The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that on New Year's Eve, Ding Mei returned home in a majestic and well-dressed manner, which choked her father once.Ding Bozhang held down his brothers to prevent their father and daughter from falling out, and Master Ding San angrily shook his sleeves and left.Fortunately, it didn't take long for the time to worship the ancestors.The Ding family has two third-rank officials, and this year's ancestor worship is particularly grand.Ding Bozhang officiated, accompanied by his two brothers.The woman could only pass on the confession, but since Ding Mei was already an official, she was asked to represent Ding Bozhang's eldest son as a noble.After the ceremony, all the children in the hall were happy regardless of their ancestry, but only Master Ding San was not happy.

Watching the new year at night, all the female relatives are busy at Mrs. Ding's place.Ding Mei had been away from home for several years, and suddenly she came back in an official robe, and the aunts and sisters in the clan inevitably surrounded her and asked questions.Ding Mei has stayed in Chunfeng Building for three years, how can anyone get her out of the way?I just play Tai Chi leisurely with them.

A family sister-in-law said with a smile: "Young sister Meida is really promising. She has answered every sentence, and we still don't know anything."

Ding Mei also smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is really a crystal heart glass person." Nai put away her smile and glanced at everyone, "In our business, we are all jagged gourds, and those who are not tight-lipped would have died a long time ago."

Everyone was taken aback.The sister-in-law hurriedly said: "Bah, bah, bah! Mrs. Xiao Ding is also taboo about what's going on during the Chinese New Year."

Ding Mei said: "No problem, no problem. The gods and Buddhas are so busy that they don't have time to listen to other people's common sayings."

There must be women in the house whose natal families were implicated in the case of Fuyuntang, so they asked Ding Mei to ask, "What does the prince mean, but there is a regulation." Ding Mei thought for a moment and said: "After the new year, the prince will be ill. .”

The woman hurriedly said: "What disease did the prince suffer from? Did you invite a doctor?"

Ding Mei smiled and said: "I can't go to court and I can't see the courtier's illness. There is no need to call a doctor. The prince is still young, and he is sick and reads a book for a year or so in the palace. It will be beneficial to the court and not harmful." .

Mrs. Ding was not sitting close to her, but she happened to hear this, so she asked: "Since I don't see the courtiers, can he see the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother?"

"Probably not." Ding Mei said, "Anyway, no one should stop the reform."

Everyone was shocked!They all asked, "Do you want to change the law? Change what?"

Ding Mei said leisurely: "What's the rush? It's going to change for the better."

A grandmother asked: "Who will preside over the reform? But our elder?"

Ding Mei glanced at her with a half smile but not a smile: "What do you think?"

The grandma hurriedly lowered her head: "How would I know."

"Just don't know."

Seeing her solemn expression, everyone dared not ask any more questions.Then he tore off the material of the clothes.

Mrs. Ding San just sat and ate tea with a smile on her face, without any involvement.Mrs. Ding looked at her for a while, and sighed softly: "The third wife really wants to move out?"

The third wife said: "Being able to live with Mei'er is such a good thing that I never dreamed of it before."

The eldest wife said: "One day the eldest girl will get married, so what should you do?"

The third wife smiled and said: "No problem, I have a livelihood. Speaking of which, I would like to thank Grandma Tong of the Zhu family. Before coming to Chang'an, she and Master Zhu Tong lived in the capital for two months. A while ago, Grandma Tong tried her best to recommend to Grandma Zhu that I have some literary talents, and that I can contribute to Zhonghua Book Company."

Mrs. Ding thought for a while: "That's right, Zhonghua Book Company is owned by Rongguo Mansion, and it is Uncle Xiaolan who is in charge. This Grandma Zhu is probably his mother."

Mrs. Ding San nodded: "Exactly. I have sent the manuscript to Beijing, and I just wait for their review."

Mrs. Ding frowned: "My wife lives by selling literature, I'm afraid her reputation will not be very good."

Mrs. Ding San said: "What's so bad about the reputation? Wasn't the first author signed by their Zhonghua Bookstore was Jia Baoyu, Shenying's waiter? Later, they also signed the first Chu king and his wife Xiao. Even the abdicated prince sold his writing. Day, not to mention I'm a little girl." Mrs. Ding was momentarily at a loss for words.

For a while, the banquet was over, and everyone returned to their residences.Ding Mei has not been at home for many years, her house has long been gone in the mansion, and she only stays for one night temporarily, and she has to go back tomorrow, so she simply lives with Mrs. Ding San.The mother and daughter had just talked for a while, when someone came in to answer, the second room begged to see the eldest girl.Ding Mei said: "I don't have time, let her go back." After a while, the old lady came again.The second room said that there was really an urgent matter, and he wanted to meet the eldest girl alone.

