Detective in the Red Chamber

After a pause, he asked again: "Where is Lubu? Did you post it outside the gate according to His Majesty's order?"

You Shi hurriedly said: "I just wrote it, and I have already sent someone to post it!"

"In addition to posting, it is best to arrange for people to read in front of the door, so that those who come to express their condolences can hear clearly."

Mrs. You nodded in agreement, and looked at Mrs. Hu who was at the side. Mrs. Hu immediately bowed and said, "Don't worry, madam, I will explain it to you."

Saying that, he timidly bowed to Sun Shaozong, and then walked along the corridor to the front yard.

The three people in the corridor watched her go away together, and seeing that figure just disappeared around the corner, You Shi, who was dressed in filial piety, immediately threw himself into Sun Shaozong's arms, and said in a tired voice: "My lord, I just scared my family to death!"

The second sister You next to her was familiar with the road, she got up and leaned on the pillar, covering her body for the two of them, while looking around vigilantly.

It's just that Sun Shaozong dared to go too far in this broad daylight, and he only made the loose filial piety into a tight shape inch by inch, but he didn't take advantage of the trend.

But how can this teasing through the clothes quench the hunger in Youshi's heart?

She was obsessed with obsession, and made a confused promise that she would stay and fly with Sun Shaozong in the mourning hall, and give Jia Jing a big surprise.

Although this kind of plot is often seen in small island movies, Sun Shaozong still has a bottom line after all-although it has become lower and lower in recent years, it is still there.

He told her to concentrate on getting over the hurdle in front of her, and she would have a lot of opportunities to comfort her lovesickness in the future.

After placating You Shi, it didn't take long for Hu Shi to come back and report, saying that the civil servants who came outside to pay homage, saw the content on the dew cloth, and heard that Jia Jing had been granted the posthumous title, so they all made birds and beasts by coincidence.

And because they dispersed abruptly at about time, many people who simply came to pay homage also left suspiciously.

As a result, the Ningguo Mansion, which was still bustling with excitement just now, was left with nothing but chicken feathers in a blink of an eye.

…………

After lunch in Ningguo Mansion, Sun Shaozong and Second Sister You went to the guest room to rest - the guest room of Rongguo Mansion.

Although he and Jia Zhen could be regarded as brothers-in-law, Ningguo Mansion has only female relatives, so it is not as convenient as Rongguo Mansion.

In fact, according to the original plan, everyone in the Sun family should go home at this time.

Unexpectedly, Jia pardoned that old rascal, someone bit off his ear, Jia Yingchun, as a son and daughter, naturally couldn't get away immediately.

In addition, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to stay here in the afternoon, maybe he might not be able to leave at night.

In this regard, Second Sister You supported her with both hands and feet. Recently, because of Ruan Rong's emotional instability, she has not been close to Sun Shaozong for a few days.

Catch up with these days is a good time to conceive.

As soon as she heard that she wanted to stay, she quietly borrowed the equipment from You Shi, and she wanted to perform a "happy mourning" in the guest room of Rongguo Mansion.

Who would have thought that man is not as good as heaven, the two locked the courtyard door behind their backs, and just rolled together shamelessly, when someone outside slammed the door loudly.

Sun Shaozong lifted his trousers and asked across the courtyard wall, but it turned out that Dali Temple had received an imperial mission to investigate a headless murder case.

Wei Yi felt that this was a serious matter, so he specially ordered someone to invite him to the yamen to discuss the matter.

After going around and going around, it was very difficult to find Rongguo Mansion.

Since it was an imperial errand, there was no room for evasion, so Sun Shaozong could only get dressed in frustration and ordered Second Sister You to return the borrowed 'battle robe' quickly--to prevent her from going crazy for a while and thinking that this is not a good thing. Auspicious things to take home.

After a fuss, Sun Shaozong left the Rongguo Mansion in a well-groomed dress, and saw Chen Jingde waiting outside, wandering around.

"My lord Shaoqing, you have come out! Hurry up, hurry up, and bring over your lord's carriage!"

When Chen Jingde saw Sun Shaozong, he acted like a weaned child meeting his mother. He rushed forward a few steps to greet him, and then greeted Zhang Cheng on his behalf, and hurried forward to meet him.

Sun Shaozong couldn't help being surprised by this anxious look, and wondered if his relatives and friends were among the victims involved in the case?

So he asked casually: "What kind of case actually alarmed His Majesty?"

