Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 296 The fourth master has the final say whether the Rong Mansion is in chaos or not!
Li Weijian's face froze, and he looked up and saw Qin Xian's family hiding behind the corner door. He expected that they should not be heard from such a distance. Then he took Siqi to a corner and asked in a low voice: "How did you calculate this?"

Si Qi said: "I heard that people who have suffered a stroke cannot drink alcohol, so I asked my grandma. Grandma also found Taohong and secretly added strong liquor to the elder's decoction!"

Li Weijian didn't know what to make of his expression, he was almost crying because of Siqi's stupidity. Said: "Who said you will die immediately after drinking alcohol?"

"what?"

Seeing Si Qi's expression of showing off his merits, Li Weijian thought to himself that the woman in front of him was selfish and had followed him, but she was only thinking about him. It's just that such a temperament is really not suitable to be connected at home, otherwise the family may be in trouble in the future.

Li Weijian then whispered: "It's just one time. It's not such a coincidence. This matter has nothing to do with you."

Siqi frowned and muttered: "That's it...then there is no need to give Taohong any further money."

Li Weijian blinked and said hurriedly: "Give it! Give it quickly! Don't let your grandma come forward. Go over and give it in private. Just say what your grandma ordered and don't expose yourself."

The chess player agreed, and Li Weijian thought about it and then ordered: "Now that you can't stay in Rong Mansion anymore, you might as well find a reason to come out on your own."

Siqi immediately became excited and said, "Fourth Master wants to pick me up?"

Li Weijian nodded, said nothing else, and immediately left for the Yamen.

Si Qi didn't care, and was filled with joy, thinking that if he moved out, he wouldn't have to look for opportunities like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl once a month. Because he didn't respond repeatedly, he frowned and thought about how to find a way to send himself out.

Li Weijian then smiled and said, "Since you have sent the money over, just pick a few factories to take shares in, so you won't suffer a loss."

Xue Biao was filled with contempt. Could it be that this eldest aunt thought she could make a fortune with just these two hundred taels? At that moment, he was no longer too lazy to make excuses, so he stood up and said, "In that case, my nephew will take his leave first."

Hongyu said: "You don't need to ask Fourth Master, I thought of it early in the morning. Everything is ready-made, just prepare it the night before."

Li Weijian originally believed that Xue Biao was just dealing with personal matters, and he didn't care at all. But they didn't know that Xue Biao had entered Jia's house through the corner gate, and then headed straight to the small courtyard in the northeast.

I was dealing with official documents that day, but since Xue Biao was nowhere to be found, I looked for a bookkeeper to ask questions. The clerk said: "Master Xue asked for half-day leave and said he would come to the Yamen before noon."

The brocade box was handed over, and Xue Biao took it, nodded and said, "Since Auntie said so, let's put villains first and then gentlemen." He then unfolded the brocade box, picked up the banknotes inside and counted them carefully.

Sister Bao was speechless for a while, knowing that her persuasion was in vain, so she just sighed and never mentioned the matter again.

Aunt Xue was so unwilling that she had to get up and take out a brocade box from the kang cabinet at the back. She said reluctantly: "Brother, our family is not as good as before. These banknotes were collected by selling stocks. Do you want to read it?"

When Xue Pan heard this, he knew that the woman was Xia Jingui, Xue Pan's wife. He quickly raised his hands and said, "I have met my sister-in-law."

Xia Jingui glanced at Xue Biao up and down with her beautiful eyes, and then smiled and said: "We are all one family, brothers, there is no need to be polite. Your brother went out again. When the Jia family's eldest son passed away, he helped to make arrangements. Objects. If you ask me, if the Jia family's wealth is lacking, just use money to buy it. How can it be seen that he is really busy? "

Looking up at Aunt Xue who was drinking tea, the latter's eyes wandered and she said: "Brother, is this the right amount?"

Xue Biao bowed his hands and passed by Na Xia Jingui. After waiting for a while, Xia Jingui came to the door and turned around to take another look, feeling secretly annoyed. They are all members of the Xue family. Why is it that Xue Pan is so gentle and gentle, but Xue Pan is so rude?
Look at Xue Biao, who is careful in his words and deeds. Now that he has obtained an official position, he looks a bit like Uncle Li. What a pity. If I had known that Xue Pan had become so virtuous, Xia Jingui would not be able to marry even if she died.

