Detective in the Red Chamber

So when Ruan Rong heard this, she immediately threw herself on him without hesitation, and made a fuss with Sun Shaozong. When the two of them 'fighted' to the point of sexual arousal, why did they care about black and white day and night?As early as on the bed, he rolled into two fleshy worms, creaking and tossing and turning, and didn't stop until the moon was in the sky!

Because the time for dinner was missed, the two of them didn't bother to get dressed and got up. They ate some snacks casually, called the mother-in-law to bring the bathtub to wash briefly, and then went back to bed and fell asleep hugging each other.

Sleeping until the fourth watch, I heard the sound of the courtyard door being smashed, and there were faint shouts, "Second Master, Second Master! Get up quickly, something serious happened!"

Sun Shaozong sat up straight from the bed and listened for a while, vaguely distinguishing that the voice came from the mouth of the old housekeeper, Wei Bo, so he quickly put on his clothes and shouted to the outside, "Is it possible to sleep to death? Why don't you give it to me quickly?" The old butler, open the door!"

At this time, Ruan Rong had also woken up from the dream, and she planned to get up with sleepy eyes, so as to help Sun Shaozong get dressed and freshen up.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold the ball of softness, and pushed her back on the bed, "Let's rest first, and it's not too late for you to get up after I ask what's going on."

With that said, he put on his boots in a hurry, and hurried to the outer flower hall.

When he arrived at the flower hall, he saw that the old housekeeper still had some frightened expressions in his panic, Sun Shaozong's heart tightened suddenly, and he wondered to himself, could it be that Big Brother Cheap committed some royal law and was found out by the court? !

Thinking about Sun Shaozu's way of spending money lavishly, it's really possible!

Feeling uneasy, but Sun Shaozong remained calm on the surface, and asked with a smile, "Wei Bo, what's going on, I need to trouble you to come and call me this late at night?"

"Second Master!"

The old butler said anxiously, "Someone from the yamen said that Ge Qingfeng, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, died suddenly at home, and asked Erye to rush over there immediately to find out what happened!"

"Hey, what am I supposed to do?"

When Sun Shaozong heard this, he immediately put his whole heart back into his stomach, and said with a grin, "The servant Ge is neither related nor related to us, so he will die when he dies. Is it worth your nervousness, Uncle Wei?"

"Second Master!"

Wei Licai saw that he was quite disapproving, and hurriedly said, "That is a serious official of the Six Departments. Now that he died suddenly, there must be an explanation! If the case cannot be solved, I'm afraid..."

Although the old housekeeper didn't speak clearly, Sun Shaozong already understood that he was probably afraid that he would accidentally make a scapegoat, so he smiled and comforted him and said, "Uncle Wei, that's fine, I still have some experience in solving this case."

"Sigh~ If it's an ordinary case, the second master would be able to catch it easily, but this case..." The old housekeeper hesitated for a while before saying, "But this case is caused by a dog. Where can I find the real culprit?!"

Tengu trouble?

It's no wonder that the old butler was in shock just now, and the case of feelings involved the theory of ghosts and gods!

According to the old housekeeper, when Sergeant Ge was enjoying the cool in the back garden the summer before last, he was bitten off three toes by a Shih Tzu dog in a daze. Dogs are no longer allowed.

This was nothing unusual at first, but since then, Ge Shilang has developed an inexplicable eccentricity, driving the servants around him to other places every now and then, and spending the night alone in the study.

And every time at this time, there will be a dog barking sound coming from the study room, sometimes cheerful, sometimes sad, only to hear the creeps!

Afterwards, someone had the courage to ask about it, but Ge Shilang always spoke harshly, insisting that he didn't hear a dog bark.

Afterwards, this incident was widely circulated in the streets, and everyone said that Ge Shilang was possessed by a tengu, and he was afraid that he would suffer retribution sooner or later—no, the retribution really came tonight!

Chapter 48 Xinglong Street Tengu Eats Heart Incident 【Part [-]】

The sky had not yet brightened, and a sound of messy hooves shattered the tranquility of Xinglong Street.

However, the residents in the vicinity have already gotten used to it—after all, the streets have been chaotic since midnight, and there is no peace for a moment.

Seeing the white flag standing upright in front of him, and many people surrounded by shadows, Sun Shaozong knew that he had arrived, so he slowed down his horse speed a little, and said in a loud voice, "I am the judge of Sun Shaozong from the Shuntian Mansion, who is the master in front of this gate? "

"Master Sun, you are here!"

Before the words were finished, a green-robed official appeared from the crowd, but it was the procurator Zhou Da, who slanted his shoulders obediently, leaned over, held the reins and said, "Your Majesty the Prime Minister urged me several times just now. Next time, if you don't come again, I really don't know how to reply!"

Ever since he was used as a scapegoat at the reception banquet, Zhou Da simply took refuge in Sun Shaozong in a fit of anger - anyway, he was selected from among the knife and pen officials, and he was not considered a serious literati.

Although Sun Shaozong has not stated his position, it has not stopped him from calling himself a lackey.

"Master Fucheng?"

