The Red Mansions

Chapter 58

Outside the study, listening to Jia Zhen's arrogant words in the room, after potting plants on the window sill, You Shi's bright and beautiful face, which was as smooth as jade, suddenly turned from pink to pale.

"Master, he wants...to collude with bandits and kill Jia Heng? It turns out that the master himself fell in love with the daughter of the Qin family!" You Shi's slender white hands gently covered Tan's mouth. While Lai Sheng received his errand and walked out, You Shi hurriedly tiptoed, from the moon door opening with green eaves and white walls to the long chasing corridor.

Walking to an octagonal gazebo, You Shi's face was as frosty as frost, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, she kept twisting the handkerchief with her fingers, and kept pacing back and forth with a troubled expression.

She was wondering if she should remind Jia Heng that it is too appalling to collude with thieves and snatch other people's wives when they pass through the door.

"But he's staying outside. I'm a woman. It's inconvenient for me to report the news. Besides, if the master finds out..." Youshi's beautiful eyes were full of worry, her face changed, and her heart was extremely entangled. She faintly felt that If the trouble continues like this, it is unlikely that the strong-tempered young man will come to the house.

"The fire cannot be contained in the paper, the master thinks that the gods and ghosts don't know what to do, but what if that person finds out..."

Thinking of the young man with fierce eyebrows and eyes, Youshi became more and more worried.

This beautiful woman, known as the saw-mouthed gourd in the Dream of Red Mansions, was submissive to Jia Zhen and dared not say a word. Although she came from a small family, she was not without her own opinions.

Later, when Jia Jing passed away, Du Yanli's funeral was able to reveal this.

"I have to remind Jia Heng to be on guard." Youshi stopped, raised his head, and the swaying golden steps were shaken by the autumn sun, reflecting his complexion radiantly and gorgeously.

"I just need to find an excuse, or let Rong'er... no, Rong'er never has the guts, and it's not appropriate to let the servant girl pass the message, and the master will find out afterward..." Youshi thought for a while, Back to the room quickly, picked up the brush, hesitated, pondered for a moment on the paper, and a line of beautiful words appeared, writing, "Mid-Autumn Moon is round and people are not round. Marriage is dangerous."

"I think that young man should be able to see the meaning of the reminder." Youshi's curved eyelashes trembled, and his beautiful eyes stared at the note. For some reason, his cheeks became slightly hot.

Hastily folded it, put it into a blank envelope, stuffed it into the sleeve, went out of the wing room, called a maid in the yard, and said: "It's autumn, I'm going to cut two pieces of clothes for the master, follow me to the tailor shop turn around."

"Yes, grandma." The maid stepped forward and said.

Accompanied by the maid and the mother, You Shi left the Ningguo Mansion from the corner gate and got into the carriage.

At this moment, in a refreshment shop at the corner of Ningrong Street, Jia Heng changed into a blue shirt, looked at the carriage driving out with calm eyes, and murmured, "Youshi?"

He and Dong Qian had already cast eyeliner near Ningguo Mansion, looking for an opportunity to block Lai Sheng, but Lai Sheng didn't come out at this moment.

"Brother, I'll go follow and have a look, you stay here and stare."

Relying on his memory, he had used charcoal sticks on rice paper to outline Lai Sheng's appearance and figure, allowing Dong Qian and a few others to find out.

The carriage was turning round and round, it was autumn afternoon, the street was bustling with people, and the sound of vendors hawking along the street could be heard through the bamboo curtain in the ears of Youshi who was sitting upright, and his restless mood seemed to gradually settle down.

The carriage didn't stop all the way, and it drove out of Ningrong Street. Youshi suddenly made an excuse to get out of the car to relieve himself, and searched around the corner for a while, and suddenly saw a few children playing and catching stones at the corner, stepped forward, and gave After paying ten yuan, Yingying smiled and said, "Send this to the first shop in Liutiaoer Hutong, Ningrong Street, called Jia Heng."

The child immediately went away happily.

Thanks to the fact that she mentioned it before Lin Zhixiao summoned someone in Rongqingtang last time, she paid attention to it out of sheer boredom, otherwise even Jia Heng's family would not have known about it, and there was no place to send it if she wanted to report it this time.

After finishing all this, You Shi looked into the distance, sighed softly, lifted her skirt, and turned back.

