After waving away Ying'er, Xue Baochai carefully locked the door and began to read the letter carefully again.

Just now, he only focused on identifying the handwriting and content, but now after reading the whole article carefully, Xue Baochai immediately discovered keenly that this story seemed to have been transcribed by Lin Daiyu - and most of it was transcribed orally.

She had more doubts in her mind.

Even though Shi Xiangyun had issued a hush-hush order about the affairs of Ou Guan and Rui Guan, they were just two maids with a background of actors. Even though Rui Guan was a blessing in disguise and became the maidservant of the common room,

Since the Xue family was close to the Jiao family, it was inevitable that a few words would fall into Baochai's ears.

So when she read this story for the first time, she thought that Lin Daiyu was using the story of Ou Guan Rui Guan as a template.

But now that it is discovered that Lin Daiyu transcribed the dictation, this inference is suddenly untenable - although Lin Daiyu is not a party involved, she is the owner of Ou Guan, and the things involved cannot be hidden from her. Since she knows clearly,

You can describe it in your own words, so why copy someone else's dictation?

Then who is the person who dictated this? Where did Lin Daiyu hear it from?

Xue Baochai was full of doubts, so she read the story for the third time. With a targeted attitude, she found some familiar traces, or some habits and oral habits.

This seems to be...

Jiao Shun?

Could it be him?

Could it be that Lin Daiyu didn't actually leave a letter and run away, but instead hid her name somewhere in the capital under the arrangement of the Jiao family?

But why did she do this?

Is it to avoid Baoyu?

But if it hadn't been for this incident of leaving a letter and running away, Lin Daiyu would have been expelled from the Rongguo Mansion. How could there have been talk of "equal equality"?

However, it does not make sense to say that Lin Daiyu "left the letter and stole it" just to achieve the goal of being on an equal footing with herself - after all, she was not good at calculating, so how could she have anticipated the reactions of the old lady and Baoyu?

Besides, this is not Lin Daiyu's usual temperament.

But then again...

Xue Baochai looked at the letter and gradually frowned. As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If this is indeed a trap set by Lin Daiyu, then the intention of this letter is very sinister. It is clearly to put herself in a dangerous situation.

A dilemma.

If the matter is truthfully reported to the Jia family, Lin Daiyu will definitely be welcomed back to Rongguo Mansion - which is no better than being far away in Suzhou. Once the old lady chooses to go there in person, or sends Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, it is almost impossible for Lin Daiyu to disobey

passed.

But if you keep it secret and don't report it, you will be completely passive once it is exposed later.

Although she didn't think Lin Daiyu would do such a thing, Xue Baochai thought about it again and again and decided to take out insurance first to avoid being caught off guard.

And then...

She read the story carefully a fourth time.

I couldn't find any new clues this time, but I finally appreciated the charm of this story.

However, Xue Baochai's sense of involvement in this story was obviously not as good as that of Lin Daiyu. After reading it, he just sighed a few times and lamented the joys and sorrows in the story. Other than that, he was not too touched.

After all, for her, the things in front of and behind her are the most important things to care about, and other people's things are only other people's things after all.

Without Lin Daiyu's invitation, she would never have thought of writing a book about this story.

But now that it was Lin Daiyu who invited me, I had to treat it with caution.

After pondering for a moment, Xue Baochai opened the door and called out to Ying'er, saying: "Tell the guard in front that when the coachman comes again, he will say that I will think about it for a few days and let him come again in three days."

Ying'er welcomed him and was about to go to the second door to spread the message.

"etc!"

Xue Baochai stopped her and said, "In two quarters of an hour, ask Kui Guan to come to the study."

Kui Guan is the little actor assigned to the Xue family.

Ying'er agreed and went to the second door first to pass the message. After guessing that it was almost time, she notified Guan Kui to go to the study to see Baochai.

Kui Guan put down his work and hurried to the study. He saw Xue Baochai copying something at his desk, so he didn't dare to interrupt. He just stood aside and waited.

Not long after, Xue Baochai finished copying, dried a few pieces of rice paper and put them away, then stuffed the original text back into the envelope, sealed it carefully with wax, and locked it in the book box.

Although most of the maids around her were illiterate, and it was even harder to distinguish Lin Daiyu's handwriting, she was careful. Even if she wanted to write an article based on the story, she would only use the copy she copied.

Looking up at Xiang Kuiguan, she smiled before saying anything: "It's not a serious matter to come to you. I heard someone tell a story about the opera troupe before, and I was a little curious for a while, so I wanted to ask about learning to sing.

"

Kui Guan said hurriedly: "Girl, just ask, I will definitely tell you everything!"

…………

Two days passed in a flash.

