In April of that year, Jia Lian led a sentry into Beijing to report that King Xian had been rescued. The sage was overjoyed and asked him how he saved him, Jia Lian's face was embarrassed, his eyes flashed, and he said: "Because the thief is not in the right mind, he has divided it into three groups." Lord Lao and Lord Feng then split up and attacked their hearts, and finally rescued King Xian. ”

Jia Lian didn't have much experience in talking about the scene because of his low official position, so the civil and military forces in the audience could see that there was another story in it. The saint simply retreated from the court and let Jia Lian play with him alone.

It turned out that they rushed to Jiangxi all the way to Jiujiang, stationed in Jiujiang, and sent a messenger to send a message to the past, only saying that the imperial court still remembered the merits of Lord Xu, and did not make the lives miserable, and the enemy of the imperial court army in a province was not a good place, so they could quickly send it back to Situ Pan, the king of Xian. After waiting for two days, Xu Su replied to the letter, asking for one million taels to the imperial court. Lao Fuhe replied to a long letter with reason, and someone came to see him, and he also said that it was the Xu family. It turned out that Xu Hong's henchman named Wan Zhang led a group of people to assist his young son Xu Kang, and was willing to return Situ Pan at a price of 800,000 yuan. Lao Fu and Feng Tang are laughing and laughing, and there is a messenger from his eldest son Xu Qi, who is also 800,000 yuan to return to King Xian.

Jarvis listened to Jia Lian's account and said, "As the saying goes, shop around." Since there are three, it is easy to do, and the one with the lowest price will get it. Besides, they are all private letters, and they won't be exposed in person. Let's write back and tell you how low the prices of other houses are, and see how low they can be. ”

Lao Fu and sure enough wrote to Xu Su, only saying that the prices of other companies were lower than his, and the price was 700,000 600,000 yuan. The letters to those two families also lowered the ransom respectively. Soon three more letters were received, all at a reduced price. A few bargained back and forth, and the ransom froze at 400,000 taels. Jarvis told Jia Lian again: "Needless to say, the Xu family must be extremely chaotic, but we don't know what the chaos has become for the time being." Why don't you try their bottom again? After listening to the relay, Lao Fuhe also felt reasonable, so he simply let people go, if there is a green forest master who can send the virtuous king over, he will pay off the silver ticket of 300,000 taels at the time of delivery.

Originally, this letter was just a temptation, and I didn't want someone to send Situ Pan in a few days, and he was put in a sack, and the whole person was stunned. The three who gave it away were immediately arrested by Feng Tang, and the 300,000 taels of silver tickets were naturally coaxing.

After Lao Fu and Feng Tang carefully woke up Situ Pan and let him rest for a whole day, they dared to ask about this experience.

Situ Pan said, at first, no one knew that he was the prince, but seeing that he was carrying some account books that his subordinates had stolen from the Yuzhang County Ya, everyone in the Xu family thought that he was a secret agent of the imperial court and almost cut him down. Because of the way of the staff called Wan Zhang, I can't help but ask some things about the court from this mouth. The next day, Wan Chang guessed that he was King Xian after a cursory sweep of Situ Pan's luggage, and he was instead put under house arrest in a small courtyard, and his diet was acceptable. At first, no one paid attention to him for a few days, but then gradually people came to see him at night, including Xu Hong's sons, nephews, nephews, generals, staff, and even aunts. Situ Pan gradually realized that they did not agree after Xu Hong's death, so he did his best to provoke and talk nonsense. One day, I heard that something big was happening outside, but I didn't know why, and I listened to the guard's words scattered, and knew that the Xu family had a big one.

Seeing that the days were passing day by day, and there was no major movement between the court and the Xu family, he was anxious. Later, he heard that a messenger was coming from the imperial court, so he secretly took a medicine that he had been secretly secret, and he seemed to be suddenly ill. He deceived his guards that his illness would be contagious, and his life would be short. The doctor who brought in also blindfolded him. The Xu family was afraid that he would cause a plague in Yuzhang City, and second, they were afraid that he would be worthless if he died, so they transferred him to a small remote courtyard outside the city, and discussed asking the court to redeem him quickly and at a discount. The three who sent Situ Pan were guards, and the others hid to avoid his illness. The three of them were also trembling to watch him and prevent illness, but when they heard that there was 300,000 silver, Fang secretly sent Situ Pan to Jiujiang with a sack.

When Lao Feng and the others heard it, they didn't know what to say, and then they praised Wang Chitose for being so clever and ordered the military doctor to prepare an antidote for him.

For a while, Jia Lian also told Gao Mang Jarvis about this cause and effect, and the two of them looked at each other after hearing this. When Jia Lian went out, Gao Mang couldn't help but ask: "Brother Er, do you believe what King Xian said?" ”

Mi'er said softly: "Do you believe it? ”

Gao Mang snorted: "It's strange that I believe it! The anti-thief caught the prince and only dared to probe in the middle of the night, so considerate must not be the anti-thief. ”

Mi'er said: "You just need to understand it in your heart." The two of us only protect the second brother of Lian, and the others have nothing to do with us. ”

Gao Mang lowered his head and chuckled: "I'll bet on a piece of mung bean cake, and the three guards who sent King Xian won't be pulled out and cut down." ”

Mi'er said: "It's too stingy." Not only will he not be cut, but King Xian is charitable, remembering that he has also benefited from their escape, and feeling that he is not afraid of infection to serve him, and he can still get a reward of thirty or fifty taels of silver. Press two fried beans. ”

Gao Mang suddenly laughed: "Brother may not be generous!" ”

Mi'er said: "A small bet is pleasant, and the point is up." ”

When Jia Lian came back, he heard that Situ Pan had let the three of them go, and each of them was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. The silver was naturally on Feng Tang's cushion.

A few days later, the Xu family knew that Situ Pan was safe and sound, and suddenly felt humiliated, so they actually sent troops to take him back, and let Feng Tang's people beat him back. Lao Fuhe thought that they had tasted great, and it was the right time to recruit An, so he thought about it for two days. I don't know who the Xu family led the troops, and they actually came to rob the camp in the middle of the night! Fortunately, Feng Tang is a veteran, and he has never let them succeed, but there will inevitably be some injuries in the camp. However, Jia Lian lived with Lao Fuhe, where a sentry originally wanted to capture the minister, so that Gao Mang and Mi'er could show their skills. Afterwards, Feng Tang often walked around Gao Mang'er, and had the intention to win over the two of them. Jia Lian didn't mind at all.

Lao Fuhe secretly praised Situ Pan: "Master Jia looks quite frivolous in plain life, but he is really open-minded. The two powerful generals at his hand, Lord Feng is so blatantly wooing him every day, he doesn't mind at all! ”

Situ Pan couldn't help laughing: "What a general! One of the two was his brother-in-law, and the other was no different from his father's godson. If Feng Tang has the ability to abduct him, this king will write twenty words of 'service' with him! ”

After this battle, the Xu family was much more honest. Lao Fu and the envoy went to discuss Zhao'an, and he was quite courteous. Later, Xu Su also came to Jiujiang to discuss with Lao Fuhe. It's just that he not only wants to exonerate the Xu family from all charges, but also succeeds him as the chief soldier of Jiangxi! Lao Fuhe and Situ Pan naturally refused. Xu Qi and Xu Kang also secretly came to discuss with Lord Qincha, but they were also very big-hearted, and they always hurt their livers. Seeing this, Situ Pan smiled and said, "Let's drag it out first, let them finish the trouble first." So he only said that he wanted to discuss with a master of the Xu family, and let them nominate someone to come again. The Xu family really stopped coming to negotiate peace, and I heard the spies say that Yuzhang City has been lively. Situ Pan saw that the big thing was about to be decided, so he ordered Jia Lian to go back to Beijing first to report the news. Jia Lian rushed back to Beijing in the starry night.

When the sage heard that Situ Pan's worth made them bargain carefully, he laughed, rewarded Jia Lian with a first-class palace brocade robe, and ordered him to go back to the house to rest first.

He had come back just in time. In less than a few days, his eldest son Jia Meng will be one year old, and Rongguo Mansion will be lively. Seeing that their family was getting more and more up, the magnates in Beijing also came to congratulate them, and Jia Yu hugged his grandson in his hands and showed off when he saw people, so he was not happy.

At one time, someone brought out all kinds of items to prepare for Meng Xiaoye to catch Zhou, and the table was full. Suddenly, Menzi hurriedly came in and returned, and three nobles came outside. Jia Cong had thought about it a long time ago, and he was only afraid of uninvited big people today, and when he heard the word "nobleman", he immediately pulled Jia Huan into the crowd and saw no shadow. Jia Yu was holding his grandson to show off, and couldn't help frowning: "Where are so many nobles?" ”

The man whispered, "The three princes are here together!" ”

Jia Lian was taken aback: "Master! Hurry up and open the door to welcome you! ”

After all these years, Jia Cong and Gong San have also muttered beside them, Jia Yu's original idea of awe of the heavenly family has long been worn out, and he still dislikes them for trouble. Hearing this, his brows became more and more wrinkled, and he had no choice but to hand over his grandson to Jia Si on the side, and led Jia Lian and the guests out to greet him.

When I arrived at the door, I saw that the three princes were all dressed like three young masters from ordinary families, and the guards brought a lot of them. The eldest prince smiled first: "Come rashly, don't blame the prince." ”

Jia pardoned Jia Lian and knelt down and kowtowed, and the three of them only said that they didn't need to be polite, so they went to Rongxi Hall together. said that there was no need to be polite, there were more people in Rongxi Hall, and there was another gift. The princes all said that they came to see the little prince to arrest Zhou, Jia Yu felt a little uncomfortable, because he glanced at the things in the case, and there was one more conspicuous than Fang Cai! Some people pointed curiously and asked, "What is this?" ”

If you look closely, the thing is more than a foot tall, and it is colorful and shiny. There is a seat at the bottom, which seems to be like a small umbrella bone of wood wrapped with colorful silk threads and gold and silver threads, and small bells hang down from the top with colored silk. Jia Cong Jia Huan smiled and said: "This is a fresh and stubborn weapon, extremely fun!" Then he twisted the handle next to him a few times and then let go. I saw that the umbrella bone turned slightly, driving the small bell of the color silk and the lower head to rotate together, like a half-open small umbrella, the bell jingled, and the color was beautiful. Jia Meng's big eyes were immediately attracted, and he stretched out his hand. Jia Yu already knew what his youngest son meant, and was busy putting his grandson on the case. Jia Meng crawled over neatly, ignoring a small brush, small sword and small seal beside him, and pounced on the beautiful and ringing stubborn weapon, grasping it in his hand, the small bell was tinkling more and more, and the small umbrella bone was still gently turning in his hand. Jia Meng was immediately amused, and laughed. The child laughed so cutely, and when he smiled, all the adults around him laughed.

Jia Yu pretended to glare at Jia Cong: "What is this?" ”

Jia Cong said: "I haven't chosen a name yet." It's just a few of us who have figured it out with Mr. Western, and it's fun to listen to. ”

Jia Lian was anxious: "This is just a stubborn weapon, it can't be regarded as catching Zhou!" ”

Jia Cong said: "Second brother doesn't understand, right?" There's a lot of knowledge in that. If you look at that handle, that one uses the lever principle...... Kinetic energy is converted into potential energy...... Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy...... Inertia...... Our Jia Xiaomeng can become a great physicist in the future......" he said on the wall, Jia Huan echoed on the side, Jarvis occasionally interjected, Jia Yu obviously didn't understand and pretended to listen, and nodded again and again.

Where does Jia Lian have the patience to listen to him? Stamped his feet and said, "I actually took these marginal things to catch your nephew!" ”

Jia Cong argued: "What do you mean by not being boundary? Don't look at this as a small stubborn weapon, the subtlety is hard to describe......"

Jia Yu waved his hand to Jia Lian and said: "That's it, Meng'er likes it, I didn't have to force you to read and write when you were a child, and now it's not a good time!" ”

Jia Lian was speechless! Jia Meng was still tickling those little bells. At this age, he was interested in sound and color, and the gift given by the two little uncles was much more interesting than the monotonous things next to him that were either red or gold, so he simply sat down and concentrated on playing with this, and the little fat paw grabbed the little bell and dialed it around. Because everyone thought that it was not good to catch Zhou, they were a little embarrassed and embarrassed to speak, and the entire Rongxi Hall was tinkling.

The three princes also felt funny when they saw it, and the second prince said first: "Catching Zhou is a lively thing, and children naturally like brightly colored things." The third prince also smiled and persuaded him.

Jia Lian sighed secretly in his heart, raised his eyes and saw Jia Baoyu standing beside him, and thought about it, Baoyu grabbed Zhou and grabbed some rouge gouache, isn't he studying honestly now? It's a little more comfortable again. The others came over again to say good things and persuade them, and their faces gradually eased. Only Jia Yu still looked at Jia Meng with a face of "my grandson is the smartest".

After a short time, the princes saw that there was no bustle to see and left; Jia Meng was sent back to the back with the fresh stubborn weapon for the wives and grandmothers to watch. Jia Yufang quietly pulled Jia Lian aside and said, "The stubborn weapon was temporarily taken by Cong'er and Huan'er. ”

Jia Lian was stunned.

Jia Yu sighed: "Now that the DPRK and China are in turmoil, our family is still incompetent and unambitious for the time being." You wait, there will be great chaos after the old saint returns to the west. You are now a fourth-rank official, and you are still in the political envoy department, and now that you have saved the virtuous king again, no one will underestimate you. In the future, it is good to only work in a safe and secure manner, and you must not join any political party. No matter what the outcome is in the future, the horizontal and vertical will not cause trouble for the clan. If you want to take it one step further, you can talk about it after everything is settled. ”

Jia Lian suddenly broke out in a cold sweat behind his back. "Sir! Could it be that there is a change in the court? ”

Jia Yu snorted: "What do you say? The prince is not finished yet, and the prince comes out again. Nai glanced at him a few times, "There are no nobles to win you over, right?" ”

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I usually only follow the master's orders, and I don't dare to be arrogant." The uncle of the eldest prince once invited his son to drink, so I dragged two colleagues with me, and only ate one meal. ”

Jia Yu nodded: "Yes, I'm a little smarter." To be honest, you can't afford to lose. ”

Jia Lian hurriedly responded, wiped his sweat, and turned around to entertain colleagues and friends.

When I went back in the evening, I thought I would have to spend some effort to persuade my daughter-in-law, but I didn't want Wang Xifeng to grab his arm first, and asked anxiously: "Is something wrong today?" ”

Jia Lian said: "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Xifeng said: "Don't coax me. The stubborn weapon that Meng'er grabbed Zhou was made by the Cong brothers and they asked Mr. Xiyang, Fu'er had seen it a long time ago, and came back every day to talk about why his brother was not yet a year old. Cong'er said that it was sent to us tonight, and I even chose a place to settle it. Why did you suddenly take it out and catch Zhou? ”

Jia Lian couldn't help but be impressed: "You can see this from a woman's family?" ”

Wang Xifeng was quietly happy when she heard her husband's praise, and said angrily: "This matter is obviously unusual, why can't you see it?" ”

Jia Lian said in a low voice: "Because the three princes suddenly came at that time, I am afraid that Meng'er caught something to provoke their eyes, so Fang deliberately took the one out to lead him to arrest." ”

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Isn't it good to let the prince like Meng'er?" ”

Jia Lian whispered to her: "The dragon gave birth to nine sons, God knows which one is the dragon son." ”

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "What does the master mean, I understand." ”

Because Situ Pan escaped safely, the saint was reassured. Chen Bin, the governor of Liangguang, came up again and wanted to go home to recuperate. The Emperor Taishang then ordered the sage to consider the candidates first. The saint is really worried. The big thorn is going to get his own people to go up, and he will definitely refuse, and the people who tune the old man are unwilling.

One day, the sixth prince smiled and said: "I have an excellent person to recommend." The sage ordered him to come, and he said, "Jia Amnesty Jia Enhou is a good person, he is generous, he also fought in his early years, and he also has a grade. ”

The ministers laughed, and they all said that he was laughing. The saint shook his head as well.

After retreating from the court, he suddenly remembered Jia Yu's in-law prince Tenglai. He knew that in the past ten years, the sixth prince had tried to win over Wang Ziteng countless times, but this person did not respond. On the surface, he is loyal to the old sage, but in fact, this old fox is just waiting to see the direction of the wind. With such a hesitant temperament, he will be able to recognize the situation sooner or later. Besides, this person is really a strong general. He then replied to the old sage: "The ministers have considered it for a long time, and the prince Teng, the capital of the nine provinces, can be transferred to the governor of Liangguang. ”

The old sage frowned and thought for a long time when he heard this, and finally said: "It's really hard to find a more suitable one, so let's just him." "Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 154.

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