Jia Cong secretly exposed Zhu Tong to the Gao family and his son, and Gao Li led his three sons to block him. Jia Cong, who was reading at midnight, saw that the old man's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, so he hurriedly stopped in the middle and gestured "stop"
"Position: "Wait a minute!"
Zhu Tong was quick and immediately dodged behind Jia Cong.
Jia Cong said to Gao Li, "I just said a few words to Mr. Zhu. Although I didn't make it clear, it is obvious that there is a hidden secret." Then he turned to Zhu Tong and said, "Mr. Zhu, what bothers me the most is hidden secrets.
.Wasn’t the matter between Mr. Chen and his father also hesitant and secretive? You two are obviously partners, why can’t you open the sky and speak openly? Isn’t it good to be clear about it? "
Zhu Tong was stunned, shook his head and said nothing.
Jia Cong frowned: "Is it that embarrassing? How about you tell me and I tell them?"
Zhu Tong lowered his eyes and said, "I have nothing to say."
Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Li and said, "Did my cousin do anything to be sorry for them?"
Gao Li sneered and said, "What has Gao done to disgrace General Bai?"
Zhu Tong just closed his eyes and said nothing.
The gentleman who followed Gao Li took a step forward. Before Fang could raise his arm, Jia Cong looked at Gao Mang and said, "Brother-in-law is watching your family, don't let them come over."
Gao Mang nodded. Jia Cong grabbed Zhu Tong's arm without hesitation and left, leaving the Gao family and his son behind! He led them for a long way and walked around to a water pavilion. This time, there was really no one around.
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "I have no idea about this matter. But you are a little too confident. If you don't want the Gao family to know, you should have come to me quietly earlier. What's the big deal if you bump into me now?"
Son! We share the responsibility equally."
Zhu Tong smiled bitterly and said: "Master Jia is really a man of God. I am speechless."
Jia Cong chuckled twice and said: "I just thought about it on the way, and I really can't think of any reason why the Bai family needs to be placed in the Gao family. Come in. You are in an upstream and downstream relationship, not competitors."
Zhu Tong said: "It has nothing to do with General Bai, it is my own business."
Jia Cong was startled: "Huh? No way! Do you want to marry a girl from the Gao family?"
Zhu Tong was also startled and said inexplicably: "Where are you thinking!"
"You are not young anymore. Your own business is your marriage, isn't it?"
Zhu Tong shook his head and said, "No."
"Mr. Zhu, can you please make it clearer? I just broke your business, don't I want to make up for it?" Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I always know more about the Gao family. Besides, there is also my brother-in-law.
You have to get through it now, right? You two still have to do business. No matter what, I will always be taught by Gong Sanyi."
Zhu Tong was silent for a long time after hearing this, and Jia Cong was almost impatient with the wait. He finally said: "I am looking for the person who killed my father."
Jia Cong was startled: "What a joke!"
Zhu Tong turned his back and looked at the fallen lotus leaves on the other side of the lake: "My father was originally from the camp of Prince Xianyi Zhong."
Jia Cong pursed his lips, stretched his head to his side and whispered softly: "So, is your enemy the Supreme Emperor? Or the Wise King?"
Zhu Tong said calmly: "When it comes to seizing the legitimate son, the winner is the king. I don't blame them. If the prince wins, the same will happen to the people who follow them."
Jia Cong touched his neck and thought, I, Mr. Lin, am on their other side, so it is better for Prince Yi Zhong to lose.
"My father and the prince have been friends for many years, and it is not widely known. He only gave some suggestions, and the prince rarely adopted them. Later, the prince was defeated and died. General Beringen rescued the prince's orphan and entrusted it to my father. My father thought about it again and again, and took care of it alone.
He left home with the child and hid in a foreign country under an assumed name."
Jia Cong made a sound in his heart. He knew about the young prince.
"Later, General Bai's people told me that my father's children were all killed by Situ Yan's men."
Jia Cong asked: "Was the young prince still a baby when he was killed? Not yet one year old?"
Zhu Tong turned around and glanced at him: "It's only seven months."
Jia Cong said: "Is that General Bai's man a bad old man? Did he send some money and food to your family?"
