Detective in the Red Chamber

Sun Shaozong hurriedly urged his horse to come to the front, and while he got off his horse neatly, he said half complaining and half joking, "I am the host today, but you two came so early, it seems that I am the host. Courtesy!"

"With the two of us, what kind of etiquette does the second brother care about?"

Xue Pan laughed, and rushed forward to take the reins.

Suddenly, he saw the three people behind him get off the horse, and after a curious look, those two big eyes were firmly fixed on Liu Xianglian's body, and he opened his mouth for a long time without saying a word.

Fortunately, Feng Ziying had already walked down the steps at this time, and said curiously, "Second brother, these three are..."

Sun Shaozong first compared Liu Xianglian with his hand, and introduced solemnly, "This is Liu Xianglian Liu Xiandi. When he was fighting against Korea, Uncle Liu was the deputy vanguard. And received the decree."

As soon as Feng Ziying heard this, she knew that the relationship was not comparable to others, so she hurried forward to report her family name, and told Liu Xianglian their age.

After they saluted each other, Sun Shaozong introduced Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian to Feng Ziying again, and emphasized, "These two are first-class in Beizhen Fusi, regardless of skill and ability. Not to be reused."

Feng Ziying knew right away that Sun Shaozong brought the two of them here with the intention of recommending them.

So he smiled and said, "Since the second elder brother values ​​him, he must be good."

This time, there is no drama about declaring the family and telling the age.

Then Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian respectfully stepped forward to salute, but he just returned the salute sternly.

But even so, it was enough to flatter the two brothers - if it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's face, how could the Yamen of General Shenwu's family take two little seventh-rank military officers in their eyes?

At this time, Xue Pan finally recovered from Liu Xianglian's "beauty in the prosperous age", and excitedly came up to him, complaining nonchalantly, "Old Feng, you only care about showing off yourself, but why don't you help me?" I recommend referrals?"

Feng Ziying chuckled, and jokingly said, "Brother Liu, this is not a simple person. You may not have heard of the other one, but his unmarried lady is very famous!"

Xue Pan was puffing up his chest, trying to put on a majestic appearance, but when he suddenly heard that he didn't mention his name, but instead pulled out the daughter of the Wang family, he suddenly became angry and said angrily, "Okay, old Feng!" , how dare you use your mother’s pastime to amuse me!”

As he spoke, he threw himself on Feng Ziying and began to fight.

These two pieces of material are used to nonsense, and Sun Shaozong didn't bother to stop it.

Instead, he took the opportunity to introduce Feng Ziying to the three of them, "This is Xue Pan, the eldest son of the Xue family of the imperial merchant. We've heard about it too."

Naturally, I have heard of it.

In today's officialdom, who doesn't know that the only daughter of Lord Wang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is going to remarry Wang Ziteng's nephew!

Although behind the scenes, this marriage was treated as a joke, but when facing Xue Pan in real life, considering his two-term military and political relationship, who would dare to really treat him as a joke?

Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian couldn't help being more cautious, and after entering the table, they were more or less trembling and couldn't let go of their hands and feet.

On the contrary, Liu Xianglian was still relaxed and relaxed, laughing and cursing at Baji during the banquet, and she and Feng Ziying were so late.

The conversation started, Miss Yun'er played the pipa, Liu Xianglian sang a little song, and the whole hall of Zhibo was full of applause.

but……

Others at most admired it, but Xue Pan simply stared straight at Liu Xianglian. If it wasn't for his big mouth, he would have bleed out more than half a foot.

Liu Xianglian didn't pay much attention at first, but later she was a little annoyed by his look, so she excused herself to wash her hands and left the table for a while. When she got up, she secretly handed Xue Pan a Wink.

Xue Pan is confused about things, but he is a real veteran in the entertainment field, and he immediately understands it with just one glance.

As soon as Liu Xianglian went out from the side door, he also clutched his stomach and muttered, "No, this stomach has suddenly become stronger, and I have to go to the toilet for a while!"

Said, got up and left.

Unexpectedly, just as the two legs were about to move forward, someone grabbed the back of the neck and got used to going back to the chair!

"Sit down for me!"

Sun Shaozong scolded unceremoniously, "When others go to the toilet, you go to the toilet too! Do you think we are blind?"

Feng Ziying was also a little unhappy beside him, "I said Xue has a big head, you should correct this problem, if it's my friends who are messed up, it's fine, you dare to provoke the second brother's family friends?"

"I didn't provoke you."

