Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After Qin Keqing's funeral was over, Jia Jing had time to ask Jia Yi, "Tell me, why did that maid named Ruizhu suddenly crash into the coffin and die for her master?"

Jia Yi's complexion was not very good. Hearing Jia Jing's question, he knelt down and said, "It's because the subordinates and others are not doing well."

Jia Jing frowned. Jia Yi and the others had been following him for many years, and they didn't take them seriously on weekdays. Even Xichun called Jia Yi uncle, and Jia Yi and the others didn't pay much attention to these things, but Jia Today he knelt down.

Jia Jing said, "Speak."

Jia Yi organized the conversation, and said: "Before, the master asked his subordinates to send people to watch over there, trying to find out where the medicine came from. Jia Wu and the others took turns to watch, and once they heard Young Mistress Rong and maid Ruizhu quarrel."

Jia Jing paused when he was tapping on the table, "What are they arguing about?"

Jia Yidao: "According to Jia Wu's report, at that time Ruizhu persuaded Young Mistress Rong to tell Young Master Rong about the matter, but Young Mistress Rong refused, saying that her reputation would be ruined if she told her about it, and Young Master Rong couldn't lift her head up either. It's better to just rot in the stomach like this, and no one will know, anyway, she has become like this now, and she is not afraid of him anymore."

Jia Jing's face sank, "What happened next?"

"At that time, Jia Wu only heard this passage, and he also began to feel strange. From that day on, he specially sent people to follow Ruizhu every day. It was then that we discovered that Ruizhu was in panic almost every day. , people are much haggard because of this, but she took care of Young Mistress Rong every day before, so no one was suspicious."

"Afterwards, Ruizhu had an argument with Young Mistress Rong again. Ruizhu begged Young Mistress Rong to tell Master Rong that Master Rong would not blame her when he found out, and maybe he could take her out. If she went out, she might be fine. gone."

"At that time, Young Mistress Rong was too sick to get up. Hearing Rui Zhu's words, she refused to agree, saying that she was already so sick that she might die someday. Why bother to die and make people feel uneasy. It's better to be like this Those things were too cruel to Master Rong, so it's better that Master Rong didn't know about them. Mistress Rong even made Ruizhu swear not to tell them, but Ruizhu refused, so Mistress Rong threatened her with her own life, and Ruizhu finally agreed. "

"Because of these two disputes, we began to investigate the...men in the mansion."

Jia Yi didn't look up, and didn't dare to look at Jia Jing's face, and continued: "In the end, everything is normal."

"We had no choice but to turn our attention back to Young Mistress Rong's master and servant. Seeing that they hadn't moved at all, Jia Qi took advantage of Ruizhu's deep sleep to make a cliché, and came up with the word "clothes."

"We began to secretly check the clothes of Young Mistress Rong and Ruizhu, and finally found a cage with exquisite and gorgeous clothes and matching jewelry, but they were undressed."

"The servants are all men, and they are not very familiar with these things, so they secretly took a piece of clothing and a few pieces of jewelry and went out to find an old craftsman to help them check. At the same time, they strictly checked the sewing room in the mansion."

"When we sent the things back, Ruizhu got the order from Young Mistress Rong and was about to destroy those clothes and jewelry, and already found that a set of clothes and a few pieces of jewelry were missing."

"Ruizhu was terrified, and then ran to tell Young Mistress Rong. After Young Mistress Rong found out, her condition became more serious, and she passed away that night."

"Since Young Mistress Rong's death, Ruizhu became more panicked and couldn't sleep peacefully at night. Later, we planned to interrogate her, but when she saw us, she passed out, woke up, and went to the mourning hall."

Jia Yi's forehead was pressed against the ground, "This time the subordinates and others are not doing well, please punish me!"

Jia Jing thought for a while and asked, "What did you find about the clothes and jewelry?"

Jia Yidao: "We found several old craftsmen, and they all said that the clothes and jewelry were made more than 20 years ago, and the details look like craftsmanship in the palace."

"...What about after that?" Jia Jing knew that Jia Yi and the others would definitely continue to investigate, and they would not stop investigating just because Qin Keqing died.

Jia Yidao: "Looking at Jia Erwu's report from the sewing room, there was a little girl who was a little bit abnormal. We checked it carefully. According to the little girl, when the county head went to Lingnan a few years ago, she was once caught by the sewing room. The old mother called to deliver the clothes, which were given to Young Mistress Rong. At that time, she saw that the clothes were very exquisite, and she had never seen these clothes made in a sewing room. She thought they were made by those old seniors alone. To be able to make clothes like this."

"Following what the little maid said, we found the old mother, and finally found out through interrogation that she was ordered to give those clothes to Young Mistress Rong."

Jia Jing said, "Whose order?"

Jia Yi: "...Uncle Zhen's."

The room suddenly fell silent. Jia Yi waited for a while without any movement. He looked up and saw Jia Jing, who seemed to be six or seven years old, sitting on a chair with a hunched body and tears in his eyes.

After a while, Jia Jing gritted his teeth and said, "...that bastard! That's his..."

Jia Jing couldn't go on.

Jia Yi carefully asked: "Master, there is still something strange about this matter, do we need to continue to investigate?" For example, why did the clothes and jewelry be used more than 20 years ago.

