The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 689 Gifts

Chapter 689 Gifts

the next morning.

As soon as Xiren poured out the washing water in the yard, before he could turn around, he saw Jia Baoyu walking out in a hurry.

"Second Master!"

Xiren hurriedly called him to stop, and rushed to ask: "You didn't even eat food this early in the morning, is there anything urgent you need to do?"

Jia Baoyu flicked his sleeves, and said frowningly: "According to calculations, it has been 20 days since I sent someone to Suzhou to look for Sister Lin. I don't know if there is any news from the south. I am going to ask the old lady. Woolen cloth."

As he spoke, he sighed sadly: "I only hate that the telegram shop is too slow, otherwise, if I can get Sister Lin to send the letter across thousands of miles, it will be worth a thousand dollars!"

"Don't dare to talk nonsense!"

Xiren hurriedly made a silent gesture, and said with a low voice: "Because of the old lady's birthday this year, the master, wife, and the third girl are all worried about money. What are you talking about at this time? Isn't it just asking for fun?"

After a pause, he said again: "Besides, if there is news about Miss Lin, how can the old lady hide it from you?"

It made sense when Jia Baoyu thought about it, and he couldn't help becoming more and more depressed. He turned around and walked slowly into the main room with his head down. Burying her face, she said in a muffled voice, "You said, could it be, could it be that dream..."

"Why did the second master bring this up again?"

Xiren was about to comfort him, when he suddenly saw a woman poking her head outside the door.

Xiren frowned, and went a few steps forward to ask: "Auntie, is there something for our master, or..."

The woman hurriedly nodded and walked in the door, and said with a smile: "Just now someone gave the second master a box of gifts, because we saw that the second master was talking to the girl, we didn't dare to come in and disturb."

As he spoke, he rushed behind and waved, and then two healthy servants came in with a box.

Seeing that the box does not look like an ordinary thing, and there is even a lot of red copper for decoration on the outside, Xiren couldn't help but wonder: "Which house did this come from?"

"The person who came here didn't say anything, but only said that the main family's surname is Lin, and that the second master will know when he sees..."

"Surnamed Lin?!"

Jia Baoyu, who was still lying on the pillar, suddenly became energetic when he heard the word "Lin", and staring at his tear-stained eyes, he rushed to the front in three steps at a time, first circled around, and then Qidao: "How do you open this thing?"

"It said there was a buckle."

As the old woman said, she was about to go forward to help find the organ, but was stopped by Jia Baoyu's cross arm, and said disgustedly: "Okay, okay, just put the things here, it's none of your business, all back go down."

When the old woman left in a huff, Jia Baoyu hurriedly called out Sheyue Bihen and the others, and they all fumbled around the box.

After a while, Bihen shouted: "It should be here!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed hard, and the box bounced open with a 'click'.

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed, and without even thinking about it, he opened the lid of the box, and saw a bloody big black dog curled up in the box, its limbs were twisted upside down, its torso was disembowelled, and its internal organs were all exposed. It's hideous and terrifying.

Four-fifths of the neck had been cut off, leaving only a layer of skin on the back of the neck. In the middle of the fuzzy beard and flesh, a milky white throat was swaying tremblingly, as if greeting him.

The dog's head, which was dying with regret, tilted up slightly, and opened its bloody mouth towards Jia Baoyu, as if it was complaining about its own tragic experience.

Seeing this scene, there was screaming in Yihong Courtyard, and the maidservants who were clustered around the box scattered instantly, only Jia Baoyu was left staring at the dog's head with round eyes.

Seeing this scene, some newcomers couldn't help sighing that Second Master Bao was a man after all, so he was more courageous than a woman.

But those who were familiar with him, such as Xiren, Sheyue, and Bihen, all cried out that something was wrong when they saw this, and hurriedly surrounded him on all sides. As expected, Baoyu didn't get the slightest response to this cry, who was helping him.

After all, Xiren has experienced a lot. Although Xiren is not flustered, he directs everyone to carry Baoyu into the house, and at the same time urgently orders Sheyue Bihen to report to the master and wife.

But she said that Musk Moon got an assignment and was rushing to Qingtang hut in a hurry, but she didn't want to bump into Caiyun on the way.

"Madam is at home..."

"The second master is at home..."

The two spoke at the same time and shut up at the same time.

Because Musk Moon was very anxious after all, he quickly said: "So that my sister can know, just now I don't know what kind of villain who has no conscience, actually packed a black dog that was tortured and killed in a box, and sent it in as a gift. The second master didn't notice it for a while. I was so frightened that I fell into hysteria!"

"Is there such a thing?!"

