The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 258
Xing Xiuyan was originally dependent on others, had no connections in the Rongguo Mansion, and lived in seclusion like Jia Yingchun, so even if the news leaked out, it would not have reached her immediately.

But because of the previous farce, although Lin Daiyu alienated Jia Yingchun, she became handkerchief friends with Xing Xiuyan.

Therefore, when she got the news from Baoyu, Daiyu rushed to the door to warn the police.

Although Xing Xiuyan is precocious, when he suddenly heard that something happened in his family, he was still like a thunderbolt, and he was dazed for a long time before remembering to thank Daiyu.

"Good sister!"

Lin Daiyu twisted the handkerchief anxiously, and urged repeatedly: "Why are you being polite to me at this time, if you need anything, just open your mouth - although I don't have any savings in my hand, Baoyu can still take it out." Two 300 taels of silver for emergency!"

Xing Xiuyan forced a laugh, pulled Lin Daiyu and said earnestly: "Everything went wrong in my visit to the capital this time, except for making friends with my younger sister, which can be called luck."

"elder sister……"

"Don't worry about this, sister."

Xing Xiuyan put the four onion fingers on Daiyu's lips, and said unquestionably: "Of course I have my reasons. If it is really useful for my sister and Master Bao, it is a matter of life and death. When I really need you, I will I won't be courteous to you either."

Although Lin Daiyu was still very worried, but Xing Xiuyan seemed to have something to hold on to, so after repeatedly telling her not to see outsiders, she had no choice but to turn around.

But when Daiyu left, Xing Xiuyan's complexion suddenly collapsed, his eyes turned black and he could hardly stand.

Seeing this, Siqi hurriedly helped her back into the house, and persuaded her: "Young lady, don't be too anxious. Since Miss Lin said so, she is really in a hurry. Gather up the odds and ends in Master Bao's house, It may not be possible to scrape together 1000 taels of silver to plug this hole."

Xing Xiuyan shook her head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Although sister Lin is better than me, she is still dependent on others. If Baoyu's family property is really used to help me pay off the debt, the second wife may not embarrass me if she is in the way of the eldest wife, but she will definitely be angry. Sister Lin - she and Brother Bao are already nervous, if it's because of me..."

Saying that, she shook her head firmly again.

After hearing the words, Siqi couldn't persuade him anymore, if it was just about gold and silver, it would be fine, but how could it ruin Miss Lin's lifelong event?

Seeing that she was speechless, Xing Xiuyan lowered her eyes to consider for a while, and then said: "Sister Lao, go to Jiao's house for a while, if Mr. Jiao is at home, please ask him out for me to meet; if Mr. Jiao is not at home, let's go The back door is guarded."

"It should be at home. I heard that the second master is going to have a banquet for him at noon."

As Siqi said, he was about to leave.

But just after running a few steps, she suddenly turned back and persuaded: "Girl, don't shy away from guarding against men and women at this time, let's meet him together, so we can show some sincerity."

"I'm not shying away."

Xing Xiuyan smiled wryly: "I really don't know his family's likes and dislikes, and I'm just worried that people will talk too much and make trouble."

After a pause, he added: "I have met Mr. Jiao once, and he is a warm-hearted person. He alone may have a chance to turn things around."

This is because they are afraid that thousands of taels of silver will be involved, even if Jiao Shun is willing to raise his hand, his parents may not be willing to accommodate.

Only then did Siqi suddenly realize, so he hurried to Jiao's house to send a letter.

After all, she had a physical relationship with Jiao Shun, and she didn't hide anything in person, she told Xing Xiuyan's thoughts in detail, and then persuaded her: "My lord is not the same as before, this 1000 taels of silver is for you. It's not worth anything, why don't you hold your hands high and leave some affection?"

"It's not that simple, and you don't know what's involved."

Jiao Shun shook his head slightly, but he didn't explain anything, he only made an appointment with Xing Xiuyan at the former site of Dahua Hall.

Seeing this, Siqi couldn't say anything more, so he sighed helplessly and went back home to pass on the news.

About two quarters of an hour later.

Xing Xiuyan, who had been waiting in front of the ruined walls early, saw Jiao Shun hurrying over by herself, and hurriedly waved her hand to signal Siqi to avoid for the time being, leaving her alone to wait.

"Miss Xing..."

Jiao Shun approached, just bowed his hands to Xing Xiuyan, when he saw a tall and delicate woman in front of her who was short in stature, but knelt down in front of her, bowed her head and said: "My father made all the mistakes. Wrong, the little girl is only asking for some time for the adults, and my family will definitely make up for this shortfall in the future!"

"I can't, I can't, Miss Xing please get up!"

