The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Let's say that Rongguo Mansion has been quite rough recently.Both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are secretly selling their private houses in order to redeem the psychic gem as soon as possible; Jia Si, Ge Liu and others play with knives and guns all day long; Jia Lianfeng's two hearts are on her son who is about to be born;This time, no one is in the mood for excitement during the Chinese New Year, and it is actually much more deserted than in previous years.Yu Yingchun and Li Wan are just right, they don't need to work hard if there are fewer things to do.Shi Xiangyun was bored, so he went to find Xing Xiuyan to play with Er Li.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, all members of the Jia clan went to Ningguo Mansion to worship their ancestors.Ever since Jia Cong led people to clean up Jia Rong in the old days, the two of them turned a blind eye when they met, and the ancestor worship was the same.But today, Jia Rong came up to play with him with a smile, and Jia Cong was so frightened that the alarm bell sounded with a duang in his heart.When he returned to the mansion, he thought about it and couldn't figure out what was going on. Gong Kun went back to Gong Sanyi, and there was no one to discuss it for a while. Come and see, I suddenly saw that it said, "The old concubine was admitted to the ICU before the Lantern Festival, and died before the Qingming Festival." I couldn't help rubbing my hands.Not sure if this might sell news?On the first day of the new year, when I went to the mansion in the south of the city with Jia Amnesty to pay New Year greetings to my uncles, I quietly told Gong Kun.

Gong Kun squinted at him: "How did the third master know?"

Jia Cong chuckled twice: "It doesn't matter how you know, it's inseparable anyway."

Gong Kun sighed: "Don't let people celebrate the New Year!"

He is really a model worker, he went out to sell news on the third day of the first lunar month.This time the business came in very fast, although it was different from the last client, there were already rumors about the old concubine's illness, but most of them believed it.Gong Kun originally said that he would collect money after the Ching Ming Festival, but more than half of it insisted on giving it to him immediately.Because he needs cash to buy Mrs. Jiamuwang's private house at this moment, he is not polite, so he accepts what he gives, and makes a lot of money with nothing.

It wasn't until after the Lantern Festival that Ou Cheng packed up and went back. Jia Cong sat in front of Jia She's horse and sent him out of Shili Pavilion reluctantly.Ou Cheng looked at him, then looked at Jia She and sighed: "If the Duke is still here, I'm afraid that the third young general will make a fuss and go to the camp right now."

Jia She said in a muffled voice, "Mote. The one on the dragon chair probably won't agree."

Ou Cheng snorted: "What is he?"

Jia Cong shivered in fright, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Ou, he is the emperor, if you are dissatisfied with him in your heart, don't say it out of your mouth!"

Ou Cheng said with a smile: "It's just that you little person likes to worry about it, and there is no one else around at the moment." Then he pulled his horse and left.Jia She and his father watched from behind with long necks.

Seeing the disappearance of others, Jia Cong turned his head and asked, "Uncle Ou doesn't like Jinshang?"

Jia She said: "Nowadays, civil servants are more important than martial arts. They have never led a soldier. There are probably not many generals who agree with him."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "The sage is really... not very smart. His brothers are dishonest, the army is more useful than anyone else. He actually values ​​civility over military at this time. It's not too late to drink wine and release military power when things settle down." .”

Jia She said with a smile: "If he values ​​military proficiency, he won't be the sixth prince? How could the old sage give him that chair?"

Jia Cong thought about it, otherwise it would not be his turn, so he nodded: "Father said yes. I heard Mr. Gong said in the early years that the Jiedu Envoy of Ping'an Prefecture belongs to the Sixth Prince."

Jia Amnesty was taken aback: "Why didn't I know?"

Jia Cong said: "I asked casually, maybe you didn't ask him. Besides, our family and Gao's family were drifting away at that time, and we didn't take it to heart."

Jia Amnesty frowned, "He and Zhen'er have been in touch for a long time."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "No hurry, the old sage still has some years to live anyway."

They left the sixth prince temporarily.

