Weiyang of the Red Mansion

Jia Amnesty didn't stay in the other courtyard for too long, and before leaving, he encouraged Liu Hong and asked him to study hard. In the future, the Liu family will rely on him to shine.

After sending Jia Amnesty away, Kong Lu invited some friends to drink in the other courtyard. The other courtyards are very lively.

Liu Hong didn't follow. His parents had just left at the beginning of the year, so he didn't want to live with others, but his sister was still young, so he couldn't live with him on the street, right?

Whenever Kong Lu drank wine with others, he would shrink in his study to read and practice calligraphy.

Half a month later, the discussion in Beijing gradually died down. Although Jia Amnesty didn't let people stare at Xie Chen, who let him have a well-informed Kong Lu under his command?As long as there is news about Xie Chen, Kong Lu will come back to him.

Jia Amnesty looked at Kong Lu in front of him with a blank expression on his face, "From now on, you don't have to come back to me about his affairs."

Hearing this, Kong Lu was a little puzzled and said, "Grandpa, did you just let him go like this? He set up a small courtyard in the south of the city to house the maid. It can be seen that he didn't pay attention to the Rongguo Mansion, otherwise how dare he be so blatant ?”

Jia She grinned and said coldly, "My sister's marriage to him has been called off. From then on, marriages between men and women have nothing to do with each other. Don't stare at him. He has nothing to do with our family."

After hearing this, Kong Lu knew that Jia Amnesty did not mean to kill them all.

That's right, how big-hearted their uncle is, how could he act in such a way as to add insult to injury?

Xie Chen was kicked out of the Marquis Mansion, and he refused to go back because of that maid, already ruining his future, Jia Amnesty didn't need to make another push.

After returning from Rongguo Mansion, Kong Lu saw Liu Hong reciting books in the courtyard, and couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, "Why are you reciting books in the courtyard? It's windy outside, so you're not afraid of the cold?"

"It's not good to stay in the room for a long time. Come out to get some air." Hearing Kong Lu's voice, Liu Hong stopped reciting, turned his head and smiled.

Kong Lu laughed and shook his head. Just as he was about to enter the house, he saw Liu Hong walking towards him, "Brother Lu just went to Rongguo Mansion?"

"That's right, that guy Xie Chen really never left that maidservant, he's going to eat chaff and swallow vegetables, and he still refuses to abandon her." Although because of his position, he hated Xie Chen for making the uncle's sister ashamed, but For Xie Chen's point, he really admires him, he can be regarded as a man.

Liu Hong's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "Engong's sister is so disrespectful to him? Would you rather stay with a maid than marry Engong's sister?"

"Heh..." Kong Lu laughed as soon as he heard it, shook his head and said, "You are still young and ignorant of world affairs."

Liu Hong asked puzzledly, "How?"

"That guy Xie Chen doesn't want to marry the uncle's younger sister, he just wants to have enough for both ends, but he is unlucky, and you brothers and sisters caught him, otherwise the uncle's younger sister will marry, and this matter will come up again. Can you still let the uncle's younger sister come back and pick someone to marry? Who wants to be that bastard?"

Liu Hong suddenly realized that he really didn't expect the twists and turns. If it wasn't for Kong Lu's explanation, he really wouldn't know that Xie Chen was so scheming.

Rong Guogong's eldest daughter has already married him as his wife. When the time comes, the raw rice will be cooked, and she will have to eat it if she doesn't eat it. What else can I do?At most, benefactor beat Xie Chen up, as for the maid, she is already three months pregnant, can she really get rid of it?There are many high-ranking and big family Yinsi, but they also value children. If you make a fuss before entering the door, you will definitely not be able to keep the child. Of course, if you enter the door, you will try your best to keep your own children. Whether it is male or female, it will be the family's help in the future.

The family status of Dingcheng Hou's Mansion is not bad. The concubine and the concubine have already passed through the gate, what else do you want?

"In this way, he may not have deep affection for that servant girl. I'm afraid there is some other inside story that prevents him from abandoning this servant girl." Liu Hong said thoughtfully.

Kong Lu was taken aback when he heard the words, he really hadn't thought about it, "You mean..."

"I think Brother Lu might be able to find out the details of that maid. I always feel that she is not an ordinary maid." Liu Hong said with a faint smile.

This was just his intuition, he always felt that the timing of the maid's pregnancy was a bit too coincidental, and the timing when it broke out was even more coincidental.

The Marquis of Dingcheng discussed the marriage with the Duke of Rongguo. There was news in April and May. The wedding date was set on the eighth day of November. During this period, there were five or six months to prepare for the marriage. I heard from Brother Lu, yes Before the six ceremonies of the two families, Mr. Xie told Xie Chen not to cause any scandal. Liu Hong didn't think that Xie Chen really dared to commit crimes against Jia Amnesty. Xie Chen had a panoramic view of Jia Amnesty's ugliness.

How could a person who was so afraid of Jia She that he couldn't stand up dare to make such a thing after Jia She had warned him?Even the child was three months old. He didn't want to get rid of it after he knew it, but he still wanted the maid to give birth. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't explain it.

After thinking about it, Liu Hong felt that the problem probably lies with the maid.

Kong Lu was silent for a moment, and the way he looked at Liu Hong changed. In the past, he only thought that this kid was picked up by Jia She and trained as a disciple, but now he is not so sure.

"Master told me not to stare at Xie Chen anymore." Kong Lu said abruptly.

