It is said that Liu Tong fled overnight with the new Empress Dowager, and Jiannan Jiedu made Fang Xiong occupy the capital, and the people in Beijing were panicked. Jia Cong and the others hurriedly asked Gong Sanyi what the origin of this Fang Xiong was.

Gong San also said with a little disgust: "This person was also the emperor's favorite general, and he was friendly with Prince Yizhong in his early years. Otherwise, I am afraid that the one in Tianjin Dongjia will die early. ”

Jia Huan pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "I'm afraid that people haven't thought about making friends with Prince Yizhong at all, and people are friends with the prince." The old fox does not see the rabbit and does not scatter the eagle. ”

Jia Cong smiled at him: "Don't say it so clearly, save some face for Mr." ”

Gong San also glared at them.

Mi'er pondered: "There is such a turmoil in Beijing, and the saint can't be rescued for a while, won't Feng Tang Ganlei and the others return to Beijing?" ”

Gong San also said: "With a saint, everything is easy to do, without a saint, what are they going to do when they return to Beijing?" The Imperial Guards don't have to worry about running out of food - they can open warehouses to get food anywhere. Others are still there, Feng Tang must believe that Situ Pan can settle in the capital. He sneered, "It's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if he has the wisdom of Kong Ming, what can he do?" Situ Pan has long been self-reliant. ”

Jia Cong sighed: "People in the world often think that others will remain unchanged for eternity, but in fact, they have changed overnight. ”

So after waiting for another two days, all kinds of news came that Fang Xiong was weighing the remaining princes and wanted to help one of them come to power. The second prince has already released the birthday play, wine and polo, and does not ask about the government. The people from the family of the six princes came back to Rongguo Mansion again and begged Jia Huan for advice. Jia Huan said: "The name is not right, and Fang Xiong is not a virtuous king." "The sixth prince fell ill.

I never thought that Mei Gongzi would also come to see Jia Huan. Jia Huan wanted to pretend to be absent, but he was curious about what happened to the eldest prince, so he ordered someone to invite him in.

Mei Gongzi entered the door and said: "There was something to hide that day, and then I wanted to tell Mr. Jia, but you obviously had no intention of joining in, so you gave up." ”

Jia Huan said: "Since that's the case, needless to say, I don't want to know." ”

Na Mei Gongzi was very thick-skinned, and said to himself: "The student is really a relative of the Dingcheng Marquis Mansion, and it happened that the eldest prince was recruiting talents, so he went." ”

Jia Huan glanced at him: "Therefore, you are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and on the surface, you follow the eldest prince, but in fact you are the person of the seventh prince." ”

Mei Gongzi smiled: "I can't reuse it, just run some legs." ”

Jia Huan shook his head: "That's it, there is no need to say it so clearly." You didn't come today to recruit me into the staff of the Seven Princes? ”

Mei Gongzi said: "Naturally not. The Marquis of Dingcheng knew that Rongguo Mansion was loyal and good, and he just wanted to ask Jia Gongzi: In today's situation, with the young son of the Seven Princes, what should he do. ”

Jia Huan said: "Of course, it's how far away to hide." It can't be his turn anywhere, so why make trouble. ”

Hearing this, Mei Gongzi stroked his palms and smiled: "Sanjia really deserves its reputation!" Then I bowed to him and took my leave! The second monk Jia Huanzhang was puzzled.

Two days later, I suddenly heard on the street that the Seven Princes had disappeared out of thin air! Jia Huan suddenly felt that the surname Mei was wrong, but he didn't know anything except for the surname Mei. Hearing that the palace was searched for several days and there was still no shadow of the Seventh Prince, Xie Guiren was half crazy. Rear Xiong somehow killed many eunuchs and palace maids. In a few more days, the Ministry of Rites was busy. Fang Xiong wants to support the five princes. When Jia Huan and Mi'er were practicing fist and foot kung fu when they got the news, Jia Cong rolled his eyes beside him: "I just quietly watched them pretending to be forced." ”

The Five Princes are different from the Great Princes. The eldest prince is the eldest son of the current prince, although many officials know that Liu Tong is a traitor, but they faintly agree with the word "eldest son" in their hearts, but they do not approve of the second prince as the crown prince. And the eldest prince is older, and he can govern when he sees it. The fifth prince is seven years old, and he is a puppet. Therefore, many of the sick ministers in the court and the central government were cured, and they wrote books and articles, scolded and wept bitterly, and refused to agree. Fang Xiong unequivocally killed seven or eight, raided several households, and sent more than a dozen to the Imperial Prison. None of the princes made a move.

A month after the eldest prince left Beijing, the fifth prince ascended the throne, and Fang Xiong was in power. Tianjin is close at hand, but the Imperial Forest Army has no intention of returning to Beijing, which is becoming more and more weird.

In the past, everyone in the court thought that Fang Xiong and Liu Tong were similar, but who knew that the two were completely different from each other on the second day after he took power. In the name of the new emperor, Fang Xiong ordered Hu Jinsheng, the political envoy, to thoroughly investigate several powerful people. These are all the old ministers of the first emperor, if they hadn't been robbed today, this would probably start to investigate.

