It was still this afternoon.

Inside the thatched hut of the Qingtang in Grand View Garden.

As usual, Aunt Xue was wearing only a small shirt, twisting a coral bracelet with one hand, and gently shaking the fan with half of her snow-white shirt, sitting cross-legged on the kang like a flesh-boss.

On the slanted side, Baochai sat dignifiedly on the embroidery pedestal, holding a letter and reading it word by word.

After a long time, she put down the letter in her hand, looked up and said to Aunt Xue, "It turns out that he suddenly wanted to leave Beijing, but it turned out that he almost became the target of public criticism."

As he said that, he shook the letter in his hand again: "The key point has been pointed out in this letter. With my help from the side, my brother will definitely get a prize this time!"

No matter what the original purpose of the Xue family was, Jiao Shun was able to detect the danger in time this time, thanks to the Xue family's information.

Besides, he made a promise before.

Therefore, in this busy schedule, my mother Xu sent a letter. The letter roughly analyzed the several situations that the royal merchants might face when they collectively asked for their appointments. They also gave several situations in response to the current situation of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering.

And relatively gentle and effective suggestions.

As long as Xue Pan does what he wants, he dare not say that he stands out among the royal merchants, at least he can change his impression of being a bully.

"I hope so."

Aunt Xue sighed slightly, turned around and handed the tea hanging on the kang table to her daughter: "I don't ask for any good luck either. If your brother's marriage can be settled earlier, I will thank God.

Now.”

It has been two or three months since I asked my sister-in-law [Prince Teng’s Wife] to help find a marriage for Xue Pan. It has been two or three months since I was doing my best, but Xue Pan’s reputation is so bad. When a family of equal families heard that they were the tyrant king.

, they all shook their heads - it's okay to have a bad reputation, but the word "did" really persuaded them to retreat.

As for those small families who are determined to cling to, not to mention Aunt Xue is unhappy, she can't even pass Baochai's level.

This is also the reason why Baochai is eager to make her brother stand out.

There was not much confidence in my mother's words. Baochai was about to comfort her, but suddenly she heard Aunt Xue's concern: "What are you talking about? Could it be that Brother Shun encountered some danger? Our family can help

Where?”

Because of Xu, Aunt Xue always regarded Jiao Shun as a close son and nephew. Later, the marriage between the two families was ruined. Although Baoyu was the main reason, Aunt Xue always felt that she owed Jiao Shun.

Therefore, when she heard that Jiao Shun was in trouble, her first thought was to try her best to help her.

Baochai smiled and said, "Mom is too worried. Brother Jiao went to Guangdong and Guangxi to avoid disaster. By the time he returned to Beijing, the storm had already passed."

"That's good, that's good."

Aunt Xue gently patted her chest with the round fan's hand, and the little shirt suddenly became a little overwhelmed.

Xue Baochai moved her eyes away, folded the letter paper and put it in her bag, stood up and said, "I'll consider this letter back and see if there is anything else that can be deleted. If there is no problem, let my brother

Do as it should."

Aunt Xue hurriedly got up, whispered her embroidered shoes and said, "You can have supper here before leaving."

"No."

Baochai sighed, "My sister Yun received the news yesterday, so she kept embroidering her purse, saying that she wanted to give it to Brother Jiao to practice. I have to go back and look at her so that the crazy girl would not get tired of her body."

Aunt Xue did not try to keep her, and put on her coat and sent her daughter out. Looking at the sky, she turned to the main hall where Wang was.

It is said that it is a main hall, but all the decorations here are far less exquisite and graceful than Aunt Xue’s house, and they are simple and simple everywhere. In addition, Mrs. Wang’s clothes with no embellishment, those who don’t know about it will think that she is a widow.

Seeing her sister coming in from outside, Mrs. Wang Gu Jing Wubo smiled slightly on her face, raised her hand and pointed to the opposite side of the kang table, and asked, "Why didn't you keep Bao's girl here to eat?"

"I said I wanted to go back and see Miss Shi, so I didn't keep her."

After Aunt Xue sat down, she looked at her sister sideways. After the second time, after falling out with Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang was obviously much clearer, and her face turned from being dignified and kind to being cold and calm.

In the eyes of outsiders, she was completely discouraged after being frustrated and was ready to live this life in this hut of the ancient Buddha.

Only Aunt Xue knew what kind of heart fire was wrapped under her cloth clothes.

"Um."

Mrs. Wang nodded slightly and suddenly said, "It's for Jiao Shun to go to Guangdong and Guangxi?"

