Detective in the Red Chamber

Listening to what this young man said was exactly what he thought in his heart, and the appreciation in Sun Shaozong's eyes became stronger - this Li Xian is full of courage, insight, wit, and literary talent. If he can be cultivated well, he will be a great talent in the future figure.

Right now, I happen to be planning for the future...

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong couldn't help snorting again, "Then Xu Huaizhi is a sixth-rank magistrate after all, and his knowledge is not as good as that of a young boy—come here!"

As he said that, he took the Zhinaren's stick from the stick, threw it on the ground casually, and ordered, "Bring Xu Zhixian and Zhou Feng together, and let him retry the case in the government office!"

Calling it a retrial, it was actually forcing Xu Huaizhi to slap himself in the face!

It stands to reason that people in the officialdom try their best to avoid such a way of directly tearing up the face without leaving any room.

But Xu Huaizhi made mistakes repeatedly, and he was used to shirk, so he was included in Sun Shaozong's blacklist long ago—and now that Sun Shaozong is colluding with Jia Yucun, there is no constraint in Shuntian Mansion, so if Xu Huaizhi is not dealt with at this time, When will we wait?

When the yamen servant was ordered to leave, Sun Shaozong ordered someone to invite a doctor to diagnose and treat Li Sheng's injuries in the hall.

Then Li Xian was naturally grateful again, and kowtowed several times for his father.

However, about half an hour later, Xu Huaizhi rushed to the lobby in a cold sweat. When he saw Sun Shaozong, he knelt down on his knees without saying a word, and said in fear, "The lowly job is stupid, the lowly job is stupid! Please also see that the lowly job is also to solve the case." For the sake of eagerness, please spare the humble job this time!"

"Eager to solve the case?"

Sun Shaozong snorted and said, "If you are really eager to solve the case, and the two criminals confessed for four or five days, but you still can't find the trace of Chen Xu, you must have noticed something strange, right?"

"Idiosyncratic..."

"That's it."

Sun Shaozong didn't bother to listen to his explanation. After the case, he got up to avoid it, and said with a cold face, "Since this case started from you, you have to finish it from beginning to end."

Seeing his sarcastic remarks, Xu Huaizhi dared to climb up the ladder and sit behind the desk to start the trial?

He hurriedly lowered his head, and said in a servile manner, "The lowly position is terrified. Since this case is an adult's investigation of the hidden truth, I should be free..."

"Since you don't want to sit up for interrogation, it's the same for kneeling."

Before Xu Huaizhi could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong said another sentence coldly, turned around and went back to the back office, leaving only Xu Huaizhi kneeling in the hall, but he didn't dare to get up.

Not to mention whether he was interrogating on his knees or sitting.

But when he returned to Houya, Sun Shaozong took off his official robes and put on black regular clothes, and at the same time told Sun Chengye who followed him, "Third brother, you can go and find out later, where Li Xian and his son live, after you go back." Then tell Zhao Zhongji to send 150 taels of silver to him tomorrow—by the way, let Li Xian and his son know that I will put a full moon wine at home on the 27th."

"Uncle Thirteen, is this the child in the picture?"

"If you don't match, it depends on whether he dares to come on the 27th, and whether he will come."

Since you want to cultivate your own cronies, it is natural that this kind of one who has been won over by kindness since childhood is more worthy of expectation and trust - but Sun Shaozong's current status is not good enough to cater to a young boy, so he can only be a little As a reminder, wait for that Li Xian to come to the door.

Speechless all the way.

When he got home, the moon was already bright and the stars were thin, Sun Shaozong stopped at the door of the main room, and was about to call Shiliu out with a lantern, so as to get rid of the yin qi on his body, but suddenly he saw a person flashing out of the west wing.

At first, I thought it was Second Sister You waiting for an opportunity to pester her again, but when I got closer, I realized that it was Sister You's mother.

Because she made up her mind to marry Third Sister You out of the Sun family, Mother You took her daughter to live in the Sun Family together a few days ago—Sister You got a small courtyard alone, and Mother You lived with Xiangling. mother lives together.

Since Second Sister You is a concubine, her mother is naturally not a serious elder, so Sun Shaozong just nodded slightly and asked, "Mom, if you don't go back to rest at such a late hour, do you have anything to discuss with me?"

