The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 291
But Baoyu scratched his head and thought for a while before hesitating and said, "She seems to say that Uncle Lin was the inspector of salt and censor before his death."

Who doesn't know about this?
Is it worth Zicuckoo's trepidation to run to beg for words?

Jiao Shun stared at Baoyu suspiciously for a while, and after confirming that he was not lying, he said persuasively: "There is always a beginning and an end to things, brother, you might as well study the situation at that time carefully, so that we can analyze the reason."

"This……"

Thinking of Jiao Shun's participation in borrowing money from Xue's family with the dry shares of the shop as collateral, Jia Baoyu didn't hide it anymore, and cried himself to Zijuan, who inexplicably brought up the matter of "Xunyan Yushi" The matter was recounted from beginning to end.

Combined with the context, Jiao Shun suddenly realized.

Lin Daiyu's master and servant are also suspicious that the Rongguo Mansion is ignoring their own inheritance!
He couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, thinking that this ready-made handle fell into his hands, and it was just around the corner to break up the former alliance of wood and stone!
But now that we have decided to take a steady course, we can no longer be greedy for success and put ourselves in danger.

So he pondered for a while, Jiao then pretended to be upright and dignified, and denounced Zijuan: "Miss Zijuan, you dare to talk nonsense without evidence! Thankfully I asked in time, otherwise if these words come out of your mouth , I don’t know what misunderstanding happened!”

"She, she didn't say anything?"

Jia Baoyu was still puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.

This is not an IQ problem, but that he has been tired of economic career since he was a child. Firstly, he lacks common sense in this area, and secondly, he is unwilling to think deeply, so he appears very dull.

"Didn't say anything?"

Jiao Shun laughed, shook his head and said, "Brother Bao, just pretend that she didn't say anything, let's go out and have a drink."

With that said, he made a gesture to go out.

Baoyu's curiosity was aroused by this act of playing hard to get, so he hurriedly turned sideways to block Jiao Shun's way, begging him to explain his confusion.

"It's not something I should talk about."

Jiao Shun first repeatedly refused, and when the heat was almost ready, he said seriously: "Besides, I told you now, you might be impulsive, and you may end up doing something bad again—if you have to ask, you can talk about it after drinking the wine." .”

Jia Baoyu still wanted to pester him, which showed that Jiao Shun's attitude was firm, and thinking of his fierce look just now, he felt cowardly for a moment, so he didn't dare to mess around anymore.

So the two returned to the hall and sat down again.

Jia Baoyu was full of worries, but Jiao Shun, like everyone else, started talking with Jia Zheng.

During the meeting, they first analyzed the pros and cons of the various divisions of the Ministry of Industry, and then secretly discussed the question of whether the doctors in charge would stay or stay.

For Jia Baoyu, these things were even more like suffering.

Finally, when the banquet was over, he couldn't wait to use the pretense of seeing off the guests, pestering Jiao Shun to ask about his previous doubts.

Jiao Shunsui pretended to be seven-pointed drunk, and said inarticulately, "Brother Bao, do you know what kind of official this inspector is?"

"Isn't it the master of the salt class who is in charge of the salt administration?"

Jia Baoyu replied as a matter of course, but he didn't think there was anything strange about it.

Jiao Shun had no choice but to pick Thumbs up, and continued to guide: "This salt official is the first-class vacancies in the world! It is said that the three-year-old magistrate has [-] snowflakes in silver. I am afraid that the master of the salt class... By the way, Mr. Lin will do it." How many years have you been inspecting the salt censor?"

"It seems... less than two terms?"

"Sigh~"

Jiao Shun gasped in feigned horror, his eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nose seemed to spell the word 'money'.

Jia Baoyu realized it later, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly paused and said: "I understand, what Zijuan means is to ask me to borrow money from Sister Lin to replace Xue's favor!"

Jiao Shun: "..."

This girl is really a smart ghost!

Jiao Shun wanted to correct it, but after thinking about it, if he really wanted to develop like this, it would probably be the result of different paths leading to the same goal, so he swallowed the explanation that came to his lips again.

But Jia Baoyu thought he had realized the secret, and after running around excitedly for a few times, he suddenly saluted Jiao Shun deeply, and said, "Brother Jiao, go slowly, forgive me for not being with you!"

With that said, he went straight to Jiamu's courtyard excitedly.

He rushed all the way, and when he reached the old lady's courtyard, the courtyard door had already been locked, but this was not a problem for Jia Baoyu, the old woman hastily unlatched the door after two shouts.

Baoyu ignored the woman's laughing question, pushed open the door and went into Lin Daiyu's room, not to mention whether sister Lin had fallen asleep or not, broke into the room and fell to her knees with a plop, swearing endlessly: " I beg my sister to lend me that silver, and when things are settled, I will make up for the shortfall for you even if I am a cow!"

