Detective in the Red Chamber

Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu nodded without hesitation after hearing this, "Of course I can't compare to Grandpa Jiao."

speechless...

Should it be said that this kid is not self-motivated, or that he has self-knowledge?

It seems that there is no hope for him to make his own judgment.

But this is also good, I can take the opportunity to fulfill my promise just now!

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong analyzed "reluctantly", "If you really want to be a rich and idle person, then I don't need to say anything."

"But if you want to manage the affairs of the mansion, you will definitely offend Lian's second brother and his wife—are you sure you want to turn against yourself and Lian's second brother and his wife?"

"Of course I don't want to!"

Jia Baoyu said without hesitation, and then muttered depressingly, "Actually, Second Brother Lian and Sister Feng are avoiding me. I just saw them in the pavilion, but they shouted a few times, but they disappeared. "

"Ha ha."

Sun Shaozong smiled slightly, "If I were you, I would go to the old ancestor of your mansion to intercede for the second sister-in-law of the chain, and give her a chance to correct her mistakes!"

"In this way, the estrangement between you can be eased, and secondly, it can also take the opportunity to stabilize the hearts of the people in the mansion. Recently, the servants in your mansion must be in constant fear, right?"

Seeing Jia Baoyu's nod, Sun Shaozong laughed again, "As for making progress in study, who can guarantee that he will be able to obtain the honor of Jinshi? There are only four words of 'do your best'."

"And if you really hate imperial examinations, at worst, ask your emperor's brother-in-law for mercy, and just cover up an official position, and then you can still be happy and happy!"

Chapter 162

In the front yard of Rongguo Mansion, in the Nuan Pavilion where Lin Daiyu lived.

"Giggle..."

Shi Xiangyun crossed his waist, laughed out of breath, but kept asking, "What happened to Sun Hanlin? I heard that this person is usually the most arrogant, but he doesn't want to behave like this at home! "

Ruan Rong supported her swollen belly, shook her head and said, "What happened to him later, but we didn't hear from our master."

Tanchun on the side looked at the opportunity, but hurriedly asked, "Sister Rong, has the second elder brother of the Sun family ever seen that white elephant in the Metropolitan Police Court? I heard from elder brother Xue that the white elephant was more than three feet tall. The teeth are the size of an adult!"

Seeing her widening her beautiful eyes and gesticulating exaggeratedly with both hands, Ruan Rong couldn't help laughing, "If it's really that big, wouldn't it be already mature? According to our master, the white elephant has not yet fully grown. It is smaller than the other elephants."

"Brother Xue's family is indeed bragging again!"

Just as Jia Tanchun got the answer here, Shi Xiangyun asked anxiously again, "Sister Rong, in the 'scarlet' case a while ago, that Ding..."

"OK OK."

Li Wan stepped forward to separate the sisters, and complained half-truthfully, "Your elder sister Rong is double-bodied, so she can stand up to this barrage of interrogation. Let her take a break—what do you want to know? You might as well ask Xiangling."

When Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun heard the words, they quickly surrounded Xiangling again, asking about the new things that Sun Shaozong had experienced.

Even Lin Daiyu quarreled with the sisters under Ruan Rong's gesture.

Only Li Wan and Xue Baochai were left by Ruan Rong's side.

Needless to say, Li Wan, Xue Baochai deliberately avoided suspicion because of Xiangling's original identity.

Ruan Rong also happened to be a little puzzled, so she asked curiously, "Why didn't Miss Xue go to Zijin Street?"

Xue Baochai smiled sweetly, "My brother and mother are busy preparing for the wedding, but I am useless and need the elders to take care of me, so I have to trouble my aunt here."

If someone else said this, Ruan Rong would believe it, but Xue Baochai was always shrewd. I heard that she was in charge of many things in the family, so how could she be useless?

Just as he was about to ask again, Li Wan took his arm and said enviously, "Your sister is really lucky. I'm afraid you won't find many people in the whole capital who treat the people in the house like Mr. Sun—it's not like me, back then. As soon as she was pregnant with Brother Lan, that cruel thief couldn't get sick..."

At the beginning, she was still talking about saving Xue Baochai, but she was really moved.

He thought to himself that he was carrying the title of eldest mistress for nothing, but compared with this Aunt Ruan, she was really full of bitterness and no one asked her.

So as she spoke, her eyes turned red.

Ruan Rong was a little caught off guard by this upside down, she used to feel that Li Wan treated her differently from others, and knew Li Wan the least, so she didn't know how to persuade her for a while.

I had no choice but to talk casually, "What did my sister say? Our grandfather often talked about Lan Ge'er, and I heard that he was the smartest—by the way, how did my sister take care of herself after giving birth to Lan Ge'er? Even a few girls may not be able to match this complexion."