Seeing that Sun Shaozong looked unhappy, Xue Pan didn't dare to bring up the matter of going to the toilet again, rubbing his hands aggrievedly, "I just see that he likes it so much, if he is willing, we can get together; if he is not, there is The second brother's face is there, can I still use it to force it?"

"Use force?"

Sun Shaozong snorted and said, "Do you really think that he is a weak scholar? Don't say that you are alone, even if you bring a few dog legs, you may not be his opponent!"

"Just him? No way?"

Xue Pan pouted, but didn't believe it.

Sun Shaozong ignored him, and continued, "Liu Xiandi, who looks like a boy and a girl, but also has a masculine pride, hates others to treat him as a girl..."

Xue Pan shouted again, "I just treat him like a man!"

"To shut up!"

Sun Shaozong stared at him, and Xue Pan hurriedly retracted his neck into a quail shape.

Then Sun Shaozong said again, "He led you to the latrine just now, I'm afraid he has already thought about it and wants to teach you a lesson."

Seeing that Xue Pan was still dubious, Sun Shaozong didn't bother to say anything.

Only when Liu Xianglian returned to the hall, did she smile and said, "Xianglian, I just said that you are good at martial arts, but the brothers of the Xue family don't believe it. Why don't you show your fists and let him open his eyes?"

When Liu Xianglian heard the words, she glanced at Xue Pan first, and saw that he was full of suspicion, but she didn't dare to look at him rudely like just now, so she guessed what Sun Shaozong must have said just now.

So he smiled sassyly, and said, "Second brother has his life, so I have no choice but to make a fool of myself! But..."

His eyes fell on Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian, "As the saying goes, it's hard to do it alone, which brother please help me, so that the second brother can see clearly and enjoy the fun!"

Chapter 148

Midday on the moon.

In front of Baihualou, there was still laughter and laughter, but in Jinxiangyuan, the music had come to an end.

After seeing off Xue Pan, who was drunk like mud, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian, who were shoulder-to-shoulder, Sun Shaozong breathed out heavily on the steps, and Lu Jianxing came up behind him.

"grown ups."

He rubbed his hands, and said in embarrassment, "This wine should be a humble host, but it's a waste of money for you, my lord. It's really..."

Sun Shaozong raised his hand to stop Lu Jianxing's polite words, looked back at Shen Lian, and then at the famous prostitute Yun'er who sent him out, he paused for a while, and finally sighed, "Forget it, let's do whatever you want. "

As he said that, he stepped forward and took off the reins and got on his horse. While turning the horse's head, he said, "You guys go back and wait for a few days. Brother Feng is an impatient person. I think there will be news before the end of the month."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lu Jianxing's response, he grabbed the horse's belly and walked away.

Lu Jianxing's complexion fluctuated, he watched Sun Shaozong disappear at the end of the alley, then he turned around and forced a smile and said, "Miss Yun'er, we two brothers also bid farewell."

Yun'er greeted her with a blessing, and said crisply, "My lords, I'm sorry that Yun'er can't send you away."

"Miss Yun'er is serious, we..."

Shen Lian hurriedly returned the salute, and was about to say something, but was dragged into the alley by Lu Jianxing by the collar of his neck.

The mounts of the two of them are also well-behaved, although no one is pulling them, they still followed closely.

touch~

When he reached the middle of the alley, seeing that there was no one outside the gate of the Jinxiang Courtyard, Lu Jianxing suddenly pushed Shen Lian against the wall heavily, causing the dust to fall down.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Lu Jianxing's deep voice was full of anger, "Before you came, who said you must seize this good opportunity? That's how you seized the opportunity?!"

Shen Lian's chest was stuffy when he pushed him, and he almost spurted blood, but he was not annoyed at all, he just laughed and said, "Brother, I missed for a while..."

slap~

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Jianxing slapped Shen Lian again, the corner of Shen Lian's mouth was split and his gown was stained with blood.

"Make it up, make it up for me again!"

Lu Jianxing stretched out his hand and pointed at the entrance of the alley, and said angrily, "Even Mr. Sun can see it. I have known you here for many years, so I don't know what you are thinking?!"

"You're clearly jealous! You're jealous that Mr. Liu won Miss Yun'er's favor, so you insisted on winning him in front of Miss Yun'er, and making him lose embarrassingly!"

"Do you know, if Mr. Liu becomes angry and slanders Feng Ya Nei and Mr. Xue, what will happen to you?!"

But it turned out that just now when Liu Xianglian suggested that when he invited someone to practice against him, Lu Jianxing knew that the opportunity for the two brothers to perform had come.

