Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing Jia Baoyu knelt down on the knees, he kowtowed three times sincerely, and said politely, "Jia Baoyu kowtowed to the prince! These slaves who offended the prince were originally unforgivable, but their ancestors once Following the great grandfather to calm the troubled times, the boy dares to beg the prince to spare their lives!"

These words can be regarded as polite, at least ten times stronger than Jia Zhen and Jia Lian's performance just now.

King Zhongshun couldn't continue killing those slaves for a while, but he didn't want to give up. He rolled his eyes, and suddenly laughed, "Since the uncle of the country is begging so much, what else can I say? Come on, Reward those servants with thirty lashes each, and then let them go!"

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed, so he got up and said, "Since that's the case, Baoyu thanked the prince for my sister."

This is the title of Uncle Guo.

There is nothing wrong with him being like this, and the younger brother of the imperial concubine barely deserves to be called the uncle of the country.

But Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, stretched out his hand to lure King Zhongshun, and said helplessly, "Brother Bao, why don't you go up and see Uncle Guo soon."

Have you met Uncle Guo?

Jia Baoyu was taken aback when he heard this.

But the middle-aged man who had been sitting beside King Zhongshun suddenly sneered and said, "Don't dare to be Uncle Jia, how dare I, Mr. Zhao, call him Uncle Jia?"

Zhao someone?

Uncle Guo? !

Jia Baoyu's eyes widened in embarrassment, and he regretted it in his heart - this country's uncle's name can be recognized in front of others, but in front of this person, he absolutely cannot recognize it!

Gein's middle-aged man is the younger brother of the empress of the dynasty, the uncle of the prince, and the only official uncle in the world!

Chapter 375

But on the [-]th day, the brothers in the Rongguo Mansion all went to Wangjiang Tower to join in the fun, and the girls stayed at home, but they were unwilling to be lonely.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, all the Yingying Yanyans in the courtyards gathered in the 'Lotus Champs'.

This lotus root champagne is built in the pool, with windows on all sides, winding corridors on the left and right, and it also crosses the water to meet the shore, and there is a winding bamboo bridge behind it. It is coolest on weekdays, so since the summer, it has become a crowd The place of the assembly.

However, Li Wan, who was the initiator of this meeting, saw that Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun and other sisters had arrived, but Xue Baochai was missing, so he couldn't help pinching his slender waist and pretending to be angry at Shi Xiangyun "Well, you girl Yun, where is the person I asked you to invite? Why haven't you seen this scene?"

Shi Xiangyun was quarreling with Tanchun, when he heard the words, he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, but said in his mouth, "Good sister-in-law, you really can't blame me, Sister Bao is fat and timid, she happened to be in the bath when I went to call for someone , so I had no choice but to tell Yinger—but now, it’s almost time to come.”

While talking, Xichun suddenly pointed out the window and said, "Sister-in-law, look, isn't Sister Bao here?"

Everyone looked out of the window in a hurry, and saw Xue Baochai in a light yellow tulle skirt with flying sleeves, with a celadon-colored oil-paper umbrella on her shoulders, coming gracefully from the bamboo bridge--the winding bamboo bridge, her figure Then it also swayed and fluttered, like a frightened bird, or like a willow following the wind, and the brows are elegant and dignified, without a trace of timidity.

Seeing how beautiful she looks like Fairy Lingbo, all the girls were a little crazy for a while.

It wasn't until Xue Baochai came close that Li Wan came to his senses, rushed out to greet her, grabbed her white jade-like wrist, giggled and said, "Sister came a step late, she should be punished, but look You look like 'I feel sorry for you', sister-in-law decided to spare you the punishment!"

All the girls also burst into laughter from behind, Xue Baochai gave a little blessing when she entered the door, and said apologetically, "I am most afraid of heat, but I didn't want to almost delay the interest of the sisters."

"No delay, no delay!"

Shi Xiangyun was the best friend with her, so he immediately went up to take her arm, pulled her to sit on his bamboo couch, and said with a smile, "We don't know why my sister-in-law called the sisters here. Woolen cloth."

Xichun also asked curiously, "Yes, sister-in-law called us, why?"

