The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

The reason why I say "again" is because Xue Pan has already killed someone once, that time when he robbed Xiangling.

Having said that, the more he integrated into this society, the more Lin Hai couldn't understand many things in the original book.Regarding Xue Pan's killing of Feng Yuan, Lin Hai despised Jia Yucun and Xue's family just like Lian's second grandmother.

In fact, killing people in ancient times was really not terrible, especially for rich and powerful people, killing people was not a big deal.But the key is the follow-up processing, let's see how Jia Yucun handles it.

"The jixian approved it. The deceased Feng Yuan and Xue Pan were originally sinners. Now they meet on a narrow road, and the reason is over.Now Xue Pan has suffered from an unknown disease and died after being pursued by Feng Yuan's soul.All the disasters are caused by the kidnappers, except that the kidnappers are dealt with according to the law, and the rest will not involve...' and other words.Then Jia Yucun twisted the law for his own sake and judged the case indiscriminately. The Feng family got a lot of money for burning and burying, so they had nothing to say.

Seeing that this matter came to a successful conclusion, but it left a huge hidden danger, that is, one day someone discovered that Xue Pan was not dead, so what should I say?

Although the matter of Xue Pan was suppressed by the Jia family, Wang family, and Zhen family at the same time, there are more powerful families above these three families. If these people intend to follow these three families or Jia Yucun to fight against each other, this is not a real crime. ?

If Lin Hai came to do this, he would definitely not be able to push the evidence on Xue Pan's head. He would be an excellent scapegoat if there were so many servants around him.Furthermore, if it really doesn't work, changing it to manslaughter by mistake and a few years in prison is better than this.Although it is in jail, it is still operable. For example, getting a substitute or redeeming someone with money is much better than there.

Not much to say, because November is the Longevity Festival of Emperor Xianguang, so it is October.The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have already begun intensive preparations for the Holy Majesty's Longevity Festival, and the various royal merchants have started their activities early, wanting to get a shopping errand, you know.It's a great honor to be able to supply the Wanshou Festival, and it can also make money.The Xue family is no exception.

Xue Pan is now Jia Baoyu's eldest brother-in-law, and he is also generous and loyal, but he has met many people, and now Concubine Xiande is still there.In addition, the Xue family has been in business for many years, so there is always a way, and they successfully got an errand to supply silk flowers for the Longevity Festival as real flowers in the garden.

So Xue Pan immediately hurriedly prepared to go.Originally, the Xue family supplied ordinary palace flowers to the palace.Now, of course, I am familiar with it, but these flowers need a lot of brightly colored silks and satins, and the top batch needs some pearls and gems to be embedded in them as stamens and calyxes. The Xue family does not have enough stock.Therefore, Xue Pan took people south to buy goods. ?

But this one goes south.It caused a disaster.If Xue Pan were to say that he was a big treacherous and evil person, he really couldn't say that, that is, he was similar to the rich second generation who often made drunk driving, hit people and beat people in the later generations. There are omissions.

Even if Xue Pan was on the road, he was not someone who would wrong him. Therefore, even if he escorted the goods back to Beijing, he couldn't stop enjoying them. If he was not used to dry food, he had to stop frequently to find a wine shop to drink and eat meat.

At dusk that day, the caravan passed through a small town, and Xue Pan took a boy with him, and went to a hotel in the town to have a drink.This small shop is not big, and there are few things that can be sold. Xue Pan wants to get some beef, but he can't do it. These days, killing cattle is a serious crime. If you put it in the city, there is naturally a way to get some beef. Old cows are slaughtered for meat.

But in this small town, if you want to get some beef, you have to depend on your luck, maybe you won't see any minced meat all year round!The small shop also has limited craftsmanship, and the food and wine tasted very bland, which made Xue Pan lose his good temper.

