Detective in the Red Chamber

Lin Delu picked it up carefully and took a look. He saw details such as "Aged about [-]", "The origin is suspected to be near Jinling", "There is a rouge the size of a grain of rice between the eyebrows" and other details. There are no clues to be found. Immediately decided.

At the same time, he couldn't help being curious, and asked, "My lord, I don't know who this woman is?"

"The official's new concubine, this can be regarded as a fake public service for personal gain."

Sun Shaozong didn't mean to hide it, and added casually, "If you think it's inappropriate, then..."

"No no no!"

Lin Delu hurriedly waved his hands like a rattle, and said firmly, "It's suitable, it's the right one! Since an adult loves a concubine, I must do my best to help my aunt find her family, and I will never give up!"

As the saying goes, "Public is worse than private, and private is worse than secret", it means that you can be the boss's "personal staff" only after you have done this kind of half-public and half-private errands.

When Lin Delu happily went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Sun Shaozong called Cheng Rixing again to discuss the matter of sending people undercover to fish.

Cheng Rixing proposed a few candidates, and Sun Shaozong was considering it here, when someone outside suddenly sent an invitation card, but it was Jia Lian who got a few jars of Shaoxing aged wine and invited him to come and taste it.

It was just a coincidence that Jia Yucun had just confessed, and Jia Lian sent someone to invite him.

Therefore, when Sun Shaozong heard this, he became 'suspicious' on Nalai Datou, and thought about the matter of 'just plan', so he agreed vaguely, saying that he would go to Rongguo Mansion to disturb him when he took a rest four days later.

Chapter 106

The tenth of August.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the family home is also coming to an end, the Rongguo Mansion is full of busy people, not to mention those who are on errands, even idlers have to put on a show.

But all of this has nothing to do with Li Wan, because she is not favored by Mrs. Wang, and she has no real power in her hands as a young mistress. If you really have to think carefully, I am afraid that she can afford the word "rich, noble and idler" more than Jia Baoyu.

This morning, Li Wan was sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddhist altar, reciting the Heart Sutra silently, when he heard someone outside laughing like a silver bell, "Yo~ grandma, you are a treasure-faced cross-legged majesty, you just look like that Guanyin Bodhisattva, with your head I didn't even dare to recognize you at a glance."

Li Wan looked back and saw that it was Ping'er standing outside the door, hurriedly got up to greet him, and said with a smile, "I became Guanyin Bodhisattva by worshiping Buddha casually. Then your master gives orders all day long, why not?" Don't you want to be Wu Zetian?"

Talking and laughing, he wanted Laping to enter the door.

Ping'er refused, and turned slightly to one side, and said with a smile, "Auntie Lai gave the old ancestor a parrot, the small mouth is very cute, and the old ancestor asked people to call him brother and sister." Go take a look, the second master Bao is here now, only you are missing, Grandma."

Hearing that it was Mother Jia's invitation, Li Wan naturally didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly called Suyun, the eldest maid, and followed Ping'er out of the yard in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, after leaving the gate of the courtyard, there was a maid waiting outside, but it was Miss Shan, the second-class maid beside Wang Xifeng.

"what?"

Li Wan felt a little puzzled before he knew it, and wondered, "Why did you send the two of you here together?"

"She just came back from the other courtyard, and happened to run into me, so she became our companion."

Ping'er said a few perfunctory words casually, it's not a big deal, and Li Wan wouldn't go into it.

But the four of them talked and laughed all the way, and when they reached the two-door gate, Ping'er suddenly stopped and said, "Ah~! Look at my memory, our grandma asked me to bring a cloak with me, and I just forgot to do it." clean!"

As he spoke, he asked Li Wan's master and servant to wait here for a while, then rushed to get the cloak.

Li Wan watched Ping'er's back disappear around the corner, wondering why she didn't let sister Shan go to run errands, but wanted to work hard, but suddenly someone pulled the hem of her clothes.

Looking back, I saw Su Yun's eyes were like autumn waters, and her cheeks were like flying rainbows. She secretly pointed to the flower bed beside her and whispered, "Grandma, that's where I picked up that book."

This little hoof!

Li Wan naturally knew what book she was talking about, his heart was beating wildly for a moment, and he quickly looked at the good sister out of the corner of his eye, seeing that she was staring at the second door in a trance, not noticing Suyun's small movements, This is a sigh of relief.

It was she who dragged this girl into the water in order to stop Suyun's mouth.