Jiao Shun persuaded her, and gave her a few more false supports. Seeing that she was determined not to get up, he let out a sigh of relief, and said helplessly, "It's not that I, Jiao, are cruel. They really don't do things like this!"

Although this matter did not come from his original intention, but since the bow is on the string and he has to do it, Jiao Shun played the role of the villain, but he is also familiar with [yan] with [ben] light [se] [chu].

I saw him spreading his hands: "I originally had good intentions. I couldn't bear to see the girl's family in distress, so I asked my father to help take care of the business. During this period, I never felt wronged by my father, but it happened..."

Xing Xiuyan knew that her family was wronged, and her exquisite facial features showed shame and embarrassment. She solemnly knocked her head on the ground, facing the dry grass and dust, and said: "My father is at fault for this matter, and Xiuyan dare not argue for him. He is just a child After all, you can't just sit back and watch - please adults look at it for my aunt's sake..."

"It's okay if you don't mention the eldest lady!"

Seeing him begging and begging for his father, Jiao Shun felt a little sympathetic in his heart, but at the same time, the idea of ​​bringing him into the family became more and more serious. Once the two were canceled out, he still hardened his heart: "This matter is The Eldest Master and the Eldest Wife started it! Your father’s greedy 1000 taels of silver, but 700 taels were used to fill holes for them and his wife!”

"Yesterday, I promised your father that as long as the eldest wife is willing to spit out the money, he will return the part he has withheld, and Jiao will just pretend it's nothing—who knows that your aunt denied it all the time?" , I want your father to show evidence!"

When Jiao Shun said this, he sneered again and again: "I just lent 5000 taels of silver to the Elder's emergency, and their husband and wife plotted against me like this, it is really deceiving! If I just bear it like this, in the future the people in the mansion will Master, brother, I'm afraid that you will ride on my head more and more!"

"What's more, I've waived this one. How can I ask for the 5000 taels of silver that I lent out earlier? Six to seven thousand taels of silver here and there is not a small amount. Even my family will be hurt!"

Finally, he bowed solemnly: "I do have my own difficulties, I hope Miss will understand - Miss may wish to ask the eldest wife first, as long as she agrees to this matter, I will only reason with her in the future, and your father will naturally agree with you." I can take it out."

Hearing that this matter involved not only a huge sum of 7000 taels, but also related to Jiao Shun's prestige in the mansion, Xing Xiuyan also knew that what he wanted was beyond the reach of others.

Besides, Jiao Shun's advice is also justified, and Xing's attitude is the most critical right now.

Thinking of the aunt's attitude all the time, and this time she was even more heartless, even with such an open-minded temperament, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but burst into anger for a moment!

Saying goodbye to Jiao Shun, she gritted her teeth and went straight to Dongkua courtyard.

Without waiting for the servants and maids to communicate, they directly broke into Xing's boudoir.

At that time, Mrs. Xing was sitting in front of the dressing table, flipping through the gold and jade jewelry in the box. Seeing Xing Xiuyan coming in from the outside with a serious face, she put down her things and said, "I knew you should come here."

As he spoke, he gently waved back the servant who followed.

Then without waiting for Xing Xiuyan to open his mouth, he smiled wryly again: "Do you think I am the one who has no flesh and blood? Your father is my own elder brother. If the master didn't force you repeatedly, how could I intentionally deceive him?"

Now that things are going on, is Xing Xiuyan still willing to believe her?
Gritting her silver teeth, she said coldly, "If my aunt really..."

I don't want to just get started, I saw Xing taking off his clothes by himself, pointing to his heart and smiling bitterly: "My son went to find the master to intercede, thinking about getting your father out anyway, who knows that all kinds of methods have been used. But when it comes to taking money..."

Seeing her bruised and swollen fingerprints on both sides, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help opening her mouth slightly, forgetting what she was going to say for a while.

Mrs. Xing covered her skirt, touched the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and sobbed, "I'm just a continuation, and I don't have any support from my natal family. How can you know the sorrows in secret? Usually, if something goes wrong, the master will fight immediately." When you scold, you almost lose your life, it's not just once or twice!"

She quietly looked at Xing Xiuyan's expression, and seeing the ashamed look on his face, she seemed to believe a little, and hurriedly said while the iron was hot: "But your father is my elder brother after all, even if I risk my life, I can't just watch him go to prison!"

Speaking of this, she took out the jewelry box she had prepared earlier, opened the lid to reveal the golden jewelry inside, and pushed it in front of Xing Xiuyan: "My set of head jewelry cost 3000 taels of silver, you secretly took it out It's an emergency—just don't let this mansion know, otherwise..."

