The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Situ Wei and Lord Yan, the magistrate of Taiyuan, and others came to the stage, and Lord Yan whispered: "Your Highness, please lead people to search first."

Situ Wei shook his head: "Wait a minute. The drama will be over soon."

The butler of the Second Highness said anxiously: "Your Highness, wait for the murderer to escape!"

Just as he was talking, Jia Meng came over.Situ Wei hurriedly said, "Hunter, your role seems to be over?"

Jia Meng said: "It's over. We have to take a curtain call later, and we can't take off our makeup and change our clothes for now. Mr. Situ, I'm sorry for being rude."

"No problem." Situ Wei said, "An assassin broke into your horse shop."

Jia Meng said, "I've heard about it, and I've searched it." He looked back at the stage, "It just so happened that Miao Miao was about to perform a drama, and all the people who had the final say were here, and the whole business was not busy. They are all here to act as spectators. So I am inclined to see that there is no one in the horse row, and go out through the house and over the wall elsewhere. Our gatekeepers everywhere have not seen outsiders go out. Otherwise, let the shopkeeper and a few A guy led your people to check, you have to watch a drama here. You said you wanted to watch it yourself, and we Miaomiao will reenact this scene."

Situ Wei nodded and cupped his hands: "Thank you for your convenience." Then he ordered Mr. Yan, the housekeeper and his staff to search the courtyard quietly with the shopkeeper, and he himself sat down and watched the drama seriously.

The yard is not big and the furniture is simple.The poisoned apple just fell out of the princess's mouth, and the yard was checked.The butler carefully looked at the actors on the stage and the servants and servants sitting below, and there was really no Zhou Zhuzi.So he led the people out of the yard.On the stage, the prince and princess were getting ready to get married, and the phonograph played the wedding march, creating a perfect atmosphere.It's just that the prince is a little short, and he has to be hugged by a white horse to lift the princess's veil.Amid applause and cheers from the audience, the play ended and all the actors took a curtain call.

Jia Cong took off the horse's head and coaxed his daughter a few words, let Jia Meng take her, and walked to the stage with Feng Ziying.Nai cupped his hands towards Situ Wei and said, "Mr. Situ, please be rude."

Situ Wei enviously said: "Mr. Jia really loves this daughter."

Jia Cong said: "Our family is centered on children, and we did not find any outsiders after a search, so we didn't pay attention to that matter."

Before the words fell, Jia Meng shouted from the other end: "Let's take a group photo~~ White horse, big dwarf!"

Jia Cong hurriedly said "Wait a minute!" and ran back to the stage with Feng Ziying to take pictures.The cameraman made four or five bangs before finishing.Then the actors took off their make-up and changed their clothes after a lot of trouble, but Lin Boru came out first.

The young man went straight to Situ Wei, and said with a smile, "It's more troublesome for them to remove their makeup, so I'll come out first. Hello, Fourth Highness."

Situ Wei said: "Prince Jia is relaxed here, Mr. Lin, don't call me Your Highness."

"Okay, Mr. Situ." Lin Boru agreed without hesitation, sat down beside Situ Wei casually, and asked, "I'm curious, I want to find out what's going on. The residence of the Second Highness is quite far from this horse shop. Why did the assassin come here?" run?"

Situ Wei smiled wryly and said: "My second brother's crime." Then he told the assassin that his fiancée was taken away by His Highness the Second Highness. "The servant probably heard that Jia Meng had helped someone with a similar experience to him, so he ran here."

Lin Boru frowned: "Then you should come in and ask for an interview. Why is no one answering?"

Situ Wei weighed the slow pace of the play just now, and it should have started when Zhou Zhuzi came over.It seems that the servants dare not disturb all the masters to coax the girls to play because of an inexplicable outsider.What Jia Meng said was reasonable.Nai thought to himself, "Who is guarding your back door?"

Lin Boru was taken aback: "I'm here to play for the first time today."

Situ Wei hurriedly said "Sorry" twice, stood up and said, "I won't wait for Mr. Jia and the others to take off their makeup, I'll go to the back door and ask."

"Please."

Situ Wei quickly left the yard, and led the followers waiting outside to the back door of the horse house.

When I got there, I saw seven or eight staff and maids sitting behind the door holding long sticks, brooms, big horses and golden knives.The door was open, and a dozen policemen could be seen outside.Situ Wei Nai stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Everyone is invited. Who is the gatekeeper here? I want to ask him two questions."

The guys looked at each other a few times, and said, "Where's the tiger head?"

The other said: "Yes, where is the tiger head?"

The two of them stood up: "Let's look for it." Then they got up and called "Tiger Head" and looked around.

Situ Wei asked the bystanders, "What kind of person is this tiger head?"

An older guy said: "Be honest! Don't be afraid of losing money, let him help you do something right away. I like young people like this."

The other said: "He just came here a few days ago. I heard that Uncle Xiaomeng is kind to him."

There was a "boom" in Situ Wei's mind: "Jia Meng is kind to him? What kind of kindness?"

