In addition to the selection of concubines, the daughters of the famous eunuchs in the world are all named in the department, and they are selected as the princess and county lord to accompany the school, and serve as the praise of talents, Aunt Xue suddenly thought of her daughter who was born like a flower and a jade, and was literate and literate, and had the idea of sending Baochai to participate in the selection.

After Aunt Xue agreed with her daughter to participate in the audition, she originally planned to make some preparations in advance, such as writing a letter to her brother in Jingzhong and her sister who married into Rongguo Mansion first, to ventilate her breath and see if she would invite a grandmother from the palace to teach Baochai rules or something; Inquire and inquire, if you want to be selected, do you need to open the joints or something; …… But after receiving the news that her son Xue Pan relied on wealth and power to kill Feng Yuan, the son of a local eunuch, in order to buy a girl, Aunt Xue immediately ordered her family to pack her luggage and leave Jinling with a pair of children.

Although Aunt Xue told the Xue family three reasons for leaving home when she left home, one was to send Baochai to Beijing to be selected; the second is to visit relatives; the third is to personally enter Beijing to settle the old accounts, and then calculate the new expenses; But she knew very well in her heart that the real reason why she left home with a pair of children was because Xue Pan beat someone to death, and she was afraid that the government would arrest Xue Pan and let him kill people to pay for his life.

Although on the surface, Aunt Xue didn't take her son's killing to heart, but she was very scared in her heart, otherwise, she wouldn't have hurriedly packed her luggage and fled Jinling with her children as soon as she heard that her son had killed someone.

Aunt Xue is so flustered because she knows her own affairs. Although the Xue family is also on the talisman of Jinling, and has the name of "good snow in a good year, pearls like earth and gold like iron", but the Xue family is only rich, not expensive; And since the death of her husband, she is a woman and a widow, and she cannot show her face; The son could not afford it; Therefore, the original connections of the Xue family gradually faded, and only the Wang family and the Jia family, which are called the four major families together with the Xue family, and the two good in-laws of her mother's family to support the façade.

It's just that whether it's my brother or my brother-in-law, I'm a Beijing official, I don't know if I can reach out to Jinling? Moreover, the elder brother is a military general, and the civil and military are not under the control; The relationship between the brother-in-law and his own family is one level different, and it is said that the brother-in-law is an upright person, and he is the most disdainful of corruption, so he is not sure whether he will help.

So Aunt Xue hurriedly wrote to her brother and sister, told them about Xue Pan, asked him for help, and left Jinling with her son and daughter, so as to escape Ying Tianfu's arrest of Xue Pan.

Aunt Xue said three reasons to the outside world, no matter which one she had, she needed to enter Beijing, but she didn't dare to take her children into Beijing when she didn't receive a reply from her brother and sister telling her how to deal with Xue Pan's matter. After all, who knows how Ying Tianfu will report this matter to the authorities when there is no one in Jinling? What Jingzhong's attitude is towards this, she doesn't know, before Xue Pan's case is closed, maybe she brought him into Beijing and threw herself into the net!

Although Mrs. Wang's letter to Aunt Xue did not make arrangements for their family, Wang Ziteng's opinion was the same as that of Aunt Xue. In his letter to Aunt Xue, he clearly told her that before he finished dealing with Xue Pan's murder case, she would take a pair of children to go out for a walk, and she must not set foot in the capital for half a step.

Those who do business are not as good as officials, and as long as the family is an official at home, the whole family does not have to worry about it. However, the merchant also has to rely on the support of loyal and reliable managers, shopkeepers, and associates. Since the death of Xue Pan's father, many managers, shopkeepers, compradors and others have seen Xue Pan's extravagant temperament, arrogant speech, although he has also gone to school, but he knows a few words, all day long only fighting cocks and horses, wandering the mountains and rivers, although he is an imperial businessman, but he should be a broker who does not know anything about the world, relying on his grandfather's old feelings, the household department has a false name, receives money and food, and the rest of the matter has its own partners and old family members; Therefore, all the directors of the trading bureau in the provinces of the Xue family, the old and kind-hearted ones, begged to go; The treacherous and cunning, although he still stayed in the Xue family, saw that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of the world, so he took advantage of the time to abduct him, so several businesses in the Xue family's Kyoto gradually depleted.

Aunt Xue thought, since she came out, and she didn't know when Xue Pan's case would be closed, she couldn't just wander around without a purpose, just go to the business of the family in the provinces to have a look, even if she couldn't see anything, she also knew a profit and loss, and it was good to have a long insight.

Therefore, although Aunt Xue's plan was very good, Xue Pan refused to cooperate. After Xue Pan killed Feng Yuan, she really didn't take this matter to heart, and really thought that Aunt Xue packed her bags and took him and her sister out of Jinling, which were the three reasons she and the clansmen said, so after leaving Jinling, she went straight to the capital.

