Detective in the Red Chamber

At the beginning, she fell in love with Jia Huan because of trivial things in her childhood, but after she learned the truth of the matter, she became Sun Shaozong's housemaid again, and this feeling gradually faded.

So when she discussed about coming to visit Qiuwen, she didn't object, and even prepared a few words of her heart to confide in her current playmate.

But when she was separated from Qiuwen by a wall, she suddenly realized that she was not ready at all, and had to face the culprit who killed Jia Huan.

In a daze, I don't know how long she hesitated in front of the prison door, until Qingwen came out again and wanted to take the food box in her hand, Caixia suddenly woke up, so she hurriedly put the food box in her arms , shook his head slightly, then walked into the cell door with a complex expression.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Qiuwen sitting on the bed with a dazed expression, glanced at her unfocused, and then said to Yuanyang: "Just send a message to Master Bao for me. On the day I went to Caishikou, Tell him not to go - I don't want him to see my decapitated appearance."

Caixia tightened her hands, tears blurred her eyes unconsciously.

How could this infatuated woman from the Rongguo Mansion never end well?

Chapter 907

[Second update, go to dinner]

Because after meeting this time, even though they were parting for life and death, and with Zhou Da who was guarding outside, he had no intention of urging him, so the time for visiting the prison was delayed again and again.

In the end, it was Zhang Cheng who saw that it was getting late, and reminded a few words tactfully, and the girls reluctantly bid farewell to Qiu Wen.

When he was outside the gate, Zhang Cheng turned around and cupped his hands and said, "Prisoner Zhou, please stop, I will definitely bring your words with you."

"Thank you, thank you, if Master Zhang is free, I'll be the host another day..."

Zhou Da still wanted to get in touch with Zhang Cheng again, so when he heard the yelling in front of him, he subconsciously looked up and took a deep breath.

But I saw the prisoner who took the money to buy wine and meat to lead the way, and the seven or eight yamen servants in the back were carrying fluffy things, and they were rushing towards the prison without stopping.

Motherfucker!

Is this going to overwhelm me? !

Zhou Da cursed secretly, and when he got closer, he realized that the one with four hooves on the bar was not some wild game, but a bearded man covered in fur.

Although the bearded man looked like a rice dumpling, and gagged his mouth with a rag, he was still struggling, shaking his head and tail. The four yamen servants who were in charge of carrying the wooden poles were shaken by him. brute force.

Seeing this, Zhou Da hurriedly accused Zhang Cheng of his crime, and rushed to meet him to find out what happened.

"This guy is fighting with people in Yingchun Tower..."

"It also hurt several of our brothers..."

"Later, I used a crossbow to force it..."

All the yamen servants talked about each other, and gave a general overview of the cause and effect.

But it turned out that the bearded man went to the Yingchun Building to drink flowers and wine this afternoon, because he took a fancy to a girl in the building and wanted to hire her for the night.

Unexpectedly, someone came forward to argue with him, and after a few conversations, he started to fight in Yingchun Building.

As a result, the seven or eight people on the opposite side were knocked down one by one with a punch, and one of them even knocked his head, and the blood flow couldn't be stopped.

The fight ended like this, if it were an ordinary person, he would have run away long ago, but this bearded man acted like a normal person, he threw down his money and forced the girl to go upstairs to have fun.

After hearing the news, the servants of Shuntian Mansion arrived, and he casually injured a few more. Finally, they had to force them with bows and crossbows, and then took them down.

After Zhou Da listened, he took off the fur hat of the bearded man, and saw that most of his hair was shaved off, leaving only a braid the size of his little finger, which was wrapped in circles with a hemp rope. Huang still smelled like sheep, and suddenly said: "It turns out that it is a tartar from Liaodong. Why did this thing come to our capital?"

"Who knows?!"

"Oh, I heard that there are quite a few people from Nancheng."

"Really? Didn't you hear that Tartar caravans are not allowed to enter Shanhaiguan?"

After discussing with the yamen servants for a while, Zhou Da suddenly remembered that there were several distinguished guests beside him, so he hurriedly turned to look for Zhang Cheng and the others, but where could he find any traces?

…………

Because of a heart-to-heart battle with Second Sister You and Qingwen in the afternoon, Sun Shaozong originally planned to sleep soundly at night.

Who would have thought that Caixia would take the initiative as if she had been drugged when she came back from her visit to the prison in Shuntian Mansion, and she even forced Qingwen to help out, playing all kinds of tricks until the middle of the night.

It took a few rounds like this, even Sun Shaozong's iron body couldn't take it anymore, so he slept until the sun was high the next morning, and then got up from the bed in a daze.

Because there was a lot of filthy smell in the room, Sun Shaozong pushed open the window, and was blown by the cold wind. He suddenly remembered that he had an appointment with Sun Chengye, so he hurriedly washed up, and rushed to the yamen without even eating breakfast.

as predicted.

When he arrived at the Zuo Temple official office, Sun Chengye had already been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from the outside, he hurriedly stood up to greet his uncle.

