Detective in the Red Chamber

After more than half an hour of intrigue and no nourishment in the morning meeting, You Shaoqing Li Wenshan walked out of the flower hall with heavy steps, and was waiting to return to his official office to be quiet, when Sun Shaozong caught up behind him

"Master Li, Master Li, please stay."

Li Wenshan stopped in response and turned around slowly.

Seeing Sun Shaozong's smiling face, he felt more and more unhappy, and couldn't help but criticize bluntly, "Master Sun, although you took the initiative to solicit the case, it was also for our Dali Temple's consideration, but you should never mention it at all. Directly skip Lord Ting Wei and report to His Majesty!"

Although the "heart-cutting case" was transferred to the official document in charge of Dali Temple, it has not yet come down.

However, at the morning meeting just now, Sun Shaozong took the initiative to point out this matter "in advance", incidentally revealing the news that the "Military Marriage Regulations" may be enacted in accordance with the emperor's order in the future.

This naturally aroused Wei Yi's strong dissatisfaction.

Although the Shaoqing of Dali Temple is qualified to face the saint alone according to the court regulations.But without saying a word, directly appealing to the higher level, a charge of contempt for the leadership, after all, can't be escaped.

Because of this, the two confronted each other very much at the morning meeting.

Although Li Wenshan is a well-known good man, he has always hated such "bad rules" things.

Fangcai resisted not to participate in the battle, but now facing each other alone, he couldn't help criticizing Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong still smiled warmly, spread his hands together and said, "How can Mr. Li wrong me? I went to the palace this time to meet the saint, and it was really for the death of my subordinate Zhang An, because it was out of selfishness. Discuss in the yamen."

"As for the case of Detective Wei in Daxing County, it was also involved because of this—Brother Li should be clear about this."

Li Wenshan immediately recalled this reminder, as if Sun Shaozong had indeed mentioned some heart-pounding suspicious case when he asked him to clear up the Zhang An case.

At the moment, his attitude softened slightly, but he still criticized in his mouth, "Even so, Mr. Sun should pay attention to his words and deeds. After all, Mr. Ting Wei has been in power for many years, no matter what..."

"My lord, my lord Sun!"

At this moment, Tang Weishan, the leader of the Zuo Temple, came over in a panic, and shouted from a long distance, "There are two monks who were killed on our black awning boat in the Zuo Temple!"

Black awning boat?

Could it be the one I used a few days ago?

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Chapter 706 The Deathly Monk

The fine snow fell.

A boat with a black awning is rippling alone by the lake. The canvas on the roof seems to have been used for some years, and many patches have been nailed here and there.

But even so, it can't cover the lining made of wormwood, swallow mud, and paper.

This is obviously not the one used by Sun Shaozong, and it can't even be the boat of Dali Temple—it seems that Tang Weishan just heard about it, and didn't come to verify it, so he rushed to report it.

As an official in charge of investigating cases, this kind of behavior is obviously dereliction of duty-especially this guy's flustered performance, which is even more embarrassing to Zuo Si.

perhaps……

We should think of a way to replace this guy - at least let him stand aside and choose another talented person to reuse.

I don't know that Chen Jingde, deputy of the Zuo Temple, is useless...

"Where did this ship come from?"

Thinking in his heart, Sun Shaozong asked a casual question, but before anyone could answer, he jumped onto the bow of the boat, opened the same patched curtain, and peeked inside.

But in the narrow cabin, two monks were lying on the ground with their chests and breasts exposed, exposing the horrific wounds on their chests and abdomens.

Just waiting for a closer look, someone from behind reported tremblingly: "My lord, this boat floated here by itself."

Float here by yourself?

Sun Shaozong frowned when he heard the words, he didn't bother to check the two corpses, turned around and asked: "Then why did you stop it to check?"

Since this black-covered boat floated along the water, it didn't look like something from Dali Temple, so how could these idlers who pretended to be elegant and entertained by reciting poems in the nearby pavilion deliberately intercept it? ?

"This……"

The three little officials looked at me and I looked at you. It took a long time before someone bowed and reported: "Returning to your lord, I waited to see that there was a white sail on this boat, and on it was written... your lord's name." Surnamed, I couldn't help being curious, and stopped the boat with poles, who would have thought that there were actually two corpses inside!"

As he spoke, he reached out and pointed to the gazebo not far away.

White sail?

Did you write your first and last name on it?

This turned out to be directed at him? !

interesting!

Since the bloody case, it has been a long time since there was no murderer who dared to provoke him by name!

"Go get that white sail!"

As soon as Sun Shaozong gave an order, two servants trotted around to the gazebo, and after a while, presented a white sail to Sun Shaozong.

The white sail is about five feet high, with two bamboo poles, one long and one short, thicker than a thumb as the frame, and a piece of white cloth two feet wide and three feet long is hung horizontally.

The lower half of the white cloth was twisted into fine strips, and the ink dripping on it was the word 'Sun Shaozong'.

It seems that it is somewhat similar to the soul-calling banners that are popular nowadays.

Such an unlucky thing, no wonder the three little officials put it away in advance, not daring to let themselves see it.

Put these aside.

But Sun Shaozong held the white sail in his hand and looked carefully, the coarse cloth and bamboo poles were common things, obviously no useful clues could be found.

As for the words above...

There can be five or six heads and branches in one stroke, obviously it is not done with a stroke, but traced little by little.

If the murderer deliberately concealed the handwriting, it doesn't look like it, but it looks more like a beginner's handwriting.

After scrutinizing it carefully for a while, but failed to find any other clues, Sun Shaozong ordered someone to keep it as evidence, and then returned to the boat.

