Detective in the Red Chamber

Yu Qian also cupped his hands beside him, "Thank you, Uncle, for your concern."

Sure enough, it's still...

"Dare to ask, but Sun Zhizhong is in person?"

Just as he was satisfied with Yu Qian's performance, he saw a middle-aged man who looked like a servant, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "My master would like to invite Mr. Yu and Mr. Sun to come and talk."

Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes, but immediately lowered his voice and said, "Isn't your master Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials?"

Knowing his status in Shuntian Fuzhizhong, the one who still put Yu Qian first in the invitation, I am afraid that the only one who is the 'Tianguan'.

It is said that Wang Shangshu actually came to see Yu Qian into the arena in person. It seems that he attaches more importance to this closed disciple than he imagined-or that sentence, thanks to Yu Qian's early marriage!

"Master Sun really lives up to his reputation."

The middle-aged manservant casually praised him, made a gesture of please, and walked towards a carriage under the south wall.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly ordered Sun Xi, Zhang Cheng and others to send the two nephews and young masters to line up at the gate of the Gongyuan first, and then led Yu Qian to follow.

When he got to the carriage, he saw the curtain of the carriage raised, revealing a hale and hearty old man. It was Wang Zhe, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Although his eyes and brows were already wrinkled, his beard and hair were still as black as ink. , a pair of deep eyes are even more piercing.

Sun Shaozong was about to salute, but Wang Zhe waved his hand first and said, "Sun Zhizhong doesn't need to be too polite. I invite you to come here to tell you something--the transfer of Wei Ruolan from a hundred households of Longjian Guards to Shuntian Mansion's Xing Ming Tong Judgment has already happened yesterday." It has been settled, and the official documents for taking office on the same day must have been delivered to the Wei family."

Although he had expected this matter, Sun Shaozong was still a little depressed when he suddenly heard the real hammer from Wang Zhe.

Originally, when the general judgment was being made, there was a middleman suppressing him. Seeing that he was doing the middleman, Wei Ruolan came to disrupt the situation—is this still making people live in peace?

But after Wang Zhe revealed the bad news, he turned his attention to Yu Qian and said, "Ting Yi, let's talk in the car."

got~

It seemed that he really only wanted to 'tell one thing', and he didn't want to let himself hear what he had to tell Qian later.

Yu Qian bowed his hands to Sun Shaozong with some embarrassment, "Uncle..."

"Go up."

Naturally, Sun Shaozong would not rely on making light bulbs here, so he waved his hand to stop Yu Qian's words, and complained to Wang Zhe, then returned the same way alone.

However, Wang Zhe and Yu Qian didn't chat for too long, only about a quarter of an hour later, Yu Qianshi suddenly got off the carriage, asked Sun Shaozong for instructions, and went to find the two brothers Sun Chengye and Sun Chengtao.

Sun Shaozong watched the three of them enter the 'Longmen', and when he looked back, Wang Zhe's frame had long since disappeared.

Naturally, he had no reason to stay here for a long time, so he greeted Zhang Cheng, Sun Xi and others, and drove two carriages out of Gongyuan Street slowly.

When they arrived in front of their house, before the carriage had stopped, they heard someone outside yelling in a rough voice, "Brother Sun, Brother Sun, you are back!"

With this yell, Sun Shaozong hurriedly picked up the curtains, and responded, "Brother Xu, could it be that Xu Tai has arrived?"

"Xu Tai's boat should arrive at the Datong Bridge pier in the afternoon!"

Xu Shouye yelled, and stepped forward to grab the reins. When the black horse pulling the cart stopped, he jumped into the cart impatiently, pouted his head and said, "But according to the information I just heard, Mr. Xu is accompanied by two hundred households from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy."

"On the way, they were called escorts, but they were actually escorts. I heard that when they passed by Xuzhou, Ma Xingyi, who was guarding there, wanted to meet Lao Xu on the pier for a while, but was blocked by those two hundred households. !"

This Ma Xingyi was the champion of martial arts in Guangde for eight years, and the only one among the top three who did not abandon martial arts to follow literature, so he was promoted to the post of fifth-rank defense half a step earlier than others.

If it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's outlier, he and Xu Tai would have been known as both civil and military heroes of that subject.

