Detective in the Red Chamber

The most hateful thing is that at this point, Mrs. Wang still doesn't forget to bring disasters to the east, accusing Lin Daiyu of obstructing their fate.

"It turned out to be for this."

The left hand hidden in the sleeve secretly clenched her innocence, but Xue Baochai still had a smile on her face, and said indifferently: "Auntie just said it casually, but mother really takes it seriously!"

"In my opinion, instead of worrying about these things, you might as well discuss with your aunt first to see how to deal with Xue Biao and his family's affairs--the Zhen family will not dare to refute the situation when the Concubine De concubine is happy. Auntie's face!"

What she said lightly was because she didn't want her mother and Mrs. Wang to turn against each other.

Even though the Xue family has gained a firm foothold in Zhili after marrying the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but in the past two years, Aunt Xue's attachment to Mrs. Wang has not decreased but increased.

Now that the overall situation is uncertain, why bother to let the sisters have trouble with each other first?

A few words comforted Aunt Xue, just as Daoxiang Village sent someone to invite again, Xue Baochai took advantage of the opportunity to get away from her mother.

Although he enjoyed the snow scene along the way, when he arrived in Daoxiang Village, Xue Baochai was still full of anger.

Coincidentally, as soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Xue Baoqin in the corridor talking to Baoyu. She gritted her silver teeth, stepped forward and pulled her cousin under the eaves, and scolded: "Don't forget that you are coming to the capital. To be married, what's the point of all this fussing?"

"Is my sister jealous?"

Baoqin stuck out her tongue playfully, seeing her elder sister still had a cold face, she had to stand upright, pouted and said, "The one I inquired about is the Mei family. Brother Bao promised to be good at the beginning. Let me help you share a few words in front of me, but I forgot all about it once I entered the palace."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai blurted out: "He is busy with other affairs, so it is inevitable that he will forget for a while. What can we do but wait for it?"

It just so happened that Jia Baoyu saw Sister Bao's face was cold, as if she was scolding Baoqin, so she came over to persuade her, and suddenly stopped in embarrassment after hearing this.

In my heart, sister Dao Bao has always been a kind person, so how come she arranged for me today, didn't she come?

Could it be that I offended her?

He thought about it, but he didn't remember anything wrong, just because he wanted to ask directly, suddenly a blur appeared in front of his eyes, but it turned out to be a small hand as white as jade, which was raised in front of his nose and dangled.

"Come back to your senses!"

At the same time, Lin Daiyu said sourly in his ear: "That dead fish's eyes are almost embedded!"

Only then did Jia Baoyu realize that he was only thinking about the reason just now, but he was staring blankly at Baochai and Baoqin.

He blushed immediately, and wanted to share a few words, but he didn't want to spread Xue Baochai's gossip, so he said to him, "Where is the second sister? Didn't she come to the garden after a while? Why has it been so long?" Still no movement?"

"Hey~"

Lin Daiyu sneered, and said disdainfully: "Your uncle in this country has been touted for more than half a day before he even wrote off his character; now the second sister has actually sealed the order, and those slaves in your family who are used to trampling on highs and lows, Can we still let her go?"

A few words left Jia Baoyu speechless again, and finally he had no choice but to say that he wanted to invite the second sister over in person, and escaped from Daoxiang Village in embarrassment.

When he was outside the gate, he looked back at the house under the fine snow, and couldn't help but sighed and muttered: "What's the matter with one or two?"

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Chapter 714 Set up a private hall, Lin's female fragrance disappears and dies

There is one more at midnight

Jia Baoyu went to the uncle's courtyard by himself, but Jia Yingchun was nowhere to be seen.

Mrs. Xun Xing's maid looked around and found that it was because Wang Xifeng reported illness and hadn't shown up since last night. As a sister-in-law, Jia Yingchun should go to visit after hearing the news.

