Detective in the Red Chamber

Feng Xin curled his lips behind his uncle's back, and said indifferently, "With you two here, I'm still afraid that he will turn his back on you?"

As he said that, he yelled at the door again, "Quan Fu, are you fucking blind? Hurry up and invite Second Master Lian and Master Sun to the guest table!"

He probably had explained it long ago. As soon as he gave the order, the butler immediately brought two boys with umbrellas to welcome Sun and Jia. Judgment arrived~!!"

The front of Feng's mansion suddenly fell silent, only the sound of rainwater pouring down.

Sun Shaozong originally wanted to say a few words of politeness, but seeing a pair of awe-inspiring eyes looking over him, he couldn't say anything more, so he had to greet Bao Er and his coachman Zhang Cheng to hold the gift, and entered without looking sideways. The main entrance of Feng Mansion.

Entering the door, Sun Shaozong glanced back subconsciously, but saw that the eldest son of the Kong family was pulling Feng Xin, and he couldn't help asking something.

tsk~

The character of this literati is indeed...

Chapter 89: Feelings Hidden in Ruyi Cake

make up.

rumbling~

With the deafening thunder, the heavy rain became more and more pouring.

Zhou Da stepped on half a foot of stagnant water, and hurried into the small courtyard of the criminal department's east wing, and saw Zhao Wuwei commanding a group of yamen servants to rush to repair the roof of the west wing.

There are more than a dozen sandbags placed under the eaves, probably to temporarily block the water when the accumulated water overflows the threshold of the auxiliary room.

Due to the lack of shelter for the time being, the clerks in the west wing, together with the governor Lin Delu, had to wrap their official documents and seals and take shelter from the rain under the corridor of the hall.

correct!

Thinking of the victims who fled, Zhou Da realized that he still had business to do. He didn't care about seeing Lin Delu's embarrassment anymore, so he hurriedly walked to the door of the main room, untied the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, threw them on the ground, and hurriedly Roaring in.

"Bah~ the villain is successful!"

Lin Delu looked at his back and spat viciously, but his face was full of envy and jealousy.

After all, the main room is located on a relatively high ground and is often repaired and maintained by people, so it is relatively dry inside. When Zhou Da entered, Sun Shaozong was sitting behind the case, looking at the case, and sipping tea indifferently. It can be said that there is a world of difference from Lin Delu outside.

"grown ups."

Zhou Da arched his hands, and carefully took out an official document from his arms, and said with both hands, "This is the reply letter from Zuozhen Fusi of the Dragon Guard. The two general banners were indeed acting according to orders."

In the end, Sun Shaozong looked through the reply letter, and found that in addition to confirming that Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan were performing official duties, they also clearly pointed out that they were ordered to search the imperial merchant He's family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This Sun Shaozong of the He family has also heard a little bit, that he was only the last among the royal merchants, but in recent years, taking advantage of the situation of the Xue family is not as good as before, he has suddenly emerged, and there is a faint sign of being the leader.

But he didn't want to be involved in the case of Prince Yizhong, seeing that his family would be destroyed.

For the Xue family, this is a good opportunity. If they can't fill in the gap left by the He family, they may not have the opportunity to regain the throne of the top of the imperial merchants.

However, with Xue Pan's brain size, it's not easy for vultures who are quite scavengers. Maybe they were blinded by other sparrows before they ate the fat of the He family.

"grown ups."

Sun Shaozong was thinking about the He family, and Zhou Da then reported, "The officials just got the news that Han Fu Yin and Jia Fu Cheng have been recruited to the Ministry of Industry. They are probably discussing this year's Yongding River flood. , and please make preparations early."

Wang Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also serves as the governor of the river, so he asked Han Anbang and Jia Yucun to discuss the flood control of the Yongding River with the Ministry of Industry.

As for the possible flooding of the Yongding River, Sun Shaozong had already heard it mentioned at the wedding banquet yesterday.

only……

"What does this have to do with me?"

Sun Shaozong was puzzled and said, "I'm in charge of criminal names and not He Gong. This matter should be judged by Zhao Liben and Zhao Tong, right?"

"My lord, that's not what I said!"

Zhou Da explained, "Once there is a flood, our Shuntian Mansion and Hedao Yamen will bear the brunt of it. At that time, you adults will have to go to the embankment to take turns on duty! Even if it is your turn to stay in the government office, the task of suppressing the victims of the disaster will be difficult." It's not much faster than loosening on the embankment!"

tsk~

When he was a servant of the people in modern times, Sun Shaozong hadn't even participated in flood fighting and emergency rescue. He didn't expect to travel to ancient times, but he would engage in such things as kissing the front line!

He has nothing to do with himself, but he is afraid that Ruan Rong will be worried all day at home. If he hurts the child in his belly because of his emotional instability, wouldn't it be a tragedy?

Or, when the time comes, take Lin Daiyu home and accompany her?

