Lin Hai finally returned home, and King Wu happened to be in Wuxi, so he went to visit. Chen Ruiwen, who had returned to Suzhou first after reading a book at midnight, kept persuading Lin Hai to stay in Wu. Lin Hai didn't know that he was originally sent by King Wu, so he turned around and sighed to his disciples: "
A good scribe turned into a lobbyist in less than twenty days. Power is a thing that cannot be guarded against." Everyone else knew the details and quickly coaxed him with a few words like "Everyone is commonplace", just in time to get him away from Chen Ruiwen.
Farther away, Lin Hai still sighed with regret.
Unexpectedly, after the King of Wu came, he only said that Lord Lin was kidnapped in the Kingdom of Wu. It was really the fault of the lonely king. He didn't even mention inviting him to stay, which made Lin Hai a little puzzled. Jia Cong smiled and said: "Chen Ruiwen
He is one of his men, and I have already tested Mr. Wu several times. Wouldn’t it be foolish for King Wu to come here to hit the wall again?” Lin Hai thought it was right, so he let it go.
King Wu had just left. Jia Cong coaxed the old man to go back and change his clothes. The doorman came in and quietly replied: "There is a woman coming from outside. She said she was from an embroidery shop. She also said that you ordered her on the street the day before yesterday to deliver the veil today.
.”
Jia Cong was startled: "Do you have one?" He turned around and asked. "Did I ask anyone for a veil?"
He stood up and said, "How do I know? Since you pointed out the third master's name, it would be nice to meet him."
Jia Cong thought to himself, after all, I have a big expert here, and I am not worried about whether she checks the water meter or delivers the express, so he ordered her to be brought in.
Suddenly the woman came in, wearing ordinary green cloth clothes. She was in her twenties, with a round face, an honest appearance, and she was tied up. She walked in and knelt down and said: "My little girl is Zhou Camellia from Heye Embroidery Village. I'm here to give you to you."
The third master gave me the veil."
Jia Cong asked curiously: "What kind of veil? I don't remember half of it. Bring it to me."
That week Camellia handed over a handkerchief. When Jia Cong opened it, he smiled and said, "I really can't tell." It turned out that the eagle of SHIELD was embroidered on the handkerchief. It was very thin.
He looked at her, turned around and looked again. He nodded and said, "Actually, you should find someone who looks like Sister Zhou."
He raised his head and lowered his eyes and said: "There are many types of fine work. I am not the kind of person who is looking for news in the market."
While talking, seeing Zhou Camellia still kneeling, Jia Cong hurriedly asked her to get up and asked: "Sister Zhou must have something to do when she comes today."
Zhou Camellia said: "Because I got the letter from the flying pigeon in Beijing, I came here to give it to the third master."
"Ha?!" Jia Cong said in surprise, "You can actually receive a letter from Beijing in Suzhou? Is it available in Taiwan?"
"No." Zhou Camellia said, "Taiwan Mansion is too small, so the time for training pigeons is not included. I am lucky this time, and I will go to Taiwan Mansion with Third Master to train pigeons."
Jia Cong was overjoyed: "You know how to train pigeons?!"
Zhou Camellia nodded.
Jia Cong was so happy that he walked around the room: "It's great, great! Oh, my fifth uncle is so kind to me! Hey, Sister Chen, look, Sister Zhou is not just a spy!" She was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Seeing that he was so happy that he even forgot about the letter, Zhou Camellia smiled and handed the mailbox over. Jia Cong took the mailbox and took out the letter and took a look. It turned out to be a letter from Jia Xu. He guessed Wang Wu's life experience based on the previous letter from Suzhou.
Jia Cong was shocked for a long time before he said: "The earth is really a village!"
Wei Han, the son of Zhaowu general Wei Guang, first married the Wang family and gave birth to a son, Wei Ruoheng. Six years later, the concubine Li gave birth to a son, Wei Ruolan. Three years later, due to the suspicion of the late emperor, Wei Guang died of fear.
The eldest son, Wei Ruoheng, volunteered to guard his grandfather's tomb for three years, but his whereabouts disappeared.
Wang's father, General Jinwu, Wang Shouben, had nothing to do with Prince Yi Zhong. He was framed by a villain and was dismissed from office. Fortunately, his life was saved and the family returned to their hometown of Changxing County, Jiangsu Province. When returning home by boat, they were robbed by water bandits in Taihu Lake.
