Detective in the Red Chamber

At noon on the [-]th, when Sun Shaozong arrived, he saw Xue Mansion's gold-plated door nails shining in the sun from a long distance away.

When I got closer, I saw Xue Pan standing on the steps all in bright red, and there were two chrysanthemums pinned to his head, one gold and one silver, and the petals fluttered in the wind.

"Second brother!"

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, Xue Pan excitedly greeted him, grinning and saying, "You've finally arrived!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help Sun Shaozong get off the car.

With one kick, Sun Shaozong jumped half a foot away, naturally avoided his support, looked up at the shining gate, and said speechlessly, "You are not afraid of calling the thief!"

"dare!"

Xue Pan stared at him bull-eyed, "If there is someone who is not open-eyed, I don't need your second brother's servants to do anything, I will kick his eggs first!"

Saying that, he gave way triumphantly, "Go, brother, I'll show you something rare!"

Sun Shaozong followed him up the steps, and saw the bottom of the gate, but still no one opened the door.

huh~!

He was hesitating whether to stretch out his hand to push it away, but he heard Xue Pan whistle loudly, and the two doors creaked and slowly opened, revealing two...two elephants hidden behind the door? !

To be precise, these are two baby elephants as tall as a person. They are covered in hair and water, and there is a crown inlaid with gold and jade on their heads. They look very playful and cute.

"Ang~!"

After the gate was slowly opened, the two baby elephants rolled up their trunks and let out a cheerful cry.

"Well, it looks good, doesn't it?"

Xue Pan said triumphantly, "The last time I went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with Lao Feng, and after I saw the 'Worst Elephant Elephant', I asked someone to buy two from Yungui—it's a pity that it's not a white elephant. , after all, it’s not that meaningful.”

They brought two elephants from thousands of miles just to be doormen...

This guy is really a wonderful flower in the prodigal class!

After teasing the two baby elephants, the two went inside side by side.

It was the first time for Sun Shaozong to come here, so naturally he could only follow Xue Pan along the way.

Just walking around, he felt that something was wrong. The layout and decoration of these two places didn't look like a banquet place at all, but looked like a hostess' residence.

He couldn't help slowing down, hesitantly asked, "Where are we going?"

"Oh."

Only then did Xue Pan remember that he hadn't explained it yet, so he hurriedly said, "It was my mother who heard that my second brother was coming to visit, so she asked me to invite you to meet me."

To see Xue Pan's mother?

This widow, who was called "Aunt Xue" by the Rongguo Mansion, gave birth to Xue Pan at the age of 16, and now she is only 34 or [-], and her husband died early, which is an age that is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

It stands to reason that she would not easily meet a foreigner.

Right now, telling Xue Pan to take him over there is a bit of a 'good family'.

only……

The relationship between myself and Xue Pan should not reach that level yet, right?

Sun Shaozong wanted to evade, but Xue Pan greeted the front with a smile, "Tongxi, go inside and tell mother that the second elder brother of the Sun family has arrived!"

got~

It's too late to shirk now.

Helpless, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to put on a smile, and followed Xue Pan through the small courtyard without looking away, to the main room.

Before the left head collapsed, a few maidservants surrounded a woman like stars holding the moon, and a few strings of beaded curtains were sparsely hung in front of her, which would not make people feel separated, but also illuminated the inside and outside. difference.

Needless to say, this woman is naturally Aunt Xue.

But seeing her standing gracefully behind the bead curtain in a pleated long skirt and full of pearls and emeralds, she looked like a master, but her white hands twisted the veil, revealing her inner tension and apprehension.

"Mother."

However, as soon as he entered the door, Xue Pan introduced him to You Rongyan, "This is the one I often mention to you, Second Brother Sun Shaozong!"

Sun Shaozong also hurriedly bowed to the end, saying, "Sun Shaozong has seen his aunt."

"Get up quickly."

Aunt Xue seldom interacted with outsiders. Seeing that Sun Shaozong was a head taller than her own son and twice as strong, even bowing down and saluting, she brought out a sense of oppression that no one else had, and she became more and more flustered.

Fortunately, she memorized the lines half a day in advance, so she was not stunned on the spot.

She said in a slightly stumbling way, "My family, Wenlong Xue Panzi, Wenlong is incompetent, and he usually only hangs out with some cronies and friends, but he doesn't want to be able to make friends with a young man like Mr. Sun. I hope that Mr. Sun will take care of him more on weekdays." , don’t let him cause any trouble again.”