Ding Mei frowned slightly.She knows how smart this second wife is, and she has suffered a lot in the early years.She won't do things that are worthless.Mrs. Ding San said: "Since that's the case, you can meet her. After you became an official, she immediately became honest."

Ding Mei snorted, "It's just that mother has a good temper. What she did earlier is nothing."

Mrs. Ding San said: "You are a member of the third rank, and you still care about the past with her, a woman in a deep house?"

Ding Mei pursed her lips: "Forget it, it seems like I'm petty." Nai ordered the second room to be led to the east wing.

Not long after, the mother-in-law led the people in.For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, the second room is dressed very plainly, and they kowtow to Ding Mei as soon as they enter the door.Ding Mei thought for a while: "It's been too long and I don't remember. What's your last name?"

The second room companion smiled and said, "Young lady forgets things too much. My surname is..."

Ding Mei interrupted: "Forget it, needless to say, I don't want to know either. If there is something important, please tell me quickly."

The second room could bear it, and lowered its head and said: "Yes. Something happened just now, I thought, it's better to tell the eldest girl."

"Stand up and talk. I'm not used to people kneeling."

Erfang kowtowed again before getting up, took out something from his bosom and brought it to Ding Mei.Ding Mei took a look, it was a paper bun.With a move in my heart, I took it.Erfang lowered his head and said: "The master just gave it to me. Let me put this in tea tomorrow and present it to my wife."

Ding Mei squeezed the paper bun and asked, "What is this?"

"The master said that it is the medicine that makes the wife sick. After taking this, the wife will immediately get a disease that cannot see the wind. Then there is no way to move out."

Ding Mei opened the paper bag, and there was indeed some powdered medicine in it, and her face sank like water in an instant.After a while she said, "Master handed it to you?"

"Yes. The master said that if the wife moved out, he would not have the face to face others. The girl also knows that our master loves face more than anything else, and he is most afraid of someone gossiping about him behind his back."

Ding Mei said leisurely: "As long as his official title is as low as mine, he will inevitably be unhappy. What does it have to do with my mother. So many people envy him, but he can't hear it." The second room didn't say a word.Ding Mei thought for a while, and said, "Thank you for coming. Anyway, my mother doesn't want this man anymore, so you can continue."

The second room was so frightened that it hurriedly knelt down: "I don't dare."

"It's not a big deal. Maybe my mother will remarry in the future. She is not yet forty." Ding Mei waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's go." Erfang kowtowed again, got up and went out .

Ding Mei stared at the paper wrapped in his hand in a daze for a long time, and called a follower to come in, asking him to take it out and check it immediately.She returned by herself to her mother's room.

Mrs. Ding San asked, "What's the matter?"

Ding Mei pondered for a while and said: "Mother, what do you think of me as a man? Is he a good man?"

Mrs. Ding San thought for a while and said: "Forget it. He has been a diligent official all his life and has an upright personality. Although he can't climb up, he doesn't have too much ambition. I'm just sorry for our mother and daughter, because he didn't treat women as their own. thing."

Ding Mei smiled and said: "Forget it, if you can't climb up, it's not because you don't have ambitions, but because you don't have the ability. Compared with the two uncles, I am stupid. Emotional intelligence is really low. Mother, wanting to save face is not the same thing as being upright."

Mrs. Ding San looked at her and said with a smile, "It's what you say."

Ding Mei shrugged: "What about the second room?"

Mrs. Ding San said: "If I were her, I wouldn't let go of the declining big house. What Grandma Tong said is that it is human nature to want to live better for oneself."

"You can always see it." Ding Mei said, "Not only is my father not good enough for you, he is not good enough for her. Therefore, she hasn't become stupid in the past few years when I'm not at home?"

"No, on the contrary, I'm getting smarter."

Ding Mei nodded: "Then I can roughly guess what happened. Mother, my daughter is an official, and I'm afraid she won't be able to rest peacefully after the Chinese New Year."

Mrs. Ding San said: "It's just as if I gave birth to a son."

Ding Mei chuckled: "Which of those older brothers and younger brothers is better than me?" Nai went out and ordered one of his men to keep an eye on Master Ding San to see who he talks to more often.

About half an hour later, the man who checked the end of the medicine came back.This medicine is extremely poisonous, after taking it, one will die within one day, or half a day at least.Ding Mei frowned slightly: "I already guessed."

As the commander of the internal guards himself, Erfang would not dare to falsely accuse Master Ding San even if he had the guts to do so.It must be true.It is impossible for Master Ding San to have the poison in his hand early.Ding Mei shook her father's face this morning, and at night her father had something in his hand.Someone must have given it to him.If Mrs. Ding San was poisoned to death by her husband right under his nose, Ding Mei would definitely be turned upside down.Ding Mei knew that she had just taken office when someone took aim at her father.

