Detective in the Red Chamber

After hearing this, Ping'er gave another blessing, "Since that's the case, I just ask Second Master Sun to transfer the things to my aunt."

As he said that, he turned around to say hello, and immediately someone brought the silk yarn to Sun Shaozong.

When Sun Shaozong took the things, Ping'er led the maid again and bowed to leave.

It's just that she didn't go far, and she didn't know what she said to the little maid, so the two parted ways and walked away from each other.

Sun Shaozong peeked at it clearly from the pavilion. In the direction Ping'er went, there was a rockery piled up with stones from Taihu Lake!

His heart was like a bright mirror, and he dealt with Jia Baoyu patiently for a few words, then left the table in a hurry under the pretext of saying that he wanted to show respect.

It's just that when he made a detour around the rockery, he found that the entrance was in the opposite direction, and there was a dense bamboo forest in the middle. If he wanted to go around, he had to use his legs and feet a lot. .

But how can there be so much time to waste now?

Seeing that although the rock was steep, it was only seven or eight meters high, Sun Shaozong rolled up his sleeves without hesitation, and climbed up with hands and feet.

When I got to the top, I saw a small pavilion among the rocks, and inside the pavilion stood a woman standing dimly, stretching her neck and looking down the mountain.

Sun Shaozong's heart became hot, so he quietly covered her, and suddenly he held her in his arms, wrapped her earlobe in his mouth and said, "Wait a minute..."

Before the word 'ba' was uttered, Sun Shaozong had already noticed something was wrong.

The woman's waist in her arms is surprisingly slender, even better than Ping'er's waist, but the touch on her chest is a whole circle smaller!

Chapter 420 Rongguo Mansion Under the Night 【Part [-]】

Oops!

Wrong person!

However, Sun Shaozong grasped the woman's chest and abdomen, and immediately realized that something was wrong-but how could there be other women in the small pavilion on the top of the mountain this late at night!

Could it be that they are also wild mandarin ducks who are waiting for their lovers to have a private meeting?

This is really no coincidence!

Fortunately, I hugged her secretly from behind, and I didn't reveal my identity just now, as long as I knocked her out first, and then ran away.

With a flash of thought in his mind, Sun Shaozong did not move slowly. He immediately pushed the woman in his arms onto the stone table in the middle of the small pavilion, firmly controlled her with his body, and then raised his hand to the acupuncture point on the back of his neck, ready to A hand knife will go up.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the woman suddenly trembled and exclaimed, "Master Sun, don't misunderstand me, I... I am not Ping'er!"

She actually recognized her identity?

And from what it means, she even knows about her adultery with Ping'er!

Sun Shaozong's brain suddenly felt a little inadequate.

He was stunned for a while, seeing the woman struggling fiercely, especially when her butt bumped against his leg a few times, and suddenly realized that this posture was really easy to cause misunderstanding, as if she wanted to forcefully achieve a 'good thing'.

So he shrank back, but still suppressed the woman's slender waist, and asked calmly, "Who are you? Why are you here? How do you know the relationship between me and Ping'er?!"

The woman felt that Sun Shaozong took half a step back, no longer pressing against her body tightly, and the panic in her heart eased a little, and she hurriedly said, "The slave is the mandarin duck beside the old lady, just now..."

It turned out that Ping'er's idea was to entrust the matter of choosing a son-in-law to Sun Shaozong - Zuo Yuanyang was an insider, and doing so was not considered revealing his secret.

And if he could marry her off, he would be able to get rid of his heart problems.

She shared this idea with Yuanyang, and Yuanyang was really cool, instead of being pretentious, she took the initiative to ask for a meeting with Sun Shaozong.

First, she wanted to express her gratitude to Sun Shaozong in advance; second, she also had some appeals in her heart, and she wanted to talk about it face to face.

But he said that when Ping'er came back with the silk gauze, he asked the mandarin ducks to wait on the mountain first, and guarded at the foot of the mountain by himself, so that Sun Shaozong would not dare to come forward to talk to outsiders when he saw outsiders.

When the mandarin ducks arrived at the pavilion on the top of the mountain, they waited for another quarter of an hour. Seeing that there was still no movement at the bottom of the mountain, they couldn't help thinking wildly, thinking about what their future husband would look like, when they were suddenly held in their arms and kneaded the dough. It's like rubbing it!

