The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 521 Jiao Changqing's first stay at Grand View Garden [Middle]

Jiao's house.

"Stay, stay, stay for Jiao Jijiu."

Shi Zhoumo, the head of Zhongshun Prince's residence, was full of smiles, and stepped back out of the courtyard gate with his body tilted. He cupped his fists and said goodbye: "Don't dare to send the sacrifice wine far away. I will take my leave now."

After watching him disappear around the corner with his two entourages, Jiao Shun turned around and returned home.

As soon as she entered the East Chamber, she saw Yu Chuan holding two cups of remnant tea, scrutinizing the land deed on the coffee table, then stepped forward to pat her on the head, and ordered: "Go and give this land deed to my aunt and put it away— —Also, for the snacks I brought back from outside, send two to the main room, put one in the aunt's room, and share the rest with Qingwen and Wu'er."

After hearing this, Yu Chuan hurriedly put the tea bowl aside first, and went to the south room with the land deed in his hand as if offering a treasure.

Jiao Shun sat back on the main seat, tapped his finger on the armrest and fell silent.

As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

At that time, this idea was given to Mrs. Wang, but it was just a perfunctory talk. Whether he could scare King Zhongshun, in fact, he himself had no idea.

It was a blessing to be able to scare him away. King Pian Zhongshun changed his domineering attitude in the past and gave the shop to himself almost in a gesture of surrender. There must be something strange about it!
Is pondering.

Suddenly, I heard a report from a servant outside, saying that Mr. Zheng sent Lai to invite the housekeeper.

This combination is also quite strange.

In Lai Da's capacity, how could it be his turn to do this job in person?
"Let him in."

Jiao Shun agreed, and not long after, Lai Dashi came in with a smile on his face, and said servilely: "My lord, our master would like to invite you to drink in the garden."

Jiao Shun was not surprised that Jia Zheng suddenly invited him to a banquet.

After all, Zhou Mo had already described it vividly just now. Jia Zheng mistakenly thought that King Zhongshun sent someone to question him, so he was eager to disentangle himself from the clown's behavior.

Jia Zheng naturally had to try to make up for such things that could not be concealed.

Especially with Jia Zheng's cowardly nature, when he saw that even King Zhongshun offered to bow down to him, he didn't dare to offend him.

Then again...

Jiao Shun didn't feel any resentment about this.

Wife, sister-in-law, concubine, daughter, daughter-in-law, nephew and daughter-in-law...

As long as he still has a little bit of conscience, he, Jiao, should be ashamed of Jia Zheng.

Therefore, Jiao Shun agreed without any hesitation, saying that he would pack up and change into ordinary clothes before going.

Lai Da bowed and agreed, but he was not in a hurry to go back to report, but said cautiously: "My lord, we have already collected the money, I wonder if it is appropriate to send it tomorrow morning?"

"Together so quickly?"

Jiao Shun looked at him in surprise and asked, "Didn't you say last time that you have to wait at least half a month?"

"This……"

Lai Dalue hesitated, but he didn't dare to hide it from Jiao Shun, and said with a sneer, "Your Excellency is busy with business, I think I haven't heard the words from the King of Nan'an, claiming to take the lead in funding engineering..."

Jia Zheng has kept his ears to the outside world recently, so he still doesn't know about it until now.

The Lai family has been paying attention to news related to engineering, so they got the news first.

At that time, father Lai and his son panicked.

If Jiao Shun's contribution to Lai Shangrong's initiative was overtaken by those nobles, then he was neither the first nor the one who donated the most money. Why should he compete with the honored relatives?

So Lai Da made a decisive decision and decided to borrow a wave of usury first, and he must take down this initiative as soon as possible.

As for spreading the word for Jia Zheng, it was just a casual job.

In fact, when Jiao Shun asked about it just now, Lai Da also thought about trying to hide the truth before he played.

But after all, this is not a one-shot deal. In the future, Lai Shangrong will be an official under Jiao Shun, so he can hide it for a while.

Therefore, after he hesitated, he still chose to tell the truth.

But after Jiao Shun learned about what happened in Zhen Guogong's mansion, he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that King Zhongshun would act like this, and it turned out that it was to bid farewell to King Nan'an.

However, the king of Nan'an was heard to be a domineering dude, and the two palaces had been going straight to each other for a while, but they suddenly thought of making a detour, but it didn't seem like their style of doing things.

Could it be...

The image of Jia Yucun full of righteousness and ghosts appeared in Jiao Shun's mind, and the two palaces of Xindao suddenly turned around and began to curry favor with the emperor through themselves. If it is said that it would benefit the most, it would be this old fox besides himself.

