The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Seeing that he was going to take advantage of the darkness to fly away, the steward hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Where are you going, sir?"

Sun Shaozu smiled wryly and said: "I've been fooled, I've been fooled! That grandma of the Xue family planned to get rich and kill her early in the morning!"

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "Didn't the Jia family keep the uncle if they nodded their heads?"

Sun Shaozu sneered and said, "I'm afraid it's all fooling me." Hateful and angry, he was about to leave with his things.

The butler hurriedly hugged his leg, and said: "The Xue family said everything. It is because Yingchun girl refused to ask her husband-in-law to marry him, so the troubles have come to this day. Why don't you send a message to Yingchun, a girl must marry her?" The reason for this, isn't this matter settled? After finally attacking the official, the uncle is willing to leave like this?"

Sun Shaozu seemed to be enlightened. What the housekeeper Xindao said made sense. If Yingchun stopped arguing about marrying outside, Jia Lian would follow suit and accept his brother-in-law, and then go to Xu Yuheng's place to do some business... But, what is the reason for marrying in? ?Suddenly remembered what those two men said in Tiekan Temple, secretly thinking that what they said might not be unreasonable, thinking about it, he described Xing Dequan's appearance to the steward, and asked him to find out who it was, and then went back to the room, and In the room, he spread paper and ink, and told his heartfelt heart, only saying how despicable Xian Yuanchang's character was, and he couldn't bear to let Yingchun fall into the hands of tigers and wolves, so he killed Xian Yuanchang.After polishing the letter repeatedly, he waited quietly for the butler to come back.

It was gradually getting brighter, and when it was very bright, the housekeeper came back and said, "The man you mentioned sounds like Mrs. Jia's younger brother, known as Uncle Xing."

"How is his character?" Sun Shaozu hurriedly asked.

The housekeeper said with a smile: "The Xing family relies on the Jia family for their livelihood, and now the girls of the Xing family stay with the old lady of the Jia family."

When Sun Shaozu listened, he knew that he was a man with little foundation, so he said to the steward, "There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. I gave him 1000 taels and asked him to send a letter to Miss Jia for me." He wrote a letter and entrusted one thousand taels of silver to the steward.Seeing that the butler was about to go out, he hurriedly said: "Uncle must deliver the letter to Miss Jia, whether it will be successful or not, my life depends on it."

The housekeeper agreed and went to do it.

In addition, Xing Dequan has been living with the third aunt of the Xing family. Although he has no serious business to ask him to make progress, since he has received Mrs. Xing's dowry, he takes money from Jia Lian every now and then, and he lives happily.Suddenly seeing a person offering 1000 taels of silver and a letter, and specifying that the letter should be handed over to Yingchun, he was reluctant to part with the silver and was afraid that something bad would happen and Jia Lian would blame him. After collecting the money, he took the letter and went to Rongguo Mansion.

In the Qia Rong Mansion, Jia Lian was keeping a filial piety for Mrs. Xing, and was staying in the mansion to look boredly at the twelve beautiful pictures that Xichun had drawn for Jia Mu. He heard that Xing Dequan had come, and seeing that there were only Jia Mu, Li Wan, and Jia Mu in the house. Yingchun, Xing Yanyan, and Baoqin were standing outside Rongqing Hall, waiting for Xing Dequan to come, and seeing Xing Dequan trotting over, they smiled and said, "What are you doing here?"

Xing Dequan stepped forward, handed out a letter, and said, "This is a letter someone asked me to send to Miss Yingchun."

Jia Lian took the letter and looked at it, frowned and said, "When did Yingchun know Sun Shaozu?" After finishing speaking, seeing Fangguan who came out of Jia's mother's room stopped in guilty conscience, he turned to look at her, "You know ?”

Fangguan has a lively temperament, and he talks freely in front of Jia Mu, but when he comes to Jia Lian, he dare not joke with him, so he hastily told about the wedding ceremony that day with trepidation.

After hearing this, Jia Lian vaguely remembered some things about the day of the wedding ceremony, so she took the letter to the outer study and told Zhao Tianliang, "Give this letter to Uncle Xu, and say, our girl doesn't know about these messy things." I don’t know how that person surnamed Sun is relying on us, so I ask Uncle Xu to handle it impartially.”

"Hey." Zhao Tianliang took the letter and went out according to Jia Lian's words. After riding a horse, he ran towards Xu's house.

