Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 130: Xue's Visiting Card

When Dong Lao Er thought about it now, he hated that Jia guy to the core.

The bastard was very efficient. He caught Su Yun's weakness and forced her to give in. After she paid the money, he immediately took Su Yun away without any delay, leaving Su Yun no chance to take advantage of him.

He had originally wanted to wait for that bastard to go through his channels and make some profit at the same time, but as the evening went on, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

Feng Yuan was fine, but Xue Pan, known as the Dai Ba Wang, was a bully in Jinling. His family was one of the richest people in Jinling, and his relatives and old friends were all high-ranking officials. How could a loser like him deal with him?

Even if he paid back the one thousand taels of silver, the other party would never let him go if he didn't get the person. Finally, he made up his mind that the best thing to do was to leave.

But he never expected that Feng Yuan was so impatient that he came to pick someone up early in the morning, leaving him no chance to escape in time, and ended up being caught red-handed by the two families.

……

Feng Yuan, who was standing by, heard Xue Pan mention Su Yun, and his words were full of obscene and teasing meanings, and he couldn't help but get furious.

When he saw Suyun's delicate and pretty appearance, he fell in love with her at first sight, as if he was possessed. He even gave up his previous homosexual habits and vowed to only marry Suyun for the rest of his life.

He placed such an important position on this woman in his heart that it was easy to imagine how she could endure if someone molested her in front of her.

"You are such a filthy person, how dare you blaspheme my wife? Why don't you shut your stinky mouth!"

Xue Pan was always domineering in Jinling City, and had never been scolded before. He flew into a rage and said, "Your wife is unworthy of a dog like your husband.

I spent one thousand taels of silver to buy that girl. You are so bold as to snatch something from the Xue family!"

Seeing that the two families were arguing so fiercely that no one was paying attention to him, Dong Laoer slowly slid back...

"Dong Lao Er, you bastard, come out here and explain yourself to me!"

"Hey, that old ghost was here just now, how come he disappeared?"

"Go quickly and see if the little girl is in the room. Don't let my money go to waste!"

Several servants under Xue Pan rushed into the room and started searching.

"Master, the young lady is not in the room, and even her clothes are missing."

"Master, this guy brought the bridal sedan here, he must have taken the person away!"

Feng Yuan on the side was so angry that he was shaking all over. How could the beauty he had dreamed of, whom he had always wanted to take home and spend the rest of his life with, be sold to someone else?

"I bought Suyun first. She's mine. Don't even think about snatching her away from me!"

When Xue Pan heard this, his eyes suddenly widened as if boiling oil was poured on a raging fire.

He shouted, "It turns out that this Mr. Rabbit has hidden the person. Beat him to death until he tells the truth!"

……

Xue family mansion.

Jin Cai brought a servant to deliver gifts. In the past, Jin Cai had visited the Xue family many times to pay gifts during festivals and was also familiar with the eldest wife of the Xue family.

Jin Cai is an old servant of the Jia family. He has been the housekeeper in the Jia family's old house for half his life. Compared with the two brothers of the Lai family in the capital, he is more respectable and qualified.

Otherwise, how could the Jia family entrust the management of such a large old house in Jinling to Jin Cai? Grandmother Jia even treated his daughter Yuanyang as her most trusted maid, loving and trusting her almost as much as her son and daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Xue was a very worldly-wise person, so she naturally valued people like Jin Cai more. Moreover, she was an old face they often came and went in Jinling, so she accepted his gift and specially invited him to have tea and chat.

"Butler Jin, it's not the end of the year yet, why did the old lady and the mistress suddenly send these gifts? What's the meaning?"

Jin Cai smiled and said, "Master Cong from the Rongguo Mansion in Shenjing has arrived in Nanjing these days. Because someone in the family has returned home, the old lady and the lady came with gifts. It's also a daily courtesy for the elders." "Master Cong?" Madam Xue is Mrs. Wang's sister. She is only familiar with and concerned about the legitimate sons such as Baoyu and Jia Lian. She has no impression of even Jia Huan.

So I didn’t remember which branch this Third Master Cong belonged to.

Jin Cai replied, "Mrs. Xue has lived in Jinling for a long time, and there are many children in Shenjing, so it's normal that you can't get used to it all of a sudden. This Third Master Cong is the second son of the eldest son of Rong State, and he is now being raised by the second son."

