The Red Mansions

Chapter 682 Jia Heng: just try again

Chapter 682 Jia Heng: just try again

Outside the study, two familiar voices sounded, seeming to be arguing, Jia Heng listened intently, and went to the small outer hall.

"Is Master in there?" I saw a young girl in a red dress stepping in from behind the screen, with a beautiful face and arms like snow, moving the weak waist of Liu Fufeng, and walked into the study.

Jia Heng looked up at the beautiful girl with snow-like skin, and asked, "Sister San? Why are you here?"

Third Sister You stepped forward, bringing a scent of fragrance around her, smiled lightly, and said, "Master, Qingwen lied to me just now that Master is not here, and the lights are on in the room."

At this time, Qingwen followed into the house, pouted with Liu Ye eyebrows, and said unhappily: "Young Master is busy, don't bother me, you have to come in."

Third Sister You joked with a smile: "When is the uncle not busy? Anyway, no matter how busy you are, you won't delay coming back to take a shower."

After hearing the words "take a bath", Qingwen Guazi's face and cheeks were reddish, she glared at Third Sister You in embarrassment, and spat in her heart, "You want to wash, but the young master won't let you wait on her."

While raising her eyes, she said in a low voice, "My lord, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

It seems that the two of them usually bicker a lot.

"Didn't bother you, sir?" Third Sister You held a beauty fan in her hand, and sat down in front of the stool opposite, looking at the young man across from her beautiful eyes.

Jia Heng said softly: "This meeting is over."

As he spoke, he glanced at a book with a blue cover that Third Sister You was holding in another hand.

Third Sister You put it on the small table and asked: "This is the last volume of the Sui and Tang Romance novels that I said at the time according to my uncle's suggestion. It has already been published. Please correct me."

Jia Heng took the book, opened the pages and flipped through the pages with lowered eyes, raised his eyes and asked: "Have you written eighty chapters?"

Third Sister You chuckled, looked at the stern-faced boy, and said softly: "When the uncle is not at home, I have expanded my memory a lot."

Jia Heng was noncommittal, turned the page again, flipped through it for a while, looked at the girl opposite, and said in a low voice: "If we make up a hundred chapters, maybe the structure will be more complete."

Third Sister You: "..."

She still has to write a hundred chapters?Then it will take another month or two, so you came back from Yangzhou?Oh, how can the person in front of you be so calm?

The young girl's eyes were full of waves, and her beautiful face, which was as beautiful as a beautiful flower and a jade tree, was covered with a look of sadness, and the courage that was originally summoned was vented again.

Jia Heng looked at the girl whose skin was better than snow, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "I'm busy these days, I'll look back at this book you wrote."

After I came back, I didn't even want to take a vacation for myself.

Third Sister You's gaze darkened, her white teeth pursed her lips lightly.

"I just said, the young master is too busy, how can I have time to read some scripts." Qingwen curled her lips, and brought over the poured tea cup.

Jia Heng frowned, glanced at Qingwen, and said, "Qingwen."

Qingwen snorted softly, then left the room, came behind the screen, folded her hands on her chest, curled up her mouth, dissatisfied.

Obviously she served the young master first, but now she let the third sister go ahead.

Jia Heng looked at Third Sister You, smiled, and said, "Qingwen is still a child, and I am spoiled by it, I like children no matter how big or small."

Third Sister You looked at the boy opposite, and said in a low voice: "I know that the uncle thinks I'm too aggressive and shameless, so he doesn't like me too much."

She came from such an unclean family, and now she is so active in coming here, I am afraid that in the eyes of the uncle, she is no different from that seductive prostitute, but she is still Yunying's unmarried virgin.

At the end, I felt sad and my voice was a little choked up.

Jia Heng put down the teacup and said flatly, "Nonsense."

Third Sister You: "???"

What do you mean?

Jia Heng looked at Third Sister You, and under the girl's astonished eyes, gently took Third Sister You's hand, and said in a low voice: "I have lived in the house for so long, I know your character, if you really don't know Check it out, I won't let you stay in the mansion anymore."

In fact, it would be feasible to take Third Sister You into the family, otherwise she would not be in an embarrassing position in the house. When she came back from her father-in-law, Ke Qing also mentioned this matter euphemistically, maybe she needs to give the girl a reassurance.

"Master Heng." Third Sister You fixedly looked at the boy opposite.

Jia Heng looked at the layout of the study around, and said in a low voice: "It was here at the beginning, I remember, I told you not to look down on yourself because of family affairs, as long as you are self-respecting and self-reliant, no one will look down on you. As time goes by, does anyone in the house look down on you?"