Originally, there was still some rhetoric below, but when Aunt Xue said this, she suddenly noticed that Sun Shaozong was bowing his body, and those eagle-like eyes were staring straight at his towering chest!

Now Aunt Xue was really shocked and annoyed, she was not happy to see outsiders, but she was worried about her son, so she wanted to tell her face to face, who would have thought that Sun Erlang's great reputation would be so rebellious Disrespectful womanizer!

If it weren't for the fear of causing trouble, the faces of the two families would be ugly, she really wished she could just throw her face away and leave!

but……

This is because she wrongly blamed Sun Shaozong.

No matter how lecherous he was, Sun Shaozong would not spy on Xue Pan's mother in public.

The reason why he lost his composure was actually because the clothes that Aunt Xue was wearing at this time were exactly the ones that he had taken care of in Yiranxuan to hide Ping'er's embarrassment!

This is really a coincidence!

Sun Shaozong sighed in his heart, but suddenly found that the handkerchief on Aunt Xue's hand had been twisted into a twisted shape, and that well-maintained face was also a little more annoyed at this moment...

Oops!

Mr. Sun Shao realized something was wrong, and hurriedly looked away from the clothes, intending to explain a few words, but how dare he say this about stealing incense and jade?

In the middle of a dilemma, Xue Pan said impatiently, "Mother, if you have nothing else to say, my second brother and I will go to the front to drink and enjoy the chrysanthemum."

Aunt Xue took a deep breath before coldly throwing out the words "Go!"

tsk~

This is indeed a misunderstanding!

Sun Shaozong complained secretly, but he had no choice but to bow and follow Xue Pan out of the living room.

Chapter 135 For brother's plan, Xue Baochai cleverly persuaded his mother

bang~

As soon as the maid in the room left, Mrs. Xue immediately knocked down the teacups on the table.

The celadon from the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty shattered into eight petals on the ground, but it shocked Xue Baochai who had just entered the door.

After seeing clearly the annoyance on her mother's face, Baochai was not in a hurry to ask what happened, but instead raised her voice and ordered outside, "Sister Tongxi, I accidentally dropped a cup, please get someone to come in and clean it up."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled Mrs. Xue into the room.

Until the maid outside was busy for a while, she put away the pieces of the teacup.

Only then did Xue Baochai say, partly coquettishly, partly complaining, "Mom, I just walked out not far away, and you beat me up here. If it spreads out, how can my brother get close to Mr. Sun in the future?"

This "Mom" is a common address used by Xue Baochai in the original work of A Dream of Red Mansions, so it is copied.

"This kind of person has..."

Xue Wang was furious, and was about to speak out about Sun Shaozong's rude behavior just now, but when the words came to her lips, she forced herself to hold back—how could she, a widow who has been widowed for many years, speak out in front of her daughter? Such things?

So he changed his words bluntly and said, "Master Sun is like a flower that you all praise, but today I see that his reputation is hard to live up to. I'm afraid it's not as good as the small yamen of General Shenwu's family! Let Pan'er stay away from him in the future stop!"

Xue Baochai saw that she was hesitant to speak, so she knew that there must be something hidden in it, so she hurriedly resorted to soft and hard methods to ask the truth.

Xue Wang prevaricated a few words, but seeing that she couldn't resist her, she had no choice but to half-cover her and said, "That guy's eyes are so tight, in front of your brother, he... just stares at him shamelessly!"

While speaking, his face flushed again, and he twisted the veil into a twisted shape.

"No way?!"

Xue Baochai's beautiful eyes widened in astonishment, she paused, and couldn't help but add, "How is this possible?!"

Xue Wangshi didn't want to go into details about this matter, but seeing that her daughter didn't believe what she said, she felt bitter in her heart.

For a moment, he didn't care about any taboos of decency, raised his hand to support half of his heavy conscience, and said angrily, "I saw with my own eyes that his tricks went straight to look here, can it be fake?"

Xue Baochai couldn't help but not believe this "heavy evidence" in front of his eyes, so his evaluation of Sun Shaozong dropped by half in an instant, and there was still some disappointment lingering in his heart.

