Occupying Jarvis's outer study room, Jia Cong talked with Wei Ruoheng all night long, talking about the development of society in later generations. He himself did not expect that Wei Ruoheng listened very seriously, and secretly rejoiced that the ancients were superstitious. If he had not believed that he was
In the lower realm of heaven and man, Wei Ruoheng may not be so easy to accept these nonsense that are not found in history books. Fortunately, Jia Cong has said it countless times and is already a skilled worker. Until dawn, he reluctantly finished speaking. Wei Ruoheng listened and sat silently.
.Jia Cong knew that he had to spend some time thinking, so he rubbed his eyes and it was time to go to sleep.
Wei Ruoheng suddenly said: "Your cowpox prescription came in time that day."
"Um?"
"Our prince was hesitating at that moment." Wei Ruoheng closed his eyes, "You told him a long time ago that South America is rich in gold. He has been thinking about it for a long time and made a lot of preparations. But in those few years, Wu State was really rich.
The world." He sighed softly, "Even if he doesn't go to South America, King Wu will still be a wealthy prince."
Jia Cong said with a fake smile: "People's greed for wealth has no limit. Why is King Wu hesitating?" He raised the tea cup.
Wei Ruoheng turned his head and looked out the window: "Should we use the money to buy firearms, buy ships, expand the army and fight to steal more money, or... build the Wu Palace."
"Ahem, cough..." Jia Cong choked, pointed at him and said, "You did it on purpose! You had to wait until I had tea to tell you."
Wei Ruoheng said innocently: "No."
Jia Cong coughed for a while, waved his hands and said, "If he has money, building a big house is nothing. He can only live in extravagance and lust. Once he goes astray, he can't take it back." He thought for a moment, "He always has a lot of money."
I won’t think of this for no reason. Who brought the thought to mind?”
Wei Ruoheng snorted: "A beauty presented by the princess' brother."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Traitors and misfortunes. It's obviously a trick, but some people keep falling in. His brother-in-law is just hoping to make a lot of money by building the Wu Palace."
Wei Ruoheng said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy for the prince to let go."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "This matter is important. We need to find someone to investigate. Find out the root cause and ask You Xiaer to help Qing Jun."
Wei Ruoheng immediately said: "By the way, have the rangers in the capital escaped in the past two years? More and more people in Wu Kingdom died at the hands of those who wanted to fight against injustice, and they were so elusive that no trace could be found at all.
"
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Isn't it great that we can't find out? If you dare to do evil, you probably don't believe in the retribution of the underworld. If you don't fear ghosts and gods, you have to be afraid of death." Nai sighed, "It's a bad idea for you to be a knight. In fact, the law is too important at the moment.
There is no way to be fair, so we have to do this for the time being."
Wei Ruoheng narrowed his eyes and said after a while: "You are really very capable. You even care about rangers? Where did you get so many masters?"
Jia Cong pointed his finger in the sky: "Money can help the gods." Wei Ruoheng frowned and said nothing. Jia Cong explained, "Money is just an object, and there is no distinction between good and bad. It can be used to build a new palace to buy beauties, or it can be used to hire
A knight-errant is a chivalrous person. I never think that good deeds should not be rewarded."
Wei Ruoheng was startled: "There are still people who spend money like this!"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "That's why I never have enough money."
Wei Ruoheng had the intention to refute but it was irrefutable. He shook his head and said, "I really don't know what's going on in your mind."
Jia Cong said: "I had the idea of being a mercenary or bounty hunter many years ago, but I never had the chance to think about it." He yawned, "My fifth uncle will be back in two days, and I'll be back with you.
He studied and studied.”
Wei Ruoheng asked curiously: "You still have a fifth uncle? Isn't it just two brothers?"
Jia Cong said: "How could a man as heroic as my grandfather only have two sons? But it was my grandmother who was so powerful that she killed two of my fifth uncles... Baba was abducted by traffickers and was only recovered a few years ago.
." Wei Ruoheng's face showed sarcasm. Jia Cong shrugged, "Don't underestimate women, the backyard is their battlefield, victory means life or death." He yawned again, "Look for a guest room to sleep -"
Wei Ruoheng rubbed the back of his head: "I'm not sleepy at all, I just have a headache."
Jia Cong stood up and walked out: "There was too much information last night, you have to spend some time digesting it."
The other person had already reached the door, and Wei Ruoheng suddenly asked: "What benefits can I get from helping you?"
Jia Cong had already crossed the threshold and stood there thinking for a while: "Zhen Yinglian no longer has to bow and kowtow to Princess Wu, and Yuanyuan no longer has to kneel and kowtow in front of the Crown Prince Wu." After saying this, he took the other foot.
, "As a pioneer in South America, you can also leave a huge fortune to Yuanyuan, allowing him to easily become a capitalist."
Wei Ruoheng heard that the sound of his footsteps had disappeared, and after sitting for a while, he really didn't feel sleepy at all, so he got up and went out. A boy came over and asked Mr. Wei if he wanted breakfast. The two of them had eaten snacks all night.
