But it is said that Jia Xichun painted the blue and white dinosaurs of Wanli Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty for Jia Cong all night, and ordered the painting to be sent to Lixiangyuan early the next morning. After reading the book at midnight, Jia Cong was very happy when he saw it, and ordered someone to reward the painting with ten taels of silver. The painting was happily kowtowed.
He died. Jia Cong then sat in the room and waited with peace of mind. Not long after, Xie Jing came, his face looking ten times more haggard than yesterday.
Hong Xiu came up with tea, and the two drank tea in silence. After a long time, Xie Jing suddenly said: "I have heard about your father's poem."
Jia Cong was startled: "Huh? Which one?" Why didn't I know he could write poetry?
Xie Jing thought: "A ruthless man may not be a true hero. How can a pity for a son not be a husband?"
"Well..." Jia Cong was embarrassed and pretended to be stupid, "Oh, I was a little arrogant that year, and I leaked it when I was fighting with others in the Hanlin Academy."
Xie Jing sighed: "You are right, I am really not as good as your father."
Jia Cong said hypocritically: "Are the situations different? Is there any comparison?" He quickly avoided the topic and said, "Have your third younger brother and sister been recruited?"
Xie Jing nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said seriously: "When she entered the palace the other time, the nobles told her that there were rumors in the palace that because she had the blue and white dinosaur in her hand, she got the dragon son; several empresses hinted that she would do this.
Offering something would enhance her status, but she didn’t have it. At that time, my third brother just said that he didn’t have it. The last time the third brother and sister entered the palace again, the noble man said in horror, Mr. Zhou ordered her to hand over this thing, otherwise she would not be able to do it.
Let go of the dragon in her belly."
Jia Cong asked curiously: "He is usually a noble person, why shouldn't she let him go? He is still pregnant with the dragon seed."
Xie Jing sighed: "According to the calculation of days, when our nobleman had a son, it was not long after Zhou nobleman's miscarriage. Zhou nobleman didn't know where he knew that the blue and white dinosaur could lead the fetus in other people's belly to his own.
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Jia Cong shuddered: "This... is too outrageous. Does she believe this? Or is she just guessing?"
Xie Jing shook his head: "How do we know?"
Jia Cong hid his face and was speechless. After a long time, he said: "The Zhou family is just an ordinary third-grade official. Are you very favored by noble Zhou? Where do you have the confidence to say such arrogant words? There is no way to compare with your family."
Xie Jing hesitated for a while and then said in a low voice: "Sir Zhou Yan... although his official title is not high, he is the saint's confidant."
Jia Cong was stunned for a moment. He felt that something was wrong and couldn't figure it out, so he put it down first. After thinking for a moment, he said: "This is a useful slander. It is much more useful than the Qingming Palace. The person who said this should take it seriously."
Smart. If that thing has the effect of seizing a son, I’m not sure how many women in the palace will think that your sister’s son is yours.” He looked at Xie Jing again and said, “Are you still in a hurry to find your third brother?”
Xie Jing smiled bitterly and said, "We are always a family."
Jia Cong glared at him: "Baozi! I wouldn't bother to care about him anymore."
Xie Jing said: "We can't ignore it. Besides, he doesn't have the ability to argue with me."
"Why doesn't his wife want to tell your family about this?"
Xie Jing looked a little embarrassed: "They... want to take credit for that blue and white dinosaur..."
Jia Cong froze. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. He walked over and patted Xie Jing on the shoulder: "God is fair to every family. Each family is given one fool. Suddenly I felt that my brother Baoyu was good.
It couldn't be better. Thank you, brother, for your hard work."
Seeing the seriousness of what he said, Xie Jing couldn't even laugh or cry.
Jia Cong then said seriously: "I am about to go to Prince Xian's Mansion, but can I help my sister to complain about her injustice?"
Xie Jing waved his hands repeatedly and said: "How can anyone go to the palace of a wise prince to cry out for the injustice of the nobles in the palace!"
Jia Cong blinked: "I didn't say I wanted to shout blatantly!"
Xie Jing thought he had some hint, so he was overjoyed and thanked him hastily, not daring to delay, and left quickly.
Jia Cong really changed his clothes and ran to Prince Xian's Mansion. Situ Pan was originally an idle prince who didn't go to court, but he was reading idle books at home. Hearing people say that Mr. Jia San is here, he couldn't help laughing and said: "No one invites him to dinner today.
