On this day, Jia Cong got up and listened to the report from the people below, saying that there seemed to be a chaos at Ningrong Street last night, but no one saw it in the dead of night. Jia Cong, who was reading at midnight, said "Oh" and ordered someone to take out the clothes outside and eat randomly.
After having some breakfast, we went to Feng Ziying's house to play.
That night Mrs. Chen came again, this time earlier than the previous two times, with a gloomy look on her face. Jia Cong turned over, sat up, put on his clothes and asked: "What were the four noises outside after you left last night? It was like firecrackers."
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Mrs. Chen whispered: "Eunuch Liu has been taken away!"
Jia Cong was shocked: "How could it be possible! His kung fu is so good! I went to Feng's house today, and Brother Feng didn't look like he had made a great contribution or captured a big shot."
Mrs. Chen then recounted what happened. It turned out that last night, Mrs. Liu Dengxi and Mrs. Chen left Jia Cong’s house, crossed the wall of Lixiangyuan and landed on Ningrong Street. They walked quickly close to the wall. When they arrived at the street entrance, they heard four noises.
Like firecrackers, before she knew what was going on, Liu Dengxi had already thrown herself to the ground! Because there was a distance between them, Ms. Chen wanted to go over to take a look. A fishing net fell from the sky and covered Liu Dengxi. It immediately flew in all directions.
When the arrows rained, Chen pulled out the sword from her waist and brushed away the feathers of the arrows. She heard Liu Dengxi shouting "Quickly" on the ground, but her opponent didn't show up at all. It was obviously an ambush, and there were many more people on the other side. She didn't dare to fight.
, flew away and fled. Today I came out to inquire, no one knew what happened at that time, and there was no one nearby to call the watch.
While listening, Jia Cong pinched the quilt, and after hearing a "tear" sound, he pulled off the piece in his hand. Then he got off the kang and walked around the room for a while, and said to himself: "What if it's Brother Feng?"
Already know, this whole matter is his trap. He even caught Mr. Liu, why are you talking to me as if there is nothing wrong with you today? Mr. Liu is the big fish, I am just a little shrimp. The big fish is in the net pocket
Why are you trying so hard to coax Xiao Xiami? If he doesn’t know yet, who is the one who captured Mr. Liu? Is there anyone else under Situ Pan who cares about this?"
Chen said: "I'm afraid that more than one team of Situ Pan's men are taking care of this matter."
Jia Cong said: "No way. It costs a lot of money to raise spies. How can Situ Pan have so much money? His brothers shared the money spent on raiding big households last year. Feng Ziying probably worked for him at a loss.
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Chen said: "The arrows last night belonged to the Royal Forest Army."
Jia Cong said: "The arrows of the Royal Forest Army may not be used by the Royal Forest Army."
Chen said: "I think we should send the seventh prince away first."
Jia Cong asked: "Do you have a safe and secure place to raise him?"
Mrs. Chen was silent for a moment and said: "It's better than your house."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "If I have been exposed, Situ Pan's men must have been deployed outside the mansion. With our abilities, we cannot take him away safely. If I have not been exposed, there is no place safer than Rongguo Mansion."
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Chen was silent again.
There was silence in the room for a long time. Jia Cong gritted his teeth and said, "How about this? It's very unsafe outside, so you can stay in our house for the time being. You are good at martial arts. If something unexpected happens, it would be easier for you to carry Quan'er and escape. We will just take care of him."
Crying about injustice and aggrieved, denying everything without knowing anything."
Mrs. Chen remained silent.
Jia Cong sighed: "Sister Chen, please say something! I am only capable of being a strategist. I am average in fighting and escaping. You are more experienced."
Mrs. Chen asked: "Is there a secret escape route in your house?"
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "I don't know, do you know?"
Chen asked curiously: "How do I know about the things in your house?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I thought you knew. Then don't think about it. If my father knew, he would tell me; he didn't tell me, or he didn't, or no one knows."