So he immediately recommended Shen Lian to play.

Originally, he thought that with Shen Lian's cleverness, after a 'hard battle', he would be slightly inferior or slightly superior, so that both sides could have a decent ending.

Unexpectedly, Shen Lian's moves were fierce, in only seven or eight rounds, he kicked Liu Xianglian upside down, and almost ruined Liu Xianglian's appearance.

It was also fortunate that Liu Xianglian was a bold one. After losing, instead of becoming angry, she praised Shen Lian for his skill, and strongly recommended the two brothers to Feng Ziying, saying that it was a great misfortune for the court that such a person was underappreciated.

Others didn't know Shen Lian's character, but they didn't notice anything wrong.

But Sun Shaozong and Lu Jianxing immediately noticed the strangeness, and then they realized the reason for Shen Lian's drastic change in temperament.

Seeing his thoughts being uttered by the elder brother, the sneer on Shen Lian's face froze immediately, and he said dejectedly after a while, "Brother, I know I was wrong."

"No, you don't know!"

Lu Jianxing stared at him firmly, and said word by word, "Unless you promise me, I won't provoke that woman again in the future!"

"Big brother!"

The veins on Shen Lian's forehead twitched a few times, and suddenly said, "I'm 28 this year, and I'm the only one left in the old Shen family..."

"My mother is 31!"

Lu Jianxing said angrily, "If you want a woman, I will ask a matchmaker to find a woman for you tomorrow, and I promise to help you find a woman you want."

"But I just want her!"

Shen Lian said without hesitation, "From the moment I saw her playing the pipa, I knew that I only wanted her in my life!"

"you!"

Lu Jianxing looked at him angrily for a while, but in the end he was discouraged like a ball, loosened Shen Lian's collar, and said dejectedly, "Then do you know how much money was spent on the banquet today?"

"180 eight taels, that's a full 180 eight taels! Your three-year salary is just the price of a meal!"

"And I dare say, if Master Sun and the others weren't there, you could afford the 180 taels, and I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to invite Miss Yun'er to appear!"

"Listen to my elder brother's persuasion, such a woman is not something we brothers can miss—and besides, because of the woman, the third child has already lost his life for no reason. I don't want you to follow in his footsteps!"

That's all for the first time, but the last sentence really touched Shen Lian.

He was silent for a while, and finally nodded, "Okay, I promise you, I won't provoke Miss Yun'er again in the future!"

Lu Jianxing had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but he heard Shen Lian say in a deep voice, "But brother, you must also remember that I, Shen Lian, will not always be the Shen Lian I am today! One day, I will sit on the head seat dignifiedly." Let those yamen and princes flatter and flatter like dogs!"

--split line--

"Ah!"

But Sun Shaozong was trusting the horse in the night wind with the strength of wine, when suddenly his nose itched and he sneezed loudly.

Probably the women at home were talking about it.

Thinking like this, he speeded up and hurried back to the Sun Mansion.

When they got to the main room in the backyard, they saw Ruan Rong and Xiang Ling holding a few baby bellybands and making gestures to each other, so they said speechlessly, "Why did you make a few more sets? That big box can hardly fit."

Since Ruan Rong became pregnant, the group of Yingying and Yanyan in Sun Shaozu's house, apart from jealousy, had an extra task of embroidering bellybands. As a result, they accumulated hundreds of pieces in a few months.

"In the evening, sister Lin just sent someone to bring it here." Ruan Rong smiled and said, "Leaving aside the craftsmanship, my sister is talented and learned. This trick is much more delicate than the ones in our house."

As she spoke, she took out another letter from the bedside, and said with a smile, "Here, she complained about you in the letter, saying that you encouraged Jia Baoyu to poke a hornet's nest in order to avenge the slaves of the Rongguo Mansion, and now that treasure The second master has been insane all day long."

tsk~

Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu saw the clue.

But it also has the halo of the protagonist, why didn't Jia Baoyu see the flaws?

After taking the letter, he quickly scanned it, and found that Jia Baoyu really worked hard to check the accounts.

He didn't know that Jia Baoyu was so persistent because the money was stolen for "selling himself", and he thought Jia Baoyu really wanted to practice the basic skills of criminal investigation.

I couldn't help feeling a little appreciative, thinking that this kid might really be a material for "criminal investigation", and I might as well teach him some real skills in the future, let's see how his understanding is.

Chapter 149 Han Anbang's Counterattack

The third update

On September [-]th, Guangde tenth year, in the lobby of Shuntian Mansion.