A few days later, because Huo Sheng was going back to the camp with his father, he sent a letter to invite Jia Baoyu to a restaurant and asked Jia Cong to go.Baoyu thought that he was just an ordinary friend eating wine, so he sent tea to invite Jia Cong.After hearing this, Jia Cong didn't fall down from the kang, and looked at Mingyan: "Say it again? Prince Nan'an, invite brother Baoyu to drink, and let me take it with you?"

Ming Yan proudly said: "Our second master has been with him for a long time, and we didn't know that he is the son of Nan'an until a few years ago."

Jia Cong shuddered, jumped off the kang and pointed at him: "Quickly tell me clearly, what's going on!"

Mingyan then told that Huo Sheng and Baoyu had been friends in the academy until they had visited Yuanchun in their mansion in Niannian.

"Brother Baoyu, do you know that there is no one else besides our brothers and the son of Nan'an?"

Mingyan said: "I heard that I still have one or two friends."

Jia Cong suddenly felt dark clouds cover: "I hope that one or two friends are ordinary people and don't have any famous brands." He shook his head again, "Don't expect it, it's impossible to know it with your toes."

Mingyan wondered: "Wouldn't it be nice to get to know more respectable masters in the future?"

Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said, "It's not good at all." Then he sighed, "It's okay if you don't want to go, but if you can hide this time, you can't hide the next time, that's all, just go." Then he sent Mingyan back.

Mingyan was full of doubts and went back to tell Baoyu what happened just now.Baoyu's ignorance is just because he doesn't know what's going on, but people are extremely intelligent. After listening to Mingyan's words, he knew that there might be other reasons for this, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, and since there was no one to discuss it with, he simply came to Lixiangyuan to meet him. Ask directly: "Cong'er, is there anything wrong with Huo Sheng's invitation?"

Jia Cong was sitting cross-legged on the kang, thinking wildly. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said, "What do you think? He doesn't know me. Why does he want to see me for no reason? But I don't believe that you mentioned me to him every day and aroused his curiosity. .”

Baoyu said: "No. I just thought about it. He mentioned last time that you and your uncle once met the emperor's white dragon fish suit on the street."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Wow~~ After the big fool's enlightenment, the second fool seems to have shown signs of enlightenment. Congratulations." Coincidentally, the sage’s thoughts at that time.” So he told about the establishment of the crown prince, “Those princes who want to be the crown prince are probably a little curious about me. I’m afraid that among the friends of the prince of Nan’an, there are cousins ​​of the prince. , we are not that incompetent family, we can only get started by gambling on dragon sons."

Baoyu was stunned for a long time before he said decisively: "Huo Sheng is very good, we are friends of gentlemen, he will definitely not use me to plot against you."

Jia Cong snorted, "I'm afraid he doesn't think it's plotting against me. If he really took refuge in some prince, he might think it's a good thing."

Baoyu said urgently, "What should I do?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's just pretending to be stupid, I can do this. I'm not that stupid yet."

Baoyu sighed, "I'm the one who hurt you."

Jia Cong laughed even more: "It's good to know, sooner or later your temper will hurt me, the sooner you hurt me, the sooner you understand."

Baoyu was embarrassed, and after a while he said, "Baobuqi...is it just an ordinary friend?"

Jia Cong gave him a blank look: "If it's an ordinary friend, how can you be so anxious to see me before he leaves Beijing?" Yin suddenly clapped his palms, "Yes, this is too obvious, he is just a reminder Me, let me prepare how to deal with it?"

Baoyu originally thought that Huo Sheng was a good friend, so he was overjoyed when he heard the words, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, if he has schemes, you can speak vaguely. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to just say that the guest came suddenly?"

Joyful Jia Cong hit him on the shoulder repeatedly: "It's reasonable, it's reasonable! Brother Baoyu, you are really smarter. If you continue to do this, you will gradually become smarter. If you don't make it together, you can have one more person to discuss business matters in the future!"

Said Baoyu lowered his head and sighed: "It's just an ordinary banquet, you can think of so many things."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "I won't praise you any more, so I won't make you proud."

