Chapter 268 Burying human souls in the flower burial mound
But Sun Shaozong brought his people to the Rongguo Mansion and found Jia Lian to tell him the whole story. Jia Lian was shocked and annoyed.
What shocked him was that in just over a year, so many murderous and robbing demons had emerged from his family. Just the thought of it made him feel a chill down his spine.
What annoyed him was that he had just recently "recruited" Pan Youan, and thought he had done it perfectly, but who knew that rumors of "licking the butt crack" still came out!
As this matter was of great importance, Jia Lian immediately ordered all the young servants in the mansion to gather in the front yard so that Xu Shengli could identify them one by one.
After the news spread, the servants nearby all rushed to the front yard, but there was one person who retreated instead of moving forward and hurriedly went into the villa where the emperor came to visit his mother.
He stumbled along the way and asked everyone he met. When he found the peach forest near the Qinfang Sluice Bridge, he saw a boy and a girl in a corner, talking and laughing while leaning on their hoes.
"Second Master!"
The servant cried out in agony, then ran over and knocked his head to the ground, shaking his shoulders and howling like a mourner: "Master, please save me for the sake of our past friendship!"
The young man was none other than Jia Baoyu.
Baoyu was startled by the visitor and took half a step back in panic. His feet went soft and he realized that he had accidentally stepped on Lin Daiyu's "flower grave".
He hurriedly said "I'm sorry" to Hua Zhong several times, and then he angrily scolded: "Ming Yan! Are you suffering from a seizure? There are many sisters living in this courtyard now. If you accidentally bump into one of them, can you bear the consequences?!"
Because the virtuous concubine in the palace had issued an edict saying that the palace for the imperial visit had cost a huge amount of money and it would be a pity to leave it abandoned, she asked Baochai and other sisters to move in, and also ordered Baoyu to move in so that he could study quietly.
So on February 22nd, except for Jia Yingchun who was waiting to be married, all the other young ladies moved in, which is why Jia Baoyu said this now.
But Mingyan was extremely anxious at the moment, so how could she have the time to think about all this?
She quickly reached out and hugged Jia Baoyu's ankles, wiping her snot and tears, crying, "Second Master, my Second Master! Mingyan has been with you for so many years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard, right?! I know that Second Master is the kindest person, so please have mercy on me and spare my life!"
When Jia Baoyu heard him shouting for help just now, he thought that this guy had lost all his money again and wanted him to help him pay off his debts, but now it seems that this is not the case.
If it had been in the past, Jia Baoyu would probably have agreed without asking any questions after Mingyan’s earnest pleading.
But after going through so many things in the past year, Jia Baoyu no longer has a bad memory and is no longer as impetuous as he was before.
So he just frowned and scolded: "Did you get into trouble again? If you tell me the truth, I might help you. If you lie..."
"I would never dare to deceive you, Master!"
Mingyan looked up and said with a face full of grievance: "I made an appointment with a friend to have dinner at Huiyunlou on Wumiao Street last night, but I ran into Pan Youan in Mr. Lian's room."
"Pan Youan relied on the favor of Master Lian, and seeing that I have lost my power, he humiliated me in every way possible!"
"Not only that, he also..."
"What else has he done?"
Jia Baoyu felt unhappy when he heard this. Although Mingyan was demoted to do menial work because of the "Villa Fraud" case, could the master-servant relationship that had been built up over the years be broken off just like that?
Cuofei still regarded Mingyan as his own in his heart. Based on what he had done in recent days, Jia Baoyu should have expelled him from Rongguo Mansion long ago. Why would he help him pay off his debts again and again?
Therefore, when Baoyu heard that Mingyan was being bullied by others, he felt a bit sad.
Mingyan was a naughty monkey who always took advantage of others. Seeing that Jia Baoyu looked annoyed, she immediately took advantage of the situation and said angrily, "He drank a few more cups of yellow soup and even brought up the incident in the academy. He said that I and that butt-licking Mr. Qin were so arrogant and domineering in the past, but now one of us is dead and the other is disabled..."
" What ?!"
Before he could finish his words, Jia Baoyu's face turned pale with rage. Qin Zhong's death was a thorn in his heart. Moreover, the four words "licking the butt crack" were clearly alluding to the relationship between the two!
