Detective in the Red Chamber

"My wife didn't want to show up at first, but I heard that Aunt Zhao was making a big fuss, so I took my aunt over there. As for letting us come over, it was at the request of Master Sun."

After hearing this, Baoyu was still ignorant, but Xiren couldn't help but secretly sighed: After all, he is a man who is in the officialdom, and his grasp of advance and retreat is far better than his own second master Bao by more than ten times.

But while Yu Chuan was talking, he beckoned behind him, and the two rough envoys immediately rushed up like wolves and tigers, pulled Qiu Wen from the ground, and without any explanation, led her to go outside.

Qiuwen didn't struggle either, until when she stepped in and out of the door, she suddenly turned her head and shouted: "Baoyu, believe it or not, I... I have never meant to betray you!"

As soon as he shouted, Jia Baoyu seemed to be hit by a sap again. Seeing Qiuwen being led out of the flower hall, he broke free from the attacker's shackles, and chased out in three steps at a time.

However, when he got outside the door, seeing Qiuwen and others step by step into the darkness, he hesitated to speak several times, and finally let out a long sigh, and slowly slid down against the door frame with his back.

When his butt touched the ground, Dou Da's teardrops were already falling majesticly.

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A quarter of an hour later.

"While Musk Moon was away, he actually drugged my innocence..."

"I arrived last night with the silver, but I saw him rummaging through the woods, with his arms around his shoulders..."

"The slave girl never thought of killing him, but he absolutely shouldn't, and threatened to ask me to drug Second Master Bao..."

"I happened to find the hairpin, so I lured him closer..."

In the ear room of Dongshou, there was a posture of three joint trials, but the leader was not Jia Zheng, but Jia Mu who came after hearing the news.

The old lady was leaning on a cane made of agarwood in one hand, her slightly closed eyes were locked on the autumn tattoo, and listening to her accusations gathered together, her face was no longer amiable as usual.

"This evil animal, this evil animal!"

Jia Zheng, who was next to him, had long since lost his usual calmness. He wanted to fight the crime several times, but he didn't want to lose his dignity in front of his mother, so he could only curse and curse loudly.

After finally listening, he finally couldn't help jumping up, and blurted out to ask: "Since you were forced by that rebellious son, why didn't you report it to the master?! Or simply report it to the wife?!"

Qiu Wen was silent, Mrs. Wang and Li Wan who were beside her didn't take his pedantic questions seriously.

Jia Zheng was a little bit hesitant to come down for a while, and was hesitating whether to continue to ask questions, or to calm down for a while, when a scream came from behind him: "No! You are lying, you are lying! How can Huan'er see that?" A vulgar fan like you? It was Baoyu, it was Baoyu who told you to say that, right?!"

At this time, it is undoubtedly Aunt Zhao who jumped out and tried to involve Baoyu.

She bared her teeth and claws, leaping out from behind Jia Zheng, about to pounce on Qiu's tattoo and tear it apart.

bang~

At this time, Jia Mu suddenly threw her crutches on the ground and said, "Stop her!"

How can the old lady's prestige in the house be comparable to that of ordinary people?

Before the left and right could hear the news, Aunt Zhao collapsed on the ground, crying out mouthlessly: "My ancestor Mingjian, my Huan'er...my Huan'er died unjustly! I beg my ancestor..."

"Paws!"

The old lady shouted again.

The two big maids who had already rushed to the front immediately picked up Aunt Zhao and waited for the physical punishment to serve.

At this time, Jia Zheng's heart softened again. Thinking of her meticulous service in Jiangxi, and now that her son had just died, he couldn't help but say, "Mother, she just..."

"The son does not teach the father's fault, you also kneel down!"

The words were still extremely concise, but Jia Zheng's body trembled, and he faintly recalled the scene when he was a child. His knees softened and he fell to his knees.

clap ~ clap ~ clap...

The crisp and monotonous sound of slapping, mixed with Aunt Zhao's crying, filled the entire ear chamber.

But Jia Mu seemed to turn a deaf ear to it, she turned her head and asked Mrs. Wang beside her, "Where is the second son of the Sun family?"

Mrs. Wang leaned back and said, "I heard that the real murderer has been caught, so I went back to the guest room to rest."

After a pause, she added: "I was thinking about it, after dawn, please ask people from Shuntian Mansion to take over, so as to save Erlang from the Sun family from running around."

This is of course just a scene.

