Hearing Fenxiang say that her grandfather was a carpenter, Jia Cong suddenly remembered an old incident a few years ago. At that time, Lin Daiyu had asked Situ Pan to sell him to a monk in a temple to be his apprentice. After escaping, he felt unhappy and led Jia Wei
Shi Shili Yang Erbo stole an important thing from Situ Pan - an old camphor wood box as big as a fist. The clue to opening the box lies on the Dayu Mountain that the late emperor gave to Xianrong Duke Jia Daishan. Inside the box are three of the late emperor's personal belongings.
Although there are many important things in the emperor's house, not many are so important that they would alert the masters in the palace and secretly kill the carpenters.
He then thought again, if he just made a box, the carpenter could die after finishing it. Why did the late emperor let him go back to his hometown and made him a fourth-grade idle official? And he worked for a long time.
The carpenter's granddaughter also invited his mother-in-law, just like a lady from an official family. Could it be that the old carpenter still had something to do with the late emperor? What happened to the Zhen family in Jiangnan here? Later red scholars said that the Zhen family was the guardian of the Jia family.
Shadow, it is impossible to say what secrets the Zhen family hides.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Cong said to Fenxiang, "I need to see your lord."
Fenxiang said quickly: "She doesn't know anything."
Jia Cong said: "I don't know, she has also been living in your house for several years. Some things that you think are not important are very useful to keep." Fenxiang frowned, obviously unwilling. Jia Cong said seriously, "As the old saying goes,
It is a blessing, not a disaster, but disaster cannot be avoided. There is an old saying that when soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when water comes, the soil will cover it. It is useless to hide from such a big thing as destroying a family. Digging out the root, there is always a solution. Even if you really can't defeat Wei
If you have to hide, you will know where to hide for safety if you find out." Fenxiang looked hesitant. Jia Cong said again, "Are you really willing to be an old maid for the rest of your life? Your Majesty is willing for you to be an old maid for the rest of your life?"
Fenxiang's eyes flashed, and after a while, she still shook her head: "She is timid."
Jia Cong said: "I dare to take you all over the country, no matter how cowardly I am, how can I be so cowardly? Miss Fenxiang, I respect you so I ask for your permission again and again. It is impossible not to investigate such an important matter to the end." Nai spread his hands and said,
"You see, this is the disadvantage of being a slave. I can get your whole family just by saying hello to Dai Xian."
Fenxiang said calmly: "Everyone in the house knows that I belong to the wife, and even the master cannot touch me arbitrarily."
Jia Cong was so surprised that he looked at her for a long time before saying, "What you just said, do you really think so?"
Fenxiang smiled calmly: "If the Dai family loses its wife, it will be in chaos."
Jia Cong nodded: "I believe it. Mistress, it is still very important. However, Master Dai knows this kind of thing in his heart, but most likely he will not pay attention to it." He called the people outside to come in and asked them to invite Wu Xiaoxi.
Suddenly Wu Xiaoxi came over, Jia Cong stood up and said with cupped hands: "Can I ask shopkeeper Wu to do me a favor?" Wu Xiaoxi raised his eyebrows slightly. Jia Cong winked and said, "Help me ask Mr. Dai Xian for this Fenxiang girl and her whole family.
Just say that I have a crush on her."
Wu Xiaoxi asked with a smile: "Really? Is that what I said?"
"Really -" Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "I just said, 'I'm attracted to you'. I'm attracted to talent, right?"
Wu Xiaoxi glanced at him: "Do you want to find another reason? Miss Fenxiang doesn't look outstanding, can I believe it?"
Jia Cong stretched out: "You have to come here if you don't look outstanding. If you don't believe me, try it." Wu Xiaoxi shrugged, turned around and went out. Fenxiang still looked calm and composed, not believing that Dai Xian would let her out.
At dusk, the boy with Red Bones went to call Fenxiang and said, "Girl, I'm so happy! Your parents, brothers and nephews are all here!"
Fenxiang stayed for a long time before standing up, still not believing it: "What?!"
The young man said: "I asked Miss Fenxiang to greet you outside. The girl's parents, brothers, and the whole family are here. The shopkeeper has ordered you to clean up a small courtyard."
Fenxiang opened her mouth in shock: "Impossible!"
Then I heard Jia Cong proudly say outside: "Everyone is here, what else is impossible?" Fenxiang ran out in a few steps, only to see Jia Cong holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, "The body deeds of your whole family are also here."
Sent."
Fenxiang looked up and saw that the top picture was her own. She couldn't help feeling cold all over, took two steps back and leaned against the door.
Wu Xiaoxi walked over leisurely again and asked, "I'm actually wondering why Dai Xian brought someone here so quickly?"
Jia Cong gestured to the hat on his head: "He owes me a favor, and I also hinted that he can help Tongjing Zhongmen Road buy a title - imperial titles cannot be bought with money."
