Detective in the Red Chamber

So he hurriedly went back to make amends: "But my grandfather is a master who distinguishes between public and private. No matter how much he respects Cao Butou, it is only after he has left the office. There is no tolerance for high or low in daily life."

"Speaking of it, Catcher Cao is in our yamen, so he's a bit of a loser."

"In terms of martial arts, the dozen or so arrests in our county may not be his opponent."

"Papers, several scribes in the county, all praised him for his penmanship, and he is indeed the uncle of the Jinshi master!"

Hearing Jiang Laoqi's words, Sun Shaozong was silent for a long while, and then murmured: "In this way, this Cao Butou is indeed Qu Cai."

After a pause, he asked again: "By the way, I heard that Su Zhixian's health is not very good. I don't know if I can withstand this unexpected encounter."

Outside Jiang Laoqi was slightly taken aback, then laughed and said: "My lord may have misheard, my great-grandfather has always been in good health, he has been in the county for more than two years, and he has never asked for sick leave!"

Always good muscles...

Sun Shaozong chewed on these words twice, and asked some trivial matters casually.

While walking, Mr. Jiang answered, when he saw a place that was deviated, he suddenly pointed to the front and said: "My lord, the small courtyard in front is the residence of my great-grandfather!"

The voice was full of relief, it was obvious that he was flustered by Sun Shaozong's question, and he was vaguely aware of something strange, so he wished to get out of the matter as soon as possible.

So after he finished speaking, he immediately drove forward, rushing to report to Su Xingfang.

The carriage slowly stopped outside the gate of the Su Mansion, Sun Shaozong jumped out of the carriage and looked up, but saw that the stockade was not only remote, but also very small in size, said to be two front and back, but in terms of scale, it was not as big as the small courtyard where Sun Shaozong lived alone.

This is normal.

Su Xingfang came from a poor family, and after being a Jinshi in high school, he has been an official in the capital. If he didn't accept bribes wantonly, he wouldn't be able to accumulate much money.

As soon as he glanced at it, Su Xingfang came out after hearing the news. His official robes had long been changed into a clean suit, and he saluted a few steps away, but his mouth was full of doubts: "Isn't Mr. Sun investigating the case? Why? Arrived at the humble house again?"

Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to return the gift, instead he strode forward, grabbed Su Xingfang's wrist, looked down at his fingers carefully, and then asked with a half-smile: "Magistrate Su, why are there so many fingers on your fingers?" Red marks?"

"This……"

Su Xing looked ashamed, shook his head and sighed: "My mother heard that something happened to my uncle, so she picked up the usual whisk to beat him when he worshiped Taoism and worshiped incense-Su himself dared not dodge, but my wife jumped up to block him, Su Afraid of hurting her, he held on to Fuchen and begged."

Having said that, he spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and generously showed the red marks on them: "This is probably left at that time."

This guy has already found a way to deal with it!

It seems that it may not be so easy to catch him this time.

Sun Shaozong stared at him for a while, seeing that Su Xingfang was looking at him calmly, without flinching in his eyes, he let go of his wrist, and said with a smile, "So that's it, Su Zhixian is really a dutiful son!"

There was some sarcasm in his tone, but Su Xingfang didn't seem to hear it, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Su Mou acted recklessly at one time and killed his uncle, so what face does he talk about filial piety?"

As he said that, he raised his hand and let it in: "This is not the place to talk, Mr. Shaoqing, please come inside."

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Chapter 725 Su Xingfang [Part [-]]

The Su family's living room is the same outside and inside, and the decoration is very simple.

Of course, if you want to say it better, you can also use the word simple and elegant to describe it.

But these are not important, Sun Shaozong is not a feng shui master who looks at the house, the purpose of his visit this time is mainly to look at people!

Therefore, after the guest and host were seated, Sun Shaozong's eyes did not stay on Su Xingfang's face.

But Su Xingfang was also calm, and greeted an old servant to serve tea, and then said calmly: "Master Shaoqing came to the humble house, Su should have swept the couch to greet him, but the elder has just encountered an accident, it is really inconvenient to wait If the guest has any orders from Master Shaoqing, it’s okay to speak out.”

