Chapter 131: Emerald brows dyed with vermilion lips

After Jin Cai left, the Xue Mistress was still restless. Although her son was a mess, he was her only son whom she loved more than her life. Now that such a thing had happened, she didn't know what the outcome would be.

Just as she was burning with anxiety, a young girl walked into the hall quickly. Her figure was slender and slightly moist, her black and shiny hair was coiled in a bun, her red lips and emerald brows, her apricot eyes were like water, and her skin was like jade.

A golden pearl hairpin was inserted in her hair. Her upper body was a pink cross-collar jacket, her lower body was an orange pleated gauze skirt, and she wore a crystal-clear golden necklace. She was clear, beautiful, and peerless, making the whole room shine.

"Mom, you just asked me to write a visiting card. The maid said that brother had a dispute with someone outside and actually beat someone to death. What exactly is going on!"

The Xue Mistress was crying, both angry and furious as she told the story again, and said, "This evil obstacle, if he were half as worry-free as you, I would close my eyes immediately even if I died."

"He usually goes horse racing and cockfighting, drinking and mixing, which is fine, but now he has even caused a human life. It would be better to settle my account first, so I don't have to see it and be annoyed."

The young girl's face turned pale when she heard this, and she said, "Mom, don't be angry first. Brother is absurd and unfilial, but now that things have happened, there must be a way to solve it. If it takes too long, it will become even more uncontrollable."

"I just heard Jin Cai say that a Cong Ge'er has come to the old Jia residence in Xinglong Fang, and he has a deep friendship with the Yingtian Prefect Jia Yucun. I have already submitted a visiting card, inviting him to the mansion to see if he can help mediate."

Although she was worried about her brother, her eyes still condensed when she heard this, and she asked, "Is it the Cong brother from the Rongguo mansion who was named the top scholar in the provincial examination, as mentioned by the mistress of the shop from the Love Shenjing a few days ago?"

Old Jia residence in Xinglong Fang.

He glanced at Jin Cai standing below, and the Xue family servant with capable eyes beside him.

"Isn't it him?"

There are many things in this world that are a drink and a peck. If you don't know the roots and intervene in advance, you can't escape the fixed number that is there or not.

He had already rescued Xiang Ling, but he still beat Feng Yuan to death. His evil thoughts were deep and incurable.

But he didn't expect things to develop so quickly. That Feng Yuan still lost his life. He changed Xiang Ling's fate, but Feng Yuan still couldn't escape fate.

On the left and right, there was Jia Zheng's face inside, so he could only go there once. He already had a strategy for how to deal with it in his heart.

He couldn't help but frown. This Jin Cai was truly talkative and meddlesome, causing him such a troublesome thing.

But he didn't want to get involved in the Xue family's affairs at all.

It was just that now he was under the name of a descendant of the Rongguo mansion, and he was also counted as being raised under the Second Mistress of the Rongguo mansion. If it hadn't been for Jia Zheng's support back then, he would only be lingering in the East Courtyard now.

Jia Cong finished reading the visiting card in his hand and was silent.

Jia Cong had always kept this favor in his heart. This Xue Yima was also Wang Furen's own younger sister, and nominally his elder. If he didn't go to see her after receiving the card, but ignored it, the handle left behind would be too big.

Xue family mansion.

He wouldn't be like those people in the Jia family, breaking the law for the sake of saving such a person, leaving himself a handle and a root of disaster.

That Xue Pan was an arrogant and tyrannical person. In the original timeline, he forcibly bought Xiang Ling and didn't treat her well. Xiang Ling eventually died of illness caused by his abuse.

As for saving the big fool Xue himself, unless he was also a big fool, he would just push it to the Jia mansion on the left and right.

That Xue family servant said that Xue Pan beat Feng Yuan to death this morning, and just happened to meet the Yingtian Prefecture yamen runners going to arrest Dong Lao Er. Dong Lao Er wasn't caught, but the big fool Xue was bumped into the muzzle of the gun.

The servant who went to the Jia mansion to submit the visiting card came back and said that the Third Master Cong of the Jia mansion had already accepted the card. Because he was visiting an elder, he needed to prepare some thin gifts, and he would arrive soon.

The day after he took Xiang Ling away, he wrote a letter to Jia Yucun to report it. He originally thought that the kidnapper Dong Lao Er would be thrown into prison, and this matter would be over.