After all, besides himself, only this godmother is still familiar with her.

but……

After all, Ruan Rong is only Lin Daiyu's god-sister, and she is an aunt on the surface. Taking Lin Daiyu to the house always seems a bit unfair-even if Lin Daiyu wants to, the elders in Jia's house may not agree.

Hey~

It's all to blame for not having a decent hostess in the Sun Mansion, otherwise there would be no need to worry about such things!

After thinking about it, Sun Shaozong finally decided to ask Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu to talk about it first, and if this matter is not easy to handle, he can think of other ideas by himself-if it can be handled smoothly, that would be great.

--split line--

Sun Shaozong has always acted vigorously and vigorously. Seeing that the rain had subsided a lot the next day, he took half a day off and rushed to Rongguo Mansion. He gathered those little radish heads in Jia's Mansion in one place for the reason of examining the school's martial arts progress. .

Who knows that everyone else is there, but Jia Baoyu is the only one missing.

I asked Jia Huan to find out, but it turned out that it was because Jia Baoyu was caught in the rain on the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, and Jia Baoyu accidentally contracted the wind and cold.

Is this not a joke? !

It was because Jia Baoyu was favored in front of Jia's mother that Sun Shaozong wanted to ask him for help first. If he had known that Jia Baoyu was ill, how would Sun Shaozong be impatient with these brats?I went to drink with Jia Lian earlier!

But it's all here, so we can't just announce the disbandment without doing anything, right?

If that's the case, the elders who sent their children here in the rain, would they have to eat themselves alive?

There was no other way, so Sun Shaozong had no choice but to be patient, let all the boys come forward to practice the routine, and then give praise and criticism one by one, and give some pointers.

While rehearsing, a young servant came in poking his head and called Jia Lan out.

If it was someone else, Sun Shaozong would have to vent his anger, but when he saw that it was the well-behaved and sensible Jia Lan, he turned a blind eye to it, as if he didn't see it.

Jia Lan went out for a while, then folded back with a small and exquisite food box, and presented it to Sun Shaozong respectfully, saying that it was a snack prepared by her mother for Sun Shaozong.

Because it was not the first time that Li Wan brought food here, Sun Shaozong didn't refuse, and immediately opened it to have a look, but inside were several Ruyi cakes steamed with glutinous rice.

This time the dim sum seems to be a little simpler, maybe because of the heavy rain, it is not easy to prepare ingredients.

Sun Shaozong didn't think much about it, he twisted one and fed it to Jia Lan, then put the food box on the tea table beside him, and ate a few of them.

Seeing that the small plate of wishful cakes had bottomed out, when Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand to twist it, he suddenly touched a piece of paper.

Why is there a note in the snack plate?

Sun Shaozong subconsciously wanted to grab it to see what happened, but suddenly he remembered Li Wan's status as a widow, so he carefully rolled up the note in his palm, covered it with his sleeve, and quietly opened it to take a look.

Sauvignon Blanc, Xiao Yuehan, and Gu Ying are both lonely and sad, hard to see, hard to think about, and long nights to sleep with hatred.

This……

Looks like a love poem, right? !

Li Wan actually wrote himself a love poem? !

Sun Shaozong only felt that his heart was jumping wildly, and he looked around, seeing that those teenagers didn't pay attention to his side, so he unfolded the note and read it carefully several times.

Yes, this is indeed a love poem full of resentment!

Thinking about the few times the two have gotten along with each other, it seems that she does often secretly glance at herself, as long as her eyes meet, she will panic...

Could it be that this pretty widow is really in love with herself? !

Chapter 90

With things hidden in my heart, the exam school became more and more loose.

But Sun Shaozong didn't take it seriously at first, and there were only half-grown children in the room, so no one saw any flaws.

After finally getting through to the end of the song, he called Jia Lan to him as if nothing had happened, and said with a pun, "Brother Lan, go back and tell your mother, I appreciate the kindness, but don't give away this snack in the future." Alright, don't worry about it."

Knowing that a noble and pretty widow has a crush on him, Sun Shaozong is certainly complacent and proud, but he is not reincarnated from a pervert, so how can he be obsessed with mere beauty and can't tell the seriousness?

If it's a pretty widow from a small family, it's fine, if you look at it right, you'll end up as an aunt in the house—it just so happens that Big Brother has been persuading him to take a concubine recently, and even Ruan Rong has taken the initiative to mention it twice.

But what is Li Wan's identity?

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion!

If you want to gather and go home, you must be a regular wife!

If he secretly quarreled with her, once the incident happened, he and the Jia family would have an endless grudge!

Sun Shaozong never thought of marrying a widow as his official wife, nor did he think of fighting the Jia family to the end for a woman who hadn't even spoken a few words!

So he chose to decline without hesitation.

