Jiao Shun originally planned to leave the matter to Jia Baoyu and stay out of it - even if the news was leaked afterwards and provoked the revenge of King Zhongshun, the first ones to bear the brunt would be King Beijing and Da Lian Bao.

Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the changes. He returned to Rongguo Mansion and looked for the boy on duty outside the second door to listen. He learned that Baoyu had left the house early in the morning and had not come back until now.

Jiao Shun couldn't help but secretly cried out that he had made a mistake.

He should have thought that this playful boy would not be able to stay at home for the festival and would have to go outside to join in the fun.

what to do?

If the delay is too long, Liu Xianglian may not be able to escape the search of the palace guards.

Although Jiao Shun was often jealous of his handsomeness, they were somewhat of a 'friend' with each other, not to mention that they had promised to help with the interrogation, so it was hard to just wait for him to be captured and executed by King Zhongshun.

So he asked without giving up: "Do you know where Brother Bao went?"

"How dare you little ones ask such questions?"

The boy on duty laughed sarcastically, and then said: "If Uncle Jiao wants to know where Second Master Bao has gone, he might as well look for Mingyan and ask. Maybe he knows."

"Mingyan didn't follow Brother Bao out?"

"No, I said I had a stomachache this morning, so I had someone else take my place temporarily."

Tsk~

Jiao Shun was in a dilemma for a while.

Liu Xianglian has already made a promise, so she can't break her promise.

But if he comes back in a big way, it will be difficult to evade if something happens in the future.

“Is there a nursing home on duty around here?!”

Just at this moment, an urgent voice came from the passage between the two doors: "It's terrible, there are actually burglars in our courtyard. Send a few people over quickly to search the area!"

While he was talking, the man also crossed the Neiyi Gate in a hurry, and then he realized that there was Jiao Shun standing next to the boy.

So she hurriedly bowed and said, "Uncle Jiao."

"It turns out to be Miss Sheyue."

Jiao Shun recognized the person and couldn't help but wonder: "There was a thief in your courtyard? How could a thief break into the inner house in this clear day?"

"It can be said that it is!"

She Yue herself found it unbelievable, and said gesticulating: "I also find it unbelievable, but someone sneaked into the courtyard and was accidentally bumped into by the little maid. He was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed over the wall and fled.

Get out!"

Is the security work of Rongguo Mansion so bad?

There are people tumbling in and out in broad daylight!

But this is a good reason, and we can take the opportunity to get the jade back.

"Musk Moon, Musk Moon!"

Jiao Shun was about to follow the current, but he didn't expect that Qiu Wen was chased out by two people. She rushed to She Yue's side in a few steps and gave She Yue a strong tug. She was about to say something when she suddenly saw Jiao Shun beside her and stopped.

Greeting him with a smile.

Then Qiu Wen looked at Jiao Shun and then at She Yue, looking like he was hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Jiao Shun hurriedly said: "If something like this happens, you must inform Brother Bao in advance, but don't make the whole city a storm by being confused."

"Yes, yes!"

After hearing this, Qiu Wen seemed to be secretly relieved. While nodding vigorously, he winked at She Yue and said, "That's right. Maybe Si'er got it wrong. We'd better wait for the second master to come back."

Let’s talk after you ask clearly.”

From what I heard, I'm afraid there might be something hidden in it.

However, this was someone else's family matter after all, and Jiao Shun had no intention of delving into it.

He just took the opportunity to tell the boy: "No matter it's a misunderstanding or something, it won't be wrong to ask Brother Bao to come back and take charge of the overall situation - you go to the front yard to inform him, tell Brother Bao that there is something going on in the house, and ask them to dispatch it."

People must quickly find Brother Bao."

After a pause, he added: "Brother Ruobao is back, don't forget to let people know about it."

Although Jiao Shun was not a serious master in this house, he was one of the four general managers, not to mention that the matter involved Baoyu, so the young man naturally did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly responded respectfully and hurried to the front yard to deliver the message.

After he left, Jiao Shun also said goodbye to his two daughters.

However, She Yue was confused and was dragged back to the inner house by Qiu Wen. Seeing that there was no one around, she couldn't help but question: "Si'er saw the snitch with his own eyes! What's more, there were footprints on the ground and on the wall.

There are no traces of it, even a few pieces of tiles were removed, it is obvious that it was robbed, but why do you say you were wrong?"

Qiu Wen's face turned bitter and he said helplessly: "It's true that he was a thief, but he may not be a thief who stole things."

"What's the meaning?"

"Not long after you left, someone found a wooden box in the grass outside the wall with a golden hairpin inside..."

When She Yue heard this, she immediately interjected: "Isn't this more proof that the family has been robbed?"

"That golden hairpin is not from our house, and..."

"And how?"

"And there's a love poem in the box!"

She Yue was startled, and then she understood the meaning of Qiu Wen's words, but it turned out that he was actually a thief!

But this is even more wrong.

Why did the secret communication fail to work, so why did he break into the inner house so brazenly?

Qiu Wen nodded and said, "Sister Xiren also found it strange, so she asked me to chase you back quickly."

