Detective in the Red Chamber

It's okay if she didn't feel relieved, Baoyu was in a hurry when she said this, and raised her eyebrows and shouted, "What kind of stupid talk is this?! Don't say that sister Lin and I are not married yet, even if we really become a family, there is absolutely no difference Just ask her, and use the dowry principle!"

Ping'er was taken aback by his sudden outburst, took half a step back slightly, but smiled wryly, "What's the use of yelling at me, I didn't spend the money."

Jia Baoyu was immediately discouraged again, and said with drooping eyes, "I lost my mind for a while, please don't blame me, sister."

As he said that, he said seriously, "Don't worry, sister, many people are fooling me like a fool, only my sister is willing to tell me the truth, I am so grateful, even if I die, I will not betray my sister!"

Hearing the words, Ping'er sighed half moved and half scheming, "It's all like this, I'll just tell you all - in fact, our family also embezzled a large amount of money from Xue's house, I was thinking about it in private." , I am afraid that one man promised two families!"

One boy and two families?

As if being bitten by lightning, Jia Baoyu staggered back a few steps, tripped over the threshold, and fell to the ground like a turtle!

Chapter 144

Ping'er's face turned pale with fright, thinking what happened to him.

Fortunately, Baoyu turned around and got up again, muttering in despair, "What a family of meritorious and noble princes, it turns out to be a bunch of robbers in its bones!"

Only then did Ping'er heave a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him pat the dirt off his body, half complaining and half exhorting, "You can say this? As long as you have a little kindness, you will not leave this door." If you want to talk nonsense again, just pretend you haven't heard about it!"

"Don't worry, sister."

Jia Baoyu pulled the corner of his mouth reluctantly, showing a smile uglier than crying, "Even if I die, I will never involve you."

As he said that, he walked out of Wang Xifeng's yard like a walking corpse, and he was confused and didn't know where to go, so he just wandered around in the inner house.

"What's wrong with you, why do you seem to have lost your soul?"

Suddenly, a laughing voice came to his ears, Jia Baoyu looked up, and saw a master and a servant flashing in front of him, but it wasn't Lin Daiyu, who else could it be Zijuan?

Seeing Lin Daiyu face to face for the first time, Jia Baoyu felt ashamed and wronged, lowered his head slightly, and a few drops of 'golden beans' fell on the ground.

"ah!"

Now Daiyu was really taken aback by him, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire softly, "Are you suffering from some kind of dementia, or are you annoyed with that girl again? Wipe away those tears, or others will see you." I thought it was me who provoked it."

The more relieved she was, the more Jia Baoyu cried.

In the end, Lin Daiyu couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a stampede, "What on earth are you doing this for? At least tell me! This is so silent, it makes people anxious to death!"

As she said that, her eye circles turned a little red.

Seeing that she was about to cry with him, Jia Baoyu wiped it with his sleeve indiscriminately, and without any explanation, he pulled Daiyu behind the rockery, and pushed Zicuckoo aside.

Then he told Daiyu all about Jia's misappropriation of 60 taels of silver from the Lin family for the purpose of building another courtyard, and only concealed the rhetoric of "one man and two families".

After finishing speaking, he gritted his teeth and swore again, claiming that even if he was desperate to die, he would return the money to Daiyu!

Lin Daiyu listened in a daze for a while, and saw him swearing to seek death and life again, her two slender eyebrows frowned slightly, and said, "You didn't spend this money, so why should you pay it back? Besides, you can't carry it with your hands or shoulders." Yes, even if I sell you, I'm afraid it won't be worth a lot of money."

Who knows that the word "sell" hits Baoyu's heart knot!

So he stared at Daiyu obsessively, tears pouring down again.

Daiyu knew that there was still a scene of "one man selling two" and thought that he was worried and sad for her, and she was very comforted in her heart, so she sighed, "Actually, you don't need to tell me, I already knew about the money. gone."

"You...you know about this?!"

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and even stopped crying.

Lin Daiyu sighed again, and murmured, "When I went south last year, there were still many good things in Yangzhou, which were no worse than the furnishings in this mansion. When I returned to Beijing, there were only two carts left. Valuable sundries..."

"Then why didn't you say it?! The ancestor loves you the most, definitely... definitely..."

In the middle of the conversation, Jia Baoyu suddenly remembered that the use of this money to build another courtyard was probably approved by Jia Mu, so he couldn't go on talking about it for a while.

Lin Daiyu smiled bitterly and said, "That's 10 taels of silver, and how many pairs of white eyes are staring red. Even if my ancestors dote on me again, how can they still offend the whole family?"

