Something happened in Chenzhou. Jia Cong and others packed their bags and paid the bill and were about to leave the inn. Suddenly someone from Prince Chen's palace came outside and said that the prince had prepared a small gift for them. Jia Cong, who was reading at midnight, said happily: "We can't help either.
Why are you so busy? How can you be so embarrassed?" Yi Bi ordered the people to put everything away. Because he was in a hurry, he didn't have time to check it. He just looked at the list and found that it was generally not bad. Then he rushed to Ping'an Prefecture to celebrate Tuantuan's first birthday.
After a day's journey, he stayed in a small town for the night and rented an inn.
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Xichun asked: "But what's wrong?"
The waiter said: "There is something on the gift list. It says a whole waxed pig, but it is packed in a big rattan box."
Jia Cong frowned and said: "We are going to Ping'an Prefecture first, how can we carry a wax pig around! I don't know who prepared this gift."
The waiter smiled bitterly and said: "Where is the pig, that is a big living person!"
"What!" Jia Cong jumped up, "Male or female?"
The waiter said: "What a beautiful little girl. She is just unconscious, as if she was drugged."
Everyone looked at each other for a few times, and Xichun smiled and said, "I know who prepared this gift."
So I rushed to the back of the yard and took a look, and sure enough, the wax pig in the rattan box was Miss Qu San. This girl was only wearing inner clothes and wrapped in a thin quilt. She must have been knocked unconscious while sleeping and stuffed into the box.
There was also a sign. When I took it out, I saw it was a deed of sale! The seller was her father, Qu Shen, and he also left a fingerprint.
Qidian frowned and said: "Qu Shen has always listened to Concubine Hui, how could he sell his daughter?"
Jia Cong said: "This was not done easily or simply. Bao Buqi tried to trick him into pressing his fingerprints, and it is not known whether it was really Qu Shen who pressed his fingerprints." Nai smiled and said, "This Princess Chen is quite interesting. Fifth Uncle
, kill her?"
Jia Xu said: "Why kill her? Beauty is rare, but there are many uses."
Jia Cong said: "We at Yihongyuan don't want this. Moreover, she is smart, beautiful and vicious, making it difficult to control. What if she gets out of control? Let's kill her."
Jia Xu said: "What's the use of her small ideas? If you really don't dare to use them, give them to Liu Tong. They go around giving beauties to people, and now I'm giving them one too. We can't let them suffer."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Who gave it to me then?"
"How can you give it away for free?" Jia Xu said, "What a good wax pig, and he wants to drag it away without spending any money?"
Jia Cong looked at him sideways and said, "Then I don't care about this matter? I'll leave it to you!"
"You don't have to worry about it."
Jia Cong shouted eagerly and ran back to the house. Xichun and others also ran away, leaving Qin Sangu beside him and glanced at her with a half-smile: "What a rare beauty."
"Yeah." Jia Xu said seriously, "Although there are many beauties, it's hard to find such stunning ones. Third aunt, help me get something."
Qin Sangu was about to leave, but she turned around. Seeing that he was speaking seriously, she had to come back and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Quite a few. Let's go back to the house and I'll make a list for you. I'm afraid we will have to leave them temporarily and go to Xuchang." Jia Xunai ordered the waiter to put the wax pig back into the rattan box and took Qin Sangu away.
Jia Cong and others walked along the official road for several days. Someone on a fast horse passed by their carriage and horses at a lightning speed, and suddenly turned the horse's head. The horse neighed, clattered for a few steps, and stood still.
It happened to be in front of everyone in Rongguo Mansion. The people in Rongguo Mansion were busy and pulled their horses one after another. From the starting point, they first called out "Little Master Uncle".
The person who came was none other than Zhou Xiaolan, who greeted Jia Cong with a fist in her arms: "Mr. Cong, may I ask if you have the third girl of the Qu family in your hands?"
Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? Who?"
Zhou Xiaolan said: "Someone confessed today that they put the third girl of the Qu family into a rattan box after being knocked unconscious and gave it to Third Master Cong as a gift."
"No!" Jia Cong said blankly, "We have counted the gifts sent by King Chen that day. They are all goods and there are no living people." Then he turned around and asked, "Who keeps the gift list?"
Starting point: "I keep it." He opened the bag and found out Prince Chen's gift list, then rushed forward and handed it to Zhou Xiaolan, "This is it, take a look."
Zhou Xiaolan looked at it and said, "Is there a whole wax pig?"
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Everything else is there, except for the waxed pig, we gave it to an inn for a discount of some accommodation." He then complained, "It's inconvenient for us to carry that thing. Although I like to eat it, it's not
Eat everything."
Zhou Xiaolan asked: "Do you still remember where that inn is? What is it called?"
