Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing that the two lions climbed to the top of the mountain respectively, after showing off their skills on the top, they suddenly stood up at the same time, and 'bited' the hydrangea ball carried on the long pole.

Not long after, when the gong sounded below, the two lions spit out bright red banners from their mouths at the same time, which drew another round of applause.

When the banner unfolded quickly, it turned out to be a pair of couplets. I saw that the first couplet was written about a person who was not a gentleman at all, pretending to be a thunderbolt, but missing three points of his face!

After reading the first couplet, I felt that something was wrong, and when I looked at the second couplet, it was even more unreliable. I am used to selfishness, will play for money, and have no conscience at all!

It looks like...

Are you satirizing corrupt officials? !

People like Sun Shaozong who don't have much ink in their stomachs can see the meaning of the couplets, and all the civil servants at the gate of the Governor's Mansion naturally changed their colors even more.

Especially Governor Zhou, his old face was almost as black as the bottom of a pot—just now he thought that Li Enxian could speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, which was really a good thing, and it was convenient for him to show off.

But seeing this couplet right now, he wished that Li Enxian was blind - it would be better if he was really deaf and blind!

Can't go on anymore!

Governor Zhou secretly winked, and the subordinate officials next to him stepped forward to stop the performance of the two lions.

However, the lion dancers were on the table with loud gongs and drums, but how could they clearly hear what they were shouting?

You fought back, bit the last hydrangea, and tore it twice, revealing the last horizontal batch, but it was impressively written with four big characters'Miemen Daji'!

When Governor Zhou saw these four words, his chest seemed to burst into flames, and he didn't care about decency or restraint. He raised his finger to the table mountain and shouted, "Take it down, take it down, quickly... give it to me quickly!" Take down these rebels! Rebels, rebels, this is really a group of rebels who don't know how to live or die!"

Seeing him trembling with anger, all the officials shouted together, and the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion realized that they were all illiterate, and they rushed forward and surrounded hundreds of people who were performing on the street.

Seeing the chaos in front of the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Wutong beside him was also muttering something pale.

Sun Shaozong poked his waist and asked, "This couplet is satirizing Governor Zhou, right?"

Zhao Wutong nodded in dismay, and explained subconsciously, "This is a couplet with dismantled characters. In the first couplet, 'I am not a gentleman' is next to '亻'; Three' is the word for 'and'; together it is the word for 'Confucianism'."

"The second line of 'absolutely no conscience' is the word 'gen', and the word 'mao' is added to separate it, which is the word 'qing'."

"As for this horizontal batch..."

Sun Shaozong interrupted him and said, "Needless to say the horizontal criticism, I can see that it is the word 'Zhou'."

The combination of the word "door" and the word "auspicious" in "Miemen Daji" is exactly the word "week"!

Sun Shaozong couldn't help but be a little speechless, because the governor's name this week is exactly the word "Zhou Ruqing"!

Not only did the couplet imply his name, accusing him of being corrupt and perverting the law, but at the end he cursed him with the words "destroying the family and killing his family" and beheaded all of his family. The minister is beside him.

It is said that he originally wanted to show off Fanbang, but now he is ashamed and thrown abroad.

As long as the content written in this couplet is even the slightest bit true, it is estimated that Zhou Ruqing will not escape the end of being dismissed from office, and maybe he will really respond to the curse of "destroying the family"!

I just don't know who made this wonderful couplet...

Chapter 246 Lock City

Governor's Hall.

The surroundings are decorated with resplendent and joyful decorations, but the atmosphere in the hall at this moment is dull and peaceful, as if in mourning.

A group of officials who participated in the listing ceremony stood in six or seven rows in the hall, almost everyone had a blank face, and the few cronies of Zhou Ruqing in the front row were all like mourning concubines.

It is estimated that if Zhou Ruqing rolled his eyes at this time, he would be so sad, and everyone would be able to carry him to the funeral without changing their expressions.

Looking up, the chief minister and the comforter, the two high-ranking third-rank officials, were sitting on the left and right sides of Zhou Ruqing like two generals, and the two faces were more gloomy than the other.

This posture...

Could it be 'There are no good people in Hongtong County'?

Then this newly established Zhili Province is really going to be "destroyed"!

However, it was said that Sun Shaozong was mixed in the crowd, and he was imagining the scene of the three high-ranking officials above falling to the ground together, when he suddenly heard a "crash" sound from outside.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the captain of the Governor's Mansion enter with a knife, came to the crowd, and first bowed and said, "Master Governor, the general has sent the North Korean mission to a different embassy."

Then, he stepped forward and whispered to Zhou Ruqing again.

After listening to his whisper, Zhou Ruqing was silent for a while, then waved her hand to signal the captain of the guard to back down.

