Early that morning, the capital city was in an uproar. Rumors spread throughout the streets that the Royal Forest Army was hunting down bandits last night, and blood flowed everywhere. The corpses of the bandits were everywhere. The Rongguo Mansion was also convinced by the book at midnight. Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and others only told ordinary stories.
, anyway, it had nothing to do with the government. On the contrary, when the boy who reported the news came to Lixiangyuan, Jia Cong asked him a few questions. However, he only heard gossip outside and didn't really know.
After he left, Jia Cong turned around, looked a little pale, and said, "The hemp rope I bought at the purchasing office the day before yesterday was too thick. Please go out and pick it out yourself and buy some fine and comfortable hemp rope."
"Otherwise, if the whole child falls down and gets scratched by the thick net, the eldest lady will scream at me to death." He got up and responded hurriedly, packed up his clothes and hurried out.
Feng Ziying didn't wake up until noon. When she asked the people below, she found another crossbow arrow from last night's arrows. Coincidentally, both Qin Sangu and Jia Cong came to inquire about the situation; because Feng Ziying had already sent Jia Cong to
As Situ Pan's quasi-aide, Cong did not hide the matter from him and told him about the siege and assassination of Liu Dengxi.
Qin Sangu thought for a long time after hearing this, and said: "The person who sent the message used homemade wooden arrows in the previous two times. Why did he use the arrows of the Royal Forest Army this time? There is also a crossbow."
Feng Ziying said: "I also don't understand."
Jia Cong said: "In the past, all the remaining members of Prince Yi Zhong were bereaved dogs. The imperial court hunted them down fiercely. For fear of exposing their identity, they used homemade arrows that could not be detected. Now that the world is divided into feudal states, it is not difficult for their heads to be fair, so they are a little more reckless.
, just pick up arrows and use them.”
Feng Ziying shook her head and said: "No. If you take arrows casually as you said, you are not being reckless but being careless. They would have died long ago if they were careless."
Jia Cong said: "Or is it a deliberate hint? Do they have someone in the Royal Forest Army?"
Both Feng and Qin criticized him for being "nonsense". Sangu Qin looked at him and said with a smile: "Cong'er is the best at thinking of ideas that others wouldn't think of. Why don't you think about it?"
Jia Cong wrinkled his nose, held his cheek and thought for a long time, and asked: "Is that Liu Dengxi very good at Yu Xizuo?"
Feng Ziying said: "I'm afraid there is no other person in the whole dynasty who can compare with him."
Jia Cong glanced at the two of them and said, "I have a strange idea. Brother Feng, three aunts and sisters, just listen to it. Don't tell others, I'm afraid I will be laughed at."
Qin Sangu said with a smile: "Please tell me and listen."
Jia Cong said: "Imitate crimes."
Feng and Qin looked at each other, and Feng Ziying asked: "What do you mean?"
Jia Cong said: "First, let's take a look at the three things they did before them. The first one is who will lose his official position. If I remember correctly, that person disappeared at the time and was later killed by bandits in the wild. Therefore, he was 'lost'.
Official, this letter is not right, it is only right to die. This shows that the rest of Prince Yizhong's ability to obtain information is extraordinary."
Qin Sangu and Feng Ziying looked at each other again. Zhou Yan was killed by the Emperor Xian Wang, so the letter was correct. But time had passed and they were too lazy to tell Jia Cong.
"As for the fact that the late Emperor is about to die, if they have spies in the palace, it is not difficult to know. Oh, by the way, isn't Prince Yi Zhong his legitimate son? How come the Empress Dowager is still fine after his death?"
Qin Sangu said: "Now the Empress Dowager has no children and is a descendant. Prince Yizhong's mother is the queen of Nahuizi. She committed suicide as soon as her son died."
Jia Cong nodded: "I see. Go on. It is easier for the Supreme Emperor to withhold soldiers' pay. There are many people and it is easy to check, so it is not a secret." He waved his finger, "Liu Dengxi's hiding place is different. Liu Dengxi is like this.
It's amazing. Even the King Xian didn't find it out after all his efforts. How could they find it out? If they had that ability, how could they have lost in the past? Unless..." He gave up.
Neither Feng nor Qin gave him any face, and no one pressed him to ask "what else?"
Jia Cong pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "Unless Liu Dengxi's own people snitched."
Feng Qinju took a breath. Feng Ziying pointed at him and said, "Speak clearly!"