Glancing at the banknotes inside, Li Weijian smiled and said, "Did you get your property back?"

Li Weijian glanced at him and said, "If Wen Dou has anything to say, just say it."

The total amount was twenty-eight thousand taels. After counting it, Xue Biao frowned and found that there were two hundred taels missing. After counting for the second time, Xue Biao confirmed that it was indeed two hundred taels short.

But the little woman glanced at Xue Tao several times, and when she got close, she stopped walking and said, "But Brother Tao?"

Aunt Xue agreed and said: "Then I won't stay with you anymore. I'm happy to see you off."

Li Weijian explained in detail again and hurriedly sent him into Rongguo Mansion. As I walked back, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it was really difficult to deal with such a love-minded person.

His words were not meant to be flattery, but because he was hooking up with Li Weijian, so how could Aunt Xue be willing to relent and pay back the money? It's not because I got an official position this time, but I'm afraid the family property will have to be delayed for how long before it can be paid.

Aunt Xue felt uncomfortable being stared at. Finally, she couldn't bear the questioning and said, "It's two hundred taels short."

Li Weijian shook his head hurriedly: "You just left the house, and I took you in. Isn't this trying to cover up your situation? Just stay outside for a few years, and we'll talk about it later."

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "That's good, that's good."

Xue Biao felt impatient after hearing this, and was about to speak when Baochai who was standing aside said, "Mom, brother Biao has obtained an official position now. I think he is very busy, so he should get down to business earlier."

"Ha," Xue Biao smiled, put down the brocade box and said, "Go back to auntie, no more, no less, exactly twenty-eight thousand taels."

When I got to the northeast and went to the small courtyard, I followed the maid to the inner room. Suddenly I saw a young woman coming out of the inner room.

At noon that day, Xue Biao returned to the Yamen of Wubeiyuan and had lunch before going to see Li Weijian.

Seeing Xue Biao striding away in a hurry, Baochai, who had just seen everything in his eyes, couldn't help but said: "Mom, the banknote just now was short of Brother Xue's?"

Aunt Xue turned her head and said: "I am good to others, has he ever been good? It's just that without the foundation of the imperial business, the second wife is eager to separate from our family. Seeing him like this, he is afraid that he will have to interact with our family in the future." "

"Yes."

Xue Biao agreed and carefully selected several factories, then frowned and hesitated to speak.

Xue Biao was not easy to talk to, so Xia Jingui paused for a moment before smiling and said: "I thought Brother Biao came to look for his wife? Go quickly, my wife is waiting for you right now."

He turned around and called Fu Qiufang, Baoqin and Hongyu, and said: "The Jia family has sent the obituary. Since we are relatives and live next to each other, we always build a memorial tent to send it to each other. I have found a suitable person in the past two days and prepared the items first to avoid panic in the future. "

How can Aunt Xue admit it? He just excused himself and said, "If he's right, then he's right."

Baochai was extremely annoyed. She stared at Aunt Xue and asked, "How much shorter is it?"

Seeing that Xue Biao seemed to have something to say, Li Weijian sent a few clerks out, and then saw Xue Biao presenting the brocade box and saying, "Uncle——" he opened the brocade box as he spoke.

Baochai was about to cry but had no tears, so she suppressed her annoyance and said: "Mom, why is this necessary? Now brother Jian is on errands with the fourth brother Jian, and he has just obtained an official position. From now on, he will not be able to rise to the top. I can't write two words in one stroke. He is named Xue, his second uncle died early, and he has no relatives in the capital. When my mother is treating him well, how can she be so cruel to him for two hundred taels? "

After another sparring session with Xiu Ying, after scrubbing and having breakfast, Qian Xue came back from outside and said that the Rong Mansion had sent Jia Qin to deliver the obituary and that the funeral would be held in two days. Li Weijian exchanged a few words with Jia Qin in the side hall and then dismissed him.

