It is said that the old man of the Liu family tried Jia Cong for a long time, but he did not find a flaw, and he couldn't help but be suspicious. Jia Cong said that Liu Hu had rebelled, but he didn't want to believe it, but it was the same as the news given by the Empress Dowager. Jia Cong said that Princess Jian'an's dowry was mostly prepared by her mother-in-law's family, and Liu Xianglian's daughter-in-law was just a delivery person, which sounded more reasonable than what the Empress Dowager said, "given by Prince Xianyizhong's remnants". Not to mention the deep enmity between the two brothers, even if Prince Yizhong really wants to fight some kind of ghost idea, he can't find Princess Jian'an, there are more other ways.

Besides, it is not surprising that the Empress Dowager would be suspicious of her own family. I don't know who cured the princess's poison, Yinfengju was targeted by the prince of Yanwang, the eunuch of the third son of Yanwang was impartial and only targeted the house at the entrance of the Forbidden City and killed their most important people, and the chief treasurer of Yinfengju was assassinated. It is impossible without a mole. If there is a traitor, what is the intention? It is the people of the king of Yan who only send troops into the palace, and if the people of other princes have bad intentions, they can also expose it to the king of Yan, and they muddy the waters and fight the Taiping boxing.

His heart turned countless times, and Jia Cong was bored waiting by the side, and he was about to fall asleep. Mr. Liu thought that Situ Pan had already used this son as a staff member. Although he didn't know about the hidden phoenix residence, if he couldn't find out the cause of the death of the big shopkeeper, Feng Ziying would tell him sooner or later and let him guess. Then he said, "I heard that you are used to being whimsical. ”

"That's what I call diffusion, thank you."

Mr. Liu said: "The Hidden Phoenix House is our family's property. ”

Jia Cong suddenly frowned: "Huh?!" What happened on the eve of my brother's marriage? The hidden phoenix house lured the soldiers and horses of the five cities, Lord Zhao and the subordinates of the prince to come to our house to make trouble. ”

Mr. Liu smiled bitterly: "The old man doesn't know. The shopkeeper died suddenly, and died strangely. ”

Jia Cong glanced at him a few times: "Therefore, this person's death was not done by your family?" ”

"It's not."

Jia Cong still glanced at him: "Are you really stealing and selling things in the palace?"

Mr. Liu said: "Since the founding of the country, the Liu family has been in charge of the internal defense of the old saints, saints, crown princes, imperial grandsons, empress dowagers, empress dowagers, and empresses. Anything else. ”

Jia Cong thought at first that he was just casually arranging, but after listening to it, he realized that this order was deliberate. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Therefore, the crown princess is not here." Mr. Liu nodded. Jia Cong also nodded, and said after a while, "And you guys have been torn apart a long time ago." ”

Mr. Liu sighed: "Too. Zu was fine when he was there. ”

It turned out that when the dynasty was founded, the personal guards of the important people of the Heavenly Family were all in charge of the Liu family. The crown prince at that time, that is, the later emperor, thought that the Liu family was still a family, and it was inevitable that there would be seven emotions and six desires, and he was afraid of omissions as the years went by. So Xiang Tai. Zu Jin admonished, and selected some young eunuchs with strong martial arts talents to train. As a result, Ouchi's guards were divided into two groups: those with guys and those without guys. The Liu family, who never thought that there was a guy, did not make any omissions because of seven emotions and six desires, but there was a Liu Dengxi in the one who had no guys. The most forbidden thing for the Ouchi guards to mess with is to seize the heir, and Liu Dengxi stepped into it.

He was originally the personal guard of the first emperor, and he was trusted by the first emperor, and he knew the first emperor's character better than anyone else. Because no one guarded against him, he followed the character of the first emperor and opened a canal to divert water, and stubbornly relied on his own strength to abolish the crown prince and pass the throne to the third mediocre among the princes at that time, that is, the current emperor. After Emperor Taishang ascended the throne, the first emperor was still there. According to the rules, Ouchi's guards followed the first emperor. But the two groups of eunuchs and non-eunuchs have successively let Liu Dengxi pry away a lot of people. The first emperor secretly regretted it for many years, and he didn't want to see the emperor anymore. Later, the world was in turmoil, and many of the two groups dispersed.

