The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Not far from the west living room, Sun Shaozong ran into Lin Delu, Zhou Da, and others head-on.

But when Sun Shaozong and Qiu Ying were discussing the rules, Lin Delu and others were not idle. They were all in another flower hall not far away, discussing with the soldiers and officials of the Five Cities Army and Horse Department.

"Your Excellency."

Lin Delu submitted the transcript of the negotiation and said with concern, "Are you all right?"

"What can I do for you?"

As Sun Shaozong said, he flipped over the transcript and found that their progress was much more than expected. Several details that were still difficult to plan for had been finalized, leaving only some insignificant differences.

In addition, there were many concessions for the five cities in terms of soldiers and horses.

According to the original expectation, these things would be up for discussion for at least an entire day, but now it only took half a morning.

Seeing the surprise on Sun Shaozong's face, Lin Delu hurriedly said, "I heard that it was Marshal Qiu who instructed that, for your sake, it’s fine for the Five Cities Army and Horses Department to take up more responsibility."

Tch!

Marshal Qiu is really a schemer.

If he had said this one day earlier, there would still be some important implications. If he said this later, it was completely meaningless.

That was to say, it's not a big or small deal!

"Let's go."

He threw the negotiation record back to Lin Delu. Sun Shaozong told him, "After you go back, hand this thing over to Governor Han and tell him that I am sick and need to ask for two days' sick leave."

According to the rules, Sun Shaozong should have accompanied Han Anbang and walked the last mile.

But Sun Shaozong was too lazy to look at his face, so he decided to take a leave of absence.

Since he asked for sick leave, he naturally would not go to work in the Yamen again, so he left the gate of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Department, parted ways with Lin Delu, Zhou Da, and others, and returned to his mansion.

"Second Master."

After getting out of the carriage, he held the two pots of herbal tea made by Xiangling in his hands. Sun Shaozong was about to enter the door when he saw the porter, Liu Quan, welcoming him out. "Just right, Madam just told me to let you know to head to the backyard first when you come back."

"Why?"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly asked, "Does Madam feel uncomfortable?"

This was not a joke. Liu Cheng hurriedly shook his head like a rattle and said, "Madam is fine. The reason seems to be for Lady Lin in the Rongguo Mansion."

For Lin Daiyu?

Sun Shaozong wondered, and soon he arrived in the backyard.

When he entered the main room, he saw Ruan Rong anxiously sticking out a big stomach and asked Xiangling to help her wander around the room.

"What's wrong with you?"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly stepped forward to replace Xiangling and reprimanded, "You are going to be a mother soon. Why are you still being so careless?"

Ruan Rong was overjoyed when she saw him coming in from outside and stopped wandering around the room. She grabbed Sun Shaozong's arm with her backhand and said, "Master, something happened to Sister Lin!"

It turned out that Ruan Rong had someone sort out some tonics yesterday, and this morning she sent some to the Rongguo Mansion.

Normally, when delivering letters and other things, the nanny would hand them over to Lin Daiyu face-to-face and send a reply back. After all, compared with Ruan Rong's rights in speeches in the Sun Mansion, Lin Daiyu had a lot of trouble trying to get a message out.

After the nanny went, she was also prepared to present the gifts to Lin Daiyu herself.

Unexpectedly, after the request was made, the servants of the Jia family resolutely refused, they even refused to let her see Daiyu’s servants.

"According to Zhang Cheng's family, the servants in Rongguo Mansion all looked sad..." Ruan Rong could not help but tremble when she said this. "Could it be that my poor sister suddenly has an emergency?"

"Don't be in a hurry to conclude."

Sun Shaozong quickly comforted, "If Daiyu had any emergency, there was no need to keep it secret from you."

Ruan Rong thought about it, then stamped her foot again and said, "Then what exactly happened? It's not clear. I'm really worried!"

She didn’t know why the sharped-tongue Lin Daiyu could be on good terms with her.

Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly, "I will send someone to the Rongguo Mansion to deliver the post later, and I will go and inquire for you in the afternoon. Is this alright?"

Since he was schemed by the Rongguo Mansion that day, he has never been to Jia's Mansion again. He was going to resume normal contact after Jia Baoyu finished fighting with Lai Da, but seeing Ruan Rong like this, he was afraid that he had to go.

So Sun Shaozong sent a message to the Jia Mansion, saying that he was free in the afternoon and was going to check the progress of the martial arts students these days.

Who knew that the man who sent the letter came back in a hurry and said that the young men in the Rongguo Mansion were very ill, so he asked Sun Shaozong to go check on the students again in a few days.

Now Sun Shaozong was sure.

He hurriedly called Ruan Rong, recounted the response of the Rongguo Mansion, and then said, "Looking at the meaning of them, it should be the Rongguo Mansion’s situation, and in seven cases out of ten, it was caused by Jia Baoyu's investigation. At this point, it is appropriate to avoid them now."

Ruan Rong was only worried about Lin Daiyu and several girls with whom she had a good relationship with, she did not care whether the whole Rongguo Mansion was good or bad.

Therefore, after listening to Sun Shaozong's words and saying Amitabha a few times, she felt a little relieved.

She didn't care about the right and wrong of the Rongguo Mansion, but someone else begged Sun Shaozong!

That evening, Xue Pan came to the door with great enthusiasm, and his first sentence was not surprising, "Second brother, it’s bad. Brother Bao is going to die!"

Sun Shaozong was shocked by the lack of information.

Could it be that Lai Da, seeing that the boat was about to capsize, didn't stop at all and just killed Jia Baoyu?

If so, he implicated him!

So he hurriedly grabbed Xue Pan and asked, "What's the matter? How is Brother Baoyu?"

"Haiz!"

Xue Pan paused and said, "I don't know why, but he quarreled with his family, saying that he was going to starve and kill himself! At present, he hasn't drank any water for two days, and he won't listen to anyone's advice. Even his most favored servant girl, Xi Ren, has been chased away by him!"

How could he say that?

Did Jia Baoyu find out the truth, and the Masters of the Jia family wanted to protect Lai Da, so they forced Jia Baoyu to go on a hunger strike?

But now Baoyu has been making trouble for two days. It was reasonable to say that the attitude of the Jia family should have changed, right?

Just as he couldn't figure out what was happening, Xue Pan suddenly grabbed his arm and tugged at him, and said, "Brother, Brother Bao listens to you the most. Come with me to persuade him! If this continues, his body will not hold up!"