Moreover, he had just received the emperor's order two days ago, so he wanted to drag himself into the water. Obviously he didn't want to get involved in the battle between the two palaces.

hum~
This guy's professional ability is not good, but he is a thief who is playing tricks!
After Quan Qi wrote down this matter, Jiao Shuncai turned his attention to Lai Datou again, and asked coldly: "Since the King of Nan'an and the Duke of Zhenguo intend to help, what use do I need you to wait for?"

"grown ups!"

Seeing that Jiao Shun really wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge, Lai Damang knelt down in front of him with a thud, and said with his head: "The villain and the dog will definitely follow the leader of the adult in the future, if they violate it, they will be destroyed!"

"Heaven and earth are destroyed?"

Jiao Shun sneered, shook his head and said, "I only believe that the legal system is not leaked."

Knowing that it was the critical moment, Lai Da gritted his teeth and kowtowed again: "The villain will give the silver, his wealth and life together tomorrow morning!"

Jiao Shun's mention of the restoration of the French Open at this time is just implying that Lai Da has given enough handles to control his father and son-it is definitely an exaggeration to give him his wealth and life, but at least it must be enough to make Lai Shangrong dismissed from office. The handle of the cage.

Seeing that the old dog was so upbeat, Jiao Shun didn't say anything, he just picked up the teacup to see off the guests.

Xungui's relatives are willing to take the initiative to get closer to Gongxue. Although there are many benefits, it is inevitable that Bo Jiaoshun has control over Gongxue. That's why he agreed to let the Lai family join the game.

For Lai Shangrong, Jiao Shun had no expectations, but Lai Da, in terms of management ability, especially the ability to handle those trivial matters, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is outstanding-of course, the premise is that he can handle him, Lest he deceive the superior and the inferior.

The start-up of engineering is full of various aspects, and now there are more honorable relatives participating in it, so it is necessary for such a capable person to supervise and take care of it.

Hey~
Otherwise, the world is unpredictable, when the Lai family tried to grab the title, and the two sides were in dire straits, who would have imagined that one day Lai Da would be regarded as one of his own?
…………

the other side.

Wang Xifeng also hurried to Qingtang hut, and upon entering the door, she saw Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and the second wife of Xue's family gathered around a round table in a square shape, ready to eat.

Seeing the phoenix pepper rushing in from the outside, Mrs. Wang immediately got up and asked, "How is it? What's the matter?"

In fact, according to the common sense, when it comes to matters involving estrangement between husband and wife, the two sisters-in-law of the Xue family should be avoided—at least Mrs. Xue should also be avoided.

But Mrs. Wang had completely broken with Jia Zheng when she came here; secondly, she was eager to know the impact of this matter on Jiao Shun; With a concerned face, how can you obediently avoid it?

It's not easy to avoid one in person, but let the other follow along, right?

So even the Second Mrs. Xue didn't hide it.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's attitude, Wang Xifeng naturally wouldn't hide anything for Jia Zheng, so she explained the matter vividly and embellished, and finally said: "We are worrying for nothing, the monkey didn't lose any hair. One piece, but you can get two shops for nothing!"

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue's focus was mainly on Jiao Shun, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that he was doing well.

The second wife of the Xue family listened, but couldn't help but gasped.

She had heard about the name of King Zhongshun in Jinling, and knew that he was the first-class and domineering prince in the dynasty. Who would have imagined that he would give in to Jiao Shun, and even hand over two prosperous shops!

"Master Jiao..."

She couldn't help asking her sister-in-law: "You're only in your early 20s now?"

"Where!"

Aunt Xue and You Rongyan corrected: "Brother Shun is twenty this year, and has only been an official for three years!"

You can be so famous in your 20s, but when you are 30, don't you want to join the cabinet?
The second wife of the Xue family was speechless, but at the same time couldn't help secretly regretting that if Jiao Shun hadn't made a marriage, he would just be with his own daughter...

But after thinking about it again, if you don't consider the background, with Jiao Shun's current illustrious status, the Xue family's second bedroom is already a high ranking, and Bao Qin has just been divorced by the Mei family. Although Qu is in the Mei family, according to the agreement It is a common practice, and it is still slightly depreciated in terms of marriage. I am afraid that even if Jiao Shun is not engaged, the wealthy son-in-law will not be able to take care of him.

but……

She subconsciously looked at the elder sister-in-law at the side. The long house of her heart was linked to the Rongguo Mansion and Wang Taiwei's house, and she was a good match for Jiao Shun, but why did the elder sister-in-law want Baochai to marry that kind of person? Jia Baoyu?
Although she has only arrived in the capital not long ago, she has seen Baoyu several times among women. He is obviously a flirtatious and affectionate dude. Compared with my own son, I'm afraid there are many shortcomings.