Sun Shaozong waved his hand, indicating that he doesn't need to be too polite, and while sitting on the main seat, he said nonsense: "I met a few old men yesterday, and I drank a few more drinks on a whim, and I made my third brother wait here for a long time." .”

"Where is Uncle Thirteen talking, my nephew just came here not long ago."

The uncle and nephew were not outsiders, so they had to say a few words at the scene. After Zhao Nan served the tea, Sun Shaozong asked straight to the point: "I won't gossip. What did you want to do with me yesterday? Could it be that you encountered difficulties?" ?”

"My nephew is studying hard behind closed doors, what difficulties can there be?"

As Sun Chengye said, he got up and took out a letter from his sleeve, and put it in front of Sun Shaozong with both hands: "Actually, the family is afraid that the seventh brother will insist on messing around and delay his bright future in vain, so I want to ask Uncle Thirteen to help make some preparations for him to stay in the house." Let’s talk about it after a few years of experience in the capital.”

The so-called seventh younger brother refers to Sun Chengtao, the eldest son of Jinling's fourth housewife.

At that time, Sun Chengye, the second son of Jinling Changfang, and his son-in-law Yu Qian, went to Beijing to take the exam together with this Sun Chengtao.

As a result, both Yu Qian and Sun Chengtao passed the Jinshi examination, but Sun Chengye, the elder brother, failed due to stage fright.

Later, Yu Qian stayed in Beijing and entered the Hanlin Academy, and Sun Chengtao was released to Jiangxi as a county magistrate-this gap was made up with the help of Sun Shaozong.

However, Sun Shaozong took the letter from Sun Chengye, opened the cover and shook the letter paper, and took a look at the ten lines at a glance, but it turned out that it was a family letter from Jinling, entrusted by Sun Chengye.

According to the letter, after this kid Sun Chengtao went to Jiangxi, without his uncles and elder brothers to restrain him, he just regarded the sky as high as the sea and the sea, and he couldn't wait to show off his holiness and win his respect.

In this eagerness for quick success, it is natural to have a rift with the local gentry. I heard that there was a lot of trouble, and some people even paid for the assassination.

Sun Chengtao himself was not intimidated, and kept clamoring that he wanted to die together.

But his family's fertile land, Qianqing, has only this single seedling, so he is willing to be buried in a foreign land like this?

Immediately dredged up and down in Jiangxi, rated him as an outstanding political achievement, and asked him to return to Beijing to report on his work half a year in advance.

But writing to Sun Shaozong right now is to hope that he can think of a way to persuade Sun Chengtao to stay in the capital—even if it is a part-time job, at least marry a few wives and concubines first, and let him do it after the branches and leaves are scattered.

After reading it, Sun Shaozong put the family letter aside and asked, "When will he arrive in Beijing?"

"It's only been a few days."

Sun Chengye smiled wryly and said: "The first letter from home was sent early last month, but who would have thought that he ran into a water bandit on the way, and the messenger was robbed of all his money, and begged all the way back to Jinling, only then did Fourth Uncle send someone else away?" Bring it."

No wonder Sun Chengye was in a hurry to find him.

It's not that easy to arrange a suitable job for Sun Chengtao in just a few days.

Sun Shaozong smacked his lips, feeling that this matter still needs to be brainstormed, so he ordered: "Evening... no, it's better at noon today, you go and call Ting Yi, our uncles and nephews are good to make a total calculation, and see what is suitable recently. The errands are vacant."

Sun Chengye hurriedly bowed to answer, because it was not far from noon, he wanted to leave immediately and go to the household department to find Yu Qian.

Unexpectedly, just as Sun Shaozong sent him out of the door, Chen Jingde, the deputy of the temple, rushed in anxiously.

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was at the door, Chen Jingde didn't care that Sun Chengye was still nearby, so he blurted out: "My lord, Shuntian Mansion just sent a hot potato over there, I'm afraid I need you to hand it over in person!"

Hot potato?

At the beginning, Sun Shaozong thought that there was another difficult and miscellaneous case, and Ge Changcun, the governor of Shuntian Mansion, who was broken and broken, simply threw it to Dali Temple for disposal.

But after careful inquiring, it was a little different from what I imagined.

This is indeed Ge Changcun's blame, but there is no difficulty in the case itself, and it can even be said to be clear at a glance.

The problem lies in the identity of the prisoner - the person who accidentally beat someone to death was the deputy envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin to pay tribute.

Chapter 908

[It's a little bit Calvin, but it's still hungry. 】

It was almost noon.

Outside the main gate of Dali Temple, dozens of yamen servants held water and fire sticks to form a human wall, blocking the steps as if they were facing an enemy.

In contrast, there is a group of savages who are constantly shouting at the bottom of the steps:

"Using one enemy against many people, it is inevitable to miss occasionally, how can you be convicted based on this?"

"Crazy [release] my head!"

"≈ap;￥, there are a lot of Han dogs, Ah Lin, the leader, the leader...injustice, the Han dog is unfair!"

