Chapter 526
Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin had just arrived in Chang'an when they encountered an incident. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info doesn't look big, and it's obviously a provocation. There was a blind fortune teller who lived at the Mingde Gate in Chang'an, and died three days ago. The last hexagram calculated before his death was that Ou Cheng's first veteran, Jiang Laosi, was beaten by Jiang Laosi after finishing the calculation - he said that Jiang Laosi would die soon and would die of misfortune. The people from the Yamen ran to Jiang Laosi's house to arrest him, saying that he killed the blind man.
Jia Cong laughed when he heard this: "What a coincidence! I'm a person who specializes in destroying other people's lives, and I've changed the lives of many people. Chen Ruijin pursed his lips and smiled.
Ou Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and grabbed Jia Cong's hand: "Third Master Cong, I'm counting on you!" ”
Jia Cong spread his hands and said: "But I really won't solve the case, I can only go and see if there are any loopholes." He pondered for a moment and said, "At the moment, I don't know what Ding Chu did when he came to Qin State. Although this man is not of good character, no one can deny that he is intelligent and capable. If this is just a provocation, it can be solved without too much trouble; But if Ding Chu dug a pit for the Gao family, things would not be so easy to deal with. ”
Ou Cheng asked, "What is the origin of Ding Chu's thief?" ”
"Do Grandmother and Uncle Ou know that Uncle Gao has a strategist surnamed Zhao by his side? Originally a businessman. ”
Both of them nodded: "Mr. Zhao, we know." ”
"Mr. Zhao has a nephew named Zhao Tu, who was originally adopted, and he is very talented and unforgettable. A few years ago, I worked beside Uncle Gao and was very favored. I didn't want him to fall in love with a female spy sent by Lu Guo in the past, and later followed the female spy to Lu State. Later......" Jia Cong smiled, "he fled from Lu again." ”
Ou Cheng asked, "Why is this?" ”
Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said: "That time, Liu Tong got a beautiful and dumb concubine Ma, and he loved him like a heart. Ding Chu abducted the woman. ”
Ou Chengdao: "What did Ding Chu do with Liu Tong's concubine and Zhao Tu?" ”
Jia Cong said: "Ding Chu is Zhao Tu's real name. ”
"What?" Jia Taijun and Ou Cheng shouted in unison.
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "You can go to the bookstore and buy a copy of the commentary "The Story of Ziyi"." Then he talked about Ding Chu's origin, Bai Lingen's desire to use him to seek a strategy for the country, and then talked about Ding Chu's experience after he and Ma Xiangzhu arrived in Hong Kong. Later, the Bai family declined, the Gong family took over Hong Kong, and Ding Chu seemed to be quite important under Gong Sanyi. As for why he came to Qin, I don't know. ”
Jia Taijun clenched his crutches and thought for a long time, and shouted: "Xiaomei-" Jia Cong still remembered this daughter-in-law named Xiaomei. When she came back to Chang'an, she greeted her at the gate, and it was obvious that she was her aunt's confidant. saw Xiaomei slowly walking out from behind Jia Taijun. Jia Taijun instructed: "Go and check." Xiaomei took the order and left. Ou Cheng saw her leave, and his expression calmed down.
Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "At my aunt's birthday banquet back then, Liu Qian was still a little scholar. In order to vent his anger at his cousin or cousin Uncle Chen, he wanted to borrow me as a knife to embarrass Second Master Chen; It was Zhu Tong who came up with the idea. At that time, I heard that the three of them were classmates and friends. Later, Zhu Tong was abducted by me, and Liu Qian was packed and taken away. I don't know what happened to this Uncle Chen? He is the eldest son of the prefect of Chang'an, and Zhu Tong I remember as the nephew of Zhu Wei, the Taishou of Chang'an. What happened to the Zhu and Chen families now? ”
Jia Taijun glanced at him: "Zhu Taishou's nephew is that Zhu Tong of Lu State?" ”
Jia Cong nodded: "I think Bai Lingen's strategy is also good, Ding Chu borrowed it after he went to Lingnan." ”
Jia Taijun looked at him again, and there was a smile in his eyes. "The Zhu and Chen families have already turned their faces, and soon after the world was divided, they fell into the divisive plan of the King of Qin. If the King of Qin didn't separate the two of them, it wouldn't be cheap. The Chen family was very good friends with the Gao family earlier, but in the past two years, the King of Qin has seen that we are not pleasing to the eye, and their family has followed us like a Baha. Zhu Taishou has always had mediocre dealings with us, and the past two years have been mediocre. ”
Jia Cong smiled: "It can be seen that those who have a good relationship may not be friends, and those who have an indifferent relationship may not be passers-by." The Zhu family is now their own. ”
"Oh?" Jia Taijun asked, "When did you kid pull Zhu Wei?" ”
Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's not a secret, since the death of the Bai brothers, the rest of Prince Xianyizhong has been headed by Hong Kong Gong Sanye. Zhu Wei was Prince Xianyizhong's person, so he followed Gong Sanyi. Well...... Mr. Gong is my mentor. ”
Ou Cheng high-fived and laughed: "You still have this luck!" ”
Jia Cong touched his neck and said, "Where is luck!" It took Mr. Gong many years to deal with the Bai family. ”