The two of them just talked all the way back home.

Before entering the main room, I heard Xi and Qingwen arguing in the living room.

Xiren felt that this matter was really weird, so it was best to suppress it first and investigate slowly later.

But Qingwen felt that it was because of the strangeness that she should find out as soon as possible to prevent everyone from making random guesses and ruining the reputation of the whole house.

Hearing that the two were arguing, She Yue hurriedly opened the curtain and entered the room and said: "Stop arguing now! Uncle Jiao also said that it is best to keep quiet for now and wait for Mr. Bao to come back and take charge of the overall situation."

I heard that it was Jiao Shun's intention, but Qingwen couldn't refute it.

Xiren asked curiously: "How did you meet Uncle Jiao?"

"But it happens that Uncle Jiao is talking to someone at the second gate."

She Yue replied: "Uncle Jiao has already sent someone to find our second master. I just don't know where the second master has gone. I'm afraid it will take a while to find him."

When Xiren heard that someone had been sent to search for the jade, he became more and more aware of his plans, so he called out to Sheyue and Qiu Wen, and asked the maids to give them advice and comfort, so that they would not discuss the matter carelessly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the courtyard settled down, someone suddenly heard someone shouting at the door of the courtyard: "Madam is here, the person in charge of the house should come out quickly!"

Hearing this shout, the little maids were all as silent as cicadas. Xiren, Qingwen, Sheyue, and Qiuwen hurriedly responded and went out, bowing their heads to the left and right at the entrance of the courtyard.

Not long after, Mrs. Wang walked in without looking sideways, and without even looking at them, she went to the main room and sat down.

Looking at this posture, the attackers became more and more panicked.

I wanted to look for the gold necklace and inquire about it, but unexpectedly another servant girl raised her voice and said, "Madam, I want you to come in and answer the question."

When the women filed in, they lined up in the middle of the room.

Holding a cup of tea, Mrs. Wang asked with a straight face: "I heard that there was a thief in your courtyard? Why didn't you let Luding Nei outside the second gate know?"

The four women looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Mrs. Wang slammed the tea bowl on the table and said coldly: "Why don't you say anything?"

After a pause, he called Xi Ren's name again: "Xi Ren!"

Xiren was startled and was about to step out of the queue to reply, but Qingwen preempted him by saying, "It's true that I've been raped by a thief, but things are a little weird."

Then he explained what happened and a few doubtful points one by one.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang also frowned and said for a long time: "No matter what is weird, since something like this has happened, we must investigate it thoroughly."

Immediately, she didn't care how Xiren, Qingwen and others reacted, and ordered the Wu Xing family and the Zheng Hua family [both of whom were Mrs. Wang's companions] to search the house together with Jin Chuan and Caixia.

After this search, a lot of gold and valuable things were found in the maids' house.

But when I asked carefully, I found that they were all prized by precious jade, and were not stolen goods.

Once the maid's room is searched, there will be more good things.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang looked even more unhappy.

Even his father would not dare to be so lavish!

However, although she was a little dissatisfied with her son's behavior of selling his father's land, she was used to pampering him after all, so she had no intention of going into details.

They just ordered people to register the treasures in a book, indicating that the treasures and jade were "rewarded and used for reward", but they could not be taken out of the house at will, let alone sell them at will.

This just took back the ownership in disguise.

The Wu Xing family suddenly shouted at the top of their lungs: "Whose thing is this? What a shameless little boy!"

Everyone looked around and saw her holding up an open letter as if she had discovered a new world.

"What's going on?"

After hearing Mrs. Wang's question, the Wu Xing family members hurriedly presented the letter with both hands as if offering a treasure.

After Mrs. Wang read the ten lines at a glance, her face turned completely gloomy. She shook the letter and asked, "Who did you find this from?"

The Wu Xing family members immediately looked at the attacker.

Xiren hurriedly explained: "That's not my package!"

"It's Qingwen's!"

Qiu Wen exclaimed from the side: "That's Qingwen's package!"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Qingwen's head.

Qingwen never thought that she had just advocated a thorough investigation, but in the end the investigation was blamed on her.

Her pretty face turned pale at first, and then turned red again.

"Not me!"

She gritted her teeth and defended: "Someone must be setting me up!"

Hearing this, the members of the Wu Xing family sneered: "That's what the girl said. Didn't this letter come out of your package? It also says that I will send you a hairpin during the festival!"

"Not me!"

Qingwen protested again: "If it were me, how could I advocate an immediate and thorough investigation?! Not to mention knowing that a search was going to be carried out, and still keeping the things in my package!"

"this……"

The Wuxing family members were at a loss for words.

Indeed, Qingwen has always been committed to a thorough investigation, and now the evidence has been dug out of her package. This is a bit weird no matter how you think about it.

Seeing that the Wu Xing family was at a disadvantage, the Zheng Hua family spoke up and said, "Maybe the thief is shouting to catch the thief."

"Bah! You are the thief!"

Qingwen spat in her face.

Just as she was about to argue again, Mrs. Wang raised her hand to stop her, stared at Qingwen and asked impatiently: "Even if someone is framed, why don't you frame others, but why do you want to be harmed? It shows that you are usually careless!"

