The Red Mansions

Chapter 385 Baochai: If Brother Heng Wants to See It

Chapter 385 Baochai: If Brother Heng wants to see...

Rikain

Hearing Jia Heng's voice outside, the complexions of several people in the hall changed, like Aunt Xue's pupils shrank, and guesses surged in their hearts.

Could it be that she took her family, Pan'er, to prison in Wucheng Bingmasi?

However, after all, knowing the etiquette between relatives, he was about to call Baochai out to meet him, when a nun led Jia Heng into the hall.

Aunt Xue exuded a smile on her fair and plump face, and said in greeting, "Brother Heng is here?"

"Today is New Year's Eve, so I'll come over to see my aunt, my sister, and Wenlong." Jia Heng exchanged warm greetings, looked at Aunt Xue, his eyes fell on a face like a full moon, and asked: "Baoyu Are you there?"

The brisk look on Baoyu's face had long since disappeared, so she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "Brother Heng, I'll come and see Brother Xue."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Wait a little later, the old lady will set up a New Year's Eve dinner, don't forget to use it."

Baoyu bowed his head in response.

Here, Baochai raised a face as white as pear pistils, looked at the young man with a clear face and a gentle expression in his apricot eyes, and called softly, "Brother Heng."

Jia Heng also looked at Baochai at this moment, with soft eyes in his still calm eyes, and called out, "Sister Xue."

Hearing this voice, Baochai pursed her pink lips, and the joy in her heart gradually cooled down.

Aunt Xue sat down in front of Jia Heng, and ordered the maid beside her to serve tea.

Jia Heng took the initiative to ask: "Is Wen Long in good health? If he is well, he can go to Wucheng Bingma Division."

Aunt Xue: "..."

With you, Uncle Heng, you came here to arrest her family, Pan'er, and put her in prison to serve her sentence?

Baochai raised her bright apricot eyes and looked at the young man with mixed emotions.

Aunt Xue said: "Wenlong can't go to the farm yet, he may have to raise him for ten...a year or so."

Finally, I realized that it was a little too outrageous, so I temporarily changed my words and said a year and a half.

Jia Heng said: "For a year and a half, there may be some changes in the oral order in the palace, maybe there is no need to go."

Aunt Xue said pleasantly, "You don't need to go?"

Jia Heng said softly: "The son of heaven speaks well, resisting the decree usually means losing your head, so you don't have to go."

Aunt Xue: "..."

He took a deep breath, looked at the young man, saw that his expression was serious, he didn't seem to be joking, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said: "Brother Heng...as soon as Pan'er is well, let him go to Wucheng Bingma Division. "

Jia Heng reassured: "Actually, there is no need to worry, Auntie, she will be fine at the end of the first lunar month at the latest, but it can't be too late."

Aunt Xue nodded, she has other thoughts now and then.

Jia Heng looked at a stone in Aunt Xue's hand, and asked with frowned eyebrows: "Auntie, is the jade in your hand from Baoyu?"

Aunt Xue suppressed some resentment in her heart, forced herself to smile and said: "Just now I said that I want to look at Baoyu's jade. The words engraved on it are quite magical. Speaking of which, it is the same as the golden jade worn by Baoyu. A lock kind of like that."

Unlike Ying'er, Aunt Xue couldn't bear to say that she and Baochai were married in front of outsiders.

Jia Heng's face paused slightly, and he turned to look at Baochai beside him, and saw that the girl was looking at him unwaveringly at this moment, but her moist and misty apricot eyes seemed to contain a bit of bitterness and resentment .

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then looked back at Aunt Xue, and said softly: "Baoyu is a piece of jade, I have heard it a lot, I heard it is a rare thing, and it is more resistant to falling, I have always wanted to see it, can Auntie let me see it?" ?”

Baoyu: "???"

What is anti-fall?

The smile on Aunt Xue's face froze for a while, and she hurriedly said, "Brother Heng was joking."

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should pass the psychic jade to the boy opposite.

Baochai was listening on the sidelines, she was depressed at first, her apricot eyes blinked, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw the stern and sharp face opposite her.

She had heard some stories about Baoyu throwing jade, but she just looked at the dignified young man in the past, saying such narrow words in a serious manner...

Ok?

He said this because...

Baochai's heart trembled, she condensed her dewy apricot eyes, and looked at the young man, but she saw that the young man seemed to be aware of it, and cast a pair of warm eyes over him, the meaning in his eyes was inexplicable, and he couldn't help but quickly lowered his bright eyes, and his heart also Some can't tell what it's like.

You clearly know why...

At this time, Jia Heng didn't mention Tongling Baoyu again, and said, "Auntie, I'm going to see Wenlong."

"Okay." Aunt Xue nodded in response, handed the psychic jade in her hand to Baoyu at the side, and said with a smile: "The old lady often said, this is your lifeblood, you have to keep it away."

At this moment, Baoyu felt a little bit separated, and said, "Auntie, since Brother Xue is fine, I'll go back first."

Aunt Xue was stunned for a moment, but she came to her senses and said with a smile, "Go ahead."