Although the wine was light, it had a lot of stamina. Xue Pan was a little overwhelmed. Even if the boy on the side saw him look wrong and advised him not to drink any more, he was not one to listen to advice. He almost slapped him and told the bartender to hurry up. Serve him wine, but there are so many people in the shop at this moment, after all, it's time for dinner!

In particular, there are some cheap snacks here. For the worst wine, you can buy a large bowl for one or two copper coins. Therefore, the coolies who work nearby will also come to sell a couple of wines after work. A side dish of one or two copper coins is enough for a meal.

Naturally, it was too late to refill Xue Pan's wine. Xue Pan was already half-drunk. At this moment, he felt drunk. Seeing that the bartender had only come over for a long time, he immediately couldn't hold back his temper. He picked up the wine bowl and went to the bartender. It was such an unfortunate coincidence that the bartender died on the spot.

The boy on one side was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he wanted to drag Xue Pan to run away, but Xue Pan had such a temper, he just thought that even if he killed someone, it would not be a big deal, and the people next to him just shouted "Killed! Killed! "One by one ran out in a panic, watching from a distance, Xue Pan didn't take it seriously at all, felt that he didn't want to eat, so he got up to leave, but was hugged by the shopkeeper and asked someone to report official.

After Xue Pan sobered up, he was in the prison cell in the county seat, because there were all personal and physical evidence, and the evidence was conclusive.Xue Pan didn't mean to shirk the murder, and he was still talking nonsense, saying that he was the head of the Xue family, his uncle was Prince Teng who ruled the nine provinces, and he had a cousin who was a concubine in the palace.

But Biansheng met a county magistrate who just came out to be an official not long ago, hated evil like a hatred, and was determined to develop in the direction of the imperial censor. He only wanted to kill people to pay for his life, and directly asked someone to beat Xue Pan with a board, and then threw him back to the prison. , According to the formal procedures, the case is passed up. After all, the Ministry of Criminal Justice still has the right to intervene in matters such as murder.

The people on the side of Xue's family didn't see well, some stayed behind and continued to escort the goods, while the others got on their fast horses and went to Beijing to report the news.

In Xue's house, Aunt Xue had been busy for a whole day before taking a break.

It turns out that Xue Pan's newly married daughter-in-law, Xia Jingui, is quite a character, with the appearance of flowers and willows on the outside, but the nature of wind and thunder inside.It was only two or three months since he entered the door, and he turned Xue's family upside down.During the daytime at the homes of relatives and friends, everyone knows everyone.

Until recently, the idea of ​​a housekeeper came up again.When Aunt Xue saw that Xue Pan was restrained like this, she would not agree.Therefore, every time Xia Jingui talked about it, it was pushed aside.Then how could Xia Jingui want to let it go, taking advantage of Xue Pan's absence today, after dinner, he quarreled about the matter again and asked Aunt Xue to give him a correct answer.

Although Aunt Xue is not very clever.He suffered a disastrous defeat against Mrs. Wang, but he was not confused about such things, so he used Xue Baochai's power to suppress Xia Jingui for a while.Otherwise, with Aunt Xue's clumsy tongue.How can it be compared to Xia Jingui who is holding a sword and trying a horse?

Xia Jingui saw that his mother was venting out of two nostrils, and she couldn't help herself, so she cried and fell, and let it go.I just went to recalculate in the room with the girl.Aunt Xue saw this.I only know that Xue Baochai can suppress her, and I am very happy.

I didn't want to hear someone knocking on the door when the cock crowed, and the porter was woken up.Sleepy-eyed and slurred, he went to open the door, but he was the servant who followed Xue Pan to buy goods.

Aunt Xue Xia Jingui and others all heard the news.Aunt Xue couldn't care less.Come out in a hurry.How can there be time?However, he only saw the shadows of a group of officials, and immediately passed out.

Xia Jingui also took the opportunity to cry and make a scene, and the whole house was in chaos.Everyone was talking about it, Aunt Xue woke up for a while, and sent someone to investigate.The two mansions of Rongning and Ning got the news, and they also sent Lai Da and others to inquire.Speaking of it, Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.I don't know why this time.

