It is said that Jia Cong and others suspected that the Cui family had a stomachache, so they fled and moved to the Lu family. After the disciple reported the news, Lu Jian personally welcomed him out of the second door, followed by a young man. When the young man saw Jia Cong, he
I was shocked. I stared at it for a long time and suddenly laughed.
Jia Cong strode up to Lu Jian and bowed to the ground: "Old man, you are very helpful in times of need. I will keep this in mind for the younger generation."
Lu Jian said, "It's nothing to worry about." Then he introduced the young man, "This is my great-nephew Lu Jian."
Lu Jian smiled half-heartedly and stepped forward to bow: "Mr. Zhou~~."
Jia Cong returned the courtesy: "Master Lu."
Everyone entered the lobby to chat for a while. Lu Jian ordered his nephew and grandson to take the guests to the guest house. Lu Jian was polite and introduced the customs and customs of Qi to Jia Cong. After entering the guest house, he unloaded his baggage and others settled in. Jia Cong and Lu Jian
Sit in the vestibule and be polite.
Seeing that there were only two people left, Lu Jian smiled in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you are so brave."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "You have seen my photo in the newspaper, haven't you?"
"That's right." Lu Jian thought for a moment and said, "I dare to ask the prince, is it you who pretended to be the leader of the Malay Kingdom Zhou, or is Zhou Ji a pseudonym for the prince."
Jia Cong praised: "I have traveled to many places with Zhou Ji's name, but this is the first time I can think of Master Lu. Yes, Zhou Ji is me."
Lu Jian's eyes brightened: "That's why Lord Zhou never comes to open apec in person." He drew circles on the desk with his fingers, "Your Majesty has Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan, as well as the Malacca Strait, English Island, and North America. No wonder he is organizing international cooperation."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "It's just that the shipping route has been opened."
Lu Jian thought for a while, clapped his hands and said: "After the air route is opened, the flow of talents will also be opened. Ivy League universities have all kinds of clothes, and all of them have received scholarships. The prince has attracted talents from all over the world.
Last year, I met a Polish student at school and saw the Polish leaflet of the RJ Foundation."
The rj foundation is an organization named by Jia Cong after Chen Ruijin. It has offices in various European countries and funds talented students and capable scientists to study abroad or do academic work in Dajiala. Jia Cong waved his hands and said: "Can you blame me?
It’s not that Western universities don’t have laboratories, none of them are as good as mine. Moreover, most of their academics are very poor and need to ask for funding from everywhere. After so many years of fighting, sponsors have been hard to find. I am simply a bright light in the dark night.
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Lu Jian said: "A few days ago, I also persuaded the clan to open a technical school, but all the elders disagreed."
Jia Cong said: "The elders are accustomed to trusting experience, and they don't take things seriously that they have never seen before. If you have this intention, just do it yourself. Do you want to sponsor others?"
Lu Jian raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty, are you willing to provide me with financial support? I run a school in Qi."
"Qi Guo's foundation in science and engineering is so poor that you can only run basic schools." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Good students who want to get ahead must go to Yenching University."
Lu Ji thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." The two looked at each other and smiled. Lu Ji asked Jia Cong why they suddenly wanted to move.
Jia Cong said: "I have a bad sixth sense. I always feel that something will happen if I live there. I also met a night traveler a few days ago. Although my martial arts skills are not as good as those of my guards, what if they send more powerful ones when I return?"
Lu Jian disapproved and said: "You dare to wear the dragon fish suit with your status as the prince. If there is any mistake, you will not be stubborn."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Didn't you quickly hide in the house of the Minister of War?"
Lu Jian handed over his hand again: "Please forgive me for being presumptuous. May I ask why the prince posted that notice outside two days ago? What case did the thief commit?"
"That's not true," Jia Cong said, "I just want to make some noise. I am planning to increase the reward."
Lu Jian said sternly in a low voice: "It is most despised by the Green Forest people to submit a colleague to the government. Even if someone knew about it, they would not dare to come and receive this reward."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Who will stop it? Do you know?"
Lu Jian shook his head: "I only listened once or twice. The thieves of Qilu have always valued righteousness."
"That's it." Jia Cong touched his chin, "This is easy to handle."
"What's your plan, Your Majesty?"
"There is no clever trick, but there is an ordinary truth." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Most people in the green forest do not have serious craftsmanship. It is difficult for singers, monkeys, and bodyguards to make a name for themselves. It is not that there are no knights who do justice for heaven.
"Theft, robbery, killing, kidnapping, running illegal shops, etc. are their regular means of livelihood. These businesses are all unfair. If the way is not right, the meaning is not justice. Injustice cannot withstand the temptation of profit."
Liuzhuang had packed up and came out of the house. Jia Cong invited him to come over and said a few words, and Liuzhuang followed the order and left. Lu Jian listened and was dumbfounded: "This plan sounds a bit superficial at first, I think.
