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Baochai didn't know the cause and effect at all, so she couldn't figure it out, so she hurriedly asked Aunt Xue to sit down, took a handkerchief and wiped away mother's tears, comfortingly said: "Mother, don't worry, take it easy, have a sip of tea before we talk. "

Aunt Xue pushed the veil away and said anxiously: "Your brother has caused a disaster, how can I have the mood to drink tea now?"

When Baochai saw Aunt Xue's voice, she remembered Xue Pan's lawless and vicious behavior in the past, and she also became afraid, and asked: "What's going on? Did you ever hurt someone's life? I said that the capital is no better than Jinling. I want my brother to be restrained, but what should I do now? As long as he is willing to listen to me, it will not be like this!"

Aunt Xue looked strange, she glanced at Baochai, and said, "That's not true, why do you curse him? Although your brother is stupid, he understands important things. He knows that there are many high-ranking officials in the capital. Even if he became a high-ranking official, he still couldn't afford to offend him. Therefore, he has always made money with kindness, and never deliberately competed with those princes and grandsons. It's just that he has offended Mr. Qin..." said At the critical point, he couldn't continue, so he burst into tears.

Baochai said: "What's the matter, who is Mr. Qin, my mother should explain it clearly."

Aunt Xue said angrily: "Which other Mr. Qin can be, isn't it the younger brother of Grandma Qin in the East Mansion? Besides him, who else can force the old lady to ask your brother to pay?"

Baochai was secretly shocked when she heard the words. Aunt Xue had told her half-confidantly earlier that the identity of Jia Rong's wife, Grandma Qin, had a strange identity. She was praised by the elders and young people of Rongning Second Mansion, and secured her position as the daughter-in-law and clan wife of the head of the house. Even a respectable person like Wang Xifeng rushed to curry favor with her.Since Qin Zhong is Grandma Qin's younger brother, he naturally cannot be easily bullied.In addition, Qin Zhong has always been on good terms with Baoyu, and is favored by Jia Mu, who loves him like his own grandson.If the elder brother committed a crime and really offended him, Mother Jia might support him and order Xue Pan to make amends, even Mrs. Wang would not be able to say anything.

Thinking of this, Baochai understood a little bit, but she was still so terrified and puzzled by Aunt Xue, and asked, "Didn't my brother go to Tiekan Temple? How could such a fine funeral matter offend Mr. Qin? Besides, since the old lady opened her mouth, my brother will make up for it, and it will not be regarded as wronging him, so the matter is over?"

Aunt Xue said loudly: "How do I know? How do I know?"

Just as he was talking, Xue Pan rushed to Aunt Xue angrily, and said to Aunt Xue, "Mother, don't make things difficult for me. I would rather die than apologize to Qin Zhong. His father is only a small camper. An official who is younger than Zhima, but because of his elder sister's good looks, and because he is friendly with Baoyu, he has won the favor of the old lady in the West Mansion. It is obvious that he made the first mistake, so why should I make amends? Could it be that the Qin family is the Jia family? Is it true that our Xue family is not a relative? Since his siblings are so charming and know how to win over people, I should bear the burden of this. I am not afraid, so I simply beat Qin Zhong to death. I am also convinced." While shouting, he turned his head and ran away.

Aunt Xue was so panicked that she grabbed onto his clothes desperately, and she cried while she said: "Nie Zhan, how do you know the pros and cons of this! It's better to kill me first, so I don't have to force myself to worry about it !"

Xue Pan still said proudly: "That Baoyu is the son of my aunt, and everyone in the whole family pampers me, that's all. I have listened to your instructions and never disputed with him. It's just that Qin Zhong counted What? It was obviously his fault, but he asked me to make amends. If it gets out, where will I put my face? Why don’t we all die together!”

Aunt Xue couldn't help crying when she heard the words, and said: "My son, you don't know the reason for this. It's hard to tell you because of your natural temperament, and I'm still confused. Just remember, The Qin family cannot afford to be offended. If you don't make amends, I'm afraid this place will be in trouble."

Baochai saw Aunt Xue and Xue Pan like this, but she still didn't understand what was going on, so she had to make up her mind, first persuade Xue Pan to rest and drink tea next to her, and not to get angry and hurt herself over trivial matters, and secretly ordered everyone to watch him In order to prevent him from getting into trouble again, he called someone to call the young man who went out with Xue Pan that day, and interrogated him in detail.Although Baochai is a girl who has not left the court, she has always been respected by the servants. The young servant knelt on the ground, not daring to lift his head, and tremblingly confessed the whole story.

It turned out that the cause of the incident began many days ago when Jin Rong came to Xue's house to look for Xue Pan.Jin Rongzi was in the school, after he was forced to kowtow to Qin Zhong to make amends for some minor incidents, he often held a grudge, and he was powerless to retaliate, so he found Xue Pan and made Xue Pan's old brother Xiang Lianyu love him. When Qin Zhong colluded with each other, he embellished it in detail, talked to Xue Pan in detail, intending to sow discord, and used Xue Pan as a gun to deal with Qin Zhong.

