It was said that Jia Cong sent someone to call his brother-in-law outside. Gao Mang hurried in and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his brother and sister were safe and sound. Reading at zero o'clock
Yingchun first asked him to sit down and said, "Yesterday, Cong'er encountered something that didn't seem quite right, so I asked the third master to come and discuss it."
Jia Cong then explained the matter of Oriole and Mr. Xiao Zhao in detail. Gao Mang frowned at first when he heard that Oriole was going to ask the imperial doctor for Aunt Zhou, but when he heard that Mr. Xiao Zhao was also surprised. After finishing speaking, Jia Cong said
"My sister, my husband, and I are both not good at words. How about I take the lead in sorting out this matter?" Yingchun Gaomang nodded.
Jia Cong said: "My temperament is different from that of ordinary people. Let's first assume that Oriole is not looking for me, but Brother Huan. What will happen?"
Yingchun and Gao Mang looked at each other, and Yingchun said: "Huan'er will usually blast that oriole away, but I won't be as embarrassed as you."
Jia Cong said: "That's right. Brother Huan would not say to her face, 'You are a spy sent by someone.' This is still Brother Huan. He grew up with me since childhood. If it were someone else, such as my brother-in-law,
When I encounter this incident when I am a guest, even if I am suspicious, because there is no evidence, I am afraid that I will not tell the host, 'Hey, that girl of yours is a trickster.'"
Gao Mang said: "I can't."
Yingchun said: "Ordinary people can't do it."
Jia Cong said: "Then let's assume that I am just like ordinary people. What will happen next? If I had not been tempted by her beauty and refused to allow the imperial doctor to see Aunt Zhou. Later, Aunt Zhou died and left behind a son and two sons.
The cousin is raising her for the time being. The second cousin is a passionate person, has an outstanding appearance, and can deal with men. She took advantage of the second cousin to mourn the death of Aunt Zhou and captured him every minute. The newborn son will eventually be 90% hers.
If Aunt Zhou really died in childbirth, how ruthless I would be to sit back and watch her concubine ignore these words, and she would recite them countless times every day like a sutra. After a long, long time, even if the second cousin
If I can turn a deaf ear, this little cousin will definitely be dissatisfied with me and the Jia family. It is best to take advantage of a child's incomplete mind."
"If Aunt Zhou's death was not due to dystocia, but because of something else...then the second cousin will be blamed. She is raising the child now. Everyone knows that she wants a son, but she may not have a son in her belly. She will
It turned into murdering the mother and seeking the son." Jia Cong faked a smile and said, "If I look back and say, if I see the oriole crying pitifully and call the imperial doctor over... I will take the blame."
Yingchun said: "So what."
Gao Mang said: "I will not sit idly by and watch."
Jia Cong said: "You and your cousins don't know how to guard against children. If he does something to my sister while others are not prepared, I don't know what will happen to me."
Gao Mang took a breath of air and Yingchun squeezed the quilt tightly.
Jia Cong said: "Sister, it's really not easy to deal with us outside now. What we're afraid of is the unexpected. A thousand-mile embankment will collapse in an ant nest."
After a while, Yingchun said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if it is for the safety of everyone in the world, my sister will be safe and sound." Gao Mang just grabbed her hand.
Jia Cong also laughed and asked again: "Brother-in-law, who is this Mr. Zhao?"
Gao Mang said: "He is not Mr. Zhao's nephew, but his brother's adopted son, named Zhao Tu." Then he took up the pen on the case and wrote Zhao Tu's name. "This man is reserved by nature and is used to keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile."
He clearly has an idea in his mind. He shakes his head when asked and has no idea. He never does anything that shows his cleverness. He was not favored by my father in the past, but he gradually started to rise to prominence the year before last. Now he is my father's confidant. Ben is not close to the three of us brothers.
In recent years, I have been secretly getting closer to me."
"You really have the wisdom to be a subordinate." Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Have you been like this since you met him?"
"good."
"How old was he when he was adopted by Mr. Zhao's brother? What was the situation? Has your family checked?"
Gao Mang said: "I never suspected him, so I never checked. He seemed to be seven or eight years old at that time, and he is now twenty-seven."
