Detective in the Red Chamber

Cheng Rixing hurriedly clicked his tongue and praised, "Sure enough, Dong Weng is brilliant, I really..."

"Okay, save the flattery and tell others."

Sun Shaozong waved his hands impatiently, and was about to let him back down, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "By the way, you should know the housekeeper Lai of the Rongguo Mansion, right?"

"Naturally."

"Then you go to his house after you leave the office, and tell me that the wine he sent is very appetizing to me. When you find something similar again, don't forget to give me a few more jars."

The current plan to provoke Lai Dadouyu Village is unlikely to work, so Sun Shaozong simply borrowed the matter of the 'medicinal wine' to knock the mountain to the ground - thinking that Lai Da's guilty conscience should not dare to find himself in that fraudulent thing again .

And after the time of Qiu Wei, when Sun Shaozong frees up his hands, he will have time to concoct this Lai Da!

Who would have thought that after he finished speaking, Cheng Rixing hesitated to speak.

Sun Shaozong immediately knew that this guy was thinking wrong, thinking that he had accepted Lai Da's benefit, so he said, "You are responsible for leading the team when the search is carried out, and search for Lai Da's son carefully for me!"

Cheng Rixing was still a little suspicious, and asked cautiously, "Dong Weng, how can we be 'careful'?"

"Striped and searched carefully!"

Sun Shaozong replied angrily, then waved his hands and said, "Okay, you can go down and get busy."

Only then did Cheng Rixing suddenly realize that it was Lai Da who offended Sun Shaozong, and the phrase "I am very satisfied with the wine delivered" was actually a slang word to warn the other party.

Because he couldn't figure out what was tricky in it, so he didn't dare to ask again, and just waited to leave the room obediently.

But when he walked to the door, Cheng Rixing also remembered something, and hurriedly turned around and said, "By the way, Dong Weng, there was a murder case in Fengzui Lane last night."

"Oh."

Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and asked, "Why, is there anything strange about this case?"

Since serving as the patrol envoy, all the cases in the mansion have been handled by Zhizhong Liu Chongshan, which will not disturb Sun Shaozong, so if there is not something unusual, Cheng Rixing will not take the initiative to mention it.

"A drunkard was stabbed through the heart." Cheng Rixing said, "The strange thing is...the murderer wrote the word 'Divine Judgment' in blood on the drunkard!"

Written the word "God's judgment" in blood?

Could it be that you want to provoke yourself? !

A look of displeasure appeared on Sun Shaozong's face. Back in modern times, he had also met lunatics who deliberately provoked the police—but it was the first time he had met someone who wanted to provoke him by 'name and name'.

If it was another time, he said that he would have to go out in person to bring this jumping clown to justice.

But now...

Before he took a bath, he had just applied to the superiors to renovate the Gongyuan in advance. The reason was that there was too much rain this year, and many of the numbered houses had become dilapidated. Naturally, the refurbishment would take more effort than before.

Now that the above-mentioned approval document has come down, and only waiting for the Ministry of Households to allocate funds, he is about to go to the Gongyuan to break ground. At this time, how can he allow him to investigate any murder case?

You must know that this is not a modern society where "human life is as big as the sky", but an era where "everything is inferior, only reading is high"!

If Qiu Wei was delayed due to solving the case, even if a hundred murderers were caught in the end, in the eyes of those civil servants, it would be too much work.

So after hesitating for a while, Sun Shaozong asked, "Who is investigating this case?"

Cheng Rixing replied, "It should be Daxing County that is investigating."

Then you can't intervene. Wang Qian from Daxing County is very conceited. If the case just happened and he couldn't wait to intervene, he would definitely not be happy in his heart.

"Then let them investigate first. If Daxing County has not found out anything after the end of the autumn, it will not be too late for me to take the initiative."

Chapter 112 No.2 Dead

I can't make up two chapters today, and I will make up three chapters tomorrow.

ps In addition, those who questioned my lying, I used to fill it up the next day when I used to make fewer changes, so I can just speak up if I have something to say, do I need to lie?Besides, it makes sense to use the number of power outages in the city as the number of power outages in a village in a poor county?

August [-]th of the tenth year of Guangde.

A sudden heavy rain in the second half of the night completely extinguished the grievances of the officers for several days - those who were still complaining about "the master moved his mouth and his legs were broken" now changed their words to praise Sun Shaozong, saying that he was planning ahead and was predictable. Things are like gods.

If it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's application to start construction ahead of schedule, even if the guards rush to repair it in the rain, they may not be able to make it in time.

In contrast, failing to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival safely and steadily is naturally not a big deal.

But he didn't know that Sun Shaozong was also very lucky. He just saw that the Gongyuan was too dilapidated, and he was afraid that it would be too late to repair it, so he made the decision to start construction ahead of time.