There were more than 20 people in the family, but none of them survived. Neither Liu Dengxi nor Situ Pan believed in this matter, and they sent people to investigate many times, but no trace of him could be found.
The Li family was originally the daughter of an official. She was sold into the Wei family as a maid after suffering a misfortune at home, and later became a maid in the Wei family. A few years later, when the imperial court granted amnesty, her brother was exempted from all charges, passed the Jinshi examination, and entered the Hanlin Academy as an official. Li was promoted to
He was a concubine and had a son. Later, Li's brother was promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the Wang family was convicted.
After reading the letter, Jia Cong handed it to him and said, "Did you see it? It turns out that the uncle of the Wei family married two wives. The lives of his two wives were exactly what I said, 'a woman's life is entrusted to her father and brother'."
model!"
Qi Dian sighed and said: "Wei Ruoheng is obviously the fifth king. Such a talent... He is the eldest son of the Wei family. It's a pity. Although Wei Ruolan is also smart and talented, she can't compare to him after all."
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "Uncle Wei is incompetent and never restrains Wei Ruolan. Wei Ruolan is not afraid of his father at all, but he is extremely afraid of his uncle. If Wei Ruoheng had always been the eldest son of the Wei family, his grandfather would have passed away early.
, I don’t care about things, so I may not work hard to learn literature and martial arts, and I may not be as capable as I am today. If Wei Ruolan had always been the bastard of the Wei family, in order to get ahead, and with the supervision of his uncle, he would probably work ten times harder than he does now. Good luck.
Misfortune and misfortune complement each other, and adversity is fertile ground for growth.”
Qi. Dian Wenyan thought for a moment: "It makes sense." He then smiled and said, "No wonder he dislikes me for no reason. Chen Ruijin is so similar to the current Mrs. Wei."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "If Aunt Wei hadn't been in trouble at home - Uncle Wu only wrote that there was no reason for the misfortune, the trouble was probably related to him and 80% unreasonable - she would have safely married into a well-matched family.
Her father and brother protected her as a serious wife. Besides, Wei Ruoheng's mother's abandonment had nothing to do with her. It's just..." Jia Cong frowned.
After all, Wei Ruolan is a character that attracts attention in the original work. Jia Cong has made friends with him intentionally, and he is indeed worthy of the title of "talented and handsome man". Seeing that his body and bones are not bad, he is a bit surprised.
If he was Shi Xiangyun's husband, how could he have "the clouds dispersed in Gaotang and the Xiangjiang River dried up" so quickly? From this point of view, Wei Ruoheng was probably tricked by the current Aunt Wei when he was young. Would he vent his anger on Wei Ruolan?
On the head, let his mother repay the debt... If the young master doesn't recognize him, just pay it back, but the young master has a good relationship with him. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I have to meet Wang Wu. Ah, Mr. Wei.
"
Fortunately, King Wu is still in Suzhou, and Mr. Wei is here with him today. Naturally, he and Jia Cong pretended to be meeting for the first time. They both acted very similar, and they didn't even make eye contact. So he sent someone to the hotel.
Yi asked to see Mr. Wei and asked him to go to Hanshan Temple tomorrow to visit the historical sites. King Wu was overjoyed and took Mr. Wei's hand and said: "Cong'er has always been the one to refuse invitations in Beijing, but he never invites anyone.
"Mr. Wei knew it very well, and he only said a few words of humility on his face.
The next day happened to be a misty autumn rain, which enveloped Gusu like blue smoke, adding a certain amount of melancholy to people for no reason. The two of them came to Hanshan Temple as promised, and each held an umbrella and exchanged a few words at the temple gate. They followed the Zhike monk.
After walking around and donating some incense money, Jia Cong led Mr. Wei to the bell tower.
The little fat man stood leaning on the railing and said sadly: "This is the bell that rings the passenger ship at midnight."
Mr. Wei looked at him and said, "You have something to say."
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "People say that I, Jia Cong, have a very good tongue. Today I want to try to see if this tongue can still be used."
Mr. Wei raised his eyebrows.
Jia Cong said: "I know where Mr. Wei is coming from."
Mr. Wei was stunned. After a long while, he said: "Master Cong really knows everything."
