The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 394
Wang Xifeng dismissed Jiao Shun with a pun, and immediately started chatting with Lin Daiyu, Xu Shi and others who came out to greet her. After the rain and dew were all over, she proposed to go in and visit Xing Xiuyan.

From Mrs. Xing's point of view, she is Xing Xiuyan's cousin, and it is not an exaggeration to come to visit in the name of her mother-in-law, so Mrs. Xu did not stop her.

But Mrs. Xu didn't stop her, but Lin Daiyu came forward to stop Wang Xifeng, and said with a smile: "They are talking to each other inside, why bother to be a bad guest, sister-in-law?"

Wang Xifeng was actually worried that the money she invested would go wrong, so when she heard that Jiao Shun hadn't been able to go south, she couldn't help but ran over to ask her in person.

But it was impossible for her to tell the truth in front of Lin Daiyu, so she said in a half-joking and half-perfunctory way: "Your sister will know when she becomes a mother in the future, and having a baby is a debilitating thing, so you should rest and rest first. We can't let their young couple make out endlessly."

With such an excuse, she was able to pass Sister Lin and enter the south room in the east wing—this place was originally the place where the night guard maids rested, but now it is temporarily used as a delivery room.

As soon as she entered the door, Wang Xifeng saw Jiao Shun holding Xing Xiuyan in a half-hugging, carefully feeding her water. The posture of holding Xing Xiuyan in his mouth for fear of melting and holding it in his hands for fear of breaking made her jealous all of a sudden. Sheng.

She has always been very possessive, although she knows intellectually that even if she has a relationship with Jiao Shun, this monkey is definitely not something she can easily control, but she still can't see him getting closer to others.

"cough~"

Wang Xifeng first coughed lightly to startle the two of them, and then said with a pun that seemed to be a smile but not a smile: "My sister has just passed the gate of hell, but she must not be contaminated by men. Why don't you lie down and take care of yourselves? Let's borrow brother Shun for now." Can I do it well?"

Xing Xiuyan faintly heard something was wrong, but she didn't reveal it at all. She smiled weakly and said, "Sister-in-law was joking, how can I be our master's master?"

Jiao Shun glanced at Wang Xifeng, carefully supported Xing Xiuyan to lie down, moved the cradle to the head of the bed, and said softly: "You watch the baby to sleep for a while, if she cries, let Siqi and the others call you nurse Come in and take care."

After saying that, she carefully wiped off the fine sweat from her temples, then got up and said to Wang Xifeng: "Second Mistress came to the door at this time, presumably because of the business of the Taiwei's Mansion? Come on, let's go outside and talk."

Under the banner of the Wang family, firstly, it is to prevent people from the Rongguo Mansion from being picky, and secondly, it is also convenient for them to pretend to be powerful in the south.

Wang Xifeng was upset by him, so he couldn't stop making troubles with cynicism, obediently followed Jiao Shun to the living room, and was about to ask why he didn't go south, and the money he invested was safe.

I didn't want to, but I saw Jiao Shun walking non-stop, and walked into the bedroom in the north room.

Wang Xifeng looked at Ping'er who was guarding the hall and was talking to Yuanyang, he hesitated for a moment, but followed quickly.

As soon as she entered the door, she felt her waist tighten, and before she could exclaim, the cherry was tightly blocked by Jiao Shun.

Wang Xifeng just struggled a few times with half-push and half-hand, and then warmly greeted her.

But after parting lips for a long time, she immediately lowered her face and asked the teacher: "Who do you think I am? If you dare to be so disrespectful, take care of me... oh!"

Before Wang Xifeng finished speaking, Jiao Shun launched a second surprise attack.

And this time he used both hands and mouth, and in a short while, he kneaded a woman who knows the taste, making it as loud and soft as noodles, and there was only a spring water in the eyes of Danfeng, who was always strong and fierce.

"You dead man~"

Parting her lips again, Wang Xifeng slapped Jiao Shun lightly on the shoulder exhaling like blue, and said coquettishly: "We just added a baby to the family and made trouble like this. If sister Xing finds out, I don't know how sad I will be."

Seeing her duplicity, Jiao Shun put on an even more anxious look, bit Sister Feng's ear and said, "Good man, I haven't had a private meeting with you since we left the boiler room. See, let alone make anyone sad, even if the emperor wants to be angry, I can't care about it either!"

These words were scumbag and greasy, but Wang Xifeng was very helpful.

Listening to Jiao Shun mentioning the boiler room again, she recalled the scene of that day—at that time, she only blamed Jiao Shun for being rude and inconsiderate, but now she only remembered the crispness of life and death.

So he rubbed his familiar body against Jiao Shun's arms, but snorted coldly, "Hmph~ You can only coax those little girls with these words, but how dare you use them to deceive me?"

