Detective in the Red Chamber

So subconsciously reached out his hand, ready to take it from the nanny's arms.

"Be careful, be careful! You must not drop him!"

The nanny was fine, but Brother Cheap was rubbing his hands and stamping his feet beside him as if he was facing a big enemy, and even a few drops of cold sweat came out of his forehead.

Sun Shaozong was really too lazy to pay attention to him, imitating the nanny's posture, hugged him firmly in his arms, and tried to lightly touch his palm with his fingers, who knew that although the child had his eyes closed, his reaction was not slow, and his little hand clenched , and grabbed Sun Shaozong's finger.

Sun Shaozong didn't realize it yet, but the big brother beside him stared like a copper bell, and said excitedly, "Look at it, look at it! Look at this kid, he has a lot of energy, and when he grows up, he will definitely be a man of literature and martial arts! "

Have a strong relationship with Neng Wen Neng Wu?

Sun Shaozong was speechless again. Originally he wanted to carry the child in to see Ruan Rong, but seeing that his elder brother was not good enough, he simply pushed forward and said, "Brother, hold me for a while, and I will go in to see Rong'er."

"I?"

Brother Cheap was startled, rubbed his palms vigorously, stretched out his hand to hug him, but suddenly retracted, and said urgently, "No! I have to wash my hands first!"

As he said that, he turned around looking for water.

Fortunately, there is nothing else in this delivery room, but hot water and towels are enough.

Immediately, the witty old lady Wen handed over a set, and the cheap brother used the fragrant soap, rubbed it repeatedly for more than 800 times, and the bald skin was almost washed, and then tremblingly, he came over to hold the child.

Seeing that he was trembling uncontrollably all over, Sun Shaozong said helplessly, "Brother, why don't you sit cross-legged on the couch, so you won't be able to fall him."

"That's right! You're still smart, why didn't I think of that!"

Sun Shaozu hurriedly threw off his boots, jumped onto the couch, and sat cross-legged with a glaring King Kong, staring at the child in Sun Shaozong's hands like a pug.

Only then did Sun Shaozong carefully hand the child into his hands, and then he didn't bother to see his snot-bubbling appearance from laughing, and strode into the room.

Chapter 207 Promotion to Zhizhong

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the punishment department is in the main hall.

"Congratulations, my lord, for the double happiness!"

Under the leadership of Lin Delu, all the officials with duties in the Criminal Department gathered together and bowed to Sun Shaozong.

Originally, there should have been a handover ceremony, but Liu Chongshan was not very happy when he got the job as the Xuanfu envoy of Yunnan. After all, it was a bitterly cold frontier, so he simply asked for sick leave.

But it's not bad, since the next one flattered Sun Shaozong, he had less scruples.

The disadvantage is that it took half an hour to complete the process of congratulating subordinates.

Sun Shaozong received a full set of seal letters from the subordinate officials in Zhizhong, and only then did he have time to look at the layout of the five main halls.

In fact, there is no need to look at it too much, after all, he has been here before, but looking at the layout now, his mood is completely different.

"grown ups."

At this time, Lin Delu came back from the outside again, stepped forward to laugh and said, "The humble job has been arranged a few days in advance, and someone has rearranged it according to your preferences. You can see if there is anything you need to add, you might as well tell the humble job .”

"okay."

Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said, "I've heard enough flattery today, let me say something useful—do you know who will succeed the general judge?"

"I don't know the humble job."

Lin Delu immediately shook his head, but then added a sentence, "But according to the rules, since you were promoted in situ, the successor should be transferred elsewhere."

Transfer?

I hope the person transferred is someone who can do things in a down-to-earth manner.

Although Lin Delu and others are well-behaved, they are not the best choice. It is too late to let them investigate the case alone.

As for Qiu Yunfei... don't mention it.

If there is an experienced criminal, the burden on Sun Shaozong's shoulders will be lighter.

"correct."

Sun Shaozong remembered this, and explained again, "I won't participate in the evening party, and you will preside over it--the money will be taken from the private treasury first, and I will make up for it if it is not enough."

"How can I make you spend money, my lord!"

Lin Delu hurriedly said, "Leave everything to the humble staff."

As he spoke, he took out a white marble longevity lock from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands, "My lord is happy to have a son, and I have nothing to do with a humble job. Only this plaything can show my heart."

Not to mention the material of the jade lock, the word 'shou' made up of miniature carvings of prayer scriptures on it is already very valuable.

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, and said lightly, "You have a heart."

It's not that he became greedy, it's because of the current officialdom, if he refuses to accept even congratulatory gifts, he will definitely be criticized as 'fake nobility'.

"Congratulations Dong Weng, congratulations Dong Weng!"

As soon as Lin Delu left, Cheng Rixing joined him again.

"Didn't you congratulate you when you passed by yesterday?"

