Detective in the Red Chamber

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong lifted the curtain of the car and asked earnestly: "Could it be that the second master of the family has returned to Beijing?"

"I really can't hide anything from you!"

Zhou Rui hurried to the car window, slanted his shoulders and said with a flattering smile: "Our second master only returned to Beijing this afternoon, no, as soon as I heard that you were coming in the evening, I immediately ordered to set up an office in the Rongxi Hall. Banyan, I said I wanted to hear about your going south to suppress the rebellion."

Naturally, things were not as simple as Zhou Rui said. In fact, after Jia Zheng met Mrs. Wang, a cold war broke out.

Except in front of Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang never took the initiative to say a word to Jia Zheng, but when she talked to others, her sarcastic remarks made Jia Zheng feel like he was on pins and needles.

Because of this, as soon as Jia Lian heard that Jia Lian was going to entertain Sun Shaozong at night, Jia Zheng immediately came to make a fuss. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to find an excuse to hide.

Less gossip.

Hearing that it was indeed Jia Zheng's return, Sun Shaozong felt relieved and let Zhang Cheng drive the car to the corner gate of the main courtyard.

As soon as he picked up the curtain of the car, two brothers, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, all came out to meet him.

For some reason, Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered the first time he saw Jia Baoyu.

At that time, the second master Bao was weeping bitterly for the death of his friend, and the powder on his face was washed off, as if blood and tears were flowing. The appearance was not that a woman is better than a woman.

At that time, although Jia Lian was also a well-known playboy, he could be called a handsome man in terms of appearance alone.

However, the current situation is completely reversed. Jia Lian has been studying with Jiang Yuhan for more than a month, and her frowns, smiles, and actions have become more and more charming.

On the contrary, Jia Baoyu's face was much cleaner, and it was quite different from the look of the powdered young man in the past.

Although this was mostly due to the fact that Jia Zheng had just returned to Beijing, Sun Shaozong still couldn't help but lament that things were right and people were wrong.

"Second Brother Lian."

"Jiro!"

"Second Brother Sun!"

After the two greetings, Jia Lian turned sideways and said please, and while leading Sun Shaozong inside, he smiled wryly and said, "I wanted to have a good time with Erlang, but I never thought that when uncle heard that you were coming, he would bring him to the house." This host took over."

Sun Shaozong laughed, and was about to joke with him, when he suddenly remembered something, hesitantly said: "Second brother, in front of Uncle Shi, I'm afraid it's not easy to talk about that matter?"

Jia Lian naturally understood that he was referring to the transfer of Du Ping'er, so he covered his mouth and smiled, raised his eyebrows and said: "Erlang, put your heart in your stomach, since you are here, brother will definitely not let you go home empty-handed. "

Seeing the mysterious posture of the two, Jia Baoyu beside him couldn't help being curious, and asked what was going on, why couldn't he speak in front of his father?

Sun Shaozong hurriedly made a haha, and took advantage of the opportunity to change the topic.

It's not uncommon for friends to give beautiful concubines as presents nowadays, but it's not easy to put it on the table after all.

The three of them chatted and laughed all the way, and soon arrived near the Rongxi Hall, and saw Jia Zhenghou outside the door from a distance, Sun Shaozong hurried a few steps, pretending to be panicked: "How dare Lao Shishu wait here? It's a sin, a sin." !"

Jia Zheng came forward to help him up, subconsciously scanned the area between his brows for a while, probably after hearing the legend of the blood-eyed judge, and then said: "Nephew, don't be too polite, come, come, let's talk inside."

With that said, he took Sun Shaozong by his arm and walked into Rongxi Hall side by side.

On the large round table, there was already a dazzling array of things, including birds and beasts.

Jia Zheng pulled Sun Shaozong to occupy the two seats in the center, while Jia Lian silently sat on the left side. Only Jia Baoyu was there with a smiling face, not daring to enter the seat by himself.

Jia Zheng scorned him for a moment, then snorted and said calmly, "Sit down too."

"Thank you, sir, for giving me your seat."

In fact, Jia Baoyu might not be willing to sit with him at the same table, but naturally he didn't dare to say anything else in front of him, sat down in a decent manner, and took the initiative to pick up the teapot and help everyone pour tea and water.

Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation and praised: "Brother Bao has grown a lot since Uncle Shi was not at home in the past two years."

"Humph."

Jia Zheng snorted coldly at his son, then turned his head and said to Sun Shaozong with a pleasing expression: "It is always Erlang's help that I heard that Erlang's student almost got the head of Qiu Wei's case?"