"I have always thought that the vast majority of people in this world are self-interested. If they follow whoever they follow, they will die for that person regardless of whether the master is wise or foolish, successful or not. There are many such people. For example, the hero who wields a stick that Brother Feng just mentioned, such as
Liu Dengxi, for example, is the remnant of Prince Yi Zhong. However, one in a thousand is good. The remaining nine hundred and ninety-nine are ordinary people. The so-called people who understand current affairs are heroes. Everyone has parents, wives and children.
Sir, friend, when one encounters the turmoil in the court, it is an ordinary person's behavior to give up the defeated old master and switch to the new master. Liu Dengxi must have some people in his hands that the wise king and Brother Feng don't know. These people are his
Trump cards. In those days, these trump cards were used as trump cards. It was natural that the emperor was so kind and loyal. However, there must be many people who expected that after the death of the late emperor, the lord would ascend to the throne and follow him to become rich and prosperous. Now, seeing that the Supreme Emperor has been hunting in the East without knowing the date of his return, the little saint has become a new one.
If you don't protect all the puppets, people will change their minds. One in a hundred is enough to sell Liu Dengxi."
Feng Ziying's expression changed.
Jia Cong paused for a moment and then continued: "Now suppose that Liu Dengxi has an important subordinate in the Royal Forest Army. No one except Liu Dengxi knows his details. He has learned from Liu Dengxi that someone from Prince Yi Zhong has sent arrow letters to the kings.
He believed it, but he didn’t know it clearly and carefully, or he had never seen the real thing and couldn’t imitate it. Seeing that the Emperor had no hope of regaining his kingdom, and the court was tightening the arrest, his mind changed, and he wanted to get rid of the identity of the Emperor’s spy, who could cause the house to be raided and destroyed at any time, so he
Imitating the tactics of the remnants of Prince Yi Zhong, Liu Dengxi was sold out. He then waited outside the small courtyard where Liu Dengxi was hiding. If Brother Feng could easily kill him, that would be enough; if not, he would secretly kill Liu Dengxi with a cold arrow.
You hit it because you couldn't guard against it."
Feng Ziying said: "Why doesn't he deliver the letter himself? He can still get some rewards."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "After the reward is over, will the wise king dare to use him?"
Qin Sangu nodded: "I'm afraid I don't dare, even if I use it, it won't be of much use."
"As far as his archer and crossbow skills are concerned, he can hit the meteor hammer and the iron chain, and he can shoot through Liu Dengxi. Without this credit, he would have been able to get ahead sooner or later." Jia Cong said, "Brother Xian Wang has always loved talents. But Fan is gone.
Liu Dengxi, then he can show his talents and get promoted and make a fortune. Or it would be great to live his life without worries and fear." He gave a high-five, "This is just my wild imagination, and it is a bit outrageous. Well, if there really is such a person in the future.
He has risen up in the army, Brother Feng, if nothing happens, don't check him out, just pretend you don't know. Give him a chance to be a serious person."
Feng Ziying said: "I have nothing to say about this. If this is really the case, you have saved my life, so I have to return the favor." She flicked his finger across the coffee table and asked, "What do you think of such a weird idea?"
Come out."
Jia Cong touched his forehead and said: "I just think that finding Liu Dengxi is too difficult, like finding a needle in a haystack. Unless it's one of them, who has that ability? Besides, that archer and crossbow are so powerful.
If the remnants of Prince Yi Zhong want to take revenge on Liu Dengxi, and they stay outside the courtyard gate, when Liu Dengxi goes out to eat out, won't he just shoot an arrow and go out? Why bother you?"
Qin Sangu and Feng Ziying said in unison, "How can it be that easy!" Feng Ziying said: "If my people hadn't fought for so long and distracted his mind, ordinary people would never be able to kill Liu Dengxi."
Jia Cong pouted: "Okay, okay!"
Feng Ziying smiled and rubbed his head: "I'm just guessing!" He ordered someone to go to the kitchen to see if the butter pine pulp rolls were ready, and then sat there and looked at Jia Cong and laughed.
Although he led people to surround and kill Liu Dengxi, the old eunuch was still his old boss for many years, and Feng Ziying always felt a little unhappy. Jia Cong just talked about the conversation and secretly defended Feng Ziying as a "traitor".