Although the word "mother" in this season can also be used for mothers, it is mainly used as a friendly address for older women.

Mother You didn't dare to trust her, so she hurriedly said a blessing, and said with a nervous smile, "I didn't dare to bother the second master, but the old lady received a message today, it is... a servant of the Ningguo Mansion. here."

Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that You Shi was the eldest sister in name after all, how could he not react at all when seeing that his younger sister was about to get married?

As for Mother You's hesitation, she was concerned about the grievances between Sun Shaozong and Ningguo Mansion.

But how could Sun Shaozong take his anger on Youshi with that night of flirtatiousness?

He smiled immediately and said, "Seeing that it's a good day for Sanjieer and Liu Xiandi, I'm afraid that if the scene is not lively, it will push the helpers out? If Ningguo Mansion wants to buy some clothes or something, there is no need to go with them." I'll discuss it, and mother can decide on her own."

"Hey!"

Youmu immediately beamed with joy, patted her legs and said, "I just said that the second master is a magnanimous person—then I'll let the eldest sister come over tomorrow and help the third girl to palm her eyes!"

You Shi wants to come?

Youshi's petite and exquisite figure flashed in Sun Shaozong's mind, and then he thought about the soft and boneless love of You's second sister Zhu Yuanyurun. The two sisters in name are really very different.

On the contrary, Third Sister You has the strengths of both of them, in terms of being bold and charming, she is even better...

bah bah bah!

After spitting a few times, Sun Shaozong said, "If the eldest wife of the Ningguo Mansion comes in person, you might as well invite the eldest sister-in-law to entertain her tomorrow. They are also sisters-in-law, and they have some friendship on weekdays." .”

Mother You responded with a lot of voices, and then returned to the west chamber with gratitude.

After Sun Shaozong watched her go, he turned around and saw Shiliu coming out with a lantern, and while laughing and shining him from head to toe, he gave him a wink to look at the inner window.

Looking up, I saw a hazy shadow in the window, obviously Ruan Rong was listening to the wall.

tsk~

Probably because he was worried that he would be dragged away by Second Sister You.

Thinking this way, Sun Shaozong didn't rush to harass his son, but went to Ruan Rong's room first.

"Why, I'm afraid that my master..."

When I entered the door, I wanted to tease Ruan Rong, but I saw Ruan Rong sitting in front of the dressing table in a daze, with tears in the corners of her eyes.

Sun Shaozong panicked immediately, stepped forward and hugged her shoulders, and asked with concern, "What's the matter? Why did Hao Duan Duan drop the golden beans?"

Ruan Rong poked her head into his arms, and said in a muffled voice, "Even this orphan and widow's marriage, relatives came to ask about it, but I was alone, and I didn't even write a letter for half a year."

Not to mention the cheap father-in-law, now he has been imprisoned in the prison of Qianxiang country, even if he is well-behaved, given the current situation of Qianxiang country, I am afraid that he would not dare to send a word to Da Zhou.

However, Sun Shaozong didn't dare to let Ruan Rong know about this, even in order to conceal the news - the guy who came back from Qianxiang country was sent to the south by him to help Cheng Rixing manage the timber business.

So he had no choice but to make jokes and said with a stern face on purpose, "You said that, with me by your side, why are you alone? Besides, even if I am an outsider, my son will always be your flesh and blood, right?"

"Or, do you think his surname is not Ruan? Then tomorrow I will explain to the people below and change his name to Ruan Chengyi!"

"Bah~!"

Ruan Rong raised her head and spat, half-truthfully annoyed, "I'm serious with you, but you're talking nonsense!"

"Ha ha……"

Sun Shaozong laughed, wrapped her in his arms, and said, "Then let's not change the name for now. When we have another son, let him take your surname."

"You said it!"

Ruan Rong punched Sun Shaozong's chest a few times with her small fist, but he took the opportunity to hug him by the waist and put him on the bed. Seeing that she was about to pounce on him and fight for the next child, Ruan Rong hurriedly raised her leg to support him With a bear waist, he said angrily, "Let's wash up first. You came out of Youshi's room in the morning, but you haven't washed yourself yet."

Still need to wash?

Youshi had already used his reedy tongue to deal with the aftermath.

