Detective in the Red Chamber

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When people are in an unfamiliar environment, it is inevitable that they will miss the past.

For example, Sun Shaozong, even though he only had a rough impression before time travel, still has a different sense of intimacy with Jia Baoyu, the protagonist in the book, than others.

Thinking of oneself and others, it is not surprising that people who have read Dream of Red Mansions will choose to give their illegitimate children a piece of "psychic jade" when they travel to the world of Red Mansions.

Well, after a wave of forced explanations, let's get back to business.

However, Sun Shaozong thought about it in the small shop, and felt that it would be difficult to link Zhou Xi's case with Prince Yizhong regardless of the premise of the time traveler.

On the other hand, Beizhen Fusi has a ready-made excuse to use...

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong checked out the shop and hurried to Fusi dungeon in Beizhen.

Not surprisingly, after Sun Shaozong left, the Bailian rebels in the dungeon "kneeled" two more, but unfortunately the confession was still the same, basically worthless at all.

Disappointed, Lu Hui simply handed over several thieves, including Ge Zhen, to Yang Licai's responsibility, while he was only thinking of prying Aunt Li's mouth open, so as to wipe out all the traitors stationed in the capital of the White Lotus Sect.

"Then Zang Liang..."

"what!!!"

Just as he was talking, he heard a mournful howl from the interrogation room next door, Sun Shaozong frowned, and Yang Licai hurriedly stepped forward to block the copper pipes used for conducting sound with a cork.

Although the screams were still piercing into the ears, the decibels had dropped a lot anyway, so Sun Shaozong followed up on what he had just said and asked, "Did Zang Liang think of anything else?"

Yang Licai shook his head and said, "After you went to the Crown Prince's Mansion, Master Zhen Fu entrusted Zang Liang to Zhao Qianhu and Song Baihu for interrogation. I don't know what he has confessed to me."

tsk~

Zhao Jiayi and Song Xiong were imprisoned by Zang Liang, and they were imprisoned in this water prison for more than a month, and they almost gave up their wealth and lives.

Now Lu Hui sent him two to interrogate Zang Liang, presumably to appease them a little bit, and secondly, to use the resentment in their hearts to intimidate Zang Liang.

But that's fine too, when Zang Liang can't live but can't die, he can find a way to guide him from the side, and it shouldn't be difficult for him to pin the scapegoat of the mastermind behind the scenes on the head of Prince Yizhong—after all, Prince Yizhong He was originally the number one backer of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, the imperial court's emphasis on Prince Yizhong's Yudang was far higher than that of the White Lotus Sect. At that time, regardless of whether Zang Liang could provide evidence, the Beizhen Fusi would never dare to be negligent based on the words "Prince Yizhong".

Anyway, what Sun Shaozong really cares about is not the origin of the psychic gem, but whether there is a conspiracy behind it that can make Prince Yizhong come back.

So as long as it can force the court to take precautions and not give Prince Yizhong's remaining party an opportunity, that's enough.

Ok……

Should be enough?

While Sun Shaozong was thinking about it, he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the door, and after a while, he heard the small flag guarding the gate coming to report that Lu Hui had invited Sun Shaozong to the guard room to discuss matters.

Could it be that Aunt Li has made some progress?

Sun Shaozong didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly left Yang Licai and took the guard room, but as soon as he entered the door, he knew that he was wrong - it was only because of Lu Hui's black face like the bottom of a pot that it was no wonder that he could make progress.

But this hidden stake in the capital is different from the White Lotus Sect's branch in the northwest, especially some of them have mixed into the government. It may not be so easy to remove and transfer, right?

"Master Zhen Fu."

Seeing that he was bored there, he had no intention of opening his mouth at all, so Sun Shaozong could only cautiously say, "Aunt Li..."

"Don't mention that old...old..."

Lu Hui angrily interrupted Sun Shaozong's questioning, but for a moment he couldn't think of how to describe Aunt Li, and finally kicked over the table angrily, and cursed heavily, "Damn, why did I meet you again?" Get something like this!"

