The Bandit Gentleman of the Red Chamber

Jinling was originally the birthplace of Taizu, and naturally it was also the foundation of many famous families, including the four families of King Xue of Jiashi.It's just that the other three families moved to the capital one after another, and only the Xue family stayed.Although they are merchants, they bear the name of the imperial merchants, and with the influence of those three families, the Xue family is the most powerful in Jinling, very prominent.

It's just that after Xue's father left, the Xue family was supported only by Mrs. Xue, and the shopkeepers under the banner inevitably cheated and filled their own pockets.

Seeing that the income in the mansion is getting less and less, Mrs. Xue is weak, and she can't do that kind of thing to drive away the old man in the family, so she gritted her teeth and planned to go to Beijing to join her sister. The meaning of Fan's subordinates.And because her own daughter has also reached the age of being elected, she happened to enter Beijing under the name of being elected, which not only achieved her goal, but also achieved her dignity.

Mrs. Xue is approaching her age, but she only has one son and one daughter under her knees.The son Xue Pan lost his father when he was young. Although Mrs. Xue has the heart to discipline her, she is really motherly and can't help teaching her.He developed a temperament of extravagance and arrogance in speech. Although he also went to school, he only knew a few words, and he only had cockfights, horses and horses, and tours all day long.Although he is an imperial merchant, he is completely ignorant of economic affairs.Arrogant and domineering is ranked first in the entire Jinling.

Mrs. Xue didn't know how much she had troubled and shed tears for such a useless son.Fortunately, her daughter Baochai is sensible, and she has been smart since she was a child, able to read and write, and her needlework girls are all top-notch.Xue's father regarded her as the apple of his eye when he was there, but also felt sorry for his son's incompetence, so he raised her as a man instead.

Now that her father passed away, Baochai felt sorry for her mother's hard work, and worried about her elder brother's incompetence, so she took over the family affairs. She is really pitiful at such a young age.

On this day, as soon as Xue Baochai put down the account book in her hand, she came up to squeeze her mother's shoulders. Mrs. Xue patted her hand and said with a smile: "My son, you have read the account book for half a day, why don't you take Ying Ying with you?" Let's take a stroll in the garden outside, so we can relax."

Baochai thumped lightly, and said with a smile: "It's cold outside, and there's nothing to see. If Mom is bored, why not ask the boys to pick a few plum blossoms and keep them in the house. Our plum blossoms are blooming very well." Woolen cloth."

Mrs. Xue took Baochai's hand to make her sit down, rubbed her daughter's delicate neck and sighed: "Since your father passed away, your brother is useless, but my son has suffered a lot."

Baochai's eyes turned red, but she was afraid that her mother would be worried, so she still smiled and said, "Mom, what is this talking about? Didn't my mother say the day before yesterday that we were going to Beijing to go to my aunt's house? At that time, my aunt will help me, and my brother will also be disciplined by his uncle. It will get better gradually.”

Hearing her mention of her sister, Mrs. Xue also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Your aunt's family is different from ours. It is a real public family, a big family." Seeing that Baochai seemed worried, she persuaded her again. He said, "But our family is not bad anyway, it is also the family of the Imperial Merchant, and with your uncle behind us, who dare to underestimate us!"

Baochai knew that her family background was really limited, even though she was in Jinling, most of them borrowed the prestige of her uncle's family.Mother is just comforting herself now.He hated the family background deeply in his heart, and even secretly vowed that he would show his talents well in the election, and it would be best to strive for the top, so that no one would let others look down on him!

I was thinking about Xiaoxuan in my heart, but a woman rushed in recklessly, yelling: "Madam and girl are not good! The uncle beat someone to death outside!"

Baochai was taken aback, but when she looked up, she saw her mother's face was pale, and she was trembling while pointing at the woman, but her mouth was silent.

Come.At this time, all the maids in the room were scared and trembling, but none of them saw it.I hurried forward to get the tea, and patted my mother on the back again.

Mrs. Xue finally recovered her breath, and hurriedly asked in a sharp voice: "Where did these words come from? What happened to the uncle? Please explain it carefully!"

The woman trembled with fright, and replied from below: "Today, the servant was the servant at the door. Zhaocai, who was next to the uncle, ran in from the outside. Seeing the servant, he asked the servant to call back to his wife: "Master." I fell in love with a girl outside, and she originally gave Yazi money, but a poor man came and wanted to snatch her from the uncle. The uncle was angry, but he hit harder, but that person died!' As soon as the slave heard it Human life, I was so frightened that my real soul walked away, so I rushed to report the news."

When Mrs. Xue heard that the son's killing was not an urgent task, she let go of most of her heart and scolded: "How big is it, is it worth you rushing in and cursing your master? Where is the uncle now? He tied me back!"

Baochai was taken aback when he heard it at first, but now he has recovered, and persuaded his mother with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, they often talk about horses, and they are not sure what to say. When brother comes back, mother will ask Ask, what is going on, I haven't figured it out yet."

Mrs. Xue was appeased by her daughter, and she felt much more at ease.It's just that although she knew that her son was usually domineering and beat up a lot of people in the street, she didn't take it seriously in the past.Now that someone is killed, it's a woman's family, and the matter has not been sorted out, so I panicked for the most part.

Xue Pan returned home with the little girl he had just snatched away, and saw her brows were a little rouge, her face was delicate, and her manners were gentle. People went to the main room.

Mrs. Xue is a doting son, and she has never been ruthless in disciplining her only son, otherwise Xue Pan would not be as virtuous as she is now.Seeing Xue Pan coming in from the outside now, except for the sweat on his face in the winter, he immediately felt sorry for his son, and hurriedly asked him to go back and change his clothes, without mentioning the beating at all.

After all, life is at stake, even if it is the Xue family who is the most dominant in Jinling, life lawsuits are not so easy to put aside.

Madam Xue hurriedly wrote a letter to her brother, and sent someone to bring news to Rongguo Mansion, hoping that the two families could help.

Fortunately, Jia Yucun, the magistrate of Jinling, knows the key, and he has inherited the favor of Jia's family when he became an official, so he will play around with it.

This Jia Yucun didn't try the case first, but instead used a shaman's shaman to explain the matter, only saying that the deceased Feng Yuan and Xue Pan were originally sinners, and now they met on a narrow road, and the reason was settled. Now Xue Pan has an unknown disease. , was pursued by Feng Yuan's soul and died.He abruptly reported the sudden death of Xue Pan, a living man, and blocked the mouth of the old servant of the Feng family.

Xue Pan, who "died suddenly", happily accompanied his mother and sister to Beijing.During the period, he was still playing tricks, provoking right and wrong, and didn't know what restraint was.

To say that the behavior of the Xue family is really strange, that is, the family of high-ranking officials, if a nephew in the family has a life lawsuit, even if they want to protect them, they will find one or two scapegoats, and pay more money. The things in the business are done well, and it's not too bad.

But when something happened to his family, Mrs. Xue thought of going to Beijing earlier, away from the "right and wrong" place in Jinling.

It's a pity that the women in the inner house are short-sighted. Although they are good at managing the family, they don't know anything about foreign affairs.He only knows blindly doting on his children, which makes his heirs unworthy, and his family style is corrupted. The royal merchant Xue's family after Ziwei's sacrifice, Xue Gong, has fallen to the current state!pitiful!pitiful!