However, seeing Xu Shouye's impatient look, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing and said, "When they were in Xuzhou, they were just passing by. Naturally, they had a way to stop Lao Ma's boat, but after they arrived in the capital, could they still imprison Xu Tai on the boat?"

"As long as you set foot on this three-acre land, can you still accommodate two hundreds of households from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy?"

"Just relax and go meet Xu Tai with me in the afternoon."

After hearing these words, Xu Shouye immediately lost his heart, and said with a happy smile, "In that case, I'll book a banquet outside the East Bianmen, and the three of us will chat while eating!"

After saying that, instead of going in with Sun Shaozong to sit for a while, he jumped out of the carriage, led the horse and went all the way in a hurry.

This young brother is really reincarnated...

Watching Xu Shouye leave in a hurry, Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly, secretly thinking that the spring of Guangde's 11th year was really troublesome.

Chapter 225 Unexpected

The cold spring is coming, but the coolies on the Datong Bridge Wharf are wearing thinner clothes than the other, and those who take on the 'big job' are simply shirtless.

Sitting in the tea shed, Sun Shaozong and Xu Shouye couldn't help but feel a little dry when they watched the hot scene.

Xu Shouye rolled up his sleeves, revealing half of his bronze-colored arms, and said enviously, "Sometimes I really imagine these people, working foolishly all day to earn money to support their families, without thinking about anything."

Listening to this meaning, it seems that there is a lot of dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Sun Shaozong asked curiously, "Didn't everyone say that there are first-class jobs on the pier? Why are you complaining?"

"Fat is fat, but I'm still in a panic!"

Xu Shouye poured a bowl of tea with his head up, chewed the tea stalks and said vaguely, "The bird officials who come here and there have to deal with it, and even the rich dog and big family are not easy to offend. What kind of military general is the person who welcomes and sends him away in the day? He is just like the old bustard in the kiln!"

Sun Shaozong laughed, pointed at his black face full of beards, and joked, "If the old bustard in the kiln really grows up to your virtue, he probably lost all his underwear."

The two of them were chatting and laughing when they saw a commotion on the pier. The two merchant ships that were about to unload their cargo suddenly withdrew the gangway and avoided the side in a panic.

Immediately afterwards, there was a passenger ship swaggering across the vacant seat, with two flags, one large and one small, fluttering in the wind. State Zhizhou Yamen'.

Sun Shaozong and Xu Shouye looked at each other, they both knew that Xu Tai had arrived, so they hurriedly got up and went to the pier to greet them—as for the tea money, there was a young man who was responsible for the settlement.

From a long distance, I saw two sailors, one tall and one fat, getting off the ship with a whip in their hands, yelling harshly, asking the coolies hired by the merchant ship to unload the cargo on their own ship first.

But even if they don't pay attention to first-come-first-served, the coolies have received other people's deposit, and there is absolutely no reason to unload others first.

The foreman stepped forward and explained a few words with a smile, but he was whipped several times around his head. He had no choice but to pinch his nose to recognize it, and brought a box of silk brocade from the boat.

"Sure enough, he was so arrogant, no wonder he was able to block Ma Xingyi back."

Sun Shaozong smiled at Xu Shouye, hurried up a few steps, aimed at the fat Baihu who was beating someone, and slapped him without saying a word!

Hearing a crackling sound, the fat Baihu spun around two and a half times, then tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground, moaning and chirping for a long time, but he couldn't recover.

The tall Baihu was startled at first, and then flew into a rage. He rolled his arms and sleeves and shrank back, yelling, "Where are you from?! Nine provinces are going to check Wang Taiwei's people." Dare to stretch out your claws indiscriminately, is it going to be reversed?!"

"Inverted?"

Sun Shaozong snorted, he chased after him and lifted his leg, which was a heart-warming act, and kicked the girl directly into the river.

"Master Baihu!"

"There are thieves assassinating!"

"Catch the thief!"

At this time, there were more than a dozen sailors on the boat, some came out of the boat with weapons or bare hands, making a lot of noise, first they labeled them as thieves, and they were about to surround them and start a fight.

Xu Shouye was a little at a loss when he saw Sun Shaozong coming up without saying a word, but he was a little at a loss. Seeing this situation, he hurriedly gritted his teeth and greeted him. , this is Mr. Sun Zhongsun, the governor of Shuntian Mansion, who dares to do anything recklessly?!"