Although he had known that Su Xingfang was a capable official, and his tolerance was not higher than that of ordinary people, seeing that he was under suspicion, he still looked so calm, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Why did such a young and promising official want to kill Dao Yan's master and apprentice?

Could it be out of righteous indignation?

But if out of righteous indignation, he first sent the body to Dali Temple, and then set up a trap to kill his uncle, what kind of operation was it?

It doesn't make sense, it really doesn't make sense!

Sun Shaozong was puzzled, but his face was full of confidence. He reached out and flicked the teacup in front of him, making a jingling sound.

After a while, he suddenly said: "Magistrate Su, I mentioned something on the way here, but why did I hear Jiang Laoqi say that you are in good health and haven't taken sick leave for two years?"

"cough cough"

Su Xingfang coughed a few times at the right time, then shook his head and said: "In life, who can live without three disasters and five calamities? Su just gritted his teeth and held on. The servants below didn't know what to do, and thought I was as strong as iron .”

What a Su Xingfang, he shied away so tightly!

"Magistrate Su, are you from Huai'an, Jiangsu?"

Seeing that he answered fluently without any flaws, Sun Shaozong asked more and more bluntly: "I heard that your place is near Hongze Lake, but I don't know what is the difference between the water of Hongze Lake and the water of Shichahai in this capital?"

"Is this."

Su Xingfang seriously thought about it, and then gave the answer: "Although both places are full of running water, Shichahai is enclosed in the city after all, and it is less fresh than Hongze Lake after all."

"Not only?"

Sun Shaozong leaned forward slightly, stared into Su Xingfang's eyes, and said word by word: "Although this Shichahai is not fresh, it is much cooler than Hongze Lake. Otherwise, how could Mr. Su catch the wind and cold in the water?"

This is basically a pain in the ass!

And Su Xingfang was not playing sloppy this time, his face gradually turned cold, and he met Sun Shaozong's eyes and asked: "What does Mr. Sun mean by this? Could it be that he is suspicious of Su?"

"Ha ha!"

Sun Shaozong laughed, leaned back on the chair again, flicked his fingers on the teacup, and asked without waiting for the jingling sound to subside, "I just thought that the magistrate of Su County was very interested recently and went to Shichahai for a winter swim. , So how could you become suspicious of you even though you were infected with the wind and cold?"

"Or"

He raised his head again and looked at Su Xingfang with a sneer: "Master Su, besides winter swimming, did you do other things? For example, send the corpses of two monks to the vicinity of my Dali Temple by boat, and then escape into the water? !"

"My lord Shaoqing has learned a lesson."

Su Xing's face was completely gloomy, and he got up and said with a flick of his sleeves: "This matter has been rumored for a long time, how can this county not know? You blame me for this, I'm afraid it will make you laugh!"

"The rumors are buzzing?"

Sun Shaozong sneered, and stood up and stared at Su Xingfang: "It is only heard that the two monks floated to Dali Temple along the river, but apart from the official and the murderer, I am afraid that few people know who the murderer is. Diving away!"

"And I only mentioned the word winter swimming, Master Su reacted like that, I'm afraid it's not true"

"Sun Shaoqing!"

Su Xingfang suddenly raised his voice, and said angrily: "Although Su is only a mere sixth rank, he is also an official of the imperial court! If you have real evidence, just show it, Su is willing to accept the responsibility!"

"But if it's just a slander, forgive me, I really can't accompany you to the end!"

Speaking of this, he didn't bother to bring tea to the guests, and directly raised his voice: "Come here, send Master Shaoqing out for me!"

When the old servant outside responded, he turned around and clasped his hands again, "Su respects his filial piety, so he will send you off to your lord soon!"

It seems that without the most important motivation and evidence, it is not so easy to take down Su Xingfang only by words.

But Sun Shaozong came here not just to see the living!

Seeing the old servant enter the hall, he waited for a gift to send him out, Sun Shaozong suddenly said: "Wait a minute, I actually have something to ask for here, please allow the county magistrate Su."

Su Xingfang didn't answer, but just looked at him neither humble nor overbearing.

Sun Shaozong said to himself again: "Ling uncle's death in an attack must be related to the case of the corpse being parked in the Wupeng boat. Therefore, after thinking about it, I still think that his body should be taken back to the Yamen for inspection."

"you dare!"

