Chapter 152: The Strange Situation at Jia Mansion
Not long after walking out of the west living room, Sun Shaozong ran into Lin Delu, Zhou Da and others.
It turned out that when Sun Shaozong and Qiu Ying were discussing the proposal, Lin Delu and others were not idle either. They were in another flower hall not far away, discussing matters with the military clerks of the Wucheng Bingmasi.
"grown ups."
Lin Delu presented the negotiation record and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
"What can happen to me in broad daylight?"
As Sun Shaozong spoke, he casually flipped through the transcript and found that their progress was far beyond his expectations - several difficult details had been finalized, leaving only some insignificant differences.
Moreover, the Five Cities Military Department actually made many concessions.
According to the original estimate, these things would take at least another whole day to argue about, but now it only took half a morning...
Seeing the surprise on Sun Shaozong's face, Lin Delu hurriedly said, "I heard that it was General Qiu who said that for your sake, it would be fine if the Five Cities Army Command took on more responsibilities."
Tsk~
It turns out that General Qiu is a calculating person .
If you say this one day earlier, there are still some important relationships that have not been sorted out; if you say this later, it will be completely meaningless.
That is to say, if we take action now, it will be considered a favor!
"Let's go."
Throwing the negotiation record back to Lin Delu, Sun Shaozong instructed: "When you go back, give this to Han Fuyin and tell him that I am not feeling well and need to take two days of sick leave."
According to the rules, Sun Shaozong should have accompanied Han Anbang to complete the "last mile".
But Sun Shaozong was too lazy to look at his face, so he decided to just take a leave.
Since he had asked for sick leave, he naturally would not go to work in the government office again. Therefore, after leaving the gate of Wucheng Bingmasi, he parted ways with Lin Delu, Zhou Da and others and went straight back to his own residence.
"Second Master."
After getting off the carriage, Sun Shaozong picked up the two pots of herbal tea that Xiangling had cooked and put them in his hands. Just as he was about to enter the house, he saw the doorman Liu Quan coming out and saying noisily, "It just so happens that the concubine just told him that if you come back, you should go to the backyard first. "
"What's the matter?"
Sun Shaozong asked hurriedly: "Is the concubine feeling unwell?"
"How could that be!"
This was no joke. Liu Cheng shook his head like a rattle and said, "The concubine is fine. She seems to be looking for you because of Miss Lin from Rongguo Mansion."
For Lin Daiyu?
Sun Shaozong was puzzled and walked quickly, and soon he reached the backyard.
When I entered the main room, I saw Ruan Rong anxiously walking around the room with her big belly supported by Xiangling.
"What's wrong with you again?"
Sun Shaozong hurried forward to replace Xiangling and scolded her, "You are about to become a mother, why are you still so impatient?"
When Ruan Rong saw him coming in from outside, she was overjoyed and no longer satisfied with him wandering around the room. She grabbed Sun Shaozong's arm with her backhand and said anxiously, "Master, something happened to Sister Lin!"
It turned out that Ruan Rong had someone sort out some tonic medicine yesterday, and sent a maid to deliver it to Rongguo Mansion early this morning.
Usually when sending letters or things, the old woman would report to Lin Daiyu in person and also bring a reply letter along - after all, compared to Ruan Rong's final say in the backyard of the Sun Mansion, it would be much more troublesome for Lin Daiyu to get a message out.
When the old woman went there this time, she was naturally prepared to present herself to Lin Daiyu.
Unexpectedly, after making the request, she was decisively rejected by the servants of the Jia family, and even Daiyu's maids were not allowed to see her.
"I heard from Zhang Chengjia that the servants in Rongguo Mansion all looked mournful..." Ruan Rong's voice trembled as she spoke here: "Could it be that my poor sister suddenly got some kind of emergency?"
"Don't be too hasty to think too much."
Sun Shaozong hurriedly comforted her, "If Daiyu really had an emergency, there is absolutely no need to keep it secret from you."
Ruan Rong thought so too, and stamped her feet again, saying, "What on earth happened? This is so unclear, it really makes me anxious to death!"
I really don't know how Lin Daiyu, who is so sharp-tongued, could have fallen into her temper.
Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly and said, "I'll have someone go to Rongguo Mansion to deliver the letter, and then I'll go over to help you inquire about it this afternoon. Is that okay?"
Ever since he was plotted against in Rongguo Mansion that day, he has never been to the Jia family again. He had planned to wait until Jia Baoyu defeated Lai Da before resuming normal contact.
But looking at Ruan Rong's condition, I have no choice but to go.
So Sun Shaozong sent someone to deliver a note, saying that he was free in the afternoon and was going to check the progress of the martial arts students in recent days - after all, he was nominally the chief instructor of riding and archery in Rongguo Mansion.
Unexpectedly, the person who delivered the invitation came back in a hurry and said that several young masters in Rongguo Mansion were seriously ill, so he asked Sun Shaozong to come for inspection after some time.
Now Sun Shaozong felt more at ease.
He hurriedly called Ruan Rong over and repeated the Rongguo Mansion's response, then said, "From what I can see , it seems that something has happened to the Rongguo Mansion itself, and it is most likely caused by Jia Baoyu's investigation - at this critical moment, it would be better for me to stay away."
Ruan Rong was only concerned about Lin Daiyu and a few other girls she was friends with. She didn't care at all whether the entire Rongguo Mansion was good or bad.
Therefore, after listening to Sun Shaozong's words and chanting "Amitabha" a few times, he felt a little relieved.
But she didn't care about the right and wrong in Rongguo Mansion, but someone else came to Sun Shaozong for help!
That evening, Xue Pan came to the door in a hurry, and his first words were shocking: "Second brother, this is terrible, my precious brother is about to die!"
This was so confusing that it scared Sun Shaozong.
He thought to himself, could it be that Lai Da, seeing that he was about to capsize, decided to go all out and simply murder Jia Baoyu?
If that's the case, then I'm the one who's harming him!
So he quickly grabbed Xue Pan and asked, "What's going on? What happened to Brother Baoyu?!"
“Ah~!”
Xue Pan stamped his feet and said, "I don't know why he got into trouble with his family again. He said he wanted to starve himself to death! He hasn't even had a sip of water for two days and one night. He won't listen to anyone's advice. He even drove out Xiren, his most favored maid!"
How do you say this?
Could it be that after Jia Baoyu found out the truth, the masters of the Jia family still wanted to protect Lai Da, forcing Jia Baoyu to go on a hunger strike in protest?
But now Baoyu has been making a fuss for two days and one night. Logically speaking, the Jia family’s attitude should have changed long ago, right?
Just as he was trying to figure out what was going on, Xue Pan suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled it hard, saying, "Brother, Brother Bao is the one who respects you the most. Come with me and try to persuade him! If he continues like this, his body won't be able to bear it!"
