Detective in the Red Chamber

"His Majesty!"

Sun Shaozong shouted 'emotionally', and grabbed his head and said: "I must take this as a warning, if you commit another crime, you don't need to be punished by your majesty, and you will have no face to live in the world!"

"It's not in vain for you to have this awareness."

Emperor Guangde said in his mouth, but he got up and bypassed the imperial case, personally helped Sun Shaozong up from the ground, and said emotionally: "What I want are capable ministers and officials, but not scheming officials who are good at maneuvering!"

"Your Majesty~~~!"

Sun Shaozong was preparing to continue acting in the bitter drama while the tears were dry.

But Emperor Guangde turned his head and sat back on the imperial case, and said solemnly: "Sun Shaozong, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, accepts the order."

Didn't he take off his pants and fart!

Since it was to proclaim the decree, why did you help yourself up just now?

Sun Shaozong was speechless, but hurriedly fell down on his knees again.

Hearing Emperor Guangde say solemnly: "As long as the army is conquering outside, it happens from time to time that villains harass their family members. In order to completely put an end to such insane acts, I order Dali Temple to formulate relevant laws and regulations from now on—this matter is up to you." Together with You Shaoqing and Li Wenshan, it will be handed over to the cabinet for deliberation."

"The minister obeys the order!"

For Sun Shaozong, this job was not too difficult. Anyway, there are provisions of later generations to refer to, and Li Wenshan, a legal expert, assisted him...

"In addition, the case of Wei Shougen and Wang Baochang being poisoned has been transferred to Dali Temple for investigation and handling. The deadline is one month. We must catch all the villains involved in this case!"

This……

It seems that King Zhongshun probably made his own decision!

Of course, it is not impossible for the emperor's thief to call for a thief.

Sun Shaozong thought about it in his heart, but he still said: "My minister obeys the order."

"Get up and talk."

Emperor Guangde's tone softened a bit, and after Sun Shaozong got up, he said again: "Since Zhang An died in prison, his fault is enough to make up for it, and I will double reward his wife and children for his achievements in Huguang."

"On behalf of Zhang An's family, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Sun Shaozong turned over and fell to his knees for the fourth time, but this time he was much more willing.

After he stood up again, Emperor Guangde suddenly changed the subject and asked in a neutral tone: "I heard that Uncle Yongyi went to Dali Temple the day before yesterday?"

Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to speak, Emperor Guangde said to himself again: "It's no wonder that he is anxious. It has been six or seven days since the cabinet's vote was approved. I wonder if you have found out any clues?"

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Chapter 697 An Audience [Part [-]]

Although Sun Shaozong had done a lot of nosy things in the past few days, he naturally did not dare to delay the big case of imperial order.

Through the investigation of the past case files, as well as the preserved evidence and testimony, some new evidence that is not absolute, but can be called meaningful.

Hearing Emperor Guangde's question at this time, he calmly asked for a pen, swiped a penny on the short table in the corner, and drew a topographic map of the iron discovery site.

After thinking about it, he filled in a few figures of physical evidence in the blank space at the bottom of the side, and finally circled and marked all the key points with a cinnabar pen, and then asked the eunuch in charge Qiu Shi'an to hold it and forward it to the emperor's desk forward.

"His Majesty."

Sun Shaozong returned to the original place, bowed and said: "I sorted out the previous case files, and found that most of the handling officials were arguing whether the case was manslaughter or murder. Therefore, I think this is the first thing to check."

"For this reason, I carefully checked all the testimony and evidence, and finally found some clues."

"That Wei Ruolan loves shooting and hunting, and there is no shortage of property at home. Naturally, he buys good horses and saddles. Even the bows and arrows he uses for hunting are divided into several styles."

"Because we went hunting in the mountains that day, what Wei Ruolan carried was a special three-edged arrow with long feathers, wooden poles, and heavy clusters. It was famous for its stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness, but its shooting range was inferior to that of ordinary bows and arrows. "

"This is naturally because of the dense forests in the mountains, and it is difficult to achieve the effect no matter how far the range is. On the contrary, it is better to pursue precision and stability when the ministers used the bows and arrows when they conquered the Wuxi barbarians."

"And at the time of the crime, the arrow shot out through the forest and hit Mr. Niu who was more than [-] steps away."

"The minister ordered people to investigate. The forests on both sides of the mountain road are relatively sparse. Even if you go deeper than ten steps, you can still clearly see the pedestrians on the road."

"It's not until you go [-] or even [-] steps deep into the forest that your sight may be obscured by trees and you can't see the situation on the road clearly."