Her name for Jiao Shun has changed several times in recent years. At first, she was "the boy from the Wang family". Later, Jiao Shun became an official and then fell into Jia Zheng's eyes, and then she became "Shun Ge'er".

Later, Wang Ziteng personally called Jiao Shun, and she changed the name to "Chang Qing".

Recently, because of Jia Zheng's inexplicable suspicion, she began to call her name again to show her distantness.

Seeing Aunt Xue nodding, Mrs. Wang hesitated for a while, but still couldn't help asking: "This is awesome, why did he suddenly follow Baobing Hou to the south?"

Aunt Xue said ignorantly: "I don't know much about this. Baochai said she had encountered some trouble, so she had to go out and avoid it."

"Oh~"

Mrs. Wang sighed: "It's not easy for him, after all, he's a bad background and is inevitably caught in the officialdom..."

When she said that, she suddenly thought of something again, and her face suddenly sank: "Do you think it's your brother-in-law secretly..."

"No!"

Aunt Xue was shocked, thought about it and repeated: "Can't you?"

The same three words express completely different meanings. The former is a blurred negation, while the latter brings some uncertain suspicion.

Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, but her face became colder and colder.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue stammered with a bitter face for a while. Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed in her mind and hurriedly comforted: "If my brother-in-law really did something, wouldn't it prove that he still cares about his sister?"

"Hmph~"

Mrs. Wang sneered: "What he cares about is his reputation. If he really cares about me, how could he be suspicious of this for no reason?!"

She said that, but her expression was obviously relieved. She thought that when Baochai came next time, she would ask if this was the case.

…………

However, Aunt Zhao didn't unexpectedly get the news that Jiao Shun was about to travel far, and immediately hurriedly found Qiushuangzhai and complained to Tanchun.

"This damn cruel thief!"

She just heard her pointing at the outside world with her waist on her willow, cursing like a teapot: "It's okay to be disrespectful to Brother Huan before, but now she won't discuss such a big thing with us!"

Tanchun had actually learned from Shi Xiangyun that Jiao Shun was about to go to Guangdong and Guangxi, and further found a lot of relevant information from Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.

Therefore, I didn't feel strange about Aunt Zhao's words at all, and just said coldly: "What does this have to do with me? I just hope that the boat will capsize halfway and feed all the evil, evil, greedy, and treacherous turtles!

”

It doesn't matter?

Aunt Zhao flipped her eyes and sat at the table, not caring that it was Tanchun leftover tea. She grabbed it and poured half a cup, then said again: "What should we do when he leaves? It's said that it's a traitor.

Catch the thief and take the stolen goods. The adulterer is gone. How can he grab the fox tail of the Y woman?"

"It may not be a wife."

Although Tanchun believed that Mrs. Wang was innocent, she knew that Aunt Zhao was obsessed with the slightest evidence and could not persuade her no matter how much she was. Therefore, she just mentioned ambiguously and changed the topic: "

After he left, my aunt happened to spend a few days on her birthday, and it was the right thing to urge Brother Huan to study and improve her career."

Valley

After pausing, he suggested: "I heard that Brother Lan has gained a lot recently, so why not send Brother Huan to the academy and let their uncle and nephew be their companions?"

"Let's forget it."

Aunt Zhao waved her hands repeatedly when she heard this: "Only your brother's temperament is afraid that it is not to study, but to make enemies!"

Although she was not self-aware, she knew her son's temperament very well.

Tanchun heard what she said was rare, so he had to stop and sighed inwardly that Jia Huan was really not good at it.

At this time, Aunt Zhao suddenly said curiously: "What are you saying he is going to the south suddenly?"

"It should be going south to avoid disaster."

Tanchun had actually thought about this for a long time, and blurted out: "Since he wanted to eliminate the accumulated corruption and implement the new policy, he would inevitably offend villains - famous officials from ancient and modern times, which one of them is not a disaster or a dangerous obstacle?"

"That's how relationships are."

Aunt Zhao suddenly realized: "I wonder if he didn't have time to pay attention to Brother Huan. It turned out that he couldn't take care of himself."

As he said that, he suddenly realized something was wrong and looked up at his daughter with a curious look, "How do you know so clearly? What other famous officials are there? Isn't it..."

"snort!"

Tanchun snorted coldly and interrupted Aunt Zhao's words, and said with a pretty face: "I heard from Xiangyun and Sister Lin and Sister Bao - Although I despise him for his character, he has indeed made some benefit.

There is no need to hide this from the benefit of the people!”

These words were not vague on the surface, but in fact, she felt a little confused.

Tanchun has always been a person with a heroic complex. The ones she admires the most are those indomitable and capable ministers and generals. If she has a little tragic color, it will make her feel even more tender.

