The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

After the death of Uncle Jinxiang, the nobility in their mansion will come to an end.Although it was cheaper to renew the title than to buy a new one, and the Han family could afford the money, they did not give the Empress Dowager money.Han Qi, the patriarch of the Han family, has also served in the Jin State for many years. He is currently the official second-rank and third-rank envoy, commonly known as "Jian Xiang", and is in charge of the Jin State's finances.

At the beginning of March of that year, the Han family hired Taiping Escorts as guards, and the family moved from the capital to Taiyuan.Although several members of the Han family had become officials in the Jin Dynasty, this kind of loyalty really made the King of Jin happy, and immediately rewarded Han Qi with a big house.That place was originally the residence of King Jin and his second younger brother. The master forced King Jin to leave the country because of his affair with the general. Now the whole family is in Dongying.Han Qi thought that the reward was too heavy, and repeatedly shied away, but King Jin insisted on rewarding him, so he had to respectfully thank him.

Early June was the [-]th birthday of Mrs. Han, and the entire Han family had just settled down and was busy with the birthday party.Fortunately, the wives and grandmothers of the Han family are shrewd and neat, and everything is in order.

In May, Han Qi received a letter from the capital, saying that the Rongguo Mansion would send the eldest grandson Jia Meng to celebrate, and he wanted to discuss something with the Jin State.Han Qi hurriedly took the letter to the Jin Palace to ask for an audience.

King Jin read the letter over and over again, but he didn't see any meaning, so he said, "Han Aiqing, what do you think?"

Han Qi said: "I can't see anything. Jia Lian lived in Taiwan for a long time, and only came back to Beijing occasionally after Jia Cong became the regent of the Yan Kingdom. It was just to celebrate Jia's birthday with amnesty. Up to now, it is over there. The root of the Jia family is gone. And he has this son alone. However, when Jia Cong was young, he had a deep friendship with Wei Chen. This person is a serious person when he urinates. Wei Chen thinks, probably it is not a bad thing."

King Jin picked up the letter and read it again, and said, "Did the Rongguo Mansion ever tell you anything?"

"Never."

King Jin thought for a long time: "The day is coming anyway, let's see what he has to say." Han Qi replied "Yes".

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of May, and the people who congratulated Mrs. Han on her birthday arrived one after another.On May 27th, the Han family received a name card, and Uncle Xiaomeng from Rongguo Mansion arrived.Han Qi's eldest son, Han Fei, hastily went out to greet him in person, and then sent someone to the yamen to invite his father.Not long after, Han Qi led a few people to arrive, and he was taken aback when he entered the lobby.

I saw a young man standing up from the guest seat, 24 years old.She gave birth to a pair of peach-blossom eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows with a handsome appearance, and she looked exactly like Jia Lian 20 years ago.He has a dark complexion and a detached expression, completely different from his father in demeanor.Wearing bright orange brocade clothes, this son looked at Han Qi and smiled, "Hello, Uncle Han!"

Han Qixi said: "Is it the eldest nephew of the Jia family?"

"Yes. Little nephew Jia Meng." Jia Meng saluted with a smile.

Han Qi said with emotion: "I still remember the bustle of the capital when you were just born, and you've grown so big in the blink of an eye." Nai said a few gossips and asked him what else he was doing here.

Jia Meng winked: "Uncle Han, I live in the Taiyuan branch of our house, Ma Xing, can you take a look when you have time?"

Han Qi's heart moved.Han Fei hurriedly said: "Since it was invited by Brother Jia, Master should go and have a look."

Jia Meng smiled and said, "My nephew brought you something interesting. You and King Jin will definitely like it. Is King Jin free? Why don't you invite him to come with you?"

Han Qi thought for a while: "Wait for me to ask later."

"Uncle Feng is here too." Han Qi was taken aback.Jia Meng said, "That's right, it's Uncle Feng himself, neither his brother nor his son." Nai stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Think about it, Uncle Han, you two haven't seen each other for several years, just catch up That's fine. My nephew is waiting for you at the horse shop." He actually left straight away!

Han Qi frowned slightly, and Han Fei got up to send him out.Han Qi thought for a while, and asked a clearer behind him: "Mr. Ke, look..."

Mr. Ke stroked his beard and said, "This old man can't figure out what kind of medicine is sold in Mr. Jia's gourd. I'm afraid this is not a small matter. I'd better see the prince first before making a decision."

Han Qi nodded, thought for a while, and then went out to the Jin Palace.

When I met King Jin, I said so in detail.King Jin thought for a long time after hearing this, and said, "Let Gu Wang consider it." Han Qi said goodbye and left.

Two days later, the King of Jin sent someone to tell Han Qi: "The lonely king is free this afternoon, and Han Aiqing can accompany the lonely king on Jia's horse for a walk." Han Qi hurriedly asked his son to go to the horse house to report the news.

In the afternoon, King Jin led a eunuch, two attendants and several bodyguards to the Han residence in micro-clothes.Han Qi had been waiting for a long time. After seeing the ceremony, the king and his ministers invited King Jin to board a four-wheeled carriage with green rubber tires and went straight to Jia's Stables.

