Detective in the Red Chamber

It is only said that Sun Shaozong rushed to the vicinity of Rongxi Hall, and he heard Jia She's roar from the flower hall on the west side, "After the turmoil last year, I thought you had grown up, but I didn't expect you to really grow up. It turned out to be the one who caused the disaster!"

"Who is King Zhongshun? His male favourite, you dare... dare..."

tsk~

Originally, I only thought that Liu Xianglian and Jiang Yuhan were too close, but for a moment I forgot about Jia Baoyu.

Moreover, compared to Liu Xianglian, the ambiguous relationship between Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan really touches the taboo of the palace—although King Zhongshun is not stingy about sharing beauty with others, but it was rewarded by him on his own initiative. How can he agree to spy on his forbidden scorpion?

Now, taking advantage of Jiang Yuhan's mistake and finding Baoyu, it is not wronged him.

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong had already arrived at the door of the flower hall, looked in with his head, and saw Jia Zheng saw that the two young men did not work hard, snatched a water and fire stick, gritted his teeth, and hit Baoyu with a heavy stick. Ass!

"Ah~!"

Baoyu screamed at once, and raised his neck high like a fighting cock.

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong stepped forward and wanted to go in to dissuade him.

But after he thought about it, Jia Baoyu really owed some lessons, and if he could take the opportunity to correct his sexual orientation, it would be a good thing.

So Sun Shaozong stopped again and sat and watched Baoyu being beaten seven or eight times in a row.

Seeing that Jia Zheng's disciples in the house were being beaten hard, they all stepped forward to persuade him.

But Jia Zheng was not willing to listen, he kept his hands on his hands, and scolded him, "Ask him what he did, you can't forgive him! You people have spoiled him all the time, and you still come to persuade him at this stage. Is it because he is used to murdering kings and fathers tomorrow, that you don't come to intercede for him?!"

When everyone heard this, they all knew that Jia Zheng was in a hurry, so they didn't dare to persuade him anymore, but quietly wanted to call for reinforcements.

At this time, Sun Shaozong saw that he had been hit with more than a dozen sticks, so he strode inside, stretched out his hand to protect Baoyu, and asked knowingly, "Uncle Shi is merciful, but I don't know what kind of disaster Brother Bao has caused, so that Uncle Shi is like this." No mercy?!"

Those diners were okay, Sun Shaozong was a guest after all, and he was also a well-known master in the officialdom. Although Jia Zheng was very angry, he couldn't vent his anger on him.

But if I want to go into details, I am really ashamed to say it.

So Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "Nephew, don't ask any more questions. I gave birth to this little bastard. I ended up killing him today, and it has nothing to do with others!"

As he said that, he picked up the water and fire stick, pointed it at Baoyu's head and smashed it down!

Chapter 395

Seeing that Jia Zheng was in a hurry and threw Baoyu down on his head without hesitation, Sun Shaozong was also terrified. Before the water and fire stick fell, he hurriedly held it with his arms crossed, and took advantage of the situation to take the water and fire stick to his arms. The stick was taken away.

Duh~

Poking the stick on the ground, Sun Shaozong said solemnly, "Looking at Uncle Shi's posture, I'm afraid I have to take Brother Bao back to the Yamen and torture him!"

Jia Zheng was robbed of the 'weapon' by force, and he was feeling ashamed and annoyed. When he heard Sun Shaozong's words, he couldn't help but froze on the spot, and said in astonishment, "You want to take him back to torture him? Why? ?”

"Isn't that obvious?"

Sun Shaozong spread his hands, and said with a matter-of-fact face, "Brother Bao has all kinds of stubbornness, but he is determined not to be disobedient and unfilial--the uncle who has provoked such righteousness and extermination of relatives must be because of what he did outside. An act of robbing money and sex!"

"Since he committed such a serious case, my nephew, as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, should take him back for interrogation!"

While speaking, he didn't care about Jia Zheng's reaction, so he tore off the rope on Baoyu's body, and pretended to shout, "Come on, go back to the yamen with me!"

But hearing Jia Baoyu's "Oops", raised a pale baby face, looked at Sun Shaozong with a blurred gaze, and said tremblingly, "Second brother really... sure enough, he was a ghost servant in the underworld!"

