The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 371 Rooting

This evening.

Jiao Shun drove back home, and just chatted with his father about the flood control project in the main room, when Qingwen reported that Ping'er had come.

Xiang Laiwang pleaded guilty, and Jiao Shun hurriedly went to the West Wing to meet the guests.

After dismissing Lin Hongyu who was serving tea, Ping'er naturally had nothing to hide from him, so she explained Wang Xifeng's thoughts in detail, and apologized: "It's all my fault that I accidentally revealed the truth and called her It gave birth to the idea of ​​comparing with Grandma Zhen."

"I can't blame you."

Jiao Shun waved his hand and said, "Because of Brother Rong's matter, she has already become suspicious, and sooner or later she will not be able to hide this matter."

He pondered for a while, and then said again: "It's just that our second mistress has always been looking forward to Sichuan. If she really took advantage of her easily, I don't know how to open her mouth like a lion. Then, go back and tell her, I have a hand in hand." There is no good business that can make money for the time being, so let’s finish the maritime trade first and then talk about other things.”

"This……"

Ping'er hesitated: "I'm afraid she might not have the patience."

"It's okay."

Jiao Shun stepped forward to lift Ping'er's catkin, and said considerately: "I will give you my own comfort in three to five days, and I will never make it difficult for my sister to be around her."

"I'm not afraid of difficulty, I'm just afraid..."

Ping'er bit her lower lip slightly, and said shyly and charmingly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to stay with you forever."

She was very reserved in this regard, until Jiao Shun offered most of his net worth as bail to redeem her, and then he completely let go of his body and mind.

Jiao Shun lowered his head at the right time, and she bowed her neck in submission.

The two fought lip-to-mouth and tongue-to-mouth for a long time, and then Ping'er reluctantly went back to return to his command.

Jiao Shun was thinking about what excuse he should find to give Wang Xifeng some sweetness, without making her think that he was easy to handle, so he opened his mouth wide all day long, and went to the east wing to have dinner with Xing Xiuyan.

During the dinner, he suddenly thought of Daiyu, and hurriedly asked Sister Lin how her condition was.

"It's much better. Although there is still some fever in the afternoon, it is not as dangerous as yesterday, and people have always been awake."

As Xing Xiuyan said, she gave Siqi a wink, and when Siqi led the jade bracelet and red jade to hide outside, she said what she did to test Daiyu yesterday, and finally emphasized again and again: "I see her Extremely reluctant, the last words were just for fear of embarrassing me, so I can’t do it right.”

These remarks are obviously paving the way for the ending of "the bamboo basket fetches water in vain".

Although forced to mix Jiao's wolfish ambitions, Xing Xiuyan has absolutely no hypocrisy towards this friendship.

Jiao Shun nodded noncommittally, but he was secretly worried, if Daiyu still refused to agree, he would not be able to overpower the king, right?
But now that she has come to this world of red chambers, Chai Dai should at least marry one, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain to blind Lao Cao's painstaking portrayal?
While he was worrying, he heard that someone outside seemed to be coming, talking to the chess players in the corridor.

Hearing that voice, it seemed to be Yang's.

Worried about being noticed by others, the two of them have been deliberately avoiding suspicion on the surface, but why did she take the initiative to come to the door today?
Could it be that some major event related to him happened in the garden?
Is it Li Wan or Tanchun?
Or Aunt Zhao and Xing?
Or is it Xiuju and Suyun?
Jiao Shun thought about the people he had had affairs with, and felt that he couldn't sit still, but he couldn't take the initiative to go out and ask for clarification, so he waited on pins and needles for a long time before seeing Siqi leading Yang Shi in from the outside.

Seeing that Siqi's face was quite ugly, Jiao Shun thought that there was probably something wrong with Xiuju - the biggest news in the past two days was Yingchun's marriage, but that girl was a foolish and loyal girl, maybe that's why...

"uncle."

At this time, Yang pretended to be serious and bowed, and said with a low voice, "Pan, the chess player's cousin, is back."

"Um?!"

Jiao Shun was stunned for a moment before realizing what was going on, so he raised his eyebrows and signaled Yang to continue talking.

