The Red Chamber: Starting from Saving Xue Baochai

Chapter 2 What Can the Sacred Heart Do for Me?

A good marriage——

Xue Baochai!
How come you are here?
Shen Yuan's mind is full of question marks at this moment!

After thinking about it more carefully, I had a rough guess.

He had read the original version of Dream of the Red Chamber in his previous life. Before Xue Baochai went to the Jia Mansion, she was in Jinling, and the Xue family also had its roots here.

Later, because Baochai's brother Xue Pan got into a fight and killed someone, he had to fake his death to escape, and his family went to Shenjing and took refuge in Rongguo Mansion.

Previously in the time cage, Shen Yuan had heard the girl mention that she was on her way to Shenjing to visit her relatives and was attacked by bandits just after leaving Yingtian Prefecture.

It seems that the Xue Pan incident had already happened, and the Xue family was about to leave Jinling.

While Shen Yuan was staring at the golden lock in deep thought, the girl's eyelashes moved slightly and she slowly opened her eyes.

Shen Yuan raised his head and met those sleepy almond eyes. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed and ashamed.

Xue Baochai looked at the handsome young man approaching her, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion.

She remembered that she seemed to have had a dream, in which she was shyly entangled with a young man. Could it be that she was still in the dream?
The girl blinked to clear her mind.

"This"

Xue Baochai gradually woke up and found that what she saw was not a dream.

The boy in front of me is real.
She suddenly lowered her eyes to check and saw that the front of her clothes was disheveled, even the gold locket she was wearing was exposed!

Moving her eyes downward, she saw a man's robe covering her legs. Her slender legs moved slightly, and with a slight sense, she felt a strange sensation in her lower body.

this.
Xue Baochai's originally rosy cheeks turned as pale as paper in an instant.

Although she was a girl in the boudoir, she had read hundreds of such banned books written by the Yuan Dynasty and was not ignorant of matters between men and women. Combined with the "lingering dream" she had last night, how could she not know that she had been deflowered?

Xue Baochai reacted and endured the slight pain in her lower body. She curled up her legs, hugged her knees and sat huddled together. She looked particularly helpless, her almond-shaped eyes were misty, and gradually revealed despair.

In any case, this is just a weak girl in the feudal era, who was robbed by bandits, had her innocence taken away, and lost her future.
After a long silence, Shen Yuan understood the changes in Xue Baochai's emotions from her eyes, and guilt and pity surged in his heart.

As for regret
He doesn’t know whether there is one?
If Shen Yuan's guess was correct, a night of passion with Xue Baochai should have been the condition for unlocking the time cage.

If the cards were revealed and he were allowed to choose again, perhaps the result would still be the same.

Everyone has selfish desires. He is not a saint, so what benefit can a saintly heart have on him?

But at this moment, looking at the helpless and even desperate girl, Shen Yuan felt inexplicably distressed.

"I'm not a bandit."

"I was originally a scholar from Yingtian Prefecture. Like you, I was also kidnapped by them, but I came here a little earlier than you."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai's expression did not change at all.

Shen Yuan continued speaking.

"Last night, you were tricked by the bandit's wife and drank aphrodisiac wine. You were humiliated by the bandit leader."

"I rescued you and came to this cave, then..."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she noticed that the young man suddenly stopped talking and thought that he had finished speaking.

She understood in her heart that the young man took advantage of her appearance and the aphrodisiac wine to take advantage of her.

So, what is the difference between this man and that bandit? He can obviously do without him.
"Is this your explanation?" Xue Baochai said in a cold tone.

If he couldn't tell the story of the time cage, Shen Yuan really had nothing to explain. The fact was that he did it.

“I will take responsibility.”

"No, you are just like them."

Shen Yuan naturally understood what "they" referred to, and he also knew that Xue Baochai was resentful and regarded him as a bandit anyway.

He could see the despair in Xue Baochai's eyes, and the girl seemed to want to commit suicide.

"You still have a lot of life ahead of you, and you still have a family."

When Xue Baochai heard this, her heart trembled slightly.

She has a mother who cares for her at home, and an older brother who, although he usually acts like a troublemaker outside, is particularly caring towards her as his younger sister.

The family members cannot tell how anxious they are at this moment. How sad would they be if they were to part forever?

Thinking of this, Xue Baochai began to hesitate. Although she could die, it would be hard for her family to let her go.

Seeing that the girl was worried, Shen Yuan said no more.

The cave fell silent again.

After a long time, all the thoughts in Xue Baochai's mind turned into a deep sigh.

Things have come to this point, and it is impossible for me to get married in this lifetime. I only wish to stay by my mother's side for the rest of my life. When she passes away, I will follow her and leave no trace of her in this world.

Xue Baochai straightened her clothes, threw away Shen Yuan's outer robe, stood up and walked out of the cave with slow steps.

After all, the melon has just broken, and it is difficult to walk.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan stepped forward to help.

"Don't come over!" Baochai's voice was choked with sobs, venting the pain in her heart.

After saying that, he endured the discomfort in his body, quickened his pace, and left the cave.

Shen Yuan looked at the beautiful figure walking away in silence for a long time.

Yingtianfu, Xue's residence. "No news yet?" Aunt Xue looked at her son Xue Pan with a tired expression and an anxious tone.

