Detective in the Red Chamber

However, Yangzhou City is indeed worthy of being a famous city through the ages. Cars and horses along both sides of the river are like dragons, boats and boats are like shuttles, and the cadence of shouts is endless.

At this moment, just after the hour, dozens of flower boats docked one after another, unloading the gentry and high-ranking guests who were frivolous in footsteps but lingered.

What's more, the singer on the boat stood by the railing, selling herself across the river, which only attracted the salivation of tourists on both sides of the river.

Those who were shy in their pockets, but took the opportunity to live their eye addiction, hurried to make a living again; those with a lot of spare money in their pockets stood there and commented on each other, thinking about which family to go to have fun at night.

When Sun Shaozong first became a policeman, he didn't know how many anti-pornography operations he had to take part in a year, and he was tired of watching these happy women.

Now, not to mention a few singers trying to show off across the river, even if they all stripped off and danced pole dance on the boat, he wouldn't be tempted at all--if they jumped into the river together, he might as well watch it.

But Feng Xin is different, first he lived in Qinglin Mansion for several months, and then he worked as a light bulb all the way, watching Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong kiss each other every day, he has already suppressed the evil fire in his stomach.

Now seeing all these beautiful girls, her steps are slow, but her eyes are moving quickly, only rippling between the waist, legs, buttocks and chest of those divas.

"Look at your progress!"

Sun Shaozong gave him a false kick on the buttocks, and said with a smile, "Hurry up and put away those fancy intestines, after we hire a boat first, it's not too late for you to have fun."

Feng Xin was overjoyed when he heard it, and was about to thank you for your "extrajudicial kindness", when someone behind him shouted loudly, "Is this Erlang Sun Jia in front?"

Immediately afterwards, there was another voice, "Brother Shao Zongxian, wait for brother!"

Where did Sun Shaozong think that he would bump into an 'acquaintance' in this place of smoke powder?

Subconsciously looking at the prestige, I saw a young man wearing a brocade hat and a moon-white gown lined with a moon-white gown, rushing up from behind. I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you have grown bigger and bigger, I almost didn't dare to recognize you just now."

Sun Shaozong looked at the person carefully, but saw that he was tall and straight, with a face like a crown of jade, and a pair of peach blossom eyes looking forward to the spring. He was the romantic leader of the wealthy family. Seeing this, his mind jumped out of the scene. The first and last names are Jia Lian and Lian Erye.

This Jia Lian was born in the Rongguo Mansion, and he was also one of the four kings and eight princes. Because the Rongguo Mansion and the Sun family were family friends, when the Sun family was down and down, Sun Shaozu often took Sun Shaozong to the Rongguo Mansion to fight the autumn wind, so he was quite familiar with Jia Lian.

Remembering the identity of this person, Sun Shaozong also quickly laughed, cupped his hands and said, "It turned out to be the second brother Lian. You didn't enjoy the blessings in the capital, but why did you come to Yangzhou? Could it be that you offended Mrs. Sister-in-law and got kicked out?"

In his memory, this second master Lian seemed to have a fear of guilt, so he casually made fun of it.

"I'm bah~ She wouldn't dare to kick me out with the courage of the mother-in-law!"

Jia Lian snorted disdainfully, then his expression became a little more serious, and he said, "Actually, my uncle unfortunately passed away in Yangzhou, and his family members were withered, and there was only one cousin who didn't grow up under his knees. Let me come over and help my uncle take care of the funeral."

As he said that, he slapped his thigh exaggeratedly, and complained, "In the past six months, I have traveled back and forth to Beijing, Yangzhou, and Suzhou several times before finally handling the matter properly, and I almost didn't break my leg! "

Before Sun Shaozong could respond, he asked curiously, "By the way, Erlang, didn't you go to work in some Qianxiang country? Why did you come to Yangzhou City?"

Although the two families can barely be called family friends, when they were in the capital, the relationship between Jia Lian and the Sun brothers was only superficial - the current intimacy is probably due to the excitement of meeting old acquaintances in other places.

Because in his memory, the Rongguo Mansion had helped the Sun brothers, so Sun Shaozong couldn't neglect him, so he found a nearby tea shop and briefly explained what happened in Qianxiangguo.

The second master Lian clicked his tongue and said, "Erlang is really out of luck now. He did such a big thing. Even the Holy One was alarmed."

When Sun Shaozong said that he was ordered to return to Beijing and was about to look for a passenger ship going north.

