I thought that the goods list that led the Bai family from Lingnan to send the tailor to Ping'an Prefecture was extremely difficult to find, but I didn't expect to find it out in just two days. The goods list that I read at 0 o'clock belonged to an important shop under the Gao family.
It was written by the room. Gao Mang and Zhu Tong went to the shop to pick up someone, but Wen's accountant didn't know anything about it and took him right away. The two interrogated him together and found out that this was indeed the spy placed by the Supreme Emperor in Ping'an Prefecture. He was already ten years old.
Several years ago.
But this person was not Zhu Tong’s enemy who killed his father. He was still in Ping’an Prefecture when Zhu Tong’s father died, and many people can testify. Showing him the poem and note from that year, he said: “This was written when I was studying in my early years.
Because the dirty papers in the scientific examination were posted, I never wrote poetry again." Zhu Tong was extremely disappointed and withdrew.
Gao Mang continued to interrogate for half a day. It turned out that this person was just a little guy who was only responsible for sending out the information given to him by others. After Liu Dengxi disappeared, they had been taken over by Situ Pan's people, and the leader was Feng Ziying.
When Jia Cong received the letter, he was stunned for a long time and sighed: "The earth is really just a village."
It was obvious that there were still die-hard loyalists of the old saint in Ping'an Prefecture who had not been dug out. Gao Li ordered his three sons to conduct a thorough investigation. Unexpectedly, they found out a lot of details, including Situ Pan's and the princes', but they could not find out the emperor's people.
Come.
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "There is a kind of person called a double agent, who works for more than one family. There are also intelligence dealers who sell information to more than one family. When they are investigated, they pick people who are harmless to the Gao family.
There are times when the master confesses."
Gao Ying heard this and went to check again, and sure enough he found out a few double agents. But the Emperor's people were still not found.
Zhu Tong was much calmer now, and said, "What did that man named Wen do for a living? He wouldn't just leave a piece of his poems and notes there."
Jia Cong said: "It was probably used as bait. At that time, Beringen was not as arrogant as he is now. He lost his official position because he was implicated by Beringyi. Liu Dengxi was not sure who else belonged to Prince Yi Zhong." He suddenly took a look at the case.
, "Check to see if he suddenly couldn't leave Ping'an Prefecture for some reason at that time! Did your shop suddenly have some big business to be busy with?"
Gao Mang said: "I've checked it, and it's not there. You can ask about it again."
He then interrogated Wen's tent for another half a day, came back and shook his head and said, "He just caught the cold occasionally."
Jia Cong frowned: "What a coincidence? Have you checked his wife?"
Gao Mang was stunned: "His wife? She is an ordinary woman."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Qin Sangu is a woman, isn't she?"
Gao Mang immediately sent someone to fetch Wen's daughter-in-law from the accountant. After interrogating her for half a day, nothing came out. Jia Cong looked at Huizi from the side and said with a smile, "She is the one. My brother-in-law is too kind and not cunning enough."
Let’s put someone on trial with a harsher hand.”
The daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "The conscience of heaven and earth! If I feel sorry for my master, I will be struck by lightning and die on the spot!"
Jia Cong said: "Why don't you make another oath that if you ever feel sorry for the Gao family, your six-year-old son will be pierced by thousands of arrows and die?"
The daughter-in-law shouted: "What does it have to do with my son?!"
Jia Cong said: "The oath you just made is okay, because your master's family is not the Gao family. Besides, what you in this industry do is to put your head on your belt, so what does it mean to swear on yourself?"
Gao Mang also said: "Why don't you make an oath according to Master Jia San's words?"
The wife opened her mouth for a long time, but no words came out.
Jia Cong said: "Wen Zhangfang was once a scholar. He became a spy because of the publication of dirty papers. Therefore, his old poems must not be available to just anyone. You are his wife, so it is easy to pick them up."
If my guess is correct, at that time, if your man is not sick, he will probably ask for leave from the shop and wander around somewhere. For example, Prince Yoshitaka's people came to investigate after getting some information deliberately given by someone.
, I heard that he just asked for leave at that time and disappeared. Seeing his handwriting again, we can identify him as the murderer. The last trace of Prince Yi Zhong's flesh and blood was killed, how can people not take revenge? Your husband is a bait, he is the Supreme Emperor.
The bait to lure out the remnants of Prince Yohitada. You are a woman. You and your husband were married less than two years ago. You could not disobey the orders from above. You also felt sorry for the man and were not willing to take risks with him, so you tried to make him sick. He
If we can't go anywhere, this plan will come to an end."
The daughter-in-law said in confusion: "What did this man say?"
Jia Cong continued: "Now that nine years have passed, your superiors want to use your husband as bait again, causing misunderstandings between the Bai family and the Gao family. Your son is already six years old. At this time, the one you love most is no longer your husband.
