The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The Kou family set out for the city early in the morning. They hadn't eaten for a long time, and they were very hungry.Chao Xun called a boy called Materia Medica, and told him to order the kitchen to heat up some rice, steam a bowl of egg custard, and fry two greenhouse vegetables from the village, with less oil.Nai explained: "Kou Debao has been malnourished for a long time at first glance, so don't rush to eat greasy food that is not easy to digest."

Kou Agui hurriedly said: "You are a doctor, you have the final say."

With a slight smile in the corner of Chao Xun's eyes, he said sullenly, "It's just an intern doctor." He casually ordered someone to fetch a chocolate box and pour warm water, and pointed to the two of them.

The boy turned around and carried the box over.When Kou Agui took a look, it was the kind of perilla chocolate that he often saw in the capital. He had secretly eaten it once or twice before.After each of the two fathers got a piece, he said: "Thank you, Third Master. The servant is so old, so I won't eat this. Just give it to the children."

Chao Xun said: "Chocolate can replenish physical strength, and it is the most hungry. When we teach surgery, we stuff it to satisfy our hunger. The food has not been brought so quickly, so I let you put it first. He is hungry. Maybe you are not hungry." ?”

Kou Agui clicked his tongue, thinking that he actually used the precious things to pad his stomach, could it be that the princess is still rich?Seeing that the third master's face turned cold again, he didn't dare to disobey, so he tore off the wrapping paper for Kou Debao first and let him eat it.Kou Debao took a bite, it was very sweet, he smiled instantly, and handed the food to Kou Agui: "Father, you eat!"

Kou Agui hurriedly picked up his piece and said, "Father has it, Debao eats it." Kou Debao looked at the piece that was the same as his own, nodded, and ate it.Kou Agui really wanted to leave his piece to his son, so he secretly went to see Chao Xun, when he saw Chao Xun staring at him coldly.Nai was too frightened to keep it, so she tore off the wrapping paper and stuffed the chocolate into her mouth.Only then did Chao Xun shift his gaze to look at Kou Debao, and lowered his head to write the medical records.After eating the chocolate and drinking the warm boiled water, the two of them suddenly felt less hungry.

All of a sudden that Materia Medica came back with a food box.Kou Agui was doing business earlier, and knew that the rice bowls and dishes of the wealthy families in the south were only a little big, so he thought that there would be little food to send, so he figured out how to distribute it to his son while Chao Xun was not paying attention.Unexpectedly, the boy opened the food box and brought out a large bowl of egg custard.A servant girl first laughed and said, "Oh, how many eggs are there!"

Materia Medica said: "Not many, eight. I thought, without meat, four eggs per person is always needed."

Chao Xun said: "You shouldn't eat too many eggs. But the two of them are very hungry, so it's okay."

Materia Medica smiled triumphantly, and took out two large pots of vegetables.There were three or two waiters in the room, and they all laughed and said, "You brought the soup pot from the kitchen."

Materia Medica smiled and said, "The rice bowl is even bigger."

When everyone saw that the rice bowl was bigger, they laughed again.The Kou family father and son ate a solid meal.

After the meal, after a break, Chao Xun asked Kou Debao about his daily life in detail, and Kou Agui who knew him answered them one by one.Chao Xun ordered to clean up a room in the courtyard for his father and son to live in.He also called the steward from outside and told him to trace Kou Agui's origin and find out his birth family.Although the chief manager was reluctant, he finally agreed to go.

The next morning, Chao Xun sent people to his little nephew's house to borrow colorful toy balls, and also ordered people to go to the street to buy three sets of big jigsaw puzzles.Nai put all these on the long case, called Kou Debao over, and said kindly: "Debao, do you recognize the color?" Kou Debao was at a loss.Chao Xun picked up a red ball and told him, "This is red." Picked up a red triangle jigsaw puzzle, "This is also red." He took a red square jigsaw puzzle, "This is also red."

Putting the three red things together, Kou Debao frowned and looked at Kou Agui.Kou Agui hurriedly taught him red.Chao Xun was watching.After teaching for half a day, Kou Debao finally understood, pointed at three things and said, "Red."

Chao Xun looked at his watch, pointed to the other pile of toy balls and jigsaw puzzles, and said, "What else is red in these? Take it out."

Kou Debao quickly picked out all the red balls and red jigsaw puzzles.Chao Xun couldn't help applauding, and Kou Agui was overjoyed: "Who says I'm stupid!"

Kou Debao suddenly pointed to the silk flower on the head of a maid and said, "Red!"

Chao Xun applauded again: "Yes! Good boy, you have learned to understand by analogy."

Kou Debao was happy, he stood up and looked around.Seeing a red lacquer tray on the table, pointing at it and shouting: "Red!" Seeing a red seal on an ink painting hanging on the wall, shouting: "Red!"