That's all she can do. As for how useful she can be, it all depends on God's will.

Jia Heng stood in front of a street vendor selling bead hairpins and phoenix hairpins, his eyes moved slightly, his face showing contemplation, his ears were sharp, and he could hear Youshi's confession even if it was five or six feet away.

"My lord, do you want this hairpin?" The fat woman in the thorn hairpin cloth skirt and bucket waist looked impatiently at the young man who was frowning and thinking.

Jia Heng looked down at the beaded and silver hairpin, thinking that Qingwen should wear it well, so she asked, "How much is this?"

"A tael of silver." The fat woman suddenly smiled, changed her face, and said, "Whether it's for your wife or your sister, you can afford it."

"What material are you made of?" Jia Heng asked.

The fat woman was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's made of pure silver, and it weighs six or seven coins, not to mention falling flowers."

"Really?" Jia Heng frowned.

"Of course it's true! Well, I said, do you want it?" The fat lady said angrily, her fat face twitching.

"If you are real, I will definitely want it." Jia Heng said casually, suddenly felt that something was wrong, looked down at the hairpin, and found that the shape was quite unique, especially the little flower with a silver necklace hanging down, secretly said, to Qingwen Wearing it was not bad, so he said: "I made flowers with silver thread on the head, and the hairpin is as good as silver water, isn't it? I will take the five qian silver, or put it here if it doesn't work."

"Five qian is just five qian." The fat woman thought for a while and then said.

Apparently at first he thought that the boy could be fooled, but he didn't expect his eyes to be so poisonous. Fortunately, there is still money to be made.

Jia Heng paid the money and asked the woman to wrap it in red cloth and put it in the armhole.

Well, these two days, Qingwen seems to be a little awkward, so take this little thing back to her.

Thinking this way, Jia Heng turned back towards Ningrong Street and chased after the child who was going to his house.

In the wicker alley, Jia Heng watched the child give things to the maid Bi Er at the door of his house, and then bounced away, Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and walked towards his house.

"My lord, are you back?" Bi'er was holding a cardboard box, planning to look for Qingwen in the house, when she suddenly saw Jia Heng standing in the yard, she was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "My lord, this is a child just now." delivered."

Jia Heng nodded and said with a smile, "Give me the things."

He stretched out his hand to take it, unfolded it and looked at it, and a line of elegant handwriting came into view, but the corners of his mouth twitched, um, this Youshi is quite interesting.

There was no surprise, but a little helpless.

What did Jia Zhen do?It's too careless, even if you want to harm him, you can't let the whole world know about it.

"However, the date has also been confirmed, and that is the day of welcoming the bride." Jia Heng folded the note and put it away, his eyes were cold and quiet, and it was not difficult to deduce Jia Zhen's plan through some clues.

Either for him, or for Qin Keqing, the latter is more likely.

After all, every Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, women and children are trafficked...

Instead, he began to frowned and thought about Youshi.

Jia Rong came to report the letter, most likely because she was dissatisfied with her own father and wanted to use his hands to cut Jia Zhen, maybe there was a trace of Jia Rong's subconscious that she was unwilling to admit...to kill someone with a knife.

As for Youshi, he was probably afraid that something might happen.

But both of them have one thing in common, they would never have thought that he would use his tricks to design Jia Zhen.

This is actually a blind spot in thinking. Jia Zhen is the lord of the Ningguo Mansion, the noble is in the third-rank General Wei Lie, and he is a down-and-out side branch. The contacts and resources that the two can call are very different.

This is poor information.

He was amazing, nothing more than being angry for his unmarried wife, blood spattered for five steps, and this was exactly what Youshi was worried about, so she secretly reported the news after learning the news, and didn't even let him know who it was .

"But Jia Zhen's mobilization will take three days... Now even You Shi has come to report the news. In these three days, Jia Zhen should not realize that I am on guard. And Jia Qiang, will it be possible? Remind Jia Rong of what happened to me, and then tell Jia Zhen the other way around... this pair of father and son is simply a virtuous couple, and they don't even understand the principle that if they don't keep secrets, they will be harmed."

Now Jia Heng feels a little speechless towards Jia Zhen, and for the next three days, he has to pretend to be ignorant.

(End of this chapter)