The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the king of Qin is discussing with his ministers about sending court officials to be hostages in the Chunfeng Building in exchange for the common people.Everyone saw that this person was wearing a boa robe, but he was clearly several years older than King Qin.King Qin's uncles and brothers were all younger than him, and they all speculated who he was.

With tears in his eyes, Eunuch Li said: "Since the prince spares no expense, the servant will accompany the prince for a while." Then he said to the king of Qin, "My lord, let the servant be a slave."

Mr. Cui sighed, and said to the officials: "This is the thousand-year-old King Zhao." Everyone was shocked: When did King Zhao come to Chang'an?

Zhao Wang said with a smile: "I was born bold and love to try new things. I have never been a hostage in my life, so why not try."

The King of Qin hesitated and said, "If something goes wrong..."

Zhao Wangdao: "If the lonely king doesn't go, it's hard to say whether the ticket will be torn up. If the lonely king goes, he will be safe. They won't be so stupid as to offend the Federation and Zhao Guo."

Mr. Cui said from the side: "My lord must not take it lightly, thieves are not afraid of offending the court."

King Zhao suddenly proudly said: "The bandit? How did the bandit get such a good firearm? Didn't you hear what the general said just now? The kidnappers are like elite soldiers." In the first section, only the lonely king thought of it, the lonely king is so smart! "Anyway, I'm suspicious of the Kingdom of Shu. It's the closest to Qin and has the money to play tricks on its neighbors. Other countries are poorer."

The King of Qin was shocked: "Why does the Kingdom of Shu disturb our Kingdom of Qin?"

Zhao Wang shrugged: "I don't know. Anyway, I have no good intentions."

The old man Zhu Wei flashed out from the crowd and said: "According to the statement of the storekeeper of Fuyuntang, besides those documents, there should be a lot of money in the safe; there is also a secret room in Fengci nunnery where silver is hidden. But all the money is gone. After all, everyone There are not many valuables either. I originally thought that this person had already absconded with the money, but unexpectedly he jumped out to rob the brothel."

Zhu Tong said: "Didn't uncle say that the shopkeeper was really hired by Bi Da to do things? They arranged for Xia Kui to go to the Fuyun Hall to kill people. They clearly abandoned the shopkeeper as an abandoned son. Why did they suddenly cause such a big commotion?" to help?"

Zhu Wei stroked his beard and said, "I also feel that the shopkeeper is an outcast. Not only the shopkeeper, but the entire Fuyun Hall is an outcast."

Mr. Cui thought for a moment, and clapped his hands "Oh".Nai approached the King of Qin and whispered: "My lord, the more I think about it, the more I feel strange. Bi Da is just the owner of Fuyun Hall on the bright side, and later..." He paused, "According to Eunuch Li, I found it from Fengci Temple. The three booklets that came here must be people who are very familiar with the prince, the queen mother, and the queen mother."

Qin Wang smiled and said: "Isn't it Gu Na's good uncle? You don't use scorpions to sting. The gambling game of Fuyun Hall did not miss the Gu that two uncles into the water, and he himself did not touch it. Feng Ci'an also hit Gu Wang The name of the concubine mother."

Mr. Cui bowed his head and said: "At first, I thought the same as Lord Zhu Wei. The prince was anxious to urge Lord Zhu Tong to become an official. Zhu Tong has been Minister of Lu for many years, and the national policy of Lu State is similar to that of Prime Minister Liu Feng. Once he becomes an official, the taxes The reason for the sharp drop must not be covered up, and Fuyuntang will let him find out sooner or later. Bi Dashi will be thrown out to take the blame."

The King of Qin sounded reasonable, and said: "That's why he arranged for Xia Kui to kill a double, and Jin Chan escaped."

Mr. Cui said: "In Fengci nunnery, my aunt still led the eldest ladies to study Buddhism, but the silver in the secret room disappeared, probably because Bi Dana was not sure that the court could find it there. Eunuch Li and the others were there at first. Qinghua Mountain has been wandering around for a whole day, and no one even knows what is drawn on the map at the Reclining Buddha Temple. In case of failure to find out, Bi University can collect more money. It is tens of thousands of taels."

