After listening to what Xie Jing said, Jia Cong's brain was confused for thirty seconds, and cold sweat broke out on his back. After reading for half a day at midnight, he suppressed his trembling and asked, "Did he find out anything?"
Xie Jing shook his head: "No one seems to know."
Jia Cong asked again: "Does he recognize Grandma Jiang Ning?"
Xie Jing was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "I've never heard of this person."
Jia Cong breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the tea cup, drank it all in one gulp, and poured three more cups in succession. After a while, he finally remembered that Mr. Pan from Angu County was Grandma Xie San's uncle, and he had once
I casually told Wang Wuzuo, who was invited by the neighboring county, about the sacred treasure of later generations, the "Wanli Blue and White Dinosaur of the Ming Dynasty".
He saw this code from a certain fat man's Weibo in his previous life. If there is a second time traveler in this time and space, the probability that that person happens to be a fan of this man is quite low; even if this fellow is also a French fries, by chance
There is basically no chance of being related to Mr. Xie. Thinking of this, Jia Cong eliminated the possibility of "having a fellow countryman". Then there is only one possibility left. Wang Wu is not easy to do, and he is afraid that he has something to do with Beijing.
Implicated. The speed of information dissemination in ancient times all depends on the channel, whether it can be fast or slow. He then asked Xie Jing: "When did he start to inquire about that thing? And when did he disappear?"
Xie Jing said: "I started to inquire about the blue and white dinosaur about half a month ago, and he has been missing for nine days now. That day he only said that he wanted to go out for a walk alone. We all thought that he had gone to inquire about the blue and white dinosaur again. We didn't want to see him again.
I never came back."
Jia Cong nodded. Angu County is very close to the capital. It can be reached in two days by horse. This means that Xie San got the news very late. It is probably not directly related to Wang Wuzuo. He also detailed Wang Wuzuo's words and deeds that day.
After recalling it carefully, he suddenly asked: "Is it okay for Mr. Xie to be in the palace?"
Xie Jing was startled for a moment and hesitated for a long time, refusing to say anything.
Jia Cong, the other person, had long said that he didn't care, but it turned out that this matter was not all related to his group, so he said sternly: "According to what I have heard in the past, there is really nothing worthy of being plotted by Ling Sandi, except for him."
He is Xie Guiren's brother. Naturally, other possibilities cannot be ruled out, but this possibility accounts for at least 80%."
Xie Jing looked at him and waited for a while before he muttered: "...I hope Third Master Cong will keep it a secret...our noble lady...is pregnant."
Jia Cong flattened his lips and hummed: "I guessed it just by looking at your appearance. How long has it been?"
"Two and a half months."
"Have you told the saint?"
Xie Jing shook his head.
Jia Cong said: "Xie Guiren concealed this matter just because she was afraid of being poisoned by others in the palace. It's just that something happened to her brother when she was pregnant with a dragon fetus. It was really a coincidence. I can't guarantee that everyone in the palace will know everything they should know."
, it’s better to tell the saint as soon as possible. In my opinion, it’s best to tell the truth, even hiding the pregnancy for fear of being plotted by others.”
Xie Jing hurriedly said: "No. You are so young and don't know the dangers in the palace. If she speaks out, she may be framed and slandered, saying that she cannot trust the Qingming Palace."
Jia Cong was dumbfounded: "Whose bad idea was it? It couldn't be yours, right?"
Xie Jing blushed: "How can I, a grown man, know these things...the thoughts of the family members?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Don't leave all this kind of matter to the backyard. They are all women and don't understand the structure of men's brains. Are they fools today? He and the wise king have suffered a lot since childhood. Will they believe that the harem is clear?
Can you believe that someone who used this to slander your sister is unlucky? There is a word called recalling memories, and there is another word called empathy! Maybe your sister is even more favored because of this. "
Xie Jing was enlightened when he heard the words and nodded repeatedly: "You are right! We didn't expect this section."
Jia Cong asked again: "Did my brother get a letter from Mr. Xie before I inquired about the blue and white dinosaur?"
Xie Jing couldn't help but snap: "Yes, yes! It was just after my brother-in-law came out from the palace to visit the noble man. But..." He frowned, "We asked my brother-in-law many times afterwards, but they never mentioned it. She never heard of it.
Third brother is spending time with the blue and white dinosaur at home."
Jia Cong blinked: "He has been asking around for so many days, but he didn't mention it to his wife? He is obviously trying to hide it. I suspect your brother and sister are hiding something."
Xie Jing thought for a long time and shook his head and said: "Why did she hide it? She is a woman and has no ability to find a husband. If she doesn't rely on our house, who can she rely on?"
Jia Cong was also surprised: "Why hide it..." He then thought carefully about what happened in Angu County that day, especially recalling everything that happened when Wang Wuzuo was present. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind, and he raised his head and looked at Xie
After waiting for a long time, Xie Jing felt a little uncomfortable, and Fang slowly said: "Um...Brother Xie, let me ask you a question. Don't be upset, and don't rush to answer me. Think it through before you talk."
