The Liu family in Duke Li's Mansion has a clear distinction between legitimate sons and daughters. The legitimate son occupies 90% of the political resources, while the legitimate son cannot even drink soup.
If Liu Congxi's natural martial arts seeds were born in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Daishan would not have to spend all his money to cultivate him into a talented person.
But the Liu family was different. Before the legitimate son showed up, they tried their best to suppress talents like Liu Congxi, for fear that the bastard would rise up and overwhelm the legitimate son. Including Liu Xianglian's father Liu Congrui, Liu Congxi and several other concubines, after his death, the old man directly divided some of his poor property and left in another house. He even made a message to the army that Liu Congxi and others were not allowed to join the army. Enlist in the army.
Even though Jia Daishan personally came forward to protect Liu Congxi as the captain of the Dragon Guard, the Liu family still tried their best to suppress him and forced Liu Congxi to stay in the city for more than ten years without being able to return to the capital.
Otherwise, with Liu Congxi's handsome skills, he would have gone to Beijing to fill the gap long ago.
"Brother Shen, my younger brother is also being targeted. I even wonder if there is something wrong with the people under my command. But I have searched again and again, and I dare not continue to investigate the clues in the Zhongxin Prince's Mansion. The last time the salt tax money was stolen Jie, I have just found out where Huai'an Mansion is, and Jinling has sent people to prevent me from checking further."
Liucongxi is just a fifth-grade Qian household, with several parents looking after it. There was only so much he could do, and Jia She didn't expect to get any useful clues from him.
I saw Jia She handing him a letter: "This is what Cao Jiugong asked me to pass on to you. It depends on you whether you can seize this opportunity. Let it go in advance in Jinling. You can clean up the interior now." We have enough manpower to do our best to capture Yangzhou Mansion. Leave the rest to me."
Who is Cao Jiugong? The current emperor's confidant general and the immediate boss of the Dragon Guard. Liu Congxi didn't need to read the content of the letter to know what was written in it.
He joyfully put the letter into his arms and thanked Jia She: "Thank you, Brother She, for planning for me. Please rest assured, Brother She, in Yangzhou, I will handle everything as soon as possible. Over at Ruhai, I will arrange for manpower to keep an eye on it." That's right..."
Liu Congxi took out a stack of paper from his sleeve, spread it out and put it in front of Jia She: "These people are all people who have had ideas about the Lin family. I have never dared to send them to the capital, not even to the Lin family. I'm afraid To scare the snake away. Let's see if it helps, brother?"
Jia She took it and took a look. There were nearly dozens of various families recorded on the paper. The one at the top of the list was not the Zhen family of Jinling, but Prince Teng, the uncle of the county commander in charge.
hehe! It turns out that Wang Ziteng, who takes every step he takes, is so ruthless that he sent people to keep an eye on the Lin family a few years ago.
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Li Shiqian's medical skills can indeed be said to be superb. No wonder the old man can say that arrogantly: I dare to rob someone from the Lord of Hell!
Jia Cong sat obediently on the small bench, listening quietly to Lin Ruhai telling him the Four Books, and answering his uncle's questions from time to time.
Third Master Cong is also a person who can't sit still on the bench. He is an agitated child who can't hold down his father's whip, so he just held back his energy and stayed quietly in front of the patient Lin Ruhai for a whole morning.
Until Daiyu walked in with lunch, Jia Cong almost jumped up and cheered long live Sister Lin.
"Dad has just regained his energy and needs to take a good rest..."
Daiyu had some objections to Lin Ruhai for robbing her student. She glared at Jia Cong and complained: "My daughter has finally become a wife. Before she can enjoy it, Brother Cong was snatched away by you."
With that said, Daiyu showed her small fangs at Jia Cong and glanced at him threateningly.
Jia Cong immediately expressed his opinion: "Yes, yes, uncle, I'd better learn from Sister Lin. Let you, a man who is a beauty hunter, teach me, it's really overkill. Sister Lin is very good... Hehehe!"
