The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It turned out that Qin Sangu followed Hu Yong to the Zhen family, and the servants of the Zhen family were quite surprised because they had little contact with Lin Hai every day.When Zhen Yingjia came back, her face turned pale with shock, and she hurriedly called Hu Yong in for further questioning.But Hu Yong didn't know anything, he just said everything he could say over and over again.Zhen Yingjia hurriedly went inside to meet their old lady.

The old lady Zhen immediately said, "Lin Hai has noticed something."

Zhen Yingjia's calves were weak from fright: "What should we do!"

The old lady said in a deep voice: "Why panic? He didn't have any evidence to think about it, so he didn't dare to do anything to us. Now it's just a test. Even if he has evidence, don't be afraid, the old sage is still there." After thinking for a long time, she said, "We It is already helpless, so write to Mr. Xu quickly, asking him what to do next."

Zhen Yingjia hurriedly wrote a letter in her own handwriting, recorded the matter in detail and handed it to her confidant, ordering him to send it away as soon as possible.

Although Qin Sangu was close to the ear window, she couldn't hear anything, so she followed the confidant all the way, and only managed to steal the letter halfway, but she didn't write her name, and she didn't know who it was addressed to.Later, the confidant came to Yuzhang, and he never thought that he finally entered the mansion of Mr. Xu Hong, the general soldier of Jiangxi, and was shocked.Xu Hongsu seldom interacts with people, so he should be a lonely minister.The Pianzong Military Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for Qin Sangu to find out the details for a while.After waiting for two days, the servant of Zhen's family left the General Military Mansion, and Third Aunt Qin hurriedly followed him, and searched him in a coma at night, but there was no letter, presumably it was a message.I had no choice but to follow him back to Jinling.

When Zhen Yingjia got the news from Xu Hong, she immediately ordered Hu Yong to be thrown into the well, and ordered everyone in the family to restrain themselves, but nothing else happened.Qin Sangu waited for a few days and saw that he hadn't moved, so she rushed back to Yangzhou to report to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai was a little surprised when he heard the words, and frowned for a long time.Jia Si, father and son and Yang Song who were present here were all extremely calm people, no one spoke, and they were quiet.In the end, Lin Hai let out a long sigh and asked, "Have you covered this matter?"

Qin Sangu said: "I haven't reported a single word."

Lin Hai nodded slowly: "Excellent! You have worked so hard to go back to Beijing and return to King Xian face to face!"

Qin Sangu was startled.

Yao'er frowned and asked, "What do you mean, sir, even the messengers are unreliable?"

Lin Hai smiled wryly and said, "We can't afford to offend the people behind Xu Hong, let's see how the sage decides."

Jia Siqi said: "The sage is already a sage, sir is the confidant of the sage, since someone wants to harm you, why hesitate?"

Yao'er suddenly figured it out, couldn't help being moved, and looked at Lin Hai worriedly.

Lin Hai waved his hands and said, "Let the two of them discuss it on their own." Nai flicked his sleeves, stood up and left.

Yao'er glanced at him when he turned around, and hurriedly followed.

Back in the house, Lin Hai let out a long sigh, stood by the window with his hands behind his back and said, "Xu Hong is the confidant of the old saint who can cut his heart and liver."

Yao'er said: "I guessed it."

"After all, he is caught between his father and son."

Yao'er couldn't help asking: "Why is this so? The old sage didn't decide to pass the chair to the sage himself?"

Lin Haidao: "The word power makes people forget everything in the world. The old saint abdicated because he couldn't be tired all the year round. He didn't really want to hand over the country. Now he is still suppressed everywhere so that the saint can't move. The saint is like a Butler's."

Yao'er said: "Cong'er heard gossip from outside that the sage was not the best among the princes at that time, and the virtuous king was smarter."

Lin Hai smiled and said: "The virtuous king is really smart, and the other princes are not bad either. In terms of speaking, they are not outstanding today. The Prince Yizhong back then was really a character, but in fact he was the most talented one."

Yao'er knew that Gong Sanyi used to be a member of Prince Yizhong, so he was very interested and asked, "Why was he dismissed?"