Qidian said: "I remember." Then he told the location of the inn. "The rattan box containing the waxed pig was also given to the innkeeper."
Zhou Xiaolan nodded: "I remembered it." She chuckled and said, "Now Concubine Hui found out that the princess conspired with Mrs. Qu to use the third girl Qu as a wax pig to give to Third Master Cong."
Jia Cong said: "It's really a pig. It can't speak or move. It's so pickled that it's delicious. Unfortunately, it's not to my taste."
Zhou Xiaolan said: "Both the princess and Mrs. Qu deny it, and the prince also provided supporting evidence for the princess. But Miss Qu San is really missing."
Jia Cong faked a smile and said, "What's missing is that she ran away. With her appearance, what kind of man wouldn't be easy to get along with? Concubine Hui just wants to clean up her daughter-in-law, so there's no need to blame her."
Zhou Xiaolan said with a smile: "How does Mr. Cong know that Miss Qu San is not hidden by the princess?"
"I don't know." Jia Cong said, "It's just that both Princess Chen and I almost died at the hands of Qu San. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Therefore, whenever I get the chance, I will say good things about Princess Chen and bad things about Qu San.
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Zhou Xiaolan nodded and said: "Master Cong is quite honest." Yin thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to the inn first and ask." She urged her horse to walk a few steps, looked back at the group of people, and left with a smile.
Following Qidian's words, she rushed to the inn and asked, and sure enough, the people in Rongguo Mansion had left a waxed pig at a discount to use as store capital. However, two days later, a passing businessman came to stay and liked to eat that. The waiter below him was in the kitchen.
When he saw it, he told his boss. The businessman went over, smelled it, and praised him repeatedly. He immediately bought it and asked the kitchen to cook it for everyone. They ate it all in one meal. The boss lady liked it, so she kept it and did not throw it away. Now,
It contained some sundries. Zhou Xiaolan checked the rattan box and found that it was indeed commonly used in Prince Chen’s Mansion. She couldn’t help but smile and said, “It’s very well done.”
She then took the rattan box and brought it back to Chenzhou to Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui sneered and said: "They really got a wax pig." She looked up at Chen Damei and said, "Guess, when did she and Jia Cong get together?"
Picked up?"
Chen Damei said: "If anyone wants to hook up, it will be unless it is the prince. The princess and Jia Cong cannot hook up."
Concubine Hui said: "How come Jia Cong can do everything so completely?"
Chen Damei said: "As Jia Cong said, the enemy of his enemy is his friend. There is no need to discuss this matter. He tacitly understood it as soon as he saw the three girls."
"It makes sense." Concubine Hui shook her head, "Why can't she bear it? What else can a hen that can't lay eggs do to her?"
Chen Damei said: "The princess is young after all. Besides, the prince doesn't want to keep the third girl."
Concubine Hui sighed: "It seems like I can't do anything to her."
Chen Damei asked: "Won't the empress give me some punishment?"
Concubine Hui said: "If I punish her, won't the two of them get closer? You try to tell my confused son that his mother only has one niece left, and she doesn't dare to touch her even if such a big thing happens."
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Chen Damei responded and said: "The people of King Yan already know about Mr. Cong's visit to Chen."
Concubine Hui said: "There is no need to hide the affairs of the three girls from him. Let him know everything according to the truth. Don't mention anything about Japan and Huo Sheng." She thought for a moment and said, "Tell Situ Pan that Jia Cong specially came to Chen.
Thank you King Chen for killing his son, but it is a pity that we did not kill him. He came here in vain and luckily he died."
"My subordinates know what's appropriate."
But on the other side, Miss Qu San woke up and was surprised to find that she was tied up in a dilapidated carriage. She struggled hurriedly. She heard someone in front of her say, "You seem to be awake?" Then she opened the curtain and came in. It was a pair of full-length carriages.
The old couple with wrinkled faces looked her up and down, and the old woman said, "I'm awake now." Miss Qu San immediately understood that something was not right, and her whole body froze. The old woman pinched her face and said regretfully
, "It's a pity, he's mute." He withdrew again. Miss Qu San opened her mouth to speak, and then realized that she could only make a few ahhh sounds - she could no longer speak. And she looked at the shabby clothes she was wearing.
The peasant girl was frightened and collapsed in the carriage.
I don’t know how long they walked, but the carriage stopped, as if the old couple were having lunch. After waiting for a long time, the old woman came in and untied the rope from her hands, and threw her a bowl of water and a steamed bun. Miss Qu San was hungry and thirsty.
She didn't care about anyone else, so she ate and drank first. After she finished eating, the old lady tied her up again, went out and drove the carriage away. That night, the carriage seemed to have entered the city and then drove into a small courtyard. The old lady then
He drove Miss Qu San out of the carriage and locked her in a room.
