After coming out of Dai Xian's outer house and getting on the carriage, Jia Cong glanced at Wu Xiaoxi and said, "Suddenly he mentioned what his outer room was used for."
Wu Xiaoxi smiled sweetly: "No one knows about many things because no one went to investigate. Dai Xian has five sons, the two eldest ones have an affair with Lady Chun, and the two younger ones are his new sons after he became rich in the past few years.
The third child is very small; the third child was raised by an outsider, I recognize him."
"You want to help the third child get a baby?"
Wu Xiaoxi tilted his head: "That's not true. Among Dai Xian's sons, the third had a deep resentment towards his father. His mother was Mrs. Dai's cousin, and she had almost tricked Mrs. Dai to death. Dai
After the wife turned over, she was not allowed to enter the Dai family's door. In order for the third child to recognize his ancestors, his mother endured a lot of hardships and later became a nun. In exchange, the third child recognized a girl who was married to his wife as a bride.
As a mother.”
Jia Cong asked curiously: "Dai Xian looks average, but his backyard is in a mess. What's the matter?"
"What's so strange about this? The rich people from the countryside are also from wealthy families in the village. I don't know how many families want to send their daughters to be their aunts. Although Dai Xian comes from a small county, his family is the largest wealthy family in the county. Every family has their own backyard.
They are all nests of black-eyed chickens."
Jia Cong touched his chin: "How is this old man's character?"
Wu Xiaoxi glanced at him: "Do you think it will be bad?"
"That's not true." Jia Cong said, "My second uncle and second aunt, one a hypocrite and the other a fake Buddha, have raised a glass person like Jia Baoyu with a crystal heart. It's just that Dai San must have had a hard time in the Dai family.
Mrs. Dai may not have treated him harshly in terms of food, clothing, and daily life, but psychological torture was definitely indispensable - if she was extremely transparent, she would not have raised two sons who stole their maids. To be honest, I was not sure that I would not have a good life as a child.
People who are successful tend to go to extremes."
Wu Xiaoxi chuckled and said: "Dai Laosan's temperament is very lively, and he looks like a fool."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "I really can't be a fool anymore."
Wu Xiaoxi nodded and said: "He is very courageous. Relying on his good looks, he dared to be courteous to me the first time he saw me. He made the brothers in the special battalion misunderstand him, so he shot his rifle butt twice and pretended to be nothing. He can bear it,
He is a bit like a gambler. Such people are easy to take advantage of. As for who will own the Dai family property in the future - it has nothing to do with us."
Jia Cong glanced at her a few more times: "Do you look good?"
Wu Xiaoxi rolled his eyes: "Am I someone who has never seen a man?"
"Of course not! Shopkeeper Wu hasn't seen any princes or talented people in these years." Jia Cong smiled flatteringly, "There's nothing wrong with people with this kind of temper. The capital era needs gamblers most. It's just that it's too boring to spend this energy at home.
, how good it would be to spend money on Westerners.”
Wu Xiaoxi said leisurely, "It was this third child who first gave Dai Xian advice on the African slave business."
Jia Cong nodded: "With this vision, he can still do it even if he leaves Dai Xian."
Wu Xiaoxi sighed softly: "Dai Xian is not one of our own after all. The Dai family and the whole of Fujian can't find a more suitable person to recruit, so we have to do this. Dai Xian and the third son of his family are both people who are good at weighing the pros and cons. They are greedy and greedy.
Don't be reckless. They are not willing to be loyal to the court, but it is good to be loyal to their interests."
Jia Cong touched his chin and said, "It's better to send someone of your own to take charge."
Wu Xiaoxi said: "Although we have many people, it is not enough. There are also the Malay Islands. Prime Minister Lin, General Jia, is about to go on an expedition again."
Jia Cong scratched his head: "That's all. You did him a big favor. Do you want to meet him?"
"No." Wu Xiaoxi sat upright, "Watching the excitement."
The next two days were really lively. Dai Xian checked and found out that Mrs. Chun had slept with his two sons. He was so angry that he immediately ordered someone to strangle her to death. Two men from the Dai family rushed to save Mrs. Chun in time.
There was a big fuss, and everyone blamed themselves for it, saying that they forced Mrs. Chun. Mrs. Dai came from the house to try to persuade her, but it was of no use. The three of them went crazy. In the end, Mrs. Dai threatened her with death and let her
The son was not allowed to interfere with Lady Chun's affairs. The two young masters were as if they had eaten a poison, and they were all vying to die for their mother and Lady Chun. The Dai family's other courtyard was almost turning into a hornet's nest.
Dai Xian was so angry about this that he threw up his sleeves and left, living in another outer room. After resting for only half a day, the governor Huang Wengang sent someone to invite him. Only then did Dai Xian remember that he had sent Jia Cong to the house.
I forgot about the important event I mentioned a few days ago. So I temporarily forgot about the fire in the backyard and hurried to the governor's office.
