[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

Jia Lian felt that time was passing very fast, and Wang Ren would not have any worries about personal safety, so while everyone else was going out to "find" someone to take a look, he could occasionally take the six sons to the town, When I found out which restaurant tasted good, I went in to have a meal, and if it was delicious, I had a second meal, which was very pleasant.

On the fourth day, the guards quickly brought over the silver bills stolen from Wang Ren. Jia Lian asked people to pretend to pawn the things at the pawnshop, and at the same time found a local hunter to pretend to go hunting and then sent people to the pawn shop. Brought from the mountains to town.

The three masters and servants have really suffered a lot in the past few days. They thought they would be out of the sea of ​​suffering when they arrived in the town, but now their clothes are dirty and they have no money on them. Wang Ren even thinks it is better to stay in the mountains. Sheng can always bring back some fruits or wild animals to roast and eat. Although the taste is not very good, it is better than eating in this town where he knows there is something to eat but he doesn't have it at all.

He wanted to tell others about his identity, but no one believed him!He is now in front of the clothes on his body, but he can't see his original appearance at all!In the end, Chang Sheng went to beg for two buns and came back to feed him barely.

Jia Lian just wanted Wang Ren to learn some lessons, so after only one night, his guards pretended to leave the town early the next morning. When they were continuing to search, they suddenly found Wang Ren's master and servant on the side of the street. Such a good one is naturally a tiger egg, who exclaimed "Young Master Wang!" and took Wang Ren back to the inn where Jia Lian lived.

Guessing that Wang Ren wanted to eat more than grooming, so when Jia Lian saw him, he expressed his anxiety and said, "Cousin! You can make it easier for me to find you! You are hungry, shopkeeper! Prepare some porridge and side dishes Serve it up!"

"I want meat!" Wang Ren was dissatisfied when he heard that Jia Lian only gave him porridge, "Bring me some meat dishes!"

"Of course I won't be stingy with this thing, but..." Jia Lian glanced at Wang Ren's tattered clothes and slightly sunken cheeks, and said, "Cousin, maybe I haven't eaten and slept in the open these days, okay? Eating too greasy food, I’m worried that your stomach can’t take it, why don’t you take it easy, after the lunch break, my brother will definitely treat you to a big meal!”

Wang Ren has also read a few books, so of course he knows this truth. He just drank a few big bowls of porridge in the morning, went back to his room to wash up, and fell asleep until the evening. It is impossible for Jia Lian to let him eat too greasy and heavy after an empty stomach for so long. I can only eat another meal of porridge and side dishes. Of course, it is still a bit greasy compared to the morning.

While Jia Lian took advantage of the time when he fell asleep, he took the things he had redeemed from the pawnshop again, rounded up his arguments in his heart, and then stuffed Wang Ren's things into his arms.

In the evening, Wang Ren finally didn't eat as much as he devoured the meal in the morning, and he was able to spare some time to complain about Jia Lian: "This town is so big, your boy said that you searched for me for a long time to find it, why do I not believe it?"

"Don't talk about my cousin, I didn't expect it either!" Jia Lian pretended to be helpless and said, "After all, my younger brother didn't expect my cousin to still be around there these days. I searched the surrounding area and prepared to look outside."

Wang Ren was also a little embarrassed after hearing Jia Lian's words. In fact, when he followed the Orion out, he found that their location was not far from the town, but for some reason they never walked over and saw no one.

Seeing that he was silent, Jia Lian took out from his bosom the jade pendant that Wang Ren had lost before, the finger ring and other previous things. As for the money, he would not take it out. Too fake.

As soon as Wang Ren saw what was in Jia Lian's hand, he immediately took it over and said in surprise, "Isn't this mine? Why are you here?"

Jia Lian didn't look guilty at all, and replied: "After I found my cousin, I saw you in such a shape, so I went to the only pawn shop in the town and asked, and there was indeed something that had just been pawned. I think it's very possible. It belongs to your cousin, so I redeemed it!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ren immediately said, "Who and where did they get it? When I woke up yesterday morning, everything on me suddenly disappeared. Someone must have stolen it!"

"I don't know about this brother." Jia Lian shook his head, seeing that Wang Ren didn't believe him, he continued: "No one knows who passed by in this mountain suburb, and I asked the pawnshop, and they said that the man came yesterday When I was in bed, I covered it tightly, and I couldn't see the man and woman and his appearance and figure clearly at all..."

Wang Ren didn't believe it, and insisted on reporting to the government.Jia Lian was amused that the most playful person would still want to go the way of a newspaper official, but he was sure that he hadn't let him go, so he let him go to the government.

It's just that the county is a small place, and because it is not far from the capital, there are a lot of people coming and going, the county magistrate sent someone to ask in fear, but the process was the same as what Jia Lian said, even though Wang Ren expressed dissatisfaction , he is also helpless.

There was no other way, Wang Ren had no choice but to admit it.He wanted to go back to the capital, but Jia Lian didn't plan to go back before the inspection was over, and he didn't feel safe walking by himself, so he could only follow Jia Lian every step of the way. The person who took his things under the box is really scary.

And this elusive person is actually Chang Sheng. When Jia Lian saw him, he gave him an affirmative look and rewarded him with the money he had promised before. Just use it on his servants.

There were not many people who went to redeem Wang Ren's things before the remaining money was removed, and Jia Lian didn't plan to keep it. He would find an excuse to send it to the Wang family after he went back, but he was going to talk to Wang Xifeng about this matter, after all, Wang Ren There is also Chang Sheng, who knows the truth, who still needs to be restrained.

