Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 180 Beauty Game

Early in the morning, Madeqi was about to come out of the gambling stall cursing. He won first and then lost yesterday. Not only did he lose his money, but he also owed five taels of silver to others.

Madeqi secretly cursed that there must be a cheat in the gambling stall, otherwise why did he lose sixteen games in a row? It makes absolutely no sense!

The cold wind was biting and fine snowflakes were blowing in the sky. Madeqi entered Defenjiang Alley, yawned and walked towards the door of his house. He secretly cursed in his heart, wondering if that 'comrade' would get up right now. If not, he would have to stay out for a while.

I yawned again, and suddenly I saw someone standing in front of me with my arms folded. His short game is extremely neat, his temples are bulging, and his eyes are evil. At first glance, he looks like a green-skinned player!

Madeqi was so frightened that he suddenly became half sleepy. I secretly wondered, could it be that the debt collectors came to the house? This man looked strange.

He was thinking wildly in his mind, with a calm expression on his face. He suddenly stamped his feet and said, "Too bad, I forgot about this! It's bad, it's bad..."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked away, then walked faster and faster. I turned around and took a peek, and saw that the man was not chasing me. I felt relieved, thinking that this incident was over after all.

Just then, a man suddenly came out of the alley, holding a green pear in his hand and approaching him while chewing. Observing the appearance, this person is actually somewhat similar to the person just now.

Madeqi was walking around in the market. Knowing that he couldn't run away, he immediately stopped and smiled wryly and handed over to the two people who were surrounding him: "Did you two recognize the wrong person?"

"Madechi?"

"It's me." Madeqi, who is also a bachelor, simply said: "It's for the twenty taels of silver, right? Hey, guess what? I really won twenty taels last night, but the gambling stalls didn't come together for a while. I can only put it on the account. How about you two allow me two days and pay the account back after I withdraw the money?"

Ding Rusong bared his teeth in joy, and slammed half a green pear on Madeqi's face. Juice immediately overflowed, and he said coldly: "Who are you trying to trick? If you dare to trick our brothers again, I'll be careful to get you planted in a lotus flower!"

Madeqi said sarcastically: "It's freezing now, so it's not easy to plant lotus flowers."

"Stop being such a talker!" Ding Rufeng said, "We are not looking for you to ask for a debt."

Madeqi let out a sigh of relief: "If you had told me not to pay, I would not have run away. If you two give orders, I will definitely do whatever the younger one can do."

Ding Rusong said happily: "Yes, you are so capable at this matter, but you are just going back to your old business... By the way, your concubine is still there, right?"

Seeing him nodding, Ding Rusong said: "Zha Huodun, no matter what method you use, send that man to the Shuntian Mansion Prison. Once the job is done, I will give you two hundred taels of silver."

Madeqi blinked and asked: "You still want to see an official? You two heroes don't know whether it's possible or not. The younger one is now registered at the Shuntian Mansion Yamen. As long as he shows up, he will get a slap in the face."

Ding Rufeng sneered and said: "You can exchange a meal for two hundred taels of silver. You decide whether it's worth it. Just a quick word, if it doesn't work, our brothers will find someone else. I heard that there is a man named Li Yongji near Luoma City. …”

Madeqi's brows jumped and he immediately shouted: "That guy Li Yongji is the most unethical guy. It would be a mistake for you two to look for him." He said something blank and glanced at the two of them suspiciously: "Really, there are two hundred taels?"

Ding Rufeng looked at his brother, and Ding Rusong took out a hundred taels of silver note from his sleeve and slapped it directly on Madeqi's chest: "If you can do it, there will be the other half; if you can't do it, these one hundred taels will be yours." Bury money!"

Madeqi took the banknote and looked at it carefully, and suddenly he showed his rotten teeth with joy: "Look, you two, my concubine was from Jinxiangyuan in the early years. I'm sure she'll be happy if I lose her flirtatious look!"

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On this day, after private schooling, Jia Rui came out of self-study, thinking that he had not seen Li Wan twice, which made him feel more and more intolerable. But he also knew that it was okay to go there only once or twice, but it would inevitably arouse people's suspicion if he went there every now and then. Especially Wang Xifeng was extremely cruel, and Jia Rui didn't want to be beaten again.

So I had no choice but to suppress my evil intentions and walk towards my home while walking in the car. He passed through the private alley between Ningrong's second residence and reached Ningrong's back street in a blink of an eye.

There is a tea shop in this back street, and Jia Rui comes here from time to time to play mischief. Seeing that it was still early, he entered the tea shop as usual.

Inside there was a storyteller talking about ancient times. Jia Rui ordered a pot of tea and four snacks and was passing the time when suddenly two women, an old man and a young man, came in from outside.

The old woman is in her fifties and the woman is in her early twenties. The old woman was just fine, the woman in her early twenties was so attractive that Jia Rui only glanced at her twice and couldn't move away.