Not to mention what Xia Jingui was thinking, Xue Biao went inside to meet Aunt Xue. After sitting down, she listened to Aunt Xue talking about this for a long time without mentioning the main topic.

Xue Biao smiled and said: "Exactly, it's all thanks to my uncle."

"Ok?"

Li Weijian was extremely puzzled, could these rumors spread so quickly? What happened yesterday, now even the officials of the Military Academy know about it? I'm afraid there must be someone inside who is adding fuel to the flames, but I don't know if it's a domestic thief or an outsider.

Li Weijian said casually: "It has nothing to do with us. Wen Dou just needs to do things with his heart."

Xue Biao accepted the order and then retreated.

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But he said that Siqi had been ordered by Li Weijian to find Wang Shanbao's family first, and the grandfather and grandson chatted in private for a long time.

Seeing that Wang Shanbao's family still refused to speak, Si Qi couldn't help but said: "Grandma, do you know that people's lives are at stake in this matter? If Taohong can't bear the confession, how can our family still survive? Even if Taohong can resist, she will be filled with lust afterward. I’m here to ask for money again. Will grandma give it to me when the time comes?”

"This -" Wang Shanbao's family hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "We have agreed on five hundred taels of silver, and I have already given you two hundred taels in advance."

Si Qi stared in disbelief after hearing this! Half of the one thousand taels of silver was lost by Wang Shanbao's family, which was comparable to the Ministry of War in the pre-Ming Dynasty.

Si Qi didn't bother to talk at this moment, so he just stretched out his hand and said, "Where are the remaining banknotes?"

Wang Shanbao's family fumbled around and muttered: "Your uncle has not married yet, so I always have to keep some for self-defense." As he spoke, he handed over a few banknotes and said, "This is the four hundred taels, the rest is Let’s talk about it later.”

Si Qi gritted his teeth and took it, then turned around and went to serve the second girl. It was only after noon that she was free, and she saw that no one was looking for the peach red. She only said that Wang Shanbao's family sent her to deliver the banknote, and no one else knew. The remaining three hundred taels were paid off, and Taohong was immediately overjoyed. She asked Si Qi to take the lead, saying that the matter was a secret, and even the medicine bowl had been packed away early in the morning, so it would never be spread.

Siqi felt relieved and followed the second girl to guard the mourning hall.

When it was almost time for the wedding, Si Qi, following Wang Xifeng's instructions, helped the second girl Yingchun and went back to eat. The two of them had just come out of the mourning hall when they heard a mother-in-law call back: "Second Grandma, Fourth Master Jian is here!"

Siqi was startled when he heard this, turned around and saw Wang Xifeng walking out quickly, and said to the old woman, "Brother Jian is here?"

The mother-in-law replied: "Second Master is here to greet you. I am having tea in the side hall right now."

Wang Xifeng said: "I happen to have something to discuss with Brother Jian. I'll go take a look."

After saying that, Sister Feng walked out in a hurry, and Siqi supported Yingchun and followed behind. When she got to the side hall in front, she looked in and saw Li Weijian.

Li Weijian happened to look out at this moment. Si Qi nodded hurriedly towards him, and was immediately covered by Wang Xifeng who came in. I don't know if Li Weijian saw it.

The second girl on the side, Yingchun, was full of suspicion and couldn't help asking: "Siqi, did you just—"

Siqi lied: "Fourth Master sent someone to tell me early in the morning that I have to take good care of the girl. Do you have to respond to me now?"

Yingchun was suspicious, but stopped asking. The two of them turned out from the corner gate and went to the Grand View Garden, so they didn't mention it.

But when Wang Xifeng entered, he saw that Li Weijian looked calm, but Jia Lian had a sad face.

After seeing each other, Wang Xifeng sat down and said, "Why are brothers Jian here? The funeral will be held in two days."

Li Weijian glanced sideways at the two maids waiting in the side hall. When Wang Xifeng heard that Xian Zhiya was harmonious, she immediately sent her maid down, and then she heard Li Weijian say: "I was sitting in the office today, and I heard rumors during lunch that the eldest gentleman did not die of illness, but died unexpectedly."

"what?"