Jia Cong curled his lips: "Who told you to say that your surname is Wei? You also look like you know a lot about the affairs of the capital. There are not many people surnamed Wei in the capital. Age, such strong soldiers and soldiers in your village
Jiugong Bagua is obviously a disciple of a general, and his surname is Wang on Taihu Lake... It's too easy to guess. And... well... look at your face, you look a bit like Wei Ruolan, especially the eyes and face
The lower part of.”
Mr. Wei was stunned for a while, then said with a wry smile: "That's it."
Jia Cong said: "Do you want to take revenge on Wei Ruolan?"
"If I wanted to, would you stop me?"
"Yes." Jia Cong said, "Everyone has his own position. He is my friend, and he is obviously not as capable as you. I can't just watch you fix him. He is not as cunning as Feng Ziying, and he was fixed by you even if he couldn't protect everything."
Mr. Wei sneered and said, "I'm afraid Third Master can't stop me."
Jia Cong sighed: "So I want to try first to see if I can convince you. After all, he is innocent."
Mr. Wei said: "And his mother is not innocent."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "You shouldn't think that your mother was killed by her mother, right?"
Mr. Wei said solemnly: "Third Master doesn't know anything, so don't criticize me."
Jia Cong said: "I really don't know what happened in the backyard of the Wei family back then, but I do know that the divorce and abandonment of the royal family was definitely not the fault of Wei Ruolan's mother. It was clearly because she could no longer be a head wife.
"
Mr. Wei was furious: "Can't I be qualified? Is it because my temperament, talent, knowledge, and appearance can't make me qualified? Or is it that I can't be qualified as a housekeeper and a director, and I can't be a filial son?"
"It's because my mother's family can't do it." Jia Cong said, "The demeanor, talent, knowledge, and appearance are all ordinary dowries. It doesn't matter if it's more or less; a housekeeper has an accountant and a housekeeper's wife; filial piety is not the most important thing. Marriage ends with two surnames.
It's so good that they are married to two people with the same surname. The fundamental difference between the mistress of a family and the ordinary concubine lies in the father and brother, and in the natal family. The natal family of the pavilion is in poverty, whether there is Wei Ruolan's mother or not, she will inevitably
If you want to go down to the court, change to a wife whose natal family is similar to the Wei family. Your father did nothing wrong. It will be like this no matter which family you switch to. Mr. Wei is not young anymore. There are many wealthy people around Taihu Lake, so there must be no shortage of them.
See examples."
Mr. Wei was speechless, suddenly leaned on the railing, and burst into tears again.
"Your Majesty is not an infatuated man, he is just an ordinary man who is infatuated. Among men in the world, there are the most infatuated men, and less infatuated ones, and infatuated people are really rare. You can't insist on it just because you happen to be infatuated.
All men in the world are infatuated, which is unreasonable. Expecting a man who is not infatuated to suddenly become infatuated is like expecting a rooster to lay eggs, which is something you can only meet but cannot ask for. No one in your family is wrong in this matter, the only one who is
It was the late emperor who was wrong."
After another half day, Mr. Wei smiled bitterly and said, "I can't find an excuse to defend you at the moment."
Jia Cong turned to look at him and said, "Actually, you know what's going on. You just don't want to hate your biological father. You can only hate Wei Ruolan's mother."
After a while, Mr. Wei raised his face, with drizzle falling on his cheeks, and said leisurely: "My grandfather was framed, and he only lost his official position. It will not bring trouble to the Wei family."
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "The Wei family is not afraid of disaster...it's the mother's family. Since the mother's family cannot benefit the Wei family, the principal wife is useless. The purpose of the principal wife is to mutually benefit the natal family. She occupies that position.
But it is no longer useful, how is it different from ordinary concubines? Therefore, we must replace it with a useful woman who has a natal family that can benefit from the Wei family. It is not that being virtuous and filial does not matter, but the latter is more important than the status of the natal family. Your father is not
Ruthless, but love and profit can only be chosen one or the other, how many men can choose love?"
After a while, he said again: "How about using your own family as an example to make you feel uncomfortable? How about using my family as an example? My eldest wife seems to have no such person in the house. Even the concubines who are favored can step on her face. Second sister-in-law Lian
On the surface, her daughter-in-law really didn't take her seriously. My father married her because my grandmother was partial, liked my second uncle, and sincerely married him a useless wife to occupy that position.