Seeing Lin Daiyu's sad face, she seems to be used to seeing the cruelty of the world, Jia Baoyu's heart became more and more depressed and irritable, but he didn't know how to vent it.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself on the face!

slap~

With just this, half of his cheeks swelled up!

But Jia Baoyu didn't seem to feel the pain, and slapped his baby face again.

"What are you doing?!"

Daiyu hurriedly grabbed his arm and said anxiously, "It's not your fault!"

"Who said it wasn't my fault?!"

However, Jia Baoyu was full of snot and tears, and cried, "If I am capable, how dare they settle the matter without even asking us?! If I am capable, I will definitely not let them There is nothing I can do to bully you like this!"

Seeing him blaming himself so much, Lin Daiyu couldn't help being moved. Holding Baoyu's hand, she said sternly, "This matter was originally a big stone that was stuffed in my chest, but seeing you facing me like this today, you called me My heart has become much more open, and it doesn’t matter so much whether it’s money or not.”

Then he laughed and said, "If the six 10,000+ taels of silver can save the whole family from the crime of deceiving the emperor, it will be worth it in my opinion!"

Talking about the whole house, there is clearly only one precious jade in his eyes!

"Sister Lin..."

Jia Baoyu was so moved that he wished he could marry her right away, but when he thought of the saying of "one man, two families", his heart felt like a knife was piercing his heart. '

"correct."

Lin Daiyu was half genuinely curious, and half asked to change the subject, "Where did you hear that?"

Baoyu stammered, "I...I promised her that I will never betray her."

"If you don't tell me, I can guess it too!"

Lin Daiyu twirled her index finger, tapped lightly on her lips, and suddenly blurted out, "It's the second brother of the Sun family, right?!"

"Second Brother Sun?"

Jia Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, and said in astonishment, "He... he also knows about this?"

Seeing his expression, Lin Daiyu knew that she had guessed wrong, but she nodded and said, "At the beginning, he came back from Yangzhou with Lian's second brother. How could he hide all these tricks from him? It is also because he knows that all of Daddy's money has been taken away." It's empty, when I celebrate my birthday, Sister Rong sent a bunch of gold leaves."

As she said that, she couldn't help but glared at Baoyu, and said angrily, "At that time, you still said that Sister Rong was a village vulgar, and she would only send some useless things!"

Jia Baoyu scratched his head in embarrassment, and then suddenly said, "I understand! Brother Sun asked me to check the accounts, but he wanted me to find out this myself!"

Lin Daiyu asked suspiciously, "The second brother of the Sun family asked you to check the accounts? What's going on?"

Jia Baoyu hurriedly explained the cause and effect.

Daiyu pondered for a while after hearing this, but shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, and besides, he may not know that the money has been embezzled--I see, this seems to be targeting others."

"Aiming at others? What others?"

"Of course it's those good servants of your family who cannibalize people without spit out their bones."

Lin Daiyu turned her mouth up, and said disdainfully, "I heard from Sister Rong that when the Sun family brothers played the autumn wind in Rongguo Mansion, they were wronged by many servants of your family!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Jia Baoyu's eyes widened, with an unbelievable expression on his face, "The Sun family is a family friend of our family, how dare the servants have such courage?"

"Secretary?"

Lin Daiyu snorted, intending to use herself as an example, but she was afraid that Baoyu would make a fuss, so she hesitated a little and said, "Don't say you are a family friend, do you remember Jiao Da from the East Mansion?"

"Isn't it the old man who likes to swear when he drinks too much?"

"Old man?"

Lin Daiyu glared at him, and said, "If he hadn't given up his life to carry Ning Guogong back from the battlefield, I'm afraid there would be no Ningguo Mansion at all!"

"I heard that when he ran back, he had no food, so he went hungry to steal something for his master to eat; he had no water to drink, so he drank horse urine by himself, and gave the master half a bowl of water he got!"

"When old Duke Ning was alive, he treated Jiao Da better than his own son—but what about now? Once he loses his support, even the second-class servants in the family dare to trample him!"

"When the Sun family brothers were down and out, in the eyes of these servants in your family, I'm afraid they were far worse than that Jiao Da!"

When Lin Daiyu said this, she paused for a while, and then got back to the topic, "I guess, the second elder brother of the Sun family probably got some news, knowing that these good servants of your family have tampered with while repairing the garden, but it is inconvenient to break it out." , to coax you, a fool, to poke a hornet's nest."

"This is not a joke. In my opinion, you should still put on a show. Don't be serious..."

"No!"

She was still waiting to be persuaded, but Jia Baoyu was already furious, gnashing his teeth and swearing to the sky, "I will definitely investigate this matter to the end! Regardless of whether it is that slave who is greedy for money, I want him to spit out every penny!" "

All the money from 'selling himself' was stolen by the slaves, no wonder he was so angry.

