The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 70 Suspicious Clouds
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the eighteenth day of the seventh month, and there were only seven or eight days before Jiamu's birthday banquet.

Jia's mansion has already started to become lively. Relatives who are far away have arrived in Jia's mansion one after another. Jia Zheng also asked for leave and started to arrange some things at home.

Although he still doesn't care about anything, this gesture is still to be done.

On this day, Ping'er returned home.

Ping'er has two missions on this trip, one is to send a gift of 3000 taels of silver to the old lady on behalf of Jia Min, and the other is to come to Baoyu and Jia Rong to discuss the dissolution of their bet with Jia Min.

Both of these things were done publicly.There were many people present at the time, so word spread quickly.

The old lady happily accepted the money, and praised Jia Min in front of everyone, saying that he can make money.

Talking about betting with Baoyu and Jia Rong was rejected by the two of them on the spot.

Let alone Ping'er, even if Jia Min came in person, they would not agree.

After this matter was reported to the masters, except for Jia Zheng who sighed and said "sinister", everyone else was very excited.Only Qin Keqing listened, looking thoughtful, but she didn't know what was going on in her heart.

On the night when Ping'er returned home, Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and Qiu Liang jointly hosted Baoyu and Jia Rong at Yuhualou.

When chatting during the dinner, it was inevitable to talk about Jia Min.Because Feng Ziying and the others are now doing business with Jia Min, Baoyu and Jia Rong are invited to let Jia Min go and break their bet.

He also said that Jia Min promised that as long as all the bets placed in Liansheng Gambling House were withdrawn, he would make up another portion according to the money.

Because he didn't want to see so many people in the mansion suffer losses.If they really don't want to withdraw, Jia Min won't think about friendship anymore, and he has to place a bet at the Liansheng Gambling Shop to buy himself to win.

He also said that he had money anyway, but Baoyu had no money. At that time, taking money would also scare Baoyu and Jia Rong back.Could it be that the two of them can mobilize the whole mansion to place bets again?

When the news got back to the mansion, it was naturally interpreted as Jia Min's bluff.Moreover, Baoyu and Jia Rong visited all over the place overnight, and mobilized the people in the house to continue betting.In order to reassure others, the two also promised that if they lose, the capital will be borne by the two of them at that time.

So, early the next morning, there was another wave of betting in the flower hall.

At the same time, the news of Yeduju continued to spread back to the mansion.

It is said that Jia Min has already ordered that the wine shop in Yeduju stop, and is currently in contact with the matter of selling pigs, but because the price has not yet been negotiated, so they are still making inquiries.

The original well-drilling business has stopped accepting new jobs these days. It is said that as long as the original well-drilling business is completed, the business will be temporarily suspended.

As for what to do in the future, Jia Min didn't say anything, so he had no choice but to let it go.

News from other areas also continued to come back.

The long-distance transportation business between Jia Min and Feng Ziying has also temporarily stopped, and there is no conclusion yet about what to do in the future.

A few days ago, Niu Jizong, Liu Fang, Chen Ruiwen, and Ma Shangde's bus and horse-drawn carriage business has opened, and the business has been booming in the past few days.

As family friends, Jia Lian, Baoyu, and Jia Rong from Jia's mansion also went to congratulate.I also met Jia Min there.It's just that Jia Min seemed to be drinking too much, staggered, met a few people and didn't speak, and left after staying for a while.

From Dajinmen, there was also news about Jia Min.Although it is not Jia Min's own, it is also related to Jia Min.

It turned out that it was Fang Xiucai who was always lingering in Yeduju. While eating wine in Yuhualou, he had a conflict with a group of candidates who came to the imperial capital to rush for the exam, and almost got into a fight.

It turned out that Fang Xiucai was drunk because those scholars questioned Jia Min's plagiarism, saying that on the third day of August, anyone who dared to go to Yeduju to see auspicious signs or buy watermelons and apples would be beaten to death.

As a result, public outrage was caused, and the disciples had united more than 1000 people. On the third day of August, they went to Yeduju to see how much those watermelons and apples could be sold for.

This matter attracted the attention of the Wucheng soldiers and horses. When it comes to time, they will send troops to maintain order.

They don't care if they buy watermelons or not, but if anyone wants to make trouble, they have to arrest them on the spot.

Naturally, this matter cannot scare the candidates. They have already said that they will definitely go there when the day comes.Just to have a look, not to cause trouble, not to mention it's Wucheng soldiers and horses, even if the Imperial Forest Army came, they wouldn't do anything to them.

Because Jia Zheng is from the Ministry of Industry, Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has already posted a post, and when the time comes, he will go to Jia's mansion to congratulate his subordinate's old mother on her birthday.Because of the appreciation of the talent of the son of the Jia family, Luo Hanlin, Chen Hanlin and other great poets of the dynasty will also go together to discuss poetry with Jia Min.

Some news about Liansheng Casino also spread into the mansion.

Someone once went to the casino to inquire if Jia Min had also placed a bet.

Regarding the gambler's betting, it is the secret of the gambling house, so the gambling house did not answer.

