The Lin Family of Gusu in the Red Mansion

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai had just had dinner in the evening, and they said that Xue Pan hadn't come back so late today, and she was afraid they had gone out to play crazy again, but they said that there was Xue Pan's servant begging to see him.

Xue Baochai hurriedly hid in the inner room, and Aunt Xue called the servant into the room.

"Hey, did Pan'er go out to make trouble again? Why don't you try to persuade me?" Aunt Xue knew what was going on when she saw the boy next to Xue Pan with a bruised nose and swollen face, but she didn't care much, and said indifferently. Looking at his nails, anyway, it's not once or twice, the big deal is to settle it with money.

Seeing Aunt Xue's indifferent appearance, the boy knew that the master probably thought that this matter would be settled today!

"Ma'am, it's not good. I've really met a big boss today, and everyone has already arrived at the punishment department." The boy said anxiously, "We boys are not his opponents at all. I was all knocked out, and I only woke up now, and it was just when I was about to pass out that I heard that Master was taken to the Ministry of Punishment."

"What?" Aunt Xue raised her head suddenly, her eyes widened, "Why did you end up in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, please explain everything clearly to me."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The boy nodded in horror, and immediately explained in detail what happened at noon today. Except for what happened after he fainted, he even told Xue Pan verbatim. said.

Aunt Xue blushed with anger when she heard those dirty words, why did she give birth to such an uneasy son!

"You go down first!" He signaled the boy to leave, but the boy didn't want to stay any longer, and ran out with his tail between his legs.

At this time, Xue Baochai immediately turned out from the inside, and stepped forward to support the crumbling Aunt Xue.

"Mother, you must hold on, brother is still waiting for you to rescue him!" Xue Baochai comforted Aunt Xue while patting her on the back, "Let's think of ways to save brother come out."

"That traitor." Aunt Xue calmed down a bit, but her face was still livid when she mentioned Xue Pan, "When he committed a crime in Jinling and was locked in prison, how much money and energy did the family spend to get him out of prison?" He got it out. It's only been a few years, and he's put himself directly into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, how can it be easy to get out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice!"

Here, Aunt Xue scolded and cried, her hands holding Xue Baochai were shaking. She is an ordinary woman after all, and once it comes to such a critical moment, she doesn't know how to do anything.

"Mother, don't cry, wait for me to think about it." Xue Baochai sighed, meeting such an elder brother is really enough to suffer.

"I heard from the boy just now that there should be three people on the other side, and two followers can knock down seven or eight of them. Thinking about how they can be sent directly to the Ministry of Punishment instead of going through Shuntian Fu Yin, it seems that the three people The identity must not be simple." Xue Baochai analyzed slowly, frowning and thinking about what to do next, "It will be difficult for our family to rescue him, it seems that we still have to ask the Jia family and uncle's family for help."

Aunt Xue wiped away her tears and finally calmed down. Although scolding is scolding and disgusting is disgusting, but at least this is the only one seedling in the family, and it can be saved if it can't be saved!

"Well, let's go see your aunt right away, and write a letter for you to bring to your uncle. I hope it can be of some use."

Xue Baochai thought for a while, and felt something was wrong: "I think it's better not to talk about it, our family will go to find out what's going on first, and it's best if we can solve it ourselves. It's too late today. The people in the Ministry of Punishment have already left, so send someone to take a look tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll send someone to the Ministry of Criminal Justice tomorrow."

So Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai didn't sleep well all night, turned around until dawn, immediately washed up and got up, and asked people to go to the Ministry of punishment. The mother and daughter waited anxiously at home, and no one came back until dusk.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Xue asked impatiently, and stood up from the chair in a hurry, "What mistake did Pan'er make?"

The boy who came back to report thought about what the official of the Ministry of Punishment had said to him, and immediately felt dizzy, his face was sallow, and he stammered: "Returning to my wife, it seems that this matter is very serious. We have been here since morning until now. I couldn't find out anything, and the people in the Ministry of Punishment were very tight-lipped. It wasn't until an old official saw that we had spent a whole day that he couldn't bear to wake us up. He said that our uncle made a big fuss this time, and wanted to It is impossible to save our lives, so we advise us to rest our minds early and stop wasting our efforts."

"Oh!" When Aunt Xue heard this, she felt her head go hot, and then she rolled her eyes and fainted. Fortunately, the little girl next to her supported her.

"Ma'am, what's wrong with you, don't get dizzy! Ma'am!" the little girl shouted, and hurriedly pinched Aunt Xue's people.Seeing this situation, the boy had already sneaked away, he didn't want his wife to vent her anger on them after waking up.

Xue Baochai was staying in the room, but when she heard the call from the little girl outside, she immediately ran out. Seeing Aunt Xue's appearance, she quickly asked the little girl to call the doctor, and helped Aunt Xue to rest.

Xue Baochai guarded Aunt Xue while thinking about countermeasures.She is very anxious now, she didn't expect her mother to be so useless at this point, she just listened to the words and collapsed, what should she do as a girl.

Now it seems that this matter is really not something that can be solved at home.He hurriedly took the pen and ink, and wrote a letter to his uncle Wang Ziteng, thinking that when his mother woke up, it was time to see Mrs. Wang, but he didn't know how much money he was going to extort from his house this time.

