[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Unfolding the letter, looking at ten lines at a glance, Bao Cong read it quickly.

And then... sad?

No, it doesn't.

He also frowned, just like Qingshuang's dignified, puzzled, and worried expression.

Bao Cong put down the letter paper, took a few steps in the study, and then looked at Qingshuang: "Have you read this letter?"

Qingshuang nodded, "I've seen it."

He paused and continued: "I went to see the messenger in the afternoon. He was a strong man named Yu Li. He claimed to be Chen Ping's confidant. He saw Chen Ping fall to his death with his own eyes. Chen Ping's body was found by the river under the cliff."

Bao Cong clenched his fist behind his back, sighed heavily, went back to the desk, and read the whole letter carefully.

The content of the letter is very detailed, describing how Chen Ping went to Jiangxi and how he spent a lot of effort to find out the ins and outs of everything.

At the beginning, Jia Zheng made a marriage contract with his son and daughter in order to please his boss Zhou Qi.Unexpectedly, Zhou Qi took advantage of this relationship to ask Jia Zheng to stand in for him, and became the mastermind of selling old grain.

It wasn't because Jia Zheng's guards were unfavorable that the relief food disappeared within a day.But in the process of food transportation, the relief food has been exploited layer by layer, and there is not much left.

When the grain truck arrived in Jiangxi, the box looked full of grain, but in fact there was only a thin layer on top, and ice cubes wrapped in cloth underneath.

Zhou Qi and Jia Zheng were in charge of inspection, and the other was in charge of recording.Zhou Qi casually inspected the grain truck, and the relief food was transported into storage.In summer, the weather is hot, and the ice cubes in the box melt within a day, and then become water droplets on the ground, and the water is dried and disappears.

Jia Zheng's name was signed on the grain inspection book, and Jia Zheng was also guarding the grain depot. If the relief grain disappeared, it was naturally Jia Zheng's fault.

As for Zhou Qi, no need to read the explanation in the letter, Bao Cong also understood that he was naturally one of the people who exploited the relief food.

The inside and outside are all in collusion, if they don't cheat a stupid lamb like Jia Zheng, who else will they cheat?

The letter also said that Chen Ping found a big man who transported the grain to testify, declaring that the relief grain was not embezzled by Jia Zheng, but was exploited by other officials.Chen Ping fell to his death precisely because of protecting this witness.

"This letter..." Baocong held back for a long time, but couldn't help but asked Qingshuang again: "Have you seen that Yu Li before? Is he really Chen Ping's confidant? Why have I never heard of this person?" name?"

"Could it be that Chen Ping deliberately concealed it before?"

Qingshuang shook her head: "I've never heard of this person, so Chen Ping probably didn't hide it on purpose. I'm afraid this person's origin is unknown, and he is not Chen Ping's confidant."

"Then this letter!" Bao Cong took the letter paper and dangled it in the air twice, "Look at the wording, it's about painstaking efforts, a narrow escape, and devotion to the Lord. Why do I feel like Chen Ping would use it when flattering? What about the rhetoric?"

"And this! I went deep into Zhou Qi's mansion to find out the news. I was surrounded by 18 people, hacked 32 knives, ran for more than 100 miles, and hid in a very smelly tree hole before I escaped... The prefect's prison, the jailer was stunned, and it took half a quarter of an hour to find the key, but he was surrounded by [-] guards. He sacrificed his life to rescue the witness...the two were chased and killed all the way, and fled to the edge of the cliff , helplessly fell off a cliff and died..."

"Look at it! Look at it! Besides Chen Ping, who else would write down all the little things in the report to show his credit? Could it be that all his subordinates are like this?" Virtue?"

The most important thing is!How could someone write such a detailed letter, not omitting even the smallest details, if he hadn't personally experienced it?

Although worried about Chen Ping'an's danger, Bao Cong almost became angry after reading the letter.

"Chen Ping! Is he dead or not?"

"If he is dead, is it possible that this letter was written by him after he became a ghost? I think apart from the messy handwriting, this style of praising himself is basically written by him himself!"

"If he didn't die, he got someone of unknown origin to deliver the letter, and said he was dead, what the hell was he doing? I'm afraid there aren't enough dead people in my Jia family, right?"

Qingshuang lighted a candle for Chen Ping silently in her heart, mourning.

Chen Ping, no matter what merits he has done, anyway, he is completely black in the heart of the master at this moment.

