Detective in the Red Chamber

Private matter?

Jia Shanyao was overjoyed. As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not...uh, it's 'ten public affairs are not worth one private person'. Only those who can handle private affairs for their boss can be called their own!

So he hurriedly knelt down on one knee again, and said loudly, "Your Excellency, despite your orders, I will do my best to live up to the entrustment!"

——The long-lost dividing line——

"One, two - let's go!"

At the head of the back beach, two burly men chanted, and dropped a naked figure from the cruise ship. Seeing the man smash into the water in the style of "flattening the sand and falling geese with the buttocks backward", they panicked and kicked the planer. The two of them crossed their hips at the bow of the boat again, raised their heads, and laughed unscrupulously.

The naked man who fell into the water struggled for a few times, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with his feet, and he stepped firmly on the river mud, only then did he realize that the river was only three feet deep, and it seemed that it was only up to his chest.

A wave of confidence immediately flowed into his dantian along his legs, and after being heated to enhance the flavor, it spewed out from his mouth again, "Damn it! I'm just unlucky, so you're going to play me like this, wait for me When the time comes that day, people will be brought to overturn this bird boat, and let you all feed Wang Ba!"

Gambling boats are not a novelty unique to later generations. In fact, there have been underground gambling stalls for a long time. In order to avoid the government's copying, the gambling venue was specially set up on the boat.

And this man obviously lost everything and made a fuss on the boat before he was thrown into the water by the thugs of the casino.

As for the two Chinese characters on the boat, hearing that the drowning dog dared to bark, one of them picked up a penny and made a gesture to throw it on his head.

"Ouch~!"

Before he could hit him, the man in the water had already covered his head and fled towards the shore.

Seeing that he walked a few feet away, revealing his listless belongings, but still running blindly, the two men on the boat couldn't help laughing again.

"Laugh at the fart!"

At this time, an old lady suddenly appeared in the cabin, and she scolded in a sharp voice, "Two heartless fools, it takes so long to deal with a shabby household? Why don't you come in and throw a sieve for the old men!"

The two men suddenly lost their spines, and hurriedly hunched over and got in.

The woman came to the bow instead, looked at the naked 'reservoir dog' sharply, and yelled, "Mr. Zhang, if you are well-off tomorrow, don't forget to pay me back the three or two coins first." !"

Mr. Zhang turned around and saw that it was her who was shouting, so he hurriedly protected his vitals, and said with a shy smile, "Don't worry, Qiniang, don't worry, Qiniang, if I'm short of anyone's silver, I won't dare to short yours!"

"That's good."

Qiniang smiled happily, but Mr. Zhang trembled all over, because the most famous thing about this Seventh Lady is that she once bit off the bird of a bad debtor!

But it was said that Zhang Hua had managed to escape the horror of that grin, and when he arrived at the case, he was looking for some wide leaves to cover his ugly appearance, but unexpectedly, two men surrounded him.

Because the two of them were not very tall and strong, and their faces were three-pointed, Zhang Hua yelled angrily, "Good dogs don't get in the way, you two stop the old man, are you trying to give me... ..."

Halfway through this hard-spoken words, the two suddenly pulled up their robes and turned out a copper waist card with a few big characters on it, which made Zhang Hua stunned!

Although he is now unconventional, he was once the son of Huangzhuang Zhuangtou, and he can still recognize the big characters of "Beizhen Fusilong Guard"!

Then all of a sudden, those two people looked tall and burly, with ferocious faces, almost like two door gods—no, they were mourners!

puff~

As soon as Zhang Hua's knees softened, he knelt down on the cobblestones, ignoring the pain, and hurriedly cried, "Grandpa, please forgive me! The villain has eyes that don't know Mount Tai, and that's why he bumped into the two grandpas..."

"okay!"

Seeing his messy appearance, the two dragon guards didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said to him, "Your surname is Zhang, you are in luck now, a nobleman has taken a fancy to your unmarried wife and is going to take her as a concubine." !"

What kind of luck is this girl? !

No matter how timid Zhang Hua was, he couldn't help cursing, but in the next second, his eyes lit up again.

But it turned out that the talking Dragon Guard held his hands, and then took out a full 30 taels of silver ingot, waved it in front of him, and said, "How is it? If you are willing to write a letter of divorce, the silver ingot will be paid." It's yours."

Sure enough, good luck!

Zhang Hua was overjoyed, as if he was about to nod his head like a rattle drum, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again, pretending to be entangled and said, "My lady is really a beauty, 30 Liang is probably..."

Hey~

The Dragon Guard flicked his wrist, and another ingot of silver ingot rolled out from the sleeve, and collided with the original ingot, making a pleasant and crisp sound.

"60 taels of silver! As long as there is a resignation document, it will be yours!"

"This this……"

Zhang Hua's body trembled from joy, but the greed in his heart was even stronger, so he still shook his head and said, "My lady who has never been married is really beautiful..."

"I don't know what's good or bad!"

Unexpectedly, the Dragon Guard immediately turned his face, and cursed, "Since you don't like it, then let's just forget about it!"

With that said, he put away the silver and was about to lead his companions away.

