The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Caixia was originally a first-class maidservant beside Mrs. Wang, and her food and clothing costs are far beyond what others can compare. She is usually called and hugged by elder sisters and girls, and even Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun respect her twice. Shi took Mrs. Wang's letter and went to Jia She's door, and talked to some young children in the gatehouse, and then went in with the young children in the same filial piety.

"Second master, the colorful clouds from the second wife's place are here." Xiao Yaoer announced in front of the door.

Then came out the embroidered tangerine holding a double-ringed bun and peeling a golden tangerine in his hand.

"Sister Caixia, why did you come here?" Xiuju stepped forward and asked.

"The second wife wrote a letter to the old lady, asking the second master to send someone to the capital." Caixia said.

"The eldest master, the second master, and the eldest daughter are eating, come in quickly." Xiuju opened the curtain and called Caixia to come in.

Caixia wondered that Jia Lian didn't change her address, why the second girl Yingchun, who used to be quiet in the past, changed her address instead, and walked in carefully step by step. When she entered the room, she could smell the fragrance of food. When she entered, she saw Jia She sitting on the bed. The madam was holding a big pink enamel double fish playing with lotus bowl with a big smile on her face, and was feeding Jia Shen the sturgeon roe porridge in the bowl.

Four or five steps away from the bed, there is another small round table, covered with Chang'e Flying to the Moon table, on which there are four or five patterns of sturgeon fish on a white porcelain plate, beside the table, Jia Lian is on the left. , Yingchun sat on the right to eat, and there was a chess player serving dishes for the two of them with chopsticks.

Although Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing did not sit down at the round table, but looking at this posture, the family of four is having a reunion dinner.

"Second Master, our wife begs Second Master to deliver the letter to the old lady in Kyoto." Caixia handed the letter with both hands.

Xiuju put down the oranges, washed his hands, took the letter and handed it to Jia Lian.

"The eldest girl read it to the master." Jia Lian picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in a bowl. Seeing that Caixia hadn't changed her clothes, she thought that the second room was really busy, "Brother Pan sent over a hundred catties of sturgeon fish. We can't eat this, so you can take some later and ask someone to steam it for the second master to eat."

"Caixia thanked the second master on behalf of the master." Caixia blessed her body.

After rinsing her mouth and washing her hands, Yingchun accepted the letter. Because Shang had a little respect for Mrs. Wang, she left the table and stood beside Jia Amnesty's bedside to read the letter. Read it to Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this, and even looked at Mrs. Xing with a much more friendly look.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "After all, it is the master who is resourceful and resourceful. He subdues the enemy without fighting. We don't need to open our mouths, the second master will take the initiative to give way."

Mrs. Xing thought that Jia Lian was not married, so she had to let her take care of the house when she returned home, and she also beamed with joy.

Caixia's face was burning with pain, she laughed and said, "Second Master, please deliver the letter for Second Wife."

"I asked someone to deliver a letter as if I forced the second wife to write it. You take this letter and ask the second wife to write another one according to her own ideas. Then ask Zhao Tianliang to send you to Xue's house to deliver the letter to the second wife. Aunt Xue sent someone to deliver the letter for her." Jia Lian said.

"Hey." Caixia felt out of breath, and her eyes were red because of Mrs. Wang and her own humiliation. After receiving the letter from Yingchun, she was about to retreat.

"Don't forget to take the sturgeon back."

"Yes, thank you, Second Master." Caixia turned around and shed tears, took Mrs. Wang's letter, went out of the house, and asked the little girl to get the fish, then went back to the second room sobbing, and sent Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian How to teach Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng how to explain it in detail, but also said that Jincai and his wife were nowhere to be seen. The youngest child in Jia's pardon said that Jincai had escaped.

Jia Zheng was so angry that he couldn't drink any medicine, and he became more and more convinced that Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian and his son had conspired together.

Mrs. Wang silently recited the word forbearance. When she heard that Jia Lian's sturgeon fish was a gift from Xue Pan, she even bit her silver tooth to pieces. Caixia quickly followed Zhao Tianliang to Xue's house.

Caixia sat in a carriage and was escorted into Xue's house by Zhao Tianliang and Zhu Long. Her eyes were dim with tears, and she didn't care to see the carved beams and paintings of Xue's house. After entering Xue's house, she saw Aunt Xue, Xue Pan, and Xue Baochai. Why did I delay, and now I start eating.