Xu Yuheng was distressed by this headless lawsuit - although Sun Shaozu was the most suspected, and the Zhongshun Palace often sent letters to supervise the handling, but in the end the evidence was insufficient. Just seeing this letter and seeing that Sun Shaozu confessed himself, he hurriedly issued an official document. Capture Sun Shaozu.Because he pleaded guilty, within ten days, he was convicted and sentenced to death.

The matter had already been dealt with, but Sun Shaozu was in the hall, because the six gods had no master, and he told the story that Princess Zhongshun and Liu Xianglian had plotted against him, and when he pleaded with Xu Yuheng, he told Xu Yuheng that the lady of the Jia family was beautiful and incomparable. What Xu Yuheng said was nonsense, but it finally got out.

In Prince Zhongshun's mansion, Prince Zhongshun was meditating on the kang with a cold face, looking coldly at Princess Zhongshun who was standing on the ground with her hands bound.

"You killed Xian Yuanchang?" Prince Zhongshun asked looking at the green smoke curling up from the incense burner.

Princess Zhongshun hurriedly said: "My lord, my concubine can't afford to say that. Since I want to be a matchmaker for him, why kill him?"

Prince Zhongshun sneered and said: "Could it be that you were angry with Qiguan and sued you, so Bian Liang secretly killed Qiguan; Qiguan was rescued by Liu Xianglian by mistake, but Bian Liang failed to kill Qiguan. So I made you a matchmaker for Xian Yuanchang. When you were annoyed, you saw Xian Yuanchang and Bian Liang chasing and killing Liu Xianglian, so you secretly murdered him. First eradicate Bian Liang, and second, put the blame on Liu Xianglian Xianglian."

Prince Zhongshun felt that what he said was reasonable, and in this way, it was nonsense for the emperor to block people outside the city gate and not allow his people to deliver letters.

Prince Zhongshun longed for Princess Zhongshun to admit these things.

Concubine Zhongshun, who boasted that she wanted to solve problems for Prince Zhongshun, denied it flatly: "My lord, there is absolutely no such thing..."

"Then why does the king say that you are not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you still want to stand up for the surname Xian?"

Concubine Zhongshun was speechless for a moment, but because Prince Zhongshun was half right, she felt guilty.

"Go out." Prince Zhongshun waved his hand in disappointment. Seeing Princess Zhongshun going out slowly, he sneered twice. Although the murder case was settled, he had been worried all these years because of this case. He was afraid that someone would bring this matter to him.Now it seems that it is not necessary for the emperor or the emperor to make a move, just the concubine's move can scare him half to death.

"My lord?" Jiang Yuhan came in with a cup of tea, seeing the murderous look in Prince Zhongshun's eyes, she couldn't help but keep silent.

"It's okay. Then Sun Shaozu killed someone for the marriage of the Rongguo Mansion. I wonder if the marriage of Miss Jia of the Rongguo Mansion has been settled?" Prince Zhongshun asked. If it wasn't for Sun Shaozu, he hadn't noticed Yingchun's marriage. The door is so dear.

Jiang Yuhan said: "There is still filial piety in the Rongguo Mansion. I am afraid that it will be after this year before Miss Jia will talk about marriage."

Prince Zhongshun closed his eyes, considering which of his adopted sons would be a suitable candidate. After thinking about it for a while, he thought about Bian Liang's brother Bian Zhuang, so he said to Jiang Yuhan, "You take Bian Zhuang to the Rongguo Mansion often. Walking around, hinting at Jia Lian."

"What does the lord mean to ask Bian Zhuang to marry him?" Jiang Yuhan asked, and saw that the lord Zhongshun nodded, so he agreed, put down the teacup in his hand, and then slowly backed out. The concubine brought the ginseng soup in person and stepped aside.

When Princess Zhongshun walked past Jiang Yuhan, she sneered in a low voice and said with a sneer: "Good tricks, I don't think a lowly person like you can have such tricks." She glanced at him jealously, and went into the room.

Jiang Yuhan was stunned, thinking of Prince Zhongshun's eyes full of murderous intent, secretly thought that Princess Zhongshun would better ask for more blessings, thinking, she went out and asked someone to prepare horses to go to Bian's house, and talked to Bian Zhuang at Bian's house, it should have been Bian Zhuang refused, but who knew that Bian Zhuang was moved by Sun Shaozu's description of Yingchun appearance before his death, and immediately changed into a spring outfit overjoyed, yelled at home, and rushed to Rongguo Mansion with Jiang Yuhan.

The two went up to Ningrong Avenue, and when they saw Jia Lian and Yuan Jingfeng standing outside the vermilion gate of Ningguo Mansion, they got off their horses and went up to meet them.