Jia Jing closed his eyes and said, "Investigate! Continue to investigate! I want to see what kind of beast I gave birth to!"

Jia Yi lowered his head, "Yes!"

At this moment, there was a faint noise outside.

Jia Rong returned to her yard, subconsciously called Keqing before entering the house, and then realized that Qin Keqing was dead, and she had been buried by him himself.

When I entered the house, I felt that there were shadows of Qin Keqing's life everywhere. The books she read and the tea she drank embroidered flowers, as if she was still here.

Jia Rong sat on the bed, covered her face in pain, and he didn't know how long it took before he got up and walked out.

If he stays here any longer, he will go crazy.

Jia Rong walked to the study, but found a fire flickering in the corner of the yard. Jia Rong subconsciously walked forward and saw a maid kneeling and burning paper.

The servant girl cried and said: "Ruizhu, I will invite myself to go to Zhuangzi tomorrow, and I don't know when I can come back to see you... Don't worry, I won't tell the story, you and the young mistress don't worry , those things are over, you can reincarnate with peace of mind, and in the next life...just be an ordinary person...don't enter this high-ranking family again..."

Jia Rong also recognized that this person was Qin Keqing's other personal servant girl, the one named Baozhu. Jia Rong originally lamented Baozhu's sincerity, but it sounded wrong.

After Baozhu finished burning the paper, she kowtowed a few more times, got up and was about to leave, but when she turned around, she saw Jia Rong standing behind her and looking at her, Baozhu was startled and backed away.

Jia Rong stepped forward and forced Baozhu into a corner, clasping Baozhu's neck tightly with her cold hands, "What are those things?"

Baozhu was so frightened that she heard Jia Rong ask, "Master Rong, what are you talking about? This servant can't understand."

Jia Rong slowly tightened her hand, "If you don't say anything, then go with your master."

Baozhu also noticed that the strength on her neck was getting heavier and she struggled subconsciously, but Jia Rong's hand was as if made of iron, no matter how hard she scratched it, Baozhu's struggle gradually became weaker.

Maybe for a moment, maybe for a moment, Baozhu felt that she was going to die, because she even saw Qin Keqing and Ruizhu.

The cold air rushed into the throat and nose, and Baozhu fell to the ground weakly, clutching his chest and coughing.

Jia Rong's voice remained unchanged, "I'll give you another chance, if you don't say anything, I'll send you on your way."

Baozhu understood that Jia Rong was not lying. Seeing that hand approaching her again, she subconsciously leaned back even though she had no choice but to tremble all over.

She finally squeezed out a voice from her throat, "Say! I'll say! The servant can say anything!"

Only then did Jia Rong stop.

Baozhu's face was full of tears. She closed her eyes and said slowly: "You were sent to Lingnan that year, and the young mistress went to see you off. When you came back, you noticed a look in the yard."

Jia Rong asked, "What kind of gaze?"

Baozhu: "...I don't know what to say, but when Ruizhu and the young mistress mentioned that gaze, they felt..."

"During that time, the young mistress could feel that gaze almost every time she went out, so she stayed in the yard all day and didn't go out. But not long after, the sewing room sent a batch of clothes and jewelry."

"At that time, we thought it was the young mistress who had been lifted from the ban, so the people below gave the young mistress new clothes and jewelry for her to go out, but the young mistress changed her expression after carefully looking at the clothes and jewelry, and asked us to take them away, take them away. The farther the better."

"Ruizhu and I put away these things, and there were no more accidents in the next few years, and we gradually forgot about it until you, the boy, won the exam."

"On the day when the good news came, we accidentally chose a piece of clothes from there to wear. It was fine at first, but then I don't know what happened. Ruizhu helped the young lady back, her face was pale, and the clothes on her body were also stained. Well, the young mistress hasn't been in a very good mood since then, and she fell ill after holding on to the banquet."

Jia Rong remembered that when he saw Qin Keqing's master and servant outside his father's yard with a terrified expression, he asked them what was wrong.

"Later, the young mistress recovered and fell ill again. We waited on her every day. Slowly, I found that Ruizhu was in a state of panic almost every day. I didn't tell her when I asked her. Sometimes she also persuaded me to let me go with her. To persuade young mistress, I asked her what to persuade, but she refused to say."

"When the young lady was most ill, one day we took a bath together, she suddenly cried, she said that only then could she realize that no one was staring at her, and dared to tell me the truth. "

"She said that she and the young mistress were being targeted by others, and they might die at some point, so tell me this, and if something is wrong in the future, tell the young master."

"Ruizhu said, they know who that look is from, and they also know who sent the clothes and jewelry."

"After Ruizhu told me, I also panicked. Within two days, Ruizhu suddenly ran in and said that he had come. He also took away a piece of clothing and some jewelry, and said that they were going to die soon."

"I was in a hurry, so I cried and begged her to tell the story. Even if I didn't tell the young master, I could tell the master, but Ruizhu shook her head, saying that the young mistress wanted to leave innocently, and if she didn't let her tell, she still forced me I swear, don't say this."

Baozhu choked and said, "Young Mistress died that night."

Jia Rong only felt that the sky and the earth were spinning, and he was like a feather floating with the air current.

He heard his hoarse voice, "... who is that person?"

After an unknown amount of time, an ethereal female voice reached his ears, "...it's Uncle Zhen, your father."