"If it's an accidental shot in the forest, the distance should be at least fifty paces away."

"In addition, Mr. Niu was going down the mountain at that time, and the angle of the arrow missed was from bottom to top, which made it even more difficult."

"According to the results of the experiment sent by the minister, Wei Ruolan can only hit Mr. Niu fifty or sixty steps away if he throws with the maximum bow power."

"This is obviously unreasonable!"

This analysis is well-founded, and it is much smarter than the motivational theories that were speculated in the previous joint trial of the three divisions.

Although among them, it is inevitable that the previous officials did not know how to act, so they deliberately slowed down their work.

However, Sun Shaozong's simple inference was praised and affirmed by Emperor Guangde.

"in this case."

Immediately, he took advantage of the situation and asked: "Then Wei Ruolan really shot and killed Niu's patriarch's son on purpose?"

"Not necessarily."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said: "After completing these tests, Wei Chen has also done some other verifications."

"Although we don't pay much attention to range, the short bow Wei Ruolan uses is far more powerful than ordinary hunting bows, and the special long-feathered arrows are much more powerful than ordinary arrows."

"If pork is used as a target within [-] steps, use Wei Ruolan's hunting bow to shoot at full length, and the meat should be within four to five inches. If the ribs block it, it will drop to about two inches."

"Converted to Mr. Niu's relatively thin body, if he is basically not blocked by his ribs, every arrow can go out through his body."

"According to the autopsy records of three successive times, Mr. Niu's arrow penetrated about two inches and four inches into the flesh, pierced the heart and died, and did not hurt the ribs."

"And to reduce the damage to this level, the strength of the hunting bow must be reduced to [-] to [-] percent."

"Then another question arises: If he planned to shoot Mr. Niu, why didn't he draw the bowstring to the full, but only used six or seven points of strength?"

Because of the vividness of what Sun Shaozong said, Emperor Guangde couldn't help being a little bit into the drama when he looked at the topographic map.

After hearing what he said, he nodded involuntarily, and murmured: "If you are afraid of losing your aim, it is still possible to use only eight or nine points of strength. This six or seven points of strength is really unreasonable."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Sun Shaozong flattered him, and continued: "After discovering this suspicious point, I ordered someone to find the short bow used by Wei Rong, the servant of the Wei family. After a brief repair, it will be tested as before."

"The result is similar to Mr. Niu's injury. The full bow penetrated into the flesh about two inches to two inches and five cents!"

"in this case"

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help blurting out: "As Wei Ruolan said, that arrow was actually made by Wei Rong?"

"His Majesty."

Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "The inference is just an inference after all, and there is no conclusive evidence. Besides, it has been two years, and there may be some factors in it. It is not known that I have not been able to deduce it."

When Emperor Guangde heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, he stroked the beard on his chin, nodded and said: "This is the attitude that a chief official of Dali Temple should have, Ai Qing, just ask carefully, No matter who comes to the door again, just ignore it!"

Naturally, this refers to the Niu family, but how did the emperor know that Sun Shaozong had already accepted bribes from the Wei family?

At that moment, the monarchs and ministers answered a few more words, and Emperor Guangde swiped the memorial, which was transferred from Qiu Shi'an to Sun Shaozong.

This is the intention of the emperor to see off the guests.

So Sun Shaozong put away the memorial, bowed Zhiqu and took a few steps back, turned around in front of the door and left the warm pavilion.

Originally, according to the rules, he had to follow the eunuch who led the way and leave the palace directly from Donghua Gate.

But just as Sun Shaozong said thank you, the eunuch who led the way hurriedly laughed and said, "Eunuch Li just told me to let the younger one lead you over to talk. It will take me a while, my lord, hurry up and follow me!"

As he spoke, he led Sun Shaozong to the corridor.

Over there is the side entrance of Jingren Palace, which is more convenient to enter and exit than the main entrance, but because the Nuan Pavilion is built near the main entrance, so I just walked through the main entrance.

Sun Shaozong had also been here before, and he knew that there were no taboos along the way, so he followed the eunuch into the corridor without thinking too much.

Seeing that they were walking all the way, not far from the side door, a sneaky little eunuch suddenly walked towards him, saw Sun Shaozong, turned his head and left in a panic.

Who knows what's tricky in this deep inner courtyard?

Sun Shaozong naturally kept his eyes fixed on it, as if he didn't see it.

Unexpectedly, the tree wanted to calm down, but the eunuch who led the way opened his mouth and yelled: "Where are you going, monkey boy? Come back to me!"