Aunt Xue was so worried that she could only cry in the house: "You son of a bitch, what crime have you done again? Someone took it away, but what case is it for..."

Aunt Xue was anxious and angry, ashamed and crying at the same time, but Baochai could still come up with an idea when she was by her side.At this time, there was no one around, only the housekeeper of the Xue family took people out.

Pianxia Jingui also accompanied the girl Baochan to smash and play foolishly in the room, crying again: "It was so nice to say when I hired me, say that a rich and powerful family is so powerful, even if you kill someone, it's nothing. Shengsheng boasted so much that he tricked me into the door. It is only now that I know that it is just an embroidered pillow—a blandishment!... If the uncle has something good or bad, he can’t come back, and I will be left alone. See how I settle accounts with you!"

And the girl Baochan was beside him crying: "Don't worry, grandma, our family is no worse than here, how can we make her look down on me? So what's the matter with grandpa, can you still watch grandma get wronged?" One line persuaded the other line and cried , but this is called comfort and appeasement, but it is actually adding fuel to the fire.

The two master and servant sang together, and turned Aunt Xue angrily.People from Rongning Second Mansion are also outside, and it is not easy to interfere with the facts inside, just watch.The ladies and maids who were waiting nearby were so anxious that they had to ask someone to send a letter to Mrs. Wang.

After all this commotion, it was already Maoshi by the time Mrs. Wang arrived.After entering the door, I saw Aunt Xue was weeping on the bed, and the two maids beside her were helping her to take medicine.Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward and called: "Sister!" Aunt Xue saw her coming in, she burst into tears and cried, "Sister!"

The two old sisters cried bitterly for a while, and Fang stopped the tears under the comfort of everyone.Aunt Xue said: "My sister is not well, why are you here?" Mrs. Wang paused and said, "We two sisters, how can we still talk about this? Besides, I have heard about Pan'er, how can I sit still?" .Don't worry too much."

Mrs. Wang asked again: "Can you find out clearly? What is the reason for this encounter?"

Aunt Xue shook her head and sighed, "This scoundrel has been messing around outside all day long. His father left early, and he is a runaway horse. How can I hold him back? Quarrels and fights with people are common. , I often hear it, but it's not out of line, so I just turn a blind eye and close my eyes. I just tried the person who went out with Pan'er, and this time it turned out that Pan'er drank too much wine and People were killed."

Mrs. Wang sighed in her heart, and said to herself: "They are all loving mothers and losers, and sisters treat Pan'er, isn't that how they are?"If there is nothing out of the ordinary, then what is Xiangling's matter?In comparison, although Baoyu is messing around, he is much better than Pan'er.

Thinking so in his heart, but his face didn't show, he only showed his pain, and said: "Oh, how good is this? There is more or less a saying about killing people, and who is the county magistrate, we always have to Only after inquiring clearly can you work hard! In this state, I only know that Pan'er killed someone, but I don't know anything, what should I do!"

Aunt Xue also sighed: "What my sister said is very true. I am more worried because I am so worried." She has only Xue Pan as a son. Although Baochai is good, she is a daughter after all.As the saying goes, raise children to guard against old age, although Xue Pan is a bit of a jerk, but after all, it is a piece of meat that fell from his body, how can he not feel distressed.If something happened to Xue Pan, how would she live in the future?

Think about it.Feeling hurt, she couldn't help shedding a few more tears. Mrs. Wang comforted her again, and saw that there were only the same Xi Tonggui and a few girls and women serving her around.Then he frowned and asked: "Why didn't you see your grandma? The wife is not well. She is a daughter-in-law, but she can't come to serve her?"

Aunt Xue shook her head and sighed: "Sister, stop talking about it. I'm quieter anyway, I don't expect her."

Mrs. Wang wondered: "What's the matter?"

