Detective in the Red Chamber

"I've already told you what errands to do."

Wang Xifeng leaned on the couch, and said with a lack of energy, "When I arrived in the south, I often discussed with the stewards around my grandfather. The people sent by the Sun family should be used when they should be used, but they have to be careful in secret."

She usually speaks crisply and crisply, but now that her body is weak, she adds a touch of lingering and charming, coupled with a little hoarse voice, it seems that there are countless little hands, scratching along the ears to the heart, scratching The whole body of the person is weak, but only one place is hard!

Na Laiwang unconsciously clamped his legs, and because of a dark ghost in his heart, he didn't dare to look up at Wang Xifeng's face, so he just muttered, "Grandma, the second master just had a rift with Sun Da, so we will carry him behind our backs." Doing business with the Sun family in partnership, isn't it..."

"Is it something?!"

Wang Xifeng straightened her back all of a sudden, and her tone returned to her usual sternness, and she raised her eyebrows and scolded, "I want to do business with someone, and it's your turn to make irresponsible remarks?!"

Hearing this charming tone, Laiwang was so frightened that he softened immediately, and hurriedly kowtowed, "I don't dare, I don't dare!"

However, after Wang Xifeng sternly reprimanded her twice, she was a little out of breath, her chest heaved violently, almost tearing the front of her clothes.

Ping'er hurriedly stepped forward to caress her back, and explained for her, "Actually, our second grandma doesn't want to have anything to do with the Sun family at this time, but the matter has already been settled, and she has already sent a letter." I have informed my grandfather, it is too late to change now."

Then Laiwang hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, it's all because of the slave's random thinking. Don't worry, Second Mistress, I promise that I will sleep with one eye open when I get to the south. Don't let anyone confuse our family's money! "

At this time, Wang Xifeng regained his strength, and said in a deep voice, "I don't care what you think, anyway, you have to keep this matter from your wife, if you leak the slightest word, I will take your skin off carefully." !"

After a pause, she softened her tone a little, and said, "As long as you do things in a down-to-earth manner, I will naturally have your benefits here!"

"Thank you Second Grandma, thank you Second Grandma!"

Laiwang hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, seeing that Wang Xifeng had no further orders, he quietly backed out.

When we got outside, the majesty of the mistress gradually faded away, and I couldn't help thinking of those soft and soft voices at the beginning, secretly saying that Miss Lin was sick, but I didn't expect that my second grandmother's illness was so serious. Seductive.

The second master has been guarding her for the past few days. He can hear and see but cannot eat. It is really a hard job.

Then Laiwang thought of going to the south of the Yangtze River this time, without a master to restrain him, he must go to see the Qinhuai romance!

I heard that southern women are the most beautiful, but I don't know if there is anyone like Second Grandma...

He was thinking about something here, and almost bumped into someone unexpectedly.

The man dodged and yelled angrily, "Laiwang, are you hysterical? Why are you slamming your head?! It's okay to hit me, but you bumped into Master Sun and Yu Hanlin, what should I do?! "

Mr. Sun?

Laiwang looked up, and saw a burly and majestic figure standing in front of him, but who else could it be if it wasn't Sun Shaozong?

Why is Master Sun here again? !

Laiwang was suspicious, but he didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly bowed to salute, and confessed his crime without a mouth.

Naturally, Sun Shaozong didn't have the same knowledge as him, he just smiled and waved his hands, and followed the steward towards the Grand View Garden.

After entering the Grand View Garden, where the sights were full of beautiful summer scenery, Sun Shaozong asked with a smile, "Ting Yi, how is the restoration of the Provincial Courtyard in Rongguo Mansion?"

It turned out that when he came to the door this time, he brought Yu Qian, who had just been admitted as a good scholar, to see Jia Lan.

Yu Qian shook his head slightly, and said in a derogatory way, "Such a luxurious scenery really shouldn't be shown in the world."

Sun Shaozong laughed, and was about to talk about some interesting things about building the garden, so as not to be misunderstood by the steward, but when he saw Jia Baoyu walking up to him quickly, he cupped his hands and smiled from a distance, "Brother Ting Yi, you can be the last of the top three high school concubine Jishi, I'm afraid you will be the only one in this dynasty!"

Then, he greeted Sun Shaozong again and said, "Second Brother Sun."

Although he called Sun Shaozong his brother, he was ashamed to take advantage of Yu Qian, so when he met, he had different opinions.

