It is said that Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin chatted for a while and returned to the front. Mrs. Chen walked slower and had not arrived yet. Jia Cong told the people in Rongxi Hall: "She and Chen Ruijin have met, no." The Chen family father and son cannot do it.
They looked at each other in disbelief; Feng Ziying stared at him without saying a word. Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "I told you, didn't you?"
Mr. Chen still didn’t believe it: “How could it not be?”
Jia Cong said: "Uncle Chen Shi is eager to find his relatives, and my nephew understands it. Neither is the case, but it's a pity that he is too tight." He then cupped his hands and asked Feng Ziying in a low voice, "Brother Feng, are you okay?"
Feng Ziying said: "There is something."
Jia Cong nodded: "Let's go to the study room." He turned to Jia Zheng and said, "I'd like to trouble my second uncle to entertain Uncle Chen Shi." Jia Zheng originally thought that there was a good drama about the reunion of flesh and blood, and it would be a good story in the future. But he didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding.
I was very disappointed. But I also knew that Feng Ziying was an important member of King Yan's command, so I didn't dare to say anything and let them go.
Jia Cong then led Feng Ziying and Liu Si to the outer study and asked what happened. Feng Ziying pointed at Liu Si and said, "This is the fourth master of the Liu family."
Jia Cong blinked: "Which Liu family?"
Feng Ziying smiled and said: "The Liu family lives in Yinfeng."
The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "That's a mess..." He faced Liu Si and clasped his fists in salute.
Feng Ziying then recounted the death of Lin Luan in detail. Jia Cong pretended to be surprised, and felt proud after hearing Liu Si's words that "the killer's skills are skillful and precise." Finally, Feng Ziying said: "Young Master Liu Si said that he has something to ask of you."
Jia Cong turned to look at Liu Si. Liu Si cupped his hands and said, "Let's take a step to talk." The two of them left the study and went to the courtyard. Liu Si said, "I suspect that Gao Hanlin's son was captured by the palace."
"Huh?" Jia Cong was stunned. "No way."
Liu Sidao: "Our family has been investigating for a long time, but we haven't found any clues. If it weren't for King Yan, it would be the only one in the palace who has this ability."
"Don't you know that a large group of eunuch guards around the Queen Mother have defected?"
Liu Si blurted out: "Impossible!"
"It's true." Jia Cong said, "Now the Empress Dowager only has female guards left. The eunuch guards either defected or were assassinated by defectors, and even their 'treasures' were taken away. Don't you know? The defectors
Let me say at least seven or eight, maybe more." Nai gave a rough summary based on the results of Feng Ziying's investigation in the palace that day.
Liu Si was stunned, pondered for a long time, and said: "Earlier, the Empress Dowager was sure that there was a traitor inside, and she always suspected that it was our family."
Jia Cong patted his shoulder: "Don't be sad, since ancient times the Heavenly Family believed in eunuchs." Liu Si moved slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable. Jia Cong quickly took his hands back behind his back and smiled apologetically, "No wonder Brother Feng is suspicious.
In your family, the young master with the surname Gao is just an ordinary young man. He is not even a dandy, and he has no enemies. Even if there is one, he is not a big shot - he cannot afford to offend big shots, only unusual ones.
I also provoked a young widow from a noodle shop. The widow’s husband died unexpectedly, and she had something to do with your family’s Yinfengju.”
Liu Si sighed secretly in his heart. He took the blame for the Empress Dowager, but he didn't finish it. He thought about it: "What does that noodle shop do?"
Jia Cong said: "I heard they were smuggling Western firearms and guns."
Liu Sidao: "Why is he, the son of a Hanlin scholar, getting together with the orphan of a Western fire and gun smuggler?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "You have to ask yourself or the government about this. Why are you talking about this behind Brother Feng's back?"
Liu Sidao: "I don't want to get involved. Our family has nothing to do with the palace."
Jia Cong tilted his head: "I don't want to be targeted." Before Liu Si could speak, he hurriedly blocked it, "Well, there is nothing wrong with being wise and protecting yourself. I also feel that I shouldn't have anything to do with people like you, running the country.
It's hard to say. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Also, no one may count on your family, and the State Council will never let it go." Liu Si remained silent.
Jia Cong returned to the study, but Liu Si did not follow him. Jia Cong sat next to Feng Ziying and said: "Liu Si and his family are probably innocent."
Feng Ziying said: "Even if they didn't do it, they still have something to do with it."
Jia Cong held his cheek and thought for a long time, then said: "Could it be like this?" He took a piece of white paper and drew a circle on it with a pen. "Brother Feng, what do you think this is?"
Feng Ziying said: "Isn't it a circle?"
"It's boring. The sun, the moon, the Cuju ball, the copper basin for washing your face, and the pot for cooking are all much more round." Nai added two more strokes, "Where's this?"
Feng Ziying said: "There are two pieces of radish left in the pot."
"Yeah." Jia Cong lit two more black dots on the radish slices.
Feng Ziying said: "Two longan?"
