It is said that Liu Tong fled overnight with his new emperor, the Queen Mother, and Jiannan Jiedu envoy Fang Xiong occupied the capital. The people in the capital were panicked. Jia Cong, who was reading at Ling O'clock, and others hurriedly asked Gong Sanyi about the origin of Fang Xiong.
Gong San also said with a hint of disgust: "This man was also the late emperor's favorite general. He had a good relationship with Prince Yi Zhong in his early years. After the sage deposed the prince, his words and letters were ambiguous, and in the end he stood still. Otherwise, who was afraid of hunting in the east of Tianjin?" He died early."
Jia Huan twitched his lips and said, "I'm afraid I haven't even thought about making friends with Prince Yi Zhong. I just want to make friends with the prince. The old fox will not let go of the rabbit when it sees it."
Jia Cong smiled and teased him: "Don't speak so clearly, save some face for sir."
Gong Sanyi glared at them both.
Yao'er thought to himself: "There is such chaos in the capital, and the saint can't save it for a while, why won't Feng Tang, Gan Lei and others return to the capital?"
Gong San also said: "With the saint, everything can be done easily. Without the saint, what will they do back to the capital? The imperial army does not have to worry about having no food to eat - they can open warehouses anywhere to get food. Others can just pay it back. Feng Tang must have believed that Situ Pan can settle down." From the capital city." He sneered, "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so what can he do even if he has wisdom? Besides, Situ Pan has long been determined to be self-reliant."
Jia Cong sighed: "People in the world often think that others remain unchanged forever, but in fact they change overnight."
So after waiting for another two days, various news came. Fang Xiong was weighing the remaining princes and wanted to support one of them to come to power. The second prince had already played a birthday show, drank polo, and ignored the government affairs. People from the mother's family of the sixth prince came again. Once when he went back to Rongguo Mansion, he asked Jia Huan for advice. Jia Huan said, "The name is not right, and Fang Xiong is not a wise king." The sixth prince then fell ill.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Mei also came to see Jia Huan. Jia Huan wanted to pretend not to be there, but he was curious about what happened to the eldest prince, so he ordered someone to invite him in.
When Mr. Mei entered the door, he bowed his head and said, "I hid something from you that day. I wanted to tell Mr. Jia later, but you obviously had no intention of getting involved, so you gave up."
Jia Huan said: "In that case, it goes without saying. Anyway, I don't want to know."
Mr. Mei was very shameless and said to himself: "The student is actually a close relative of the Marquis of Dingcheng. It happened to be that the eldest prince was recruiting talents, so he went there."
Jia Huan glanced at him: "So you are in the Cao camp and your heart is in the Han Dynasty. On the surface, you are following the eldest prince, but in fact you are a member of the seventh prince."
Mr. Mei smiled and said: "I can't be reused, I just run some errands."
Jia Huan shook his head: "That's all, there's no need to explain it so clearly. You came here today to recruit me into the Seventh Prince's staff, right?"
Mr. Mei said: "Of course not. Marquis Dingcheng knows that there is a loyal family in Rongguo Mansion, and he just wants to ask Mr. Jia: What should the seventh prince do when he is young in today's situation?"
Jia Huan said: "Of course he can hide as far as he can. It won't be his turn no matter where he goes, so why cause trouble."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Mei put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "The three Jia are indeed well-deserved!" After saying this, he bowed deeply to him and said goodbye! Jia Huanzhang and the second monk were confused.
Two days later, it was suddenly heard on the street that the seventh prince had disappeared out of thin air! Jia Huan suddenly felt that something was wrong with the person named Mei, but he didn't know anything except that his surname was Mei. He also heard that the palace had been searched for several days, but the seventh prince was still missing. Shadow, Xie Guiren is half crazy. Fang Xiong killed many eunuchs and maids for some unknown reason. After a few days, the Ministry of Rites was busy. Fang Xiong wanted to support the fifth prince. When he got the news, Jia Huan and Yao'er were practicing boxing and kicking. Jia Cong rolled his eyes and said, "I just quietly watched them show off."
The fifth prince is different from the eldest prince. The eldest prince is the current eldest son. Although many officials know that Liu Tong is a traitor, they vaguely agree with the word "eldest son" in their hearts. On the contrary, they do not approve of the second prince being the prince. Moreover, the eldest prince
The fifth prince was only seven years old, and he was obviously a puppet. Therefore, many sick ministers in the court recovered from their illnesses. They wrote letters, scolded and cried, but refused to agree. Fang Xiong did not agree.
I vaguely killed seven or eight people, ransacked several houses, and sent a dozen more to the prison. Still, none of the princes took action.
