Yesterday, because he had a great time chatting with Jia Rong, Jiao Shun accompanied him to have a few more drinks, and then made Yindie and Hu Di happy in the side courtyard.

As a vassal of the You family, Yindie was rarely favored by Uncle Jiao for once. Naturally, he flattered her freely and used all kinds of tricks. The commotion only stopped in the middle of the night.

It was already too late to get up on the second day, but Youshi came over to help Xingshi with his unchanging stomach.

This delay will naturally make it impossible to catch up with Dian Mao.

Jiao Shun simply missed another half day's work, and held a long discussion with You, and then asked her to send a message to Xing, asking Xing to help keep an eye on Wang Xifeng's movements - although he hadn't figured out how to retaliate, but if he wanted

To deal with Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xing, a ready-made helper, is indispensable.

After discussing the business matters, Jiao Shun hugged You Shi for a while and then Shi Shiran returned home, preparing to go to the Yamen for duty after lunch.

Unexpectedly, he took off his outer clothes and just lay down in the living room, planning to go back to sleep first. Suddenly, someone came outside to announce his death, saying that Jin Chuan slipped and fell into the well and died!

Jiao Shun immediately climbed up from the Arhat bed, and the one thought that came to his mind was: It turned out to be her!

He vaguely remembered that there was a maid in the original work. Because He Baoyu was not clear about it, she jumped into the well in the end, but he could not remember the name of the maid who jumped into the well.

Only now did I suddenly realize that this person was Yu Chuan's sister.

Over there, Yuchuan got the news of her sister's accidental death, and was stunned on the spot. It wasn't until she was lightly pushed by Si Qi that she came to her senses. She pulled the servant who was reporting the funeral and asked repeatedly: "You

Did you hear it wrong?! How could it be that my sister is so good, how could it be, how could it be... impossible!"

The servant woman sighed: "This is something no one can imagine. No wonder the girl doesn't believe it - but Miss Jinchuan is indeed gone. Now the body has been sent to your house. If the girl wants to attend the funeral, she can go directly to Ningrong."

That’s the lane.”

Only then did Yuchai finally believe it. He let go of the servant girl in despair and looked around blankly, not knowing how to react.

Seeing this, Xing Xiuyan first took half the money and sent away the servant girl who announced the funeral. He also ordered a carriage to be prepared outside so that he could send the jade bracelet home for the funeral.

Then she led Siqi and Xiangling to sort out all the things that Yuchai often wears recently, and prepared to put them in the car for Yuchai to take back with him.

Because the funeral has to be suspended for seven days and seven nights, and the weather is freezing, if you don't prepare warm clothes and a change of clothes in advance, you will inevitably suffer some hardships.

Seeing Xing Xiuyan and others working separately, Jiao stepped forward and pulled the jade bracelet into his arms, patting her gently on the back.

At this moment, as if some information mechanism had been touched, Yuchai immediately buried his head in Jiao Shun's arms and burst into tears.

Jiao Shun waited until she had cried enough, then took out his handkerchief and helped her wipe away her tears carefully, and said with relief: "People cannot be resurrected after death, so we must take care of the living first. I don't know how sad your parents are at this time."

Well, now you have to cheer up more and try to comfort me when you get back. At least don't let the two elders sit down and get sick, so that your sister can feel at ease after being under the influence of Jiuquan."

Yuchai sobbed and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Xing Xiuyan came out from the inner room, handed a purse and two small porcelain bottles to Yuchai, and warned: "There are too many, I won't say anything. This purse is a Xingshen pill, used to remove darkness and refresh the mind; the white bottle

The inside is antifreeze cream for external application, and the blue bottle contains Baoxin Dan for internal use. No one can do it for you these days. You need to take care of yourself. If you need anything, just ask someone to tell you."

Seeing Xing Xiuyan's thoughtful thoughts and sincere words, Yuchai couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude, and immediately knelt down to kowtow to Jiao Shun and Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan hurriedly grabbed her. Seeing that Siqi and Xiangling had already packed their luggage, he asked Jiao Shun at the side for instructions: "Master, do you think there is anything else I want to tell you?"

Jiao Shun raised his chin: "Take fifty taels of silver and let her take it home with you."

"this……"

Xing Xiuyan did not immediately respond, but said instead: "There are either scattered pieces of silver at home, or hundreds or thousands of silver notes, but there are no ready-made silver ingots. When I go to the bank to buy and exchange them, I will ask someone to bring them with the tribute ceremony."

Send it away."