"Don't, don't!"

Zhang Hua hurriedly changed his words and said, "I mean that woman, she is not as beautiful as the 60 taels of silver! I beg you two officials to bring you a pen, and I will write a letter of divorce right away!"

These people are really...

The two dragon guards were extremely disdainful of him, but for the sake of errands, they still found a rag for him, and led him to the nearby Lizheng's house, and wrote a letter of resignation with an official certificate. pro paperwork.

Then he forced Zhang Hua to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find the original letter of appointment and burn it, so that he left the money and left in a hurry.

After the two dragon guards left, Zhang Hua held the silver and kissed again and again, suddenly remembered something, and rushed to the beach again.

From a long distance, she shouted, "Qiniang, Qiniang! I have money again, and Mrs. Kuite will pull the boat over so that I can go up and look for it!"

Chapter 372 The Ethics of Ningguo Mansion

On the afternoon of May [-]th, the showers stopped, and the world was like washing.

The stagnant water dripped from both sides of the corridor of the Ningguo Mansion's back house, beating on the bluestone slabs, there was no melody, but it made people feel comfortable physically and mentally.

Of course, this also depends on the mood.

At least Jia Rong hurried to the corridor, and after hearing the ding ding dong dong sound, the dryness in her heart not only did not decrease, but increased a bit more.

Seeing a woman at the corner ahead, cleaning up the mud accumulated in the corner, he held his nose and asked in a muffled voice, "Do you know where the master is resting now?"

Seeing that it was Ruan Rong who was asking the question, the woman hurriedly put away the tools in her hands, rubbed her hands several times before hesitating to speak, and finally lowered her head in embarrassment, refusing to say a word.

If this is in someone else's house, and the servant gives such a weird response to the master's question, I am afraid that he will be reprimanded heavily - after all, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, why not answer the master's question reason?

But this is the back house of Ningguo Mansion after all, and it was not the first time Jia Rong had received such a response, so she suddenly realized it, hurriedly changed direction, and went straight to his wife Hu's boudoir.

Sure enough, when they arrived in the small courtyard, they saw that all the women and maidservants had disappeared, and when they entered the flower hall, their ears were filled immediately.

Jia Rong raised the curtain and looked inside cautiously. Seeing that the 'father and wife' were fighting, although she was very anxious, she didn't dare to go in and disturb her, so she waited patiently in the flower hall.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before I heard the clouds and rain inside, and then there was the rustling of clothes being put on.

Jia Lian hurriedly went to the bead curtain again, and said respectfully, "Father, my son has something urgent to discuss with you. Look..."

"Come in and talk."

Jia Zhen's weary voice came from inside, Jia Rong immediately picked up the curtain and entered the room, and saw him leaning on the head of the bed, covering his bony ribs with the inner lining, with two bare hairy legs hanging down the head of the bed, I was stepping on a pair of embroidered shoes with thick wooden soles.

But Jia Rong's wife, Hu Shi, was hugging a thin quilt on the bed, showing two snow-white arms, but she didn't mean to get up to greet her husband.

However, it is said that Jia Zhen is very humorous when she talks, laughs and scolds in front of others, but she is always "majestic" in front of her son. He ordered, "Tell me, what kind of shit is there to bother me here?"

"Father!"

He spoke indifferently, but Jia Rong didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I just received the news that the You family has promised the second aunt to Sun Shaozong and Sun as a concubine, and even the third aunt will marry that Liu Xianglian is my wife!"

"what?!"

When Jia Zhen heard this, she jumped up from the head of the bed, rushed to Jia Rong in a few steps, grabbed his collar, and shouted anxiously, "How is this possible? Who are you listening to?! "

"It shouldn't be wrong!"

Jia Rong hurriedly said again, "I also heard people say that Mr. Sun exchanged 60 taels of silver for Zhang Hua's divorce document... ouch~!"

Before Jia Rong could finish speaking, Jia Zhen pushed him back and scolded him with a ferocious face, "Then why are you still here? Why don't you take someone to You's house quickly, and take the mother and daughter away?" Tie me to the mansion! I want to see if the man surnamed Sun dares to pursue someone in our mansion!"

"This……"

"Don't go soon!"

Jia Rong just hesitated for a moment, Jia Zhen raised her hand and was about to draw her hand up. Jia Rong, who was so frightened, quickly took two steps back, and then said anxiously, "Father, calm down! I'm afraid it's not easy to do this, after all, the Sun family and The West Mansion has become relatives now, if we invite the elders from the West Mansion..."

Jia Zhen's momentum suddenly stagnated. Now that there are no powerful eunuchs in the Ningguo Mansion and no strong support from outside, more than half of the reason why she can keep her family name is because of the glory of the Rongguo Mansion. There is another discussion, if Jia Zheng has spoken, how dare he not hand him over?

In the final analysis, I still have to blame my father who is obsessed with becoming a fairy and attaining the Tao. If he could have recruited a few strong support for the Ningguo Mansion, how could his father and son be so controlled by others? !

It's just that it's too late to hate my father for not becoming a dragon.