Yu Qian returned the salute, and said modestly, "Second Master Bao is absurdly praised. With your talent and talent, as long as you are willing to study hard for a few years, it can be said that it is easy to get a job."

"Brother Xie Tingyi said auspicious words."

Jia Baoyu smiled wryly and said, "It's just that I'm really immature. I thought about studying hard before, but within a few days... Sigh!"

He sighed heavily, turned around and smiled again, "Let's not talk about that, the student you are going to see today is not me, but my precious nephew——Lang Geer is waiting in the water pavilion right now." , Second Brother and Ting Yi, come with me."

With that said, he waved away the steward who was leading the way, introduced the scenery along the way, and led the two of them around to the vicinity of the lotus root champagne.

"I'm coming!"

However, as soon as the three of them stepped onto the bamboo bridge, Shi Xiangyun, who was standing guard at the gate, flew up to Li Wan and Jia Lan, waving his handkerchief and gesticulating, "That Yu Hanlin looks bigger than Mr. Sun, Blue face and fangs, eyes like copper bells..."

"go with!"

Jia Tanchun caught up with her and shoved her, and said angrily, "At this time, you are still scaring Lang Geer--then Yu Hanlin is clearly a modest gentleman, and he doesn't look like the monster you described!"

"Heaven and earth conscience!"

Shi Xiangyun immediately called out to Zhuang Tianqu, "How am I scaring him? It's just a joke with him, so that he won't be so nervous."

"You are so naughty..."

"Okay, okay! If you go on talking, people should bump into you!"

The two were still waiting to talk, Xue Baochai hurriedly dragged them to the next room, and Lin Daiyu and Jia Xichun also hurriedly hid in.

Li Wan hastily reminded his son a few more words, and when he heard footsteps approaching, he could only reluctantly avoid it for the time being.

When he got to the inner room, he saw Shi Xiangyun holding Jia Tanchun's slender waist, and he was joking to himself, "How come the third sister is so anxious when I say that about Yu Hanlin? Could it be that..."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Xue Baochai stopped her again, and woke up in a low voice, "Then Yu Hanlin is Lord Sun's nephew and son-in-law. I heard that his son is three years old."

Shi Xiangyun vomited the little clove, and said awkwardly, "Third sister, don't be annoyed, I'm just talking nonsense..."

"It's nothing."

Jia Tanchun was unrestrained, and said without hesitation, "I will tell you the truth, Sister Yun, I really like his bold policy theory - I am afraid that none of the articles in recent years can compare with him in terms of magnanimity." .”

"Yeah, this place in Hanlin is indeed not an ordinary person."

Xue Baochai also agreed beside him, "First, a policy theory angered the Supreme Emperor, and he fell from the first rank to the bottom of the top three. Then he won the favor of Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and accepted him as a mantle disciple."

"Now he has passed the imperial examination again—even if he is the number one scholar in the undergraduate course, I'm afraid he will lose three points of his demeanor!"

"The fault is that Mr. Sun came forward to invite him. I'm afraid others may not be able to invite him."

Jia Xichun heard the sisters were full of praise, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "This man is very knowledgeable, but he is also a bit courageous, even the emperor dares to belittle him."

Jia Tanchun immediately retorted, "It's better to be bold, otherwise you won't take any responsibility at all, what kind of man are you?"

Shi Xiangyun also nodded and said, "That's right, I think Brother Bao should really learn from others."

"Shh~!"

At this moment, Lin Daiyu suddenly made a silent gesture, and said in a low voice, "Quickly stop talking, then Yu Hanlin has already started to take the exam for Lan Geer."

All the girls held their breath and concentrated on hearing the words, and listened to the movement outside, especially Li Wan, who was so uneasy that he almost tore the veil into pieces.

In this silence where breathing can be heard, I heard Yu Qian's soft voice outside, "I don't know you..."

"Second Master, Second Master Bao!"

As soon as I heard the three words, I heard someone outside the door shouting loudly, "Second Master calls you to meet guests in Rongxi Hall!"

Chapter 394

In fact, in recent days, because Jia Baoyu has made great progress in his conduct, Jia Zheng has rarely scolded him—but how can this habit that has been cultivated for a long time be easily dissipated?

So when he heard his father calling him to meet the guests in Rongxi Hall, Jia Baoyu's baby face immediately collapsed.