But my son. Although you are sad about what has been decided by the higher-ups, you are also powerless and have no energy to resist anymore, right?"
The daughter-in-law became more and more confused and just shook her head without saying a word.
Jia Cong said: "You are too calm. Of course, this is not a flaw, it just makes me suspicious. If you look closely, the fear is not visible in your eyes, but there is a sense of sadness. As soon as you scare you with your son, fear will come."
The daughter-in-law shook her head vigorously: "I don't understand at all."
Jia Cong turned to Gao Mang and said: "When you go back to coax her son, just say that his parents were framed by a man named Liu Dengxi. This man was afraid that they would tell the truth and kill his parents to silence him. Does this Liu Dengxi look like a man?
The old man without a beard is probably this tall..."
Before he finished speaking, the wife screamed: "No!"
Jia Cong bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Guess what would happen if Liu Dengxi came to your son for information but was assassinated by him?"
The daughter-in-law suddenly turned pale. After a long while, she said: "How did Mr. Jia become suspicious of me?"
Jia Cong winked at Gao Mang, turned around and said, "You are so beautiful, and I heard you are extremely virtuous and capable, and your natal family is quite wealthy. I can't think of why you didn't find a better family back then."
Marry. Women usually marry in high places. If they marry in low places, there is always a reason. Naturally, there are many reasons. It’s just your husband’s identity at the moment that makes me most suspicious."
The daughter-in-law looked a bit dumbfounded, and after a long while she said: "In this case, I can't hide it."
Jia Cong said: "Well. Besides, since we have your son in our hands, Mrs. Wen should be more cooperative. I don't understand, if the Bai family and Gao Furniture don't do the Emperor's business, what does the Emperor instigate these two families to do? Or what?
What did Eunuch Liu provoke these two families to do?"
The daughter-in-law said: "It's not to drive a wedge between the two families. It wasn't until Jia Sanye said that I had 'caused a misunderstanding between the Gao family and the Bai family' that I was sure that Bai Lingen was indeed Prince Yi Zhong's man."
Jia Cong was stunned: "Isn't this matter known to everyone?"
The daughter-in-law said: "Everyone knows Beringee. Beringen and our superiors have always been suspicious of him, but there has been no real evidence. Otherwise, how could he be allowed to be so arrogant in Lingnan."
Jia Cong let out an "ouch": "Isn't it possible that he has shown his loyalty to the Supreme Emperor?"
The daughter-in-law hummed: "Do you really think that the court doesn't know about Hong Kong? The saint's own private treasury smuggled overseas goods from there."
"Puch..." Jia Cong couldn't help laughing, "Did you make a mistake? The emperor is smuggling! Wouldn't it be better to just open the sea market?"
The daughter-in-law lowered her head and said, "The late emperor refused."
Jia Cong shook his head: "The most ridiculous thing in the world!" He suddenly understood something and gave a high-five: "Tiger Talisman! You want to check the Tiger Talisman!"
The tiger talisman was hidden close to Situ Yan. It is almost impossible to imitate so many high imitations of the tiger talisman without the original. From Liu Dengxi's position, if the person who imitated the tiger talisman was Prince Xianyi Zhong's person, then Situ Yan was the biggest
It is possible that it fell into the hands of the remnants of Prince Yohitada.
Because Wen's accounting room was a clue that Liu Dengxi intentionally left for the remnants of Prince Yi Zhong. If Beringen was not one of the characters, the goods list would have been written in vain, which would also prove that this person was trustworthy. If the guarantee was not complete, there would be other goods lists thrown away.
I watched the remnants of what seemed to be Prince Yohitada's men nearby, just to see which fish would bite the bait.
Jia Cong asked again: "Why didn't you know until now? Didn't you know when General Bai sent people here?"
The daughter-in-law smiled and said, "How do we know who he sent?"
Jia Cong twitched his lips: "You guys have no idea who was raising the young prince back then."
The daughter-in-law said: "I don't know."
Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Mang and said, "It seems that concealment has its own benefits. If the old man hadn't concealed his identity that day, his son probably wouldn't have lived to investigate the matter with his own hands." He sighed again, "Why bother?
Come on, a seven-month-old child. If the Supreme Emperor is willing to leave a way out for others, he can also have a way out even if he doesn't protect himself. He does everything to the best of his ability, so how can others dare to give him a way out."
Later, Gao Mang used this woman as bait to fish out her lead, who turned out to be an old steward of the Gao Mansion. After interrogating him for half a day, fortunately, he had no idea what Jia Cong, Zhu Tong, Gao Li and his son were doing that day, and he didn't know what was going on with Jia Cong, Zhu Tong, and Gao Li.
I didn't know that Zhu Tong was Beringen's man, and this news hadn't leaked out yet. Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh: It turns out that my family knows a lot of things that others don't know at all. Instead, he is somewhat used to treating what he knows as if it is known to the whole world.
