Detective in the Red Chamber

She obviously supported the establishment of a new crown prince, otherwise she would not have gone to Rongguo Mansion to celebrate her birthday on the cusp of such a storm.

This is really a heavy weight!

Could it be that the prince is really gone?

Should I also

"Second Master Sun? The concubine is still waiting at our house, don't you think so?"

Hearing the servant Qi Qi Ai Ai's reminder, Sun Shaozong calmed down and said seriously: "I dare not keep you waiting for a long time, let me change into casual clothes and leave."

The book does not go into details.

But after a while, Sun Shaozong changed into casual clothes and drove straight to Rongguo Mansion.

Seeing that it was not far away, he could hear the sound of gongs and drums in front of him. Sun Shaozong subconsciously raised the curtain of the car, and looked outside. He saw a colorful bamboo archway rising from the ground, which was more than six feet high and more than ten feet high. width.

Ivy vines of unknown authenticity climbed up around the pillar, and countless flowers, melons and fruits hung down. Before Sun Shaozong could distinguish their shapes, a strange fragrance came to his nostrils.

After passing through the towering colorful archway, there will be hundreds of people bustling with each other, no matter who it is or what their status is, as long as anyone kneels outside the main gate of Rongguo Mansion and congratulates him on his birthday with his voice, he can be Take a seat and feast on it.

Earlier, the sound of celebrating the birthday was still covered by the drums, but when they got closer, they could only hear the sound of yelling one after another, boiling against the sky, as if they wanted to raise the gate tower of Rongguo Mansion by a few inches.

this ostentation

I'm afraid they want to disperse Wang Xifeng's personal wealth, right?

"Erlang, but Erlang is here?!"

Sun Shaozong was looking at it in the car, when he suddenly heard a tender call, he subconsciously followed the prestige, first his back was tight, and then he couldn't help feeling guilty.

But it turned out that the shouting person was dressed in colorful clothes and flower crowns, with heavy makeup and light makeup, and was unparalleled in beauty, but it wasn't Lian's second mother who was happy to be a father, who else could it be?

Chapter 960 Seeing him rise from a tall building [Part [-]]

tomorrow

Seeing the other party coming up shyly and charmingly, Sun Shaozong hurriedly jumped down from the shaft of the chariot, tsk-tsk sounded, and looked directly at the place full of flowers and flowers, but secretly staggered two steps, avoiding Jia Lian without a trace.

This rabbit rises like an eagle and falls, and outsiders can't see anything, but Jia Lian, who is reaching out to help, feels like a bright mirror in his heart.

Feeling resentful for a moment, he pinched his fingers tightly on his sleeves, and said with a pun: "I heard that Erlang has been in a good mood recently, and he has been wandering around the city, but why didn't he come to see your nephew?"

Unlike the Wang and his wife of Beijing Jing, Second Master Lian has never had a physical relationship with Wang Xifeng since he was plotted against by his nephew Jia Yun.

But when he was pressed and found out that the child was Sun Shaozong's flesh and blood, Jia Lian was not only annoyed at all, but also a little bit secretly happy, only to feel that there were more quarrels and chaos between Sun Erlang and Sun Erlang. fate.

But Sun Shaozong heard him mention his nephew, although he got Wang Xifeng's suggestion early and knew that Jia Lian had nothing against him, he still couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

So he hurriedly made a haha, and said with a smile: "Second brother's words are wronged. The younger brother prepared a generous gift early, and is waiting to drink my nephew's full moon wine!"

Saying that, she raised her hand and walked a little into the mansion: "I don't dare to let the nobleman wait inside for a long time, and if I have anything to say, I will say it after I come out."

Jia Lian saw that he refused to talk deeply, and knew that the long street was not a place to talk, so he let Sun Shaozong into the mansion.

In the front yard of the Rongguo Mansion, there was also a big banquet, and most of the people present were of some status, but they were not the masters of honored guests. Come.

Seeing Jia Lian coming in at this time, it was Sun Shaozong who had recently been rumored to be at odds with the Rongguo Mansion, and the discussions were raucous for a while.

