Detective in the Red Chamber

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Shuntian Mansion Criminal Department, Dongxiang small courtyard.

Sun Shaozong picked up a pen and sketched a small figure digging a hole on the paper, and then drew a big burden beside it.

After hesitating for a while, he drew a headless corpse holding a letter in the lower left corner, took the cinnabar ink pad, and dyed the broken neck red, then folded it in half with satisfaction, and temporarily put it in his sleeve pocket.

If you say that this Ding Xiu is really a master who risked his life and money.

The content of his second graffiti is not much different from the first graffiti, except that there is a huge package on his shoulder.

Obviously, it wasn't that this girl couldn't get out of the city, but she couldn't take the stolen goods from Qian Ning's house out of the city, so she turned to Sun Shaozong for help.

But Sun Shaozong didn't feel that he was obliged to take the risk to help him.

Therefore, he decisively persuaded Ding Xiu to bury the things, and then try to sneak out of the city. As for the decapitated corpse holding the letter, he warned this guy that if he dared to come to harass him, he would turn his back on him mercilessly and start killing him.

After completing the reply to Ding Xiu, Sun Shaozong asked Cheng Rixing to find the mansion newspaper for the past six months, collecting news from several southwestern provinces.

At the same time, he asked without raising his head, "How is it? Are there still people spreading rumors these two days?"

Cheng Rixing bowed and said, "Since Dong Weng has returned to work in the Yamen, those rumors that you have killed Qian Ning will naturally be self-defeating, but..."

"But what?"

"I'm worried that Zhao Liben and others may not be willing to stop here." Cheng Rixing suggested, "In my opinion, Dong Weng might as well show his weakness these two days, so that Zhao Liben and others think that you are really related to Qian Ning's case. Let them be proud for a few days first, and then let their joy turn into sorrow after the Luming Banquet!"

This plot...

It should be a typical 'pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger', right?

Unexpectedly, Cheng Rixing had the talent to write online novels.

but……

"There's no need to be so troublesome."

However, Sun Shaozong shook his head without hesitation and said, "It's just a few clowns who are jumping on the beam, it's not worth being like an enemy like this - besides, when I'm sure of winning, I still go to get entangled with them, which is too narrow-minded. "

"Dong Weng is indeed a prime minister!"

Although Cheng Rixing failed in his plan, he didn't feel embarrassed.

Shun mouthed a big flattery, and then said, "By the way, Dong Weng, Liu Zhizhong is not in the city now. On the day of the township examination, I am afraid that you will be required to go to the Gongyuan to press the field. Do you want to make arrangements in advance?"

"There should be a rule for this, right? You ask Lin Delu to check and see how it was done before, and let him arrange it as usual."

After Cheng Rixing agreed, he was ready to go to Lin Delu to spread the word.

"and many more."

But Sun Shaozong stopped him again and asked, "Is there any famous female gentleman in this capital? It's best to be good at poetry."

Good at poetry?

"Why should adults look for others, students don't..."

When Cheng Rixing heard this, he thought that Sun Shaozong wanted to increase his cultural knowledge, so as not to become bigger and bigger in the future, but he still couldn't talk to those civil servants.

I was about to recommend myself, but suddenly recalled it, and said in amazement, "Mr.?!"

"It's my concubine who is very interested in poetry, so I want to invite a female gentleman to teach me."

"I see."

Only then did Cheng Rixing suddenly realize, but it is much harder to find such a female gentleman than a male gentleman.

After all, it is impossible for a woman from an ordinary family to have the opportunity to learn how to be rich, and how can a daughter from a wealthy family come out to be a lady?

Generally, only those famous prostitutes who are old, lustful and unmarried, and have not saved any savings, will make a living by this.

But it is common practice for famous prostitutes to be good, how many of them are still unmarried?

In this haste, where would he go to find a female husband for Sun Shaozong?

After thinking hard for a long time, Cheng Rixing suddenly thought of a person, and couldn't help but said happily, "I really have a suitable candidate here. This girl is called Miaoyu, a nun with hair and practice, and she was originally from a wealthy family. Very familiar, and very good-looking!"

He said the word "extreme" three times in a row, which really aroused Sun Shaozong's interest. He put down the mansion newspaper in his hand and asked, "Then where is this girl now? Would you like to come to teach?"

"This one……"

Cheng Rixing hesitated for a moment, then vowed, "Although this Miaoyu's temperament is a little arrogant, but she has been living in the Muni courtyard for many years, and she has never made much money. , presumably she will not refuse."

Hearing what he said was full of confidence, Sun Shaozong simply said, "Since that's the case, then this matter will trouble you. As long as the person is suitable, even if you have twice as many Xiuxiu as others, it's nothing."