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion stationed on the pier had already heard the news and rushed over. They saw Xu Shouye clashing with others from a distance, and even yelled desperately, telling the sailors to put down their weapons. Obediently get caught.

At this moment, the fat Baihu spit out two back molars, finally regained his strength, and shouted like a butcher, "Even the Master Zhizhong of Shuntian Mansion would never just beat you indiscriminately." Human reason! You must know Mrs. Wang...uh~!"

Before Fat Baihu could pronounce the word 'Wang Taiwei' in full, Sun Shaozong stepped on him and rolled his eyes, then leaned down and sneered, "You guys dare to mention Wang Taiwei! Although I have no chance to see Mrs. Mr. Wei respects his face, but he has a very close relationship with Mr. Taiwei's son-in-law, so I know that what Wang Taiwei hates the most is that someone uses his name to do business business!"

"Under the official flag of Wang Taiwei, you unloaded so many private goods. Don't you mean to smear his old man's face on purpose? I just took action just for the sake of the name of the Taiwei!"

The fat Baihu was dumbfounded immediately, he could think of the amulet along the way, but now it became the reason for being beaten?

At this moment, Sun Shaozong let him go again, and asked with a sullen face, "Isn't Xu Zhizhou also on your boat? Why don't you see him come out?"

"Xu Zhizhou?"

Fat Baihu, who could keep up with him, was stunned for a while, seeing Sun Shaozong stepping over again, and hurriedly said, "Why are you still standing there, call Xu Zhizhou out!"

Those dozen or so sailors, now surrounded by more than [-] patrol battalion officers and soldiers, have long since lost the courage to shout and kill. When they heard this, most of them ran back to the ship and asked a thin man from the bilge. The bamboo pole is also tall.

"Old Xu!"

Seeing the man's skinny appearance, Xu Shouye couldn't help but turn pale with shock. He jumped onto the boat in three steps at a time, grabbed the man's arm, and said, "You... you... this..."

After a while of 'this', he suddenly turned back and glared at the fat Baihu, gnashing his teeth and scolding, "Straight mother thief, this special mother is what you call the escort?!"

Seeing that Xu Tai, who is known for his majesty, was abused into such a consumptive ghost, Sun Shaozong was also very angry, he raised his foot and waited to kick that fat Baihu again.

"Brother Shao Zong, don't make things difficult for them."

Unexpectedly, Xu Tai hurriedly shouted, "The reason I look like this now is because Guangde injured his roots in nine years, but it has nothing to do with the two of them."

Only then did Sun Shaozong let the fat family go, pointing to the box that was carried down, he said, "Remember to carry it to the Ministry of War for reporting, and use it as military funds."

Saying that, he bowed his hands to Xu Taiyao again, and said with a smile, "Brother Xu, Shouye and I have already ordered a table of good wine, and we are just waiting to wash you off!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Tai shook his head again and said, "I am a guilty person, I really don't deserve the kindness of the two young brothers."

Seeing that both Sun Shaozong and Xu Shouye looked puzzled, he sighed again, "To be honest, Wang Taiwei personally met me before entering Beijing and analyzed the situation in the nine southeastern provinces one by one. An ignorant lunatic sitting in a well."

I'll go~

Sun Shaozong and Xu Shouye boarded the boat one by one and got off the boat one by one, but they were a little dumbfounded when they heard this—just now, the two of them were thinking about how to protect Xu Tai from the wind and rain, but he would have already admitted that he was cowardly !

Chapter 226

But when Sun Shaozong and Xu Shouye looked at each other, they didn't know how to face Xu Tai.

Jia Yingchun, who is waiting to be married in Rongguo Mansion, is also caught in a dilemma.

The original cause of the incident was a hasty move on the ninth day of the lunar new year—in order to prepare for the wedding, Jia Yingchun moved from a corner that Cao Xueqin had forgotten to mention to the small courtyard in the West Wing of Jia She's house.

Although she is not favored, but she bears the name of a young lady after all, the odds and ends are valuable, and there is a lot of things added together, especially since she has always been temperless, the people below are naturally willing to work hard.

Therefore, it took a full half a day to put things in order.

Seeing that the servants were walking and scattered, and the room was finally deserted again, Jia Yingchun was breathing a sigh of relief, but suddenly he heard the big maid, Siqi, shouting, "Ah~ Second Miss, the two savings my aunt gave earlier Zhulesi Jinfeng is gone! Could it be someone took it away?!"