"Is this..."

Li Wan pointed at Tanchun, "I'm afraid it's more suitable for the third sister."

"Actually nothing."

Jia Tanchun did his part, stood up and said crisply, "My ex-son suddenly had an idea. The sisters in our family happen to know a little bit of literature. Why don't you learn from others and set up a poetry club in this Grand View Garden, so that it can be spread in the future?" An ancient story?!"

In this deep boudoir compound, there are not many entertainments to talk about on weekdays, so all the girls became interested when they heard it, and asked to join the club one after another.

Especially Shi Xiangyun rushed up and hugged Tanchun's slender waist, saying that he would not allow him to join the club, so he refused to let go even if he died.

Seeing the sisters laughing and making a fuss, Xue Baochai couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Others might not see anything, but she knew that Tanchun started this poetry club not just for interest, but also to take the opportunity to get closer to the sisters. Their relationship, so as to reverse the recent predicament.

"Not good, not good, really not good!"

At this time, Lin Daiyu shook her head and said, "This idea is really..."

There was silence in the hall, and Tanchun said in embarrassment, "Sister Lin usually likes poetry the most? Why..."

"I mean it's a really good idea!"

Lin Daiyu chuckled and said, "It's just that life is not good enough. If we started a club secretly, your second brother will tear down our poetry club when he hears that he has no share of his own?"

Hearing this, Tanchun breathed a sigh of relief, came up and hugged Lin Daiyu's arm resolutely, and said coquettishly, "Good sister, don't scare me, how dare I not know my second brother? Just ask my sister-in-law to send me a message this morning." When I saw the post, I realized that my second brother had gone out."

"Let's discuss it now, and it won't be too late to formally start the club when he comes back."

Lin Daiyu was about to say something more, but she heard a woman outside yelling, "It's bad, it's bad, something serious happened! The second master ordered someone to beat him in Wangjiang Tower!"

All the girls in the hall were in an uproar, and rushed out of their brains, asking who exactly hit Jia Baoyu and how badly he was injured.

The woman's head was about to explode when she was questioned by such nonsense, and she hurriedly shouted, "Grandma and girls, please don't misunderstand, it was not the second master Bao who was beaten, but the second master Lian and Dongfu's son." Uncle Jane!"

All the girls breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, but Jia Lian and Jia Zhen were also relatives after all, so it's not good to appear to favor one another, so they hurriedly opened their mouths to ask the truth.

The woman just heard some rumors, how could she know what happened?

After being questioned closely, she said, "The old lady only heard that it is related to the Second Master Sun of Shuntian Mansion, and others don't know."

Is it related to Sun Shaozong?

Now Li Wan immediately raised his heart to his throat again, and couldn't find the point even after asking. He was in a hurry, but Shi Xiangyun whispered from the side, "I heard that when the second sister-in-law was bewitched that day, she was inadvertently killed by the grandson." Your Excellency looked at him, Second Brother Lian was very worried, could it be because of this matter that he had a conflict with Sir Sun?"

Shi Xiangyun, an outsider, has heard some rumors, but how could Li Wan not know about it?

Therefore, my heart became more and more anxious, for fear that Sun Shaozong would turn against the Rongguo Mansion and he would never have the chance to see him again.

So Li Wan gritted his teeth, and ran to the front yard without hesitation, but said, "I'll go see how Lan'er is doing!"

at the same time.

Wang Xifeng was also leading her wife and maidservants, rushing to the front yard in a hurry, but unlike Li Wan, in addition to being restless, she was also faintly happy—Jia Lian was so jealous that she had an affair with Sun Shaozong Come on, doesn't this prove that he still loves himself deeply in his heart?

If I had known that he cared so much about this matter, I should have followed him a few days ago, and I wouldn't have...

Seeing that it was not far from Jia Mu's courtyard, Wang Xifeng stepped a little faster, thinking of countless sweet words in her heart, so as to comfort Jia Lian's injured body and mind.

But at this time, I heard the two women discussing outside the courtyard gate, "I don't know what the second sister You looks like, so that the second master Lian of our family is so indifferent. Looking for Lord Sun desperately, he even dared to beat the loyal king!"

