Situ Cen and Jia Cong and his party rushed to Chengdu. On the way, they met Zhou Hu and a general surnamed Sun who were leading their troops. Situ Cen was convinced when he saw General Sun. This man was a general from the Shu Kingdom and had followed him in the early years.
The King of Shu had defeated the Russian Red-haired Man in northern Xinjiang, and the bandits were nothing to worry about. He gave the two of them a few instructions, and ordered them to capture Magistrate Tian of Fuping County when they returned from slaying the bandits. Zhou Hu and General Sun went there.
Lead the way, and the others will follow.
Seeing the city gate right in front of him, he saw a man dressed as a boy at the foot of the city wall jumping up and waving: "Uncle! Uncle! Here, here!" When Situ Cen saw it, it was the maid next to Qiu, and he hurried forward.
The maid raised her little face and said, "Our girl is in Qingyang Palace."
Situ Cen was slightly shocked: "If she doesn't go home, what will she do in Qingyang Palace?"
The maid curled her lips and said: "Of course we will wait for my uncle to come with us. Otherwise, when the girl comes back, my uncle still doesn't know where he is. How can our girl have any good fruit to eat?"
When Situ Cen thought it was true, he hurriedly said, "I'll pick her up."
The maid said: "My uncle only said that our girl will be with you after we come down from the mountain."
Jia Cong teased her with a sullen face from behind: "I'm afraid this won't work. We met the general leading the army on the way. There are only so many people in the group. Doesn't the general have eyes?"
The maid's big eyes rolled: "Can't we girls pretend to be men and hide in there? Besides, the general is not something women can see. Why would the men outside ask this?"
Jia Cong couldn't help but clapped his hands: "So clever! Little girl, what's your name?"
The maid received the compliment, smiled and quirked her eyebrows: "My name is Lingdang."
"What a clever little bell." Jia Cong turned to Situ Cen and said, "Your wife seems to be a talent. The maid she picked is calm and organized." Situ Cen smiled slightly.
The group then entered the city gate and went straight to Qingyang Palace, where they met Mrs. Qiu. They were newlyweds. After experiencing such a disaster, they cried and laughed when they met. Their four hands were like "a yellow eagle has caught a kite's feet."
", and the ring was closed. Jia Cong simply suggested to rest here for a while and let the couple talk about themselves alone. Fortunately, Situ Cen and his wife were both sensible people, so they only gathered for a while and then came out. Everyone joined in.
After half a day of oral confession and some pretense and practice, he got up and went to the Prince of Shu's Mansion.
The King of Shu had received a message from Zhou Hu and knew that his son had been redeemed safely. Even so, he was still shocked. Regardless of the fact that Jia Cong and a group of guards were in front of him, and they cursed each other. The prince tried to interrupt him several times.
His younger brother, the King of Shu, turned a deaf ear. Situ Cen winked hard at Jia Cong, but Jia Cong didn't notice and watched the play with great interest. Finally, a clever eunuch came up to report the news to the princess, and the princess ran out without caring.
He hugged Situ Cen and cried bitterly.
Jia Cong suddenly had a headache - he was most afraid of hearing women cry. He hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Is this the princess? Don't cry! Your Highness has returned safely. He has also identified the whereabouts of the remaining evildoers of the Fang family, and uncovered the common people.
A corrupt official is not a bad thing after all."
The King of Shu then asked the prince: "What's going on with the Fuping County Magistrate?"
The prince said: "He is a serious donation official."
Jia Cong asked: "Can you donate money to an official position if you have money? If you don't find out whether you have committed a crime? Didn't Fang Xiong rob a lot of property from the capital but couldn't find it? What if his children and grandchildren used the money to donate official positions? Wouldn't it be wrong?
Very smooth?"
The prince hurriedly said: "Of course we have to check first to see that the three generations are innocent..." He suddenly shut up.
Situ Cen poked his head out from his mother's arms with difficulty: "Not to mention the third generation, the generation named Tian is not clear. There is no way to check. Where can I buy identity now? I can't tell the real from the fake at the place of origin.
Besides, we don’t have that much energy. In my opinion, after all, we have made a lot of money overseas, so donating officials is not as easy as doing it. It’s not like there are no serious scholars who have passed the imperial examination.”
The King of Shu immediately said: "Since we can't find out clearly, let's find out." The prince agreed.
The King of Shu asked Situ Cen again about his trip. Situ Cen then gave a brief explanation, only hiding the night when he was thrown into the straw when he first went up Mopan Mountain. He coaxed his parents and brothers to say that he would agree as soon as he went up the mountain.
With five hundred taels of silver, the young man got hot food and a well-furnished house. Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Remember to pay me back the money you borrowed from me." Before the princess left, she ordered someone to take the money from her account and pay it back to Jia Cong.
