The filial son of the Red Mansion

Ping'er raised her eyes and said angrily, thinking back to the other methods that the bad guy had mentioned in the Sutra Hall of Tiekan Temple that day.

Chapter 75: There is a strange smell

Ping'er is such a good person.

Great guy!

Although he had experienced the feeling of being held like this countless times, the feeling was completely different when being held by Ping'er.

Ping'er's graceful curves were displayed sideways, and although her waist was not as slender and thin as Qin Keqing's, nor as slender and round as Wang Xifeng's, Ping'er had her own charm, and her nearly perfect round curves made him eager to move again.

Ping'er hummed softly and heard the master take a deep breath.

Her face turned even redder, all sorts of messy thoughts popped up in her head, and she pinched Uncle Xiaorong.

"Be gentle." Uncle Xiaorong was startled and spoke quickly.

Ping'er didn't know what she was thinking of. She hesitated for a moment, then raised her head and laughed. She shook her head gently, and her smug smile was like a flower that had just bloomed after breaking the snow in the cold spring, beautiful, charming, charming and lovely.

Jia Rong was so furious that the anger in his heart was ignited. The previous anger had not yet subsided, and the current anger was like adding fuel to the fire.

Ping'er snorted coquettishly, "No wonder the second mistress is always clamoring to cut off the master's hair." She was no longer afraid now, but instead found it novel and interesting.

In fact, it was only because I saw Wang Xifeng's miserable look every time she lost her soul that I felt my heart tightened.

Jia Rong lifted the curtain on the side of the carriage window that was close to the high wall of Rongguo Mansion and sighed helplessly. They were about to reach the west corner gate of Rongguo Mansion.

Ping'er caught his sigh and smiled brightly like an elf. "It seems that I can't help you today. I have to hurry back to report to grandma. Grandma must be concerned about your affairs in the east. If you delay for too long, she will definitely guess that you are planning to hit on me on the road. You will be in trouble."

"So what if you know? When you come to the East Palace, you will be the concubine of the East Palace, so why would you care what she thinks?"

Jia Rong had made up his mind that Ping'er and Feng'er would become concubines in the future. He would also renovate Huifang Garden and bring water to the bottom of Tianxiang Tower to dig a swimming pool.

By then, Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng, Ping'er, Feng'er, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai and others would all live in Tianxiang Tower, and play in the swimming pool every day. What a beautiful life! Miaoyu, Xue Baoqin, Li Wen, Li Qi, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun would also move in when they grew up.

Why does it feel like someone has sneaked in, but also like someone is missing?

Jia Rong scratched his neck and saw Ping Er suddenly pull her hand out. He suddenly felt a sense of loss and regret. Just as he was about to speak, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Ping'er hurried over to tidy up his clothes.

"Lift your body, are you going to go back like this?" Ping'er rolled her eyes at him, and when she saw him lift his body, she quickly arranged her clothes and secretly did something naughty. She smiled and said, "I told you to do something naughty before, to make you feel uncomfortable along the way."

Having said that, Ping'er quickly pulled away, lifted the curtain and slipped out in an instant.

"What a little slut!" Jia Rong gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart, planning to make Ping'er realize her mistake today tomorrow.

Ping Er got off the carriage, but she did not forget to turn around and smile at Jia Rong in the carriage. She told the servant, "Take your master home quickly." With a charming smile, she turned around and went into the mansion.

When there was no one around, Ping'er raised her hand and sniffed.

"Sure enough, he is a stinky man. He has a strange smell."

A blush appeared on Qiao Ping'er's face, and she walked briskly back to Wang Xifeng's courtyard.

Jia Rong in the carriage raised his arms and took a few deep breaths. It was as if a small fireball was moving around in his internal organs. After a while, the suffocating discomfort in his body completely dissipated.

This was the only magical effect of the Yin-Yang Santong Qi that Jia Rong had understood. As for the other effects, he felt that his body was stronger and more powerful, and he was no longer afraid of cold or heat, but there was nothing else he felt.

I don't feel like I can jump very high or run very fast, but my endurance is much better than before. I don't get tired easily no matter what I do.

When he slowly returned home.

Lai Sheng had already taken care of the matter. His actions were so quick that Jia Rong looked at him sideways. After all, he was the old housekeeper in Ningguo Mansion and he was indeed quite capable.

When Jia Rong arrived at the hall of the outer mansion, there were already several boxes inside, and several housekeepers were lying in the courtyard with their backs bloodied and their lives unknown. The other housekeepers were also there, each silent and terrified.

Lai Sheng is quite cruel!

He smiled secretly and took a careful look. It seemed that one of the butlers was related to Lai Sheng.

Although Jia Rong was happy in his heart, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Grandpa Lai, what's going on?"

Lai Sheng obviously didn't expect Jia Rong to be so shameless, but he had no choice but to play along with Jia Rong and said, "It has been found that these three people stole the property of the mansion and took advantage of their power to steal and occupy the money and property of the mansion. The things they stole and took have been found, and some of them have been sold and converted into silver."

