However, he said that Jia Cong had been in the barracks for a few days, preparing to inspect the suitable location of the commercial street in the city, and said to Gao Li: "The little nephew wants to invite the three cousins to go with me." ”

Gao Li originally wanted to only let Gao Ying accompany him, but he hesitated for a moment when he heard the words and said, "I'll ask them if they have anything else to do." ”

Nai summoned the three sons to say, Gao Mang hurriedly said: "Needless to say, this time Cong'er must have many things that we haven't heard of or said or acted for us to see." I'm going to go. ”

Gao Li also knew that the third child had learned a lot of rare knowledge in the years of Rongguo Mansion, so he said: "In this case, you can go together." ”

The next day, the four of them led a large group of people around the city. After drawing the route on a map, I prepared a large blank sheet of paper with many large grids drawn on it, and began to record the streets in turn. What are the shops, how many people and horses, how many men and how many women are at the intersection every half an hour, how old are the number of men, how old are the women, how many goods each shop has sold every month in the past year, what kind of goods are they, how much each store is worth, and so on.

When the shopkeeper saw that it was the gentlemen of the Jiedu family, he thought that he had committed something, and his face turned white with fright. Gao Hua said with a smile: "It's not to check the accounts, it's to check how the current state of commerce and trade is in general." ”

Jia Cong said: "We don't ask you how much money you make, we just do a market survey, in order to build a commercial street so that everyone can make more money." Don't hide it from me. If there is a false report or understatement, the final result may be wrong, and I am afraid that it will delay the big thing. The shopkeeper hurriedly agreed.

In this way, each shop performed once. In fact, the people in those shops still have some false reports, but let him scare him to make fewer false reports.

At the end of the day, the four brothers were tired enough.

Back in Gaofu, Jia Cong smiled and said, "I'm tired of the three cousins, Ming'er will continue to investigate." ”

Although the three brothers of the Gao family didn't know what he was going to do, seeing that he was decent, he was also a little fresh, and they were all curious about what he could do in the future.

After seven days of continuous inquiry, a lot of information came out. Jia Cong smiled: "Everyone has worked hard. We are only in the left side of the flower street and willow lane to check the downtown area, today is the last day, and everything that should be seen has arrived. In the evening, I invited everyone to Qunfang Building for a good meal. "Qunfang Building is a famous green building.

Everyone laughed: "Brother Jia is from the capital, let's see if our Hualou here is good." ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Is it okay to have a flower building in my house?" If you go to the capital to inquire, it is the premier flower building. ”

Everyone said, "I will definitely go to the capital in the future." ”

Then he made a commotion and arrived at Qunfang Building, and the old bustard greeted him with a smile on his face, beckoning a group of fans to hug everyone and go upstairs.

Suddenly, I don't know which uncle laughed loudly: "That second brother of the Gao family doesn't even have a sister-in-law, hahahaha......" Gao Hua was originally happy, but his face darkened when he heard the words.

The boy with the spirit next to him hurriedly said: "Master, he is talking about other Gao families, there are more people with the surname Gao in the world." ”

Jia Cong smiled bitterly on the side: "You kid can't speak, don't talk nonsense, the more you describe it, the darker it becomes." ”

Gao Mang said: "What does a man care about him, look at Cong'er Huan'er, and then look at Baoyu." ”

Gao Ying was also busy playing the round, and the old bustard came up again and said a string of good words, and all the fans spoke in unison, persuading Gao Hua to be better.

Everyone went to a large private room and sat down, Gao Mang ordered, the table was opened, and the fans were red. The persuasion of the sleeve green scarf is very lively for a while. Jia Cong suddenly said: "Actually, what the person said just now is not wrong, usually in large families, it is very rare for a concubine to have more interest than a concubine." ”

Gao Ying said: "The concubine has a future, don't you know?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Our family is a special case, and it is rare to find one out of ten. Whether a woman is doing well or not, the most important thing is her father; A man can be promising, and the most important thing is his mother. ”

Gao Yingfang wanted to interrupt, but when he heard that he seemed to have something to say, he swallowed it again.