Seeing Lu Hui's reaction, Sun Shaozong was really interested, so he made some indirect remarks and asked the inexplicable reason for Lu Hui's anger.

But it was said that Lu Hui had run into a wall with Ge Zhen, and then judged that the gang of thieves from the northwest had basically no value to squeeze, so he resolutely transferred his energy to Aunt Li.

At first, some coercion and lures failed, and then the "measures", such as teppanyaki, meat sandwiches, and three delicacies twists, were greeted in turn.

This Aunt Li was very rigid, instead of shrinking in the slightest, she yelled loudly and couldn't stop being provocative.

However, Lu Hui has been a dragon guard for so many years, and he has seen a lot of tough bones, but there are not many who can persist to the end, and he is not discouraged by this.

I only ordered the candidates to scratch their hearts, lungs, lungs, and bone marrow, but they would not hurt their lives, and practiced the same on Aunt Li.

However, after going through seven or eight tortures, the situation of Aunt Li gradually became strange.

The initial yelling turned into whimpering and panting like a cat; the eyes were half-opened and half-closed, showing confusion and frenzy; the two legs were desperately clamped, grinding like twists and turns...

The most outrageous thing was that the execution flag was holding a red-hot iron, and was about to say a few words of threats, but she took the initiative to push her chest up and rub it upwards in a circle!

At that time, Lu Hui became suspicious, and asked someone to take a look at the woman, who really didn't know how many times she was high...

"Special girl!"

Speaking of this, Lu Hui couldn't help cursing again, "This kind of crazy woman who doesn't want to die, I met one in the south of the Yangtze River, the more you torture her, the more comfortable she feels, and it's more exciting than doing that with a man! "

No wonder I'm so depressed.

First he ran into a wall with Ge Zhuan, and then met a masochist.

It seems that in a short time, it is impossible to pry Aunt Li's mouth open.

But isn't there a list?

As long as he can dig out that Cingsan, it can be called a great achievement.

"correct."

Speaking of the 'list of pregnant wives', Lu Hui immediately calmed down his resentment, and said seriously, "The people below are too confused to do things, and they even listed Commander Sun on the list. I just checked off Brother Ling's name, and then Severely scolded those bastards."

The people below are also following orders, why are they confused or not?

Although Lu Hui ticked off Brother Cheap's name, secretly he would never relax his surveillance and investigation.

After all, Sun Shaozu is a middle-level and high-level general who holds military power. If he is really a spy of the White Lotus Sect, his nature may be much more serious than that of the other forty or so combined.

But since he is hypocritical, how can Sun Shaozong expose it face to face?

I had no choice but to say something official, "Your Excellency, you don't need to shy away from anything, even if you treat everyone equally—my grandson's ancestors have been loyal for three generations, and I believe that my brother will never insult the family."

"That's nature, that's nature."

Lu Hui nodded repeatedly, and then changed the subject, saying, "Actually, what I'm most worried about right now is that there are some omissions in that list—if 'Bing San''s wife, after Ge Yan and others entered Beijing, If he finds out that he is pregnant, he will probably choose to hide it."

"If we arbitrarily interrogate the officials on the list, wouldn't there be a risk of scaring the snake?"

In the 24th year of Jianping, at the suggestion of Prince Yizhong, the imperial court tried out the maternity leave system, allowing officials in the court to take half a month of paid leave before and after their wives give birth-of course, this benefit is limited to the main wife at home, and concubines are not included .

In order not to affect the normal operation of the yamen in a hurry, the imperial court also stipulated that an application must be submitted to the administrative department [-] days before the birth.

The estimated due date these days is inaccurate, coupled with the existence of premature babies, who dares to wait until the "hundred days before delivery" to report?

So when they found out that their wives were pregnant, they immediately reported to their superiors, so as not to miss out on this free bargain.

And this is why Beizhen Fusi only took half a day to make a list.