Aunt Xue didn't want her children to worry at first, so she didn't tell them the truth, but just hooked Xue Pan on the grounds of scenic spots on the way and buying special products for relatives in Beijing, and stayed more time in the major cities in Beijing. It's just that Jinling is not far from the capital, and although it stops and goes, it didn't take long to arrive in Cangzhou, which is not a few days away from the capital.

At this time, Aunt Xue did not receive the news of the closure of Xue Pan's murder case, thinking of her brother's admonition, she had no choice but to tell Xue Pan and Baochai the truth, so after the family arrived in Cangzhou, they did not continue to move forward. Because they were afraid that they would not be able to receive news from the capital in time, they did not dare to go too far from the capital, but they could not enter the capital, so they could only stay in the towns near the capital.

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In Zhuolu County, which is nearly 400 miles away from the capital, Aunt Xue's family has chartered the best inn in the county, and they have been living here for half a month. Aunt Xue sat in the yard, fanning the wind with a fan, and complained loudly: "It's autumn, why is the weather still so hot?" In such a large county, there is no place to sell ice, so people can only suffer. Looking at Baochai, who was quietly doing needlework on the side, knowing that she was afraid of heat because of her abundance, she couldn't help but say, "My son, you have suffered." ”

Baochai looked up and smiled and said, "It's nothing." The woman's temperament is yin, and now that she is in autumn, she is using ice, but she is afraid that she will get cold, but it is not good. He looked up and asked, "I wonder where my brother has gone?" Will you be back for dinner in a moment? ”

Aunt Xue sighed and said, "It's like a crazy horse, who knows where he went, anyway, this Zhuolu County is such a palm-sized land, I'm not afraid that he will run away......"

At this time, a voice sounded in front of Aunt Xue to interrupt it, and then, Xue Pan came in happily and said: "Mother and sister are here, you come and take a look, I picked up a big bargain today and bought an excellent mink." As he spoke, he asked one of the four or five young men who followed behind him to show Aunt Xue and Baochai the burden in his arms.

Xue Pan happily took a mink that looked shiny and showed off: "Mom, sister, look at it, look, this mink fur is thick, how soft, how pure this color is, ......there is no miscellaneous hair at all."

Baochai looked at it and didn't see any clues. Aunt Xue touched it with her hand, felt that something was wrong with the touch, and rubbed it slightly, and as a result, a piece of fur fell off like this.

Looking at the piece of fur that fell to the ground slowly, Baochai couldn't bear to see it, closed her eyes, and sighed again in her heart: This is fooled again.

She really didn't know what to say to her brother. After coming out, if she stays in any city for a little longer, her brother will definitely be deceived by a liar. It is said that eating a trench will lead to wisdom, but in Xue Pan's body, he did not see any growth. As long as you change your name, you will still be deceived next time. Because he was deceived, there were a lot of fake antiques in the house, fake calligraphy and paintings, fake gems, and fake horses......

The "good fur" in Xue Pan's mouth is obviously the old skin glued together, and with a little effort, the broken skin stuck to it falls off, and then becomes alopecia areata.

The facts were already in front of him, and he still couldn't believe it and said, "How can this be? The seller clearly said that it was newly beaten this year, and the freshly nitrated leather was newly ......"

Baochai interrupted him: "Brother, because I want to keep out the cold, so the fur is best in winter." At this time, the new fur can't be so thick, because it's not winter yet. ”

Xue Pan hugged the piece of broken skin on the table, hugged it, and walked out while saying, "I went to settle accounts with them, and I dared to meet Uncle Me." Hmph, look at how the uncle cleans them up! ”

Looking at Xue Pan's distant back, Baochai sighed again, turned his head and asked a little man who couldn't keep up in time, "How much did the uncle buy that skin?" ”

"Eight hundred taels."

Without waiting for Baochai to speak, Aunt Xue on the side preemptively said: "Eight hundred taels is a loss, let your brother have a long memory, it's nothing, there is no shortage of money in the left and right families." ”

Hearing her words, Baochai held her forehead. This is said from the first time Xue Pan was deceived, Aunt Xue has been saying it until now. But the question is, does he have a long memory? No.

Just when Baochai wanted to persuade Aunt Xue, the steward sent by Wang Ziteng came and brought the news that Xue Pan's case had been completely closed and the Xue family could enter Beijing.

Hearing this, Aunt Xue and Baochai were overjoyed, and they didn't care about Xue Pan's deception, so they asked the family to hurry up and find the uncle back, and then immediately packed up their luggage and went to Beijing.