Xue Baochai also jokingly said, "Yeah, it was okay before. Sister-in-law's complexion has become more and more fresh recently, but I don't know how to nourish and maintain it?"

Who knew the word 'nourishing', but Li Wan's heart was beating wildly in shock, for fear that this shrewd woman who was not inferior to Wang Xifeng would notice something.

So while stealthily watching Baochai, he forced a smile on his face and said, "How can I take care of myself? I'm just being forced by Brother Lang to do aerobics a few times a day."

Both Ruan Rong and Xue Baochai saw that she was insincere, but they didn't want to ask the truth carefully, so the atmosphere became a little stiff for a while.

On the contrary, Xiangling's side was very lively, but it was Shi Xiangyun who heard that Xiangling invited a female husband to stay at home, and insisted on forcing her to write a poem now, so Xiangling couldn't stop begging for mercy.

Just at this time, Pomegranate, the big maid next to Ruan Rong, suddenly rushed in, twisting her handkerchief and said anxiously, "Concubine, Aunt Zhen, someone from the house told you to go back quickly, the master and the carriage are already waiting outside." Now, I ask the two aunts to leave quickly."

There was a sudden silence in the warm pavilion.

After a while, Lin Daiyu said reluctantly, "What happened to your house? It took so long to come out, and I hurried back before noon!"

"I heard that Aunt Zhen's mother has arrived!"

Dang bang~

Before the words finished, there was a crisp sound, but Xiangling jumped up suddenly and knocked over several teacups!

"me……"

She said "I" twice, and suddenly felt that her eyes were dark, and she fell back on her back.

"Xiang Ling?!"

"Aunt Zhen!"

Suddenly there was a riot in the warm pavilion, but fortunately Xiangling was just overjoyed for a while, and there was nothing serious about it, so she woke up soon.

It's just that after waking up, she didn't care about any decency, and frantically pushed everyone away, grabbed the door and ran out.

It's okay for others to fall, Yingchun has always been slow to react and can't dodge, but the person who was almost hit by her turned his back on his back.

"I'm sorry for the second girl."

Ruan Rong had no choice but to apologize for her and said, "You also know that she was kidnapped when she was four or five years old. Now that she heard that her biological mother has arrived, she is naturally obsessed with joy, but she didn't mean to be rude."

Yingchun and Xiangling are also used to it, so they don't care about anything, when Li Wan gave an order, all the girls hurriedly surrounded Ruan Rong out.

At the gate of the courtyard, a group of rich ladies and a pretty widow, it was inconvenient to see any outsiders, so they handed over to the women and maids to take over and sent Ruan Rong outside the gate.

Seeing that Ruan Rong had just crossed the threshold, a tall figure of Sun Shaozong flashed beside her, carefully picked her up by the waist, and escorted her to the carriage with eyes like eyeballs.

It's all right for others to see this scene, they just envy Ruan Rong for choosing the right husband.

But Li Wan looked at it with mixed feelings, envious and sad at one moment, and substituting himself into it at another moment.

Imagining the situation of being tightly held in the arms by those two cast-iron arms, the body will be hot and soft, like a white flour steamed bun just out of the pan, exuding the smell that makes people want to take a bite. breath...

But Sun Shaozong carefully put Ruan Rong into the carriage, and he got into the carriage neatly, and when he ordered Zhang Cheng to drive the carriage out of Rongguo Mansion, he turned around and saw Ruan Rong's brows were a little lonely.

After pondering for a while, he immediately guessed that she was Yin Xiangling's mother, and thought of her relatives far away in Qianxiang country.

So he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and promised without a word, "Don't worry, when the child is a little older, I will take you to live in Qianxiang Country for a few months, so that the old man can recognize his grandson."

Chapter 163 The Sudden 'Big Shot'

Send Ruan Rong and Xiang Ling to the gate of the backyard, but Sun Shaozong did not follow.

Firstly, he wanted Xiangling to meet his mother alone first.

As for the second...

This time, Xiangling's mother was not alone on the road, and she was accompanied by several young masters of the Jinling Sun family—in fact, it was with the help of the Jinling Sun family that they were able to find Xiangling's family so quickly.

Now Big Brother Cheap is still on duty in the patrol camp, out of emotion and reason, Sun Shaozong should go and see these 'virtuous nephews' first.

Hurrying back to the front hall, I saw three handsome young men chatting with Zhao Zhongji and Sun Xi.

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from the outside, with his attire and demeanor, he could tell that the Lord had arrived. The three of them got up quickly and stood in a row respectfully.

Zhao Zhongji immediately introduced, "Several brothers, this is our second master."

The three hurriedly stepped forward to report their names and surnames according to their age and identity.