"Concubine." Caixia choked up, straightened her body and knelt down heavily towards Aunt Xue, fortunately the floor was covered with thick felt strips so that the pain was not very painful.

"Kneel down when you come here," Aunt Xue hurriedly ordered Tongxi and Tonggui to help Caixia up, only to see Caixia's very lovable round face was covered with tears, and her eyes were crying like hearts. , panicked, "Could it be that something happened to your master?"

"I beg my aunt to send a letter to the old lady in the capital for our wife. Now the second wife is tied up with all the people who need her, and no servants, big or small, can do anything. It's like being imprisoned in an old house. Except for this letter, we The second wife also begged the concubine to send someone to arrest Jincai and his wife and bring them back for interrogation, only by arresting them can the second master's grievances be cleared." Caixia just knelt and refused to get up despite Tongxi and Tonggui's support. .

Although Aunt Xue was bewitched by Mrs. Wang and ordered the shopkeeper to do some things behind Xue Pan's back, how could she not see that Jia Zheng and the second wife were defeated like a mountain.

Although they are close relatives and sisters, since ancient times, there has been icing on the cake, and it is difficult to say that it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow. She is a widow, and it is difficult. If she offends Jia Lian and his son, who are now promising at first sight, for the sake of Mrs. Wang, how can she be worthy of the young one? Brother and sister Xue Pan and Xue Baochai?

"Mom—" Seeing Aunt Xue's hesitation, Xue Pan wanted to deal with it on her behalf.

Xue Baochai hurriedly stopped Xue Pan.

Aunt Xue asked Tong Xi to accept the letter, and said with a smile: "Get up quickly, and tell your wife, I will definitely do what she asked for."

Caixia immediately kowtowed gratefully and said, "I know my aunt has affection, she's different from those villains who follow the wind." Kowtowing again and again, her stomach started to growl after being helped by Tongxi and Tonggui.

"Tongxi brought Caixia to dinner, and the buddies who brought Caixia also brought them food and wine." Aunt Xue saw that Xue Pan was going to show his temper again, so she tightly grabbed his wrist to prevent him from being reckless, and waited. Caixia left with a deep sigh.

Xue Pan was like a trapped animal, wandering around the room, and said impatiently: "Why did Mom agree again? Although the person surnamed Xu is not merciful, the meaning in his words is not bad. Uncle is too cruel. If you dare to kill Master She for the title, who knows when you won’t kill me for the sake of money?”

Aunt Xue said in a low voice, "Keep your voice down."

Xue Baochai took Aunt Xue's arm and sat down on the lion head and tiger foot couch, and comforted the impatient Xue Pan, saying: "Brother, why are you so anxious, Caixia is kneeling, if Mom doesn't answer, what will happen to today's affairs?" Pan was so angry that his eyes widened, and he said to Aunt Xue: "I'll figure it out, the Jia family stayed in Jinling for half a year, and I don't know how much their family spent. Our family will put in forty to fifty thousand silver for nothing."

"It's all your nonsense, collecting people's money for them everywhere... Now it's good, the more money I spend, the more I can't save my life." Xue Pan rarely seized the opportunity, paced in front of Aunt Xue, and moved I learned what Xu Yuheng said.

Aunt Xue choked up and said: "Your aunt and aunt really want to kill you? Your aunt and aunt's house is full of gold and silver, can you think of our family? If it weren't for us orphans and widows who are struggling and have to beg They do things in the name of the Ministry of Households, and I can't do that to curry favor with others."

"My brother's life can be cruel, let alone me? The gold and silver mountains in my mother's mouth are scary, why don't you see them move out their own money, and only use our family's money to deal with people?" Xue Pan shouted.

Aunt Xue sighed: "That's all, I sent the letter for them, but that person, please treat your aunt and uncle perfunctorily, and don't take it seriously to arrest them for them."