Xie Jing hurriedly said: "Excuse me."
"Well... think about it carefully, has your third brother changed in any way since your cousin became a nobleman? Has there been any change in Xie Guiren since he became pregnant - to you."
Xie Jing was stunned.
Jia Cong simply said: "Does your third brother have the ambition to inherit the Dingcheng Hou Mansion instead of you?"
Xie Jing immediately laughed, shook his head and said: "Impossible! He can't take the civil service examination and take the military examination, and he can't go into battle."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "What does ambition have to do with ability? You can't be ambitious if you don't have ability? I wonder how your brother compares to my second uncle?"
Xie Jing froze for a long time before he smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, Mr. Cong. I heard that my uncle originally wanted to take the imperial examination, your lord..." He smiled lightly.
Jia Cong glanced at him sideways: "You want to say that my father is not good at literature or martial arts. No wonder my second uncle was not convinced back then? You are much better than your third brother. I am afraid he would not dare to covet your Dingcheng Marquis Mansion.
?I’m not afraid to tell you that my father forced you to do many things, especially back then. My father knew about hiding clumsiness. Do you know that? How many young people know about hiding clumsiness? Please inquire carefully to find out if I am a real literary man.
If you can't become a warrior, you can't do it." Jia Cong always boasted that he never made a draft, which made Xie Jing so dumbfounded that he didn't dare to refute. "As I said again, ambition has nothing to do with ability. If he becomes the prince's uncle, his status will
He's higher than your cousin. Brother Xie, go back and question your three younger siblings. If she doesn't tell everything she knows, it will be hard to find her husband. There's no point in asking for a title when everyone is gone.
"
Xie Jing was silent for a long time after hearing this, and sighed softly. After a while, he asked again: "Master Cong, does he know what the blue and white dinosaur is? I have inquired about it in many ways these days, but no one in the entire capital knows about it."
Jia Cong blinked: "I'm going to ask someone capable to help investigate your brother's matter." Seeing Xie Jingfang about to clasp his fists, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't thank me! It's not to help you. If you get something, don't do it."
I feel like I owe you a favor, really." He couldn't tell people that my brother and I were probably responsible for this matter, and your brother might have been innocently implicated? He could only say, "I heard that the Ming Dynasty Wanli Blue and White Dinosaur was a
This rare thing was secretly kept by an outsider named Grandma Jiangning. It has never appeared in the world. I have seen the pattern of this thing elsewhere. It is extremely strange and not an ordinary dragon shape. I have admired Grandma Jiangning for a long time since I was a child.
My name, I know that this person is a genius but also a cute and funny person. I have admired him for many years and have not heard from him. Now that I have this news, how can I let it go? Maybe we can trace this person's traces."
Xie Jing hurriedly asked: "Since you have seen the pattern, can you tell me what it looks like?"
Jia Cong thought for a long time and didn't know how to express it, so he had to say: "I can't explain it. I'll ask a capable person to help me draw it later."
Hearing this, Xie Jing had no choice but to give up temporarily, thanked him again and again and resigned.
Jia Cong turned around and thought about the events of that day for a long time. Since there were too few clues, he couldn't think of a reason, and Gong Kun was not there, so he simply changed his clothes and went up.
Business is very good, and the place is full of guests listening to music and drinking tea. The old madam is named Luo Tainiang, who is only in her thirties. When Gong Kun is away, she is in charge of the Jia family's intelligence network. Because
I already knew that Mr. Cong would be the owner of this place in the future, so I took him to a private room inside very attentively and personally brought him tea.
Jia Cong drank a cup of tea and asked her: "A few days ago, Mr. Xie from the Dingcheng Hou Mansion was looking for an antiquities from the Ming Dynasty. Have you heard about it?"
Luo Tainiang said: "I've heard of it. He hurriedly visited all the famous houses in Beijing who knew something about antiques, but no one knew what it was. He couldn't tell what it looked like, so he only had a name."
Jia Cong asked again: "Besides him, is there anyone else who is inquiring about this thing?"
Luo Tainiang covered her mouth and smiled and said: "On the surface, he is the only one, but secretly there are many more!"
Jia Cong was startled: "There are too many? Who are they? When did you start inquiring?"
Luo Tainiang said: "Some people were quietly inquiring about the news from the antique shop in early February, and it is still there today. Since we had never heard of this thing, we checked it out. At first, only the general envoy Zhou Yan had people inquiring about it.
, there were more in mid-February, and even more after Xie Sanye."
Jia Cong frowned: "Do these families have anything in common?"
Luo Tainiang said: "We all have daughters in the palace."
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "Is this Mr. Zhou's home?"
Luo Tainiang Yingying came up to pour tea for him and said: "Master Zhou's daughter Zhou Guiren came out of the palace to visit the bride that year. It was so lively! There was so much money. I really don't know where he got so much money."