Being held by Jia Heng, Third Sister You lightly lowered her eyelids, her former vigor was gone, and she swallowed back the words that came out of Pan Huan's mouth.

In fact, there are still some. A woman said in private that she and her sister relied on Ningguo Mansion not to leave, just waiting to climb into the bed of the uncle, but the uncle didn't like the two of them at all.

Jia Heng said softly: "For such a long time, you have read a lot of books, and what you wrote is the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Hong Fu Nu was originally Yang Su's singer. Is Fu Nu's humble background and contempt?"

Most of the singers of princes and nobles want to accompany the guests.

Third Sister You raised her bright eyes and looked at the young man. Tears welled up in the moist eye sockets.

Jia Heng took out a handkerchief, wiped the girl's cheeks, and said, "Okay, don't cry, I still have something to ask you."

Of course, it's not that the middle-aged man is pulling the girl to talk about life and ideals. In fact, he is waiting for the effect of the medicine. He has always been called to fight and win.

Instead, there is a pre-problem that needs to be resolved, Third Sister You’s heart knot, because there are very few in-depth problems before.

Seeing Jia Heng's serious expression, Third Sister You fixed her eyes and said in a low voice, "Master, you can ask."

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, his face as calm as an abyss, and said in a low voice: "You told Ke Qing about the matter between sister Xue and me, right?"

When the girl heard this, her face was as pale as paper, and she looked at the boy in shock, a little unbelievable.

Jia Heng stared at the girl closely, and said in a deep voice, "It's not Keqing who told me about it. I suspected it at the beginning, and guessed it might be you."

Third Sister You was flustered when she heard the words. She thought that old incident was over, why did it mention it now?

Jia Heng asked: "At the beginning, did you want to see my jokes? Or did you want to see Keqing's jokes?"

Hearing these words suddenly, Third Sister You felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her mind was shocked, and she faltered and said: "I...I didn't, sir, you misunderstood me, I just saw my sister in the dark, no, I... "

At the end, he lowered his head and his body was trembling.

Jia Heng asked calmly and indifferently, "Why didn't you tell me first?"

Third Sister You was silent and did not answer.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "I can probably guess one or two of what you think, but it's just that you don't like Baochai, and then let's see how Keqing handles it. If Keqing and I get into an awkward situation..."

Hearing this, Third Sister You's delicate body trembled violently, her dewy eyes narrowed, she felt like a knife was being twisted in her heart, and she said in a low voice: "So in the mind of my uncle, I am the kind of person who sows dissension and has a vicious heart. .”

At this moment, even though he was being held by the boy opposite, he couldn't feel any warmth. Although it was summer, his limbs were icy cold, but there was a bone-chilling chill in his heart.

Jia Heng said softly: "You are not that kind of person in my heart, but your actions have caused my misunderstanding, and I have also seen some bad signs."

As there are more and more people in the back house, it is impossible to expect that there is no careful thinking. Even if you don’t have children now, you will have all kinds of careful thoughts when you have children. Life is not a fairy tale, and you can live from now on Live a happy life.

If you don't want to stage the Legend of Zhen Huan in the back house all day long, then you need... management.

In real real life, not only interpersonal relationships need to be managed, but also family and marriage. The marriage of the poor is to kill the passion of love in trivial matters, and the marriage of the rich is to be spiritually empty and seek excitement after the material is fully satisfied.

There is a kind of resentful woman, when you are penniless, say that you are not motivated, that you are successful in your career, and that you do not accompany her. Of course, these people love themselves more than others in essence, and they are always asking for, never wanting to return.

Apart from praying to meet a good woman who is content and happy, the only thing to do is to manage, otherwise even the emperor will not be able to avoid the harem competition for favor, people's hearts and ghosts.

In terms of honor, wouldn't concubines in the harem be honored?In terms of love, the concubine who has just been favored, even your relatives will be honored, visit relatives, and become an official, but this kind of decency and happiness can only last for a while. In the face of time, most people will soon get used to it. As for the promotion and transformation of identity and material, I still want more, because people want to be taller even when they are taller.

If you want to last for a long time, you need means to operate.

"Master Heng, I..." Third Sister You didn't dare to argue under the gaze of that penetrating gaze, a feeling of grievance, guilt, fear, and traces of inexplicable ambiguity arose in her heart. She really got caught in the thought that was hidden in the bottom of her heart at the time. She was confused at the time, but now she has already convinced Sister Qin, and she has no thoughts at all.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "No matter what your thoughts were before, don't do such things in the future. After you enter the mansion, you know how Keqing treats you. As for Sister Xue, she was originally a With a delicate mind, do you think she doesn't know who it is afterward? It's just that she doesn't want to worry about it anymore, if there are calculations everywhere in the house, it's no fun."

