Detective in the Red Chamber

"What are you doing!"

Xiao Qi, the two dragon guards guarding the gate, had already seen these uninvited guests with weapons, so before Qiu Yunfei stepped up the steps, he pressed his waist knife and asked first.

Qiu Yunfei kept walking, and as he climbed up the stairs, he said in a loud voice, "Sun Shaozong, is Mr. Sun in there? This official is Qiu Yunfei, the procurator of Shuntian Prefecture. I have something important to ask to see Mr. Sun."

With just this one sentence, the two small flags on the opposite side abruptly changed their faces.

When they first heard the word 'Shuntianfu Prosecutor', both of them looked disdainful - Xiao Qi is an official of the eighth rank, and is guarding the gate for the prince, how can he take a low-level official in his eyes ?

However, as soon as Qiu Yunfei came out, the two of them were startled. Even if they hadn't seen the 'Guardian Talisman', who hasn't heard of the name of the Qiu family's small yamen?

And Qiu Yanei was forced to "be good" and went to Shuntian Mansion as an errand under Lord Sun's command, which was also one of the breaking news at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, the two of them knew that the one in front of them must be the real master, so they hurriedly piled up two flattering faces, bowed their backs and said, "It turned out that it was in front of Xiao Ya Nei. Master Sun just went in for a while, and he must be with him right now." His Royal Highness is talking—at this time, we don’t dare to go in and disturb you, why don’t you wait in the gatehouse for a while, and wait for Master Sun to come out..."

"What are you talking about!"

Qiu Yunfei interrupted him impatiently, and scolded, "If I don't have any urgent matters, why would I come to this prince's mansion from Beizhen Fusi? You just go in and report!"

"This……"

The two little flags immediately ran into a problem. If Qiu Yunfei took care of everything and added a sentence of "I will take care of what happened", the two of them might bite the bullet and report.

However, Qiu Yunfei didn't say this, and just urged them to go in and report.

This is difficult for some strong people.

The two Xiaoqis exchanged glances, and suddenly said in unison, "Then please wait here for a while, and let me ask Master Wang to come out and answer."

Although Wang Dexiu is currently the chief manager of the Prince's Mansion, he is just a mere seventh-rank person who speaks lightly and can't control the Dragon Guards, so he is naturally the most suitable scapegoat.

But Master Wang is not a fool after all, knowing that the crown prince is in a hurry to summon Sun Shaozong, he must have something important to discuss, so how dare he rush over to disturb him?

So after another push and push, the news was reported to the Crown Princess.

At that time, the Crown Princess was sitting with Wei Shi speechless, she was in a mess of embarrassment, after hearing this report, she seemed to be holding on to a life-saving straw, she didn't even think about it, she pleaded guilty to Wei Shi, and rushed to the next door flower hall.

"When I heard Eunuch Dai's words at that time, I was really terrified..."

As soon as he arrived outside the door of the flower hall, he heard Sun Shaozong's voice coming from inside.

Because listening, it seemed that she was talking about the process of entering the palace, the princess's heart moved, she quietly waved away the maid beside her, and leaned sideways in front of the door to listen.

The crown prince panicked and said, "This... these things, how did they get to Dai Banban?! If Dai Banban tells the father, what can I do..."

Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of hurried footsteps, obviously the prince was pacing back and forth inside in a panic.

At this time, I heard Sun Shaozong say, "Your Highness, with Eunuch Dai's caution, how dare you disclose such information to your ministers in private if you don't get the Holy Majesty's order?"

"what?!"

As soon as the prince heard this, he yelled inside, his voice trembling unconsciously, "You... you mean, your idea of ​​'being filial and cultivating power' has... been passed on to Emperor Father In the ear?!"

It wasn't until this moment that the Crown Princess knew what Sun Shaozong had said before, and she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Hearing these four words from other people a few days ago, she admired Sun Shaozong's insight, but was shocked by her husband's carelessness—how dare the servants below know such a secret?

At that time, the Crown Princess issued a sealing order in the mansion, but now it seems that it is still a step too late.