Jia Taijun said: "Didn't Ding Chu also return to Gong Sanyi, and also to you?" ”
Jia Cong said: "Theoretically, it is like this. But Mr. Gong didn't say anything, and I don't know what happened. ”
Ou Chengdao: "I'm just afraid that things will change, otherwise why would he want to deal with the Gao family?" ”
Chen Ruijin said on the side: "Could it be that Old Man Gong gradually stopped reusing Ding Chu, and he ran away again?" He sincerely pounced on the King of Qin to deal with the Gao family, in order to drive the Gao family to Ping'an Prefecture. After all, the Gao family knew the details of 'Zhao Tu', and Ding Chu was uneasy. ”
Jia Taijun said: "It's also the reason." Nai shook his head and said, "This Lord Ding dares to cuckold the lord, no matter how talented he is?" ”
Jia Cong smiled and clapped his hands and said: "I said back then that Ding Chu is a scourge, and Ma is also a scourge. Buy one get one free, whoever follows is unlucky. ”
Ou Chengdao: "That's it, don't care if he is a scourge or not, now Jiang Laosi is still closed in the yamen." ”
Jia Cong pouted and said, "Yes, the yamen is under the control of the prefect." Nai Han smiled and looked at Chen Ruijin, "There are a lot of surnames Chen!" ”
Chen Ruijin smiled indifferently and said, "The person has been arrested?" Ou Cheng nodded. She asked, "Does this person matter?" ”
Ou Chengdao: "It's my old brother for decades. ”
Chen Ruijin saluted Jia Taijun and said that he had something to do. Jia Cong didn't ask, only said to come back early. He didn't ask, and it was naturally inconvenient for others to ask. Chen Ruijin turned around and went out, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Ou Cheng was dumbfounded: "She, she actually has this ability?" Jia Cong was triumphant and asked him what the case was. Ou Cheng smiled bitterly, "I was in too much of a hurry to come over, and I didn't ask yet." Jia Cong rolled his eyes.
About half an hour later, a doorman came in and returned: "Lord Chen, the prefect, asks to see the old lady." ”
Jia Cong was saying some gossip to make the old lady happy, and was stunned when she heard this: "Huh? The prefect came in person? ”
Menzi said: "It's really the prefect who came in person." ”
Jia Cong looked confused, and turned his head to look at Jia Taijun; Jia Taijun said: "Since you are here, please come in." "Again" Cong'er and General Ou are here. The two of them answered in unison. Jia Cong knew that he was going to use it to support his aunt's face, and he also straightened his clothes.
Not long after, Lord Chen came into the door, and he was covered in the sour smell of an official, no different from the big and small officials he had seen over the years: his belly was round like a woman who was pregnant for six or seven months, her beard was neither long nor short, and the official hat on her head was shaky. Jia Taijun didn't stand up, sat on the black rosewood chair and said with a smile: "The old body is old, and my knees are a little disobedient, so it is inconvenient to go to the front to greet the adults, and I also look at Haihan." ”
Lord Chen arched his hand, and did not smile with a smile on his face: "The lower officials are not talented, and they dare not alarm the old lady." ”
Jia Taijun invited him to sit down and asked, "Lord Chen has always been in the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so what must be the reason for coming to our house today?" ”
Lord Chen nodded and said, "There was a case a few days ago, I wonder if the old lady has heard of it?" ”
Jia Taijun said bluntly: "If a blind man who tells fortunes dies, the old man is still discussing with others." ”
Lord Chen raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Such a small case has alarmed the old lady? ”
Jia Taijun said: "It looks like a small case with adults, but it is very important to our Gao family. Every veteran has followed the Gao family to kill the Japanese in the south and the Hu people in the north. did not die on the battlefield, but was wronged for no reason in Chang'an City, where his wife was peaceful, how could the old body ignore it? The old lady's voice was clear and light, and there was a murderous aura for no reason, and Jia Cong couldn't help but want to pat herself!
Lord Chen sneered: "So the old lady made people break into the yamen and take people? ”
Jia Taijun was stunned: "What? ”
Ou Cheng stood up: "What does Master Chen mean by this?" Snatching? What happened to Jiang Laosi? ”
Lord Chen snorted heavily: "Why should General Ou pretend to be confused!" If Jiang Laosi hadn't been taken away by you, who else would have it? Ou Cheng and Jia Taijun glanced at each other.
Jia Cong suddenly spoke: "Lord Chen, without investigation, you directly make a judgment based on conjecture, and the probability of misjudgment is extremely high. The student dared to say that this matter had nothing to do with the Gao family. ”
Master Chen looked up at him, "Who are you?" ”
Jia Cong smiled and stood up and made a gesture: "The late birth is a Jinling person, surnamed Jia." ”
Lord Chen's face changed slightly. Who doesn't know that Jia Taijun is from the Jia family in Jinling? Nai squeezed out a smile and asked, "Could it be Mr. Jia from Rongguo Mansion?" ”
Jia Cong made another gesture: "The student is Jia Cong." ”
Lord Chen's face turned white, and he immediately pretended to be surprised, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Mr. Jia Cong!" "It's just that the acting is too bad.