King Qin nodded: "They kept it secret, so it was a fluke."

"Bi Daruo just disappeared and ran away with the money. The above guess is correct." Mr. Cui said, "But now he has robbed another kiln and wants to replace his accomplice in prison. If he wants to kidnap people, why choose A kiln? Wouldn’t it be better to have a tea house or a tavern? Most of the kilns are full of dudes, so they’re not that valuable.” Qin Wang was thoughtful.Mr. Cui lowered his voice even more, "The Spring Breeze Building was originally the property of the first son, and there are many secret works of the court in the building. Others don't know about it, but Master Cai Guohou knows about it. Then General Bi let everyone else go, except The old bustard and the poet Mei girl were not released. Mei girl is very important in the inner guard, and she is like a think tank." Qin Wang's expression jumped.Mr. Cui went on to say, "Cai Guohou's imprisonment has nothing to do with Fuyuntang and Fengci Temple. It was Zhu Tong who found a box of rouge, Fang Shunteng found out Le Lan, and Le Lan led Cai Guohou out. The truth here is that Accidental. Not to mention, the rouge shop only records the date of sale, and no other shop has it. But if there is any accident, both Le and Cai are safe and sound. Who would have thought that Cao Niangniang would have an affair with someone? Think about it, my lord. , right?"

When King Qin thought about it, he couldn't help nodding: "That's true." Then he pricked up his ears and waited for Mr. Cui to continue.Unexpectedly, Mr. Cui suddenly shut up.When King Qin saw it, he stood with his hands down, looking as if he had finished speaking.Qin Wang took a sharp breath: Bi Da has elite soldiers in his hands, and he is afraid that he will work for other countries.If Cai Guohou and Le Lan have all rebelled against the country... then he blurted out, "What do they want to do? Can't they seek Qin Guo?"

Mr. Cui said: "Think about it, my lord. One civil and one military, one relative and one servant, one Zhu Tong who investigates the case. The old bachelor Le is quite old, and he jumped out in the cold weather to fight for hostages. There is no such thing as a humble minister on weekdays." I feel that the old man values ​​the people so much. If there is no King Zhao, he can only invite one of the two uncles of the country and Marquis Pingan. No matter which one is invited, as King Zhao said, in the future he will use his meritorious deeds to act recklessly. The lord has nothing to do. My lord, before they sent someone out to change the hostages, a pigeon flew out of the Chunfeng Tower." Qin Wang unconsciously glanced at the doctor Ding Bozhang.Mr. Cui immediately said, "Master Ding... well, there is another reason."

"Why?"

Mr. Cui motioned the people around him to stay away, and whispered something into King Qin's ear.King Qin was surprised.Mr. Cui said: "It's a long story, I'll tell you in detail."

King Qin nodded.Thinking about it again makes my scalp tingle.With a sigh: "That's it."

Since Bi Da is the leader of the country, King Qin is more courageous.Then he sent Ding Bozhang, the imperial historian, He Yun, the commander of the capital, Li Gonggong, the servant, and Zhu Tong, the political adviser, and asked Zhao Wang to go to Chunfenglou together to exchange for the dudes.

These five were escorted by officers and soldiers, and rode all the way from Qin Wangfu to Chunfeng Tower.When the guest officials heard that the imperial court really sent high officials to replace them, they immediately cheered and praised: "My lord is a thousand years old——"

Ding Bozhang walked in the front, and greeted Daguan Bi and said loudly: "I will come to exchange the people as promised."

Senior official Bi narrowed his eyes and looked at the five of them for a moment, then replied, "May I ask who are the five of you?"

Zhu Tong came out from behind and made a bow: "My official Zhu Tong."

Senior official Bi said with a smile, "I guessed it." He bowed back.

Zhu Tong then introduced Ding, He and Li one by one, and Bi Daguan just arched his hands casually, keeping his eyes on the man in the boa robe.Finally, Zhu Tong pointed to King Zhao: "This is King Zhao Qiansui."

