Originally, someone like Sun Shaozong who came and went often and had a relationship with Jia's residence could have his servants lead him straight to the Yihong Courtyard in the Grand View Garden.
But since there was another Qiu Yunfei by his side, he had no choice but to wait in the front hall according to the usual procedure, waiting for the servants of Rongguo Mansion to invite Jia Baoyu to speak.
It's just that the Rongguo Mansion covers a vast area, and Jia Baoyu is restless. He only spends his days wandering in the garden, and it's not easy to find him, so the two of them waited for two minutes in the front hall. .
When Jia Baoyu was wrapped in a sapphire blue cloak and hurriedly entered the door, Qiu Yunfei had already twisted eighteen shapes on the chair.
"Baoyu has never been far away to greet you, and it's really a sin, a sin!"
As soon as Jia Baoyu stepped over the threshold, he bowed to the end and pleaded guilty. When he looked up again, he saw that his forehead and temples were covered with fine beads of sweat.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you trying to cover up your prickly heat, or are you planning to make the cat winter earlier? Why did you reveal the cloak at the beginning of September?"
"Second brother Sun doesn't know anything."
Jia Baoyu smiled helplessly, untied the cloak from his body, carefully folded it and placed it on his arm, and then continued: "Yesterday, Sister Feng celebrated her birthday, and I don't know if I ate a few more cups or what, I was confused. caught the cold."
"When the old lady heard about this, she just insisted on being rewarded with a few big cloaks - the elder did not dare to say no, I was thinking about putting it on and showing it to the old lady, and then I changed it back, but it happened that the two brothers almost there."
Is Wang Xifeng sick again
This phoenix and spicy child seems to have been lying in the nest several times this year, don't you have some incurable disease? !
To say that she is dead or alive, originally had nothing to do with Sun Shaozong, but now the timber business in the south is in full swing, where can Wang Xifeng be a stepping stone
Sun Shaozong asked carefully, but it was difficult to speak rashly because of the great defense between men and women.
"cough."
He was thinking about how to make a side attack, so as not to be caught off guard, but Qiu Yunfei couldn't bear his temper, he coughed dryly beside him, and reminded: "Sir, let's see if we finish the business first, and then share the treasure with brothers. Gossip?"
"Business?"
When Jia Baoyu heard the word 'official business', he couldn't help but be startled, and said in surprise, "The two brothers came to me for business?"
Speaking, he didn't know what to think, but suddenly became excited again, patted his chest and said, "Is there a big case? If it is to solve the case, if there is anything that needs the help of the younger brother, the older brothers just tell me!"
He has always had an extraordinary interest in solving cases, so he heard that it was because of 'official business' that he came to the door. Instead of feeling scared, he was eager to try.
"Nothing to say about orders."
Sun Shaozong stepped in and said naturally, "Sit down and talk about it."
But Jia Baoyu didn't feel that he was overpowering the guest, but rather took it for granted.
After the three of them were seated, Jia Baoyu was even more active than Qiu Yunfei. Half of his body was leaning on the armrest, his neck was stretched out, his eyes widened, and he urged Sun Shaozong to hurry up and clarify his intentions.
Sun Shaozong did not directly mention the words, but put his hand in front of Baoyu and said, "Where's your psychic treasure? Take it out and let me see it first."
Although the elders in the mansion were all guarding the jade like eyeballs, Jia Baoyu never took it seriously. Instead, he often felt that it was a burden. Therefore, when Sun Shaozong asked to see it, he took it out of his clothes without saying a word. pulled out.
While taking off the collar hanging around his neck and holding it in front of Sun Shaozong, he couldn't help but wonder, "It's just a stone, why did my brother suddenly think of looking at it?"
Sun Shaozong didn't answer, just silently took out the piece of Zhou Xi from his cuff, and held it in his hand to measure it carefully.
Although he had seen Jia Baoyu's 'Spiritual Treasure Jade' before, he had never played with it carefully, so he only had a vague impression that the two pieces of jade had different styles.
However, when compared together at this time, the difference is much larger and larger than expected.
First of all, although the size of the two pieces of jade is similar, they are both oval and flat, but if the above text is used as a reference, Jia Baoyu's psychic jade is standing, while Zhou Xi's piece is lying down .
Secondly, Zhou Xi's psychic treasure jade looks flawless white, with only some multicolored cloud patterns around it; as for Jia Baoyu's jade, although there is also a circle of multicolored cloud patterns, the inside is white and red.
And the more it is placed in the sun, the brighter and brighter the red will be, just like the red glow of the sky.
Then there is the font. Sun Shaozong saw early in the morning that the text on Zhou Xi's piece of jade was reluctantly engraved by a layman.
Now, after comparing the two, I found that not only is the level of carving very different, but even the fonts used are quite different.
This kind of difference makes it hard to believe that they come from the same source - the text content of the two is generally the same.
Could it be that one of the pieces is a counterfeit
Who is imitating who
Jia Baoyu's deeds of being born with jade have been publicized by the Rongguo government for more than ten years, and it is unlikely that he will copy other people's 'copywriting'.