Jia Cong shook his head after hearing this: "The tree is falling and scattered." Mr. Liu was amazed. Jia Cong stayed with him for a while, and said suddenly, "You sell the things in the palace because you don't have money to spend?" That's not good. ”

Mr. Liu said: "Those in the hidden phoenix are the ones that the Heavenly Family has rewarded to the Liu family over the years. Because the supply of the palace was interrupted - the Empress Dowager and the little sage were too busy to take care of themselves, so our family had no choice but to sell some royal gifts. It's been closed for the past few days. ”

Jia Cong didn't know whether to believe it at first glance, and immediately remembered Lin Luan. Now it is known that the Ouchi Yanagi family is only unreliable for a while, and the Empress Dowager has become suspicious of their family. The token that Lin Luan got when she left the palace was a hermitage in the phoenix, and the one who secretly contacted her was also a hermit in the phoenix. Therefore, the hermit phoenix residence must be the property of the Empress Dowager, not the property of the Ouchi Liu family.

Moreover, a family like theirs who is responsible for guarding the important figures of the Heavenly Family, if the Situ family is willing to allow them to get involved in money and industry, they will definitely have a hole in their brains. This kind of family can only eat the emperor's grain, and is not allowed to have any private property or personal feelings. Even the daughters of the Liu family were thrown into the women's guard camp, which shows that their family rules are ruthless. Therefore, what Old Man Liu said "Hidden Phoenix House is our family's property" is to cover up the black pot for the Empress Dowager, and what "I sold some imperial gifts in desperation" is also to cover up and fool Situ Pan for the Empress Dowager. Anyway, it is impossible for a "Nine Princes" like Situ Pan to know what is going on with the Ouchi Liu family, whatever they say.

Jia Cong gradually understood what Shi Li wanted to do. Xun Zi said, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; According to the theory of later generations, quantitative change causes qualitative change. The Empress Dowager has long been so poor that only the Liu family remains; No matter how much she trusted them in the past, Shi Li had a hammer outside the palace, forcing her to be suspicious of the Liu family. And the Liu family had no choice but to take refuge in her, but they were innocently wronged. These two are like the small building block house built by Jia Xiaojue - if you don't push it, it will fall apart if you push it. For the Empress Dowager, there was only one step between suspicion and certainty: she couldn't think of the purpose of the mole's actions. Shi Li's clever strategy, and now this step is only the last straw.

Jia Cong held his cheeks and thought for a long time, and sighed lightly: The trust between people is really rare. Nai said earnestly to Mr. Liu: "Mr. Liu, now that the prince wants your family's shop, the eunuch of the Third Highness has taken away your family's house, and your family can't stand in front of the world publicly, right?" If you want to get something back, that ...... I said something unpleasant, it would be impossible for King Yan not to help. Instead of counting on the Empress Dowager, you should expect the rabbit to move Mount Tai. ”

Mr. Liu immediately said: "Our family will not take refuge in King Yan. At least not for now. ”

Jia Cong touched his nose: "I didn't let you join him now." That...... You always said, 'At least not right now,' and you have been talking to me for a long time about who the real man is. It can be seen that you are just unable to take refuge in the Empress Dowager for a while, and in the end you still have to take refuge in the Son of Heaven. ”

Mr. Liu said succinctly: "No. ”

Jia Cong said: "That...... It has nothing to do with Yan Wang Lala. Anyway, his surname is Situ, isn't it? Mr. Liu still shook his head. Jia Cong said with a straight face, "In this case, you only have one place to take refuge." ”

"Where."

"A temple and a slope of Merlin." Jia Cong said, "Although a monk master has passed away, a temple is still the territory of the first emperor's substitute monk. There you can stand outside the court, avoid the strife of kings, and wait for the Son of Heaven. ”

Mr. Liu was stunned for half a cup of tea, and said with a wry smile: "Did the true Ming Daoist tell you everything?" A temple...... Since he let King Yan know, it is no longer a pure land. ”

"That's right. Not surprising. Jia Cong thought for a while, "Then only you can set up a pure land by yourself and wait for the time of day." Someone in your family is rich. I inquired about it two days ago, and it was quite rich. ”

Mr. Liu said, "No. The most taboo in our line of work is self-reliance, and self-reliance will cause chaos in the world. ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Bullshit! You're just a bunch of ...... To put it mildly, you are just a bunch of snitches in official skin, just like my uncle Zhenmingdao. Do you have any ideas? Will you command a thousand armies? Will there be a program? If I'm not mistaken, you're not spies. ”

"Of course not." Mr. Liu didn't care about his unpleasant speech, "We don't interfere with the water of the scout well. ”