One must know that Yuanyang has been by the old lady's side since she was a child, and even the demon king like Jia She only flirts with her when she dares to say a few words, and definitely has no courage to touch her.

Therefore, in the face of this sudden attack, Yuanyang's heart immediately jumped into his throat, and under the unscrupulous kneading, he became limp and turned into a ball of batter, only covering his delicate mouth tightly, not to mention She opened her mouth to explain, and even the instinct to shout was completely forgotten by her!

Later, she was pushed down on the stone table by Sun Shaozong, and was frozen by the cold marble tabletop. She barely managed to recover, and hurriedly yelled shyly.

And hearing Yuanyang say that as early as when Jia Baoyu was poisoned, he had already discovered his adultery with Ping'er, but he had kept it secret until now, Sun Shaozong was relieved.

Knowing such details, it is impossible to fabricate them out of thin air, so Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation and let go of the mandarin duck, and bowed to apologize, "Just now, Sun did not notice for a while, how offended."

"It's so late at night... no wonder Mr. Sun admits his mistake." Yuanyang lowered his head to protect his chest, and responded with Ai Ai Qiqi, which was completely different from the usual sharpness.

Now that she said so, Sun Shaozong was naturally happy to quickly reveal this article, and hurriedly pointed down the mountain and said, "I still have to trouble the girl to call Ping'er up. I have to rush back to drink with Brother Bao in a while. It's really a delay." No."

Yuanyang is also eager to escape temporarily, so as to relieve the embarrassment in his heart.

So he turned around and followed the stone steps to the foot of the mountain. Not long after, he hurried back with Ping'er.

When Ping'er saw Sun Shaozong, he wished he could immediately pounce on him, but since the mandarin ducks were face to face, it was difficult to show too close, so he looked at him secretly and said straight to the point, "This time I invite Mr. Sun to come here, I really want to ask you Help my good sister."

As he said that, he looked at Yuanyang and motioned for her to quickly explain why he came.

Unexpectedly, Yuanyang's full belly of talk has been rubbed away by Sun Shaozong long ago. Now her heart is pounding wildly, and she doesn't even dare to look at Sun Shaozong. How dare she go forward and reveal the conditions for recruiting a husband?

Therefore, Ping'er's eyebrows were thrown away, like a stone sinking into the sea. In desperation, he had no choice but to break up for her and said, "Now the elder wants to take mandarin ducks as concubines, but she would rather die than—our second grandma made a secret in private." An idea, let Yuanyang quickly find a satisfactory one to marry off, so as to break the old man's thoughts."

"However, we servants and servants spend all day watching the sky, how can we find any man we want? It just so happened that the Second Mistress entrusted me to deliver something to Mrs. Sun, so I thought about it and asked you for an idea for her."

After hearing this, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Yuanyang and scanned her from beginning to end.

Although it was in the night, the eyes that seemed to be real were still 'groping'. Yuanyang felt uncomfortable, so he heard Sun Shaozong say, "Miss Yuanyang, can you allow me to say a few words to Heping'er alone?" talk?"

The mandarin ducks ran down the mountain as if fleeing.

Ping'er watched her back, disappearing on the winding mountain road, and couldn't help wondering, "What's wrong with her? Usually when the sky falls, she looks calm, but how can..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun Shaozong grabbed her slender waist with his backhand, and he entangled her more intensely than when the misunderstanding occurred just now.

Ping'er immediately forgot everything, eager to cater to her.

After a long while, the two of them pulled a silver line between their lips, and then Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "Just now when I climbed up from the back mountain, I didn't see the dark hole clearly. I thought she was you, so I jumped up and touched her from behind. A few, dare to scare her."

Ping'er stretched out his lilac tongue, and deftly cut off the silver thread, then blushed and spat out, "Bah~ I'm afraid I touched it on purpose because I saw it clearly?"

"How is it possible, she is not as good as you..."

The two flirted with each other, and then Sun Shaozong said seriously, "It may not be difficult to help her find a suitable family, but after she gets married, who can guarantee that she will treat our affairs as she is now? Are you keeping your mouth shut?"

Ping'er hurriedly said, "You can rest assured, Yuanyang has always been the most righteous, and will never..."

Before she could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "If someone asks her, she may be able to hide it, but if she marries a man who suits her heart, she may not be able to hold back when she is fascinated by love."