The one who stepped forward first was a young man with an honest face, he bowed deeply and said, "Little nephew, grandson Chengye, I have met Uncle Thirteen."

Before Sun Shaozong found Sun Xi and did his homework, he knew that Sun Chengye was the second son of the patriarch of the clan, ranking third.

And Sun Shaozong ranked No. 13 in Shao's generation, so the other party was called Thirteen Uncles-by the way, Sun Shaozu ranked sixth.

To be honest, this Sun Chengye is already 25 this year, and he is four years older than Sun Shaozong.

However, Sun Shaozong's mental age was already over 30 years old, and he was used to being an official, so he didn't feel awkward receiving a gift from him.

Taking advantage of the situation, he also put on the face of an elder, and said with a smile, "It turns out that you are Saburo from the elder brother's family. I heard that you have a brilliant literary talent. This year is indeed high school!"

That Sun Chengye repeatedly said 'uncle's praise' twice, moved aside a little, and immediately a thin bamboo pole with a baby face flashed behind him, bowed and said, "Nephew Sun Chengtao, I have seen Uncle Thirteen."

This is the eldest son of Sanfang, ranked seventh in the family. He seems to be only 19 years old this year, and he can be regarded as a model of wunderkind.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly praised a few words for his youth and promise, so Sun Chengtao followed his brother's example and retreated to the side.

It's just that he didn't lower his eyebrows like Sun Chengye, he widened his eyes curiously, and his eyes circled back and forth on Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong was naturally immune to this kind of curious gaze.

The old god was standing there, waiting for the last person to come forward to pay respects, thinking in his heart that this would be called 'Sun Cheng' again, but it's a pity that he pays attention to being a respected person these days, otherwise it would be interesting to have a Sun Chengzong.

But I saw the man who came forward and saluted sarcasticly, and said respectfully, "Little son-in-law Yu Qian, I have seen Uncle Thirteen."

Sun Chengye hurriedly added, "Ting Yi is the husband-in-law of the eldest sister. Since he also won the exam this year, he and I went to Beijing to take the exam together."

But Sun Shaozong could still hear what he was talking about!

My mind is full of the words 'Yu Qian, Yu Tingyi'!

Isn't this the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Why did Yu Qianyu Shaobao suddenly appear?And it happens to be my niece and son-in-law!

but……

Calculated according to the time when the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, it seems that Yu Shaobao of the Ming Dynasty was about twenty years old!

Could it be really him? !

"Uncle Thirteen?"

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was in a trance and didn't respond for a while, Sun Chengye and Yu Qian were still able to hold on, but Sun Chengtao couldn't help asking curiously, "Could it be that there is something dirty on Tingyi's body?"

"dirty stuff?"

Sun Shaozong was stunned for a while, and then he realized what he meant, and said dumbfoundedly, "Qilang, you have won the exam, why do you still listen to rumors from outside? If I really have yin and yang eyes, what else can I do?" Bird Officer, I have already gone to the mountain to become a fairy!"

This made everyone burst into laughter.

Sun Shaozong took the opportunity to greet the guests and hosts to sit down, and only then temporarily revealed the episode just now.

After taking his seat, he first asked about the recent situation of the uncles and brothers of the same clan in Jinling, and then asked them about the situation on the road.

Then Sun Shaozong, relying on his status as an elder, casually tested the three of them in the school - he naturally wouldn't engage in things that quoted scriptures, but it would not be a problem to take out some difficult errands in the yamen as an examination question .

Judging from the results, Sun Chengye prefers to follow the rules, and his answers are not very brilliant, but there are few omissions.

Sun Chengtao's answer is a bit out of the ordinary, and often has some shocking words, but it is unavoidable that there are high-sightedness and low-handedness, and the problem of being divorced from reality.

And that Yu Qian...

Although it is not as comprehensive as those old officials, but for a person who has never practiced in the Gongmen, I am afraid that he can only be described by the four words of "the capital of the sky"!

It seems that at least [-]% of them are the future Yu Shaobao himself!

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong felt a little fearful in his heart.

After all, this is a well-known capable and loyal minister in the history books. If you vote for the most important figure in the entire Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be among the best!

But after a while, most of the panic dissipated. After all, Yu Shaobao is still a little immature right now, and this Great Zhou is not Ming Dynasty, so he may not have the opportunity to "support the country with one hand, and reflect the history with his heart" in the future.

Moreover……

As an uncle, how can you be respectful to your niece and son-in-law?

Therefore, Sun Shaozong temporarily suppressed that respect and fear in his heart, and only treated them as juniors who came to visit relatives.

"The residence has been prepared a long time ago. I asked Sun Xi to rearrange it according to the habits of your children in the south. If there is any need, just ask the people to explain it."