But Ge Zhun brought people to Beijing to look for the saint, and it will be more than a month. If the 'Bing San' found out that his wife was pregnant during this period, and then planned to wait for the fetus to stabilize, he would send his wife back to the countryside If they take refuge in their hometown, it is indeed possible to conceal the matter.

So Lu Hui's worries were not unfounded.

"That's according to the meaning of adults..."

"Don't touch the people on the list for the time being, and at the same time send people to investigate secretly in the city to see if there is any deliberate concealment."

This matter sounds easy, but there are thousands of officials in the capital, those small officials with sesame seeds and mung beans are nothing more than that, those with rank and real power, who doesn't live in a deep house compound?

If you want to investigate whether these official wives who don't leave the house are pregnant, it is definitely not easy to do.

However, Sun Shaozong didn't need to preside over this matter, so he was naturally too lazy to say anything more, and chatted with Lu Hui about the case, suddenly changed the subject, and said worriedly, "Actually, the lower officials are not worried about the spies of the White Lotus Sect, but are hiding it." The power behind Zang Liang makes people feel uneasy."

Lu Hui nodded solemnly, and comforted Sun Shaozong, "I have ordered Zhao Jiayi and Song Xiong to investigate this matter thoroughly, and they will never miss any clues."

Thorough investigation?

But I don't know if Mr. He Ge's daughter-in-law is included in this thorough investigation.

However, looking at Lu Hui's attitude, it seemed that he didn't intend to let him intervene, and Sun Shaozong was afraid that being too active would attract unnecessary suspicion.

Therefore, the flag and drums were temporarily suppressed, and there was no further discussion.

Just like that, accompanied Lu Hui in the water dungeon, experienced a humid and suffocating afternoon, and finally made it to the usual time to take a break, Sun Shaozong hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

I am going to go home to find my eldest brother who is taking a rest, and discuss the matter of going to Huguang to suppress the rebellion-it is best to solve the matter of weapons and armor as well.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at home in a calm and uneventful way, there was no sign of Sun Shaozu. On the contrary, it was Youshi who came to the door under the pretext of visiting his stepmother.

Hearing this news, Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered that yesterday he was patronizing one bed and two bed, but forgot to ask Second Sister You, what was the purpose of trying so hard to pimp himself.

Secretly reminding himself, don't forget to ask what happened today, Sun Shaozong casually asked Zhao Zhongji, "Isn't elder brother taking a rest today, why haven't you come back at this time?"

"Back to the second master's words."

Zhao Zhongji hurriedly said, "The uncle came back at noon, but Commander Liu of the patrol battalion sent someone to invite him, and then he took a few aunts out."

How many aunts did you take out?

Needless to say, I must go to the 'Canton Fair' again.

It can be said that there are many people in the capital who treat concubines as cattle and horses, and they even formed a unique circle. Recently, some kind of Canton Fair has been organized-that is, each of them leads the unsatisfactory concubines in the family, and competes with them. people to engage in extensive exchanges of mutual benefit.

The 'communication' was satisfied with each other, and there were many people who exchanged their identity contracts on the spot.

Therefore, in the past two months, the lowly concubines in Brother Cheap's house have been changed several times like a lantern. Belonging to concubines.

By the way, Xiangling was originally among the lowly concubines, but later recognized her father, who was once an official, and promoted her to become a good concubine.

Although Sun Shaozong was somewhat displeased with such abuse, the sale and purchase of concubines was also legal and reasonable - besides, exchanging them to other people's homes was much better than selling them directly to brothels.

Therefore, persuasion several times had no effect, so I had to let it go.

Chapter 551 The Daily Life of the Sun Mansion【X Continued】

The second update, before one o'clock in the morning, there is another update.

Hearing that the eldest brother was not in the mansion, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to go back to his small courtyard first, and changed into casual clothes under Ruan Rong's service.

After changing clothes, I was about to take off my boots, and called Furong to bring in a basin of hot water, so as to scald my feet, when someone came in through the curtain and said crisply, "Sister, I..."

