The Second Master of the Red Chamber

In Rongqing Hall, the rehearsal of the play that had been suspended for half a day began again.

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others also rushed over from everywhere to accompany Jia Mu to enjoy the show.

Suddenly, I saw a servant woman of Xue's family rushing over.

"Madam, it's not good, the uncle was beaten!"

"what?"

Aunt Xue, who was watching the play with a smile on her face, suddenly changed her face when she heard the words. She immediately turned her head and looked at the woman in a panic.

On the other side, Xue Baochai and other sisters also stopped whispering and looked up.

"I heard that it was outside the north gate, and was beaten by the actor Liu Xianglian. When the uncle was brought back, his whole body was covered in injuries, and his whole body was also filthy. Madam, please go back and have a look..."

Without the mother-in-law's reminder, Aunt Xue has already stood up.

Sitting next to Aunt Xue, Mother Jia also hurriedly said, "Since something happened to my brother, you should go back and have a look, and leave us alone."

"Yes..." Aunt Xue didn't care about being polite at this time, she owed Mother Jia casually, and left in a hurry.

Baochai also left the table immediately, saluted silently with Mrs. Wang and Jiamu, and followed in her mother's footsteps.

Because of this incident, all the girls on the corridor no longer had the intention of watching a show, and looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling very strange.

I have always known that Uncle Xue's family is an unscrupulous person. I have heard that he beat people before. Where did I hear that he was beaten?Still an actor?
"I vaguely remember that the little Dan who sang Mulan that the old lady praised before was called Liu Xianglian."

Tanchun suddenly whispered to Yingchun, and Yingchun also nodded, feeling incredible.

How could a man with such a delicate body beat someone? He also beat Sister Bao's brother, such a domineering person.

On the other hand, Jia Baoyu, who was beside Tanchun, looked surprised from the beginning, and gradually seemed to realize something.After looking around, he slipped away while his mother and others were not paying attention.

Seeing that everyone was curious, Mother Jia sighed and told Mrs. Wang: "Someone ask to find out what's going on."

Mrs. Wang also arranged for someone to go.

Besides, Aunt Xue, mother and daughter rushed home, only to see that the house was in a mess.

When I came to Xue Pan's room, I heard Xue Pan swearing and wailing in the room from afar.When she saw Xue Pan's appearance, Aunt Xue's tears fell.

At this time, Xue Pan had already taken off his dirty clothes, and threw himself on the kang in only a thin underwear. His whole body was streaked with blue and purple.Even his face was no exception, it was still mixed with tears and mud, two maids were wiping him with handkerchiefs.

Xue Pan was cursing Liu Xianglian at first, but when she saw Aunt Xue enter the door, she wailed even more: "Mom, my son was beaten, it was so bad! If it wasn't for the second brother Lian from the mansion who came to rescue him in time I, maybe your son and I were beaten to death..."

Aunt Xue had heard people say that she had a dispute with the actor, so she thought it was not a big deal.

After all, it is common for the men outside to drink and fight. Who would have expected that his son would be beaten like this. Look at that swollen face, which looks more like a pig's head.

Aunt Xue forced these thoughts out of her mind, sat next to Xue Pan, and asked the reason while comforting her.

Xue Pan originally wanted to complain, but when he heard his mother ask why, he didn't know what to say, so he had to lie: "Originally we talked well, and he invited me to his house for a drink. I was thinking of him. He and Baoyu were familiar with each other, so they didn't think too much about it and followed him.

Who knew that it was just a temporary lack of words, and if he offended him, he would be ruthless and beat me up like this, he paid it back, he still..."

Thinking of being held down by Liu Xianglian in the ditch to drink dirty water, Xue Pan couldn't say it out loud, and he was so angry that he drank the servants outside the gate of life, telling them to beat Liu Xianglian to death and tear him down. Liu Xianglian's house, etc.

Seeing that he was still so angry, Aunt Xue shed fewer tears.She could also see at this time that the injuries on Xue Pan's body seemed to be bluffing, but in fact they were all skin traumas, and there was nothing serious about them.

So with red eyes, he scolded Xue Pan a few words, and questioned him again. Seeing that Xue Pan refused to tell the truth, he went out to find the servant beside him.

How dare the boys hide it, they are afraid of taking the blame, they naturally know what to say.However, none of them followed Xue Pan out of the city. They don't know the specific reason for Xue Pan's beating. They can only tell about Xue Pan pestering Liu Xianglian in the Rongguo Mansion, leaving the city alone, and finally being carried back by the Rongguo Mansion. Tell Aunt Xue ten times.

Aunt Xue is a smart person, and she has already guessed about seven or eight points by only doing a general understanding.

Even so, Aunt Xue was very angry that a little actor dared to beat someone, and beat him so hard. She scolded Liu Xianglian once, and threatened to send Liu Xianglian to the court for justice.

Baochai hurriedly persuaded: "Mom, don't be too impatient. It's not a big deal. It's just that they are out drinking. It's normal for them to turn their faces and fight when they're drunk. It's okay for someone to get drunk a few times.