Wu Xiaoxi thought for a while: "That's right, what's the point of giving you a girl to get promoted and make a fortune?"
"I said it's better if she doesn't stand out. Dai Xian couldn't remember what she looked like even if he saw her, so he would think that there must be something attractive about that girl." Jia Cong turned to look at Fenxiang, "
Even if you are a female Zhuge, in Dai Xian's eyes you are just one of the countless maids in the Dai Mansion, no different from the others."
Fenxiang held the door and took a deep breath for a long time, then said in a trembling voice: "How could my wife agree?"
Jia Cong said: "My wife doesn't make the decision, so why should I have the final say? If Dai Xian had cared about Mrs. Dai, nothing would have happened to his cousin Dai back then. You and Mrs. Dai both think that if you win your 'cousin', you will win the backyard; in fact,
In Dai Xian's view, it doesn't matter who becomes the wife, cousin or cousin, they are all equally unimportant. Even if Mrs. Dai dies now, at worst it would be appropriate for Dai Xian to marry a second wife who is in her twenties. According to his current situation
If you have a higher status, you can also find a rich lady with a higher family status. The rich lady has a better education than Mrs. Dai, and can manage the affairs of the Dai family better than Mrs. Dai." He clapped his hands and said, "See? Dependence.
People have no control over everything. Even if you have all the wisdom and wisdom, you can't compare with someone else's casual words."
Fenxiang closed her eyes for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sit on the ground. Jia Cong and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other, turned around and went straight to the small courtyard where her parents were housed.
This place was originally a guest house, where big businessmen were entertained, and it was more elegant than an official post house. Fenxiang's stepfather's surname was Ye, and he had a problem with his left leg, so people called him Ye Laizi. He was looking around in the yard anxiously, as if he didn't believe it.
The noble man took notice of the plain-looking daughter of the eldest daughter. His son and daughter-in-law walked around happily, saying: "My eldest sister usually keeps quiet, but suddenly she has such a big future! Even we are all honored." Her mother.
Mr. Bai just sat on a wooden pillar in the courtyard in a daze.
When Jia and Wu came in, Wu Xiaoxi led Ye Laizi and others to talk; Jia Cong took the opportunity to bow his hand to Bai: "This aunt, you are polite after being born late."
Bai quickly stood up and saluted: "Hello, noble sir."
Jia Cong said: "I fell in love with Miss Fenxiang and asked Lord Dai for your whole family."
Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't help but look at Jia Cong. She quickly restrained herself and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I will thank you on behalf of my daughter." She glanced at him secretly again.
Jia Cong smiled and bowed: "Wan Sheng would like to say a few words to Aunt Bai." He pointed to the back room and said, "Auntie, please come in." Mrs. Bai did not dare to disobey and followed behind.
The two went inside and found a quiet room. Jia Cong sat down first, but Bai did not dare to sit down. Jia Cong did not force her to sit down, and said: "I want to ask about Miss Fenxiang's biological grandfather and family matters, as well as you and Jinling."
What exactly is the relationship between the Zhen family?"
Mrs. Bai was shocked and stammered: "...what...what...the Zhen family, the Jia family, I don't know."
Jia Cong said: "Fenxiang was too young at the time, and many things were unclear. I thought about it later. Since Fenxiang's family was destroyed by powerful internal experts, those people were not human beings. They were killing machines. They would not only kill the master.
Don't kill the slaves. There is no difference between killing one and killing a thousand. The two of you can only escape in advance and hide in the Zhen family. The old lady of the Zhen family is the mother-in-law of the late emperor. Hiding in their house is safer than elsewhere.
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Bai Shi was trembling all over and just shook her head: "I don't know what the uncle said..."
Jia Cong held his cheek and said: "Well... Aunt Bai, you must be a safe person. How could you commit crimes and sell out when you are staying well in the Zhen family? Is it possible that you have to leave the Zhen family for some reason? The world is full of people.
It has been dismantled into parts, what are you still afraid of? Who knows that a carpenter died twenty or thirty years ago?" Nai Tan said, "Let me tell you the truth. Fenxiang's family and my family are not involved.
Same thing."
Bai's eyes almost popped out of his head. After a while, he forced a smile and said, "What does it have to do with... uncle's family?"
Jia Cong said solemnly: "Not long ago, I went to Qin State for business and was kidnapped. The kidnappers asked me many questions that I didn't understand. I turned back and thought about those words again. Although I still didn't understand, I could vaguely guess.
It turned out that they were looking for an important item that had been lost in my family, and an old camphor wood box related to that item. The kidnappers said that those two items were of great importance and were as important as the national destiny. That item had been lost in our family for a long time.
