The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

After returning from a long absence, Xue Pan naturally wanted to call his friends and have a good gathering.

The banquet was still being set and everyone was a little drunk.

Xue Pan drank another large glass of wine in one gulp, then sighed and said, "Thinking back to when I first came to the capital, there were more than a dozen brothers and it was so lively! Now things have changed and people are gone, only... Hi!" He picked up the wine pot and filled himself another glass of wine.

Jia Baoyu, Feng Ziying and Qi Guan also sighed. Han Qi, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and others died in the battle at Xishan. Others either died in the rebellion or were implicated in the Niu family's rebellion. Only a few of them were left.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Qi Guan smiled and changed the subject, asking about Xue Pan's experiences in Shaanxi.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Jia Baoyu looked at Feng Ziying and said, "I heard from Brother Lian that you and the second daughter of the Zhen family have formed a good marriage?"

Xue Pan stared at Feng Ziying with hazy eyes: "Are you also engaged?"

Feng Ziying put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "My mother is anxious to have a grandchild, and I am not young anymore, it is time for me to start a family."

Jia Baoyu and Qi Guan raised their glasses together and said, "Congratulations!"

Feng Ziying also picked up the wine glass, and the three of them drank.

Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "I once had the honor of meeting the second daughter of the Zhen family. You and she are a perfect match, a match made in heaven. It will definitely be a good marriage."

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "It was the matchmaker sent by the lady in the mansion."

Jia Baoyu was startled at first, then he smiled and said, "No wonder."

Feng Ziying smiled as he poured the wine in the thermos for Jia Baoyu and also for himself, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart. His mother had originally wanted to ask for the third daughter of the Jia family to marry him, and he heard that the old lady of the Zhen family also had this plan, but the old lady of the Jia family brought the two families together.

His mother was originally unwilling, but what Grandmother Jia said was right. Their Feng family was a surrendered general from the previous dynasty and still held military power. If they were to marry into a family like the Jia family, it would surely arouse the suspicion and vigilance of the new emperor.

The Zhen family was different. They only had a useless "A Dou" left and posed no threat. However, because Zhen Yingjia died heroically, the Zhen family gained a good reputation. Not only the civil and military officials, but even the new emperor looked at the Zhen family differently.

The two families can help each other by getting married, which is indeed a good marriage.

Feng Ziying shook his head, shook off the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and smiled at Jia Baoyu: "You are the one who has found a good marriage. You are childhood sweethearts, and you are innocent. It's really enviable!"

Jia Baoyu blushed and said, "Drink, drink." Then he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Feng Ziying smiled complacently.

Qi Guan, who was sitting on his left, nudged him gently with his elbow and then glanced at Xue Pan diagonally opposite him.

Feng Ziying followed his signal and immediately noticed that Xue Pan was drinking alone. He was startled at first, then asked with a smile: "Uncle, who has offended you?"

Xue Pan put down his wine glass but said nothing.

Feng Ziying was slightly startled and turned his gaze to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu hesitated for a moment, then leaned over to whisper something in his ear.

Feng Ziying was silent for a moment. "To be fair, it is right for the Concubine Xian to do this. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are the grace of heaven. They are yours only if the emperor gives them to you. If the emperor doesn't give them to you, you cannot ask for them back."

Jia Baoyu: "What's so good about being an official? Look at our master, he works himself to death, but it's just like that."

Xue Pan unbuttoned his collar in annoyance: "I'm not angry about this. I am angry about, it's because others look down on me, and it's bad enough that they ask me to marry the daughter of a merchant family. Don't you think I've lost face enough?!" At this point, he could no longer suppress his anger and slapped the table, which scared Jia Baoyu.

Qi Guan smiled bitterly. At that time, the Xia family's cancellation of the engagement caused a lot of uproar, and the Wang family also made a big fuss about publicizing that Xia Jingui had given birth to a son for Wang Ren. Everyone was not a fool. After a quick calculation, they knew that Xia Jingui had cheated on Xue Pan. Fortunately, Xue Pan was not in the capital, otherwise there would definitely be trouble.

Feng Ziying's eyes flashed. The Feng family had a relative who worked in the Ministry of Rites. He witnessed the fight between the second master of the Niu family and Wang Ren that day, and also heard an explosive piece of news that Wang Ren was also a cuckold, and the child born by Xia Jingui was not Wang Ren's, but that of the scumbag named Xia San.

There were not many people present at the time, and Jia Yucun had issued a gag order, so the story did not spread.