"You don't know that, do you? I heard that when Master Zhen of Dongfu passed his birthday, Second Master Lian took a look at Second Sister You and ignored Second Mistress for several days when he came back!"

When Wang Xifeng heard the words, his footsteps stopped, and all the fingers that were full of tenderness turned into Bailian Steel!

Chapter 376 Helping, helping relatives?

But Wang Xifeng's heart turned cold, Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and she made a careful distinction, and saw that the two talkative people in front of the door were not powerful people around Jiamu, but ordinary rough envoys.

She raised her finger and shouted, "Come on, give these two blind people a long memory!"

A servant girl from behind has already rushed forward, grabbed the two talkative women, and opened their bows left and right to form two big-eared posts.

Wang Xifeng felt that it was not enough to relieve her hatred, and she waited to be ordered to fight again. Ping'er hurriedly said, "Grandma, after all, it is at the door of the ancestor's house. If it is really going to make a fuss, I am afraid it will not be appropriate!"

Wang Xifeng just gave up and spat on the two women's faces, then gritted her silver teeth and entered the courtyard.

Before getting close to the main room, I heard a familiar loud voice shouting, "Second brother is usually quite upright, why is there no truth today? Then the sisters of the You family obviously found the second brother Sun on their own. , how can it be regarded as him stealing love?!"

Listening to this silly voice, who else could it be if it wasn't Xue Pan?

But it turned out that in the Wanghai Building, first Jia Lian offended King Zhongshun by mistake; when Jia Baoyu came to intercede, he was plotted by King Zhongshun again and accidentally offended Uncle Zhao.

Afterwards, even though Jia Baoyu repeated his apology many times, Uncle Zhao Guo just kept a cold face and didn't respond.

There was no other way, so the members of the Jia family had no choice but to return to Ningrong Second Mansion with a dozen or so wounded.

At that time, Sun Shaozong saw that Jia Zhen and Jia Lian were full of resentment, and worried that they would cover up their mistakes after returning home and put all the blame on himself, so he specially asked Xue Pan to follow him, so that he could explain something for himself first.

Listening to the current movement, it was obvious that Sun Shaozong had guessed it right!

But Jia Lian was kneeling on the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Hearing that Xue Pan was defending Sun Shaozong, he couldn't help feeling annoyed. He straightened his body and asked angrily, "Big head Xue! What kind of benefits did you get from Sun Shaozong?" , how come every sentence is helping him?!"

Xue Pan stared bull-eyed, and was about to retort, when he saw the door curtain being raised, Wang Xifeng stepped in from the outside, and said with a sneer, "I don't care who he is speaking for, I just ask you, what is Wen Long saying? Is it true?!"

Seeing that Wang Xifeng arrived, Jia Lian was at first cowardly, then annoyed, and simply stood up from the ground, met Wang Xifeng's eyes with a livid face, "What's the real thing, so what if it's fake?! I fell for that Sun Shaozong outside. I was humiliated in public! Now at home, are you still helping him humiliate me?!"

After all, Wang Xifeng still had some feelings of husband and wife in his heart, seeing his eyes tearing apart when he spoke, it was obvious that his heart was extremely ashamed and angry, and he couldn't bear to say anything more for a while.

But Xue Pan and Jia Baoyu nearby shook their heads when they heard this, "Where did the trick come from? King Zhongshun arrived suddenly, and beforehand..."

"Baoyu!"

Jia Lian tilted his head, stared at Jia Baoyu with burning eyes and asked, "Am I your brother, or is that Sun Erlang your brother?!"

Jia Baoyu immediately became wilted. Today's matter, if it was logical, he would naturally be more inclined to Sun Shaozong in his heart - but these days, it is common practice to help relatives or not.

So once Jia Lian said this, he couldn't say anything more.

Although Xue Pan didn't have these scruples, but seeing Jia Baoyu's flag and drums quieting down, and even the always strong sister Feng being suppressed by Jia Lian, he was clumsy for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

Finally, he suddenly remembered that Jia Mu was present, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Old Ancestor, Second Brother Lian is obviously unreasonable today..."