Zhu Tong was a little surprised and said: "No, he is in his forties."
Jia Cong said "Oh". He just remembered that when he first met Gong Sanyi, the old man once went back to comfort the families of his former comrades, which made him crane his neck and wait for a long time. It can be seen that after Prince Yi Zhong did something bad, he might have known something.
Maybe he didn't know how many people had died unjustly. He sighed: "The evils caused by the association are too numerous to describe. This kind of law must be abolished."
Zhu Tong sneered and said: "Abolish it? No matter who becomes emperor, someone will scold him. If the emperor is scolded, how can killing just one person be enough to relieve his anger?"
Jia Cong said casually: "Therefore, the emperor should not be given so much power so that he can kill people just because he is unhappy."
Zhu Tong became even more surprised when he heard this and looked at him for a long time.
Jia Cong shrugged and said: "Don't look at me so strangely. We are not the only country in the world. The emperors of many countries have no right to kill people. This is called constitutional monarchy." Seeing the interest in Zhu Tong's eyes, he explained
, "It means that the law is above the authority of the king. The law is extremely detailed and thorough. Those who do not violate the law can not be killed by the emperor. There is no such thing as implicating the nine tribes."
Zhu Tong said: "Is that emperor still the emperor?"
Jia Cong said: "The emperor can appoint officials, and the emperor has a lot of tax money to spend. Even if the emperor breaks the law, it is not the same as the common people, but it is still embarrassing. Many countries in the world are like this. Some countries do not even have an emperor, and they are republics.
." He then talked about a lot of political systems in later generations, which made Zhu Tong's eyes widen wider.
"There is such a thing!"
"There are too many! The world is so big, we can only see this one-third of an acre under our noses." Jia Cong snorted. He suddenly remembered that this was not the time to popularize science, democracy and the rule of law, so he hurriedly said, "Stop it, stop it!"
Let’s talk about this slowly later. Since your father-killing enemy is a member of the Supreme Emperor, how did he find himself here?”
Zhu Tong said: "I heard from a servant who escaped with his life that my father was very good at hiding himself with the young prince, but accidentally he took in a traveler to spend the night, and somehow the flaw was revealed."
"..." Jia Cong was speechless and choked for a long time before saying, "So this kind of thing really does happen! I always thought it must be the storyteller who made it up."
Zhu Tong said: "Later, General Bai took me to pack up my father's belongings. There was a piece of paper scattered under the case, with a poem written on it, not in my father's handwriting. The person who stayed overnight was a scholar. Three months.
Some time ago, General Bai sent me a letter with a cargo list inside. I will remember the handwriting for the rest of my life."
Jia Cong said: "Presumably the goods list belongs to the Gao family."
Zhu Tong nodded.
Jia Cong said: "It follows that the person who harmed your father may be hiding in the Gao family now. In that case, why not just ask the Gao family to help investigate? You two are partners."
Zhu Tong smiled bitterly and said: "General Bai sent people to test it, and the Gao family came back."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "It's just a test, of course I'll turn it back, but I think you're spying on business secrets. Have you made it clear to them that that person is the Emperor's employee?"
Zhu Tong said: "We are just doing business with them, how can we make it so clear? Your two families are in-laws, how can you make it so clear?"
Jia Cong said: "It's quite clear. It's not because of the in-laws, but actually because I already approve of my brother-in-law." Then he scratched his head and said, "Forget it, I probably can't tell you clearly for the moment. Mr. Zhu, this is
It's a serious matter..." He suddenly laughed, "Sorry, I remembered a joke."
Zhu Tong looked at him.
"It is said that monkeys don't know how to peel fruits before they taste good, so they took bananas and gnawed them with the skins on. There was a monkey farmer who felt sorry for his monkeys and taught them how to peel bananas. The monkeys learned it after just watching it once.
A few days later, the monkey farmer bought some oranges for the monkeys to eat, but the monkeys continued to eat them with the skins on instead of peeling them off."
Zhu Tong said: "It doesn't sound like a good thing to say."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Of course it's not a good thing. I went to Chang'an a few years ago to have a meeting, and what happened about your classmate Chen Gongzi is true, right?"