When the captain of the personal army led the order out of the hall, Zhou Ruqing got up and walked back and forth behind the public case, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and said quietly, "As the saying goes, the clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid! To bear the great grace of the emperor, to live up to the common people of Li and the common people, no matter how much sewage is poured on your head, it will not ruin the old man's reputation in this life!"

hehe~

If it is true that those who clean themselves will clean themselves, why are you so excited just now?

Moreover, not only the lion dance team was arrested, but even a lot of those who watched the excitement nearby were also arrested, which was obviously messed up.

When Sun Shaozong was disdainful, Zhou Ruqing turned around suddenly, stared at the officials standing in the hall with burning eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "But today's matter, no matter what, I must find out the truth!"

"This is not for the reputation of someone in my Zhou, but for the face of our big Zhou!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed outward, and said with a trembling beard, "That young man, in the presence of foreign envoys, so brazenly slandered important officials of the imperial court. If he is not arrested as soon as possible as an example, this absurd remark will spread." When we go to Youbang, it’s fine for me to suffer some grievances, but how can we preserve the face of the Great Zhou Dynasty?!”

It's really good to avoid the truth!

Obviously, he was exposed to corruption by the couplet, which caused him to become angry from embarrassment. Now he said it in a low-pitched manner, as if he had to investigate in order to avoid 'surprise from allies'.

Fortunately, although the Great Zhou Dynasty is a little weak at the moment, it is not far from the point of "my big green fruit", otherwise, why don't you just have a self-respect?

However, as the saying goes, "Success is a Fanbang, and defeat is a Fanbang." Now he is talking about "friends' surprise", and the court will naturally investigate the case thoroughly in the future because of "friends' surprise".

"check!"

At this moment, Zhang Yaomeng, the procurator of the punishment, came up against the case, and said murderously, "This matter must be investigated to the end! No matter who is involved behind it, this officer will never be lenient!"

Hey~

Your superior inspector, Zhang Yao, has joined the 'Mie Men Family Barrel'.

If there is a 'system' in this book, it is estimated that such a reminder will be issued in Sun Shaozong's mind.

Based on the ferocious appearance of the procurator with his veins exposed, Sun Shaozong would never believe that Zhou Ruqing's embezzlement case had nothing to do with him.

"it is good!"

Seeing Zhang Yao's expression, Zhou Ruqing immediately continued to play the oboe, "With Mr. Zhang's words, I feel relieved."

Then he solemnly announced, "In order to prevent the younger generation from fleeing out of the city in chaos that night, I have ordered people to block the city gate and dock. From now on, no one is allowed to leave Jinmen without the permission of this constitution." Half a step!"

To close the city?

Now, Sun Shaozong can't continue to sit on the sidelines. Although he doesn't think the news can be blocked for long, but there are less than ten days left, which is the day when the cheap brother gets married. How can he be a brother in Tianjin? The door continues to delay?

Furthermore, even though Qiu Yunfei is not inferior to Wei Ruolan in terms of basics, his official position is only a low-level inspector after all, and it is inevitable that he will be disadvantaged after a long period of stalemate.

If Wei Ruolan was really asked to make an example of others, wouldn't all of Sun Shaozong's plans have fulfilled him instead? !

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong didn't care too much, and asked in a loud voice among the crowd, "Dare to ask Mr. Taiwan, how many days will this Jinmen be closed? Can I leave early?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ruqing's face became gloomy again, put his hands behind his back, and asked sinisterly, "Who was talking just now?"

With just this questioning, there was a circle in front of and behind Sun Shaozong's body, and all his colleagues were like avoiding plague gods, avoiding him in fear.

Sun Shaozong was very calm, he cupped his hands and said, "It's a lower official, Sun Shaozong is under the administration of Shuntian Mansion."

"It turned out to be Sun Zhizhong."

After seeing clearly that it was Sun Shaozong, Zhou Ruqing's expression softened a little.

For one thing, Sun Shaozong still has the status of a "dragon guard of thousands of households", and Jane is a rookie in the officialdom in the emperor's heart. He is not like those local officials who can be pinched and flattened by him.

Secondly, while Shuntian Mansion is relatively independent, there are fewer conflicts of interest with the Zhili Governor's Mansion, and the two sides have hardly dealt with each other, so the suspicion of Sun Shaozong's mischief behind it can be said to be the lightest among the people present.

Therefore, seeing that he was asking the question, Zhou Ruqing softened his tone a little, and said, "This matter is of great importance, I'm afraid I can only wrong Mrs. Sun for a few days."

"Report to Master Taiwan."

Naturally, Sun Shaozong would not back down easily, and bowed slightly, "Xiaguan's elder brother is scheduled to get married on the [-]th this month, and Xiaguan is really anxious to return to Beijing..."