The Xue Mistress breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. After all, they were relatives, and she had submitted a visiting card, so he would still come. In her heart, she had more hope for asking Jia Cong to help save her son from trouble.

The clear, beautiful, and charming young girl on the side had curious eyes.

These days, many rumors have come from the Love Shenjing, saying that this Cong brother of the Jia family was not only named the top scholar in the provincial examination, but was also granted an official position of the eighth rank by the Emperor, and his talent was extremely high. His poetry and calligraphy were both peerless, and his name spread throughout the Love Shenjing.

It is said that he is also the closed-door disciple of the contemporary literary master Liu Yanxiu.

These things are moving just by hearing them. I don't know what kind of person this real person is.

Since he has such ability, I hope he can let my brother suffer less. It's just that this brother is too arrogant and reckless. If he continues like this, I don't know how to end it in the future.

At this time, the maid came to report that the Third Master Cong of the Jia mansion had arrived outside the second gate. Xue Yima hurriedly asked him to be invited in.

The young girl's eyes turned, and she couldn't help but look at the hall entrance.

The afternoon sunlight passed through the flowers and branches in the courtyard, and then shot into the hall entrance, leaving silver and mottled shadows on the jujube wood floor.

Suddenly, those light images were disturbed like water waves, and only a youth was seen walking into the hall.

He was wearing a moon-white silver bamboo-patterned Shu silk robe, his belt was tied tightly, and his long, oily black hair was meticulously combed into a bun, pinned with a moist and coagulated white jade hairpin.

His bearing was extraordinary, his eyebrows were thick and straight, and his eyes were like autumn pools. The lines of his nose and corners of his mouth were like mountain ranges and clear streams, with an indescribable beauty. The whole person was like a jade tree facing the wind, as if he had walked out of a painting.

The young girl's gaze stared, a little dazed. Those disturbed light images at the hall entrance actually made her feel a little dizzy.

Jia Cong saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the hall, wearing luxurious clothes and full of jewelry. Her appearance was kind, and fish-tail lines had already grown at the corners of her eyes.

Beside her stood a bright and moving young girl. Her eyebrows were emerald without being painted, her lips were vermilion without being dyed, her apricot eyes were flowing, and her appearance was peerless.

"Jia Cong has met Xue Yima."

Xue Yima looked at the jade-tree-like youth in front of her and praised: "I heard early on that Cong Ge'er is extremely promising, and he has grown up with such a proud appearance. The Grandmother in the mansion is truly blessed."

She pulled Jia Cong to look him up and down a few times, couldn't help but praise again, asked Jia Cong's age, and exchanged a few pleasantries.

She pointed to the young girl behind her and said: "This is Yima's daughter, Baochai. She is older than you. You two siblings will know each other today."

Jia Cong looked at the girl who had been famous for a long time and said with a smile: "Bao sister is good."

Xue Baochai was also generous: "Cong brother is good."

Xue Yima was worried about her son's major event, so she chatted for a few more sentences, then went straight to the point and told Jia Cong about the matter she wanted to entrust.

Jia Cong thought slightly, while Xue Baochai on the side stared at his expression intently.

"Yima doesn't know, actually Jia Cong and that Jia Yucun are meeting for the first time, and have never had any contact in the past."

Xue Yima was stunned when she heard this, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face. She was worldly-wise and had already heard the meaning of evasion in Jia Cong's words.

Xue Baochai on the side looked at Jia Cong, her eyes flickering.

Jia Cong said again: "Actually, when I first arrived in Jin Ling, Jia Yucun treated me so politely for another reason."

"Back then, he was dismissed from office and waiting for reinstatement. Because he was the teacher of Lin sister, Gusu Lin uncle introduced him to the Second Master in the mansion."

"It was the Second Master in the mansion who planned the vacancy of Yingtian Prefect for him. He then connected with the Jia mansion as a nephew of the old master. Therefore, he is not giving me face, but just giving the Second Master face."

Xue Baochai on the side suddenly said: "Looking at it this way, the Jia family is truly the benefactor of that Jia Yucun. Cong brother is the leader of the Jia family, with high talent and wisdom. I don't know what good methods you can teach us."

"My brother acts recklessly and caused such a disaster, harming others and himself, but after all, he is a close relative. Please point out, brother, sister will thank you first."

As she spoke, she bowed to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong was slightly stunned. This Xue Baochai was harmonious, atmospheric, intelligent, and sharp. She truly lived up to her reputation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 132 =====