Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 118 Plastic Sisters, Zhang Han's Investigation
Xue Baochai bowed and said.

"Thank you for your consideration, Lord. Baochai is very grateful."

After a brief conversation, Xue Baochai followed Wang Xifeng to take Xue Pan away and settled him in a separate courtyard of the Xue family.

At this time, Jia Jue already had a feeling that things were a natural progression for Xue Baochai.

For a powerful man like Jia Jue, wanting a woman is as easy as breathing.

Talking about love is all empty talk. Falling in love over time is more reliable.

After dealing with the Xue family's affairs, Jia Jue drank tea leisurely.

At this time, in the Xue family's villa, Xue Baochai couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Xue Pan crying heart-wrenchingly.

His brother was also a tyrant in Jinling, and acted tyrannically.

As a result, after meeting Jia Jue, he was beaten without any chance to fight back, and cried like a three-year-old child.

Xue Baochai felt angry and distressed when she saw this.

Xue Baochai said immediately.

"Brother, how about it? Now you understand what it means that there are always people who are better than you, right?"

Xue Pan wiped his tears and said aggrievedly.

"Baochai, please stop scolding me. I know I was wrong. The Marquis is too cruel. He only gives me two steamed buns a day. I'm almost starving to death."

"Baochai, please have someone prepare a table of food and wine for me. I feel like I could eat a whole cow right now."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai looked helpless, but she did not ask anyone to prepare fish and meat for Xue Pan.

For people who have been hungry for many days, if they are served with a feast of fish and meat right away, they may get seriously ill at best, or even be eaten alive at worst.

So Xue Baochai asked someone to prepare some porridge and side dishes for Xue Pan to help his body adapt first.

Xue Pan was really starving. If it were in the past, he would not even look at these porridge and side dishes.

At this time, Xue Pan regarded the porridge as a treasure. After drinking a mouthful of porridge, he couldn't stop crying again.

He had never thought that this ordinary white porridge could be so delicious, like dragon liver and phoenix marrow.

Putting aside Xue Pan's regaining of freedom, in the afternoon, in the courtyard where Xue Wangshi lived in Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang was discussing something with Xue Wangshi.

Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Xue Wang and said with some dissatisfaction.

"Fourth sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Didn't I tell you to raise the money quickly?"

"It's been several days, why haven't you made any movement?"

"Do you still want to save your son?"

Xue Wangshi had already made a plan in her mind at this time, but because the matter had not yet been settled, she did not confront Mrs. Wang directly, but said with an embarrassed look.

"Third sister, I've been working very hard to raise money."

"But you also know that I have already taken out 300,000 taels."

"Now you ask me to raise another 400,000 taels."

"Although the Xue family has some assets, most of them are goods from shops, which are difficult to liquidate in the short term."

"I'm just a shop selling goods at a low price, and it won't be completed in a day or two."

"Please give me two more days. I'm already trying my best to raise money."

"Pan'er is my biological son. How could I, as his mother, not want to save him?"

"Third sister, please help me and run the business first. I will definitely give you the money."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang nodded slightly and said.

"Well, Fourth Sister, we are sisters from the same mother. If it were someone else, I would definitely not get involved in such a difficult matter."

"Hurry up and gather the money as soon as possible so that the prince can contact Marquis Guanjun as soon as possible, and Xue Pan can suffer less for a day."

Xue Wangshi said immediately.

"Third sister, I know you've worked hard, don't worry, I will definitely not let you work in vain."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said.

"Look at what you said. We are sisters. How can I ask for your favor?"

The two fake sisters are competing with each other in acting skills. Those who don’t know them will sigh at their deep sisterly love.

After a brief communication, Mrs. Wang left.

In the evening, after Xue Baochai returned to Rongguo Mansion, Xue Wangshi couldn't wait to pull Xue Baochai back to her room.

After sending away the maids and servants, Mrs. Xue Wang looked at Xue Baochai and asked.

"Baochai, how is it? What did the Marquis say?"

Xue Baochai nodded slightly and said.

"Mother, don't worry. The Marquis has agreed. I have already taken my brother out and quietly settled him in another courtyard."

"Let's move out of Rongguo Mansion tomorrow."

"I've already thought of the reason. Just tell your aunt that you have to take me with you to supervise the shop's fundraising. It's not convenient to go back and forth."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue Wang said thoughtfully.

