In the side hall near Rongxi Hall.

After a few greetings with Jia Zheng, before he could clearly explain the purpose of finding him, Jiao put ten silver notes of one thousand taels on the table, slowly pushed them over, and said with an apology.

: "Uncle, I am sorry, although I work in the Department of the Ministry of Works, I have made too many enemies after all. I dare not take what others don't take, and I may not dare to take what others take, so..."

Jia Zheng saw Jiao Shun like this, so he wanted to explain that he came to him this time, not to borrow money.

But then I thought that my mother was about to die in a few days, but the family couldn't even get the money for the funeral - he didn't know that Xue Baochai had taken out 20,000 taels of emergency - the explanation stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say it for a long time

exit.

After all, he is still a filial son.

Finally, he could only cover his face with embarrassment and said, "The misfortune of the family is to make you laugh. Don't worry, I will return this money to you as soon as possible."

After saying that, he was almost about to shed tears.

Rongguo Mansion was once so powerful, but now it has to lend money to the former slaves to send funerals to the old lady.

To be ashamed of your ancestors, you really feel ashamed of your ancestors!

After a while of sadness, he remembered the serious business he had come to Jiao Shun this time, but Duke Zhou was very proud of his appearance. He just borrowed money from someone and asked someone to help him make a decision. He always felt that he was too arrogant.

So he stammered for a while and simply shirked his responsibilities: "This time, your aunt was actually asking you for something to discuss. She should be in the Qingtang hut now."

Jiao Shun was speechless when he heard this. He just now took a special attitude of listening attentively. Who would have thought that Jia Zheng would say this in the end?

But this was exactly what he wanted.

So he said goodbye to Jia Zheng and moved into the Grand View Garden.

After entering the door, he did not rush to Mrs. Wang's side, but he was familiar with the passage and patrolling the night spots everywhere.

Not long after, a woman followed her silently.

Jiao Shun pulled her and whispered a few times, then suddenly slapped her thigh and said happily: "This is really God helping me!"

After saying that, he explained it again, and then Shi Shiran went to the Qingtang hut.

When he arrived in the yard, Xue Baochai and Ying'er flashed out of it, but it turned out that Mrs. Wang had received the 20,000 taels of silver. She was moved and deliberately kept Baochai for supper in the thatched cottage of Qingtang.

After eating and drinking, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking to each other. Suddenly, they heard that Jiao Shun was coming, so Xue Baochai took the opportunity to say goodbye.

"Brother and sister."

Jiao Shun called out, then lowered his head and looked down without looking sideways.

Seeing him like this, Xue Baochai felt a little relieved, and also replied calmly, "Brother Jiao", and then led Ying'er to pass by him.

After the other two maids also met up, Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief - after all, Ying'er had a criminal record, and if she was just a master and servant, she would be very worried.

But for some reason, although she could not trust Ying'er, she did not alienate and replace Ying'er in the end.

But the master and servants left the Qingtang hut and walked half a mile along the lake embankment, and saw the lights in the pavilion in front.

It was a coincidence that it was the place where Jiao Shun pulled Baochai to ski.

Baochai subconsciously glanced at her, and suddenly the light rushed out of the pavilion and quickly moved towards this side.

Baochai stopped and looked at it carefully, and saw a thin, tall and big-eyed woman flashing in the light as she was getting closer and closer.

At this time, the woman took a few steps and saw clearly who Baochai was. She immediately showed a surprised expression and said embarrassedly: "It turns out to be Grandma Bao, and I still think it is the third girl or the big grandma."

Xue Baochai didn't know anything, but Ying'er was angry by the words on the side and asked with her hips: "What does Aunt Qin mean? Is our aunt... we shouldn't have come, or..."

"No, no!"

The woman waved her hand quickly: "I encountered something and didn't know what to do, so I wanted to report it to the third girl or the big grandma..."

Halfway through, she realized that this was even more inappropriate. Wouldn't she say that Baochai was just not in charge?

So he quickly changed his words and said, "Now I see Grandma Bao Er, I feel confident!"

As he said that, he took out an envelope in a panic and wanted to hand it to Xue Baochai.

But halfway through the handover, she hesitated, looked at Ying'er and the two little maids, and stammered: "Can you ask the girl Ying'er to avoid it? I will report to my second grandma alone?"

Xue Baochai had already recognized that the person was Qin Xian's wife Yang. Since the construction of the Grand View Garden, she has been in charge of night patrols.