Caiyun was quite surprised when she heard the words, and hurriedly led Sheyue back, ignoring her own errands.

When we arrived at the hut in Qingtang, it happened that Caixia came out with a teapot to refill her cup. Seeing the flustered look of the two of them, she couldn't help frowning and said, "Why, Baoyu refused to come? Didn't you tell him that it was uncle and wife who came? "

"That's not the case!"

Caiyun didn't have time to explain to her, so she directly led Sheyue into the main room.

When you enter the door, you will see a thin lady sitting side by side with Mrs. Wang next to the main seat in the middle.

Sheyue recognized that the lady was the wife of Prince Teng Wang Taiwei, and hurriedly followed Caiyun to salute.

Mrs. Wang looked outside for a few times, and seeing that there was no sign of her son, she couldn't help wondering: "Why is Musk Moon the only one here?"

"Ma'am, something happened!"

Sheyue knelt down hurriedly, and told all the things just now. Mrs. Wang turned pale with fright, and charged her sister-in-law with a crime, and then went to visit Baoyu in Yihong courtyard.

"I'll go with you, go with you."

Wang Ziteng's wife also hurriedly stood up, assuming a very concerned posture.

When the two of them arrived at Yihong Courtyard, Li Wan and Tanchun, who lived nearby, had already arrived. They were surrounding Baoyu's bed and calling repeatedly, but Baoyu didn't answer a word.

"My son!"

Mrs. Wang rushed forward to watch carefully, but saw Jia Baoyu lying on his back on the bed, eyes wide open and mouth wide open, still maintaining a stunned look.

"My son, my poor son!"

Mrs. Wang couldn't help throwing herself on him and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Li Wan and Tanchun hurried to persuade, even Wang Ziteng's wife was also on the sidelines to explain, Mrs. Wang finally managed to control her emotions, just in time for the doctor to be invited, so the three of them joined Xichun who had just arrived , Wang Xifeng, persuaded her to wait outside.

After Madam Wang sat down in the outer room, she stabilized her mind, and suddenly slapped the coffee table heavily, and said angrily, "Who did this?! Who dares to be so bold?!"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and finally Xiren came out tremblingly and replied: "I have been traced just now, but the people who sent the boxes are all strangers, and they have already left without a trace..."

"Humph~!"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth: "This matter must not be left alone, it must be..."

Just as we were talking, Jia Zheng also rushed over after hearing the news. He entered the door and asked about Jia Baoyu's condition. When he heard that he was being consulted inside, he smiled bitterly at Wang Ziteng's wife and said, "I made my wife laugh, this child has nothing at all." Zu Yifeng was so frightened by a dog corpse."

Mrs. Wang immediately snapped back: "It's not just him who was scared, Xiren, Sheyue... and many maidservants were also scared!"

This is true, but Baoyu was the only one who was scared and lost his soul.

Because Wang Ziteng's wife was present, Jia Zheng didn't want to argue with her, so he changed the subject and asked about the origin of the dead dog.

After listening to Xi Ren's retelling, he couldn't help twisting his beard and said: "In this way, it may be difficult to find out."

Mrs. Wang became more and more displeased when she heard this, and tried again: "It's difficult to check, but I have to check it, and I have to check it to the end!"

Hearing this, Tanchun hesitated to speak.

However, after being rescued by a famous doctor, Jia Baoyu finally recovered his mind in the afternoon, but because of excessive shock, he had to rest for a period of time before he could fully recover.

Mrs. Wang thanked the doctor for sending her away, turned around and saw the sister-in-law who was also following her steps, and said helplessly: "It may not be easy to count on our family, but don't worry, sister-in-law, I will go to Zijin Street in a while If you say anything, ask Jiao Changqing to come forward and accommodate."

But it turns out that Wang Ziteng's wife came to the house today because Wang Ziteng will be escorted to Beijing in the near future. Now, the Wang family doesn't expect Wang Ziteng to get rid of the crime, and only wants to ask him to see him.

Now that she got the promise, Wang Ziteng's wife was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked her sister-in-law.

Recalling her previous superior attitude, Mrs. Wang didn't know whether to be proud or sigh.

After seeing off Wang Ziteng's wife and returning to the main room, Madam Wang went into the inner room without even looking at Jia Zheng.

Seeing that her son woke up and turned around, but his eyes were still dazed and dull, and his face was bloodless, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but shed tears again. She stepped forward and took Baoyu's hand, gritted her teeth and said, "My son, don't worry. I will raise you at home, I need to find out the truth about this matter, so that I can avenge you for this arrow!"

"Ah~!"

I don't know that Madam Wang's words touched Baoyu's nerve, he suddenly yelled, curled up and hugged his head and cried: "Sister Lin, sister Lin, she, she... woo woo woo..."