Just as he was thinking about it, he sent out to spy on Master Ding San's spy and came back to plead guilty.It turned out that he found that Master Ding San was whispering with a relative as if there was something behind his back.After that relative went out to have a rest, he followed this person instead.Unexpectedly, the relatives and the police thought it was terrible, and left the hut with the excuse that they were not feeling well.Seisaku followed him all the way home.This person's residence is a bit shabby, and he can enter by climbing over the wall at will.Seeing him writing at his desk through the window, Xizuo was not alarmed.After a while, this person suddenly opened the window and looked around for a while, then fell to the ground and died!The spy hurriedly stepped forward to check, but died of biting his poisonous fangs.On the table, I left a letter for my wife and children, writing my account number and password in HSBC Bank.

Obviously this person is dead.Ding Mei got up to see her mother, and apologized: "It's Chinese New Year, my daughter... is going out."

Mrs. Ding San frowned: "Is there something urgent?"

Ding Mei nodded: "It's very important. Mother, such things will inevitably happen in the future. Maybe I promised you to go home for dinner, and you'll be ready, and I won't be able to come back."

Mrs. Ding San smiled and stroked her head and neck: "You can live in peace. It's better for you to work outside than to be a widow or a sister-in-law."

Ding Mei also smiled and said, "My daughter also thinks so."

Since she couldn't have a good New Year, naturally Zhu Tong couldn't have a good New Year.Ding Mei didn't hesitate for a moment, and sent a telegram to Zhu Tong when he got home, telling him that he would go to their house immediately, and asked him to send someone to pick him up at the back door of Zhu's mansion.Zhu Tong's family is busy.After seeing the telegram, he was immediately disappointed. After muttering for a long time, he still sent someone to go.

Ding Mei went straight into Zhu's residence in a small carriage, and she didn't come down until the carriage reached the gate of Zhu Tong's yard.Nai breathed out, "It's so cold." Liu Jing accompanied the child to set off fireworks, while Zhu Tong sat in the study with a sullen face.

Ding Mei then told the matter just now.Zhu Tong was shocked: "Your father drugged your mother?"

Ding Mei nodded: "Liu Feng said that bacteria are everywhere, but if there are weak people, they will rush up immediately."

Zhu Tong coughed twice: "This is the common sense of microbiology, not what Liu Feng said, thank you."

Ding Mei gave him a sideways look: "I heard what he said."

"...That's all."

Ding Mei went on to say: "My old man is a weak member of the Ding family."

Zhu Tong said "hmm": "I've heard of it too. The three masters of your family, he's the best to deal with." He thought for a while, "Guess who did it."

Ding Mei said: "If I can figure it out, should I still consult with you? In other countries, this should have been done by the prince. If the king of Qin didn't do it himself, Mr. Cui or the queen mother should do it for him. Yes. I have been in office for too short a time, and other countries have not had time to figure out my clues, so I will not act rashly."

Zhu Tong nodded: "That's right. Qin Guo's newly-appointed chief executive should check for more time. Since he has gained his father's trust, he has obviously been preparing for a long time. So there are people around King Qin who we underestimated? It must not be King Qin himself. The only monster in the world is Jia Cong. The queen mother and the master of the Yu family are not wise men. Wait..." He thought for a while, "No, that person is still a spy from another country. He died too happily. And extremely Sensitive and extremely loyal to his master. It is not easy to cultivate a person who needs to be meticulous. If Qin domestically fights, why would he die? How can your internal guards do anything to the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother and the brothers of the Queen Mother committed such a big thing , isn't it just shutting the door and thinking about it?"

The two suddenly fell into a dilemma, and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't think of any other possibility.All of a sudden Liu Jing came and asked, "What are you doing? You have a sad face during the Chinese New Year." Ding Mei then said it again.Liu Jing pondered: "Could there be secret agents from other countries around the Queen Mother and Queen Mother?" Both of them were startled.Liu Jing said, "Since Mr. Cui can belong to us, it's not surprising that the two of you have secret agents from other countries around you!"

Zhu Tong knocked on the table: "When Mr. Cui came to King Qin, the first son had just died, and no one in the whole country could have guessed that the seven-year-old child could inherit the throne of King Qin, and he would succeed so quickly. Placed next to the Queen Mother."

Ding Mei pondered: "The Empress Dowager is just a harem woman with a virtuous temperament, she has no intention of listening to politics behind the curtain."

There was silence in the room for a while, when Liu Jing suddenly picked up a pen and wrote a few words in his palm.Zhu Tong took a look at her and wrote a few more.Ding Mei smiled and wrote too.The three of them spread out their palms, and they all said three words: Marquis of Ping'an.

Ding Mei said, "I'll borrow your home telegraph machine."

"Do what?"

"Complain to our bureau." Ding Mei said, "The master who is waiting for peace will not let you go."