It is said that Jia Cong finished coaxing the two princes in one trip and happily returned to the Taiping Escort Bureau. After reading at midnight, he saw Jia Huan sitting in the courtyard with a sad face and holding his cheek, eating snacks. Yao'er read peacefully beside him and asked with a smile: "Who are those two
Is the great god gone?"
Jia Huan pursed his lips: "I don't know what to say in there. I even called him. I don't know if the tables and chairs in our study are damaged."
Jia Congnai stood outside the door and shouted: "Sister Third Aunt, have you two finished arguing?"
Qin Sangu came out and said calmly: "We are all adults, why did we quarrel? Do you think we are your children?"
Jia Cong stepped forward and rolled his eyes: "What Shopkeeper Qin San said is, what are we martial arts practitioners arguing about? We can just fight. A gentleman does not speak."
Qin Sangu couldn't help but poked his finger and asked: "How is it at Prince Ning's house?"
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "Prince Ning simply locked him up in the barracks! Brother Xian Wang is like a piece of soft tofu lifted on a frying pan, it will fall down if he touches it."
Jia Huan couldn't help laughing.
Qin Sangu glared at him: "I know! It's not like I've never been there before. Don't you have anything fresh?"
Jia Cong said: "What's new is that my brother Xian Wang and I spent half a day coaxing him to go to Ning Wang. I don't know if he is willing to go or if he can be coaxed."
Qin Sangu frowned: "So there is no other way?"
Jia Cong waved his hands repeatedly: "My sister! He has a long entrance to his house. He has gunners, swords, axes, and archers. If he moves a little bit, he will really get into trouble. I have never seen such a shameless way of guarding people."
He stepped into the house.
Feng Ziying was seen sitting on the chair with her head sullen, her bun a little crooked. Jia Cong looked back and saw that Qin Sangu's hair was neatly arranged as if it had just been combed, and sighed: "Brother Feng, you lost again."
Feng Ziying raised her head: "How is the prince?"
Jia Cong sat down and said, "I can't get him out, so I persuade him to submit to King Ning."
Feng Ziying looked at him for a moment and said: "Since you don't respect saints, how can you like Prince Ning?"
Jia Cong said: "Aren't we trying to get brother Xian Wang to come out now? Since we can't save him, we can only surrender before he can come out. After he comes out, we can do something else. Otherwise, what's the use of keeping him locked up? Besides, Prince Ning is nothing.
I just wanted to be the king of Shu, not the emperor."
Feng Ziying shook her head and said nothing.
Jia Cong turned to look at Qin Sangu: "What are you two arguing about? Why does Brother Feng seem to be wilting?"
Qin Sangu said: "It's nothing. He won't be happy if he loses."
Jia Cong faked a smile and said, "What's so unpleasant about someone who has never won before?" He glanced at the two of them again, and seeing that Qin Sanguying was so energetic and Feng Ziying was speechless, he guessed that they would never leave.
Ten, looked at Feng Ziying and said, "Brother Feng, don't worry, I think brother Xianwang is in a good mood, not too thin, and still in the mood to write poems. He is so smart, maybe he will be able to think of something for himself in two days
Come out. There's no point in being anxious. I'm not afraid of annoying you, but you're not as capable as he is. It's not your turn to save him."
Feng Ziying whispered: "I'm just fulfilling my responsibilities as a subordinate."
Jia Cong said: "The responsibility of a subordinate is to do whatever he assigns to you. Don't worry about others. He should have his own considerations. He is not a saint!"
Qin Sangu glanced at him and quickly answered: "What about the saint?"
Jia Cong secretly laughed in his heart and sang: "The saint's abilities are mediocre, and he relies on the help of those below him." He clicked his tongue twice, "Working for him must be very tiring, and I don't know if the salary will be increased."
Qin Sangu smiled and glared at him: "Nonsense!"
Jia Cong stretched his waist and said: "When the world is peaceful in the future, I will work as an aide in the palace of the wise king. It will save trouble. You don't have to worry about accompanying the emperor like a tiger. If you can't keep up with the salary he gives, you will still have more."
Feng Ziying said: "The wise king also works for the saint."
Jia Cong said: "Then it has nothing to do with me. I don't know if the saint can come back. If he can't come back, which of these princes will be in charge? How about drawing lots."
Feng Ziying shouted hurriedly: "Don't talk nonsense! I won't cut your tongue if someone hears it."
Jia Cong said: "If I don't talk about others, why don't I talk about it? I'm not sure how many people are talking about it. The more powerful people are probably betting on it. I just don't know that the little emperor may be able to suppress these princes. Each one of them is not economical."
It’s a lamp. It wouldn’t be surprising if another uncle would sit on it one day.”
Feng Ziying was stunned and sighed: "Then the world will be in chaos."
Jia Cong said: "No. These princes are all very capable, and the one who can go up must be the most capable one. The world is determined not to be in chaos. Li Shimin killed his brother in Xuanwu Gate, imprisoned his father in Da'an Palace, Zhu Di simply killed his nephew
Aren't all the wise emperors who have come to power the emperor? The people don't care how the emperor came to power, whether it was reasonable and legal, or whether he did bad things to the original emperor. They only care about how well he governs the country. Whether the world is safe or not depends on the people, not the king. As long as he doesn't move
Common people, it doesn’t matter how the emperor’s family wants to play.”