Li Weijian observed carefully and saw that Wang Xifeng was surprised and hurriedly glanced at Jia Lian aside, secretly gritting his teeth and feeling quite annoyed. Looking at Jia Lian again, he was sighing and feeling a little distracted... Could it be that this old man was killed by Jia Lian by mistake?

Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth and saw no one around her and said hurriedly: "I don't want to hide it from brother Jian. Yesterday your second brother went to talk to the elder about debt extortion. He choked out a few words and the elder got angry. He was so strong that he wanted to fight. Your second brother, your second brother just pushed me. When the elder fell down, his head hit the chair, and he passed away somehow.

Now I have left a secret in my mind, and anyone who is interested can find out if I check it out. If this matter spreads out, I'm afraid that the attack on the nobility will--"

Wang Xifeng was thinking that after Jia Lian attacked the prince, she would also get a royal commission. Who would have thought that something like this would happen, but something like this happened.

He immediately added hurriedly: "Brother Jian agreed yesterday. No matter how much money it costs, please help me."

Li Weijian waved his hand and said: "This matter is being spread everywhere today, I'm afraid it's someone with good intentions who is adding fuel to the flames. Now I can only say that I will do my best, but I dare not guarantee it."

Wang Xifeng said: "Brother Jian, just do your best." After a pause, he frowned and said: "The person who is fanning the flames outside may be Prince Zhongshun!"

Li Weijian was thinking about it but hesitated to speak. When Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian looked over, he whispered: "This matter... I'm afraid it was not done by Prince Zhongshun. Second brother and second sister-in-law, let's think about it. The former Prince's Chief Shi Lai Pushing hard, this caused the eldest master to die suddenly, and the Zhongshun Prince's Palace could not be separated from it.

At this time, how could Prince Zhongshun not know how to cover it up and instead spread the word? "

Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian looked at each other, secretly thinking that this seemed to be the case. If it really spreads out, there is no way the saint will deal with the loyal and obedient king. If he were King Zhongshun, he would only cover up the matter and would never spread it.

Since it’s not the Zhongshun Prince’s Mansion, then...Mrs.
Wang Xifeng's anger rose and she couldn't help but curse: "I want to blind her. Even if your second brother can't attack the prince, can he really fall on the head of that phoenix egg?"

Jia Lian also frowned and said: "It's not like that, it's definitely not like that!"

But he heard Li Weijian say leisurely: "The title cannot be inherited, this family property can be monopolized even if it is not allowed." Wang Xifeng suddenly realized, gnashing his teeth, and his chest heaved with anger.

After a long while, I heard Li Weijian say again: "The top priority is that the second brother and the second sister-in-law must quickly find a suitable wife and imperial doctor. It is confirmed that the eldest master died of illness, not an unexpected death. I will go find the outer room first." Let me tell you how to deal with it, as long as this matter doesn't come to court, everything will be fine."

Wang Xifeng was moved and said with gratitude: "Thanks to Brother Jian again this time."

"It's impossible to talk about it," Li Weijian stood up and said, "I'll go back and see the old lady. The second brother and second sister-in-law will stay here."

Jia Lian hurriedly got up and sent Li Weijian out of the black oil gate before turning back.

But it was said that Li Weijian entered the Rongguo Mansion through the Jiao Gate, and just after passing through the Yi Gate, he bumped into the mandarin ducks who came to greet him.

Yuanyang greeted her and said hurriedly: "Fortunately, the fourth master is here today. The old lady was asking me to invite him again just now."

Li Weijian didn't know that Yuanyang had taken Xiangyun as his mistress, and he was very puzzled. He didn't know why Yuanyang was called "Fourth Master Jian" before, and now he became Fourth Master again, and his tone of voice was quite intimate.

Li Weijian glanced at him diagonally, and saw that he had a waist and slender shoulders, a duck-oval face, black hair, a high nose, and a few freckles on both sides of his cheeks. His appearance could not be said to be outstanding, but it was still pretty.

At this moment, Yuanyang turned his head, looked at each other, then blushed and turned his head away. He said: "Fourth Master, go this way."

"Ah."