"Second Brother Lian." Bian Zhuangdui stepped forward with a smile.

Jia Lian glanced at him and asked doubtfully, "We know each other?"

Before Jiang Yuhan could say anything, Bian Zhuang hurriedly said, "Second Master Lian, we met at the Qingxu Temple that year on the Double Ninth Festival."

When mentioning that year, Jia Lian remembered it, and thought that this was another damn thing, so he smiled and said, "Why are you here when you have time?"

Jiang Yuhan hurriedly whispered in Jia Lian's ear, "My lord wants to be a matchmaker and ask him to be your door-to-door son-in-law."

Bian Zhuang vaguely heard Jiang Yuhan's words, and became more and more personable.

Jia Lian looked at Bian Zhuang, and saw that he was tall and straight, and he was only eighteen or nineteen years old. He was a little shy when he saw people, as if he only followed his brother to do bad things before, and he was not used to "being alone", so he laughed. Then patted him on the shoulder.

"I don't know what's going on here?" Bian Zhuang asked Yuan Jingfeng affectionately.

Yuan Jingfeng said with a smile: "Next year, the five princes will get married, and in time for this spring, the flowers and plants will be well-growthed everywhere."

Bian Zhuang pretended not to understand and nodded, and said generously, "Second Brother Lian, I'll set up a banquet tonight, and I would like to ask Second Brother Lian to do me a favor."

Yuan Jingfeng coughed.

Jiang Yuhan said: "You are confused again, Lian's second brother is still in the filial piety period."

Only then did Bian Zhuang wake up, so he scratched his head and smiled dryly at Jia Lian.

"Okay, you go and play, I still have something to do here." Jia Lian said to Jiang Yuhan and Bian Zhuang.

Bian Zhuang asked hesitantly: "I don't know if it's inconvenient to go to the house to greet the old lady?" It's not known if he might meet the peerless beauty that Sun Shaozu said.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "The old lady has many sisters, so there is no need to go."

Jiang Yuhan also got embarrassed with Bian Zhuang, gave him a hand, and the two of them mounted their horses and headed off into the distance again.

Yuan Jingfeng frowned and said, "Where did you come from?"

"It's so stupid that it's almost innocent, it's really hard to bear to do it." Jia Lian sighed softly.

Yuan Jingfeng was startled.

Jia Lian smiled at him and said, "It's getting late, brother, come to my place for dinner?"

"No need, I have to go back to the palace."

When Jia Lian listened, he bowed his hands to him, went down the steps here, and walked to Rongguo Mansion on foot. Passing the black oil gate of Jia Zheng's house, he saw Baoyu coming out dejectedly, and asked him, "Why are you so listless?" ?”

"I don't know where Brother Liu has gone. The prince has been found by the Zhongshun prince recently, and he refuses to write poems and eat wine. After staying at home for a day, sister Yun followed her mother every step of the way." Baoyu continued. complained.

Seeing that he was not riding a horse, Jia Lian knew that he was probably going to Rongxi Hall, so she smiled and said, "Then where are you going now?"

"...Go to Brother Lian's small garden to relax."

"Don't go, the old lady is leading a group of girls to enjoy the peach blossoms, it's not good to run into each other. If you see something, tell the second wife, and the two sides will start to fight again."

Baoyu knew that Jia Lian was talking about their arrangements for welcoming the spring in the East Garden, because he recognized the mandarin duck sword, so he felt ashamed and kept silent, thinking that ever since that incident, Jia's mother refused to bring Shi Xiangyun with her. Just kidding, if he went suddenly, he would be embarrassed, so even though he wanted to look at Xing Yanyan, who was said to be very calm, and Xue Baoqin, who was cute and sweet, he turned his head back and went home.

Jia Lian watched him go in, and with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about what to do with Bian Zhuang. Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Jia Huan walking towards him with a playful smile on his face.

When Jia Huan came over, he said with a smile, "Second Brother Lian, please be well. Our eldest girl is really good. After Xian Yuanchang and Sun Shaozu died, another Bian Zhuang came."

"Shut up." Jia Lian frowned, thinking to himself that Bian Zhuang really wanted to win this marriage, and before he could even write off his horoscope, he started yelling everywhere.

Jia Huan hurriedly stopped talking, and said next to Jia Lian, "The Zhou family is inviting wine in the garden. Brother Lian will take me there."

"With your reputation as the fifth prince's brother-in-law, isn't it enough for you to come to drink by yourself?"

