Detective in the Red Chamber

"oops!"

While Sun Shaozong was talking here, suddenly Jia Baoyu uttered a bird cry, not to mention that Sun Shaozong was startled by him, even Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang inside were startled, and they all inquired through the screen.

Jia Baoyu knew that something was wrong, and quickly explained, "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of an important thing, and I forgot to do it."

Looking back with a bitter face, he said, "I originally agreed to visit Sister Qiulian early this morning, but now... oh."

It turned out that I remembered this.

Sun Shaozong said in relief, "It happened for a reason, and you didn't intend to do it, and it's nothing to say that it's a day off."

Jia Baoyu really "listened to people's persuasion", and immediately decided to go to the Beijing Palace to visit the concubine Qiulian tomorrow morning.

As he said that, he hesitated again, "Brother, I will not go to the full moon wine tomorrow night, so as not to make my little niece feel sick."

"What are you afraid of?"

Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "It's cold at night, I didn't intend to take the child out and let you pass it on."

After thinking about it, he said, "However, Xue Pan was ill a few days ago, and his body is still very weak. You may as well go home to take a bath and change clothes after you come out of the Beijing Palace, and then go to have a drink before it's too late."

But Jia Baoyu didn't hear about it, so he took advantage of the situation to ask what happened, and couldn't help but blame Aunt Xue and Sister Bao, and refused to reveal any rumors, otherwise, as a cousin, he should go over and have a look.

But after only a few words of complaint, he turned to the part he cared about the most, "Second brother, have you found anything in the past few days?"

Sun Shaozong shook his head, "Yun'er, who was raised by Xue Datou, does have a lover in private, but he is a helpless person with no power in his family, so it should have nothing to do with this matter."

"As for the others... Xue Datou is much more honest than before, at least on the surface he hasn't offended any enemies."

While talking, it was heard that the banquet inside had already ended, Mother Jia led the crowd out, told Sun Shaozong to eat and drink enough, and then went to Jia Tanchun's boudoir to gossip.

There was no sign of Grandma Liu among them, presumably the old rural lady hadn't had enough to eat and drink—in addition, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan stayed inside to eat.

Because he was always disturbed by Jia Baoyu, Sun Shaozong only ate half full, so he naturally refused to wrong himself. He was about to sit down and continue eating and drinking, but he heard Grandma Liu sigh behind the screen, "It's nothing else, I only love your family This way of doing things, strange people say 'the courtesy goes out to everyone'."

What a 'gift to everyone'!

This is clearly picking on the etiquette of the Rongguo Mansion!

Sun Shaozong originally gave this old lady a higher look than others, but after hearing these four words, he realized that he still underestimated her!

These four words are full of needles, and it's not that I don't know the tricks in it, but I just acted according to the master's will.

The timing is just right, if it's too early to disturb the scene, if it's too late, it loses its weight. If you don't have an insight into the world, you will definitely not be able to handle this properly!

Immediately, I could hear Wang Xifeng apologizing again and ordering the servant girl to serve tea to Grandma Liu, but Grandma Liu hid her sharpness again and spoke honest and honest words.

Outside, Jia Baoyu was stunned for a long while, Fang wryly smiled and shook his head and said, "Second brother said yesterday that I am not as good as her, and I was still not convinced. Now that I think about it, I really think people are inferior."

Sun Shaozong couldn't understand his fuss, but he liked his disposition of never exposing mistakes, so he said with a smile, "There is a saying that 'the knowledge of the world is all knowledge, and the understanding of human feelings is the article'. How long have you lived? In the future The more you have learned, the more you will understand.”

Jia Baoyu nodded in agreement, and suddenly felt that this sentence seemed to have been seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember the source for a while, thinking that he might have read it in that book, so he didn't bother to think about it.

But he said that when Sun Shaozong was almost full, he saw that Grandma Liu, accompanied by Li Wan, went to Jia Tanchun's boudoir, so he got up and said, "Come on, let's go out for a meal with me first."

"Wait a minute!"

Before Jia Baoyu could respond, Wang Xifeng suddenly appeared from behind the screen, and said with a cold face, "I have a few words that I want to clarify with Erlang face to face—Brother Bao, please go outside and wait."

Even though he was barely married to his in-laws, it was still a taboo to speak in private.

If it was someone who was mature and prudent, it would probably be tactful to persuade him, but Jia Baoyu was not one to follow the rules, and he sneered at the defense of men and women the most, so he hesitated for a while, and went outside through the curtain.