But the guards were relieved, but he and Jia Yucun couldn't rest yet. They rushed to the Gongyuan in the rain early in the morning, and led the people to carefully check the situation of the examination room, so as to avoid any troubles when the Ministry of Rites sent people to inspect the acceptance tomorrow.

Fortunately, the situation on the site is not bad. Although there are leaks in the numbered rooms, they are basically close to the wall cracks, which will not affect the normal use. After all, they are all made of thin wood boards, and the requirements should not be too high.

After the inspection, Sun Shaozong was discussing the order of day and night shifts with Jia Yucun in the temporary thatched shed, when he saw a few yamen servants rushing over.

"Qi report to Mr. Fu Cheng and Mr. Tongpan, the pontoon bridge has been built on the Hebei side, and the victims of the disaster have already started to cross the river this morning. Mr. Fu Yin called the two masters to return to the government office to discuss matters!"

got~

This time it was even more lively.

Jia Yucun smiled wryly, couldn't help twirling his beard and said, "Brother, now even I'm starting to wonder if you can predict the future."

All the bridges on the Yongding River were destroyed by the flood. In addition, the water has not receded, and it is difficult for ordinary boats to cross. Therefore, the victims have been blocked on the south bank, and it is not Shuntian Mansion's turn to worry about it.

But once these disaster victims crossed the river, Shuntian Mansion would be obliged to send most of the guards to maintain order, so as not to affect the good life of the people in the capital by these 'mud legs' who have nothing.

In this way, if you want to repair the Gongyuan in the rain, it is definitely useless to rely on Shuntian Mansion alone. You have to ask for help from above, and you will be scolded for 'short-sighted' and 'remedial'.

That's why Jia Yucun has such a saying.

Sun Shaozong smiled, but he didn't bother to explain anything.

The two returned to the yamen by car, and Jia Yucun, the mansion, was naturally one of the protagonists in the opera.

And Sun Shaozong, as a general judge of criminal names, is now serving as Qiu Wei's patrol envoy, dealing with disaster victims and so on, but he really has nothing to do with him.

So he sat in the hall of the Houyamen, listening to everyone in the hall shifting responsibility to each other, and scolding Hebei officials for being shameless, and deliberately allowing the victims to cross the river.

Seeing it, someone was about to accuse the victims of refusing to starve to death obediently, insisting on making trouble for the court, but suddenly saw a green-robed official looking around outside the hall.

Wang Qian, the magistrate of Daxing County, and Su Xingfang, the new magistrate of the county, hurriedly got up and apologized when they saw each other, and hurried out of the inner hall.

Originally, Sun Shaozong didn't care about this matter, but after a while, Su Xingfang quietly turned back, leaned over to Sun Shaozong's side and said, "Master Sun, I have something to ask you about County Magistrate Wang, you see ..."

Sun Shaozong's heart moved, and he blurted out, "But the murderer who left the bloody word 'Shenduan' injured another person?"

Generally, such lunatics who actively provoke the "law enforcement agencies" will often choose to commit crimes continuously before they fail to achieve their goals.

Besides, apart from this case that was clearly aimed at Sun Shaozong, Daxing County didn't need to ask him for advice on other matters.

Su Xingfang bowed slightly, and praised, "My lord really deserves his reputation. I just want to ask you about the 'scarlet' case, and please give me your advice."

Ordinarily, this kind of case would be named after the content of the blood character, but in order to avoid the Shangguan Sun Shaozong, the whole Daxing County was called the "blood character case", and the word "shenjuan" was never mentioned.

Since he said it so politely, Sun Shaozong naturally wouldn't refuse, besides, he had a lot of interest in this case, but he couldn't leave for the time being.

So Busy also got up and pleaded guilty, and followed Su Xingfang out of the inner hall.

When they got outside the door, they saw Wang Qian, the magistrate of Daxing County, talking with the green-robed official who was poking his head in the corridor not far away—to be precise, it was Wang Qian who was scolding the green-robed official.

Because of the heavy rain, Sun Shaozong didn't hear clearly what he was yelling at, but when he got close to him and saw that his face was still dark, he guessed that this "son-in-law of the Zhen family" probably didn't want him to intervene in the case.

As a deputy, he can surpass Wang Qian and be the master of the house. It seems that Su Xingfang is not easy.

"Master Sun."

"County Wang."

Although they are both of the sixth grade, and Wang Qian is much stronger in terms of power, but Sun Shaozong is the upper official in the government office after all.

Therefore, after Wang Qian saluted reluctantly, he returned the salute, and asked straight to the point, "But I don't know who did the murderer kill this time?"

"This is..."

Wang Qian turned his head and glared at the green-robed officer, "Hurry up and tell Mr. Sun the latest case!"

"The humble Ding Renlu has met the judge."

The green-robed official hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then told Sun Shaozong the latest progress of the case.

However, it is said that the influx of disaster victims from Hebei Province into Shuntian Prefecture, although it caused a lot of turmoil in the city, many people cheered for it - such as people in the city, brothels, and bachelors who can't afford wives on weekdays.

