The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 72 The Unexpected Incident

Aunt Xue in the carriage heard the sound and couldn't help but secretly worried, fearing that this ineffective son would cause trouble again. At this time, a jade hand was stretched out beside her, and her skin was as white as snow.

Yu held Aunt Xue's hand with her hands and comforted her: "Mother, don't worry, it should be fine with the butler following her."

Aunt Xue smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that you don't know your eldest brother's temperament. When you become stubborn for a while, you don't even listen to what we say. How can Housekeeper Lai hold him? The life lawsuit was finally suppressed by Uncle Yi (Wang Ziteng) and Uncle (Jia Zheng). If something bad happens again, what should we do? If your father hadn't left early..."

When Aunt Xue said this, her eyes turned red.

Sitting next to Aunt Xue is a young girl who is the owner of the jade hand. She is about twelve or thirteen years old. She is Aunt Xue's daughter Xue Baochai. I saw that she was born with jade bones and muscles, and her manners are elegant.

Xue Baochai sighed and said, "If my mother hadn't been so spoiled back then, how could my elder brother be here?"

Aunt Xue said in shame: "My mother only got a single seedling of your elder brother in this life, so I inevitably indulged him too much. Now it's too late to regret it, and I can't let it go. It's just a pain for you, baby girl. If your brother can be one ten thousandth of yours, I don't have to worry about it so much."

Let's say that Xue Pan squeezed into the crowd, and saw a man naked and stripped in the road, his hands and feet were bound, his mouth was gagged with rags, and a big wooden sign was hung on his chest with a notice posted on it.

Xue Pan laughed and said: "This man is so naked, could it be that he was caught and raped? Sure enough, the people in the capital are tough, but why do we only see adulterers but not prostitutes?"

Xue Pan's follower pointed at the notice with joy and said, "Look, sir, it doesn't seem like he is catching an adulterer."

Although Xue Pan had no education, he still knew the characters, so he stared at the notice and read aloud: "

Jia is not fake, Bai Yu is a horse for Tang Jin.

Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot live in Jinling for a single history.

The East China Sea lacked a white jade bed, and the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling.

In a good year, it snows heavily, and pearls are like gold and iron.

His grandma's, isn't this referring to the "Jia Shi Wang Xue" of our four major families in Jinling?Who the hell is so narrow-minded? "

Xue Pan's strange eyes widened, and he continued to read: "There is a Shi Taijun in Jia's mansion, it is true that he loves the old and the poor. However, the children and grandchildren are always unattractive, and they are greedy like wolves for the rich and unkind. Lian's second grandmother, Wang Xifeng, has a vicious slave called Laiwang. He gave us usury, poor poor people, and the family is ruined! The family is ruined!!!... Hey, the thief just said it!"

At this time, the chief steward Lai Da's complexion was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Laiwang, who was tied up in strips on the ground with disheveled hair, did not recognize him at first, but at this moment he finally recognized him, and hurriedly ordered his servants to come forward and untie the ropes on Laiwang's body, while asking in a deep voice, "Laiwang, who did this?"

Laiwang cried and said with a mournful face: "Boss, I don't know. I was beaten with a sap while I was walking. I guess it was the loan shark who did it. Grandma, she didn't shed tears when she saw the coffin. How dare you play with me."

The people watching all around booed immediately, Lai Dahei glared at him with a dark face, and said in a low voice: "Shut up, it's not embarrassing enough."

It was only then that Laiwang realized that there were huge crowds of people around, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at him, so he shuddered cleverly, and hurriedly covered the cold part of his crotch.

Lai Da asked a servant to take off his coat and put it on Laiwang, and then protected him and squeezed out of the crowd. At this moment, someone yelled: "Kill this loan shark slave, he is a rich and heartless beast, and has brought misery to our common people."

whoosh...

A rotten egg flew out from the crowd and hit Laiwang impartially on the head. The stinky water splashed everywhere, Lai Da was splashed all over his head and face, and Xue Pan who was nearby was also affected. The disgusting stench almost made him vomit out the last night's meal.

"Bastard, whoever threw it, get out and die!" Xue Pan was furious, no matter what happened, he rode his horse towards the person who threw the rotten eggs, and while waving the whip, the nearby people who were onlookers ran away, crying for their fathers and mothers, and the order was in chaos.

The man hiding in the crowd and throwing rotten eggs was Tieniu's good brother Xing Wei. The kid was not surprised but happy, and threw another rotten egg on Xue Pan's forehead, shouting, "The Jia family is too arrogant. They even shielded evil slaves in broad daylight and rode horses to hurt people. Don't let him go."

Most of the people present were ordinary people who hated loan sharks. Seeing that Xue Pan was so arrogant, they immediately exploded and rushed forward to surround Xue Pan.

"You mud-legged poor bastards, you're going against the sky. Get out of here. My uncle is the chief of the Nine Frontiers, and my uncle is a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, the empress of Rong Guogong, who dares to touch me. You are all dead." Xue Pan yelled and threatened.