So in Xiaocui Hall, only Sun Shaozong and Wang Xifeng were left.

Chapter 505 Shi Taijun's Two Banquets in the Grand View Garden【Part [-]】

However, after throwing Jia Baoyu out, Wang Xifeng did not speak in a hurry, but walked to the door quietly——although Jia Lian seemed to be no longer jealous, this lonely man and widow were still in the same room. Talk about taboo.

Therefore, until she confirmed that the maidservant outside could see her figure through the Xianglian curtain, Wang Xifeng turned around and sneered, "What kind of magic did Mr. Sun use to fascinate our master's heart, and let him put his body on the ground?" The smelly and the smelly ones are all given up to you!"

It was at noon in autumn, and the sunshine passed through the gaps in the curtains with the breeze, rippling and spreading down, coating her delicate facial features with a faint warm color, so although Wang Xifeng frowned and stared at her pretty face with evil spirits, but It doesn't look cold at all, but reveals some other charm.

Sun Shaozong spread his hands, and said innocently, "Sister-in-law, this is really wronging me. Since we had a misunderstanding with Brother Lian, the two of us have never fought head-on. Even if I really have demon skills, there is nowhere to use them--Yesterday Look at Lian's second brother's enthusiasm, I think it's my sister-in-law who thinks about her past friendship and puts some kind words on my behalf."

Hearing his mention of 'past love', Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered the old troubles - in fact, she couldn't remember what happened at that time at all, but the more she couldn't remember clearly, the more she couldn't help but want to go there. The 'shameful person' is a brain supplement.

So after listening to the words "past days love", her mind was filled with all kinds of embarrassing embarrassments, which were even more beautiful than what Sun Shaozong experienced personally.

So on Wang Xifeng's gold-plated cheeks, two red clouds immediately flew up, staring straight at Danfeng's triangular eyes, and spat viciously, "Which one has any past relationship with you?! If you dare to spray dung all over your mouth, be careful!" I'll tear your stinky mouth apart!"

The intense reaction was really beyond Sun Shaozong's expectation.

He was stunned for a moment, before distinguishing, "Why is the second sister-in-law so excited? The younger brother refers to the relationship of doing business together——"

As he said that, he took out two banknotes from his sleeve, shook them away and shook them at Wang Xifeng, and said with an innocent face, "Is it worth mentioning this white money?"

Seeing the words '[-] taels of fine silver' printed on the bill shining brightly, most of the embarrassment on Wang Xifeng's face disappeared silently.

Since checking the accounts last autumn, I have lost most of my income in the past year, and I have to try my best to maintain the ostentation of being the head of the house.

Therefore, in the eyes of Wang Xifeng, the 2 taels of banknotes were like rain after a long drought. No matter what to do to avoid suspicion, she subconsciously took two steps forward, stretched out five fingers like green onions, and was about to hold the banknotes in her hands .

Sun Shaozong shrank his hands back hurriedly, and said seriously, "According to the rules of businessmen, in fact, this money should not be given, but I understand my sister-in-law's difficulties, so I asked my brother to advance 2 taels-even if my sister-in-law doesn't miss the old relationship At any rate, you should pay attention to my painstaking efforts."

Although he didn't mention Ping'er at all in his words, the inner meaning is obvious.

Wang Xifeng's delicate body froze, first a little sullenness flashed across the face of the lotus powder, and then a bit of hesitation and reluctance appeared.

Seeing her pair of red phoenix eyes fixed on the bank note intently, Sun Shaozong felt that he was sure of winning, when Wang Xifeng suddenly sneered, covered his mouth and said, "I never thought that Ping'er really fell into Erlang's eyes." ——Forget it, at least it's a master-servant match, so I'll make it happen for her."

Sun Shaozong was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to the end, "Thank you..."

"Wait a minute!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng shook her head again and said, "Although I am willing to let her go, I really can't live without her by my side. Erlang, please allow me a little while until I find someone who can replace Ping'er, and then let the two of you go for a long time." Not too late."

Saying that, Yingying said a blessing, "I'm afraid the old ancestor should have had enough rest, I have to go to the front to help."

Watching her turn around and Tingting exit Xiaocui Hall gracefully, Sun Shaozong looked down at the bank note in his hand, and couldn't help secretly regretting that he shouldn't have acted too hastily just now, revealing his importance to Ping'er.

Right now Wang Xifeng is rushing away, naturally not to give up the 2 taels of silver, but consciously pinching Sun Shaozong's shortcoming, so there is no need to bargain with him for these two silver tickets.