"He did a small business outside his name for two years, and he really made a lot of money. Now he quietly returned to the capital, thinking of redeeming himself for Siqi—no, he came to the door in the afternoon Go, tell me to deliver a letter to Siqi."

When Yang said this, he took out an unopened letter from his sleeve, and put it in front of Jiao Shun with both hands.

Jiao Shun took the letter and glanced at Siqi first, then opened it to examine it carefully.

In his letter, Pan Youan said that he left his hometown and lived in the south of the Yangtze River, and missed his cousin Siqi all the time. Now that he has managed to gain a foothold in the south, he is barely wealthy, so he plans to return to Beijing to redeem Siqi, so that they can have a happy reunion.

Pan Youan also knew that Siqi had become Jiao Shun's housemate, but he said that it was all the result of what he planted back then, and he couldn't blame his cousin at all, and he would never hold grudges when he became a relative... …

This paragraph of heartfelt words took up more than half a page, Jiao Shun naturally didn't bother to read it carefully, and turned to the following content.

Pan You'an was quite scheming, he knew that if he ran directly to redeem himself, he would probably be in trouble, and even if he was sent to the government, he didn't know - after all, he absconded in fear of crime and left a criminal record in Shuntian Mansion.

But fortunately, I found out that Siqi is very popular with my aunt in Jiao's family. It just so happens that this aunt is about to give birth soon, so I might as well ask this aunt to come forward to ask for her kindness. The younger brothers think of another way.

tsk~
Jiao Shun smacked his lips, then looked up at Siqi again: "He said he wanted to redeem you, what do you think of this?"

"What catches your eyes!"

Siqi's ten fingers were tightly entangled in one place, his plump chest heaved rapidly, he gritted his teeth and said, "I thought he was dead two years ago, and the tomb has already been buried!"

That being said, looking at her tense and tangled look, one can tell that this matter has had a great impact on her.

This is probably the disadvantage of getting on the train first and paying for the fare, because the initial method is not glorious, just relying on the long-term love to dig out the roots of the first love of the two, I am afraid that it is still too late.

It's also thanks to Pan You'an's entrustment to a non-human being, otherwise this eloquent letter fell on the chess player, and I'm afraid it would cause a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Jiao Shun turned his head to look at Yang Shi again: "Qin Xian's family, what do you think about this?"

"Of course the officer took him!"

Yang's righteousness said: "It's fine for him to abscond in fear of crime, but now he has come to act as a monster. If he doesn't send to the officials to punish him sooner, it's fine for us Qin family to be punished. Wouldn't it be a crime if he disturbed the uncle?"

Siqi couldn't help trembling when he heard the words, she didn't intend to reunite with Pan Youan, but after all, he was her childhood sweetheart's uncle and cousin, so no matter how much she hated and complained, she couldn't do a righteous act of killing her relatives.

Jiao Shun glanced at Siqi again, tapped the table a few times with his fingers, and suddenly said: "Go and bring Pan You'an here, I have something to ask him face to face."

Yang was worried that her betrayal of Pan You'an would be exposed, so she was a little reluctant, but she didn't dare to disobey Jiao Shun's order, so she respectfully complied and hurried to Pan's house to pass on the message.

After Mrs. Yang left, Siqi raised his head and hesitated to speak, but Jiao Shun waved at her: "You avoid it first, and I'll talk about everything after I see Pan You'an."

Siqi gritted his teeth, turned around and walked towards the back room. When he was about to enter the door, he turned around and emphasized solemnly: "In my opinion, he died two years ago!"

With that said, he picked up the curtain and entered the inner room.

But she said that Mrs. Yang arrived at Pan's house in a hurry, and in front of her sister-in-law, she dared not say that she had betrayed her nephew. She only reasoned that it happened that Jiao Shun broke the letter, and that the letter fell into Jiao Shun's hands, so naturally she couldn't hide anything. up.

The Pan family seemed to be bluffing, and Pan You'an was even more terrified, and immediately decided to flee overnight.

Yang coaxed him by coaxing him, and said that he was looking at Jiao Shun, maybe he would agree to let Siqi redeem himself, so Pan You'an took all the money and went to Jiao's house tremblingly.