Aunt Xue sighed: "My sister doesn't know, hey, I'm not afraid of my sister's jokes anymore - I started from Pan'er. She threw bottles and bowls and made a fuss, smashing all the things in her house that could not be smashed. , I just went to see the girl. There is no place to set foot in that house..."

The words are not finished yet.But I saw Tonggui coming over in a hurry and said, "That's great, Grandma packed up her things and is going to her mother's house."

Mrs. Wang was stunned, and said angrily: "What do you mean? Pan'er hasn't heard from her yet, and her mother-in-law is sick again. Let's forget about her troubles. She still wants to go back to her mother's house at this time? I have lived to this age. No I have seen such a daughter-in-law!"

Aunt Xue struggled to sit up, and said angrily: "Let her go! Since she wants to go back now, it will not be so easy to come back in the future! As a daughter-in-law, one does not have her mother's family to pick her up, and two does not have her in-law's permission, so she wants to go back. Going back to her mother's house alone, you let her go to inquire about it, is there such a gift? Pan'er is not dead yet!" After saying this, she was so angry that her face turned pale, and Mrs. Wang hurriedly helped her lie down.

Tonggui went there tremblingly, and came back after a while and said, "There is no car in the gatehouse. Grandma scolded me once, and then I went back."

Aunt Xue sneered and said, "That's all."

As he was talking, he heard word came in from outside, saying that the housekeeper had returned.

Aunt Xue sat up from the bed anxiously, and said, "Hurry up, please come in with the housekeeper."

The woman outside heard this, and went to invite the housekeeper to come in. A woman had already opened the sixteen folding screens of rosewood, carved and white jade, and embroidered dogwood. back.

For a while, the housekeeper came in to greet Ann, and explained all the news he had heard.

That is to say, Xue Pan had drunk and beat someone to death, but it was Yingtian Mansion who was in charge of this case, and the new magistrate of Pianna County thought that "the new official took office three fires", so he called people Come and get Xue Pan.

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and Mrs. Wang also said: "Then Jia Yucun has been promoted and filled up the vacancies elsewhere, which will give us a lot of things. If he is still in office Come on, how can you let Pan'er do something like this?"

Aunt Xue said: "What my sister said is true."

Mrs. Wang said again: "Although that is the case, it is just that there is a need to take care of it over there, so as not to make Pan'er feel uncomfortable in it."

Aunt Xue said: "Very well, since that's the case, the housekeeper will give you two thousand silver, and get everything over there, so don't make the uncle suffer." The housekeeper agreed and went.

At that moment Mrs. Wang said again: "Since something like this happened at home, I'll let Bao girl come back and stay for a few days."

Aunt Xue sighed: "It's okay, Pan'er is messing around, and only Bao girl can comfort me. Counting the past few years because of Pan'er, Bao girl has suffered a lot of grievances. Sister, you don't know how much I have I feel sorry for Bao girl, this child is born to be a worry, caring and sensible..."

Mrs. Wang paused, then smiled and said: "Bao girl is good, I know all about it, haven't you seen that I love her more than Baoyu? Since my sister is relieved, there is no need to send someone to tell her. I It's also because I'm afraid that you are alone at home, sister, and you don't have a caring person to discuss with you."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Isn't there a sister!"

Mrs. Wang said "Hey", and after the two sisters had said something, people from Rongfu came to look for Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang asked Aunt Xue to take care of her life and take care of herself, and she left.

When I returned to Rongfu, I went to Jiamu's room to say hello.Because of the long days of boredom, Jia Gui was by Wang Xifeng's side, Jia Baoyu went to school, and Lian's Second Mistress was in charge of the big house, so there were only a few maidservants around.