"Don't worry, Dong Weng, after the office is over, I will ask my mother-in-law to discuss with her."

After Cheng Rixing finished speaking, he saw that Sun Shaozong had no other orders, so he went down to find Lin Delu to explain the task.

After Cheng Rixing left, Sun Shaozong looked through the residence newspaper for half a day, and finally came to a conclusion that the southwestern defense of the Great Zhou Dynasty is now in a state of looseness and tightness.

On the surface, it seems that Dazhou has no intention of guarding against Qianxiang Kingdom, but Sichuan and Shu have two elite teams. Once the Yunnan-Guizhou border changes, they can rush to the battlefield immediately.

tsk~

It seems that who is plotting who is really uncertain!

That being the case, there is no need to rush to hand over the 'family letter' to the imperial court, lest the rumors leak out, and the cheap old father-in-law will be cheated instead.

Right now, I might as well go to another letter to find out how deep the old man's 'sister' is.

If it reaches the level of 'Tanshihupa looking north to Master Wang', then of course, it goes without saying that we must help him establish contact with the high-level officials of Dazhou.

But if the father-in-law revealed the news, he just hoped that Da Zhou could make a gesture to deter the main combat faction of Qianxiang Kingdom, then this matchmaking would be completely unnecessary.

"My lord, my lord!"

Just as he was worrying about the mind of a first-rank official, thinking about the international situation in the Southwest, he heard a burst of shouting outside.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Da's pitted face appeared in front of Sun Shaozong - after being stung by a wasp that time, he had many bumps on his face, which did not disappear even after taking any medicine.

"grown ups!"

After Zhou Da entered the door, he shouted anxiously, "Just now an angel came, and he just wanted to frame his colleagues, and blatantly reprimanded Mr. Fu Yin!"

"Rebuke?"

Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Apart from that, is there no other punishment?"

"There is also a one-year fine!" Zhou Da said, "There is nothing else."

hehe~

It seems that there is no need to 'pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger', then Zhao Liben will be in trouble—since Han Fuyin has not collapsed, he will naturally use the traitor to stand up, and Liu Zhizhong will be released soon. The candidate to kill chickens and monkeys, except Zhao Liben Who else?

Chapter 139

However, after Sun Shaozong threw the note in the carriage, the stable stayed silent for two days, and on the morning of September [-]th, another moth appeared.

And this time, what appeared out of nowhere was not a graffiti note, but a whole bag of gold and silver—Needless to say, Ding Xiu used the Sun Mansion as a 'pit'!

Sun Shaozong couldn't figure out whether this big bag of things came from Qian Ning's house, so in order to avoid getting into trouble, he had no choice but to hide it all.

As for whether to return it to Ding Xiu in the future, that's another matter.

Just because he had to dispose of this bag of gold and silver, Sun Shaozong went out much later than the scheduled time. When he got near the Gongyuan, he saw that the street was already blocked from the street to the end.

Zhao Wuwei led a few yamen servants to push and push desperately for a long time, but failed to open a passage.

I don't know how many scholars and talents are hidden in this Wuyang Wuyang crowd, so I really dare not make rash moves.

Seeing that if the delay continued like this, the time for the release of the list would be delayed, so Sun Shaozong hurriedly called Zhao Wuwei to the car and gave him some instructions.

With the order from above, Zhao Wuwei's back suddenly stiffened a lot, and he slammed a wheel like a clean street whip to the ground, and said loudly, "Qiu Wei's patrol envoy, Mr. Sun, is here. Please invite everyone Master, Mr. Xiucai, don’t make mistakes!”

As soon as this name is called out, it is much more useful than the signboard of Shuntian Mansion. Although the tour envoy is a temporary demolition, it has no binding force when the list is released-but at this juncture, who would dare Unexpected events?

So I saw the crowd split left and right, giving way to a passage more than two meters wide.

Only then did Sun Shaozong's frame successfully reach the gate of the Gongyuan.

Lin Delu and Zhou Da led a group of officials from the famous criminal department, who had been waiting outside the gate for a long time.

As soon as Sun Shaozong got off the carriage, Lin Delu immediately stepped forward to ask for instructions, "My lord, the time is almost here. The examiners inside are probably anxious to wait, look..."

After the examiners entered the Tribute Courtyard, the main entrance of the Tribute Courtyard was sealed to show the meaning that people were allowed to enter and not allowed to leave - other people could enter and exit through the ear door and the side door.

Only after Shuntian Prefecture or the Ministry of Rites sent someone to unseal the Gongyuan on the day of the announcement of the results, could the examiners come out of it in a dignified manner.

"Then let's start unblocking."

As Sun Shaozong said, he walked up the steps slowly. Before the incense table that had been set up earlier, he cleaned his hands with a copper basin, lit up three sandalwood sticks, and bowed and inserted them on the incense burner.

