Detective in the Red Chamber

"Sun Shaozong?! It's you! It's really you!"

Just as he was asking Wang Biao why the two of them came in, he heard someone shouting from diagonally in front.

Wang Biao immediately stopped talking, pointed to the cell where the shout came from, and said, "My lord, that is Wei Ruolan's prison number."

If it wasn't for his words, Sun Shaozong would have never noticed that the almost flattened face in the railing belonged to Wei Ruolan.

He hurried two steps to the front, and when he took a closer look, he still didn't dare to recognize each other.

Although she didn't want to admit it, the original Wei Ruolan was indeed worthy of the word heroic and extraordinary.

And the man in the prison right now...

Skeleton-like sunken face, skinny and frail figure—I'm afraid it can only be described as dying of starvation.

Liu Xianglian, who has been following behind without saying a word, couldn't help but sigh at this time, "Everyone said 'the haggard is unbearable', I really saw it today."

Hearing this, Wang Biao seemed to be unable to bear it, he hurriedly explained that the prison never treated Wei Ruolan badly, and it was purely due to his heart disease that he became like this.

However, Wei Ruolan cried a few times excitedly at the beginning, but when Sun Shaozong approached, she fell silent for a while, her face twisted and changed when squeezed into the railing, and it took a long time before she said shyly, "I haven't seen you for two years, you are already a grand four." tasted."

Next to him, Yang Zhiming immediately jokingly said, "It's not just the fourth grade. Mr. Sun has now been promoted to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. I'm afraid you will have to be a lord to decide on this case."

"Young Minister of Dali Temple?!"

Judging from Wei Ruolan's surprised appearance, the prison is fairly strict. At least until just now, he didn't know that Sun Shaozong had become the young minister of Dali Temple.

Seeing that Wei Ruolan staggered back a few steps and sat down on the stone bed, her eyes were filled with despair.

Sun Shaozong only thought that he was afraid that he would retaliate directly, so he said, "You and I are also considered colleagues. You know the principles of my judgment, but if there is any grievance..."

"Ha ha……"

Wei Ruolan suddenly sneered, shook her head and said, "I can figure out things inside, according to your intelligence, I'm afraid you have already deduced it? Does it matter if I killed that person?"

Sun Shaozong was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly realized.

No wonder that Pian Pian son, who is as handsome as jade, fell into such a situation in just two years, but it turned out that Wei Ruolan was in prison, and she had already realized that what happened to her was inseparable from that of her elder brother Wei Rusong and her brother-in-law Shui Rong. relationship.

The feeling of being betrayed by a close relative is probably more unacceptable than being wronged and imprisoned.

For a while, Sun Shaozong really didn't know what to say.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a person rushing towards me, and shouted from a long distance, "Sun Shaoqing, Sun Shaoqing! Lord Wei, please go over and talk!"

got~

Now I don't have to think of words.

Sun Shaozong stared at Wei Ruolan for a few more times, and then turned to face the summons officer.

When he got close, he asked calmly, "Master Wei suddenly called me over in a hurry, but what's the reason?"

Although it is said that when an official assumes a new position, he must visit the Shangguan—of course, it will be another matter if the Shangguan sees him or not—but there is no requirement.

What's more, the relationship between Shaoqing and Qing is not simply a superior-subordinate relationship. If Wei Yi ordered someone to press Sun Shaozong like this without a proper reason, it would be obviously a breach of etiquette.

That's why Sun Shaozong asked this question.

But I heard the official panting heavily, and said intermittently, "I heard... I heard that it is the Ministry of Households... The Ministry of Households died with a surname... the surname Yu is in the matter..."

"what?!"

Sun Shaozong's expression changed immediately, he lifted him into the air, and shouted in a gaffe, "How is this possible? How could Yu Qian die so suddenly?!"

"No...not...yes...not..."

The official danced and screamed, saying a lot of 'yes' and 'no' in his mouth, and people who listened were baffled.

At this moment, Liu Xianglian hurried forward, persuaded Sun Shaozong to let go of the little official, and asked for him, "What's going on, please be more careful!"

At the end, he added a sentence, "The man who is located in Qianyu is Sun Shaoqing's nephew and son-in-law."

"no no……"

The official chattered for a long time, until Sun Shaozong wished he could punch him so that thousands of peach blossoms would bloom, and then he heard him say, "It's not Yu, it's Lu...the one surnamed Lu was killed during the incident."

rely on ~

This guy has never heard of Lao Guo's cross talk, has he? !

Chapter 643 Cuju

But he could be summoned, and Yang Zhiming hurriedly led Sun Shaozong to the main hall in Juzhong.