If Sun Shaozong's guess is correct, before she leaves Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng will definitely arrange for Ping'er to come and ask herself for these two bank notes.

At that time, if any conditions are raised, Ping'er will be in trouble.

Hey~

Mistake, what a mistake!

It's too late to regret it now, but fortunately there is still Jia Lian to count on. In the future, I will look for opportunities to side-step, see what kind of plot he has in getting close to me, and then wait for the opportunity to get Ping'er over.

After comforting himself, Sun Shaozong followed the curtain to the courtyard, only to see a tall and strong woman whispering something to Jia Baoyu.

"Chess?"

Sun Shaozong asked suspiciously, "You are not serving by sister-in-law's side, what are you doing here?"

Si Qi hurriedly stepped forward to report, "Originally my wife wanted to go home with the second master in the afternoon, but the elder master suddenly sprained his foot..."

tsk~

Patronizing to avoid right and wrong places, but ignored the impact of this matter.

Jia Amnesty had just injured her leg and foot, even if the injury was not serious, Jia Yingchun, as a daughter, had absolutely no reason to slap her ass and leave.

In this way, I really want to spend the night in this Grand View Garden.

Since he was not in a hurry to leave, Sun Shaozong simply calmed down and accompanied Jia Mu to enjoy the lake and autumn scenery in the garden.

The crowd first left Qiushuangzhai in a bustling manner, and walked all the way to the wharf named Xingyezhu, where they saw two Tangmu painted boats already waiting on the shore, with four Gusu drivers standing on the bow and stern, all of them were tight. Dressed in short clothes, with bare feet, showing a coquettish and charming whole body.

Sure enough, the most beautiful scenery in this Grand View Garden is actually the group of women imprisoned inside.

Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Grandma Liu and other elders all got on the first boat, and Li Wan and Wang Xifeng, two daughters-in-law, followed closely to serve them.

But they said that after the others boarded the boat, they sat in that cabin, but Wang Xifeng was the only one who was brave enough to stand on the bow of the boat and clamored to go punting with the boat lady.

Jia Mu said urgently in the cabin, "This is not a joke. Although our pond is not as big as a big river, it is also about ten feet deep!"

But Sister Feng refused to give up, and said, "It's okay, the ancestors just don't worry", so she pushed the pole a little harder to the shore, and saw the painting boat swaying through waves and slowly sailing into the pool.

Seeing her swaying with the hull, the pair of well-ripe waves were more turbulent than the water, Sun Shaozong hurriedly stared at her for a few times, thinking it was to make up for the debt he just suffered.

It's a pity that Wang Xifeng quickly gave up the plan of punting, and sat back in the cabin honestly.

Sun Shaozong had no choice but to withdraw his eyes reluctantly, and followed Jia Baoyu to the cruise ship behind.

Since the boat was full of young girls who had not left the court, Sun Shaozong couldn't emulate Baoyu's shameless way of squeezing in to take advantage of it, so he sat upright at the clean place at the stern, pretending to be a moral gentleman.

It is now the end of August, and most of the lotus leaves in the pond have already withered. Against the background of the ruins, the scenery on the shore is beautiful, but it lacks a third of its artistic conception.

Jia Baoyu couldn't help complaining, "These broken lotus leaves are really hateful, why haven't they been pulled out?"

Xue Baochai replied with a smile, "Since I lived in this garden, the sisters let this pond idle around? Every day, where is there still time for someone to clean it up?"

Because Lin Daiyu was still angry with Jia Baoyu, she also snorted and said, "I don't like Li Yishan's poems the most. I only like his line 'Leave the remnant lotus to listen to the sound of rain', but that common man insisted on pulling it out. .”

Seeing that it was her who spoke, Jia Baoyu nodded his head hastily, "It's really a good sentence, and we will keep it in the future!"

Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu felt even more bored when she saw him being obedient, so she turned her head and stopped looking at him, and saw the old god Sun Shaozong sitting at the stern, so she asked curiously, "I heard that the princess once made a poem about lotus, I prepared to say that the summer scenery of the Prince's Mansion is magnificent, but I don't know whether the scenery of the Prince's Mansion is better in the eyes of Second Brother Sun, or this..."

Before she could finish asking, Xue Baochai shoved her in a hurry, and then interrupted with a smile, "Before she got married, the princess was a talented woman who was famous in the capital. No matter what the scenery is, this talent alone is beyond our sisters' reach." .”