Situ Cen did not refuse, and thanked his mother with a smile, and continued talking until he went down the mountain and found Qiu in a town not far from the foot of the mountain.
The princess frowned slightly and asked Jia Cong: "Mr. Jia, I heard that Mrs. Qiu was rescued by someone from your family?"
Jia Cong said: "It was my wife who hit it off with her at first sight. Because she heard that Acen did not want to take a bodyguard with her, she sent a bodyguard to follow us to protect her secretly. My wife did not know that Zhou Weifei and others also followed them secretly.
Ah. Later, when we encountered the Natian County Magistrate’s men’s plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, Lian Zhou’s bodyguards and our bodyguards fell into the trap together.” He spread his hands and said, “The Thirty-six Strategies can still dominate for another three thousand years!”
The King of Shu said: "This is Zhou Hu's fault. He should leave a few people behind."
Jia Cong said: "How many people are there in total? It's Ah Cen who's serious - how can he run around without someone! He really thought he was Monkey King." Situ Cen quickly stepped on him.
It was too late, the King of Shu and the princess began to criticize him at the same time. The prince did not dare to dissuade him, and he and Jia Cong stood by and couldn't help laughing.
After a long time, they both said they were tired and paused. The prince took the opportunity to ask: "Mr. Jia, what happened next?"
Jia Cong said: "Didn't we find two of Magistrate Tian's men later? Guard Zhou led people to inquire about Mopan Mountain. Our bodyguards chased Acen's wife back and hid in a small inn waiting for him.
Later, I went to Fuping County to defraud money." Then he told the story. When it was said that the magistrate of Tian County believed that Situ Cen was willing to absolve him of his crime and collaborated with him to collect bribes, the King of Shu and the prince were stunned. Jia
Cong spread his hands and said, "He really believed it. After all, he bought the black gauze hat with money. In Master Tian's eyes, it is a truth in the world that money can make the world go round."
The King of Shu was silent for a moment and said: "Donate your official position." The prince agreed again. Situ Cen then mentioned rectifying the administration of officials. The King of Shu listened for a long time, looked at him and said, "How about I leave this matter to you?"
Situ Cen was stunned: "Ah? Me? Where am I? I don't know anything!"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes and said, "You are such an adult and you know nothing but you still have the nerve to speak so confidently."
Situ Cen glared at him and looked at the prince asking for help. The prince thought to himself: "You can just be an overseer."
"No! I don't know how to be a supervisor!" Situ Cen said anxiously, "I'm just a layman. Isn't it easy for an expert to coax me?"
The prince said: "I will send you some experts to help you."
“Then it’s better to just let the experts do it!”
Jia Cong rolled his eyes again: "The rice bug refers to you. Is your brother still unclear? Let you be the supervisor and send experts to help you. What I want is not how much effort you put in, but your brand name! You
He is the legitimate son of the prince and the younger brother of the prince. Whether it is gods from all walks of life or monsters and ghosts from all walks of life, it is inconvenient to put pressure on people who do things. Otherwise, would everything involve the prince and the prince? In what year?
Just finished?" The prince nodded with a smile. Jia Cong gave Situ Cen a proud look.
Situ Cen pursed his lips and said after a while: "Can I play for another month?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this guy is unreliable, why don't you go ahead yourself."
The King of Shu immediately lowered his face: "Nonsense! How old are you? When your brother was your age, he had already helped Gu handle many affairs. That's it." The prince smiled slightly, and Situ Cen agreed with a slumped face.
Okay. Seeing how harmonious her two sons were, the princess felt relieved and secretly thanked all the gods and Buddhas in the sky.
Then Young Master Situ Cen had to lead his new daughter-in-law to serve tea to the King of Shu and his wife again, and the matter of running away from home was over. Without Jia Cong having nothing to do, he went back to live in Jia's Maxing. Unexpectedly, at night, Situ Cen hurriedly sent away
Someone brought a note, saying that Mr. Qiu wanted to show his face and asked Jia Cong if he had any ideas. Jia Cong wondered, "Isn't this guy the best at understanding girls' thoughts?"
Chen Ruijin took a look from the side and said, "90% of the time Princess Shu gave him some kind of concubine and beauty."
"Ah? Aren't the Qiu family very awesome?"
"So what? The Qiu family are ministers after all, and the princess is the master after all. Although it is not convenient for the princess to upset Qiu in person, it is nothing to send two women to cause trouble."
Jia Cong pinched his chin: "I always feel that although the Princess of Shu is troubled, she is not such a straightforward woman. She knows that the Qiu family is so important to the Shu country, but she still fixes the only daughter of the Qiu family, which is not something she would do."
When the two of them were talking, the boy sent by Situ Cen was still there. The boy said quietly: "Princess... you really gave our master two women." Chen Ruijin snorted.
Jia Cong frowned: "Did she say anything to your master?"