Why is it Miss Lin again? !

Mrs. Wang frantically comforted her son, but her heart became more and more jealous towards Lin Daiyu.

Xiren saw that her comforting for a while had no effect, he didn't care about his dignity, he hurried forward and hugged Baoyu's arm and said, "Second Master, Second Master! You forgot, there was a wolf in that dream bullying Miss Lin, Now that the wolf is dead without a whole body, wouldn't Miss Lin be able to sit back and relax?"

After repeating these words twice, Jia Baoyu stopped crying and murmured: "Yes, yes, yes, the wolf is dead, it will only be good for Sister Lin, only good..."

Seeing this, Tanchun took advantage of the situation to persuade him: "Madam, it's better to let the second elder brother rest for a while."

Mrs. Wang went to the outside room step by step, only to find that Jia Zheng had already left without saying goodbye, and immediately turned her anger on him.

Sulked for a while, remembering what he had just promised his sister-in-law, he ordered: "Send someone to get the carriage ready, and I will leave for Zijin Street in a quarter of an hour."

Tanchun agreed, and was waiting to pass on the message, but stood still before going out, and turned back to ask: "Madam, after seeing Brother Jiao, do you still want to ask him to help you investigate this matter?"

"That's natural!"

Mrs. Wang took it for granted: "Changqing has always been resourceful, if he comes forward to investigate, the villain will definitely have nowhere to hide!"

Tanchun nodded slightly, and then suggested: "Then Madam might as well tell Brother Jiao about the fact that the family sent someone to pick up Sister Lin in Suzhou, maybe he can analyze some clues from it."

"This……"

Mrs. Wang pondered for a moment, thinking of her relationship with Jiao Shun, she leaked Jiamu and Baoyu's rebellious words, there should be no problem, so she nodded her head in agreement.

Only then did Tanchun feel relieved to go out to spread the word.

Although she was not completely sure, she already had someone to suspect in her heart. After all, that person did not name others, but called himself 'Lin'. If there was no factor of Lin Daiyu in it, then she would definitely not believe it.

And to do such a thing in the name of Lin Daiyu, most of them are enemies and not friends with Lin Daiyu.

After analyzing this point, and taking what Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu did recently as a reference item, then who is the villain who sent the dead dog to the door is ready to be revealed.

But if there are no words of equality as a reference, I am afraid that I may not be able to figure out the key point. That's why Tanchun suggested that Mrs. Wang should not forget to mention this matter.

Speechless all the way.

When Mrs. Wang arrived at Jiao's house, Jiao Shun hadn't turned back yet.

This was also expected by Mrs. Wang. After all, Jiao Shun was an official appointed by the imperial court, and he was not a master like Baoyu who was idle at home all day. He should be working in the yamen at this time.

However, she couldn't imagine that Jiao Shun stayed by Lin Daiyu's side all day today, and put nine points of care and attention on Sister Lin, and left one point for Xueyan. The broken little maid was moved to tears.

Not to mention this, but because Mrs. Wang was already prepared, she was not in a hurry, she just dragged Shi Xiangyun to gossip about the family affairs, and when she saw Jiao Shun after nightfall, she turned back and explained her intentions.

And after listening to what she said about the incident - especially the outrageous words of Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu, Jiao Shun immediately had the answer.

To be able to do such things, and have a strong motivation, I'm afraid it must be Xue's big head!

Although I don't know how the news leaked out, Xue Pan probably got angry when he heard the words of equality, so he sent such a special box of "gifts" in the name of Lin.

He opened his mouth, and was about to announce his conjecture, but after thinking about it, he held back.

Not to mention that I am not yet fully sure, so what if I can be sure that Xue Pan did it?

Will the two become enemies because of this?

Do the two dare to publicize this matter?

Can this matter affect the marriage of the two families?

The answer is obviously negative. After all, it is a marriage bestowed by the emperor, and it is not something that the two families can easily control—unless the words of Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu are publicized, but the Wang family and the Xue family obviously have no such intentions.

Since nothing can be changed by speaking out, why should I be a villain in vain?

Why not take the opportunity to buy a favor for Aunt Xue.

Thinking of this, Jiao Shun only pretended to be filled with righteous indignation, saying that he would try to find out the matter, and did not mention Xue Pan's suspicion at all.

Mrs. Wang went in without knowing it, but she was very satisfied with his attitude, and she whispered: "I won't go back today, I will stay directly at Xue's house."

What a coincidence!

Jiao Shun is also preparing to sell favors to the Xue family.

Well done, maybe today we can relive the sisterhood again.

(End of this chapter)