Jia Rong took a look at the items Lai Sheng had listed and gritted his teeth in anger. These guys were quite clever. They didn't steal the most valuable gold cups and jade plates, nor did they steal rare antique calligraphy and paintings by celebrities. They only stole valuable but not particularly precious cups, plates, chopsticks, calligraphy and paintings by celebrities of the time, fans, etc.

"Alas, why bother? They are all worthless things. Why bother? If you like them, just tell me directly." Jia Rong pretended to sigh and turned to Lai Sheng and said:

"Have the officials from the government come? After all, it is theft, even if it is just a piece of rotten wood from the Ning Mansion. This behavior is not allowed. You are all elders in the mansion, and I am young. I really don't know what to do. I can only hand it over to the government for trial."

Lai Sheng listened, and his right eye kept twitching.

This Mr. Xiao Rong is really merciless. These three people have been seriously injured. If they are sent to the yamen, I am afraid they may not even be able to save their lives.

When others saw the tragic situation, they decided not to follow in their footsteps in the future.

Jia Rong didn't care what they thought. He would chop off the hands of anyone who dared to raise his hand. He turned around and saw a pair of jade Buddhas in one of the boxes. He frowned and said in a strange way, "Grandpa Lai, what do you mean by this? Grandpa Lai, take it back quickly. Since it was given to you by the master that day, you can keep it. Grandpa Lai, you are putting me on the fire."

He knew that he could not keep the pair of jade Buddhas.

I just thought that Lai Sheng was very thoughtful, but I didn't expect that he would also create such a difficult problem.

Jia Rong's eyes gradually turned cold as he looked at Lai Sheng.

Lai Sheng replied, "The items in the other boxes were brought here by our old servants to compare with the paper copies, as they were worried that they might have made mistakes due to their age."

This old guy is indeed a seasoned expert; he can come up with a nonsense excuse in the blink of an eye.

Jia Rong walked over to the boxes and looked around. There were mostly common things inside. Except for the pair of jade Buddhas, the other things were not too precious. He finally felt better and said with a smile, "I misunderstood Grandpa Lai. If everything is correct, the housekeepers should move it back quickly. You must take good care of the things that the master gave you before, and don't lose them."

Whoever loses something belonging to Ningguo Mansion, I will make you suffer.

Chapter 76: Go to the side room before sunset?

When Lai Sheng and Shi Maode heard these words, they suddenly felt bitter.

Lai Sheng sighed deeply when he saw Jia Rong leave, and waved his hand to have the men carry the three half-dead housekeepers out. He called a few more people over to count the things on the table and those seized from the three families and put them into the official treasury. Soon, the yamen runners came and arrested the three men, and locked up their wives and daughters and took them back to the yamen for questioning.

Everything is done.

Lai Sheng called all the housekeepers together and said, "Things are different now. Now Master Xiao Rong is really in charge. From now on, whether you are a runner or a servant, you should keep a close eye on them and give them some warnings. We have also seen the situation of those three people. Don't blame us for not remembering our old friendship."

Everyone said, "That's right."

Shi Maode laughed and said, "Logically, we should discipline them. This is too outrageous."

Lai Sheng glanced at him and knew that Shi Maode was happy that his son was promoted to housekeeper. But the law of the world has always been like this. If you want to destroy someone, you must first make him crazy. Lai Sheng is old and has seen too many of these things. There are many ideas in the Ning and Rong mansions from the first generation of Dukes to the present. I wonder if the confidants of the old Dukes are still there?

Jiao Da, who had rescued Duke Ningguo from the pile of dead bodies, was still guarding that dirty stable.

Lai Sheng thought to himself: Even though the Lai family is living a good life now thanks to the prosperity of the two mansions, you never know when they will fall.

The weather during the Dragon Boat Festival was changeable, sometimes warm and sometimes cold, sometimes blue in the sky and sometimes cool in the body. It was really cold at night, but the next day, the sky became clear again, and the Ning and Rong mansions became lively.

Perhaps because Jia Rong had frightened everyone in the outer house, the housekeepers and servants inside and outside the house were all very diligent today.

At noon, the carriages of the two mansions were ready. Jia Qiang, who lived in the back street of Ningguo Mansion, took a carriage to the Xuanzhen Temple in the western suburbs early in the morning to bring the Dragon Boat Festival delicacies to Jia Rong. When Jia Qiang returned to Ningguo Mansion, the old lady of the West Mansion, the first lady, the second lady, Li Wan, the eldest lady of Bingzhu, and Wang Xifeng, the second lady of Lian, had already entered the Tianxiang Tower with a group of girls.

Although there was no opera music in the building at this time, it was extremely lively.

Jia Qiang went to see Rong Ge'er and learned that Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Cong, Jia Huan and others from the West Mansion, as well as Jia Qiong and Jia Rui from the Back Street were all in Ningxi Pavilion, which was located in the northwest of Huifang Garden near the water. Jia Qiang went to Ningxi Pavilion to serve them.

