The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 155: The Corruption Incident of Rongguo Mansion [Part 3]

Xue Pan disappeared behind the door, and Sun Shaozong looked back carefully at Jia Baoyu. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was even more worried, he suddenly asked, "Is that the last person who came to persuade you Lai Da?"

Jia Baoyu was very excited. He looked at Sun Shaozong in amazement for a while, but he looked away in the end and said, "What do you mean by that? I…"

"Don't lie."

Sun Shaozong calmly added, "I can tell this kind of thing clearly by asking your servant girl in the yard."

Jia Baoyu closed his mouth awkwardly and then smiled again, "It's the Head Steward Lai, but he didn't really persuade me. It's mainly because I figured it out myself, so..."

"Brother Bao."

Sun Shaozong interrupted him again, "There is a saying that ”explanation is to cover up, and cover-up is actually a confirmation.” Although theoretically, this is a bit subjective, it is appropriate to describe your current performance."

Jia Baoyu froze again.

Finally, he just threw himself on the table in anger, twisted his body, and shouted in a muffled voice, "Since you don't believe what I said, I have nothing to say. Besides, I have ended my hunger strike now, so you don't have to ask about it, must you?"

Tch!

Sun Shaozong smacked his lips and simply got up to pace up and down in the room. As he walked, he said, "Since you don't want to say, I might as well guess for myself."

"You are frightened by the situation and have received complaints from all sides. You are afraid of pursuing it till the end, and with your temperament, you probably won't make it clear!"

"In this way, there will inevitably be some misunderstandings."

"Because your Grandmother and mother are always spoiling you, after two days and one night of suffering, I'm afraid that all the people in your family are worried, no matter whether it is intended, there should be a great probability that they will say something like ”It's just checking the accounts. If he is willing to do so, just let him be.”

"Thus, someone can't sit still!"

"Of course, this person is also greedy for silver, and it is a lot of silver, at least not less than Second Madam Lian and Wu Xindeng."

"To prevent the audit from continuing and eventually affecting himself, there are only two options before him."

"First, you can never continue to audit the accounts; second, you can never dare to audit accounts again!"

"The first way is not only to kill you but also to make the scene where you died at the hands of others. Since you refused to eat anything and a large number of people were watching at any time, it was really difficult to carry out the plan of killing you."

"The second way, he only needs to have your shortcomings, which is enough to make you dare not to investigate again!"

"As the head Steward of your family, Lai Da has held the Rongguo Mansion for more than 20 years. It is also common sense that he can hold such a shortcoming."

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong turned around and asked, "I don't know if the speculation I said is right?"

Jia Baoyu stared at him blankly, smiled bitterly, and said, "I can't hide anything from you!"

After a pause, he stood up again and gave a deep salute, earnestly saying, "Second brother, I beg you, can you leave this matter alone, can you?"

"Of course, I can."

Sun Shaozong sighed and said, "But can you be sure that Wu Xindeng really committed suicide?"

Jia Baoyu straightened up at once, and said, "Second Brother means..."

"I have no evidence now."

Sun Shaozong put his hands together and said, "But since Lai Da has already appeared, it should not be difficult to push Wu Xindeng to the front as a shield in his capacity as the Head Steward."

"But that list only listed all the corrupt behaviors of your favorite servants but didn't mention a few housekeepers alone. Could it be that only he and Lai Da were involved in the housekeepers of both houses?"

"Second brother means that..."

Jia Baoyu said in a trembling voice, "Is it Lai Da who killed Wu Xindeng as the scapegoat and threw out that list to scare me?!"

"Very reasonable, isn't it?"

Sun Shaozong said calmly, "It's just that he didn't expect that you would be so scared that you would go on a hunger strike and commit suicide."

Jia Baoyu was silent again, his hands propped up the table, and his baby face was flickering in the light.

"I can guess that the shortcoming evidence he holds must be a big flaw."

Sun Shaozong then said, "But can you be sure that after this concession, you will not arouse his arrogance and be insatiable?"

"Be insatiable?"

Jia Baoyu raised his head in a daze and looked puzzled. It was obvious that he did not understand what else could be more serious than the current situation.

"Hehe."

Sun Shaozong grinned, "I've heard an anecdote about Officialdom before. About two years in Guangde. A county official in Sichuan was pinched of his shortcomings by his housekeeper."

"At the beginning, the housekeeper was afraid of ”beating the wolf with a hemp pole,” but after several attempts, he found that the County Magistrate was a timid person!"

"So the housekeeper went insatiable step by step. Finally, he simply occupied the nest and slept with the County Magistrate's wife and his concubines. At the time of the crime, even the County Magistrate's 12-year-old daughter was pregnant with the housekeeper's bloodline..."

Crash~

"Stop! I beg you to stop!"

Jia Baoyu roared and suddenly turned over the table!

Sun Shaozong dodged, but as expected, he kept silent.

Jia Baoyu stood there in fear, his chest heaving rapidly, and his forehead dripping with cold sweat, apparently taking him into the position of the County Magistrate.

At this moment, Xue Pan who was at the outer door poked his head in and saw the mess. He was surprised and said, "What's the matter? Bao..."

"Get out!"

Jia Baoyu shouted, and Xue Pan hurriedly shrank his head. He just thought for a second, why should he be afraid of Baoyu who was younger than him?

So he decided to go in again to ”provoke,” but he didn't dare after recalling Baoyu's crazy appearance.

Jia Baoyu had sent Xue Pan away. Finally, some of his fears were released. He hurried forward two steps and bowed to Sun Shaozong until the end. "Please teach me what to do now!"

He then was very depressed and said, "It's impossible to tell Grandmother. There are big ears and eyes all over the house, even here..."

"If I do anything suspicious, he will immediately tell the story and destroy it together!"

"To destroy together?"

When Sun Shaozong heard these words, his heart was moved. It seemed that the shortcoming was still a double-edged sword. It seemed that not only the mansion of Rongguo Mansion would have bad luck, but Lai Da himself could not make a good deal of it.

So he asked, "Does anyone else know this except Lai Da?"

"Well..."

Jia Baoyu pondered for a moment, shook his head firmly, and said, "There shouldn’t be anyone who knows about it. He told me that ”extreme secrets cannot be known by a third party.” Even if this is just a dream, never talk about it!"

It's true!

"In that case, it will be much simpler, as long as..."

Sun Shaozong said, stretching his hand into his neck.

"Kill... Kill... Kill him?!"

Jia Baoyu sat back on the chair, his hands shaking tremendously, and murmured, "I... I..."

Sigh~

Useless fool!

Sun Shaozong sighed and said helplessly, "Well, don't get tangled up here. Lai Da has already been on guard against you. How can you, a half-adult, fight against him?"

Jia Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't have any ideas. He asked, "What should I do... how..."

He was so flustered that he dared not say "kill" easily.

If it wasn't for the big grievance with Lai Da, if it wasn't for the fact that he picked up the investigation himself, Sun Shaozong didn't want to deal with Baoyu anymore!

He asked angrily, "How come your mansion has rich servants who bully their Master, but no loyal servant to protect you? There are hundreds of servants in the Jia family. Is there anyone willing to die for your family without asking for any reason?"

"Well..."

Jia Baoyu suddenly thought of someone, nodded, and said, "There is a loyal person, but..."

"At this time, what are you still saying ”but” for?!"

Sun Shaozong snarled, "Try to give the man word of mouth. If you are not sure, don't say it clearly!"