What?" He asked to be led in.
Jia Cong came forward with a sullen face, bowed, twirled some snacks and said, "Brother Xian Wang, I want to tell you something."
Situ Pan asked what happened.
He asked in a low voice: "Do you know the blue and white dinosaur?"
Situ Pan glanced at him: "Do you know?"
Jia Cong nodded, recounted what he told Xie Jing yesterday, and then took out the picture from his sleeve: "I have asked someone to draw the picture, and it looks like this. I may have remembered it wrong in some places.
of."
Situ Pan hurriedly picked it up and looked at it carefully for a long time, and said: "It's quite honest and happy." There was a bit of surprise between his brows, "It actually looks like this...a really round belly."
Jia Cong said: "Brother Xie's younger brother is missing. He was seriously ill and sought medical treatment, but he actually begged me for help. I don't have that ability! So I rushed to draw it last night. I originally wanted to show it to him today, but I couldn't save it."
What can I do to help, but he came over early in the morning and said something, and I didn’t dare to show it to him.”
Situ Pan smiled and asked, "What did he say?"
Jia Cong blatantly told the story of the threat to Mr.
What are you saying in other people’s mouths? I don’t dare to show it to him casually.”
Situ Pan looked at the picture and then at him, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about it in front of me. What are you thinking? Tell me and I will listen."
Jia Cong made a face: "That Zhou Guiren is too courageous. We are both Jinshang's concubines, Xie Guiren is of higher birth than her, and she is pregnant with a baby, but she dares to talk like that! What's strange is that Xie Guiren doesn't complain.
, and I’m still scared! I’m afraid there’s something fishy in it, so I don’t dare to mess around for fear of getting into trouble.”
Situ Pan looked at him without saying anything.
"One more thing, because it's such a coincidence, I don't think it's a coincidence."
Situ Pan asked: "What's the matter?"
Jia Cong sighed: "I don't know what's going on! It's impossible to fight! And it has nothing to do with me at all!" He said, "I'm a little afraid, might I have caused this mess unintentionally -
I really didn’t do it on purpose. That’s why I came to look for Brother Xian Wang and tell you, maybe you can know some cause and effect.”
Situ Pan nodded and told him to just talk.
Jia Cong thought for a moment, scratched the back of his head and said, "It's been so long that I can't remember some things clearly. On the way to Chang'an in the first month of the year, I passed by a place called Angu County in Ping'an Prefecture shortly after leaving Beijing. You know
What?"
Situ Pan said: "I know."
"I thought that place was too poor, and there were so many birthday gifts, so I lied and claimed that I was the nephew of Gao Li, the governor of Ping'an Prefecture." He chuckled, "I don't think anyone would dare to rob us. I don't want to be so unlucky.
After only staying there for one night, I happened to encounter a wealthy family in their county who was killed by thieves. The wealthy family was Grandma Xie San's uncle. This is not the most coincidental thing. The most coincidental thing is another thing."
Situ Pan's expression turned gloomy at this moment. "What's the most coincidence?"
"The blue and white dinosaur, I heard from my husband that very few people in the world know about it now, and he was quite proud in his words. So I felt strange. It was clearly something from the green forest, how could anyone in the palace know about it? All I thought was
I am the only one who knows about the whole north of the Yangtze River. Listening to Mr. Xie's words, it seems that everyone knows it. That... then I remembered... Angu County is too small and there is no work, so I invited a Wang Work from the next county.
Autopsy. Seeing the excitement, I went there, had a few words with Wang Wuzuo, and casually mentioned the words 'Wanli Blue and White Dinosaurs of the Ming Dynasty'."
Situ Pan stood up in a hurry: "Have you ever mentioned this to Renzuo?"
Jia Cong pursed his lips: "I just said it casually. I really didn't mean it. I was joking with him. It was really a joke."
Situ Pan's face turned darker and darker, and after a long while he said: "Do you still remember that case?"
Jia Cong nodded and explained the case according to his own point of view. Naturally, he didn't mention what should be mentioned, because he sighed: "It's not clear in the end."