But after stepping through the courtyard gate, he quietly slowed down his pace to allow time for the inside to welcome him.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing the steps, he heard hearty laughter from inside, and before the laughter fell, two red-robed officials came out to greet him.

The person in front was probably in his early fifties, and his beard and hair were fairly black, but his face was full of wrinkles, especially the eight-character lines on the edge of the nose, which were not only deep, but also curved into some folds.

This person should be Wei Yi, Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

As for the elegant middle-aged man behind him who was a little slower, it must be Li Wenshan, You Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Then Wei Yi walked down the steps quickly, cupped his hands first and said, "I have heard about Sun Shaoqing for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to see him. Now that you and I are officials in the Yamen, this old man's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly returned the salute, and said with a smile, "Master Tingwei is joking, you have been in charge of the world's prison lawsuits for more than seven years, how many shocking cases have you handled? As a late student, Sun can only look up to the adults, how can he deserve it?" Your Excellency flatters you so much?"

As he spoke, he bowed his hands to Li Wenshan again, "This is Li Shaoqing? I have heard for a long time that 'the world's laws are more proficient than Li Wenshan', Sun became a monk halfway, and suddenly took on this important task, and his heart was really terrified. I have to ask Li Shaoqing for advice."

Regardless of the fact that Sun Shaozong worked in the Criminal Division for two years, theoretically he was under the triple leadership of the Shuntian Mansion, the Criminal Ministry, and the Dali Temple, but he really didn't have much dealings with the Dali Temple.

What's "he has been in charge of the prison lawsuit for more than seven years" and "a person who is proficient in Li Wenshan without fault" are all news from Yu Qian who sharpened his gun a few days ago.

And although he was full of admiration on his face, he actually disapproved in his heart.

"Don't dare."

Li Wenshan smiled as gentle as jade, and said politely, "Li is just a rotten scholar who searched for chapters and excerpted sentences, how could he get the prestigious name of 'Three Eyes Break'."

This word...

At first glance, it seems that he is just self-effacing, but upon closer inspection, there is a bit of sourness.

It's no wonder that Li Wenshan has been in the post of You Shaoqing for five or six years, and he finally survived Liu Fang, but another Sun Shaozong came down by air.

However, this person is a typical academic official. If it comes to officialdom strife and strife, he is at the lower middle level, so there is no need to worry too much.

After greeting each other, Wei Yi asked Sun Shaozong to speak inside.

When Yang Zhiming saw this, he bowed to leave, but he was stopped by Sun Shaozong before he opened his mouth.

"Master Wei."

I heard him say seriously, "I am not very familiar with Zuosi, if I just met Shangguan, it's fine. If I want to ask about the case, I'm afraid I have to rely on Yang Sicheng to make up for it."

Wei Yi was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, then nodded and said, "It should be so, it should be so——Yang Sicheng, please come in and talk about it."

Only then did the four file in.

In the inner hall, instead of facing north and facing south, a round table was placed in the middle, and three root-carved round stools were arranged in a shape of a tripod.

This is also the difference between Dali Temple and Shuntian Mansion.

Shuntian Mansion is an official close to the people, and there are endless kinds of vulgar affairs in the daily life. Although the three officials in the yamen do not work independently, they do not often gather together.

Dali Temple is different. There are usually no trivial matters to be urgently resolved, so there is plenty of time to brainstorm.

Since there are so many gatherings on weekdays, it seems too hypocritical to make it into a ostentatious scene.

Less gossip.

But saying that the three of them took their seats according to their identities, Wei Yi ordered his subordinates to fetch a embroidered pier, allowing Yang Zhiming to sit on half of his buttocks, and then restrained the smile on his face.

"Ugh!"

I heard him sigh, and said wryly, "Originally, the old man was thinking about taking care of Sun Shaoqing, but he knew that the sky didn't follow people's wishes, so this case happened."

"Although the deceased is only a Cong Qipin, I'm afraid it will implicate the money bag of our Great Zhou Dynasty later."

"Therefore, the old man had no choice but to invite the two young ministers over to discuss how to deal with this case."

The Ministry of Household Affairs has to talk about authority, although it is a little inferior to Yu Qian's, and it has less honor to be a counselor in front of the emperor, but it can still be called a humble authority.

On weekdays, even if he is the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, I am afraid that he will be given three points.

The sudden death of such a person—it is said that he died on the streets of the busy city—the reason behind this inevitably makes people imagine.

If not, the Shuntian Mansion would not have dared to conduct a detailed investigation and reported it directly to Dali Temple—of course, there may be elements of Ge Zhizhong's resentment and intentional targeting of Sun Shaozong.