Jia Cong suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked: "Can my brother-in-law get his handwriting?"
Gao Mang said: "This is easy." He then ordered someone to get a certain book from somewhere in the accounting room. After a while, he picked it up. Gao Mang opened a page and pointed to Jia Cong: "This is the annotation."
Jia Cong took a look and found that it was indeed the handwriting on the scroll that Liu Dengxi had given him when he came to Ping'an Prefecture last time. The young man who called himself "Late Born" speculated that the Jia family secretly hid the seventh prince.
He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: But now he found this person. Yin asked Gao Mang: "What is his current fame?"
Gao Mang said: "His father asked him to attend private school for several years, but he never passed the examination and was said to have mediocre knowledge."
Jia Cong said: "With such a powerful character, concise and concise words, and extremely strong language expression ability, how can he be mediocre in knowledge? Has he never worn a Confucian scholar's robe?"
Gao Mang shook his head: "Never."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth and said quietly: "This is not fun anymore."
It is obvious that Zhao Tu regarded himself as a Confucian scholar in front of Gao Li, but Gao Li never told Gao Mang. Gao Li could not be worried about his own son, so Zhao Tu could only tell Gao Li not to tell Gao Mang for some reason.
Gao Ying and Gao Hua were even friends with Jia Cong, and Gao Li listened to him.
In addition to two pigeons, Jia Xu also gave him a mailbox. Jia Cong once took a thin stick and tried to stuff it. After stuffing it, the appearance of the paper he took out was the same as the paper roll Liu Dengxi gave him that day. We can know that at that time
Zi Zhao Tu passed the letter to Gao Li Feige. Since he was Mr. Zhao's nephew, and he had already gained Gao Li's trust, why did Fei Ge pass the letter instead of speaking face to face?
Jia Cong pointed to the account book and said, "These characters are quite small and not easy to write. He can write so well! In order to practice calligraphy when I was a child, I had to set up a calligraphy frame for several years! In the end, Uncle Lin stared at me for a while.
It’s just barely done. The smaller the characters, the harder it is to write well.”
Gao Mang immediately said: "I've seen his annotations in other places are even smaller, it's just like Yingchun's small regular script."
Jia Cong and Yingchun looked at each other, and Yingchun said: "You can do this with extraordinary writing power."
The three of them looked at each other for a while, and Jia Cong asked again: "I didn't seem to have seen him when I came here last year. Has he gone on business out of town?"
Gao Mang said: "At that time, he was busy working in a warehouse in the suburbs and rarely came to the house, so you didn't see him."
Jia Cong curled his lips: Then there is no need to send a letter to Gao Li Feige... Unless it is because he is afraid of meeting the young master by chance. The young master has never seen him before, so why should he be so careful not to see the young master?
Gao Mang added: "By the way, Mr. Xiao Zhao has a photographic memory."
Jia Cong was startled when he heard this, stood up and shouted in a low voice: "What did you say!"
Gao Mang added: "When he came to prominence the year before last, he performed a photographic memory. It happened that at the Chamber of Commerce, my father was so proud of himself."
Jia Cong's mind was spinning like a top, with all kinds of thoughts flying around and arranging, so frightened that Yingchun Gaomang and his wife did not dare to breathe. It took him a long time to burn incense, but he said solemnly: "I don't believe it.
There are a lot of people who have a photographic memory..." They are still the same age and have similar names. He stamped his feet again and said, "It's a pity that the fourth sister is still wandering around in Jin."
Yingchun asked: "What do you have to do with the fourth girl?"
Jia Cong said: "Fourth sister is good at painting." His eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother-in-law, do you have anyone who is good at painting and very trustworthy? The kind that even my cousin wouldn't tell me about."
Gao Mang said honestly: "No."
"It's boring." Jia Cong curled his lips.
Yingchun said: "It's not difficult to hire a painter. What do you want to do?"
Jia Cong said: "I'll paint a portrait of Mr. Xiao Zhao quietly. It must be like him. It can't be like the official painting of shadows that even my mother can't recognize."
Gao Mang said: "There are such people."
Yingchun thought about it and Huizi said: "I just asked someone to ask the painter to take a look at him and say that my daughter is lovesick and it will be cured."