After listening to this, Situ Pan was silent for a long time, as if he had some realization. His brows sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed, and suddenly he started pacing back and forth in the room. I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly stopped and looked at Jia Cong and said with a smile: "
Do you want to know what's going on?"
Jia Cong shook his head like a rattle: "I don't want to, I don't want to at all! That..." he asked cautiously, "I just said it casually, didn't I hurt anyone?"
Situ Pan said: "No, you helped the saint once, and you helped me once if you didn't have enough. Just think about what reward you want."
Jia Cong looked happy and shook his head immediately: "Farewell, I am still a child, but now I am already eye-catching. I eat and drink every day."
Situ Pan thought of how much he had eaten all over the capital these days, so he laughed again and reached out to stroke his head. Jia Cong then played for a while and said goodbye and went home.
He went back home to see Jia She and said with a smile, "Dad, guess what I'm doing today."
Jia Shecai had a fight with Gao Mang, and he fell tiredly on the wicker chair without moving. After a long time, he said: "I don't care what you do, you just spend your days eating, drinking, having fun and wandering around."
Jia Cong smiled and stepped forward to grab his arm and said: "Second brother Lian has been a low-ranking official for a long enough time. It would be a good idea to promote him to an official while my nephew is born."
"What!" Jia She immediately sat up and pointed at him, "You kid, tell me clearly!"
Gao Mang said hurriedly: "I'm going to go out for a while." He raised his legs and started to leave.
Jia Cong looked at Jia She, and Jia She said: "No, just listen together."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Since cousin Gao came here, I have fallen out of favor." Jia She poked his finger.
There was no need to hide anything in front of his father, so Jia Cong robbed Wu You until he and Gong Kun leaked out all the lies. When he heard that they ordered Magistrate Li to pay back the people's taxes with the money they had robbed, Gao Mang
His face immediately turned red. In the end, Jia Cong said: "Judging from the days when the Zhou family was looking for dinosaurs, most likely they were in direct contact with Wang Zuo. And they were also secretive, which is why they spread the news about the dinosaur so outrageously. If you are willing
If you were like me and just drew the picture openly and sent it directly to Prince Xian's Mansion, there wouldn't be so much trouble." Gao Mang smiled again as he said this; Jia Shefang was about to glare at him, but also smiled. "Therefore, Zhou Yan is afraid that there may be some secret affair.
He is suspected of being an official. As a general envoy, he secretly associates with foreign officials. This alone is enough for him to drink a pot. The friends he associates with are such small officials, and they are passing on the secrets of the powerful people in the capital. Once investigated, they will be sure
I can find out a lot of interesting things.”
Jia She thought for a while and said, "It's impossible to guarantee that he was working for the saint."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "That's even more impossible. The palace is in chaos because of rumors about this thing. I don't believe that the saint really doesn't know about it. The reason for the lack of protection is that he concealed the information."
Gao Mang said: "Maybe he thinks this doesn't matter?"
Jia She snorted: "It doesn't matter whether it's important or not, this is a public weapon for private use, the most important thing is that it spread to the palace, causing a mess in the saint's backyard. Zhou Guiren is so rampant, 99% of the time it was her father who missed it."
What the hell." He suddenly raised his brows and said, "This has nothing to do with your brother."
Jia Cong said: "My contribution is not small, right? How can a saint reward me?"
Jia She was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but snap: "That's right! It's not convenient for him to reward you, and I don't work in the court, so I can only promote your brother."
Jia Cong said: "Last time, I returned the money from the treasury and only got a false title. Now if I don't get a real one, Dad, we won't play with him anymore."
Jia She smiled and said: "Even if he wants to play tricks, since you went to find the wise king to come forward, he will not stand idly by. The wise king is somewhat upright." He suddenly remembered something again, "By the way, you
Have you told the old lady anything? Why has she been testing me these past few days and asking if you have found your in-laws for your eldest sister? "
Jia Cong was startled: "Huh? No! Exchanging favors for eldest sister was all done on the spur of the moment. Oh, when Princess Nan'an came that day, I was bragging... ah ah, our ancestors wouldn't take it seriously.
Are you ready? Dad, what did you say?"
Jia She said: "I only said that Huo Xuan's funeral is over. Who in the respectable family is willing to mention it now? At least I have to avoid it for a few months. Don't talk nonsense again in the future.
It was your casual mention that caused it."
