Jia Cong left Nan'an Prince's Mansion and met up with the brothers who were waiting outside. They all went back to the house. Everyone else went back to Lixiangyuan to clean up the party at midnight and went home. Jia Cong led Gao Mang to see Jia She.
When the whole family heard the news, they felt as if they had received a miracle. Jia Zheng threw away the book in his hand and rushed to Jia Sheyuan. Jia Lian said happily, "This saves me a lot of things." Even Jia's mother hurried away on crutches.
Come. Jia Cong has already finished explaining the general outline to Jia She, and when he sees them coming, he starts from the beginning again.
When Jia's mother heard that Wu Zuo had found out that Prince Nan'an was poisoned, she chanted Buddha's name repeatedly; Jia Zheng also expressed his gratitude to Baoyu for his good luck.
Jia Cong quickly "shushed" and said, "I don't know if it's true yet."
Jia Mu said: "Didn't all the corpses be examined?"
Jia Cong hummed: "Their home is the palace of the county prince! After the funeral, Huo Sheng will be the prince of Nan'an. In front of him, Mr. Wuzuo and Mr. Zhao are not a big deal. I don't know if the prince is really poisoned or if the princess is negotiating with them.
Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with our Jia family. If you hesitate to say anything, your bones will be brittle and you will die if you fall casually. I don't believe it."
Jia Mu and Jia Zheng were both shocked.
Jia Cong said calmly: "Huo Xuan is dead. Now the whole family of Nan'an Prince's Mansion relies on Huo Sheng. I just gave them a way to remove Huo Sheng's crime of causing his father's death. If you want to remove Huo Sheng's
If they are guilty, they must also remove Brother Baoyu's life. Brother Baoyu's life is in their family's hands. Unless they pick it off themselves, what's the use of inviting Brother Xianwang out? He won't be punished.
Are you talking about using your power to bully others? And by the way, you owe a favor to the wise king, and you are in trouble with brother Baoyu's reputation."
Everyone in the room was stunned. After a long while, Jia Zheng sighed and said: "You have insight into people's hearts at a young age, Cong'er, you are a hundred times better than Baoyu." Then he walked over to Jia Cong and bowed deeply, "I hope you can do it again."
Please take care of your brother more in the coming days."
Jia Cong waved his hands repeatedly: "Brother Baoyu has his own benefits, I'm just a little clever."
Gao Mang had been listening, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking: "How could cousin Baoyu knock down the Prince of Nan'an County with an inkstone? He is a general."
Jia Cong said: "So I guess that the prince is not in good health at all. It is not known whether he was actually poisoned. The truth does not matter. Our purpose is to save brother Baoyu. How Huo Xuan died is none of our concern."
, why do you need to make it so clear?”
Then he led Gao Mang to meet Jia Mu Jia Zheng. When Jia Mu heard that he was from the Gao family, she couldn't help but frown. Gao Mang just didn't see him. Then he led Gao Mang to the Rongguo Mansion to meet with him.
Yingchun hurriedly sent someone to clean up a small yard to accommodate him.
The Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division worked very quickly. After Zhao Cheng returned to the Yamen, he personally went to the cell to release Jia Baoyu. A few days ago, Baoyu thought that he would pay for Huo Xuan's life.
Worried. Now that I heard that the real murderer was someone else, I almost couldn't believe it. Zhao Cheng personally sent him back to Rongguo Mansion.
Seeing that Baoyu had lost a lot of weight and was unshaven, as if he had aged ten years, Mother Jia couldn't help holding her in her arms and crying loudly. Mrs. Wang was nearby and wanted to come forward, but Mother Jia refused to let go, so she had to sit next to her.
Holding it in, two lines of tears had already soaked the handkerchief.
A clever boy sent a message to Lixiangyuan. Jia Cong was playing with the plum blossom pile with Gao Mang. When he heard this, he just said "oh".
She asked with a smile: "I heard that Second Master Bao's hair and beard were dirty and his clothes were smelly. The old lady didn't dislike it at all. She kept hugging him and crying! Won't Third Master come over?"
Jia Cong said: "What did you do in the past? Did you go over to watch those people cry? I trust Brother Baoyu's character. You don't have to be sincere in front of him. He will remember this." Then he and Gao Mang continued to play.
Suddenly a boy from the concierge sent a letter, saying it was for Mr. Cong. One of the writers was there, so he put down the letter and left. Jia Cong was startled, opened the letter and took a look, he became furious and gritted his teeth. He said: "Every family has an expressionless old woman!" Because all the brothers in Lixiangyuan had gone home at this moment, Jia Huan was caught by Aunt Zhao and was checking and questioning her carefully. She didn't have time, so she casually The letter was handed to Gao Mang.
Gao Mang looked at it and wondered: "Could she be able to offer other benefits to offset this favor?"