Zhu Tong understood immediately and knew that he was comparing himself to a monkey, and said angrily: "How can such an ordinary business relationship between father and son and the Bai family and the Gao family be the same thing!"
Jia Cong shrugged and said: "Banana and orange are not the same thing. It's a matter of work habits. You are used to hiding everything and going to investigate and check it yourself, lest something goes wrong and something is revealed. That's probably why.
This is because the former subordinates of Prince Yi Zhong have been pursued by the court for many years. Nowadays, unlike in the past, Prince Yi Zhong no longer has to keep taboos. Besides, it is also a taboo for the Gao family to hide the Emperor's people in the Gao family. If they knew
, we must get to the bottom of it." No wonder Mrs. Chen and the old eunuch broke into the master's house easily. It turned out that there was a traitor inside! He suddenly frowned, "No! No, no!"
Zhu Tong hurriedly asked: "Why is something wrong?"
Jia Cong grabbed Zhu Tong's arm: "Let's go!"
Zhu Tong didn't know why, so he had to follow him from the water pavilion back to the big flower hall. Most of the businessmen who had just come to the meeting had already left, and some of them were gathered above to study the charts. Zhu Tong said: "These things Mr. Jia San made are really novel.
, I’m afraid others will learn it right away.”
Jia Cong said: "I originally wanted them to learn it."
Zhu Tong said: "Aren't you afraid that the disciples of the church will starve to death, the master?"
Jia Cong said: "That is a useless master. If he is not starved to death by his disciples, he will be starved to death by his colleagues. Many things cannot be done by just a few people." After looking around for a few times, the Gao family father and son were nowhere to be seen.
Then he took a boy and asked. The boy said, Your Excellency and the three masters have all gone to the study. Jia Cong nodded and led Zhu Tong to Gao Li's study.
When we arrived at the door, the boy guarding the door came up and said, "Master Cong, I told you to come just go in."
Jia Cong said "Yes" and went in with Zhu Tong. He saw Gao Li, his three sons and the steward there. Jia Cong went straight forward and said to the steward: "Sir, I want to apologize first."
The steward hurriedly stood up and raised his hands: "How dare you do that!"
Jia Cong said: "I have something very important and very close, involving several families. I have to discuss it with my cousin. I beg you, sir, to stay away for a while."
Gao Licai said, "Mr. Zhao is someone I can trust." Gao Mang saw Jia Congshi's eyes and said hurriedly: "Dad, since it involves several families, Cong'er doesn't know Mr. Zhao, so he doesn't dare to speak casually.
.The same goes for dad and Mr. Zhao when they discuss it later."
After Gao Li heard this, he gave up and personally clasped his fists at Mr. Zhao and sent him out.
Jia Cong went outside to give some instructions to the guards, then turned around and came back to see Gao Li, Gao Ying and Gao Hua all staring at Zhu Tong coldly, shaking his head and saying to Zhu Tong: "See, this is the disadvantage of unclearness.
"
Then he pulled Zhu Tong to sit down. Gao Li snorted heavily.
Jia Cong said: "Mr. Zhu, don't blame me. There are some things I don't know that you don't want others to know. But now that I don't talk about it openly, I can't find out at all. I'm afraid our family will be in trouble."
Zhu Tong sighed and said nothing.
Jia Cong ignored the situation and poured out all the matters regarding Zhu Tong's father, Prince Yizhong and his son, the scholar and the goods list. At the end, he said: "There are two strange things for me. One, only Zhu Tong is like this.
Only a scholar would believe that his father accidentally took in a passerby to spend the night. That passerby happened to be the Supreme Emperor Xizuo, and his father happened to be inadvertent and missed some loopholes, which led to his misfortune. Xizuo was obviously very knowledgeable.
, and finally confirm: it is just a fake, it is really killing on the spot. How could such a person be so careless as to leave a mark? How could such a careless person do such a careful job? He would have been dead long ago."
Zhu Tong was also stunned when he said that.
"Second, let's just pretend that he was in a hurry and forgot about the sign. He forgot it at the time, but he will definitely remember it later. He regrets it. He often thinks about it and blames himself for making mistakes that time. He must correct it next time.