The two small officials next to him immediately shouted at the top of their voices, "The auspicious time has come, and the Gongyuan is unsealed!"

Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand and tore the seal on the main gate. Several servants immediately stepped forward and slowly pushed open the two vermilion lacquer gates.

I saw a group of red and blue officials waiting behind the gate, regardless of their official positions or personalities, all of them were majestic, solemn and calm.

Sun Shaozong went forward to salute and said, "Your lords have worked hard for the country to recruit scholars for more than a month, and you have made great contributions. This mansion has prepared a banquet. Tomorrow, at the right time, I will cleanse the dust and celebrate your achievements."

Although he also reserved a table for the Luming Banquet, but at this time he was representing the 'landlord' of Shuntian Mansion, so he regarded himself as the master.

After finishing these clichés, Sun Shaozong stepped aside, and the examiners headed by the minister of rites, Zhang Qiu, came out in a file with their sleeves fluttering, all of them without squinting, and directly boarded his official sedan chair.

This time, the yamen servants were not needed to clear the way, and the crowd spontaneously gave way.

Gein, only after the examiners left, would the list of successful candidates be posted. If someone dared to stop the examiner's sedan chair at this time, they would probably have to be dragged down and beaten by the anxious scholars.

But it was said that the bearers had a wind under their feet, and after a while they carried the sedan chair like birds and beasts.

At this time, four more minor officials carried a scroll, surrounded by a group of soldiers, went out of the main gate, and hung the scroll on the screen wall in front of the gate with poles.

"The auspicious time has come, release the list!"

Following Lin Delu's yell, the four officials withdrew their poles at the same time, and the three-meter-wide scroll unfolded with a clatter under the force of gravity.

Immediately, it seemed like a pot was boiling in front of the screen wall, you were pushing each other, crying and scolding, it was really lively!

It's not that the quality of the scholars is too poor, the main reason is that those who can squeeze to the front are mostly domestic slaves with big arms and round waists. Naturally, they will do everything they can to congratulate their master one step ahead.

When the first wave of viewers squeezed out of the crowd in joy or annoyance, it was the turn of those poor scholars to make up for it.

Compared with those slaves, their behavior is naturally much more refined, but after reading the list, their reaction is ten times more intense than that of the slaves.

There are those who are ecstatic, some who look forward to their own heroes, some who cry bitterly, some who scold the injustice, and some who doubt the shady.

Of course, most of them are dejected and staggered away.

If this scene is drawn by someone else, and the background is hidden, it will definitely be called "A Picture of Going to the Grave at Qingming Festival".

But this is normal and tight. After all, among the more than 2000 candidates who participated in the provincial examination, only 130 were successful, and the acceptance rate was less than one-eighteenth. The frustrated naturally accounted for the vast majority.

I heard that the admission rate in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas can even exceed [-] to [-], which can be called a death test area.

Looking at the scene of demons dancing in front of the screen wall, Cheng Rixing couldn't help but sighed, "I'm full of sage articles, but in front of such fame and fortune, I'm so ugly, it really makes me sad."

Sun Shaozong glanced at him sideways, thinking that if this fellow fails the ranking next spring, his performance may not be much better than those below.

After waiting for another half an hour, watching the crowd gradually disperse, although a few candidates could hardly accept the fact that they failed the exam and shouted that there must be a shady scene behind the scenes, they did not arouse the support of others.

Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so he called Zhao Wuwei and said, "Leave a few people here to avoid any accidents in the afternoon."

After finishing speaking, he prepared to take Lin Delu, Zhou Da and others back to the yamen for work.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got into the carriage, before Zhang Cheng shook his whip, he saw a person jumping down from the restaurant diagonally opposite!

"Oh~!"

Seeing this, Cheng Rixing couldn't help but let out another long sigh, "The word fame really hurts people a lot."

He just finished speaking, but he heard someone in the restaurant yelling loudly, "It's not good, Mr. Juren jumped off the building!"

Everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard the words. It's a common thing for a talented person to jump off the building and hang himself, but why did the one who got the job jump off the building?

Sun Shaozong picked up the curtain of the carriage, quickly jumped out of the carriage, and greeted him, "Go, follow me to see what's going on!"

Chapter 140 Wenxin Pavilion Fall Incident [Part [-]]

The place where the falling incident occurred was a three-story restaurant named Wenxin Pavilion.

Sun Shaozong led people to the scene of the fall, and saw a corpse lying on his back on the ground, the back of his head hit the stone pier where the flagpole was placed, and he died in a standard manner.

Seeing that someone had already died, and the one who died was another new imperial examiner, Sun Shaozong immediately ordered, "Zhou Da, you lead people to seal the front and rear doors of this restaurant. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave at will!"