Jia Cong hummed, "I'm old and don't know that I'm dead, so I'm not paying attention to her." Then he complained that he was hungry and ordered someone to go to the kitchen to ask for food.
In the afternoon, he left his high position to Jia She, and took Jia Huan to brag to the four sisters all afternoon, scaring them for a moment. Jia Huan had not intended to talk about their night battle in Taiyuan Mansion. , Jia Cong made it clear from beginning to end that there were mountains of corpses, and Jia Huan was so anxious that he stepped on his feet.
Tan Chun was so frightened that he took Jia Huan's hand and said, "Don't run away from the capital anymore! Even the gangsters in the market dare to rob and kill the imperial officials!"
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Ordinary market gangsters would not dare. They have the eldest prince behind them, and the matter was originally an internal struggle in their family. The two sons of Wang Daguan want to use our hands to destroy those people." Two sons. If cousin Gao hadn’t brought along so many veterans, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have set his sights on us.”
Daiyu nodded and said, "They want to go outside to find a knife to chop off their brothers. Ordinary knives may not be able to chop off their brothers." Then she asked, "Have you found out what happened to Master Han?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "He is a prefect after all. It will take some time for the court to investigate him. It's long-winded." Then he sighed, "He is just a person. It's a pity."
Xichun hummed, "What's the pity for such a villain? As a parent and an official, but secretly and timidly collaborating with the gangsters in the market, I despise this the most."
Jia Huan smiled and said: "Fourth sister must be an upright official."
Several people discussed the affairs of Huizi Nan'an Palace again. Because Jia Cong and Jia Huan all knew that Huo Xuan was the mastermind of Gong Sanyi, they just fooled Huizi. After everything was said, Daiyu smiled and held her hand. Xichun said: "Let's go play chess and let the siblings talk in private. Cong'er will come back to my room and talk to you about the private port." The two of them then left. Tanchun also took him with him. After leaving Jia Huan and going back to the house, the two brothers exchanged looks of sympathy.
As soon as Tanchun and her brother went out, Yingchun burst into tears. Jia Cong's scalp was numb, so he sat in front of her and pretended to be pitiful: "My dear sister! Isn't this okay? Your brother is very good at kung fu."
Yingchun wiped away her tears and said, "I know you are good at martial arts, and I also know that swords have eyes, so they can't pierce you anyway."
Jia Cong said aggrievedly: "That matter really has nothing to do with us! Didn't you just say it? It was an internal conflict in the Wang family. We suffered the disaster for nothing and acted as spearmen for others. Fortunately for us, we have the ability. Look at that Han Guang's life." It’s all gone…”
The more he said this, the harder Yingchun cried. Jia Cong had never coaxed girls, otherwise he would not have been an otaku in his previous life. Now he was scratching his head and there was nothing he could do. Suddenly he thought that Yingchun was frightened and surged up.
She felt a sense of fear that needed to be vented, and it would be better if she finished crying. So she sat aside and waited for her to cry. When Yingchun saw that her brother remained silent, she cried even harder. Jia Cong could only stare.
Jia Huan was quite interesting. After dealing with his own sister, he ran over to see his brothers. When he entered the door, he saw Yingchun still crying, and Jia Cong was standing beside him like a papaya. He knew that this boy would definitely not be able to catch his sisters.
He thought. He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Second sister, don't worry! I just promised my sister that in the future, she will not do such things as escorting valuable items, and she will not show off her wealth when going out, and will not attract the attention of thieves. I will only stay away when I meet gangsters in the market.
Stay away and don't provoke them. Second sister, don't worry, I will definitely pull Cong'er along and won't let him get into trouble." He pulled Jia Cong again.
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! If you want to fight, just send Lan Xiang Ziguang to fight. I won't get involved anyway! Let them practice martial arts diligently when you get back! You have to be a dandy young master for a while, right?"
Yingchun made him hold back his angry tears, and he sighed. Seeing that she was about to start nagging, Jia Huan quickly found an excuse to escape, leaving Jia Cong to listen to the nagging at all.
At dinner time, Jia Cong withdrew on the pretext of having dinner with Jia She and Gao Mang, and took a long breath.
In the evening he had time to see Lin Daiyu.
Daiyu leaned on her chair in a leisurely manner. When she saw him coming in, she put down the book in her hand and glanced at him: "How did Prince Nan'an die?"
Jia Cong chuckled twice and came forward: "Where is the flaw?"
Daiyu said: "You two obviously know a lot of inside stories but you are unwilling to tell them. Even after hundreds of people were besieged and many people died, you have told them. What else do you dare not tell?"
Jia Cong said: "There are some things here that are not very fair. If I tell my sister, I might taint your ears."
Daiyu was quiet for a moment and said, "I want to know."
