Detective in the Red Chamber

Sun Shaozong picked up the hot wine that the boys had just brought up, filled a cup for Xue Pan, and said, "According to your usual misbehavior, I should have said a few words 'retribution is not good', but look at your virtuous behavior , Brother, I don’t even bother to say anything—come on, let’s not get drunk and come home today!”

"Yes! If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

After Xue Pan had a drink with him, he looked around again with bull's eyes, and shouted, "Whoever dares to steal and play tricks today, I, the first old Xue, will not agree!"

Except for Sun Shaozong, everyone here is rich and idle, and they don't have any serious errands to deal with, so why would they care about whether they are drunk or not home?

Even Jia Baoyu slapped the table and screamed, ordering the servants to quickly change to a bigger bowl.

Chapter 213 Trial of Disobedience Case [Part [-]]

Early the next morning, Sun Shaozong was in a daze, feeling as if his brain had been hacked with an axe, and he sat on the soft bed for a long time before he realized that he had spent the night in the study room last night. .

"Come on!"

He raised his voice and yelled, and when the door curtain was lifted, Xiang Ling walked in with two little maids.

"Ah! Be careful, master, don't freeze."

Seeing that Sun Shaozong had stepped on the quilt to the bottom of his feet, and was sitting on the couch in only a loose single garment, Xiangling exclaimed, and hurriedly stepped forward to wrap the quilt around Sun Shaozong's body.

"How did you come here?"

Sun Shaozong rubbed his brows, but he scolded dissatisfiedly, "Since you have a body, you should rest well. What can you do if you come here early in the morning?"

Xiang Ling smiled sweetly, covered her lower abdomen and said, "Look at what the master said, how can a servant girl be so delicate..."

"I say there is!"

Sun Shaozong said without doubt, but carefully pulled her to sit on the bedside, and said, "Isn't there someone waiting on this, you just watch from the side."

As he spoke, he got out of the bed with his deerskin boots, cooperated with the two little maids, put on the clothes neatly, and covered them with a dark blue official robe.

After he was almost dressed, he was thinking about going out for a breath of fresh air to cool down his mind, but suddenly remembered something.

So he hurriedly tore off the alcohol-smelling clothes from the hanger beside the bed, took out an amulet from the sleeve, handed it to Xiangling, and said, "When I came back yesterday, I saw that Guangyuan Temple was still there." With the lights on, let Zhang Cheng go in and ask for the Zhang Ping An Talisman."

As he said that, Sun Shaozong scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Originally, I should ask for it myself, but at that time I really couldn't walk anymore. If you feel that you are not sincere enough, then wait until next time..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiangling snatched the amulet away, held it in his hand and said with a smile on his face, "Don't bother the master, the servants like this one!"

Last night, the master was so drunk that he still remembered to ask for a peace talisman on the way, but in Xiangling's view, this kind of intention could not be more 'sincere'.

But he said that after washing, Sun Shaozong led Xiangling back to the backyard, had breakfast with Ruan Rong, and announced that all the big and small things in the family would be handed over to Pomegranate and Furong for the time being, and then he got in the carriage and drove away Fuya.

Speechless all the way.

When they got to the criminal department, they saw Zhao Wuwei leading two arresters, waiting at the door of the main room for a long time.

Sun Shaozong walked in on his own, and asked casually, "How is it, how is the visit of the rebellious case going?"

"Back to the words of the master."

Zhao Wuwei scolded angrily, "The husband and wife of the Hu family are really not serious about things, no wonder old man Hu would sue them for disobedience!"

"Is it?"

Sun Shaozong sat behind the desk, rubbed his temples and said, "I have found out exactly what you have found out, so tell me carefully."

In fact, according to his original intention, it is the safest way to go and investigate in person.

But the officialdom has its own rules, sitting in the position of Zhengwupinzhi, if you still do everything in person like before, how can you reflect the "golden nobility" of the official rank?

Back to the point.

However, the plaintiff was named Hu Dazhu, who was in his sixties this year, and had only one old boy named Hu Jingsheng—one of the defendants in this case.

According to Zhao Wuwei and others' visits, when this Hu Jingsheng was born, because his mother was nearly forty years old, although the birth was natural, her vitality was severely injured after all, and she could not survive the winter.

After that, Father Hu led his son to live alone. He worked hard for 20 years, and finally hoped that his son would start a family and start a business. Who would have thought that Hu Jingsheng was actually a white-eyed wolf.

At the beginning, Father Hu barely endured it and just closed the door to support himself.

But since the beginning of winter last year, his body has been a little weak, and it is difficult for him to take care of himself for a while. As a result, his husband and wife make things difficult for him in every possible way, and he eats a basketful of leftovers.