Lin Ruhai couldn't see what the two children meant, and smiled slightly while stroking his long beard: "That's no good, your father said, let me supervise your studies these days, but you, Sister Lin, can't control this little hozen. "
"My father is talking nonsense. I have listened to Sister Lin. Sister Lin said to go east, but I will never go west. Sister Lin asked me to chase the dog, but I will never catch the chicken!"
Jia Cong patted his chest to express his absolute loyalty to Daiyu, and tugged on Daiyu's sleeve: "Sister Lin, you have to testify for me. I am such an obedient and good child!"
"Yes, yes, brother Cong is the most obedient!"
Daiyu stood up on tiptoes with crooked eyebrows and rubbed Jia Cong's head. Jia Cong narrowed his eyes and grinned.
Lin Ruhai watched the interaction between the two siblings and beckoned them to him: "I know Yu'er feels sorry for her father and doesn't want him to be tired. But my father can't be idle. Occasionally, it's a kind of rest. . Let’s do this. Starting tomorrow, you two will come to daddy’s place together. How about daddy telling you the history?”
"Is what uncle said true? Don't you need to listen to the scriptures?"
Talking about history is much more interesting than the meaning of scripture. What Jia Cong is most impatient about is the meaning of the classics. He has a good memory, so he will memorize them by rote to pass the boy test.
On the contrary, the stories in the history books are more attractive. It is an extremely rare thing to have a great talent like Lin Ruhai tell history.
After just two days of contact, Lin Ruhai was able to figure out the temperament of the nephew in front of him. He nodded with a smile and said: "The way of the imperial examination is based on the meaning of the scriptures and the emphasis on policy. And the most important thing about policy is to use the past to advise the present. , it is difficult to support a grand essay based on the things in the book. During your stay in Jiangnan, I will lay the foundation for you. When you return to Beijing, I will introduce you to a suitable person. As a teacher, it won’t be a problem to get a boy to take the exam within two years.”
Jia Cong quickly bowed and bowed: "My nephew, thank you uncle for your support!"
Lin Ruhai said that if he wanted to introduce a suitable teacher, he must at least be a talented person with Jinshi background. After all, my uncle was a powerful man who won the first prize in the imperial examination. None of his friends who were in the same year were also proud talents in the examination room.
Just in the letters and names that Jia Cong saw while helping Lin Ruhai clean up his desk these two days, he saw the names of several Hanlin scholars.
Seeing that her father valued Jia Cong so much, Daiyu felt a little sour in her heart for some reason. Feeling that his love had just been taken away, he pinched the soft flesh around Jia Cong's waist in dissatisfaction, moved his nose slightly, and hummed softly.
"You will please daddy..."
Jia Cong chuckled, and while Lin Ruhai was washing up, he whispered in Daiyu's ear: "I don't want to inherit my uncle's talent and learning, so that I can be a prostitute to propose marriage in the future..."
Daiyu's pretty face turned red, she pinched the soft flesh around Jia Cong's waist and twisted it gently: "You started talking nonsense again! I told you to talk nonsense!"
hiss!
Jia Cong pretended to be in pain and screamed. Then he whispered a word of marriage proposal again, and circled around the table to avoid Daiyu's life-seeking and soul-stealing pinch.
Just as Lin Ruhai finished washing, he looked up at the two children who were playing.
Although she was surprised why her always virtuous daughter would chase her nephew and beat him, she still blamed him softly: "Yu'er, why are you bullying Brother Cong again?"
Seeing that she had been caught red-handed, Daiyu couldn't explain to her father, so she angrily knocked Jia Cong on the head, stamped her feet and said, "Dad, Brother Cong is talking nonsense again!"
"What did Brother Cong say?"
Hearing Lin Ruhai's doubtful question, Jia Cong replied smoothly: "My nephew plans to become a prostitute in the future and propose to my uncle!"