In the name of Liu Dengxi, he even roped in a traitor with no real identity to block the knife. It seemed that the traitor was the most important thing about Liu Dengxi's death. Even without Feng Ziying, he would have ended up like this. The worries in his chest were swept away, and Uncle Feng was in a very good mood.
good.
When the butter pine-crust rolls were served, Jia Cong gave a "ouch" and held them in his hands to eat. Seeing that he ate deliciously, Feng Ziying was also relieved. Thinking that these two were important colleagues, he whispered what happened yesterday.
What Situ Pan said about the past with Liu Dengxi in the late period.
Qin Sangu said calmly: "Is the skill I copied the real skill? I can fool the late emperor, but I can't fool the world."
Jia Cong sighed: "The Supreme Emperor was actually harmed by Liu Dengxi and became what he is today."
Feng Ziying asked to save face this time: "What's the matter?"
"The Supreme Emperor has no ability to secure his position, so he relies on his brother Xian Wang to help him. Although Xian Wang only said one article, one leaf can tell the autumn, there must be many, many more things like this, and there must be more exaggerated things than this. To say Xian Wang
I don’t believe that Brother Wang is not angry at the Supreme Emperor at all, and I don’t believe that the Supreme Emperor doesn’t know anything about it. Just like my ancestors who wholeheartedly favored Brother Baoyu, Brother Huan and I were somewhat angry at him, and neither of us liked him very much.
He knew that Liu Dengxi often wronged his younger brother in order to help him, but he did not stop him. No matter how good the relationship between the two brothers was, there would always be problems. With this problem, and the fact that the Supreme Emperor knew that his abilities were mediocre, he would inevitably have doubts about the wise king.
It’s not like the wise king owed him a debt in his previous life! Why would he still work for him even though he was suspicious? A few years ago, I heard Uncle Lin say that the wise king was too lazy to take care of things and the government was in a mess."
Qin Sangu smiled and said: "Master Lin knows the abilities of the prince and the mediocrity of the emperor."
Feng Ziying also said: "The prince has a closer personal relationship with Lord Lin than the Supreme Emperor."
Jia Cong said: "He knows it. Confucian scholars are always a little pedantic. I haven't finished what I said before. I can think of many ways to solve the matter of the imperial mausoleum. If Brother Xian Wang had not stood by and watched, he would have found a way.
In that case, I’m afraid the Supreme Emperor will still be here today.”
Qin Sangu's eyes flashed and she asked: "Do you have many ideas about the imperial mausoleum?"
Jia Cong said casually: "He is a reckless man who has done too many illegal things and is afraid of having his house confiscated and destroyed. Wouldn't it be enough to just write him a pardon? Every day, a monk's aunt goes to deliver food and shaves his hair to look like a reckless man.
It’s okay to run away as a monk. In the commentary "Generals of the Yang Family", the opening chapter is about General Yang pretending to be Song Taizong to attend a meeting, but the emperor didn’t even listen to the comments?"
Feng and Qin shook their heads again: "Do you think this is just a comment? Cao Datong recognizes the Holy One. After all, he is young and has seen less things."
Jia Cong was unconvinced and said: "How many years did he see the saint? How could he remember his appearance so clearly? Or he could hide two steamed buns in his chest and pretend to be a nun to get through." This is how it was played in later TV series.
Qin Sangu stared at him and said, "Nonsense!"
At the same time, he mentioned the strong man who wielded the stick last night. Feng Ziying said regretfully: "Look at that, the wise king can't use him. It would be a pity to kill him. He is a good man!"
Jia Cong said: "Can we not kill him?"
Feng Ziying said: "I'm afraid raising tigers will cause trouble."
Jia Cong frowned and muttered: "When will the injustice be repaid?" He then asked, "Why did he sacrifice his life for Liu Dengxi?"
Feng Ziying said: "We haven't tried it yet. I'll ask him later."
Jia Cong said: "If the wise king wants to accept him, he must really clarify the grudges and see if there are any loopholes to be exploited. It is probably not possible to rely on politeness and virtuous corporal alone."
Qin Sangu couldn't help but stretched out her hand and pinched his cheek: "The kid is getting more and more ghostly." She looked up at Feng Ziying again, and Feng Ziying drank tea with a smile.
After Jia Cong finished the snacks and went back, Qin Sangu said: "What Cong'er guessed... I think it makes some sense."
Feng Ziying said with a smile: "I think it makes perfect sense. That little brat is going roundabout ways to flatter the prince, knowing full well that we will probably say such nice things to the prince."