But it's hard to tell Ruan Rong about this matter in detail, so Sun Shaozong had to get up resentfully, calling Pomegranate and Furong to carry out the bathtub, and brought in several buckets of well water and three pots of hot water.

In and out of the bucket, a total of eight hands were rubbing up and down, and Ruan Rong suddenly remembered a serious business, and hurriedly said, "By the way, the uncle sent someone to send a 1 tael silver note, and didn't say anything." What is it for?"

Sun Shaozong poured some water on his head with a ladle, rinsed off the jasmine-scented soap foam, then wiped his face with a towel, and then said, "It's nothing, isn't our family's timber business a lot of money?" Over there, I couldn’t bear it anymore, and I was thinking about paying dividends in advance—I made a deal with my elder brother yesterday, and first took some money from our house to put it on the pad, so as not to ruin the business.”

Ruan Rong naturally knew who the 'over there' was referring to, and she couldn't help but angrily said, "Her family didn't pay a penny, and just relied on their relationship to share with our family in half, and now they have the nerve to argue for an early dividend!"

Sun Shaozong smiled helplessly, and sighed, "There is no way, even in a few hundred years, the masters who make big money will still be related to those."

Chapter 486 Grandma Liu Enters the Grand View Garden [Part [-]]

On the second day, You Shi really came to the door.

However, she only wandered around Jia Yingchun and Third Sister You's yard, but never went to Second Sister You's house, so Sun Shaozong couldn't find a chance to judge the two sisters together.

Time flies, and it will be August 25 in a blink of an eye.

Because he asked for leave in advance, he didn't have to go to the yamen to ask questions, and he didn't have to go to the Prince's Mansion to report. Sun Shaozong slept with Ruan Rong in his arms until nine o'clock in the morning, and then lazily got up.

When she got outside, Qingwen had already tidied things up neatly, but she pretended to be a normal person, doing some housework and sweeping around in the living room.

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming out of the room, Qingwen froze, but immediately lowered her head and got busy without even looking at Sun Shaozong.

But how sharp is Sun Shaozong's eyesight?

With just a quick glance, one can see that the girl is stretched all over her body, and her two silver ingot-like ears are always paying attention to Sun Shaozong's movements.

This girl is really a twisted temper.

Shaking his head speechlessly, Sun Shaozong greeted him loudly, "Since everything is packed, let's go."

After saying that, regardless of whether Qingwen agreed or not, she went out of the main room.

Qingwen's movements froze again, still hesitating while clutching the rag, the pomegranate next to her had already snatched it away, and said angrily, "I've been thinking and looking forward to it all day, why are you pretending when it's over? You want my second master to stay outside until you go back to the house to fix your makeup?!"

Qingwen's pretty face darkened, and she opened her mouth to retort, but she didn't want to miss this opportunity, she gritted her silver teeth for a long while, and chased out quickly.

"Pooh!"

Shiliu took advantage of the situation and threw the dishcloth to the little maid under her command, spat hard through the door curtain, and said disdainfully, "Look at that hypocrisy!"

Just like that, Qingwen followed Sun Shaozong to the front yard step by step, but saw three carriages lined up in front of the corner gate.

Just as he was puzzled, two people, Siqi and Xiuju, appeared from the sidelines, and said in a crisp voice, "Second Lord, my wife is already in the carriage. I said that your place is safe, and you can go on the road at any time."

But it turned out that when he heard that Sun Shaozong was going to Rongguo Mansion as a guest, Jia Yingchun moved his mind, thinking that since Baoyu was poisoned, he hadn't been back to his mother's house for half a year-although the relationship with Jia She and his wife was not close, it was true. Some miss their sisters at home.

Therefore, she sent someone to discuss with Sun Shaozong, and planned to take advantage of this wave of wind and follow her back to her natal home.

Originally, this matter should be handled by Yuanyang, but Yuanyang came to Sun's house to avoid Jia Amnesty, so now she is willing to send the sheep to the tiger's mouth?

"Let's go then."

Sun Shaozong flicked his sleeves, and got into the leading carriage by himself. Xiuju was going to accompany Jia Yingchun in the carriage, so the last carriage was naturally cheaper for Qingwen and Siqi.

In addition, there were two rough envoys, who were not afraid of showing their faces, so they got on the shafts of the two carriages behind and sat side by side with the driver.