This time, he didn't directly visit the corpse in the cabin, but turned the curtain inside and out first.

After confirming that there were no clues related to the case, he tucked it into the damaged part of the ceiling, and burrowed straight into the warehouse.

This was done naturally to make the cabin brighter so as not to affect the on-site investigation.

but……

After a simple comparison of the blood on the ground and the hideous wounds on the corpse, it can be concluded that this is not the first scene.

There was too little blood left, and it was more like 'dumping', or rubbing, rather than dripping.

The two monks, one old and one young, are well maintained, and it can be seen that they don't work very much.

But on the old monk, there were traces of the old days left by his efforts, obviously he was not rich when he was young.

Is it because he developed after becoming a monk, or is there another reason?

In addition, the tops of the heads of the two monks were all cleanly shaved, as if they had just been shaved—even the goatee of the old monk had just been trimmed.

The monk robes on both of them were old objects. Based on the obvious musty smell on them, they should have been stored in a dark place for a long time. When they were taken out and worn, they had not been washed and dried again.

This is a little strange.

It stands to reason that after the heavy snowfall before, the temperature near the capital dropped sharply, and this thick monk robe should have been taken out early in the morning, but why did it look like it had just been taken out?

What's more, according to the physical characteristics of the two, they should not be sloppy monks who don't pay attention to personal hygiene.

After looking at the head, face and clothes, Sun Shaozong fell down again and groped on the old monk's legs.

Because monks sit cross-legged for many years, it is inevitable that the bones in the legs will be deformed. This is the case of the old monk. It can be seen that it is not a temporary disguise.

After verifying the identity of the old monk, Sun Shaozong began to examine the wounds on his chest and abdomen.

I saw that the wound almost occupied the entire right chest of the old monk, some of the skin and flesh were sunken inwards, some of them were turned outwards, but they were all hideous and uneven.

It can be seen that this operator is still a novice, and he was repeatedly hindered by ribs when cutting, so the edge of the knife looks uneven, as if he was cut with a blunt instrument.

However, according to Sun Shaozong's observation, although the weapon used by the murderer is not a magic weapon, it can be called sharp, because there are many cut marks on the ribs.

Obviously, the hideous wound on the old monk's chest was extended after death - as to whether it was the original fatal injury, it is still difficult to determine for a while, it may be necessary to turn the body over and examine the whole thing. draw conclusions.

And the reason why he worked so hard to cut open their chests...

Cut out the heart?

It turned out to be another case of gouging out the heart!

Could it be that this mouthful has become popular in Beijing recently?

Pulling his hand out of the old monk's chest, he made a judgment that the time of death was within an hour, and Sun Shaozong began to check the young monk's wounds again.

This one was obviously concocted after the old monk, because he had gained a certain amount of experience, and the murderer's technique of cutting wounds had improved visible to the naked eye.

What's more, on the little monk's right finger, there are some black and purple bruises, as well as marks of being bitten by something.

The bite marks seem to be much smaller than pets such as cats and dogs, and may be objects such as snakes and insects.

Turn the two corpses over and examine them carefully.

It was found that the back door of the young monk had been used repeatedly. It is not known whether it was done by the old monk or had an affair with others.

Huh? !

At this moment, Sun Shaozong suddenly found a strange thing on the back of the old monk: a post painted black!

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Chapter 707

the third

Is this

Sun Shaozong held the pitch-black post in his hand and looked at it carefully, his expression was much more solemn than before.

This post is made of hard paper and soaked in thick ink. It looks stiff and shiny after drying. It is very similar to the legendary black post that appeared in the Shuntian Prefecture Criminal Division.

After a little hesitation, Sun Shaozong stuffed the post into his sleeves tightly, then ducked out of the cabin, and asked the three little officials who were looking at each other on the shore: "Is there something like charcoal in the pavilion to keep warm?"

Hearing the words, the three small officials couldn't help but feel their spines shortened by half, and one of them replied in a groaning voice: "Yes, there is a pot of charcoal fire, and there is..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong had already jumped ashore and rushed to the gazebo with strides.

But he saw a few small dishes on the stone table, and a pot of hot wine on the charcoal basin, which was bubbling and bubbling.

In addition, there were three hand stoves on the stone table.

It's so relaxing!

No wonder those petty officials were a little embarrassed when I asked the question just now.

Sun Shaozong was a little annoyed at the moment, but then he thought about it, what is it for officials to take time off to enjoy the snow these days?If he really could write a few good poems, he might not even be able to win the title of an elegant scholar.

Besides, it's not worth it to deal with it face to face, and it's not too late to deal with it later.

The most important thing right now is to test whether this black post is true or not.

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong wrapped the handle of the pot with a rag, lifted the wine pot from the charcoal basin, picked up the shelf covering the pot with his toes, and threw the post into the basin.

The fire suddenly rose, and most of the post was burned in an instant, and the remaining small part showed a faint word of injustice.

It really is the real thing!

Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation and sat down on the stone bench, frowning and thinking about what the case in front of him meant.

As I said before, this series of black post cases was a series of major cases that caused a sensation in the capital before. The successor Ge Changcun, who ruled in Shuntian Prefecture, was completely discredited because of this, and finally fell into a broken pot.

However, the black posts from Shuntian Mansion quietly appeared on Ge Changcun's case after the case was over.

If Qiu Yunfei hadn't insisted on investigating, perhaps no one would have discovered that this post was actually related to unjust and wrong cases.

However, this post now blatantly appeared together with the corpse, and it was obviously different from the black post in Shuntian Mansion.

Is it

The master of the black post is challenging himself?