"Heaven and earth conscience!"

Jiao Shun straightened his back, and said with a pun: "How 'sincere' I am, doesn't Second Mistress know?"

"Bah~"

Wang Xifeng gritted her silver teeth lightly and spat, but couldn't help but reach out and climb down.

The two of them rubbed each other's ears and temples until the sound of Siqi calling for the nanny was heard outside, Wang Xifeng finally remembered the business, and hurriedly wiped her little hands with a handkerchief, and asked: "What kind of lawsuit have you gotten into? Being chased back?"

"It's someone from the Ministry of Rites who wants to cheat me, and I'm the one who suffers."

Jiao Shun naturally knew what she was concerned about, and as he put on his belt again, he explained: "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements for what needs to be done. In two days, you will arrange for someone to go south with Jia Yun. He is a shrewd person." If there is anything that cannot be dealt with, it will be reported to Jingli as soon as possible."

"It's not as safe as you coming over in person."

Wang Xifeng said, and said: "Forget it, anyway, the contract is signed, if the time comes, if I pay the compensation, I will just look for you!"

"Second Mistress, just rest assured."

Jiao Shun laughed and said, "You hold me in your hands, do you still dare to go back on your word?"

"Bah~ Dogs can't spit ivory out of their mouths!"

Wang Xifeng laughed and cursed, broke away from Jiao Shun's embrace and walked out, before going out, she turned around charmingly and said: "Next time when you rest and take a bath, I, Heping'er, will go for a walk in the garden."

After setting the invitation for the blue sky and white day, she opened the door and walked out without waiting for Jiao Shun to respond.

…………

Let's go back and talk about the You family sisters.

It wasn't until Jiao Shun suddenly received an order from Shangfeng to return to the city in a hurry, and Second Sister You heard the pointing and talking outside, that she realized that she had leaked her adultery in front of others.

At that moment, her head was red, her face was flushed, her heart was pounding like a deer, she didn't care that the third sister hadn't recovered completely, and she didn't dare to wait for the doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment, so she urged the coachman to return quickly.

On the way, she was anxious and thinking about things. At one moment, she was worried that the historian would make things difficult for her, and at the other, she hoped that Jiao Shun would take advantage of the situation to marry her.

Of course, she herself knew that the possibility of the latter was extremely slim, but no matter how slim the possibility was, it couldn't stop a girl with a spring heart from dreaming about a bright future.

On the way, Third Sister You gradually regained her strength, covering her face with her hands and sobbing.

At first, Second Sister You thought her younger sister was crying, but later she realized that it was laughter, and immediately felt a sudden shock in her heart. It would be fine if she cried at this juncture, this laugh...

"younger sister."

She hurriedly put her hand on Third Sister You's shoulder, and comforted softly: "The surname Liu missed you anyway, that's because he was unlucky, so why bother..."

"do not talk!"

Third Sister You interrupted her words with a low growl, and then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I am so stupid, so stupid, that Jiao person has already seen that I am wishful thinking, but I still want to deceive myself... ...Hahaha, how stupid!"

Laughing and laughing, she couldn't stop coughing again, her whole body rolled into dried shrimps.

Second Sister You hurriedly reached out and patted her on the back, and took a handkerchief to catch the saliva, river water, and snot she coughed up.

When she found that the cough was mixed with a trace of blood, Second Sister You became more and more panicked, and blamed herself: "I should have waited for you to see the doctor before returning to the city——you wait, I will Let people find a medical clinic for consultation..."

"No, no need."

Third Sister You shook her head with difficulty, and her voice was rough and hoarse: "I just hurt my throat, it's nothing serious."

As he said that, he chuckled again: "Fortunately, I was still worried that he would be cash-strapped, so he pawned all his belongings as money, and I didn't want him to leave 50 taels for me—haha, 50 taels, what did he think of me? Is it? Even the promiscuous whores in the capital are afraid that the price will be more than this!"

In fact, there may not be such a price tag.

But Second Sister You naturally wouldn't be serious about this, but subconsciously asked: "Is there a bank note in the letter? Then why didn't I..."

Halfway through the talk, I thought that I should have thrown it in the water, and regretfully persuaded, "It's only 50 taels of silver. If you throw it away, it's worth it. What's it worth? Your brother-in-law just gave you 500 taels for me to show you." Doctor, take care of yourself."

As he spoke, he carefully took out the bank note from his bosom, and waved it at his sister half in relief and half showing off.

The third sister You didn't even look at it, but her facial features became more and more distorted and stern, coughing and laughing: "Mom always says I'm not as good as my sister, and I always don't think so, now, cough cough cough... now it seems that I It's actually not even a fraction of my sister's..."

Although things are not such a comparison.

But Second Sister You really believes that her choice is more than ten times stronger than her sister's unrequited love.

She was about to show off, when she suddenly heard Third Sister You smile and ask: "How about I sell it to him too? The three of us sisters match him one, why can't we let him make room for the main room?"

Second Sister You was taken aback when she heard the words, she was both apprehensive and somewhat hopeful, if she could take over the Jiao family, she would naturally be [-]% willing.

But the problem is that this younger sister of my family has a temperament that is neither serious nor serious, and now...

What should I do if I am troubled by her to the point of getting out of hand? !
After thinking about it, she still refused with a forced smile: "My sister is joking, what is our family's background, how can we be worth the daughter of the Marquis Mansion?"

"How can you get the daughter of the Hou Mansion? Isn't the big sister still the general's wife?!"

Third Sister You gritted her teeth, her eyes full of madness and depression: "Our innocent daughter's family must not take advantage of these dog men for nothing!"

She was grinding her back molars while talking, as if she wanted to swallow someone alive.

The second sister You was terrified, she didn't dare to answer her younger sister's words anymore, she thought she had to remind the uncle well not to provoke the third sister.

…………

afternoon.

The news of the Zhou Long incident finally officially reached the Ministry of Rites. Wang Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, summoned the left and right servants, first recounted the case reported by Dali Temple, and then said: "Because there is no evidence yet, the Ministry of Industry is going to submit it to the three courts for a joint trial. Therefore, Dali Temple temporarily confines Zhou Long at home, but does not take him into custody."

In fact, the servants on the left and right had already heard the news, but at this time, the two of them still acted as if they had heard it for the first time.

Li Yan, the servant on the right, was the first to say: "Since it's a matter of chasing rumors, why bother to mobilize people? Since Chen Lecheng [Chen Shangshu's name Li, style name Lecheng] has come to power, the Ministry of Industry's actions have become more and more absurd!"

Zhang Qiu, the left servant, was the mastermind behind the scenes, but at this time, he helped the labor department to distinguish: "Chen Shangshu also has Chen Shangshu's difficulties. This case involves two officials, and it is related to the New Deal that His Majesty fully supports. Naturally, he cannot afford to be negligent."

Li Shilang looked at Zhang Qiu in surprise when he heard the words, and then thought about it.

Wang Yan also squinted his eyes, stroked his beard and said, "Then according to Brother Xie [Zhang Qiuzi], should my Ministry of Rites also support the investigation of this case?"

Zhang Qiushi deliberately sold a loophole, he did not leave anything to say at the time, and he was not afraid of a thorough investigation by the court.

However, if Zhou Long's actions were placed elsewhere, most of them would be cast aside by others, but since they were for the purpose of "helping the righteousness to rectify the source", they would inevitably win the wide support of scholars.

If Wang Yan and Li Yan intend to talk to him, they will only let him take the opportunity to fight for his reputation. Not only will he not damage his foundation, but it will also have the effect of strengthening his foundation and cultivating his talents.

Hearing Wang Yan ask for his opinion, he said confidently: "Since the Ministry of Industry has already submitted the request, we don't need to add another word to the snake. When the three legal departments come to investigate, we will do our best to cooperate. Even if the colleagues below suffer some humiliation. There were some delays, and even caused a lot of criticism, and it is necessary to find out the right and wrong."

This mouth is an old hermaphrodite.

Listening to his words in reverse, it is: twists and turns are not important, if you can take the opportunity to stir up anger and anger, even if Zhou Long is convicted in the end, the Ministry of Rites will never be a loser, and they can even coerce public opinion to push back. Wave.

Wang Yan and Li Yan naturally understood the meaning of these words, and looked at each other, Wang Yan immediately clapped the board and said: "Then let Brother Youxi Ye handle this matter, the most important thing in our etiquette department is to maintain etiquette. Be upright, don't tolerate slander, and never take sides!"

What this means is: Zhou Long still needs to protect himself, and it is best to be classified as accusation.

Zhang Qiu understood.

So from this afternoon, Li Qing's drunken words of "Is it wrong to fight for wealth" and "If you can sue those sours, I will be Li Shun from now on, and your special mother will be Chen Shun" quickly spread in the Ministry of Rites. It spread, and soon spread to the Six Departments, Five Temples, the Taoist Officials, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College...

During this period, countless versions were derived, but they were quite uniformly deduced: the madness of mud legs who did not hesitate to pull down civil servants in the imperial examination for the sake of wealth and glory.

Although most versions did not conclude that Zhou Long was innocent, countless civil officials felt the same way, full of sympathy and even admiration for him.

(End of this chapter)