It is said that Jia Cong coaxed Mr. Wei into a meal and returned home drunk. When the matter was generally settled, he wrote a letter to Jia Xu and flew away. After two days of reading at midnight, Mr. Wei came to visit.
At that time, several juniors were in Lin Hai's study, trying to make the old man happy. Lin Hai had never taken a closer look at Wang Wu in the water village that day. Mr. Wei looked like a scholar a few days ago, and the old man didn't recognize him. . Hearing that he came to see Jia Cong, he frowned and said: "After all, he is the confidant of King Wu. Don't get too close to him."
Jia Cong said: "Uncle, don't worry, we are not familiar with each other, and these two exchanges have nothing to do with King Wu." Then he ordered people to invite Mr. Wei to meet him in his room.
Not long after, Mr. Wei came over, holding a wooden box in his hand. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Are you here to give me a gift?"
Mr. Wei put the box on the desk and bowed to him: "I want to trouble you with something."
"ha?"
He pointed at the box and said, "I'd like to trouble Third Master to send this box back to the capital and give it to Wei Ruolan."
Jia Cong blinked: "What is this? Could it be his mother's crime?"
Mr. Wei shook his head and said: "It was just given to me by my grandfather back then, and now it is returned to the Wei family in the capital."
Jia Cong stared at him for a while and said, "Since Mr. Wei gave it to you, you might as well leave it as a thought."
Mr. Wei said: "No need, it belongs to their family." Then he bowed it to the ground, turned around and left.
Jia Cong shouted from behind: "Hey, do you want to be so free and easy?" He ignored him at all.
Seeing that the person was gone, Jia Cong sighed softly, picked up the box and weighed it. It was not very heavy. He tried to open it casually - it just opened like that! There was a book inside. Jia Cong hurriedly took it out. Look, a total of six volumes are all military books. From arranging troops to setting up camps and even escorting food and grass, they are all filled with wisdom. It seems that Mr. Wei really trusts himself. But...have you never heard of geese plucking their feathers? ?
By chance, he got up and walked in. He said, "This job cannot be done by outsiders. Can you please make a copy of it?"
Qi Dian was surprised: "This must be the military art inherited from the Wei family."
Jia Cong said: "Presumably General Wei knew that the eldest grandson was smart. He was afraid that he would resent the Wei family or become depressed because of his mother's abandonment, so he passed on the ancestral military book to him. He probably also said some words of encouragement to him to revitalize the Wei family in the future. , he coaxed the innocent child Wei Ruoheng for half his life. Do you think King Wu knew his true identity?"
He stood up and said, "King Wu refused to tell you his name. He only mentioned Mr. Wei. He obviously knew it. Why did he give you this?"
"Let me return Wei Ruolan." Jia Cong said, "I have severed all ties with the Wei family in the capital."
He hesitated and said, "He did trust you. Is it appropriate to copy it privately?"
Jia Cong said: "It's not appropriate, it's very shameless. But we need it. To this day, we haven't fought a real tough battle, it's just because of Sister Lin's talent and some coincidences."
Qi Dian hesitated for a while and asked: "After you finish copying, who are you going to give it to?"
"Jarvis."
Qi.dian sighed: "That's fine."
From that day on, she put aside all the sundries and concentrated on copying the six volumes of military books. She copied them quickly, one book a day, and completed it in six days. Jia Cong picked it up with a smile and blinked: "Are there any typos?" Got a big eye roll.
Jia Cong then put the original work back into the box, affixed the seal, and ordered it to be sent to Jia's Horse Racing House in Suzhou, asking them to be more careful.
I finally got it. Brother Yaoer keeps this copy for himself and looks at it with Sister Lin. After we return to Taiwan, we print thirty or forty copies for internal use."
Jarvis didn't ask him where he got it, and said, "For now, it's better to let the military advisor take a look first."
Jia Cong said: "Anyway, you two should read it first. Sister Lin is extremely talented and has a good memory, so it's okay to show it to her first." He clapped his hands and left. Jarvis then went to find Lin Daiyu with the military book. Leading the army is such a matter.