Qin Sangu high-fived: "Good boy! I also understand this matter, I just can't say it out loud. Sure enough, scholars are better."
Jia Cong made a face and continued: "Actually, it doesn't even matter whether the emperor is the one who calls the shots. Look at what the emperor did when Zhang Juzheng was in power. What kind of carpenter emperor is the alchemy emperor? Since today's world is mediocre, if we can make all kinds of
It would be a good idea to leave everything to Brother Xian Wang to handle. I don’t know if he is willing to do it."
Qin Sangu said: "Of course he refuses. He has been under the late emperor's control for so many years."
Jia Cong shrugged and said with a smile: "Why do I think that Sister Sangu, a city girl, can see things about the monarch more clearly than Brother Feng? Is this the bystander's understanding?"
Sangu Qin smiled sweetly and glanced at Feng Ziying. Feng Ziying's face was uncertain. Jia Cong and Sangu Qin chatted with each other and stopped talking about it. For a while, they left and left the business for the day.
After waiting for several days, Situ Pan was not released, so Jia Cong sent people to Prince Ning's mansion to inquire. Prince Ning ordered people to tell him: "Lao Jiu has something very important in his hand, but he refuses to take it out."
Jia Cong thought for a moment, and the most important thing at the moment was probably the Tiger Talisman. This thing definitely wasn't on Situ Pan's possession; since Prince Ning wanted it, he probably had searched Prince Xian's Mansion. He just didn't know where it would be hidden.
But at this moment, something far-fetched unexpectedly came to the door. Xue Baoqin had already promised Mei Hanlin's son, and he came to Beijing to prepare for getting married. Although he had long heard that the Mei family was a bit snobbish, because the Xue family
Business has been doing very well in recent years, and Aunt Xue thought that this matter would be fine. She didn't expect them to suddenly send someone to break off the engagement, and they were unreasonable. Because the Xue family now lives in a small courtyard of the Taiping Escort Bureau, Xue Pan also
Without her, Aunt Xue was at a loss, so she went straight to the Jia brothers.
When Jia Cong heard that he was "Mei Hanlin's son" he quickly turned to Jia Huan and asked, "Are there many families with the surname Mei in Beijing?"
Jia Huan was stunned: "How do I know? How about I go and take a look?"
Jia Cong nodded hurriedly: "Look, what if it is such a coincidence?" It was funny. This time Liu Xianglian was married, and even if Xue Baoqin was not by the plum blossoms, he could not be by the willows.
Jia Huan accompanied Xue Biao to Mei Hanlin's house in the name of a relative to ask for an explanation. When he entered the study and looked around, he saw that it was Mr. Mei who had been eating snacks together for several days. He stood up from his chair and handed over to him.
: "Master Jia."
Jia Huan's mind was suddenly filled with thoughts, and he said to Xue Bian: "Second brother Xue, I know Mr. Mei. Why don't you and Mr. Mei discuss the matter of having a son first, and Mr. Mei and I can go talk outside?"
Xue Biao knew that he had some reputation among the scholars, and he thought that he had an acquaintance whom he could talk to, so he hurriedly said: "Please do as you please."
Mr. Mei smiled and bowed to Xue Biao, and went out with Jia Huan.
After walking a few steps outside and seeing no one around, Jia Huan first said, "I'm a little confused. You are involved with two princes. One went to Shandong to be a puppet, and the other disappeared. I really don't care."
Lord Taiwang."
Mr. Mei smiled bitterly and said, "Therefore, I am afraid that my bad character will bring trouble to Miss Xue, so I hereby cancel the engagement."
Jia Huan glanced at him: "Can you say something that people can understand? What is it for? Even if you scholars don't look down on their family as a businessman, you won't have to endure these days. It's too coincidental.
A little more."
Mr. Mei said sincerely: "I originally had a few tricks up my sleeve, but I don't want to coax Mr. Jia right now. The reason for canceling the engagement is because the seventh prince is missing."
Jia Huan said: "What does the disappearance of the Seventh Prince have to do with your marriage? Doesn't it mean that you won't get married if he disappears?"
Mr. Mei said: "This marriage was decided by my grandfather, and my father and mother were not very satisfied. My grandfather passed away two years ago, and they immediately wanted to break off the engagement. But at that time, the Xue family started to make seafood.
He suddenly became richer and richer. My father thought that he needed money to support the seventh prince, so there would be some benefits to marrying the Xue family, so he did not retreat. But now the seventh prince is gone."
Jia Huan nodded when he heard this: "That makes sense."
Master Mei said: "Master Jia, don't you think that our Mei family has no faith?"
Jia Huan said: "The most important thing in marriage is harmony, what's the use of faith? Now Miss Xue family has to thank the seventh prince. Otherwise, she will not be able to benefit the seventh prince by marrying into your family, and her life will be impossible.
"
Mr. Mei raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Can't you benefit the Seventh Prince?"
