Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 170 Calm down
Ma Daopo was carried into the Dingxi Hou Mansion on a small sedan chair.

As soon as she entered the Hou Mansion, she didn't know who had spread the news. On the other side, Xue Baochai's personal maid Ying'er knew it.

However, the information Ying'er got was not accurate. She only knew that the Marquis carried someone back in a sedan chair, but she didn't know who it was.

For a loyal and personal maid like Ying'er, she has to care about every move of the entire Hou Mansion.

At this point, Brother Ying is obviously not as good as Ying'er.

Brother Ying is now all focused on how to seduce Jia Rui, and is always slow about other things.

Ying'er was surprised after getting the news. Could it be that the Marquis had brought back another woman?
Do you know that there is an aunt living in Xikuoyuan?

Although this aunt was pregnant and could not serve the Marquis, the Marquis still ran to her every two days, sharing a large part of their grandma's favor.

If another vixen comes here, grandma's life will be even more miserable.

No, you must tell grandma immediately and let grandma take action.

After that, Ying'er hurried to the back house.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw that the floor of the house was covered with thick carpets, and all the angular furniture was wrapped in thick cloth.

Xue Baochai was kneeling on the ground at this time, clapping her hands at the little man not far away.

The little man lying there looked at Xue Baochai's constant gestures, with a toothless smile on his lips.

Then he used his hands and feet to get closer to Xue Baochai.

It's just a pity that he is still young and his hands and feet are still a little weak, so he can only hunch forward like a bug.

Xue Baochai looked at his son's movements and burst out laughing.

Ying'er quietly walked around behind Xue Baochai, and then called out in a low voice: "Grandma."

Xue Baochai smiled and replied casually: "What's wrong?"

"The Marquis just brought someone in."

Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face faded.

Although Xue Baochai has always been tolerant, it doesn't mean that she isn't jealous.

"What's going on? No news at all?"

"Grandma, what the Marquis did was too secretive. We only found out after everyone brought him into the house."

Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment, and then became a little discouraged.

She thought her color was very good and her figure was interesting, but Jia Rui still carried them to the house one by one as if they were not full. What happened?

Just as Xue Baochai was stunned, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the maid serving in the outer courtyard shouted: "The uncle is back."

Then the door curtain was opened, and Jia Rui walked in from the outside.

Xue Baochai quickly put on her smile and stood up to pack Jia Rui's clothes.

Jia Rui just smiled at Xue Baochai, and then rushed directly to his son crawling on the ground.

When the child saw Jia Rui coming to play with him, he smiled even brighter and drool kept flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Jia Rui felt so precious about the child that he went up to hug it and then spun around in circles.

Xue Baochai came over with clothes and watched the interaction between father and son. The smile on his lips finally became gentler.

No matter how many other women there are, as long as he gives birth to his eldest son and grandson, other women still have to step aside.

Jia Rui came to Xue Baochai with his son in his arms, and then handed the child to Ying'er. After that, Xue Baochai took care of him and changed into a set of daily clothes at home.

While Xue Baochai was changing Jia Rui's clothes, she asked intentionally or unintentionally:

"I heard that you brought back a person today. I don't know which yard to place him in. Please give me your instructions."

Jia Rui's nose moved, as if he smelled a sour smell.

"Where will it be arranged? It will be arranged in your yard."

"Uncle, this is inappropriate. It will be very inconvenient in the future!"

"What's the inconvenience? I brought this person back just to serve you two."

After saying this, Jia Rui seemed to realize something, and then looked at Xue Baochai's already straight face and suddenly smiled.

He stretched out his hand and tapped Xue Baochai's nose, "Grandma, do you think I brought someone back?"

No wonder I smelled a sour smell just now. It turned out that Xue Baochai was jealous.

"Who else could it be? Not the uncle's sweetheart?"

"Hahaha, where did Grandma think she was?"

With that said, Jia Rui hugged Xue Baochai and entered the inner room.

Ying'er and the others didn't dare to follow them, so they could only wait outside, but from inside came chirping laughter, rat-like whispers, and then the sound of sparse clinking of clothes.

After a while, Jia Rui came out first, and after a while Xue Baochai came out with red cheeks.

Ying'er curiously looked Xue Baochai up and down and found that their grandmother's clothes were a little wrinkled and they were not very neatly dressed.

She was about to continue reading, but what greeted her was Xue Baochai's shameful and angry eyes.

Ying'er immediately lowered her head, looking only at her feet and not daring to look anywhere else. "Okay, I'll leave the matter to you. You can arrange it properly. I'll go see the old man and the old lady." After Jia Rui finished speaking, he left.

After Jia Rui left, Xue Baochai returned to normal. She sat on the chair and reached out to pick up her son in Ying'er's arms.

