Chapter 303: Every Family Has Its Own Problems
Having been a life mentor for such a long time, Sun Shaozong had actually always looked down upon Jia Baoyu. Now he was suddenly choked by his words and was unable to recover for a long while.
And just a little bit more than that, Baoyu noticed the problem!
Fortunately, at this moment, Cheng Rixing hurried back with a few files.
"Dong Weng, the students have found what you want!"
As he spoke, he bowed to Jia Baoyu and said, "Second Master Bao, it's been a while since we last met, right?"
Cheng Rixing used to be a retainer beside Jia Zheng, and now he is a legal advisor under Sun Shaozong. Although his status has never high, he still has a certain influence on his master's family.
Therefore, Jia Baoyu did not dare to be arrogant, and hurriedly returned the greeting, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's all for you!"
Sun Shaozong finally recovered at this time, took the files calmly, and said, "Come on, let's go in and talk."
Having said that, he went straight into the inner room.
Seeing this, Baoyu immediately remembered why he came here, gave Cheng Rixing an apologetic smile, and then hurriedly followed him in.
After entering the room, I saw Sun Shaozong took out a file, spread it out on the desk and quickly flipped through it. After a long while, he pointed to the words on a certain page and said, "Here, come and take a look."
Jia Baoyu had been extremely curious for a long time, so he hurried forward to take a closer look .
However, there was only writing in neat small regular script on the page: In the spring of the eighth year of Guangde, Hong Guaner, an actor in the royal palace, fell into a well and died. Upon investigation, it was found to be a pure accident, with no hidden story.
As soon as Baoyu finished reading this paragraph, Sun Shaozong immediately turned to the next page, pointed to the top line, and said, "Look here again."
In the summer of the eighth year of Guangde, Xi Guaner, an actor in the palace, died suddenly of an acute illness, and no hidden cause was found.
“And here too!”
In the autumn of the eighth year of Guangde, Zhang, a musician in the royal palace, hanged himself, and no hidden cause was discovered.
In half a year, three lives were lost, and none of them were found out!
Jia Baoyu's hair stood on end just by looking at this. He seemed to understand something, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, so he asked in a hoarse voice, "What...what does this have to do with Brother Jiang?"
He originally thought that Sun Shaozong would give a long and eloquent analysis as he did in the past, but Sun Shaozong shook his head and said calmly, "I don't know."
"have no idea?"
Jia Baoyu widened his eyes in shock.
"That's all I know right now."
Sun Shaozong said seriously, "That Hong Guan'er was originally the most favored actor in the palace, and that Xi Guan'er was his most trusted deputy troupe leader."
"In addition, including the deceased musician Zhang, there were as many as five or six people injured or expelled from the palace troupe at that time, and it was during that winter that Jiang Yuhan became the prince's new favorite."
Jia Baoyu was stunned for a long while after hearing this. He lowered his head to look at the words on the booklet again, and found them even more irritating.
However, thinking of Jiang Yuhan's gentle appearance, he still found it hard to believe, so he couldn't help but question: "This doesn't seem to prove that it was Brother Jiang who harmed them, right?"
Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said, "That's why I said 'I don't know'."
While saying this, he turned a few pages back in the book and pointed to another entry, saying, "Take a look at this one."
Jia Baoyu looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that it was written: In the summer of the ninth year of Guangde, Chunmei, a servant girl in the palace, had an affair with someone and was punished with being beaten to death on the spot.
Sun Shaozong introduced: "This Chunmei was the most favored maidservant beside the concubine. It was said that she was beaten to death for having an affair with someone, but there was no mention of the adulterer."
"Could it be...Could it be Brother Jiang..."
"Of course not!"
Sun Shaozong denied it at first, then explained: "With the love that the prince has for Jiang Yuhan, sleeping with a maid is nothing?"
"But according to rumors, the two concubines in the palace were quite jealous of your brother Jiang, but soon after the maid died, rumors spread that the three of them were living happily together."
"From then on, Jiang Yuhan's position in the palace was second only to the emperor."
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey? !
After all, Jia Baoyu was not a fool. His expression changed again and he stared blankly at the records on the file, not saying a word for a long time.
Sun Shaozong also remained silent for a while, then he patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "I don't know what role Jiang Yuhan played in this, but he was able to survive so many ups and downs and maintain his honor and favor for several years. His cunningness is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people!"
Jia Baoyu suddenly looked up and asked in confusion: "Brother Sun, since you have found out so many things, why... why don't you..."
Although he started to hesitate halfway through his speech, how could Sun Shaozong still not understand what he meant? He just wanted to ask himself why he didn't do justice for the person who died unjustly!
Alas~
Sun Shaozong sighed, handed over the other two files, and motioned for Jia Baoyu to look through them himself.
However, Jia Baoyu didn't even need to flip through the pages. Just seeing the words "Rongguo Mansion" and "Ningguo Mansion" on the cover of the file made his eyes widen!
After a long while, he finally stretched out his trembling hand and pinched a corner of the cover of the Rongguo Mansion's files. However, that thin piece of paper seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in his hand. He trembled and tried for a long time, but could not lift it up.
"Okay, if you don't dare to look at it, then don't look at it."
Sun Shaozong patted him on the shoulder again and said helplessly: "In fact, such secrets are inevitable in every big house - let alone you and me, even wise rulers throughout history can only turn a blind eye to such things."
After being comforted by several words, Baoyu felt relieved, but he dared not touch the two files again.
Sun Shaozong poured two more cups of tea, handed him one, and said, "Calm down, this tea is from my uncle..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a commotion outside:
"It's unfair, sir!"
"Please ask Master Zhizhong to make the decision for me!"
"Master Zhizhong..."
Judging from the noise, it seemed that there was a group of women outside crying out for justice.
But the problem is that even if someone was crying out for injustice, they should have done so outside the mansion gate. Why did they end up in the yard?
You have to know that not just anyone can enter the courtyard of the Criminal Law Department!
Sun Shaozong was puzzled and quickly put the teacup on the table, then led Baoyu out of the inner room.
When I got to the living room, I saw Cheng Rixing also holding up the curtain and looking out curiously.
Sun Shaozong then asked, "Master Cheng, what's going on outside?"
Cheng Rixing took a few more glances, then turned back and said uncertainly: "Dong Weng, I think those women who are crying out for justice look like female prisoners in a house arrest."
A female prison guard in a house arrest, coming here to cry out for justice?
Sun Shaozong felt puzzled at first, but then he suddenly realized something. Didn't Miaoyu come just now? Could it be because of her...