Jia Cong let out an "ouch" and high-fived: "Sister! You are really a female Zhuge!" Yingchun smiled brightly and said, "Sister is really the most beautiful pregnant woman in the world!" Gao Mang nodded repeatedly.
Yingchun said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense." Then she asked him, "Mr. Zhao, do you have any ideas?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "If my idea is true, things will not be simple. I'm afraid..." I'm afraid that old man Gong Sanyi will be sad.
I heard from Zhu Tong that day that Ding Chu, the son of Ding Chengwu, the former military governor of the capital camp, had been extremely intelligent since he was a child and had a photographic memory. Ding Chu escaped when their family was slaughtered and he was twenty-seven years old this year. It was also the tenth year when the Ding family suffered a disaster.
Nine years ago, Ding Chu was eight years old. Chu is also called Chushui, formerly known as Tu Shui. There is a high probability that this Zhao Tu is Ding Chu.
The Gao family is a powerful family. They are highly educated and talented, have a good personality and a good future. They treat their subordinates well and trust Mr. Zhao. He is an excellent master for Zhao Tu. But now it is obvious that there is another master behind this man. Ordinary people
It is extremely difficult to impress him; he is low-key and does not stand out, and it is extremely difficult for the princes next to him to discover that he is a talent. Unless he is a member of Prince Yi Zhong. Gong San is also a person who cherishes old friendships and misses his former colleagues. He knows that the Ding family
You will be very happy to have the news later. The Bai family found him two years ago but did not tell Gong Sanyi. Furthermore, Zhu Tong was lured to Ping'an Prefecture by Liu Dengxi, and no one told him that he was buried here.
With a nail of their own. The Bai family has come up with so many tricks, and their ambition is probably not small.
There is also an Oriole. I don’t know what she meant by her testing yesterday. “Sisters and brothers-in-law, according to human nature, neither the eldest cousin nor the cousin will go to the third cousin to verify. She asked Mr. Zhao to test me.
That thing."
They both said at the same time: "Of course not!"
After a while, Yingchun said: "Are you saying that the matter of not being able to guarantee the safety has nothing to do with her?"
"Hmm." Jia Cong breathed out, "If the third cousin is a bit insecure, she may have been dragged out by him to block the knife. This is not the case at all. Mr. Zhao is talking nonsense."
Gao Mang nodded while thinking, "No matter how confused Third Aunt is, she will never make that idea."
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "Let's straighten it out again. Oriole and Zhao Tu are either in a group, or they have formed an alliance for some reason. Oriole may simply want to overthrow his second cousin-in-law and take over, and Zhao Tu must have someone behind it.
I am so sure because Zhao Tu exposed himself to me in order to save Oriole. He originally wanted to hide from me, but meeting me ruined their previous plan."
Gao Mang asked: "Why don't you want to see you?"
Jia Cong said: "If I'm not wrong, he wants to see me with his true life experience and hide his identity as 'Zhao Tu'. We should wait until the portrait is recognized before we tell him, in case I am wrong."
Woolen cloth?"
Yingchun said: "You don't need to be so cautious at this critical moment. If you think wrong, your brother-in-law can correct it for you."
Jia Congsui said honestly: "This man's temperament and ability, his writing and his temperament of keeping a low profile show that he was the child of a high-ranking official in the past, and his family suffered a lot of trouble. Inferring it to the age when he was adopted, he was
It was when the Supreme Emperor was liquidating Prince Yohitada's troops, and many families who had made great noises in those years suddenly had their entire families executed."
Gao Mang was startled: "In your opinion, he is from the Bai family?"
Jia Cong nodded and said: "It's probably true. Zhao Tuxian was not a spy planted by the Bai family, but an orphan of his colleagues who was found many years later. His adoptive father's brother was actually the most trusted aide of the Jiedushi of Ping'an Prefecture! Such an identity
It's so easy to use, he doesn't have to be a fool. It's just that this person has outstanding talent. It's a waste of talent to be a jobber all his life. Sooner or later, he will go back to Lingnan. Because of the Hong Kong incident, the Bai family and the Jia family have a lot of contacts. Sooner or later, the important people in their family will
He will meet me. I suspect that Zhao Tu sincerely misses me because Mr. Zhao personally came to test my character once before I left Ping'an Prefecture."