This is obviously a lie. There is never a shortage of fifty taels and one hundred taels of silver ingots at home, and there are even several gold bars.

But Xing Xiuyan must have a point in what she said. Jiao Shun didn't care about it in person. He only waited for the jade bracelet to be sent to the car before asking what happened.

"All weddings and funerals are for others to see." Xing Xiuyan explained in a low voice: "It's not easy for her to keep it public if she brings it home by herself. It only saves her dignity to send someone to deliver it alone."

Jiao Shun suddenly realized.

Jade bracelets are the most honorable ones. If you bring so much money back, you probably can't help but show off, which makes it seem shallow.

Send someone to see her off alone, which not only saves her face, but also prevents her from showing timidity in front of others.

In fact, these things were not unexpected for Jiao Shun, but he didn't pay much attention to the maids.

It is precisely for this reason that it is even more necessary to have a virtuous wife like Xing Xiuyan.

…………

But he said that Yuchai ran home crying, and many relatives, friends, and neighbors had come. His parents and sister-in-law were all out to socialize, and his brother was nowhere to be seen.

This jade bracelet's maiden name is Bai.

When Father Bai and Mother Bai saw their little daughter coming back for the funeral, they hurriedly led her to the funeral in the living room.

When Yu Chuan saw two benches under the north wall holding a door panel, and his sister's body lying wet on it, he couldn't help but let out a sad cry.

Bai's mother also hugged her daughter and cried for a while, and finally stopped crying with the persuasion of her three aunts and six wives.

While Yu Chuan wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, he couldn't help but ask: "Where is my brother? How did my sister die? Has the coffin been prepared?"

Hearing her question, Bai's mother hesitated and was speechless, while Bai's father sullenly said, "Your brother just went out to order the coffin."

Knowing his brother's whereabouts, Yu Chuan nodded slightly and asked: "It's all good, why did my sister lose her footing and fall into the well?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears, and sobbed: "I just met her before, and she seemed so happy. I asked her what the happy event was, and she still wanted to hide it from me..."

I kept talking for a long time, but my parents didn't say anything to me.

Yuchuan couldn't help but wonder, wiped away her tears and looked at her parents suspiciously. Seeing their strange expressions, she suddenly felt something in her heart and blurted out, "Father, mother, how did my sister die?!"

"this……"

Father Bai and mother Bai looked at each other, and just as they were about to prevaricate a few words, suddenly there was chaos outside.

Immediately afterwards, the Bai family's sister-in-law trotted in. She could not suppress her joy and pointed outside and said: "Father, mother, go out and greet her quickly. Aunt Zhou has come to give the wife pension money, and she has given her a full reward of fifty taels!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but show her five fingers and wiggle them.

It wasn't until she found that the three people in the room were glaring at each other that Mrs. Bai realized that she had offended the public. She hurriedly pretended to wipe her tears with a handkerchief and said: "This is the only dignity among the maids. My poor sister Izumi Youzhi, also

It’s time to be satisfied, woo woo woo.”

Bai's father and mother, together with the jade bracelet, didn't bother to look at her, and went to greet Zhou Rui's wife with a straight face.

Zhou Rui's family said some clichés of condolences to his face, then presented fifty taels of silver ingots and two sets of new clothes, saying: "This is newly made by Miss Bao. I haven't worn it yet. Fortunately, she is so generous."

It’s because of taboos that Miss Jin Chuan has such dignity.”

Hearing that they were Xue Baochai's clothes, the Bai family looked a little strange on their faces. They looked at the silver clothes but didn't step forward to take them.

After listening to some words in the Jiao family, Zhi Yuchai guessed that Baochai was probably the future mistress of the family. Now he did not hesitate to send the clothes, so he burst into tears and stepped forward to take them, thanking Zhou Rui's family for their kindness.

, and asked her to tell Baochai to know.

After Zhou Rui's family left, she held the clothes and returned to the house. She couldn't help but sigh: "This is Miss Bao. If it were changed to..."

Unexpectedly, just as he was talking, Bai's father suddenly stepped forward and snatched the clothes with his hands, smashed them on the ground, and stomped on them like crazy.

"Dad, you, what are you doing?!"

Yuchai was frightened and took two steps back. Seeing her father's eyes red and furious, she did not dare to step forward to stop him, so she had to look at her mother beside her for help.

She didn't want to hear Bai Mu wipe her tears again and say, "Your sister was kicked out last night because she talked too much and told Mr. Bao about Miss Xue's marriage!"

Yuchai was surprised and quickly pulled his mother to ask what happened.