"Sun Zhizhong!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yao, the procurator, couldn't help scolding, "You and I are both imperial court officials, how can we abolish personal interests because of public affairs?!"

"Master from Taiwan."

Sun Shaozong raised his head and looked at him happily and fearlessly, "If it's really official business, the next official will certainly die—but the city is locked right now, but it's just to prevent Xiaoxiao, who is making trouble in the dark, from escaping!"

"Could it be that Mr. Zhang is suspecting that Mr. Sun has something to do with that idiot?"

"If that's the case, please ask Mr. Sun to investigate first—but after Sun's innocence is proved, please ask Mr. Sun to return to Beijing early!"

"You are really..."

Ever since Zhang Yao was promoted to procuratorial envoy, had he ever been contradicted by a fifth-rank official like this?

Dang even bared his teeth and claws in anger.

"Master Zhang!"

But he said that Zhang Yao was about to quarrel with Sun Shaozong, but Zhou Ruqing came forward to stop him, and said to Sun Shaozong with a pleasant face, "Actually, I have no intention of letting Sun Zhizhong leave, but I want to use Sun Zhi's ability to interrupt the case like a god." , and arrest that young boy as soon as possible.”

As he said that, he raised his voice again, "Come here, quickly draft an official document for this Constitution, temporarily recruit Sun Zhizhong from Shuntian Mansion to the province, and work together with the Procuratorate to solve the case!"

When someone from below took orders, Zhou Ruqing asked Sun Shaozong again, "How is it, should it be considered a serious business now?"

After a pause, he smiled again and said, "Actually, Sun Zhizhong doesn't need to be too anxious. I believe that Master Zhang will join hands with you, and the truth will be found out in a few days. By then, it will not be too late for Sun Zhizhong to rush back to the capital."

What a cunning old thief!

No wonder being able to become the Supreme Being of a province, he really has the ability to turn a deer into a horse!

Although they knew that they were afraid that they would pass the news back to the capital, rather than really wanting to second themselves to investigate the case, Sun Shaozong could only respectfully accept his orders at the moment.

That's all~

The left and right North Korean envoys are in the city, and the Jinmen Mansion is now under a microscope, and they can't hide it for a few days if they want to.

Let's see what tricks these corrupt officials can play before the court reacts!

Chapter 247 Wang Fa

Ruqing this week...

Could it be that he is crazy?

Standing in front of the sealed Wangjiang Tower, Sun Shaozong frowned and pondered for a while before turning around and returning the same way.

From the ninth day of the lunar new year, the soldiers of the governor's mansion and the inspector's office searched everywhere.

In two days' time, more than a dozen rich and powerful gentry in the city were taken down, and two or three officials were mixed among them—according to the information Sun Shaozong heard, they seemed to be in charge of money and food.

This posture does not seem to be looking for criminals, but more like taking the opportunity to make money!

But seeing that he is about to die, what's the use of making these floating fortunes?

and many more!

Sun Shaozong suddenly paused, turned his head to look at the wharf that was depressed due to the ban, and saw countless large and small ships, docked densely on the shore, the most conspicuous of which were naturally the three "wooden warships" of the North Korean mission.

His eyes stayed on the wooden warship for a while, and then turned to other large ships. Although most of them were inland ships, there were not a few of them that could go out to sea. With a rough scan, he saw at least ten Several ships.

And that's just as far as the eye can see...

Sun Shaozong frowned even tighter, slowly withdrew his gaze, and walked towards the inn again.

The book does not go into details.

But when Sun Shaozong returned to the inn where he stayed, he was thinking about ordering something to eat, and asked Xiaoer to send it to the Dongkua courtyard, or simply use it in this hall, when he heard the noise in the Xikua courtyard.

A high-pitched voice shouted, "Why are you arresting me?! Although I am a colleague of Cangzhou Prefecture, I did not invite the lion dance team!"

Then there was a strange voice, "Master Xiang, we are also following orders. If there is any grievance, it will not be too late to shout when you are in the prison of the chief."

tsk~

The officers and soldiers of the procuratorate who were sentenced to punishment came here to arrest people!

Judging from this, it seems that Xiang Yi, a fellow magistrate of Cangzhou Prefecture, was arrested.

Although Sun Shaozong was not familiar with this person, he vaguely remembered that since he came to Jinmen Mansion, he had stayed in the inn and rarely went out, and even when he went out, he always traveled with other people.

No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the mastermind behind the scenes.

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong simply went to Xikuayuan. When he got to the door and looked inside, he saw several officers and soldiers surrounding Xiang Yi, but the leader was none other than Zhou Ruqing's personal captain Ge Yan.