Before the words were finished, there was a loud shout from outside the door, and then an old lady came in, pointed at Sun Shaozong's nose and jumped and said: "If you dog official dare to touch my brother with a finger, my old lady will follow you!" You worked hard!"

Looking at this posture, it must be Su Xingfang's mother.

Apparently she was actually eavesdropping outside the door just now, and she couldn't help jumping out until Sun Shaozong mentioned that he would bring the corpse for an inquest.

It seems that if such an old lady of status is unreasonable, she will be the most difficult thing to deal with.

Naturally, Sun Shaozong didn't want to argue with her, so he took two steps aside, and said to Su Xingfang: "Magistrate Su, I'm doing this for official business, and you should be able to understand that Sun took the first step, and the yamen servant of my Dali Temple is here Wait outside."

After speaking, he gave the old lady a little bow, walked around her and left the living room.

"You dog officer! Don't even think about touching my brother's corpse!"

"Mother, mother calm down first"

"Get out of the way, I'll see that dog officer"

Tu

This Su Xingfang's mother really has a hot temper.

Sun Shaozong shook his head subconsciously, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a woman holding a child. Judging by the attire, it must be Su Xingfang's wife and child.

The two sides are not on good terms with each other, and there is a certain distance between them, Sun Shaozong naturally would not rush forward to salute, and just followed the old servant out of the Su residence as if he hadn't seen it.

When he was outside the gate, he ordered the accompanying yamen servants to stay and wait for the body to be transported back to the yamen, so Sun Shaozong got into the carriage again.

In fact, when he was rushing to the county government, he hadn't thought about transporting the corpse back.

But when he heard that Su Xingfang had brought the corpse home, he made up his mind to bring the corpse back to the Yamen for examination.

the reason?

Although it is common practice to bring the dead bodies home, three Yamen servants in Wanping County died!

According to Sun Shaozong's understanding of Su Xingfang, he should endure his grief and take care of the affairs of the other three before going home to report the funeral.

Now that he came back with the corpse in a hurry, there was obviously something strange about it!

Especially now that there is no motive or evidence, Su Xingfang is a difficult master, so he can only hope that he can find some new clues from the corpse.

"drive!"

At this moment, Zhang Cheng shook his whip and yelled, the carriage started slowly, and then began to accelerate.

At the same time, a wild dog from nowhere barked wildly in front of the carriage.

and many more!

As soon as the dogs barked into his ears, a thought suddenly popped into Sun Shaozong's head: something seemed wrong in that scene just now!

Chapter 726 The strange place

Dog officer?

Sun Shaozong sat cross-legged in the carriage, muttering to himself.

He went through what he saw and heard in Su's house from the beginning to the end in his mind, and if he wanted to talk about disharmony, it seemed that the only thing he said was a few curses from the old lady.

The "pet name" of "dog official" is actually quite common among the people. Basically, as long as the people who have resentment against the government and the court have used these two words more or less.

But Su Xingfang was appointed as an official at the age of 23, and he served successively in the seventh, seventh, and sixth ranks of official positions in five years.

Such a son is definitely a source of pride for a mother from a poor family.

In addition, after five years of nurturing, he should have adapted to the new class no matter what. According to common sense, it is unlikely that he will swear by "dog officials" one by one.

Especially this is in front of his own son.

But then again, this kind of rice feeds all kinds of people, maybe the old lady of the Su family is the master who has a firm stand on the class and has been bullied by the government.

Coupled with the fact that my younger brother has just died, it is understandable for me to be unscrupulous for a while.

But since he could understand it, why would he feel that something was wrong?

Where is the strangeness?

Sun Shaozong fell into deep thought again.

His thoughts were bogged down in the mire, but the carriage under him was walking like flying.

About half an hour later, Zhang Cheng reported outside: "Second Master, you have arrived at the gate of the yamen."

Only then did Sun Shaozong wake up from his deep thoughts, he opened the door curtain and was about to get out of the car, but saw snowflakes in the sky again, and it was heavy snow.

In less than half an hour, the ground was already covered with a layer of snow.

"Second Master."

After taking a few glances at the snow scene, Zhang Chengcheng took out a coir raincoat from the interlayer of the carport, held it in front of Sun Shaozong with both hands.

"It's only a few steps away, so there's no need to wear these clothes."