Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

"Fifth Lord, Mr. Xue is here to visit." After hearing Yin Xi's report, Xie immediately put down the pen in his hand, and unconsciously carried a hint of joy in his tone, "Hurry up and ask him to come in." He also stood up , walked to the door, and soon saw a white-clothed young man strolling from the corridor.

"Fifth brother, long time no see." Xue Pan revealed a smile to Xun Shi that he met again after a long absence.

Xie lifted his feet out of the gate, greeted him personally, and gently held Xue Pan's hands, "Yes, it has been four or five cold and hot in the blink of an eye, and Qiuping has learned a lot from Mr. Song. This This time, but I’m going to take the talent test.”

"After staying in the capital for three days, I will go home for reference." Xue Pan followed Xun into the study.

Xun looked at the young man with a long-lasting charm in front of his eyes. The last time they met was in Jinling. It had been five years in a blink of an eye. The smart kid in his memory had transformed into a handsome young man. Compared with his peers, Xue Pan was obviously taller. A little bit more, he didn't have the childishness of a newborn calf on his face, but he had the freedom and ease of a person outside Fangfang.

"Fifth brother, I've been listening to you talking about yourself in letters these past few years. I'm really ashamed that I haven't been able to visit you in the capital. If it wasn't for the excuse of Mrs. Jia's [-]th birthday this time, I really couldn't." I stole half a day's free time before the exam." Xue Pan also looked at Xun Shi, although their communication had never been interrupted, but he never thought that when they met again, there would be no sense of strangeness, just like the day when Jinling parted ways familiarity.

"It's okay, you've been so busy these past few years, it's natural for people to be inseparable from Jiangnan, but I haven't been able to go to Jiangnan again, and I want to go to the opera with you on a black awning boat, and I don't know when I will be able to." It's been achieved." Xie felt a little regretful that Xue Pan hadn't been able to come to the capital in the past few years, but he also knew from the correspondence that he was busy with his studies and slowly shared part of Xue's father's affairs , is really not easy.

"The days ahead will be long, and I will definitely accompany Fifth Brother to wander around the south of the Yangtze River." Xue Pan thought about the experience of the past few years, and it was really the busy days that passed the fastest.It was as if Father Xue was found to have been poisoned by the seven-day entanglement by mistake yesterday, and the news of the death of the master of the Zhen family in Yangzhou came the next moment, which stunned Father Xue for a while.

****

Speaking of which, that day, the Xue family received news of the funeral from the Zhen family, saying that Master Zhen had contracted the epidemic all of a sudden, and passed out when he found out, and then he couldn't wake up for a long time, and it was too late to ask more A little something, just let go after seven days.All the people who have a relationship with the Zhen family came to Yangzhou to mourn, but Xue's father said that it was because of a serious illness, but in fact it was because of the rash on his face that he couldn't see anyone at all, so he asked Xue Pan to go to Yangzhou instead. Attended the funeral.

Because of Xue's father's strange illness, it's not that they didn't doubt the Zhen family, and they were still talking about the matter when the Zhen family might do something. Who would have thought that Master Zhen died of illness in just a few days.And Dr. Wang made a bold inference based on the symptoms in the rumors. Mr. Zhen may have been infected by the seven-day entanglement himself, and the onset of this poison is almost the same as the epidemic, just like what was said before, after seven days There is no cure for the day.

If this is true, it is not a specter of horror. It is someone who knows the next move of the Zhen family and uses an eye for an eye to retaliate. Thinking about this world, there are no people who can have such superb means, except the one in the Golden Temple. Do not make other guesses except one.It is very logical to think about it. This drug belongs to the royal family of several dynasties, and it has never been rumored. But you, a subordinate, stole something from the royal family and plan to use it to commit crimes. Can the emperor not think too much about it?Today you can kill colleagues who don't like you, maybe you will dare to kill the Holy One tomorrow.

Therefore, it is better to let him suffer the consequences and try for himself what the drug he stole tastes like.In the world, there are very few doctors who can diagnose this kind of drug, and almost all of them are in the imperial hospital of the palace. I am not afraid that anyone will know what is wrong. Others will only think that Master Zhen is out of luck Unfortunately, in the end, I couldn't sit back and enjoy the glory.

Xue Pan left after paying homage to the Zhen family. Even though the rest of the Zhen family were not the masterminds of the previous series of troubles, or maybe they knew nothing about Master Zhen's involvement in the incident of seizing the heir apparent, but he also If you can't develop the temperament of making friends, once some grievances are formed, how easy is it to talk about resolving them?

However, like this, Xue Pan also knew that the poison on Xue's father was not done by Master Zhen, and I'm afraid he didn't know.Because Master Zhen left very quickly, it should be that the people behind the scenes did not want him to have any possibility of doing something, so they did it so quickly, and Master Zhen did not leave any words, and Master Zhen disappeared after his death. Now the second son of the Zhen family is in charge of the house, but that person is really a master who doesn't care about everything, living on his laurels.

In this way, it is open to debate who actually poisoned the poison.Although Xue Pan and Xue's father deduced that according to the time period of the accidental eating given by Doctor Wang, they were caught in a secret trick when they were treating Baochai in the capital, but there is no conclusive evidence.As for the place in the capital where fish and dragons are mixed together, it is impossible to judge whether the attackers are those who can't get over the Xue family, or the more complicated ones who want to blame others.Furthermore, the emperor must have noticed that someone was attacking the Xue family, and would send someone to guard the Xue family, and because of this, they should not make too much noise. Otherwise, how would they explain how clearly the Xue family knew about the secret affairs of the eunuch.