Now that she had opened her mouth, Bai Mu had nothing to hide, so she immediately said everything.

But it turns out that Jin Chuan overheard the conversation between Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue and guessed that Mrs. Wang wanted to give Baochai to Jiao Shun, so he went to Jia Baoyu to tell the truth.

But he never thought that Jia Baoyu, who had always been partial to Sister Lin, was so confused when he heard about this incident that he ran to Mrs. Wang to oppose the marriage.

Later, Mrs. Wang found out that Jin Chuan had leaked the news, and drove Jin Chuan out overnight, which eventually led to Jin Chuan's death by throwing himself into a well.

"How could Mr. Bao do such a thing?!"

After Bai Yuchuan heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "What does this matter have to do with the Xue family? My sister was clearly killed by Master Bao!"

Her voice broke the bottom of her voice. Father Bai, who was gnashing his teeth and furious, was so frightened that he shrank his neck. He didn't have the energy to express his anger at Baochai just now. He swallowed his saliva and murmured: "Well, it's not easy to say that.

"

Bai Mu hurriedly stepped forward to cover Yuchai's mouth, and scolded her in a low voice: "Are you crazy girl? You can't say this nonsense? If it spreads to the house and lets my wife know, you still can't

Are you going to survive?!"

Jade Chuan stepped back half a step to avoid his mother's hand, frowning and said angrily: "I can't say whether he can do it? Besides, even if his family has the means to kill people and silence them, it still depends on whether our uncle agrees or not.

!”

If she were still with Mrs. Wang, she would never dare to say this.

But now that he is in the Jiao family, he naturally has less respect for the Rongguo Mansion.

After hearing this, Bai's father stamped his feet repeatedly: "You girl is so clueless. Uncle Jiao can protect you, and he can also protect me and your mother, but your brother? If you keep yelling like this, I'm afraid the whole family will be killed."

You got killed!”

Hearing this, Yuchai had no choice but to reluctantly shut his mouth.

When Bai's mother saw that her daughter had calmed down, she fearfully looked out through the window. She saw that all the relatives and friends in the courtyard were busy working and did not notice the movement in the room, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

She picked up the new clothes scattered on the ground. While patting the dust on them, she said: "It's Miss Xue's good intention. I'll wash them and put them on the gold bracelet."

With that said, he asked me to go out.

Yuchai hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and reminded him: "My uncle and aunt are all outside. It would be troublesome if anyone saw the footprints on these clothes. I'd better fetch some water, wash them in the house, and then take them out to dry."

.”

Bai's mother thought the same thing, but she was worried that her daughter would be so angry that she would say something she shouldn't say when she went out.

So he hardened his heart and took the initiative to excuse Baoyu: "If you want to say this, it's your sister's fault. She just listened to the wife's private affairs and wanted to tell Mr. Bao. Otherwise, how could it have caused such a thing?

Something bad is coming?"

Father Bai also shouted beside him: "Your sister has always been shrewd, but this time she became a fool."

After hearing this, Yu Chuan suddenly realized something in his heart.

Others didn't know why Jin Chuan suddenly acted recklessly, but she vaguely guessed that her sister had given her body to Baoyu a few days ago.

Probably because of this, Jin Chuan felt that his relationship with Bao Yu was not as good as before. In addition, because of his passion for adultery, he lost his sense of dignity and forgot about his dignity, and only focused on selling himself in front of Bao Yu.

After thinking about this, Yuchuan couldn't help but feel sad. Her sister was obsessed with making Baoyu a little girl, and all she thought about was Baoyu all day long.

But I didn't want to give up my life to him and lose my life in vain because of him.

Think about it, it’s not worth taking care of your sister!

In the original book, the jade bracelet has always been by Mrs. Wang's side. Her thoughts and ideas were influenced by her sister, and she really wanted to be Baoyu's pillow.

Therefore, although she was sad after her sister's death, she was not that angry at the handsome young master who had always dreamed of her. Therefore, after being coaxed twice by Baoyu, she finally left her sister behind.

However, now Yuchuan's body and mind have long been filled with Jiao Shun, so naturally she will not be as "generous" as in the original work. She guards her sister's coffin and her spiritual place, and the resentment in her heart is still difficult to calm down.

But judging from her parents' attitude, they were obviously not willing to stand up for her sister - even she herself couldn't help but want to give up when she thought of going up against the Rongguo Mansion.

But this bad breath doesn't come out, and it really makes people feel unwilling!

…………

at the same time.

Lin Daiyu in Jia Mu's courtyard also heard the news that Jin Chuan fell into a well, but the shock this incident brought to her was soon overshadowed by the news that Baoyu suddenly fell ill.