Ma Xing is on Dadongmen Street, the front door is very big, and there is a welcome guy standing at the door with a smile on his face to greet the guests.The Qingke surnamed Ke next to Han Qi greeted the clerk, saying that Mr. Han was asking to see Mr. Jia Xiaomeng, and the clerk hurriedly turned around and went in.Not long after, a straight young man came out and asked Mr. Han to go with him.

Han Qi then led the King of Jin and others to follow him in, walked through the hall of the horse house and walked around to a secluded courtyard at the back.The person leading the way pushed open the courtyard door, and heard someone laughing inside: "But that old Han Qi is here?"

Even though we haven't seen each other for many years, Han Qi could still hear Feng Ziying's voice, so he responded, "It's Feng Ziying's old thing inside, isn't it?"

While speaking, he followed into the courtyard, and sure enough, he saw Feng Ziying sitting under an old pomegranate tree drinking tea.Feng Ziying sat and looked at him, and said, "I'm much older."

Han Qi snorted, "Aren't you just getting old?" He walked up to Feng Ziying in a few steps.

The two old brothers hadn't seen each other for many years, and they looked at each other's arms.There were a lot of thoughts in her mind, when suddenly someone shouted above her head: "I'm coming down!" Feng Ziying hurriedly gave Han Qi a hand.Hearing a "poof", a child jumped out of the tree and landed firmly on the ground.The child was about five or six years old, with two small buns, wearing a greenish-brown camouflage military uniform, and small leather boots with thick tendon soles. His eyes were shining, and he grabbed two pomegranate flowers in his hand. Can't tell if it's a man or a woman.

Feng Ziying scolded: "You are reckless. Wouldn't it be easy to climb down? What if you scare the guests?"

The child said innocently: "I yelled~~" The voice was clear and clear, obviously it was a little girl.

"Go, call your father out!" Feng Ziying waved his hand.

The little girl ran away, shouting as she ran, "My old man, Uncle Feng calls you—"

Han Qi smiled and said, "Is this your granddaughter?"

"Where is it? My granddaughter is much more sensible than her." Feng Ziying said, "This is Jia Dingbang from Jia Cong's family. His nickname is Miao Miao."

Han Qi, King Jin and his followers were all stunned: "Who is it?!" "Whose family's child?"

"Jia Dingbang." Feng Ziying said, "The little devil king in the capital."

Han Qi hurriedly asked: "But the regent princess appointed by Jia Cong?"

"Yes, it's her."

Just as he was talking, Jia Cong came out of the house with his daughter.Jia Cong was also wearing a camouflage uniform, with a scarf on his head, and a fire gun pinned to his waist.While stepping over the threshold, he shouted: "Brother Han, I haven't seen you for many years, and you are still as handsome and extraordinary as you were back then."

Han Qi laughed unconsciously and said, "You're still as sweet-mouthed as you were back then." King Jin waited and stood behind Han Qi in silence.

Jia Cong stepped forward and stretched out his arms to hug Han Qi: "I miss you so much!"

Han Qi's eyes blushed quietly: "You are a promising kid. I knew you would be successful, but I never thought that you would be so successful."

The two hugged for a long time before they let go.Jia Cong then bent down and supported his daughter's shoulder, pointed at Han Qi and said, "This is Uncle Han Qi. Say hello to Uncle Han." Jia Dingbang shouted emphatically.Han Qi hurriedly untied a jade pendant hanging on his body as a meeting gift.Jia Dingbang thanked him readily, and put Na Yupei in his jacket pocket, thinking he often received gifts.

Han Qi saw that King Jin didn't say a word, so he didn't introduce him at all, and they walked into the hall together.Then I heard the big Western clock "Dang Dang Dang" strike three times.Jia Dingbang tugged at Jia Cong's hand: "Daddy, after one o'clock the big clock has run for 160 minutes, how many times have you struck?"

Jia Cong calculated casually: "160 minutes, that's [-]:[-]. Two o'clock plus three o'clock, five strokes. Three and a half o'clock, three strokes. A total of eight strokes."

Jia Dingbang was immediately disappointed: "That's right, you got the answer right."

Jia Cong said triumphantly, "Do you think I'll take that sound into account? I'm an authentic science student, and I'm very logical." Jia Dingbang wrinkled his nose.

Then the host and guest were seated.Han Qi didn't dare to be the king of Jin, he was very hesitant.King Jin simply sat on the head.Only then did Jia Cong and Feng Ziying notice King Jin.Han Qi said from the side: "This is our prince."

Jia and Feng looked at each other and hurried forward to bow to each other.King Jin smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I don't want the Prince Regent and Lord Feng to come to Taiyuan Mansion in person."

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "It's our fault that we didn't say hello beforehand." Then he called his daughter to see King Jin.

Jia Dingbang bowed and said: "Hello, King Jin, Qiansui." King Jin ordered the eunuchs around him to go back and make up for Mrs. Jia's meeting gift.Jia Dingbang bowed to the eunuch again.Jia Cong sent her in.

