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Chapter 153: The Corruption Incident of Rongguo Mansion [Part 1]

Sigh~

In the end, he was pulled onto the pirate ship [carriage] by Xue Pan.

Seeing that the carriage had already driven towards the Rongguo Mansion, Sun Shaozong also stopped worrying and tried to inquire, "Do you know what's wrong with Baoyu?"

Xue Pan, together with the pillow in the carriage, was pushed to every corner by Sun Shaozong, making him unable to stretch his legs.

Hearing Sun Shaozong's question, he grumbled bitterly, "How do I know? My family moved out of the Rongguo Mansion long ago. This afternoon, I went to play with Brother Bao and found out that something like this happened."

"Think again! Didn't you hear a word when you went here?"

"Well..."

Xue Pan scratched his head and thought for a long time until the carriage ran more than six miles away. He then beat his thigh violently and said happily, "I remember, my Aunt seems to have said, "Whether that dog slave dies or not, it’s none of my business. Why bother to tell me so much?"

A slave died?

Was it Lai Da?!

"You were in the Rongguo Mansion just now, did you see Lai Da?"

"I didn't see him."

Xue Pan said, and he was also surprised, "Yes, by right, as the main Steward, he should be present if something this big happens in the Mansion."

It might be Lai Da!

But what did Lai Da pulled out to make Baoyu so desperate?

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while and suddenly remembered a person. He asked, "You just said that a servant girl was expelled? Do you know why, and where?"

"Well... I don't know."

Xue Pan said with a bitter face, "I only heard that several maids have been driven away, among them, there’s the Senior maid, Xi Ren. Oh right, there is also a girl named Qing Wen, who is very popular at ordinary times."

Xi Ren, Qing Wen?

These two seem to be Baoyu's favorite servant girls.

What on earth were they expelled for?

Was it possible that Lai Da exposed their secrets before he died?

No, that’s incorrect!

They’re just two servant girls. What's the big secret?

Besides, if there was really a big secret, it would not be as simple as being expelled.

Maybe…

They were implicated by someone else?

"Do Xi Ren and Qing Wen have their families working in the Rongguo Mansion?"

"Qing Wen seems to have an Uncle and Brother who are cooks in the Mansion, but Xi Ren doesn't have one."

That's not right again…

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while again and continued to ask, "Did Xi Ren's parents and family take advantage of the garden repair?"

"Second Brother, please let me off!"

Xue Pan, holding his head in both hands, rubbed his big face round and flat, and said sadly, "I don’t sleep with those maids. Only when I'm ”enjoying” on a bed can I inquire about these things!"

This bastard is really…

Sun Shaozong sighed and had to stop asking. Anyway, he was going to Jia's Mansion right away. It seemed that he could only find a way to verify his inferences after seeing Baoyu.

At the gate of the Rongguo Mansion, Sun Shaozong often came and went for a visit at the Mansion, and with the presence of this half-master Xue Pan, naturally, several gatekeepers did not dare to stop them, but one of them flew in to report.

They walked around the front yard and were about to cross the Wonton Corridor. They went to Jia Baoyu's house to look for him but saw several servants of Jia's Mansion coming up quickly.

After seeing who they clearly were, Sun Shaozong was stunned. It was because he was not a stranger, it was just Lai Da, the head Steward of the Rongguo Mansion!

This guy didn't die?!

Since it was not him, who would be the slave who put Jia Baoyu in this state?

"Young Master Xue."

Lai Da came forward to salute Xue Pan, he bowed to Sun Shaozong, and said, "I think Lord Sun must have been invited by Young Master Xue to comfort my Second Master Bao, but you are a little late..."

"What?!"

Hearing this, Xue Pan was shocked and pulled up the collar of Lai Da and shouted, "Brother Bao is dead?!"

"How can this be possible!"

He then listened to what Lai Da said, "Please be careful with your words, Young Master Xue. Our Second Master Bao is very well now. He is letting some girls eat with him."

"Eat... Eat?"

Xue Pan let go of Lai Da in amazement and said in disbelief, "Isn't he going on a hunger strike to kill himself? Why did he eat when I left?"

"Hehe."

While arranging his collar, Lai Da smiled kindly and said, "After all, Second Uncle Bao is young, and will be confused for a moment. Who would like to starve to death when they can stay alive?"

Xue Pan listened reasonably, but he felt that there was something wrong. He was scratching his head and was at a loss. He heard Sun Shaozong say, "Since Brother Bao is fine, it's best! But I came all the way here to visit, I can't return without even seeing Brother Bao, right?"

Xue Pan thought the same too and hurriedly said, "Second Brother, come slowly. I'll go ahead and let some sisters avoid it."

With these words, he went away hurriedly.

Sun Shaozong and Lai Da looked at each other for a while and then said, "Head Steward Lai, I'll go ahead first."

Lai Da bowed and said, "Please help yourself, Lord Sun. If you have any issues, just let me know."

He didn't mean to stop him at all!

Was it because he didn't know that Baoyu’s action of investigating the case was bewitched by himself?

It was possible.

However, Sun Shaozong always felt that this was not the case. He could vaguely feel that Lai Da's presence here was actually a demonstration or a show-off.

In short, there were too many mysteries at present. It needed to be solved one by one!

With this in mind, Sun Shaozong quickened his pace slightly. He reached Jia Baoyu's yard and a group of beauties came out with lanterns. It was Lin Daiyu who was the first.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly dodged to one side from afar, but he was still identified by Daiyu's peachy-red eyes and was hardly glared at.

There was also a girl with a plump body and white skin, who looked at Sun Shaozong carefully from top to bottom.

Sun Shaozong vaguely remembered that, when he met Xue Pan for the first time, he had seen the girl from afar. It seemed that she was the one who helped Xue Pan up at that time.

However, he was busy talking with Wang Xifeng at that time, and he didn't look at her carefully.

Was this Xue Baochai?

But hasn't the Xue family moved out?

It's a pity that on this big evening, it's really hard to see the beauty of this female lead, who was as famous as Lin Daiyu in the classic novel, ”Dream of the Red Chamber” looked like.

When he was feeling pity, the group of beauties had already gone away. Sun Shaozong hurriedly stepped into the yard.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw two servant girls kneeling upright in the corner. It seemed that it was Xi Ren and Qing Wen.

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, resisted the urge to ask, and walked into the main room.

It was as bright as day in the flower hall, and several servant girls were surrounded by a young man who was the Grand Master of Crime. Who else could he be, if not Jia Baoyu?

In the beginning, Sun Shaozong only thought that the rich and idle people were hungry and that they were no different from refugees.

But when he came closer, he found something strange. Jia Baoyu didn’t look like he was starving at all, but rather he was angry.

He was not so much filling his hunger as he was relieving his depression by overeating!