"Second Brother Lian is mocking me for what?" Jia Huan curled her lips, and was about to say something when she saw Jiang Yuhan running from the east in a panic, so she pulled Jia Lian and turned around to look.

After Jia Lian turned his head, he saw blood scum on Jiang Yuhan's face, and hurriedly asked, "Are you injured?"

Jiang Yuhan shook his head, and hurriedly said: "Something happened to Bian Zhuang, he was clamoring for a drink, I went with him, who knew that he hadn't gone far, and someone threw a wine jar filled with tin blocks over, it's not a matter of course. Lean, just hit the head on the melon..."

"Go and have a look." Seeing that Jiang Yuhan was not riding a horse, Jia Lian knew that the place was not far from here, so he took a step and followed Jiang Yuhan to look.

Jia Huan rolled his eyes and followed Jia Lian, muttering to himself as he walked, "Could it be that the eldest sister's fate is so hard that she died..."

With a sound of "pa--", Jia Lian slapped Jia Huan with his hands, and said with a sneer, "Tighten your mouth, I didn't care about you when you jumped up and down to spread gossip about your sister Yingchun! Just wait, If there is any gossip again this time, I will let the Fifth Prince know that he hasn't left the palace yet, and you 'brother-in-law' will go around ruining his reputation! Get out of here!"

Jia Huan was so scolded that his face turned red, but he didn't dare to refute, so he murmured: "I'm not the only one who said that..." muttering, seeing Jia Lian raised his hand again, he quickly fled back with his head in his arms. go home.

Jia Lian handed over a handkerchief to Jiang Yuhan to wipe his face, followed him, and asked, "Whose yard was the wine jar thrown from?" It was the street going north after exiting the East Street Gate of Ningrong Avenue. Seeing a group of people gathered around the east wall of Ningguo Mansion in front, the wine jar must have been thrown from Ningguo Mansion.

At this moment, people have already come to the yamen, and Yuan Jingfeng also led them out.

"Quickly ask someone to block the front door of Ningguo Mansion, and tell everyone inside not to come out." Jia Lian immediately said to Yuan Jingfeng.

"Knowing that it happened in the corner of the Ningguo Mansion, I already sent someone to check the door. No, the one who threw the wine jars was also brought here." Yuan Jingfeng pointed to a cowering man as he spoke. little eunuch.

Through the crowd, Jia Lian saw the people in the yamen coming to cover Bian Zhuang with a mat, so he went to see the little eunuch again.

The little eunuch turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground and cried with snot and tears: "I was lazy for a while, and saw that there was a broken jar that was not placed, so I threw it out through the wall. people."

Yuan Jingfeng reprimanded: "Nonsense! Look at the weight of that tin, you can easily throw it out through the wall? Tell me who is your accomplice?" Because the person he brought out committed the crime, so In anger, he blushed.

"...Leave it to Yuheng's people." Jia Lian tugged at Yuan Jingfeng, and seeing Jiang Yuhan was stunned, he said to him, "You follow me and go home first, when Master Xu finishes his work here, Come to me again to testify with you."

Jiang Yuhan reluctantly agreed.

Jia Lian nodded with Yuan Jingfeng and Xu Yuheng who had heard the news, and led Jiang Yuhan to Rongguo Mansion.

Jiang Yuhan walked away a little, and stuck out her tongue again and again, saying, "I'm scared to death! There was a sudden bang, and the head of the person next to me exploded. If it was a little bit off, I would be the one who died."

Jia Lian pondered for a while and asked, "Do you think that what happened to Bian Zhuang has something to do with my girl?"

Jiang Yuhan was startled, and then said: "The meaning of the second master Lian is just a matter, is it not an accident?"

"How could it be an accident? Didn't Master Yuan say that the tin block is so heavy that it would be difficult for ordinary people to throw it through the wall? If the force is not strong, it may be difficult to kill people even if you throw it from standing on the wall."

Jiang Yuhan trembled all over.

"Who knows about this marriage?" Jia Lian asked with a frown.

While wiping her face with a handkerchief, Jiang Yuhan said, "Although it's just a decision, I'm afraid there are quite a few people who know about it. Bian's family has been gambling all year round. From morning to night, there are dozens of people coming and going. Man, I brought Bian Zhuang out from the gambling table, I'm afraid everyone who gambles at his house will know."

Jia Lian snorted, and led Jiang Yuhan into the mansion through the west corner gate, and was about to lead him into the outer study room, when someone called Second Lord, and when he turned around, he saw Pearl leading a very honest man with a bundle and a basket standing outside. Outside the study yard.