Qin Sangu smiled and stood up to say goodbye.
On the other end, I went out to buy some fine and comfortable twine at 1 o'clock in the morning, but I didn't come back until I bought it in the evening. Jia Cong and others did nothing but check, and it was the same as usual. In the middle of the night, Jia Cong shook her awake again.
Rubbing his eyes and sitting up from the kang, Jia Cong said, "I thought you wouldn't come back today. Why didn't you come earlier? We have to talk about so many things for a long time."
Qi Dian looked at him and asked: "What's the matter?"
Jia Cong said: "I went to Brother Feng's house in the afternoon to inquire about the news and found out everything. There are three people alive and a doctor."
Q.Dian blurted out: "Who?"
Jia Cong said: "He hadn't gone to interrogate him yet, and I didn't ask him about his age or appearance. There was a man among them who was very skilled in making long sticks. He respected him very much and hoped that he could use it for the good king. But the good king
I have never seen that person's ability in person, and I know that he is loyal to Eunuch Liu, so he has no intention of cherishing his talent."
Qi Dian sighed softly: "He will not switch to the Wise King."
Jia Cong said: "I heard Brother Feng talk about his deeds, but I don't think it can be done."
When he got up, he asked about what happened last night. Jia Cong told Feng Ziying what he had said, but did not mention the difference between "arrow book" and "hand crossbow". Finally he sighed: "That man with a long stick is really powerful! It's just difficult to save him."
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Qi.dian asked hurriedly: "Do you have any idea?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "No. However, Brother Feng respects his righteousness and loves his talent. This is an opportunity. Even if we can't save him for the time being, it's good to keep him alive. What if we can't protect him in the future? It's a pity to have talent."
He stood in silence for half a day and said, "Eunuch Liu is the strongest in Kung Fu."
Jia Cong said: "Three thousand to a dozen, it's good to have three alive. Eunuch Liu is dead, so it's useless to regret. We can still try to save the living ones."
After a long time, Qi Dian sighed softly: "Although it is ruthless, it is the truth." Then he asked, "How did Feng Ziying know that place?"
Jia Cong said: "You didn't tell me, and I didn't ask." The room was quiet for a moment, and he added, "In hindsight, you shouldn't come to the capital, especially Eunuch Liu. The world is so big, hiding
What's wrong? Even if there are some important things, can't you let the people below take care of them? After all, that old man Liu Dengxi is a eunuch and has no courage."
Qi Dian glanced at him: "What does it have to do with the eunuch?"
"Because the eunuch has no male hormones in his body, he will be less manly, willful, suspicious, and less judgmental." He clicked his tongue twice, "He has such high kung fu, he must have practiced the Sunflower Book."
Qi Dian said coldly: "Eunuch Liu is unparalleled in his loyalty, resourcefulness, and arrogance. He can't be criticized unless you wait for a child like you."
Jia Cong shrugged: "Okay, if you don't say it, don't say it. Are you still staying at our house? Or do you have other things?"
Qi Dian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not going well outside today. I would like to stay in your mansion for a while."
Jia Cong nodded: "You can come and go as you please. I'm probably tired today, so you should go and have a rest." After saying this, he reached out and patted the pillow, as if rushing away a guest.
I heard someone sigh softly outside the window. Jia Cong trembled with fright: "Eunuch Liu is not dead?! Oh, I was lowered just now. That was not what I said! There are also many wise and powerful eunuchs! Cai Lun, Zheng He,
Sima Qian..."
Qi.dian was originally in a depressed mood, but he couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
The man outside also said with a smile on his face, "How can you tell it's Eunuch Liu?" He immediately walked around to the door and pushed it open. Jia Cong heard that his voice was low and it was obvious that he was not an eunuch, so he breathed and stroked his heart. The man then walked in.
, with a muscular body and a strong waist, he said, "Master Cong, do you still recognize the general?"
Jia Cong said casually: "The room is too dark and the moonlight is dim so I can't see clearly... Oh, we have met many times before when I went to banquets. President of the Royal Forest Army led General Gan Lei. So you are Liu Dengxi's man. Really
I can’t tell! You don’t look like Xizuo at all!”
While he was talking, Gan Lei walked up to his kang, and before Jia Cong could get up from his clothes, he cupped his hands and said, "The general would like to invite Third Master Cong to join us."
Jia Cong stiffened: "Huh? Invite me to join the team?"