The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 559: Jia Zheng suffers another attack
Unlike Zhang Yun逸 who was in high spirits, Jia Zheng was suffering during this period.

Because he was put in the eyes by Zhang Yunyi in Mengpo Zhai, the thought of it made him tremble all over. How could he be willing to live there and suffer?
In addition, he thought that his ugly deeds were known to everyone.

So, he insisted on living in the study room in the front yard, hiding inside and refusing to go out.

However, although this avoided embarrassment, she was about to turn fifteen and had not yet had a heart-to-heart talk with her "good son" Jia Huan, and she learned that he would return to the Taoist school after he turned fifteen.

Jia Zheng could no longer hold back, and taking advantage of the busy Lantern Festival family banquet, he sneaked to the backyard.

For fear of being seen by the servants, he did not dare to go through the second gate, but went in through the side door between the second gate and the east wing, which was used by the Xue family for entrance and exit.

However, in this way, one cannot avoid passing by Mengpo Zhai.

Standing at the gate of Ti'ren Mude Temple, he hesitated again and again, but finally gritted his teeth and took two steps at a time and walked over quickly.

But before he turned the corner of Mengpozhai and headed toward the east courtyard, he heard a voice shouting from the corridor: "Brother Huan! I'm just about to look for you!"

Jia Zheng was stunned, wondering who the familiar voice belonged to, but Jia Huan had already solved the puzzle for him.

"Brother Xue? What do you want from me?"

Hearing that it was Xue Pan, Jia Zheng couldn't help but frown.

Xue Pan had a bad reputation and spent his days doing nothing. Besides pursuing women, he also bullied men and women.

Hearing that he had something to do with Jia Huan, Jia Zheng couldn't help but worry that he would lead his son astray.

However, although he wanted to stop it, he was worried that Zhang Yunyi would find out and ruin Jia Huan's plan of enduring humiliation. In addition, he was also afraid of facing Xue Pan's contemptuous eyes.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, he was afraid that the two people would talk while walking and bump into him.

After a slight hesitation, he dived into Mengpo Zhai, this sad place.

At this time, Jia Zheng had no time to be sad. He closed the door and listened attentively, waiting for Xue Pan to leave so that he could prescribe the right medicine and remind Jia Huan not to associate with Xue Pan.

"Today's Lantern Festival family dinner in the mansion has nothing to do with us. Mei Pi happened to be bored and made an appointment to go out and play. Do you want to go together?"

Since Zhang Yun逸 did not celebrate the Lantern Festival with the Rongguo Mansion, Jia’s mother naturally would not bring Aunt Zhao and her son along.

Xue Pan, who had always been disliked and had a bad reputation, naturally had no chance to attend the Lantern Festival banquet in the backyard.

Aunt Xue, Baochai and others were among the invited guests, but he had nothing to do.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng spat inwardly, thinking that Xue Pan really had nothing good to say.

But suddenly he rolled his eyes in confusion, the name Mei Pi sounded somewhat familiar.

He was just wondering, and Jia Huan outside was also wondering: "Mei Pi? Isn't his father the one who impeached Gan...Brother Yi, and had his head chopped off? How did you get involved with this guy?"

When he heard Mei Lian's name, Jia Zheng suddenly remembered who Mei Pi was.

The doubts in his heart increased instead of diminishing. Even though Mei Lian was convicted and beheaded, he was undoubtedly a righteous man because he sang against Zhang Yun逸.

Mei Pi's status naturally also rose with the times, becoming a loyal and righteous descendant of a good family.

How could such a person get involved with Xue Pan? He was surprised and didn't care about Jia Huan's sudden change of words.

Xue Pan outside sneered and said, "What? You don't even know this? You are an incompetent godson!"

Godson?
Jia Zheng was not angry but happy instead. Mei Lian had always had a good reputation and his friends around him naturally shared the same ideals.

He subconsciously thought that Jia Huan had recognized one of them as his godfather, which was why Xue Pan had such an attitude when he mentioned Mei Pi's recent situation.

Jia Huan outside also seemed to have his tail stepped on, and shouted angrily: "Nonsense! I am sincere to my godfather, and he often praises me. I don't know how close he is to me. You know nothing!"

After hearing this, Jia Zheng felt deeply relieved.

Xue Pan outside sneered: "Oh! If that's the case, how come you don't know that Mei Pi's mother, like your mother, has an affair with Brother Yi? Now, she is outside, helping Quyuan Zatan to solicit business everywhere, and also regards herself as a godson..."

The smile on Jia Zheng's face had not yet fully blossomed when he was shocked by the sudden bad news. His face turned blue and white, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Jia Huan outside was also furious: "What? Is he worthy?"