That morning, a simple carriage with no hanging logo slowly drove out of Zijin Street - it was none other than Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai, mother and daughter.

The purpose of their trip was to greet and visit Wang Ziteng outside the city. Since the middle and lower-level officials were secretly giving and receiving gifts and operating in secret, they naturally did not dare to make a big deal about it.

Not only the Xue family, but also the Jia family and the Wang family were all simple followers, and they didn't gather together until they left Dongbianmen.

After the carriage stopped near the pier, the younger ones got off first, then Baoyu helped Mrs. Wang, Baochai helped Aunt Xue, and Wang Xifeng hurriedly turned to the carriage of the Wang family, and she and her sister Xining helped each other on the left and right.

The wife of Wang Ziteng lived there.

[Note: Again, this book assumes that Wang Xifeng is the daughter of Wang Ziteng - it is never clear in the original book whether the two are father-daughter. I personally prefer 'yes', if there is actual evidence from the original book to prove it.

No, welcome the strength to slap Lao Ao in the face.】

The Taiwei's wife had obviously lost a lot of weight. Perhaps she was too excited to see her husband. Her hands were shaking when she got out of the car. Next to her, Wang Xining, who was wearing a plain dress, also had a pear blossom belt.

Yuchouyun looks bleak.

Although they are sisters from the same mother, Wang Xining's appearance is obviously more delicate and delicate, and her behavior is that of a lady, which is very different from the strong and straightforward Wang Xifeng.

After the three of them greeted each other, Aunt Xue looked around and wondered, "Why don't you see Brother Ren?"

When her sister-in-law asked about Wang Ren, Wang Ziteng's wife looked even more bitter and said with tears: "I was also locked up by Dali Temple a few days ago, saying that she was suspected of bribing important officials of the imperial court."

Aunt Xue suddenly understood.

At first, Wang Ren was looking for a way out of the capital, trying to turn a major issue into a trivial one. But now that things are not under control, his previous high-profile actions have become self-defeating.

The atmosphere caused by this question was slightly awkward, and everyone was speechless for a moment.

At this time, the servants who had been standing in front of him had already come to greet him. Since it was still some time before Prince Teng arrived in the capital, everyone went to a small single-family courtyard behind a certain restaurant to rest for a while.

Wang Ziteng's wife walked in front, and Mrs. Wang was about to follow, but was suddenly stopped by Xue Baochai from behind.

"Auntie, I have something to discuss with you."

Mrs. Wang looked back at Baochai, and then said to Baoyu: "Go in and talk to your aunt first."

Jia Baoyu agreed and went in first with Aunt Xue.

Xue Baochai and Mrs. Wang went to the side room, then took out the letter and handed it over, whispering: "Auntie, please take a look and see if the handwriting on this letter looks familiar."

Mrs. Wang took it and looked at it carefully, frowning and said: "It does look familiar, but I can't tell whose handwriting it is."

"I looked at it, and it seemed like Sister Lin's handwriting."

"What?!"

Mrs. Wang was surprised, looked at it carefully again, and said hesitantly: "She, she also left you a letter?"

Thinking about it, I felt something was wrong. Calculating the days, Lin Daiyu had already gone south for more than a month. How could Xue Baochai only receive the letter at this time?

"This is not the case."

Xue Baochai shook his head and briefly explained how he received the letter two days ago.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang quickly asked: "What's going on? What did she write in the letter?"

"I just wrote a somewhat absurd story, and then invited me to write a full-length novel together."

Story? Storybook?

Mrs. Wang was a little confused for a while. After a while, under Xue Baochai's reminder, she opened the envelope and read it from beginning to end.

After reading it, she became more and more confused, so she asked Baochai: "What do you think her purpose was in writing this letter?"

"Auntie also thinks this is Sister Lin?"

However, Baochai asked back, and then said: "If it is really Sister Lin, thank God, there is no need to send people to Suzhou to look for her. All it takes is the old lady to come out and bring her back to the house."

"this……"

Mrs. Wang was immediately speechless. After all, she was the one who least wanted Lin Daiyu to return to Rongguo Mansion, apart from the Xue family.

After hesitating for a moment, she looked at the letter in her hand again: "The signature is 'Su'. Maybe we are overthinking it. It would be inappropriate to alarm the old lady so rashly."

In fact, after being reminded by Baochai, when she saw the signature of "Su", she immediately thought of "Suzhou", the ancestral home of the Lin family, and therefore became more and more convinced that it was Lin Daiyu.

But if he recognized it so firmly, what reason was there for not letting the old lady know?

You must know that Lin Daiyu is not a dead object. If he hides it from the house, if she suddenly jumps out, wouldn't it be...
To be continued...