The entourage and guards brought by King Jin were all standing, and he and Han Qi were the only ones sitting.Han Qi then asked Jia Cong why he had come.Feng Ziying beckoned, and someone brought over a scroll.Feng Ziying spread out the scroll, which was a map of Qin, Jin, Zhao, Lu, Yan, Five Kingdoms and Ping'an Prefecture.There is a black and thick ink pen line on the picture, from Qin State through the other four countries and finally in Pingan Prefecture.Jia Cong pointed out: "I would like to discuss with the princes to build a railway that runs through all countries to facilitate transportation."

King Jin was taken aback: "Railway?"

A entourage in his fifties behind him said: "My lord, the "Yanjing Weekly" has reported on the railway, and I have shown it to you."

King Jin said: "The lonely king can't remember it for a while."

"It's okay." Jia Cong said with a smile, "We have photos!"

Feng Ziying has brought a stack of photos over: "Come here, look here!"

Jia Cong rolled up his sleeves and opened the photos, introducing them to King Jin one by one. "This is the railway. This is the locomotive, this is the carriage, this is the rail..." He said for a long time.

Feng Ziying brought another box and said with a smile: "The photo is a plane. I have a train model here. Take a look. After combining the model with the photo, Wang Ye and Brother Han will understand." Then he opened the box lid and took out something from inside. Come.

Han Qi stretched out his head and said, "What's this made of?"

"It's made of paper." Feng Ziying said, "I specially invited students from the Department of Architecture to do it, and the degree of restoration is very high."

With this model and the stack of photos, Jin Wang and others quickly understood what the train looked like.King Jin asked in amazement, "Is there really such a thing?"

Jia Cong said: "If your lord is curious, you can come to Yan Kingdom to have a look. The railway from Beijing to Tianjin has already been put into trial operation and will open soon."

Han Qi pondered: "Is this thing reliable? The carriage is more reliable."

Feng Ziying said: "You can tell if you are reliable or not. The transportation capacity of the train is not comparable to that of a horse-drawn carriage."

Han Qi looked around the model train for a long time, still frowning.On the other hand, another follower of King Jin said: "Look at this villain, this thing is very useful."

Jia Cong immediately said: "This gentleman still has vision!"

Jin Wang and others looked at the photos and models countless times, and finally said: "Such an important matter, the lonely king must consider it slowly."

Jia Cong cupped his hands and said: "It should be. The prince and the adults of the Jin Kingdom have a good discussion and discussion, and the benefits are really great. Follow the trend of the times and be able to lead the world!"

He then sent the photos and models to King Jin, and together with Feng Ziying sent them out personally.At the entrance of Ma Xing, Han Qi asked, "Where's your eldest nephew?"

Jia Cong said: "Meng'er is the first time back to Taiyuan, and went to Jinci Temple."

Han Qi said: "If I had known, I would have sent my son to accompany him, so that I could show some kindness as a landlord."

Jia Cong clapped his hands: "That's right! You are the host. Tomorrow, please trouble a young master to accompany him for a walk, so that he doesn't know the way and get lost." Han Qi nodded with a smile.

King Jin and others returned to the palace, and immediately summoned more than a dozen ministers to discuss the matter, and the discussion did not disperse until the third watch.

All the other ministers left from the gate of Prince Jin's mansion, only the fifty-year-old entourage next to King Qin who often read "Yanjing Weekly" went out from the east corner gate.This person was dressed in a gray cloth, and led several subordinates into the small street behind the Prince Jin Mansion like ghosts.Turned two corners and stepped into a mansion.

There was a knock at five watch, the gate of the house opened, and the gray-clothed attendant came out. He didn't ride a horse, but paced with his hands behind his back, followed by three people.Through a narrow and short alley, they came to a small house.Those who followed held up the oil lamps.The old attendant unlocked the key on his waist to open the door lock, and pushed it open with a "squeak".

This meeting is the time when everything is silent.Suddenly hearing the sound of "bang bang bang", the old attendant fell to the ground after being shot several times.The two people following him immediately jumped up, chased towards the opposite roof, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.The person who stayed outside the door hurriedly moved the old attendant into the house to check, but he died of exhaustion.After a long time, gunshots were heard again from a distance, and the two pursuers never came back.

On the other end, Liu Xiaoqi, Liu Zhuang and his uncle and nephew returned to the horse shop, Jia Cong didn't get up at all, Feng Ziying didn't dare to sleep, and kept waiting.Liu Xiaoqi told what happened.They have disposed of the corpses by chemical destruction, leaving no trace.He also took out the waist badge found from the corpse, which was indeed known to the Imperial City Secretary of the Jin Kingdom.Nai patted his chest and said, "Those two walked very fast. If it weren't for our guns shooting farther than them, it is hard to say whether we will win or lose today. Mr. Feng, how do you know that there must be a secret leader of the Jin Kingdom today? Come?"

Feng Ziying was a little proud: "Anyone who works in this business carefully, when they hear that Feng Ziying is here, they can't help but want to meet."

Liu Xiaoqi cupped his hands: "It's a shame that Mr. Feng has such a big hook! Thank you very much."