Seeing that Ping'er still wanted to refute, he asked again, "For example, if I force you to ask Lian Er's sister-in-law's private affairs, can you still keep it from me?"

While speaking, he bit Ping'er's earlobe and blew hot air into her ear.

"This……"

Ping'er's delicate body suddenly softened, and he felt a little uneasy when he pushed himself under others, but after thinking about it, he wondered again, "But sisters, I can't just sit and watch her fall into the hands of the elder?"

After a little hesitation, she gritted her teeth and said, "Why don't I tell her, let's help her this time."

After all, she is a kind-hearted woman.

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong also had a secret plan, he laughed and said, "Since she is your sister and helped us keep a secret, how could I watch her fall into the fire pit without helping her?"

"But if you want to escape this catastrophe, you don't have to marry someone. Now there is a good opportunity for her to leave Rongguo Mansion..."

As he spoke, he whispered a few words in Ping'er's ear.

Chapter 421

Two days later, June fifteenth.

Because it was a serious day for offering incense and eating vegetarian food, the crowds in Jiamu's courtyard were neat and tight, not to mention Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan and others, even Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, and Lin Daiyu were present.

The older ones were telling Buddhist stories in the main hall, while the younger ones all got into the green gauze cupboard, chattering about poems and songs.

However, everyone was chatting excitedly, and suddenly saw the eldest maid, Hu Po, coming in from outside to report, "Old ancestor, sister Ping'er is in the courtyard, and said that she wants to report something to the eldest wife and second grandmother."

If Ping'er only asked Wang Xifeng to report it, it would not be a rare thing, but the eldest wife Xing Shi was included in it, but it made Jia's mother a little puzzled, so she asked casually, "Why is it so solemn, why is it so serious?" I want their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to report back together."

Hu Po hurriedly said, "I heard that my aunt has sent a message, and she wants to exchange some capable maids and servants with our house."

These words sound fresh again, since Jia Yingchun's natal family in Rongguo Mansion, it is reasonable for her to ask for one or two maidservants.

But what does it mean to 'change' a few?

Mother Jia felt even more curious, and thought it was her granddaughter's business, and there were no outsiders present, so she ordered, "Go and call Ping'er in, and I want to hear how the second girl wants to change." Faer."

Hu Po led the order to go out and brought Ping'er in after a while.

After Ping'er greeted them one by one, Jia's mother asked curiously, "What kind of messages did the second girl send back, why did she still say that she wanted to 'change' someone with the family?"

"Back to the words of the ancestors."

Ping'er respectfully said, "According to my aunt, because the Sun family didn't have a decent mistress, there were not many maids and wives available, but during the flood last year, I bought a batch of twelve or thirteen-year-old maids back. "

"Recently, because my uncle found a profitable business, he sent more than a dozen family members to the south to keep an eye on it. As a result, even the servants and strong men in the mansion were a bit stretched."

"Catch up with the Shuntian Mansion, where the origins of the slaves are being checked, and the second master of the Sun family is working in the government office, so it's even more difficult to hire someone randomly to fill it."

"So my aunt discussed it with my uncle, and wanted to use those newly bought little maids to exchange some usable family members from our house."

After hearing these words, everyone suddenly realized.

"This is really a good deal!"

Wang Xifeng immediately clapped his hands and laughed, "Last year, my second brother-in-law was ordered to guard the refugee camp outside the city. His little maids were selected from thousands of people, and they were as fresh and innocent as spring onions. Although it's not enough right now, as long as they are well trained For two years, the appointments are all from our mansion!"

Mrs. Wang also nodded and said, "At present, there are many maidservants in our mansion, and they are almost at the age of being released to marry, and they have caught up with the strict inspections now, so it is not easy to buy them from the people—if they can be bought from the uncle's mansion A few good-hearted people come here, and it can be regarded as saving a lot of trouble."

Seeing that two generations of stewardesses in this mansion have already approved this matter, other people will naturally not have any objections.

Jia Mu pondered for a while on the kang, then nodded and said, "It's all right in our house. The second girl is just pregnant, and there is no serious mother-in-law to take care of her at home. I really need to find some right-hand men to help her share the burden." Housework, so as not to overwork and hurt the body."