There are still more than a dozen cases arranged in the name of the imperial court every year, but it may not be another one in two or three years that can alarm the emperor and identify a major case of imperial order.

Of course, this only refers to the Dali Temple family. Many of the cases handled by the Inspector's Office can go straight to heaven; as for the cases handled by the Governor of Beizhen, they can even be labeled as imperial orders.

Chen Jingde turned sideways, and while accompanying Sun Shaozong to the carriage, he asked back: "My lord, have you heard of Tianshi Mansion?"

"The one in Longhushan, Jiangxi?"

"No! It's the new Heavenly Master's Mansion being built in the capital. I heard that the inner treasury allocated a total of 120 million taels of silver. It is near the Confucius Temple, which is more than double the size of the Confucius Temple!"

tsk~

No wonder those literati today are heartbroken, as if their ancestors' graves have been dug up.

"Is this case related to the newly built Tianshi Mansion?"

"No! It's early this morning... Oops~!"

Chen Jingde was dancing and gesticulating, leaning his back on the soft but hard object suddenly, looking back subconsciously, but he was looking at the black horse pulling the cart.

He was startled and backed away again and again, and when he regained his composure, Sun Shaozong had already arrived in the carriage and was looking at him through the curtain.

Chen Jingde was greatly moved, he hurriedly bumped to the front of the car, and climbed up with his hands and feet.

"Who let you up?"

Sun Shaozong stared, "I want you to speak clearly!"

Chen Jingde got out of the car in embarrassment, and said embarrassingly: "Early this morning, someone found a headless corpse outside the main hall of Tianshi Mansion. A big word 'sky'!"

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Chapter 839 'Heaven' Master's Mansion [Part [-]]

Funding was allocated by the inner government, construction was supervised by the Ministry of Industry, and the site was chosen near the Confucius Temple. This Tianshi Mansion has been criticized continuously since the project was approved last year and broke ground this spring.

But at that time, Sun Shaozong was still fighting the rebellion in Huguang, and by the time he returned to the dynasty, the heat had already passed, so it was the first time he heard about it until today.

Speaking of...

Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "How does a headless corpse appear in the shape of 'sky'?"

Even if he put himself in, it would be a 'no' at most.

"This……"

Chen Jingde was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said awkwardly after a while: "I also heard about the humble job from others, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

got~

It is estimated that he had never thought of this before he asked this question.

"okay."

Sun Shaozong flicked his sleeves speechlessly: "Go back to the yamen and tell Mr. Wei that I have gone directly to Tianshi's Mansion to investigate the case. If he has anything to explain, you can pass it on for me!"

Even though he could not refuse to be dispatched by imperial order, it did not mean that Sun Shaozong had to behave himself and go to Wei Yi to take orders.

Going directly to the scene of the crime can demonstrate his relatively independent status on the one hand; on the other hand, even if Wei Yi has any dissatisfaction, he can use the seriousness of the case as a prevarication.

Hearing Sun Shaozong's order, Chen Jingde couldn't help but look bitter, but right now he had already hugged Sun Shaozong's thigh, even though he knew that he would not be able to please Wei Yi, he could only bite the bullet and obey orders.

So the two parted ways.

Speechless all the way.

This Tianshi Mansion is said to be built near the Confucius Temple, but in fact it is two or three roads away from Chengxian Street.

The wall is a bit shorter than that of the Confucius Temple, but the gate is twice as grand, coupled with the four yamen guards standing on the steps holding their waist knives at this time, it looks much more majestic and solemn than the Dali Temple.

"grown ups!"

Seeing Sun Shaozong get off from the carriage, the four yamen servants hurriedly got down from the steps and bowed their hands - obviously, this place has already been temporarily taken over by Dali Temple.

When I was in Shuntian Mansion, the servants below were used to addressing officials as 'lords', and only those with a certain degree of fame were eligible to respect 'adults'.

But in Dali Temple, there seems to be no such rules. Probably this is the difference between a serious central government office and a local government.

Sun Shaozong only nodded and asked: "Who is in charge of the investigation now?"

The leader rushed to answer: "It's Huang Tutou, and several Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain."

Hearing that the Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain were also investigating the scene inside, Sun Shaozong couldn't help frowning, but he didn't mean to criticize Huang Bin and others.

Now the Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain are flourishing, and this is their home field. How can a small headhunter with no official position dare to say the first half of it?

Thinking about it in his heart, Sun Shaozong didn't stop under his feet for a moment. He walked through the door and saw a wide square facing the door.