Since she lost her virginity to Jiao Shun, she has learned a lot about Jiao Shun’s actions in the officialdom with the intention of knowing herself and her enemy.

At first, because of disgust, subjective judgments are inevitably somewhat biased.

But recently, Kazuo's words have been distracted, and this evaluation has been revised a little unconsciously.

Now she heard that Jiao Shun was forced to go south and Guangdong and Guangxi by conservative forces in order to implement the new policy, and she inexplicably felt it.

I have been really angry about this several times in the past two days.

And every time she regrets that she should not think about things from Jiao Shun's standpoint, but invisibly, she has already recognized Jiao Shun's image as an capable official.

“Boom~”

Seeing the righteous words from his daughter, Aunt Zhao did not buy it. She raised her slender and straight legs on the round stool, and said with no shame but gloriousness: "I said this is nothing, you are young

There is little knowledge and there are many things to do in the mansion. Not to mention that we are with outsiders, we are not without fathers and brothers..."

"Auntie!"

Tanchun shouted sharply and went forward to open the room and said, "I can't tolerate those pickled vegetables here, so I'd better go and talk about it elsewhere!"

“Boom~”

Aunt Zhao originally wanted to talk about the old news about Ningguo Mansion, but her daughter gave the order to expel the guest without any hesitation, so she had to get up and walk out indignantly.

When she arrived outside Qiu Shuangzhai, she subconsciously looked towards the direction of Qingtang hut and said angrily: "Let you be free for a while. Sooner or later, I will pull out your fox tail and peel your fox skin!"

…………

"Ah yeh~Ah yeh~"

In the East Cluster Courtyard, Xing was swearing that he would never have hidden himself. Suddenly, he sneezed twice, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with a veil.

Jia She hid back with some disgust and looked around again. Seeing that the places he could read were searched, there was no gain except a few taels of silver, so he could only leave in disappointment.

Xing watched him walk away, and then he felt relieved, thinking that he had invested all the money on Jiao Shun, otherwise he would have been taken to Jiao Shun again.

Thinking about Jiao Shun promised twice the reward, she begged God and worshiped Buddha, hoping that this "benevolent man" would return as soon as possible.

…………

Ningguo Mansion.

After Jia Rong saw Jiao Shun away, she accompanied her father Jia Zhen to have supper, and then Shi Shiran returned home.

When I entered the yard, I saw two verandaways filled with boxes of all sizes. The maids and mothers were still wearing butterflies, and kept picking up things from them and putting them in different categories.

Seeing this, Jia Rong shouted and ordered: "Madam's things are placed aside first, and just pack my luggage first."

As he said that, he stepped into the main hall.

Xu had already received the report in the main hall, and he rushed forward and asked in panic: "What did the uncle mean just now? Why don't I need to pack my luggage?"

Jia Rong walked around her and fell into Luoshan's bed, and said indifferently: "I think about it, it's better to stay in the capital."

"What?!"

Xu was so anxious that tears came out. He held the veil and asked, "I have agreed to take me with me. The five thousand taels of silver from my mother's house..."

"You have the nerve to say it!"

Jia Rong suddenly looked down: "Your family is from a salt merchant, and your net worth is more than one million. Are you going to give the beggars with such a little money? Besides, I won't be in vain. Then your parents' family will still make a profit.

!”

As he said that, he stood up impatiently and waved his hand: "Things are settled, you can stay and serve the master and wife very well."

Before he finished speaking, the man had already picked up the curtain into the inner room.

Xu finally couldn't help crying and lost his voice, and his last expectation for Jia Rong disappeared without a trace.

"grandmother."

I don't know how long it took, but her close-fitting maid came out of the room and came over and whispered: "I just heard that Mr. Qiang was begging his wife, so he was able to stay in the capital. Why don't you do that?

Learn from the example..."

Although this maid was occupied by Jia Rong, she knew that it was Jia Rong who was unreliable, so her thoughts were still attached to Xu.

Xu hesitated and said, "Yes, but my wife has never liked me very much."

"When is it still a lot of things going on?"

The maid advised earnestly: "At this point, we can only treat it as a living!"

Xu heard what she said, and this was the only life-saving straw she could catch now.

So he found Youshi Courtyard and knelt on the ground and begged.

Seeing that she was so pitiful, You Shi was sympathetic, but in the end she could only say helplessly: "I can't hide my affairs from you, so just tell me the truth. If your Uncle Jiao is in the capital, I will protect you.

Of course it is not difficult; but now he also wants to follow him to go south, so it is not easy for me to protect Brother Xiong, so how can I care about you?"
Chapter completed!