Aunt Xue on the side didn't know where to go, and was suddenly stared at by her. She couldn't help but feel guilty secretly, thinking that she was showing signs of happiness, she hurriedly changed the subject and greeted Wang Xifeng: "It's really hard work to come and go back and forth this night. Come on, come on, sit down and let's eat together!"

As he spoke, he ordered the servant girl to fetch the bowls and chopsticks.

Wang Xifeng chuckled, covered her mouth and said, "Second Aunt still knows how to love someone——then I'll be presumptuous today."

"What are the rules here?"

Mrs. Wang said casually, and ordered to add two of her favorite foods, and then asked: "Then the master made such a joke, didn't you think about how to make up for it?"

"I don't know that."

Wang Xifeng picked up a piece of crystal shrimp, put it to his mouth and said: "When I came out, the master was still with the old lady, he must be discussing how to remedy the matter."

After speaking, he threw the shrimp into his mouth and chewed it carefully.

Mrs. Wang heard this, and was hesitating whether to send someone to investigate in Jia Mu's courtyard again, when she saw Caixia coming in from the outside to report: "Madam, Grandma Cha Suyun came over to spread the word that the master is going to put wine in the lotus champagne. Invite Uncle Jiao."

"Have a banquet at the Lotus Root Champs tonight?"

Wang Xifeng got up subconsciously, and asked vaguely.

Mrs. Wang was only half a step late, and kept asking: "Are you sure you want to hold a banquet in the garden?"

Caixia didn't know why the two of them asked this one after another, she just thought there was something strange in it, so she hesitated and said: "That's what Suyun said, why don't I call her in, and my wife and grandma will ask her in person?"

"no need."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand to signal Caixia to step down, and when she turned around, she saw Aunt Xue's expectant and eager expression.

Under the light of the candle, Aunt Xue's face seemed to be glowing with delicate luster, and her skin became more plump and well-proportioned.

Mrs. Wang subconsciously raised her hand to caress the corners of her eyes, her heart felt sour unconsciously, and at the same time she secretly felt ruthless. Even if the two people couldn't stop their love for concubines, at least they had to squeeze enough money first, and in the end only the dregs of the medicine could be squeezed out. Give it to her!
Thinking like this, my heart became extremely restless.

He thought that Jiao Shun rarely came to the garden once, if he missed it, he might not know when he would meet again.

But even if it was in the courtyard, it was a big day of the New Year, and Jia Zheng was entertaining guests at the Ouxiangxie. What excuse did he use to secretly communicate with Jiao Shun about the song?
the other side.

Wang Xifeng is also full of spring heart.

Firstly, because of the death of the old lady of the Mei family, she missed Jiao Shun, and she never comforted the pain of lovesickness; secondly, isn't she thinking about those two shops?

It's probably useless to directly ask for it, but no matter what the deal is, you can participate in the assembly yourself, right?
However, because all my money has been invested in the sea trade business, the money for the shareholding has to be owed first. As for when to pay and whether to pay, that is another matter.

but……

What reason should I find to secretly give and receive with that thief?

At the same time, Aunt Xue was troubled by the same problem.

She didn't have the flamboyance of her sister and niece, she just wanted to meet Jiao Shun subconsciously, but she couldn't do anything about it—there was no reason, the main reason was that Wang Xifeng and the second wife of the Xue family would be suspicious.

"elder sister."

At this time, Second Mrs. Xue suddenly gave a slight bow to Mrs. Wang and said, "Can you please invite Mrs. Jiao over here first?"

"Um?!"

Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and Aunt Xue looked at her in surprise at the same time.

Second Mrs. Xue was taken aback by those three pairs of strange eyes filled with "Are you too...", but she didn't know why they reacted so strongly, so she could only explain to herself: "Wenlong, please be anxious last time." When my lord went over, I originally wanted to wait for them to eat and drink well before thanking Lord Jiao for his kindness face to face, but I never thought that Lord Jiao would leave suddenly because of something urgent."

"Lord Jiao is usually busy with work, so I don't want to disturb you again and again. I thought I might have no chance before moving out. I don't want to just..."

After speaking, she took back the words and said apologetically, "If it's too much trouble, forget it."

"No trouble x 3!"

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Wang Xifeng spoke in unison.

(End of this chapter)