Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 212
Rongguo Mansion,
Manager Lai stood in the yard and shouted loudly, and ordered his servants to tidy up a few large yards and come out there. This is where we will have dinner tomorrow.

And in the Bisha cabinet, Jia Baoyu has been listless for two days since watching the martial arts performance in the southern city of the capital, and it has been better until today. Playing with the mud and the chess record did not move, I wanted to give it to Sanchun, but suddenly lost my energy.

Today, I saw that Rongguo Mansion was busy, so I thought of going out to have a look. As soon as we left, we saw the chess records and clay games in the corner.

Thinking that the gift hadn't been delivered yet, he had no choice but to turn around and let Xiren and Sheyue enter the house to get some pastries and fruits, and then divided them into three portions and packed them.

Xiren was a little confused, so she asked softly;

"Second Master, where are you going, why are you still bringing a gift?"

Musk Moon also came to help Jia Baoyu personally, and said coquettishly;
"Second Lord, who are you going to see? It's very mysterious."

"What nonsense, it's all for the second sister, the third sister, and Xichun. I bought so many things and haven't sent them over. Didn't they all get eaten by you?"

Xiren, Musk Moon and Qiu Wen in the house, Qianxue and the others stuck out their tongues with smirks on their faces, and Xiren then said soothingly;
"Second Master, the servants are also doing it for the sake of Second Master. Everything you buy is food. If you don't eat it, it will be ruined in the next few days."

"That's right, that's right, look at the bag."

Sheyue's technique was not slow, and she directly packed three cakes and dried fruits, which made Jia Baoyu's face look good.
"Well, that's right, that's all right, you two go with me, and you still have the chess record and mud play."

"Yes, my second master,"

Sheyue agreed from the side, and she was not slow in attacking people. She directly picked up the chess record in the corner, hugged it in her arms, and followed Jia Baoyu out of the yard.

Jia Baoyu led the two of them, and in order to avoid gossip, he did not go through the middle courtyard, but circled around the backyard, and then circled back at the northeast corner to avoid the people in the middle courtyard seeing.

When there were fewer people, Jia Baoyu led the two of them swaggeringly to the courtyard of Yingchun. Seeing Xiren and Musk Moon struggling to carry things, Jia Baoyu had to walk slowly.

Before arriving at the courtyard, the door was half-closed, but the inner door was full of noise.

The attacker stopped Baoyu, stepped forward and opened the door, and saw that there was no one in the yard, and they must all be in the house.

Jia Baoyu was also impatient, so he pushed the door open and went in, and saw that the door was wide open, and Si Qi was blocking the door, his eyes wide open, bursting with anger, Yingchun actually hid in the innermost corner with tears in his eyes.

In the hall, a middle-aged woman stood in front of them, yelling and cursing with her hands on her hips.

The two little girls, Xiuju and Lianhua, guard Yingchun from left to right, but dare not go forward.

Seeing this, Xiren understood, and whispered in Jia Baoyu's ear;
"Second Lord. This is the daughter-in-law of the second girl's nanny, who belongs to Wang Zhuer's family. She is also arrogant and domineering on weekdays. The second girl is not less angry with her. This may cause something to hurt the second girl."

Jia Baoyu naturally understood that some of the servants in the house were outrageous, but he didn't want to care about these mundane matters, and in his memory, the second sister's nanny was an extremely domineering person, and even the whole family was not easy to mess with. , it's nothing new in the house, it's just today.

Jia Baoyu was also angry, neither big nor small,
"shut up,"

Jia Baoyu sternly shouted, which immediately shocked everyone. The woman was stunned for a moment, and when she saw that it was the second master Bao, she also smiled bitterly, and immediately changed her face, and she was about to cry when she was wronged, and shouted;
"It turns out that the second master is here, and the servants are polite here,"

Jia Baoyu couldn't believe the woman's face changed so quickly. He wanted to get angry, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only stare at her bitterly.

Naturally, Xiren couldn't let Second Master Bao suffer, so he said directly;

"Second Master, if you really can't do it, please invite Second Mistress here to see who is so domineering and arrogant after seeing Second Master."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expressions changed, especially the woman, who fell to her knees directly,
"Second Master, this servant is blind. I didn't see Second Master coming here, so this servant blinded himself."

Wang Xifeng's housekeeper's method can be described as vicious, and some nuns with backers are not afraid, but Wang Xifeng has never been soft on servants with no status.

Immediately when the woman was crying and begging, Jia Baoyu was upset too, seeing this, he didn't want to say too much, so he said directly;
"roll."

Seeing this, the woman also winked, and ran away in a hurry. Si Qi wanted to stop her, but she had to let go after being stared at by the attacker.

Jia Baoyu asked after entering the room;
"Second sister is fine, if this servant makes a fuss again, tell the second sister-in-law directly, and someone will punish her."

Yingchun's character is weak, and she wiped away her tears when Baoyu comforted her so much.
"Baoyu is still caring, the second sister is fine."

Seeing Yingchun talking like this, Si Qi felt annoyed, but she couldn't speak in front of her master, so she had to keep silent.