Li Weijian couldn't help but feel more and more weird, but he couldn't think clearly for a moment, so he had to suppress it and follow the mandarin duck through the Weeping Flower Gate. In a blink of an eye, he entered the Rongqing Hall, and after a quick glance, he saw that only Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were inside. Only the maid Hu Hu was left, and all the rest were gone.

Li Weijian thought about it and slowly stepped forward to greet him: "Old lady, madam——"

Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Brother Jian is finally here. Don't be polite and sit down quickly."

At that moment, Li Weijian sat down, and without waiting for Hu Bo to serve tea, Jia Mu said, "As the saying goes, there is no shovel that does not touch the edge of the pot. A couple living behind closed doors still quarrels, let alone relatives?" After a pause. , looked at Mrs. Wang with a strong smile and said: "Yesterday's situation was also a matter of words. In fact, my wife also regretted it afterwards."

Li Weijian smiled and did not respond, only raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang's original idea was that Li Weijian said a few soft words first, and she was a good person, but she didn't expect that Li Weijian didn't say a word!
Mrs. Wang was extremely angry, but she made a calculation in her heart: The matter of the eldest master has been entrusted to her nephew Wang Chuanyang, and it is not appropriate to cause extraneous matters. Otherwise, if the man surnamed Li connects with everyone, there will be no doubt that there will be twists and turns in the matter of seizing the title. Moreover, Yuanchun is about to give birth, so she might as well let him give in now and find someone with the surname Li later to figure it out!

After making up her mind, Mrs. Wang forced a smile on her face and said: "Brother Jian, yesterday was not my fault. The eldest lady didn't explain it clearly, and I didn't know the inside story. I just said that it was all Jian's fault. Brother, secondly, as the old lady said, those who say this in a hurry will inevitably choke."

It's not easy. Mrs. Wang actually bowed her head?

Speaking of which, it would be a luxury to expect Mrs. Wang to express her anger, and how could Li Weijian be coaxed with just a few soft words? He had already made up his mind to teach Mrs. Wang a lesson and was just waiting for the manufacturing office to finish building the object.

So he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Madam, I've already said that. This junior was also wrong yesterday. It was also because things didn't go well in the Yamen yesterday, so I was inevitably a little depressed."

Jia Mu immediately smiled and said: "That's right. It's just a small matter to talk about it. They are all relatives, so what is there to care about?"

Li Weijian said: "What the old lady is saying is that the eldest master's death this time is really surprising. If there is anyone here who needs the younger generation's help, the old lady can just give you orders."

Mother Jia frowned and said, "Brother Jian doesn't need any help. It's just a white-haired person giving a black-haired person..."

Li Weijian sighed and repeatedly comforted Jia Mu, not to mention it.

Outside, Xiangyun and Baochai entered the backyard through the corridor and headed towards Rongqing Hall.

After stopping Baochai's persuasion yesterday, and then listening to what Yingxue said, Xiangyun was undecided for a while. At noon, Baochai came to look for Xiangyun again, and Xiangyun came to Jia Mu to ask for advice. Because the two of them came together.

When they turned around the Rongqing Hall and arrived in front of the door, they saw Yuanyang standing guard in front of Huo Xia. Xiangyun came over and said with a smile: "Sister Yuanyang, we are here to see my great-aunt. Could you please give me a call?"

Yuanyang hurriedly pulled Xiangyun and said, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient now."

"what?"

Yuanyang glanced at Baochai and lowered his voice: "The fourth master is here, and my wife is here too."

Xiangyun blinked, thinking that Li Weijian was here to express his anger, and suddenly felt unwilling to do so. After all, it's not Fourth Brother Jian's fault, so why should he come to complain? In a blink of an eye, he looked at Baochai again, and then heard Baochai say: "Fourth brother Jian has always been kind to others, but now the clouds in the sky have dispersed."

Xiangyun responded perfunctorily, and suddenly heard Mrs. Wang speak, and hurriedly listened with Baochai. After hearing this, Xiangyun was stunned and immediately grinned, revealing two small tiger teeth. Turning around to look at Baochai, she saw Sister Baochai frowning and stunned on the spot.