The little eunuch was also guilty of guilt, he pretended he didn't hear and hurried away, or stopped to prevaricate a few words, and the matter passed by.

He paused, turned around stiffly, but subconsciously covered Hattori with his hands and this time, a small burden immediately appeared under the robe.

Chapter 698

【Completion of the third update】

Is this stupid, or is it a deliberate conspiracy?

Anyway, no matter what happens, it's better to spend less time in the muddy water in this palace!

Sun Shaozong's thoughts changed, and he rushed to get ahead of the leading eunuch, and reminded: "Eunuch, we don't want to keep Manager Li waiting for a long time. Even if there is something to deal with, you might as well push it back first."

Hearing what Sun Shaozong said, the eunuch who led the way was also afraid that he would tell Li Shuncheng his tricks, so he gave the little eunuch a vicious look, and led Sun Shaozong out of Jingren Palace.

Not to mention how lucky the little eunuch was to escape.

But after mentioning Jingren Palace, seeing no one around, the eunuch leading the way immediately lowered his voice and said: "Master Sun, just now that fellow is by the side of Concubine Rong."

Seeing that there was something in his words, Sun Shaozong suddenly came to his senses.

It turned out that this fellow was not meddling in other matters, but was trying to use Concubine Rong as a raft to curry favor with Jia Yuanchun, who was no longer what he used to be.

As for Sun Shaozong, probably because of his close relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, he was honored to be selected as the 'background board'.

Of course, in the eunuch's heart, most of them still felt that they were sharing the credit with Sun Shaozong just now, but he was disturbed by his 'ignorance'.

Wanting to understand these joints, Sun Shaozong sneered secretly, thinking that these guys with eggs are not too young to gamble, and they don't know whether Jia Yuanchun's stomach is male or female, so he hurriedly stood in line to show his ass.

In short, after this small episode, the two of them went back on the road one after the other, but after a short while, they arrived in a small courtyard.

"Master Sun."

Li Shuncheng, the general manager of procurement, had been waiting in the hall for a long time. When he saw the two people coming in from the outside, he greeted them and joked, "Your holy family is really incomparable to others. Ordinary ministers and ministers who go in to report may not be there. How long are you staying in there?"

Sun Shaozong returned a wry smile, spread his hands and said, "It's just a clumsy mouth, where did the holy family come from?"

Li Shuncheng laughed again, instead of welcoming Sun Shaozong in, he pointed to the door and said: "Let's go, this palace is not a place to talk, let's go out and find a quiet place, so we can talk."

Speaking of it, it is quite taboo for courtiers to make friends with eunuchs in private.

But among the several bigwigs in the DPRK right now, which one has a bad relationship with the inner court?

What's more, Sun Shaozong is only the young minister of Dali Temple, and Li Shuncheng is only in charge of the palace's purchases, and he is still a thousand miles away from colluding with the inside and outside to control the government.

Therefore, Li Shuncheng did not shy away from anything too much.

Sun Shaozong wanted to avoid it, but under the current situation, if he really wanted to avoid suspicion, wouldn't he offend Li Shuncheng for nothing?

What's more, he still has something to discuss with Li Shuncheng.

So the two went out of Donghua Gate together, one in a car, the other in a sedan chair, and after going around three times, they arrived near a secluded house.

Before the two of them settled down and got off their horses, a beardless man rushed out of it, knelt down in front of the sedan chair with a thump, and couldn't help shouting, "My son heard magpies screaming on the branches early in the morning, and his feelings are so overwhelming." It’s the godfather who’s coming——godfather, why didn’t you let someone know earlier so that your son can meet you at the gate of the palace?”

Looking at it, this godson might not be a few years younger than Li Shuncheng.

Sun Shaozong really couldn't see the flattery on his face, so he looked up at the layout of the house.

Looking at the old and small garden, the layout order is a bit messy, and there are not a few main rooms facing south. It is obviously not a serious mansion.

Looking at the two large characters of 'Sui Yuan' on the door plaque, Sun Shaozong could vaguely guess what kind of business was going on here.

Who said eunuchs can only worry about visiting brothels?

Not only did he not worry about it, he even became the boss!

"So it was Sun Tingwei in person!"

At this time, the "godson" probably got advice, and leaned in front of Sun Shaozong again, and said courteously: "When you were boasting on the dragon chariot, my nephew happened to be shopping in the south of the Yangtze River, so I missed it! Father and his old man's blessing, the little nephew can be regarded as seeing the face of the uncle."

ok~

This cheap nephew looks seven or eight years older than himself.

Sun Shaozong was speechless, but suddenly found that there were some unshaven stubble on his chin.