Mrs. Xing went back and told Jia's mother what she said, no matter how much Jia Yu wanted Mandarin Ducks, she didn't dare to think about it anymore. It's just that he was full of confidence before, and his words were released, but now he can't get over his face, so he can only pretend to be sick and hide in the house without seeing anyone.

It just so happened that Jia Mu didn't want to see him, so she only told him when he was sick and when he would come back.

In the past few days, Jia Lian first stole people, and then Jia Yu wanted to take a concubine, Jia's mother didn't have a good face for both father and son, Jia Lian was not there, Jia Lian was considered to have suffered for his father, and even his previous events were remembered by Jia's mother, and he didn't give him a good look for several days.

However, with Wang Xifeng's clever mouth and grandchildren by her side, Jia's mother still regained her previous kindness, but she felt that the mandarin duck had been wronged, and she picked a few good things to appease her without hesitation.

Although everyone knows that the mandarin duck and the eldest master are on the right side from now on, at present, neither of them has died down, and this matter has passed on the surface.

Finally, on the 14th, Lai's daughter-in-law came in again and asked Jia Mu and others to appreciate their faces. Mother Jia had promised to go before, and she also wanted to go out for a walk to change her mood, so she took Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Jia Baoyu sisters to sit in Laida Garden for a long time.

Although Lai's garden is not as good as the Grand View Garden, it is also very neat and wide, and there are several places worth enjoying. Although it is far beyond the ability level of the Lai family, it seems that everyone doesn't care about this.

In the hall outside, Xue Pan, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and several close clansmen also came, of course there was no Jia Amnesty.

Originally, there was nothing to do with Jiang Yan, as Jia Baoyu's maid, she wanted to stay in Jia's mansion. But this time, Liu Xianglian beat Xue Pan, and she had to take a look for the task.

When she arrived at the outer hall of Lai's house, the banquet had just begun, and Xue Pan was sitting next to Liu Xianglian with his face salivating, clamoring for him to sing two songs.

Liu Xianglian and Lai Shangrong are familiar with each other, and this time they came as escorts. He was originally a child of a family, although his parents died early and fell a little, but he was a cool man and traveled extensively, and it was enough to be a companion.

When normal people see Liu Xianglian appearing on this occasion as an escort, they should know that he is not a good actor or anything like that, but Xue Pan is a big fool, and he thinks that he is a good person.

The last time he saw Liu Xianglian, he never forgot it. I heard that his family is in the middle of the road, and he likes to string dramas the most, and the strings are all Shengdan Fengyue dramas, so I think he is not a serious person, and he is similar to the fragrant and jade love in the previous Jia family studies, and you can get started with some benefits. But I don't know that people really just love drama, and they don't use it as a springboard to hook up with people, he is actually a straight man of steel in his bones, and he has always aimed to marry a stunning beauty.

Since Liu Xianglian is a straight man, seeing Xue Pan sitting with him with a thick face, asking long and short questions, and pestering endlessly, her heart was already full of unhappiness. He is familiar with Jia Baoyu and Lai Shangrong, and Xue Pan's problem is naturally known. It's just for the sake of the master's family's face, and to be patient.

Jiang Yan saw that his hand had been tightly clenched into a fist, thinking that if Xue Pan stopped talking, this fist would fall on him.

Fortunately, at this time, someone brought wine to talk to Xue Pan, and he glanced at Liu Xianglian reluctantly, before turning around and talking and laughing.

Liu Xianglian's fist loosened, if he really hit the guests in someone else's house, it would not sound good, but he was not ready to stay in this place, and while Xue Pan was not paying attention, Liu Xianglian went to say goodbye to Lai Shangrong.

Lai Shangrong hurriedly persuaded him to wait, not to let him go back to the banquet, but Jia Baoyu instructed him when he came, and he had something to say to him, since he was going to go first, let him inform Jia Baoyu first.

That's right, although Jia Baoyu didn't bring the maid this time, but with Jia's mother there, he was still called inside, and he was not outside with the men.

Jia Baoyu hurriedly came out of it, pulled Liu Xianglian to sit down in the small study on the side of the hall, and asked him if he could go to Qin Zhong's grave in the next few days. said that it was found that Qin Zhong's tomb had been repaired a few days ago.

Jiang Yan realized that several of them knew each other, Qin Zhong had been dead for so many years, and Jia Baoyu and Liu Xianglian had also had a friendship for many years.

The two said some more words, and Jia Baoyu wanted to persuade him to stay for a while, but when he heard Liu Xianglian say Xue Pan's ugliness, he immediately stopped keeping it.

Liu Xianglian walked to the gate of Lai's house with her feet up, who knew that Xue Pan saw that he was not at the banquet and came out to find someone, and was shouting at the gate at this time: "Who let Xiao Liu'er go!" ”

Liu Xianglian was already angry when she saw that he was so disrespectful, and Xue Pan didn't know it, relying on the wine, shouting "Xiao Liu'er" nonsense.

Suddenly seeing him at the gate, he was immediately overjoyed as if he had seen some treasure, hurriedly grabbed Liu Xianglian's hand, and said with a smile: "Good brother, where have you gone?" I'm not happy with you going. Whatever you have important, leave it to your brother, you just don't have to be busy, with your brother, it is easy for you to be an official and make a fortune. ”

This is a naked offer of power trading.

Liu Xianglian originally didn't want to deal with Jia Baoyu and Lai Shangrong's face, but since Xue Pan was in such a hurry to find death, he didn't have to be soft.

Liu Xianglian hated it in her heart, but with a smile on her face, she pulled Xue Pan to a place to avoid people, and asked him if he was really good with him. Xue Pan naturally swore that he was sincere. Liu Xianglian asked him to gather outside the city today.

Xue Pan didn't know how many days he had been thinking about Liu Xianglian, he had already been carried away by ecstasy at this time, and he didn't care about the changes in Liu Xianglian's attitude before and after, he only thought that his words moved him, and he hurriedly agreed.

The two returned to the banquet, Liu Xianglian first told Xue Pan not to attract attention, he went first, and then Xue Pan left, in fact, he went to explore the terrain first.

Xue Pan drank a few glasses of wine to relieve the itch in his heart, and when he saw Liu Xianglian leave the table, he drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and hurriedly followed.

Both of them were riding horses, and Jiang Yan was originally afraid that he would not be able to keep up, but fortunately, although Xue Pan was anxious, he drank a lot of wine and couldn't get up to speed. He went all the way out of the north gate, and he kept looking around, trying to find Liu Xianglian.

He was careless, and he didn't notice that Liu Xianglian was following him from a distance.

As he walked more and more remotely, Xue Pan felt that this place was unlikely, so he turned back to look for it, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Liu Xianglian.

Liu Xianglian saw that this place was sparsely populated, and there was a reed pond, so she knew that it was a good place to do it. He got off the horse, pretending to be interested in Xue Pan and said that he would swear not to tell others about the two of them, Xue Pan didn't care what he asked, and immediately knelt on the ground, and before he finished swearing, he felt a pain in the back of his head, and the whole person was beaten to the ground.

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