Huang Wengang trusted Dai Xian very much. After Dai Xian's family became rich, he did not forget his status as a subordinate official, nor did he forget to help everyone get rich together. He never hid his personal interests and treated the Huang family very well. When Dai Xian arrived at the Yamen
Look, in addition to Huang Wengang, Commander-in-Chief Zheng Chaoer was also present. He understood immediately. He stepped forward to greet them, and Huang Wengang asked him to sit down.
Dai Xian did not sit down, but bowed to Huang Wengang again and said, "May I ask, sir, why are you calling me here today because of the secret order from the capital?"
Huang Wengang was shocked: "How does Mr. Dai know?"
Dai Xian smiled bitterly and said, "It's really because of that. Did King Yan order Fujian soldiers and horses to go to Taiwan?"
Zheng Chaoer said: "There is another group of people, and the leading general is named Li. We only obey the orders of General Li. The person who gave the order is not the King of Yan, but a saint."
Dai Xian thought for a moment and asked: "May I ask you two adults, who recognizes the little saint's handwriting?" Huang and Zheng looked at each other and said, "I don't recognize it." Dai Xian said in a low voice, "A few days ago, Jia Cong of Taiwan Prefecture
Come and see the official."
"What?!" Huang Wengang stood up, "Why did he come to see you?"
Dai Xian then carefully recounted what Jia Cong said that day, except that he did not mention that Jia Cong asked him to replace the governor of Fujian. Huang Wengang was frightened by the words "Da Nei Guard" and trembled slightly. At the end, Dai Xian said: "I am thinking about him."
It seems that the two groups under King Yan are at odds with each other, and the Empress Dowager and Eunuch Dai Quan have been bribed by them."
Zheng Chaoer was confused: "The King of Yan and the Empress Dowager are obviously not in the same group, so how come his men and Dai Quan are in the same group?"
Dai Xian said: "Because of the imperial guards in the hands of the Empress Dowager, King Yan could not touch her. Seeing how she sold her title, you can see that she is greedy for money. If you have money to be a middleman, what else can't be done?"
Huang Wengang stumbled and said: "Whatever they love, it has nothing to do with me!"
Dai Xian said: "Jia Cong's intention is to let the adults pretend to be sick and ignore the secret orders of some little saint. Isn't there another General Li? It's better not to have anything to do with Fujian. Even if King Yan blames him -" he twirled his beard and said
, “What can we do to Fujian?”
"That's not appropriate." Zheng Chao'er said, "After all, we are still soldiers of the imperial court."
Dai Xian said: "If that secret edict is really from a saint, then that's it. If it's false, then let's listen to that General Li - Mr. Zheng, you also know what the soldiers and horses of the Taiwan government look like. I can't tell you who is named Li.
Are you using people from Fujian as shields to block artillery fire?"
"This..." Zheng Chaoer also hesitated. How could he give up his robe?
Huang Wengang sat and thought for a long time and murmured: "It's really hard to tell whether the secret decree is true or not."
Dai Xian smiled and said: "It is a lie that the secret decree came to Fuzhou to be revealed. Sir, think about it, where can you really get out of the Forbidden City?"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "clang" from the roof and a tile fell to the ground. Huang Wengang hurriedly ordered people to check. Not long after, soldiers came to report that there was a big word "Fake" on the dust on the roof, as if it was someone's finger.
Written. The three adults were shocked and looked at each other for a long time. Although they did not say anything in their mouths, they secretly preferred that what Jia Cong said was true. Besides, the three of them now have a large fortune, and they are not willing to fight in Fujian.
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A few days later, Huang Wengang really fell ill. The illness was so strange that no matter how many doctors were called in, they could not find out the root cause. Finally, an old doctor quietly said to the young master of the Huang family: "I heard that there are many secret medicines in the palace that can make people get sick.
There are all kinds of weird diseases. It is impossible to say that those prescriptions are also common among the people." Huang Wengang suddenly thought that an imperial guard had given him the medicine, and he became more and more worried that he was seriously ill.
When he became ill, Dai Xian became busy. Most of Huang Wengang's official duties were now done by Dai Xian on his behalf. As he was busy with official duties, the Dai family also had a lot of private affairs. How could he be so busy? Theoretically speaking, these private affairs should be taken care of.
He was under the supervision of the two legitimate sons, Mr. Dai, but Dai Xian hated them for having an affair with his concubine and refused to repent, and even dared to contradict me with death. In addition, his third son was always very filial and obedient, so he sent all the family members to justice.
All the business and property were left to the third son. Mr. Dai was very frightened and refused to make the decision on his own. Most of the time he asked Dai Xian's close confidants and asked them, "If my father were here, what would he do?" He then followed Dai's advice.
Xian Zhi is a man of rules and habits. When Dai Xian learned about it, he was very satisfied and praised him for a long time. After hearing this, the people below believed that the third master was now favored.
In the past few days, Jia Cong, besides having fun listening to the news from everywhere, was wandering around the streets, wondering if there was a way to capture the whole of Fujian without disturbing the princes in the north. That day, he returned to the Red Bones store.