Lin Hai sighed: "He is different from a saint. He has been a prince since he was a child. He knows that this country will belong to him sooner or later. How can he be willing to be a puppet for decades? He couldn't wait, so he wanted to climb up to the stage by himself, and he ended up like that. The old sage wants an obedient butler who is willing to take care of him obediently until he dies, so naturally he can’t be too smart, it’s best if he’s only somewhat capable but not outstanding.” After a pause, he continued, “I want to To control the court, apart from the army, money is the only thing. Do you think he didn’t know that when he died, all these old officials who owed money to the treasury would confiscate their homes and destroy their families? But if they take the money from the court and don’t return it, the sage will be poor for a day. I can be the master for a day. I am the saint's pocket."

Yao'er said: "Even if there is no Mr., there are others. Why should he lay such a cruel hand on Mr.?"

Lin Hai smiled bitterly and said: "Others... may not be as stupid as me. Besides, he didn't let Xu Hong take action, otherwise my life would not be there. Zhen Yingjia is really not an expert in killing people, so he is just trying. If If it is done, it will be done. If it is not done, it will only be the Zhen family that will be dragged down. The Zhen family has little power, it is just a sign to indicate that the world is still in the hands of the old sage. The sage at most dismissed him, but this time If it succeeds, it will be a threat to my successor, and if it fails, it will be a threat to me-the saint dare not be disobedient, and I will not give him face. You must know that he wants my life like pinching me. It’s like a dead ant. Weiss..." He sighed a long time before he said, "I think this matter will be settled...you are not allowed to tell Cong'er after you return to Beijing, he is too courageous, I am afraid there will be chaos Come."

Yao'er clenched his fist when he heard it early, and couldn't help frowning: "Is this the only way for us to swallow this loss?"

Lin Hai sighed again: "As a minister, I have to swallow a lot of losses, anyway, I am still alive now."

No matter how honest Yao'er's nature is, he has been with Jia Cong for so many years, so it is impossible for him not to be affected by his temper.Therefore, he nodded sincerely and said, "Don't worry, sir, I won't tell Cong'er about this."

Lin Hai patted him on the shoulder safely, believing it.

Yao'er persuaded: "Sir, you... why don't you let him scare you. Even a saint is just his manager, what are you? It's common sense for a scholar to be timid. Why bother to risk your life?" It’s dangerous to save money for others. Besides, didn’t the Rongguo Mansion just give the court a lot of silver? The saint is not short of money for a while.”

Lin Hai couldn't laugh or cry, but he said: "Even if I am frightened, I have to be frightened according to the order."

Only then did Yao'er feel relieved, and nodded vigorously.

The next day, Third Aunt Qin hurried to the capital to meet Situ Pan in person and talk about Jiangnan in detail.Because she is a woman herself and knows that women are difficult, Naite weakened Lin Daiyu's plan and only pushed it on Jia Cong.He had always been a bold man anyway.

Situ Pan had guessed that Lin Hai was safe since he was reported that Yang Song had appeared in Lin's mansion, and seeing her now made him feel more at ease.When he heard that Jia Cong persuaded everyone to rob him in the name of Lin Hai's daughter, he couldn't help laughing.Hearing the word "Xu Hong", he was also shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What does Master Lin mean?"

Qin Sangu said: "He didn't say anything, he just asked me to meet the prince in person, naturally the subordinates didn't dare to ask."

Situ Pan nodded and said, "That's right, this matter has nothing to do with you. Just wait for a while, there are some interesting things going on in Beijing now, you can inquire about them."

Third Aunt Qin was taken aback for a moment, agreed, and turned around to go back to her home.

Situ Pan entered the palace immediately regardless of the lateness of the sky.

When the sage saw that he was coming, he knew something was urgent, so he hurriedly left concubine Hui to go out to meet him.Situ Pan then threw all the others out, and recounted it in detail.The saint was stunned when he heard this.After half a day, Dai Quan, who was guarding outside the hall, heard the continuous sound of smashing things from inside, probably smashing everything that could be smashed.