Jia Lian came in and listened to a few words, and there was a bit of sullenness on her slightly powdered cheeks, but after all, it was my grandmother's birthday, so I couldn't express it clearly, so I just cursed a few words, and then looked back to comfort Sun Shaozong: "It's just Erlang doesn't need to pay attention to these villains who are just trying to see the wind."

After several years of experience in the officialdom, Sun Shaozong has already gained some thick and dark essence, not to mention such scenes, even if thousands of people criticize him, so what?

Of course, he still can't do what he does on his own.

Less gossip.

But they said that they went all the way around Zhuge and around Qihu, and saw the Jiayin Hall in the Grand View Garden near the Jiayin Hall. Because there were many palace maids and eunuchs in front of them, it was not easy to drive straight in.

So Jia Lian called the old woman she knew well and ordered her to go in and report.

But when he stopped, Jia Lian's eyebrows and eyes became lively again, and Sun Shaozong's hair was flaring, and he hurriedly pretended to be greedy for the scenery, and moved his eyes to the side.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar figure behind the rockery.

Sun Shaozong couldn't help but gave a half-truth and a half-fake, and pointed to Jia Lian: "The man is hiding behind the rockery. Could it be Wang Qian, the magistrate of Daxing County?"

This Wang Qian is the son-in-law of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is also related to the Rongguo Mansion. It is not surprising that he appeared here at Jia Mu's birthday banquet.

But for a man like him, it seemed inappropriate to sneak into the inner house in such a sneaky way.

Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't mean to be nosy, the reason why he exposed Wang Qian's treasury was entirely to divert Jia Lian's attention.

But who would have thought that when Jia Lian heard the word Wang Qian, his face suddenly changed color, and then he followed Sun Shaozong's point and stared viciously at him.

And that Wang Qian stared at him, first squeezed out a smile in fear, then retracted his neck embarrassingly, and after a while, he ran away in despair.

This time Sun Shaozong came and went instead, because Wang Qian has always had his eyes full, when he was sitting in the Shuntian Mansion, he had fought with him several times, why did he ever see him so timid?

At the moment, he will be puzzled in his heart and ask Jia Lian to find out.

Jia Lian sighed, and said in a low voice, "Erlang probably doesn't know yet, right? The Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River is in great trouble now."

Hearing his narration, Sun Shaozong finally realized that the disaster of Zhen's family in the south of the Yangtze River actually originated from the case of being poisoned and killed in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

At that time, Sun Shaozong followed the vines and found Zhou Chang, the servant of the household department, as the mastermind behind the scenes. But before he could investigate the details, he got the imperial edict and ordered the case to be handed over to Beizhen Fusi for disposal.

At that time, Sun Shaozong felt that there was a lot to write about, but now that he heard Jia Lian talk about it, he realized that behind Zhou Chang was the shadow of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River.

In recent years, Wang Ziteng supervised the construction of giant warships in the southeast, which cost no less than hundreds of millions.

In order to reduce losses, the imperial court transferred the southeast half of the finance and taxation from the north to the south, and the supply and loss were handed over to Wang Ziteng. Among them, the Jiangnan Zhen family was in charge of overall planning.

Faced with such a passing God of Wealth, is there any reason for the Zhen family not to take advantage of it?

At first, he made a small fuss to get some oil and water, and then he gradually became more courageous, and then joined Zhou Chang, the servant of the household department who was in charge of canceling and supervising, and became more and more greedy.

How can you hide it for a long time with such unscrupulousness?

As early as last summer, the emperor had already set his sights on the Zhen family, and the arrest of Zhou Chang, the servant of the household department, only accelerated the process of the Zhen family being investigated.

"Now that the Zhen family is able to take charge of everything, it has been controlled. In the capital, Wang Qian is pointed at in the public eye. Who knows that this guy is a white-eyed wolf leader. Our family is still nice, but he only talks about it. My family has a bright future, so I don’t care about Yue’s family at all, and later my master was ordered to shut up and think about his mistakes, so no one paid any attention to him.”