Jia Cong thought for a while, the world was originally unclean, and even a fairy had to face the darkness and filth. He hesitated for a moment, then approached Daiyu and whispered many things that he had never told Sanchun before, which made Daiyu horrified.
Unsure. The death of Huo Xuan was mentioned at the end. "Although it was all done by the Jia family from the poisoning to the fall, Concubine Liu also took a very important step, which was to instigate Huo Xuan to mistakenly believe that Huo Sheng had an affair with his brother Baoyu.
Long Yang is so good. Also, if the people in his backyard were half sincere towards him, they wouldn't have taken so many aphrodisiacs."
Daiyu said coldly: "You were responsible for his death. There is no need to blame others."
Jia Cong argued: "I don't deny that I murdered him. It's just that I can't carry this life alone. Others also have a share."
Daiyu waved her hand to stop him. After a long while, she said: "What do you want to do."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said solemnly: "Don't let our country suffer foreign captors."
Daiyu said: "Is there no other way?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "Sister, I am not a diligent person. If there is another way, I will be happy to be a playboy."
Daiyu nodded: "You didn't hide the killings, so that we would be more awake when we run away with you in the future?"
Jia Cong said: "It may not come to that point. Anyway, it is already like this outside. There is a tea tax and a rice tax for not selling tea, there are officers and soldiers pretending to be bandits to rob the convoys of imperial officials, and there are market gangsters who use open fire to kill people.
Kill the court official. Even if the sisters can't leave the house, it's better to know that the world is no longer peaceful and prosperous than not knowing. The emperor controls the court, the emperor is mediocre, and the princes have their own abilities. Who knows what will happen in a few years
?Brothers will do their best to protect their sisters, but troubles can be expected, and they must be nipped in the bud."
After being silent for a cup of tea, Daiyu sighed: "You said so much at once, I have to slow down."
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed deeply and said goodbye. Daiyu stayed up all night again.
Early the next morning, Concubine Nan'an came to the Rongguo Mansion in person to apologize to Jia Mu. Jia Cong sent her to the courtyard early to inquire about anything important, and report back quickly.
Suddenly he came back and said: "The concubine and the old lady have reached an agreement, and they are chatting about some gossip at the moment."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "What did we talk about?"
Said: "At first, the old lady was sullen and sarcastic. The concubine said that it was all her fault in the past, and she could not blame her. It was because the thief was too cruel... After talking for a long time, the old lady still had a droopy face.
The Empress Dowager said that she would write a letter on behalf of the eldest daughter of our family, and make the eldest daughter the concubine of Prince Nan'an. She also recorded the infant prince in the name of the eldest lady, and that Concubine Liu would never be mentioned again.
From now on he will be the eldest lady’s son!”
Jia Cong stood up excitedly: "Did the old lady agree to such a ridiculous thing?"
He nodded and said: "I agreed. The old lady was so happy that she burst into tears. She said that she never thought that the concubine would give such great honor to the eldest lady!"
Jia Cong's face suddenly darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a great honor! It's a pity that our family doesn't want it!" He picked up his feet and walked out.
He shouted hurriedly: "Third Master, are you going to make a fuss? Do you want to call the Second Wife?"
Jia Cong turned around and saw a smile on her lips with gossip in her eyes. He glared at her and said, "What are you calling the second wife for? If she knew about it, she would definitely be grateful." He hurriedly ran to Jia Mu's yard.
He had just entered the door when two girls already laughed and said, "Master Cong is here! The concubine even praised you for your intelligence."
Jia Cong sneered and walked up to the hall. Seeing him, Jia Cong's mother also laughed from ear to ear: "Cong'er is here! I was talking about you."
Jia Congnai bowed to her politely, and Jia Mu pointed to the silver-haired old lady beside her and said, "This is Princess Nan'an."
Jia Cong hurriedly went up to salute and said: "Did the concubine send my eldest sister back in person? Where is the eldest sister? I haven't seen her yet."
Jia Mu smiled and said, "Why are you sending your eldest sister back? Your eldest sister is so lucky. She will become a concubine in a serious way!"
Jia Cong was stunned: "No way, she is not young anymore. Can she be Huo Sheng's concubine?"
Mother Jia and Princess Nan'an both had dark faces. Mother Jia hurriedly shouted: "Nonsense! Of course she is the concubine of the prince in front of me."
Jia Cong became even more surprised: "Isn't he dead? I saw his coffin yesterday!"
Jia Mu sighed: "Your eldest sister is also unlucky because the prince has gone."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Old ancestor, you just said that my eldest sister is very lucky, but after just a few words you changed it to not being blessed. Is she blessed or not?"
Jia Mu knew that he was arguing, so she lowered her face and said, "Cong'er, what do you want to do?"