Chapter 482 Daily Life in the Sun Residence (Part 2)
However, after handing over the task to Lu Hui, Sun Shaozong walked out of the gate of the Northern Pacification Office alone. He looked back at the plaque with red characters on a black background and a gold frame on the lintel and could not help but sigh.
Although he had anticipated the outcome, Lu Hui's decisiveness in killing still made him feel a little chilly - after all, these were all Lu Hui's old team who had started his career in Jiangnan, and they had all made contributions, worked hard, and had good relationships with him.
From now on, try not to get involved in the affairs of the Northern Pacification Office if possible.
Sun Shaozong shook his head, turned around and walked down the stairs.
"Second Master."
Zhang Cheng hurriedly put the whip under his armpit, stretched out his arm to open the curtain, and asked carefully: "Are we going to Qingxu Temple, or..."
"The mission is completed, let's go back home."
"Okay~!"
Zhang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He lowered the curtain and picked up the horse whip. With a crisp snap, the horse pulling the carriage neighed a few times and then galloped wildly along the long street.
No wonder Zhang Cheng was so happy. In order to find out the traitor in the Northern Pacification Office, Sun Shaozong stayed in the yamen for three consecutive nights. He was fine, because his status was there, so he would not be wronged. But Zhang Cheng was just a coachman, so his life was not so comfortable.
Especially the Northern Pacification Office is different from other places. It can be described as solemn during the day, but it can only be described as gloomy at night. Especially when it is late at night and everyone is asleep, you can always hear a few shrill screams, which scared Zhang Cheng so much that he couldn't sleep well the whole night.
Stop talking nonsense.
After returning to the mansion to inquire, he learned that his eldest brother Sun Shaozu happened to be at home on his turn to take a day off. So Sun Shaozong did not rush back to the backyard, but went straight to the inner hall to talk to him.
Since the "Longgen Case", the training progress of the Shenjiying has been greatly accelerated. Sun Shaozu is basically stationed outside the city. In fact, the two brothers have not been able to see each other at home for a long time.
However, when Sun Shaozong excitedly reached the door of the inner hall, he had to stop, because there were several white groups of people in the hall, surrounding a dark-skinned man, who were acting wild and arrogant.
Yes~
It seemed that the two brothers would not be able to have a serious conversation before dinner.
Sun Shaozong retreated quietly and walked west along the corridor. He saw clusters of chrysanthemums blooming in the flower beds on both sides.
Of course, there are also many transplants that failed, and the branches have gradually withered, standing out among the blooming flowers.
At this time, several servants and maids were holding hoes, digging up the dead branches and replacing them with a batch of vibrant ones, so as to fill the courtyard with autumn colors before the Double Ninth Festival.
As they walked, Sun Shaozong's gaze suddenly stopped on one of the maids. He saw the maid with her graceful figure folded beside the flower bed, holding a flower hoe in her hand, her two dark eyebrows twisted together, full of sorrow.
This person was none other than Caixia who had just been exiled - she was a well-known figure in the Rongguo Mansion, but when had she ever done such hard labor?
At this time, the two white little hands were already covered with blisters. They were pounding the hoe listlessly, but could not dig up a single dead branch in half a day.
If Baoyu saw this scene, he would probably go up to her and show her sympathy.
Sun Shaozong just paused for a moment and ignored him.
As he walked further and further away in the corridor, Caixia suddenly raised her head and said to a weeping willow not far away: "She has already left, come out."
Then a thin-shouldered and thin-waisted woman flashed out from behind the weeping willow. She came forward and sighed, "Why did you have to offend anyone else? I begged Madam several times in the past few days, but Madam was afraid to give in, fearing that it would anger Madam."
Caixia waved the flower hoe and pounded the dead branches a few times, then said in a low voice: "There is a second master in that mansion and a second master in this mansion. I guess my fate is to be in conflict with the 'second master'. It will be quieter if I stay outside. You don't need to plead for me in the future. Just let me fend for myself outside."
Seeing her self-destructive appearance, Yuanyang could not help stamping her feet and scolding her: "If you really care about Huan Lao San, you should serve the masters in this mansion well first, so that you can ask for mercy in the future..."
Caixia suddenly jumped up and said angrily: "I miss the Third Master only because of Aunt Zhao's affection! I am not like someone who can always get in touch with the Master no matter where he goes!"
"you!"
Yuanyang's face flushed immediately, and she was about to say something to Caixia, but she turned around, bent over, and squeezed most of her body into the flower bed, with only her raised buttocks facing her.
This is really a case of 'putting a warm face on a cold butt'!
Originally, Yuanyang only lent a helping hand because they were both from the Rongguo Mansion. Now that she was treated like this, she naturally felt disappointed, so she gritted her teeth and turned away.
When the footsteps became inaudible, Caixia pulled her head out of the flower bed and looked towards the inner courtyard. A trace of regret flashed across her face, but then she became ruthless again. Regardless of the blisters on her hands, she raised the small flower hoe high and dug hard again and again.
Let me explain this on two sides.
After Sun Shaozong returned to his own courtyard, he had a lively time with his children, wives and concubines. After chatting for half a day, Ruan Rong suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly rummaged through the cupboard and took out a red-bottomed gold-embossed post and handed it to Sun Shaozong.
"This is……"
Sun Shaozong casually opened it and took a look, and found that it was still an invitation from Jia Baoyu, inviting him to have a drink at Rongguo Mansion two days later.
Because he suddenly received the task of investigating spies, Sun Shaozong had just sent someone to reject Baoyu's invitation to a banquet two days ago. Why did he turn around and invite him again?
Besides, it is already August 23rd, and in two days it will be the 25th, which is just around the same time as his daughter's full moon banquet - it seems that Jia Baoyu's invitation this time is indeed for other purposes.
He had just pondered for a moment and had not yet figured out anything when he was interrupted by his son's babbling. He looked down and saw the little guy sitting on the bed with his arms and legs bared, his eyes fixed on the gold-embossed post.
Sun Shaozong picked up a corner of the note and put it in front of him to tease him, saying casually: "Seeing this note reminds me of something serious. When I went to Xue Pan's house with Brother Liu a few days ago, the jade pendant he had passed down from his waist was missing. It must have been pawned in a shop somewhere."
"Tomorrow you can send someone to ask every household and redeem the jade pendant from the pawnshop. Then send it to his home along with 500 taels of silver, so that he won't squander all his family fortune just to get married."
Ruan Rong snatched the gold-stamped postcard and took out a mandarin duck brocade handkerchief to wipe the gold powder off her son's hands. She then asked in confusion, "Master, just give me the silver, why did you give me the jade pendant as well? Young Master Liu is a face-conscious person, so how could he want people to know that he had to pawn his family property to prepare for the wedding?"
Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "If I don't point this out first, do you think he will accept the five hundred taels of silver?"
As he spoke, he also laid his body on the bed, resting his head on the root of Ruan Rong's thighs, and reached out with his backhand to climb down along her slender waist, saying, "Let's not talk about these trivial matters. I just went to the back to talk to my eldest brother, and I saw him having an uncensored meeting in the hall again."
"Pooh!"
Feeling the cunning fingers rubbing against her sensitive parts, Ruan Rong blushed and spat, slapped Sun Shaozong's hand away, and cursed him several times for being indecent. She turned around and called Qingwen in, and took the child to the wet nurse's room...