When Wei Yi, Minister of Dali Temple, heard the news, he hurriedly summoned Sun Shaozong to come over to discuss the matter, probably with the intention of shifting responsibility and assigning responsibility.

But Sun Shaozong didn't know what to do, how could he jump into the pit so easily?

He nodded immediately and said, "Indeed, as your lord said, this person is in a place of suspicion, so no matter how important he is, he cannot take it too seriously."

Hearing this, Wei Yi was secretly delighted, and was about to put a few high hats on Sun Shaozong's head together with this case, so that he could sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and watch the tigers fight across the mountain.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozong said again, "But it is also because of this that we should tighten the outside and loosen the inside, so as not to cause more suspicions before the matter is clarified."

When Wei Yi's words reached his throat, they immediately stuck under his tongue.

It was a little slow for half a beat, and he hesitated to say, "But I don't know how to tighten the outside and loosen the inside?"

Sun Shaozong said with confidence, "I don't mention the background outside, just treat it as an ordinary murder case; internally, the adults and Sun take the lead, and always pay attention to the case-if it is really involved, it will not be too late to make another arrangement."

After a pause, he spread his hands again and said, "In this way, Sun will also have time to familiarize himself with the situation in the yamen, so that he won't get confused in a hurry."

These words were impeccable, leaving room for advance and retreat, and never showed the original intention of prevarication.

Wei Yi pondered in his mind for a moment, but he couldn't find anything to criticize. He couldn't help but secretly sighed "the reputation is worthy", and asked, "Sun Shaoqing's words are very reasonable, but I don't know who you want to investigate this case?"

Sun Shaozong raised his hand and pointed, and said with a smile, "Then I will ask Yang Sicheng."

Yang Zhiming subconsciously got up from the embroidered pier, and then secretly groaned, this case is a hot potato no matter what, Sun Shaoqing called his name at this time, didn't he understand that he wanted to let him take the blame to offend others?

But how could he dare to have any objections to the matter agreed between the top leader and the second leader?

After careful consideration, he decisively bowed his hand and said, "In view of his humble position, Zuosi Deputy Chen Jingde has always been prudent and capable, and he is investigating and handling this case!"

Chapter 644 The Trouble of Sleeping Out

With Sun Shaozong's current power and reputation, there will be no fools in the reception banquet at night.

Under the personal auspices of Dali Temple Minister Wei Yi, it can be said to be united, tense, serious and lively.

However, after the drunken people broke up, Sun Shaozong's evaluation was "a vegetarian meal in a corpse".

As an institution that oversees all prison lawsuits from all over the world, and the only one among the three courts that has the sole right to adjudicate, Dali Temple's reputation is hard to live up to right now.

The root cause is mainly because the subjective initiative of the upper-level leaders is too poor.

Needless to say, Li Wenshan is good at finding chapters and excerpts for lenient punishment, but asking him to do other things besides this may be too difficult for others.

Liu Fang, who has resigned, is a typical son of the rich and powerful, with high eyesight and low eyesight, always thinking of making a big news to make a blockbuster, but in fact, even the officials in the government office are not neatly recognized.

As for Wei Yi, an old man, he never had any responsibility at all, and he would never do something that offended others because of public affairs.

Controlled by such three pieces of material, one can imagine the passivity and depression of Dali Temple.

In recent years, Dali Temple has seldom taken the initiative to attack, and all the cases tried are from the upper branch and the lower branch.

But how many cases can there be in a year?

And local officials' reports of difficult and miscellaneous cases will inevitably affect the court's evaluation of them-who would like to discredit their political achievements?

In addition, the difficulty of leapfrogging petitions in ancient times far exceeds that of modern times, so even if there are suspicious or unjust or wrongly decided cases, they will often be covered up by the local government, and they will not reach Dali Temple at all.

As a result, the number of cases handled by Dali Temple, which dominates the world's prison lawsuits, is not even comparable to that of some big state capitals.

If this continues, Dali Temple's sense of presence in the Sanfa Division will probably become less and less, and it will even completely destroy the check and balance effect of the Sanfa Division.

And this time the imperial court appointed Sun Shaozong as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and it is precisely because he is young, strong, and enterprising that he can effectively improve this situation.

however……

This progressive reformist in the officialdom will inevitably offend others.

Thinking about it all the way.

Seeing the mansion, Sun Shaozong got off the carriage and was about to walk along the corridor and go back to his small courtyard to wash and rest when he saw Zhao Zhongji walking up to meet him, and said happily, "Second Lord, you are finally back!"