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "If the spy is a chess piece pinched in the hands of the master, you are a dagger pinched in the hands of the master." The person holding the chess piece and dagger can not make a difference, but the chess piece and dagger themselves cannot succeed. However, once self-reliant, the comprehensive ability of the chess pieces is much stronger than that of the dagger. To put it mildly, your Liu Hu is not as good as Javanese lord Zhou Xiaolan for the time being. Because Zhou Xiaolan has gained a lot of insight during the period of following King Chen, and Liu Hu seems to have been in the inner bar, as if sitting in a well and watching the sky. However, now that he has jumped out of the well, it is up to him what to do next. ”

Mr. Liu glanced at Jia Cong deeply: "Is Mr. Jia very happy that Hu'er went to a foreign country to establish a country?" ”

"Of course!" Jia Cong said, "I am in favor of all those who have the ability to go abroad to expand their territory. You see, I didn't have much friendship with him in the past, and I helped him since he wanted to establish a foreign country. I also helped Zhou Xiaolan. Liu Hu, I will definitely help him. Mr. Liu, you can't stop him when you rush to the Malay Archipelago, his vision has changed. As far as several of them are concerned, the sea is wide and the sky is free for birds to fly; As far as I am concerned, Westerners are the enemies I have to deal with. ”

Mr. Liu was silent for a long time, and sighed in the sky: "Every brick and tile has its use." The Liu family was not originally a fish and bird flying into the sea. Anyone can open up territory, but hoofs can't. ”

Jia Cong spread his hands: "Since you gave him the name 'Hu', don't you vaguely hope that he can have a future?" Otherwise, why don't you call him Willow Bird? Besides, he's already gone. Mr. Liu, the black cat and the white cat, the one who catches the mouse is a good cat, and the hero doesn't ask where it comes from. Are the people of the Liu family born to be trapped in the Great Interior? ”

Mr. Liu said solemnly: "Yes, the people of the Liu family are really born to be trapped in the big one. ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Zhou Damei also thinks so, so she was detained in Java by her sister-in-law." Mr. Liu choked. Jia Cong rolled his eyes and looked at him and said, "I can't figure it out." Now that you can't even find a serious master, why don't you want him to go out? ”

Mr. Liu said for a long time: "In the early years, too. Zu Zeng said that he knew that there were many temptations in the world, and he still hoped that someone could be as solid as a rock. ”

…… Hey, the brainwashing of the ancients is also very powerful! Jia Cong pouted for a long time before he said, "That...... I'll tell you the truth, Mr. Liu, don't be upset. You're not a rock at all, are you? It's obviously a vine...... Because there is nowhere to go, even dead trees are willing to cling to them. He paused, "Deadwood still can't trust you. Mr. Liu was silent again. Jia Cong said again, "Even if she still believes in you, what, she is also very old, isn't she going to find the first emperor in a few years?" Where will you go then? ”

Mr. Liu sighed: "Where do you want to go so far now?" ”

Jia Cong also sighed: "I really don't understand, is it so difficult to jump out of the well? "Too. How did Grandpa brainwash you, ask for cheats, I can use it.

Mr. Liu was silent for the first time. After a long time, he said: "King Yan thinks that the dead shopkeeper of Yinfengju designed to lead people to surround Rongguo Mansion at night, either to deal with the prince of the world, or to make trouble for our family. ”

Jia Cong said: "The only one who can deal with the prince of the world is the rest of the sons of King Yan, and I don't think any of them have the ability to seduce and kill people from the great internal martial arts family like you." This possibility is ruled out. If it is to make trouble for your family......" he paused, "do you have any enemies in your family?" ”

Mr. Liu said: "There are so many stars that there are too many to count, but no one knows. ”

Jia Cong laughed and said: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that the world has become what it is today, and the original Ouchi guards are still scattered everywhere. By the way, I heard that many of Liu Dengxi's confidential documents fell into the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D., YOU KNOW, RIGHT? Give money and give news. ”

Mr. Liu shook his head lightly: "Besides, many things are impossible for outsiders to know." There will be traitors among us. I just don't know who this traitor is, and what do you want to do when you make such a fuss. ”

"Huh?!" Jia Cong frowned and thought for a long time, "Are you sure there is a mole?" Look, you shouldn't have found out. Mr. Liu shook his head slowly. Jia Cong thought for a long time, and said, "I have a guess, it's not necessarily right, you might as well listen to it." ”

Mr. Liu clenched his fists: "Please advise Mr. Jia." ”

"Does Mr. Liu know how Liu Dengxi died?"