Jia Zhen paced back and forth a few times, but still couldn't think of any other way, so she gritted her teeth and asked Jia Rong, "Since you can't do it recklessly, then what do you say? Are these two pieces of meat that are about to be swallowed?" , it’s so cheap that others can’t do it?!”

"Father, don't worry."

Jia Rong was not reconciled to this, so she had already made up her mind on the road, and now she hurriedly said, "I heard about this, in fact, it was the third aunt who fell in love with Liu Xianglian first, and then persuaded this concubine to marry a wife." The second uncle of the Sun family may not know about your feelings for the second and third aunts."

"According to my son, Mo Ruo should explain clearly to him face to face, why should he weigh the signboard of our Rongning Second Mansion?"

In the final analysis, he still wanted to use the Rongguo Mansion as a tiger skin.

Jia Zhen thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's the truth! If that's the case, I'll find an opportunity to break things up with Sun Erlang and see how he chooses!"

As she said that, Jia Zhen couldn't help scolding Third Sister You again, saying that she was crazy a few days ago, but now it seems that she really is a careless rascal!

Jia Rong waited for him to vent, and then cautiously reminded that tomorrow is the day when "Sun Gongan" will be sung at the Prison Temple. At that time, Sun Shaozong will definitely come to join him, and it is a good opportunity for a showdown.

Jia Zhen agreed with kindness again, and when she looked at her son again, she was much more pleasing to the eye than usual, so she pointed at the bed generously, and said, "My father just warmed your body for you, and you are now in a happy mood." ——Remember to let her take the medicine when you're done, so as not to make any nonsense and mess up the social norms of generations."

It's really fortunate that he has the face to say something about 'lun chang'.

Jia Rong was used to it a long time ago, thanked her father for his "consideration" and acted while it was hot.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Hu had listened obediently for a long time, but at this moment she couldn't help asking, "Father, I'm taking medicine today and tomorrow, when... when will I be able to pass on the family line to our family?"

"when?"

Jia Zhen flicked her sleeves impatiently, "The two of you are in the prime of your youth, so what's the rush? Let's talk about it later!"

With that said, he went out of the room.

Jia Rong didn't care what Hu's mood was, so she took off the clothes on her body and entangled her wholeheartedly. Hu was only annoyed by the curses of "turtle son", but he seemed more impulsive...

Chapter 373

Early the next day.

Jia Zhen and his son tidied things up neatly and walked out of the mansion with arrogance. They were about to rush to the "Wangjiang Tower" to make a final settlement with Sun Shaozong, when they saw several carriages pouring out of the Rongguo mansion, calling for slaves and maidservants. It's so lively.

Jia Zhen sent someone to ask, and found out that because Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu both appeared in this play, many people in Rongguo Mansion were clamoring to join in the fun.

Needless to say Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, even Jia Huan, who has been neglected recently, Jia Cong, the little transparent, and even the second house elder, Sun Jialan, are also in the team.

After hearing the family report, Jia Zhen remembered that when she celebrated her birthday a few days ago, her birthday was not so neat, and she felt a little bitter and jealous.

But Jia Rong rolled her eyes at the side, but suddenly said happily, "Father, things will be easier to handle now!"

Seeing that Jia Zhen didn't understand what he meant, he hurriedly explained, "Ever since the second aunt was taken advantage of by that surnamed Sun, Second Uncle Lian has been jealous of him; Thinking, that person surnamed Sun came to seize love again, if he knew about this, how could he give up with the person surnamed Sun?"

"what do you mean……"

Jia Zhen frowned and said, "Stimulate him to fight first?"

Seeing Jia Rong nodding her head, Jia Zhen shook her head again, "Not right, not right! In this way, wouldn't your second aunt be taking advantage of Lian's second child?"

"What are you afraid of? Let's make him a middleman, and then we'll have a taste of the soup first, and then send the second aunt over there, won't it be enough?"

Jia Zhen was still a little reluctant when she heard the words.

But he was even more afraid that he would lose face in the Ningguo Mansion because he would be unlucky in his success as a teacher, so after careful consideration, he still put on a smile, stepped on his slave and got out of the carriage, and said loudly, "Second Brother Lian, come and talk! "

Jia Lian had seen the carriage in Ningguo Mansion a long time ago, and thought it was Jia Rong inside, so he didn't take it seriously. Now that Jia Zhen came down from above, he hurriedly went up to meet him with a smile and said, "Brother Zhen is not in the mansion today to enjoy the blessings." , why are you interested in going out for a walk?"

"interest?"

Jia Zhen's complexion collapsed, and she said with a wry smile, "People have bullied our two brothers, and you don't care about it here. If I don't come out to seek justice, won't the face of our Rongning Second Mansion be ruined?" Let people step on it like mud?"

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise, "Brother Zhen, where did you say that?"

"Where do you start?"

Jia Zhen looked around, pulled him to her own carriage, and dismissed each other's servants, then lowered her voice and said, "Did brother Lian take a fancy to my second aunt? "

Jia Lian's thoughts had never been shy in front of Jia Zhen and his son, and it was normal for him to see it, so Jia Lian just smiled, "It depends on Brother Zhen's reluctance to give up love."

"What good is it if I'm willing to give up my love?"