"They said they helped him get his wife back. His wife was almost robbed."

Situ Wei immediately understood what was going on, and ordered his subordinates: "Quick! Go to Mr. Yan and the others, first find the tiger head, and then find the assassin."

Several subordinates split up to find Mr. Yan and others, and asked them to change to Hutou, the new back door of Sou Ma Xing.Not long after, a woman who was looking at the north corner gate said, "Hutou has gone out. It is said that there is a shop in the Sanguan Temple that sells pea cakes. I brought a guy who likes this to recognize the door."

The police quickly asked, "What does that guy look like?"

The mother-in-law said: "I didn't pay attention to it. He is slightly taller than the tiger's head. He seems to be about 23 or [-] years old. He is swarthy."

When Yan Zhifu and others heard the news, they immediately led the people out of the horse house and went straight to the Sanguan Temple.Thinking of them outside the temple gate, they must not be here.It is very close to the east gate of the city, so I hurried to the east gate.When I asked the guards at the gate of the city, there were people who looked like Tiger Head and Zhou Zhuzi leaving the city, so they hired a carriage outside the city gate, saying that they had to go to Handan urgently, and paid three times more than others.

Situ Wei ordered Yan Zhifu to stay in Taiyuan to search for their family members, to find out why they were going to Handan, and if there was anyone they could take refuge in; the aides and stewards of the Second Highness's house led the arresters on fast horses to chase them along the way.The three of them had no objection and each took orders to leave.

After investigation, Zhou Zhuzi's father died of old age, and his mother had been missing since last night.Hutou's parents and his fiancée's family moved away four or five days ago, saying that they went to Zhao to join Hutou's uncle; Hutou had just arrived at Jia's horse shop and was inconvenient to resign immediately, so he stayed alone in Taiyuan Stay for half a year, and wait until the end of the year.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Yan said: "The two must have been in contact in advance, and they are in collusion." Because Situ Wei was still on the horse, he turned back.

Jia Cong and Feng Ziying had already taken off their make-up, and they were sitting in the front hall talking with Situ Wei, all three of them were shocked.Situ Wei said: "Zhao Guo is a member of the federation. I'm afraid I have to trouble Zhao Guo to help me with this matter."

Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "Since the tiger head is an employee of the horse company, we are also responsible. But I wonder if they really went to Handan. Since they are going to assassinate, why do they tell the neighbors where to escape with great fanfare? Is it? Will it make a fuss? Is there really an uncle in their family in Handan?"

Mr. Yan said "Oh": "It's the lower officials who didn't think carefully." He hurriedly ordered someone to investigate.

Jia Cong said, "Ask them about other relatives besides uncle that they can rely on."

The police rushed to Hutou's house to find out if any relatives were still in Taiyuan, and found one of Hutou's father's uncles.The old man said that Niang Hutou's natal family is in Jiaoyi, not far from Taiyuan. I don't know if any of his uncles have gone to Zhao.The arrester rushed to Jiaoyi County again.Only after finding Hutou Niang's natal family did they find out that his two uncles were long gone, and now only a few cousins ​​are left.It is obvious that "going to Handan to seek refuge with my uncle" is nonsense.When I came back, I asked other relatives and friends. Hutou's fiancée had an aunt who married to Chang'an. I heard that the uncle had made a fortune in recent years.The mother-in-law of the tiger head once mentioned to the neighbors that if life is not good, she will go to her sister.

Zhifu Yan thought for a while, and ordered people to ride fast horses to search for them on the road to Chang'an, and sent pictures and pictures to various countries to arrest Hutou and Zhou Zhuzi.As soon as Zhou Zhuzi's portrait was hung up, Hutou's neighbors recognized him. He had come to look for Hutou twice, and then Hutou and his fiancée moved out.

It can be seen that this matter was planned by these two young people.Zhou Zhuzi rushed to Jia's horse shop and went straight to the back door, Hutou had been waiting for a long time, stopped the pursuers for him, and prepared the clothes of the horse dealer's clerk to change for him, and then yelled to alert others to come and help him guard the door.Then, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, the two of them slipped out through the north corner gate and escaped.

On the other side, the doctors were busy until the next day before the Second Highness saved his life.It's just that Zhou Zhuzi stabbed the roots of his descendants with a knife, and His Highness has become an eunuch.Jia Cong was a little embarrassed, and personally came to deliver a generous gift.The second concubine was very polite, she didn't vent her anger on him, she just kept crying through the screen, which made Jia Cong even more restless.King Jin was furious, and within ten days to arrest the murderer, he ordered Gan Kexi to help investigate the cause and effect.

Gan Kexi took the order and went to Situ Wei's residence first.Situ Wei recounted what happened that day in detail, and shook his head again and again: "Second Brother, this is also his own fault."