She has been living in Jia's house for the past few years. She knows who Mrs. Wang is. If you give her money, she may not treat you well, and she may not necessarily help you with affairs, but if you don't give her money, she will definitely I won't treat you well, and I will definitely not help you with affairs.If he had a background as good as Lin Daiyu's, why would he need to humble himself for the position of Bao's Second Mistress like now.The more you think about it, the more you hate it.When she first arrived in the capital, she wanted to marry into a noble family and get rid of her status as a merchant's daughter, and becoming the princess' attendant was the first step, but what she never expected was that no matter how rich the Xue family was, as long as It is difficult to stand up for a day if there is still a Shang character.In the capital, not to mention the families of the first and second ranks, even the families of officials of the fourth and fifth ranks look down on her, it is really hateful.She is fourteen years old this year, and only by grabbing Baoyu can she become the official wife.

Aunt Xue improved a lot after drinking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and then asked Xue Baochai to go to Mrs. Wang's place as soon as possible.Then, the mother and daughter went to Rongxi hall together.

"Hey, my sister doesn't look very well today, so sit down quickly." Mrs. Wang was shocked when she saw Aunt Xue's haggard appearance, and hurriedly pulled her to sit down, "Let's invite the imperial doctor to take a look."

"It's nothing, my body doesn't matter, I come here today to ask for something." Aunt Xue had to say it even if she couldn't hold back her face.In fact, she has always been a little dissatisfied all these years. Why should she be a girl from the Wang family and a legitimate daughter? Mrs. Wang can marry into Jia's mansion and become an official wife. Qian Cai became a business woman, causing her daughter who is like a flower to be so outstanding, but she is not favored by good people.

When Mrs. Wang heard that she was asking for something, her face darkened, but then she smiled lovingly, took Xue Baochai's hand and said, "Whatever you ask for, sooner or later, the chai'er must belong to our Jia family. Talk about two words."

Xue Baochai blushed slightly when she heard this, but then she told what happened today.

By the way, I took a small box from Aunt Xue, handed it to Madam Wang with a smile, and said: "We know that it must be difficult to save brother, and it takes a lot of money to manage it up and down, so how can we make my wife waste both people and money?" Well, there are 5 taels here, which is enough if you think about it. Mother knows that it is not easy for elder sister Yuanchun to be in the palace, and it is even more necessary to be a female official, so the rest is a little love from our mother and daughter to elder sister. "

Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up, but she soon returned to her natural state, that smile became more and more dazzling: "You are being polite, we are all a family, so there is no need for such outsiders." Having said that, she did not There was a sign of returning the box, but the prayer beads in his hand turned a little faster.

While pulling Xue Baochai to sit next to her, he stroked her delicate hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. I will mention it to the master in a while, and it will be resolved. The longer our chai is, the more it looks like a peony flower." She is generally good-looking, dignified and gentle. It is a blessing for anyone to marry Chai. Unlike some seductive girls who are always flirtatious, they are unlucky at first glance. It is that old thing. ..."

"Ma'am, walls have ears." Xue Baochai interrupted Madam Wang just before she could say it, looked outside and said, "Ma'am, you need to be careful, what should you do if you are overheard by those gossips?" ?”

Seeing that Xue Baochai was thinking of her so much, Mrs. Wang liked her even more. She patted the back of her hand and said, "You still think of me, unlike that foxy girl who has been here for so many years and has never looked straight at her." I."

Seeing that her mother seldom spoke, Xue Baochai got up and said goodbye. Mrs. Wang sent her outside the courtyard before returning.

After returning to the house, Mrs. Wang immediately opened the box, and she saw a stack of bank notes, which made her very happy, and even the anger accumulated by Jia Baoyu's constant talking about Lin Daiyu in the past two days dissipated a lot.Well, if only Jia Lian could leave that girl in Yangzhou when he brought back the Lin family's property, she would be really relieved.

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there have always been various screams like killing pigs in a certain cell in the past two days.

"Liu Xian, I heard that someone from Xue's family came to inquire about this thing this morning?" Mei Yan asked Lin Ke who was sitting next to him with a smile while admiring Xue Pan's painful appearance like a dead pig.

Lin Ke raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was a little surprised: "When will you pay attention to these things? Yes, it did come, and just now my spies said that the mother and daughter of that family have already begged the Wang family and the Jia family. .”

"Oh?" Mei Yan was quite interested, and walked back to Lin Ke, full of treachery, "What are you going to do? Jia's family, Wang's family? You can be stupid. The mud bodhisattva can't protect himself when he crosses the river, so he comes to help others."

He got up and was about to leave, he wasn't interested in watching Mei Yan's bloody hobby any more, as expected he should listen to Yue Zheng and shouldn't be with this guy.

"My lord, I am a good citizen. What do you think I can do? Besides, the feud between me and the Xue family has long been smoothed out by your efforts in the past two days. Why, son, what do you want to do? Remember, if you find As a military advisor, my benefits are split between half and half." Lin Ke glanced at Mei Yan rather speechlessly, but the rising tone of the second half of the sentence still betrayed his treacherous nature.After finishing speaking, he straightened his clothes and went out. He didn't want to stay in this dank cell anymore.

"Hey, hey!" Mei Yan immediately followed, and she still didn't forget to shout to the attendants behind, "Ada, I'm tired of playing, young master, just let this kid cut off his life! Liuxian, wait for me, then What, let's split halfway, you can help me think of an idea, isn't the Xue family quite rich!"