Yingou Casino.

The heavy dog-skin mattress in front of the door isolated the ice and snow outside, but it also made it difficult for the breath inside to flow freely. Even if the incense burner was specially lit, it could not suppress the turbid smell that had accumulated over the past few days.

However, these auras could not affect Xue Pan. After all, he was surrounded by a circle of meat futons in front of and behind him, and the various colors of powder were enough to keep out the turbidity.

"Short, short, short, short!"

Xue Pan's eyes widened while shouting, and he used all his strength to rub out the Pai Gow bit by bit from the palm of his hand. When the white color on it came into view, he immediately cursed and smashed the Pai Gow hard.

It fell on the table.

The banker took away the last stack of banknotes in front of him with a smile on his face. Before he could say anything, Xue Pan pushed the prostitute in his arms away, cursed and stood up, saying: "I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore. My luck sucks today, Master."

Go and be a hustler to change your luck, and then come back and kill everyone!"

The ladies around heard this and complained one after another that he had forgotten his old love when he had a new love. Until Xue Pan dug out some golden beans and threw them randomly on the table, causing these women who were full of love to fight for them.

Arhats were stacked up on top of him, and he was able to escape.

After leaving the house, he was about to send someone home to get some prostitution money, when a relative reminded him: "Sir, the ceremony for establishing the crown prince has been held. When are we going to congratulate Uncle Jiao on his promotion?"

Xue Pan gave a 'suspicious' sound and asked curiously: "When did it happen? Didn't it say that the emperor and I were all sick?"

"Just this morning, I heard that the Supreme Emperor stepped in to preside over it."

Xue Pan smashed his tongue. In fact, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he planned to come to the door to congratulate him. He never thought that he would be tripped by Yun'er from Jinxiangyuan. Later, he prostituted Hongtian Gambling. In the blink of an eye, it was already the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Already.

I accidentally missed the chance to be promoted. If I don't show any sign of this, I really won't be a friend enough.

Seeing that it was not too late, he said: "Well, let's go back and prepare all the gifts, and first go to Uncle Jiao's house."

Just like that, I returned home in a hurry, but before I even got in, I heard from the concierge that my wife had sent someone to call the front desk and that she would be returning home early tomorrow morning.

Xue Pan couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he was back today, otherwise if he missed his mother's return home tomorrow, she would have to worry about it for how long.

So he first called the steward of the house and asked him to open the treasury to prepare some gifts. Then he rushed to his courtyard to find a truly substantial gift to show his sincerity.

Speaking of which, he had not returned home for more than ten days since Aunt Xue followed him to Rongguo Mansion. Even when Xue Biao went south to do business a while ago, the two brothers said goodbye outside.

Firstly, it was because Aunt Xue had no control over him, and secondly, it was because he was really tired of Xia Jingui.

But he said that he was striding forward when he suddenly saw a maid jumping up from under the wall in front of him. Without saying a word, he dropped the melon seeds in his hand and ran away.

Although Xue Pan was a fool, he had quick reflexes. He didn't even think about what happened, so he chased after him like a dog chasing a rabbit.

After grabbing the maid, and before she could ask questions, the maid shouted: "Master, please forgive me, please forgive me! Grandma asked me to do it!"

No matter how shrewd Xue Pan was, he knew there must be a reason when he heard this, so he pinched the back of the maid's neck and asked: "Tell me, what is going on?!"

The maid hesitated for a moment, but when she saw that he looked like he was going to eat someone, she hurriedly replied in horror: "Yes, it's Second Master Lian who's here. I see you now. I see you in grandma's room."

She originally thought that her uncle would be furious after hearing this, but she didn't expect Xue Pan to be a little disdainful after hearing this, thinking that the two of them had really gotten into each other.

So he threw the maid aside and continued walking quickly towards his home.

When he arrived in his courtyard, he saw that there was no one in the courtyard. He didn't care whether Xia Jingui had pushed the people away or not, so he kicked open the door and entered the main room.

Bao Chan, Xia Jingui's eldest maid, was lying in front of the door and eavesdropping. Suddenly she heard a loud bang behind her.

The door collapsed to the ground.

"Second brother Lian? Second brother Lian!"

Xue Pan shouted twice through the door with a loud voice, and tried to push it again. Seeing that it was locked inside, he shouted again: "Come out and speak quickly, or I will break down the door!"

Just these few sounds turned the inside into a pot of porridge.

Not long after, Xia Jingui raised her voice and said, "What's that about Brother Lian and Brother Li? Where did you drink too much cat urine and then came to my door to spray feces?!"

"Stop coaxing your father!"

Xue Pan raised his leg and kicked the door, shouting: "If you don't come out, I will set a fire and burn you two adulterers and adulterers to death!"

"Brother Wenlong, don't worry, I'm coming right now, I'm coming right now!"

This time, Jia Lian's voice finally came from inside. After a while, he saw him pushing the door open in disheveled clothes. His usually upright figure was slightly stooped. He said with a smile: "Brother Wenlong, you, come back."

La?"

"I'm out of luck, come back and get the money."

Xue Pan said firmly with a straight face. Although he didn't really care about Xia Jingui's stealing, he wouldn't give the adulterer a good look.