Since that person knows that Mr. Zhu is a member of Prince Yi Zhong, and General Beringen is obviously also a member of Prince Yi Zhong, and Mr. Zhu’s adoption of the young prince was also arranged by General Beringen, how careless must he have been to change his handwriting from the Gao family?
Will it be spread to the Bai family?"
Gao Li thought for a long time after hearing the words: "Cong'er, what do you mean?"
Jia Cong said: "I just thought about it, and Mr. Zhu's words are correct. Prince Yi Zhong's line has been hunted down by saints for so many years, and they were hunted down fiercely, so they are used to being cautious. When they encounter this kind of thing
, you really won’t be as fussy about it as I am, telling everything directly. Besides, the two of you are just doing ordinary business. But this matter involves Mr. Zhu’s father-killing enemy, how can you give up? Cousin, think about it,
If you were Beringen, would you speak out about these many things? Or would you investigate it yourself?"
Zhu Tong said: "I know what you mean. But how could the thief predict nine years ago that there would be business between the Bai and Gao families?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes at him: "This is called idle chess! It's also called a lead! Instead of letting you carefully search for clues around it, why not give you a bright object to distract your attention, in case it is used for other purposes in the future?
Look, isn't it useful now?" He then said to Gao Li, "Cousin, I'm afraid this matter needs to be investigated in detail. Which cousin can investigate it personally, without letting others do it? If the whole house is not safe, then
There is someone who is too great an emperor."
Gao Li hurriedly said: "What else do you know?"
Jia Cong said: "I'm afraid you are worried about something, so I didn't tell you. Last time at Qunfang Building, Mr. Chen, who was pretending to be a fan, came into my room a few nights ago and scared me!"
Gao Li stood up and shouted: "What!"
Jia Cong said: "They are now urgently ill and seek medical treatment. They really think that I am a good-luck boy who has been reborn, and they want me to accompany them to Tianjin to find the Supreme Emperor! When I refused to go, she threatened me with the nephew in my sister's belly!"
"
Gao Mang stood up with a bang: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Jia Cong said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, let me threaten you back. If they dare to touch a hair of my sister's nephew, I will immediately go to the capital to persuade the wise king to stand on his own feet, and kill all the seven sons of the Supreme Emperor!"
She was frightened and had nothing to do with me, so she left. I thought, Gaofu has been very tightly guarded recently, and she was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Even if she had been practicing martial arts since she was born, it would not be so easy for her to find my house. I was afraid that the government would
There are their people inside.”
Gao Li immediately broke out in cold sweat and ordered: "Ying'er! Go and investigate in person! The government will conduct strict inquiries." Then he complained to Jia Cong, "Why didn't you say something about such a big thing!"
Jia Cong said: "At that time, I only thought that she was really skilled in martial arts. Besides, they would not dare to do anything serious if they were afraid. Now Situ Pan has not yet established himself. After all, the little emperor is the son of the Supreme Emperor."
Gao Li thought about it for a long time and said, "I don't know who it is. Ying'er, please be careful and don't just trust people."
Gao Ying agreed again.
Jia Cong said again: "Although Mr. Zhu's matter is his fault, I hope he can be more considerate because he is filial and has never harmed his cousin. Besides, he has only been here for two or three months."
Zhu Tong looked at his nose and heart, and said: "Zhu who has anything to do with the secret has avoided it."
Gao Li was silent. To be fair, Zhu Tong really had no other choice. He just let him accept it casually, and Gao Li was not that generous.
Jia Cong added: "Now it's 80% that he has been tricked. Besides, if he hadn't spoken out clearly today, how would we have known about these things? How could we have come to investigate in detail? We may not know what will happen in the future."
After half a day, Gao Lifang said with a cold face: "That's it."
Zhu Tong just bowed quietly and deeply.
Jia Cong casually exposed Zhu Tong's identity just now, originally intending to make Gao Li wary of the staff around him. Because the person who wrote the small scroll knew a lot, he was most suspicious of this person. Zhu Tong did not
He was familiar with things in the capital, so he thought it wasn't him. First there was Zhu Tong, and then there was someone who must be Xiao Zuo. Gao Li didn't dare to trust his staff at this moment. So he ordered Gao Mang and Zhu Tong to check the list of goods.