Detective in the Red Chamber

"Humph~"

Wang Xifeng snorted coldly dissatisfied, and under Ping'er's service, he simply cleaned up the mess, washed up and dressed up, and was asking what to eat in the small kitchen today, when he heard someone outside asking, "Ping'er Sister Er, Sister Pinger, grandma and second master, can we get together?"

"I'm already up, come in if you have anything to say."

Wang Xifeng responded, and a servant girl came in to report, "Grandma, Sun Zhizhong from Shuntian Mansion has arrived and wants to discuss with our mansion about the second girl's wedding date - the master didn't stay at home last night, so the wife wants to invite the second master to come over." As a companion, it will be more convenient for her to talk to Mr. Sun."

"Sun Jia Erlang is here?!"

Hearing this, Jia Lian immediately got up from the bed, hurriedly tore off her clothes, and said anxiously, "Why are you guys still standing there? Hurry up and serve me!"

Ping'er and the little maid waited forward, but they were stopped by Wang Xifeng, and ordered, "Ping'er, you go to your wife to answer, and say that our second master has caught a cold, and it is really inconvenient to meet guests."

Although Ping'er didn't understand what she meant, she still obediently led the servant girl back out.

But Jia Lian quit, staring and said, "What do you mean? My wife asked me..."

"Could it be that if you are invited, you must go?"

Wang Xifeng sneered, walked over and poked Jia Lian's forehead lightly, and said, "I don't even think about it, can the Sun family send someone over in advance to talk about such a big matter as 'request period'? The master is clearly hiding on purpose. No see, so that the wife can use some tricks - you went to be caught in the middle, but don't you feel embarrassed and flustered?"

Jia Lian was puzzled, "What method?"

"Of course it's a good way to sell your daughter!"

It really is a good way to sell your daughter!

Just as Wang Xifeng expected, the atmosphere in the east living room of Rongguo Mansion was really awkward.

When Sun Shaozong first heard that Jia Amnesty was not at home, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that without the presence of this old beast, it would be more convenient to talk about serious business.

Unexpectedly, this Mrs. Xing is actually an 'interesting' person. After the guests and hosts were seated, they clearly regarded this marriage as a business, hoping to get some benefits back from the Sun family.

The philistinism and vulgarity in behavior and speech are actually a bit worse than that woman who has never seen the world in a small family.

With such a pair of parents on the stall, plus an elder brother like Jia Lian, it's no wonder that Jia Yingchun has developed his current temperament.

To talk about this woman's nonsense and obsessive means, ordinary young masters are afraid that they really can't stand it, but who is Sun Shaozong?

Even if you meet an old fox like Jia Yucun, and you can still come and go, how difficult is it to deal with a woman who can only fight with power?

No matter how the Xing family made indirect remarks, he only acted like he was ignorant, either pushing on Big Brother Cheap, or using the name of King Zhongshun to suppress others, which made Xing's anger either angry or ineffective.

In the end, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the 'wedding date' post, and then said that he couldn't make the decision, and would wait for Jia Amnesty to come back before giving the Sun family any news.

Waste of lips!

Coming out of the east living room of the Rongguo Mansion, after Sun Shaozong made the above four-character summary, he was not in a hurry to go back and report. Instead, he took the gift box from the carriage and walked towards Jia Mu in the west wing.

In ten more days, it would be Lin Daiyu's 13th birthday, and Ruan Rong hadn't confinement yet, so she could only ask Sun Shaozong to bring her birthday gift in advance.

Sun Shaozong was planning to go to the two gates on the west side to find a woman or maid to send things in.

Who knows that just after arriving at the intersection between the two gates, behind the Moon Gate on the right, a charming and charming figure suddenly appeared, but who else could it be if it wasn't Ping'er?

Sun Shaozong was overjoyed, seeing that no one was around, so he went up to talk to him, but Ping'er winked, but stepped aside with his hands down.

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong guessed that there must be someone else behind him, so he quickly changed his face, preparing to meet Wang Xifeng or Jia Lian—who knew that following Ping'er, it was a small figure coming out of the Moon Gate .

"what?"

The little man was surprised when he saw Sun Shaozong, "Master Xi, why are you here?"

But it turned out that the person who came here was none other than Li Wan's only son, Jia Lan—in a sense, this could be regarded as Sun Shaozong's "cheap son".

But how did he bump into one place peacefully?

"cough."

Sun Shaozong cleared his throat, put on an air of being a good teacher, and said, "I come to your house, of course I have business to do - but what's the matter with you? You're not studying in the school at this time, how can you Running around?"

"Muslims learn from Master's words."

Jia Lan bowed his hands solemnly and said, "The old ancestor just passed down the word that the empress in the palace gave some lantern riddles for everyone to go and guess."

