Chapter 38: Enemy Lu Zhai's Spear and Arrow [Part 1]
Pan Youan really escaped!
For a whole day, first the Pan family mobilized relatives and friends to search, and then Lai Da and Deng Haoshi also sent out search teams.
As the scope and density of the search continued to expand, Pan Youan's whereabouts after leaving the boiler room yesterday afternoon gradually became clearer.
First, someone found out that he had withdrawn seventeen taels of silver from Datong Bank in Fenggong City yesterday afternoon - according to the bank's account records, he had deposited this money in six installments in the past two months.
Then someone found out that Pan Youan went to the clothing store in Xingrong and bought three sets of used clothes and six pairs of thin-soled fast boots.
Later, someone discovered that a young man wearing a felt hat and carrying a backpack hurriedly left Changshoufang and headed for the outer city.
Finally, relying on the name of Rongguo Mansion, Lai Da's people found out from the defenders at Dongbianmen that there was a man who looked very similar to Pan You'an and who had left the capital before yesterday evening.
At this point, it is an indisputable fact that Pan Youan fled in fear of crime.
Even Pan Youan's parents were speechless when faced with the news that came back one after another.
By the evening of that day, Qin Siqi, the only one who was still unwilling to face the facts and firmly believed that there was something hidden in the story, finally fell ill due to an emotional breakdown.
Upon hearing the news that she was ill, Laishun also considered visiting Siqi, but after careful consideration, he gave up the idea.
Although this is a good time to take advantage of the situation, if Siqi, who is really moved, falls in love with someone else and decides to marry him, wouldn't it be self-defeating?
Especially his mother, Mrs. Xu, was also planning to arrange a marriage for him. If these two things hit it off, wouldn't his lofty ideals be abandoned halfway?
After much deliberation, the best solution is to ignore your conscience and pretend it has nothing to do with you.
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It's the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Although the matter of Pan Youan's absconding out of fear of crime was still brewing in the house, Laishun ignored it for the time being.
Because the postponed ‘press conference’ will finally be held officially.
Early that morning, he was driven to the shooting range of Rongguofu with his father, but he saw that this place was completely different from when he came a few days ago.
Numerous ditches and bumps were dug out of the originally flat ground, and a patch of mud was even poured out in the northwest corner.
Only the outermost circle remains flat, and two simple galloping paths are drawn with lime powder, which looks a bit like a sports ground in later generations.
It was Lai Shun's suggestion to do it like this, but he couldn't see it again after the transformation.
After walking around in and out, I found that I was a little too hard, so I hurriedly got over and communicated with Laiwang, saying that it was best to abandon the muddy ground directly. If I really wanted to try it, I would wait until the other tests were completed.
Good guy~
I don't know how much water they poured, let alone a carriage. Laishun suspected that even if he brought a small-displacement car, he would probably be stuck in it and unable to move.
It was around 9 o'clock in the morning.
Wang Xifeng first led Ping'er and Mrs. Xu to the shooting range. Not long after, Aunt Xue and her son also arrived.
However, Laishun secretly spied for a long time and did not see the figure suspected of Xue Baochai.
However, there is a maid beside Aunt Xue, who seems to be Xiang Ling, who first appeared in the original book, but was homeless and had a miserable fate.
The reason why Laishun could recognize her was because of the rouge mark the size of a grain of rice between Xiangling's eyebrows.
I still wanted to take a closer look, but another group of people arrived outside the shooting range.
Wang Xifeng, Aunt Xue and others all went out to welcome them, and not long after, a mother and her son came in.
Looking at the scene where stars are holding the moon, I guess they must be Wang Ziteng's wife and children.
However, this Mrs. Wang looks a bit dull. Compared with the exquisite Wang Xifeng, she is completely different.
And Wang Ren was about twenty-six or seven years old. Although he did not hold a serious official position, he had cultivated an official style.
After he met Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng on the temporary viewing platform just east of the shooting range, he called Xue Pan aside and asked about his studies like an elder brother.
Xue Datou bared his teeth when asked, wishing he could lie down on the spot and pretend to be dead.
When the greetings were finally finished on the viewing platform.
It’s time for Lai Wang, Lai Shun and his son to appear.
Since his son had not been able to take the opportunity to show off in front of his second wife in the past few days, Lai Wang specially left it to his son to play the leading role in today's drama.
So after receiving Xu's signal, Laishun took the initiative to go to the viewing platform and bowed deeply to the fat and thin people above.
Wang Xifeng didn't wait for him to speak, and smiled at Mrs. Wang who was standing aside: "Mother, this is the boy who came to the Wang family. He came up with the rare thing we are going to see today!"
Hearing that he came from his own family, Mrs. Wang took a serious look at Laishun and sighed: "When I came here with his parents, I remember he was younger than your nephew. I didn't expect him to be so old.
"
“Not only is it bigger, it’s also growing longer!”
Wang Xifeng said, rushed over, flicked the handkerchief, and ordered: "Don't play any tricks, hurry up and practice."
Laishun responded respectfully, but was not in a hurry to act. Instead, he took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Grandma, do you think you can invite the coachmen from our family and my aunt's family to come in and let them help give it a try?
"
This is actually a countermeasure that has been discussed long ago, and Wang Xifeng will naturally not refuse.
So after a brief communication, they sent someone to ask for the carriage drivers from Wang and Xue families.
As soon as the person who didn't want to be sent left, a quarrel broke out outside the shooting range.
Lai Wang heard what he heard and hurriedly ran out to check what was going on. Not long after, he came back with a sad face and reported: "My wife and Master Bao are here. They are making a fuss outside and want to come in!"
Why are Jia Baoyu and Mrs. Wang here?!
Thinking about it, it has been more than two months since I traveled to the world of Red Mansions. It's okay that I didn't get to see Baochai and Daiyu. After all, they were raised in a deep courtyard and never saw outsiders.
But even Jia Baoyu, the leading actor, has never been seen before, which makes it a little unreasonable.
With this thought in mind, he saw that the viewing platform was in a mess and no one was paying attention to his actions, so he quietly left the shooting range to get a glimpse of Jia Baoyu's true appearance.
However, when he arrived outside the courtyard gate, before he could even raise his neck to look around, he was shouted at loudly by the crowd, attracting all the attention.
"It's the opposite, it's really the opposite!"
Just listen to the voice angrily scolding: "In this clear sky, there is still a place in the house that I can't go to?! It's strange that a small steward in the boiler room can take away so much money, but there are so many emotions in the house.
Such disrespectful dog slaves!"
Is this Mrs. Wang?
When I followed the reputation, I had more doubts in my heart. I saw that the woman was about thirty years old, with a charming and charming face, but she didn't have any poise in her tone.
Don't the rumors say that Mrs. Wang was kind and kind in life?
And she didn't look like she was older than Aunt Xue - unless the women in their family grew up against their age.
Just as he was wondering, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng and others all came out to welcome him.
From a distance, I heard Wang Xifeng say with a smile: "My wife is coming, why don't you let me know first, so that my wife can wait in front of the door to avoid losing etiquette."
daughter in law?
No wonder it's nothing like the rumors.
Chapter completed!