The second wife relied on her brother to call her Wang Ziteng and dominated the house's internal affairs for many years. However, she made the most scandalous move, which was to coax the old lady into marrying her niece into the house. Now Wang Ziteng took over from the second wife's brother.
He became the father of Mistress Lian. Otherwise, even if she made a huge mistake, our family would at most not allow her to take charge of the house. How could we dare to let her end up in the position she is in now? Mr. Wei, think about it, your mother is the queen of the general family,
If she lived like my eldest wife, wouldn't it be even more painful?"
Mr. Wei was silent for a long time and said: "After all, the third master is an outsider. I understand all these principles, but old grudges are hard to get rid of. My mother died tragically, and she is always angry that she was innocently abandoned, and she hates the vixen for instigating their love between husband and wife.
To alienate the relationship between our father and son."
"Um, um..." Jia Cong said a little embarrassed, "This is one of the reasons why I have to take care of this matter. The disaster that Wei Ruolan's maternal family suffered was probably caused by an elder in my family. Otherwise, she would still be a wealthy woman.
Miss, you can’t go so far as to turn yourself into a vixen. It’s hard for people to retain their conscience in difficult times.”
Mr. Wei glanced at him: "You mean, she has extenuating circumstances?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "No, no. I mean, it's normal. Most people in the world will do that if they fall into her situation, but very few people maintain a conscience. They won't criticize or abuse them because of us.
, they don’t do that. Just like most men in the world would change their wives when they meet your father’s situation, but a young man like you, who has been married for many years and has no children, does not take a concubine and will not change his wife.” He said.
He said with emotion, "Zhen Yinglian can meet you because she survived the catastrophe and will be lucky in the future."
He changed the topic so brilliantly that Mr. Wei immediately said: "I heard that the third master can give birth to a son?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "How can I have that ability? My brother's son and daughter are all his destiny, but my little cute baby was supposed to be five months pregnant because my second sister-in-law was too busy taking care of the house.
I had a miscarriage. So that year I gave the housekeeping job to my sister, and asked my second sister-in-law to just take care of the child and take care of her. Then the cute baby was born naturally. Everything in the world has its cause and effect. If the cause changes, the effect will naturally follow.
It has changed." He said, "According to Zhen Yinglian's fate, she was supposed to be persecuted by a shrew, leaving her mother and leaving her son, and died in childbirth. Now the fate has changed, Brother Xue has completely cut off his sleeves, and that shrew is not known to be raped by any lustful woman.
Marry a man who is short of money. If Zhen Yinglian gets pregnant in the future, please ask a better doctor to take care of her. It will be fine."
What he said was so natural, so smooth, and so honest. Mr. Wei was convinced and overjoyed. He bowed to him and said, "Thank you, Third Master, for your advice."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's not really advice, just a few casual remarks. It's just that you haven't had children for a long time, and I'm afraid there are other reasons." Mr. Wei asked hurriedly what the reason was. He said, "You are too busy, and you have to be a fool."
The leader of the village has to be a staff member, how much time can he spend with his wife?"
Mr. Wei blushed when he said this: "How young are you, you know this."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "I'm not old, but my father is an old man with no shame. I know everything since I was a child. Last year, my sister was pregnant, and I hired two imperial doctors to take care of her. Half
I was chatting with the imperial doctors on the road. They said that a woman is most likely to conceive around the fourteenth day before her menstrual period. Mr. Wei might as well give it a try." This is not what the imperial doctors said, but that in his previous life, he drank with his best friend who was married in the middle of the night.
I heard it from my best friend when I was bragging about beer.
Mr. Wei was stunned: "Isn't it the days after menstruation?"
"The imperial doctor said it is from the 16th to the 9th day before menstruation." Jia Cong couldn't help but point at him and said with a smile, "The day you mentioned is the most difficult to conceive. No wonder you don't have a son. It's terrible to be uneducated.
Ha ha……"
Mr. Wei's face turned red with embarrassment and he cursed: "You know all about this at such a young age, what is it like!"
Jia Cong laughed more and more. There was a desolation all around them, but when he smiled, all the melancholy was gone. After laughing for a while, Jia Cong patted Mr. Wei on the shoulder: "If you are really not angry, just change your last name."