Baoyu smiled bitterly.

Two days later, the two brothers followed Huo Sheng's invitation to a private seat in a restaurant, and sure enough, they saw a young man with a smiling face sitting at the table.Jia Cong understood at the first sight that this son was very noble, and his natural nobility could not be paid for by a few silver coins, so he had some general thoughts in his heart: This master is probably surnamed Situ.I secretly rejoiced that when Baoyu was coaxing Baoyu that day, he only talked about his cousin who was afraid of the prince.Baoyu is an honest man, if he guesses that this is the real prince, he will show his feet if he is not complete.

Huo Sheng hurriedly smiled and greeted the two of them to take their seats, then pointed to the young man and said, "This is Second Young Master Qu."

Baoyu Jia Cong was just an ordinary friend when he first met, and he just called him "Second Brother Qu".

Originally, Huo Sheng intended to make them acquainted, but he didn't want Baoyu to stay as usual. Although Jia Cong was clever, he said every word from day to day, but he was a bit confused.

After drinking for three rounds, Second Brother Qu suddenly asked, "I don't know what the two Jia brothers think about the current state affairs?"

Baoyu and Jia Cong were taken aback.Jia Cong was afraid that Baoyu would talk nonsense, so he pointed to his nose and said, "Ask me?"

Brother Qu laughed and said, "Just say a few words."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "It's none of my business to cover the sky with heavy snow in the northern part of the country and the bright sun in the southern part of the mountain!"

Brother Qu said: "If you live in a high temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away, you will worry about your ruler. I heard that although you are young, your ambition is not small."

Jia Cong stretched his neck hurriedly: "Where did you hear that? What about the ruler and the people, the people have the ruler in charge, the ruler has the ministers to help, second brother, let me go, I am still a child! After finishing homework every day, go out and hang out without causing trouble That's all, what can ambition be eaten?"

Brother Qu smiled lightly: "You practice martial arts every day, don't you want to be a general and guard the territory?"

Jia Cong's heart thumped, and he said in his belly, good boy, he really knows how to pinch three inches, if the young master didn't wear clothes, he might not be able to bear the temptation.Nai waved his hand: "If I like it, I like it. How dare I go to the battlefield seriously? Besides, my father would not agree. What if there is a bump. What's more, I am not bad at school, but I am a little less talented. , if you study hard for several years, you are not afraid of failing the exam.”

Brother Qu couldn't help but exchanged glances with Huo Sheng, and wondered, "Why do you want to take the imperial examination? I heard that Mr. She also loves martial arts, so he even opened a special escort agency."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "That's to support his old soldiers. How can those soldiers and bandits have the ability to make a living? The whole account is hung in our house, otherwise it would have closed down." Yin turned to look at Baoyu and said , "Second Uncle also raised Qing Ke, so it's even."

Baoyu hurriedly said, "Uncle has a kind heart, and it is right to take care of the old soldiers."

Jia Cong laughed again: "I am teasing you. I know that Brother Baoyu is very generous, so I won't be unhappy." Nai then said, "Practicing martial arts is just for fun, and also for fighting so that you don't suffer. My father is a good dragon. It's fine to practice at home, he really is reluctant to send his son to the battlefield."

Huo Sheng snorted, "If it weren't for those soldiers who bathed in blood on the battlefield, there would be no peaceful days for you."

Jia Cong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I heard that the son will go to the military camp in a few days. I admire it very much. I know that without the blood of soldiers, we would not have our tea and wine. It's just that everyone has their own ambitions. I really have some late blooming poetic talents. 20 Years later, when the envoy traveled to the frontier of the Fortress, he saw the mighty and heroic army of the prince, and he could also recite a famous poem like "the desert is solitary, the long river falls into the sun".

Even if the children of Beijing are not humble on weekdays, they have to pretend to be modest in front of outsiders they meet for the first time. Who has seen such shamelessness?Several people were stunned for a while, but Huo Sheng laughed first, got up and said: "By my brother's good words, I will drink this cup to the brim. You replace wine with tea, I respect you!"