He wasn't hungry at all. Wei Ruoheng shook his head and asked where his wife was. The boy was originally ordered to guard the outer study, but he didn't know and hurriedly went inside to inquire. After a while, the boy came back and said: "We
My wife is accompanying Mrs. Wei and Mr. Wei in the garden." Wei Ruoheng nodded and let him lead the way to the back garden.
When they got there, they saw Zhen Yinglian holding a copy of "The Complete Works of Wang Mojie" and Lin Daiyu teaching him. When they saw him, both women said, "Don't bother me."
Yuanyuan ran over and complained: "Dad, my mother only cares about studying and doesn't take me to play."
Zhen Yinglian smiled and said: "You came just in time, lead Yuanyuan to play for a while, I'm busy."
Lin Daiyu also said: "Yinglian has a very good foundation. But in March and May, I don't have to worry about not being a poet anymore." Wei Ruoheng saw that his wife was really happy and did not want to disturb her interest, so she asked Yuanyuan to go with him.
Let's go play in the martial arts field. Lin Daiyu said hurriedly, "I heard that you guys talked by candlelight last night. Even if you are energetic now, you should not do a lot of exercise." She also ordered someone to call Jarvis to accompany the guest. She said
The words were a bit vague, and Zhen Yinglian didn't realize that her man hadn't slept all night.
For a while, Jarvis came and took the father and son away, and the two daughters continued to discuss poetry. At noon, Jia Cong woke up and the Wei family's luggage had been transported over, and the three of them stayed in the guest house. The Wei family then
Under their supervision, they went to Dajiala Hospital and School every day to take a look.
Jia Cong himself was free to accompany Situ Cen, leading him to check out the municipal infrastructure that Jia Cong had moved from his later generations over the years. The two of them had just come out of a primary school, and Situ Cen said with emotion: "These are all Western
Did you learn it from other people? I really didn’t pay attention to it.”
"More than that. I learned it from everywhere." Jia Cong said, "I learned it from all the good ones."
Situ Cen said: "Your school here... only teaches reading red lines in Chinese as a subject? Why don't you read "Historical Records" in the history books?"
Jia Cong said: "We don't want to take the No. 1 exam, why should we read historical records? It would be nice if we knew what was going on." Then he looked back at the school gate, "Wei Ruoheng also visited two schools yesterday and decided to send his children to study."
idea."
Situ Cen was surprised: "Wei Ruoheng's son was sent to study?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Situ Cen looked at him a few times: "He is about to go off to war, how can his son come to study with you?"
"Why not? The family members definitely can't go there so early, at least for two or three years."
"Two or three years?!" Situ Chen looked at him as if he were a fool, "If Wei Heng goes out to fight, his wife and children will definitely stay in Wu as hostages. Don't you even know this?"
"Uh..." Jia Cong opened his mouth. This kind of thing was common sense, but Jia Cong had seriously forgotten it. He rubbed his nose and said, "Well... I didn't expect this part. Is there any way to deal with it? ?”
"No." Situ Cen looked at him with contempt, "He wants to take away so many troops and firearms, so what if the King of Wu believes in him? If all of you in the Rongguo Mansion leave the capital, let's see if King Yan still believes you or not."
Jia Cong frowned, pinched his chin and murmured: "It's really difficult to handle. Yuanyuan is definitely not as knowledgeable as Da Jiala when she studied in Wu State."
Two days later, Jia Xu returned from Fujian by ferry. Liu Xiaoqi had returned to the capital last winter; Jia Xu had not finished anything at hand, so he delayed his return until now. Jia Cong knew that the couple had not seen each other for many days, so he did not dare to It was too intrusive and made his fifth uncle and fifth aunt gather together for three full days before going. Even so, Jia Xu was still unhappy. He didn't say anything to him, just kept his face and said nothing. Jia Cong came forward and bowed and flattered. This He was used to playing tricks on him, so Sangu Lu just didn't see her, didn't say anything nice to her, and was busy with her own business. She hadn't seen her husband for too long, so she didn't go far and only read the documents in front of a big case. He glanced at Jia Xu from time to time.
Jia Xufang raised his head and glanced at his nephew: "Do you have anything to say?"
Jia Cong said, "Fifth Uncle, how are you doing in Beijing?"
"It's just like that." Jia Xu said, "King Yan was so happy that he received the favor from Qin, Lu, and Chu. He has ordered people from Xining Palace and Ningguo Palace to be sent to North America." After a pause, "It's up to you. Credit.”
Jia Cong complained: "Why should you look at my merits? I'm not familiar with their family."
Jia Xu said: "We are of the same race and clan, what you say doesn't count." Jia Cong pursed his lips. After a long while, Jia Xu shook his head again and said: "Jia Zhen and I are really good at doing things, but Ning Guofu is so poor."
Jia Cong hummed, "Jia Zhen is just a beast. It's not surprising that she would seek death. Even if King Yan hadn't confiscated their house, he would have died of poverty sooner or later." After a while, he added, "But the Jia family's ancestral hall is in Dongfu."