In the middle of the square, a double-layer altar was erected. The railings on the first floor were engraved with 28 constellations. The second floor had no railings, but statues of the four holy beasts were erected in the corners.

Seeing that in the middle of the altar, several government servants were discussing their opinions around a big incense burner, so Sun Shaozong also went up the stairs and came closer to have a look.

"grown ups?"

"The little one has seen the grown-ups!"

Ignoring the turmoil of the yamen servants, Sun Shaozong walked around the incense burner for half a circle, and saw a dripping blood line leading to the main hall on the back of the incense burner, which just split the Tai Chi picture spelled out with black and white stone slabs on the ground into two halves.

Sun Shaozong glanced at the main hall, then turned his gaze back and looked inside the incense burner.

A stench immediately filled the nose, but there was a puddle of dark red plasma accumulating at the bottom of the incense burner that had not been filled with incense ash.

Sun Shaozong didn't take it seriously, and poked his head in again, carefully examined the inner edge of the incense burner, and twisted two withered yellow hairs.

Putting the hair in the palm of his hand, Sun Shaozong stroked the edge of the top of the incense burner with his fingers, groped back and forth for more than half a circle, and found another trace of chopping.

The chopping marks were deeper on the outside and shallower on the inside, forming an included angle of about ten degrees.

It seems that this should be the scene of the first crime. The murderer pressed the victim to the edge of the incense burner, chopped off the head with one knife, and deliberately collected the blood sprayed by the victim.

Sun Shaozong took a half step back, measured the height of the incense burner with his eyes, and then took a single knife from the yamen servant, and swung it in several postures one after another, even bent down and slashed with his back bent.

After a while, Sun Shaozong stopped, threw the knife back, and looked down at the ground again, but soon he gave up—the footsteps on the ground were too chaotic, and many of them looked like they had just stepped on it.

Hey~

After all, these yamen servants haven't been trained by themselves, and their awareness of protecting the scene is too poor!

Sun Shaozong was very helpless. Originally, he wanted to further confirm the height of the murderer through the footprints, and whether he committed the crime alone or in a gang.

Sighing secretly, he looked at the smiling and curious yamen guards beside him, pointed to the incense burner and said, "There are traces of repeated stirring in it, try to sieve it to see if there is any evidence in it." .”

After speaking, regardless of their reaction, they followed the blood line and got off the stage step by step.

"grown ups!"

At this time, Huang Bin had already rushed over to inquire, stepped forward and bowed his hands, and then leaned over to try to introduce the three Taoist priests behind him.

But Sun Shaozong waved his hands without looking sideways, telling him not to speak first, and then concentrate on observing the gradually thinning blood line.

This trace...

It looked familiar.

Seeing the entrance of the main hall, the blood on the ground became messy. Sun Shaozong looked at it carefully for a while, then suddenly looked up, and saw a headless corpse, naked and nailed to the eaves.

It turned out to be such a word 'day'!

The moment he saw the corpse, Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that the corpse had been nailed into a large font [with a part of the neck], and where the severed head was smeared with plasma, it looked like a The word 'day'.

Sun Shaozong looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "This 'heavenly corpse' is very suitable for the occasion."

"What did you say?!"

As soon as the voice fell, I heard a stern shout from behind.

Sun Shaozong looked back and saw an angry young Taoist being pulled desperately by two elders.

Sun Shaozong's eyes were fixed, and he scolded knowingly: "Who are you, how dare you interfere with this official's investigation here?"

Huang Bin next to him hurriedly said: "My lord, these people are..."

"We belong to the Heavenly Master Mansion!"

But the young Taoist yelled first: "Let me ask you, what did you say just now..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun Shaozong suddenly stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, raised his hand like chasing flies, and threw him a long distance away.

The young Taoist seemed to have practiced before. She tried her best to twist her body in mid-air, and managed to land on both feet. Unfortunately, she still couldn't stand firmly after landing, and she staggered and fell flat on the sand.

Suffering such humiliation suddenly, the young Taoist priest was stunned in disbelief at first, and then flushed all over his face. A carp jumped up, drew the long sword with yellow spikes from his shoulder, and was about to fight Sun Shaozong to the death.

Cangga~

Unexpectedly, just a few steps forward, a person suddenly jumped out from the side, and shouted with a horizontal knife: "Who dares to be powerless to my lord!"

The young Taoist stopped and looked intently, but it turned out to be the little captor who was servile to him just now!