By coincidence, the two of them were sitting next to Jia Rui. They only had a pot of tea and started talking in low voices. After a while, the old woman 'accidentally' bumped into Jia Rui when she turned around. She quickly expressed her annoyance and started chatting with Jia Rui.

This old woman was a good talker. One moment she said that Jia Rui seemed to come from a wealthy family and would definitely be promising. The next moment she praised Jia Rui for her good looks and she would be blessed in the future. She didn't know which girl she had taken advantage of.

Jia Rui was so praised that he became familiar with the old woman after talking for a while. During this period, Jia Rui kept looking at the woman secretly. The woman was shy but also glanced at Jia Rui.

Jia Rui suddenly became jealous!

After a long while, the old woman was about to lead the girl back to her home, and Jia Rui quickly followed up with her account. After asking the old woman for help, I learned that Ganqing's home was not far away. It was in the alley of Ningrong Back Street. She had just moved here in the past two days.

The old woman seemed to be trying to bring her together, and said: "The tea shop just now was bland and tasteless. If Uncle Rui is interested, why not come to my house and I will let my daughter cook tea for you."

Jia Rui was already itchy, so he immediately agreed after hearing the words, and followed the two men to a house in the alley.

Once inside, the hall was extremely empty, with no tables, chairs or benches. The old woman simply asked Jia Rui to get on the kang and took off his shoes with her own hands. While he ordered the woman to make tea and entertain the guests, he said, "I still have something to do here. Uncle Rui, just stay here and treat it as your own."

After that, the old woman left directly. Jia Rui blinked, suddenly realizing that this was a half-closed door! He groped for his sleeve pocket and found that there were still a few taels of broken silver in it, so he sat on the kang with peace of mind and waited for the woman to serve him tea.

He was thinking about good things when suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door. The woman rushed to open the door, but she heard a male voice asking: "Where is the person?"

The woman cried: "I'm on the kang, I just need to take off my clothes!"

"You good thief, you bullied me, Madeqi, so give me a beating! After beating me, take me to see the official!"

Jia Rui was dumbfounded and hurriedly put on his shoes, but before he could put them on, men No. 7 or 8 came in and beat him in the face without saying a word.

At this point, Jia Rui still doesn't understand that this is a beauty bureau - a fire store!

The hero did not want to suffer the immediate loss. Jia Rui squatted on the ground and kept shouting: "Hero, stop, if you have something to say, it doesn't matter how much money you have, just say the number!"

Then Madechi scolded: "Bah! I have just married a daughter-in-law, and I haven't even touched a finger, and you are taking advantage of me. Want to spend money to get away with it? It's not that easy! Beat me, beat me half to death." Go to Shuntian Mansion!"

After another round of punches and kicks, and after a cup of tea, when he saw Jia Rui's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, Ma Deqi was afraid that he would not be able to explain after beating someone to death, so he hurriedly called a stop. Then two men came up, stripped Jia Rui of his clothes, tied him up naked in the middle of winter, stuffed foot wraps in his mouth, and were escorted by a group of people shouting and shouting to report to Shuntian Mansion.

At this time, the application time had passed, but it happened that the governor was not in the back house because he was attending a banquet. The Yamen servant received the petition and heard that the stolen goods had been obtained, so he simply sent Jia Rui to the prison temple and left it to be reviewed by the official in the future.

It was already the slack time for farming, and people who had been wronged in Zhou came to beat the drum every day. The Ding brothers had bribed the jailers early. It would be good if Jia Rui's case could be tried in ten days or half a month. There was nothing to say all night, and then Jia Dairu realized that his grandson had not returned all night. When I arrived at the private school, I couldn't find him anywhere. I looked around and found out that my grandson Jia Rui had been kidnapped and sent to Shuntian Mansion yesterday.

The soul of Jia Dairu was so strong that he immediately asked Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion. Jia Zhen was impatient, but she still sent the post to Shuntian Mansion. At this time, the official in charge of Shuntian Prefecture was not Fu Shi, who was born in Qingke in Rongguo Prefecture. The new official had learned from the past, so how could he dare to bend the law for personal gain?

Because he only replied in one word, he said that he would try it as soon as possible. This is as soon as four days! Later, when I learned about the case, there were both witnesses and physical evidence. Jia Rui’s side only paid lip service, which is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

Jia Dairu gave up his old face and came to ask Jia Zhen again. Jia Zhen thought for a while and had to send the housekeeper to find Ma Deqi to discuss whether big things would be resolved and small things would be reduced to nothing. As long as Madeqi withdraws the complaint, Jia Rui will naturally be safe.

Ma Deqi, who was supposed to be a lion, unexpectedly turned out to be very easy to talk to. Lai Sheng only gave up ten taels of silver, so Ma Deqi relaxed, and the next day he withdrew the petition.