I'm afraid it really works once I think about it."
Jia Cong snapped his fingers: "It must be useful."
In the afternoon of that day, another notice was posted on the street. It was still Zhou Xianggong from the State of Yan who offered a reward for the capture of the thief Kou Lou Jinqiao, but the reward was increased to 20,000 taels. A few words were added to the notice: Anyone who can provide clues will be rewarded.
Mr. Zhou can help his whole family disguise themselves and sneak overseas silently. He can choose the route of the whole country, including Japan, Southeast Asia, the West, South America, North America, and Australia. Counting from the day he gets the news, the fastest
You can go to sea in two days. Those who know what are you waiting for? Come and get your money and go overseas to live happily!
Lu Jian burst out laughing when he heard the report. He ordered someone to invite Jia Cong to sit in his study. Jia Cong was eager to do so and ran over as if he had received an imperial edict. Lu Jian asked him to sit down and took out a piece of paper from the desk and threw it to him.
The note was obviously a woman's handwriting. It said: Those who are greedy for profit will get twice as much as the person who killed him. At the bottom, he drew Bai Wuchang. After reading it, Jia Cong thought for a while.
He shivered, and a chill spread from the soles of his feet to the sky. He looked at Lu Jian and said, "Sir, this is..."
Lu Jian said: "To be honest, my family also took in two Green Foresters who were wanted by other countries. However, they are by no means unjust. They committed serious crimes because they avenged their blood relatives. Snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own paths. This is their path.
Green forest post received."
"Who is the person who posted this?"
Lu Jian shook his head: "I never ask questions."
"I understand." Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, sir." Then he stood up and said goodbye.
Returning to the living room, Jia Cong sat blankly facing the window for two sticks of incense, patted his head and asked: "Xiaoqi, we were in Wenji Lane a few days ago, and we only guarded the house, no one went out.
Let's go on patrol."
"No," Liu Xiaoqi said, "I don't think it's necessary."
The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "You and Zhuang'er will have dinner early tonight, and as soon as it gets dark, you will go out and look at the treetops on the roof outside the house. I think I may have made a very stupid mistake."
Liu Xiaoqi whistled: "I'm glad to hear it."
After dinner, Brother Lu Jian came again. Jia Cong said happily: "I was thinking about going to see you tomorrow."
Lu Jian smiled and said: "Why are you anxious, Your Majesty? I, the sponsored person, am not anxious yet."
"It's not that." Jia Cong said, "I want to ask you about two people." He motioned for him to sit down.
Lu Jian was a young man and had just returned from Dajiala. He liked the free atmosphere there, so he sat down casually. "Who?"
"The first one is the governor of Qi State, Xue Zheng An Zijing. How about this person?"
Lu Jian said scornfully: "Hypocrite."
Jia Cong looked at him and said, "Just a hypocrite? Not a beast in clothes?"
Lu Jian was startled: "As far as I know, he is just a hypocrite. I have never heard that he did anything like a beast."
"Have their Anjia been involved in any business on the Green Forest Road?" Jia Cong asked, "For example, helping the killer to pimp or something."
Lu Jian frowned: "I don't know about this. I have to ask my uncle. I have been away for more than six years and I have only been back for less than two months."
"A mature official's character will not change unless something special happens to him. If he is a hypocrite...then he must not have done anything like accepting bribes for scientific examinations."
"He did an excellent job, and the prince was very satisfied."
Jia Cong nodded lightly. The information given by the Cui family seemed correct. "The other one is Cui Mian." Jia Cong looked at Lu Jian and said, "How is this person?"
Lu Jian thought for a moment: "The heart is as high as the sky, but life is as thin as paper."
"His daughter married the son of King Qi. It's impossible for him to be incompetent."
Lu Jian said calmly: "The King of Qi has fourteen sons, and the fifth is the son of a concubine. If he hadn't recognized Lady Ma as his mother two years ago, who would he be?"
Jia Cong frowned: "In that case, why did the Cui family marry their daughter to him instead of choosing another son?"
Lu Jian smiled and said: "It's not like only one daughter of the Cui family has become the princess."
Lu Jianqi said: "Your Majesty, you don't even know this? The third princess is also named Cui, and she is the direct daughter of the Cui family. The maternal clan of the third child holds military power. Cui Mian is just a side branch."
Jia Cong covered his face: "No wonder that Mr. Cui is as cowardly as a little white rabbit... So, Cui Mian can't represent the Cui family at all?"
Lu Jian excused himself and said, "No."
Jia Cong sighed: "I'm confused. As big as the Cui family, there are few unspeakable contradictions in it. Did you just say that his heart is as high as the sky?"
