It is said that Jia Cong coaxed away Lord Chen, the prefect of Chang'an, with his lies. The next day, someone from the Yamen came to deliver the letter. There was a fire in the house of the blind man who died last night and it was completely burned. Jia Cong bit his tongue! He was convinced that this man was a craftsman.
. He looked at Chen Ruijin in confusion and said, "Am I so eloquent?"
Chen Ruijin said: "It's none of your business, I set the fire."
"ah?"
"Fortunately, his house is not connected to other people's houses." Chen Ruijin said, "I also checked the contents of his house, and there is nothing unusual."
Jia Cong thought: "Could something be taken away by people from the Yamen?"
"Yes, a lot was taken away," Chen Ruijin said. "Anyway, no one knows what was burned. They didn't dig three feet into the ground." Jia Cong couldn't help laughing.
But at this moment, Jia Taijun came to invite Jia Cong, saying that he was meeting important guests. Jia Cong then changed his clothes and went out. He saw two young men who looked like scholars sitting in the guest seats. Jia Taijun used his eyes to avoid them.
With one glance, he moved his eyes to the Pixiu ornament on the Duobao grid. Jia Cong understood: Pixiu is the son of the dragon, and at least one of the two is the son of King Qin. He stepped forward and saluted Taijun Jia: "Auntie."
Jia Taijun said: "Cong'er, these two are Mr. Wang and Mr. Ji. They are both famous people in Chang'an. I heard that you are coming and I want to come and meet you."
Jia Cong thought to himself: Do you believe that such a young celebrity from Chang'an said that he has no family background? He didn't show it on his face and bowed: "I have met you two gentlemen." Mr. Wang, who was the first guest, only bowed his hand in return, but
Mr. Ji bowed to the ground. Jia Taijun said a few words casually, then excused himself to take a rest and asked Jia Cong to accompany them to sit in the outer study.
After leaving Jia Taijun's yard, Jia Cong said with a smile: "Their study is too serious and the bookshelves are *. Why not go and sit in the small pavilion at the back of the study. Open the window and face the water, which is also cool."
Mr. Wang said: "That's fine."
Then I walked to the back of the outer study room. Next to the small pond stood a study pavilion with the words "Liao Fengxuan" written on it, and a couplet: The new greenery adds to the Huan Ge place, and the good cloud fragrance protects those who pick celery. Jia
Cong smiled and said: "This couplet was written by my brother Baoyu. I told my great-aunt about it last time when I came to Chang'an, but I didn't expect her to have it carved and hung here."
Mr. Ji said with a smile: "Old lady, you have two talented nephews from your mother's family. I wish everyone knew about it."
The three people sat down in the pavilion, and the servants brought tea and water. Jia Cong blinked and ordered: "Bring some snacks!" The Gao family was a family of military commanders and was not used to preparing snacks. So he looked at the two of them and said,
Jia Cong said, "I just came to my great-aunt's house yesterday, and no one outside knew about it. Besides, you two obviously didn't come here to chat. I think there must be something wrong?"
Mr. Wang nodded slightly: "Mr. Jia is indeed a straight man."
Mr. Ji said: "Since Mr. Jia is so straightforward, we will not be polite. We are the counselors of the King of Qin and want to find out the purpose of Mr. Jia's visit."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "You staff members just think too much. I have a woman I like, and I will bring it to my aunt to see. It is purely a private matter and has nothing to do with the general trend of the world."
The two of them looked at each other, and Mr. Ji asked again: "Just for this?"
Jia Cong said: "Isn't it normal to bring your fiancée to meet your elders? Why is there such a fuss?"
Mr. Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Most people in the world think that Mr. Jia is King Yan's confidant. Since you came here suddenly, we will inevitably be suspicious."
Jia Cong said: "Is it a bad thing for the counselors of the King of Yan to come over? Qin and Yan are not bordering each other, so they should be friends even if they are close friends or close friends. I am very nervous."
Mr. Ji's eyes moved: "King Yan wants to form an alliance with King Qin?"
Jia Cong waved his hand: "I don't know! I really just brought my girlfriend to meet my elders. And I also asked my aunt to help me build a compulsory education school in Qin."
Mr. Ji was startled; Mr. Wang narrowed his eyes: "Compulsory education school? Gao Jiajian?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said: "Your prince is unwilling to build it, so we can only ask the Gao family."
Mr. Wang asked: "Mr. Jia, why did you insist on building a compulsory education school? It was you, Zhang Luo, who built the Yan Kingdom of Shu, and it was also your idea when Wu Kingdom heard about it."
Jia Cong said sternly: "Because our country is about to enter an era of expansion. The King of Wu is conquering South America, the King of Yan is conquering North America, the King of Shu is conquering Asia, and the King of Nan'an County Huo Sheng is attacking Australia. In the next few decades, the territory will suddenly become larger, and the biggest shortage of talents will be.
If we don’t build compulsory education schools in various countries as soon as possible, there will be a serious shortage of talents in the future. I don’t want your princes to use Westerners as officials because of the lack of talents in their own countries.”