Jia Yingchun suddenly raised her heart again, thinking about the many people just now, how easy is it to find out?

For a moment, she felt her scalp go numb, and smiled forcefully, "It may not be that someone has taken it, maybe it's where we left ourselves, and we will find it if we look carefully."

In fact, in terms of looks and stature, among the three sisters, Jia Yingchun is second to none, not necessarily inferior to Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, but it's a pity that her dull and timid personality has completely discredited her.

"how is this possible!"

Jia Yingchun is submissive, but the big girl in her room, who plays chess, is a strong character, and she is tall and burly, not to mention ordinary women, even men are not as good as her.

In addition, the grandfather and grandmother Wang Shanbao and his wife who play chess are also the most capable stewards around Mrs. Wang, so they have developed a more staunch temper. On weekdays, Jia Yingchun's house is full of big things and small things, but she is [-]% in charge.

At this time, hearing what Jia Yingchun said was ambiguous, she knew that Jia Yingchun must have planned to let it go, so she stomped angrily and said, "Those two golden phoenixes are your most precious jewelry, girl. I specially put them in a box this morning." , how could it fall elsewhere?"

Then, he said angrily, "Second girl, you are about to get married anyway, are you afraid of offending someone? If you want to follow me, let's just get revenge and get rid of all the bad things. You should also happily marry into the Sun family!"

Jia Yingchun heard her talking louder and louder, her melon seed face turned pale with fright, and she begged like a Buddha, "I'm good at playing chess, don't shout, this place is no better than other places, what if I disturb the old lady?"

If you only look at the appearance of the two, how can you tell the difference between master and servant?

"Second girl!"

Si Qi stomped his feet anxiously, his chest trembled wildly, "We just need to make a big fuss, so that those bastards who watch people order dishes know who is the master in this courtyard!"

Seeing that Jia Yingchun couldn't persuade her, she had to close the doors and windows in a panic, feeling that the sound could no longer be heard outside, so she said embarrassingly, "I think it's better to forget it, anyway, I won't be here in a few days anyway." This mansion is gone, there's no need to make troubles because of things outside of us..."

"Second girl!"

Siqi hated iron for being weak even more, and threw the jewelry box heavily on the table, pursed his plump lips and said, "I heard that General Sun Shen is different from his second master, he loves to abuse women the most." ! Now you are being bullied by servants at home, how can you suffer when you go to the Sun's house?!"

Jia Yingchun tightened her shoulders when she heard the words, and looked more and more weak and deceitful. After a while, under Siqi's eyes that were about to breathe fire, she murmured, "Maybe... Maybe this is just a rumor. Besides, since the Sun family is our Family acquaintances in the family, at any rate... at least it depends on affection."

In fact, she herself may not know the truth of this marriage, but she really dare not expose the fact, and only paralyzes herself with these fantasies every day.

And this ostrich-like mentality also completely made Siqi lose confidence in her, his complexion fluctuated for a while, he gritted his silver teeth suddenly, and knelt down in front of her like pushing a golden mountain and falling a jade pillar.

Seeing Siqi's actions, Jia Yingchun's first reaction was to take a few steps back in panic, and then asked in a trembling voice, "You... what are you going to do?!"

"Second girl."

Siqi knocked his head on the ground, straightened his body again and said, "I won't hide it from you now, I have already given my heart to others. I heard that General Sun is a lustful person. If you follow him If you marry, don't say you can't keep your innocence, even if you can keep your innocence, the person in my heart may not believe it."

Speaking of this, she kowtowed her head on the ground again, "So I beg you to remember the love you have had for so many years, and at least keep the servants in this mansion!"

Hearing her talk, she had already given her heart to others, and Jia Yingchun's already fair face lost a bit of blood, and she leaned against the door reluctantly, so she didn't collapse directly on the ground, her mouth trembling Said, "How dare you... How dare you..."

Suddenly he gritted his teeth again, "I thought I didn't hear anything just now, get up quickly, and don't talk such nonsense anymore!"

"Second girl!"

Since Siqi has already made the matter clear, how could he just get up like this without a word from her?

So he knocked his head on the ground again, and said relentlessly, "I don't ask for anything else, I just ask you to be a slave and servant once, for the sake of our master and servant's affection these years, let me live!"