Hey, it's good that Xue Da fool didn't shout, but this way, the crowd was completely enraged. Someone dragged him off the horse, and everyone rushed up and punched and kicked. It was really sour.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai in the carriage were all frightened. The servants of the Xue family jumped on them desperately, and finally dragged Xue Pan out of the crowd, but the latter had already been beaten into a pig's head, and his clothes were torn into rags.

Aunt Xue burst into tears when she saw this, and said in a trembling voice: "There is no law, report to the officer quickly, report to the officer quickly!"

It's just that the scene is chaotic, who has time to talk to her, even Lai Dahe Laiwang and others are being blocked and beaten. Finally, the people from Wucheng Bingmasi arrived, and the common people who participated in the beating dispersed in a rush, leaving no one left, leaving only a mess everywhere, and the stench of rotten eggs!

Dashi Yongfang, Rongguo Mansion.

Mother Jia knew that Aunt Xue's family would be arriving today, so she gathered all the women's family members together early. Even Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law and Jia Rong's daughter-in-law from the East Mansion also came, and Jia Baoyu specially asked for a day off.

However, just as everyone in the room was looking forward to it, Jia Lian and Jia Zhen walked in quickly with solemn expressions.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang both realized that something was wrong, and the former asked suspiciously, "Is the concubine here?"

Jia Lian looked panic-stricken, lowered her head and dared not speak, Jia Zhen glanced at Wang Xifeng next to Jia's mother, and said falteringly, "Go back to the old lady, my aunt and the others had an accident on the way, so they were delayed!"

Everyone couldn't help being shocked, Mrs. Wang blurted out: "What happened? But you met a bandit who robbed you?"

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Madam, please be safe, everyone is fine, even if he was a little frightened, Mr. Xue...has a little injury, but it's fine!"

Shocked and angry, Jia's mother tapped her cane and said, "What happened? Why is it unclear? In broad daylight, the world is bright and bright, and something can happen at the feet of the emperor?"

Jia Zhen gritted her teeth, knowing that she might not be able to hide this matter, after all, it had already spread all over the city, so she told the story. When Wang Xifeng learned that it was her own loan shark that had been revealed, she turned pale with fright, and almost fell to the ground.

Mother Jia only felt her brows twitching wildly, she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while, she clutched her chest in pain, Mrs. Wang and others beside her were all frightened, and rushed up one after another, patting their backs, stroking their chests, and pinching others.

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian were so frightened that they hurriedly sent someone to inform Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty, as well as Jia Jing who was practicing in the Taoist temple.

Jia Baoyu was so frightened that she burst into tears, and Lin Daiyu and Sanchun also cried together, thinking that Jia's mother was useless.

Fortunately, after some rescues, Jia's mother slowly recovered, lying on the couch dying, while Wang Xifeng knelt in front of the couch and cried, looking pitiful.

"Feng girl, you recruited truthfully, did you put usury outside?" Jiamu asked feebly.

Wang Xifeng cried and said, "Old Ancestor, what a great injustice, how dare grandson's daughter-in-law do such wicked things and ruin the Jia family's reputation."

Mother Jia felt relieved when she heard the words, and asked, "Then what happened to Laiwang? Could it be that someone wronged him?"

Wang Xifeng wiped his eyes and said: "Sun's daughter-in-law is a woman who doesn't leave the house. How do you know what's going on outside? Maybe it was planted by someone else, or maybe it was Laiwang who committed evil outside without authorization."

With a sullen face, Jia's mother shouted, "Where is Laiwang, that scumbag? Hurry up and interrogate him. If there is any usury, kill him immediately and send him to the officials!"

As soon as the words were finished, Jia Zheng and Jia She hurried in and fell to their knees, "I heard that the mother is not in good health, and the baby is late, and she deserves death!"

Jia's mother suddenly became angry again, and cursed with her fingers: "It's all your fault for being lax in housekeeping. Look, what's going on? Now the whole city knows that our Jia's are lending loan sharks, being rich and ruthless, and exploiting layer after layer. Do you want this reputation? If it spreads to the emperor's ears, disaster will be imminent!"

Everyone present showed fear in their eyes, and Wang Xifeng was even shivering with fright.

Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty knelt there and kowtowed to admit their mistakes!

Jia Mu shouted: "Nie Zhan, what's the point of you two kneeling here to die? Instead, find a way to calm things down first, and take care of housework slowly!"

Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty quickly said yes, got up and left in a hurry, mobilizing all their connections to quell the incident.

Jia's mother was still angry, and she didn't let Wang Xifeng stand up. She scolded Jia Zhen and Jia Lian and said, "Hurry up and bring my aunt and grandma's family here so that they can be comforted. They have suffered such innocent disasters for no reason, and our Jia family will lose all face."

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian didn't dare to show their anger, and hurriedly set off to meet Aunt Xue's family.

(End of this chapter)