When he saw Jiao Shun in the living room who was full of official authority in the middle of the tiger, Pan You'an couldn't help being in a daze for a moment. When he was framed by Deng Haoshi two years ago and fled the capital in a panic, this Jiao Shun had just become the mansion The little steward in the house, who would have thought that we would see each other in two years, they would be so different from each other!

"cough~"

Pan You'an didn't wake up until Mrs. Yang coughed dryly beside her, knelt down on the ground in a hurry, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said, "I beg Mr. Jiao to show you your hand. For the sake of past affection, I will spare this little one." Come back!"

"Not that."

Jiao Shun raised the letter in Yang's hand: "Your case hasn't been settled yet, but you still want to redeem your cousin, which is kind and righteous."

Pan You'an didn't know what to do, knelt down on the ground and dared not speak.

Jiao Shun said again: "It's just that she has become my roommate now..."

"Small ones don't care, small ones don't care!"

Hearing this, Pan You'an seemed to have gaps, kowtowed quickly and said: "If the uncle is willing to let the cousin out of slavery, my husband and I will give the uncle a long life ranking at home."

ok~
It's about couples.

"But I care!"

Jiao Shun's face turned cold, and he glared angrily: "You and my people secretly communicated, are you cheating my sword?! The fault is not for Siqi's sake, I can send you into the palace with just one piece of paper. Shuntian Mansion Prison!"

Only then did Pan You'an realize that he had made a mistake, and he was so frightened that he kept begging for mercy like sifting chaff.

Jiao Shun waited for him to yell for mercy, and then asked again: "How many taels of redemption money have you prepared?"

Pan Youan originally planned to ask for a maximum price of 300 taels, but now that Jiao Shun was so frightened, he took out all the silver at the bottom of the box. After a rough calculation, it was about 400 taels.

"I'll give you another 600 taels."

As Jiao Shun said, he took out a few bank notes from his sleeve and threw them directly in front of Pan You'an: "Let your aunt give the money to Grandma Lian'er, and ask her to try to settle this old case. From now on, you will Live your life in peace."

Normally, he would not only spend one or two thousand taels of silver on buying headgear for the maids, but he would spend several hundred taels of silver to relieve Siqi's knots and comfort Wang Xifeng by the way. For Jiao Shun, it was definitely worth the money.

Na Pan Youan looked at the banknotes scattered in front of him, summoned up his courage and whispered: "That cousin..."

"Um?!"

Jiao Shun glared with a gloomy face, then he shrunk his head like a tortoise and fell back on the ground, not daring to say another word.

At this time, Mrs. Yang hurriedly went forward to gather up the bank notes, and squeezed Pan You'an's brains, and while apologizing to Jiao Shun, she dragged Pan You'an out of the house.

After watching the two of them leave, Jiao Shun got up and entered the bedroom in the east room, but he almost collided with Siqi.

Siqi backed away in a hurry, turned his back and wiped his eyes, then turned around and said to Jiaojiao: "Thank you, sir, for not fussing with him, and..."

"What do I care about with him?"

Seeing her red eye circles, Jiao Shun was a little displeased at first, but after careful identification, he found that it was not because of unrequited love, but because he was moved by what he had done just now, so he turned his anger into joy, and stepped forward to take her into his arms Said: "It's not him who hugged the beauty back - besides, he is like a little chicken, how did he subdue you? Even if we became husband and wife back then, I'm afraid it would be useless."

"Bah~"

Siqi was originally touched, and he couldn't help but spit out after hearing this: "It's just that uncle thinks about those dirty things all day long!"

Talking about breaking free.

Jiao Shun was not willing to let him go, he tightened his shackles and rubbed his hands as if traveling across mountains and seas.

In a short time, Siqi's tall and plump body was as soft as dough, only one mouth was still hard: "Today, today is Hongyu's vigil, please let me go quickly, so I can take her place."

Jiao Shun laughed and said, "Why don't you replace me? I've spent hundreds of taels of silver, so you have to listen to it, right? Why don't you call her here, let's..."