"Damn bitch!" Xue Pan gritted his teeth and said, "Sooner or later I will kill her!"

Qi Guan: “You are drunk.”

Xue Pan: "I'm not drunk! Not drunk."

Jia Baoyu glanced out the window and said, "It's getting late, let's go." Then he looked at Feng Ziying.

Feng Ziying stood up and said, "I'll host you next time." He paused and said, "My father has been ordered to return to the capital. He should be leading the troops outside the border. When the time comes, I will go with the army."

Qi Guan also stood up and said: "Let's have a feast for you." Jia Baoyu clasped his hands and said: "Then I wish you a triumphant return in advance."

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "I'll borrow your good words."

Xue Pan poured four more glasses of wine, picked up the glass, and said loudly: "Come, let's wish Brother Feng a safe return, and wish Uncle Feng to be made a marquis soon!"

The three of them had no choice but to pick up their glasses and drink together.

Official Qi called the Xue family's waiter and helped the half-drunk Xue Pan out of the box.

Just then, voices and footsteps were heard from the stairs.

".This piece of farmland is the property of the Wang family. Can Master Xia really make the decision?"

"The Wang family's assets all belong to my nephew, so as his uncle, I can naturally make the decision. But I can't work in vain, right?"

"Understood, understood. I'll be the host today, and I'll give you 20% of the profit after the deal is done."

"I want half!"

"Half?! You're too greedy!"

"Without me, you wouldn't even have half of that. Just enjoy the fact that you got a few hundred taels of silver for free."

At the door of the box, Qi Guan saw Xue Pan stopped and looked at the stairs with gritted teeth, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Xue Pan gritted his teeth and said, "It's Xia San."

Feng Ziying's eyes flashed. Xia San was selling the Wang family's property? He was really a scumbag! At the same time, he sighed in his heart. When Jinling City was broken, Wang Zisheng, who went home to worship his ancestors, died in the hands of the rebels. Only Wang Ziteng's wife and daughter were left in the Wang family. The Wang family was completely ruined!

At this time, Xia San, wearing a brocade robe, walked up with a proud look on his face.

Behind him, followed a dejected businessman.

“Xia San!”

"Who the hell is so bold as to call you Uncle Xia by your first name?"

Xia San has been very successful in the past six months. Ever since Wang Ziteng's wife was drugged by Xia Jingui and fell ill in bed, he secretly swallowed up a lot of Wang family's properties. He was used to people calling him "Uncle Xia" and was naturally very angry when someone suddenly called him by his name.

When he saw it was Xue Pan, he was startled at first, then laughed and said, "I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be Mr. Xue. What's the matter, are you tired of eating mutton soup steamed buns in Xi'an, so you came back to Beijing to change your taste?"

"Fuck you!" Xue Pan rushed forward and punched Xia San in the face. Xia San was caught off guard and fell to the ground, blood spurting out of his nose. He screamed and covered his face in pain.

Xue Pan wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Qi Guan: "This is Taihe Tower."

Xia San had been arrogant and domineering for the past six months. He was the one who bullied others. How could he swallow this breath? He shouted loudly: "Xue Pan, you green-headed bastard, how dare you hit me!"

"You're looking for death!" Xue Pan was so angry that his eyes turned red. He pushed Qi Guan away, rushed over and grabbed Xia San's neck. He rode on Xia San's body and smashed Xia San's face with his sandbag-sized fist, cursing, "You bastard! You son of a bitch! I'm going to beat you to death."

Xia San was no match for Xue Pan and was soon beaten to a bloody mess, howling like a slaughtered pig!

Qi Guan was worried that something might happen, so he hurriedly tried to pull Xue Pan's arm, but was knocked to the ground by the force.

Feng Ziying was also afraid of causing trouble, so he hugged Xue Pan from behind and dragged him up, "Stop fighting!"

Xia San was beaten with blood all over his face. He got up and ran downstairs, saying, "Stupid Xue, just wait and see how I'm going to deal with you."

Xue Pan didn't know where he got the strength from, but he broke free from Feng Ziying's hands, rushed forward, and kicked Xia San in the waist.

Xia San screamed and rolled down the stairs
"Dead!"

There was a scream from downstairs.

Feng Ziying's face suddenly changed and he ran over like a fly. He saw Xia San's head hit the pillar of the stairs and blood was all over the floor.

Qi Guan also ran over, his eyes widened, and he muttered, "It's over, someone's dead." (End of this chapter)