When Jia Baoyu heard that Sister Feng was ill, she also clamored to visit her, but she might as well be dragged away by Jia Lian, and said with a sinister smile, "What could be wrong with her? It's just a matter of anger with others. Let's go." , I heard that the new three-eyed general in the troupe has fixed Huguang with a sword, and he already looks good, let's go and have a look, if it's still good, let's hear about it today!"

Although Jia Baoyu is also thinking about Sister Feng, he knows that Jia Lian's words are probably not false, and the person who is angry is probably none other than Lian's second master.

So he hurried to Lixiangyuan halfway, and kept trying to persuade Jia Lian to have a harmonious husband and wife along the way, but Jia Lian only listened to the rumors, and talked about Sun Shaozong's heroic deeds in Huguang, and his eyes were beaming with joy.

Not to mention how the two brothers ordered the actresses to rehearse new plays when they arrived in Lixiangyuan.

But Jia Yingchun, surrounded by Ruan Rong, Yuanyang, Siqi, Xiuju, Pomegranate, Furong, two women and four maidservants, rushed to Wang Xifeng's Xiyun Pavilion, but she never expected to be rejected.

"I'm really sorry for my aunt and aunt."

Ping'er wore a floral jacket, hid half of his sleeves on his lower abdomen, and smiled apologetically: "Our grandma just finished using the medicine and felt tired, so she fell asleep again."

After Jia Yingchun heard this, she couldn't go in to bother her again, and told Ping'er to help pass on a few thoughtful words, then turned back the same way.

Just thinking about how to send someone to bring some unscrupulous tonics after returning home, Ruan Rong suddenly tugged on her cuffs and said in a low voice: "Madam just found out, Miss Ping'er's hands have been shaking, it seems like It's like being frightened."

If it were someone else, he might immediately have gossip thoughts.

But Jia Yingchun was originally a master who didn't want to make trouble, and now she only wanted to make things easy for relatives of her natal family, and she didn't want to get involved at all.

So when she heard Ruan Rong's words, she just shook her head and said, "Maybe I'm getting sick, let's go directly to the garden, so that Baoyu and my younger sisters won't wait for a long time."

Seeing her reaction like this, Ruan Rong couldn't say anything more.

So a group of people rushed to Daoxiang Village to meet the girls in the Grand View Garden.

Xiyun Pavilion

Ping'er sent Yingchun and the others away, then hurriedly turned around and entered the main room, locked the door again, and then lowered his left hand protecting his lower abdomen.

But all he saw was a mass of blood printed on the floral jacket!

"all gone?"

The sudden hoarse voice behind him made Ping'er's delicate body tremble again, and she was relieved to see the pale Wang Xifeng when she turned around.

But immediately, she raised her heart to her throat again, hurried a few steps closer, and suppressed her voice, "Grandma, what should I do? After all, she's not that rootless. If there is a trouble at home..."

"So what if we make a fuss?!"

There was no trace of blood on Wang Xifeng's face, but his mouth was full of cruel words: "Don't say that she is just a slave who can't get on the stage. Even if she is really promoted by the second master, she is nothing more than a lowly concubine! Since a lowly concubine deceives the master, then she will be a concubine." So what if he was killed on the spot?!"

Seeing that Ping'er was still in fear, she held Ping'er's catkin with her backhand, and said with a sneer: "The concubine de concubine is just pregnant, and it just happens to coincide with the Longevity Day, if her family really dares to make a scene, it will be Put eye drops on the empress, and add trouble to the Long Live God!"

"Furthermore, does Jia Yucun live on dry food? After receiving so many benefits from our family, it's time for him to work harder!"

After saying these words, Ping'er didn't feel any better, but Wang Xifeng's self-confidence became more and more confident, and some complexion appeared on her face.

A pair of red phoenix eyes turned around a few times, and then hurriedly ordered: "You come in with me and arrange it, and try not to make people see anything strange!"