Jia Cong continued to draw a few strokes, and Feng Ziying laughed and said, "Isn't this a pig's head?"
Jia Cong nodded: "I painted this alone. What if many people added it individually?" Feng Ziying raised his eyebrows. Jia Cong said, "I suspect that these things were not done by one person, but by multiple people.
Could the witchcraft doll found in Brother Huan's yard be the work of Lin Luan?"
Feng Ziying frowned and said, "Didn't you check clearly when you sent her out?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Check it out! She's just a woman sent by a scoundrel in the palace. Brother Huan doesn't want it. It's a shame that she gave it away. There's poison hidden in the pink box. Let's keep her with us.
We’re still not sure what the government will do.”
Feng Ziying thought for a moment and said, "She has Princess Jian'an's birthday and birth date, so it's reasonable."
Jia Cong said: "Apart from her, I really can't think of anyone who wouldn't want Princess Jian'an to have a child. By the way, there's something I didn't tell you. Her mirror grinder Liu Yunxi once gave me an aphrodisiac."
"What?" Feng Ziying was surprised, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "I don't think such a small thing is very important. Her methods were not very clever, and Uncle Fu saw her when she was giving the medicine, so I didn't drink the tea; I sent them away the next day."
Feng Ziying immediately said: "In that case, there is no doubt whether the two of them are grinding mirrors. It is impossible to say that they are both sent by the Empress Dowager."
Jia Cong said: "Not necessarily. How could the Empress Dowager imagine that we would be willing to help Lin Luan get someone out of the palace? Lin Luan must have his own ideas, and he may not listen to the Empress Dowager." He thought again,
"After Lin Luan left the palace, especially after we helped her get Liu Yunxi out, the Queen Mother was beyond her reach. What could the Queen Mother do to her if she became selfish?" After thinking for a while, she said, "She bribed Brother Huan.
The mother-in-law in the courtyard buried the witchcraft doll, and she originally wanted to win favor. If it didn't work, and she wanted to send it away, why didn't she dig out the doll earlier?"
Feng Ziying said: "I've already buried it, so why dig it up?"
Jia Cong pinched his fingers and said: "She has moved out. It is obvious that she has nothing to do with brother Huan anymore. She even sent a little maid to see Mrs. Jin for what she did. And if she poisoned the little maid to death, wouldn't she be a child?
Is the maid innocent? She first spied on Sister Xue to meet the little widow, then came to our house to meet Mrs. Jin, and then went to buy spices." Jia Cong said, "No! She may really be grinding the mirror."
Seeing that he was energetic, Feng Ziying smiled and raised her legs: "I was surprised. How did you see it?"
Jia Cong said: "Someone took away some of the eunuchs and guards around the Queen Mother. Just now Mr. Liu said that the Queen Mother had suspected a traitor for a long time and wrongly accused their family. It shows that something else happened. I
Let’s assume for the moment. Is the person in charge of this matter filing an anonymous complaint with the Wucheng Army and Horses Division, saying that Yinfengju is selling off the stolen goods?”
Feng Ziying nodded: "I have found out that the prince's people wanted to live in the hidden city after Zhao Chengde and Xue Tao's note."
Jia Cong said: "As I guessed, the prince was used as a gunman. It was a weird thing, and the final result was to expose the Ouchi Liu family. The Liu family had no control over the assassination of the Empress Dowager. It was about
Because she had been wronged, she didn't bother to take care of herself when the Empress Dowager was fine. Could it be that the people who took away the eunuchs and guards had used counterintuitive tactics to sow discord between the Liu family and the Empress Dowager so that they could successfully take away the eunuchs."
"Anything else?"
"Both our family and the Jiang family have unattractive mothers-in-law who were bribed and silenced. Not to mention whether the Empress Dowager has the ability to reach out from the palace, she doesn't have to bribe a mother-in-law, so they are of little use. These two
I'm afraid the mother-in-law was bribed by someone else, and most likely she was bribed by the person who kidnapped the eunuch's guard. Otherwise, how could she have bribed the mother-in-law in Brother Huan's courtyard? Obviously she knew that the Empress Dowager wanted to seduce Brother Huan with a woman. Lin Luan?
, probably didn’t know that Mrs. Jin was not from the Empress Dowager, and asked her to help bury the witchcraft doll. Brother Bianhuan didn’t want to take her in at all. Later, she got Liu Yunxi, and her mind changed. You see, she didn’t even want to go home.
Yes. Their family is not bad either. If you can marry her to a good family, why not go back?"
Feng Ziying said: "You are a hammer and a stick, but I understand it!"
Jia Cong said: "Although what I said is confusing, it is clear at least. You see, Lin Luan is really a mirror. After getting a lover, her mind changed. She didn't want to mix with the Empress Dowager. She lived in Lixiangyuan for some days and left the palace.
The former Empress Dowager must have told her about my temperament. This woman should know that I don't like fame." He stumbled and said, "She told people in her shop that I gave her the prescription for treating smallpox. Xu is hoping
So I was unhappy because of this and went to her to reprimand her. Unfortunately, I didn't take her seriously."