However, thinking of his current situation, after hesitating for a while, Xue Baochai still distinguished for Sun Shaozong, "Young Mu Ai is also human, let alone others, is my brother the same problem? Brother Bao, a young man Li just...just..."

She made a random comparison with Baoyu, and only halfway through the conversation did she realize something was wrong. Although they were relatives, how could she talk about the private matters between men's beds as a woman who was about to marry?

Not knowing how to end it, Xue Wang said angrily, "How can he compare with Baoyu? Why did Baoyu do such shameless acts in front of other people's children?!"

After a pause, she added angrily, "Even your incompetent brother would never act like this!"

Seeing her mother becoming more and more angry, it seemed that she wished to drive Sun Shaozong out of the house immediately.

"Mom calm down first."

Xue Baochai had no choice but to go forward and hug Xue Wang's arm, and said coquettishly, "Think about it, if he is usually so unbearable, how can he get the name of Nuo Da? How can he be valued by my uncle? Maybe he just... ..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xue Wang said angrily, "Maybe he just looks down on us orphans and widows!"

"how is this possible!"

Seeing that his mother was thinking more and more about Sun Shaozong, Xue Baochai couldn't care less, and he gritted his silver teeth and said, "Perhaps he has never seen such a dignified and noble woman as his mother, and he might be fascinated for a while!"

dignified and extravagant?

Lost for a while?

Xue Wangshi was taken aback when she heard the words, her face blushed even more, but her anger subsided a little.

Seeing that this set of rhetoric was really effective, Baochai hurriedly hit the rails, "Mother think about it, since he is on good terms with his elder brother and knows that his elder brother is going to marry the daughter of the Wang family soon, how dare he look down on our family?"

"Furthermore, he often comes and goes in the Rongguo Mansion, and it is not uncommon for him to bump into those Yingying Yanyans in the mansion, but he has never heard of any rumors about him. It can be seen that he is not a reckless disciple, but he met his mother today. At once……"

"In this way, isn't it just because you were fascinated by your mother?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, girl!"

Xue Wang scolded in embarrassment, but she was more ashamed than annoyed.

Women of her age are actually more concerned about their own charm than those little girls.

YouQi listened to what her daughter said, but she put herself above all the young women in Jia's mansion, which made her feel ashamed, and felt somewhat complacent.

Baochai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally she understood it rationally, "Mom, if you are tired of him, then it's fine not to call him in to talk in the future, but you must not show your mouth in front of brother!"

"Although Wang Shangshu promised to help my brother to make progress, how can my brother easily control the intrigues in the officialdom?"

"Uncle and uncle can give some advice from the sidelines, but my brother has a stubborn temper, but he may not be willing to obey the teachings of the elders."

"Only Master Sun is like that, who can not only convince my brother, but also overcome obstacles in the officialdom, will be my brother's excellent help in the future!"

"Therefore, mother must not be greedy for temporary likes and dislikes, and cut off my brother's future future."

When these words came out, Xue Wang was stunned for a long time, and finally said suddenly, "My dear daughter, if you explain it for him like this, you must be in love with that Sun Erlang, right?"

This time it was Xue Baochai's turn to blushed, stomping her feet and angrily said, "What are you talking about, mother?! I was just planning for my brother, so why did it become... Besides, how could I like someone who wields knives and guns?" chuff?!"

Xue Wang burst out laughing, stretched out his hand to poke her finger on the forehead, and said with a smile, "So, you still like those who are weaker, like Baoyu?"

"mom!"

Xue Baochai couldn't resist anymore, she covered her face with a veil and left.

After watching her daughter leave, Xue Wang smiled to herself again, and then Shi Shiran sat down in front of the dressing table.

Looking at the flushed cheeks in the mirror, and thinking about her daughter's words just now, she suddenly cupped her face, and said "What a shameless thing!" from her cherry-like mouth.

This has no beginning and no end, but I don't know whether I am scolding others or my own heart...

--split line--

The words are divided into two parts.

When Sun Shaozong and Xue Pan arrived in the back garden, they saw a handsome young man waiting for a long time in the sea of ​​chrysanthemums, but it was the Second Master Bao of the Rongguo Mansion.

It turned out that Xue Pan, besides Sun Shaozong, also invited Jia Baoyu and Feng Ziying to accompany him yesterday. Baoyu is a relative in the family, so naturally he arrived early, but Feng Ziying was late.

"Second brother."