Xiangyun then came over to Baochai with a smile and said, "Sister Baochai, my wife is upset with Fourth Brother Jian."

"Yeah." Baochai responded casually, feeling confused.

My aunt actually annoyed Fourth Brother Jian! And she was forced by the old lady to apologize to Fourth Brother Jian!
Then Xiangyun said again: "Just now I was undecided, thinking about whether to persuade Fourth Brother Jian, but now I don't have to."

When Baochai heard this, he felt more and more depressed. Now that I think about it, what she said to Xiangyun yesterday turned out to be nonsense, making her seem like a villain in vain.

Baochai knew in her heart that even though she had tried her best to look down upon him, she still underestimated Fourth Brother Jian. With her current status, not to mention her aunt, even the old lady would not dare to offend her easily, right?
Feeling extremely uncomfortable, Baochai really couldn't keep her face, and she didn't want to run into Li Weijian at this time, so she said casually: "Fourth brother Jian is talking to the old lady. It's not good for us to go in and disturb him. I think we'd better come back later when we have time." ”

Xiangyun nodded in agreement, and the two of them said goodbye to Yuanyang and returned to the original road.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of October, and the Jia family held a funeral.

Because Jia Mu was still there, the mourning hall was only set up in the east courtyard.

Li Weijian came to the east courtyard at the right time. He saw the door lantern hanging brightly in the distance, with the same colored lights on both sides shining like daylight, and white servants wearing filial piety standing on both sides. Inside the door, Jia Qin and other children of the Jia family came to greet him.

Li Weijian was an honored guest, so Jia Qin introduced him inside. After he had expressed his condolences to Jia She, Wang Xifeng came over to talk to him: "We were discussing it, and we really couldn't bear the old lady's discomfort. We had previously decided on the number of three to seven for the death penalty." . But now the rumors are really outrageous. I discussed with your second brother and added another twenty-seven to the number and settled on five-seven. "

Every extra day the soul is suspended will cost a lot of money. Now that Mrs. Wang is managing the family, although she has allocated money for funeral arrangements from her father-in-law, it is inevitable that Sister Feng has to lend money to it.

Li Weijian stopped on the walk: "Yesterday, the imperial censor reported this matter. The saint ordered the seal inspection department to conduct a new inspection. Is the second sister-in-law ready?"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly nodded and said: "I asked the Shuntian Prefecture's widow to do it, and also asked Dr. Wang to provide evidence. I can't find anything wrong."

Li Weijian nodded and looked around. Seeing that no one was looking over, he whispered: "I've been listening for the past two days, but the rumors first spread from the Imperial College. I heard that there is a man named Wang living there. Jumping up and down."

Wu Qian, the doctor in the Criminal Division, owed Li Weijian a favor. Li Weijian ran into Wu Qian by chance yesterday, and the two simply had lunch together. During the dinner, Li Weijian made a brief exploration, but Wu Qian thought that these secrets were not important, so he admitted that the initiator of this matter was the king.

At this time, Li Weijian finished speaking and saw Wang Xifeng's eyes suddenly widening. He couldn't help but call to the door and said, "Wang? That's my cousin... my uncle's second son!"

Li Weijian was speechless immediately and just looked at Wang Xifeng and gritted his teeth. After he suppressed his anger, Li Weijian said: "I previously found Dr. Chu, the inspector of seals, but now we are on the verge of a storm, and he only wants to deal with it impartially."

Wang Xifeng said with gratitude: "As long as we deal with it impartially. Brother Jian, thank you very much for this."

Li Weijian waved his hand, and because there were so many people and it was hard to stay for too long, he got up and left.

On the day when De was released from office, Li Weijian went to De's home and called Hong Yu alone. When the two of them arrived in the study, Li Weijian took out five jade pendants from his sleeve.

Hongyu was puzzled and opened her mouth: "Fourth Master, this is——"

Li Weijian gave a bad smile and beckoned her to come over. After carefully explaining, the Hongyu said angrily: "Didn't you say that my wife is already annoyed? Why does the fourth master still care about it?"

Li Weijian smiled and said: "If I don't let her get beaten up, I'm afraid she will think that I am a soft persimmon in the future."