Feng Ziying couldn't help but comment on the case: "Lin Luan has been targeted by others and wants to ask you for help."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Mother Jin and the master of the Jiang family want to use her or blackmail her. Use a witch doll. That little maid was probably sent by someone behind the scenes to keep an eye on Lin Luan. Lin Luan saw her and dumped her.
Not taking it off, he gave the little maid the secret palace medicine San Xiang Yin, and asked her to follow Sister Xue to meet the little widow, and then come to our house to find Mrs. Jin. Finally, she poisoned her to death and reported it to the government herself. The government investigated,
Both Mrs. Jin and the old woman from the Jiang family cannot avoid being exposed."
Feng Ziying breathed out: "She wants to use the hands of the government to deal with the people behind the scenes."
Jia Cong said: "Fourth Master Liu said that the killer who killed Lin Luan was very skilled, and anyone in their family could do it. In fact, he told Brother Feng that the killer was at the level of an imperial guard. By the way, Gao Hanlin's son could not be saved either.
It’s in their hands.”
"What do they want from an ordinary young master?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Usually? The grandson of Li Guofu wants to beg a little widow for no reason. That little widow may have a way to smuggle Western firearms and guns."
Feng Ziying thought for a while: "The two big shopkeepers of Yinfengju both have close friendships with the young widow's husband."
Jia Cong said: "This is another guess of mine. Western fire and gun smuggling! Is this easy? How many people are staring at Western fire and guns? It's just the government who does business with them. If they are thieves...
"
Feng Ziying got a headache just thinking about it: "Is that okay? The world must be in chaos."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Our family has negotiated business with Red Bones. Although Red Bones is a merchant, it is clear who can and cannot be sold to. Ordinary people cannot buy their firearms. Ouchi Liu's family background
As a bodyguard for Ouchi, although his martial arts skills are high, he is no match for firearms. Therefore, the two shopkeepers of Yinfengju are on good terms with the husband of the young widow in order to obtain smuggled firearms. They say everything to the fan.
Can a man like this do such a dangerous job as smuggling firearms?"
Feng Ziying suddenly understood: "The dead boss of the noodle shop was not in charge, his wife was."
"Brother Feng has an idea." Jia Cong said with his fingers. "The first person to die was the former shopkeeper of Yinfengju. I guess this person was in collusion with the people behind the scenes. I'm afraid the Liu family will interrogate him and find out the clues and destroy him."
Mouth. The second person who died was Boss Wang. I guess this person was killed by the smuggler from the little widow’s side because he talked too much. The third person who died was the little maid, who was poisoned by Lin Luan.
The fourth and fifth were the mothers-in-law of the Jia family and the Jiang family who were bribed by the people behind the scenes, but were silenced by their superiors. The sixth was Lin Luan, what she did was discovered by the people behind the scenes.
It is said that the seven eunuchs and guards know Sanxiang Yin. She was not silenced, but killed in revenge. Because she alarmed the little widow." Jia Cong smiled and said, "There is no need to doubt the king of Jin and the king of Chu.
The firearms in Red Bones sell to officials, not to the people, and the princes do not need smuggled goods."
What he said made sense, and Feng Ziying couldn't help but disagree for a moment. "But, if it weren't for the prince, why would he have spent so much effort to pry the Ouchi guard away from the palace?"
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Why is it inconvenient to have an expert? Even if you can't deal with the officers and soldiers, why can't you deal with the people?"
Feng Ziying thought: "What about Gao Hanlin's son?"
Jia Cong said: "The two shopkeepers of Yinfengju failed to get firearms from Boss Wang, and he died easily. Maybe the Liu family also guessed that the young widow was the one who made the decision."
I just heard Liu Si saying outside the window: "The Liu family doesn't want any firearms."
Jia Cong glanced at the window: "You are eavesdropping! This is not a gentlemanly thing to do. Your family is not small. Are you in charge of things at home, Mr. Liu? Do you know everything about your family? Besides,
"If your family doesn't want it, it doesn't necessarily mean that the Liguo government doesn't want it." Liu Si suddenly became speechless.
Feng Ziying stood up and said, "I'll go check out the witchcraft doll first."
"Ah? You didn't check it before you got old."
"Now that I'm suspicious of Lin Luan, it's much easier to handle." Feng Ziying said and left. Liu Sili stayed outside and no one cared about him.
Jia Cong personally sent Feng Ziying out, returned to the outer study and handed over to Liu Si: "Master Liu Si must have something to say."
Liu Si sighed softly, cupped his fists and said, "Our family has never thought about buying any smuggled firearms." Jia Cong's face was full of "I don't believe it." Liu Si said helplessly, "Yinfengju is not our family's property, it is
The Empress Dowager’s.”
Jia Cong was so surprised that he jumped up with joy: You can tell this to me! It’s not in vain that I made this nonsense. (. )