It is addictive, not to mention someone with such extraordinary talent as Dai Yu. Therefore, I was overjoyed when I saw it, so I immediately opened it and started reading.
Because the weather was getting colder and there were still nearly a thousand troops stationed outside the city, Jia Cong discussed with Lin Hai about setting off. The old man thought about it and realized that he had no choice but to go south for the time being, so he agreed.
Chen Ruiwen was still in Suzhou. Seeing that Lin Hai couldn't be persuaded and they were leaving in the next two days, he quietly looked for someone to talk to. He winked and said, "I already know what my sister is thinking. In that case, I thought, for now
How about not mentioning your identity?" Qi Dian was startled for a moment, and then he realized that he had misunderstood, so he lowered his head and said nothing. Chen Ruiwen smiled more and more, and added, "It's just that you have been in the palace for many years, and you have not found anything at home.
I miss you so much. Now that you are going south with Mr. Lin, be sure to ask someone to send you a letter and talk about the people there. Didn't the Jia family have a mail delivery company? They can send letters very quickly."
. He bit his lip and held the handkerchief and nodded. Chen Ruiwen was overjoyed and said good things for a long time before leaving.
After getting up, I talked to Jia Cong. Jia Cong’s mouth twitched: "You still say he is smart? I should give you some silver!"
Qi Dian sighed and said: "He is really smart. What kind of job do I do? As the third master said, people have blind spots. The person named Chen is Chen Ruiwen's blind spot." Jia Cong shrugged without comment.
Two days later, Lin Hai and his party set off south. Chen Ruiwen sent him out to the Shili Pavilion outside the gate of Suzhou City, and he actually took the opportunity to stuff him in the middle of the road. He ordered a roll of silver notes! There were five thousand taels in total.
Jia Cong quietly pulled up and nodded: "Isn't the Chen family already poor? Give them so much money?"
Qi Dian glanced at him and said, "You still need to ask? It must have been given by King Wu."
"Oh, don't give up."
Then they all went to the camp to meet Cheng Chi. Cheng Chi had already led his brothers to set up camp. Lin Haiyin asked: "There are quite a few of you. Won't the villagers around ask about you?"
Cheng Chi said: "We only said that they were the soldiers and horses of King Wu, no one dared to raise any suspicion." Lin Hai smiled and pointed at him.
Jia Cong came over with a map, looked at it and said, "Uncle, the road is smooth. I want to go to Nanchang Mansion."
"Um?"
Jia Cong blinked: "Xie Jing, the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi Province, is quite familiar with me. I would like to visit him."
Xie Jing is Xie Guiren's brother. Lin Hai suddenly thought of the Seventh Prince. Thinking that they were going to talk about the Seventh Prince, he stroked his beard and said, "You can do it as you see."
When Yang Song heard about it, he quietly said "Thank you" to Jia Cong. Jia Cong was stunned and said, "Why are you thanking me?" Yang Song left with a smile. Only when he disappeared did Jia Cong remember that Yang Song was originally from Nanchang Prefecture.
Ren's family is from a green forest family, known as the Yang family of Yuzhang. They are the best at concealed weapons. I can't help but be full of interest and daydream.
The crowd then headed all the way to Jiangxi. Once they entered Jiangxi, they used the banner of Wang Ziteng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and said that Mr. Wang was going to Beijing to pick up his family. On this day, they entered Nanchang City and saw that the streets were bustling and crowded.
Lin Hai praised Fusheng for a few words, and then said: "I won't go to see General Xie. I'll find an inn to rest." Jia Cong said "Oh", and after everyone picked the inn and settled down, he led the way.
Several people left.
Someone had reported to Xie Jing a long time ago that thousands of soldiers had arrived and camped outside the city. Only about twenty people had entered the city, so they sat in the mansion and waited for the message. Not long after, someone came in with a message from outside, and it was Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion!
He hurriedly and joyfully welcomed him out of the gate and said with a smile: "It's strange that the lights and flowers exploded again and again last night. It turns out that the omen is here, brother Xian!"