"The uncle has brought back a nanny. She will live in our yard from now on. All food and clothing expenses will be according to my standards."

Xue Baochai also learned about Ma Daopo's abilities from Jia Rui just now. Xue Baochai still had some taboos about this person, but was prepared to treat him with courtesy.

Ying'er was stunned for a moment, but when she saw Xue Baochai's affirmative eyes, she immediately bowed and went out to do things.

While talking about Jia Rui, he came to Mrs. Wang's courtyard. When he entered the door, he saw the old lady Jia Dairu, who was doing an unknown boxing technique there. He was doing it slowly, which seemed to be the health-preserving boxing in this world.

Jia Rui stood aside and watched for a while, and became interested. The old man's boxing skills had some skills. Although he couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, it was still enough for aerobics.

It seems that this world is not all bad.

After Jia Dairu's punch, there were sweat stains on his face. The little maid waiting next to him quickly brought a wet towel.

Jia Dairu wiped his face casually, then threw it to the little maid aside, and then waved to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui trotted quickly to Jia Dairu's side.

"Grandpa."

"Why did you come back so early today?"

"Isn't it that all the things in the yamen have been done? So I came back a little early."

Jia Dairu didn't believe Jia Rui's words and looked him up and down, looking at Jia Rui with hair all over his body.

In the end, Jia Rui had no choice but to compromise, and whispered in Jia Dairu's ear what he had done today honestly.

After Jia Dairu sighed, he frowned and looked a little gloomy.

When Jia Rui saw this old man, he was going to lose his temper.

But it's normal to think about it. Jia Dairu regards himself as a gentleman who studies, and he is most disgusted with witchcraft.

"Old Master, don't get angry first. You know, even if we don't harm others, we still have to guard against others. With this person in our service, we can feel more at ease."

The old man was silent for a moment after hearing this, "In that case, let her stay in your courtyard and don't let her run to me."

"Okay, everything depends on the old master. What the old master says is my imperial edict."

"If outsiders hear your nonsense, do we still need our family's head?"

After saying this, Jia Dairu took Jia Rui into the house.

Talking about Jia's mother in Rongguo Mansion, she had not received any letter from Jia Rui for several days, and she was also a little worried.

Originally, matters like dealing with Ma Daopo could not be left to others, but Rongguo Mansion was now in severe decline and there was no one left to do the dirty work. In the end, it could only be entrusted to Jia Rui.

But there had been no news from Jia Rui for several days, which made Jia's mother murmur in her heart.

Who is Ma Daopo?At best, he's a jerk.

Who is Jia Rui?He was a man of high authority and was considered a big boss in the current government.

Jia Rui wants to deal with Ma Daopo, which is not easy to do, but why has there been no news from the other side for several days?

Just when Goddess Jia was not guarding her house, Yuanyang walked in from outside.

"Old lady, the little Taoist nun from Ma Daopo Taoist Temple came over to report that Ma Daopo has been missing for several days. She came over and asked our family to help her find someone because of their old relationship."

Upon hearing this, Jia Mu's sorrow was swept away.

It seems that this little kid Jia Rui is quite efficient in doing things. Ma Daopo has been dealt with for several days.

However, Jia's mother complained about Jia Rui again.

You said you had finished the work, but you didn't tell me a word, which made me, an old woman, worried for several days.

Mother Jia straightened her thoughts, and then said to Yuanyang beside her: "After all, he is an old man in our mansion. Just send a few boys to help him look for him."

As soon as Yuanyang heard this, he immediately understood what Jia Mu meant. She didn't want to care about it anymore.

If Mother Jia was really worried about Ma Daopo's safety, she would definitely bring someone to send a message to Shuntian Mansion and ask Shuntian Mansion to help find someone.

But now they just sent a few boys over to fool her. It seemed that they didn't care about Ma Dao Po's life or death.

Yuanyang nodded and retreated.

After receiving the definite news, Jia Mu was in a good mood. After that, she felt hungry in her stomach, and some bad appetite began to grow.

Jia Mu immediately asked someone to serve the meal, and then she had a hearty meal that was rare in the past few days.

This incident passed calmly as Ma Daopo disappeared.

No one cared about Ma Daopo's whereabouts.

After several of Ma Daopo's apprentices searched for Ma Daopo for several days and found no one from her, they divided Ma Daopo's property and went their separate ways.

Jia Baoyu also regained his energy after a few days of rest, and then started hanging out with his sisters again.

Almost everyone suffered no loss from this incident, except for Ma Daopo. Not only did she pay compensation, but in the end there was still an IOU of several hundred taels of silver that was not recovered. It can be said that the compensation was paid to her grandma's family.

(End of this chapter)