No need to ask, Wang Qian appointed to make offerings to Jia Amnesty, and he was probably the only one on the cusp who dared to blatantly accept benefits from the son-in-law of the Zhen family.

Just as I was talking, I saw a group of Yingying and Yanyan coming out from inside. The leader was Li Wan, and the third girl Jia Tanchun was the one who was held in the middle by the stars.

As soon as he heard a few words about Hongluan, Marriage, Concubine Baoai, etc., Tanchun suddenly pushed everyone away, covered his face and rushed over.

Seeing her posture, Sun Shaozong hurriedly retreated to the side, and casually reminded: "Third sister, be sure to step carefully."

It was a man's voice, not like the elder brothers in the house. Jia Tanchun hurriedly stood on his feet and looked up to see Sun Shaozong in front of him. He blushed and hurriedly said a blessing, then remembered something, and then turned around and shouted: "Sister Bao It’s a good plan, Guai Dao laughed at me with others, but it turned out to be a plan to cover up and make things worse!”

The crowd of Yingying and Yanyan in the back all burst into laughter again, and then they all embraced Xue Baochai and came to meet the ceremony. Only then did Sun Shaozong discover that there was Xing Xiuyan hidden inside.

"Second Brother Sun."

"Second brother!"

It sounded like big pearls and small pearls falling on a jade plate, mixed with a lot of ridicule, which made Sun Shaozong a little flustered.

As soon as he made a bow, he heard a eunuch shouting, saying that the concubine was summoned, so he hurriedly confessed his crime and went to see Jia Lian together.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Sun Shaozong looked back subconsciously. Although he was still shy, he held his head up, full of high-spirited ambition, and actually overwhelmed Bao and Dai Ershu next to him.

It is said that since June, the house's general affairs have been handled by her. After this experience, she has become more and more generous.

But I don't know which one will be cheaper in the end.

Sun Shaozong's thoughts just flashed by, but he never thought that Jia Tanchun's marriage would be related to him again just a month later.

Chapter 961 Returning from the North and Going to the South of Xinjiang

On the eighth day of September in the 14th year of Guangde, cold dew.

Just after breakfast, Ruan Rong led the sisters to the laundry room, where they walked among the drying ropes.

Walking to some leather clothes, Ruan Rong stopped in her tracks, put her hands on them to try them out, then shook her head and said, "Qianxiang country is not so cold, but the humidity is very heavy, so big wool clothes that are not breathable like this don't wear Whatever."

Later, Qingwen recorded this on the record, but Ruan Rong changed her mind again, and said hesitantly: "Forget it, it's better to bring two things to be prepared. I don't know that it's inconvenient to carry so much luggage on the road."

"My sister is worrying too much."

Later Ping'er continued: "My lord is a marriage envoy this time, and there are dozens of female relatives accompanying him alone. Even if our family is light and simple, can we still take them for a thousand days and eight hundred nights?"

At the end of last month, after serving Wang Xifeng's confinement and fulfilling the friendship of master and servant, Ping'er officially transferred to Sun's family.

Because he inherited the three western chambers from Xiangling, he and Ruan Rong usually spend time together in the same yard, and they are more familiar and harmonious than Xing Xiuyan, who was married half a month earlier.

But Ruan Rong felt relieved when she heard this, and looked around again, seeing Second Sister You, Xiang Ling, Xing Xiuyan, and Ping'er all around, she waved her sleeves casually, and said: "Okay, sisters Don't all stick to me, let's each follow our own wishes and wait for you to make a selection, and then register them together in the register."

Seeing that she had spoken, all the girls confessed and dispersed one by one, leading their maidservants to pick out their luggage.

Originally, he wanted to send everyone away, so he could carefully find some satisfactory outfits for Sun Shaozong, but Ruan Rong lost interest in the silence around her.

Wandering around and choosing between one and the other, my heart is full of thoughts, but they come one after another.