Hearing this, Ping'er looked towards the bedroom in the east, and flinched in her eyes, but Wang Xifeng allowed her to shirk, and forced her to push the door open.

But I saw the flower-and-bird screen in front of the door fell to the ground, with a young woman looming under it.

Near noon, the living room of Daoxiang Village.

Li Wan came in from the outside with Xing Xiuyan, and saw that all the girls were sitting around laughing together with Baoyu, Jia Lan's uncle and nephew, and immediately stepped forward one by one, and grabbed Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin who were chasing and fighting. .

Then he said with a helpless face: "Little ancestors, how long has this been going on? Hurry up and tidy up, I guess it's time to start the banquet soon."

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Before he finished speaking, he saw the little maid Chao Douer come in through the curtain from the outside, and rushed in in a daze, the facial features on her face were all moved, obviously she was quite frightened.

Before Li Wan could speak, Jia Lan couldn't help getting up and scolding: "Uncles and aunts are all here, how dare you be so unruly?!"

After the scolding, Chaodouer came back to his senses in a flash, but he was muttering, not knowing how to respond.

Jia Tanchun was the closest, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give her a push, and said with a smile, "Look at you, you are lost, thanks to the fact that there are no outsiders in this room, otherwise, my sister-in-law will punish you and tell me quickly, what exactly did you see?" gone?"

Chao Douer glanced at her gratefully, and then said to Li Wan: "Eldest wife, second wife, let grandma take care of auntie, don't go forward."

As soon as Li Wan heard this, he knew that there must be a mistake in the front, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What did you say? What happened in the front?"

"Yes"

Chaodouer swallowed, and then continued: "Sister Xiaohong in the second grandma's room was scolded by the second grandma, and she couldn't think of hanging herself. Now Aunt Lin is crying in front of her, asking the old ancestor to help her daughter Justice."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent.

Jia Baoyu got up abruptly, opened his mouth to ask something, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them hesitantly, and finally said with a cold face: "Sister-in-law, let me go look inside first, old lady and madam If you have any explanations, I will send someone to pass the message to you!"

With that said, he hurried out of Daoxiang Village.

All the women looked at each other in blank dismay. It seemed that Daiyu, Baochai, Xiuyan and Baoqin were all guests, so it was not easy to discuss anything.

As for the rest, due to the friendship with Wang Xifeng, it is not good to talk about it.

Everyone was silent for a long time, and then Li Wan sighed and muttered to himself: "Oh, what a beautiful girl, how come she just disappeared like this?"

Everyone in the hall had different expressions, but no one was willing to accept her words.

Chapter 715 Detailed suicide note

Sun Shaozong didn't get drunk after all.

He was in the steamed stuffed bun shop, and just after drinking three catties of turbid wine, someone from the yamen came to find him. First, he reported that something happened in the prison, and the county magistrate surnamed Yang died in the prison despite his punishment.

Secondly, the root cause of the case of Lu Gejian from the household department has now been found out. Lord Tingwei specially called Zuo Shaoqing over to listen to the report from Zuosi Deputy Chen Jingde.

That's all for the front, after all, it was already expected.

The latter case was beyond Sun Shaozong's expectation.

When Wei Yi urged him to ask the question last time, Chen Jingde seemed to be at his wit's end. It's only been two days, and the truth has come to light?

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As an official of the Zuo Temple, Chen Jingde reported directly to Wei Yi by leapfrogging his rank. This kind of unhealthy behavior cannot be condoned.

In line with the standards of being stricter than a law-abiding person, Sun Shaozong immediately packed up his emotions, went back to the yamen and changed into an official robe, and rushed to the discussion flower hall with a murderous look.

Although it was a joint trial in three halls, Wei Yi didn't make a special arrangement, and he didn't choose an inner hall suitable for office work. Instead, he still sat down with the two young ministers at the small table in the flower hall.

During the morning meeting before, it was Wei Yi who took the lead, questioning Sun Shaozong for directly bringing the case to the emperor.