Lin Daiyu didn't fall asleep, she was sitting on the bed holding some old things in a daze, when she saw him suddenly barging in, she was surprised at first, then she saw him turn over and kneel down, inexplicably said that she wanted to borrow money from herself, even more so A fog of water.

Frowning and looking at the excited Baoyu, Sister Lin asked suspiciously: "Didn't you just leave it at that? Why did you come and say some crazy things?"

"younger sister!"

Seeing that Daiyu was still saying something like 'put it away from now on', Jia Baoyu became anxious immediately, jumped up from the ground, rushed forward, bowed and looked at Daiyu like a shrimp, and asked angrily: "What's the matter?" It's time, but why is my sister still begrudged these extraneous wealth?!"

Immediately, he paused and said resolutely: "If it were me instead, not to mention two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, even a million or ten million taels of family property, I would never be stingy if I could get them to stay together forever! "

Lin Daiyu became more and more confused because of his one million taels and ten million taels.

Sister Lin vaguely guessed that this may be related to Zijuan's previous words, but the problem is that the two sides are not on the same channel at all.

But this moment of bewilderment, in Jia Baoyu's eyes, became an ironclad proof of her cherishing money.

"Okay, okay, I misread you!"

Immediately, his eyes were about to split and he straightened his waist, gnashing his teeth and walked out.

This operation immersed in her own emotions really made Lin Daiyu very angry, she stood up and pointed at him and said, "You misjudged me, and I really misjudged you. From now on...cough cough cough!"

In desperation, sister Lin had another cough.

But this was more effective than words, as if he had cast a hold on his body, Jia Baoyu stopped his steps unconsciously.

He subconsciously took out the handkerchief, turned to look at Lin Daiyu, but did not hand it over.

"Good second master!"

At this time Zijuan stepped forward and grabbed Baoyu, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Where do you let our girl go to touch the silver for you? This is a loan of two or three hundred thousand taels!"

Jia Baoyu glared at her, shoved the handkerchief into her hand, and motioned for her to cover Lin Daiyu's mouth and pat her back.

Then he asked, "Didn't you mention it specifically, did Uncle Lin have been a salt inspection censor? I just inquired with Brother Jiao. This salt inspection censor is a first-class fat vacancy. After a few years, three to five million taels There is always no shortage of silver!"

Speaking of this, he slowed down his tone a little, looked at Daiyu and said earnestly: "I am definitely not trying to plot my sister's family property. If you trust me, let's take this money to deal with the emergency first, and I will be like a cow for the rest of my life." Pay you back!"

After hearing these words, Lin Daiyu finally understood what was going on.

Borrowing tea to suppress his cough, he shook his head helplessly and said, "This money is unfounded, but I have never seen it—I always point to the routine bills for food and clothing every month, don't you know about this? "

"This……"

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu finally realized that something was wrong.

Lin Daiyu's daily expenses are among the sisters. Although she is not the worst, she is by no means rich, and even because the rewards are too generous, she has to help her secretly from time to time to survive.

If she really had some kind of wealth by her side, why would she be in such a difficult situation?

But Uncle Lin has been the master of the salt class for several years, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to save any family property, right?
The Lin family only had Daiyu as an only daughter, who else could leave this property to her?
After thinking about it, Jia Baoyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said happily: "I understand, it must be because my sister is young, and the old lady or the old lady will help you put it away first!"

Then, he took two steps forward again, stared at Daiyu and said seriously: "My good sister, let's go to the old lady and ask, if it is true, then I will use this money to pay the outstanding debt of Xue's family first, and I will pay you back later." Would you like to be a bull and a horse and pay you back?"

When he was annoyed before, the tears that burst out were still hanging from the corners of his eyes, but now they were full of hope.

Looking at each other, Lin Daiyu clearly felt his sincerity, and was relieved and miserable at the same time.

The gratifying thing is that although he sees the two sides of the sensuality and ignorance, he still has true feelings for him; the sad thing is that he is so ignorant and innocent, and has no idea what the consequences may be if this matter is revealed.

but……

Lin Daiyu was afraid that he would back down, but she was never afraid to pay any price for it!
So he smiled sassyly, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just go with you."

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed, and stretched out his hand to grasp Daiyu's catkin.

"Second Master!"

It's rare that Lin Daiyu didn't dodge this time. Seeing that he was about to get his wish, Zijuan next to him suddenly knelt down, grabbed Jia Baoyu's robe and said, "It's because I am confused that I talk about these rumors! If you are really for our girl Well, just forget about it!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the ground with his head.

Jia Baoyu was startled by her, took half a step back, looked down at Zijuan who kept prostrating, and asked inexplicably, "You, what are you doing?"

Immediately he became annoyed and said in a hateful voice: "Sister Lin and I only have this chance of survival now, not to mention that you provoked the matter, but now you want to stop it, I don't know what to worry about!"