"Your Highness, don't worry."

Sun Shaozong's voice was still calm as always, "If the Holy Majesty really wants to unleash the wrath of thunder, there is no need for Eunuch Dai to beat the minister in private - I think the Holy Majesty just cares a little bit, but it is not enough to despise His Highness because of this. "

There was silence in the hall for a while, and then the prince's complaint came out again, "Just say it alone, the emperor has always been a holy candle, how can you hide these little tricks you play from the old man?"

This irresponsible remark, not to mention Sun Shaozong, even the crown princess was heartbroken to hear it-two days ago, she kept yelling "My son's house" one after another, but when she encountered a slight setback, she immediately returned Changed his countenance.

What's more, the cause of this matter was caused by his own lack of caution?

Nope!

If he is allowed to continue complaining like this, if it makes Mrs. Sun feel cold and alienated, who will dare to take refuge in him in the future?

Thinking of this, the princess secretly gritted her silver teeth, picked up the curtain and entered the flower hall, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Mrs. Sun, it is actually caused by the lack of strict management of the concubine—if it wasn't for the slaves in the house to discuss this matter arbitrarily." , so that the news spread to the palace, how could the tired Lord Sun be frightened?"

As she said that, she turned around and solemnly accused Sun Shaozong, "My concubine is here to accompany Mr. Sun first. Mr. Wanwang looks at your highness, don't be as knowledgeable as a woman like me."

Seeing this dignified and graceful lady bowing down in front of him, her exquisite eyebrows and eyes full of apology, but mixed with helplessness, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but let out that sentence again - it's really a waste what!

These words made it clear that the responsibility came from the Prince's mansion and had nothing to do with Sun Shaozong's plan, and silently shouldered the crime of lax family management for the prince.

Anyone who knows good and bad must be glad that he has married a good wife.

"So the news leaked from you!"

But the prince thought about it, but instead became a little annoyed. He flicked his sleeve behind and almost hit the princess on the buttocks, and even shamelessly vented his anger, "Because you are a stupid woman, I almost made Gu wrong to blame Sun Aiqing." .”

hehe~

Uncle Liu Huang smashed Adou, it really won people's hearts.

But the current scene where the prince scolds his wife can only further prove that he is a useless, irresponsible, heartless, and worthless!

It's unlucky to say that, even if others don't want to fight for world supremacy, they should at least choose a Mingjun to assist them.

Sun Shaozong slandered in his heart, but pretended to be sincere and fearful. He first dodged to avoid the etiquette of the crown princess, and shook his hands wildly, "I can't be like this, I can't be like this! Remember today’s loss, don’t make the same mistakes again! You must know that the ruler does not keep his country secret, and the minister does not keep secret...”

"Master Sun is leaving Beijing?!"

"Sun Aiqing is leaving Beijing?!"

It was rare for Sun Shaozong to drop a few words in the book bag, but was interrupted by the husband and wife in unison.

The prince even stepped forward, grabbed Sun Shaozong's sleeve, and said anxiously, "Gu Yan is about to borrow money from Ai Qing, but how can Ai Qing abandon me instead?!"

oh~

As soon as he leaned over, Sun Shaozong smelled a strong smell of urine. Obviously, the prince's old problem of leaking urine when he was excited has not improved much until now.

Resisting not to show disgust, Sun Shaozong mourned, "If it is feasible, I naturally hope to be with Your Highness often, but His Majesty summoned my minister to see you, obviously dissatisfied with my meddling in Tian's family affairs, if I continue to stay In the capital, I'm afraid it's hard to escape His Majesty's censure."

"Although the minister's death is not a pity, if it makes the nobles of the court deterred and dare not get close to His Highness, then the policy of 'fulfilling filial piety and nurturing power' will become empty talk."

Hearing this, the crown prince opened his mouth in surprise, and for a moment he forgot to worry about Sun Shaozong's leaving the capital, so he hesitated and said, "Isn't this policy of 'fulfilling filial piety and cultivating power' already adopted by..."

"Your Majesty already knows."