Jia Rong was supposed to go to Ningxixuan to serve the elders of the clan, but unfortunately there was an extra Jia Baoyu among the ladies and girls in Tianxianglou, so Jia Rong couldn't leave for a while.

It turned out that Baoyu sent someone to deliver a letter to the Qin family in Qinghe Town yesterday. Qin Ye, the father of Qin Zhong, learned that the Jia family's charity school could accept the children of the Jia family's relatives. Coincidentally, Qin Keqing also sent a letter two days ago, inviting Qin Ye and Qin Zhong to celebrate the festival at Ningguo Mansion.

Qin Ye brought Qin Zhong here early this morning.

At this time, Qin Ye was drinking in Ningxi Pavilion, while Baoyu and Qin Zhong were playing in Doufeng Pavilion next to Tianxiang Tower.

This Baoyu deserves to be beaten!

Jia Rong thought to himself that he would definitely share his experience in making progress with Jia Zheng later, so that Jia Zheng could supervise Baoyu's progress based on his experience.

Sure enough, when lunchtime came, the old lady hadn't seen Baoyu for a long time, so she asked, "Brother Rong, has your uncle Bao gone to his master's place?"

What Grandmother Jia was most concerned about was Baoyu. At this moment, Jia Lan, the eldest grandson of the second wife, was alone at the archery range, but no one asked about him.

Jia Rong replied, "Uncle Bao is in Doufengxuan now. Someone has been sent to invite him."

Grandmother Jia asked, "What is he going there to play?"

Qin Keqing had seen Qin Ye in the morning and received the request, so she made an excuse and said, "It's the great-grandson Qin's brother who's here. Uncle Bao has a close relationship with him."

Wang Xifeng observed Qin Keqing's words and expressions, and she also asked for help from Qin Keqing, so she smiled and said, "In this case, why don't you invite him in so that we can see him too?"

Mrs. You had met the Qin family's son twice before and knew that he was a shy person who didn't like to talk. She was afraid that he would lose his manners in front of all the ladies, so she said with a smile, "Forget it, forget it, you don't have to meet him. He is not like our children, who are used to fighting and falling. Other people's children are all well-mannered. I have never seen a shrew like you. You are making people laugh to death!"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "It's fine if I don't laugh at him, but how dare he laugh at me?"

Jia Rong also guessed what the Qin family was up to. He didn't want to have a tube inserted, and it didn't matter that Qin Zhong came to Jia's charity school to study, but he couldn't stand the intimacy between two men. So he smiled and said, "He is shy and has never seen a big scene. If your aunt sees it, she won't be angry."

Wang Xifeng glared at Jia Rong and spat, "Bullshit, why are you talking nonsense here? Even if he is Nezha, I want to see him too. If you don't bring him here, I'll give you a good slap in the face."

Grandmother Jia also laughed and said, "After all, she is a hot-tempered girl and can't say a single serious word. Rong, go and invite her quickly. Since she is a relative, let's get to know her too." After that, Grandmother Jia whispered a few words to Yuanyang, telling her to go to the west and get some rewards.

Seeing this, Xing and Wang also quietly called their maids and went west.

Wang Xifeng did not ask Ping'er to leave. Instead, she learned early in the morning that Qin Keqing and her brothers had arrived, so she asked Ping'er to take some rewards with her when she left.

Aunt Xue and Old Lady You beside them did not move. One did not want to steal the limelight from the ladies of Rongguo Mansion, and the other was short of money and could not afford to give rewards.

Things are so strange.

In the past, Jia Rong did not receive much reward in the West. Now that he has been granted a title and is about to become an official, even Qin Zhong from the West has to be specially called over to give him a reward.

No wonder others say that most people in the West are snobs.

Seeing this, Jia Rong also sent someone to continue inviting them. Li Wan was more conscious and had already led Baochai, Daiyu, Yingchun and other unmarried girls to sit at the table behind the screen.

Sure enough, after a while, Baoyu went up to the second floor with someone.

I saw that the man was slightly thinner than Baoyu, with delicate eyebrows, fair face, red lips, a handsome figure, and elegant manners. He seemed to be even better than Baoyu, but he was timid and shy, like a girl, and greeted everyone shyly and vaguely.

Qin Zhong was quite well behaved. Perhaps he had received instructions from Qin Keqing or Jia Baoyu, so he did not dare to look up.

Seeing his gentle manner, Jia's mother was delighted. The ladies were also quite fond of Qin Keqing because they loved him recently. They just asked what Qin Zhong was studying, where he went to school, and how old he was.

Qin Zhong replied one by one.

Wang Xifeng saw that the time was right and said with a smile, "Our Baoyu is just worried about not having a study partner. Why not come to our humble school?"

Grandmother Jia also thought it was a good idea. Recently, Baoyu has been often taught by his master that if he has a companion to study with, he might stop playing around. Qin Zhong is one year older than Baoyu, so it is a good thing for them to keep each other company.