Hearing him call him so intimately, Jia Cong just wanted to hold his hand and shake it three times to call him a friend - finally he has someone as shameless as me! He was not like this in Beijing before... He also said: "
I haven’t seen Brother Xie for a long time, and I passed by Nanchang today, so I thought I’d come and have a look.” The two exchanged a few words, and Xie Jing then took Jia Cong’s hand in and ordered his servants to hold a banquet.
First he went to the outer study room and talked about the changes in Beijing and the country over the years. He was full of emotions. He also asked people outside the city if the horse was his. Jia Cong said: "I have to go back to Taiwan because of something going on in Beijing. I was there a few days ago.
I was kidnapped by water bandits when I was visiting Suzhou. I was a little timid and didn't dare to go on the road rashly, so I borrowed a thousand men and horses from Uncle Teng, the prince of Lingnan." Xie Jing was shocked. He then talked nonsense in an understatement, and Xie Jing high-fived
Praise him for his good luck.
He added: "Because the officers and soldiers are coming this time, let me say hello to Brother Xie first. I will let them camp outside the city. How about they come into the city for a stroll?" Xie Jing naturally agreed. Jia Cong immediately sent someone back.
Let's go to the camp and ask the brothers to leave some to guard the camp, while the rest can go into the city to have fun.
Then he asked the ambitious third master of the Xie family how he was doing. Xie Jing sighed: "I've been scared out of my mind ever since that time. I don't dare to go out anymore. Now I'm still raising him at home. It's good. I won't cause trouble."
He then said, "Brother Yu, after so many years, can you tell me the truth? I was so ill that I went to see a doctor at Brother Yu's house for help. Only Brother Xian knew about the blue and white dinosaur. Immediately after, my brother came home, and then Zhou
The nobleman's father, Master Zhou Yan, died in the wild. Later, the saint ordered Jingdezhen to burn many imitation Ming Dynasty blue and white dinosaur porcelain. If you say that there is no merit of a good brother, you will not believe it."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "Now that the time has passed, those things don't matter. In fact, I don't know much. I only know that Zhou Yan is a confidant of the Supreme Emperor and uses public weapons for private purposes. Ninety percent of my younger brothers were captured by the imperial court that year.
, I don’t know why, but it has something to do with Zhou Yan anyway. The blue and white dinosaur drawings were actually given to me, I don’t know how the saints and wise kings managed it later.”
Xie Jing nodded and said, "It is indeed you." Then he bowed to the ground again, "Thank you, dear brother."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "Didn't you thank me later for the birth of the Seventh Prince? By the way, the child hasn't been found yet?"
Xie Jing rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Xian is not an outsider, and I won't hide it anymore. My nephew..."
Jia Cong hurriedly said "Shh": "Don't tell me! Anyway, as long as the child is fine."
Xie Jing smiled and said: "You have an impatient temper. I just want to say that I have found a very suitable and trustworthy family to have a good family with. Now I am good-tempered and good at studying."
Jia Cong nodded and sighed softly: "It's not easy for a little child to be born in the emperor's family and encounter such a thing." He looked at Xie Jing and said, "By the way, why don't you have this place?
Which prince should I give it to? It’s not a small one either. It’s a treasure with abundant resources and outstanding people.”
Xie Jing said: "I don't know, I'm also wondering. Could it be that I'm waiting for my nephew to find something to share with him? Or is it because Jingdezhen wants something for his own use?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "That's weird! After transferring you to the wilderness, leaving that place for him is just fine. Have you ever seen a wolf leaving a very fat piece for the little wolf cub that didn't come when he was dividing the meat?"
Meat's alpha wolf is not his father."
Xie Jing smiled bitterly and said: "I really don't have anything good here. In the early years, Xu Hong left a terrible mess. His children, grandchildren, and subordinates each led their own troops and committed bandits everywhere. I, the commander-in-chief, had a name for nothing, and the prefect became more and more incompetent and did nothing.
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Jia Cong asked: "Speaking of which, I'm quite curious. Since Jiangxi has not been allocated to the princes and kings, do you still pay taxes to Beijing?"
Xie Jing said: "Of course it is given. My salary and that of all my colleagues are also paid by Beijing."
"Oh." Jia Cong said, "At least there is some pocket money left for the little saint. So you are leaving it for the little saint." Nai smiled again and said, "I remembered one more thing. Do you have someone in Jiangxi?
Jinggangshan?”
"Yes." Xie Jing said, "Ji'an Zuojin."
"I heard the scenery there is beautiful, I want to go and have a look."
Xie Jing was stunned: "Jinggangshan? You absolutely can't go there! There are gangs of bandits entrenched there. I've been encircling and suppressing them several times over the years, but they still can't succeed."
Jia Cong burst into laughter: "How many times did you encircle Jinggangshan?"
"Four times."
Jia Cong couldn't help laughing and said: "That place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Brother Xie, it is better not to encircle and suppress us. I am afraid that we will be encircled and suppressed by others the fifth time."
Xie Jingqi asked: "How do you know?"
Jia Cong winked: "I just know." He asked again, "Since it is so powerful, it must be some of the people left by Xu Hong?"
Xie Jing sighed: "Yes, it is the hardest bone to crack. The leader was Xu Hong's confidant Wan Zhang, who was assisting his youngest son Xu Kang. Xu Kang died of illness the year before last, and all the troops were returned to Wan Zhang himself. It's not just Jinggangshan.
, that area is their territory, we can’t even collect ordinary taxes.”
Jia Cong rolled his eyes. This Wan Zhang is probably from Situ Pan, and Xu Kang is probably a cover. Because the people under Xu Hong are loyal, it would be impossible not to support a person named Xu at first.
.When Wan Zhang gradually conquered those people, Xu Kang was of no use. He said that he wanted to go to Jinggang Mountain just because the mountain had some unusual significance in his previous life, and he didn't want to get the news. Then he thought for a moment and said: "I still want to
Let’s go and have a look. I’m not weak in skills, and I’m bringing many of Uncle Wang’s men with me this time.”
Xie Jing waved his hand and said: "Brother, listen to me. If you want to have fun, why not go to Kuanglu? That Wan Zhang is really capable. They have many soldiers and horses. They are not afraid of your jokes. They have many foolish brothers in their hands these years."
Suffer a loss."
Jia Cong blinked: "Brother Xie, don't worry, I was planning to go out and walk in the green forest after the New Year."
Xie Jing tried to persuade him again and again, but he refused to listen and became a little strange: "Jinggang Mountain is just an ordinary mountain, why do you have to go?"
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "Because there are...there are footprints of great men on that mountain, and I want to pay homage to them." Although the old man was not born yet.
Xie Jing asked curiously: "What kind of great man have I never heard of when I was an official in Jiangxi for many years?" Jia Cong made a few hey noises and passed by.
After lunch, I came out and returned to the inn. I saw that Yang Song hadn't gone home yet, so he asked if anything happened. Yang Song said, "Let's wait until the third master comes back to see if he has any instructions."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Brother Yang hasn't been home for many years. If you have something to do, there are others around, right? Go back and have a look."
Yang Song sighed: "There is no one at home, just two old servants guarding the house. I don't know where Yang Heng has gone. In the past two or three months, letters would come. Last year, a letter came saying that he was going to sea, and then he came again."
No news." Jia Cong suddenly remembered that when they kidnapped Yang Heng, they kept hiding it from him because they were afraid that Yang Song would reveal something in front of Lin Hai. He didn't know what to say to avoid being beaten. He was thinking
After thinking about his idea over and over, Yang Song cursed again, "I wanted to keep An'er in the capital, and I could get some guidance from Mr. Lin in my free time, but he actually took An'er away! When he comes back from sea this time, he will definitely not be allowed to take An'er with him again."
Let’s go and let him study for a few years.”
Looking at his black face and thinking that Yang An had become a little pirate, how could Jia Cong dare to tell the truth? He just said a few random words like "An'er is a good boy" and so on, and found an excuse to run away. He could run away.
It was so neat, like a thief, that Yang Song was a little suspicious.