And looking at her appearance, she obviously found something inappropriate.

Originally, according to Xue Baochai's thoughts, it would be better to have less things than to do, but after saying this, if she rudely said that, it would be pretentious if she shook her back, so she waved her hand and signaled Ying'er to retreat aside.

Then Yang handed the envelope to Baochai: "Second grandma, this is what I just picked up on the road. There are really some things inside - alas, you will know at a glance."

When Xue Baochai saw what she said about Hanhu, she used her onion finger to open the envelope and twisted out a piece of cardboard from it.

This seems to be a photo made by Brother Jiao?

I remember that he wanted to get some wedding photos for himself and Baoyu before, but the result was...

Just as she was a little stunned, Yang raised the lantern in her hand and helped her illuminate the photos in her hand.

Xue Baochai subconsciously looked at her, and then with a 'ah', the photo in her hand fell to the ground along with the envelope.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Not far away, Ying'er heard the news that something was wrong, so she rushed over to protect the master. When she saw the envelope falling to the ground, she subconsciously wanted to help pick it up.

"Don't move!"

Xue Baochai roared, then bent down and picked up the photo and envelope regardless of her demeanor, covered it with her body and stuffed the photo back into the envelope, and then stood up slowly with a red face.

"girl?"

Ying'er only looked at it for no reason.

Baochai didn't explain, but bit her lower lip and ordered, "You avoid it first, don't come over without my greeting."

Seeing that she was a little unhappy, Ying'er had to stand with the two little maids in suspicion.

Baochai took a deep breath and said seriously: "Where did you pick it up?"

"It's just around here!"

Yang pointed behind him and said with a bitter face: "I thought someone's letter was left. Because I saw that it was not sealed, I opened it and looked at it for a while-I couldn't read it, so I didn't think about it.

If you can see clearly, who knows... it is really annoying, absurd!"

It's really annoying.

If it were a painting, Xue Baochai could understand it, but the content in this photo was a real scene!

How could a woman take such a thing?

Really shameless!

How could a man take such a thing?

What a shameless and obscene!

She whispered a few words in her heart, but couldn't help but think about who the owner of this thing was.

Photos and portraits are different, but not everyone can draw them. There must be a real scene.

I heard that Brother Rong from the East Mansion has been fiddling with these things recently, and Baoyu. He also seemed to have found Brother Jiao to make a trick, but he didn't hear much about him fiddling with them.

Apart from these two people, Jiao Shun naturally couldn't escape suspicion.

So...

Baochai raised her face and said to Yang: "Don't spread this matter, otherwise I will spare you, and the master and wife will not be willing to forgive you!"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

Yang hurriedly said, "Don't worry, second grandma, I will keep my mouth shut! If you dare to spread the word, you will be hit by five thunder!"

Seeing her swearing, Baochai nodded with satisfaction, then took out two golden beans and stuffed them to Yang and said, "Then you go back first. I will ask my sister-in-law to discuss countermeasures in this matter--right

, I'll borrow this lantern first."

"You use it, you can use it casually!"

Yang happily handed the lantern to Baochai, and then went with the golden beans with great gratitude.

Baochai waited for her to go far, and immediately hung the lantern on the nearby trees. With the light, she carefully pulled out a photo, covered most of the time with her hands, leaving only one face to look carefully.

But unlike what Baochai expected, what caught her eye was a very strange face.

This made Baochai quite puzzled. She had seen most of the women from Rongning and even the Jiao family. Even if she couldn't name her name, she would always feel familiar.

Did you guess wrong? This photo was not taken by the three of them?

Or was it a photo taken by someone outside?

But although this woman had a scattered hair and looked haggard, her eyebrows were still a little noble, and she was obviously not a fairy woman.

Baochai was hesitating whether to see the photos, but suddenly she heard Ying'er calling out the 'girl' behind her. She shivered and almost threw out the envelope and the photos.

He tried hard to calm his mind and turned around and was about to scold Ying'er, but he saw Ying'er pointing to the shore and saying, "It seems that Mr. Jiao is coming to this side."

Xue Baochai felt a move when she heard this, she looked up and thought about the direction she pointed. She saw a burly figure walking towards this side in a zigzag shape of a lantern. The speed was very slow, and she had to stop from time to time.

The lanterns lowered to illuminate the ground.
To be continued...