There is a saying that one is born in sorrow and dies in peace. It is rare for Xue Baochai to see that Xue Pan is worried, as if he is serious about taking on the burden of a family, and he cannot bear to suppress his heart; My aunt admits that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are going to murder Xue Pan. Aunt Xue has a bad face and loses her dignity in front of Xue Pan in the future. Therefore, it is time to start a new topic and ask them both to divert their attention. He laughed and said: "Mom, it's the best way to do this. Why bother? They Jia's house and the two housekeepers didn't deal with it, but they made our family spend money and it's not good. Mom, I listened to what my brother said about the man surnamed Xu I highly recommend it, but I really should thank him for reminding my brother." After saying that, he winked at Xue Pan at Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue burst into tears when she heard the words, and said: "In the past, he never listened to your brother's advice to improve himself. That Uncle Xu frightened him twice, but he let him know the hardships of our economic affairs. I should thank you very much. Uncle Xu." After speaking, he intentionally stopped mentioning the anger he felt when he learned that Xu Yuhang had humiliated Xue Pan in the past.

"Exactly, Second Brother Na Lian is a filial son with the utmost benevolence and filial piety, and Uncle Xu is also a decent person full of knowledge. Isn't it better for my brother to make good friends with them than those friends who only know how to fight cocks and dogs in the past?" Xue Baochai smiled. , Although young, the words in his mouth are already clear and logical.

Aunt Xue nodded to Xue Pan very relieved when she heard the words, she was not in a hurry to ask someone to deliver the letter for Mrs. Wang, and first discussed with Xue Baochai how to thank Xu Yuheng for waking up the idiot Xue Pan with a stick.

Xue Pan was tongue-tied, about to say that Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai had misunderstood him, and that he had no friendship with Xu Yuheng, but Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai kept praising him for his progress, but they didn't leave him a space for a word. Go to give Xu Yuheng a gift tomorrow, and with Xu Yuheng's temperament, he will definitely throw him out of Liangjiang Governor's Mansion with both people and gifts.

After a cup of tea, Caixia finished her meal, followed Tongxi to thank Aunt Xue, Aunt Xue comforted Caixia, and seeing that it was getting late, she sent Xue Pan and Xue Baochai to go to bed separately. Early the next morning, Before Xue Pan came to pay his respects, he first sent someone to deliver a letter for Mrs. Wang, and then picked out the presents himself, fearing that Xue Pan would be scared by Xu Yuheng's beating in the past, so he invited two loyal shopkeepers to accompany Xue Pan.

Xue Pan couldn't get off the tiger, and refused to admit to his mother and sister that Xu Yuheng didn't want to see him, so he had no choice but to go to the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang with generous gifts. What to do with him, at the same time thinking that Xu Yuheng's arrogance is not inferior to him, what can't he do?Just in a trance, I met today's righteous master head-on.

Li Bizhou in green shirt and Xu Yuheng in yellow shirt both saw Xue Pan, Xu Yuheng taunted: "Uncle Xue is riding a tall horse, which sister is this lucky?"

Xue Pan blushed and said, "I'm going to find you, Mr. Xu."

Xu Yuheng was startled, and was about to whip the whip as soon as he lifted it.

"Hey, Yuheng, he just said he came to see you, and he didn't mean to humiliate you according to your words." Li Bizhou hurriedly stopped Xu Yuheng.

Xue Pan nodded repeatedly.

"What are you looking for me for?" Xu Yuheng saw that Xue Pan really didn't mean to humiliate him with words, and saw that Xue Pan was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse and hung his foot on the stirrup, and looked at him with a smile on his arms.

Xue Pan sat upright, and repeated the grandiose words taught to him by Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai.

After Xu Yuheng heard this, he didn't know Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's painstaking efforts to get Xue Pan to befriend him. He didn't want to care about their orphans and widows. Even his lungs were going to explode, so he said: "Lingtang also has good intentions, but now I want to borrow flowers to present Buddha and give those things to Lian's second brother. I don't know what you want, Pan'er?"

"The things given to Mr. Xu belong to Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu can handle it by himself." How could Xue Pan dare to speak ill of Xu Yuheng, seeing that he was willing to "accept" it, he felt that he had explained to Aunt Xue, and then He asked them where they were going, and when they heard that they were going to visit Jia Lian in Jia's old house, they wanted to go with them again. On the way, they secretly went to see Xu Yuheng's handsome appearance, and sighed in his heart that you are such a beautiful woman, but you can't be a thief!