Jia Cong laughed when he heard this: "This guy is here to rob money!" It's a shame that these second brothers Liu have patronized them. ”

Jia Huan said: "It's a shame that our family has already announced that the world is very poor, and the idea can't hit us." ”

Mi'er frowned and said: "It's just that I bypassed the mother's family of the prince and the prince, and those families are not incorruptible." ”

Jia Cong put his arm on his shoulders and said, "Horizontal and vertical have nothing to do with us, just eat snacks and watch the excitement." ”

Unexpectedly, after only a few days of excitement, there was a fresh and lively door.

It turned out that when their minds were revolving around Fang Xiong, Xing Xiuyan had already married into the Dingcheng Marquis Mansion. Because of Jia Huan's persuasion, Mrs. Xing has been looking for a suitable adopted son in the past few months. Xing Zhong thanked her for helping Xing Xiuyan get a good family affair, and also helped her check around.

Coincidentally, a few days ago, there was a family that fled, and its master was originally a scholar, but because his teacher was killed by Fang Xiong and was implicated, the official family took away the family property, and the three of them fled to the Muni Courtyard with two old mothers to live temporarily. The male protagonist cried and sighed day and night, and finally one day he found a shoe and a scarf by the moat, thinking that he had jumped into the river and died. The hostess cried for a few days, and then took some poison and looked for a short time. The two old mothers were unwilling to take the little master with them, and wanted to send the child to the health hall. Although Xing Zhong had already moved away from the Muni Courtyard, he also lived not far away, and often went to see the old neighborhood. When he heard about this, he saw that the child was white, well-behaved and pitiful, so he recommended him to Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing went to the Muni Courtyard in person. When I saw that the child was only three and a half years old, his big eyes were watery, and because of the loss of his parents, his eyes were full of fear, so he was pitiful. However, there are very rules for advancing and retreating, and it is obvious that he is well-educated. Mrs. Xing immediately liked it and hugged her in her arms: "What's your name?" ”

The boy said, "My name is Quan'er." ”

Mrs. Xing asked him how old he was, whether he liked to study, what he liked to eat, and so on, and he answered clearly. Finally, when asked if he was willing to be his son, Quan'er said with tears in his eyes: "Mrs. Charity, Quan'er is willing." ”

Mrs. Xing was overjoyed, and immediately said to the sister-in-law of the Muni Courtyard who came to help: "I am willing to adopt him!" ”

The sister-in-law recited the Buddha and said, "Good! The benefactor is merciful, and there will be blessings. ”

asked the child's real surname again, the original surname was Han, and he was called Han Quan. Mrs. Xing smiled: "It's a perfect one." ”

So he brought him back and took him to Jia's mother, so that he could feed himself.

Mother Jia heard that his father's teacher had offended Fang Xiong, and she didn't want Mrs. Xing to keep him. It's just that when I saw that the child was so cute, I knew how polite and gracious I was, and I was reluctant to give it away. sighed: "Poor one." And he acquiesced. Mrs. Xing was busy ordering people to make clothes and shoes with him; Ignoring this meeting, the whole city was silent, and told people everywhere that she had raised a son. Mother Jia was afraid that she would be too flamboyant and attract Fang Xiong's displeasure, so she ordered the mandarin duck to talk about her, and she restrained herself a little.

At this juncture, Mrs. Xing got a brother back for Jia Lian and Jia Cong, how could Jia Cong wait and ignore it? He didn't tell him that he had returned to Beijing, except for the Taiping Dart Bureau, he only often went to see the sunspots who were too lazy to move every day, and he had been hiding from the people of Rongguo Mansion! Therefore, I couldn't see what the child looked like in person, so I was busy with Luo Tainiang to investigate thoroughly.

After a while, Luo Tainiang found out. There was a Yushi Tang Da who asked Fang Xiong to kill him a few days ago, and his disciple Guozi Jian Zheng Han He was implicated in taking the property, and it was about this one. Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Check it out more clearly, are there any other relatives." Luo Tainiang went to investigate again, but found that something was wrong. According to his neighbors, Han He and his wife Zhao had no children, and after raiding their home, they went to the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city instead of Muni'an. Go to the Chenghuang Temple to check again, it is now full of refugees and beggars, and some people die every day, and no one knows who Han He is.

Jia Cong is a plug-in, and he has seen all kinds of bloody stories, so it is inevitable that he will think outrageously. He thought about it again and again, and said to Gong Sanyi: "I don't always feel at ease about that child named Han Quan, but now I can't investigate it thoroughly." ”

Gong San also said: "How about letting Huan'er go and probe him?" ”

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "It's useless to probe the mouth. He thought for a long time, and said, "You have to examine himself carefully." ”

So he did the same thing as he did in his early years. On this day, Jia Huan made people fascinated by the dinner of Mrs. Xing and others. medicine fascinated everyone in her yard. Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Gong Sanyi personally inspected Han Quan's house, and even Han Quan, the child, was cleaned and searched, and his clothes, shoes and socks were not pulled, but nothing was found. It's just that the child hangs this very delicate little purse close to his neck, and there is a mutton fat white jade pendant hidden in it, which is delicate and exquisite, which is definitely not available to ordinary people. finally turned out a belly pocket under his bed, Gong San also pinched it with his hand, and gave it to his two brothers with a smile. The two of them also pinched, and Jia Huan said: "It is obvious that there is a mezzanine." "It's just that it's inconvenient to dismantle it at will, I'm afraid to alarm the child. The three of them retreated for the time being.