Seeing that Baocong kicked over the wastebasket, Qingshuang was almost done venting, "That Yu Li said that he wants to see you, and he has something to report to you."

Bao Cong calmed down his anger, and said expressionlessly: "Then see you."

After a pause, he couldn't help saying another angry sentence: "I want to ask, is Chen Ping dead after all?"

The next day, Bao Cong took Qingshuang to Yushixuan, Wu Hui watched them go all the way, tears streaming down his face.

He felt as if he had fallen out of favor, otherwise why didn't Bao Cong take him with him when he went out to do errands recently?

A young man hurried to the gate and called him: "Mr. Wu, there is something to tell you about grandma, so hurry over there!"

Without saying a word, Wu Hui put away her depressed expression, and hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard lobby, and asked the boy happily as she walked, "Did grandma say anything?"

The servant replied: "Probably it's about doing the dowry for the princess. Grandma said, seeing that the dowry list is quite thin, I want to add some more fields and villages. I guess I want to ask the manager to advise you to choose a suitable place. After all, Wu Chief Manager, you have been there, haven't you!"

Wu Hui smiled and was very proud: "That's right, when I went there, you hadn't even entered the mansion yet!"

The little servant repeatedly echoed, and led Wu Hui to the second gate, and there was another little girl to lead the way inside the second gate...

=== 888 ===

In the wing room in the backyard of Yushixuan, Bao Cong was in a stalemate with a big man.

It was Yu Li, the big man who delivered the letter that Qingshuang had mentioned.

With a height of almost 1.9 meters, with the rest of the muscles in his body, his face blushed, and he groaned for a long time before saying: "You must be able to carve jade to prove that you are Mr. Jia Baocong."

The blue veins on Bao Cong's forehead popped out, and it was obvious that he was on the verge of going berserk.

But Yu Li still stared and persisted, meaning he wanted to see Bao Cong carve a jade.

"I am the owner of Yushixuan! I'm not Jia Baocong, are you?" Baocong couldn't help shouting.

Where did Chen Ping get such a fool!

Qingshuang, who was standing beside her, silently lit a candle for Chen Ping, mourning again.

Then, before Bao Cong yelled again, he quickly found a carving knife and a piece of jade material the size of a palm and handed it to Bao Cong: "Third Master, you should carve two knives."

He glanced at Yu Li twice, and signaled to Bao Cong that he couldn't make sense with this big guy.

Bao Cong also glared at Yu Li, and could only take the carving knife.

No jade material was received.

The piece Qingshuang chose was too big, after carving that jade, is it to make his heart ache to death?

He has no time to get sick now!

So, Bao Cong strode to the corner of the wing room, and picked out a very inconspicuous piece of jade, only the size of a fingernail, from the box containing scraps.

Curved, one end is rough and the other end is thin, a bit like the shape of a Mongolian knife...

Seeing the size of the jade material, Qingshuang couldn't hold back, and glanced at Yu Li.

Yu Li was staring straight at the jade between Bao Cong's fingers, with a puzzled look on his face.

Chen Ping clearly said that Jia's family is very rich, Mr. Jia is very generous, could it be that he is lying to him?

Looking at Yu Li, then at Bao Cong, Qingshuang tried her best to control her embarrassing expression, with outsiders around, she can't let the master lose face!

So, Qingshuang looked at Baocong with a serious face, and carefully polished the fingernail-sized jade material with sandpaper, and carved the jade material into a very, very small Mongolian knife.There is a gemstone on the handle, and the auspicious cloud pattern on the scabbard, with fine texture and smooth lines.Considering wearing, a very small threading hole is also drilled on the handle.

Polished again, the mini Mongolian knife is very smooth and beautiful.

Unknowingly, Bao Cong gave full play to his occupational obsessive-compulsive disorder.

In the end, he engraved four words very empathetically - "Emotional Intelligence Arrears"!

It took two hours to complete this work, the attribute is EQ +2, Bao Cong threw the mini Mongolian knife to Yu Li, and said angrily: "Give it to you!"

It was already evening, the sun was setting, and the brilliance remained.

Yu Li caught Xiaoyu, staring at his big eyes carefully looking through the halo, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, his eyes were full of joy.

He happily punched Bao Cong and said excitedly: "There are such uncanny carvings in the world! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it!"

Bao Cong slumped on the chair, very helpless: "If you have anything to tell me, you should hurry up! What is going on with Chen Ping?"