Suddenly Ai Ai rushed outside, and asked the woman who was passing the message, "But I don't know that the distinguished guest from that house has arrived, and you still want me to come over to accompany you?"

Before the woman could reply, he couldn't help but speculate wildly, "Could it be that Jiayu Village on Xinglong Street is here again?"

The mother-in-law hurriedly said, "This time it's not Jia's Cheng, but a strange face. Hearing that he came to our house, he asked to see you, Second Master."

Unfamiliar faces?

Jia Baoyu was confused, but since he wanted to see him by name, it would definitely be impossible not to go.

So he turned back to the Ou Champs, and confessed to Sun Shaozong and Yu Qian, "It's really a coincidence that a guest suddenly came to the house and asked to see my younger brother by name. I'm afraid I can only stay away temporarily--please forgive me, two elder brothers." .”

As he spoke, he reminded Jia Lan to prepare for the school exams, and rushed to the Rongxi Hall on his own.

But when Baoyu left, other people paid it back, but Li Wan was very anxious. Because she was a widowed and chaste woman, it was really inconvenient for her to meet a foreigner, so she specially entrusted Jia Baoyu to take care of her son.

Who knew this little uncle was so unreliable!

Thinking of her son being alone and helpless outside without any decent elders to accompany her, she ran around anxiously, wishing she could put on a beard and pretend to be a man so that she could replace Baoyu outside.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu comforted her in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, don't panic, since I found the second uncle, he is definitely not brother Bao's friend, so he should come back after just a few words."

As he said that, he ordered Zijuan to say, "Go out from the back door and wait near the Rongxi Hall. If Brother Bao comes out, urge him to come back quickly. Don't miss the important event of Lang Geer's apprenticeship!"

Seeing Zijuan leave in a hurry, Li Wan listened for a long while, and found that although his son was not talking fluently outside, at least his words were quite decent, and he didn't seem to be panicked at all, so he gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing that Yu Qian had finished his homework in the exam and had some clear-cut questions, he suddenly fell silent.

Li Wan knew that it was a critical moment, his heart was beating wildly, he couldn't help but clutched half of his chest, and was pinching hard without knowing the pain, when he suddenly saw Zijuan go and come back, he panicked outside Shouted, "Girl, girl! It's terrible, uncle and master don't know why, he wants to beat Second Master Bao to death!"

Hearing this, all the girls in the water pavilion were in an uproar. Besides Li Wan, who else cared about Jia Lan?

Busy all went out to greet him, asking questions in a hurry.

But it turned out that when Baoyu arrived in Rongxi hall, he saw a thin and tall fifth-rank official, who was sitting at the head accompanied by his father, with cold eyes and extremely arrogant eyes.

After all, Jia Zheng was also the biological father of the imperial concubine, so he could barely be called 'the head of the country'. How could a mere fifth-rank official dare to be so rude in front of him?

Just as Jia Baoyu was wondering, he saw Jia Zheng jumping up and shouting in a stern voice, "Damn slave! You don't study at home, why are you doing these lawless things again! Since the official is loyal and obedient, he is favored How dare you lure him out for no reason, and stay away from home for six or seven days?!"

It turned out that the skinny fifth-rank official was none other than Zhou Mo, the chief official of Zhongshun Palace.

Because after Jiang Yuhan returned to the mansion that day, he quarreled with King Zhongshun, and finally left without seeing anyone for six or seven days.

King Zhongshun was furious and ordered Zhou Mo to search for Jiang Yuhan at all costs and bring him back to the palace for punishment.

And Zhou Mo often sent people to spy on Jiang Yuhan's secrets, so he knew that he was the closest to Jia Baoyu now, so he received the order from the prince, and unceremoniously found the Rongguo Mansion.

However, when Jia Baoyu saw his father's furious appearance, his whole body went limp. Fortunately, he had become more courageous recently, so he didn't cry aloud. , I have been busy with the affairs of the poetry club at home recently, and I haven't seen him for a long time, so how can we talk about the word "teasing"?"

Seeing that he pushed it clean, before Jia Zheng could speak, Zhou Mo sneered and said, "My lord, you don't have to hide it. If you hide at home, or know his whereabouts, you should tell me as soon as possible, so that I won't have to suffer more." , Naturally, I am also grateful for the benefits of the young master."

Jia Baoyu still didn't know.