"Ah~"

Mother Jia sighed, interrupted Xue Pan's words, and quietly said, "Which one would you like to marry, King Zhongshun or Uncle Guo? You all don't want to solve the disaster, but you are still arguing about right and wrong here." ?”

As she said that, she raised her voice and ordered, "Someone go to remind me again, please go back to the house quickly, the first and second masters! Yuanyang, take out the few things that are at the bottom of the box in my vault and prepare them!"

Jia Lian was full of resentment at first, and when he saw no one was convinced, his spine and heart softened at the same time after hearing what Jia Mu said, and he knelt back to the ground in fear and shame, bowing his head and saying, "Old ancestor, all It was the grandchildren who caused the trouble, how...how could your things be touched?"

As soon as he knelt down, Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu couldn't stand up anymore, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to persuade Jia Mu to take back her promise.

Seeing that the whole room was kneeling down, Xue Pan reluctantly knelt down as he could not stand alone.

At this moment, the bamboo curtain was lifted again, but it was Li Wan who came in from the outside. After entering the room, seeing everyone kneeling on the ground, she couldn't help saying in amazement, "This... this is..."

Everyone was silent, and after a long while, Jiamu asked, "Zhu'er daughter-in-law, you came here at this time, do you have something to say?"

"Back to the words of our ancestors!"

Li Wan hurriedly said, "Originally I wanted to see how Lan'er was doing, but I bumped into Mr. Sun outside, so I came in to report for him."

"Sun Shaozong is here?!"

"Why is Second Brother Sun here?"

"Second Brother Sun is here?!"

The three men in the room yelled in unison, but their tones were quite different.

Xue Pan got impatient on his knees, so he immediately jumped up, regardless of whether Jia's mother agreed or not, he said excitedly, "I'll invite my second brother in to talk!"

When Xue Pan went outside, Jia Lian also knelt a little restlessly, thinking in his heart that after Sun Shaozong came in, if he still knelt on the ground, wouldn't he lose face for nothing?

Thinking like this, he wanted to get up and pretend to hold his head high.

touch~

Jia Mu suddenly smashed the dragon's crutch on the ground, and scolded, "Kneel down!"

As he spoke, he called Baoyu and Wang Xifeng to get up.

There was nothing wrong with Wang Xifeng, and it was not easy to kneel here to meet the outsider, so she stood up and stood behind Jiamu together with Li Wan.

Jia Baoyu refused to get up, but shook his head instead, "Old Ancestor, it was my grandson who offended Uncle Guo, so naturally I should receive the punishment together with my second brother."

"Good grandson."

Jia Mu said kindly, "If you didn't want to save those people's lives, how could you have fallen into their trap? You can't blame you for this. Don't be too hard on yourself. Get up quickly."

Jia Baoyu still refused.

At this time, someone outside the door suddenly said with a smile, "Although brother Bao offended Uncle Guo, it also allowed Prince Zhongshun to forget about the past, and if it is done twice, it is of course meritorious."

While speaking, a tall and burly figure crossed the threshold, strode into the hall, and said heartily, "Sun Shaozong has seen the old ancestor!"

Mother Jia hurriedly got up and gave her a hand, "Good boy, get up, get up!"

Sun Shaozong stood up and said, "I was a few steps late. I originally wanted to wait for an opportunity to deal with the aftermath, but Jiang Yuhan, a good friend of Brother Bao, took the first step. Now King Zhongshun is fine, but Uncle Zhao needs to be careful."

After a pause, he continued, "Uncle Zhao Guo was born in a poor family, so he is most afraid of being underestimated, but on the contrary, as long as the first or second master comes forward and lowers his posture to give him enough face, the misunderstanding can probably be cleared—but It must be fast, otherwise the news will spread to the harem, and the result will be unpredictable."

Hearing Sun Shaozong's words matched her thoughts, Mother Jia couldn't help but praised, "It's no wonder Mr. Sun was able to become famous in the officialdom when he was weak. His thoughtfulness really made my two grandchildren feel ashamed." ah."

Jia Baoyu admired Sun Shaozong's ability, so naturally he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But Jia Lian felt uncomfortable when he heard this.

But Sun Shaozong was about to talk about Jia Lian next.