Jia Cong, who was able to write, made excuses to look at the handwriting of the detailed work that was found this time, and found that he was not the person who wrote the scroll that day. He couldn't go straight to Gao Li to inquire about it, so he had to give up.
After the matter was settled, it was time for Jia Cong to return to Beijing. He repeatedly asked the imperial doctor and returned to the courtyard to pack his things and prepare to get up the next day.
That night, Jia Cong came back from chatting for a long time at Yingchun. He was about to go to bed when suddenly someone knocked on the door gently. When he opened the door, he saw that it was Mr. Zhao who hurriedly let him in.
Mr. Zhao first saluted him and said, "Thanks to Mr. Jia San, otherwise we adults would not be suspicious of those people at all."
Jia Cong said: "It's nothing rare. Ping'an Prefecture is so close to the capital, and my cousin is a talented general. There are so many generals under him. It's impossible without spies. Once we get this batch, there will be another batch.
It won’t be less. It’s just that it’s probably not easy for a newbie to gain his cousin’s trust.”
Mr. Zhao sighed: "Not only the newcomers, but also the old people like us are a little worried."
Jia Cong blinked innocently: "No way."
Mr. Zhao said: "That day you and Mr. Zhu were talking in the study. Later, when I asked your Excellency, he only vaguely said that Mr. Zhu had been ordered to check important accounts, and that someone from the Supreme Emperor had entered the house at will. Until
After a thorough investigation was completed recently, I was told the truth."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Did he actually tell you? That is Mr. Zhu's private matter and has nothing to do with Ping'an Prefecture or the Gao family. It is inappropriate to tell others."
Mr. Zhao was stunned and said: "This matter is extremely important after all."
Jia Cong said: "That's all, let's seek common ground while reserving differences. Anyway, I think he shouldn't tell irrelevant people about this matter. Therefore, Mr. Zhao thinks that my cousin may have gone too far?"
Mr. Zhao nodded.
Jia Cong said: "Why don't you guys just have a nice talk? He doesn't even notice that he's not safe. Tell him what's on your mind."
Mr. Zhao sighed: "I am loyal to the sun and the moon, but it is useless."
Jia Cong thought for a moment and said, "How about you two go out to have some fun together?"
Mr. Zhao was stunned.
Jia Cong said: "Go shopping, eat some street snacks, and go to the Flower House to have wine and pick up girls. Don't be a master and a subordinate all the time. It's so annoying. If you want him to feel at ease, just be his friend."
Mr. Zhao wondered: "How can this be the case? The Lord is the Lord, and the minister is the minister."
Jia Cong said: "It's okay not to talk about feelings. Talk about money. How much money has he given you and so many benefits? It's impossible for you to betray him for so many benefits, isn't it? How could anyone else give so much?"
Mr. Zhao was immediately annoyed: "How could I follow you for the benefit?"
Jia Cong asked: "Then what are you doing? Either for money or for friendship, there must be a reason."
Mr. Zhao said: "Back then, I was a down-and-out businessman. I couldn't pass the exams in literature, couldn't go into battle in martial arts, and had a talent in my chest that I couldn't put to use. Thanks to your support, I treat you as a confidant. In order to repay your kindness, I am willing to do my best for you.
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Jia Cong said: "Oh, this is also a benefit. It allows you to use your skills. Have you made it clear to him?"
Mr. Zhao said: "Adults will naturally understand."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Mr. Zhao, let me tell you a joke." He didn't wait for anyone to answer, and then said, "In the past, there was a young couple living a harmonious and beautiful life. Today, my husband
When he came back from outside, his face was full of displeasure. His wife served her carefully, but her husband was still unhappy. He didn't talk much or eat much. The next day, his wife wiped her tears at the neighbor's aunt next door and said, "My man doesn't like it."
He must have had another woman outside. When he saw me, he didn’t even smile and didn’t even bother to talk to me. His man also told his brother who works in the same place, yesterday I
We fought with crickets on the street, and at first we won fifteen copper coins, but then we gambled a few times and lost twenty copper coins! I was so bored that I didn't even eat."
Mr. Zhao couldn't help but laugh, pointed at him and said: "You, you, you... Third Master, why bother teasing me?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "Isn't it similar?"
Mr. Zhao said with a smile: "Master Mang often said that Master Cong of the Jia family is a wonderful man, and he is indeed very wonderful."
Jia Cong laughed haha.
After coming out of his yard, Mr. Zhao retreated to Gao Li's study and said, "On weekdays, I always feel that the three masters, especially the third master, value Third Master Cong too much."
Gao Li smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you? You don't believe it. How about testing it yourself now?"
Mr. Zhao nodded with his hands behind his back and said, "I won't betray him."