Sun Shaozong frowned when he heard the words. This case should be dealt with by Governor Han Anbang himself if it is serious. If it is small, it should be Liu Chongshan, who is in charge of criminal cases, but how could it fall to the head of Jiayu Village? superior?

Seeing that he frowned and said nothing, Zhou Da vaguely guessed the reason, and hurriedly explained in a low voice, "The Prime Minister of Jia's Mansion just moved to this Xinglong Street yesterday, next door to Ge Shilang's house."

This is unlucky!

If he moved here one day later, the case might not fall on him!

Sun Shaozong was speechless for a moment, thinking that Jia Yucun was possessed by a degenerate spirit—but he didn't know the source of this matter, which was actually still in himself.

If it wasn't for his help, Jia Yucun's arrival in Beijing would have been postponed by three or four days, and moving to Xinglong Street would have to wait until mid-February, just in time for this shocking and confused surprise. case.

now...

When Sun Shaozong followed Zhou Da and rushed to Ge's study, he saw Jia Yucun standing in front of the knocked open gate with his hands behind his back. His face was as black as ink, and his eyebrows, nose, and eyes were all black. Exuding a frightening low air pressure, it's almost impossible for strangers to enter the surrounding area!

It was only when he saw Sun Shaozong appearing that he showed some joy on his face, regardless of the presence of Zhou Da, Zhao Wuwei and others, he stepped forward and grabbed Sun Shaozong's sleeve, and said excitedly, "My dear brother, no matter what you do this time I have to help my brother too!"

Sun Shaozong could understand his feelings. The new official encountered such a serious case when he took office. If he could solve the case, it would be a great success. What capital will there be to compete with Nahan Anbang in the future?

However, Sun Shaozong has not yet grasped the basic situation of this case, so how dare he brag about it?

He could only solemnly promise, "Don't worry, Mr. Fu Cheng, I will do my best to find out the truth of this case!"

"That's good, that's good, that's good!"

Jia Yucun repeatedly said "that's good" three times, but forgot to let go of Sun Shaozong's sleeve, which shows that he is already in a state of confusion.

As a last resort, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to say again, "My lord, can I let the lower officials go to the scene of the crime to investigate first, and then ask the parties involved?"

"exactly!"

Jia Yucun hurriedly pointed to the house on the east side, and said, "Zhao Wuwei, quickly take Sun Tongpan to investigate the scene; Zhou Da, go and call all those witnesses!"

Only then did Sun Shaozong escape.

However, he was not in a hurry to enter the door, but first carefully observed the layout of the Ge Mansion's study room - the study room of a wealthy family is often a place for the owner to live and receive guests, and this Ge Mansion is no exception.

In the middle is an exquisite and elegant flower hall, on the west side is the real study, and the crime scene is in the bedroom at the east end.

When Sun Shaozong walked to the bedroom, he immediately found that the door had also been forcibly knocked open. Judging from the broken cross bolt on the ground, it should have been locked at first—exactly the same as the door outside the flower hall.

Secret room murder? !

Sun Shaozong's heart tightened. The few cases he solved before, although the murderer also covered up, but after all, he did it hastily afterwards, so there are still many clues left.

But this kind of secret room murder is usually carefully planned by the murderer, and the scene is often cleaned up carefully. The difficulty of solving the case is far greater than that of ordinary cases!

There is another thing that Sun Shaozong is quite concerned about. According to his experience these days, in this kind of suite, usually only the outer room will be locked. In order to facilitate the servants to go in at midnight, the inner room will not even be equipped with chains.

But the door of this bedroom was specially equipped with a lock, and if you look closely, you can see that the lock was added later.

So, do the two door locks here and there indicate a lack of security, or are they trying to hide some unknown secret?

Thinking in his heart, Sun Shaozong stepped into the bedroom, and before he could see clearly what was going on inside, he felt that his feet were wet.

A layer of water accumulated on the ground?

Sun Shaozong froze for a moment, but immediately understood what was going on, because there was an empty bathtub not far from the left side of the door.

And not far from the bathtub, a fat corpse leaned on the pier, with a huge opening in the chest cavity, but inside was 'clear soup with little water', not much pus and blood accumulated.

The flesh of the wound was even more tender and whitish, clearly the appearance of having been washed repeatedly after death!

tsk~

It might be even harder to find clues now.

Sun Shaozong sucked his teeth in embarrassment, but his eyes suddenly froze. He hurriedly went to the corpse to observe carefully, and he found that the liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney were all in the chest cavity, but the most important heart was missing!

"This is……"

Sun Shaozong carefully twisted several main blood vessels, looked at the uneven fracture on it, which seemed to have been torn vigorously, and couldn't help but gasp—the missing heart was unexpectedly The teeth were bitten off!

Immediately afterwards, he found even more frightening evidence in the folds of the corpse's clothes - a small ball of chewed minced meat!

Could it be that the heart has been eaten by the murderer? !

Did this extremely perverted behavior stem from deep-seated hatred, or was it to cover up some important clue? !