Mr. Liu said: "Lord Feng Ziying hunted and killed. ”

At that time, Brother Feng received a letter with Liu Dengxi's hiding place. Therefore, Brother Feng was able to set up an ambush on ten sides to kill that person. Jia Cong smiled, "And Brother Feng has been chasing him for a long time before, and there is no clue at all." ”

Mr. Liu immediately said: "Liu Dengxi has traitors under him. ”

"That traitor has never shown up to ask for merit and reward." Jia Cong said, "So what do you say he exposed Liu Tengxi for?" ”

Mr. Liu thought for a while: "He has a grudge against Liu Dengxi?" That eunuch doesn't treat his subordinates well. ”

Jia Cong smiled and shook his head: "Liu Dengxi is the head of the emperor's spies. The people under him followed him, and naturally there were also those who were loyal to the Son of Heaven, but most of them were for the sake of being promoted and wealthy in the future. When Liu Dengxi changed from a confidant of the Son of Heaven to a key criminal in the court, can he still be promoted and rich? Not only that, but they have to be implicated. Mr. Liu, once a son of heaven and a courtier. It's also good to be on the wrong side of the wrong team if you're unlucky enough to erase the past while no one knows. ”

Mr. Liu was stunned for a moment and said loudly: "I don't have such a person under me." ”

Jia Cong tilted his head: "Liu Dengxi thinks so too." And then he died. He clapped his hands and said, "I guess that if you don't have a traitor, the other party is likely to be your family's enemy, and the purpose of this trip is to seek revenge; If there is really a traitor, he just wants to get out and does not want to be trapped in the palace again. After all, these times are different from the past, and you can't even find a decent master. To put it mildly, the skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached? ”

Mr. Liu said in a low voice: "We always feel that the Emperor Taishang is not dead. Now we are just staying around the Empress Dowager and waiting for his old man to return to the palace. ”

Jia Cong glanced at him: "The Emperor and the Empress Dowager are not in the same group, okay...... Besides, in that case, shouldn't you go all the way to the ends of the cape to find him and save him? Baba waits, will he appear out of thin air? Maybe he is looking forward to you day and night, just like Tang Seng was tied up in the cave by a goblin and looked forward to Sun Wukong every day. This should have been done by Liu Dengxi, didn't he die early? ”

Mr. Liu smiled bitterly and said: "My Liu family has already made a heavy oath many years ago, and I will not leave the palace without a will. ”

Jia Cong pursed his lips: "Isn't it enough to find a little saint to ask for a holy decree?" ”

Mr. Liu was silent for a moment and said, "I have begged." The little saint refused to give. ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Why? ”

"He's afraid that we're leaving, and King Yan will kill him."

Jia Cong covered his face, and only said after a while: "You're right, this kid is really a dou who can't be helped." The Empress Dowager wants to come and refuse to give Yi Zhi? Mr. Liu smiled wryly. All right. Jia Cong shrugged, "Then you can stay up until the Empress Dowager returns to the west, and in a few years, without a master, it will not be the same as falling apart." ”

Mr. Liu said slowly: "It's just that her old man refuses to believe us recently, I'm afraid she won't even be able to survive all these years." That's why I came to find Mr. Jia. Mr. Su Wen Jia is a heavenly and human nether, and his ideas are like wild imagination and not limited to vulgar thoughts. Is there a way to make her old man suspicious? ”

Jia Cong sneered: "Mr. Liu, are you teasing me? That kind of old woman who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, she is psychopathic if she can't keep it, and she still counts on her? And you are just because your ancestors swore an oath, and it is inconvenient to disobey them, and you don't really want to serve her as the master. According to me, whether she believes you or not, it will take a few years. Everyone lives in the palace as neighbors, and you protect the safety of her and the little sage, so that the king of Yan and the assassins do not plot their lives, and you pay a rent. As soon as she died," Jia Cong clapped his hands, "it was like eating all the birds and throwing them into the forest," he spread his hands again, "and the vast land was really clean." ”

Mr. Liu pondered for a long time: "There is no other way out?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Staying up in the palace to disperse, finding a secluded place to wait for the true destiny, and taking refuge in King Yan, these three are all ways out." ”

Mr. Liu sighed and arched his hand: "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for the trouble." ”

Jia Cong sighed and waved his hand: "Goodbye." He stretched out his finger and flicked it in the air, like knocking down a house of blocks.