Chapter 717: It's just hypocrisy
This question...
Sun Shaozong was slightly startled, then calmly sat down at the head of the table, tapped the coffee table with his fingers, and asked instead of answering: "Why, are you trying to kill your relatives for the sake of justice?"
"No!"
Jia Baoyu hurriedly shook his hands, and then hesitated with a tangled look on his face: "I just... just... just..."
He said "but" several times, but he really couldn't find the right words to describe the confusion in his heart at the moment.
At this moment, a servant came in with a teacup. Jia Baoyu quickly closed his mouth and racked his brains to think.
But until the boy changed the remaining tea and left the door silently, he was still in distress.
"Tell me, what strange things happened in your family?" Seeing this, Sun Shaozong leaned back lazily, pretending to listen attentively.
Jia Baoyu has always trusted Brother Sun very much. Besides, it was only after Sun Shaozong's reminder that he realized that his family's attitude towards servants might not be very clean.
So when Sun Shaozong asked about the matter, he hesitated for a moment and then said awkwardly, "It turns out that my second brother also recognizes this man."
The news that Ping'er and Xiaohong spent the night with Sun Shaozong had already spread throughout the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Baoyu naturally knew about it.
So when he came to this point, he couldn't help but glance at Sun Shaozong, and then continued: "It was Xiaohong who used to serve in my courtyard - she was accidentally beaten to death by Sister Feng this morning."
"What?"
When Sun Shaozong heard that Lin Hongyu was accidentally killed by Wang Xifeng, he was shocked and leaned forward, ready to ask what the reason was.
Suddenly I remembered what Jia Lian had mentioned, and I suddenly understood.
She revealed the matter to Ping'er herself, and at the same time indirectly revealed it to Wang Xifeng - and with Wang Xifeng's temper, she naturally would not let it go after learning that Jia Lian actually intended to 'inherit the business through his son'.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed that I was the one who harmed Lin Hongyu's life!
However, when he revealed the news, he was only hoping that Wang Xifeng would come forward and ruin the trouble. He never expected that she would be so cruel and directly take Lin Hongyu's life.
Alas~
It is true that man proposes, God disposes.
Although he had already figured out most of the situation, Sun Shaozong did not show any sign of it. He still looked puzzled and asked, "What 's going on?"
"I don't know exactly what's going on."
Jia Baoyu said helplessly: "But judging from the scratches on the back of Sister Feng's right hand, Sister Feng was punishing Xiaohong for something. Xiaohong tried to resist the punishment, and in the chaos, she was accidentally killed by Sister Feng."
Just by looking at the two adjectives "accidentally" and "mistakenly", we can judge that he still prefers Wang Xifeng in his heart.
But if that’s the case, what’s there to worry about?
Could it be that because Xiaohong had once served him in his courtyard, the two of them still had some lingering feelings for each other...
“No, no, no!”
Jia Baoyu heard Sun Shaozong's euphemism, but it was obvious that he was going for the lower path. He hurriedly tried to distance himself from her: "I have nothing to do with her, there is absolutely no quarrel!"
Then he explained: "When the deficit was investigated, few of the managers in the whole mansion were innocent - except for Xiaohong's father Lin Zhixiao, who was in charge of the treasury and the accounts, but he never embezzled anything and was a very honest person on weekdays."
"This is evident from the fact that Xiaohong had the best family background, but she was just a low-ranking maid in my courtyard."
"Because of this, in the past two or three years, the government has trusted him a lot and asked him to take care of many things. And this Lin official has never let down this trust and has managed the household affairs in an orderly manner."
"If I were to say so, he has made great contributions in the past two years."
"But now, Sister Feng has killed his daughter..."
It turned out that he felt guilty towards the Lin family. No wonder he clearly favored Wang Xifeng and yet looked conflicted.
Speaking of which...
It was not until today that Sun Shaozong realized that Lin Hongyu was actually a person with connections!
Lin Zhixiao is now the second steward of Rongguo Mansion. In terms of rank, he is second only to Zhou Rui, who was promoted to replace Lai Da. In terms of the relationship between their ancestors, he may be even stronger than Zhou Rui.
Even if he didn't win her over, his daughter should at least be treated better than others. How dare Jia Lian treat her like this?
Isn’t he afraid that Lin Zhixiao will bear a grudge and secretly follow Lai Da’s example to empty the Jia family?
"Second brother."
After Jia Baoyu finished speaking, he could not help but return to the old question: "If you encounter such a thing, how would you deal with it?"
"Disposal?"
Sun Shaozong looked Jia Baoyu up and down, then leaned back on the cushion and shook his head, saying, "Don't even mention whether you have the ability to deal with it. Even if you have enough ability, it's not your turn to deal with it."
After a slight pause, he added: "Unless you are prepared to go to the government and kill your relatives for the sake of justice!"
Having said that, his eyes couldn't help but become sharp.
"this……"
Jia Baoyu felt uncomfortable being stared at by him. He looked away awkwardly and said, "Sister Feng probably didn't do it on purpose. How can we...how can we bring this to court?"
Although he felt guilty towards the Lin family, he did not dare and was unwilling to do so if he was asked to seek justice for Lin Hongyu.
All this tenderness in my heart can be summed up in two words: pretentious!
Sun Shaozong sighed, stood up, and called out to the outside, "Come on, set out the food and wine. I want to have a few drinks with Uncle Jia!"
Baoyu also stood up subconsciously and said hesitantly: "Second brother, this..."
"What is this? Since you can't figure it out, I might as well accompany you to get drunk and relieve your worries. When you sober up, I guess this matter will have been suppressed. The Lin family shouldn't have only this one daughter, right?"
"There is also a son and a daughter."
"Then drink it first!"
Seeing the servants move the table and chairs to the center and bring the strong liquor that had been prepared long ago, Sun Shaozong pressed Jia Baoyu in front of the table, opened the mud seal, picked up the jar of wine and gulped down two large bowls of it, then raised his head and drank it all in a show of respect.
Firstly, Jia Baoyu wanted to drown his sorrows in wine, but secondly, he couldn't save his face, so he had to grit his teeth and accompany her.
It took only about a quarter of an hour, and only half of the dishes were served, when Jia Baoyu slipped under the table.
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and ordered a soft and delicious sweet wine to be brought up, and he enjoyed it with the food. It was strange that others had a special liking for strong liquor after traveling through time, but he preferred this sweet and sour fruit wine.
Seeing that he was about 70% full, Sun Shaozong hastily called back his troops and called the doorman Wang Jin, saying, "Go, have someone tell Yuanyang to send two hundred taels of silver to the steward Lin of Rongguo Mansion tomorrow, and say that it is a funeral gift from me."
Although Sun Shaozong did not have much affection for Lin Hongyu, a scheming and cunning woman who was trying to curry favor with powerful men, he had had a one-night stand with her after all.
Her death this time was somewhat related to Sun Shaozong, so it was only natural to spend some money to buy peace of mind.
As for seeking justice for ...
These days, if a master accidentally killed a servant, the most severe punishment he would receive would be exile several hundred miles away - and with the current momentum of the Rongguo Mansion, this severe sentence would be almost impossible to obtain.
Therefore, even if Sun Shaozong was willing to take the risk of offending the future crown prince and report the case for the sake of justice, he would probably end up being fined three cups of wine.
The gap between input and output is so huge that it makes people lose the desire to uphold justice.