"Yes, yes. This time we bypassed the Rongguo Mansion and rescued your brother. They will definitely be angry and embarrassed when they find out later."

"If we continue to live here, there's no guarantee that anything will happen."

"By the way, Baochai, what is the Marquis's plan?"

Xue Baochai said calmly.

"The Marquis asked me to go to the Marquis' Mansion after I have settled my family affairs."

Xue Wangshi nodded and said.

"That's good. We have offended the Rongguo Mansion this time. If no one protects us, they will definitely cause trouble."

"Baochai, when you get to the Marquis's Mansion, remember to listen to the Marquis's words."

"You know what kind of person your brother is. From now on, the one the family can rely on will still be you."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai felt a little emotional. As expected, compared with her son, her daughter is really not worth mentioning.

Although she felt uncomfortable, Xue Baochai didn't say much.

The mother and daughter had a brief discussion and then ended the conversation.

When Mrs. Xue Wang learned that her son had been rescued, she breathed a sigh of relief and was no longer worried.

The next day, the mother and daughter followed the plan, said goodbye to Mrs. Wang, left Rongguo Mansion, and moved to the Xue family's mansion in Shendu.

At the same time, in Zhangjia Village, Shahe, on the eastern outskirts of Shendu, Zhang Han walked into the village disguised as a street vendor.

After asking a villager, Zhang Han went straight to Zhang Laosan's house at the end of Zhangjia Village.

After Jia Jue gave Zhang Han the order, Zhang Han began to investigate.

Zhang Han first started with the clay dolls in the Tianhou Palace.

As a very efficacious temple near the capital of gods, Tianhou Temple also chooses clay dolls with great care.

The clay sculptures produced in Zhangjia Village, Shahe are well-known in the capital of gods. The clay dolls of Tianhou Temple are basically purchased from Zhangjia Village.

Of course, it is impossible for the Tianhou Temple to purchase goods from the villagers one by one. It just so happened that Zhang Laosan was very familiar with the manager of the Tianhou Temple, so Zhang Laosan took on this job and earned some difference from it.

However, when Zhang Han arrived at Zhang Laosan's house, he found soul-guiding banners and white cloth hanging at the door, which showed that a funeral was being held at home.

Seeing this, Zhang Han couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. What happened? Was he a step too late?

But since he was already there, Zhang Han couldn't return empty-handed, so he went to Zhang Laosan's house.

When Zhang Han walked in, the funeral attendant came up to greet him and said, "Sir, who are you?"

Zhang Han bowed and said.

"Father, I am a merchant from the Capital of Gods. I have always had business dealings with Brother Zhang and we have a close relationship."

"I wanted to order another batch of clay sculptures from him today, but I don't know if anyone in Brother Zhang's family has passed away. I'd like to pay my respects and offer some money."

After hearing this, the receptionist sighed and said.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, sir. The one who passed away was none other than Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Han pretended to be surprised and said.

"How could that be? I was drinking with Brother Zhang just a month ago. He was only in his thirties and in good health. How could he just disappear like that?"

The receptionist said helplessly.

"There is no age barrier on the road to the underworld. It's not uncommon to see an eighty-year-old man standing in front of a door, or a three-year-old child dying in the underworld."

"Since this gentleman is here, let's burn some incense for him."

After hearing this, Zhang Han nodded slightly and said.

"Of course I should. By the way, father-in-law, I wonder who else is in Brother Zhang's family? I would like to meet Brother Zhang's family to express my gratitude and complete the friendship between me and Brother Zhang."

The receptionist said with great admiration.

"It's really rare for Zhang Laosan to have a friend like you."

"Zhang Laosan's parents passed away early in life. Now he has only his wife and two children at home, who are about thirteen or fourteen years old."

"Come on, I'll take you to meet them."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Not long after, under the guidance of the receptionist, Zhang Han met a simple peasant woman and two boys aged thirteen or fourteen in the room.

Zhang Han said after bowing.

"Sister-in-law, I'm so sorry."

Zhang Laosan's wife had obviously never seen such a big scene before, and spoke very reservedly.

"Big brother, thank you for coming to see our head off. Ergou, Erniu, kowtow to your uncle."

The two young men kowtowed immediately, and Zhang Han hurriedly helped the children up and said.

"Get up, get up."

Then Zhang Han took out five taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Laosan's wife and said.

"Sister-in-law, I came here in a hurry and didn't bring much with me. Please keep this money as a token of my appreciation."