Liu Hong was not surprised, nodded and said, "Benefactor thinks that Xie Chen is miserable enough, so he doesn't want to make trouble?"

"Not bad." Kong Lu said.

Liu Hong thought for a while and said, "What if there is something wrong with that maid? Maybe you think Xie Chen is ruining his career, but I don't think so. Xie Chen has a reputation, and he is not yet At the age of weak crown, how can you be sure that he will not make his way in the imperial examination?"

Hearing this, Kong Lu's expression became more serious, he took a deep breath and said, "When did you have these thoughts?"

If you have already had this doubt, why didn't you say it earlier?

"It's only two days since I started thinking about this." Liu Hong heard some questioning in Kong Lu's words, and said without changing his face.

Kong Lu frowned slightly, "These two days?" Half a month had passed since that incident, and Liu Hong didn't think about it so much at the time, why did he suddenly think about it these two days?

Seeing Kong Lu's expression, Liu Hong knew he didn't believe him, so he said helplessly, "I ran into Xie Chen on the street the day before yesterday. He spent a lot of money on anti-fetal drugs and walked past me with a smile on his face. I see Seeing that he seemed to be very satisfied with the status quo, he was a little puzzled. But who doesn't want to make meritorious deeds? He is now exiled by the Hou's house because of the maid and the child in the maid's womb. Something is wrong."

Kong Lu frowned, and Liu Hong continued, "This is not the most important thing. Brother Lu, have you forgotten? He was exiled by the Hou's mansion. Where did he get the money to buy the small courtyard in the south of the city? Where did he come from?" Money to buy good anti-fetal drugs?"

These words finally made Kong Lu unable to calm down, "This..."

"I used to live in the south of the city, and I know very well how much the yard in the south of the city is worth. Xie Chen saved some private money in the past, but it must not be much. It is definitely not enough to support him to buy the yard, but he has nothing. To make a living, I thought about it and guessed that the problem probably lies with the maid."

Kong Lu said with a condensed expression, "I'll investigate this matter, and if I find out something, my brother misses you this time!" After saying that, he turned around and left the other courtyard.

Seeing Kong Lu's back disappearing at the door, Liu Hong stood quietly with his eyes downcast.

"elder brother?"

Liu Hong came back to his senses, turned his head and saw his younger sister standing behind him, he was startled, pushed her and walked into the back room, complaining non-stop, "Why did you run out again after a few days of wind and cold? What should I do? It will be New Year's Eve in a few days, and you want to lie in bed and drink medicine on New Year's Eve?"

Liu Susu pouted, and let her elder brother push her into the house, then looked at Liu Hongdao, "Why did my brother suddenly pay attention to the second master of the Xie family?"

She heard what Liu Hong said to Kong Lu from the beginning to the end, and she knew that her brother didn't meet Xie Chen by accident at all, but had been following Xie Chen for ten and a half months.

She is not as smart as her brother, and she doesn't know why his brother did this, but she is not stupid, and she can feel that her brother seems to have something on his mind.

Liu Hong didn't know what his sister was thinking, so he rubbed her head with a light smile, and said, "Since when did my brother pay attention to that second master of the Xie family? Don't think too much about it."

Being perfunctory by her brother, Liu Susu was a little unhappy. Her brother always treated her like a child, but she was no longer a child.

Seeing that his sister was unhappy, Liu Hong smiled and coaxed her for a while, then sent her back to the residence, and then went back to the study to read.

Now he has nothing but his sister, and the only life-saving straw that he can grasp is the imperial examination to become an official.

His future, his sister's future, all depended on him alone.

After all, Kong Lu's connections are much stronger than Liu Hong's. Liu Hong followed Xie Chen for ten and a half months before he became suspicious of the maid, but Kong Lu only spent less than three days finding out some shocking things. news.

Kong Lu didn't even have time to thank Liu Hong, and hurried to Rongguo Mansion to ask Jia Amnesty.

Now there are only three or five days until New Year's Eve, the imperial court has sealed the seal long ago, and Jia Amnesty no longer needs to enter the palace to work on duty ten days ago. Jia She happened to be making out with Tang Xi when Kong Lu came to see him, after all they had been together for almost a year.

Jia Amnesty didn't want to talk to him at first, but Tang Xi pushed him away and said, "It's the end of the year. I'm afraid Kong Lu has something important to come here at this time. You'd better go see him."

So Jia Amnesty went to the study to meet Kong Lu with a stinky face, and said when he saw someone, "You want to disturb me with trivial things today, so go down and receive the punishment."

Kong Lu: "..." What's going on?He was warned before he even said a word?

Wiping the sweat off his brow, Kong Lu took a deep breath and said, "Master, there is something wrong with the maid named Ningshuang next to Xie Chen."

When he heard that Kong Lu came to see him for Xie Chen again, Jia She said in a bad tone, "What's the problem? I'm just a slave girl, and I can turn the world upside down?!"

"A few days ago, Liu Hong told me that he suspected that there was something wrong with the maid named Ningshuang, so he asked me to check it out. I thought what he said made sense, so I went to check it out," Kong Lu's face turned ugly when he said this , "Master, do you still remember that Rouge girl?"

"What rouge and gouache?" Jia She frowned impatiently.

Seeing this, Kong Lu knew that Jia She had forgotten about it a long time ago, and said with a wry smile, "Master once asked me to check the rouge girl that the fifth prince took away, did you forget?"

Jia She suddenly remembered this matter that he had forgotten a long time ago, and his face changed slightly, "Why does this matter have something to do with the Fifth Prince?"