Lu Jian said: "Cui Mian is a man of great talent and learning. According to theory, this is the way to go if his official career is not appropriate." He thought for a while, "If he were in other countries, his official career would be more than this. The Cui family has no shortage of talents. Since he is a side branch,
Naturally, I didn't take him seriously, so I didn't try my best to help him. He also did a wrong thing a few years ago..."
Jia Cong's eyes flashed and he interrupted: "Are you sure he did that wrong thing? Is it possible that he was filling the cylinder for someone else?"
Lu Jian was stunned: "I don't know about this."
Jia Cong hurriedly called Shen Zhimo in and asked her to ask Mr. Lu Jian. "A-frame, go on. Why is life thinner than paper?"
Lu Jian glanced at the door curtain and continued: "If he hadn't been Lao Wu's father-in-law, I'd probably have to fuck him up. Although the prince didn't blame him, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to get promoted in this life. He's also so old.
He is getting older. It is easy for his son-in-law to recognize his beloved concubine as his mother, and he is gradually becoming more competitive with the prince. If you take advantage of this opportunity, Mr. Cui will still have a chance. Unfortunately, his son-in-law has disappeared again."
After hearing this, Jia Cong thought for a long time and said: "Cui Mian is talented, ambitious but not lucky. Can this person be upright?"
Lu Jian said: "Incorruptible. In his early years, he used to hate evil as much as his enemies."
"Is there any pride among scholars, or in other words, the pride of a family?"
Lu Jian said flatly: "Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"I recognized him after peeing."
"That's it..." Jia Cong held his cheek and murmured, "That's not him. I also think that literati are proud at heart." Then he fell into deep thought. Lu Jian did not disturb him and just drank tea quietly by himself.
Suddenly the door curtain flashed, and Shen Zhimo was back. She had just gone to ask Lu Jian, and the old man was surprised for a moment after hearing the question, and only said four words, "Take the blame for someone else."
Jia Cong said: "It's true." Lu Jian quickly opened his eyes. Jia Cong asked, "Aside from Cui Mian, are there any other important officials in the Cui family? For example, the third son's father-in-law?"
Lu Jianli immediately said: "That man is a great scholar of Qi State. He spends his free time at home reciting poems and planting flowers. He has never been an official. The one with the highest official rank in the Cui family is Cui Mian."
Jia Cong frowned. "Are there any direct descendants of the Cui family who are serving as officials?"
"Yes." Lu Jian said, "There are four or five people who are a generation younger than Cui Mian, and there are two people of the same generation."
"Well. As a prince's relative, you actually have to hold the vat for someone else. What's more, the instigator is a direct relative of another prince's relative. Then he may have complaints against the family." Jia Cong slowly exhaled and murmured,
"No wonder I don't get the attention I deserve...Human beings are so interesting." After thinking for a long time, he looked up and saw Lu Jian and Shen Zhimo looking at him with two pairs of big eyes full of curiosity, then smiled and said to Lu Jian
, "Sorry, although I have guessed some things, I am not sure, so I can't tell you yet." Lu Jian was a little disappointed. After chatting some more, Lu Jian left.
He had just left when Liu Xiaoqi whistled in the yard. Jia Cong and Shen Zhimo hurriedly ran out. They saw a few people missing in the yard, which was dark. Shen Zhimo turned around and went back to the house to get a candlestick to take a light.
There were seven men in black night clothes on the ground, all with handcuffs on their hands.
Jia Cong asked: "Are these assassins?"
"No." Liu Xiaoqi said, "He is helping us to have fun."
"ha?"
Liu Xiaoqi pointed to her side and said, "Don't you see someone else here?"
"I saw it." Jia Cong said as he turned to look, and then realized that the person next to Liu Xiaoqi was also wearing black night clothes and was not one of his own. "Who is this?"
The man cupped his fists and said, "May I ask if it's Mr. Zhou?"
Jia Cong also clasped his fists: "Exactly."
"I saw a post on the street about Mr. Zhou offering a reward. I dare to ask if it is true?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Of course it is true. The reward is also true, and the arrangement for you to change your identity and go overseas is also true."
The man thought for a moment and then clasped his fists: "You have many things to do, little man. I dare to ask my husband why you want to arrest Lou Jinqiao."
"Nothing." Jia Cong said, "I just want to catch a thief who has been wanted for many years without success, so as to attract everyone's attention." He sighed, "You people in Qi are so calm. I wrote a good poem and seduced the prince.
My in-laws still don’t care about me. If I don’t spend more money to do something that will cause a stir in the streets, no one will pay attention to me!”
"I see." The man smiled, "I just said that I have never offended anyone named Zhou."
Jia Cong was stunned: "Um... are you the right guy?"
The man said: "Wu Guo's painting pattern was from three or four years ago. I was very thin at that time." He cupped his fists and said, "The villain is Lou Jinqiao."