The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion
Chapter 31: Cold Liwan like a Bundles of Dry Firewoods, Crazy Baoyus Words that Startled 4 PeopleChapter 31: Cold Liwan like a Bundles of Dry Firewoods, Crazy Baoyu's Words that Startled 4 People
Liwan was uneasy. Suddenly, she felt a glance, staring back and forth at her. She looked up subconsciously, but she met Sun Shaozong's eagle-like eyes.
For a moment, her heart suddenly jumped. She quickly held her head down to her chest and complained about the crude and impetuous Jia Lian a thousand times.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSeeing Liwan's face showing a look of shame and annoyance, Sun Shaozong immediately realized that something was wrong. He quickly moved his eyes back to Jia's mother and showed deference to the rich and kind old lady.
At this time, Jia's mother got someone to take her hawksbill shell-rimmed eyeglasses. Holding the frame, she carefully scanned Sun Shaozong's eyes. She couldn't help but admire him, "Indeed, you are a young general with great military prowess. No wonder you can resist many salt dealers on the river. Aren’t they all the same as the descendants of the meritorious, why are all the children in the Rongguo Mansion so weak?"
As soon as the Old Lady opened her mouth, she couldn't stop. She sighed with emotion, "Although it's good to make progress in studying if you don't have a strong body, even if you can make a living for a while, how can you make it for a long time?"
These words immediately pierced into Liwan's heart. Regardless of her husband who died early, her son Jia Lan often causes disasters and suffers some diseases from time to time. If one day…
Just by thinking of it, she felt her hands and feet were cold to her bone.
"Old Madam!"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut Jia Lian wanted to show off. So, he said with a smile, "You're looking down on Erlang. he not only has a good body but also can solve strange cases!"
"I’ve heard about it."
The old lady patted on the red sandalwood Kang Table gently and said with a grin, "Lieutenant Sun solved strange cases in half a day, and Prime Minister Ruan has an insight of recognizing talents. This story has been told to me a long time ago, and it has been compiled into a little song and sung everywhere."
Jia Lian pulled out his chest and said proudly, "What I want to say today is not your old forks story, but something new which I saw with my own eyes!"
With these words, he told his Old Lady about Sun Shaozong was being appointed as the Assistant Prefecture Magistrate of the Central Judicial Office. After he was asked to investigate the mystery of the naked corpse, all the women in the room were amazed. Only then did they know that the iron tower-like man in front of them had intelligence or skill, and was being ingenious.
In the past, such stories can only be found in the ancient Chinese, but how can they be comparable to Jia Lian's personal experience in which he tells the story so vividly?
So even Liwan was unconsciously absorbed into the story.