The boy of emotion just fainted from the pain, and when Sun Shaozong tore off the rope, he just woke up and turned around. He happened to hear the word "Guo Tang", and thought he was in the underworld, and he wanted to judge the merits and demerits of this life.

Listening to his nonsense, Sun Shaozong really couldn't laugh or cry, and scolded angrily, "Quickly wake up, you have only been hit by a dozen boards, how can you be full of nonsense?!"

"So I'm not dead yet?"

Jia Baoyu straightened up suddenly, and then fell back like a salted fish, lying on the bench and moaning, "It hurts me so much!"

If you say that this kid is really a little expert at killing people, he will yell out pain when he shouts pain, but he doesn't know what's wrong with him, so he sings out in a rhythmic tone.

Originally, Jia Zheng had lost all vigor after Sun Shaozong's "nonsense pestering", but when he heard him singing, he suddenly thought of the "Qi Guan" again, annoyed, he grabbed another water and fire stick, swung it round and Waiting to draw on the treasure again.

Sun Shaozong felt helpless, and was about to stop him again, but someone jumped in from the outside, rushed forward and hugged the board, crying, "Master, please be merciful, be merciful!"

The person who came was Mrs. Wang.

When Jia Zheng saw that she had arrived, he blew his beard and stared and stomped his feet, "Forget it! It seems that you two, mother and son, will not give up until I'm mad at you!"

Mrs. Wang hugged the board desperately, and cried, "Although Baoyu should be beaten, the master should take care of his health. Besides, the old lady has not been very comfortable in this hot summer-it's fine to beat Baoyu to death. If the old lady got angry because of this, wouldn't it be too late for the master to regret it?!"

Seeing her bluffing the old lady, Jia Zheng became more and more annoyed. He sneered again and again, and said a lot of words about "a loving mother loses her life". Baoyu was strangled to death.

Mrs. Wang refused to obey. While protecting Baoyu, she cried for Jia Zhu, saying that if the eldest son was still alive, he would not care if a hundred Baoyu died.

At this time, Li Wan and all the girls also rushed over, and when they heard her cry Jia Zhu's name, even though they had already transferred their love to each other, they could only cry bitterly along with her.

This was already a mess, but an old lady came outside again, scolded Jia Zheng for a while, and then clamored to move back to Jinling's hometown with her grandson, so as not to hinder Jia Zheng's eyes.

Seeing that Jia Zheng was forced by the old lady, he only dared to kowtow while apologizing, and didn't bother to teach Jia Baoyu a lesson. The room was full of female relatives. , The boys backed out together.

He was thinking about Yu Qian and Jia Lan in his heart, but at the moment it was not good and he just slipped away like this.

I was alone in the corner thinking about something, when I suddenly heard someone whisper, "Thanks to Second Brother Sun for saving him, I'll thank Second Brother for him first."

Looking back, it was Lin Daiyu who looked for him with tears in her eyes. Seeing Sun Shaozong turning back, she was blessed again.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly returned the salute, and then said with relief, "Miss Lin, don't worry, I just checked it roughly. Brother Bao only hurt the flesh, but he hasn't moved any bones. As long as he lives well and takes care of it for a few days, it will be fine."

Lin Daiyu felt a little relieved when she heard the words, but then she hesitated to speak, and after a while, she met Sun Shaozong's curious eyes and asked eagerly, "Second Brother Sun, but I don't know why Brother Bao was beaten this time? "

"This one……"

Should I tell the truth, or cover up something for him?

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a while, but seeing Lin Daiyu's face full of worry about gains and losses, he couldn't help but secretly said.

Although Jia Baoyu was flirtatious and affectionate, among the many sons of wealthy families, he was considered more than superior than inferior.

Especially for Lin Daiyu whose parents both died, such a gentle and considerate cousin is already a rare good match—especially seeing Lin Daiyu's small appearance, I am afraid that she may not be a real one because of Jia Baoyu's sexual orientation. Fall out with him.

That being the case, why should I be a villain in vain?

So Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "When I arrived, Uncle Shi was beating him severely, so I didn't have time to ask in detail—if you know the truth, you might as well wait for Brother Bao to recover and ask him in person. "

Lin Daiyu's watery eyes turned on Sun Shaozong's face a few times, and then she pursed her lips and said, "Since Second Brother Sun refuses to tell the truth, my little sister won't ask any more questions."