Miss Qu San had a clear vision in her heart: She had been given mute medicine and sold to a man. There is no need to ask who did it. She lay on the thatched bed and cried silently, like a hibiscus dripping with dew and a willow leaf dripping with rain.
, it’s a pity that no one can see it.
The next day, the old woman brought in a thin man with yellow teeth and pointed at Miss Qu San and said, "Here, this is it. The goods are good, but it's a pity that he is mute and his body is broken." Nai whispered, "That's her.
My brother made it."
The thin man smiled and said, "She looks like this and is mute. No wonder my brother can't bear it." He came up and pinched Miss Qu San's chin, took a closer look, and said, "It's a pity. If it were a complete jade, the price would be too much."
It’s amazing.”
The old woman added: "This girl has another advantage. Her sister-in-law knew about her affair with her brother. Country women are very aggressive. They ran to the town overnight to buy a package of medicine and gave it to her, so she could not have children. She
The sister-in-law spread this matter to people all over the country. Originally, her father expected to marry her off to get some gifts, but once the matter was publicized - what's the use of a good-looking hen that can't lay eggs? There was no choice but to
Sold her to one of my superiors at a discounted price." She smiled so hard that her face wrinkled, "As everyone knows, this kind of woman who can't give birth to children is better."
The thin man smiled and said, "Don't forget to tell Mr. Ma next time you get something like this at a bargain!"
"It's easy to talk about!" said the old woman, "Her surname is La, which is the wax of sausage; she also has a name called Xiangzhu, and she is a quite famous mute Bassi in their area."
The thin man said, "The name is not bad." He touched Miss Qu San's hand and said, "How come a country girl has such good hands? She doesn't even have calluses, she looks like a young lady from a rich family." Miss Qu San looked at her with a look.
Bright!
Unexpectedly, the old woman said: "Isn't she just being raised like a young lady? She doesn't even know how to sew and thread at home. His father pointed out that she could marry into a wealthy family in the city. Who would have thought that after raising her for fourteen years in vain?
I let my son and daughter-in-law get screwed up, and all the hard work I put into her was wasted in the blink of an eye. My boss said that when I first got it, it was so amazing that I would either cry or seek death, so I had no choice but to tie her up, but she still...
It was so troublesome that in the end I had to give him medicine and make him unconscious. But he became much more obedient after I got him. He just cried and no longer wanted to live or die."
The thin man said: "That being said, he must be proud and may not be easy to tame."
The old woman smiled and said: "Wouldn't all the fierce wild horses be tamed in the hands of Mr. Ma? Let alone a mute."
The thin man glanced at her: "Don't say nice things. No matter how good you look, a mute is still a mute, and his body is broken."
"Hey, Mr. Ma, this look is one of a kind! Besides, Mr. Ma is buying someone for Mr. Liu, so why are you afraid that the reward will be too little for such a beautiful woman..."
The two of them began to bargain. Miss Qu San felt sad, and tears rolled down her clothes. The old man was suddenly stunned as he was talking. The old lady called him several times before he understood. He couldn't help stroking the back of his head and said
"Oh my god, I can't bear it anymore." He turned around and looked at the old woman's face and shouted, "Do you still want to raise the price?"
The old woman smiled flatteringly and said: "Really, I sold her on behalf of my superiors. My old woman is just a tap-taker."
Mr. Ma really fell in love with her, and soon he agreed on a price and took her away.
When they arrived at Mr. Ma's residence, Laxiangzhu stopped crying and only looked at Mr. Ma with a sad face. Mr. Ma took pity on her and treated her well with clothes and utensils, so she immediately became happy. After hearing the news, Mr. Ma nodded repeatedly and said with a smile:
"Country people have never seen good things." He also asked someone to teach her some etiquette, dance and play the pipa, and told her that if she learned well, she would have good food and good clothes. This girl learned very quickly and well, and Mr. Ma laughed after hearing it, "
I actually got a treasure!"
On this day, Mr. Ma personally watched her dance and listened to the pipa, and simply discussed with her: "Miss Xiangzhu, how about just saying that you are a girl from my hometown now?" La Xiangzhu was ecstatic and kowtowed repeatedly. Mr. Ma haha
He laughed loudly, praised her for being "incomparably smarter", bent down to help her up, and said, "Girls don't need to be polite!" He then ordered that from now on, Xiangzhu's surname would be Ma, and everyone in the family would call her "Miss".
She changed her clothes and jewelry again, and she looked like a young lady. Ma Ye high-fived her and said, "My girl is amazing!" He then invited the teacher from the flower house to teach her some romance.
As for how well he learned, Brother Ma naturally wanted to experience it himself.