At this moment, just as Baochai said to Ying'er who didn't like the third sister at the beginning, Jia Heng's heart can't hide the caress of the third sister You in the past.

Listening to the young man's undisguised words, Third Sister You's face was pale, she bit her lower lip tightly with her white teeth, almost biting to bleed, raised her red-rimmed eyes, and said with a choked voice, "Master, wait for me if I get up again!" Thinking about it, let me be struck by lightning from the sky, and I will die a terrible death!"

Jia Heng looked at the tearful Third Sister You, fell silent, stretched out his hand to take the jade hand, and said: "You don't need to swear, although you have a lot of thoughts, your heart is still good, so I won't talk about the past. , but there will be no next time!"

After all, Qing's temperament has softened a bit. When managing various affairs in the mansion, she has to have a hot-tempered person to control the place, and the third sister is there to help, manage housework, and punish the servants. After being hit, this is his sister Feng from Ningguo Mansion.

Well, what did you mention Sister Feng?

Third Sister You Yuyan was stunned, at the moment when the young man grabbed her hand, she felt her cold heart warm up again, listening to Yin's words of warning, she sobbed: "There will never be a next time, if there is a next time... This time, I have to die to repay my uncle."

Jia Heng looked at Third Sister You with a determined expression, and was silent for a while, reached out and pulled the girl into his arms, saying: "Okay, Keqing and I don't blame you, there is no need to seek death or life."

It was not a big deal at first, it was a tricky plot, it was a little girl's prank, or it might be because she couldn't get used to Baochai who came from behind, and in the original book, Daiyu didn't like Baochai at the beginning, and all kinds of runs were made.

As for wanting to shake Keqing's position, Baochai may not have had no reverie at the beginning.

This is the human heart, unreserved purity, not achieved overnight.

In fact, Third Sister You is not bad, and it is impossible for a person who can die for love to have pure feelings.

Third Sister You burst into tears, and choked with sobs: "Master, you can stab someone's heart with words like a knife, it makes people's hair chill, I might as well be dead."

Just now, she felt like the sky was falling down, but the calm tone of the young man in front of her was like a cold wind blowing, which made her feel that she might as well wipe her neck and die, so she used the emperor's sword of heaven, and she Prove your innocence with death!

"My heart is cold, so I'll warm you up." Jia Heng said warmly.

Third Sister You: "..."

The tears in the eyes trembled, and for some reason, her cheeks were as red as blood, this...

While she was in a daze, she saw the young man approaching. Third Sister You's heart skipped a beat, she felt tenderness, she quickly closed her eyes, and after a while, both hands gently climbed onto Jia Heng's shoulders.

After a while, Jia Heng looked at Third Sister You's bloody face, suppressed the plumpness in his palm, and said softly: "I will be busy outside in the future, you are smart and smart, and you can help me with the affairs of the house." Help your sister Qin."

"Well, don't worry, sir." Third Sister You replied in a low voice, she was a little dizzy at the moment, she just felt as if she was hit by a sudden joy, she almost came out of a desperate situation, feeling like a dream.

Jia Heng said softly: "I have something else to deal with later, so I won't accompany you to read today."

He doesn't like being pushed too much, he likes to control the progress by himself.

Third Sister You's beautiful eyes were rippling, and she blushed with a gorgeous face, she tremblingly said: "Then I... I will listen to the uncle."

Since everything is already like this, there is no rush.

At this moment, Qingwen's angry voice came from the outside, and she said loudly: "Master, a person from the outside who claims to be Jinyi Mansion has come."

Jia Heng looked at Third Sister You and said, "Sister Third, you should go back to your room first, you have something to do today, and you need to meet the guests."

After going to the back kitchen earlier, he quietly sent the boy to inform Li Shu, a hundred households in brocade clothes who were guarding outside the Ningguo Mansion, to send someone to investigate the mother-in-law that Xiao's cook said, as well as related backgrounds, and at the same time explain the preparations All in one outfit.

Seeing that Jia Heng really had something to do, Third Sister You nodded and said, "Then the uncle is busy, so I don't want to bother you."

Jia Heng nodded, with deep eyes, he also walked towards the front hall.

He is a suspicious criminal, and that familiar figure from the back, like a heart attack, helped him identify several criminals in his previous life.