Mr. Wang looked at him and said, "It seems that these princes sent troops overseas under the instigation of Mr. Jia?"
"You don't have to act like it, it's 100% my instigation." Jia Cong said proudly.
Mr. Wang thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Yijia, do you think the world can be unified within a hundred years?"
Jia Cong shrugged and said: "It will take a hundred years or a thousand years to unify. Who can beat the princes who are expanding their territory? Besides, they can't fight. What are they fighting for? Territory, gold and silver, population. They want to fight.
The place is dozens or even hundreds of times the size of the country, and there is no shortage of gold or silver mines. The place is so big, but there is no population? No matter how hard you work, you can always fill it up slowly. It is a thankless task.
Civil War for what?”
The two of them looked at each other again, and Mr. Ji said: "You have to guess." He added, "Mr. Wang guessed that Mr. Jia had no intention of following any prince, and only focused his thoughts abroad."
Jia Cong said: "I tell every prince this, and I have never deceived them."
"In this case, why did Mr. Jia incite all the princes to enfeoff?" Mr. Wang said, "Wouldn't it be better to assist an emperor to succeed and send troops overseas with the strength of the whole country?"
Jia Cong said: "When the fight between the Supreme Emperor and Prince Yi Zhong was like that, how many generals were liquidated after Prince Yi Zhong's death! And it took a lot of effort and money. It would be great to keep the money of those generals to fight against the Westerners. Besides, everyone will be different at that time.
The princes in the family are quite capable, and internal fighting cannot be resolved within three or five years, as it will waste a lot of time." He looked at Mr. Wang meaningfully and said, "This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back. In the past seven or eight years, Westerners have been
If we fight a civil war, it will be difficult to deal with them after they finish fighting."
Mr. Wang nodded in understanding and glanced at Mr. Ji. Mr. Ji said: "In that case... To be honest, the two of us have followed the third son of King Qin." Jia Cong raised his eyebrows. "I don't know, Mr. Jia...
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Before he finished speaking, Mr. Wang interrupted him and said, "I am the third son of King Qin."
Jia Cong pursed his lips and said, "Why bother saying it? Why don't we understand each other tacitly?"
Mr. Wang smiled and said: "It turns out that Mr. Jia has guessed it. Since I want to make a deal with Mr. Jia, it would be better to say it clearly."
Jia Cong tilted his head slightly: "What deal?"
Mr. Wang said: "Please help me seize the throne from Mr. Jia," and then looked at Mr. Ji, "This Mr. Ji wants to get his fiancée back."
"Mr. Ji's fiancée was robbed?"
Mr. Ji said sadly: "I am the crown prince's concubine."
Jia Cong bared his teeth: "...you...has she changed her mind? Is she still willing to follow you? Does she have children?"
Mr. Ji smiled bitterly and said, "I have given birth to a daughter for the crown prince."
When Jia Cong heard this, he immediately sat upright, looked at him and said, "If you take her back, what will happen to the child?"
Mr. Ji sighed leisurely: "I thought I could forget her..."
Jia Cong didn't know whether what he said was true or not, and asked after a while: "I wonder if Mr. Ji has a family."
Mr. Ji said: "I married a wife on the order of my parents." After a while, he added, "If I hadn't gotten married, I wouldn't have known the depth of my inner demons." He looked out the window and watched the wind blowing across the pond.
Jia Cong frowned and said: "I know that there is love and infatuation in the world, but my wife is innocent. If you want me to help you, you must first reconcile with your wife and help her find a suitable identity so that she can remarry. Secondly, confirm the crown prince's side concubine
I still like you and am willing to go with you. Besides, that girl is also innocent, and a child cannot live without his mother. Can you treat her as your own?"
Mr. Ji said casually: "It's just a girl, I don't mind."
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "With Mr. Ji's attitude, Wan Sheng has decided not to help you."
Mr. Ji said with a serious face: "They were the ones who robbed my woman back then. Is it possible that anyone else can treat his child as his own?"
Jia Cong said: "Anyway, you can figure it out on your own, Wansheng won't care about it."
Mr. Wang quickly said: "This matter will be discussed in the long term."
Jia Cong waved his hand: "There is no need to discuss it, that's it. Things like seizing the direct descendants are too troublesome, and I don't want to bother with it."
Mr. Wang smiled and said: "If I become the heir, not only will I immediately build schools across the country, but I can also send troops overseas."
Jia Cong's eyes moved and he said: "Even if the Qin State does not send troops, sooner or later other countries will send troops. The same goes for the Gao family building a school."
Mr. Wang smiled and said: "The Gao family is a martial arts family after all, and it may not be able to build a good school. Besides..." He glanced out the window, "There are still people in the Gao family watching, does Mr. Jia know?"
Jia Cong said: "He's just a villain. My great-aunt went to the battlefield when she was young. Are you still afraid of him?"
Mr. Wang said: "It's not that the old lady is afraid of him, it's just that he's not very careful."