King, if your good son takes his ex-wife’s surname, I will regret it to my heart’s content.”
Mr. Wei shook his head and said, "My real surname is Wei, why did I change my surname?"
Jia Cong breathed out: "It's boring."
Mr. Wei said: "I want to place my mother's spirit tablet back in the Wei family ancestral hall and move her ashes back to the Wei family's ancestral grave."
Jia Cong really couldn't understand this strange and useless obsession of the ancients. He waved his hand and said: "That's all, you are so stubborn at a young age. If my sister was treated like this by her husband's family, I would have let her marry another husband. Who cares?
Is their ancestral hall as big as ours? If you have the ability, re-establish the Wei family in Taihu and put your mother's spiritual throne in the place of your ancestors, wouldn't it be better than going to the ancestral graves of the Wei family to pay respects to the old lady of the Wei family every day?
Better? Don’t forget, besides father and brother, a woman also relies on her son.”
Mr. Wei's eyes lit up: "Third Master, what a great idea!"
Jia Cong said: "Good men are ambitious in all directions. Everyone is interested in profit. When the Wei family in Beijing fawns over and wants to join the Wei family in Taihu, that will be the time for your mother to feel proud."
Mr. Wei punched the railing hard and gritted his teeth and said, "That's fine! That will be a great time." Jia Cong cheered nearby. Mr. Wei glanced back at him and suddenly praised, "No wonder King Wu said that the third master
His tongue can satisfy half the world." Jia Cong made a face.
He asked again: "Who is Mr. Luo and Mr. Yi who robbed you?"
Jia Cong said proudly: "It's amazing, isn't it? The most amazing thing is that they have fewer people than yours, and they don't hurt their harmony. The people in your village have only minor injuries, right? I'll just tell you, that military advisor
He’s also someone with a provenance.”
Mr. Wei looked strange and said: "How far did you go down in this wave?"
Jia Cong was startled, then laughed again.
After a while, just when Jia Cong thought he had figured it out, Mr. Wei said again: "Back then... it wasn't just my mother. I was the eldest son, but suddenly I don't know what happened."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "You are a man and smart, how can I treat you badly? No matter how stupid you are, you will not let a nine-year-old child guard his grandfather's grave. That is not to invite scolding for himself.
What? If you guard the tomb for three years, your reputation will stand out, and you will avoid the new wife's sharpness. Your father changed his wife based on the family's general situation, and you are still his son. Husband and wife are birds of the same forest. When disaster strikes, they will separate.
But the blood of father and son can never be replaced. Moreover, Mr. Wei, was it your grandfather's idea to guard the tomb before he died?"
Mr. Wei was shocked! "His old man... treated me very well... since I was a child... just..."
Jia Cong looked at his broken outlook and said calmly: "Your father is mediocre, and I don't think he could have come up with this idea. Your mother must be replaced. The interests of the family are greater than your personal interests."
Li. In the embarrassing situation at that time, your grandfather tried his best to think of a way to protect his grandson you to the greatest extent."
Mr. Wei closed his eyes for a long time, and his expression was so sad that it was unbearable to look at him. He thought that old Wei had teased his eldest grandson a lot back then. Jia Cong just waited honestly on the side. He suddenly asked: "If you were in my father's situation, you would be the same as me."
Same as him?"
Jia Cong said: "I am better than your father. I can stand in the court without borrowing the strength of my wife's natal family, so I will choose to protect my son. Uncle Wei's mediocrity is the original sin."
Mr. Wei said: "Protect your son, not your wife."
Jia Cong said: "Is it possible that your mother only blames your father for his change of heart..."
"More than that. She thought it was Mr. Li who forced my father to divorce his wife."
Jia Cong blinked: "But Mr. Li's official position is not as high as your father's." Nai patted his shoulder and said, "There are many stupid women in the world, and she is not unusual."
Mr. Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Third Master, are you trying to comfort me?"
"Yeah." Jia Cong nodded seriously.
"That's all. This is a temple." He looked at the misty rain in Gusu and said, "Would you like to find a place to drink?"
"OK."
The two then left Hanshan Temple and randomly found a tavern outside to drink. Mr. Wei got extremely drunk and shouted, "My mother will not enter their ancestral hall!" Jia Cong applauded.