A few days later, Zhen Yingjia, the president of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education, was dismissed for making a false accusation.The sage went to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, but he became more respectful.

On the day Sangu Qin returned to Beijing, several people couldn't wait to tell her that there was a rumor in Beijing that Huo Xuan was the son of a rabbit and ran away in anger. They couldn't help smiling and asked who did the good deed.Both Li Sheng and Ding Ming laughed and swore that they had nothing to do with them.Qin Sangu didn't guess Jia Cong first, and turned to Feng's residence to ask Feng Ziying.

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "But don't care about me, I don't know how to cook noodles."

Qin Sangu glanced at him.

Feng Ziying said: "Cong'er came to me a few days ago to confess, saying that you told me not to let him mess around when you left, so he didn't do anything. It just happened to meet his nephew at that master Wu's house once. I was hungry, so I kindly cooked him a bowl of noodles that were not very tasty. The man asked him if there was anything I could do for him, and I didn't want to owe him a favor..."

Qin Sangu twitched the corner of her mouth and asked, "Is it his idea?"

Feng Ziying smiled and said nothing.

Qin Sangu didn't know what to say for a long time, and suddenly she burst into laughter.

I didn't want her to go back and show her face a few times, but Concubine Nan'an came again.In the past, Sangu Qin was only afraid that Huo Xuan would send troops to force her, but she was not afraid of this old woman, so she ordered someone to invite her in with a smile.

It was also the first time for the concubine to see such a dilapidated house, she also shed tears: "My son, I have suffered for you."

Li Sheng and Ding Ming stood behind Sangu Qin, and Heizi was lying on his feet. He stood up calmly and saluted, "I don't know what you can do when a nobleman comes to visit." Heizi barked a few times beside him.

The concubine sighed, "Qin Si, there is not a single day that Xuan'er has missed you all these years."

Qin Sangu wondered: "What do you mean? I can't understand. I am a widow. My husband has been away for many years. I have never met the nobleman and have nothing to do. I hope the nobleman will not destroy my reputation."

The concubine stepped forward to grab her hand, but Sangu Qin dodged it, flicked her backhand, and locked her throat.The surrounding maids and women exclaimed, "Bold!"

Third Aunt Qin sneered and said, "I think you are a noble person. I have endured your slander and slander against me. Why do you want to do it? Although my surname Qin is just a commoner, it is not easy to bully." With a flick, the old concubine fell heavily on the blue brick floor.

Heizi stood beside him and barked ferociously.

Concubine Toffee had never been on a battlefield in her entire life, and she couldn't get up after falling.Where did she meet this?Her limbs trembled with fright, and the maids rushed up to help her up.A woman couldn't help pointing at Qin Sangu and scolded: "You little hoof is black! How dare you attack the concubine!"

Heizi jumped up and slammed into her, causing her to fall backwards, and the scream was heard to the other side of the moat.Heizi stood in her place and barked wildly, the woman lost control immediately in fright, and no one else dared to come over to help her.

There was the magistrate's nanny next to her. Seeing Sangu Qin's appearance, she knew that she was determined not to go back to the residence.Now that the prince is not at home, the son is young and his skills are probably not as good as this woman, and the concubine's calculations may be in vain.So he didn't care about his face, and called everyone to protect the concubine.This group of women had frightened Heizi out of their wits, and upon hearing this, they all wished to run out.

The nanny stayed at the end and asked Qin Sangu: "Are you really not going back to the house?"

Qin Sangu sneered and said: "I don't understand, do I really look so similar to someone in your mansion? Or is it someone who pretends that I look like that person, but actually wants to take me away and conspire against me?" Property? I, Sangu Qin, married Brother Tie Niu in a dignified manner. He has been away for all these years, and I have guarded him in a dignified manner. I have never worn red or worn a flower. You are slandering me as someone else , Is there any evidence? If there is evidence, let’s go to court and show it to everyone in the capital.”

The nanny let out a long sigh.

Third Aunt Qin said again: "Could it be because your lord likes men and robs women from the people to cover it?"