"Ashamed to say."

Sun Shaozong hurriedly cleared it up: "How can I teach someone with this little ink in my stomach? It's just a name, and there is actually someone else who taught him."

Jia Baoyu on the side couldn't help interjecting: "It's the gentleman that Second Brother Sun invited Lang Geer back then!"

Hearing that he was Jia Lan's teacher, Jia Zheng asked a few more questions, and learned that Yu Qian is now in charge of the Department of Household Sciences, and that when he was in the palace examination, he directly denounced the evils of "two days in the sky" and "long orders". .

Jia Zheng was very satisfied, and thanked his grandson solemnly. Just as he put the wine cup back on the table, he suddenly became serious again. Are you supporting the prince?"

This is really straight to the point!

Not to mention Sun Shaozong, the two brothers Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu never thought that Jia Zheng would ask such a question bluntly.

At that moment, everyone's eyes widened, and they wanted to dissuade them, but they didn't know how to do it.

Sun Shaozong's expression also suddenly became serious.

According to his understanding of Jia Zheng, this uncle, at least on the surface, always presented himself as a modest gentleman, and it stands to reason that he would never be so relentless and aggressive.

Is it because the daughter is expected to give birth to a prince, so the mood is fluttering?

Or did he change his temper when he was studying politics in Jiangxi?

He slandered in his heart, but since Jia Zheng asked the question so straight to the point, Sun Shaozong naturally couldn't avoid answering it.

After a little deliberation, he said slowly: "The crown prince is the emperor, and he has not lost his virtue recently. As a minister, my nephew dare not and cannot neglect."

Snapped!

Jia Zheng slammed the table and said excitedly: "That's the reason! As a subject, I should respect the emperor! When I came to Beijing this time, I heard some nonsense on the road, it was really unbearable! "

Then he turned his head to look at Jia Lian solemnly: "Lian'er, you will go and talk to Feng girl carefully. If anyone in our house dares to speak falsely about the emperor's family affairs, I will kick them out!"

Chapter 892 Feast [Part [-]]

Until the banquet was over, Sun Shaozong still couldn't understand Jia Zheng's words thoroughly.

Is he obsessed with ancient times, or is he wise and foolish?

Based on past performance, the former may be more likely.

But after all, Jia Zheng has just come back from local experience, who can guarantee that he has not made great progress during the past two years in Jiangxi?

Forget it.

No matter how you say it, he can put on such an attitude. For Sun Shaozong, who has both sides, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

That being the case, there is no need to make this matter clear—at least not in a hurry.

On the contrary, Ping'er's transfer issue has been dragged to the point where it can no longer be delayed.

Therefore, after the drunk Jia Zheng was helped home by Jia Baoyu to rest, Sun Shaozong focused all his attention on this.

"Erlang, be safe and don't be impatient."

I don't know if it's because after becoming a mother, the amount of alcohol will be reduced, or because everyone is not drunk, Jia Lian's tongue is already a little straight at this time.

Seeing Sun Shaozong staring at him when he heard the words, he felt a little ashamed, took out a peach pink handkerchief from his waist with his backhand, half covered his face and raised his voice: "Come on, go to Xiyun Pavilion and ask Ping'er to come here say!"

As he spoke, he squinted his sleepy eyes and went straight to measure Sun Shaozong's pectoralis major.

The penetrating gaze made Sun Shaozong feel uncomfortable all over, so he hurriedly made an excuse to say that he was going to show respect, and escaped from the hall with urine escape.

After wandering around the latrine for a quarter of an hour, watching the lanterns approaching from far to near, reflecting Ping'er's delicate and pretty face, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, and then Sun Shaozong returned to Rongxi Hall.

Unexpectedly, after a while, the bead curtain rang, but it was not the expected Ping'er who entered the door, but Wang Xifeng with a mocking face.

Jia Lian and Sun Shaozong couldn't help being taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Shaozong hurriedly got up and left the table, cupped his hands and said, "Why is my sister-in-law here?"

Jia Lian also got up slowly, but just squinted at Wang Xifeng with displeasure, without saying a word.

Wang Xifeng first took a look at Jia Lian, and saw that he was full of suspicion and disgust, but there was no warmth at all, and the resentment and resentment in Danfeng's eyes expanded accordingly.

Pursing her lips lightly, she asked back with a half-smile: "What's the matter? Could it be that I can't come to Rongxi Hall?"

As soon as he heard this, he knew that the visitor was not good.

"how come?"

Sun Shaozong laughed, and said: "My little brother just saw the 'creditor' suddenly, and didn't know what to do for a while."

