Chapter 153: Rongguo Mansion Corruption Incident (Part 1)
Alas~
Eventually, he was dragged onto the pirate ship by Xue Pan.
Seeing that the carriage was already heading towards Rongguo Mansion, Sun Shaozong suppressed his inner entanglement and tried to find out while there was still some time: "Do you know what happened to Baoyu and his family?"
Xue Pan and the pillow in the car were driven into a corner by Sun Shaozong, and he couldn't even stretch his legs.
Hearing Sun Shaozong's question, he grumbled in grievance, "How should I know this? My family moved out of Rongguo Mansion a long time ago. I went to play with Brother Bao this afternoon and only then did I know about this."
"Think about it again! Did you go there and not hear a single word?"
"Well..."
Xue Pan scratched his head and thought for a long time. When the carriage ran more than six miles, he slammed his thigh and said happily, "I remember now. My aunt seemed to have said: If that dog slave dies, then die. Why bother to make so many things happen?"
A slave died?
Could it be Lai Da? !
"You were in Rongguo Mansion just now. Did you see Lai Da?"
“I haven’t seen that.”
Xue Pan was also puzzled as he spoke: "Yes, it stands to reason that such a big thing happened, so he, the chief steward, should be present."
It really could be Lai Da!
But what did Lai Da bring up to make Baoyu so desperate?
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of someone, and asked hurriedly: "You just said that a maid was driven out? Do you know why and where she was driven to?"
"That... I really don't know."
Xue Pan said with a bitter face, "I only heard that several maids were driven away, including the head maid Xiren - oh, there is also a maid named Qingwen, who is usually quite favored."
Xiren, Qingwen?
These two seem to be Baoyu's favorite maids.
So why were they driven out?
Could it be that Lai Da exposed some unknown secrets of theirs before his death?
That’s not right either!
They are just two maids, what great secrets could they have?
Besides, if there really was a huge hidden secret, it wouldn't be as simple as just being kicked out.
Maybe……
Who was implicated?
"Then do Xiren and Qingwen have family members working in Rongguo Mansion?"
"It seems that Qingwen has an uncle who works as a cook in the mansion, but Xiren doesn't have one at home."
This is not right again...
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while and continued to ask: "Did Xiren's parents and family take advantage of the renovation of the garden to gain any benefits?"
"Second brother, please forgive me!"
Xue Pan held his head with both hands, rubbing his big face into a round and flat shape, and said in distress: "I can't sleep with those maids, so I have nothing better to do than to ask about all these things!"
This thing is really...
Sun Shaozong sighed and had to stop asking questions. He was about to arrive at the Jia Mansion anyway, so it seemed that he could only wait until he met Baoyu before finding a way to verify his conjecture.
So there was no conversation along the way.
When they arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, because Xue Pan, the half-master, was leading the way and Sun Shaozong was a frequent visitor, the doormen naturally did not dare to step forward to stop them. They just sent one person to rush in to report.
The two men walked around the front yard with ease and were about to cross the corridor to look for Jia Baoyu in his room, but they saw several servants of the Jia family coming up to them quickly.
When he saw the leader clearly, Sun Shaozong was stunned, because that person was none other than Lai Da, the steward of Rongguo Mansion!
This guy is not dead? !
If it wasn't him, then who could be the servant ?
"My cousin."
Lai Da stepped forward and bowed to Xue Pan first, then bowed to Sun Shaozong and said, "I believe that Lord Sun must have been invited by my cousin to comfort my second master Bao, but you are a step late..."
"What?!"
When Xue Pan heard this, he was so shocked that he grabbed the collar and yelled, "Brother Bao is dead?!"
"How is this possible!?"
Then I heard Lai Dadao say: "Please be careful with your words, Master Bao is doing very well now, and he is having the girls eat with him."
"Eat...eat?"
Xue Pan let go of Lai Da in shock, and said in disbelief, "Didn't he want to starve himself to death? How come he started eating right after I left?"
"hehe."
Lai Da adjusted his collar and smiled amiably, "Master Bao is still young after all, and it's possible that he might make a scene for a couple of days, but who would really be willing to starve to death on such a good day?"
Xue Pan thought what he said made sense, but he felt something was wrong. He was scratching his head, not knowing what to do, when he heard Sun Shaozong say, "Since Brother Bao is fine, that would be the best! But I came all the way here, I can't just go back without even seeing Brother Bao. "
Xue Pan thought about it and realized that this was the truth. He said hurriedly, "Brother, please walk slowly. I will go to the front and let the sisters take shelter first."
Having said that, he left in a hurry.
Sun Shaozong and Lai Da stared at each other for a long while before he bowed and said, "Manager Lai, I'll go first."
Lai Da bowed without arrogance and said, "Master Sun, please make yourself at your own convenience. If you need anything, just let me know."
He didn't even have the slightest intention of stopping it!
Is it because he didn't know that Baoyu was investigating the case and was bewitched by him?
It is possible.
But Sun Shaozong always felt that this was not the case. He could vaguely feel that Lai Da's appearance here was actually a demonstration to him, or a show-off...
In short, there are too many mysteries that need to be solved one by one!
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong slightly quickened his pace. When he arrived near Jia Baoyu's yard, he saw a group of beautiful girls coming out with lanterns, and the leader was Lin Daiyu.
Sun Shaozong hurriedly moved aside, but was still glared at fiercely by Daiyu's peach-like red eyes.
There was also a plump girl with snow-white skin who looked Sun Shaozong up and down carefully.
Sun Shaozong vaguely remembered that when he first met Xue Pan, he had seen this girl from afar - it seemed that she was the one who helped Xue Pan up.
But at that time he was busy talking to Wang Xifeng and didn't take a close look at her.
Could this be Xue Baochai?
But didn’t the Xue family already move out?
Unfortunately, it was late at night and we were at a distance, so I couldn't really see how charming and elegant this heroine of the Red Mansion, who was known as Lin Daiyu, was.
Just as he was feeling regretful, the group of beautiful girls gradually went away, and Sun Shaozong hurriedly stepped into the yard.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw two maids kneeling upright in the corner. They seemed to be Xiren and Qingwen.
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, resisted the urge to step forward and ask a few questions, and walked straight into the main room.
The flower hall was as bright as day, and several maids and old women were surrounding a young man of high rank. Who else could it be but Jia Baoyu?
At first, Sun Shaozong just thought that these rich and idle people were very hungry and were no different from refugees.
But when he got closer, he found something strange - Jia Baoyu's face did not show any sign of hunger, but instead there was some anger between his brows.
It would be more accurate to say that he was venting his inner depression through overeating rather than filling his stomach!