Everyone was shocked.Bi Daguan was also dumbfounded: "Who?!"

Zhao Wang generously took out Jin Yinliang from his arms and showed him: "Here, it is as if it is fake. This strong man, if there is something wrong with the lonely king, it is not just Qin and Zhao who are looking for troubles for your country. The whole of China The Federation has to find trouble with your country."

Senior official Bi still didn't believe it, so he saw and tested the golden seal himself. "This...why is the prince in Chang'an?"

Zhao Wang laughed and said: "I knew you would ask, and Qin Wang also asked for a long time. The lonely king is here to travel. The lonely king is really here to travel. Because the mother of the lonely mother read a commentary, "Ruixue Chang'an Strange Story "Records", I am very curious about how Chang'an celebrates the New Year, but there are really those foxes and ghosts haunting. Our mother and son came to Chang'an to celebrate the New Year. Since we are here, we must say hello to Qin Wangdi, right? He is a landlord. It's easy to find him. When the spring of next year, the two of us will go to your country to play. I will disturb your prince's meeting at that time. Do you have any delicious folk snacks?"

Senior officer Bi looked embarrassed, and forced a smile: "Our place has a lot of delicious food, the prince will definitely like it."

Zhao Wang was very interested: "How many do you introduce?"

A person next to Daguan Bi coughed twice: "Of course the lord knows when he's gone."

Zhao Wang laughed loudly, pointed at him and said, "Good boy, you are really a thief! The lonely king almost got it."

Zhu Tong said with a smile: "Bi Daguan is really a spy from another country."

Daguan Bi suddenly said: "My lord is so cunning." Zhao Wang was beaming with joy and complacent.

Everyone has come, and the hostages will be exchanged naturally.All the dandies didn't care about their face, when they heard they were let go, they immediately ran away in fright.

Suddenly, there were only five hostages left in the Chunfeng Building, facing the robbers, and the old bustard hurriedly rushed forward to pour tea graciously.Ding Bozhangnai asked: "Mr. Bi, who do you want to replace, can you make a list?"

Senior officer Bi smiled and said, "No rush. Tomorrow I will bother you adults to have a look at the scenery, and it won't be too late to discuss important people with you when I come back."

Zhu Tong said: "Since that's the case, you'll be fine tonight?" He laughed, "It's a shame that Mr. Bi let all the fans go. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain clearly to my wife."

Senior officer Bi laughed and said, "Master Zhu has already left the country of Lu, are you still afraid of internal affairs?"

Zhu Tong said seriously: "It's not that I'm afraid of my wife, but I love her, and I don't want her to be in a bad mood."

Bi Daguan was noncommittal, turned around and ordered the old bustard to find five houses connected together to accommodate them.

Once the arrangement was completed, the old bustard and Miss Mei each took tea trays and sent them to the houses.Mei girl smiled and said to the old bustard: "I have worked very hard today, and I only sent two young guest officials. The three are bothering my mother."

The old bustard said "Ouch": "It's fine, King Zhao. Didn't you hear what Mr. Zhu said just now? I'm afraid that my daughter-in-law is paranoid."

Mei girl smiled sweetly: "Isn't that more interesting?" She rolled up her sleeves and walked away gracefully.

All adults must ask Miss Mei and the old bustard about what happened in the building before, both of them answered carefully, and the kidnappers who followed did not stop them.

After the tea was delivered, the door of Zhu Tong's room rang twice.Zhu Tong shouted "please come in" inside.I saw Daguan Bi standing at the door with a solemn expression.Zhu Tong smiled and said, "I knew Bi Daguan would come."

Senior official Bi raised his eyebrows: "How did Mr. Zhu guess?"

Zhu Tong had a look of color on his face: "Whatever one civil and one military, one relative and one servant are all a cover for this official. Mr. Bi wanted to exchange his colleagues back, so he could exchange them with these prostitutes, but he was tossing and turning to exchange them." What are you doing? I just want to meet with the official before I leave, and ask to understand how I lost."

Senior Officer Bi said humanely: "You Miss Mei came up with this idea."