Hongyu asked curiously: "Fourth Master, if this jade pendant is scattered, my wife and Baoyu will naturally not be in good terms, but how do you know it is Fourth Master's method?"

But Li Weijian shook his hand, and another jade pendant appeared in his palm: "Isn't there another one?"

Hongyu blinked and understood immediately, then laughed and said: "The fourth master is really bad, this is murder and heartbreaking."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Go and do it soon. I'll let you know what is really bad at night."

Hongyu immediately winked at her, turned around and hid the jade pendant in her sweat towel, then left the study and headed to the warehouse.

Hongyu found some rare berries sent from Liaodong from the warehouse, packed them in boxes, and immediately went to the Grand View Garden.

All the way into the Grand View Garden, you cross the Baishi Bridge and arrive at Yihongyuan. Immediately, he picked up the box and handed it to Cuixi. While it was being placed, Hongyu hurriedly pulled Yingxue and handed over the jade pendant: "Scatter this jade pendant around, no matter where you throw it, let people know it." As long as you can see it.”

Yingxue hurriedly collected it and nodded in agreement. Hongyu went inside again and talked to Xiangyun for a while, and then returned to the uncle's house after Shenshi.

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But he said that there was a funeral in Jia's family that day, so Baoyu didn't go to the academy. After causing a lot of chaos in the morning, Wang Xifeng sent him away.

This really satisfied Baoyu's thoughts. After lunch, Mr. Bao came to Caocui Temple. I drank tea with Na Miaoyu and talked for a long time. It was only then that I was urged to return by the attacker.

The master and the servant came out from the Cuicui Temple, passed the Moon Cave Gate and the Baishi Bridge, and then arrived at the path behind Yihong Courtyard. The sharp-eyed attacker pointed ahead and said, "Second Master, look at it, what is that?"

"what?"

Baoyu gave a startled sound, took two steps forward and bent down to pick up the object. He held it in his palm and took a look, only to see that it was his own psychic gem.

Baoyu wondered: "It's strange, how did this jade end up here?"

Xi Ren came over to take a look. Although the jade color was the same and the writing on it was as red as blood, he vaguely felt that something was wrong. Because he said casually: "Are you sure?"

The jade was slightly turned over, and he pointed to the writing on it and said: "Don't lose it, don't forget it, immortal life will be prosperous. It's unmistakable, it's my psychic jade."

As he spoke, he groped towards his neck and was immediately startled!
"What's wrong?" Xiren asked hurriedly.

"That's weird!" It was already early winter. Baoyu put on his outer cloak and saw him take out a jade pendant from under his outer cloak. "I have never lost this jade, so where did this piece come from?"

At that moment, Baoyu picked up the psychic gems and put them together in the palm of his hand for comparison. The shape is similar, the jade color is the same, and even the handwriting looks the same.

Still sharp-eyed, he pointed at one of the pieces and said, "This piece must be fake. Could you have forgotten that the last time you dropped this jade, there was a crack on it."

Baoyu nodded and said: "Yes, this piece is real." Suddenly he smiled and said with a sudden thought: "Xiren, do you think this jade has to be just one piece? My psychic Baoyu can't be said to be a male, and now it's actually I brought in a female, haha, that’s wonderful!”

How could Xiren be as naive as Baoyu? He felt something was wrong at this time and hurriedly said: "Second Master, please hide that fake one!"

Baoyu said: "Why did you hide it?"

Xiren stamped his feet anxiously and said, "Second Master can't tell the difference between true and false for a moment. If they stay together for a long time, it's impossible to say that the true becomes false and the false becomes true again."

Baoyu frowned and thought, and at this moment, he suddenly heard someone saying hello in the distance. The attacker hurriedly snatched the fake and hid it in his sweat towel.

Looking up, he saw Tanchun walking quickly towards this side. When he got closer, Tanchun said angrily: "How come Brother Bao is so careless?"

Baoyu wondered: "It's so good, why am I missing everything?"

But when Tanchun raised his hand, there was a jade pendant hanging under his palm. Tanchun said: "If you say it's not missing, then what is this?"

(End of this chapter)