Seeing Zicuckoo walking forward on her knees, grabbing the corner of his clothes again, she cried and begged, "Second Master, every mistake is the fault of this servant, please..."

"Get off!"

Jia Baoyu shook off Zijuan violently, and subconsciously wanted to lift his foot to kick it, but thinking that this was Sister Lin's maid, he gritted his teeth and held back, and then asked with a stampede and his chest: "This will not work, that will not work. ! Are you going to force me to death?!"

"The slave is..."

"All right."

Zijuan wanted to persuade her again, but Lin Daiyu interrupted her, and said resolutely: "Baoyu is right, but now there is only one chance of survival. I would rather die than fight for it!"

"This……"

Zijuan saw the determination in her eyes, and then thought of the so-called "line of survival" which was exactly what she dreamed of, and she didn't know whether to continue to stop them, or let them fight to the death.

After a long while, he simply bowed down again slowly, pressed his face firmly on the ground, and sobbed muffledly.

Hearing Lin Daiyu's words, Jia Baoyu turned from anger to joy, and raised his hand to hold Sister Lin's catkin, but seeing Zijuan's appearance, Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, and asked suspiciously: "What on earth is she doing today?" gone?"

"Don't worry about her."

Lin Daiyu took the initiative to stretch out her hand and urged: "The old lady is about to fall asleep, let's hurry over."

Jia Baoyu always felt that something was wrong, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what was wrong, nodded hesitantly, and went to hold Sister Lin's hand for the third time.

"Second Master Bao."

At this time, Xue Yan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "What if the money you mentioned is gone?"

"This……"

Jia Baoyu froze, turned to look at Xueyan with a frown, and asked, "Uncle Lin has been in the salt department for five or six years, right? It is said that for three years, the magistrate has [-] snowflakes. This salt department... ..."

"Second Master."

Xue Yan stopped him, and asked again: "I mean, if the silver was there before, it's gone now?"

"It's gone now? What's gone now?"

Jia Baoyu was confused when he heard it, and felt that the two maids were all talking about it today.

"For example, this money has been quietly used by your family."

"how is this possible!"

Jia Baoyu suddenly became furious, pointed at Xueyan and said angrily: "How can the old lady, how can... The old lady loves Aunt and Sister Lin the most, and she will never do such a thing!"

These words simply shattered Jia Baoyu's three views, not to mention doing such a thing, he dared not even think about it!

"The old lady may not know everything."

Facing Jia Baoyu's thunderous fury, Xueyan was happy and unafraid, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "The old lady may not know everything. If the old lady has already spent all the money without telling the old lady, the second Master thinks, if we ask now, do master and wife agree?"

"This, how is this possible!"

Jia Baoyu categorically denied it: "Master and wife are all decent people, how could it be possible..."

"I'm just making an example."

Xueyan interrupted him again, looking straight at Baoyu without dodging or avoiding, and said: "This silver probably has some, since it's not in our girl's hands, most likely it should be kept by this mansion—but the family There is ready-made silver, but why do you still have to ask the Xue family to borrow it?"

"This……"

Baoyu hesitated at first, and then became determined: "This must be Mrs. Lin, and I don't want to tamper with Sister Lin's property!"

"It would be best if this is the case, but what if it's not?"

Xueyan spread her hands together: "The money has already been spent, and we have nothing to prove against each other. It's okay if someone admits it, but if they don't admit it, then we'll tear up our faces. Can we still have a place in this mansion?"

This time Jia Baoyu couldn't stand up anymore, he turned his head to look at Daiyu hesitantly, and then at Zijuan who was still kneeling on the ground, then he looked away and said falteringly: "Perhaps, it is possible...it is indeed There is no such money."

His face like a silver basin was twisted and wrinkled at this moment, showing the intense emotional conflict.

At this moment, a small jade-like hand slowly stretched out in front of her eyes, followed by Lin Daiyu's calm and firm voice: "If it's true or not, just ask."

"This……"

The catkin, who had failed to get hold of it three times before, now seemed to be a scourge in Jia Baoyu's eyes. Instead of raising his hand to meet him, he staggered back half a step, and said in a trembling voice, "What if..."

Lin Daiyu followed Baoyu half a step forward, and once again spread her bare hands flat in front of Baoyu: "You also said that there is only one chance of life. Whether it is life or death, you have to try it to know."

"But, but..."

Jia Baoyu took another two steps back. The reason why he retreated was, of course, that he was worried that he would harm Sister Lin, but more because he didn't have the courage to face the cruel truth described by Xueyan.

The biggest shortcoming in his life is that he lacks responsibility, even if it is a trivial matter, let alone such a shattering three views, once exposed, it is likely that he will no longer be able to face the matter of his parents.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu seemed to be pressing forward, Jia Baoyu suddenly turned around and rushed out the door, melting into the darkness like flying!

And this time, he never came again until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the following year.

(End of this chapter)