Three days ago, the imperial concubine Nan'an issued an edict from the inner court to accept Jia Tanchun, the third lady of the Rongguo Mansion, as a righteous daughter and bestow the title of Princess Renhe.

Two days later, at the request of Qianxiang Kingdom, the imperial court married Princess Renhe to the prince of the other country, and made an appointment for eternal love.

And Sun Shaozong, who used to be the military attache stationed in Qianxiang country, was appointed as the envoy of the marriage to take charge of the marriage affairs.

Upon hearing the news, Ruan Rong was mixed with joy and worry.

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong was able to find out about his father's news when he went south this time.

What is worrying is that although Qianxiang has surrendered, the Chenla Kingdom is still stubbornly resisting. It is said that a group of assassins were sent a month ago to try to kill the mother and son of the Queen Qianxiang who abandoned their faith and betrayed the alliance.

And within Qianxiang Country, there is no lack of staunch main fighters, still looking for opportunities to turn defeat into victory.

Being sent to marry on the cusp of the storm, it is inevitable that there will be some twists and turns.

"Sister, what do you think of this one?"

Just thinking about it, Ping'er suddenly held up a long gown, looked for it and asked her to have a look.

Ruan Rong calmed down, swept the gown for a while, but couldn't help laughing: "Where did my sister find this one? Our master doesn't like such a fancy southern style."

Before he could finish speaking, Second Sister You appeared next to her, holding a fancy brocade robe in her hand.

Ruan Rong couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It's understandable that Ping'er didn't know Sun Shaozong's preferences not long after she passed the door. You, Second Sister You, are all old people in the house, so why are you so confused? ?

"Sister, we are not chosen for the Lord."

At this time, Second Sister You said with a smile: "I heard that such bright and colorful materials are the most fashionable in Qianxiang Country, so we each found a few pieces and prepared to ask the master to take them there. It can be regarded as helping my sister to enter together Filial piety."

Before the words finished, Xiangling pulled Xing Xiuyan from behind and said: "Sister Xing brought this up first!"

Second Sister You glanced at Xiangling, pursed her lips in displeasure, but never said anything else, saying that she was a long-distance friend and a short-term attack, but she was very friendly with her neighbor Ping'er, and she didn't like Xing Xiuyan anyway.

And when Ruan Rong saw that the two of them were also holding some brocades, she couldn't help but feel a little whirling in her eyes.

She gave a solemn salute, and was waiting to say a few words about herself to her sisters, when a woman rushed over and said that the eldest wife had prepared some things, and invited her to come over get an idea.

Helpless, Ruan Rong had to salute again, and followed the woman to Jia Yingchun's place.

By the time she came out from the big room with many belongings, it was almost noon.

So when she returned to her small courtyard, Ruan Rong first ordered the stove to prepare a small banquet, and then ordered all the sisters to come over for a drink, so that they could chat and express their gratitude at the banquet.

After all these things were arranged, she went to Xitou room to visit her second son who was still in his infancy.

He didn't want to open the curtain and enter the room, but saw Sun Shaozong beside the shaker, meditating with his hands on his forehead.

Ruan Rong subconsciously slowed down her steps, but when she got closer, she inevitably alarmed Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong glanced up and saw who was coming, then made a silent gesture, and pointed to his sleeping son in the crib.

Ruan Rong kept silent, found a nearby spring stool to sit with her, looked at Sun Shaozong several times and hesitated to speak.

In the end, Sun Shaozong couldn't see it, and took the initiative to ask: "What's the matter? Is it from the father-in-law? Is there anything else to explain?"

Ruan Rong shook her head, she had already written the family letter yesterday, and she had already said what she wanted to entrust.

But even so, my heart is still uneasy.

She didn't want to make Sun Shaozong worry, so she changed the subject and asked: "What was you thinking just now?"

"It's nothing."

Sun Shaozong stretched his waist, wrapped Ruan Rong's shoulders with one hand, reached into the cradle with the other hand, touched the fine velvet on the second son's face lightly, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to do it these two days, Suddenly, I remembered a novel I read before.”

"What novel?"