, a waiter hurriedly came over and whispered: "Third Master, shopkeeper Wu asked you to come over when you come back."
Jia Cong nodded and asked casually: "Is there something wrong?"
The waiter said: "A lady who didn't want to give her last name came to see her. She just wrote a signature and went in, and she met her." Jia Cong frowned and walked in with his arms behind his back.
This is the shop of Red Bones in Fuzhou. There are many buildings in the back. Jia Cong walked for half a day before reaching the place where Wu Xiaoxi was talking to people. When he saw a few special battalion soldiers guarding the door, he coughed twice. Then he heard Wu Xiaoxi coming.
It said: "The third master is here, please come in quickly."
Jia Cong opened the door and took a look. Sitting in the guest seat was a wealthy woman, less than fifty years old, who looked like an official's wife. He asked with a smile: "Since you are meeting an official's wife, why did you let me in?"
The woman had already stood up and said a blessing, and Jia Cong hurriedly returned the greeting: "I don't dare, this junior."
Wu Xiaoxi blinked and said, "This is Lord Dai Xian's wife."
Jia Cong glanced at her and said, "It turns out to be Mrs. Dai."
Wu Xiaoxi smiled bitterly and said, "Mrs. Dai is here to investigate."
Mrs. Dai hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wu, I have absolutely no intention of doing this. I just want to find out what shopkeeper Wu said to our master that day."
Wu Xiaoxi looked at Jia Cong and said, "I told her that I was just a pretense. The real thing was that Mr. Jia borrowed my carriage to meet Mr. Dai."
Jia Cong said: "That's true. Due to some reasons, it was inconvenient for Wan Sheng to visit the house, so I asked shopkeeper Wu to help me. The fact that Wan Sheng discussed with Mr. Dai is actually a very important court matter. If Mr. Dai refuses to tell
Madam, you are excusable."
Mrs. Dai was frightened by the words "important court affairs". She was stunned for a long time before saying, "Then... our master went to check on that fan?"
Wu Xiaoxi said "Oh": "That fan! It was me who reminded me. Mr. Jia said several times that the two of them were discussing a big deal. I looked at that fan and saw that he had evil intentions. I'm afraid there was something wrong.
What's wrong?" He said apologetically, "I really don't know..."
Mrs. Dai suddenly understood: "So it's because of this..." She immediately understood that her son was pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud. After thinking for a moment, she immediately asked, "Isn't that pink head a craftsman sent by someone?"
Both Wu Xiaoxi and Jia Cong were at a loss: "I don't know!" Jia Cong also said, "Fujian is Mr. Dai's territory, he will find out. Well, I don't think he has time to check these days."
Mrs. Dai couldn't help but stood up: "If that fan is a trickster, could she deliberately sow discord between our master and my two sons?"
Wu Xiaoxi nodded and said: "It's very possible."
Mrs. Dai immediately said: "If our master doesn't have time to check, can someone else check it?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said: "Now the governor Huang Wengang is seriously ill, but he doesn't trust anyone except Mr. Dai, so Mr. Dai has to help Mr. Huang handle daily official affairs. We are in a hurry and have no choice - I am also afraid that the fan is a craftsman.
Well, it won't be easy if someone overhears something." He thought for a moment and bowed to Mrs. Dai again, "I'm afraid Mr. Dai doesn't have time to deal with that spring lady these days. Please Mrs. Dai, please be nice to others.
Keep her under guard and don't let anyone rescue her, silence her, or send a message to her."
Mrs. Dai was originally just hoping that Mrs. Chun would be careful and free her son. After hearing this, Mr. Jia seemed to be very sure that the fan was a spy, and hurriedly said: "I will interrogate it when I get back."
she!"
Jia Cong said: "Just lock her up. I heard that the two men of the Dai family were stunned by her. I hope Madam must not torture her. If she is not a spy, she will not be punished severely. If she dies,
In your hands, your two sons will have trouble with you for the rest of their lives; if she is a spy, with all due respect, spies are all trained. Mrs. Dai, a layman like you, even if you beat her to death, she will not tell the truth.
I will definitely try to trick you into misunderstanding with your son - once this misunderstanding occurs, it will really last a lifetime."
Mrs. Dai is a housewife after all, so she could guess that there was something about Wu Xiaoxi here, so it would be difficult for her to dare to come to her to inquire. Hearing this, her face turned pale with fright, and after a while she said: "What should we do!
"
Jia Cong said: "I have no choice but to feed her with water and food, and save her for another day to be interrogated."
Mrs. Dai stumbled and said, "I can't wait any longer! That woman's son is favored now!" She thought for a moment, bowed to Jia Cong and said, "I have a maid beside me who is the smartest. I wonder if Mr. Jia can ask someone to teach her?
"
Jia Cong and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other and said, "Girl? Are you very smart? Please come and see."
Mrs. Dai quickly shouted: "fennel——"
After a while, a woman lifted the door curtain and walked in. Jia Cong took a look and saw that this Fenxiang was almost thirty years old and was still dressed as a maid. She had bright eyes and she was obviously a smart person.