But Jia Lan looked at the Ruyi Cake left in the box, and thought she understood what Sun Shaozong meant, so she said crisply, "It turns out that Jiaoxi doesn't like to eat this, so I will tell my mother when I go back, and ask her not to give this away next time." Just bring some snacks."

"I didn't mean that."

I want to talk about it in more detail, but it's not easy for Sun Shaozong to say to a seven-year-old child, 'Your mother wants to hook me up, but I don't want to', right?

He could only exhort ambiguously, "Anyway, just learn what I just said from your mother once."

Jia Lan obediently agreed, and then left the martial arts hall with the food box.

When I got outside, there were already three young men waiting, wearing coir raincoats and holding umbrellas.

One of the servants named Zhou Ren first took the food box graciously, and secretly opened the lid to take a look. Seeing that the bottom of the plate was empty, he asked busyly with a smile on his face, "Brother, just now I saw that you were taken away." Master Sun called over alone, could it be that he did not behave well today and was punished?"

"nonsense!"

Jia Lan tilted his head and stared at him, and said angrily, "The teacher only said that he couldn't get used to this snack, and told him not to give it away in the future—why did he ever think that I was not doing well."

Not used to it?Don't send it again?

That Zhou Ren rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said 'Ouch', then he paused and said, "No wonder Mrs. Sun is not used to eating it, I'm afraid this snack was not brought by our grandma! I heard that woman was full of mouthfuls" Lang Geer, Lang Geer screamed, and stepped forward to take her food box—now that I think about it, that woman seems to belong to Lan Geer's family in the back porch!"

As he spoke, he put on a mournful face, cupped his hands and bowed, and begged Jia Lan and the other two young men to hide this matter for him, lest he go back and suffer.

When Jia Lan heard that the dim sum was not from his family, and saw that he spoke pitifully, he nodded first, and the two young men naturally would not refuse for his uncle Zhou Rui's sake.

Zhou Ren said countless "thanks" again, and then he said that he wanted to send the food box to Jia Lan's house, and ran away like a wind.

It's just that he turned around, didn't go to any back porch, but sneaked into Wang Xifeng's yard quietly.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ping'er fiddling with birdcages in the corridor, he hurriedly leaned over to nod and bowed his head and said, "Sister Ping'er, I've finished the errand that Second Mistress gave me, look—"

As he spoke, he opened the food box, revealing half a plate of wishful cakes inside.

Seeing that the note written by himself had disappeared from the bottom of the plate, Ping'er's hands froze slightly, and then asked as if nothing had happened, "Master Sun, is there any news?"

"I didn't say anything else, I just said that this snack is not to my appetite, so don't give it away again in the future."

Hearing this, Ping'er breathed a sigh of relief, although she was forced to participate in this matter due to Wang Xifeng's coercion, but from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want to cause any trouble.

"Wait, I'll go to the house and report back."

Instructing Zhou Ren to wait in the corridor, Ping'er held up an oil-paper umbrella, hurried into the main room, and repeated what Zhou Ren had said to Wang Xifeng.

At the end, he couldn't help but add, "From this point of view, this Second Master Sun is a gentleman who keeps integrity."

Wang Xifeng was leaning on the soft couch, thumping her lower back in disbelief, when she heard this, she sat up straight suddenly, her pretty eyes locked on Ping'er's face, and said with a sneer, "Why not?" ? You wrote him a few sour words, and you sent your heart and liver?!"

If he had changed to another servant, he would have been scared out of his wits.

But Ping'er has been with Wang Xifeng for so many years, and she can tell at a glance that she is teasing people, so she pouted her small mouth, twisted her waist, turned her back to Wang Xifeng, and said, "Grandma is teasing people again! If you really look at Ping'er, you don't like it." , just send me to Shuiyue Nunnery to be an aunt!"

"I think so, because I'm afraid our Second Master Lian won't let it go."

Wang Xifeng said sourly again, and then got back to the topic, and said disdainfully, "What kind of gentleman? I am! There is no cat in this world who doesn't steal. He just refused the offer because he was afraid of getting into trouble." If the flying Yanfu was replaced by a pretty widow from a small family, she might have already rolled onto the bed!"

"Besides, I didn't expect to be able to hook him in once - there will be a long time to come, I'm not afraid that he won't take the bait!"

Then he confessed, "You give that 20 taels of silver to Zhou Ren, and tell him that if anyone dares to spread even half a word of gossip, be careful and I'll skin him alive!"

--split line--

Not to mention how Zhou Ren took the money and swore to the sky in front of Ping'er.

But he said that Sun Shaozong and other boys had all dispersed, so he wrapped the stone with the note and threw it into the well at the root of the west wall to destroy the corpses and wipe out all traces, and then Shi Shi ran out of the "Yanwu Hall".

Originally, I wanted to go to Jia Lian's house to talk to him, and asked Bao Eryi, who was in charge of hospitality, to find out that Jia Lian had been invited by Xue Pan to listen to music in Yiran Xuan.