The strange thing is that we have been looking for it for a long time, but there are no clues; and that thing is definitely not something that just anyone dares to buy. A few years ago, a big shot suddenly came to our house to ask for that thing. I heard that it had been lost, and it was very strange.
Shocked. There is another strange thing. I didn’t kill the kidnapper at that time, but the kidnapper was silenced. Aunt Bai, I wonder if Miss Fenxiang’s grandfather is good at carving old camphor wood?”
Bai was stunned. Jia Cong had been waiting for a long time. She suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Jia Cong's clothes: "Uncle! Our girl doesn't know anything! She was only four years old at that time, what can she know?"
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Auntie, don't worry. I don't know anything. How much older is she than me? What can I know? It just shows that the matter is not over yet. There are still people looking for our two families, and they are not weak."
——How can I, Mr. Jia, be kidnapped by anyone? Since they can find me, they may not be able to find you. Both families are grasshoppers on the same rope; if they don’t work together to find out what happened back then, they will be
You can't get away from home. You always think you'll be safe if you hide yourself. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop."
Bai fell to the ground with a "thud" and muttered for a long time: "Even the uncle can find Fuzhou...those evil people will come sooner or later..." Nai wiped her tears and said, "I can't help you, master."
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Jia Cong let her cry for a while and advised: "It's not necessarily that you can't help the old man. Aren't you girls still alive and well? Our whole family is also alive and well. Although the villain is not weak, he may not be that strong.
Go. So I said you should figure things out first. Even if you die, you have to be a wise man, right? My real name is a great talent all over the world. No matter what happens, I can ask the princes to protect me, right? Before they kill us, please
Wouldn't it be better if they killed me? I also fell into their hands, didn't I escape?"
Bai Shi shook his head slowly: "That's what they want from the uncle's hands. They want to keep him alive."
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Do they want to kill Fenxiang now?" Bai Shi trembled. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Aunt Bai, have you ever thought about the difference between those who are looking for our family now and those who killed them back then?"
The Fenxiang family is full of people, not the same group of people."
Bai was shocked: "Not the same group?!"
Jia Cong said: "The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the whole family is quietly wiped out. It is obvious that the person behind it is the late emperor. The late emperor has passed away many years ago. The object in our house and the old camphor wood box made by their old man must be someone else looking for it now, and
Eighty percent of it is not from the prince’s family.”
Bai couldn't help asking: "Why not the prince's family?"
Jia Cong said: "They are princes and I am a minister. If they want the things given by the late emperor, they can just ask for it. Why kidnap me? There are other insiders who want to make profits from it."
Bai blurted out: "Master said that anyone who knows will be killed by the saint!"
Jia Cong hummed: "There will always be living insiders. No matter what, the late emperor himself will always know; even though he is dead, there are still the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the little saint. These three may not all be so tight-lipped.
There are many palace maids and guardians. That’s why I want to find out what’s going on so that we can guess who may know and who can profit from it. Aunt Bai, what do you think?”
Bai is just an ordinary woman. Although Jia Cong half understands and half understands what Jia Cong said, she already knows that the old man surnamed Jia is tied to her original master's family. She has been hiding with the young lady for more than twenty years.
It was not safe, and there was no chance of survival if we cooperated with this Uncle Jia. He swallowed his saliva and said, "This slave... you really don't know much."
Jia Cong said earnestly: "You know as much as you know. Past events are like a jigsaw puzzle. The more pieces you put together, the more clues you will get. Auntie, if we work together in the same boat, we will all have a way to survive."
Seeing that he was sincere, Mrs. Bai hesitated for a while and said, "I'm just an ordinary servant." Jia Cong nodded and smiled, encouraging her with her eyes. Mrs. Bai allowed him to coax him and spoke.
Fenxiang's grandfather was named Zhen Deren, and he was a member of the Eighth Road outside the Zhen family in Jinling. When he was young, the Zhen family had not yet gained power, so he learned to be a carpenter. This man was extremely talented and gradually became a famous craftsman. Later, his younger brother Zhen Yingjia recommended him to Beijing as a carpenter.
The emperor worked as a carpenter. Suddenly one day Zhen Deren returned home and said that he was not as comfortable in Beijing as in Jinling. The saint also gave him a small official position, and the family was prosperous for a while. Later, Bai's biological daughter died of illness. Zhen Deren learned that
Then he called her and said sadly: "Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. The sage ordered me to make something... If he doesn't need to pay it back, but if it is useful one day, everyone who knows about it will definitely silence him." Then he ordered her to take the fennel.
As his daughter, he asked his old lady to find an excuse to send the two of them to Zhen Yingjia's house as slaves. The old man said with tears, "Although she is a girl, she is still of the same blood as Zhen." At that time, the Bai family was Shang.
I don’t know why. Half a year later, a watcher saw a group of men in black flying on the roof of Zhen Deren’s house. The next day, they found that their whole house had been massacred.