The real reason for sending Sun Shaozong out is actually because Sun Shaozong is still just a young minister, and he may not be able to cover the sky with one hand in Dali Temple.

However, Jia Yucun, as the prefect, is much more convenient to handle this kind of private work, and it is difficult for outsiders to intervene in it.

Mother Jia nodded slowly, and then ordered: "Remember to wait until dawn to thank Erlang of the Sun family, so that people won't say that our family doesn't understand etiquette."

When Mrs. Wang respectfully responded, the old lady stood up leaning on her crutches, and as she staggered out, she ordered in a deep voice: "Everyone else should leave, you and I will leave the rest to your daughter-in-law." I just support it."

This is of course Jia Zheng and his wife.

Hearing this, Jia Zheng hurriedly got up, took over from the servant girl to support his mother, and couldn't help but look back at Aunt Zhao, intending to say a few words for her, but when he turned his gaze to Mrs. Wang, he seemed to hit a layer It was solid ice, and there was no reaction at all.

Helpless, Jia Zheng had no choice but to follow the old lady.

…………

Not to mention how Mrs. Wang will deal with it.

But Zhou Rui's family was ordered to go to the ear room next door to spread the word. They never thought that there was only one Li Wan in the empty room.

After inquiring, I found out that all the girls heard that Qiuwen was the real murderer, and they didn't see Baoyu for a long time, so they were all worried that he would suffer from hysteria again, so they all went to the flower hall, leaving only Li Wan behind. Center contact.

When Li Wan heard that the old lady had let her go, Zhou Rui's family went to the flower hall to pass on the message, but at the same time, he brought a little maid and hurried out of the compound of Rongxi Hall.

When she got outside, she suddenly got up in a calm manner, saying that she was waiting for the sisters to catch up and meet up.

The little girl who was in charge of lighting the lamp was puzzled, but it was an eventful time, so naturally she didn't dare to investigate rashly.

The two of them strolled around the courtyard, killing time near the two gates.

"grandmother!"

Not long after, I saw a person rushing towards me as if flying, and I was getting close, but it turned out to be Suyun, Li Wan's eldest maid.

Li Wan immediately went up to meet him and asked, "How is it? Has the matter been settled?"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and waved to the little maid who was holding a lantern: "Okay, you can go back first, I don't need you to serve me here."

Seeing that the master and servant are so mysterious, the little maid, how dare she stay a little longer?

Hastily bowed to leave, and disappeared in a flash.

But after she left, Li Wan looked at Suyun anxiously.

"It's all clear."

Suyun's face was full of melancholy, and he sighed and said, "There will be no more ties from now on."

Li Wan's eyes turned red immediately, and he wiped it lightly with a handkerchief, comforting himself in his mouth: "That's good, that's good, Brother Lang is going to be successful, so I can't spoil his future because of me."

Su Yun could not help but sigh again.

Then he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, I just saw Aunt Xue wandering around."

"Is she around here too?"

Li Wan was taken aback for a moment, and then pondered: "She has been going back and forth these days—that's all, as the saying goes, sending the Buddha to the west, so it's a mess tonight, and no one will pay attention to where she spends the night... "

Chapter 902

[What, three shifts and six thousand characters, changed to two shifts and six thousand characters. 】

[By the way, I would like to explain the age of Aunt Xue in the book. It is deduced from the age of 16 when she got married and had a child at 17. Xue Pan was 17 when she first appeared in this book, and Aunt Xue was 34 years old. After three and a half years, she will say yes 38, or 37 at a young age, not nearly fifty as some people think. 】

Ugly [Two o'clock in the morning]

The main bedroom of Yihong Courtyard.

Feeling that the attacker next to her was already sound asleep, Jia Baoyu carefully wrestled his arms out of her arms, and tiptoed up, not caring about getting dressed, just put on his boots and put on his cloak, and quietly left the dormitory.

He didn't dare to light the lantern because he was worried about disturbing the little maidservant who was on guard at night, so he rushed directly to the front yard in the dark.

Fortunately, he was used to walking this road on weekdays. Although there were some bumps in the middle, he arrived at the front yard without any danger.

Unlike the Grand View Garden, which has fallen into tranquility, many courtyards in the front yard are still brightly lit.

Jia Baoyu vaguely recognized where the woodshed was by the light, so he hurried over.

However, when he arrived near the firewood house and looked at the dark courtyard door, he seemed to have lost his composure. He tried to arch forward a few times, and the soles of his feet seemed to have roots, and he pulled them out not come out.