Zhang Laosan's wife hesitated for a moment and then said.

"Brother, I can't take this money."

Zhang Han said very solemnly.

"Sister-in-law, even if you don't think about anything else, you have to think about the two children."

After hearing this, Zhang Laosan's wife took the silver and couldn't stop crying.

Then Zhang Han asked.

"Sister-in-law, how come Brother Zhang is gone?"

Zhang Laosan's wife sighed and told him everything.

Ten days ago, Zhang Laosan sent a batch of clay dolls to Tianhou Temple.

This kind of thing is very common in normal times. After all, the Tianhou Temple is very popular, and Zhang Laosan has to send a batch of incense every once in a while.

But after delivering the clay doll that time, Zhang Laosan was particularly happy. He bought a lot of wine and food and got drunk.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Laosan woke up because he was thirsty. He asked his wife to pour him some water. After drinking some water, he went out to urinate.

After pouring the water, Zhang Laosan's wife fell asleep again in a daze.

As a result, when it was not until the next morning, Zhang Laosan was found drowned in the yard.

Zhang Laosan's wife said this with tears streaming down her face.

"I don't know what sins our head of the family committed in his past life. It just rained a little bit, and there was a small puddle in the low-lying area of ​​the yard, but he actually slipped and drowned in it. What kind of thing is this?"

Looking at Zhang Laosan's wife crying like rain, Zhang Han seemed to be thinking about something.

After comforting the peasant woman for a few words, Zhang Han left Zhangjia Village.

On the way back, Zhang Han kept thinking about this matter.

In the evening, in the study of Marquis Guanjun's mansion, Zhang Han and Jia Jue reported their findings today.

Zhang Han looked at Jia Jue and said respectfully.

"My Lord, this Zhang Laosan is dead. I originally thought it might be an accident."

"But this afternoon, the Shadow Secret Guard reported that Zhao Si, the Tianhou Palace steward who had a good relationship with Zhang Laosan, fell into the river while drunk and died seven days ago."

"I don't think it would be such a coincidence."

"One of them can make the clay dolls, and the other can arrange the positions of the clay dolls."

"They must have been instructed by someone, and the murder was later disguised as an accident."

Jia Jue nodded slightly and said.

"That's my opinion, too. Madam has already hinted at it today. It wasn't Madam Wang's original idea to go to the Tianhou Temple to pay homage."

"But when she returned to her parents' home, Old Lady Wang mentioned it, saying that when she has time, she wants to go to the Tianhou Temple to pray for her granddaughter to have a child."

"Madam Wang was inspired and decided to go to Tianhou Temple to pray for Madam."

Zhang Han said after a moment of thought.

"Master, you mean that this old lady Wang is very likely related to this matter, right?"

"Could it be that she knows about Wang Ruoyu's affairs?"

Jia Jue said calmly.

"That thing was done on impulse, so it was indeed too crude."

"Although Mrs. Wang doesn't have a clear idea of ​​the general direction, she does have some cleverness. She must have spotted some flaws."

"She loves her daughter Wang Ruo the most. Even her son Wang Shiping's position in her heart is probably far inferior to hers."

"But if she were alone, she wouldn't have the guts to plot against the Marquis' Mansion like this."

"The wrath of the Marquis' Mansion is not something that the already extremely declining Wang family can bear."

"There must be someone behind her. Go investigate and keep a close eye on her. I want to know everything she does."

"I obey my orders."

After Zhang Han left, Jia Jue drank a sip of tea and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Jia Jue had never had a good impression of Old Lady Wang.

In the original drama, this old lady plotted all kinds of things to avenge her daughter because of Wang Ruoyu's death. In the end, the Wang family was brought to ruin. Even her husband, who was entitled to be enshrined in the Taimiao, was moved out of the Taimiao. She can truly be regarded as the first person to plan in reverse.

Jia Jue killed Wang Ruo, this vicious woman who liked to stir up trouble, in order to prevent any trouble from happening.

Jia Jue originally thought that he had acted very discreetly, but he did not expect that Old Lady Wang would be like a dog that had smelled something, and would be so obsessed with avenging her daughter.

At this time, Jia Jue had already developed murderous intentions towards the Wang family, but because he had not yet figured out who was involved, Jia Jue temporarily endured it.

Once the whole story is found out, the Wang family will be destroyed.

If anyone dares to use such ghostly tricks on me and murder my wife and children, I will definitely make the Wang family suffer.

(End of this chapter)