Who would have thought that this little hoof could taste the marrow and know the taste, and was more enthusiastic about this matter than Li Wan, so he would take the initiative to tease her to do some happy things like fake Phoenix from time to time.

But how can such things be revealed in front of people?

Stretching out his hand to pinch Suyun's waist, Li Wan leaned into his ear and blamed him, "You little hoof, it's fine to be reckless at home, but if you dare to talk nonsense outside, be careful, I'll tear you up when you go back." Q!"

Who knows that since Na Suyun pretended to be Feng Xuhuang with her, she has grown a lot more courageous. She didn't take Li Wan's threat seriously, but also listened to her, teasingly said, "I don't know if grandma wants to tear it up, or To tear..."

"what?"

As soon as she finished her shameless words, she heard a man's voice suddenly coming from the front. The master and servant hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw a tall man standing on the steps of the second door, but it was not Sun Shaozong. Who else could it be?

The six eyes met, Li Wan's heart was beating wildly, needless to say.

But Na Suyun's face is also more red than fire, hot as coal!

After the master and servant 'opened their hearts', the origin of the "Strange Case" and Li Wan's thoughts on Sun Shaozong naturally couldn't be blocked.

It just so happened that Suyun was also a 'considerate' person, so he had to add some 'role-playing' drama when playing at night.

Now seeing the "male protagonist" suddenly appear in front of them, how can the master and servant not be ashamed, how can they not be ashamed, thinking about such absurd actions?

But Sun Shaozong saw that her master and servant looked extremely shy, but he immediately thought of that love poem in his heart.

Although he had made up his mind a long time ago, he would never have anything to do with the young lady of Jia's mansion.

But at this moment, I saw Li Wan shy and timid, buried his head between the two peaks, it was the familiar amorous feelings, coupled with the shyness and gentleness of bowing his head, but how could he hold his heart full of distractions?

A pair of eyes turned back and forth on Li Wan's body, like two balls of raging fire, burning Li Wan's heart like a deer hitting him.

"Who are you?!"

At this moment, someone suddenly jumped out, stopped between the two of them, and said coquettishly, "I ran into my grandma, how dare you look around?!"

This person is none other than Wang Xifeng's servant girl, Sister Shan.

And her voice was extremely embarrassing in two slaps.

Especially the master and servant of Li Wan, who didn't know what to do, suddenly the housekeeper Zhou Rui appeared behind Sun Shaozong, pointed at Miss Shan and yelled harshly, "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? Master Sun is a distinguished guest invited by the second master Lian. , how can you shout indiscriminately?"

As he said that, he apologized to Li Wan with a smile, "I'm a few steps slower here, but I don't want to run into grandma, so I ask grandma to forgive me."

Li Wan had reached this step, so he leaned back and smiled and said, "It's okay, we are also waiting for someone here, but we ran into Mr. Sun when we didn't want to."

As he said that, he hurriedly led Suyun and Sister Shan back to the side, signaling Sun Shaozong to go first.

Although the shyness of bowing his head still remained in his heart, it was not easy for Sun Shaozong to stay any longer at this time, so he could only pretend that nothing had happened, and followed Zhou Rui to a flower hall on the east side.

Li Wan peeked at his back, but felt a sense of loss in his heart.

"Hey, grandma, what's the matter?"

At this time, a person suddenly heard wondering, "How did you turn so red in the blink of an eye?"

It was only then that Li Wan realized that Ping'er had arrived in front of him at some point, and besides a scarlet cloak, he was also carrying a food box.

She was afraid that Ping'er would ask carefully, so she hurriedly urged, "Why have you been here for so long? Let's go, don't make our ancestors wait too long!"

With that said, he waited to take Ping'er away.

"Don't worry, don't worry!"

Li Wan hurriedly sideways to dodge again, passed the food box in his hand forward, and said, "I still have an errand to explain——Sister Shan, you can send this to the second wife in a while, don't worry about it." There's going to be a delay!"

The Shan sister answered solemnly, her brows were quite dignified and excited, no matter how you looked at it, it was not as simple as sending a food box.

It's a pity that Li Wan is now focused on covering up the embarrassing incident just now, so why should he care about observing others?

Only when Sister Shan took the food box, she urged Ping'er to go to Jiamu's place with repeated voices.

Chapter 107

"Jiro!"

Following Zhou Rui to the door of the flower hall, he saw Jia Lian waiting on the steps.

"Lian Er..."

As soon as Sun Shaozong bowed his hand, before he finished greeting, he heard someone behind him yelling, "Second Master, Second Master! Something happened in the other courtyard, someone..."