After all, Jin Rong had been Xue Pan's bedside person, and telling stories was something he was comfortable with. Hearing Jin Rong's words, Xue Daibawang was really furious, and immediately wanted to find out if Qin Zhong was right. Guess they were both relatives, and Baoyu was not good either. Because of how Qin Zhong treats him.Later, several incidents occurred in the Xue family, but they were delayed.Unexpectedly, Jia Dairu in Tiekan Temple was in charge of Jia Rui's spiritual return to the south. When all the students were present, Xue Pan bumped into Qin Zhong and Xiang Lian flirting.The two of them dawdled until Jia Dairu set off and hadn't left yet. When the relationship grew stronger, they even ignored the pure place of Buddhism and found a secluded place and began to hug each other.Xue Pan grabbed him and dragged him to the front of the crowd, humiliating Qin Zhong in front of all his classmates.

Qin Zhong was not angry, first there was a quarrel, and then both sides started fighting.Unexpectedly, this fight is different from the last time he fought with Jin Rong: firstly, Xue Pan was originally a master of the school, and with a lot of money offensive, he made many puppet brothers, and his momentum was much bigger than Jin Ronghao; Jia Qiang, who secretly helped Qin Zhong, and others also made friends with Xue Pan, and Xue Pan did have a reason, so it would not be good for Qin Zhong to sideline him in the open, which would hurt his peace; the most important thing is that the last time he met When Jinrong was fighting, Baoyu and Baoyu's servant Mingyan made great efforts, but now Xue Pan's face is hard to fight, and Baoyu is just trying to persuade relatives why they should hurt the peace and so on. If there is no oil and no salt, and when Qin Zhong is beaten hard, he will come forward to stop him.

Therefore, Qin Zhong suffered a big loss this time, losing face and reputation.That day, Baoyu helped Qin Zhong go back to Jia's house to rest, but Qin Zhong just kept crying and alarmed Jia's mother.Jia's mother didn't care about the injustice, she just said that the heart of cherishing Qin Zhong was the same as the heart of cherishing Baoyu, so she ordered Xue Pan to make amends to Qin Zhong in public.When Mrs. Wang heard that Xue Pan had beaten Qin Zhong, she was also shocked and hurriedly sent someone over to blame Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue was at a loss, and couldn't care less about giving Baochai a cold face, so she hurried over in a panic, calling "good girl", and discussing countermeasures with Baochai.

Baochai patiently listened to these nasty things inside and outside the school. Although the servant was worried that Baochai was a girl who had not left the court, and her speech was flickering, but Xue Pan was a person with a criminal record. Baochai thought about it for a while. , what else does he not understand, and he immediately understood that the key to the matter was that Xue Pan only regarded Qin Zhong as a child of a poor official family, so naturally he would not treat him as he did when he was friends with the prince and grandson, let alone thought it was reasonable.I don't even know Xue Pan's servants, so I just say that the uncle really has the truth this time, even the uncle Qiang and the second master Bao are just watching from the sidelines because they won this match, but they don't Knowing why the old lady in the Rong Mansion is biased towards Qin Zhong, it is not impossible to force Xue Pan to pay.

Thinking of this, Baochai said to Aunt Xue: "Since that's the case, I'll have to persuade my brother later to make amends to Mr. Qin. It's not a big deal. The old lady was also doing it for the relatives of the two houses. It's decent. Enemies should be resolved rather than knotted. After all, brother beat someone, didn't he?"

Aunt Xue wiped her tears and said, "I'm afraid Grandma Qin won't give up. What's more, you know your brother's temperament. When he gets stubborn, how can he listen to me? I'm afraid that you are the only one in the world who can persuade you." a bit."

Baochai said: "Right now we have to take one step at a time. But I don't know where Grandma Qin is from? She's so powerful!"

Aunt Xue said anxiously: "How do I know? This capital city is at the foot of the emperor, and there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and it was accidentally hit by a dark thunder. Even your second aunt only said that Grandma Qin has a special background, so I can't tell you what to do." Treat the daughter of an ordinary official family. I just say keep her away, I don't want your brother to bump into her younger brother! Your second aunt's voice has changed so much now, which shows that the disaster is not small. "And said: "Since such things happen, your brother Bao will not stop! If your brother Bao stops, it will not be like this!"

Baochai thought for a while, and said: "Brother Bao is even more confused about things that the second aunt doesn't know. I think even Uncle Qian doesn't understand that the Qin family can't be offended. Grandma Qin lost face. This is a strange thing."

At present, the mother and daughter have discussed it properly, and dispatched a few shrewd and capable women to follow Aunt Xue to visit Qin Zhong. They made a big deal of humility and courtesy, and agreed that Xue Pan would come out in a few days to organize banquets and book schools. Classmate, apologize to Qin Zhong face to face.That Qin Zhong was originally a child at heart, but because he realized that Jia Mu and others valued and liked him, he gradually became mad.Besides, after all, it only hurt the flesh, not the bones, so it's not a big deal.Seeing the sincerity of Xue's family members and their low posture enough, they felt embarrassed, so they were willing to reconcile.

Aunt Xue thought that this was the end of the matter, but when she told Mrs. Jia Muwang, Mrs. Jia Muwang had a sad face and said: "There is news from the East Mansion that Grandma Rong has been killed because of this incident. The condition is getting worse. What should I do?"