Yu Li put Xiaoyu away, and immediately regained his seriousness. He bowed his fist respectfully at Baocong again, and said solemnly: "Master Jia, the villain is exactly what was written in the letter, escorting the grain truck and willing to testify for Mr. Jia Zheng Witnesses!"

=== 888 ===

The third day of March is a good day to travel.

Baocong insists on sending Tanchun to marry in person, along with Liu Xianglian and Yuanyang.

Yuanyang was supposed to live with her brother and sister-in-law.Baocong sent them all to slavery, and gave them a shop to do business.Live a good life without worrying about eating and drinking.

It's just that Yuanyang was forced to marry and didn't want to, so she moved to live with the third sister Miaoyuyou.Every day, the three of them worship the Buddha together and copy scriptures together to pray for blessings.Except for Mrs. Xing's occasional sarcasm, she felt that the family had more mouths for no reason, and there was nothing wrong with it.

But Bao Cong wanted to leave Beijing to send Tanchun to get married. Yuanyang was afraid that her brother would come to beg Mrs. Wang to marry her, and no one would be able to protect her, so she volunteered to go with her.

Yuanyang is not a maid now, and she is not on the dowry list. She just pretends to be a relative and sister to take care of her. Maybe when the maid can't speak, she can help a little.

Bao Cong naturally agrees.

As for asking Liu Xianglian to accompany her as an escort, there are other considerations.

At the gate of the city, Tan Chunzheng said earnestly to Jia Huan: "You are old enough to distinguish between good and evil. You must study hard in the future. Whether you can get a good grade in the exam is the second. It's time to get used to it, and listen to your brothers and sisters-in-law..."

Jia Huan cried with snot flying all over his nose, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

In terms of sadness and reluctance, none of the twenty members of the Jia family were as sad as him.After all, in the entire Jia family, except for Tanchun, no one is very fond of him.

Oh, there used to be Aunt Zhao...

Just as Jia Huan was thinking of Aunt Zhao, Tanchun said, "If... Aunt Zhao comes back to look for you, you don't have to pay attention to what she says."

Tanchun paused, holding back his crying: "She is the one who is going to leave. From now on, she will go on her own. She is no longer a member of the Jia family and has nothing to do with us! Do you remember?"

Jia Huan cried loudly, nodded repeatedly and said, "Sister, I, I know."

Mrs. Wang saw the siblings crying into a ball, with mixed emotions, she looked away, and looked at Bao Cong complainingly: "There are so many guards guarding her, why do you have to go in person?"

Bao Cong smiled and explained: "I'm just sending you a journey, the most important thing is to go to Ping'an Prefecture to see how my father is doing and how he is settling there."

Although Jia Zheng was exonerated, he was not completely pardoned. Emperor Zhao meant that he was not allowed to return to Beijing, and he was directly settled in Ping'an Prefecture to recuperate, which was considered punishment of exile.

Speaking of Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang just sighed, and it was not easy to stop her, she just asked Bao Cong to return to Beijing earlier.

Bao Cong looked at Lin Daiyu, and Lin Daiyu smiled at him, as if she didn't give up at all.

He had already discussed with her about his departure from Beijing.

It's just that when it's time to set off, and seeing that the girl has no attachment at all, Baocong feels uncomfortable.

After holding back, he still couldn't hold back, and told Lin Daiyu again what he had told Lin Daiyu at home: "Ask Qingshuang about matters that are undecided at home, and call Wu Hui when there are difficult things. ...."

He wanted to say, don't go to Mrs. Wang...

Naturally, she couldn't say this in front of Mrs. Wang.

Lin Daiyu knew what he wanted to say, nodded quickly, and continued, "I know everything."

Then, Bao Cong cleared his throat with a smile, and changed his words solemnly: "I'm not at home, you don't go out much, if you find it boring, invite others to play at home."

Lin Daiyu nodded with a smile, while Wu Hui hid beside her with tears in her eyes.

Bao Cong didn't take him out this time!

It turned out to be the idiot Dong Ming!

Bao Cong wisely turned a blind eye to Wu Hui's teary appearance.

A group of people said goodbye for a long time. Under the urging of the ceremony officer, Tanchun finally bid farewell to Mrs. Wang and set off.

Exactly, ten miles of red makeup shook the sky, and there was no return after traveling thousands of miles.