A few days ago, his health just got better, so he took out the bedding to dry, but unexpectedly, his daughter-in-law poured a basin of swill on his head again!

Father Hu was so angry that he couldn't bear it, so he brought a lawsuit to Shuntian Mansion.

touch~

"It really doesn't make sense!"

Sun Shaozong was a father for the first time, and he was extremely sensitive to such disobedience and unfilial things. Coupled with his hangover, he couldn't help raising his fist the size of a vinegar bowl, and directly smashed the book case into two paragraphs. Son!

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone and various official documents were flying around, and the two police officers were so startled that they clicked their tongues. You must know that the official document is half an inch thick old wood, even if you use an ax to chop it, it is difficult to break it. .

After all, Zhao Wuwei had been with him for a long time, so he seemed calmer. While calling his two subordinates to pack up the official documents again, he comforted him, "Don't be angry, my lord. Since this wolf-hearted thing has been accused of disobedience, you can just punish him severely." The death penalty is it."

"nonsense!"

After Sun Shaozong vented, he regained some sobriety, stared and scolded, "How can he be sentenced to death in advance?!"

After a pause, he asked again, "How was Hu Jingsheng's relationship with his father before he got married?"

"This one……"

Zhao Wuwei was a little hesitant, and a policeman behind him immediately interjected, "I heard that the relationship between the father and son was not very good, and this Hu Jingsheng refused to inherit the breakfast stall at home, and he had arguing about it for two years, and finally Then the early stall was resold by him."

"Then what does Hu Jingsheng do for a living?"

"Be the second shopkeeper for someone!"

Zhao Wuwei answered very quickly this time, "He used the money from the seller to buy shares in a grocery store, and now he works as the second shopkeeper for others, and his life is pretty good."

"And how is his wife?"

"Very aggressive! I heard that he is notoriously savage in that area, and he never loses in arguing with others!"

Sun Shaozong cross-examined many details, some Zhao Wuwei and others were also vague, but in general, based on the consistent reputation of the two couples, the abuse of the elderly has almost stopped.

In modern times, this is an ordinary civil dispute, and the means of punishment is nothing more than forcing the son to pay a certain amount of alimony.

But this matter was not so simple in the Great Zhou Dynasty. After all, "filial piety" is the most important thing these days. Once the crime of disobedience is confirmed, Hu Jingsheng will be executed at a later date, and he will be exiled for thousands of miles.

Since it involved human life and it was the first case of a new official, Sun Shaozong naturally had to handle it with caution.

Therefore, even though he already had a judgment in his mind, he still pointed out a few unclear points one by one, and then sent Zhao Wuwei and others out to let them continue to investigate clearly, so as not to lose everything.

Chapter 214 Trial of Disobedience Case [Part [-]]

The nineteenth of the first month.

The snow was falling and it was freezing cold.

On the street just after the Lantern Festival, the bleakness and weakness after the carnival inevitably appeared, but only outside the lobby of Shuntian Mansion was crowded with people rubbing shoulders.

Those men, women, young and old shrank their shoulders, folded their hands, and stomped their feet like a tap dancer, but they still couldn't bear to move. They all stretched their necks, widened their eyes, and looked straight into the lobby.

"Come, come, Master Qingtian is here!"

Suddenly, I don't know who yelled, and everyone started clamoring. If it weren't for the gatekeeper, Uncle Qin, who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and made the loud noise of whipping the street whip, there would have been a few idiots with their heads froze, rushing straight into the lobby in.

It was none other than Sun Shaozong, the newly appointed ruler of the Central Government, who caused such a commotion.

There are very few entertainment activities these days, so the wealthy and noble families can always find some ways to pass the time, but the common people are in a state of "hungry and thirst" all the year round, so a few lame stories and some low-brow jokes are also worthless. It can be passed on by word of mouth.

Right now, I suddenly heard that Sun Shaozong, the master of Qingtian, who is as good at judging cases as a god, is about to go up to the court for questioning. Who wouldn't want to see it quickly? !

As a result, thousands of people came here, blocking half of the street. Fortunately, the deterrent force of the government is strong enough these days, otherwise, a farce of attacking the government office would happen in minutes.

However, Sun Shaozong walked out from the back hall with official steps, and seeing the excitement outside the gate, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised and complacent.

Thinking that when he was in modern times, the number of cases he solved was more than ten times that of today?

But it is the first time that it has been so warmly sought after.

He stabilized his mind, sat upright, and sat down under the plaque hanging high in the mirror. Seeing that Lin Delu was also sitting on the jury seat, he picked up the three-foot gavel, which was neither serious nor important in the case. As soon as he fell, he said loudly, "Sheng Tang!"