However, according to a guy who works in a casino, Jia Min has never been to a casino.This guy drank too much when eating with others, and said that their shopkeeper is moaning all day long.

Because these bets were all won by buying Baoyu and Jia Rong, almost no winning by buying Jia Min.Therefore, this time the gambling house lost a lot.

News related to Jia Min spread in every corner of Jia's mansion every day.People have once again witnessed the poor popularity of this illegitimate child.

The servants are talking and talking, that's all.Although they really wanted to make some money from this gambling game, they felt a little sympathetic when they thought that Fourth Master Min had made money and was able to distribute dividends to his servants.

No matter what he is, this kind of master still knows how to be sympathetic to his servants. This is the first time in so many years.

In the past few days, Zhou Rui was very happy, he laughed at everyone he saw, and he was always willing to tell people about Jia Min. Sometimes, he even forgot that Jia Min was the master, and just said that it was Jia Min's retribution. .

The ones who are generally happy are naturally the masters in the mansion.Of course, except for Baoyu who can show his likes and dislikes unscrupulously, everyone else is relatively restrained.

However, as long as you observe a little more carefully, you will find that the mood of the masters seems to have improved a lot in the past few days.Even Wang Xifeng, who has always been strict with his servants, became more amiable.

Mrs. Wang usually has a straight face, but now she has a smile on her face when she sees someone.

Mrs. Xing usually doesn't talk to her servants very much, but now when she sees her servants, she will say a few words of compassion.

Jia Rong greets people when she sees them, and walks with wind.Sometimes he mentioned it inadvertently, and after a few days, someone would lead the horse for him.

Someone asked, who will lead the horse for you?

Jia Rong would just smile and say: You understand.

Even the reward for the boy was much more generous, and he made a wish, saying that if he won the money in a few days, he would give more rewards.

Even Aunt Xue joked when she saw the old ancestor. After all, the old ancestor was very lucky, and a big birthday would bring wealth to everyone in the house.It turns out that this is the old birthday star and God of Wealth in the sky, adding blessings and longevity to the ancestors.

The joy brought by the ancestor's birthday and the expectation of winning money soon made the servants in the mansion all beaming.

However, Baozhu and Ruizhu are exceptions.

In the past few days, they were always walking around the mansion, and when they heard the news about Fourth Master Min, they hurried back to report to their grandma Rong.

Now, they are very worried about their master, afraid that Grandma Rong will be upset.

As far as they knew, there was only their master in the whole mansion, who spent 2000 taels of silver to buy Fourth Master Min to win.

Although my heart is always anxious for the master, but I dare not tell others about this matter, so I can only secretly hold it in my heart.

Once it is known to others that Grandma Rong bought Fourth Master Min to win, I am afraid that the spittle from the house will drown the master.

What made them a little annoyed was that they were all worried about Grandma to death, but this master seemed to be fine.It seemed that the 2000 taels of silver that were taken out did not belong to her at all.

It would be a lie to say that Qin Keqing was not worried at all.

Whenever she heard about Uncle Min, she was very worried.However, she didn't know why, and then she said to herself in her heart, it's okay, Fourth Uncle Min will be fine.

She didn't even know where the idea came from to make her trust Fourth Uncle Min so much.

"I see, you guys go down, and you don't have to inquire about it in the future."

Although Baozhu and Ruizhu were puzzled, seeing their master like this, they couldn't say anything, so after a few words of comfort, they went down.

"Two little hooves, you still come to comfort me, what am I afraid of? Who is Fourth Uncle Min, who will suffer, and those people should be comforted."

Qin Keqing said in her heart, and sat down in front of the mirror again, looking at her face.

In the next few days, Fourth Uncle Min will be back. It's about time, but I need to dress up properly. It will be bad if Fourth Uncle Min sees me looking sloppy.

These days, Baochai is not in a good mood.She felt that she had made a mistake.

This mistake was to ask my brother to buy the fourth brother Min to win.

First of all, it was my elder brother who was not strict with his mouth. When he met Baoyu, he even told Baoyu about this matter directly.

It's also fortunate that only Baoyu knew about it, so it didn't spread it now. If it were someone else, it might have spread throughout the house.

Everyone else bought Baoyu to win, but I bought Fourth Brother Min to win. If my aunt and old lady know about this, it will not be a good thing.If it doesn't work out, I'll be included in Fourth Brother Min's group.

Although Baoyu didn't say anything now, Baoyu has always been a quick talker, so he has to think of a way to tell him not to tell this matter in the future.

Fortunately, Baoyu stopped him, so he didn't buy it.Otherwise, the 1000 taels would be in vain.

Originally, I thought Fourth Brother Min would be able to do something, but now it seems that I have given him a high opinion.The news that has come out these days is all unfavorable to him. It seems that Fourth Brother Min will not be able to turn around this time.

Baochai took out the song "Wang Jiangnan" from her sleeve, read it again, sighed, and locked it in the cabinet.

Alas, it's a pity for Fourth Brother Min.

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