The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

In the Grand View Garden, by the Peach Blossom Forest, more than a dozen red candles with thin arms reflected the pavilion like daylight.

Sun Shaozong and Jia Baoyu sat opposite each other in the pavilion, and on the stone table in front of them, there were more than a dozen different flavored dips.

At the edge of the stone table, in two oval plates that were half a meter long, there were dozens of fully bearded and fully tailed shrimp lying quietly, but they had stripped off their armor.

Steamed, fried, salt and pepper, spicy...

Almost all conceivable cooking methods have been tried on these skinny shrimp and placed on the plate in groups of six.

Whenever the two of them picked up one, a servant girl would immediately come forward and refill it, and to achieve this, there were a dozen or so little servant girls in the peach forest, fighting desperately against the ferocious hard shell.

In addition to the maid in charge of watching the River Lantern, this simple banquet that appeared to only have one main course was attended by over twenty people, all of whom were young and beautiful teenagers. Because, according to Jia Baoyu, the things that were peeled off from the dead fish's eyes were difficult to swallow.

Although he sneered at Jia Baoyu's statement, Sun Shaozong was enjoying the service, and he had no sense of guilt as an exploiter.

Indeed, he has become increasingly depraved.

After Sun Shaozong drank and ate, he began to insinuate and inquire about Jia Zheng's matchmaking. However, seeing Jia Baoyu's bewildered appearance, it seemed that there had been no rumors of this matter.

After Jia Zheng came back, did he just put down his banner and stopped working?

Originally, Sun Shaozong was quite conflicted in his heart, and he was quite in a dilemma about this marriage. However, now that it was quiet and silent, it made him feel lost.

After secretly slandering Jia Zheng, he suddenly remembered Jiang Yuhan's entrustment and hurriedly said, "By the way, I met Brother Jiang at the Royal Residence a few days ago. He...”

“How is Qiguan now?”

Jia Baoyu quickly gathered up and looked at Sun Shaozong excitedly.

“He has been punished by the Prince, but is still good.”

Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment and used a slightly gentle expression, "I heard the meaning in his words; he wanted to forget you in the Jianghu from now on.”

“Forgetting each other in the Jianghu from now on?”

Jia Baoyu chewed this sentence several times in a daze before sitting back in a dejected state. He hung his head in frustration, like a primary school student about to be expelled from school, and muttered to himself, "That's true. How can I still have the face to see him now?”

As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he pounded his chest and feet, saying, "It's all because I don't have the backbone. I was just asked a few questions and sold my friend! I... I really…”

Seeing him speak more and more agitatedly, he raised his hand and was about to slap himself in the face.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly said, "In fact, he didn't mean to blame you either. He was only under the pressure of the Prince to say these heartless words.”

Pa!

Who knew, Baoyu finally slapped himself and said with a mournful expression, "Isn't the magnanimity of Qiguan even more evident in my despicable and obscene demeanor that day?”

As he spoke, the big tears in his eyes trickled down.

When he was almost beaten to death by his father, Sun Shaozong never saw him cry like this. Now, just by hearing that Qiguan was going to cut his robe and sever his righteousness, he...

As a pure man, Sun Shaozong was feeling uneasy and didn't know if he should continue to comfort himself. Suddenly, he heard a report from Xiren outside the Pavilion, saying, "Lord Sun, our Second Madam sent someone to bring some things over and asked you to forward them to the Young Lady [Jia Yingchun].

Did Wang Xifeng send someone to deliver something?

Sun Shaozong's heart moved and he immediately thought of Ping'er. He quickly took the opportunity to ask, "Where is the person? What other letters do you want to bring back together?”

“For this, I do not know.”

Xiren shook her head and, as expected by Sun Shaozong, said, "I can invite Sister Ping’er over and you can ask the question yourself.”

“Thank you then.”

When Baoyu next to him heard that Ping’er was coming, he quickly wiped his tears and put on a serious posture, obviously unwilling to throw a face at Jia Lian.

Not long after, Ping’er arrived outside the Pavilion, stopped not far away, bowed, and said, "Report back to Lord Sun. I don't have any letters to entrust you with, but I heard from the Young Lady a couple of days ago that your government would send people to the south to buy the Taihu Lake stones to build a new rockery."

“The Second Madam asked me to ask if they had already set off south. If they hadn't already gone south, our family would have stored some supplies. When the Young Lady has some free time, she might as well go home and take a look first.”

Sun Shaozong hid in Jia Yingchun's house for a night yesterday. Naturally, she knew that she had not heard a word recently and sent it to Wang Xifeng, let alone buying the Taihu Lake stones.

Therefore, it was immediately guessed that what Wang Xifeng wanted to inquire about was the progress of the ”timber business.”

It was just that…

Why didn't Ping’er find another excuse to say that he wanted to build a rockery?

Feeling skeptical, Sun Shaozong casually replied, "In fact, our servants in the mansion arrived in Jiangnan half a month ago. Yesterday, they sent a letter back saying that they had ordered many good stones and the price was also reasonable, so I'm afraid we can only disappoint the beauty of our Second Madam.”

Upon hearing this, Ping’er said again, "Since that's the case, then I shall trouble you to pass on the things to the Young Lady, Lord Sun.”

As she spoke, she turned around and greeted Sun Shaozong, and immediately someone held the silk gauze in front of him.

After Sun Shaozong received the item, Ping’er then led the maid to bow and leave.

Just as she didn't walk far, she didn't know what she had said to the little maid, and the two of them went their separate ways and walked away from each other.

Sun Shaozong peeked at the Pavilion and saw clearly that there was a rockery made of the Taihu Lake stones in the direction of Ping’er

He immediately felt like a mirror in his heart, and with patience, he circled with Jia Baoyu for a few words, then excused himself and hastily left the banquet.

Just as he circled in a moderate circle and approached the rockery, he found that the entrance was actually in the opposite direction, and there was also a dense bamboo forest in the middle. If he wanted to pass around, he would have to waste a lot of legs and feet.

But how could there be a lot of time to waste now?

Although the mountain and stone were steep, they were only seven or eight meters high. Without hesitation, Sun Shaozong rolled up his sleeves and climbed up with both hands and feet.

When he reached the top, he saw a small Pavilion in the middle of the mountain and stones. Inside the pavilion, a woman was standing faintly, stretching her neck, and looking down the mountain.

Sun Shaozong felt hot in his heart and quietly covered it up. Suddenly, he grabbed her in his arms and held half of her earlobe in his hand, saying, "Wait for a moment.”

Before the word could be spoken, Sun Shaozong had already realized that it was incorrect.

The waist of this woman in his arms was incredibly slender, even better than Ping’er's rough waist, and the touch on her chest was a whole circle smaller!