But this time it was Sun Shaozong's turn to speak sarcasticly.

"Master Tingwei."

He picked up the top-grade Dragon Well tea that was presented just now, blew on the floating tea stalks, and asked casually: "Dare you summon Sun again suddenly, but do you have any orders?"

Although Wei Yi is not enterprising, after all, he has been immersed in the officialdom for many years, and this routine of knowingly asking questions is naturally not unfamiliar.

Immediately, he said, "I've also heard rumors that he found out the murderer who poisoned Lu Gejian. I'm afraid that he will be asked to come here. Only after careful interrogation can I find out."

"Is it?"

Sun Shaozong put down his teacup, and said calmly, "Then let Deputy Chen Si express himself, Deputy Chen Si, quickly come in and speak!"

The second half of the sentence is a greeting.

Chen Jingde was already waiting in the west wing, not to mention that Wei Yi had just cleared things up, and when he heard him being greeted inside, he hastily picked up his official robe, trotted into the hall, bowed and said: "I have seen you Gentlemen."

"Look, look, look."

Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing, pointed at Chen Jingde and said: "The officials of my Zuo Temple are so well informed. Before Lord Tingwei sent someone to look for him, he was already outside the flower hall."

After being slapped in the face in public, Wei Yi looked as usual, waved his hand to Chen Jingde, who was obviously a little flustered, and ordered as if nothing had happened: "Deputy Chen Si, what is the truth about the case of Lu Gejian being poisoned and killed? And speak carefully."

In fact, Chen Jingde also knew that this matter should not be reported to higher levels.

But at the beginning, Sun Shaozong threw this hot potato to him on the grounds that he was new here and he was not familiar with the staff, and he didn't ask him for seven or eight days. Naturally, he felt resentful in his heart.

So when he just came back from the restaurant and heard that Sun Shaozong was not in the yamen, Chen Jingde knowingly committed the crime and reported it to Wei Yi.

However, seeing the scene in front of him, Chen Jingde couldn't help regretting that Mr. Tingwei seemed to be unable to suppress Zuo Shaoqing at all. If he really pursued it afterwards, he might not be able to count on him.

But I have done everything, and regretting it now will not help.

So he cheered himself up and began to report the cause and effect of the case of Lu Mingsi being poisoned to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Lu Mingsi, who was in charge of the household department, died of poisoning on a cross street not far from his home on the evening of September [-]th.

According to subsequent investigations, he had dined with another person in a private room in the backyard of a nearby restaurant before his death. It was initially suspected that he was poisoned in this restaurant, and died of poisoning shortly after leaving.

And the diner who dined with him naturally became the biggest suspect.

It's just that I have no memory of the other diner because of the ups and downs of the restaurant, so I can't pinpoint the real culprit.

However, after several days of investigations, Chen Jingde initially identified a few suspects, but because there was no evidence and the other party was not an ordinary person, it was difficult to conduct further investigations.

However, at this moment, things suddenly took an unexpected turn. Erhu, the chef's assistant in the restaurant, hanged himself at home.

According to the suicide note left at the scene, this Wang Erhu was the real culprit who poisoned Lu Mingsi.

As for the reason, it was because Lu Mingsi called Wang Erhu in and scolded Wang Erhu severely after he got drunk one time, insisting that the food smelled bad, and Wang Erhu was also deprived of half a month's wages.

Because of this, Wang Erhu held a grudge, secretly searched for poison, and waited for an opportunity to smear the poison on Lu Mingsi's bowls and chopsticks, causing Lu Mingsi to die of poison.

Since then, the government has strictly investigated the case, and he felt that sooner or later he would be found out. Fearing the pain of punishment, he simply left a suicide note and hanged himself.

Speaking of this, Chen Jingde took out an envelope from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands: "Here is Wang Erhu's suicide note, my lords, please have a look."