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, then handed over the broken heart to Zhao Wuwei for sealing, raised his eyes and continued to look at the situation at the scene.

curtain?

There is even a thick layer of curtains installed in this bedroom?

You must know that paper windows are used these days, and it is impossible to see clearly from the outside during the day, let alone at night, so few people install additional curtains.

Sun Shaozong walked to the window, carefully opened the closed curtains, carefully observed up and down, and found that the windows were also locked.

Considering that the corpse was near the window sill, it is unlikely that the murderer would have the opportunity to lock the window after the incident. It can be seen that the room was indeed in a state of secret before the door was knocked open.

Moreover, through the additional curtain installed, Sun Shaozong further confirmed that this Ge Shilang must be hiding some secret!

And this secret is probably the cause of his death!

"grown ups!"

Seeing Sun Shaozong staring blankly in front of the window for a long time, Zhao Wuwei couldn't help reminding him, "You might as well take a look at what's on the transom first."

transom?

Sun Shaozong had also seen an open transom in the northwest corner earlier, but the window was not much larger than a palm, and even a child could not get out of it, so he was in no hurry to check it out.

At this time, hearing Zhao Wuwei's initiative to mention it, and seeing his face full of panic, Sun Shaozong was really interested, stepped forward to look at it a few times, and immediately let out a 'huh', and twisted a few from the window edge. With gray hair, he muttered, "This seems to be..."

"Dog hair!"

Zhao Wuwei said in a trembling voice, "Master, this is definitely dog ​​hair! You...you think it's really a dog's work, right?!"

Chapter 49 Xinglong Street Tengu Eats Heart Incident【Part [-]】

Tengu trouble?

Sun Shaozong put the dozens of dog hairs under his nose and sniffed them one by one, twisted them carefully into a handful, put them in the palm of his hand and looked at them carefully for a while, and a look of disdain suddenly appeared on his face. But he didn't say a word, he just threw the dog hair to Zhao Wuwei for safekeeping, and then checked it inch by inch.

Zhao Wuwei saw that Sun Shaozong didn't take the 'tengu's trouble' statement seriously, so he couldn't help but followed behind him, muttering like a broken mouth, "Master, this case is really evil!"

"I heard that Ge Shilang drove all the servants and maids around him out of the yard last night, and stayed alone in this study. As a result, when it was almost three o'clock, he heard bursts of screams coming from the room. The dog barked, and it was a miserable sound!"

"Ge Shilang's family members felt that something was wrong, so they gathered more than a dozen people and came here to find out what happened."

"As soon as they arrived in the yard, the barking of the dog stopped, but no matter how much they shouted outside, there was still no response inside."

"In desperation, the housekeeper and the eldest son of Ge's mansion ordered to break in!"

"Who knows that after entering this bedroom, I found that Ge Shilang had died on the spot. There was no one in the room, and his heart and soul had disappeared! Only a few dog hairs fell on the transom window. You said this is not a dog's claim." Fate, how else can I get it?"

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong pulled his head out of the tub suddenly, and said seriously, "Are you sure that the dog barking disappeared suddenly after everyone entered the yard?"

"That's right, more than a dozen witnesses said so!"

Seeing that his words finally had an effect, Zhao Wuwei hurriedly added embellishments and said, "You said that this matter is evil?! Either the murderer is a demon who can fly into the sky and escape from the earth; or the Tengu ate Ge Shilang's heart, Then he escaped through the transom again! Otherwise, with so many people stuck inside, how could it disappear out of thin air..."

Before the word 'missing' could be uttered, Sun Shaozong rushed to the corner behind the door without saying a word, and inspected the floor and wall carefully.

Zhao Wuwei also rushed over, but his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't find anything strange behind the door.

Just as he was wondering if Sun Shaozong had made a mistake, he clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Let's go! Come with me to meet the witnesses first, and give our Lord Fucheng a dose of reassurance by the way!"

With that said, he walked out of the messy bedroom.

Reassurance?

Is this case closed again? !

Zhao Wuwei was horrified, and forgot to keep up for a while—although he was very convinced of Sun Shaozong's ability to solve the case, the current case was clearly not something that manpower could do!

Could it be...

Sun Tongpan is the same as Bao Longtu who "breaks yang by day and judges yin by night", even demons and ghosts can be arrested and interrogated? !

Because of the slow time for this moment, when Zhao Wuwei came out of the bedroom, he saw Sun Shaozong talking to everyone in Jia Yucun and Ge Mansion

"The murderer left two very obvious pieces of evidence at the scene."

"First, a few dog hairs on the transom!"

"Secondly, the missing heart of the deceased!"

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong stopped and looked around the crowd, and then continued, "According to the results of my investigation just now, the heart should have been torn off by the murderer with his teeth, and then eaten directly into his stomach!"

"Tengu! It must be the Tengu who ate the master's heart!"

Before Sun Shaozong could finish his sentence, he saw a middle-aged woman in sable fur, screaming hysterically, "That ghost has tortured the master for a whole year and a half, and I knew that one day, the master will die at the hands of that ghost! "

"Woooooooo..."