"Yes. Ningguo Mansion has put a seal on it, so there will be no one to guard the ancestral hall."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "What is Uncle Wu doing in the ancestral hall?"
"Do you remember what the courtyard of the ancestral hall looks like?"
"Fifth Uncle——" Jia Cong curled his lips, "No matter how stupid I am, I won't forget the ancestral hall, okay?"
"There is a nine-dragon gold plaque hung in front of the ancestral hall, with the four words 'Xinghui Fubi' written on it, which was written by the late emperor."
"Hmm. Can you always get to the point?"
"There is a painting hidden behind the plaque."
"Ah? What painting?"
"The map of Nanshan's accumulation of greenery." Jia Xu said, "The old emperor gave me the blueprint of the Dayu Mountain."
"Ah?!" Jia Cong blinked, "You are so willing to give it to him, so you just gave it to him for free?"
"How can that be possible?" Jia Xu lazily leaned back in his chair, "It's fake."
Jia Cong was stunned for a moment: "Where did you hire the master of fake cultural relics? Is it reliable? Will it be found to be fake?"
Jia Xu said confidently: "Only a blind man can't find it."
It turns out that since he learned about the purpose of Dayushanzi, Gong Kun ordered four or five drawings to be drawn out. Some of them were true and some were false. All of them were made by skilled masters. Last time Jia Xu was going to Beijing, Gong Kun made these sketches. All the drawings were sent to him, and he said, "If I don't keep them all, how can I use them?" Jia Xu thought that even if he wanted to use them, he wouldn't need so many, so he took a real one and a fake one and left them in his small flower branch alley. It's a casual move in the house.
Hou Ning's government sealed the deal and found out that they owed a lot of debts. In the words of later generations, they were insolvent. Jia Huan thought that Jia Yan and his ancestors were brothers after all, so he asked King Yan for a convenience and let Rong Rong go. The government paid for the items in the Ningguo Mansion. He ignored the Zhuangzi shop outside. King Yan naturally agreed.
It's just that Jia Rongnai did it carefully. He said he didn't know much, but Feng Ziying couldn't believe it. Before selling the items in Ningguo Mansion to Jia Huan, he led his people to search carefully. His people were all experts, and they could search every corner. Then I found a painting manuscript behind the plaque in Jia's ancestral hall written by my grandfather.
King Yan was overjoyed: "It turns out that the manuscript is hidden in Ningguo Mansion!" The person who made the order came to get the box containing the late emperor's edict. He took out a pair of boxes. The mountains were similar, but the characters were different in two ways. However, the holes for the organs were located in In the character department, Feng Ziying hurriedly asked experts to take a look, and it turned out to be fake.
Feng Ziying thought about it for several days but couldn't figure it out. Since it was stolen, why should he put it there for a holiday? He also took Jia Zhen and Jia Rong for interrogation. The two of them had no idea that there was a painting behind the plaque! Feng Ziying left them behind. Rongguo Mansion went to make excuses, but Jia Zheng didn't know anything. Jia Xu didn't tell anyone about this, so Jia Huan and Jia Lan really didn't know. Feng Ziying didn't give up and took the trouble to ask several old uncles of the Jia family who were still alive. , no one knew what was hidden behind the ancestral plaque. Feng Ziying was confused.
After hearing this, Jia Cong was confused: "Fifth uncle, why did you give them a fake one? Why don't you give them the real one and end the matter? It would be nice to avoid Situ Pan thinking about it all the time. Now the Emperor and his illegitimate son also know about it. I don’t know where I am right now.”
Jia Xu gave him a sideways glance: "I don't know. It's not the time to give real pictures yet. The muddier the water, the better."
Jia Cong puffed up his cheeks and started talking again: "What's going on? I want to discuss something with my fifth uncle. Can Wei Ruoheng's son manage to stay in Dajiala to study? It would be better if he stayed with Zhen Yinglian."
Jia Xu immediately said: "It's impossible now. Wei Ruoheng leads the army to fight, and the King of Wu must keep his wife and children as hostages."
Jia Cong knew there was something going on as soon as he heard it, and asked quickly: "When will it be possible?"
Jia Xu shook his head: "It's impossible at any time, unless Wei Ruoheng rebels, and we try to save his wife and children from Wu."
Both of them spoke in loud voices. Lv Sangu understood clearly in the room and said: "It's better for Wei Ruoheng to think about these things by himself. Isn't Cong'er trying to persuade him to join the gang? He keeps his wife and children here. Wu Guo also showed his loyalty to the King of Wu; if he didn't have this intention, he would have his own way to take people away. Don't forget that he was still the fifth king of Taihu Lake. He made his water bandits pretend to be green forest bandits from outside and robbed people and left. Already."
Jia Cong let out an "ouch": "Fifth Aunt, you are so transparent!" He stood up and was about to leave, "I'll discuss it with Wei Ruoheng."
"Stop!" Jia Xu frowned, "You're a grown man who is ready to listen to the wind. I still have something important to talk to you about."