"This is..." Jia Lian looked at the man.

Pearl smiled and said, "Second Lord doesn't recognize him. This is my elder brother. It's hard to go back to Beijing. I'll bring my elder brother to pay my respects to the old lady." I took a look.

Jiang Yuhan suddenly saw a woman sizing him up, so she couldn't help but look over. Seeing that woman was wearing a pink and blue jacket and a floral pomegranate skirt, and her demeanor was soft and charming, she couldn't help looking over.

Seeing Jiang Yuhan and Pearl's actions, Jia Lian said to Hua Zifang, "Follow me to the study outside to talk, is the business in Jinling okay?"

"Thanks to the second master, the business is still going well. I came here to say hello this time. I was afraid that the old lady would look down on me if I brought those satins, so I went to the field and watched people pull the shepherd's purse and other wild vegetables that only came out this spring. Come here." Hua Zifang lowered her head and said, seeing blood on Jiang Yuhan's lapel, she said, "Could something happen to this master?"

Jiang Yuhan was looking at the pearl, and upon hearing Hua Zifang's question, she coughed and said in a dejected voice: "Just now I was walking with a friend against the east wall of Ningguo Mansion, who would have thought that a wine jar was thrown from the east wall and killed someone?" .”

Jia Lian suddenly remembered something, so he asked Pearl and Hua Zifang, "I was on Ningrong Avenue just now, why didn't I see you coming?"

Pearl hurriedly said: "Because we brought some not-so-good things to Siqi, Hu Po, and Yuan Duck, we entered the mansion from the back street and sent the things to them first."

"...Have you ever seen someone rushing out from the back door of Ningguo Mansion?" Jia Lian asked deliberately.

Hua Zifang hurriedly said: "The girl was sitting in the carriage and didn't see it. I was driving the carriage ahead, but I saw a very strong and tall man wearing eunuch clothes rushing out of the servants' room in the back street."

"What does that man look like?" Jia Lian asked again.

Hua Zifang recalled it again and again, and said firmly: "Although the man has no beard, he doesn't look like a eunuch, his cheeks are black, like stubble protruding, his lips are black and purple, like a martial artist. "Paused for a while, then said again, "Just looking at the little eunuch hiding his head and showing his tail in the back door, as if leading that man out of Ningguo Mansion."

Jia Lian nodded with a smile.

Jiang Yuhan regained his composure at this moment, and said with a smile: "Second Master Lian, it's best not to be our princess, otherwise, the prince will not spare her." Because he mentioned the princess and wanted to talk about his identity as an actor, Yu Guang Glancing at Pearl, he coughed again in embarrassment.

Jia Lian didn't quite understand this kind of "love at first sight", but seeing Jiang Yuhan and Zhuzhu, you looked over and I looked over, and said to Zhuzhu: "Go and ask Quanfu, Quanxi to fetch water, and take my clothes to Mr. Jiang." Put it on." He patted Hua Zifang's shoulder again.

Hua Zifang saw that although Jiang Yuhan was handsome and well-dressed, but he called Jia Lian "Second Master Lian", she knew that he was not very high-ranking but had some money, and thought, "I would rather marry a maidservant than a small householder." He felt that his sister was a good match for that person, so he pretended to be confused and let Pearl and Jiang Yuhan talk for a while, and he followed Jia Lian to the study.

In the study, Jia Lian brought a pen and paper, and said to Hua Zifang, "Tell me what that man looks like, and I'll draw him."

Hua Zifang flatteringly agreed, and seeing Jia Lian start writing, she described the appearance of the man with black and purple lips.

"Although she looks older, her body is very strong." Hua Zifang held her fingers on Jia Lian's drawing paper, and seeing that his eyes were too round, she ordered Jia Lian to draw them thinner.

Jia Lian listened to Hua Zifang's words, and suddenly because Hua Zifang repeatedly raised her dark lips, a person popped up in her heart, wondering if Hong Helong, the governor of Guangdong, is not dead?So he didn't listen to Hua Zifang's words, and first took a charcoal pencil to draw the appearance of Hong and Long.

"It's him!" Hua Zifang cheered.

Jia Lian frowned, thinking that if Hong Helong killed Bian Zhuang, he would be fighting against Prince Zhongshun's mansion, why would he do this?Or did he conspire with Prince Zhongshun to kill Bian Zhuang, and the reason why he killed Bian Zhuang was because Bian Zhuang and Yingchun had a "marriage" that had not been announced to the public?