Jia Lian immediately said again, "What kind of business do I take? You don't need to look for it. Second brother has plenty of space on the boat, so what's the point of having more of you? By the way, don't stay in any inn, either. Why don't you just go to my uncle's official office and stay for a few days, and when I settle it, we'll go back to Beijing together!"

Sun Shaozong evaded a few words, but seeing that the kindness was hard to refuse, he had no choice but to agree.

Later, there are always people who don't know the timeline, and they don't read the explanation in the author's statement, and they leave a message to blame me for writing nonsense, so I can only explain it here in advance.

When she was 5 or 6 years old, her mother died, so she was sent to live in Jia's house for several years.

In the spring when she was 11 years old, Lin Ruhai was seriously ill. Jia Lian escorted Daiyu back to Yangzhou to serve Lin Ruhai.

In the autumn of 11 years old, Lin Ruhai died of illness, and Jia Lian spent several months dealing with the funeral.

In winter, he brought Daiyu back to Jia's mansion to live in sojourn until Daiyu disappeared.

What is written in the book is the winter when Daiyu was 11 years old.

So, don't ask me why Daiyu didn't go to Jia's mansion until she was 11 years old, why there was a Zijuan before she went, why did she know that there was a brother Bao in the mansion before she went there

Chapter 14 It Was a Dream of the Red Chamber

The Yanyan Yushi is a unique official position in Lianghuai. Although it is only a third-rank official title, it is the first-class fat vacancy in the world.

Not only is he in charge of the Lianghuai salt tax, but he also has the right to picket hundreds of officials. In terms of status, he is not inferior to the governor of a province, but only one head lower than the governor of Liangjiang.

Lin Ruhai, Jia Lian's uncle, was once such an extravagant figure.

But these are old calendars. After Lin Ruhai died of illness in office, all the wealth and splendor of the past disappeared.

Right now, the official office of the Yandao Yamen is in a bleak state, and even the servants and maids have been dismissed in sevens and eights, leaving only a few servants brought by Jia Lian from the capital.

But said it was evening.

In the small hall in the back hall of the official office, the rare lights were brightly lit again, and the two copper furnaces were filled with silver frost charcoal, as warm as early summer.

Under the light of the candle, I saw Jia Lian pouring yellow soup in the left cup and the right cup. His eyes were straightened and his body trembled after drinking it early, but he yelled with his tongue out, "Come here, this...this cup of wine, The second brother wants to respect your confidante! If she wasn't there, how could you and my brother drink so happily?!"

He has been busy with funeral arrangements these days, and he has to take care of his young cousin at home. He has not been able to drink from this cup for more than half a year, and he has already accumulated a stomach full of wine worms.

So when I heard that Sun Shaozong had brought his female relatives, I was really overjoyed!

According to the customs at this time, if there were only two men, Jia Lian and Sun Shaozong, it would be inconvenient for them to drink in the official office because of their cousin's reputation - but with the companions of the Sun's family members, there is no need to worry about anything else.

So Jia Lian happily ordered Ruan Rong to be invited to the backyard to rest with his cousin, and immediately set up a banquet, leading Sun Shaozong to drink from noon to evening.

Seeing that Jia Lian was obviously drunk, Sun Shaozong drank another cup with him, and while he was not paying attention, he replaced the contents of their cups with tea.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the teapot was put back on the table, Jia Lian cried bitterly at his desk, crying indistinctly, "Poor my cousin, a person who looks like a fairy descended from the world, but it is such a bad luck that she lost her mother first and then lost her mother." Father, these days, even the words are much less, and the skinny is even more out of shape!"

Sun Shaozong was speechless for a while, and was hesitating whether to call for servants and send him back to the bedroom to rest, but he thumped the table again and yelled, "Daiyu, Daiyu, I don't blame your second brother Lian for being heartbroken!" , really... really..."

What is "really", he said vaguely and couldn't hear clearly, but the word "Daiyu" was like thunder and lightning, and Sun Shaozong's brain was buzzing!

Daiyu?

Lin Daiyu? !

Isn't that the heroine in Dream of the Red Chamber? !

Sun Shaozong was also a "rough person" in his previous life. He liked the stories of the Three Kingdoms the most in his life. He also dabbled in Water Margin and Journey to the West. Among the four famous novels, only Dream of the Red Chamber has never been read.

Therefore, he did not know that Jia Lian, Sun Shaozu and others were also characters in the book.

But Sun Shaozong has heard of the names of the protagonists Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai!

At this time, I suddenly heard Daiyu's name, and then contacted Jia's mansion, so I didn't know that I had traveled to the Dream of Red Mansions?