"Hehehe! It doesn't matter whether he is worthy or not, the key is her mother... You haven't seen her mother, she is still charming..."

Xue Pan paused for a moment. He didn't want to comment on Zhang Yunyi's woman, so he grinned and said, "A son is honored by his mother! It's understandable that Brother Yi likes this kind of woman... I heard that he stayed there for two days the other day." Xue Pan was confident, but Jia Huan was skeptical: "How do you know this?"

"Uh……"

Xue Pan was stunned, and evaded the question by saying, "Since Brother Yi has adopted him as his godson and is helping Qu Yuan Za Tan with his business, how could he not know Rong Ge'er? He also organized the party today, and I was thinking of introducing you two to each other. How about going or not? Just give me a straight answer!"

Not all his words were lies. Xue Pan and Jia Rong were birds of a feather, and today's plot was indeed set up by Jia Rong.

However, it was Jia Rong who was asked by him.

Mei Pi still had an engagement with Xue Baoqin, and when he learned that Xue Baoqin had accepted Zhang Yunyi as his godfather, he wanted to help Xue Baoqin cancel the engagement.

For this reason, he also contacted Mei Pi several times. In order to show off his relationship with Zhang Yun逸, he had to publicize how Zhang Yun逸 took care of his own business.

However, this has the opposite effect.

Mei Pi, who originally looked down on Xue Baoqin, instead fell in love with her. He made all kinds of excuses, evaded the question, and even brought up Zhang Yunyi to shirk the important matter of marriage, saying that it was all about the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words.

Xue Pan had to seek the opinion of his godfather Zhang Yunyi. After much wrangling, he was helpless.

Jia Huan also learned about his godson's identity when he came into contact with Mei Pi.

It’s not that Xue Pan is averse to being Zhang Yunyi’s godson. On the contrary, it’s a plus.

However, although he was a bit of a mess, he treated his sister very well, while Mei Pi was a man who was always yelling and yelling and looking for prostitutes.

He still had some self-awareness and felt sorry for Xue Baoqin.

After several contacts, Mei Pi mentioned his godfather from time to time, but he was unaware that his own mother had also been taken advantage of by Zhang Yunyi.

Besides, he was a stubborn person and didn't understand Mei Pi's twists and turns.

He thought Mei Pi really fell in love with his cousin, so he tried to refuse.

He thought that although he had a close relationship with Zhang Yunyi, he was not as close to his godson after all. If he asked Zhang Yunyi to come forward, it would not only embarrass him, but also cause misunderstanding, and he would be disgusted by Mei Pi's recognition of him as his father, which would be bad. So he worked hard in private.

Thinking that it would be better to lose the battle than to lose the person, he invited Jia Huan, who was also his godson, to have a fight with Mei Pi.

He is now clear-headed and doesn't want to explain any more to Jia Huan.

Seeing Jia Huan was a little hesitant, he provoked him, "Brother Yi is loyal and righteous. We are all Brother Yi's godsons, and your mother has taken the lead. What's wrong? Could it be that you are afraid of him?"

"I'm not afraid of him!" Jia Huan puffed out his chest and said arrogantly, "Let's go! Take your Third Master Huan to meet him!"

The two of them left as soon as they said they would, but they had no idea that their entire conversation was overheard by Jia Zheng, the victim.
As the footsteps faded away, Jia Zheng sat down on the ground with a plop.

I thought the news was confined to my own family, but I didn't expect it to spread outside.

The only hope was that he not only recognized the thief as his father, but also did not feel ashamed of it but was proud of spreading it everywhere.

Jia Zheng felt completely hopeless, as if the world was so big that there was no place for him to stay.

However, fortunately, from listening to the conversation between the two, it seemed that they were not aware of Mrs. Wang's affairs.

Otherwise, Xue Pan would not have gone so far away and ignored Jia Baoyu, his own cousin, to look for Jia Huan's cousin from the Eighth Route Army.

Mei Lian was dead, and his wife and children were taken away by Zhang Yunyi. Although he had brought shame upon himself, Aunt Zhao was just a concubine after all.

Because of the relationship between the Xue family and Mrs. Wang, Jia Huan did not want to boost others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige.

This made Jia Zheng very happy.

At least, Mrs. Wang’s scandal had not yet become known to everyone. With Mei Lian taking the blame, she could bear this little humiliation.

Thinking of this, he actually felt a little relieved.

But on second thought, truth will come to light eventually. If Mrs. Wang's affairs were to get out, the consequences would be even worse than what happened to Mei Lian.

He neither had the courage to risk his life nor was afraid of being humiliated, so he could not help but think of retreating from the world.

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(End of this chapter)