Jia Huan said: "Not everyone with the surname Xue can benefit from the Xue family. Brother Xue is outside and sister Xue is in Beijing. The younger brother of the Xue family is just helping run errands; he would rather give it to the eldest brother.
He has never given any girl the reins."
Mr. Mei said "Ah" and said in surprise: "I didn't expect this part."
Jia Huan said: "Don't put your thoughts on Sister Xue. Let me put it here first, the Xue family's money will not be given away."
Mr. Mei said: "I heard that Miss Xue is quite old."
Jia Huan said: "Well. She won't get married, and she will definitely find a wife in the future."
Mr. Mei said scornfully: "What kind of good person can there be who is willing to barge in the door?"
Jia Huan said: "It's just what she likes. After all, she is the head of the family. She just wants to marry a son-in-law with a soft personality and a handsome appearance. It's not like she wants to marry a man who supports the appearance."
Mr. Mei looked strange, and after a long while he said: "This...isn't this the Hedong Lion?"
Jia Huan wondered: "How could it be the Hedong Lion? The Hedong Lion is Chen Zhen's wife, and Chen Zhen's wife also eats Chen Zhen's clothes and wears Chen Zhen's clothes. She is completely different from Sister Xue."
Mr. Mei was speechless for a moment and said, "That man is just a soft-boiled man."
Jia Huan thought for a while and said, "Maybe Sister Xue won't let him just eat and not work. He has to settle accounts and run errands."
Mr. Mei became more and more speechless. The two of them clearly wanted to ask each other a lot, but it was inconvenient to say more, so they exchanged a few words and went back.
Jia Huan entered the Mei family's study again. Although Mei Hanlin didn't know what he said to Xue Biao, he was quite angry when he saw Xue Biao's appearance and hurriedly pulled him to leave. Mr. Mei sent them out of the house, but Xue Biao was cold.
He didn't look at him with a straight face. After the two of them got on the horse, Mr. Mei seemed to have something to say, and finally just bowed and said goodbye.
When he got off his horse at the door of the escort agency, Jia Huan hurriedly pulled Xue Biao and said, "Don't be angry! What Mei Hanlin gave you was probably an excuse. It's not worth getting angry!"
Xue Biao hurriedly asked: "What did you say on the other end?"
Jia Huan hurriedly walked away and whispered what Mr. Mei said. "It's a shame to break off the engagement. Otherwise, it won't be long before Miss Xue gets married. I'm afraid she will have to find any excuse to get back."
Xue Biao was stunned! It took him half a day to say: "Look at it this way, my sister is lucky to have withdrawn from this family!"
Jia Huan said: "Isn't it? They don't want to marry a virtuous and smart daughter-in-law at all, they just want to get a gold mine for free. As the saying goes, greed swallows the elephant. You can even move the Xue family's warehouse to them
They may not be satisfied either.”
Xue Biao was so angry that he laughed back: "Having his spring and autumn dream in broad daylight!" He rolled up his sleeves and strode back to Xue's yard.
Jia Huan stood there and stared at him as he disappeared. He hurriedly ran inside and told Jia Cong and others about the matter. He then asked Gong Sanyi: "Sir, do you think Mr. Mei is telling the truth?"
Gong San also smiled and said: "Obviously it's an excuse. It's just a common excuse to fool you. I'm afraid it's not easy, so they thought of this. Since the seventh prince is now being raised in Rongguo Mansion, this is definitely not true. But I don't think so either.
I can't think of the reason for the moment." He asked Jia Cong.
Jia Cong asked: "Is it possible that Mr. Mei has other marriages to make? Hey, this man is very pitiful. Miss Xue is very good, talented and beautiful. Fortunately, she is not old, so she can find another one."
Marriage is not difficult either."
Gong San also sighed: "In such a chaotic situation now, her status is neither high nor low, so it is not easy to find another good match."
Suddenly Liu Aiyun came over to ask Jia Huan what was going on with the Mei family. Jia Huan recounted what happened today and said: "On the surface, Mr. Mei once served as an aide to the eldest prince, but he secretly wanted to help the seventh prince.
It's unusual. I can see that he doesn't look stupid in his appearance and conversation. Mr. Gong also said that what he said was an excuse, and maybe there was something strange behind it. This marriage ended very well."
Liu Aiyun nodded and said, "I understand." She said goodbye and left.
Jia Huan has known him for a long time, and knew that this man was generous and courteous on the surface, but in fact he was not big-minded, so he chased him a few steps forward and said, "Brother Liu, if you want to take revenge on their family, be careful, I'm afraid there are other reasons."
, don’t act rashly. Why don’t you wait, we’ll check first and then talk.”
Liu Aiyun turned back to him and said calmly: "Who said I want to take revenge on his family?"
Jia Huan hurriedly waved his hands: "I didn't say anything."
Liu Aiyun withdrew and said, "Let me know when you get the news."
Jia Huan hurriedly responded "Yes". When Liu Aiyun walked a little further, he shouted from behind, "A sister-in-law is like a mother -" and ran away, laughing loudly.
Liu Aiyun didn't look back at all and walked away minding her own business.