Before leaving the courtyard, Jia Cong couldn't help but sigh: "Red. The sleeves are all on the south side, otherwise how could such an idea of needlework stump them? It's not safe to give it to ordinary needlework. ”

Gong San was also worried. There was not a single one of them in the group who had a good needle and thread. Qin Keqing used to meet, but over the years, she has been so busy that she has not moved the horizontal needle and the vertical line, and she may not be able to dismantle and sew it back in the future.

Jia Cong suddenly said: "I think of a person, maybe I can give it a try." ”

Jia Huan hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

"Your aunt!"

Jia Huan frowned and said, "I'm afraid she doesn't have a tight mouth." ”

Jia Cong smiled: "But when it comes to anything that is beneficial to you, she has always been very tight-lipped." ”

Jia Huan thought about it, and there was really no one else, so he arranged a set of words to coax her. Aunt Zhao smiled when she heard this: "Don't coax me, just say what to do for you, I don't want to inquire about those things outside your man." Jia Huan laughed a few times.

Once the candidate is set, it will be easy to do later. Jia Huan took advantage of Han Quan to accompany Mrs. Xing to visit Xing Xiuyan, took the belly pocket from under his bed, and quickly took it back to his yard. Aunt Zhao opened a thin slit for him and pulled out the mezzanine from the inside—it turned out to be a handkerchief, and there were many handwritings on it. Jia Huan didn't look at it, but just stuffed another handkerchief into it, and bothered Aunt Zhao to sew it back skillfully.

Aunt Zhao patted her chest and said, "My son, don't worry! No one can see it. ”

Jia Huan said: "I will have to dismantle the seams like this in a few days." ”

Aunt Zhao showed off: "Even if the seams are dismantled a hundred times, no one can see it!" ”

Jia Huan praised her for a long time, and praised Aunt Zhao with a smile.

After Aunt Zhao sewed her belly pocket, Jia Huan first stuffed it back as it was, and then turned to a place where no one was there before looking at the handkerchief. couldn't help but sigh: "Cong'er is simply clever!" You can guess that kind of thing. "Busy with it, hit the horse, and rushed to the dart game.

It turned out that Han Quan's birth date and origin were written in detail on the handkerchief, and his real name: Situ Yuan, the seventh son of the emperor.

Several people watched the handkerchief for a long time, and Jia Cong said proudly: "What am I talking about?" The first suspicion is that the seventh child in their family is exactly the same age. Most of the world's coincidences are man-made. ”

Jia Huan suddenly laughed: "I know what that Mei Gongzi did when he came to me so suddenly!" He's tempting me to join in the fun. If you don't like to join in the fun, you will protect yourself, our family has some skills, there is a Wang family in the south and a Gao family in the west, and the seventh son of the emperor is safe and proper to foster in our house. ”

Gong San also said: "Not only that, there are many talents. Situ Yan didn't die again. They're big at all. ”

Jia Cong looked at the handkerchief and said with a smile: "I have to add some work to Luo Tainiang again." ”

He then ordered Luo Tainiang to try to get a few handwriting sheets of Han He. Gong San also had some skills in copying, and the false decree of the day was written by him in imitation of today's handwriting. The old man took a handkerchief for ordinary people, copied Han Quan's birthday eight characters in Han He's handwriting, and added "Guozi Jian Xuezheng, Xiangyang Han He's son, wife Zhao" and so on. Taking advantage of one day to encourage Mrs. Xing to go to Muni Courtyard to repay her vows, the handkerchief in Han Quan's belly pocket was replaced.

Jia Huan twisted the handkerchief in the palace and asked, "How to deal with this?" ”

Jia Cong stretched out his hand to him: "Give it to me." ”

Jia Huan handed it to him.

He took it and stuffed it into the tea stove, and in a short time it burned out with the charcoal.

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Who is Situ Yu?" I don't know. If someone says that our family has a hidden person named Situ Yu, let him show evidence. ”

Gong San also said: "What about the jade pendant?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Although that one is rare, it is not unique. In the future, it will not be unusual to order people to imitate some, and there will be more. ”

Gong San also smiled: "It's just that your ideas are different." ”

Jia Cong sighed: "I picked up a big fat boy from someone else's house for nothing, so I have to leave some thoughts for the child, right?" It was really unlucky to be born in the emperor's family. ”

They were busy destroying the evidence, and Fang Xiong had already copied several large families with all kinds of real and false human and material evidence, and Jingzhong became more and more frightened. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 180 of the text

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