The nanny was annoyed, and said sarcastically, "Our lord likes men and women, don't you know?"

Qin Sangu raised her brows: "I only ran into him once in the street in February, and I haven't seen him before and since, how do I know?"

The nanny knew that she was going to refuse to admit it, looked around again, and asked: "You have such a big antique shop, and I heard that there are other properties, why do you live here?"

Qin Sangu said: "This is the place where Brother Tieniu and I will get married. I'm afraid his soul is still there, and I can't bear to leave."

This is a dead word.The nanny had no choice but to turn around and leave.

How could Princess Nan'an have suffered such a big loss?After returning to the mansion, ouch, he called the eldest son over, and told him to report to the officials immediately, and brought Qin Sangu back to court.He asked someone to beat her first to vent her anger.

The crown prince hurriedly said: "I've heard about this too. It's just that the woman denied that she was the Qin side concubine, and there were various documents and witnesses to prove it, but we couldn't come up with any evidence."

The concubine said angrily: "What evidence do you need? Her face is the evidence!"

The prince said sadly: "If she insists that she is only similar in appearance, without other evidence, it will be extremely difficult to win. Why don't I send someone to investigate the truth and get some evidence first."

The concubine hurriedly said: "My son, you are still thoughtful! Go, be careful."

The son responded and went out, then went to his mother.Instead, he told his mother what he had just seen his grandmother and what he had heard before.

Princess Nan'an nodded repeatedly and said: "What you said is very true, the woman Baobuqi is not Qin Fangfei at all. There are so many people in the world, Baobuqi is really just similar in appearance."

How could the son not know his mother's thoughts?He smiled and said: "Mother and concubine, don't worry, that woman is definitely not Qin side concubine, the son turned around and prepared all the evidence to dispel the idea of ​​grandma trying to get her back to the mansion." The princess smiled and shook his hand for a long time before letting him go.

Sure enough, the son found a lot of evidence, including confessions and physical evidence, all of which proved that Sangu Qin was the wife of Qin Tieniu in the west of Beijing, and had nothing to do with Qinsi, the concubine of Nan'an Palace, and sent someone to apologize to Sangu Qin.Concubine Nan'an immediately understood that her grandson and daughter-in-law might not want Qin Si to go back to the mansion, and would rather let her many properties go for nothing.Qin Sangu was afraid of being retaliated by the concubine, so she prepared many tricks in vain, but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened, so she went to take care of her own affairs at ease, and since then she has not interfered with Nan'an Wangfu's well water.This is for later.

Not long after, Lin Hai, the censor of salt inspection in Yangzhou, recovered from his illness and returned to the Yamen for business.It's just that he leaves Tan Ying to do all the things, while he grows flowers and bamboos, writes music and reads every day, so he is at ease.Tan Ying hurriedly asked him about the burnt document, Lin Hai sighed, "How can I remember so many?" Not long ago, he received a very generous gift from Zhen's family in Jinling, and he accepted it safely.And even though Zhen Yingjia lost his official position, the Zhen family was even more arrogant than before.

Jia Si's father and son saw what happened in Jiangnan, and they also bid farewell to Lin Hai and returned to Beijing.Yaoerte repeatedly asked Yang Song to take care of his husband: "It doesn't matter to others, only safety is the first."

Yang Song said with a smile: "I am the guard of the adults, and the others have nothing to do with me." Yin personally sent them on board and left.

Jia Si and his son led many brothers from the Taiping Escort Bureau to leave Yangzhou by boat, and returned to Jinling in a circle. , and then often took advantage of the night to enter the warehouse of Zhen's family, and moved out some small antique calligraphy and paintings.Seeing that they didn't realize it, they did it many times.Calculating that the family's boat was probably full, and bringing out some silver, they disguised themselves as various businessmen who came to Jinling to do business, and went to various banks to deposit silver in exchange for bank notes. After a busy month, they left leisurely.

When the Zhen family found out that the warehouse was stolen, it was already the end of the year. Although they reported the case immediately, where did they go to find clues?