She shuddered, her face showing fear.

This singing, reciting and beating came from Jiao Shun's ear-to-face instruction.

His scheming is not comparable between the two women, and he also has a special 'connection', so when his son had an affair in the East Mansion before, he re-arranged the follow-up 'drama' again.

"aunt!"

After all, Xing Xiuyan is young and inexperienced, and has never seen many intrigues. First, he was bluffed by the traces on her body, and now he saw the real money, and recalling the words he overheard back then, it was indeed Jia She who was hiding evil intentions. I believed it ninety percent.

At that moment, her eyes were also red, and she knelt down and said emotionally: "I misunderstood Auntie, and now I know Auntie's painstaking efforts!"

"My son, get up, get up!"

Mrs. Xing hurriedly helped her up, and said earnestly: "Let your father return the money, and stay away from here in the future, and only name me outside - if you marry a good person in the future, you will return the money." If I can remember my aunt, I will be satisfied."

"aunt……"

Xing Xiuyan felt more and more that he had wronged her in the past, even though her aunt couldn't help herself, she still missed her natal family in her heart.

…………

Farewell to Mrs. Xing with a thousand thanks.

Xing Xiuyan hurried home with Siqi, showed the dowry to her parents, and repeated Xing's words.

How did Xing Zhong and his wife expect such a turning point?
Originally, he hated the Xing family to the bone, but now he praised this sister to the sky.

When he was overjoyed, Xing Zhong hurriedly wanted to pawn off the things, so as to return the money to Jiao Shun as soon as possible.

Xing Xiuyan was afraid that her father would make mistakes again, so she volunteered to follow her.

So the family of three, together with Siqi, hurried out of the house and rushed to Dongshi - there is a pawnshop in Fenggong City, but Xing Xiuyan was worried that if the news spread, it would affect Xing's head, so he insisted on finding a pawn shop. Selling from a distance.

Speechless all the way.

When he found a large pawn shop, Xing Zhong proudly displayed the exquisite jewelry, and was immediately invited by the shopkeeper to talk in detail.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his 40s. He carefully picked up the jewelry with bamboo tweezers, inspected it carefully for a long time with a monocle, and said with a voice: "Good material, so exquisite craftsmanship, such a style I'm afraid there are only three or five companies in the capital that can do it."

After hearing these comments, Xing Zhong became more and more confident, and he thought to himself, not only can he pay off the shortfall, but he might even have some money left over, which will be used to clear up the relationship, and the house of the second entrant will naturally be Still own.

Just thinking about the beauty, Xing's wife couldn't help asking: "The shopkeeper, but I don't know how much these things are worth?"

The shopkeeper smiled slightly, raised his hand and raised two fingers.

"Two, 2000 taels?!"

Xing Zhong was breathing heavily for a while, if he could earn 2000 taels of silver, wouldn't he be left with 700 taels, which is more than all his previous possessions!

Xing's wife was also beaming with joy, subconsciously grabbed her husband's shoulders, and muttered over and over again: "2000 taels, 2000 taels, two thousand..."

Xing Xiuyan breathed a sigh of relief, but in her heart she felt more and more grateful for her aunt's kindness.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper shook his head and spit out four words: "It's 200 taels."

"Two hundred, two hundred taels?!"

Xing Zhongru was struck by lightning, first spread out on the chair, then jumped up and shouted red-faced: "Are you a black shop?! This set of jewelry cost 3000 taels of silver, so it's not worth 2000 taels, 500 taels." There are always two!"

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "If it's really something of honor, 500 taels isn't expensive - but it's obviously ordered by a woman, and it's also marked with the money of the Rongguo Mansion!"

As he spoke, he tapped on the jewelry box with his fingers, jokingly said, "I'm afraid the origin of your thing is...hehe."

Only then did Xing Zhong realize that he actually regarded himself as a thief!
Immediately furious, he stood up suddenly and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about, these things are innocent, they are my sister..."

"father!"

Seeing that Xing Zhong was about to tell the truth, Xing Xiuyan hurriedly stopped him.

However, this scene fell into the eyes of the shopkeeper, but it made him more confident, and he sneered at the moment: "Why don't I let someone take this thing and go to Rongguo Mansion with the girl to ask, if it really is Qingqing?" For nothing, I will give you 500 taels!"

Xing Zhong hesitated to speak when he heard the words, and almost agreed.

But Xing Xiuyan knew that this was absolutely impossible, so she hurriedly reminded her: "If I really ask, my aunt may not dare to admit it, and then there will be another robbery case?"

Xing Zhong collapsed immediately.

If my younger sister dared to disobey Jia Amnesty, she should have recognized the money yesterday, how could the troubles have come to this level.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper sneered again: "Since we have taken risks in our store, we naturally have to discount."

