The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 381 The Scariest Truth ([-])

The place where the Xue family is located is relatively far from the main building of Rongguo Mansion. There are two gates here.

One door leads to the depths of Rongguo Mansion, and the other door leads to the street outside the courtyard.

Because it is an independent courtyard, it is relatively quiet here.

Previously, only Baochai's family lived here, but now Xue Biao and Baoqin also lived here, and it was somewhat more lively than before.

When Xue Pan was at home, Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Rong would often come here, and it was quite lively here.

After Xue Pan left, it became quite deserted.

Tonight, it was lively again.

The main masters of the mansion have all come.

Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Youshi, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, and Qin Keqing have all arrived here.

Aunt Xue is the host, so she naturally entertained her.Baochai is now in charge of the business of Rongguo Mansion, and also came forward to receive him.

These people were all notified by Jia Lian to come here after returning from their ancestors.

When Jia Lian notified, he also specifically mentioned the precautions.

One is not to let the ancestors know, and the other is not allowed to bring anyone down.Not even a personal servant girl.

At this time, these people gathered together, full of doubts.I don't know why Jia Lian brought them here.

However, judging from this scene, everyone has a sense of foreboding.It seemed that Jia Lian had something important to say.

The servant girls of the Xue family were ordered to stay in their own rooms.It is not allowed to go out of the house, and the masters here do not need them to serve.

Xue Biao was arranged by Jia Lian to wait at the gate of Tongjie, and no one was allowed to enter.

Li Wan and Bao Qin were arranged to guard the doors leading to Rongguo Mansion and not allow people to enter.

Jia Lian went to the two gates to check again, gave some instructions, and then came back.

When he arrived at Xue Pan's room, he led Xue Pan out.Came to the house where everyone was.

"Brother Lian, what's going on, I should tell you this time, but are you worried to death?"

Jia Amnesty has been waiting anxiously.

"It's really a last resort to call everyone here tonight. Because something big happened, I have to tell everyone."

"What's the matter, why is the old lady hiding it?"

Mrs. Wang also realized that she felt an inexplicable irritability in her heart.

"It's about Baoyu, Third Brother Huan and Brother Rong. I dare not let my ancestors know, for fear that my ancestors won't be able to bear it."

"What happened to Baoyu? Isn't it in Bukui?"

"Baoyu and the others are not in Bukui, something happened to them."

"What happened?"

Mrs. Wang stood up.

"Auntie, don't worry, Baoyu's life is not in danger yet."

"What about Brother Huan and Brother Rong?"

Jia Zheng finally couldn't sit still.

"They..., don't be impatient, Brother Pan, tell me, from the beginning to the end, in detail, don't fall behind."

"This..." Xue Pan hesitated again.

"Speak, always let your family know, tell the truth, don't hide anything anymore."

"You bastard, just tell me what you want to say. In the past, you always talked non-stop. When you come back today, why are you speechless?"

Aunt Xue became a little anxious when she saw that her son was expecting Ai Ai.

"Okay, then I'll say it."

"After leaving home that day, we followed the army all the way to Wendula. When we arrived in Bukui, we didn't go to the Fubingtuan to meet Feng Ziying. We thought that the Fubingtuan belonged to the fourth brother of Min, the fourth brother of Min If you have something to say, when you get there, we will be separated and trained as recruits."

"In this way, we will not be able to go to battle to earn military merits. So we can't get through the door and go directly to South Vendura."

"After staying in South Wendura for two days, I followed the army to North Wendura. As soon as the army entered North Wendura, 8000 Tatars surrendered. We thought the battle would be easy, so I sent a letter home."

"Unexpectedly, the Tatars pretended to surrender. They cooperated with each other inside and outside, and they defeated our 15 army."

"At this time, our Royal Mansion Corps has been dispersed. Baoyu, Brother Huan, Brother Rong and Mingyan are behind me, so we ran out first.

We ran for a day and a night, and finally arrived at the South Vendura Pass. At this moment, we found that South Vendura was also occupied by the Tatars. "

"We wanted to come back, so we searched for that secluded place. Finally, we found a small forest. We couldn't walk anymore, so we dismounted and prepared to rest here."

"At this time, we threw away everything we could throw on our bodies. We have been hungry all day and night, and thirsty all day and night. They couldn't walk anymore, so I left Mingyan and guarded them. I went to find Something to eat and drink. I think it would be good to just catch a hare or something."

"I wandered around the grassland for more than an hour, and finally caught some fish and brought some water back."

"When I went back, I saw a herd of horses outside the grove. They belonged to the Tatars."

"I think this is a bad move. Baoyu and the others are afraid that something unexpected will happen. But at this time, we are outnumbered, and I am alone. I am definitely not their opponent. However, I can't leave Baoyu and the others alone. "

"So, I crept over quietly, trying to take the opportunity to rescue them. When I could see them, I saw that they had been captured by a dozen or so Tatars."