"not yet"

"Then what are you doing back here? Go find him." Aunt Xue's eyes were filled with tears, her heart aching. "My dear girl, if anything happens to you, how will I live?"

Xue Pan was also very sad. His father passed away early, and he and his mother loved their sister very much.

Yesterday, their family was about to go to the capital, but not long after they left Yingtian City, they were attacked by bandits.

At that time, there were many merchants passing by on the official road and there was chaos. My sister Baochai was squeezed out and a day was almost over, but she still hadn't been found.

"All the servants in the house have been sent out, but there are still too few people. Mom, how about..."

"If you have something to say, why don't you just say it? It's already so late."

"Or I can go find Magistrate Jia of Yingtian Prefecture and ask him to send his servants to help look for him."

Aunt Xue's eyes flickered after hearing this. "Jia Yucun? Yes, go find him! He is an old friend of your uncle and a student of the Jia family. He was the one who helped you settle your case before."

Upon hearing this, Xue Pan was about to go out but was stopped by Aunt Xue.

"Pan'er, wait!"

"Tell them not to publicize Baochai's identity. This matter concerns your sister's reputation. Remember this!"

"Mom, I've got it in mind."

Before Xue Pan went out, the maid Ying'er lifted the door curtain and ran in excitedly.

"Madam, sir, the girl is back!"

"younger sister!"

"Oh, my dear girl"

Shen Yuan was standing at the street corner outside Xue's residence. He watched Xue Baochai enter the residence and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, this was not just a brief romance, he had his own plans.

The most important thing at the moment is to develop yourself. Strong strength is the fundamental solution to all problems.

How to develop?

Shen Yuan had three thoughts:
First, seize the stronghold for your own use, use it as a base to grow and develop, wait for the times to change, and then, like Taizu of the Great Zhou, take advantage of the situation and sweep across the world.

Shen Yuan shook his head, thinking that this method was not feasible. Not to mention that the Great Zhou had enjoyed peace for a hundred years, and although there were foreign threats, the whole country would not collapse. It was too passive, and he did not want to see the country broken into pieces.

Besides, given the reputation spread by Ao Debiao and his gang, it would be difficult for the stronghold to expand and it might be wiped out by the government at any time.

Secondly, if you take the imperial examination, you are already a scholar in your previous life. The autumn examination is approaching. If you can pass, you can take the spring examination next year, become a Jinshi, and enter the Hanlin Academy. One day, you may be called a cabinet minister.

Um, Mr. Cabinet?
The promotion of civil servants is particularly focused on seniority. Even if such a day really comes, no one knows when it will be.
Moreover, the imperial examinations of the Great Zhou followed the example of the previous Ming Dynasty and still used the eight-legged essay. According to the memories of his previous life, it was already difficult for him to pass the examination to become a scholar. It would probably be difficult for him to go further. It was not like in some novels of his previous life, where one could just plagiarize and trample on thousands of scholars.

Third, take the path of military examinations. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty, like other dynasties, valued civil officials over military officials, it had been surrounded by powerful enemies for a hundred years since its establishment, and therefore attached great importance to military examinations.

Shen Yuan felt that this path was more suitable for him. Moreover, military officers were promoted mostly based on their military achievements, so they could rise faster.

With a choice, he should make a good plan.
Shen Yuan left Yingtian City and returned to Aomen Village. He needed to get something.
I returned to Ao Debiao's bedroom through the secret passage. The couple in the bathtub were still unconscious. The smoke from last night was enough to make them sleep for the whole day.

Shen Yuan returned to his bedroom and put the original ivory card in his arms. This card could prove his identity as a scholar.

When I left the room, I happened to meet several leaders of the village who were chatting together.

"Hey, isn't this our great scholar Shen? Where are you going?"

Shen Yuan did not stop, and only replied lightly, "The village chief asked me to send something over."

Looking at Shen Yuan's departing back, a leader said jokingly: "I don't know what the village chief is thinking? Leaving a nerd on the mountain is useless, and he is also a military advisor. Bah!"

"Look at this handsome guy, could it be that the wife of the leader of the bandit group has taken a fancy to him?"

"What the hell, I'm going to find a woman to calm down!"

"Third brother, you can vent your anger, but don't torture those pregnant women to death."

"If they kill him, who knows whose child is inside!"

"Don't just think about your own comfort. The brothers in the village are counting on this fun."

"Hahaha"

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Shen Yuan listened to the sounds of talking and laughing coming from behind him, his eyes turned cold. These evil bandits were worse than beasts.

Although it was not the first time that I had seen these people's ugly faces, at this moment, the anger in my heart was still somewhat out of control.

Especially when he thought about what might have happened to Baochai if he had not traveled through time, he wanted to take action now and kill these bastards.

It's not like he hadn't killed someone before in the long time he was in prison, but it was useless then. But it was different this time.
Shen Yuan entered Ao Debiao's bedroom again and bolted the door.

He picked up a long knife from the table. The knife was extremely sharp and was used by Ao Debiao. It was stained with the blood of countless innocent people.

Shen Yuan came to the bathtub with a knife in hand, and without hesitation, chopped towards Ao Debiao's neck.

"Pfft."

In an instant, the blood dyed the bathtub red.

Shen Yuan did not stop, and stabbed the vicious woman in the bathtub cleanly and neatly.
(End of this chapter)