Wang Xifeng had originally made up her mind to embarrass both parties, especially Jia Lian, at the banquet tonight.

Who would have thought that Jia Zheng's impromptu idea would actually get involved.

Even if there is no love between husband and wife, she will never expose her husband's scandal in front of Jia Zheng.

In desperation, Wang Xifeng was feeling aggrieved at home, but unexpectedly, things suddenly took a new turn—Jia Zheng got drunk in a daze, and even left the scene early.

How could Wang Xifeng miss this lost and regained opportunity?

Immediately, he rushed to Rongxi Hall in a hurry, ready to act according to the original plan.

However, when Sun Shaozong called out "creditor", he suppressed the cynicism that was on her lips.

That's right, she still has tens of thousands of taels of silver in the hands of the Sun family!

Although the Sun family would not dare to break the contract with Wang Taiwei's deterrence, but at this juncture, it is not a good thing if the two parties cannot get off the stage.

That's it!

Anyway, there is no rush for this matter, wait until all the money is in the pocket, and then come forward to disturb Huang's husband's delusion, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng raised her sleeves and burst into a smile, and the face full of wind and sword turned into amiable: "Erlang just likes to joke, and you won't cheat on your sister-in-law's money, but you are still afraid of it." Son?"

As she spoke, she stepped forward, took Baoyu's wine glass, rinsed it briefly with tea, poured another full glass of shochu, and raised her hands and said, "If it wasn't for Erlang's blessing, I'm afraid I won't be able to see your second brother Lian until the end of the year, just because of this, my sister-in-law has to give you a toast!"

Although he made up his mind not to think that Jia Lian was infatuated with Sun Shaozong for the time being, he even made people steal Sun Shaozong's clothes and did many indescribable things.

But Wang Xifeng is a fiery temper after all, and she still couldn't help revealing the meaning of sarcasm in her words.

After she finished speaking, she saw that Sun Shaozong and Jia Lian couldn't bear it, so she lifted the lotus noodles and poured the wine into her throat.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

After all, the aged shochu was not as soft as usual, and Wang Xifeng drank it in a hurry again, coughing up half of it, and immediately the front of the clothes was wet.

If it was an ordinary woman, she would probably feel ashamed.

But Wang Xifeng just raised his sleeves, wiped wantonly on his neck and chest, and said indifferently: "Erlang likes to eat wine, I'm sorry."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and left without saying a word.

Sun Shaozong was a little puzzled by the hasty and vigorous actions.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng had arrived at the door, Jia Lian, who had been watching coldly, suddenly raised his voice and said, "Since you're here, don't rush away—after all, Ping'er belongs to your house, when is it convenient to send him away, and what regulations should be followed, Mr. I want you to come up with an idea."

Wang Xifeng paused, and when he looked back at Jia Lian, a sense of absurdity suddenly surged in his heart: It had been three days since he came back from Wangjiang Tower, and it was the first time that Jia Lian took the initiative to talk to him, and he actually said this...

And if it didn't involve Sun Shaozong, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be such a sentence, right?

"Heck, heck, heck..."

I don't know why these thoughts hit Wang Xifeng's smile, she covered her chest and leaned forward and backward while laughing,

After a long while, she straightened up again under the puzzled eyes of the two, and while wiping the crystals from the corners of her eyes with the back of her finger, she nodded and said, "That's right, after all, Ping'er did this to me." Sisters of the past few years, no matter what, we must make proper arrangements."

After speaking, he went back and sat opposite Sun Shaozong.

Then Sun Shaozong's gaze slid down uncontrollably.

Speaking of...

That should be the fingerprint she just grabbed, right?

It's no wonder that Sun Shaozong still thinks in a crooked way at this time, it's really the fingerprints on Muddy's chest, which are too eye-catching.

After finally correcting the deviation of vision, looking at Wang Xifeng's pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes and two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows, Sun Shaozong said seriously: "As long as it is for the sake of Ping'er, sister-in-law, please ask for anything!"

These words are categorical, but the premise in the words is that Ping'er should be the main one.

And according to the "friendship" between the two behind the scenes, how could Ping'er agree to some unreasonable request made by Wang Xifeng?

So this impassioned speech is just to listen to it.

However, Sun Shaozong never expected that Wang Xifeng would make such a request:

"The other sisters-in-law can't think of it for a while, why don't Erlang accompany me to get drunk first?"

Chapter 893 Feast [Part [-]]

Hearing Wang Xifeng's words, Sun Shaozong's first reaction was to squint at Jia Lian on the opposite side.