Chao Xun said: "Take him out and see if he can recognize the camellia in the yard."

Kou Agui hastily pulled him out of the house and walked towards Camellia.Sure enough, Kou Debao pointed at the camellia from a distance and shouted: "Red!" Everyone applauded together.But after a while, Kou Debao has recognized all the bright red objects in and around the yard.

Everyone was happy when suddenly more than a dozen people poured into the courtyard, the leader was Chao Er, the housekeeper.Kou Debao recognized at a glance that Chao Er was followed by a steward of the charcoal kiln who had beaten him with a whip, so he hid behind Kou Agui in fright.Kou Agui looked at the dark faces of the housekeepers and staff, and guessed that something happened to escape.Because he didn't know if the brothers had escaped, he was worried, and hurriedly opened his arms slightly to block Kou Debao.

Chao Xun said calmly, "What are you doing?"

Chao Er stepped forward to hit Qian'er and said, "I met the third master. I heard that a fool and the fool's godfather were sent to the third master yesterday. I have something important to ask them."

Chao Xun said: "I'm using them here, you can come back in a few days."

Chao Er said: "Wait for a few days, those slaves will not know where they have fled to." Kou Agui immediately understood that everyone's escape was completed, and secretly rejoiced.He had already thought about how to deal with it, so he was at a loss.

Chao Xun frowned: "What's going on? Tell me clearly." He turned and went back to the room.Everyone hastily followed in.

Chao Xun sat down on the big nanmu chair, the servant girl stood beside him, and Chao Er stepped forward to answer.

It turned out that the stewards of the charcoal kiln woke up early this morning and found that the slave had escaped, and they were terrified.One sent someone to report to the official, and the other rushed into the city to deliver the letter.Naturally, they would not say that they ate wine.I only said that I drove the slaves to sleep as usual after finishing the work last night; when I got up early this morning to urge them to work, I saw that the gate was open, the iron locks were thrown on the ground, and all the people had run away.When Chao Er heard this, he was furious: "Is it the opposite!" The reporter said that he had just sent the Kou family father and son to Third Master Xun yesterday, so he came to find him.

Chao Xun frowned and said, "Kou Debao is really a fool. Kou Agui is very reliable, knows the rules, can read characters, and can read white coats. He doesn't look like someone who burns charcoal and does rough work."

Kou Agui was thinking about how to bring the words back to his own history, but he actually sent the words over, and immediately burst into tears and said, "Third master...slave...slave didn't use foul language."

"Huh? What's going on?"

"The slave is the steward next to Princess Yan in Beijing."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked.

Chao Xun asked anxiously, "What's going on?!"

Kou Agui then explained who he was and what he did in Beijing, how he received a letter from his younger brother and went home to visit his relatives, how he met a black shop and fell into the hands of Ren Yazi, how he was resold repeatedly, how he entered the Chao family's Zhuangzi, how he met Mr. His son Kou Debao and how he sent Dumpty to the city recounted the whole story in detail.Chao Er was dumbfounded.

After a long while, Chao Xun thought about it: "Since that's the case, there is something that you should know the reason for."

"Third Master, please tell me."

Chao Xun flipped through a stack of newspapers, took out one and handed it to him.Kou Agui saw that it was the "Yanjing Weekly", on which there were announcements and photos of King Yan's renunciation of the throne, and he was stunned.For a long time, he said with a sullen face: "This is not our prince! This is the substitute."

The corner of Chao Xun's eyes twitched: "A substitute?"

Kou Agui nodded and said: "Our lord stopped in the capital many years ago and went to Java to look for the first son."

After thinking for a moment, Chao Xun stood up and said, "Follow me." He picked up his feet and walked away.Kou Agui hurriedly followed, and Kou Debao followed closely behind his father.Chao Er hesitated for a moment, then followed suit.

The group went straight to Master Chao's outer study, Chao Xun let Chao Er and the others wait outside the door, and led the Kou family father and son into the house.The old man was discussing matters with several staff members.Seeing the third child walking in wearing "filial piety clothes", he coughed twice: "Nonsense, I tell you not to wear this at home."

Chao Xun said: "Father always pays attention to such trivial things. My son has big things to talk about."

Grandpa Chao snorted, "If you have any big troubles, it's serious to play with you."

Chao Xun beckoned Kou Agui to approach him and said, "This is my father."

Kou Agui hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "I kowtow to the Eldest Master, the Eldest Master is blessed and safe." The Eldest Master Chao said "Yes".

Seeing that the butler who beat him hadn't come in, Kou Debao became a little more courageous for no reason.Seeing a red coral tree on the high table, he shouted proudly: "Red!"

Chao Xun smiled and said: "Debao is right!" Nailah stood beside Kou Agui and said to Master Chao, "Father, can you tell where this slave's accent is?"

