without dinner last night. It can be seen that the medicine was put in the whole house last night. The ones in our kitchen had to be carefully examined. According to those who were awake at the time, they broke into the house with oil lamps. They all said that there were five people, wearing black night clothes, with faces. Covered with a veil. There are only five people! They robbed hundreds of servants from our whole house. If they come in, kill people and set fire to them, will they be paid back?"

Jia Zheng thought for a while, and said, "I heard that they have been robbing the servants of various families in the capital for more than a month. It is impossible for there to be ghosts everywhere. Where do they come from so many informants?"

Mother Jia shook her head and said, "Those are servants' houses. How many households can afford nursing homes? How does it compare with our huge state mansion. That's all. It's natural for the government to check. Some neighbors who got up in the middle of the night said , Many black-painted carriages ran out from Ningrong Street, each of them was extremely generous, and they thought we were moving things in the mansion, which shows how unscrupulous they are. You should run for a while yourself. "

Jia Zheng hurriedly agreed, went back and changed his clothes, and went to Wucheng Bingmasi in person.

Zhao Cheng, the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, had already received the order from his superiors to ignore all those who robbed the slaves, so he hurriedly sent a few people to the Rongguo Mansion to see the scene and question the witnesses, and asked, "Has the Zun Mansion lost anything?"

Jia Zheng said, "Not at all. It's just that the whole house has fascinated him, and the old lady is terrified."

Zhao Chengdao: "Don't worry, my lord, it's not the first time this Robin Hood has attacked the servant's family, and he has never touched the master's family in the slightest."

Jia Zheng said: "It's just that if one day he wants to move, it's so easy. I hope my lord will not slack off."

Zhao Cheng said yes again and again, with a smile on his face and a guarantee, he coaxed Jia Zheng away vigorously.As soon as Jia Zheng left, the petty officials gathered around and discussed quietly: "Who is this Robin Hood?"

One said: "In the past, I guessed that it was someone from above, but you just don't believe it. Otherwise, there is no one above who would not let us solve the case."

Another said: "Why are the people above looking for trouble for these slaves?"

This one said: "Now just look at the case of Rongguo Mansion. How can ordinary people do it? There are so many houses, so neat, and I heard that the monthly money and small rewards have not been moved. If it is really a person in the green forest, Where can I resist taking it? It must be in the barracks. And it must be a strong soldier, if it is not complete, it will be the Imperial Forest Army."

The one said: "Nonsense, how can the imperial forest army rob the slaves, and they are not short of money. I heard that they take more than us."

This one said: "They may not be short of money, I heard that they are short of money today!"

When Zhao Cheng came back, he immediately cursed: "Shut up! Don't talk nonsense."

Everyone dispersed.

Some people got up near the escort agency and on the road to see their carriage at night, because Gong Sanyi spread the news that "customers often come in at midnight to carry darts" shortly after opening, and he also pretended to be transported at various hours of the night many times. It's not surprising that the neighbors just treat it as some kind of strange dart when things enter the escort agency.Occasionally, I guessed too much, the owner of the escort agency is the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and they don't do anything else; besides, those slaves are slaves and they are all very rich. They have long disliked them, but many are happy to see them The name Robin Hood has nothing to show up in the market chat.What's more, he went to the government to inquire, but there was no reward for this case. Even if he gave the news, it was only a false promise, and he didn't bother to offend the Taiping Escort and Jia pardoned him.

Afterwards, Gong San also laughed and said: "It's impossible to be careful about such a big event without being in the wild. However, people in the market can be predictable, or they are lazy, or don't cause trouble, or are too jealous, or do nothing for profit, so we It looks like an adventure, but in fact there is no danger, and it is safe and sound." Jia She and the others all expressed their admiration.

As a result, there were rumors in the market that "Robin Hood" was a burly man who used to lead four brothers, wearing bamboo hats, black scarves, and carrying oil lamps, to break into the homes of powerful and powerful slaves to seize property.Stories of all kinds sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and even more clever storytellers compiled them into jokes and told them in teahouses, making Beijing lively for a while.

From this day onwards, the Rongguo Mansion will be patrolling in shifts every day.Because the victim was a servant, no one was lazy, and everyone wished that Robin Hood would come at this moment, so that they could fight him hard.

Mother Jia also asked some people to investigate carefully, but the servants in their house are capable of eating, drinking and gambling, and they also have a lot of money and silver for idlers. There are not many people who can do things, and the kitchen is full of grievances. On the ground, I couldn't find anything for a while.They couldn't find any clues about Kuang Gong Sanyi's ability.Only the gatekeeper at the northwest corner gate replied that Zhou Rui's family had been sneaking out for more than half an hour after dinner last night.Because of Jia Amnesty's reminder, Mother Jia sent people to investigate the heads of the people who were robbed in the house and outside the mansion, and only Zhou Rui's family survived!Immediately became suspicious of their family, and immediately made people watch their family's every move quietly.It's just that he and his wife are both Mrs. Wang's confidantes and know many secrets, so it's inconvenient to sue the officials at will.

This matter has nothing to do with the young masters in the mansion, Jia Cong and Yao'er usually go to Lin Hai to study with Jia Huan and tell Lin Hai about this gossip.

Lin Haidaqi: "These thieves are also interesting. I think those slaves who come to the house steal a lot of things from their masters, but they may not dare to tell the truth to the officials."

Yao'er said: "This is the cleverness of that hero Luo. Since they haven't stolen many things, and they themselves are slaves, how can the officials seriously investigate?"

Jia Cong interjected, "I'm afraid Brother Xianwang's lost a dog is more important than them."

Lin Hai only criticizes "naughty", but they are just slaves anyway, and he doesn't take it to heart, because he sent them to class without mentioning it.

As the saying goes, strict teachers produce excellent students, and teachers also have aura.Like Jia Huan, who cherishes the opportunity to study, and Yao Er, who is naturally calm and down-to-earth, even if the husband is a little boy, he can do his homework well; Jia Cong, a frizzy student, like Lin Daiyu, who can't bear to criticize him too much, just I can watch him and sigh, but Lin Hai is so powerful that he doesn't even use a ruler, and just sits with a book next to him, so Jia Cong dare not go on a errand.In the past, he couldn't practice his calligraphy because his mind was too active and he couldn't calm down; he has only been here in Lin Hai for more than a month, and the calligraphy shelf has been set up!Daiyu was quite dissatisfied, and Lin Hai was triumphant.