Perhaps seeing outsiders present, the shouting stopped abruptly.

Then, I saw a sweaty male servant rushing forward and whispered a few words in Jia Lian's ear. Jia Lian's expression changed several times, and finally he scolded, "Is it possible that these lowly bastards are going to rebel?" ?!"

Then he apologized to Sun Shaozong and said, "Erlang, I have something urgent to deal with here. You wait here for a while, and when the matter is over, brother will punish himself with three cups to apologize to you!"

After speaking, he called Zhou Rui and hurried away.

This is really...

Sun Shaozong was speechless for a while in front of the flower hall, and then he stepped in, and saw that the round table in the middle was already full of wine and banquets.

He stepped forward to pick up a jug of wine, first looked at the outer packaging a few times, then poured himself a bowl, and found that he had drunk it before.

So he became more and more determined in his heart, it was just an excuse to find "aged wine" and so on, Jia Lian called himself here, just to open up the joints for the Lai family.

It's just that when Jia Lian comes back in a while, Nalai Dahui will not follow him - this is a trick, and it has to be used in front of the righteous master to achieve the best effect.

He was thinking about how to respond when Lai Da was present, and what to say when Lai Da was not present.

He suddenly felt that someone was spying outside.

Sun Shaozong didn't show any traces, he glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and saw a maid outside the flower hall, carrying a food box, pacing back and forth like walking through the city gate, and her pair of peach blossom eyes were not far from the flower hall.

This maid...

It seemed to be the one who stopped Li Wan just now.

This food box...

It seems to be exactly the same as the one with the hidden love poem.

Could it be...

Sun Shaozong groaned secretly in his heart, didn't he already refused last time, why is this pretty widow still entangled?

He deliberately pretended not to see it, but he was afraid of being caught by others—although he had a clear conscience, if he could speak clearly about this kind of thing, there wouldn't be so many gossips in the world!

So after a little hesitation, Sun Shaozong got up and went outside the door to see if there was no one around, then he called the servant girl and asked, "Is this elder sister looking for me?"

The servant girl shyly approached and sent the food box in her hand forward, saying, "Our grandma... Brother Lan heard that Master Sun has arrived, so I asked my maidservant to bring some snacks over."

Looking at the appearance of this maid, it seems that she also knows some 'inside information', and Sun Shaozong is even more depressed - there is a saying that 'if the emperor does not keep secrets, the ministers will lose, and if the ministers do not keep secrets, then the ministers will lose'. How to let others know? !

Sun Shaozong was thinking about how to reject Li Wan implicitly and resolutely, so as not to keep her entangled and cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, when the good sister saw that he refused to take over, she put the food box on the steps, turned around and ran away.

"Hey~ you come back, you come back..."

Sun Shaozong yelled twice, but that sister Shan was not willing to listen, and she disappeared in a flash.

rely on ~

What is this called? !

Sun Shaozong stood at the door speechless for a while, and had no choice but to carry the food box into the flower hall.

Putting it on the table and removing the lid, it turned out to be another plate of dim sum that is common to wealthy families—it is really impossible to prepare any tricks in such a short period of time.

I fiddled with the chopsticks a few times, and picked up a note from under the snack. Sure enough, there was another love poem on it.

But this time, compared to the last time, she added a lot of grievances, scolding "Lang's heart is as hard as iron", and said that she wanted to "forget each other from now on", but "tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night".

So I thought about it again and again, and finally wrote this love poem, saying that if the husband changes his mind, he will sing a harmony with her and put it on the bottom of the plate.

If you still refuse to 'give in to lovesickness', ask him to give you a personal token to comfort the pain of lovesickness.

Hey~

After watching it for a long time, Sun Shaozong couldn't help sighing and said that if this person is too good, he will indeed cause a lot of unnecessary troubles!

and a poem or something...

First of all, Sun Shaozong must be able to write, so needless to say, this option is naturally ruled out.

As for bestowing a personal token, Yunyun, he was a little undecided for a while.

The safest way is naturally to choose neither, but the problem is that there is no feedback at all, so Li Wan should write the third love poem!

This goes back and forth, in case someone notices...

He was in a dilemma, but Sun Shaozong found someone peeping outside. He looked out of the corner of his eye, but the person was vaguely hidden among the flowers, and he couldn't see it clearly.

Because just now when Li Wan lowered his head shyly, there was obviously some affection in it, but Sun Shaozong never thought that this was a trap set by others.

So I just thought it was the servant girl who came back and wanted to see how I would deal with it.

Thinking of it this way, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

at the same time……