Now Mom regards this as a big event, and rushes to tell everyone, isn't it intentional to let others know that Mom is partial to doting, conniving at brother to make trouble outside, and supporting him afterwards?One makes others see the joke, and the other makes it appear that we are bullying ordinary people by taking advantage of our relatives. "

When Aunt Xue heard it, she felt that it made sense.

Baochai said again: "Besides, my elder brother is unscrupulous and lawless outside, and everyone else knows it. Now it's just an accidental loss, so Mom mobilizes the crowd and makes others talk more.

In addition, didn't my brother say that the second brother Lian in their mansion had sent someone to arrest him?

Let's not talk about today's matter, my elder brother has inherited Lian's second elder brother's favor, we have to see what he thinks about this matter.Let’s just say that Lian’s second elder brother really wants to send him to justice, so we’d better persuade him. Mom also thinks about it, being jealous with opera actors outside, and getting beaten, is it a good reputation to spread?
If mom is really angry, it's easy, wait a few days for my brother's injuries to heal better, and then call that person, and let him confess to his brother and make amends. "

Aunt Xue was just short-tempered, but in fact she was not a troublesome person. After hearing Baochai's words, she nodded repeatedly.

"My son, after all, you're more thoughtful, and I'm so confused. Your brother, you really should make him suffer. It's better to have a good memory!"

Seeing that her mother listened to her advice, Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's not what Mom said. Brother, he's not afraid of you, and he doesn't listen to other people's persuasion. Every day he spends outside is better than one day, but now he has suffered at the hands of that person. I'm afraid it might be of some benefit to him."

"That's the reason..."

……

Many people in Jia's mansion heard about Xue Pan's beating, and most of them only listened to it as a joke and didn't pay much attention to it.

On the contrary, Wang Xifeng, after knowing the whole story, couldn't help asking Jia Lian: "Then Uncle Xue was beaten outside the north gate, and he didn't even have his own servants by his side. How did you know that, and you arrested him on the spot?" Living?"

In the Grand View Garden, in a beautiful pavilion surrounded by water.

Because there are still some places in the Grand View Garden that are still being renovated, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng came to visit the garden, and they brought Ping'er, Xiangling and a few maids with them without mobilizing the crowd.

When I was tired for a while, I came here to rest.

Seeing that the spring was just right and the lake was shining brightly, Jia Lian asked the maid to fetch a fishing rod and was fishing through the window at this time.Hearing Sister Feng's question next to him, he just smiled and said casually, "How do you think I know?" "Could it be that you have been staring at Liu Xianglian, so you just bumped into him?"

Wang Xifeng is still very smart, she thinks what she said makes sense.

After all, if Xue Pan was beaten in the city, he was bumped into by the officers and soldiers patrolling the army and horses and said it, but Xue Pan ran out of the city, and was rescued by Jia Lian, and even the murderer did not escape. Hold it on the spot.

Apart from the fact that Jia Lian was watching Liu Xianglian in advance, there was no other reason.As for why Jia Lian wanted to monitor Liu Xianglian, what else could he do? He liked her appearance.

Jia Lian also heard the meaning in Wang Xifeng's tone, and had no intention of explaining it.The world is like this, no wonder Wang Xifeng doubted him.

"You're only half right. I did have people stare at them in advance, but not Liu Xianglian, but Xue Pan."

"Good, what are you staring at him for?"

"If I say, I know he may be beaten today, so I sent someone to watch him, believe it or not?"

"It's fine if you don't talk about it. Knowing that you have great supernatural powers and many eyes and ears, there is no need to entertain people like this."

"Hehe..." Jia Lian smiled, "Look, you have to ask again, and if you don't believe the truth, why ask?"

Wang Xifeng stared at Jia Lian for a few times, and suddenly smiled too.

Speaking of it, she is considered a person who disrespects ghosts and gods. Before, when those people said that the ancestors blessed them, and that the stars of Wenqu and Wuqu came down to earth, they secretly scoffed at them.

But after experiencing Jia Lian's changes, she really believed in these things.

Take the matter of concubine concubine Yuanchun last year as an example, Jia Lian first hinted at her two years in advance.Then he directly guessed that Yuan Chun would be promoted to imperial concubine... Although Jia's mother and others thought that Jia Lian was an official in the court, they had received some rumors in advance.

However, there are so many such coincidences that even Wang Xifeng feels that the coincidences are too much.

I still remember that she laughed and said that if Jia Lian could even be promoted to a noble concubine in Yuanchun, she would only follow Jia Lian's order from now on...

In this way, it is common for him to suffer losses in his hands.After all, I have not been blessed by my ancestors, and I am not some civil and martial arts star descending to earth!
Wang Xifeng, who had done another psychological construction in his heart, looked at Jia Lian more tenderly.

Seeing Jia Lian quietly fishing with a fishing rod, she curled her lips, she really didn't know what's the fun in doing this, it was a waste of time.

So he got up and said with a smile: "I don't think there's much to visit in this garden, you can just play here, let these two girls accompany you, and I will go out to serve the old lady."

Wang Xifeng was also maintaining her own prestige, she didn't want the servants to think that she was greedy for fun, especially with Jia Lian, which would damage her reputation as Lian's second mistress.