Jia Cong then drank half a cup of wine and said: "Whether a woman is doing well depends on whether she is married well or not." Character, appearance, temperament, and talent are all important, but they are not the most important. The most important thing is who her father is. Dad is good, and the shrewd aunt is also very well married; Dad is not good, depending on what kind of virtuous and virtuous you are, you are better than Yi'an, it is difficult to have a good family to marry. How else to say that the red face is thin. Many celebrities are not thin at all, and people are doing well! It's just that everyone only pays attention and regrets their lives. Most of those women with thin lives have good character, appearance, temperament, and talent, but they marry very badly, and others pity them. They always think, such a good woman, if I get it, I must be very good to her, why would I be blind and marry such a man? In fact, these men who are thinking about it also miss such women, because most of them look at the old man when they marry their daughters-in-law. If a woman with a thin life has a good old man, she will not have a thin life. ”

When the fans around heard this, they immediately wept. Gao Ying has two sons, but Gao Hua has a son and a daughter, and said with a smile: "For the sake of my little girl, I also have to breathe." ”

Jia Cong continued: "Men are different. Whether a man has a career or not, family background is one, intelligence is one, husband teaching is one, and the most important thing is temperament. Cloud, where there is a will, there is a way. There are many aspirations, but few can achieve them. You see, my senior brother Jarvis's family background is mediocre, and my brother Huan's talent is mediocre, and they are all out. Brother Baoyu's family background and talent are extremely rare, but his temperament is like that. As the saying goes, three years old is big, and seven years old is old. Because most of a man's temperament is developed between the ages of three and seven. In the past few years, the father has been busy with official business, the nursing mother has long been out of use, the husband has not been invited, and most of the people who raise their sons are the mothers. He smiled bitterly, "Is it the eldest wife who is educated or the younger wife who is educated, do you need to say?" Although my own mother went early, she saw my father's aunt in the yard. Besides, looking at Brother Huan's aunt, it is really difficult to be on the stage. Ignorant and vulgar, his heart and eyes are smaller than the tip of a needle, and his eyelids are shallower than the emperor's affection. And all the people laughed.

Jia Cong couldn't hold back his smile and said, "Let's talk about it after I grow up." Whether there is a good grandfather or a good uncle is still very important for men. For example, two people want to seek the same position, their respective families, abilities, and fame are almost the same, one uncle has ability, and the other uncle is a minion; The latter is still more capable, but this position will fall to the one in front. Therefore, it is ten times more difficult for a concubine to get ahead than a concubine. ”

One of the people below asked, "Why is your family different?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I am smarter than ordinary children, and I have been taught by superiors since I was three years old; Brother Huan was brought in by me to create an alliance at home, and I taught him whatever my husband taught me. As for Brother Baoyu, he is simply spoiled to the point that he is outrageous, and he is used to that. If I hadn't been so smart, if Brother Huan hadn't met me, I would definitely not be able to catch up with Brother Baoyu's reads. It's rare for us to do this. ”

Gao Hua frowned and said, "No wonder many large families leave their concubines to be raised by eldest women. ”

Jia Cong waved his hand again and again: "The eldest woman has no children, it's nothing more than borrowing the belly of that concubine to give birth to a son." If the eldest woman has a son, then the concubine is basically wasted. ”

Gao Hua immediately remembered what he said last night, and his brows tightened even more.

Looking back, if the eldest woman only has daughters, it is difficult for the concubine to take care of the sisters born to her mother-in-law when she grows up. Because men and women don't sit at the same table at the age of seven, there must be less affection between people who rarely see each other, and the blood is weaker than that of the same mother. Just look at how Brother Huan treats my eldest sister and third sister. Yibi said, and he suddenly pinched Gao Mang's hand from below.

Gao Mang knew that he still had something to say, so he said: "The most unusual thing about Cong'er is that she can see clearly the origin of many things in the world. We've heard or seen most of these things you said, but we haven't thought about the root cause. ”

Jia Cong sighed: "People always say, why things are like this, how they are like that, and how they are different from what they should be. In fact, most of the 'should' is wrong. There was a great sage in Germany named Hegel, who once said, "Those who exist are justified, and those who are unreasonable do not exist." This 'reason' is not the 'reason' we usually talk about, but the meaning of 'reason, cause and effect'. And many of the rules in the world are 'unreasonable'. According to the rules, don't mention me first, my wife should at least treat the second brother Lian as her own, but how could she do it! According to the rules, if people between countries do not offend me, I will not offend others, but there will always be a country that will fight first. According to the rules, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister said, the minister is not dead or not dead, you have the ability to bite me! The crowd laughed again. Jia Cong also smiled and said, "Don't be angry at that who and who is the opposite?" The court treats him well, how can he be opposed? Since he is against him, there must be a reason. The rule is that the dead are alive, and no living person is willing to be trapped to death by the rules of death. He turned his head to look at a fan who had long lost his smile, "What do you see, this girl?" ”

Immediately, a fan next to him shouted, "Who are you?" Not in our building! ”

The fan was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "How did Jia Sanye see me?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I just said, my family is a kiln, and I have seen all kinds of powder when I pee." Some sold the deed of death, and some put it on the list in our building. No matter what temperament, background, or ability, all fans want to make money. Your clothes, makeup, and even movements and expressions are the same as ordinary fans, but your eyes are wrong, and you don't have the strength of 'uncle, give the money to the slave family', so it's obvious that you are not a fan. ”

The fan said: "Even if it's not a powder, how can it be ......?" She didn't say it.