Then he said another blessing, and then Fufeng followed like a willow.

tsk~

This little girl is shrewd and shrewd, after all, she still owes some sophistication to the world—you can just understand it in your heart, but she wants to call her name before leaving. If she were replaced by a small-minded person, she might become angry from embarrassment.

Just as Sun Shaozong watched Lin Daiyu enter the flower hall, he saw a master and a servant coming out of it, but it was Wang Xifeng and Ping'er.

However, the two master and servant looked around on the steps and swept back and forth twice about all kinds of people in the courtyard. Wang Xifeng stomped the embroidered shoes on the ground and went back into the house angrily.

Seeing this scene, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but move his heart. He casually pulled a familiar steward and asked Jia Lian's whereabouts in a low voice.

When he heard that Jia Lian had been at home these days and hadn't gone out today, he gloated - if nothing unexpected happened, Jia Lian might be in trouble again.

Sun Shaozong really hit the mark!

But it was said that Wang Xifeng sent Wang Xifeng away, and took care of some trivial matters, so she was panting and sweating, so she took off the apricot-colored pleated skirt and the little clothes inside, and was going to lie down again after taking a bath. bed.

Who would have thought that just as she stuck a leg like a white jade pillar into the bathtub full of petals, she suddenly heard Xiaohong report outside, saying that Baoyu had been beaten to death, even the old lady was startled.

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng was still in the mood to bathe?

He hurriedly called Ping'er to fetch the bath towel, wrapped up the warm water on his legs and dried some sweat on his body, changed into a new one from the inside out, and hurried to the flower hall.

After seeing Baoyu, Wang Xifeng was relieved to find that although he was beaten to pieces, his body was not injured.

However, after this slack, she suddenly discovered a strange thing - she didn't see any trace of Jia Lian inside and out!

Ordinarily, Jia Lian was handling housework in the front yard, so he should have gotten the news earlier than himself. How could he still be missing even though he was already there?

Suspicion arose in Wang Xifeng's heart, so he took another excuse to look outside. Seeing that even Sun Shaozong was standing in the corner, but Jia Lian was nowhere to be seen, the suspicion turned into deep anxiety.

It's just that she couldn't easily withdraw now, so she had no choice but to turn back.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a few maidservants trying to help Baoyu get up, and immediately shouted angrily, "You don't have long eyes! Don't you look at it, brother Bao can still walk in this way? Not too soon Go in and lift out that rattan drawer spring stool!"

Several strong-boned women rushed to the room and carried Zhang Chunstool out. They used it as a stretcher temporarily, and hugged Baoyu to Jiamu's room.

But as he talked along the way, Wang Xifeng kept looking around, but until Jia Baoyu was settled properly, there was still no sign of the second master Lian—the fault was not that he was doing something wrong, how could he still be here now? No news?

Thinking in this way, Wang Xifeng became more and more irritable, coupled with the hurrying all the way, she couldn't help but sweat all over her body, and her pink cheeks were even red hot like coals.

Everyone else was paying attention to Jia Baoyu, but the big maid, Yuanyang, had the sharpest eyes. Seeing that something was wrong with Wang Xifeng, she hurriedly told Jia Mu in a low voice.

"Lien's daughter-in-law."

Then Mother Jia wiped her tears and came over, full of complaints, "You haven't recovered from your illness, why are you tossing with us? Hurry up, hurry up and help your grandma go back, so that she can take care of her well."

If it was normal, Wang Xifeng would most likely try to be brave and stay in charge.

But now she just wants to find out exactly what shameful thing Jia Lian is doing, so she goes along with the flow and lets Ping'er and Xiaohong walk out of Jia's mother's yard.

When he got outside, Wang Xifeng pushed Xiaohong away, and ordered sternly, "Go! Bring Zhou Rui and his wife to me, and tell me that our family has recruited thieves. Let him prepare sticks and ropes, and come with me to catch the thieves." go!"

In the past when the husband and wife had conflicts, Ping'er had to say a few words of persuasion, but now her heart was tied to Sun Shaozong, and she was annoyed that Jia Lian had clashed with Sun Shaozong indiscriminately the day before yesterday.

Therefore, instead of persuading him, he reminded, "Xing'er is leading people to replant fruit trees in the garden these days, and has not followed the second master—but the matter of the second master cannot be hidden from him!"