She took Zicuckoo and Snow Goose and hurried to Baoyu's courtyard. Before she entered the door, she heard Baoyu wailing bitterly in the inner room.

Sister Lin hurriedly took a few steps, one kick inside the door and one outside the door. She couldn't help but asked with concern: "What's going on? It was fine yesterday, why is it so bad today..."

"Sister Lin, sister Lin!"

Before she could finish her words, Jia Baoyu rolled out of bed and walked out with disheveled bare feet.

Seeing Daiyu, he grabbed Sister Lin's slender arms and shook them wildly, crying with tears streaming down his face: "I hurt her, I hurt her!"

Although Lin Daiyu was dazzled and her words had no beginning or end, she still quickly understood what was going on based on the news she had heard before.

So Guazi's face couldn't help but change color, and he grabbed Baoyu's arm and asked: "Jinchuan's death has anything to do with you? What on earth is going on? It's so good, why did she fall into the well and drown?

?!"

"this……"

Just now, Jia Baoyu saw Sister Lin, the sister to whom he was closest, and without much thought, he rushed over and cried. However, Lin Daiyu's series of questions suddenly reminded him of his purpose of going to see his mother overnight last night.

He hesitated at that moment, thinking that Sister Lin has always been suspicious and jealous of Sister Bao for no reason. If he said such things, wouldn't it make her furious?

If you are just angry, then let it go. It is a dry day and if you suddenly start coughing again, what should you do?

This guilty conscience was mixed with concern, so he avoided Daiyu's gaze and hesitated: "She, she told me some nonsense yesterday. I believed it to be true for a moment, so I went to talk to my wife. I didn't want it to be her.

I came here by eavesdropping..."

Lin Daiyu was confused when she heard this, and continued to ask in confusion: "What kind of nonsense is it worth explaining in front of my wife? Besides, since she overheard it, she didn't stop you and let you confront my wife face to face.

?”

"Here……"

Baoyu was speechless when asked, gritted his teeth, let go of Daiyu, punched himself on the head, and cried: "I hurt her, it's all me who hurt her!"

Lin Daiyu felt extremely distressed when the punches made a ping-pong sound. For a moment, Na Na didn't bother to ask any more questions, and hurriedly held his wrist to prevent him from hitting him again.

It happened that Xiren came in with a medicinal soup. When he saw this, he stumbled and said: "Little ancestor, you are just sitting down to be sick, and you are barefooted in this cold weather. Could it be that you want to drag us together to bury Jin Chuan with you?!"

Then he stepped forward to talk, and together with Sister Lin, he helped Baoyu back to the house and lay down.

Lin Daiyu coaxed Baoyu to drink the decoction, then sat in front of the bed and watched Baoyu talk.

It wasn't until he fell asleep with tears in his eyes that he reluctantly got up, took Xi Ren outside and asked quietly: "What happened yesterday that someone died?"

Xiren raised his hands to tuck his temples, avoiding Lin Daiyu's gaze. While getting some tea for Lin Daiyu, he said perfunctorily: "Last night Jin Chuan came over and said he was the wife and wanted to give some instructions. He took Baoyu alone in the house.

We were chatting in small talk, thinking that she was in front of the second master, so we all went to the side room to chat. What happened next, we don’t know very well."

Seeing that she said she didn't know, and also brought others along with her, Lin Daiyu had no choice but to go back to the house and continue to guard Baoyu.

At this moment, sisters from all over the country got the news one after another and came to visit Baoyu, one after another. Even if Baoyu woke up later, Lin Daiyu had no chance to ask the truth.

But in the evening, Baoyu suddenly had a fever again and kept talking nonsense. Sister Lin was so distressed that she couldn't help but put the idea of ​​exploring the truth behind her.

Seeing the moon rising three poles, she coaxed Baoyu to take medicine again and fell asleep. Lin Daiyu could not stay any longer, so she had to return to Jia Mu's courtyard in despair.

I tossed and turned that night and never slept well.

It was finally dawn. After Lin Daiyu had a hurried breakfast, she used makeup to slightly cover up the tired look on her face. She didn't even take Zijuan Xueyan with her, so she left the house alone, preparing to visit Baoyu again.

Not wanting to pass by a remote place, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly from behind: "Miss Lin, stay here, Miss Lin, stay here!"

Lin Daiyu looked back when she heard the sound. She was stunned when she saw the face of the person coming, and secretly wondered what she was doing to come to her at this time.
Chapter completed!