As soon as the theory that "flies don't bite seamless eggs" came out, Qingwen couldn't argue with it.

Feeling ashamed and angry, she actually grabbed the golden hairpin that was placed on the table as evidence and pressed it hard to death to prove her innocence!

Because the incident happened suddenly, no one in the room had time to stop it.

"I can't do it, I can't do it!"

Fortunately, Baoyu arrived in time, rushed over with dancing, grabbed the golden hairpin, hugged Qingwen regardless, and asked in a trembling voice: "What on earth is going on?! Why is everything so good?

…”

I saw Qingwen throwing herself into Baoyu's arms and crying non-stop.

Xiren hurriedly stepped forward and recounted what happened in a low voice. After hearing this, Jia Baoyu said without hesitation: "This must be framed by someone. There is no way Qingwen would do such a thing!"

Then he said to Mrs. Wang: "Mrs. Mingjian, my son can swear to God that she is never such a frivolous woman!"

Mrs. Wang was startled just now, and she was still a little scared at this time.

But seeing that his son was so partial to this charming maid and showing such intimacy, he couldn't help but ask again: "Never mind what happened today, I heard that she often behaves in a way that makes things difficult for others. You can't help it."

You can let her do whatever she wants, right or wrong?"

"this……"

Baoyu's momentum suddenly dropped, and he hesitated and couldn't answer.

"Hmph~"

Mrs. Wang snorted coldly: "Even if she is innocent, she will definitely not be able to keep such a girl who makes trouble for nothing! Let's get rid of her as soon as possible..."

Before Mrs. Wang could finish her words, Qingwen stopped crying, broke away from Baoyu's arms, and bumped her head against the wall.

"useless!"

Baoyu hurriedly grabbed her, but she staggered a few steps.

Fortunately, the attackers all swarmed up and stopped Qingwen.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang was frightened by Qingwen's staunchness, but at the same time she became increasingly angry that she would always threaten her with death.

"Mrs."

Just when I didn't know what to do, a servant girl suddenly came in and reported: "Uncle Jiao is outside asking for an audience."

"Brother Shun, why are you here?"

Mrs. Wang remembered that Jiao Shun had gone to Wang's house today and might have brought back the follow-up to the official selling incident, so she hurriedly said: "Invite him in quickly."

Not long after, Jiao Shun came in from the outside. While greeting Mrs. Wang, he secretly looked at the situation in the room and speculated on what happened. He said to Mrs. Wang: "My nephew is here to cause trouble. The first is the Taiwei Master."

Let me send you a message to say hello. Secondly, I want to find Brother Bao to go to Shichahai to watch the dragon boat race."

Mrs. Wang patiently asked about the details of Jiao Shun's visit to Wang Ziteng.

When he learned that Wang Ziteng had given Jiao Shun the nickname "Changqing", he couldn't help but sigh: "Of all the children and nephews who are related to each other, none of them can catch his eye. Now that I have fallen in love with you alone, it shows that it is you."

The destiny has arrived, and you must not let down this expectation in the future."

"Jiao Shun strictly follows his wife's teachings."

Jiao Shun bowed deeply, then pretended to be curious and looked at Qingwen who was controlled by everyone: "What's wrong with Miss Qingwen?"

It happened that Qingwen also remembered at this time that Jiao Shun had excused herself and Xiren in front of Jia Zheng.

So, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, she struggled and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and crying: "I was wronged, I beg Mr. Jiao to see clearly!"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang had no intention of stopping it, Xiren hurriedly recounted what happened.

After Jiao Shun heard this, he also concluded that someone must have framed him.

Moreover, he further deduced that this matter was probably closely related to Mingyan!

After all, just a few days ago, Qingwen claimed that she had found out about Mingyan, and then she was framed. It is difficult not to make people suspect that there is a connection.

In addition, I heard before that Mingyan did not accompany Baoyu to hang out today...

However, there is currently no actual evidence to support his speculation.

and……

This matter may not be a good opportunity for Jiao Shun!

"this……"

After pondering for a while, he spread his hands in a pretense of difficulty and said: "I'm not an official who decides the case. I'm afraid it would be..."

After a pause, Jiao Shun changed the topic again: "But since the matter is suspicious, it is indeed inappropriate to kick her out like this. How about we compromise?"

Mrs. Wang was forced to die by Qingwen twice. She was also hesitating about how to step down. After hearing this, she quickly asked: "What's a compromise?"

Just listen to what Jiao Shun said in a scripture: "Don't rush her out, let her lend it to my house for a few days first - the five children in my mother's house have always been sick recently, which is really reassuring.

No less.”

With that said, he turned to Baoyu and promised: "When Brother Bao finds out the truth, if she is innocent, it won't be too late to take her back."

Baoyu was still a little hesitant at first, but after hearing this, he immediately made up his mind. He immediately knelt down in front of his mother and said loudly: "I really can't bear to kick her out like this. I beg my wife to grant her permission and agree to Brother Jiao's compromise."

Way!"
Chapter completed!