Jia Lian had a guilty conscience. Hearing Xue Pan's words, he thought he was implying that he had taken the money for personal use, and he suddenly complained in his heart. If he had money, why would he fall out with those "old aunts"?

But when it comes to this level, there is no reason to pass it easily.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "I came here specifically to see you, Wenlong. You don't know, right? On the day Bao Yatou got married, Baoyu actually shaved his head and started to make noises about becoming a monk!"

"What?!"

This statement indeed successfully diverted Xue Pan's attention.

Seeing that there seemed to be a way out, Jia Lian hurriedly told what he saw and heard vividly. At that time, Xue Pan was furious and cursed: "What a ball-bag bastard, do you really think our Xue family is easy to bully?!"

If I don't live, skin me!"

As he said that, he kicked up the stool in front of the table.

The round stool rolled straight into the inner room, and then Xia Jingui screamed: "Killing, killing!"

But it turned out that she didn't hear what the two said outside, only heard Xue Pan's loud shout, and saw a round stool rolling in, so she thought that Xue Pan was coming for her.

She was not one to sit still and wait for death. She shouted, "I'll fight with you", picked up a candlestick from the bed, and rushed out with her teeth spread out and her hair disheveled.

Xue Pan usually kept her in check, firstly because he was under the control of his mother, and secondly because he was greedy for her appearance. Now that his mother was not at home, he had long been tired of Xia Jingui's behavior. Just when he was furious, he saw her jumping on her without knowing what he could do.

, how can you still be willing to keep it?

Immediately, he kicked Xia Jingui to the ground with a flying kick, and trampled him brutally with both feet. After the beating, he still didn't feel relieved, and he picked up a round stool and smashed it down on his head and face.

When Jia Lian saw that someone was about to die, he didn't dare to shrink back anymore. He rushed forward and hugged Xue Pan and said: "Wenlong calm down, Wenlong calm down!"

"Quit your mother's anger!"

Xue Pan was not polite. He threw down the round stool and had a fight with his arms. He knocked Jia Lian to the ground, pointed at him condescendingly and cursed: "There is no good person in your Jia family. I am..."

Halfway through, I suddenly saw Jia Lian's long gown rolled up, revealing two thin white legs, but it turned out that he was in a hurry to go out and beg for mercy, and he didn't even have time to put on his pants.

When he was in Jinling, he was a first-class overlord, but after he came to Beijing and stayed in Rongguo Mansion, he had a precious jade on his head. Jia Lian and others said they were brothers, but in fact, who had ever taken him seriously?

This matter has been stagnating in his heart for a long time, and it has only been half resolved today.

As for the other half...

Thinking that Baoyu dared to treat his sister like this, Xue Pan gritted his teeth. As the saying goes, if you don't do it, you won't stop...

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"A sneeze, a sneeze~"

In the west wing of Yihong Courtyard, Xiren sneezed twice in a row, quickly pushed away the snuff bottle Baoyu handed him, shook his head and said: "I can't stand it anymore, I can't stand it anymore, I want to spit out my heart and liver!"

Baoyu put the snuff away and said with a smile: "Now that the breath is smooth, it should be good."

Facing his playful smile, Xiren was not as relieved as before, because although Baoyu took time to comfort himself as before, he spent more time on that messy story.

Although those letters had been sent to Qingtang Thatched Cottage, Baoyu did not give up. Instead, like a man possessed, he began to try to write a new happy ending for "Farewell My Concubine".

I just racked my brains for a whole day and couldn't write a few satisfactory sentences.

With his crazy look, will he really be able to do what he imagined after going to the Xue family?

Xiren didn't feel confident at all, after all, no matter how good the Sutra was, he couldn't stand up to the crooked monk.

So after pondering for a while, she said weakly: "I was supposed to go with you tomorrow, but...well, my wife should have told you what to do when we get to the Xue family, right?"

Jia Baoyu avoided her gaze with a guilty conscience. Mrs. Wang seemed to have said a lot, but he had been thinking about the story at that time, so he didn't listen to a word.

"I said it, I said it."

He said perfunctorily and half-jokingly: "Why don't you say it again and I'll see if it's the same as what the wife said."

Seeing him like this, Xiren didn't know that he didn't listen at all.

So he became even more glad that he had pretended to be sick in time, and then said helplessly: "Then you must listen carefully this time."

With that said, he explained the strategy he had drawn up.

It's nothing more than taking advantage of the Xue family's unwillingness to make public, so that Baoyu and Baochai can be in the same room as a matter of course, and even if they can't succeed in one fell swoop, they should still strive to make a breakthrough.

She said it seriously, but Baoyu couldn't help but start running away.

Ever since he was aroused by the story, his interest in Sister Bao had dropped to the freezing point. He was replaced by Qin Zhong, who had passed away long ago, and Cheng Dieyi in the story, and even Sister Lin had to retreat temporarily.

Second line.

At this moment, instead of letting him get back together with Sister Bao, it would be better to take the opportunity to have a serious discussion with Sister Bao and let her change the ending of the story.

"Second Master, Second Master?"

At this time, Xiren finally realized that he was distracted again, and called out twice. When he came to his senses, he said helplessly: "What on earth are you thinking? I was thinking about getting back with my grandma a while ago.
To be continued...