Ping'er smiled and added, "Na Suyun was taking care of my brother just now, but she accidentally sprained her foot, and happened to be bumped into by me, so I gave her a ride for brother."

It turned out to be the case.

This Suyun was indeed a frizzy person, before he was ready that day, he tried his best to flatter her, and then called her mother in pain...

bah bah bah~

How can you think about such things in front of children!

Suppressing those filthy thoughts, Sun Shaozong said solemnly again, "It happens that I'm going to that courtyard too, so you might as well just leave your brother to me."

"That's a good feeling."

Ping'er responded crisply, and then bowed his head and said, "I'm free today, and I'm going to find a 'secluded place' in the garden to have a good rest."

The word 'secluded place' is emphasized.

Chapter 221

Ping'er's words obviously meant something.

And the remote place in the other courtyard naturally refers to the small courtyard where they had a tryst that day.

got~

It seems that today I have to go back to the old place again.

It's just that if you want to enter the provincial hospital, at least you have to find a suitable excuse.

Just as he was thinking about it, his sleeves were suddenly pulled by someone. He looked down and saw Jia Lan asking solemnly, "The front is the ancestor's courtyard. Teacher Xue, do you have anything to explain, so I can go in and deliver the message for you."

Seeing his stern look, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing, and patted him lightly on the top of the head, "There's nothing to explain. After you go in, just call out your second uncle Bao."

"got it."

Jia Lan obediently agreed, and then bounced into the courtyard.

Sun Shaozong waited outside the door for a while, and saw Jia Baoyu rushing out, kicking the door and kicking the door, he hurriedly asked, "Second brother, I heard that the brother of the Wei family is going to replace you as the prisoner." Judgment, but really?"

Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to respond, he stomped his feet again and said, "What did you say? Since the two families don't deal with each other, they just avoid each other. Why do they have to rush together and tear each other up?!"

Although Jia Baoyu's friendship with Sun Shaozong has grown stronger these days, he has also known Wei Ruolan since childhood, so the last thing he wants to see is their enmity.

But if things were as simple as he thought, there wouldn't be so much hatred in the world!

Sun Shaozong disapproved in his heart, but smiled and said, "Why are you mentioning him so well? Here, this is a birthday gift from my family. You will pass it to Miss Lin for me later."

Saying that, he stuffed the gift box into Jia Baoyu's hand.

Jia Baoyu was a little overwhelmed at the beginning, but who knew that the box was surprisingly heavy in his hand, which almost made him lose his waist, so he hurriedly changed it to hold it with both hands, and said in surprise, "What's in it? so dead?"

"A Duan inkstone from the previous dynasty, and dozens of golden beans engraved with the word "Fu" - our family made it to prepare the full moon wine. By the way, I also put some for Miss Lin. It's good for her birthday. Bring it to reward people."

Last year, when Lin Daiyu received the 99 pieces of golden leaf patchwork longevity tree, Jia Baoyu laughed behind her back, saying that Ruan Rong was a woman from a foreign country after all, and she only knew to send some yellow and white vulgar things.

However, now that I know Lin Daiyu's difficulties, and look at this "village custom" gift, it is a different mood.

These relatives all over the house are not as caring as a god-sister whom they have known halfway through!

Especially when Xue Baochai's 15th birthday was celebrated a few days ago, there were big plays and banquets at the house, but the scene was many times more lively than when Daiyu celebrated her birthday in recent years.

Jia Baoyu judged others by himself, and he felt more and more uncomfortable in his heart, his eyes were red, but he couldn't spare his hands to wipe them, so he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "It's costing my second brother and sister Rong again."

"It's not your turn to say that right now."

Seeing his appearance, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but crypticly nodded, "It may not be your turn to talk in the future!"

Jia Baoyu raised his head in astonishment, opened his mouth but hesitated to speak.

But he suspected that Sun Shaozong had already seen through the nasty affairs of a man and Xu's family.

To say that Jia Baoyu's suspicion was not completely wrong.

However, the reason why Sun Shaozong believed that he and Lin Daiyu would not have any good results in the end was mainly based on the argument from the physique and figure of Jia's daughter-in-law.

Leaving others aside, Li Wan's delicate body was peeled off and measured with his own hands.

That fertile gourd shape is completely different from Lin Daiyu's slender body like a willow in Fufeng.

But how dare Sun Shaozong speak out these words?

So he could only change the topic again and said, "Brother Bao, although our new theater troupe is taught by famous teachers, we always feel that something is missing, so we want to learn from your family's, but I don't know..."

Naturally, this was an impromptu reason, those actors are now in the provincial court, and their residence is not very far from the small courtyard, which is convenient for Sun Shaozong to do things in secret.