Mrs. Chen was speechless again.
After a while, Jia Cong suddenly asked: "Is there anyone in the Royal Forest Army who has a bad relationship with Brother Feng and is so jealous that Situ Pan would look down on him?"
Chen said: "I don't know this."
Jia Cong thought for another long time, shook his head and said: "There are too few clues to guess. I guess there won't be much movement at night. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Then he asked her, "Do you want to stay in our house? Or go back?"
Mrs. Chen just opened her mouth, and suddenly she heard a "swish" sound outside, and Jia Cong jumped up: "What's the sound?" He ordered Mrs. Chen, "Stay there and don't move!" He took off his shoes and ran out.
Jarvis and others were also alarmed. Someone said, "It looks like a loud arrow used in the army." A group of people then went to the courtyard to check with lanterns. After a while, they found an arrow lying under the stone steps.
Jia Cong personally picked up a letter and took it into the study to look at it. On the top of the letter, it was written in an upright style, "One person for three people." Everyone looked at each other and asked, "What does this mean?"
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Although I don't know the reason, there is always a meaning. I'll ask Uncle Lin tomorrow."
Everyone searched carefully and found nothing else. After discussing for a while, they went to rest.
Jia Cong returned to the house with the arrow and the note. Mrs. Chen asked, "It sounded like there was a loud arrow shooting in?" Jia Cong handed the note to her without saying a word. Mrs. Chen looked at it and her face darkened, then went back.
She asked for an arrow. Jia Cong gave her the arrow as well. She looked at it and said, "The arrows from the Royal Forest Army are the same as last night."
Jia Cong said: "Do you understand what this means?"
Mrs. Chen was silent again.
Jia Cong had no choice but to sit dryly beside him.
After a long while, Mrs. Chen asked: "Is there anything else?"
Jia Cong shook his head.
Chen said: "When will it be changed and how will it be changed?"
Jia Cong glanced at her and said, "You didn't kidnap someone, did you?"
Chen said: "Prince Yi Zhong's old department."
Jia Cong was stunned and said: "Prince Yi Zhong is dead, are his people still worth kidnapping? Why kidnap him?"
Chen said: "The saint is in their hands."
"Um..." Jia Cong hesitated, and after a long while he said, "It's impossible. Where did they get their skills? If Prince Yi Zhong's people were so powerful, he would be a saint by now. I always thought that saints are here
Situ Pan has it in his hands. If it had been in their hands, I'm afraid he would have died long ago."
Chen said: "The saint is so important. They won't touch him easily. They have to find something new."
Jia Cong said: "So what if it doesn't matter? Their master is dead, and there is no young master - probably not. What else can they do besides avenging the master? If you want to seize the country, you must have a master!"
Mrs. Chen thought for a long time and said decisively: "No. There was only one girl who escaped that year, and all the men have been eliminated."
Jia Cong blinked and said, "Could it be that... they want to help that girl become the empress?"
Chen shook his head: "Absolutely impossible." After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "I'm leaving first." She held the arrow and the book in her hands and turned around to leave.
Jia Cong said from behind: "Be careful on the way. Since we have to exchange hostages, Eunuch Liu will be fine."
Mrs. Chen walked out without stopping and nodded.
The whole next day, Jia Cong just went around doing nothing and did not go to Lin Hai's house.
Sure enough, Mrs. Chen came again in the evening and said, "I will come and stay in your house first, just to see if there is any news from them."
Jia Cong nodded and said, "I thought about it for a long time during the day and this is probably the only way. Anyway, they have recognized my small courtyard." Then he stood up and said, "The house has been tidied up. Although it is smaller, it is still enough to live in. We all have it here.
I am a man, so I have no choice but to ask my eldest sister to pretend to be a maid. Sister Xun Yuanyang asked for a few sets of maid clothes and put them on the kang. I don’t know if they will fit. I have no idea about clothes. I wonder what the eldest sister’s honorific name is? Or should I use a pseudonym?