Sun Shaozong said solemnly, "But this plan does not violate the principles of the father and son of the monarch and his ministers, on the contrary, it helps to calm the situation in the court. Your Majesty may have doubts, but he has not shown any intention to stop it now - so I think that His Highness might as well go first." Take one step at a time, you just need to be cautious and take it slowly.”

The prince is still hesitant, "But since my father has doubts..."

"Your Highness."

At this time, the princess on the side couldn't help but interjected, "It's a matter of imperial lineage disputes, how can you look forward and backward in everything?"

"What is looking forward and backward, alone is deliberate, cautious and prudent!"

Hearing these words seemed to mock his own cowardice, the prince suddenly became angry, and he refuted angrily, then turned around and took a few steps to the round table, slapped the table and asked, "You don't want to talk with that shrew, But why did you come here to cause trouble?!"

tsk~

With just a few steps, the smell of urine spreads all over the room.

And hearing his shout and question, the princess immediately remembered her purpose of coming, and hurriedly told about Qiu Yunfei's request to see him outside the gate of the mansion.

The prince didn't take it seriously at first, but when he heard that he was the son of Taiwei Qiuying, he regained his energy immediately, rolled his eyes a few times, and ordered, "Someone invite him in - since it's a coincidence today, the lonely Let's see for yourself how Sun Aiqing decides the case!"

Chapter 546 Untitled

But he said that Qiu Yunfei got the "call" and followed the servant all the way to the gate of the flower hall.

"My lord, wait a moment, let the slaves go in and report."

The servant gave an explanation, bowed his body to push aside the gap in the Xiang curtain, and squeezed in. After a while, he opened the door curtain from the inside and asked Qiu Yunfei to tidy up.

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly picked up the package, walked into the flower hall with small steps, made a big salute and said, "Qiu Yunfei asks Your Highness Wanan."

"Free of courtesy, flat body."

The crown prince gave Xu Yuanxu a hand, and Qiu Yunfei was about to get up, but suddenly smelled a smell of urine, unconsciously wrinkled his nose, and looked around suspiciously.

"What are you looking at?"

Sun Shaozong saw that Qiu Yunfei kept shrugging his nose, fearing that he would accidentally offend the prince, he hurriedly asked, "Didn't you say that there is something urgent and you want to report it to me?"

As soon as Sun Shaozong mentioned the serious matter, Qiu Yunfei hurriedly spread the package on the ground, took out the psychic gem from his sleeve, and then told the story of how he found it.

"According to the results of the on-site inspection by Beizhi, the ashes inside the incense burner should have been rice paper with writing on it, but it was a pity that it was destroyed by the fire..."

"Qiu Qing's family."

Before Qiu Yunfei could finish speaking, the crown prince couldn't help but asked curiously, "The ashes have been burned so thoroughly, how do you know that there were words written on it?"

"Report to Your Highness."

Qiu Yunfei pointed to the dust in the incense burner and explained, "When I first discovered it, there were some lumps of paper ash in the lower layer. Although they were all burnt, I could still vaguely identify the color difference—that is, the place where the color is different, so I am humble. It was only then that I concluded that there had been handwriting on it.”

As he spoke, he spread his hands again, and said helplessly, "It's a pity that those paper dusts are no bigger than fingernails, and they are not connected to each other, so it is really impossible to distinguish what is written on them."

He was annoyed here, but the prince repeatedly praised him, boasting that there are no weak soldiers under a strong general.

"Your Highness is wrong."

Sun Shaozong casually humbled Qiu Yunfei, but his eyes fell on that piece of jade—no matter what was written on the ashes, it is now unverifiable, so the important clue that Qiu Yunfei discovered must be related to this piece of jade.

At this time, Qiu Yunfei had sold enough, and finally changed the subject, holding up the piece of psychic jade and saying, "Fortunately, I was still in the interlayer of this incense burner, and found a piece of psychic jade engraved with 24 characters, and more coincidentally Yes, this piece of jade..."

"Bring it to me."