Chapter 145

September [-]th, Luming Banquet.

Yo-yo Luming, the apple of the wild food.I have guests, harp blowing Sheng.

Blow the sheng and drum springs, and carry the basket as the general.People are kind to me, show me how to go around...

Amidst the ups and downs of reciting in the hall, Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that sitting on the chief seat was not always a good thing - it was really embarrassing to open your mouth and not make a sound in front of hundreds of people!

Especially with his size, there is nowhere to hide...

It is also fortunate that he is not that thin-skinned, otherwise he would have been ashamed and ashamed under the surprised and contemptuous eyes of the people in the front row.

"After the ceremony, take your seat!"

Fortunately, this poem is not very long. After a while, with a shout, all the examiners took their seats.

"All sit down."

Zhang Qiu, the examiner's servant of the Ministry of Rites, gave another order, and the new imperial examination people bowed in unison, "Thank you, Teacher, for giving me a seat."

As a result, he formally established his status as a "teacher".

But he said that Sun Shaozong had just sat down firmly, and the embarrassment in his heart hadn't passed yet, when he heard someone next to him say loudly, "Sun Tongpan, I saw your lips trembling just now, but I didn't hear a single word come out, don't you even Have you never read the poem "The Crying of the Lu?"

With just this sound, everyone's eyes were focused on Sun Shaozong.

Hey~

It still came.

Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, just now he learned that after he was assigned as the chief, the vice-examiner of the Hanlin Academy gave Sun Yun a look of embarrassment on his face.

At that time, Sun Shaozong had guessed that this guy might make trouble at the banquet, but now it seems that he has guessed it!

At this time, above the chief, besides the principal and deputy chief examiner and Sun Shaozong, Jia Yucun and another official from the Ministry of Rites sat.

Regardless of the official from the Ministry of Rituals, Jia Yucun, as Sun Shaozong's boss, couldn't sit on the sidelines because of emotion and reason, so he busily smiled and picked up a glass of water and wine, and said, "Master Sun said, Shaozong is a Wu Jinshi after all..."

However, Sun Yun didn't show any affection at all, and interrupted him with a sneer, "Since a reckless man who doesn't understand the sage's writings, what face does he have to sit at the head of this Lu Ming Banquet?!"

It has long been heard that the officials of the Imperial Academy are the most self-proclaimed, and they look down on the local 'people-friendly and dirty officials' at all. Today, my son and grandson Shaozong finally saw it.

You must know that although Sun Yun is the deputy examiner, his official rank is only the sixth rank, and Jia Yucun is four ranks higher than him!

Of course Jia Yucun looked unhappy when he was pushed.

But Sun Yun's words also expressed the feelings of many people, and some people even cheered openly.

And more people were staring, waiting to see how Sun Shaozong would respond.

But Sun Shaozong smiled sassyly, and said, "Didn't Sun Shi talk about the fact that the ruler is short and the inch is long, I..."

"Humph!"

Before he finished speaking, Sun Yun snorted and said with disdain, "If you go to the battlefield to fight, there is some truth in saying that-but at this Luming Banquet, I really don't know what strengths you have. Word!"

"If you want to refute it with the name of punishment, then there is no need for it. This banquet is a grand event for my Confucianism. How can we use Legalism to judge right and wrong?"

After all, he rolled up his sleeves, with a look of contempt all over his face, he almost pointed at Sun Shaozong's nose and scolded, 'You deserve the surname Sun'!

In fact, the law is also one of the compulsory subjects in the township examination. Sun Yun's words are obviously a bit irrational, but who made this a Luming Banquet held in the Gongyuan?

Confucianism is supreme, but it is unshakable political correctness!

Seeing what he said, everyone pushed Sun Shaozong into a corner, and took advantage of the opportunity to seal the "criminal name" stunt on which Sun Shaozong became famous.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozong still smiled sassyly, raised his wine glass to Sun Yun, and said calmly, "Although the name of punishment is a trivial way, it can let me see the shortcomings of your servant Sun. Since everyone has shortcomings, why can't you and I sit at the same table?" And sit?"

"Ha ha!"

When Sun Yun heard this, he couldn't help but raised his head and laughed twice before disdainfully saying, "It's really ridiculous. What's the shortcoming of this official, that I would be reduced to the same level as a reckless man who doesn't understand the teachings of saints?"

What he said seemed to be dismissive, but in fact he once again fixed the scope of the debate on "Confucianism". If Sun Shaozong attacked other things, he would fall into his trap.