At this time, an anecdote about Jia's family spread among the upper circles.Mrs. Wang gave birth to another son, which is nothing unusual, but when the child was born, there was jade in his mouth, and this person had engraved words on the psychic jade!This is the first event since the founding of the Daqing Dynasty, and it is also the first time everyone has heard that there is a baby born with jade in its mouth.

However, the Jia family didn't regard this incident as an anecdote to be covered up, but celebrated it from all over the house, because this child was born differently, and Madam Wang became happier the more she looked at this child , this little face is rosy, she must be a person of great fortune when she grows up, why is her life so good, it must be that she cultivated well in her previous life, and she will go to the temple immediately after confinement Add an extra amount of sesame oil money.

"Mother, is Baoyu awake?" Yuan Chun could go in and out of Mrs. Wang's room, but he didn't have too many taboos.She looked at the baby in the swaddle, and it was exactly the same as the one in the old dream, and she was also born with jade. She vaguely knew that this younger brother should be a bit talented, as if she had taught him that the two of them were separated in this life. It's closer, maybe it will be closer.Thinking of how she helped pinch the loose parts of the swaddle, I don't know if it was kicked by the child.

Mrs. Wang looked at Yuan Chun's movements and nodded in her heart. It's great that the siblings are getting closer, but brother Zhu is busy with his school exams and doesn't have time to visit Baoyu more, so there is something unclear in his heart. The gap, she hoped that they were close brothers.But he asked again, "Your brother has been busy preparing for the exam these days, and I have trouble moving here, so you should pay more attention to him, and talk to your sister-in-law a little more, and ask her to take good care of Zhu'er's body, don't worry about it." Tired him too much."

Yuan Chun wiped the slight sweat from Mrs. Wang's forehead carefully. The days of confinement are not easy to survive, so she responded, "Mother, don't worry, I will remember everything. There are also some people watching in the small kitchen. , Let them serve some refreshing food, you can rest assured."

However, compared to Jia Zhu who had already entered school when she was born, Baoyu was more in line with Yuanchun's eyes, and this was also because in that dream, she spent more time with Baoyu.Relatively speaking, Jia Zhu has grown up early, and doesn't like to play with her sisters, and is more focused on being in the study, and has little contact with her.

But it is even more so now, when Jia Zhu married Li Zhi at the beginning of the year, she had her own small family, and she was doing her best to prepare for this year's provincial examination. The intersection of.

On the other side, Li Zhi entered Jia Zhu's room, and the little maid in the back was carrying a bowl of duck porridge.Jia Zhu has been studying late these days, and her body seems to be a little angry. The cold nature of duck meat will not make people more anxious due to overthinking. time, tap hunger. "Master, let's take a break." Then he sent someone to bring the porridge.

Jia Zhu put down the book in his hand, looked at the time of the chime clock, and it has already passed the position of the Roman numeral IV, "It's this time, it's five o'clock, I heard that there was some noise outside, but Has anyone come to see grandma?" While eating the duck porridge, he felt really hungry.

Since Baoyu was born with a jade title, after the rumors spread, not only a group of people came to congratulate Jiamu, but also got a grandson who must be a great blessing, and the threshold of Jia's family was stepped down.

However, Jia Zhu knows that there are not all congratulatory people here, and there are also jokers. You say that a family of courtiers can't be publicized, but for something that is only a child, such a declaration of joy is unavoidable. Inappropriate.Just say that this kind of thing happened in the home of the subordinates, and say that it was born with a vision, won't it really attract unreasonable speculation from others?Whether it is true or not, don't the people around want to find out?

Jia Zhu finished eating the porridge, looked at Li Zhi's tired face, and patted her hand, "Don't tire yourself out too much, just wait for the limelight to pass, the old lady at home wants you to help entertain the guests, You can't ignore your own body." Because Mrs. Wang is in the confinement period, the remarriage in the big house has not yet entered, and the affairs of this house are managed by Jia Mu.But as he was too busy recently, Li Zhi must have been called to help, and Yuan Chun was also arranged by Mrs. Wang to help.Only then did Mrs. Wang ask Yuan Chun to watch, so that Li Zhi would not be too busy to forget what happened to Jia Zhu.However, this mother didn't think there was anything wrong with a little sister-in-law, a girl who was only seven years old, meddling in the affairs of her elder brother and sister-in-law.

"Grandpa, don't worry about me. I have a sense of proportion. The old lady didn't tire me out. But don't study too late. The exam is coming in a few days. You have to be physically strong enough to pass the exam. The scene of the sky."

Isn't that right, even at this juncture, the family is still so lively, it is not easy for Jia Zhu not to feel any resentment.Can't we wait for the full moon, when his mother is confinement, and then make trouble again?

However, as a son of man and a junior, what can he say more, I just hope that there will be fewer things that look a little too old in the future.

***

"Speaking of which, that Baoyu must be four years old. I have never heard that he doesn't like to study like his elder brother Jia Zhu. Jia Zhu has already achieved fame and fame, and I heard that he will be sent to the Northeast." Are you a county magistrate?" Xue Pan suddenly remembered the Jia family's affairs, which was also ironic, when Master Zhen's funeral coincided with Jia Baoyu's birth in the same month.This looks like a close family, but they can't share the same joy and sorrow.