This girl from the Xue family is really cautious, and she refuses to give up on the truth at all.

Sun Shaozong also took advantage of the situation with a smile, "The crown princess has both ability and political integrity, not to mention your girl's family, even the several important court officials who are in charge of investigating the case respect the crown princess."

He said 'respect', but what came to his mind was the black and purple items in the closet - Wenqing and Mensao really matched each other perfectly.

Hearing them mention the Crown Princess, Jia Baoyu couldn't help showing off again, "The Crown Princess's maiden name is Sun. Back then, she was the same as the sister of the Wei family, and she was known as the Shuangshu of the capital. I remember that when the Crown Princess got married, all the scholars in Beijing sighed. ..."

While speaking, the two pleasure boats had already leaned against the shore. When Sun Shaozong looked up, he saw that not far ahead was the Hengwu Garden which was hidden by huge rocks.

tsk~

It seemed that the old lady hadn't made up her mind whether to choose Lin Daiyu or Xue Baochai as her granddaughter-in-law, so she went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and found Hengwu Garden again, so as not to favor one over the other.

But he said that it was not until the old lady went up the hill surrounded by the crowd that the boat behind her could barely rest on the shore. Before the boat mother set up the springboard, Sun Shaozong jumped off the boat first, and pulled the rope to fix the boat.

As soon as he raised his back, he saw a young man running over, out of breath, and saluted, "Dare to ask Mr. Sun, is my second grandma here?!"

Jia Baoyu happened to jump down after him, and he couldn't help wondering, "Why are you looking for the second sister-in-law? Could it be that some kind of moth appeared in the front yard?"

"Second Master Bao was joking."

The young man hurriedly said, "It's not about our mansion, it's because the Zhen Guo mansion sent people to report the funeral, saying that their family's old Feng Jun died!"

Chapter 506 Shi Taijun's Two Feasts in the Grand View Garden [Part [-]]

This Zhen Guo Mansion refers to the family of the foreign relative Niu, and the old Feng Jun of the Zhen Guo Mansion refers to the birth mother of Uncle Yong Yi Niu Jizong, who is also the sister-in-law of the Empress Dowager Niu.

This Wu family didn't die sooner or later, but he died at the time when the Zhen Guo Mansion was being thoroughly investigated. It is estimated that one of the officials in charge of the investigation counted as one, and all of them would be implicated.

After all, according to the rules of the concubine, Emperor Guangde wanted to call Niu Wu's aunt. Now that the Queen Mother is still alive, and has not yet obtained the evidence of the Niu family's crimes, even if he is unwilling, he has to do it. Make a show, so as not to bear the infamy of killing my aunt.

But these are the aftermath.

But Jia Baoyu was taken aback when he heard that the old Fengjun of Zhen Guofu had died, and called the young man to wait in to report.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly stopped him with his arms crossed, and said in a low voice, "Don't rush to shout about this matter, first discuss with your uncle, mother, brother-in-law and sister-in-law to come up with a regulation, and then it won't be too late to let the old lady know."

Jia Baoyu nodded, walked forward a few steps, then turned back suddenly, and asked hesitantly, "Second brother Sun, do you think the Niu family was wronged, or is there something real?"

When has it been, and you are still struggling with this? !

Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said angrily, "Look at the people who are all over the place, trying to get rid of the relationship with the Niu family. Who cares whether the Niu family has been wronged?"

The meaning of this is, of course, regardless of whether the Niu family has been wronged or not, there is nothing wrong with getting rid of the relationship first. Multiple accounts.

However, Jia Baoyu scratched his head, but his expression was not very clear, apparently he did not understand the true meaning.

Sun Shaozong couldn't explain it too thoroughly, so he pushed him on the shoulder and urged, "Okay, anyway, it's not up to you to make up your mind about this matter, just report it in the past."

Only then did Jia Baoyu stride into Hengwu Garden.

There is only one mountain road leading to the Hengwu Garden on the left and right, and he is not afraid that thieves will sneak into it, so Sun Shaozong didn't bother to follow in, and only found a small pavilion near the pier to rest.

After a short time, I saw a person rushing over, asked a few words on the pier, and then walked towards the small pavilion, but stopped timidly when he was approaching.

Seeing this scene, Sun Shaozong secretly sighed "Sure enough", then got up and called people into the small pavilion.

Seeing the person coming, he said with a disappointed face, "She...she asked me to come to the adults to ask for a bank note."