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Second brother, wait outside. After I entrust this gift, I will take you over to have a closer look."

As he spoke, he hurried into the courtyard with the gift box in his hand.

Originally, he wanted to leave this gift to Zijuan who was warming up the fire in the porch for the time being, but thinking of Daiyu's unhappy appearance during Xue Baochai's birthday a few days ago, he simply opened the curtain and carried it directly into the main room.

Facing everyone's curious eyes, he grinned and said, "Second Brother Sun is here to give a birthday gift. Here, the big box is heavy, and I don't know what's in it. Sister Lin, open it quickly and let everyone have a look." .”

With that said, he put the box on the kang table beside Jia Mu.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, stomped her feet and said, "Sister Rong gave me a gift, but what are you looking for? Give it back to me!"

But Baoyu was afraid that she was weak and would drop the thing again, so he refused to let go and reminded, "Be careful, be careful, the second brother said there are a lot of golden beans in it, don't spill it!"

He just said that he didn't know what was inside, but now he talked about the golden beans, and the two of them held the box tightly with four hands and pulled it, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Shi Xiangyun spoke quickly, and joked casually, "A few golden beans are worth grabbing like this."

With just this one sentence, Daiyu's face became a little unsightly.

Jia Baoyu knew that Xue Baochai had annoyed Shi Xiangyun only a few days ago when it was her birthday, and now he was afraid of causing trouble, so he hurriedly said, "The golden beans are just prepared for Sister Lin to reward others. The gift is really an excellent Duanyan."

In fact, he didn't see the fineness of the inkstone, but he expected that with Ruan Rong's current status in the Sun family, she would not be stingy in her actions, so he directly boasted for her.

Lin Daiyu was the most thoughtful, and immediately knew why he was so eager.

I was already overjoyed in my heart, but I still put on an angry look, snatched the gift with my hands, and said angrily, "You still say, you still say! The gift my sister gave me, you made it so boring! "

Jia Baoyu was full of regrets, and the clouds finally dispersed on this day.

He asked his grandmother to resign again, and was going to accompany Sun Shaozong to see the opera troupe.

"Old Ancestor, I have written the answer to the riddle this time as well, and I will send it to the palace together later." He then made a face at Jia Huan and said, "Sir, the lantern riddle you sent last time is yours." I didn’t guess right, but this time I have to use my strength.”

Jia Huan raised his face, full of depression and indignation.

Jia Baoyu was bored, so he left the courtyard resentfully, and led Sun Shaozong to the provincial relative's courtyard.

Chapter 222 Visiting Pinger but meeting Miaoyu

Before the first lunar month, the scenery of this provincial hospital is inevitably a bit monotonous, so it is not worth repeating.

But he said that he found the "Lixiangyuan" all the way, and there were more than a dozen young girls, Yingying, Yanyan, laughing and laughing there. Surround him carefully and say some auspicious words.

There was only a slender woman inside, who only stepped forward to give a rough salute, and then hid far away in the corner.

This one is nothing, but Jia Baoyu was the first one to point at her and said, "I recognize this one, the singing is excellent, even the empress once praised it! It seems to be called... Ling Guaner, yes it is Ling Guan!"

As he said that, he beckoned and said, "Ling Guaner, please sing a song to Second Brother Sun, and let him listen to it too!"

The female actress raised by this family is actually lower than the servant who gave birth to children. It is only reasonable for Jia Baoyu to order her to sing for the guests.

Unexpectedly, the senior officer twisted his body, and said with a three-pointed temper, "My voice is hoarse, and I can't sing!"

How could that delicate voice seem to be hoarse?

And why has Baoyu been treated like this?

Especially in front of outsiders, Dang even blushed with a baby face.

If it's another person, even if he doesn't give a heartfelt kick when he gets angry, he will say a few words at least, but when Jia Baoyu sees the brighter-colored woman, he loses three points of blood - at best, he is sympathetic and cherishing jade. At worst, there are countless "kneeling girls".

In particular, the eyebrows, eyes and facial features of this age official are three-pointed with Lin Daiyu, so he is more and more at a loss as to how to deal with it.

There was an older actor next to him, who quickly came up to persuade him in a low voice, "Second Master Bao, don't be as knowledgeable as him, just wait for a while, when Second Master Qiang comes and ask her to sing, it is a must!"

Jia Baoyu was puzzled after hearing this, and asked where Jia Qiang had gone.

Sun Shaozong was listening, but he knew that this remark was actually a complaint against the senior official, accusing her of favoring Jia Qiang because of her extraordinary relationship with Jia Qiang. Ignore it.

tsk~

This small domestic theater troupe has to fight openly and secretly!