But why is it a dream of Red Mansions? !

If you go to the world of Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, relying on foresight and this sturdy force, not to mention establishing an imperial hegemony, at least it will not be a problem to become a lord of the earth!

But this Dream of the Red Chamber...

How could he know what was written in the book?

Contemplating Jia Lian who was crying and laughing for a long time, Sun Shaozong could only vaguely recall that this Dream of Red Mansions is mainly about Jia's mansion, which seems to be a love tragedy - but the specific storyline is really unclear.

The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became, and Jia Lian was chattering like a woman again. Sun Shaozong couldn't help but bring up a jar of rice wine, slapped open the mud seal, and poured it into his belly with his head raised!

He is now about 1.9 meters tall and weighs about 240 jins. Naturally, his stomach is much larger than ordinary people, so he drank a jar of rice wine in just a moment.

In addition to the two pots I drank before, I drank at least four catties!

Although the alcohol content of this rice wine is not very high, it is about the same as beer, but its stamina is much stronger than that of beer. After Sun Shaozong's binge drinking, he became drunk in a short time.

Confused, not knowing which strings in his mind were wrong, he jingled the cup and plate with his chopsticks, and the song 'Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water' spewed out from his throat.

The desolate and majestic singing sang around in the night, which complemented the bleak atmosphere in the official office after the prosperity.

--split line--

squeak~

The window of the West Wing in the backyard was divided to the left and right. Ruan Rong poked her head out from inside, listened for a moment, and then turned around curiously and asked, "Brother Sun is from the Yangtze River and is a hero. It sounds quite interesting. Sister Lin Do you know what lyrics he sang?"

Following her gaze, I saw a little figure carved from ice and jade sitting on the spring stool, wrapped in linen clothes, but who else could it be if it wasn't Lin Daiyu?

Although the two had only been together for half a day, they were both Miss Officials who lost their mother when they were young, and neither of them had a well-behaved temperament.

Probably some cold air was blowing in from the window, Daiyu shrunk her shoulders, frowned and pondered for a while, Fang shook her head and said, "This poem is simple, vigorous, generous and tragic, and it can be called the first-class poem in the "Linjiang Immortals" of all dynasties. It is a great product, but I have never heard of it, let alone who made it."

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Ruan Rong hurriedly closed the window.

Then she heard her say that she had never heard this poem before, Ruan Rong's eyes lit up suddenly, she rushed to Daiyu in a hurry, lay down on the round table covered with Sichuan brocade, and asked excitedly, "Then what do you think?" Could the first word be written by Big Brother Sun?"

Daiyu stared at her for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, quickly covered her mouth, and said with a smile, "It's all said that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder', sister is good, one ear I was stunned to hear a great talent!"

Ruan Rong's cheeks flushed, and she also felt that she was a little whimsical, but she insisted, "Haven't you never heard of this poem, why can't it be written by Brother Sun?!"

Daiyu laughed again and said, "I'm young, and I'm not a great talent. How many lyrics and music can I read? If the poems I haven't heard before, they are all written by your loving brother. Then he can read them casually." A hundred poems about fighting wine? This essay is really easy to copy!"

Ruan Rong was left speechless by what she said, and seeing that the girl was smiling like a little fox, she couldn't help but angrily pounced on her, scratching her armpits and waist, and the itchy Daiyu repeatedly begged for mercy.

Under the laughter, the two got closer.

Seeing that Daiyu's little hands were cold, but she couldn't detect any warmth, Ruan Rong simply opened her woolen coat, wrapped her in her arms, rubbed her chin against Daiyu's forehead, and sighed with anger and joy, " You girl is good everywhere, but you only have a sharp mouth and refuse to forgive."

But Daiyu buried her head between the two peaks, she felt the warm fragrance in her mouth and nose, and she felt an indescribable cuddle in her heart, so she couldn't help but reminded her in a simple and deep way, "Sister, you If you don’t care about it, you’re not afraid that Captain Sun...isn’t Captain Sun’s family not recognizing you? Don’t forget the rule of ‘hiring is a wife and running is a concubine’.”

She originally wanted to say, 'I'm not afraid that Captain Sun has become a heartless person', but she was afraid that her words would be too hurtful, so she temporarily changed her words.

But even so, Ruan Rong still froze when she heard the words, but soon softened again, buried her pretty face in Daiyu's black hair, and said leisurely, "So what if I can only be a concubine? It's better than missing a lover." , Unfortunately, I will be much stronger in my life."