Jia Dairu picked up Jia Rui and burst into tears when he saw that he only had half his life left. After that, he went to his home to seek medical advice, but he still didn't get better. After more than ten days, Jia Rui finally died of illness.

Ding Rufeng got up from the tea shop and went out to ride back to Li Di.

After exchanging words with Qian Xue across the Yimen, he went to the side hall to wait. After a while, Li Weijian came quickly. After greeting him, Ding Rufeng said, "Master, that guy died of illness."

"Well," Li Weijian responded and said, "Who has come to visit these days?"

Ding Rufeng said: "Except for the imperial physician of Ningguo Mansion, the rest are all relatives of the Jia family in the near future."

Li Weijian was thoughtful, tapping the armrest of the chair with his fingers, and asked in a low voice: "Just... haven't you seen any lame monks or Taoist priests?"

"No," Ding Rufeng replied. After thinking about it carefully, he confirmed, "No."

Li Weijian let out a sigh of relief. Maybe it was the wrong time and Jia Rui died early? No matter what, without the lame Taoist priest, there would naturally be no Fengyue Treasure Mirror.

It's a pity, it seems that he has no destiny in this life and has no choice but to hang around in this mortal world.

After feeling regretful, Li Weijian saw that Ding Rufeng was still standing by and said, "It's okay. You can go down and rest. You brothers will each receive a reward of fifty taels of silver and have two days off."

Ding Rufeng gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, after excluding the one thousand taels of silver to manage the Hell Temple, there are still three hundred taels left for oddities..."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Sir, I will give you one thousand taels to fund this matter. No matter how much it costs, it will always be one thousand taels. Those fifty taels are the reward after the matter is completed."

Ding Rufeng was overjoyed! Adding up the inside and outside, the two brothers got 400 taels in one hit!

Ding Rufeng quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for the reward, sir! I will do my best in the future!"

"Go."

After dismissing Ding Rufeng, Li Weijian stood up and left the side hall, returning to the inner house with his hands behind his back. Just three days into the courtyard, Qianxue caught up with her from behind.

"master!"

Li Weijian stopped and saw Qian Xue holding a letter and handing it over with both hands: "The letter from the delivery shop just came from Jinling."

Uncle Li Shouzhong replied?

Li Weijian took it and took a look at it. Sure enough, it was a letter from his uncle. He felt uncomfortable, so he answered the letter himself, expecting that his eldest sister Li Wan would also receive a reply... The second sister had been looking forward to it, but she didn't know how sad she would be when she learned about it.

Hey, it's better to be sad now than to be tortured and killed by that Zhongshan wolf. At worst, we can just make more repairs in the future.

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Rongguo Mansion.

Just when Ping'er came in, Wang Xifeng asked: "What was going on with the commotion in front just now?"

Ping'er said: "Grandma, Uncle Rui in the backyard died of illness, and he just came to send people to announce his funeral."

"Dead?" Wang Xifeng's face suddenly condensed: "How did you die?"

Ping'er came over to pour tea for Wang Xifeng, who was on the kang head, and said: "Uncle Rui was taken to the Yamen early in the morning. He stripped off his clothes and threw them in the prison temple to freeze for several days. He had a fever on the day of the interrogation. He later withdrew. He took the case, and when he came back, he was half dead.

I can survive today only thanks to the ginseng seeds my grandma gave me. "

Seeing that Wang Xifeng was silent, Ping'er said: "Although the ginseng seeds are not very useful, they won't kill people if they come to think of it. This matter has nothing to do with grandma."

"Why does it involve me? What does it have to do with me whether he dies or not? He is so unethical, even if he is sick or dies, it will be an advantage for him!" After scolding, Wang Xifeng turned to frown and said: "I was thinking about Brother Jian, This was a beauty trap that was quietly set up, and Na Jia Rui was plotted to death.

Tsk tsk, Brother Cuo Feijian made it known that day, who knew he was behind this matter? "

Ping'er thought for a while and said, "It seems that Fourth Master Jian is a bit of a knight-errant. He is quite happy with his grudges."

Wang Xifeng said: "You have to be careful when dealing with Brother Jian in the future. If you are really offended, you will be tricked and you will not know how you died."

Ping'er smiled and said, "Grandma and Fourth Master Jian have always been on good terms. For no reason, Fourth Master Jian will not plot against Grandma."

"His city is so deep, who knows what he is thinking?" Wang Xifeng said as if to vent his anger, "The silver frost charcoal has been put into the warehouse. Keep an eye on it and don't let the servants go too far. Others That’s all, brother Bao and sister-in-law can’t end their relationship.”

After a pause, he added: "There is still a second girl, please keep an eye on me."

Ping'er agreed and turned around to check it out himself, so he didn't mention it.

(End of this chapter)