Baoyu took the psychic treasure jade, hung it around his neck, and said goodbye politely: "Brother Heng, I'm going back to the old lady's room first."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Go."

He watched Baoyu leave, then entered the wing room with Aunt Xue, and looked at Xue Pan who was lying on the bed.

Xue Pan also knew that Jia Heng was coming, and asked with a bitter face, "Brother Heng, did you take me to jail?"

Jia Heng said: "Look at your injury, it won't be too late to go when you recover."

Xue Pan sighed, looked at Aunt Xue at the side with a sad face, and said, "Mom, let me talk to Cousin Heng for a while."

Aunt Xue's complexion changed slightly when she heard the words, and she wanted to say something, but seeing the rare "serious" look on Xue Pan's face, she wanted to call Baochai to leave together, leaving the two alone to talk.

Xue Pan suddenly said, "Sister can stay."

Aunt Xue: "???"

Xue Pan said with a heartless smile: "My sister is careful. After I leave, my sister will have to pay more attention to our family's imperial business."

Seeing the smile on her son's face, Aunt Xue was both distressed and annoyed: "If you don't live up to your expectations, you can count on your sister."

I can't help but sigh in my heart, her daughter is indeed a knowledgeable one.

With that said, he folded himself out of the wing.

Jia Heng asked, "What does Wenlong want to tell me?"

Xue Pan looked at Jia Heng and said, "Before, cousin Heng took good care of me. Although a life lawsuit was filed this time, my sister told me that if I don't report it in advance, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe in the future. It's just that when I go, there is no one at home to take care of me, so please ask Brother Heng to take care of me in the future."

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, met the eyes of the two brothers and sisters, and said: "If it is the business of the aunt's family, as long as it is run in a responsible manner, it will not cause too much trouble for the official business."

In fact, he was not surprised by Xue Pan's performance like this.

Does Xue Pan hold a grudge?

Liu Xianglian beat him into a muddy nest, and ordinary people would not say that they would be ashamed of it, but would regard it as a great shame, but they would never get along with each other, but Xue Pan could have no grievances, and he was worthy of his brother. After all, this is a Muddy people.

And even though he was the one who sued Xue Pan, according to the current people's concept of paying for life in a lawsuit, he actually saved Xue Pan's life. Xue Pan once.

Just when Jia Heng was thinking, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from Xue Pan's big copper bell eyes, and he begged: "Brother Heng, I don't know if there is someone who is high and short, and everything in the house is in danger." Please, Big Brother Heng."

Jia Heng heard the words, looked at Xue Pan, and felt that something was wrong, and said: "Wen Long is too worried, even if you serve your sentence in Wucheng Bingma Division, you can still come back to visit relatives regularly, and you will not die in prison. worries."

Xue Pan cried: "But there is always a time when I can't take care of it. My mother is in the spring and Autumn period, and the family's business can't be taken care of. My younger sister is not too young. I have to wait for the election. The son is turning yellow again, Big Brother Heng, look at..."

"Brother, what nonsense are you talking about?" Baochai scolded angrily, embarrassed, impatient and ashamed.

How could elder brother entrust her to him?

Xue Pan looked at Baochai and said, "Sister, I was just thinking about it. Brother Heng knows more capable young people. In the future, I will find a good family for my sister."

When Baochai heard this, she was stunned for a moment, her heart became more and more ashamed, and she said clearly: "I have my mother in charge, and at worst my uncle and uncle. How can such a thing be so good... how can I bother Brother Heng."

At the end, she was blushing with embarrassment.

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "Sister, I heard that even Uncle entrusted Brother Heng to worry about Eldest Sister's marriage."

It's not like he doesn't know what's going on with his uncle. He just had a bad luck and lost all his officials. Where can he find a good marriage for his sister?

Jia Heng said: "Sister Xue's marriage is decided by my aunt. Besides, there is no need to rush, Wen Long, you don't have to worry too much about it."

When Baochai heard the young man's words, Xue Ni's cheeks paused suddenly, and for some reason, there was an unexplained sourness in her originally shy heart.

Xue Pan sighed and said nothing more.

Jia Heng said: "Wenlong, this time is also a wake-up call for you. If it's another case, you can always settle it with some money. But life lawsuits are no small matter. After you get out of prison for three years, you have to be careful."

Listening to Jia Heng's instructions, Xue Pan's expression changed, and he sighed again, "I didn't expect to kill him at the beginning."

Jia Heng nodded and said a few words of relief, then looked at Baochai and left the room.

"What about mother?" Baochai asked Ying'er beside her.

Ying'er said: "Girl, just now the old lady was called by someone, and the wife went to the old lady's yard, saying that the girl will go there later."

Baochai opened her mouth, looked at the young man beside her, and sighed softly.

For a while, only Jia Heng and Baochai were left in the hall.

Jia Heng looked at the girl with crystal-clear skin like snow, and said, "Sister, can we talk alone?"

Baochai's heart trembled, she raised her eyes to look at the young man opposite, without saying a word, nodded her head, walked around a screen, opened the cotton curtain, and came to the wing where she lived.

"Brother Heng, sit down." Baochai greeted, and she sat on the embroidered bed supported by the curtain.