Between the master and the employer, there is no need to be so rigid. Sun Shaozong went into the inner room on his own, leaned on the newly replaced soft couch, and asked lazily, "I didn't see that Qiu Yunfei just now. Ask Lin Delu, but is it true?" He only said that he was on sick leave—what’s the matter, could it be that he was scared out of his wits in Shuiyue Nunnery that day and didn’t dare to come?”

"It's not."

Cheng Rixing said with a smile, "I heard that at the Lantern Festival, they competed with the brothers of the Zhen Guogong's mansion for a woman, and they slapped each other with bruised noses and swollen faces. I guess they were embarrassed to meet people, so they simply asked for leave."

This fellow is really a dandy, and his temperament has not diminished in the slightest.

But since he didn't intend to be lazy, Sun Shaozong didn't bother to care if he asked for sick leave or not. He pointed to the mountain of official documents on the desk and said, "Let's roughly sort out the official documents first, and prioritize them—by the way, I will inevitably have to be promoted in the future." Tang asked the case, how have you learned the skills of this famous criminal master?"

"This……"

When Cheng Rixing heard this, he was a little apprehensive, and said hesitantly, "The student has been, really..."

Seeing his faltering, Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment, and he understood what he was thinking, "Yes, since the spring is coming, you naturally have to review poetry and books recently-how about this, I will find someone else to help you in recent days. One, how about deciding to stay after you finish the exam?"

The reason why Cheng Rixing has been reluctant to become an official is because he can't let go of his dream of being a Jinshi. Seeing that the exam is half a month away, he naturally has no intention of learning the craft of an authentic famous criminal master.

"Thank you Dong Weng for your understanding."

Cheng Rixing hurriedly bowed to thank him, and then said awkwardly, "Actually, the students also know that they will probably fail the exam this time, but if they don't give it a try, they really can't pass that hurdle in their hearts, so they can only go to the south first." Qiang, come back to serve Dong Weng again."

Sun Shaozong also said sternly, "I won't say anything superfluous—you and I are patrons. If there is no hope in the imperial examination in the future, I will guarantee your future as an eighth rank. It will not be a problem."

After Cheng Rixing thanked him for his kindness, Sun Shaozong simply let him go on vacation, and called Lin Delu to come over to act as a teacher for half a day.

Seeing that Lin Delu handled it in an orderly manner, and was more skilled than Cheng Rixing, Sun Shaozong hesitated, whether he should hire another master to do part-time work.

As soon as the spring is approaching, most of the people are studying hard behind closed doors, so it is not easy to find a suitable teacher.

Secondly, when he first came to the Criminal Department, he was afraid of the subordinates, so he specially asked Cheng Rixing to guard him, but now the situation is quite different, the Criminal Department has almost become his all-talking point, that is, Han Anbang and Jia Yucun It is also difficult to intervene.

"grown ups."

Just as he was undecided, Lin Delu had already sorted out the files accumulated these days, and reported to him, "The official documents that need to be approved are all on the table, and there are two other lawsuits that may require your lord to go up for trial. Look..."

Ascension!

Sun Shaozong has been engaged in criminal investigation for more than ten years, but this is the first time he has done the job of a judge. He naturally finds it new, so he hurriedly asked, "What are these cases?"

Lin Delu picked up two files from the table, and said, "One is an old man from the Zhang family in Fengwei Lane, suing his in-laws, the Zhou family, for colluding with human traffickers and abducting his grandson at the Lantern Festival."

Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "Since the two families are in-laws, isn't the grandson of the Zhang family the grandson of the Zhou family?"

Grandpa accused grandpa of colluding with human traffickers and abducted his grandson?

What's all this mess? !

"My lord, this family has two sons. The daughter of the Zhou family married the eldest son, but the lost grandson is the child of the second son of the Zhang family."

It still sounds like a tongue twister.

Sun Shaozong said, "Bring me the dossier, I'll read it myself."

Lin Delu hurriedly presented the dossier, and Sun Shaozong looked at it at a glance, and then realized that it was the older brother of the eldest daughter-in-law, who took the children of Zhang and Zhou to the Lantern Festival, but lost the second son of the Zhang family alone. child.

And because the Zhou family gave birth to a daughter, she was not very favored, so the old man of the Zhang family suspected that the Zhou family had colluded with human traffickers, and wanted to cut off the blood of his Zhang family, so that he could marry all the family property with his granddaughter to the Zhou family.

this thing...

No matter how you look at it, it looks like old man Zhang is making trouble for no reason.

Throwing the file on the kang table, Sun Shaozong murmured, "How did Mr. Liu handle such cases before?"

Lin Delu shook his head helplessly and said, "It's just the word 'harmony'. After all, the Zhou family made mistakes, but their actions did not violate the law of the king."

"Then let it go first, let both parties calm down."

Sun Shaozong ordered again, "Also let Zhao Wuwei arrange more manpower, and then carefully investigate and investigate to see if he can find the abducted child."