Zhou Mo sneered again and said, "If the officials don't have real evidence, how dare they find the manor? Forget it, I didn't want to tell those shameless things in front of the boss, but now I can't say it."

As he said that, his eyes fell on Jia Baoyu's waist, and he said, "Since we met by chance, there is not much friendship, how did the red sweat scarf that the prince bestowed on Qiguan get into your waist?!"

Jia Baoyu was struck by lightning at that time, most of his soul was blown away, and he thought to himself that since he even knew such a secret matter, probably he couldn't hide anything else from him.

And King Zhongshun loves Jiang Yuhan the most, and he will never punish Jiang Yuhan severely because he hasn't returned for a few days—it's better to dismiss Zhou Changshi first, so that he won't say anything else, let alone explain it in front of his father !

Thinking of this, Jia Baoyu hesitated and said, "Since your lord knows even such a secret, how come you don't know that Qiguan built a red sandalwood castle twenty miles away from the city in the eastern suburbs-there are his fields and houses there. Before the sun returns, maybe they will live in this Red Sandalwood Castle."

Zhou Mo sneered a few times after hearing this, and then bowed to Jia Zheng and said, "Since Mr. Ling said so, I think Qiguan must be in the Red Sandalwood Castle—I will take someone to look for it. If you don't find it, I'm afraid you will come to the mansion to ask for advice."

With that said, he hurried away.

Jia Zheng was already furious when he heard that Baoyu didn't know how to live or die and provoke King Zhongshun's confinement, but now he heard that he was not ashamed, and he was even more angry when he heard that he was not ashamed. His eyes are crooked and his mouth is slanted.

You must know that since he experienced the Tengu case, the most taboo thing about him is this man-male thing!

So while sending Zhou Mo out, he turned around and ordered Baoyu to stay in the hall, not to go out for half a step.

Hearing his instructions, Baoyu guessed that today was more ominous than ominous. He was running around in the hall like ants in a hot pot, when he suddenly saw Zijuan looking around in the courtyard, as if he could keep up with Zhenbao, and went up. He grabbed Zicuckoo's wrist and begged repeatedly, "Sister save me, sister save me! Master is going to beat me to death!"

Before I could go into details, Jia Zheng's book boy came in and urged Baoyu to meet the master in the flower hall in front, saying that he was afraid that he would dirty the plaque of Rongxi hall.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu seemed to be about to go to the execution ground, and slowly rubbed away step by step, Zijuan naturally didn't dare to neglect, and rushed back to report the news as if he was flying.

But when all the girls heard that Baoyu was asking for help, they talked into a mess. Some said they were going to find Mrs. Wang to make the decision, and some said they were going to ask Jia Mu for help, but where did they make up their minds?

In the end, it was Xue Baochai who stood up and ordered without doubt, "From Zijuan's description just now, Brother Bao is afraid that he has caused some serious trouble, so he doesn't care about it right now-Tanchun, Xichun, you two go report to Auntie. Mrs. Wang; Sister Lin, Sister Yun, the three of us go to our ancestors!"

Everyone else responded one after another, but Lin Daiyu shook her head and said, "I don't know what I'm going to be beaten up for if I delay this time and time again!"

As he said that, he picked up the curtain and went to the outside room, and gave Sun Shaozong a blessing, saying, "Brother Sun, you must have heard a lot of our discussions just now—Second Uncle admires you the most on weekdays, so please go there first Help to persuade him, and prevent him from being beaten up!"

got~

Originally, I just wanted to help my 'cheap son' find a good teacher, but by chance, I stumbled into the housework of Rongguo Mansion—by the way, there are more miscellaneous things in Rongguo Mansion than on the stage? !

According to his original intention, Sun Shaozong really didn't want to meddle in the private affairs between Jia Zheng and his son, but Sister Lin, who was so lovely and pitiful, forced him to go—it wasn't a fault of pity, it was really inappropriate reason for refusal.

So he had no choice but to pretend to agree, and said sternly, "Miss Lin, don't worry, since Brother Bao is in trouble, I, as a brother, can't just sit idly by - I'll go over and see, what is the reason for this?" And rise."

He talked about generosity, but in fact he just said 'look', but he didn't promise to take care of it.

After finishing speaking, Sun Shaozong rushed out of the water pavilion in a panic, and went straight to Rongxi Hall.

Don't mention how the girls divide the army into two groups, and go to invite Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu.