The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 398 Qixi Festival [Part [-]]

Near noon, clear the hut.

Baochai waited in the house for a long time before Aunt Xue came back from the outside. While wiping the fine sweat from her forehead and temples with a handkerchief, she said helplessly, "Baoyu is a real child. Ever since that fake nun was kicked out, he As for being unhappy, the number of visits to the Qingtang hut is also significantly less."

"Because of the palace's will today, your aunt originally wanted him to play and play with the sisters, so as to clear up his mind, but who knew that he not only refused to agree, but also sent this thing to your aunt. Boss is not happy."

As he spoke, he handed a crumpled note to Baochai.

Baochai unfolded it and saw that it was Xin Qiji's half-queen "Ugly Slave": Now that I know all the sorrow, I want to say it.I want to say goodbye, but I say it's a cool autumn.

Does this mean that I have tasted all the misery in the world, so I am not in the mood to write poems for the palace for fun?
Baochai didn't know how to comment for a while, so she smiled and comforted her mother and said: "After all, she is his own sister, so if you really present this, can you still blame her?"

"Say so."

Aunt Xue said helplessly: "But he's grown up now, not to mention that next year he will be... well, having your brother is enough for me to worry about, let's not talk about it, don't talk about it."

As she said that, she untied her long skirt by herself, revealing a body of white porcelain that looked like delicate skin and tender flesh. She sat cross-legged on the Arhat bed, and asked the servant girl to put the ice basin in front of her. Then she said lazily: " There is another matter, because brother Shun was going to go to Beijing for business, the business of making cars was entrusted to our family and Zhou Rui. Now that brother Shun has not made it, according to your aunt, this It's safe for him to take the lead - remember to remind me in the evening, let's talk about this matter together, so as to save your aunt from worrying about it."

In fact, she was considerate of her sister's desire to separate herself from Jiao Shun, so she took the initiative to stop the job.

"I'm afraid it won't work."

Baochai smiled wryly and said, "Mother, have you forgotten that I also want to write a poem and submit it to the palace, and the empress hasn't set a time for delivery, so naturally I can only wait in the palace."

"This……"

Aunt Xue frowned slightly, and a few small wrinkles appeared in the corners of her eyes because of this, but it did not make her lose color, on the contrary, she looked more gentle and amiable.

She hesitated for a moment, then showed her face again and said: "Forget it, I have already asked all the questions that should be asked last time, and I will do the same when I see him this time."

But Baochai was worried, and repeatedly emphasized the important points. At last, Aunt Xue got annoyed and complained: "I'm not a child anymore, can I say something wrong with just a few words?"

While speaking, she pursed her mouth unconsciously, revealing an innocence that didn't match her age.

Immediately afterwards, she changed the topic and said: "I heard people say that Brother Shun gave another rare item to Yun girl earlier this morning?"

"Mom also knows?"

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "It's not a rare thing, it can only be said to be rare."

As he spoke, he briefly described the matter.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue became fascinated, and said quietly: "If it weren't for the topic set by the empress, I would almost have forgotten that today is Qixi Festival. Back then when your father was still alive, every Qixi Festival would send me off in different ways. Gift, I remember the first one he carved with his own hands..."

Speaking of this, she was silent for a long time, until Baochai stepped forward to gently hold her half arm, then came back to her senses, smiled self-consciously and said: "Look at me, I am really old, and I always like to talk about the past trivial matters."

"Mom is not old."

Baochai took the opportunity to throw herself into her mother's arms to get tired, and the mother and daughter laughed and quarreled for a while, which diluted the inexplicable sentimental atmosphere just now.

At this time, Mrs. Wang sent someone to invite her.

So Aunt Xue hurriedly put on her clothes again, and hurried to the inner room of the main room.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Mrs. Wang wearing a semi-transparent white gauze, kneeling in front of the altar and chanting sutras. She didn't rush to disturb her, she just sat down at the round table and waited.

After about half a stick of incense, Mrs. Wang got up from the altar and walked towards Aunt Xue.

Seeing her magnanimity, Aunt Xue avoided her eyes unconsciously.

Ordinarily, as the instigator, she shouldn't be like this, but Mrs. Wang became more and more self-defeating after being stimulated last time, which made her, a 'pioneer', experience Baochai's usual feelings.

Mrs. Wang, however, was calm in body and mind, without any worries. After she was seated, she said straight to the point: "Just now, my sister-in-law sent someone to send a letter, saying that she met a family for Wen Long. The other party was also from an imperial businessman, so she could barely be considered a good match."

"really?!"

Aunt Xue was overjoyed, and no longer cared about hiding anything, she stared at Mrs. Wang expectantly and asked: "But I don't know which family it is?"

"It's the Xia's family that specializes in displaying bonsai. People call them Osmanthus Xia's family. The head of her family is also a widow, and she is the only woman under her knees. She has loved her like a treasure since she was a child. It is said that she specially invited a few Master teaches at home, so he knows everything about poetry and songs."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang shook her head and said with a smile: "This sounds like another precious girl. It's really not that the whole family does not enter the house."

"Amitabha, Amitabha!"

Aunt Xue became more and more rejoiced when she heard this, and she recited the Buddha's mantra twice in a row: "That's a good feeling, that's a good feeling! If there is someone like Baochai who controls Wenlong, I will be able to relax in the future." gone."

She briefly asked about the Xia family's recent situation, then happily got up to say goodbye to her sister and tell Baochai the great news.

Madam Wang stopped her again, and asked hesitantly: "Are you going to see Jiao Shun tonight?"

Although Aunt Xue deliberately avoided Mrs. Wang, she did not deliberately hide it from her, so it is not surprising that she knew about it.

When her sister asked about Jiao Shun, Aunt Xue thought she wanted to talk about the car factory, so she hurriedly said, "I will explain to him about the car factory when the time comes—but I heard I'm afraid he may not be able to take care of any lawsuits he is involved in for a while."

"There is no rush."

Mrs. Wang said seriously: "I just want to remind you, after all, today is Qixi Festival, it is best to ask Shang Wenlong to accompany you - we women still have to take our reputation into consideration, otherwise if some rumors are spread, you No matter how pure and pure she is, she won't be able to stand up to those ruthless thoughts!"

Speaking of the second half, she gritted her teeth a little bit, obviously mirroring Jia Zheng—it's just that she is dressed up now, and talking about being pure and clean always feels a bit wrong.

Aunt Xue didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but she felt a little uncomfortable hearing Mrs. Wang's words, she subconsciously tightened her collar, and said with a smile: "I'm already old, and I always only think of him as a nephew in the next generation. how come……"

"In terms of age, are you still comparable to me?"

Mrs. Wang tried her best to persuade her, "If it wasn't for this kind of day, I wouldn't have said a word, but I just happened to catch up with you—hey, you're used to being heartless, why did you choose to see you tonight?" he?"

"This, I... Actually..."

Aunt Xue became more and more shaken, this day was actually chosen by Jiao Shun, but Brother Shun probably didn't mean that, it was just a coincidence.

"You don't need to explain to me, I know you definitely didn't mean it."

Mrs. Wang raised her hand to stop her words, and reminded again: "Just remember to let Wenlong accompany you at night."

Aunt Xue had no choice but to agree, and then said goodbye to her sister with a heavy heart.

When she returned to the next place, she suppressed the matter and brought up Xue Pan's good news because she didn't want her daughter to be troubled.

I wanted to make Baochai happy too, but after hearing this, Baochai frowned and said, "Why are you at this juncture?"

Aunt Xue was puzzled and said, "What's the matter? Isn't this a good thing?"

"It's a good thing."

In Baochai's view, the most important thing for the Xue family today is to help the Xue family. Gold and silver are just things outside the body, even if there are millions of them, it is not expensive-and what the Xia family can bring to the Xue family is precisely Those yellow and white things.

However, there is no need to analyze these details to the mother, she only said: "If my brother can win the lottery this time, there may not be more suitable ones waiting; if not, it will not be too late to discuss marriage with the Xia family."

However, Aunt Xue was worried that she would miss this village, and there would be no such shop in the future, so she hesitated and said: "I heard from your aunt that Miss Xia is also famous for her appearance and knowledge - I don't ask for anything else, As long as you have half as much talent as you, you won't be afraid that after you get married, no one will be able to control your brother."

This is indeed the case.

Compared with any kind of help, if Xue Pan can be restrained, and even urged to make progress, it is the real way to cure the root cause.

However, Baochai hesitated for a while, and still chose to stick to her own opinion: "Just wait and see, maybe there is someone who can get the best of both worlds."

Seeing her daughter persisting in this way, Aunt Xue had no choice but to give up for the time being.

The mother and daughter had lunch together, and after Baochai went to the front yard to gather with all the sisters, Aunt Xue hurriedly ordered someone to look for Xue Pan, who knew that he could not be found in the outer courtyard, nor could he be seen in several places he frequented. trace.

After further inquiry, it turned out that he followed Wei Ruolan and others to hunt outside the city.

How to find the mountains and plains?

Aunt Xue could only rush to the old house on Zijin Street alone in anxiety.

…………

at the same time.

Inside the side hall of the left temple of Dali Temple.

The three presiding judges had just finished their light meal, but instead of being satisfied after eating, their faces were full of gloom.

Although he already knew that the collected evidence would probably be harmful to Zhou Long, but he never thought that he would leave so many witnesses and material evidence!

This may be because Zhou Long didn't think there was anything shady about what he did.

The three of them looked at each other silently for a long while, and Liu Fang, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, couldn't help but found the guard and asked, "What happened to Jiao Shun? Did he take the initiative to beg for food, or did he go out to do his own thing?"

"nothing."

The little official reported truthfully: "He asked people to buy a dozen sesame seed cakes and two bowls of haggis soup nearby, for the rice on the steps outside the court."

On the side, Yan Junchen, the censor of the left deputy, sneered: "He is very cautious, and he refuses to hold any evidence."

Xu Liang, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, said helplessly: "The more important thing is to be able to bend and stretch—for people like this, no matter how tricky they are, it will be a waste of effort."

It was Liu Fang who brought up Jiao Shun's troubles by borrowing lunch. Whether it was Jiao Shun eating in the courtroom or leaving without authorization, she would take the opportunity to give him a bad blow.

Now that the plan didn't work, and hearing Xu Liang's disapproval, Liu Fang's gloomy facial features became more and more serious. She raised her hand and was about to wave the little official away, but Xu Liang said: "Let's see it first, we can't." I have been leaving him alone like this for a long time, but it will become a subject of discussion."

Seeing that Yan Junchen also nodded slightly, Liu Fang had no choice but to order: "Go and bring him here."

The little official took the order and took Jiao Shun to the side hall not long after.

After Jiao Shun stepped forward to pay respects, Liu Fang asked knowingly, "Have you had lunch yet?"

Jiao Shun raised his head and smiled neither humble nor condescending: "Master Lao Shaoqing is concerned, I have heard that the offal in Dali Temple is a masterpiece, I tried it today, and it really lives up to its reputation."

Speaking of this, he was busy with 300 taels of silver and corrected: "Uh, what the humble official said is the haggis sold outside the gate of Dali Temple."

"Humph~"

Liu Fang couldn't tell that he was making a pun, and immediately snorted coldly, "You're just talking! Do you think..."

"cough!"

Hearing that Liu Fang's words were wrong, Xu Liang hurriedly interrupted him with a dry cough, sighing in his heart that the emperor was not in a hurry for the eunuchs, and he had not done well with these two lists of Jinshi, but Liu Fang, a relative who was granted the same background as a Jinshi, It's so evil.

After Liu Fang was interrupted, the hall fell into a brief silence.

Jiao Shun simply took the initiative to ask: "Dare to ask the three adults, when are you going to be promoted to ask questions?"

"No hurries."

Yan Junchen said in an official tone: "This case is complicated and requires careful investigation and smoothing out all the grass snakes and gray lines, so that we can make a final decision in the court."

"Good regards, my lord!"

Jiao Shun immediately picked Thumbs up. He praised it from the bottom of his heart. After all, the longer the case dragged on, the better it would be for him to fish in troubled waters.

However, the three people on the opposite side obviously took this as a mockery. After all, there was nothing to investigate in this case. Even Zhou Long himself put on a posture of being generous to justice, and did not make any excuses for himself.

If it weren't for the fear of reputation, and the emperor made it clear that he wanted to find out who was behind the scenes, the case might be closed now.

Liu Fang sneered out a foul breath from her nose, waved her sleeves with a sullen face, and said, "You go back first, if there is any latest progress, I will order someone to inform you."

Jiao Shun refused to leave just then, but asked solemnly: "Dare to ask if the officer can check the evidence and testimony collected."

"of course not……"

"of course can."

Liu Fang was about to refuse, but Xu Liang agreed first.

After Jiao Shun resigned, Xu Liang finally explained: "After all, he was ordered to listen in. If he blindly resists, he will only follow the truth."

Liu Fang was not very satisfied with this rhetoric, but she didn't want to fall out with Xu Liang, so she vented her anger on Jiao Shun, and shouted: "Come on, keep an eye on that Jiao Shun, he did it!" What you have seen, what you have seen, and what you have said, are all recorded in the book!"

But he said that after returning to the court, Jiao Shun continued to work hard until San Ya.

During this period, he only spent three points of his attention on the evidence and testimony, and more attention was paid to the yin and yang, cynicism and cynicism of the Dali Temple officials, hoping to extract the collective pain points of these middle and lower civil servants, and then Targeted incitement—also known as big data-based delivery.

It's a pity that there are only a handful of people who dare to offend him face to face. Most bureaucrats still understand what it means to be wise and protect one's life.

This also led to a serious shortage of samples collected by Jiao Shun, and the pain points were too scattered.

It seems that tomorrow it is necessary to bring a few small officials from the Ministry of Industry, and don't care about the others, just be responsible for listening to the complaints and complaints of the Dali Temple bureaucrats.

After collecting enough information, Jiao Shun was going to hand over the task of writing the manuscript to General Xing Xiuyan—with his current literary skills, he could barely do enough to write plain and straightforward official documents, but he couldn't come up with a strong appeal anyway. article.

And this kind of shady matter, other gunmen can't believe it, so they can only seek the help of a virtuous wife.

And in this way, under the pretext that Xing Xiuyan is in confinement, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun can also be pulled together-letting them work together with each other can be regarded as an early harem team building.

(End of this chapter)