How could he tolerate such words in front of Lin Daiyu? !
So he immediately flew into a rage, swearing: "This little woman is talking nonsense, is she trying to get herself killed?!"
"Isn't it?"
Mingyan, who was good at both singing and singing, shouted, "I was also very angry at that time. I still felt unsatisfied after leaving Huiyun Tower, so I turned back and wanted to find him to have a thorough argument."
"Who knew that guy would still swear at me! He was talking nonsense about spreading ass and driving a wharf, and he was blaming me and my husband Xiao Qin..."
When Jia Baoyu heard this, he was so furious that he was about to ask Mingyan to call Pan Youan over so that he could give this blind man a good beating!
But Mingyan continued, "I just couldn't stand it anymore, so I started arguing with him. I never thought that I would... accidentally beat him to death with a brick!"
When these words were spoken, it was like a bucket of ice water was poured over my head.
Jia Baoyu shuddered, staring in amazement for a long while, then hesitantly asked: "You...what did you just say?"
"I accidentally…accidentally killed him."
Mingyan said, tears and snot streaming down her face, begging, "Now that the Shuntian Prefecture's officials have come to my door, I really have no other choice but to ask you, Second Master, to save me!"
As he spoke, he knocked his head between Jia Baoyu's legs, and kept saying, "I want to teach him a lesson just to protect Second Master's reputation. I definitely don't mean to kill him! Second Master, Second Master, I did this for you..."
Upon learning that this guy had caused a murder, Jia Baoyu was about to give up on him, but when he heard him crying and complaining that he had accidentally made this mistake just to protect his reputation, Jia Baoyu hesitated again.
"Let me ask you this."
At this time, Lin Daiyu, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, suddenly asked with a straight face, "The Pan Youan you are talking about is the cousin of Siqi in my second sister's room?"
Knowing that Jia Baoyu always listened to Daiyu, Mingyan naturally did not dare to neglect her and nodded hurriedly, "That's the guy!"
"That's not right."
Lin Daiyu twisted her handkerchief and sneered, "I have some impression of that man. He is usually the most timid and kind-hearted one. It is always others who bully him, and he never bullies others!"
After hearing what Daiyu said, Jia Baoyu couldn't help but feel suspicious.
So he thought about it for a while and found some loopholes: "Since you got out of Huiyun Tower before him, you should have waited until today to report to me. Why did you go back alone to fight with him?"
The more he talked, the more he felt something was wrong. Mingyan had always been a gossiper. There was no way she would leave her support unused and go back to show off her bravery.
So Jia Baoyu shouted in a deep voice: "Your words are not entirely true, how much truth and how much falsehood are there? Do you think I am someone who can be fooled?!"
Mingyan had no idea that Sun Shaozong had already figured out the matter of him "stealing and selling the inkstone" and was only thinking of fooling Jia Baoyu to get out of this and help himself avoid the death penalty.
Now, first Lin Daiyu pointed out his flaw, and then he was harshly rebuked by Jia Baoyu. It was obvious that he could no longer fool people by confusing right and wrong. On the one hand, he was extremely panic-stricken, and on the other hand, he was also filled with anger and evil deeds!
"It's all your fault! "
He suddenly hugged Jia Baoyu's legs and pulled him towards his arms viciously, causing Jia Baoyu to lose his balance and fall onto the flower tomb.
Then Mingyan pounced on Jia Baoyu again, straddling his waist, and tightly grasped his neck with both hands, roaring ferociously, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't driven me out here to suffer poverty and hardship, would I have needed to steal the inkstone?!"
"If I hadn't gone to sell the inkstone, how would I have met Pan Youan?!"
"It's you, it's you, it's you! This is all your fault!"
"Even if I have to risk my life today, I will drag you down with me!"
The resentment that he had been accumulating for a long time burst out all at once. How could he be compared to a young man as delicate and tender as Jia Baoyu?
No matter how Jia Baoyu struggled, the ten fingers on his neck kept pinching him tighter and tighter. Seeing that Jia Baoyu's struggles were gradually weakening, he was about to suffocate and die!
At this moment, a small flower hoe suddenly fell on Mingyan's head, hitting the back of his neck, and immediately cut into pieces of blood and flesh!