Mother Jia also heard about Xue Pan and said, "How is Aunt Xue?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "It's okay, but it's just an old problem of hers. She's much better after taking the medicine. After a few days, Pan'er will come out, and she'll be fine. My sister also asked me to pay my respects to the old lady."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Forget it, it's hard for her to think about it." After a long while, she said, "I'm not saying that. Mrs. Xue and Bao girl are very good, but why does Pan'er look like this? Although I don't care But in the past two years, my husband has heard so many things about him, and none of them are good. Do you remember what I told you at the beginning, but now it is not effective!"

Mother Jia gloated a little. If Mrs. Wang hadn't insisted on making Xue Baochai her daughter-in-law, would Second Mistress Bao be in such a dilemma like she is now?To save or not to save!

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help but think of what Jia's mother said before. Baoyu found this marriage, but now that everything has happened, it can only be like this..." The daughter-in-law here is already married, even if she regrets it, she can't do it again!And Mrs. Wang still has her own little plan in mind!According to her thinking, it is best for Xue Pan to die. In this way, the Xue family's money will fall into her own hands!Xia Jingui was being aggressive, and Mrs. Wang hadn't taken her seriously yet.However, he couldn't say it out of his mouth, he only said that he would help with the turnover. Although Wang Xue felt distressed, he had to take the money out to Mrs. Wang and begged her for help.

This is Xue Pan's second life lawsuit. Aunt Xue asked someone to send a letter to Wang Ziteng, hoping to smooth things over like the first time!

Something happened to Xue Pan, and there was also a problem with the errands arranged by the household department. Because there was no backbone, the people on Xue's side were also flustered and panicked, and the fake flowers sent up were actually picked out. Defective.

The superiors just took advantage of the topic and reprimanded the Xue family. When they heard that Xue Pan was involved in a life lawsuit, they immediately swiped a pen. Not to mention, that is to say, the Xue family in the future should not expect to be an imperial merchant.

This simply cut off most of the Xue family's future. The members of Xue's clan in Jinling came to the door aggressively. No matter how hard and soft Aunt Xue was, she directly dismissed Xue Pan from the position of patriarch, took the patriarch's token and returned to Jinling. .

Aunt Xue wanted to put pressure on Wang Ziteng and the Rongguo Mansion, but several clan elders directly said that no matter how powerful the Jia family and the Wang family were, they could not control the Xue family. All the members of the clan were directly dismissed!Aunt Xue was so shocked that she didn't dare to say anything, so she had to cry every day and worry about Xue Pan in the prison. In just a few days, she had aged ten years!

The prince exhausted the boss's efforts, and finally turned Xue Pan's case around and changed it to murder by mistake. In addition to the emperor's 40th birthday, all criminals in the world, except for the great crimes, will be reduced by one class.Therefore, Xue Pan was not guilty of death due to manslaughter. First, he had to be exiled for a thousand miles, but now he only needs to be exiled for six hundred miles to break up the marriage.

The Xue family was still not satisfied, Aunt Xue went to write crooked letters, Wang Ziteng had long been impatient, wrote a letter and scolded Aunt Xue, and said in his heart that Xue Pan had never suffered so much, that's why he was like this Unscrupulous, when he suffers outside, he will naturally know how to be sensible!

But in the end, Wang Ziteng still comforted Aunt Xue, saying that she would be pardoned only after a period of time in the country, and Xue Pan would be able to come back soon.

Aunt Xue was crying and preparing things for her son. Xia Jingui was messing around at home every day, pointing fingers and scolding Huai. Aunt Xue was always stupid, and she still hoped that Xia Jingui would follow her son there, so that she would leave a future for the Xue family, so she had to be patient.

However, Xia Jingui had already suffocated her anger. She didn't have much affection for Xue Pan. She was a very shrewd person, and Aunt Xue thought she had concealed her intentions very well.

In fact, when she seemed to be secretly inquiring about the Xia family's heir, Xia Jingui knew what the Xue family was up to, and couldn't help being furious. Now, taking this opportunity, she raps in the yard every day After doing everything, whenever Aunt Xue wanted to talk, Xia Jingui would cry endlessly, making Aunt Xue almost unable to catch her breath.