After all, after a catastrophe, selling children and daughters is the most common thing, but it is not uncommon to sell both wives and daughters at a low price.

Chen San'er, a lame man in the east of the city, is one of this army of bachelors.

So after hearing the news, he hurriedly took out the copper coins at home, and prepared to go to the rice store to buy some food for storage—after all, for the disaster victims, food is much better than copper coins, and it is also good for preserving value.

However, Chen San'er hurried out of the house with money in his pocket, and rushed all the way to the nearest rice store in the rain, but unexpectedly encountered a corpse on the way!

At that time, Chen San'er was so frightened that she didn't care about buying any rice, so she hurriedly went to Baozheng to report it.

"The deceased was a rogue. Because he was strong and ruthless, he was well-known around there."

"The cause of death was pierced through the heart by a sharp weapon. According to the shape of the wound, the murder weapon should be a single knife."

"At the beginning, I didn't think about the case of 'blood', but when I did the autopsy, I found that there were blood stains on the lining of the clothes, and I could vaguely distinguish the two words."

"Although it has been soaked by rain, the handwriting is already unclear, but I figured it should be related to the case of the 'scarred letter'."

When Sun Shaozong heard this, he suddenly asked, "When was that drunkard killed? On the night of the ninth day, or in the morning of the tenth day?"

"This...according to Wu's analysis, he died around the time of Chou, probably in the morning of the tenth day of the lunar new year." Ding Renlu said, and said with some embarrassment, "As for the Popi who died this time, because he was soaked in rain for a long time, he is still alive for the time being." It is not possible to deduce when he died.

"In that case, there should be nothing wrong."

Sun Shaozong said in a deep voice, "Any such lunatics who actively provoke the government will often set some goals for themselves, such as...killing a person every five days!"

"Since he wants to provoke the government, he will naturally leave a clear mark.

"As for the imprint on Poppi's body, it is obvious that the murderer wrote it at midnight—that is, before it rained."

"in this case!"

Wang Qian's face became more and more serious, and he said angrily, "Could it be that that guy will continue to kill people on August [-]?!"

Chapter 113 Touring the Autumn Chamber

On August 21st of the tenth year of Guangde, it was the last day of the first Autumn Festival in Shuntian Prefecture.

Although it was the first time for Sun Shaozong to be an invigilator, he also knew that this final sprint stage was when fraud occurred frequently.

Therefore, even though he hadn't had a good night's sleep for four consecutive days, he still put on an energetic posture and patrolled the examination room back and forth.

"I won, I passed the exam! Hahaha... I am the master of Juren, and I am going to be an official! Hahaha..."

Suddenly, a burst of crazy laughter came from not far away.

Sun Shaozong paused for a while, and waved his hands behind him. Immediately, several soldiers ran towards the place where the sound came from, and after a while, there was another sound of roaring and fighting.

"Let go of me! How dare you be rude to me, I will definitely participate in the performance of Your Majesty, I will participate in..."

But soon, the commotion died down again, and then the soldiers dragged an unconscious scholar out of the examination room like a dead dog.

"Old rules."

Sun Shaozong ordered calmly, "First pour cold water twice, and then slap a few times to scare him. If he still can't wake up, tie him to the shed on the west side."

It has to be said that the pressure of this imperial examination is much greater than that of the college entrance examination. Coupled with the poor conditions of the examination room, it is not uncommon to drive one or two crazy.

Those who only went crazy after passing the exam like Fan Jin, and can still wake up, are already blessed by the ancestors.

In fact, being crazy in the examination room is a lifetime, and there are many people there!

These are still due to the fragility of their own hearts. Those who fail the ranking due to accidents are more likely to be stimulated.

For example, the fish in the pond were affected by a fire, the dysentery was caused by drinking the raw water in the examination room, and the examination room collapsed suddenly and was buried underneath...

Yesterday I heard a Hanlin from the south gossip, saying that they were still taking exams there, and they were suddenly bitten by poisonous snakes and insects.

And because they were not allowed to enter the examination room and were not allowed to leave, they couldn't get timely treatment at all, so they could only watch those poisoned candidates wailing and dying.

Anyway, in the final analysis, it is not easy to be a scholar!

But this is just their own feeling. If you want Sun Shaozong to evaluate them, these bird literati are pure sluts and hypocrisy-except for being punished during the exam, which one of them usually does not receive preferential treatment compared to ordinary people?

Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about the refugees outside the city today. Anyone who has the status of a scholar can not only apply for additional relief from the Shuntian Prefecture, but also openly enter the city to find a job. Compared with other refugees, it is a world of difference !

Not to mention the rich and childless family who took the opportunity to choose a son-in-law from among the young talents who were hit by the disaster. As long as they are more handsome, they can get rich overnight in minutes!

Of course, there are also some homosexuals who spy on the chrysanthemums of scholars under the name of recruiting relatives...

Huh?