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Mrs. Chen said: "Since she is your maid, you can give her a name."
Jia Cong laughed and said: "The names I chose are all weird."
Mrs. Chen said: "Anyway, it won't take long. It's okay to be weird. If your girls all have weird names, but mine is not weird, I'm afraid others will become suspicious."
Jia Cong thought for a moment, and since it was a girl's name, it had to match the name, so he said, "In that case, you can call her by your name from now on. Just click."
Mrs. Chen was startled: "What a weird name this is."
Jia Cong bared his teeth and said with a grin: "How full of vitality! Every day is a new starting point, and the sun rises every day."
Mrs. Chen had just asked him to give her a name, but now she couldn't go back on her words, so she had no choice but to admit it. Then she went next door. The house was originally red. Xiu and the others lived in it. It was fully equipped with everything, even a dressing table.
. Mrs. Chen looked around and said with emotion: "It is indeed a wealthy family, and the servants' houses are also so neat."
Jia Cong said, "I'm not a humble person. How can you say that someone from the same palace belongs to a wealthy family?"
Chen smiled: "It's completely different in the palace." She pointed to a row of puppets on the shelf and asked, "What is that?"
Jia Cong smiled and said, "That was made by Sister Jinjiang. All the girls in our house like it very much." He told her everything, "Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, Pleasant Goat, Doraemon, Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, Bugs Bunny
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Chen asked: "What are these used for?"
Jia Cong said: "It's just for fun. Girls like this."
"It's really interesting." Mrs. Chen stood in front of the shelf and looked at everything. "I have never seen such a puppet. It looks so smart. Your girl is so skilled in craftsmanship. I'm afraid the nobles in the palace will also like it."
Jia Cong said proudly: "Sister Jinjiang's dexterity is ranked high in our house. She does all this for fun. My sisters have to say 'please' if they want to trouble her to do a few things."
The nobles in the palace are not mine, so why should I please them?"
Mrs. Chen suddenly turned around and looked at him for a long time, which made Jia Cong a little confused. She suddenly said: "If you please the nobles in the palace, you can get a lot of benefits if you don't protect them all?"
Jia Cong asked curiously: "What benefits can you get? What benefits?"
Chen said: "Promoted to a higher position."
Jia Cong laughed again: "Sister, you are kidding me! How stupid must the emperor be to let his wife decide to be promoted to a noble rank? The same goes for the women in the harem who would be promoted to a noble rank after getting a few stubborn weapons.
I have no brains. Besides, am I that incompetent? I have no ability to earn a future for myself, so I have to rely on girls to make puppets to please the nobles? If I am so incompetent, I don’t need any official title. It’s fine to just be a dandy young master. Just give it to me.
If you make yourself an unqualified official, your capable colleagues will sooner or later kill you."
Chen stood there for a long time after hearing this, and finally sighed: "No wonder Eunuch Liu and the wise king Feng Ziying praised you for being rare. How many people of your age can say such things?"
Jia Cong said "Hey": "Sister Chen, do you still know Brother Feng?"
Chen said coldly: "He's just a traitor."
Jia Cong opened and closed his mouth, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Although Brother Feng also worked for the emperor's family, and the trees fell down, the hozens scattered, and the birds fled into the forest after eating, there is nothing wrong with him. Everyone has his own difficulties.
, I still have a big family after all.”
Mrs. Chen was silent again and just scratched his eyes several times like a knife. The moonlight was bright and full of murderous intent.
Jia Cong was completely indifferent and only asked cautiously: "Um... I heard that the guards like you are all selected from the orphans who have fled, so that they will not be suppressed by their families, but is it true?"
Mrs. Chen glanced at him: "Where did you hear that?"
"Hey, I heard it somewhere."
A sneer appeared on Mrs. Chen's face, which made people tremble when looking at her under the moonlight. After a while, she said calmly: "I am Chen Yi's granddaughter."
