Chapter 16: Lin Daiyu discovers the secret, Jia Yucun visits the government office at night
For two days in a row, Sun Shaozong accompanied Jia Lian on his travels, and really helped him take on a lot of trivial matters. He was also very familiar with dealing with people and things, and was even more appropriate than Jia Lian himself, not like a 19-year-old young warrior at all.
After this incident, Jia Lian's evaluation of him naturally rose several levels, and his attitude also changed from the warmth of meeting an old friend in a foreign land to the intimacy of making true friends - although both attitudes contain the word "warm", they are actually incomparable.
Because of this, the tasks that were originally scheduled to take five or six days to complete were all completed by noon on the third day.
So Jia Lian took Sun Shaozong to drink some "relieving wine", and while he was seven parts drunk, he announced his decision to set off for Beijing early the next morning.
Although the whole family had made preparations in advance, there was still a period of busyness - but Sun Shaozong took a break from his busy schedule and took Ruan Rong for a stroll on the street.
Ruan Rong originally wanted to take Daiyu out with her, and at the same time let her intelligent godsister see the character and appearance of her lover, so that she would not have to make wild guesses all day long.
Although Daiyu was not bound by worldly etiquette, she was still in mourning, and it had not even been a hundred days. How could she appear in public in a linen dress and heavy mourning?
I had to reluctantly refuse, saying that it would not be too late to see my "brother-in-law" again when I boarded the ship tomorrow.
However, Sun Shaozong took Ruan Rong out of the office, talking, laughing, and joking all the way, completely ignoring the looks of others.
They first strolled around the Slender West Lake and then went to the Daming Temple to pay homage to Buddha. Seeing that Ruan Rong was a little tired, they found a small shop selling spiced tea by the river, sat by the window, tasting the local snacks and chatting aimlessly.
Although Ruan Rong had the heroic spirit unique to a beautiful woman, she still behaved like a lady from a noble family when eating. She ate without showing her teeth and chewed her food carefully, which made her look even more charming in the eyes of Sun Shaozong.
He couldn't help but wonder in his heart that he had already tricked her little hand that day, but he didn't know when he could coax her red lips to open slightly and let her suck freely .
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Ruan Rong poking the dried tea in the dish with chopsticks. She looked as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, and there was some sadness between her brows.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong's dirty thoughts immediately disappeared. He reached out and held her hand, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you missing home?"
Ruan Rong shook her head first, then bit her lip, but nodded again, and after a long while she stammered, "Brother Sun, those assassins back then, were they really... all from Zhen Country?"
Sun Shaozong was startled when he heard the words, knowing that the key point of her words was the word "really" that she swallowed back halfway through - obviously, she was suspicious of the origins of those assassins!
However, during the journey, the two of them had recalled what happened several times, and Ruan Rong had never shown any suspicion. But now she suddenly pointed this out, which was really strange.
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, and had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure, so he gently rubbed Ruan Rong's palm and said with a smile: "We are going to stay together forever in the future. What kind of intimate things can't be said? Why do we have to be so hesitant and secretive?"
Ruan Rong was a person who could not hide her secrets. After being provoked, she hurriedly confessed everything: "I was chatting with Sister Lin last night. Seeing that there was no one around, Daiyu suddenly pulled me aside and said that she had carefully thought about it for two days and felt that the actions of those assassins were quite strange. It seemed that they deliberately framed the Zhen Kingdom. Maybe... maybe it was a plot set up by our Qianxiang Kingdom in order to make the Great Zhou support Qianxiang to annex the Zhen Kingdom!"
Tsk~
As expected, Lin Daiyu saw through the flaw!
Ruan Rong has been staying in the backyard recently. Apart from Daiyu and her servants, she has not seen anyone else - but considering Daiyu's age, it is really hard to believe.
At the moment, it seems that Lin Daiyu is worthy of the aura of the protagonist. At such a young age, she has a smart mind, which is more meticulous and alert than those of many adults.
I wonder what kind of people Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu, who are as famous as her, are?
As he was sighing with emotion, Sun Shaozong suddenly felt his hand tighten. It was Ruan Rong who grabbed it with her backhand. She asked nervously with a tense face, "Sister Lin is so small, but she can see the trick. The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty is full of talented people. If someone sees the flaw, the two countries will not fight because of it, right?!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing.
No wonder she was so hesitant just now. It turned out that she was worried that the two countries would start a war and she would be caught in the middle and feel awkward!
I wanted to tease her a few more times, but when I saw that she was so nervous that her hands were clenched blue, I couldn't bear to tease her anymore.
So he just stretched out his hand and gently pinched her face, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not that easy for countries to go to war. Forget about anything else. Now the Great Zhou has the Mongols and Mohe ready to make a move in the north, and the Japanese pirates and barbarians wreaking havoc in the south. We can't spare any effort to deal with your country of Qianxiang."
After hearing this, Ruan Rong still looked a little confused, so Sun Shaozong had no choice but to break it open and knead it into pieces, and instill his thoughts into her bit by bit.
Seeing that Ruan Rong's face was smiling again, Sun Shaozong was relieved this time. Just as he picked up the teacup to moisten his throat, he heard Ruan Rong giggle and said, "Brother Sun, your words are much more thorough than Sister Lin's analysis - humph, when I go back, I want to see if that girl dares to look down on others."
Considering how close she and Lin Daiyu have been in the past few days, Daiyu would not look down on her. In this sense, Ruan Rong's slight resentment should be said to be speaking up for Sun Shaozong.
Tsk~
It was probably because Lin Daiyu thought that he had been kept in the dark by Qian Xiang, so there was some contempt in her words.
Thinking that his IQ might be looked down upon by a little girl of 11 or 12, Sun Shaozong smiled but didn't care about it. He flicked Ruan Rong's nose again and said with a smile, "Okay, is it an honor to compare my knowledge with a little girl?"
Ruan Rong thought so too. Her lover was a great man who even alarmed the Emperor of the Great Zhou. How could he be compared to a little girl?
But despite thinking so, after she returned, she couldn't help but show off her lover's wisdom and foolishness in front of Daiyu.
The two of them wandered around Yangzhou City, visited various sights, tasted various snacks, and when they returned, it was already dark.
After entering the corner gate, Ruan Rong excitedly went to find Lin Daiyu to "chat". Sun Shaozong originally wanted to go back to his own guest room, but on the way he saw that the small living room in the backyard of the government office was brightly lit, and it seemed that Jia Lian was entertaining guests.
It's late at night, and we have to leave early tomorrow morning, so where would the guests come from?
Out of curiosity, he leaned forward to take a few more glances. Unexpectedly, Xing'er, a servant beside Jia Lian, saw him . He came up from a distance and said with a smile, "What a coincidence! My Second Master Lian was just talking about you, and you just happened to come back - please come in!"
In the past few days, Sun Shaozong had become accustomed to hanging out with the servants, so he was too lazy to waste time with them. He pointed his chin towards the living room and asked, "What distinguished guest has come?"
"What kind of distinguished guest is that there."
Xing'er curled his lips and said with disdain and complacency, "Jia Yucun was originally just a poor man, but later he became a relative of our Jia family, and with the help of my second master and son-in-law, he got the lucrative post of Jinling prefect! Who would have thought that in the past few years, he even hooked up with the master of the Wang family, and was about to be promoted to the position of Shuntianfu Cheng - now he comes here again, insisting on going to Beijing with my second master!"
