The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion-Chapter 18: Set Sail

The next morning, before Jia Lian woke up from a hangover, Sun Shaozong naturally became the commander-in-chief of the whole family. First, he packed their luggage and sundries into several carts and instructed people to go to the backyard to ask the female members to set off.

During this period, Sun Shaozong thought of Jia Lian's drunken talk that day. He secretly looked at Lin Daiyu's luggage. Seeing that it was as shabby as he thought it was, he could not help sighing.

As the saying goes, "Being a Qing Magistrate for three years, earning the salary of snowflakes falling.” The Yamen of the salt merchant was in the best position in the world. It was more than ten times better than the prefecture.

No matter how incorruptible Lin Ruhai was, he still has millions and a hundred thousand taels of silver, but now only these worthless sundries are left. Combined with Jia Lian's words that he felt sorry for Daiyu after he was drunk that day, the whereabouts of the silver can be imagined.

"Why did Shaozong sigh?"

At this time, the voice of Jia Yucun came from behind him suddenly.

Sun Shaozong felt a sudden surprise in his heart. He hurriedly turned back and said perfunctorily, "It's a pity that Lord Lin was so incorruptible as an official, but unfortunately died young."

Sigh~

Jia Yucun also sighed and said with emotion, "Brother Ruhai was a talented man, but heaven was envied of his talents that he died. Fortunately, there is a relative of the noble family in the Rongguo Mansion. Otherwise, it would be considered good if there was no one to take care of the affairs. What will I do with my lonely and helpless female student?"

Noble relatives refer to expensive relatives!

Hearing Jia Yucun's emphasis on the word ”noble and relative,” Sun Shaozong knew that the old fox had already seen the clue, but all his sentences were praising the Rongguo Mansion. There was no omission. It was very cunning.

After a while, a woman came out and shouted, "The girls are coming out. People who don't have anything to do with it should avoid it!"

Sun Shaozong consciously led Feng Xin to the side. But when he thought of Daiyu, he was curious. So when the female members went out and got on the carriage, he couldn't help but look around.

Next to Ruan Rong was a small lady with thin bones and fine facial features. Even if Yan Liben was born again, it would be difficult to draw such color.

T/L Notes: Yan Liben is a famous painter of the Tang Dynasty.

For a moment, Sun Shaozong, who was so fond of plumpness, inevitably came up with some thoughts that he shouldn't have, so he was busy reciting the heart-clearing mantra three times:

More than three years but less than ten years!

More than three years but less than ten years!

More than three years but less than ten years!

T/L Notes: He’s reciting the modern basic law offenses of possibilities to be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years!

It was like a slap in his face that made him wake up a lot.

However, a group of more than ten people rode horses and carriages straight to the wharf. When they arrived at their destination, local officials had been waiting for them.

Sun Shaozong could not take over the authority, so he entrusted Jia Yucun to deal with it. Anyway, many of them came to see him off.

Sun Shaozong first arranged for the female members, then put their luggage in their cabins. Finally, he simply cleaned up his cabin. When he came out, he saw that Jia Yucun was still conversing with people on the dock. It seemed that he was writing some sour poetry about seeing off, so he went for a stroll on the deck.

This ship was probably a large turreted ship. It was about 25 meters wide from head to tail and about 16 feet wide. There were three layers of cabins on and off the deck. The middle rail runs straight to the bottom. The rudder at the stern can rise and fall. It is also equipped with a large rowboat that is 78 meters long. It looked a little different from the passenger ship he saw on the Yangtze River.

After asking the boatman, he learned that The Grand Canal was not like the Yangtze River. There were many shoals in the middle of the canal. At that time, the rudder will not be able to control the direction and may be stuck at the bottom. Therefore, it as necessary to raise the rudder and shake the boat to control the advance and retreat.

When he was lying in the stern looking at the ”living rudder,” he was suddenly patted on his shoulder.

Sun Shaozong didn't have to look back to know it was Ruan Rong, so he said with a smile, "Why can't we take the boredom down there?"

Ruan Rong squeezes herself to his side. She looked down curiously but didn't see anything unusual. She looked up and said with a smile, "Do you want to know what Sister Lin said about you?"

It turned out that when Sun Shaozong peeped at Daiyu, Daiyu also secretly observed Sun Shaozong.

Although he was curious, would Sun Shaozong be stupid enough to show it directly?

Seeing that no one was looking, he lowered his head and pecked at her face. He laughed and said, "I don't care what she says, as long as you like it." 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚌ｏｍ

"Then I won't tell you!"

Ruan Rong punched him in the chest, but she couldn't hold it back after all. She smiled and broke the news, "Just now in the cabin, Daiyu said that you have the heart of a fox and was wrapped in a bear skin. She also told me to be careful not to be cheated by your appearance."

As she spoke, he couldn't help giggling.

Bearskin with a fox heart?

The little girl is mean!

However, this description was appropriate. A transgressor like Sun Shaozong just puts his "heart" into someone else's skin.

The two chatted a few more words, and then a young man came and said that Jia Yucun had boarded the ship and asked whether he wanted to leave immediately.

Sun Shaozong naturally wanted to hurry on the road, so he gave an order. The boatman shouted to untie the rope, pull up the gangplank and took out several poles to carefully prop the boat out of the wharf. Then he raised the sail and went up along the river.

—Dividing Line—

Along the way, Sun Shaozong either exchanged wine and sang with Jia Lian or talked with Jia Yucun. Occasionally, he got the opportunity to have a very intimate session with Ruan Rong, but rarely met Daiyu.

It was in the middle of winter. The river was cold and the wind was blowing. Lin Daiyu was so weak that she had to sit in the cabin and engage in literary activities or chat with Ruan Rong to relieve boredom.

But that afternoon, Sun Shaozong tricked Ruan Rong into his cabin. He tries every possible way to coax her into doing the ”rub-down” with her slender hands. When he was at the climax, he could not help but feel greedy again and gently pressed her head down

Bang!

It happened that at this time, he didn't know whether it was hit by something. The hull shook violently. Ruan Rong's foot was unstable. She falls onto Sun Shaozong's and accidentally hits the important part between his legs!

With this collision, he almost feels that he has lost it all!

"Ah!!!"

Sun Shaozong screamed. He clamped his legs in pain and rolled from the bed to the bottom of the bed. He whined and breathed heavily.

Ruan Rong was so scared that she quickly stepped forward to hold him and asked with concern, "Brother Sun?! Are you alright? Do you want to... Do you want to see a doctor?”

Currently, the passenger ship is passing through a hilly area. There are cliffs more than 20 meters high on both sides of the river. Where can she find a doctor?

Sun Shaozong snorted again for a while, then reluctantly raised his face with blue veins and said with a strong smile, "No... It's okay. Just let me take a break... Hiss! Just rest for a moment. You... Can go back to the cabin first. The deck is in a mess now. If someone comes to me, you won’t be able to go."

At this time, there was indeed a lot of noise on the deck. It seemed that there were two groups of people shouting and scolding each other.

Although Ruan Rong was worried about Sun Shaozong's "injury," she was also afraid of being blocked in the cabin. Therefore, under Sun Shaozong's repeated urging, she finally went out of the cabin, looking back repeatedly at every step she took.

After she left, Sun Shaozong immediately locked the door and jumped up and down like a rabbit with a "tail.” Where did that tough-guy image go?