Jia Cong raised his brows: "What a familiar name." After a moment, he said, "Isn't Chen Yi the former Duke of Qi? You are the lady of Qi State?! How is that possible! How could you do this!
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Chen said: "I was very clever when I was young, so I caught the eye of Eunuch Liu, and he wanted to enter the palace under the guise of Concubine Hui."
Jia Cong gasped: "You can still rob people like this... Oh, your house was also raided by Fang Xiong that day."
Chen said: "If he doesn't copy saints, he will copy them. There are only two conditions for me to be a female guard. After the death of the late emperor, the Qi State Mansion was raided, and Chen Ruiwen's reputation was ruined."
Jia Cong immediately understood that his family must have had a lot of blood when they sent Chen to the palace, and said: "I always sigh with emotion, life is often more bloody than comments, and sure enough, it has never let me down."
Mrs. Chen sighed: "Of all the women who enter the palace, including this dynasty and the previous dynasties, only Jia Yuanchun will be lucky enough to meet brothers like you."
Jia Cong shuddered: "What a danger! My sisters are all smart, but fortunately they have never met Eunuch Liu. Otherwise, when I grow up, they will suffer a lot." As soon as the words came out, he immediately realized that they were inappropriate.
Then he said nonchalantly, "Well... I mean... my sister has no talent for martial arts, hehe... they are all literati and can only write poems and fill in lyrics..."
Ms. Chen waved her hand with a wry smile: "You are telling the truth." Nai turned around and glanced at the puppets on the shelf, "It's time for me to rest. Third Master, please come back."
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Sister, take care of yourself, I'm leaving." Then he turned around and went back to the house neatly, without even giving her a bow.
Mrs. Chen saw that there was no trace of him, and she was sitting alone on the edge of the Kang. After a quarter of an hour, the door opened, and someone slipped in. Mrs. Chen hurriedly stood up.
The man asked in a low voice: "How is Jia Cong?"
Chen said: "There is nothing suspicious about it." Then she told what happened just now.
After hearing this, the man wondered: "Why didn't he say a few words of relief to you for your appearance? You're not too young after all."
Mrs. Chen said: "He is not curious about the affairs of Qi Guofu. As Feng Ziying said, this son doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. He is used to ignoring things that have nothing to do with him. Moreover, he is not born with a heart of pity or cherishment.
Feelings of injustice."
The man said: "If you don't like to be nosy, why is the seventh prince hiding in their family?"
Chen said: "I have some thoughts, I'm afraid it's a bit strange."
The man said: "You say."
Chen said: "Situ Pan's comments on him that day were that he was extremely intelligent, courageous and careful, and said that this son was very affectionate and unwilling to owe others. Now I see that he is in every category. He is very courageous. , they dare to openly raise the seventh prince in the house; because of their love, they dare to defend Feng Ziying in front of me; as for the reason why they raise the seventh prince, I forgive my subordinates, I am afraid it is not because of loyalty to the Holy Father."
"Because of what?"
"Since he excused Feng Ziying, it is obvious that he has no loyalty to the saint. He only raises the seventh prince for others. I guess it is because of Mr. Lin."
The man frowned, and after a while he said, "It makes sense." Nai then said, "If we don't use this man, it would be a pity to leave it to Situ Pan. Maybe you can't take him down? If not, treat the Seventh Prince If it gets bigger, it must be removed first.”
Chen said: "I'm afraid it's impossible. The seventh prince is only four years old. When he grows up and has been with the Jia brothers for so many years, His Highness will be able to win over them. Jia Huan and Jia Cong have similar temperaments. When the time comes, These two will definitely help the Seventh Prince, I'm afraid it won't be Situ Pan's turn."
The man thought for a while and said: "That makes sense." Then he sighed, "When the saint comes back, the one who deserves the most reward is Lin Ruhai! The students he taught are better than the rubbish of the whole dynasty." Then Chen was ordered to carefully study in Rongguo Mansion. Waiting, turned around and went out, disappearing into the night.