When the three carriages came out and meandered towards Rongguo Mansion, no matter whether it was the first time they had met the coachman on the shaft, they started chatting nonsense, but it was Qingwen and Siqi who were in the carriage. Li is indifferent.

Although they have known each other for a long time, both of them are arrogant and aggressive masters, so how can they get along with each other?

In particular, because Qingwen entered the Rongguo Mansion halfway, there was already a gap between her and the domestic maids who grew up since she was a child—that is, Xiren had been with her for a long time, so she didn't say these things.

It's fine for Qingwen, the Sun Mansion doesn't care about her, so naturally she doesn't care much about Siqi's attitude.

But Siqi thinks he is his wife's dowry maid, and he feels that he has lost power compared to Qingwen. The lost dog driven out by the mistress is more than ten times stronger. How can he stand Qingwen in front of him, pretending to be aloof and arrogant?

So on the way, Siqi couldn't help but sneered and said, "It's said that you listened to the tune in the second master's house and didn't listen to the announcement. I thought it was someone else's nonsense, but I'm afraid it's true after looking at it today!"

Qingwen didn't argue with Shiliu just now, because she was afraid that she would miss the chance to meet Baoyu—but now that she's on the way, why is she willing to take the lead in playing chess?

So Qingwen also said sarcastically, "You take your Yangguan road, I cross my single-plank bridge, and we are not in the same direction. Whether I am good or bad, what is hindering you?"

How can Siqi stand such words?

He straightened his chest like a papaya, and snorted harshly, "I'm afraid that your single-plank bridge will not pass, and you will have to fight for the first place on Yangguan Road in the future!"

She is not a person with ink at all, and she felt awkward when she said this, so she added, "You only think of the second master Bao as a long-term lover, don't forget the fate of the first Qianxue ——She has been with Second Master Bao since she was a child, and because of some trivial matters, she said she was kicked out before she was kicked out? I didn't see him go back to ask for compensation!"

These words hit Qingwen's weakness, although she tried her best to cover it up, she still couldn't help showing some worry about gains and losses.

Seeing this, Siqi was immediately elated, as if he had won a battle, and took advantage of the situation to stretch his plump body, taking up most of the carriage.

The book does not go into details.

But when the carriage arrived at Rongguo Mansion, Ping'er had been waiting in front of the corner gate with some maidservants, and welcomed Jia Yingchun into Dongkua courtyard like stars holding the moon.

As soon as he stepped over the black lacquered threshold, Siqi tore open the purse with eight treasures inlaid with silver threads, poured out more than a dozen golden beans of yellow and orange, and said calmly, "My wife was so upset that I was returned to the door for the first time. I still have to point out the big guys to take care of them, these little gadgets will make everyone sticky and happy."

There is a saying that 'the one who is close to the vermilion is red and the one who is close to the ink is black', Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng are both masters who love to attract money, and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals around them are mostly slaves who are greedy for money.

After the incident of auditing accounts, the amount of extra money in the mansion has been greatly reduced, and everyone has been 'hungry' for a long time.

At this time, I was looking at the yellow-orange golden beans, one of which is worth two or three qian at least, and probably not as much as five taels of silver, all of them were smiling, and stepped forward to thank you reward.

Only Ping'er couldn't laugh or cry, he punched Siqi lightly on the chest, and spat, "You little hoof is so ignorant, if you really want to be a money-spreading boy for your aunt, you should also have a good time in front of your wife and grandma. Sprinkle gold, what does it look like?"

"Naturally, everyone is happy!"

Siqi laughed, stepped forward and hugged Ping'er's slender waist, grabbed a few golden beans, stuffed them into her hand, and said with a smile, "I know you don't like these things, let's keep them for others to use. "

"Yo~!"

Before Ping'er refused, there was a burst of laughter from the aisle between the two doors, "We don't have relatives in our family, but a boy who spreads money! Let's talk about it first, if I don't have my share , I don't agree!"

Stepping on that crisp voice, Wang Xifeng came out in clusters of flowers, with a lot of pearls and hairpins on her head, and rose-colored palace ribbons were adorned on the hem of the splendidly embroidered skirt. It's true that riches and honor overwhelm people.

All the maids and women hurriedly restrained their colors and bowed their heads to greet him.