"Ah? Caught it? What can I do?"

Xue Pan was interrupted by Madam Wang.

Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng were already crying.Mrs. Xing and You Shi also quietly wiped away their tears.

"Don't they want to run away?"

Jia Zhen couldn't sit still.

"Brother Zhen, don't worry. Even if you catch him, it doesn't matter. We can redeem it in the future."

Jia Amnesty also felt that something was wrong, so he still pretended to be calm and said.

"Yes, we can redeem them. No matter how much money we have, we will redeem them. Brother Pan, tell me, which Tatar captured them?"

Mrs. Wang was confused when she was concerned, and she was already in a panic.

"If it's just caught, it's okay, it's just the Tatars, they are not human, they are, they are..."

"What happened? Tell me!"

Aunt Xue also panicked.

"Aunt Xue, don't scare Brother Pan, let him speak slowly. Brother Pan, don't be afraid, just say it, and you will feel better in the future."

At this moment, Xue Pan was trembling all over, looking at Jia Lian pitifully.

Under Jia Lian's cross-examination, he had already told Jia Lian what happened.

Even so, speaking of it now, I still have lingering fears.

After receiving a cup of tea from Jia Lian, Xue Pan breathed a sigh of relief before continuing.

"It's not that they don't want to run away, they really can't run away. They can't beat them again and again, so they can only let the Tatars manipulate them."

"How do the Tartars do it?"

"At that time, Baoyu and the others surrendered, knelt on the ground, and begged the Tatars to spare their lives. But the Tatars said that it is okay to spare their lives, but..."

"But how?"

Jia Zhen picked up the conversation again.

"The Tatars say, of the four of you, only two can live. The other two must die."

"what?"

Although everyone already knew that Baoyu and the others were doomed, they did not expect that the Tatars would deal with them like this.

However, they no longer dare to ask who is dead and who is alive.

However, in their hearts, they still secretly hope that their own people can survive.

"If the Tatars killed someone, it would be better to say something. Unexpectedly, they came up with a more vicious trick."

"And what about the Tartars?"

At this moment, everyone was already in a state of confusion, as long as Jia Amnesty was still awake.

"They even asked Baoyu and the others to fight a duel, saying that two must be killed so that the other two can survive."

Jia Amnesty was about to speak again, but Jia Lian waved his hand to stop him, so he didn't speak out.

"At this moment, Brother Huan made the first move. He drew his sword, and taking advantage of Brother Rong's unpreparedness, just, just..."

"What happened?"

Qin Keqing asked eagerly.

"Yeah, what's the matter?"

Jia Zhen also had tears all over her face.

He had already thought of that terrible result, but he still had a little fantasy in his heart.

"Just kill Brother Rong."

It seemed that after a lot of effort, Xue Pan finally said this sentence.

As soon as Xue Pan finished speaking, there was a groan, and Qin Keqing leaned back and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, You Shi and Wang Xifeng couldn't care less about their grief, so they rushed to see Qin Keqing.Shouting again, pinching people again, tinkering around for a while, Qin Keqing cried out loudly, and finally woke up.

Mrs. Wang and the others were about to help Qin Keqing to Xiwu Baochai's room, when the door was kicked open with a bang, a crutch came in first, and then Jia Mu stumbled in, brandishing a crutch, and rushed in whenever she saw anyone. hit.

"You bastards, it's hard for me to hide it! You bastards, you bastards..."

The old lady cursed and hit her indiscriminately, then suddenly threw herself on the ground and also passed out.

Everyone rushed to take care of the old lady again, and hurriedly carried it to the kang, which somehow woke the old lady up.

It's summer now, it's dark and late, the old lady is getting older, and she feels light.At this time in the past, many people chatted with her for a while every day to accompany her to relieve boredom.

Today I left as soon as I finished eating, and no one came after waiting for a while.The old lady was a little puzzled.

At this time, the silly elder sister came back from playing outside, and she said that everyone went to Xue's house.

The old lady thought that everyone went to see Xue Pan at Xue's house.There was excitement in my heart, first, I came here to see the excitement, and second, I felt that I should also go to Xue's house to comfort me.So they came down accompanied by Yuanyang and Amber.

When I got to the door, I saw Li Wan and Bao Qin looking around at the door, and I remembered that the silly elder sister said that those masters didn't even bring their maids, so I had doubts in my heart.

Seeing the old lady coming, the two of them naturally did not dare to stop her.He just faltered and said that everyone was not here.

The old lady is a mature person, so she became even more suspicious.So he forced his way in, and asked Li Wan and Bao Qin to follow him and keep silent.

Li Wan and Bao Qin didn't know what they were discussing inside, and the old lady said so, so naturally they only had to be obedient.

After entering the house, I listened secretly in the outer room, and listened to everything that the people in the inner room said.

Hearing that Jia Huan had killed Jia Rong, he couldn't bear it anymore and broke in.

(End of this chapter)