As for Zhou Xi...
Just looking at the appearance, it does seem to be an inferior product that has been arbitrarily imitated by hearsay.
But who would cherish and cherish the defective products that were copied indiscriminately in the interlayer of the incense burner
What's more, Zhou Xi's family was silenced, which is likely to be related to the origin of this jade...
"Second brother Sun."
Sun Shaozong was pondering the relationship between the two pieces of jade. He had already approached Jia Baoyu who was in front of him, but he couldn't help being curious and kept asking, "Where did you get this piece of jade? How did you get it? The text engraved on it is exactly the same as mine?"
"This… "
"Sir, show me too!"
Sun Shaozong was waiting to talk, but Qiu Yunfei was anxious next to him, staring at the two pieces of jade with a look of dissatisfaction, wishing he couldn't pull out the eyeballs and stick them directly on them.
The left and right were almost at a glance, and Sun Shaozong handed the two pieces of jade to Qiu Yunfei, and then explained the origin of the jade to Jia Baoyu.
Hearing that this piece of jade was actually related to seven lives, Jia Baoyu was horrified and excited, and hurriedly dragged Sun Shaozong to ask for many details.
Sun Shaozong picked up what he could and answered one by one, and then said seriously: "Brother Bao, now I have something I'm afraid I have to ask - is this jade really born with you?"
Jia Baoyu spread his hands and said helplessly, "Anyway, since I can remember, this Lao Shizi has been by my side—the old lady, my parents, my mother, my mother, my nanny, and even my brother who died young, all said that this jade came from me. Spit out of your mouth."
If this is true, there is no place for plagiarism.
If this matter is false, after hearing Jia Baoyu talk about this long chain of evidence, it is obviously a well-prepared plan, and it is even more impossible to excerpt a few sentences from similar objects and engrave them randomly.
Especially these 24 characters are not famous sayings and aphorisms - at least since Sun Shaozong crossed, except on these two pieces of jade, he has never heard of similar words anywhere else.
From this point of view, Zhou Xi's piece is undoubtedly a counterfeit.
But who actually faked this
What is the purpose of imitation
Why hide in a secret place
There was still no answer to this series of question marks, and suddenly I heard Qiu Yunfei's excited voice from the side: "Sir, there is an immature inference here!"
Sun Shaozong turned his head in astonishment, and saw Qiu Yunfei holding the two pieces of jade and looking forward to being self-sufficient, obviously he had some confidence in his own inference.
Could it be that this fellow really saw something
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but curiously said, "Let's listen to your inference first and see if it makes sense."
"Order!"
Qiu Yunfei jumped to his feet and said, as if he was singing, and then stared at Jia Baoyu with burning eyes, and said word by word, "Perhaps Lingzun still has a son, an illegitimate son who has been separated for many years!"
This is truly amazing!
Jia Baoyu was dumbfounded by his bluff, and Sun Shaozong couldn't help but lose his voice: "You mean, that Zhou Xi is the illegitimate son of Uncle Jia Shi?!"
"That's right!"
Seeing that even Sun Shaozong was startled, Qiu Yunfei became more and more lustrous, pacing back and forth in the living room, talking eloquently: "Judging from the appearance and figure of Brother Bao, Duke Cunzhou must have been a handsome and elegant son, and he was also a gentleman. The identity of the direct descendant of the Rongguo Mansion, there are one or two confidantes outside, it is not a miracle."
"I think that after the woman was pregnant, Duke Cun Zhou was afraid of taking her into the palace because of etiquette and fear of people's words. The woman was disappointed and ran away. Before leaving, she entrusted her son to someone else—also It's Zhou Xi's adoptive parents!"
"Zhou Xi's adoptive mother may have had a miscarriage at the time, or her children may have died prematurely, so she raised Zhou Xi as her own son."
"And that jade pendant is the token left by the biological mother to Zhou Xi!"
"A few years later, Duke Cun Zhou regretted it again for some unknown reason. He searched for the child but couldn't find it, so he came up with a whimsical idea - he built another psychic gem according to the few words left by the woman, and then lied. Brother Chengbao was born with a jade!"
"The purpose of doing this is naturally to hope that the illegitimate child will take the initiative to come and recognize him after hearing this rumor."
This story...
In general, it can really justify itself!
You Qi also explained by the way, why the Rongguo Mansion concocted a rumor that a jade was born.
And Jia Baoyu's sluggish appearance, obviously because of this inference, has fallen into a situation of doubting life.
Sun Shaozong also pondered for a while, and then questioned: "What did the masked man shoot Zhou Xi for?"
"Perhaps it has nothing to do with this psychic gem."
Qiu Yunfei spread his hands first, then stared straight at Jia Baoyu and said, "Or maybe there is some secret hidden in Zhou Xi, which may be implicated in the Rongguo Mansion!"
This is almost to prove that the Rongguo Mansion is the mastermind behind the masked man!