Chapter 15 Chu Overlord, Silly Overlord, Jia Overlord

Early the next morning.

Sun Shaozong opened his eyes in a daze, only to realize that he had been lying on the dining table for a whole night, but there was no sign of Jia Lian on the opposite side. He presumably was sent back to the bedroom by his servants to rest.

So while beating his aching temple, he couldn't help complaining that the servants of Jia's mansion favored each other.

In fact, he has wronged him. Four or five servants fought together last night, but they failed to help him from the wine table. Instead, he threw him casually and forcibly overturned several of them—— Come, but who else dares to touch him?

But he said that Sun Shaozong was complaining in the hall, so he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and looked up, but it was Ruan Rong who came in a hurry, followed by a charming maidservant.

Looking at each other, Ruan Rong saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a hangover. She couldn't help feeling distressed and annoyed, but because there were others around, she couldn't say anything, so she pointed at the man beside him. The coffee table said, "Zicuckoo, put your things down, you can go back to your sister first."

The Zijuan was holding a basin of clear water, looking up and down at Sun Shaozong curiously, and hearing what Ruan Rong said, he hurriedly said, "What did Miss Rong say, if the servant just left like this, how will I explain to my girl?"

With that said, he put the copper basin in his hand on the table, soaked the towel and was about to wipe the stains on Sun Shaozong's face.

Sun Shaozong looked up and flashed back, and said with a smile, "Leave me alone, I feel awkward to be served so much."

Zicuckoo was taken aback when she heard the words, turned her head to look at Ruan Rong, saw that she had no objection, then let Sun Shaozong take the towel and wash up by himself.

After Sun Shaozong finished washing, there was no sign of Zijuan in the room. He presumably saw that he didn't need to wait on him, so he went back to Lin Daiyu's place.

Thinking of Daiyu, Sun Shaozong's heart was moved, and he couldn't help asking in a low voice, "What does Miss Lin look like? That Jia Lian drank too much yesterday, but she praised her a lot in front of me."

Although he had never read the Red Chamber, Sun Shaozong also knew that in the Dream of the Red Chamber, there were many beauties, and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai were the best among them, so the curiosity in his heart swelled like flying, and he couldn't suppress it no matter what.

When Ruan Rong heard him ask such a question, she felt a little vigilant at first, and then she felt relieved when she thought of Daiyu's age, she just pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Daiyu is naturally born with a very good character, and her character and literary talent are not good. Pick, otherwise how would I recognize her as my god-sister?"

"What? You recognized her as your god-sister!"

Sun Shaozong was stunned, and blurted out, "But haven't you guys only known each other for a day?"

Ruan Rong rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and twisted his arm, pretending to be annoyed, "What's wrong with one day? I didn't just get along with someone for a day, and I regarded him as my lifelong lover!"

Sun Shaozong was at a loss for words.

It has to be said that Ruan Rong is really a master of 'vigorous and resolute'. First, she fell in love with herself in just one day, and now she abducted sister Lin in just one day.

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was speechless by what she had said, Ruan Rong couldn't help but chuckle again, and said, "My sister is only eleven or twelve years old now, so don't worry about it, let's talk about her beautiful heart. , I'm afraid I'll look down on a rough guy like you."

"what?!"

Sun Shaozong pretended to be shocked, "How thick I am, you just have to know it yourself, why did you tell the little girl the result of your own measurement?!"

Ruan Rong was baffled at first, but then suddenly came to her senses, and rushed forward to scratch her in embarrassment. Sun Shaozong dodged and pulled her into his arms with his backhand, laughing triumphantly.

Ruan Rong took advantage of the situation and bit his chest a couple of times, but couldn't hold back, and laughed in his arms, leaning back and forth.

But this is not a secluded place after all, so the two hugged and laughed for a while, and then hurriedly divided them into two places.

Sun Shaozong confessed, "I'm going to help Second Brother Lian deal with the remaining trivial matters first, so that I can leave for Beijing as soon as possible, so I wronged you to wait here for two days-fortunately, you just recognized a younger sister and stayed in this official office." You won't feel lonely."

After a pause, he added, "Don't forget to ask your sister to find out what's interesting in Yangzhou City. I'll take you for a stroll around before we hit the road."

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was still hungover and still thinking about taking her to play in the city, Ruan Rong naturally liked him tightly, and she got tired of talking to him, and then reluctantly went back to the backyard.

--split line--

But at the same time, Zijuan was also talking about Sun Shaozu in front of Daiyu.