The boy lowered his head and said, "She said...these two are good-looking, good-looking, and not particularly good-looking. Mrs. Qiu must be reluctant to part with her own child..."
"I'll go!" Jia Cong snapped, "What does she think of her son? A stallion?" Nai was stunned for a moment and suddenly burst into laughter, "Situ Cen is so pitiful! He also has what he has today hahahahahaha..."
Chen Ruijin also laughed: "These two women have obviously been preparing for a long time. No matter which Qiu family Situ Cen marries, they have to be sent over. Oh, let your master take care of them."
The two of them laughed for a long time, and Jia Cong shook his head and said: "To put it bluntly, it's just borrowing seeds. I always thought that this bad habit only exists among the people, and it's no different if they don't want to be in the Tian family." After thinking about it, he laughed again.
Chen Ruijin glanced at him and said to the boy: "Did your princess marry a maid named Lingdang?"
The boy said honestly: "I don't know. Our princess just entered the house today."
Chen Ruijin said: "Go back and ask Aunt Qiu to send the bell to me."
Jia Cong raised his head and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Don't worry about it."
"Oh. Then leave it to you, I don't care."
The boy then hurried back to the house. Not long after, the little maid named Lingdang came and went straight to Chen Ruijin. Chen Ruijin said: "I called you here because I heard that you are very articulate, so I guess I asked you to deliver the message."
I won’t remember it wrong.”
Lingdang smiled and said, "Grandma, don't worry. I have the best memory."
Chen Ruijin talked to her for a long time, and finally asked her to repeat it. He couldn't help but be surprised: this girl actually remembered every word of it! Her memory is indeed the best. He nodded and said: "That's right. You can just go back when you get back."
Tell your aunt like this." I ordered her to be sent out.
In the afternoon of the next day, Situ Cen sent a piece of paper, which said: The idea came from your wife, didn't it? Jia Cong looked at it funny, and wrote back: Yes. Suddenly Situ Cen's note came again.
Here it comes: She is indeed your wife, she is very courageous. Jia Cong rolled his eyes and replied: Your wife is very courageous. The third picture comes again: Do you think it can be done? Jia Cong returned: It can be done.
!Although I have no idea what she said to your wife. Situ Censui never wrote another note.
Jia Cong was full of curiosity and circled around Chen Ruijin, asking what her idea was. Chen Ruijin got tired of going around in circles and said, "It's just a trick to hide the truth."
Chen Ruijin thought, Princess Shu had three sons, and if one of them died, it would be good for them. And she was able to give birth to three legitimate sons in a row, which shows that she is the best at controlling the backyard. Therefore, Situ Cen must have her meticulous work around him, so that he can
She knew at any time whether her son had a headache or a fever, and that the servants would do their best to serve him. Situ Cen may know, or he may not know, but even if he knew, it would be inconvenient to send them away. Since he was unwilling to accept those two women, if they kicked them to the corner yard, his mother would definitely
Do you know? How can the old woman give up if she is so controlling? A few days ago, she would rather play a trick and refuse to let Situ Cen marry Qiu. Although she is afraid that the two sons will not get along in the future, she is at least a little unhappy.
Situ Cen was too fond of Qiu. If he wanted to play tricks, he had to leave Princess Shu's sight, that is, leave Situ Cen's mansion.
Situ Cen can find a house outside, preferably the house Qiu came to marry as a dowry, and hide it in the suburbs. The servants there are all trustworthy by Qiu and Situ Cen. It must be isolated from Princess Shu's people. Now he only lives in Qiu.
With the reputation of "out of sight, out of mind", Situ Cen sent these two girls there, and Situ Cen pretended to go to mate a few days a month. The Princess of Shu was not a first-rate person like Jia Xu and Gong Sanyi, so how could she still keep an eye on him?
What? Situ Cen just said, "I want to go to such-and-such lane." Then he went out to fight cocks and horses, or to do official business. Just as the little maid Ling Dang said - women have no way of knowing what is going on outside;
There is no way for women to ask. The princess is not much better.
After hearing this, Jia Cong thought about it and said, "What if the two women's families come to see their daughter? Wouldn't the secret be exposed?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Situ Cen didn't even give them his identity, so what if their family found him? Can they still be contacted?"
Jia Cong scratched his chin: "It's okay to hide it like this all the time."
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "This is just a temporary solution. I can't bear to see that old woman causing trouble for newlyweds to make them happy. It does not cure the root cause. If we want to cure the root cause, just give it a few days. Then the Princess of Shu
If these two girls are destined to be forgotten, Situ Cen can do a good deed and send them back to his home."
"Ah?" Jia Cong's mind didn't turn around for a while, "That matter... can this be cured? Can it be tolerated?"
Chen Ruijin glanced at him and said, "It's two different things. If you don't understand, just think about it yourself." He withdrew and came back after a while, "The one named Ling Dang has a good memory. You can get it for me quietly. I can use it."