Zhu Tong raised his legs: "Don't push it on Girl Mei. She is a hostage and you are a kidnapper, she is a prostitute and you are a man, can you still listen to her? Besides, it is the cheapest for the five of us to be in the same room. Bi Don’t you want to talk to me alone so that no one else can hear you, the high officials handed over points to five rooms?”

Senior official Bi smiled and said, "Master Zhu is well-deserved of his reputation, and he has kept everything from you. That's right, I really don't understand some things."

Zhu Tong raised the tea cup and took a sip. "Please say."

Senior officer Bi pondered: "May I ask Master Zhu, when you went out with the King of Qin, you happened to encounter the murder case in Fuyun Hall. Is it really a coincidence?"

Zhu Tong said: "It's really a chance encounter." He thought for a long time, "That day...a guest of my uncle Guo came to persuade me to become an official, but I didn't want to. But what the guest said was clearly persuading me to become an official. , every sentence has the wish that I don't want to be an official. I have heard that Uncle Guo has not done anything good, so I naturally hope that everyone in the court is good, and he is cheap and reckless. I suddenly twisted my nerves .He didn’t want me to be an official, but I wanted it! So I asked the prince for an official.”

Senior official Bi was stunned for a long time: "It's because of this?"

"Yeah." Zhu Tong thought for a while, "Who knows that the prince is impatient, and he ran to the uncle's yamen not long after. I thought, take him for a walk on the street, and let him see the cheapest price in the market. What is the price of rice cloth?"

"Why do you want to go to Tongling Street?"

"I asked one of the guards where the city of Chang'an is lively."

"Which guard?"

"How do I know? I don't know."

Bi Daguan was stunned again, unable to tell what kind of expression he had on his face.After a while, he said again: "Master Zhu, do you still remember Bai Lan, the oiran of Baihualou?"

"Remember." Zhu Tong said, "She came to look for me once. It was the Mei girl from Chunfenglou who recommended me to her, saying that I was a sensible person. I then suggested that she go to Ping'an Prefecture or the capital to buy one. identity, and then move out of her man's house to make an outer room."

Senior officer Bi looked at him: "Master Zhu, do you know that it wasn't Bai Lan who died?"

"I've seen the real Bailan, so I know it's not Bailan who died." Zhu Tong asked, "Speaking of which, who is that woman?"

Senior officer Bi frowned: "Master Zhu, don't you know who died?"

"I don't know." Zhu Tong said, "I haven't found out yet."

Senior officer Bi sat up straight unconsciously: "Didn't your autopsy reveal it?"

Zhu Tong wondered: "An autopsy can only find out the method of death, where can I find out the identity?"

"Where's the corpse?"

"It's stored in the yamen ice cellar."

Bi Daguan stood up "teng": "The body is still in the prefect's yamen?"

"That's right!" Zhu Tong said, "No one came to identify the body, and the case is still closed. Where else can the body be? Where did the officials think it was?"

Senior official Bi took a deep breath, and asked after a while, "Master Zhu, does Master Huiban know about this person?"

Zhu Tong thought for a while: "It's the aunt who wrote the Diamond Sutra for the Queen Mother, isn't she? I heard my wife mention it. What does it have to do with her?"

Bi Daguan looked at Zhu Tong carefully for a long time, and saw that his expression was composed and not fake, and his back suddenly became cold.After a long time, I asked again: "Master Zhu really doesn't recognize her?"

Zhu Tong said: "I heard that she has got a noble son-in-law, who belongs to the royal family of Jin. What's wrong with this girl?"

Senior official Bi shook his head, not knowing what he was thinking.After a while, Senior Officer Bi came back to his senses, saw Zhu Tong staring at him with a good look, and asked again: "I don't know why Master Le Lan was imprisoned."

Zhu Tong couldn't hide his color: "Master Le probably never dreamed that he would be folded on a box of rouge." So they followed the rouge to find out the story of Le Lan's boy.

Daguan Bi was stunned, sometimes angrily, sometimes indignantly, and murmured: "God's will...God's will is so."