Halfway through the conversation, seeing Sun Shaozong sitting on the bed, he hurriedly covered his mouth and snickered, "This pomegranate is also true, why don't you remind me, I accidentally disturbed the good things of my father and sister."

"Bah~!"

Ruan Rong spat and scolded with a smile, "You treat me as if I were like you, and you are not afraid of being laughed at if you say it out!"

The person who came was naturally the Second Sister You. She seemed a little sour when she heard Ruan Rong's words, and she didn't dare to make random remarks. She was standing there in a dilemma, so she listened to Sun Shaozong's order, "Why are you stupid? Go, here I fetch a basin of water to scald my feet."

Second Sister You hurriedly nodded in response, begged for a copper basin from Pomegranate outside, then went to the small kitchen to fetch a basin of hot water and came back.

When Ruan Rong heard that Sun Shaozong was going to burn his feet, she also helped him take off his shoes and socks, and asked Fu Rong to take them out for the little maids to wash.

When Second Sister You brought the water, Ruan Rong took out a few pieces of fragrant soap in the shape of petals, let Second Sister You soak it in the water and melt it, first applied a thin layer on the feet, and then put the feet on the Scrub in a copper basin.

While Sun Shaozong felt at ease physically and mentally, he couldn't help but think of Lin Hongyu's service that day - when he goes south, he might as well let Second Sister You learn a lesson.

At this time, Ruan Rong said from the side, "Sister Xiangling said that Qingwen doesn't seem to be very willing to go south with the master, why don't I go and discuss with the eldest wife and exchange her with a mandarin duck—that mandarin duck He is a considerate person, and I think he will be able to take care of him."

This statement is half true and half false, because Yue Mo also heard the rumors in the mansion, so he used words to test Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong squinted at her, and said lazily, "Let's not talk about whether sister-in-law can be separated from mandarin ducks, but with Si Qi's recalcitrant temperament, can she obey Qingwen's control? When the time comes, the two of them will get into a fight and throw away It's the face of our family!"

After a pause, he simply made his words clear, "In the future, if you don't listen to the wind, it will rain. If I really want to gather the mandarin ducks and say hello to my sister-in-law, can she stop me?"

Ruan Rong responded with a smile, sat down beside him suddenly, took off the red embroidered shoes, and said, "Look at how the master irons the post, I'll take a dip too."

As he spoke, he hooked his two crescent-like heavenly feet upwards.

This is actually unreasonable. No matter how you say, Second Sister You is also a good concubine brought in by a bridal sedan chair, and it's fine to serve the master and the main wife, and it's definitely not Ruan Rong's turn to act like this.

But Second Sister You's initiative and boldness were only reflected in the bed. When facing Ruan Rong's difficulties, she was probably a little less courageous than Xiang Ling.

So she only hesitated for a moment, then held Ruan Rong's ankle, took off her tights, and praised flatteringly, "My sister's skin care is really amazing."

After speaking, she was about to apply the remaining fragrant soap on Ruan Rong's feet with water.

At this time, Sun Shaozong suddenly said, "Go and pour this dirty water first, and make another basin."

Second Sister You hurriedly responded, picked up the copper basin and hurried to the outside room.

When her figure disappeared behind the screen, Sun Shaozong immediately reached out to pick up Ruan Rong's tender feet, scratched them viciously a few times, and scolded, "Aren't you panicking with your idle time recently, why are you becoming more and more out of tune?"

Ruan Rong's straight smile trembled wildly, begging for mercy several times, and then Sun Shaozong let go of her tender feet.

She was sullen and wanted to teach him a few more lessons, but suddenly Ruan Rong plunged into his arms, locked her arms around his neck, and said in a muffled voice, "I... am I just panicking, you How can I not panic if I have to walk for so long? How can I not be chaotic?"

There was a strong nasal sound in that voice, and Sun Shaozong's heart softened when he heard it. He put his backhand around Ruan Rong's fragrant shoulders, patted her pink back lightly, and said softly, "I'm just going to make some contributions, and it's not that I don't want to." return……"