Baochai's boudoir is quite simple, especially not many calligraphy and paintings on the walls, the walls are white, like a snow cave.

Jia Heng sat down, looked at the girl who was sitting elegantly, and asked, "Your sister is blaming me?"

Hearing this, Baochai felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and her almond eyes seemed to be condensed with dew, and she shook her head slightly.

Jia Heng said: "Your sister thinks I'm not human?"

Baochai's pink lips moved, seriousness appeared on her snow-white face, and she said: "Brother did such a disaster, brother Heng... did his best."

Jia Heng said: "Your sister...seems to be avoiding me these days?"

Hearing the word "hide", Baochai's delicate body trembled, Qiong's nose suddenly became sour, and tears welled up in her almond eyes.

Jia Heng asked: "Sister, have you been wondering these days why it was me who exposed Wenlong's case?"

"Brother Heng is saving brother, I know that, if it wasn't for brother Heng, brother would come to..." Baochai said softly, her voice was a little choked, her head was tilted, and the pear blossoms were raining.

She didn't know why her heart ached.

Looking at the teardrop-filled girl's eyelashes, Jia Heng looked silent, approached, and handed over a handkerchief.

Baochai raised her head, looked at the young man in python clothes, with pity in her eyes, reached out to take the silk handkerchief, thanked her softly, wiped the tears on her face, but the tears seemed like pearls with a thread broken .

Jia Heng said: "Okay, sister Xue, don't cry."

Baochai, who is both ruthless and touching, weeps silently in front of her eyes. She has never seen it with her own eyes, and she will never know the impact.

Baochai said "Mmm", and for a moment, she felt flustered, but the young man was already sitting on her embroidery bed, her almond eyes moved slightly, and Fang felt ashamed.

Reason told her that she should say something, but she didn't want to say it.

In fact, Jia Heng really didn't do it on purpose, and was touched by Baochai's silent tears for a while, and most of the later generations comforted others, and most of them sat down.

"Sister, after three years, Wenlong's temperament has probably changed a lot, and he won't be allowed to suffer in the Wucheng Military Division. As for the aunt, the mother is worried about her son, and there may be one or two complaints. Don't worry about it, sister." Jia Heng comforted softly.

This can be said to be somewhat close.

Baochai turned her head slowly, her eyes as bright as water looked at the young man quietly, and said, "Brother Heng, my mother..."

Jia Heng said: "It's human nature, my aunt can't figure it out for a while, but one day she will figure it out."

As an obedient girl, Baochai couldn't say anything when her mother complained in private, but she felt depressed about it.

Baochai responded softly, lowered her head slightly, and gently twisted a handkerchief with her jade hand hidden in her sleeve. Looking at the boy in python suit sitting next to her from the corner of her eyes, she couldn't tell what she felt for a moment, but her heart The grievances seemed to have disappeared.

Jia Heng asked casually: "I heard from Baoyu just now that your golden lock seems to be engraved with words? You said you want to see it?"

Baochai panicked for no reason, and said softly, "It's for auspiciousness, if Brother Heng wants to see..."

As he spoke, his voice gradually lowered.

Jia Heng turned to look at Baochai who was shy and timid, and after a moment of silence, he smiled lightly and said, "Then let me have a look, but I don't know what words are engraved on it."

"En." Baochai bit her lower lip with her white teeth, and replied, enduring the shame in her heart, turned around, unbuttoned the breasts, took out a golden lock from the big red jacket, and brought it over.

Jia Heng held the golden lock and looked at it. His hands were a little heavy, and it seemed that the warm fragrance of a girl was still lingering on it. He looked at the words engraved on it intently, and said: "Never leave, never give up, and we will live forever."

Baochai explained: "People gave two auspicious words and engraved them on them, otherwise they would be heavy and it would be no fun to wear them."

Jia Heng smiled and said: "That's the reason, my sister will take it with me when I'm a child, right?"

Baochai said softly: "I've been wearing it since I was a child. These two sentences were given by a monk with a scarlet head, the same monk who gave Lengxiangwan the prescription."

Jia Heng's eyes were deep, and he fell into thought for a moment.

"Brother Heng, what's the matter?" Seeing the silence of the young man beside him, Baochai asked with concern.

Jia Heng smiled and said, "It's nothing, my sister just keep it."

With that said, he stretched out his hand and handed it back.

Baochai responded softly, and stretched out her hand to take it, but when her hands touched her, her heart trembled, her face as white and greasy as snow was as bright as blood, her heart was pounding, she took the golden lock and put it on. .

Jia Heng asked: "Sister, on New Year's Eve, there will be fireworks at Tianxiang Tower, sister, shall I go to Tianxiang Tower to watch it?"

"Let's go." Baochai whispered.

Jia Heng said: "It's getting dark now, why don't you go to Tianxiang Tower together?"

"Now?" Baochai's jade face showed surprise.

Jia Heng glanced at the sky outside, and said, "It's almost You time now."

Baochai thought for a while, then said softly, "Brother Heng, I'll change into clothes."

Jia Heng nodded and left the room.

(End of this chapter)