Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

"My clean old house has finally returned to its original owner. I put on a friendly attitude and tried my best to invite you gentlemen to come and relax.

"Why? The gentlemen of the Jia Mansion look down on me, Lin, so much that someone wants to kill people openly in the new residence given to me by the emperor, and no one wants to stop it?"

Following the soft voice, Lin Daiyu, followed by Qingwen, Xiaohong, Jiang Yong and Ni Er, walked in slowly.

Jia Huan had been standing there in a daze. When he heard Daiyu's words, he suddenly came to his senses and rushed over to pull Jia Zhen's hand: "Brother Zhen, don't be anxious! We can talk it out! You are in the right, why are you afraid of a troublemaker like her?"

But how old was Jia Huan? How could he have the strength of Jia Zhen, who was already in a state of madness? Those iron-like hands did not move at all!

Daiyu's cold gaze swept over the men in the Jia mansion who were still standing still, and when her gaze fell on Jia Lian's face, her eyebrows twitched slightly.

Jia Lian didn't need her to give him any more hints. He pretended to have just come to his senses, ran over with his robe in hand, and hugged Jia Zhen and dragged him back, "Brother, don't be impulsive!"

He whispered anxiously in her ear, "Did anyone see us just now? This house was granted by the emperor! Sister Lin is no longer our biological sister! Don't let this happen to you!"

Jia Zhen's eyes, which had been hazy for a long time, trembled, gradually became clear, and his hand loosened. He staggered back a few steps, staggered a few times, and fell to the ground, looking like an idiot.

Daiyu knew at a glance that he was pretending to be crazy. A hint of sneer flashed across her lips. She first looked at Third Sister You who had already fallen to the ground unconscious, raised her chin and ordered Qingwen: "Go and have a look."

Qingwen agreed, went over to help Third Sister You up, checked her breath, felt her neck pulse, and looked up at Daiyu: "It shouldn't be a big problem, she just fainted temporarily."

"Wake him up." Daiyu said, and walked inside.

Qingwen agreed, turned over, took out the needle bag from her waist bag, and pulled out a silver needle.

Earlier, because they saw Jia Zhen strangling You Sanjie's neck, everyone was so shocked that they stood up and took two steps forward, and now all the seats were empty.

Daiyu walked over and took the seat previously occupied by Jia Zhen. She raised her hand and asked Jia She and Jia Zheng to take their seats first: "My two uncles, please take your seats."

Then he sat down and asked slowly, "Since this girl has come to my Lin family to cause trouble, and the two uncles seemed unwilling to deal with this trouble before, how about you let your niece decide?"

"How can a girl like you handle such a dirty matter? Go back quickly!" Jia Zheng frowned majestically and twirled his beard in displeasure.

Lin Daiyu looked innocent: "If I don't punish you, uncle, you will watch Brother Zhen strangle me to death in public! This is a death sentence! Moreover, all uncles, cousins, and cousins ​​will not be able to escape the charge of being accomplices who stood by and watched!"

"Why must it come to this?" Jia Zheng waved his sleeves disapprovingly.

Lin Daiyu stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly laughed and asked him directly, "Could it be that uncle thinks that I, a complete outsider, the daughter of the Lin family, should cover up this matter for you?"

Everyone was stunned.

Jia Rong blurted out: "Shouldn't it be so?"

Lin Daiyu looked at Jia Rong with a half-smile: "Good Rong, good grandson! You are worthy of being your father's good son, the future patriarch of the Jia family!"

No matter how shameless he was, when facing a fairy-like figure like Lin Daiyu, Jia Rong could not help feeling a little embarrassed and turned his face away uncomfortably.

"The hereditary first-class general of the imperial court, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Works, the third-rank noble general Weilie - I remember that Brother Lian also donated a Tongzhi.

"I just want to know how you, a group of men with high positions and titles, could so easily put the blame for forcing a commoner girl to death on a weak 14-year-old girl like me who had nothing to do with the incident, was not married yet, and was a blood relative of your Jia family?"

Lin Daiyu's curious gaze began with Jia She's face, and she looked down one by one, passing the cowering Jia Huan and the young Jia Cong, until she reached Jia Rong's face, where a smile like a spring flower suddenly bloomed:

"I guess you didn't consider me as your own flesh and blood, nor did you think I was just a weak unmarried woman. You didn't think it was a big deal to cause a death in someone else's family, right?"

"What do you mean by others? Who are you? Who am I? I am your uncle!" Jia Zheng slammed the table impatiently. "You keep beating around the bush and making righteous remarks. What exactly do you want to say?"

"My uncle? As your junior, I invited you to a banquet at my home, but you didn't protect me from the wind and rain. Instead, you asked me to take the blame for your murder? Is this something an uncle would do? I have never heard of this."

Lin Daiyu straightened her back, her voice gradually became louder, and she looked at Jiang Yong, "Manager Jiang, you have been in the Tao Mansion for many years. Tell me, how far can you go to avoid punishment for hiding something for your relatives? If someone like me hides something for so many people, what will happen if it is discovered in the future?"

In Tao Mansion for many years! ?

All the men in the Jia family trembled!

Therefore, everything he and his friends did, said, and saw had already been seen by this person! If he went to Supervisor Tao's house, wouldn't the secrets of the Jia family be revealed...!?!?

Jia Rong, who reacted the fastest, changed his mind and looked at Jiang Yong with a sinister murderous intent in his eyes!

Jiang Yong bowed his head and said in a serious tone: "My Lord, I don't know what you said."

Everyone's shoulders relaxed.

This person is quite tactful!

“However, Supervisor Tao sent over a dozen of us, two of whom are well versed in the law.

"I've taken him to the main office and asked him to keep an eye on him. Next time someone like Qian Huai comes, we can calculate how much money he should pay, how many boards he should be punished with, and how many days he should carry the shackles.

"There is another one in the mansion. He is helping at the banquet today. I will ask him later.

"However, your surname is Lin, and everyone else's surname is Jia. Moreover, we live in separate houses now, and we are just relatives. In any case, it doesn't qualify as a rule of exoneration for relatives to cover up for each other, right?

"I think if the truth is revealed, a beating would be the least of your punishment. I'm afraid you will be exiled."

The eyes of the crowd looking at Jiang Yong became more and more hostile. Jia Zheng looked at him with particular anger, and then he shouted:

"The previous dynasty had the law of protecting one's relatives. Although our dynasty also wrote this down, the imperial edict has never let those off..."

"So uncle also knows that our dynasty doesn't believe in hiding things from one's relatives!" Daiyu interrupted him loudly, "So, uncle also knows that if something goes wrong, I will have no way to defend myself and no way to escape.

"But you still insist on using my future and even my life to exchange for Brother Zhen's happiness, right?!"

Jia Zheng was speechless after her question!

Even if he did have this intention, Jia Zheng could not help but get angry when his own niece questioned him in public: "Where did you learn to be so unreasonable and sharp-tongued?"

"I have been living in your mansion since I was six years old, and I didn't wake up until my father passed away. I naturally learned all these skills from my uncle and aunt!"

Lin Daiyu's smile disappeared, without any trace of tenderness or gentleness left in her!