As he spoke, he whispered a few words about what he could do but not write.

"Bah, bah!"

Siqi spat twice upon hearing this, she has been dowry for more than half a year, and she has never teamed up with others to fight on the kang, not to mention Jiao Shun specifically pointed out that she would do some fancy work.

When he was about to struggle hard, he remembered that just now Jiao Shun, for his own sake, not only did not forgive Pan Youan, but even offered to pay for him to get rid of the crime, his heart softened for a moment.

After hesitating for a while, he said in a muffled voice with red head and puffy face: "Can Xiangling replace Hongyu..."

Although Lin Hongyu has often flattered Siqi recently, in Siqi's heart he is still not as close as Xiangling.

…………

at the same time.

Wang Xifeng had just had dinner with Jia Mu, and she came out drunk, waved away the maid who came up to her, and complained to Yuanyang as she walked, saying that for the construction of the Grand View Garden, the mansion owed a famine, but The old man urged the old lady to rebuild the big flower hall, and even if she sold herself, she couldn't afford the expense.

As he said that, he suddenly changed the subject: "Since the old lady agreed to this matter, why don't you ask her to get some money first—don't worry, when the dividends from the Nanfanger factory arrive at the end of the year, I will take this A sum of money will be given to the old lady to make up."

Wang Xifeng's words were half-truth and half-false. Originally, Rongguo Mansion's finances were in dire straits, but it wasn't to the point where they wanted to take money from the old lady's private house.

What really caused this predicament was actually the fact that in order to raise the capital of Haimao a while ago, she extorted too much. Although she only collected less than 2 taels from the mansion, she couldn't stand the people below. Make a fortune together.

It is said that they want to plot the old lady's private money, how can Yuanyang be willing to get involved?
He shook his head again and again: "Grandma was joking, how can I be the master of the old lady?"

"Yo~"

Wang Xifeng shook the handkerchief and said with a laugh: "Don't be modest, who doesn't know that you keep the old lady's things? She would rather turn against the old man and protect you. If you say a word, you will be ten feet taller than us." A hundred sentences!"

Yuanyang also covered her mouth and smiled, but she still didn't agree with a single word in her mouth: "Grandma's words are really to be admired by people who don't know where to go. If I really want to have such a big face, why should I be a slave? I have already robbed Grandma." Errand, caught inside and out!"

"Good good!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng climbed along the pole and said: "Since you have such thoughts, I will send you the second master tomorrow, so that you can satisfy the second grandma's addiction!"

"Grandma is making fun of people again!"

The mandarin duck was about to leave, but Wang Xifeng quickly stopped laughing, stepped forward and hugged the mandarin duck's arm and said softly: "My good sister, you should be doing good deeds, at least help me find out the old lady's tone, if not, I will do it again Think of another way."

Yuanyang was so entangled by her that she had no choice but to reluctantly agree to ask this question, but there was no guarantee that it would be successful.

Only then did Wang Xifeng return home contentedly.

When Ping'er reported Jiao Shun's reply, her blushing oval face immediately turned cold: "He thinks I'm easy to coax? There's no beginning or end and no fixed date. It's three years, five years, ten years. It’s the same thing in eight years, so I just do it and wait? Or is it that I can’t even compare with those who come from a small family?”

This small family refers to Youshi, of course.

Ping'er was about to say a few words for Jiao Shun, but it was reported outside that it was Mrs. Yang who was guarding the garden.

Wang Xifeng thought it was something wrong in the garden, and didn't care about sending Luo Ping'er, so she hurriedly asked Yang Shi to come in.

Mrs. Yang handed over the banknotes when she entered the door, and then explained the whole story, and finally said emphatically: "Most of the money was paid out with the help of Uncle Jiao."

Wang Xifeng pressed the bank notes on the kang table with her hands, crossed her legs and meditated for a while, and then asked Yang to go back and wait for her good news.

After Mrs. Yang left, she turned her head and sneered at Ping'er again: "It's really easy to calculate, borrow my hand to file a lawsuit, and later say that I got the benefits, and let him take all the advantages in this world!"

Having said that, she honestly took the money into her bag.

(End of this chapter)