In fact, even the vassal king would not be able to go to a banquet outside. He would have to worry about whether he would be killed with a bow and crossbow from a high place, and the dishes would be poisoned and murdered. Needles for drug testing.

Then, it must be regarded as a neuropathy.

Generally speaking, the situation always has an escalation process from relaxation to tension. It is neither realistic nor difficult to easily raise security to the highest alert state.

It was only after Jiajing was almost strangled to death by two court ladies that he moved to Xiyuan and began to carefully screen and sort out the entire palace servant system.

If it wasn't for Zhen Qing, he wouldn't pay attention to this cook who had been in the mansion for half a year, otherwise he would fall into unlimited doubts, is the family reliable?If the family has a child, they will not be threatened, lured, poisoned and assassinated?

As long as he is suspicious, he even suspects that his marriage contract with Keqing was planned in advance.

Ok?

Can't, shouldn't it?This is persecution paranoia.

Jia Heng stared deeply, calming down a strange ripple in his heart.

We still have to wait for the results from the Jinyi Mansion, and the back is so familiar, where did he see it?

This is the reason why it is always difficult to dispel doubts. This is the professional habit of the previous life. Once you have doubts, you must find out the reason, observe and examine, and you will never stop until you find out the truth.

When he came to the study in the front yard, Jia Heng looked at Li Shu and asked, "Where's the information?"

"My lord, I don't have much information. I checked the photo stickers and road guides in the inn's register. This Xiao Sanniang is indeed from Yangzhou. She was kicked out of the inn and entered the Rongguo Mansion through the relationship of Mrs. Zhang of the Rongguo Mansion. , We asked Mrs. Zhang, she said that this cook Xiao is from Yangzhou, she said she came to visit relatives, Mrs. Zhang saw that she was not bad at cooking, so she went to do odd jobs in the kitchen of the West Mansion, just when the cook of the West Mansion was punished, she became a cook. " Li Shu, a member of a hundred families in Jinyi Mansion, said in a low voice, observing the expression of the young man opposite him.

Jia Heng frowned, eyes flickered, and said in a low voice: "Her real name is Xiao Sanniang?"

"It is recorded in the road guide that she is called Xiao Sanniang, and Xu is the third in the family." Li Shu said in a low voice.

Jia Heng looked gloomy, thinking about the reason.

Once I started to doubt, I felt that there were doubts everywhere. Is this Ma Sanniang from the Demon Cult who broke into the Black Heart Tiger?

"These are just her own words, she may not be serious, Yangzhou is thousands of miles away, how could a weak woman enter the mansion like this?" Jia Heng asked, "Is there any other information?"

This set of rhetoric is almost the same as what is said in the kitchen.

The problem is that the evidence from the same source cannot be reinforced. What is the persuasiveness of the words of one person?

But now there are new pieces of evidence—official document certificates and body stickers, but these two things are not impossible to forge.

Seeing Jia Heng contemplating deeply and having doubts in his heart, Li Shu's eyes showed a cold look, and he said in a low voice: "Captain, why don't you take him away and torture him?"

Jia Heng waved his hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't be too busy, just test it out."

Not yet, if it was Dai Quan's inner guard eyeliner, it would be somewhat embarrassing to send people in for interrogation.

Seeing this, Li Shu pondered for a moment, then turned to say: "Commander, Liu Zhenfu said that Commander Qu has sent intelligence about Shandong Bailian, and there are also some clues about Taiyuan."

Jia Heng's eyes were deep, fixed on Li Shu, and his cold eyes fixed on him, until the hair of Jinyi Baihu looked numb, he was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Actually, it's not impossible."

Li Shuning frowned, and asked again: "Captain, what?"

Jia Heng's face was like black water, he raised his eyes to glance at the sky outside, and said in a low voice: "It's nothing, tomorrow I will go to Jinyi Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi to ask about the matter, and let Liu Jixian gather the relevant intelligence."

"Captain, this thing." Li Shu hesitated for a while, feeling a little weird, but such an important military official did not dare to ask more questions.

"Put things first." Jia Heng nodded, his eyes darkened.

Li Shu cupped his hands and said, "If your lord has nothing to say, then I will resign from the humble position."

"Go ahead." Jia Heng waved his hand and sat down again, feeling a wave of doubt in his heart.

Was it the female assassin of the White Lotus Sect who assassinated King Zhongshun?He used to hide under his carriage before, and originally wanted to take it down, but then he was concerned that Keqing was in the carriage, so he pretended not to know, and now he lurked in the mansion.

(End of this chapter)