Although it was very bad, more than half of the Tartars spoke the official dialect of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This was obviously due to the efforts made to promote the Sinicization of the whole territory during the heyday of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

You Shaoqing and Li Wenshan stood in the doorway with their hands behind their backs, listening to the strange shouts, their brows became more and more wrinkled.

Looking at the dozens of yamen servants in front of the gate, their trembling posture as if facing a big enemy, I feel even more aggrieved - the majestic Dali Temple, the chief constitution of the world's discipline, was blocked by several Tartars and scolded. What is the system of spreading it out?

At least……

Should we drive them away and scold them?

"grown ups."

Hearing his doubts, Hong Jiu, who was pushed out to maintain order, had no choice but to explain with a bitter face: "If you look closely, you will know that most of these Tartars are fighters who have gone through battles, with big arms and round waists, and swords and arrows , if we really want to make a fuss, I'm afraid we people won't be able to suppress it."

"Then go get the people from the patrol battalion! If it doesn't work, go to Wucheng Bingma Si to transfer troops!"

Li Wenshan yelled angrily, pointed outside and said, "Let a few barbarians be so arrogant, what's the face of my Dali Temple? Where's the dignity of Da Zhou?"

Hong Jiu said "yes yes" in his mouth, but there was a hundred people who disagreed in his heart.

What about dispatching troops and generals, isn't it up to you old masters?If you can be transferred, you can transfer it. Why are you yelling at Lao Tzu, a low-level official?

Li Wenshan scolded a few times, seeing that the little official in front of him was blindly agreeing and flattering, but didn't make any real moves, his heart became more and more angry, he flicked his robe sleeves, and then stepped out of the doorway, facing the ten A few barbarians.

Just took two steps forward, a dozen hideous faces with thick hair came into view.

What's more frightening, the bloody mouths are full of saliva, and I don't know how much it sprayed on the yamen servants. It seems that they can smell a stench from far away.

Li Wenshan couldn't help but pause, and after his complexion changed a few times, he turned around abruptly, and said, "You stay here, I'm going to ask Mr. Sun to come forward", and then he didn't look back.

After respectfully watching him go away, Hong Jiu lowered his head and curled his lips in disdain, then squeezed into the group of yamen servants with a face of common hatred, and whispered: "I don't know how long I will be struggling, I will let you I cooked a few pots of broth and baked a hundred sheets of bread, and later the brothers took turns going to eat some in the doorway, so as to warm up their bodies and refresh their spirits."

…………

But Li Wenshan rushed all the way to the Zuo Temple official office, and without waiting for anyone to report, he directly lifted the curtain and entered the main room, only to find that Sun Shaozong was playing chess with his master Qin Kejian as if nothing happened.

"My brother is really relaxing!"

Because these days, they often discuss the pros and cons of "Puting the Law to the Countryside" together, and the two have long been familiar with each other, so Li Wenshan didn't show courtesy to Sun Shaozong, and went up to disturb the chess game, pointing outside and annoyed: "Outside More than a dozen Liaodong barbarians are about to tear down the plaque of our Dali Temple, thanks to you, you can still sit there!"

Sun Shaozong smiled indifferently, picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip slowly, then under Li Wenshan's displeased eyes, he asked, "Then what should I do with Brother Li?"

"Either dispatch troops to disperse these bulldogs, or..."

After Li Wenshan finished talking, he fixed his gaze on Sun Shaozong. Obviously, his unfinished intention was to let Sun Shaozong come forward to deal with those barbarians.

"Army?"

Sun Shaozong laughed, shook his head and said, "The situation is unclear at the moment, do you think the Wucheng soldiers and horses will intervene in this matter?"

"What? Don't they dare to stand by and watch?"

"Standing on the sidelines is not necessarily the case, but prevarication is certain." Sun Shaozong smiled, and pointed to the north: "Don't talk about others, where is our Lord Wei now?"

"Today's court meeting, I think... I think there is some dispute, so...so..."

Li Wenshan was stumbling as he spoke, his voice gradually becoming inaudible, apparently even he himself didn't believe it.

There is indeed a court meeting today, but those barbarians who claimed to be the envoys of the Houjin Dynasty first made a fuss in Shuntian Mansion, and now they blocked the main entrance of Dali Temple for two or three hours. Deserved news.

"Wait a minute."

Sun Shaozong didn't hold on to this matter, he signaled Qin Kejian to give way to Li Wenshan, and said calmly: "At least we must know whether the imperial court recognizes this embassy or not."

"So what if you recognize it? So what if you don't recognize it?"

"If you don't admit it, these barbarians are traitors and traitors who rebelled against the imperial court!" Sun Shaozong's mouth showed a smirk: "It will take half an hour at most, and I will be able to build a small Beijing temple outside!"

Li Wenshan's face suddenly turned pale, his throat twitched a few times, and he said embarrassingly: "Also... there is no need to be so cruel, just teach me a lesson."

Sun Shaozong smiled again, but did not disagree.