Mr. Ji said: "Does Mr. Jia know about the blind man's case yesterday?"
Jia Cong said: "Except for inferring that the deceased was a spy, I don't know anything else."
Mr. Ji said: "That matter was originally directed at the Gao family."
"ha?"
Mr. Ji then talked about the case. It turned out that Ding Chu was the one who had disliked the Gao family in the past two years. He was slandering the King of Qin every day. A few days ago, Ding Chu was listening to gossip in the teahouse and accidentally heard that he was dead.
He was a blind fortune teller. The blind man had just finished telling a fortune to an old soldier and told him that someone would die unexpectedly, but he himself died unexpectedly. He then ordered people to investigate the case and killed the blind man. He also persuaded the King of Qin to steal Jiang Laosi's sword.
He was framed for murder. He himself did not expect that the blind man was a spy and Jiang Laosi would be kidnapped.
After hearing this, Jia Cong thought for a long time and said, "I heard Master Chen say yesterday that someone seemed to be forcing him to blame the kidnapping of Jiang Laosi on the Gao family. Is this Ding Chu?"
"No." Mr. Ji said, "It's the prince." Nai sighed, "The prince has charmed him and he obeys his words."
"Ding Chu ordered someone to steal Jiang Laosi's knife. Does Mr. Chen know?"
Mr. Ji chuckled and said, "It's not an aboveboard matter. Everyone knows about it."
Jia Cong didn't care whether Ding Chu was sent by Gong Sanyi or what he was sent to do. After all, Jia Taijun was so old and the Gao family had deep roots in Qin, so he didn't approve of leaving Qin. Suixian
He leisurely told these two about Ding Chu's origins, not even dragging Liu Tong's beloved concubine away. Finally, he said: "He doesn't like the Gao family, I'm afraid this is the reason." Those two people
He was obviously shocked and stared for a long time. Jia Cong thought about it again and muttered, "The blind man doesn't know who killed him. The knife was stolen by someone sent by Ding Chu to put the blame on him. He took away Jiang Laosi's
People are still related to the blind man, and they were also deceived by Ding Chu, thinking that the blind man died at the hands of Jiang Laosi. Why did they burn down the blind man’s house?”
Mr. Ji said: "The blind man doesn't have much in his house, so he asked the police to take some away."
Jia Cong asked: "Is he really blind?" Mr. Ji nodded. "Did he make any marks that non-blind people wouldn't notice?"
Mr. Ji smiled bitterly: "It has been burned completely."
Jia Cong took a bite of the walnut cake and said, "That's difficult to check."
Mr. Wang looked at him for a while and said, "Mr. Jia doesn't seem to be worried about Jiang Laosi?"
Jia Cong said: "I don't know him."
"Why did Mr. Jia pay so much attention to my eldest brother's daughter just now?"
"I have always paid attention to women and children."
Mr. Wang nodded slightly and said: "What I just said, Mr. Jia might as well think about it again."
Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness. We'd better not get involved." Mr. Wang smiled slightly and led Mr. Ji to leave.
Jia Cong personally escorted the two of them out of the house, went back to see Jia Taijun, and explained in detail what had just happened, and finally said: "Originally, we were talking about serious matters, but Mr. Ji suddenly mentioned that he wanted to get his fiancée back, which was a bit unexpected. I'm suspicious.
Is that true?"
Jia Taijun thought: "The woman he was originally engaged to was his cousin. After the two families broke off the engagement, she actually married into the prince's house and became a concubine. I just heard that he and his wife were also considered harps, so there is nothing wrong with her."
Jia Cong held his cheek and said, "Are you trying to test me? What can you tell by making up some gossip?"
Jia Taijun thought about it all over again and said: "The Third Highness wanted to talk to you about something important and serious, and by the way, he mentioned Mr. Ji's romantic affairs. You didn't ask about important matters, but only asked about the romantic affairs. This shows that your mind is not on serious matters."
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Jia Cong touched his nose: "What's so tempting? Everyone loves gossip."
Jia Taijun said: "Let's just settle this matter. I'm just afraid that the two of them will suspect that we know the whereabouts of Jiang Laosi."
"There is no evidence, so guessing is useless. By the way, have my aunt's people found anything?"
Jia Taijun then called that Xiaomei out. It turned out that Xiaomei had been a scout for Jia Taijun in the early years. Yesterday, she sneaked into Ding Chu's house disguised as a servant and peeped into a small ancestral hall in his house. As expected, there was a memorial tablet of Ding Chengwu inside.
There were two guests in the house one after another, and she could not overhear what Ding Chu said to them. She recognized the appearance of the first one, who was the eldest son of Mr. Chen, the prefect of Taiyuan; but she did not recognize the second one. She was brave and pretended to be a night watcher.
The daughter-in-law passed by the man and saw his appearance clearly. After returning to Gao's house, she looked for someone to draw a portrait and wanted to take it out to find an excuse to inquire.
Jia Cong took one look at the portrait and recognized it: Wang Wuzuo.