Jia Cong said: "Because you are not a fan, I am afraid that you are some kidnapper, and I have paid attention to you." The action you did when you poured wine for your second cousin was the same as my eldest sister. She has been a female official in the palace for many years, and she is actually a palace maid who serves tea and water to nobles. ”

As soon as these words came out, the three brothers of the Gao family all gasped! The murderous aura burst out, and they all stared at the pink head with tiger eyes.

"I just can't guess if you are the person of the little emperor today, or the person of the emperor."

The fan head was silent for a moment, and then stepped forward to give him an extremely righteous palace salute: "The slave wants to ask Jia Sanye to borrow a step to speak." ”

Jia Cong looked at the crowd: "People are coming from afar, I'll listen to it." Everyone eats and drinks well, and the horizontal and vertical accounts are counted on my head. ”

Gao Ying saw that the fan was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he didn't have much ability, so he called the old bustard to set up a room for the two of them to talk.

They entered a small private room and sat down, and Jia Cong spoke first: "I'm in a hurry, girl, if you have something to say, say it quickly, don't go around in circles." ”

The fan sighed lightly and said, "The slave maid Chen is originally a female guard next to the saint, and she pretends to be a palace lady on weekdays. The saint is missing, Situ Pan is in turmoil, and loyalty is hard to find. ”

Jia Cong said: "Have you found him?" ”

Chen shook his head: "The slaves and maids have stepped on every inch of Tianjin City. ”

Jia Cong said: "Then he is obviously not in Tianjin." ”

Chen said: "On that day, the Imperial Forest Army was trapped in the four gates of Tianjin, and another navy pressed the port, and even a dog couldn't escape. ”

Jia Cong said: "Since no one ran out, and there is no one in the city, it means that his old man has never entered Tianjin at all, and he directly asked Cao Datong to send him elsewhere." ”

Chen's "oops", and his face was discolored: "I didn't expect this section!" ”

Jia Cong sighed: "You better find someone first." ”

Chen asked, "According to Jia Sanye, where is the saint hidden?" ”

Jia Cong pouted and said, "I'm not an immortal, I can't pinch my fingers, I really can't guess where he can go." Heng Zhi Cao Da informed. There are many others, and there are many clues, and a careful investigation can always find something. ”

Chen bit his lip and asked softly, "Is it Situ Pan's doing?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I don't know, I don't rule it out." It may be him, or it may be another prince, or a military general like Cao Datong who has committed many big crimes and will not be spared by saints. Isn't there a saying, if you provoke a whole body, you dare to pull the emperor off the horse. As for when King Xian's restless heart started, it's hard to say, but it was after Fang Xiong dominated the Jingshi. ”

Chen said coldly: "You really have a good relationship with King Xian. ”

Jia Cong shrugged: "People are not sages, and I am not sages." Neither is King Xian. Don't use the standards of sages to demand from ordinary people, we can't do it. ”

Chen squinted at him and said, "Didn't Lord Lin teach you loyalty?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I have taught. He also taught me that 'the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the king is light.' 'If the people are allowed to live and work in peace and contentment, I don't mind who becomes emperor.' Besides, King Xian is not opposed, isn't the reigning prince still the fifth prince? Who knows if the five princes will become a generation of Ming monarchs in the future? Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble to the corporal. If he dies at that time, who knows how loyal he will be. ”

Chen looked at Jia Cong for a long time with a look of "you are fascinated by Situ Pan", and finally sighed: "The smartest of the three Jia is nothing more than that. ”

Jia Cong said: "Not necessarily. I don't know if you're too obsessed. ”

Chen shook his head in disappointment, pushed the door and went out.

Jia Cong was a little strange that she just left, stayed for a while, and slipped back to the Gao brothers' house, clapping her hands and saying, "It's okay!" I coaxed the woman away! ”

The brothers of the Gao family didn't ask, and others were probably instructed, and they didn't inquire. Everyone ate and drank happily and returned to Gaofu upside down.

After Jia Cong went back, he took advantage of Gao Mang's appointment to recruit Gao Li, and quietly told Sù Yingchun that he intended to say those words to Gao Hua, and said: "I thought that the second cousin-in-law is so virtuous, if she wants to use all kinds of means to compete with what kind of Lamei, she probably won't; Even if it will, it may not be willing to save face. Since the birth of Meng'er, Lian's second sister-in-law has been too lazy to care about her second brother. If the second cousin-in-law has a son-in-law, the second cousin will naturally not matter so much. Getting her second cousin's favor for a while is just an indicator, this is the root cause. ”

Yingchun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, sighed lightly, stroked his head and neck and sighed, "It's hard for you." "Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 199 of the main text

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