Welcoming spring, Gao Mang glanced at each other.
"Zhao Tu's ability is only better than that of his uncle, and given his age, it is more appropriate for him to test me than for Mr. Zhao to kiss me himself." Jia Cong said, "I don't believe how important a warehouse can be. It's so important.
To the point where he doesn’t even show up to open a commercial street.”
Gao Mang couldn't help but nod: "When you hold an economic development seminar later, someone went to call him, but he said that the work on the other side was important and refused to come to the city."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Actually, even though he is here, if no one introduces him seriously, I will not be able to remember his face even if I have seen him."
Yingchun said: "Everyone in the world says you are smart. He himself has a photographic memory, and he is afraid that others cannot forget it. It shows that you are extremely cautious in your actions."
Jia Cong nodded in agreement. "Furthermore, because he helped Zhu Tong avenge him, although he didn't say it explicitly, he was basically one of my people. It was considered that I poached the corner of the Bai family. However, he followed me to Beijing at his own request.
The Bai family didn't object to it. They can only say that they put the corner under my hoe and let me dig it. Wouldn't I be a fool if I didn't dig it? "
Yingchun smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense."
Jia Cong made a face: "Zhu Tong doesn't know that there is a person like Zhao Tu."
Gao Mang said: "It seems that the Bai family does not value Zhu Tong very much."
Jia Cong said: "Perhaps Zhao Tu's line is separate. But I can't figure out why he wanted to save Oriole. Regardless of whether Oriole is one of their own or an ally, she is just a pretty woman, not worthy of ruining his plan. If
He said that he originally wanted to use Oriole to get into the Gao family..." He shook his head, "I have already told my second cousin that she has hooked up with me, and her plan to become my aunt and give birth to a child named Gao has been ruined. Treat her as a child.
Abandoning the son and assassinating him is the most appropriate method."
Yingchun suddenly said: "Oriole seems to have just bought the house last year."
The three people looked at each other for a moment, then Gao Mang said: "So she might have been sent to Zhao Tu by the Bai family."
Jia Cong frowned and said: "The Bai family and the Gao family have ordinary business dealings. What's the point of inserting people into the inner courtyard of the Gao family? It's not worth it at all. Moreover, their family and our Jia family have joined hands to make a fortune, so there is no reason to alienate the two of us.
Home."
Yingchun frowned: "I seem to have thought of something, but I just can't grasp it."
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Please take it easy! The day is coming soon. I'm too worried about what to do if my nephew is born as a little old man."
Yingchun Liu’s eyebrows stood up: “Shut up!”
"yes!"
Yingchun said with a smile: "I have been idle these days while raising the baby. Suddenly I have something to think about these past two days. It's like playing chess. It's quite interesting."
Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Mang: "Did you hear that? My sister likes to play chess! If you want to make her happy, play chess with her."
Yingchun immediately snorted: "He is a bad chess player, who can play with him!"
Gao Mang touched his head and Jia Cong laughed.
After wasting half a day's effort, the two of them let Yingchun rest for a while and withdrew. Jia Cong turned to look at Gao Mang and said sincerely: "Brother-in-law, now I really realize that my father has something."
Visionary.”
Gao Mang asked: "What's the matter?"
Jia Cong said apologetically: "In the past, I always thought that my sister was a talented woman and good at chess, so she had to find a scholar with amazing literary and chess skills to be a good match. Although I like Cousin Mang, I always felt that you are a military commander, how good is your match for my sister?
She is not a good match for civil and military affairs. I just realized today that writing poems and playing chess is not a big deal. What matters is that she is in my brother-in-law's eyes." He dusted off his clothes and bowed to Gao Mang, "Thank you so much, brother-in-law.
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Gao Mang waved his hand and said: "You are looking down on your sister. Anyone who is good at chess must have a big heart. Although many things about the Gao family are said by me, they are actually her ideas. You always say that the cousin of the Lin family is smart.
, although she is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, she may not be as far-reaching as your sister. In such troubled times, I’m not sure who is better at leaving a name in history.”
Jia Cong was stunned, grabbing Gao Mang's arm and laughing. Gao Mang also laughed.