Jia Cong hummed: "I just took the emperor's money and sent it to the emperor's house. How much salary can a mere third-grade political envoy have to buy all those fake things..." Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and stood up.
, "General Envoy!"
General Affairs Department, the ancient State Procuratorate! This position is too critical. He couldn't help but pace around the room with his hands behind his hands, his mind racing.
The Blue and White Dinosaur, Wang Wuzuo, Zhou Guiren, Zhou Yan, ladies, their natal families, the pregnant Xie Guiren, the missing Mr.
Over the past few months, since there is no information other than the name of the device, the process of spreading is basically relying on hand-me-downs, just like the message-telling game often played by primary and middle school students in later generations. It is uncertain what the message will become in the end. Because Jia Cong is the founder of the message-telling game, than
From others, he has the most important piece of information: this thing does not exist in this time and space. And the affairs of the harem are ambiguous and obscure, and everything cannot be said clearly. In other words, even if someone has the ability to secretly trace the source of this matter, Jia Cong
Whatever you say is what it says - at least you can get the first impression. I couldn't help but feel lucky that the nonsense I just told Xie Jing was quite thorough and believable.
Jia Cong secretly had some ideas, so he sat down and took a sip of tea and asked, "Do you know where Mr. Xie went?"
Luo Tainiang shook her head: "The day before I disappeared, I went to the house of a man named Shi Duozi to ask."
Jia Cong shuddered when he heard this: "Stone idiot?" Isn't that the cultural relic idiot who should have been robbed of the antique fan by me last year? In this way, I saved his life.
Luo Tainiang said with a smile: "He is also hungry. That stone idiot can only recognize calligraphy and painting on fans, but how can he recognize porcelain? Mr. Xie has made another trip in vain."
Jia Cong nodded: "I understand. Is there anything else?"
Luo Tainiang thought for a while and said, "I have a guess."
"you say."
"If Mr. Xie was kidnapped by bandits, how much money would he have with him when he went out to investigate every day? If he was kidnapped for personal reasons, I heard that he is just an ordinary dude, and he doesn't think he has much ability.
You have offended someone so much that you have to kidnap him secretly to vent your anger. Even if it is just to blackmail the Dingcheng Marquis Mansion, it has been almost ten days, and it is time for the kidnappers to come up with conditions."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "You are right, I don't think it was a gangster who did it."
Luo Tainiang smiled very touchingly when she heard this, and said: "He is the third master of Dingcheng Houfu, Xie Guiren's brother. After his disappearance, the five cities' military commanders made great efforts to search for him, but there was no trace of him."
It has become more and more lively in the past two or three days. Therefore, my subordinates are suspicious..." Her eyes lit up, "Unless the imperial court took it."
Jia Cong stood up awkwardly: "The imperial court?!"
Luo Tainiang nodded and said: "Perhaps one of the princes took it. Otherwise, how could the Five Cities Military and Horse Division have been searching for him with great fanfare? Ordinarily, if they can't find him after searching for a while, shouldn't they stop for a while and investigate secretly or wait until the thieves relax and reveal their lies?
?”
Jia Cong couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Sister Tai Niang, that's well said!"
Luo Tainiang lowered her eyes and blessed him with a smile, and then said: "I'm afraid they have found a clue, and the clue is someone they can't afford to offend, or someone above them."
Jia Cong nodded repeatedly and clapped his hands: "Absolutely! This is the most likely possibility!" He smiled and said, "If this is really the case, it would be really exciting!" Jia Cong's eyes shone, "It's really a sinister thing.
Even if there are mistakes, no coincidence will make a book, and even a small game can be played on the big stage."
After returning home, Jia Cong took a charcoal pen and lightly sketched out a few sketches of blue and white dinosaurs. He took them to Fan Xichun and made them into sketches, gesticulating and talking for a long time. "It's a blue and white porcelain ornament. The head looks a bit like a chubby round one."
The horse's head is like this, its body is like this, there are saddle-like scales on its belly, and its feet are like turtle claws with three toes..."
Xichun looked at it for a long time and asked, "What is this? It's such a round belly. I've never seen anything like it before - it looks quite festive."
Jia Cong made a long bow and said: "I'm sorry to trouble my fourth sister! This picture is very important. Please draw it quickly. It doesn't require a lot of work. It just needs to have an appearance. The sooner the better. If you can get it tomorrow, it will be the best."
Already."
Xichun said: "It's not difficult to draw. If you are in a hurry, I will light a lamp for you in the evening and you can draw it." Jia Cong bowed again. Xichun took the pictures and looked at them carefully, and couldn't help but ask again,
"What on earth is this? It's very weird."
Jia Cong smiled mysteriously: "It doesn't matter what this is, what matters is what it can be replaced with."
Xichun hurriedly asked: "What can I exchange for?"
Jia Cong whispered in her ear: "Second brother Lian's official seal."