After a pause, he instructed Wang Xifeng again, "Since it is a good thing to combine two interests into one, you, as a sister-in-law, should worry more about finding some stable and steady ones for her who are willing to work in that mansion."

Just as Wang Xifeng was about to nod her head in response, a person suddenly appeared beside Jia Mu, fell to her knees with a plop, and said crisply, "Old Ancestor, I am willing to serve my aunt!"

When it was clear that this person was actually a mandarin duck, there was an uproar in the hall.

Because others went to the Sun Mansion, they had to be promoted one step higher, but Yuanyang is now the leader of the Rongguo Mansion's servants, even in front of wives and grandmas, she is also a figure of face.

And when she came to Jia Yingchun's side, even if she was trusted again, how could she match up to the position of the chief maid of the Rongguo Mansion?

Jia Mu couldn't help changing her color on the top, she took out the tortoiseshell glasses in disbelief, stared carefully at the mandarin duck for a while, and suddenly raised her voice and said, "I'm a little tired, you all go back first."

Everyone knew that she had something to say in private and wanted to break up with the mandarin duck, so they bowed and retreated in a hurry. Even Jia Baoyu and others were notified and left Jiamu's yard in a hurry.

When only Jiamu and Yuanyang were left in the room, the old lady got down from the kang, gave Yuanyang a little help, and said kindly, "Get up first, what is wrong with you, please tell me." That’s right, why are you messing around like this?”

Hearing her words, it was like an old grandmother coaxing her disobedient children and grandchildren. Yuanyang's eyes turned red, and she looked up at the old lady reluctantly, almost changing her mind.

But thinking that if I continue to stay in the Rongguo Mansion, it is very likely that I will fall into the hands of Jia Mu, while Sun Shaozong promised to allow me to slowly find Mr. Ruyi, Yuanyang was heartbroken again, and choked up, "I dare not lie to the old lady." , the Elder Master stopped me several times to tease me, and two days ago, he even let me know that he wants to recruit me to be the seventh concubine."

"He also said that if I didn't like it, he would call my father from Jinling and force me to marry him!"

As she said that, she knocked her head on the ground, and said resolutely, "This is a matter that slaves are absolutely unwilling to obey, but I don't want to cause trouble between you and the elder because of this matter. When you are in a dilemma, Coincidentally, such a reason came up."

"I also ask the old lady to be kind enough to allow me to serve at my aunt's house!"

When Jia Mu heard this, she was so angry that she trembled all over her body, and kept saying, "I have such a reliable person left, and that unfilial son is going to plot against me!"

Then he pulled Yuanyang again and said, "Get up, I'll make the decision for you, why should I hide at the second girl's house?"

Yuanyang refused to get up, and just kept kowtow, saying that she didn't dare to spoil the mother-child relationship between the old lady and the old man.

Seeing her determination, Jia's mother thought about going to Jia Yingchun's place, and when Jia pardoned her dirty thoughts, she might not be able to get her back.

So he let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Forget it, since you are determined to serve the second girl, then help her take care of the house, and don't lose the face of our Rongguo Mansion."

Hearing Jiamu's consent, Yuanyang was both pleasantly surprised and reluctant, and kowtowed several times in a row, crying uncontrollably, "I thank the old lady for your kindness. If there is really an afterlife, I will be a slave and a horse. Go to the old lady and wait on her!"

Chapter 422 Crazy Shell [Part [-]]

On June [-], it was just after three o'clock in the morning at Yinshi.

In a flower hall in the inner courtyard of Prince Jing's Mansion, Shui Rong rarely lay alone on a soft couch, although his eyes were closed, he was tossing and turning restlessly.

Suddenly, the sound of small footsteps came to Shui Rong's ears, and he immediately sat up straight without thinking, and asked loudly, "Why, but it has already been counted?!"

The visitor was cautious at first, lest he would be disturbed, but when he heard Shui Rong's question, he rushed to the front as if flying, and said beamingly, "Congratulations, my lord, for the more than 2 gold shells that Guanshi Liu intercepted yesterday. Among them, [-]% of them are medium grade, and there are even more than a dozen top grade ones!"

Shui Rong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and didn't care about his disheveled clothes, turned over and got out of the bed, rushed to the person and bowed and said, "It's all thanks to my brother-in-law's advice, otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't know that there are still such rich people in the world." s method!"