Jia Cong pouted and said, "How can there be so many pieces? There are only two of them at most."
For a while, he and Gao Mang went back to Lixiangyuan to play. Jia She ordered someone to call Jia Lian and told him quietly: "Your brother is afraid that he may have made a great contribution to the saint by accident. Because it is inconvenient to publicize it,
I'm afraid that the benefits will fall on you. Don't make any noise, be a diligent person in the Yamen, and don't show your whereabouts."
Jia Lian was overjoyed and said: "This boy Cong'er is so lucky! He was mistaken last time, and now he's here again." Then he went back and said that he and Sister Feng were hiding in the house, having fun together, counting the days together.
son.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each branch. In Prince Xian's palace, when Jia Cong went out, Situ Pan ordered someone to bring him clothes to change before entering the palace. After changing clothes, he suddenly stopped moving and stood alone at the door of the room for half a day.
He was stunned. For a moment, a servant saw him stunned and shouted "Your Majesty" before he understood and hurriedly said: "Let's go."
When Situ Pan entered the palace and met the saint, he did not hide it. He showed the blue and white dinosaur picture to the saint and recounted the origin of the thing as told by Jia Cong.
The saint picked up the dinosaur pattern and looked at it for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Although this thing has a strange shape and a cute smile, I believe it if it means auspicious birth."
Situ Pan then repeated the following words that Mr. Xie had sent back and Jia Cong's passing in Angu County that day. After speaking, he just stood aside with his hands down and said no more.
The saint was stunned when he heard the words. After a long time, he sighed: "Zhou Yan..." He stopped again, and after another long while he said: "Lao Jiu, it's not that I can't trust you..."
Situ Pan said calmly: "I see that Third Councilor Xie really doesn't know anything. Instead of questioning him, it would be easier for Third Brother to try to ask Mr. Xie."
It turns out that the second son of Mr. Pan from Angu County was originally a spy from the imperial court. Recently, he received another message from Peking University, saying that his third brother had suddenly disappeared! Coincidentally, there were rumors in the palace surrounding the blue and white dinosaur, and it was rumored that the dinosaur belonged to
Thank you, noble man. The saint has made these women troubled and wanted to find out. But noble man, thank you, was disturbed by the inconvenience of pregnancy, so he took Xie San for interrogation. After questioning for these days, nothing came out.
The sage nodded: "You will review Zhou Yan. In the future, you can lead his group and separate from Liu Dengxi. Someone in the palace must be adding fuel to the fire and let Liu Dengxi investigate carefully." He picked up the dinosaur pattern again.
After looking at it, "Since they want it, they ordered Jingdezhen to burn some like this to save everyone from guessing and causing trouble."
Situ Pan was silent for a moment and asked, "Who are his subordinates?"
The saint smiled bitterly and said: "Because I am afraid that you are too busy and Liu Dengxi is getting old, I ordered him to recruit some new people to find out the news for me the year before last. It has only been two years, but he has been so presumptuous. How can he become such a great person?"
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Situ Pan said: "Since I can't stand the loneliness, I can't keep my mouth shut even if I come here." Then he kowtowed and resigned.
The saint sighed: "I hope that there will be no separation between you and me."
Situ Pan said: "The third brother is the emperor and has his own opinions on everything. But I just... feel a little aggrieved."
The saint nodded: "You are a sensible person." He waved his hand and let him go.
In the afternoon of that day, Situ Pan captured Zhou Yan and interrogated him for a while. As expected, Wang Wuzuo was one of his men, and he had arrested the third master of the Pan family in order to interrogate Xin Mi of the Xie Mansion.
Situ Pan asked curiously: "Why do you want to know the secrets of the Xie family so much? Then Wang Wuzuo was placed in Ping'an Prefecture to find out Gao Li's whereabouts."
Zhou Yan said sternly: "How could it be such a coincidence? My daughter just had a miscarriage, Xie Guiren got the dragon seed, and an important relative of their family was killed!"
Situ Pan looked at him for a long time like he was a fool, shook his head and said, "That's all, let's talk about something else. I'm afraid your salary won't be able to support your family's life of gold and silver..."
Mr. Xie returned home the next day, covered in injuries, but refused to say where he had been these days. His father asked anxiously as if he was frightened, so the family had no choice but to give up.