That being said, Sun Shaozong himself knew that there was little hope, and fighting abduction would still be a problem even in later generations, let alone now.

"What about the other case?"

"It's an old man who sued his son for disobedience."

Disobedient?

Sun Shaozong took the dossier and glanced at it, saw that the above-mentioned behaviors were extremely vicious, and said decisively, "Send a few people to visit the neighbor's house, and then inform the old man that tomorrow... er, the day after tomorrow, I will be promoted to interrogate the case! "

Chapter 208 Attentiveness and Reserved

In fact, the two cases Lin Delu singled out have already revealed the biggest difference between adjudication and governance.

In the past, when Sun Shaozong was a general judge, he was often responsible for handling vicious criminal cases, but after he became a ruling center, the civil lawsuits that needed to be handled accounted for the vast majority.

Although in terms of seriousness, civil lawsuits are not as good as criminal cases, and far less brilliant than the former, but the intricate relationship among them is often even worse.

Sun Shaozong was not new to this kind of business when he was a policeman, but compared to his proficiency in solving criminal cases, it is obviously not as good as it is.

Now that I took over at first, it is inevitable that I will be a little nervous, so I postponed it for another day in order to make full preparations.

Fortunately, these days, the common people are in awe of the government. If they really encounter some difficult and trivial things, it will not be a problem to delay it for a year or so. Unlike later generations, it is easy to make big news if you procrastinate Come.

Another difference is that Xingming Tongju pays more attention to post-event detection, while Zhizhong has more responsibilities for early prevention-but public security prevention and other things are also one of Sun Shaozong's strengths, so there is no need to worry too much about this aspect.

However, he said that according to the priorities sorted out by Lin Delu, after dealing with nearly half of the official documents, Sun Shaozong stretched his muscles and bones and prepared to go to Han Anbang and Jia Yucun after seeing that it was almost noon.

To say that the unspoken rules of the ancient officialdom are even worse than the modern ones.

Let’s just talk about taking office immediately. When Sun Shaozong first transferred to Xingming Tongsan, he paid attention to the word “attentiveness”. As soon as he took office, he had to submit a post according to the rules, asking to see Fu Yin, Fu Cheng, and Zhizhong. Big Three.

This is the most basic attitude of being a subordinate.

Of course, whether people like it or not is another matter.

But now after being promoted to Zhizhong, the situation is completely different. The first thing to pay attention to has become the word 'reserved'. You must not rush to see the two superiors like you did before.

Otherwise, there will be suspicion of flattering the boss, and it will lose the "identity" and "dignity" of the government.

That's why Sun Shaozong dragged it off until Xiangwu.

Leaving the Department of Criminal Justice, he first went to the Han Anbang Courtyard. As usual, he didn't get any good looks, and even a few polite words were hidden, with a hint of hostility.

However, Han Anbang's attitude is still restrained. After all, "Zhizhong" is no longer a pure subordinate to him, but has the identity of both a colleague and a deputy.

It is precisely because of this that in the future, when this guy wants to arrange some nasty errands, when Sun Shaozong is in the dark, Sun Shaozong can also argue with reason, so he doesn't have to worry about being labeled as "contemptuous of the boss" anymore.

But when he came out of Han Anbang and arrived at the courtyard of Jiayu village, it was another scene.

When Jia Fucheng saw Sun Shaozong, his face was inexplicably kind, and his enthusiastic attitude seemed that the two were still close allies.

After half a basket of polite words, Jia Yucun exhorted again solemnly, "Your brother is now the head of a company, and when you grow up, you can barely be called the word 'Tang Shangguan'. They are far beyond the past, please be careful and do not act arbitrarily."

Arbitrary?

Don't say that your Prime Minister of Jia's Mansion acted arbitrarily and recklessly, and even corrupted the law. I'm afraid you have done a lot of things, right?

Sun Shaozong sneered in his heart, but on the surface he bowed his hands in awe and said, "My lord has always taught me, and the lower officials will take it to heart, and will never forget it."

Awe-inspiring to awe-inspiring, the word "teaching" is said, but there is a pun in it.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Jia Yucun nodded in relief, as if he didn't understand the meaning implied in Sun Shaozong's words, and then explained, "Although the test held after the spring has nothing to do with our Shuntian Mansion, you must not ignore it. We must send someone to keep an eye on it, so that we can respond in time if something unexpected happens.”

Unlike Qiuwei, in the higher-level Chunwei, Shuntian Mansion can't even be a co-organizer, so naturally there is no need to make nervous preparations in advance like in Qiuwei.

But then again, after all, the Spring Festival is still held in the capital, and it will be fine if there is no accident. If there is any accident, the Shuntian Mansion will not be able to escape the responsibility.

So regardless of whether people don't use you or don't appreciate you, Shuntian Mansion has to rush to play a trick.