Grandpa Chao stroked his beard and said, "It sounds like an accent from Beijing."

"That's right." Chao Xun nodded, "Some things happened in Beijing in the early years, and the world doesn't know." He asked Kou Agui to stand up and tell his own experience again.

Kou Agui said it again.Grandpa Chao and his staff all expressed emotion.An aide said: "It turns out that the federal government is nothing more than that."

Chao Xun said: "Kou Agui said that King Yan in Beijing is a substitute." Everyone was shocked.Several staff members then asked Kou Agui questions, and he answered them with facts.

Master Chao nodded and said: "So that's the case. What did I say, if people like King Yan are not in good health, they will at most give up their seats to the crown prince, so why waste it so much that they don't want the throne."

Chao Xun said: "For such an important matter, please go to Changsha and tell the prince, don't go to see my sister first."

An old staff member with a white beard asked: "Third Lord, why can't you tell your mother? Isn't this the work of your mother's family?"

Chao Xun said: "My lord knows that my father is my mother's biological father, so I don't need to remind him, he will never forget. My sister is a harem woman, so she doesn't need to get involved with court affairs, let alone a court from another country."

The old staff member was slightly startled and said: "Master, what the third master said makes sense."

Master Chao said: "The third child is too honest. Now which empress' mother's family won't meet with them to discuss matters."

Chao Xun snorted, "Other people are doing wrong things, so we will suffer if we don't do it?"

Grandpa Chao was dumbfounded, waved his hands and said, "Of course I know how to measure."

Chao Xun shrugged and said, "My lord will definitely want to see Kou Agui, and my father will take him there. His stupid son can't do without him, so let's take him too. Kou Agui, your son is only slightly less intelligent, not a complete idiot. You teach He has a good idea, don't offend the prince."

Kou Agui said sadly: "This son of a servant... dare not take him to see the nobleman."

"No, you have to take him with you." Chao Xun said, "It is very important for this kind of child to have a trustworthy person within sight. He will not mess around with you, and he will feel insecure and anxious when he cannot see you. .Especially in unfamiliar environments. You have to take him wherever you go.”

Master Chao said: "Nonsense. How can a fool bring him to the prince."

Chao Xun said: "I still don't know if it's a real fool or just slightly mentally handicapped. I'm treating it."

An aide laughed and said, "Third Master was joking, I've never heard that a fool can be cured."

Without raising his eyelids, Chao Xun said, "Who are you? You haven't heard much about it." The staff turned red.

Master Chao coughed twice: "Xuner, don't be rude to the old man."

Chao Xun said without sincerity, "I'm sorry." Kou Agui couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Another staff member said: "It's good to bring a fool. The master is suspicious, but a fool is more reliable."

Master Chao thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine."

The white-bearded old staff member said: "Since that's the case, Third Lord Xun should go too."

Chao Xun said, "No. I'm busy."

The old aide said seriously: "Third Master, don't be lazy. Anyway, you are the one who takes the lead."

Grandpa Chao has always been used to Chao Xun, seeing that he doesn't want to go, and knowing that he is usually unruly for fear of offending nobles, he was thinking

Say "what is he going to do".Suddenly seeing the old staff member winking at him, he changed his tune and said, "It's really you who picked the head."

The old aide said: "Didn't the third master still want to treat this fool?"

One word reminded Kou Agui.This third master Xun is obviously a good doctor.If he can't get away in front of the nobleman, at least he can entrust him to take care of Debao one or two, he looks at Chao Xun and begs.Chao Xun hesitated.Seeing Kou Debao foolishly tugging at his father's lapel, he finally agreed.

Mr. Chao decided to leave tomorrow.Coming out of the study, Chao Xun waved to Chao Er: "It's none of your business." He led the Kou family back to the yard to pack their luggage.

Chao Er and the steward of the charcoal kiln watched them walk away, not daring to speak, so they had to ask someone to see the grandma who was in charge of the house.The eldest grandmother inquired for a long time before she found out that the elder would take someone to Changsha tomorrow, so she didn't dare to disturb her.The matter of the slave's escape has nothing to do with the Kou family.

The staff dispersed, and Master Chao left behind the white-bearded old staff and asked, "Why did you ask me to take Xun'er with you?"

The old man made a bow with a smile: "Congratulations, master. I'm afraid the third master Xun understands better than the second master. He is usually just tired and unwilling to do things. The old man looks at it, and he will undoubtedly be the most promising one in the future. Master Don't worry, just take it and show it to the prince."

Grandpa Chao said with a smile, "It would be great if that's the case."

For a while, the old staff member came out and returned to his home, closed the door and wrote a long letter, ordering his son to hide it next to him, and set off immediately to send it to Xiangwang Mansion.