When Xing Zhong heard this, he rolled up the jewelry in a fit of anger, and said through gritted teeth: "I don't believe it's the same in other places!"

But the shopkeeper didn't care, and sat still as firmly as Mount Tai without moving: "You can go around the capital, and that's the price—besides, if it weren't for our boss's background, he might not even dare to take this thing. Yes, I'm afraid you have nowhere to complain if you rob you of this thing!"

Hearing this, Xing Zhong's footsteps stopped, and then his figure was shaky.

Xing's wife couldn't help crying on the spot.

Xing Xiuyan's heart sank for the most part, but she resisted and helped Siqi and her parents out of the pawn shop.

The four came to the street, at a loss as to what to do.

Thanks to the presence of a chess player, they were safely brought back home.

Seeing that the whole family was ashamed, Siqi wanted to say a few words of relief, but he couldn't think of a good solution for a while, so he had to say something like 'there must be a way for a car to reach the mountain', 'a living person will never be suffocated to death by urine' Such a piece of soup.

After all, Xing Xiuyan was stronger than her parents, she barely wiped away her tears and said: "It's too late for my sister to follow us - it's not too early, please tell me when I come back to the house, just tell me... well, let's talk about it tomorrow." .”

Although Siqi is not at ease, staying here will not help the matter, not to mention that he should go back to the government to inform him.

So he helped to buy some food, and went back to Rongguo Mansion by himself.

I had just finished my report at Ermen Luding, and within a few steps I bumped into my aunt Yang.

"I'm looking for a girl!"

Yang pulled Siqi to a corner, and asked worriedly: "I heard that you have been with Miss Xing recently? Is she also keeping the body deed?"

Seeing that Siqi nodded in response, she stomped her feet anxiously: "What do you mean! Now that the Xing family is in trouble, we can't let her implicate us. I'll go back and tell your mother and uncle to let them find a way Transfer you back to the second girl!"

Siqi hurriedly stopped her, forced a smile and said: "Auntie is worrying too much, it may not necessarily affect me."

"You child, it will be too late!"

Yang tried to scare and coax him, but Siqi was unstoppable, and he was always upright, so he would never change his family at this time.

"Come on, let's go, I know you are a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and you don't want to give up Miss Xing at this time." So Yang changed the subject: "Actually, if you want me to say, this matter is difficult to do, but easy to do It's easy to do."

Si Qi was taken aback when he heard the words, then quickly took his aunt's arm, and said anxiously: "Auntie can help her? Quick, tell me!"

"Now you know I'm alright?"

Yang asked Qiao a few words, and then said: "Isn't Miss Xing coming to Beijing just to talk about a marriage? With her figure and appearance, and her back to the Rongguo Mansion, she can find a rich man outside to marry. Don't ask for more money." Don’t you have everything with some bride price?”

Hearing this idea, Siqi's complexion suddenly collapsed, he threw Yang's away angrily, and said coldly: "At this time, those who are willing to come to ask for marriage must be followers of power, and most of them will ask Rongguo Mansion. If you get what you want, you can just pay it back, if the matter can't be done, wouldn't it be the same as pushing Miss Xing into the fire pit?"

"Whoa!"

Yang waved her hands: "There is an old saying that 'you can't take care of your butt'. Besides, if her family doesn't care about the things in front of them, how can there be any future?"

Siqi still shook his head.

Yang simply said in a fit of anger: "Then why don't you just use Miss Xing to pay off the debt? Uncle Jiao on the left and right doesn't ask the eldest wife for anything, but the eldest wife asks him. Don't worry about him turning his face in the future!"

Si Qi still shook his head: "Then Jiao Shun is all about marrying a rich lady, I'm afraid he may not be willing to marry Miss Xing..."

"Marry her? What do you think!"

Yang sneered: "If you use the second girl to pay off the debt, it's okay to be a married couple. A girl like Xing can only be a small girl!"

As he spoke, he raised his little thumb painted with cardamom and waved it in front of Siqi.

Siqi's expression darkened: "You want Miss Xing to be Jiao Shun's concubine?!"

"I'll just say it casually."

Yang said indifferently: "You can't be left or right, but you can only... By the way, if Miss Xing really wants to be a concubine, you have to get out early, otherwise you can only be a dowry maid." gone."

This last sentence really makes Siqi feel like "there is no way out, there is no way out, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers".

She had already given up all her thoughts and planned to live alone forever, but who would have thought that by accident, she would go back to the old way of marrying a maid again.

Although doing so would greatly wrong Ms. Xing, but until now...

(End of this chapter)