Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 17 The Old Lady is Here

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The old woman was still spitting, but Master Bao, who was usually gentle and stupid, kicked her. The old woman cried out "ouch", held her stomach, and fell to the ground, rolling on the ground.

"I hit someone!"

"Master Bao hit someone!"

"Master Bao from Xifu is here to beat people up!"

The East Palace was originally quiet, but the commotion here had already alarmed many people. Jia Jing's residence was at the front of the inner courtyard, so he was naturally the first to know.

"Who is shouting outside? How disgraceful!"

The servant at the door hurried in and said carefully, "Sir, Master, Master Bao from the West Mansion brought people in, broke into the inner house and injured Mrs. Liu."

Although the servant didn't find out clearly, the people from the East Palace would naturally speak on the side of the people from the East Palace.

As the head of the Jia family, Jia Jing hates the uneducated and unlearned young men in the family the most. Baoyu is one of them. However, because Grandmother Jia dotes on him and protects him, he can't say much.

He actually came to the East Palace to act wild today!

This is really unreasonable!

"Somebody come!"

Jia Jing slammed the table.

"Call the second brother of Xifuzheng to me!"

"Yes!"

The servant quickly agreed and went to the West Mansion to ask for help.

Jia Jing has a very high prestige in the Jia family. He is also a Jinshi and holds a high position of power. Although Jia Zheng is of the same generation as Jia Jing, he treats Jia Jing like a junior.

Even a little scared!
Therefore, when he heard that Jia Jing was calling him, even though he was already resting at Aunt Zhao's place, he hurriedly got up and changed his clothes. Of course, Aunt Zhao did not dare to say anything more and got up to help Jia Zheng wash and dress.

"I wonder what urgent matter Brother Jing has so late at night?" Jia Zheng followed the servant out and asked carefully.

The servant smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. You'll know when you go over and take a look."

Jia Zheng was confused for a moment and followed him to the East Palace.

Baoyu didn't know that Jia Jing was already angry. He asked his father to come over, but he was still confronting a few old women and was already very angry.

Mrs. Zhou Rui also felt that she was to blame, and seeing that Baoyu had already started a fuss, she simply started shouting and adding fuel to the fire, preparing to make the matter even bigger.

"Master Bao, this is outrageous. These old women are actually making up stories about our ancestors! They are rebelling! They are about to rebel!"

"Why keep a woman like this in the East Mansion? Why not just beat her to death and sell her off!"

"Auntie Zhou, Master Bao, stop making trouble..." Xiren was so anxious that she stamped her feet, but at this time, neither Baoyu nor Zhou Rui's wife listened to her.

Jia Baoyu's eyes became redder and more frantic.

"You damned women, tell me where you hid Sister Lin. Sister Lin belongs to us!"

"Get out of the way, you bitch! I want to go in! If you block the door again, I'll kick you to death!"

Several old women took the opportunity to roll into a ball on the ground, yelling and screaming.

"Master Bao hit someone!"

"The men from the West Mansion are coming to beat people up!"

When Jia Zheng came over, he saw this scene.

It almost made my eyes burst with tears!

"Beasts!"

A roar, mixed with the force of thunder.

Especially for Baoyu, it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

The originally aggressive look suddenly wilted.

"What are you doing here, you beast?"

"I, I, I..."

Baoyu's mind went blank and he was so frightened that he had forgotten what he came here to do.

Zhou Ruijia was still very stubborn. She thought that since she was the mistress's companion, the master would give her some face, so she boldly stepped forward and said, "Master, how dare these old women...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, Jia Zheng kicked him in the stomach with hatred.

Gulu Gulu screamed and rolled away.

Zhou Ruijia covered her stomach and for a moment could only groan in pain.

Jia Zheng ignored Zhou Rui's wife who had left and looked at Baoyu with anger in his eyes and said, "I haven't had time to take care of you for a few days, but you've become even more arrogant and lawless. You actually came here to cause trouble. Come, tie you up for me!"

The servant who followed him saw that the master was angry and did not dare to be negligent. He quickly took out a rope and tied up the dazed Baoyu.

"Tie him to the tree and bring me a stick!" Jia Zheng continued to shout angrily.

Immediately, a servant tied Baoyu to the tree, and another servant respectfully presented him with a stick.

Jia Zheng snatched it away, raised it high, and dropped it hard!

"Crack, snap!"

"Ah, ah!"

Baoyu's screams could be heard from far away in the darkness.

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But Xiren, seeing the Second Master coming in a rage, knew that the situation was not good. She quickly ran to the West Mansion while no one was paying attention, preparing to ask the old lady to come and rescue her. However, she ran too fast and was hit by a man.

"Ouch."

Xiren covered her head and took two steps back. When she looked up, she saw that it was Master Xiaorong from the East Mansion.

"Girl, why are you running in such a hurry? Is there a ghost chasing you?" Jia Rong chuckled.

Xiren was startled and looked back quickly. Seeing that there was nothing behind her, she breathed a sigh of relief and covered her chest with her hands, saying angrily, "Master always scares people. What ghosts are you talking about in the middle of the night? You're frightening me to death!"

Jia Rong laughed and said, "I asked you this because I saw you running so fast. What are you doing?"

"Our Second Master... Oh, let's not talk about it for now. I have to go find our old lady."

Xiren was anxious and wanted to run.

Because of this delay, their second master will have to be beaten twice more.

"Hey, come back."

Jia Rong reached out and grabbed Xiren's sleeve and pulled her back.

"what!"

Xiren ran straight into Jia Rong's arms.

"Uncle, you..."

Xiren opened her eyes wide, put one hand on her chest, and was shocked and terrified.

Jia Rong quickly let go of Xiren, took a step back, and said seriously, "I just want to ask, what's the matter? What happened to your Second Master?"

Xiren was still a little frightened and clutched her sleeves tightly, "We, the Second Master, are being beaten with sticks by the Second Master..."

"Ah?! Then why don't you go and ask the ancestors to come and rescue us?"

Xiren: "..."

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"Stop! Stop it all!"

Jia's mother was supported by Xiren, Liuli Feicui and others. She walked towards them tremblingly from a distance and shouted anxiously before she arrived.

At the back, Madam Wang hadn't even tidied her clothes yet. She had probably just climbed out of bed and was being supported by the two maids, Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er, as she ran towards this side.

The servants were unable to avoid it and ran away in all directions in a panic.

At this time, Jia Baoyu had been beaten with thirty or forty sticks and was dying.

Jia Zheng was startled, and quickly dropped the stick in his hand, smiled apologetically and said, "Mother, why are you here so late?"

Grandmother Jia quickly stepped forward, panting, gritting her teeth, her eyes blazing with fire, her fingers trembling as she pointed at Jia Zheng's head, angrily saying, "If I don't come, you will just beat me to death! My life!"

Mrs. Wang ran over without caring about her image, rushed forward, hugged Baoyu and burst into tears.

"Baoyu, Baoyu, my dear son..."

Jia Zheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Mother, please calm down. This beast is really getting more and more ignorant. He actually ran to the East Palace and made a lot of noise and disturbed Brother Jing's peace..."

Grandmother Jia looked around with glaring eyes and said angrily, "What do you mean by clean or not clean? I ordered Baoyu to come and take my granddaughter back! Who dares to block it? Stand up!"

(End of this chapter)