When Wang Xifeng heard the words, he ordered Zhou Rui not to rush over here, but to go to the Grand View Garden to tie Xing'er first.

Chapter 396 Peach Blossom Demon

The words are divided into two parts.

But Sun Shaozong saw Jia Baoyu being carried to another place, and hurried back to the lotus root Xiangxie.

After entering the door, seeing that Yu Qian and Jia Lan still had questions and answers, and the atmosphere seemed to be very harmonious, it was a relief.

"Ting Yi."

He stepped forward and rubbed Jia Lan's little head, and smiled complacently, "How about it, this kid is still in your eyes."

Yu Qian also smiled, but avoided answering, "Uncle Thirteen, it's getting late now, shouldn't you and I..."

Is this a polite refusal?

Or is there still something to take the exam?

Sun Shaozong pondered in his heart, but he didn't want to force anything, so he quickly called out the big maid Suyun from the next door, handed Jia Lan over to her to look after, and then walked out of the waterside pavilion with Yu Qian.

About a mile away, Sun Shaozong suddenly stopped, and said seriously, "Ting Yi, there are no outsiders present, what are you thinking in your heart, can you tell me the truth?"

Yu Qian also said solemnly, "Uncle, to be honest, this child is smart and well-behaved, I really like him very much, but..."

"Wrong, wrong!

Before he could finish the 'just', he suddenly heard someone crying and howling in the nearby peach forest, "This is really a great injustice! Lai Dadu lost his life because of this, how dare I still withhold the money for repairing the garden?!"

Looking at the reputation, Zhou Rui led a few healthy servants and was driving a heavily tied young man to the front yard—and this young man was none other than Xing'er, Jia Lian's most favored sidekick.

Then Zhou Rui scolded angrily, "Why are you yelling? The second grandma only said that she was going to ask you, but she didn't say that she wanted to investigate the embezzlement of money. You kid is so nonsense, do you have a ghost in your heart?! "

Seeing this group of people pushing and shoving away, Yu Qian pointed at their backs and sighed, "Although the child is a good boy, but with the family style of Rongguo Mansion, when he is a few years older, I'm afraid he may not be able to do it." It's good to learn something!"

It turned out that he was worried about this.

However, there is some truth to this worry. After all, Jia Lan is still young now, and he is said to be smart and well-behaved, but it is hard to predict what he will look like in the future—and Yu Qian did not open a private school, so if he accepts an apprentice, it will be his life. Things, of course, have to be considered in the long run.

But Sun Shaozong had also signed a guarantee in front of Li Wan, how could he just sit back and watch this matter go to waste?

So he hurriedly distinguished, "Brother Caibao was called in just now, and he was really beaten by Duke Cun Zhou and Jia Zhenghao. I think Duke Cun Zhou meant that he wanted to rectify the atmosphere in the mansion. He is famous for his reputation." Fangzheng, if you make up your mind..."

Before Sun Shaozong finished speaking, Yu Qian shook his head again and said, "This Zhou Gongkong bears the name of 'Founder', but in fact he is indecisive and unclear about rewards and punishments-not to mention, his concubine almost poisoned his son and nephew and daughter-in-law. But he blindly only knows how to defend, causing the whole family to complain!"

Speaking of this, he flicked his sleeves in disdain, "like this, how can you talk about self-cultivation and family management?"

Unexpectedly, he didn't have much contact with people in Rongguo Mansion, but he had already seen through Jia Zheng's essence.

And now that Jia Zheng has been commented on, Yu Qian is not going to hide it anymore, he simply discusses Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian, "As for Jia Baoyu, although he has some talents, he is lazy and used to it." My son, brother, even if you are motivated to make progress for a while, it will be difficult to persevere."

"Not to mention Jia Lian, who is immersed in wine, sex and wealth all day long, and even his wives and concubines at home are difficult to check and balance. If they are not relying on the shadow of their ancestors, such people are really worthless!"

Of the four hostesses in the Rongguo Mansion, he commented on three of them at one go, but Jia She was not mentioned.

First of all, Jia She is Sun Shaozu's father-in-law after all, so it is customary to hide it for the venerable; second, Jia She is such a well-known old bastard, there is really nothing to comment on.

After hearing what he said, Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "Listen to you, the Rongguo Mansion is actually worthless, isn't it?"

"it's not true."