Jia Cong said: "Don't hide it, Uncle Ou is just talking to me about the case of the blind man and Jiang Laosi, and wants me to help look at the case and redress Jiang Laosi's grievances." It's just that he knows too little, and I'm thinking that Ming'er will go to the yamen to find out the details. Smashing the prison against prison is the work of the Green Forest thieves; The Gao family has been loyal and good for generations, and they can't think of that way. However......" he paused, "since the adults are suspicious of the Gao family, the Gao family is afraid that they will not be able to stand idly by." It's better for everyone to work together to find out the real culprit who killed the blind man, and by the way, find out who took Jiang Laosi, why he took him, and where he was hiding. ”
Lord Chen looked at him, and then at Jia Taijun and Ou Cheng, it really didn't look like they were hiding people, and he couldn't help but think. For a long time, he smiled bitterly and gave Jia Taijun a bow: "Old Taijun, it's rude to be a lower official." ”
Jia Taijun frowned and said, "Lord Chen, what's going on." ”
Jia Cong said: "My lord, it's better to explain the case of that blind man together. Working together is the right thing to do. ”
Lord Chen's eyes rolled around, obviously on his mind. After a while, he said: "Old lady, you veterans are really too rampant. It's just a divination, and it's not that a blind man is chasing him for divination, isn't it he who went to find someone to ask for a divination? Why should it hurt people's lives? ”
It turned out that the blind man had been hacked to death at home with two knives. Catch quickly found a simple knife in the stinky ditch near the left side of the blind man's house, and the word "ginger" was engraved on the handle. So he asked the blind man's neighbor if he recognized the surname Jiang; The neighbor said that someone came to him yesterday to find divination, as if he heard the guest shouting, "My surname is Jiang." "He found the mark of the blacksmith's shop on the knife, and took it to the blacksmith; After two more days of investigation, Jiang Laosi was found today.
Master Chen burst into tears when he told the story, and Jia Cong got goosebumps all over his body when he heard it. After he finished speaking, he hurriedly asked, "Did you ask Jiang Laosi with a knife if it was his?" ”
Lord Chen was stunned: "This...... The lower officials don't know. ”
Jia Cong said: "Lord Chen is a dignified prefect, and such a trivial matter is not known to be unusually tight. I don't know how fast to handle the case, maybe please come and see the late student? Master Chen was stunned again, and thought about it for a long time. Jia Congqi said, "The adults don't seem to want us to figure out this case? ”
Master Chen hurriedly said, "That's not ......" turned around and ordered the people who followed him to shout and arrest him.
Jia Cong added: "Brother Annoying, even the person in charge of this case is invited to come over, thank you." ”
After waiting for a long time and not seeing the catch, Ou Cheng said impatiently: "Do you have to make a temporary arrangement?" ”
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Uncle Ou is not in a hurry, I'm afraid it's because the yamen is a little far away." Master Chen didn't think he would be able to use them, so he didn't bring them here. ”
Ou Cheng sneered: "Lord Chen was not prepared to reason with the Gao family, but only prepared to come over to play officially? Master Chen was a little embarrassed.
After a while, I hurried to catch and fight. Originally, it was a hot day, and the two of them were sweating all over their heads, and their backs were also soaked, and they knelt down to salute Lord Chen. Jia Cong said: "Don't worry! Start with a little warm tea. He also ordered a larger teacup to be frought, "The hotter it is, the more you can't drink cold water." The two of them didn't know Jia Cong, they just thought they were ordinary scholars, thanked them coolly, and poured four or five cups of tea to feel more comfortable.
Lord Chen coughed and said, "This is Mr. Jia from the capital." ”
Jia Cong arched his hand: "The two of you have worked hard. The case of the blind fortune teller in Mingdemen was killed, and he wanted to consult the two of them. Then they stood up and bowed. Jia Cong first invited them to sit down and asked, "I want to ask Uncle Kuai first, can you show Jiang Laosi the blood-stained knife you found?" ”
Caught quickly: "Naturally, he has shown him, and he also recognizes it as his own." ”
Jia Cong said: "What kind of look did Jiang Laosi look like when he saw the knife?" ”
Caught quickly: "Surprised, ask why you are here." ”
Jia Cong said: "Surprised, are you afraid? ”
Caught quickly thought about it: "No. ”
"How did he explain that his knife could have killed someone?"
"He said he lost his knife the day before yesterday. ”
Jia Cong pondered: "That blind man died three days ago. If his sword had been lost the day before, if he had not lied, his sword had not been lost when the blind man died. ”
Catcher nodded: "Not bad." ”
Jia Cong said: "Then I can be sure that the person was not killed by Jiang Laosi." But I don't necessarily have the ability to look into the whole case, and it's certainly a lot more complicated than we think. He smiled and looked at Master Chen, "This blind man is a meticulous work. It's hard to say who sent it and what it wanted to investigate. ”