Mrs. Xue was surprised when she heard this: "Now that you mention it, I remember that a few days ago, the wife of the shopkeeper of Ziyun Shop in Shenjing went back to Nanjing to check the accounts, and she mentioned in gossip that there was a Cong in Rongguo Mansion.

It is said that he was selected as the first in the Yongzhou Academy Examination this year and was also appointed an official by the emperor. He is an extremely outstanding person, but he is the Third Master Cong you mentioned. "

Jin Cai smiled and said, "What the concubine said is correct. It is this gentleman. This time, Third Master Cong came to Jinling on the orders of the Emperor to copy scriptures for the Empress Dowager to pray for her blessing."

Mrs. Xue laughed and said, "I have heard my shopkeeper's wife tell me a lot about this boy. All of them sound bizarre. How come such an outstanding child belongs to someone else's family?

When he arrives in Jinling, I will invite him to come and meet his brothers and sisters at home, so that I can also meet them."

The two were chatting casually when suddenly a middle-aged woman came in with a panicked look on her face, as if something urgent had happened, and she didn't even care that there were guests present.

"Madam, something bad has happened. The young master's servant came back to tell us that the young master had an argument with someone outside and beat him to death!"

"Bang!" Mrs. Xue lost hold of the teacup in her hand and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Mrs. Xue was both scared and angry. She asked, "How could someone be beaten to death for no reason? This is outrageous. What is going on?"

"The young master took a fancy to a daughter of a family a few days ago and wanted to buy her as a concubine. He went to pick her up this morning, but he didn't expect that the family sold their daughter to another family. The other party also came today to ask for her.

When the two families bumped into each other, a dispute broke out. The young master, in a rage, beat someone to death. As it happened, the yamen runners from Yingtian Prefecture were on their way to arrest someone at this house and were caught red-handed.

Without saying a word, he sent the young master to the Yingtian Prefecture prison."

Mrs. Xue's face turned pale, as if she had lost half of her soul. She gnashed her teeth and said, "This evil creature actually did such a thing and was thrown into prison. What should I do? What should I do?"

Jin Cai, who was standing by, felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. She came at an inopportune moment and happened to see something like this happening to the Xue family.

But then he changed his mind and thought, the Xue family is a close relative of the Jia family. If something happened to the young master of the mansion, it would be bad for them to pretend to be deaf to it since they heard about it.

Then he said, "Don't panic, Madam. It's inevitable for young people to be reckless and cause trouble. Since things have happened, there is always a way to solve them. The young master of the mansion has been imprisoned in Yingtian Prefecture. I have thought of something."

Although Mrs. Xue was flustered, she was also a smart person. When she heard Jin Cai's words, she knew there was something else behind them.

He quickly asked, "What did Butler Jin remember?"

Jin Cai said: "When our Third Master Cong first arrived in Jinling, he was picked up by Jinling Prefect Jia Yucun for a reception before he had time to return home. It seems that Prefect Jia and Third Master Cong have a close relationship.

Perhaps we can ask Third Master Cong to help smooth things over, who knows."

In fact, Jia Yucun welcomed Jia Cong because he had a close relationship with this half-grown boy. It was just that Jia Zheng helped him get his official position, and Jia Cong was the one Jia Zheng valued the most.

That was why he tried so hard to win over Jia Cong, and it was also a way to show his closeness to the Rongguo Mansion in the capital.

But Jin Cai was just a housekeeper in an old house, so how could he know all these inside stories? Even the fact that Jia Yucun's official position was plotted by Rongguo Jia Zheng was not something a servant of his level could know.

Mrs. Xue was delighted when she heard this: "That child is so amazing that he was picked up by the prefect to have a family reception right after arriving in Jinling. What an honor it is.

Yes, he was appointed an official by the emperor at such a young age, and he has some fame in the officialdom. Butler Jin, now that my evil creature has caused such a thing, I am also at a loss.

If I have relatives to help me plan, that would be great. I will ask my family to take the invitation back to your house and invite Brother Cong to come to my house and ask him to lend a hand."

After Mrs. Xue finished speaking, she hurriedly asked the maid to go to the backyard to ask the young lady to write a visiting card. She also asked the smartest servant in the mansion to take the card and followed Jin Cai back to the old house of the Jia family to invite Jia Cong.

(End of this chapter)