Gan Kexi was noncommittal, turned around and went to Lin Mansion again.Seeing Lin Boru, he did exactly what Situ Wei said.They said that they were all performing a play with Jia Dingbang that day, and when the shopkeeper came in to answer the question, he happened to be sitting next to Jia Cong, not acting.Gan Kexi asked who else was there that day, and he said: "My sister is playing Snow White, and the stepmother is Xiaoluya—er, the stepmother is Han Lu."

In the end, Gan Kexi had to come to Ma Xing to see Jia Cong.Entering the front hall, Jia Cong first pointed to a fan on the desk and told him: "Here, this is what your Fifth Highness sent to Meng'er just now. It is said that it happened by chance, and I remembered that Meng'er said that his grandfather liked this." Said, the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood. Since Rong Guogong likes it, I gave it to the old man to play with. Because I really like ancient fans, and His Highness the Fifth Highness sent them sincerely, I decided to accept them."

Gan Kexi understood.If it weren't for Jia Meng to help Hutou rob his wife, Zhou Zhuzi probably wouldn't dare to stab his master.Since the second child is abolished, it is as if an arm of the eldest son has been broken, so the third and fifth children are naturally happy.Nai said calmly: "Since it was sent to the Duke by His Royal Highness, the Duke will accept it as soon as he accepts it."

Jia Cong pointed to a post on the desk again: "Look at it." Gan Kexi picked it up and looked at it. The son was going to visit Prince Jia, and he would come in a while, so he frowned.Jia Cong said sternly, "I came to Taiyuan to build the railway, and I have no intention of getting involved in your country's internal conflicts. I also hope Lord Gan will tell King Jin Qiansui."

Gan Kexi said: "The prince has already been involved."

Jia Cong said: "If you say you get involved, you get involved? I don't help anyone. As the saying goes, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. Your Second Highness has robbed too many women, and you will always encounter one or two people who are willing to forgive you." Men who go out. Not only women, but others as well. The wrath of the commoners, two dead bodies, five steps of bloodshed, the world is untouched. Don’t do too much with your courtiers and common people. This is my warning to you princes.”

Gan Kexi was taken aback: "Why did the lord make such a statement?"

Jia Cong took a sip of tea and said: "The world needs railways, railways need Jin, and a stable Jin is needed, not a Jin that is torn apart and engaged in civil war. The fate of King Jin and Jin has changed. This is a warning from God."

Gan Kexi was shocked: "My lord, please speak clearly."

Jia Cong shook his head: "After all, I am a mortal now, so I can't explore it so clearly. It's okay to change your son, and stability is the most important thing." Gan Kexi stared at Jia Cong immediately.Jia Cong shrugged, "Your eldest son hasn't come yet. I have never met him, and I have no friendship with him. If I want to meddle in your Jin affairs, I will definitely support Xiaowei, who is your fourth son. This child is in Dajia. The books I studied at La University can best understand my thoughts. But as I said just now, stability is what the railway needs most. Changing the son will definitely cause turmoil in the court. If King Jin can persuade his other sons, An Sheng, to help Shizi is naturally the best; if not, it would be great to let Situ Wei help Shizi."

Gan Kexi pondered: "What does the lord mean, that the fate of our country and my king has changed, and there is a fear of civil strife?"

Jia Cong said: "It depends on human effort. Fate is just an omen." Gan Kexi wanted to ask again, but Jia Cong said, "I have already said what a poor man can say."

Nai rushed into the palace to ask the king of Jin, saying so.King Jin looked normal.After half a day, he said: "Jia Cong won the fan of the fifth son, but he persuaded the lonely king not to change his son?"

"Yes."

"When did the lonely king say that he was going to change his son?"

"My lord... never said that."

"Then what is he talking about." King Jin waved Gan Kexi away.

Just as Pian Gan Kexi left, King Jin's complexion turned pale, and he ordered additional protection for the Prince Jin Mansion, especially ordering to keep an eye out for assassins.

Since the Second Highness did not die, there would be no national mourning in Jin.If there is no national funeral, everything will be as usual in the homes of officials and common people.

Lin Dongyang, the general of the auxiliary state, intends to continue his marriage, and the one who proposes to marry is a female crown of Xuanwu Temple in Tianlong Mountain.This female secular family name is Zeng, and she is also the daughter of an official family, and her Taoist name is Xinzhen.In his early years, he practiced in several famous Taoist mountains, and traveled around in coir raincoat and straw sandals. He only came to settle in Tianlong Mountain a few years ago.Talented and knowledgeable, she is also familiar with things in the backyard, and she even knows the rules of the palace.When Lin Dongyang married her, it was obvious that he expected her to teach his daughter.

The family of his first wife, Li's family, was in a hurry, so they picked up the brothers and sisters of the Lin family in the name of their aunt's birthday.Unexpectedly, the two of them agreed that they both wanted Lin Dongyang to continue, and they also wanted him to marry this faithful female crown.After the banquet, Mrs. Li wanted to stay with Ms. Lin for a few days.The girl said: "No, tomorrow I'm going to Sister Han's house to listen to stories!" She still left.Mrs. Li's fingers hurt.