Chapter 34 Xue Pan Causes Trouble
Qingwen was even happier about Jia Cong's trust! She immediately vowed to Jia Cong, "Even if I am beaten to death, I will never reveal a word!"
In the Lixiang Courtyard nearby, Baochai was sitting in the room with her chin in her hand, lost in thought!
Ying'er on the side was extremely helpless. Her daughter was in a daze more and more! She was with Baochai all day long, so she naturally knew her master's thoughts! Moreover, she also felt that the Third Master Cong was very good. Compared with the devil Baoyu, there was a world of difference! If her daughter had such a good match, her life would be easier in the future.
"girl!"
Baochai blinked and came back to her senses, "What did Ying'er say?"
Ying'er smiled and said, "I was wondering why the young lady was in a daze!"
Baochai blushed, "How dare you, little girl, tease me?"
Ying'er giggled and said, "Miss, I heard something from Qingwen yesterday!"
"Hurry up and tell me!" Baochai suppressed her shyness and glared at Ying'er fiercely.
"The Third Master is really kindhearted. Jia Yun, a member of the Jia family's branch in the back street, lives with his old mother. His family is so poor that they can barely make ends meet. The Third Master actually went to Jia Yun's house and gave him a job as a servant. Moreover, he not only took out money to help Jia Yun's mother cure her illness, but also asked Zhuan'er to bring people to visit and deliver a lot of food, cloth and the like!"
Baochai's eyes were moistened when she heard this, "Brother Cong is of course a kind-hearted person!"
As he was talking, he heard noisy footsteps outside the door! After a while, Aunt Xue brought Tongxi and Tonggui into the house, followed by a beautiful girl with a beauty mole between her eyebrows.
This maid is Xiangling!
In order to fight for this maid, Xue Pan asked his servant to kill someone, and only then did he and his family move from Jinling to the capital!
"Why is mom so flustered? What happened?" Seeing Aunt Xue's pale face and panic-stricken eyes, Baochai was also startled and hurriedly stood up to support her.
"That evil creature has caused trouble again! He was drinking outside, but he got into an argument with someone and started a fight! Originally, this was not a big deal, but the enemy was probably quite powerful, so the government arrested him directly."
Baochai's expression changed drastically when she heard this. What kind of person had her brother, who always caused her so much trouble, offended again?
"Has mom gone to ask auntie?"
"I just went there and sent a letter to your uncle, but there is no news yet!"
Baochai helped Aunt Xue sit down and brought her tea. Then she managed to calm down and advised, "Don't worry, mother. It was just a fight. With your uncle and aunt's help, even if the other party is of some importance, they will give you some face. When the time comes, we will pay some money to make amends. I think nothing will happen to your brother."
Although Aunt Xue was panicked, she could only wait.
They waited until the afternoon. Just as they were getting anxious, they suddenly heard someone outside report that Wang Ziteng's wife Qin and the second wife's companion Zhou Ruijia had arrived.
Aunt Xue couldn't wait and hurried out to greet her!
Qin was also dressed elegantly and beautifully, wearing gorgeous clothes, and seemed to be about the same age as Aunt Xue.
Before Aunt Xue could say anything, Qin entered the room and said, "How could Pan'er cause such trouble? The master and the second master of the Jia family also went to ask, and the enemy turned out to be a figure from the Dongchuan Marquis's Mansion, and Pan'er beat up the most favored youngest son of his Wu family!"
"It is said that the Marquis was furious. He did not even give face to the master and the second master of the Jia family. He was determined to have the government severely punished! The most troublesome thing is that the youngest son of the Wu family donated a sinecure position of Dragon Guard, but at least he is an official, while our Pan'er is a commoner!"
"If it is really a serious crime of attacking an imperial official, it will be difficult to deal with."
" However , the master also said that after all, with the face of the Jia Mansion and our Wang family, the other party dare not do anything extreme. At most, they will exile her for one or two years. When the time comes, the master will find an opportunity and bring Pan'er back. Moreover, with the Jia family and the Wang family, she will not suffer even if she is exiled..."
Before Qin could finish her words, Aunt Xue wailed and fainted.
A group of people were busy carrying people and calling for doctors!
When the doctor arrived, Qin and Zhou Rui's wife had already left. Aunt Xue had also woken up, but she was still sobbing on the bed, "My poor child, how could you have caused such a disaster? Even a good person can't stand exile. How can Pan'er come back!"
Although Baochai sometimes looked down on her brother, she couldn't help feeling sad when she saw her mother like this! Moreover, the family already lost its pillar. If her brother passed away, wouldn't the family be broken up?
"Don't worry, mother. I'll think of a solution!" Baochai stood up suddenly, ignored Aunt Xue's call, and went straight out of Lixiang Courtyard and headed towards Jia Cong's courtyard.
She knew that Jia Cong's master was the county magistrate, and her brother was imprisoned in the county jail. Now it was obvious that the Jia family and the Wang family would not come forward, so she could only sacrifice her face and try her best.
Jia Cong finished his meal and was in his study reviewing the articles Wei Qi had sent back today. He had written countless articles in the past few days, some of which were topics Wei Qi had proposed, and some of which he simply took from books. It must be said that this strategy of flooding the topic was indeed effective, and his writing style and words were much more sophisticated than before.
"Third Master, Miss Bao is here!"
Qingwen entered the study and whispered, "I noticed that Miss Bao looked anxious and had obviously cried. I think she came to see the Third Master for something!"
Jia Cong was also full of surprise, and immediately left the east ear room and walked into the main hall.
"Brother Cong!" When Baochai saw Jia Cong, she didn't know why she suddenly burst into tears again.
Jia Cong hurriedly stepped forward to support Baochai, and took the handkerchief from Qingwen, gently wiping Baochai's tears, "Sister Bao, don't worry, but what's the matter?"
Baochai sobbed for a few times before slowly stopping her tears. "Today, I have something I want to trouble Brother Cong with!"
"Sister Bao, please tell me!"
Baochai calmed herself down and told the story.
After hearing this, Jia Cong understood it immediately! Speaking of which, it is not the fault of the Jia family and Wang Ziteng for shirking responsibility! Generally speaking, there are three main factions in the court today. They are the founding faction, the Yuanping faction, and the civil official faction! Of course, they are also mixed with each other and cannot be completely separated.
Both the Jia family and the Wang family belong to the founding dynasty, while the Dongchuan Marquis Mansion belongs to the Yuanping lineage!
The two factions had already had many disputes, and now that there was finally an opportunity, how could they not lose face for the founding faction? If the founding faction was tough and even went to war with the Yuanping faction, it would be easy to save a small Xue Pan, but now the founding faction was weak and was suppressed by the Yuanping faction. Not to mention the other prefectures, even Wang Ziteng was unwilling to go to great lengths.