One month after the eldest prince left the capital, the fifth prince ascended the throne, and Fang Xiong assumed great power. Tianjin was within easy reach, but the Imperial Guard had no intention of returning to the capital, which became increasingly strange.
In the past, everyone in the court thought that Fang Xiong was similar to Liu Tong, but the day after he took power, he let the world know that the two were completely different. In the name of the new emperor, Fang Xiong ordered the political envoy Hu Jinsheng to thoroughly investigate several powerful people.
These are all veterans of the late emperor. If they had not been robbed now, it would be time to start investigating them now.
Jia Cong laughed loudly when he heard this: "This guy is here to steal money! Fortunately, brother Liu from these stores has already visited us."
Jia Huan said: "Fortunately, our family has already told the world that we are very poor, so the idea can't come to us."
Yao'er frowned and said, "I just bypassed all the princes and the prince's mother's family. None of those families are honest people."
Jia Cong put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. We just have snacks and watch the fun."
Unexpectedly, after watching the excitement for a few days, something new came to my door.
It turned out that when their thoughts were all focused on Fang Xiong, Xing Xiuyan had already married into the Marquis of Dingcheng. Mrs.
It's a good marriage, and I helped her look around.
Coincidentally, there was a family who fled a few days ago. The master was also a scholar. Because his mentor was killed by Fang Xiong and he was implicated, the officials took away the family property. The three people and two old ladies fled to Muni Yuan for a temporary stay. Male
The master cried and lamented day and night, and finally one day he found a shoe and a Confucian scarf by the moat. He thought he had jumped into the river and died. The mistress cried for several days, and then took some unknown poison and committed suicide. Two old ladies.
Because he didn't want to take the young master with him, he wanted to send the child to a health care center. Although Xing Zhong had moved away from Muniyuan long ago, he still lived not far away. He often went there to visit his old neighbors. After hearing about this, he looked at the child again.
He was fair and clean, well-behaved and pitiful, so he recommended him to Mrs. Xing.
Mrs. Xing personally went to Muni Yuan once. When she saw the child, he was only three and a half years old. He had big watery eyes. Because he had lost his parents, his eyes were full of fear, which was very pitiful. However, he was very disciplined in his advance and retreat, which was obviously a well-educated person.
Okay. Mrs. Xing fell in love immediately and held her in her arms: "What's your name?"
The child said: "My name is Quan'er."
Mrs.
willing."
Mrs.
The girl put her hands together and chanted Buddha's name and said, "How good! If the donor is merciful, he will be blessed with blessings in the future."
Then he asked the child his real name. His original surname was Han, and he was called Han Quan. Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "He is actually perfect."
So he brought him back and took him to Jia Mu to support him.
When Jia's mother heard that his father's teacher had offended Fang Xiong, she didn't want Mrs.
Madam Jia hurriedly ordered people to make clothes and shoes for him; and despite the fact that the whole city was silent at this moment, she told everyone that she had adopted a son. Mother Jia was afraid that she would be too public and make Fang Xiong unhappy, so she ordered Yuanyang to tell everyone.
Once she got through it, she calmed down a bit.
Mrs.
Heizi has been hiding from people in Rongguo Mansion! Therefore, he couldn't see what the child looked like in person, so he ordered Luo Tainiang to investigate thoroughly.
Not long after, Luo Tainiang found out. A royal censor, Mr. Tang Dong, was killed by Fang Xiong a few days ago. His disciple, the Imperial Academy Supervisor Zheng Hanhe, was implicated in confiscating his property. It was probably this family. Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Let's find out more.
"Do you have any other relatives?" Luo Tainiang went to investigate again, but found something wrong. Her neighbors said that Han He and his wife Zhao had no children, and after the house was ransacked, it was the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city, not Mou.
Nunnery. Then go to the Chenghuang Temple to check. It is now full of refugees and beggars. Some people die every day. No one knows who Han He is.
Jia Cong is a cheater. He has read all kinds of bloody stories, and it is inevitable that his thoughts will be outrageous. He thought about it again and again, and said to Gong Sanyi: "I am always worried about the kid named Han Quan, but now I can't investigate thoroughly."
Gong San also said: "How about asking Huan'er to check his tone?"
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "It's useless to test the wind." He thought for a long time and said, "He must carefully examine himself."
So he tried the trick he had done in the past. On this day, Jia Huan ordered someone to add a drug to the dinner of Mrs. Xing and others, and all the people in her courtyard were fascinated.
The three of them personally searched Han Quan's house. Even Han Quan himself was searched cleanly. His clothes, shoes and socks were all intact, but nothing was found. It was just on the child's neck.