Sun Shaozong interrupted him suddenly, and couldn't help saying that he went up to pass the piece of white marble, and commented solemnly, "The texture is delicate and moist, and the whole body is clear and flawless. The engraved characters are crooked, but they seem to be written by laymen."

The prince listened behind, but didn't think there was anything wrong.

But when Qiu Yunfei heard this, his eyes widened immediately. He and Jia Baoyu were just casual acquaintances, and he could think of the words engraved on it. How could Sun Shaozong not know this thing?

"Sir, you..."

He was about to ask a question, when he saw Sun Shaozong gave him a sharp look, although it was silent, but full of the word 'shut up'.

He heard Sun Shaozong rubbing the jade again, appreciating it and said, "However, there are traces of re-polishing around the jade. It must have been inlaid on some utensils, and then it was taken down - but whether it is inlaid or re-polished. Polishing is not something that laymen can do.”

"Since it was entrusted to a jewelry store, the characters are carved so strangely and awkwardly. Obviously, the person who carved the characters didn't want to hand them to others—there must be some allusions to it."

"Moreover, the secret of this object, if you can follow the clues to find the source, it should help solve the case."

Qiu Yunfei really didn't notice this - the main reason is that when he saw the 24 characters there, all he could think about was the Rongguo Mansion, so how could he bother to take a closer look?

Subconsciously wanted to ask for the jade, and after a closer look, Sun Shaozong had already put it in the bag, turned his head and cupped his hands to the prince, "Your Highness, this case involves seven lives, and there is really no delay—please Rong Chen and Chou Jian The principal will take his leave first."

The prince actually wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to his enemies, but seeing Sun Shaozong's upright look, he really couldn't think of a reason to stop him, so he had to watch the two go away helplessly.

Not to mention how the prince went to the inner courtyard to change his pants.

But it was said that Qiu Yunfei followed Sun Shaozong out of the flower hall, and seeing that there was no one around, he couldn't help but leaned forward and whispered, "My lord, the words engraved on the jade..."

"It's the same as Brother Bao's, right?"

In fact, just now when he heard the name of "Tongling Baoyu", Qiu Yunfei deliberately emphasized that there were 24 characters engraved on it, and Sun Shaozong had already thought of Jia Baoyu's head, and this is why he stopped Qiu Yunfei from continuing to go down. The reason for saying.

Sun Shaozong didn't look sideways, and continued to walk forward, while whispering as if nothing happened, "Because of this, I dare not let you tell the whole story-don't forget, the eldest lady of Rongguo Mansion is now living in Jingren Palace."

So what if you live in Jingren Palace?

Qiu Yunfei pondered in bewilderment, until he walked dozens of steps away, before he figured out where the joint of the matter was, and couldn't help blurting out, "Could it be that the crown prince harbors resentment towards His Majesty's choice of concubine for pregnancy?!"

"What are you shouting about!"

Sun Shaozong turned his head and glared at him, neither affirming nor denying.

Qiu Yunfei shrank his neck, and didn't dare to speak for a while, until he got out of the gate of the Prince's Mansion, then he let out a bad breath, and then thanked Sun Shaozong with a smirk.

Since the crown prince has resentment towards Emperor Guangde's selection of his concubine to prepare for pregnancy, if he really knew that this major murder case was related to Concubine Xiande's own younger brother, he would never let it go easily.

At that time, no matter what the final result is, the enemy's family will inevitably turn against the Rongguo Mansion-if the concubine Xiande moved out of Jingren Palace by accident, it will be an inextricable feud!

"The villain Qiu Yi, I have met Lord Sun."

"The villain..."

"Small……"

At this time, the four famous generals who were outside the door had already greeted him, and they were rude to Sun Shaozong by name, but left Qiu Yunfei, the young master, aside.

This respect was not for Sun Shaozong's official position, but for his title as the number one general in Beijing.

Fortunately, Qiu Yunfei was lucky to have escaped—the Rongguo Mansion may not be able to do anything to him, but his own father's whip has never been merciless—so he didn't care about these trivial matters, and just waited for Qiu Yi to wait. After the man had finished his courtesy, he asked Sun Shaozong for instructions on what to do next.