So again and again, Jia Baoyu didn't know whether it was shame or anger on his face, he punched his big crotch fiercely, turned around and walked away with grinning teeth - this time, he didn't stumble at all.

And he hadn't gone far when two people flashed out from the corner, they were Xi Ren and Musk Moon.

Looking at Jia Baoyu's receding back, Musk Moon couldn't help but patted his chest and said in a low voice, "Thanks to you for helping me, otherwise if I rush out to stop him, I'm afraid there will be trouble for nothing."

Xiren was at the side, but he smiled bitterly silently.

Although Jia Baoyu turned back in time, she also breathed a sigh of relief, but deep down in her heart, she was faintly disappointed.

If one day, he was in a desperate situation like Qiu Wen, would he...would he make a different choice from today?

Shaking her head, she put aside the thoughts she shouldn't have in her mind, and said softly: "Let's go, when we get to the garden, let's find a way to go around and pretend that we came out to find him."

Musk Moon naturally wouldn't object, so the two of them got close to each other.

After following for a short while, the two became confused again, because the direction Jia Baoyu chose seemed to have deviated from the main entrance of the Grand View Garden.

Musk Moon is taller, through the bushes beside the road, she faintly saw a building in front of her, and suddenly said: "It seems...it seems to be going to the guest room!"

guest room?

Xi Xin immediately understood.

Probably because Baoyu still couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart, so he wanted to ask Sun Shaozong to ask questions and give some advice - since the two of them became friends, Jia Baoyu has always regarded him as a life mentor.

Thinking of it this way, my heart suddenly became at ease again.

…………

But it was said that Jia Baoyu was fascinated, and walked to the guest room with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and looked up to see that the courtyard was dark and there was no light at all, and then suddenly remembered that it was already the fourth watch.

Second Brother Sun has worked so hard on his family's affairs for half the night, and now it's inappropriate for him to disturb his rest because of his personal affairs?

But just going back like this is really unwilling.

For a while he hesitated to take two steps back, and for a while he hesitated to take three steps forward. After struggling for a quarter of an hour, he finally raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Maybe it was because he used too little strength, or maybe Sun Shaozong slept too hard, and after a long time, there was no movement inside.

Jia Baoyu sighed dejectedly, finally gave up waiting, turned around and moved step by step to the right path.

At this moment, Sun Shaozong suddenly heard Sun Shaozong raise his voice and ask: "Who is it? Who is outside?"

"It's me, Baoyu!"

Baoyu was overjoyed, and hurriedly got under the door again.

"It's Brother Bao."

Sun Shaozong pushed half of the door open and barred it in front of the threshold. He looked at Baoyu suspiciously for a few times, and saw that he had a desolate face, and he didn't intend to force his way in. Then he opened the door a little more, and asked with a yawn: " It's so late, what do you want from me?"

"It's still about Brother Huan and Qiuwen."

Seeing his tired face, Jia Baoyu said coyly: "I only care about my depression, and I want to say something to my second brother, but I don't want to disturb my dream."

It was a false alarm.

Sun Shaozong was speechless in his heart, thinking to himself when this kid would come to him for psychological counseling, it was not good to choose this critical moment, which almost scared people to death.

He was about to make up some chicken soup for the soul and send Jia Baoyu back to Yihong Courtyard, when he suddenly saw two shadowy figures not far away.

Sun Shaozong immediately changed his mind.

Just Jia Baoyu, even if I don't let him in, I guess he may not think too much, but in the eyes of others, it may not be the case.

After hesitating for a while, Sun Shaozong pretended to be magnanimous and opened the courtyard door, and said with a hand in: "Since everyone is here, let's go in and talk—so as not to be overheard by others."

Saying that, he glanced at the place where Xiren and Sheyue were hiding.

But Baoyu didn't notice anything wrong, and walked across the threshold with a sullen head. When he arrived in the hall, he didn't wait to be seated, so he said distressedly: "Second brother, what do you say..."

bang~

But at this moment, there were some strange movements in the room, as if something had hit the door panel.

Jia Baoyu subconsciously stopped talking, and looked in suspiciously.

Sun Shaozong actually thumped in his heart, but instead there was a smile on his face, he pointed inside without hesitation, and said: "Brother, it's a bit of a coincidence that you came here, I'll go in to appease you, and then listen to you." say."