Detective in the Red Chamber

tsk~

I don't know what kind of moth this Prince Yizhong has made, that he has given away all the talkers inside and outside the Fusi Palace in Beizhen!

Wouldn't it really be like his nonsense ravings, soaring in front of the emperor in daylight?

This absurd thought flashed through his mind, but Sun Shaozong said, "Since Master Zhenfu is on a mission, I'll do it for you and ask the Ministry of War to send you over—it's just that this trip is dangerous and dangerous, if you just want to If you are pious and rich, you will make a wrong calculation."

"Don't worry, adults!"

Hearing the big drama, Wang Zhen patted his chest and said, "The villain just wants to follow the adults, and kill those barbarians who don't have a sense of propriety, justice and shame!"

This is still a radical nationalist.

Seeing that his affairs had been finalized, Sun Shaozong was about to bring tea to see off his guests, when Zhao Zhongji came looking for him again, saying that it was Yang Licai who was asking to see him outside.

ok~

Another hundred households from Fusi, Beizhen came.

Didn't Yang Licai also come to ask for a fight?

But Sun Shaozong said, "Please come in", and not long after, he saw Yang Licai rushing over, crossing the threshold and waiting to bow his hands to salute, but suddenly saw Wang Zhen who was half kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but look at Wang Zhen suspiciously.

Wang Zhen hurriedly bowed to salute.

Although Yang Licai was a little puzzled as to how his newly promoted subordinate would appear in Sun Shaozong's residence, but considering that he had important official duties, he couldn't care less about it.

He only slightly nodded at Wang Zhen, and said to Sun Shaozong, "Master Qianhu, I have a secret official business to report to you."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Jianxing stood up first and asked Sun Shaozong to resign.

Xu Shouye and Wang Zhen were half a beat behind, but hurriedly followed behind.

So in a blink of an eye, only Sun Shaozong and Yang Licai were left in the hall.

This is so noisy, there are still many things that have not been discussed!

Sun Shaozong felt a little unhappy. After all, he had already put all his energy into the matter of going south to suppress the rebellion, and he didn't pay much attention to the mess of Beizhen Fusi.

What's more, what kind of secrets are involved!

Thinking about Dai Quan and Lu Hui, they may have stumbled. He really avoided the word 'confidential'.

Therefore, without waiting for Yang Licai to speak, he said first, "You also know that my official is about to go to war now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of the errands of Beizhen Fusi for a while--although Zhen Fu is not here now, Chen Qianhu wait..."

"grown ups!"

Before Sun Shaozong finished speaking, Yang Licai said with a wry smile, "It's not that the humble official wanted to cause you trouble on purpose, it's really a matter of great importance, and it was handled by you and Lord Zhenfu, and now Lord Zhenfu hasn't shown up for several days. Naturally, a humble job can only be reported to you."

Did you and Lu Hui do it alone?

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and immediately blurted out, "But what's going on with the White Lotus Sect?"

"exactly."

Yang Licai nodded and said, "The humble staff tortured Ge Zhun for several days, finally pried his mouth open, and asked how to distinguish the real body of the reincarnated witch."

Hearing that this was the case, Sun Shaozong felt a little relieved - as long as it has nothing to do with Prince Yizhong!

Immediately, he couldn't help being curious, and urged Yang Licai to quickly explain the method of identifying the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus.

"It's actually quite simple."

Yang Licai stroked his stomach, and said, "Near the navel of the reincarnated witch, there is a plum blossom mark the size of a quail egg."

Sure enough, it is identified by physical features!

but……

Since she is the reincarnated saint of the White Lotus Sect, she should have a lotus birthmark to be considered authentic, right?

Sun Shaozong was slandering, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then his expression became uncontrollably weird—he seemed to have seen the plum blossom birthmark near the navel before on someone!

Chapter 574 Saintess?

The plum blossom mark near the navel?

I seem to have seen similar marks on a certain woman before, but it was a long time ago, and the impression was not very deep at that time, so it was a bit vague...

Who on earth is it?

Sun Shaozong searched his brains to recall, and asked calmly, "Apart from that, what else did Ge Zhuan confess to?"

"Is this..."

Yang Licai hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly said, "He also said that the 18-year story was just a false rumor—before the previous Bailian leader was defeated and committed suicide, he only said that there would be a holy girl reincarnated in the capital more than ten years later, leading the The Bailian sect revived, but it did not say that it was 18 years."

"Because of this, after learning of the vision in the sky in the capital, many people in the White Lotus Sect believed that the saint had been reincarnated, which forced the current leader to send Ge Zhen to Beijing to investigate."

"I see."

Sun Shaozong nodded suddenly, but actually he didn't care too much about these details at all, he was thinking over and over in his heart, on whose body he had seen the plum blossom birthmark.

It must not be the woman I slept with, otherwise I would definitely remember this conspicuous birthmark.

As for those who have not slept, but have seen the lower abdomen, the number seems to be quite a lot...

Those concubines in the eldest brother's house who often go into battle in a vacuum?

All kinds of women that Prince Zhongshun has seen?

The foot-warming maid of Ningguo Mansion?

Jin Chuan from Rongguo Mansion?

Wang Xifeng?

Miaoyu?

Miao Yu!

It's her!

That time in the house arrest, as soon as she opened her bellyband a little, she stopped talking, but at that time, she seemed to see a plum blossom-shaped birthmark vaguely.

Could it be that she is the reincarnated saint of the White Lotus Sect?

But she is not a native of the capital, but from the south of the Yangtze River...

and many more!

Analyzing along this line of thought, Miaoyu's life experience is somewhat strange.