Zhao Wuwei hastily shouted, "Master has an order, I will go to the court to ask questions!"

"Wei~wu~!"

Accompanied by the elongated mighty sound, twelve water and fire sticks beat on the ground at the same time, until the family of three was brought in and knelt obediently in front of the hall, it was considered a temporary end.

I saw that Father Hu had white beard and hair, and was as thin as a stick, but Hu Jingsheng and his wife were quite rich, especially the little woman, who knew that she was going to be promoted to court for questioning today, but she even dressed up with makeup and powder, and made the five-point color Raised to seven points.

After seeing the appearance of these three people, Sun Shaozong put on a straight face, knowingly asked, "Who is under the hall, tell me your name!"

"Villain Hu Dazhu—"

"The villain Hu Jingsheng—"

"Minister Hu Lin——"

"I have seen Master Qingtian."

To follow the serious rules, there are still a lot of questioning formulas like taking off your pants and farting, but Sun Shaozong is really too lazy to follow the gourd, and these rules are just conventions rather than regulations.

So he saved everything, and asked directly, "Hu Jingsheng, your father accused you and your wife of disobedience and disobedience in the complaint, and you usually feed them with leftovers and bad rice, treating them like pigs and dogs, but is it true?"

Hu Jingsheng hurriedly called out his grievances, "Master, it's not because the villain deliberately spoiled the food, it's because the villain and his wife are busy outside..."

slap~

Sun Shaozong threw the gavel on the table, and asked in a deep voice, "I only ask you, these are the facts!"

Hu Jingsheng was frightened, his two eyes collided with Sun Shaozong's eagle-like pupils, his liver trembled, and he hurriedly leaned down and timidly replied, "Reporting to the master, yes... yes Something happened."

Sun Shaozong turned his attention to the Hu Lin family again, "Hu Lin family, your father-in-law said in the complaint that you deliberately poured swill on his bedding to dry to humiliate him, is there anything wrong?"

"It's wrong, my lord!"

Hu Lin's courage was obviously much stronger than that of her husband, and she shouted in a sharp voice, "I poured some slop casually that day, who would have thought where he would dry the mattress? Even if it happened, it was not intentional by the women." For it!"

"Furthermore, don't other people have such things?"

"Just talk about the old Xu's family in our alley. Her daughter-in-law accidentally buckled the urinal on her mother-in-law. Why didn't the old lady Xu come to complain?"

"It's clear that my father-in-law doesn't like little women, so he insisted on making a big deal out of such a trivial matter, just to put the women to death!"

After hearing this sophistry, the old man Hu only shouted 'nonsense' and 'nonsense' in anger, but how could it cover up her arrogance?

No wonder it is said that this woman has never lost a battle, she really has a sharp tongue!

Sun Shaozong sneered a few times in his heart, and suddenly asked, "You said that you accidentally poured some swill on it, so the official will ask you, where were you standing that day, and where did you pour the swill on?"

When Hu Lin was arguing with others, he was used to talking nonsense, but who would have thought that the official would ask about such details?

She didn't know what the use of these questions was, so she hesitated and said, "The little lady came out of the kitchen that day, and she didn't look at it carefully, so she just threw it..."

Sun Shaozong interrupted her again, and asked, "So, are you standing at the kitchen door and splashing swill?"

Hu Lin hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Exactly."

slap~

Sun Shaozong threw another startled tree on the table, and shouted sharply, "What a savage woman! I have already made people inquire clearly. The clothesline in your house is in front of the main room, but the kitchen is in the west wing! "

"You said you didn't do it on purpose. Don't tell me that when you pour slop, you close your eyes and pour it directly on the doors and windows of your house?!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause outside the lobby

"Okay!"

"Master Qingtian is indeed wise!"

"As expected of a divine decision!"

"Bah~ What is the judgment, now I'm going to be called Master Zhizhong!"

Accompanied by the loud applause, Hu Lin was dumbfounded. How could she have thought that the master Qingtian was so detailed that he could check the layout of his courtyard clearly?

"Hu Lin, I will ask you again!"

Sun Shaozong asked again, "Your father-in-law said in the complaint that your husband and wife usually beat him or scolded him, especially you, a vicious woman, who slapped him again and again with excuses. Is there anything wrong?"

The Hu Lin family was exposed to the sophistry, and was a little panicked at this time, but still said stubbornly, "My lord, how can you take it seriously when he said such empty words?!"

"What an empty talk."

Sun Shaozong sneered, picked up the gavel and patted it lightly, and ordered, "Come here, bring witnesses Granny Liu and old man Zhang!"

Not long after, a pair of elderly people came in, trembling and about to kneel down.