Jia Cong hurriedly stood up, held up the teacup and said, "For now, replace the wine with tea. I will grow up a few years later, and I will give you back this glass of wine!"

The clink of glasses between the two of them was considered to be an agreement.

Second brother Qu clapped his hands and said, "It's so refreshing!" Then he laughed again, "Why don't you have a song now?"

Jia Cong got a little angry.He thought to himself, I pretended to be stupid all the way, and you kid chased me all the way.The son of the emperor's family is so clever?Can't even turn a corner?Can't you see that the young master doesn't want to play with you?Because he pretended to think about it, he said sincerely, "For the time being, I don't have the ability to play tricks, how about Huo Shizi give me a few more days? I'll go back and think about it slowly."

Huo Sheng and Brother Qu both laughed, Huo Sheng said: "Very, very! How about sending it to me before I leave Beijing?"

Jia Cong nodded heavily: "Okay!"

The second brother Qu immediately opened his eyebrows and eyes when he heard that, he was happier than Huo Sheng, and Huo Sheng hurriedly greeted him for another round of wine and food.They ate and drank for the rest of the day.Seeing that Baoyu was a little drunk, Jia Cong hurriedly took him to leave.

The two of them had only left for a while before Huo Sheng said, "Your Highness is a little more anxious today."

Second Brother Qu laughed and said: "This kid is very naughty, if you don't force him a bit, I'm afraid he won't show his true skills."

At the other end, Jia Cong sent Baoyu back to the mansion, and immediately turned his horse's head and went straight to Feng Ziying's house.Feng Ziying was not at home, so he insisted on waiting, and walked around the room anxiously.A young servant from Feng's family had seen him a long time ago. I was afraid that he had something important to do, so he quietly went to Feng Ziying's banquet and told him.Feng Ziying missed him a lot, and when she heard that he was in such a hurry, she hurried back.

At that moment, Jia Cong was in a hurry, when he heard someone shouting outside, "Master is back", he rushed out immediately: "Brother Feng, you are here!"

Feng Ziying didn't even change her clothes, she took off her cloak and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Jia Cong quickly pulled his arm and said in a low voice: "Huo Sheng, the heir of Nan'an Prince, somehow met my brother Baoyu. Today he coaxed brother Baoyu to take me out for a drink. There is another guest at the banquet. Little brother, I knew at a glance that it was either the prince or the little prince!"

Feng Ziying was startled: "How do you know it's the prince?"

Jia Cong snorted and said: "The eyes, a very straight nose and the shape of the face are all very similar to Brother Xianwang! Now he is Brother Xianwang's own brother, and he probably looks a lot like him. Anyway, he is either the son of a saint or the Xianwang Brother's son."

Feng Ziying was stunned for a long time: "Is Bao Buqi someone who happens to look similar?"

Jia Cong curled his lips: "Isn't it such a coincidence? And you happen to know Nan'an Shizi? Do you believe such a coincidence?"

Feng Ziying hurriedly said, "What did they say?"

Jia Cong told him everything about the banquet, and then complained: "I must write poetry! I don't have any poetic talent! Brother Baoyu can write poetry! Why don't you let him write poetry?" !" Nai stomped again, "He provoked this matter today, let him write it for me."

Feng Ziying thought about it for a long time, then smiled and said: "No matter how talented you are in poetry, you should be able to answer others, or you can do it yourself well. How smart are you? No one will laugh at you if you write poorly."

Jia Cong muttered: "It's embarrassing if you don't write well." Nai stomped his feet again, "I knew these princes would not let me go. I'll go back and discuss with my father, and go south to find Uncle Lin."

Feng Ziying hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Even if you want to avoid it, that's really not a good excuse."

Jia Cong also thought for a while, then curled his lips and said, "I can't think of any good excuse for the time being, that's all, go back and ask my father if there is a way. Three cobblers can always stand up to Zhuge Liang." Nai stroked his chest and said with a smile , "It's much more comfortable to say it!" Yin left with a smile.