During the later part of the trip, Wang Ren would still talk about being boring, but for the hungry Wang Ren, food is the most cherished thing now, so he slowly began to pursue his appetite.If Jia Lian doesn't mention it, he will also take the initiative to ask someone to ask if there are any special local delicacies.

It has been three months since I returned to the capital like this. Jia Lian said that he missed a particularly delicious mutton soup and was going to drink it first before returning to the mansion. Wang Ren immediately asked to follow.

Of course, there is nothing that Jia Lian has certified as delicious. After drinking and eating, the two of them went back and happened to pass by the street where the gambling house was located. A young man in silk and satin who was about to enter seemed to know Wang Ren. Immediately warmly invited: "Xiang Wang, where have you been since I haven't seen you for a long time? Do you want to go in and play a few games?"

Wang Ren's hands were itchy, Dang even walked in while talking, and never thought of turning around to ask Jia Lian.

Jia Lian stood silently for a while and felt that it was impossible to just change it, but she also wanted to know Liu Fangzhu's response, so she followed the two to the casino.

Standing at the gate of the gambling house were two thugs who acted as gatekeepers when they were free. When they saw Wang Ren's figure, they looked at each other. Second Master! Last time, our shop owner hit it off with you and made a special confession that if you come recently, I must invite you to the flower planting hall, where the selection of new oirans is busy."

The name of Planting Flower House was somewhat familiar, before he had time to figure it out, he heard Wang Ren beside him answering for him: "The kindness is hard to come by, thank you Master Liu, my cousin and I will go there soon!" After speaking, he said to the young master just now : "We have other things here, so we won't go in, you have fun!"

Then Jia Lian was pulled into the carriage and went all the way to the flower planting hall. Seeing Wang Ren's excited expression, he couldn't laugh or cry: "I didn't know that to my cousin, the flower planting house is more attractive than the gambling house." Yet?"

"You don't know about that!" Wang Ren said mysteriously, "If I don't tell you, I'll forget that this month is the day when the oiran is selected in the fourth hall of the Shihua Pavilion. ?”

"But my brother is a little tired from the journey, maybe he's not in the mood..."

When Wang Ren heard this, he was a little unhappy, "Why are you so incomprehensible? Miss Manqing was talked about by the capital for a long time because of you! No, this time you have to show yourself that you are not dissatisfied with her. !"

"Where are you talking about?" Jia Lian suddenly mentioned Miss Manqing for some reason, and then remembered this person after being at a loss, and asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with me? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Of course no one told you." Wang Ren asked where the coachman was, and after getting an answer, he continued to say to Jia Lian: "Didn't you say that if there is Manqing, there will be no you? So Miss Manqing has been in the capital for a long time. difficult……"

Jia Lian has never said such a thing, and I don't know why it has been passed on like this, but if it is because of his unintentional mistakes that caused others to be downcast, it is not a big problem just to show up, so I didn't say it again If you want to go back, you should go to the Planting Flower Pavilion with Wang Ren.

It's been more than a year since the last time I went on a boat trip with someone. Jia Lian never went in because he didn't find places like brothels attractive to him. Now when he came in, he looked around like sightseeing.

Wang Ren was very disgusted, touched his arm lightly, and said: "Can you stop being so embarrassing, like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world!"

"I haven't seen the world." Jia Lian replied very frankly, and sometimes having little knowledge is related to many factors such as status and status, so he doesn't think it is shameful not to reach a certain level of vision.

And they arrived at the time when the number of people slowly began to increase, so Jia Lian even met Liu Ding and Niu Qingfeng after sitting in the lobby for a while, and they were very close after not seeing each other for a long time, so they asked Jia Lian and Wang Ren to go to their private room to dismiss them. time.

Jia Lian and Wang Ren naturally would not refuse to take advantage of things, they immediately got up and followed, walking and suddenly felt someone touching his arm, turned their heads and saw Wang Ren winking all the time.

Then Jia Lian remembered what the thugs at the gate of the gambling house had said, and said to Liu Ding and Niu Qingfeng: "Today, my cousin and I came here for a treat, so I happened to tell the person in charge of the flower shop to put it on their account."

They are all people who are not short of money, so no one has ever turned down the treats. Jia Lian nodded as soon as he said that, "That's kind!"

Not long after sitting down, everyone heard a knock on the door, and then a gentle female voice sounded outside the door: "Excuse me, gentlemen, please see Man Qing!"

For a moment, everyone looked at Jia Lian. Jia Lian was suddenly under the spotlight and felt a little stressed, and then he said indifferently, "It depends on what I do, please come in."

Girl Manqing pushed the door open, her appearance was still the same as Jia Lian had seen before, but there was some sadness between her brows and eyes, which made her look more pitiful, instead of being independent and distant like before.

She obviously acted like this on purpose, as soon as she came in, she immediately lowered her head and said, "Mr. Jia, if you have offended my little girl, please don't take it to heart."

"Of course not. I have been busy with my affairs recently and haven't paid attention to it. I never thought that it would cause trouble to Miss Manqing. I feel a little guilty. Please don't mind."

Man Qing naturally said no, and after thanking him, he casually said a few words of greeting, then left and Jia Lian let him go.Then everyone was silent for a while, Wang Ren suddenly slammed his mouth and said, "Why do you suddenly feel that you don't have that energy?"

Jia Lian turned around and saw that other people seemed to feel the same way, and felt that there was only one word to describe them...