Hanging this extremely delicate little purse close to his body, there was a mutton-fat white jade pendant hidden inside. It was delicate and smooth, and was definitely not something ordinary people would have. Finally, he found a bellyband under his bedding. Gong Sanyi squeezed it with his hands and smiled again.
He gave it to his two brothers. They also pinched it, and Jia Huan said, "It's obvious that there is a mezzanine." It's just that it's not convenient to remove it at will at this time, for fear of disturbing the child. The three of them retreated for the time being.
Just after leaving the courtyard, Jia Cong couldn't help but sigh: "It's redder. The sleeves are on the south side. Otherwise, how could such an idea of ​​needlework be difficult for them? People who are ordinary needleworkers wouldn't trust that thing."
Gong Sanyi was also worried. Among them, there was really no one who was very good at needlework. Qin Keqing used to date her, but over the years she was so busy that she could no longer move the horizontal needle or the vertical thread. Come to think of it,
It may not be possible to take this thing apart and sew it back together.
Jia Cong suddenly said: "I think of someone, maybe I can give it a try."
Jia Huan hurriedly asked: "Who?"
"Your aunt!"
Jia Huan frowned and said, "I'm afraid she doesn't have a tight tongue."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "She has always been very tight-lipped about anything that is beneficial to you."
Jia Huan thought for a while and realized that there was really no one else around, so he made up a set of words to coax her. Aunt Zhao laughed and said: "Don't coax me, just tell me what I can do for you. I don't want to go."
Find out about your men's affairs outside." Jia Huan smiled flatteringly.
Now that the candidate has been selected, things will be easy to do later. Jia Huan took advantage of Han Quan and Mrs.
He took out the interlayer from the inside - it turned out to be a handkerchief with many writings on it. Jia Huan didn't look at it, just stuffed another handkerchief in and asked Aunt Zhao to sew it back cleverly.
Aunt Zhao patted her chest and said, "My son, don't worry! No one will be able to see it."
Jia Huan said: "I'll have to do this again in a few days."
Aunt Zhao boasted: "Even if I remove the seams a hundred times, no one will notice!"
Jia Huan praised her for a long time, which made Aunt Zhao smile from ear to ear.
After Aunt Zhao had finished sewing the bellyband, Jia Huan stuffed it back as it was, and then looked at the handkerchief when there was no one around. He couldn't help but sigh: "Cong'er is so clever! He can also guess such things.
Come on." He hurriedly rode to the escort office.
It turned out that Han Quan's birthday and origin were written in detail in small regular script on the veil, as well as his real name: Situ Yu, the seventh son of the emperor.
Several people passed the veil around for a long time, and Jia Cong said proudly: "What did I say? The first person to be suspicious was their seventh child, who is exactly the same age. Most of the coincidences in the world are man-made."
Jia Huan suddenly burst into laughter: "I know what Mr. Mei did when he came so unexpectedly to look for me that day! He was testing me to see if I was willing to join in the fun. Those who don't like to join in the fun will have to keep it to themselves. Our family has some abilities, and there are many relatives in it.
There is the Wang family in the south and the Gao family in the west. It is safe and appropriate for the seventh son of the emperor to be fostered in our home."
Gong San also said: "Not only that, there are many talents. Situ Yan is not dead. They have big plans."
Jia Cong looked at the handkerchief and said with a smile, "I have to do more work for Luo Tainiang."
He then ordered Luo Tainiang to try to get a few pieces of Han He's handwriting. Gong Sanyi had some skills in copying a line, and he imitated the fake imperial edict that day. The old man took a handkerchief used by ordinary people.
The son copied Han Quan's birth date in Han He's handwriting, and added "Guozi Jianxuezheng, son of Han He in Xiangyang, wife Zhao", etc. One day, someone encouraged Mrs. Xing to go to Muni Yuan to fulfill her wish.
With a little effort, he took out the handkerchief from Han Quan's belly pocket.
Jia Huan twisted the palace veil and asked, "How to deal with this?"
Jia Cong stretched out his hand to him: "Give it to me."
Jia Huan gave it to him.
He took it and stuffed it into the tea stove, and soon it was burned with the charcoal.
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Who is Situ You? I don't know him. If someone says that our family has a man named Situ You, ask him to provide evidence."
Gong San also said: "What about the jade pendant?"
Jia Cong said: "Although that one is rare, it is not unique. I will order people to imitate more in the future, and it will not be surprising if there are more."
Gong Sanyi smiled and said: "It's just that your ideas are different."
Jia Cong sighed: "I picked up a fat boy from someone else's family for nothing. I have to leave some memories for my child, right? It's really unlucky to be born into an emperor's family."
While they were busy destroying evidence, Fang Xiong had already ransacked several large houses with all kinds of real or fake personal and material evidence, and the capital became increasingly panicked.