It is rumored that her family is also a family of officials, even if they send their daughter to a nunnery to recuperate, shouldn't they just ignore it?

What's more, the old nun was allowed to go all the way to the capital, and he threw her here because of some predestined relationship!

If it's the daughter of a poor family, or a family that favors sons over girls, it's fine. I heard that when she was a child, her family used to spend a lot of money to seek medical treatment.

This is really illogical!

If there is no such thing as the Saintess of the White Lotus Sect, it can still be called a coincidence, but if Miaoyu is really the reincarnation of the Saintess of the White Lotus Sect, then her so-called parents and master are quite suspicious.

And counting Miaoyu's age, it seems that she was born in the year when the White Lotus Sect rebelled, and the White Lotus Sect Master started the fire in that winter.

In other words, she was likely born before the death of the leader of the White Lotus Sect...

After learning that the White Lotus Sect used physical features to identify reincarnated saints, Sun Shaozong once had a guess that this 'reincarnated saint' might be based on a picture!

That is to say, after the former leader knew certain information in advance, he pretended to make a prophecy so as to continue to influence the future direction of the White Lotus Sect.

Now, if Miaoyu's life experience and her unordained identity in Buddhism are embedded in it, it can be said to be a perfect fit!

Sun Shaozong even suspected that Miaoyu was actually the illegitimate daughter of the former leader!

Otherwise, why did the other party go to so much trouble to come up with a prophecy that lasted more than ten years?

"grown ups."

Just as his thoughts were diverging, he heard Yang Licai say again, "Besides, the nails we placed in the inner and outer cities also captured a few spies of the White Lotus Sect who fled in a hurry, but that old woman has always been in one-way contact with people." , so it was not possible to follow the clues to find the rest of the spies."

"Also, how many people have been added to the list of officials whose wives are pregnant. Do you want to have a look?"

tsk~

This is not good news. The more suspects there are, the greater the amount of investigations will be, especially since they are all high-ranking court officials.

Fortunately, I am going to go to war soon, so I don't need to worry about these things anymore.

and many more!

Yang Licai naturally knew this too, but why did he take the initiative to show him the supplementary list?

Suspicious in his heart, he put aside the matter of Miaoyu first, and said seriously, "I don't need to read the list, but does Yang Baihu have other things?"

"This……"

Yang Licai hesitated for a while, seeing Sun Shaozong casually going to the teacup, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My lord, what do we do next?"

What should we do next?

It seemed that Yang Licai was not very optimistic about Lu Hui's future - otherwise, he would just have to wait to ask Lu Hui for instructions, so there was no need to rush to ask himself?

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong tried to test a few words to see if Yang Licai had any inside information.

But Sun Shaozong finally held back.

This kind of thing can only be understood but not expressed in words. It may not be beneficial to both parties if it is really announced.

So Sun Shaozong just said calmly, "The next step is to have the final say. After all, I'm leaving Beijing soon, so it's really not good to continue to intervene in this case."

In fact, this is also a test, but it is not as thorough as the test.

But when Yang Licai heard this, he was a little discouraged immediately, and murmured, "Where... I will take my leave first."

He really had great doubts about whether Lu Hui could continue to be in charge of Beizhen Fusi.

But he just took the initiative to show his favor, so it must not be like changing his family and completely joining him - after all, he is leaving Beijing soon.

in this case……

Seeing that Yang Licai turned around to leave, Sun Shaozong suddenly said, "If Lu Zhenfu can't get away for a while, I will recommend to His Majesty or Eunuch Dai, and you will continue to be responsible for investigating the case."

Yang Licai's hesitation was probably because he was afraid that others would pick the peaches after his hard work.

In fact, Sun Shaozong shouldn't have cared about him. After all, when the White Lotus Sect was arrested last time, this guy obviously had the intention of spying on him.

But seeing that he was about to leave Beijing, it was impossible for Sun Shaozong to completely suppress him, so it was better to give him a favor so that he could meet again in the future.

Sure enough, Yang Licai lost all his sorrow when he heard this, and then he knelt on the ground and said joyfully, "Thank you for your humble post, sir, thank you for your promotion!"

No wonder he was so groggy.

Although Lu Hui was in charge of the White Lotus Sect case, in the final analysis it was Sun Shaozong's credit. If he came forward with a good word, even if the higher-ups refused to accept it, they would definitely notice the name Yang Licai.

In this way, it is natural not to be afraid of being ignorant of the credit.

The book does not go into details.

But after saying thank you again and again, Yang Licai took his leave and left.

So Sun Shaozong fell into the previous inference again.

Because it was only a glimpse at the beginning, and it has been a long time since then, he is still not 100% sure whether there is a plum blossom birthmark on Miaoyu's lower abdomen.

And it's really hard to confirm this matter, otherwise, after confirming that Miaoyu is the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus, will I report and expose it, or hide it for her?

Expose it.

Just because of a birthmark, life and death...

Besides, although this fake nun is a little naive, she still has a compassionate heart. Although Sun Shaozong doesn't like her aloof and lofty character, but she has killed her...

But if you don't report it.

Once the matter was revealed afterwards, he would not report the knowledge, and would favor and sympathize with the Bailian rebels.

So the best way is to pretend not to know - anyway, she just opened her bellyband that day, and she called to stop in time, and it was reasonable that she didn't see clearly.

but……

This kind of ostrich-like approach is not a long-term solution after all.

Don't forget, Miaoyu still has her 'parents' and a 'master'. If this is really a game set up by the leader of Bailian, then the three of them must also be lovers, and maybe at some point, this matter will be detonated!

After much deliberation, there is no perfect solution to this matter.