Jia Baoyu took out the cake and the chess record and handed them over and said;

"I've always wanted to send it to my second sister, but I never thought it would be delayed, so I had to come here today to make up for it."

Yingchun happily took the chess record and replied with a smile;

"Thank you Baoyu,"

The siblings had a conversation, and Jia Baoyu left.

As soon as this person left, Si Qi couldn't help asking;
"Miss, why don't you tell the second master about this matter, why don't you have to bear it?"

Yingchun secretly sighed, although Baoyu is a nice person, but he really can't manage the family, he wanted to ask about this situation and asked just now.

"I've got my own opinion on this matter, so Baoyu won't bother him."

Si Qi stomped her feet angrily.

But Jia Baoyu suddenly lost his mood after what happened just now, so he asked Xiren and Sheyue to give things to Tanchun and Xichun by themselves, while he went back to the Bisha cabinet.

Luoyunhou Mansion,

Although Zhang Jinyu was resting in the house, she still felt a little uneasy. Although the Jia family was housed by a group of women, it was not easy behind the scenes. Seeing is believing, so she wanted to go and have a look.

Unable to hold back, he put on his cloak, went out and called Shang Ningbian to bring his personal guards and prepared to go out.

After getting on the horse outside the mansion, Zhang Jinyu said;
"Come on, let's go to Ningrong Street for a while, and then go to Nancheng Qin Mansion."

"It's Lord Hou."

All the sergeants went out of the house and mounted their horses,
Following Zhang Jinyu to the east, he came to Ningrong Street after a few streets.

Seeing so many people busy there, moving tables, and even carts of vegetables, it was really lively, and it was true, there might really be a big feast tomorrow.

After looking at it, I was still curious, what is going on in such a deep house and compound, even though there are so many good things said in the red building, it must be very boring.

But those women in the Rongguo Mansion are all versatile, and I don't know if I will meet them again in the future.

After taking a look, Zhang Jinyu didn't want to cause trouble, so he rode a horse and led people to Nancheng. When passing by Zuixian Tower, he just took a look inside and drifted past.

When passing by Zuixianlou, the box on the upper floor, frontier general Niu Jizong and others had already opened their seats, and the distance between Zhang Jinyu and them was upstairs and downstairs.

Just when Zhang Jinyu took his personal guards around the Zuixian Tower and headed towards Nancheng.

What Zhang Jinyu didn't know behind him was that in the box above the second floor, Bai Shuiyue also watched Luo Yunhou riding past Luo Yunhou downstairs, and said to the shopkeeper;

"What happened to Jiangnan?"

"Back to the proprietor, there are many unidentified churches and spies from Jiangnan. They searched extensively in Jinling, Yangzhou and other places. I don't know what they are looking for. Some people from the Taiping Sect also stayed in Jiangnan to set up strongholds. , and the people of the Eastern King of the capital are already contacting the old Jiangnan department."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant,
Behind him, the master of the dark hall of the White Lotus Sect respectfully introduced the recent developments in Jiangnan in detail, especially the eight major salt merchants in Jiangnan who have been secretly acting, and bought many famous players in the Jianghu. It seems that they are raising private troops in private. The few officials are also connected in private and don't know what the so-called is.

In addition, the Zhen family's fleet continued to expand, and the cargo ships were fully loaded to transport supplies to the north. It seemed that the cargo volume was very large, and it was unknown what was being transported inside.

"Well, it's so lively, there are so many flies in the base camp of the White Lotus Sect, what does the Right Protector say?"

"I would like to report to the host, the guardian of the right is suggesting not to act rashly, and then dispatch the elite congregation back to the south of the Yangtze River, and the guardian is going to personally lead the people from the capital back. Another thing, the leader, is that suddenly so many spies came out from the south of the Yangtze River this month. , as if negotiated."

The big shopkeeper tentatively analyzed beside him, and there was something strange about this matter.

Although Bai Shuiyue didn't know what happened, but she knew that there is no wind without waves, something must happen in the south of the Yangtze River, so she thought about it and said;

"Then let Guardian Right take away all the congregants outside the city, and leave in batches. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun to arrest refugees and send them outside the pass. Those who have no way to lead will be slaves to Luo Yunhou."

The shopkeeper is also unbelievable. Although the information has already been received, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the capital.

"Master, is this really the case? There are more than 50 refugees, all sold into slavery, and the court is not afraid?"

"You think the imperial court doesn't know that this is what the imperial court did. My junior sister is getting more and more powerful. I don't know how they achieved such a large amount of money. There are hundreds of thousands of refugees. If the imperial court tastes There are more sweets, there are so many refugees in Dawu, and they are not limited to the capital."

The big shopkeeper didn't understand that the people outside the pass were the only ones that were lacking, so why did the imperial court do this?
"Master, the subordinates don't understand why the court is like this?"

"It's very simple. One is to hold back Luo Yunhou's development outside the customs. How much money does it take to resettle so many refugees? Besides, to reduce the pressure on the court, the large-scale transportation can save a lot of people. It can be said to kill three birds with one stone. Why? Don't do it."

"The leader is wise."

Bai Shuiyue looked at Zhang Jinyu in the distance and sighed.

(End of this chapter)