Detective in the Red Chamber

In the past three years, three governors have been changed successively, which obviously had a considerable impact on Beizhen Fusi. Although the power in his hands has not shrunk much, the situation is not as good as before.

Recently, there have even been rumors that the emperor wants to set up another special agency to replace and check and balance the North and South Zhen Fusi who always go wrong.

As a result, the morale of Fusili in Beizhen is not low, but it is already full of despondency.

If we say that in the past, the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen was full of chills, but now I am afraid it can only be described as bleak.

"Master Sun."

While secretly lamenting that the times have changed, the little flag leading the way in front of him suddenly stopped, turned around and said cautiously: "Please wait here for a while, let me go in and report."

"No need."

Before he finished speaking, a short and strong man greeted him from the courtyard in front of him. He hurried up a few steps and bowed to Sun Shaozong: "Your Excellency, I have seen you!"

"Zhao Qianhu doesn't need to be too polite."

Sun Shaozong bowed back and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is not allowed to go to the Three Treasures Hall today if there is nothing to do. If there is something reckless, I'm afraid Zhao Qianhu will have to forgive me."

"What's the matter, if my lord hadn't acted out of righteousness, I, Zhao Jiayi, would still be eating in prison in Zhao prison? If you have any orders, just ask!"

Zhao Jiayi, who was patted on his chest, was exactly the commander of the former enemy when Qingxu watched and suppressed the bandits.

At that time, because Zang Liang, a hundred households under him, colluded with the enemy, not only escaped many Bailian sect bandits, but even Zhao Jiayi himself was involved, and he was imprisoned for more than ten days.

Later, it was not until Sun Shaozong found out the real spy that Zhao Jiayi was released, and he was ordered to take over the follow-up investigation.

And Sun Shaozong came here precisely to use his past affection to read those surveillance records.

The book does not go into details.

Zhao Jiayi welcomed Sun Shaozong into the hall, and after the two sat down as guest and host, they asked about Sun Shaozong's reason for coming, his eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't help asking: "In this way, your lord has already discovered the loophole in the past?! "

"I can't tell right now."

Sun Shaozong shook his head, and said solemnly: "Zhao Qianhu, I have just come to Dali Temple as an official, and I have not yet gained a firm foothold. I am afraid that the case I am handling is not good for others."

"If Zhao Qianhu can do something convenient, Sun will be very grateful; but if it's against the rules, Sun will never complain."

When he told his purpose before, he only said that he wanted to check the records at that time, and he never mentioned the specific case, just because he was afraid that Beizhen Fusi would intervene.

This case was obviously a provocation to him. If it was found to the end and Beizhen Fusi picked the fruit instead, how would Sun Shaozong convince the public in Dali Temple in the future?

But when Zhao Jiayi heard this, he immediately waved his hand: "My lord, you are joking, the rules are for outsiders, but this case is the clue that you found out, so how can you count it as an outsider?"

After a pause, he patted his chest again and said with great emotion: "Besides, I, Zhao Jiayi, am not the one who came here to be ungrateful, so I quickly borrowed all the records of the Bailian sect bandit case two years ago, and provided it for me." Master Sun, check it out!"

Sun Shaozong couldn't see for a while whether his impassioned speech was genuine or not.

But it doesn't matter even if it's fake, as long as the case is investigated first, Sun Shaozong doesn't care who will Su Xingfang fall into afterward.

So when Zhao Jiayi finished speaking, he smiled, cupped his hands again and said, "Sun, thanked Zhao Qianhu first. If it turns out that the White Lotus Sect is responsible, I will definitely ask the imperial court to hand over the case to Beijing." The Zhenfu Division will investigate."

Zhao Jiayi was overjoyed when he heard the words, nodded and said: "If this is the case, it will be the best!"

Afterwards, the two chatted for about a quarter of an hour, only to see two schoolboys come in with four bookcases, took them out one by one, and piled them on the coffee tables on both sides.

According to a rough scan, there are at least a hundred copies.

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong already had a clear goal, otherwise, if he wanted to find clues from inside, it would take at least ten and a half months.

"Master Sun, please do what you want."

After the books were piled up, Zhao Jiayi immediately got up, led his men out of the living room, and let Sun Shaozong read them alone.

After confirming that they had all left, Sun Shaozong immediately moved two chairs as a place to move the books, and then began to rummage through them one by one.

Excluding the records of the initial investigation, the more than a hundred booklets that followed were basically surveillance records of the suspect.

And this first record is not someone else, but his own cheap brother Sun Shaozu.

It seems that Lu Hui said back then that he would not doubt the Sun family, but secretly he was merciless.

Sun Shaozong opened it casually, and found that most of the records in it were all kinds of romantic affairs of the elder brother, and occasionally mixed with the trivial life of Jia Yingchun and many concubines.

After a few glances, Sun Shaozong couldn't help feeling scared.

Fortunately, he went south to put down the rebellion, otherwise, he might be taken advantage of by these gangsters!

After looking through it carefully, he found that there was nothing prohibited. Sun Shaozong was relieved, and conveniently placed the booklet in the most conspicuous position, and continued to search.

Half a quarter of an hour later, he finally found the surveillance records of the Su family from the pile of old papers.

Opening the front of the scroll, the first thing that catches the eye is the composition of the Su family, as well as the birthplace and life of Su Xingfang's parents for three generations.

Naturally, there would be no problems with these, otherwise Su Xingfang should have been taken down long ago. After all, Beizhen Fusi handled the case, and the trumped-up charges were enough.

Turning back, it is the surveillance record with the date marked.

Su Xingfang's every move is naturally the most important thing, but Su's mother can be said to steal the spotlight with her strength.

This old lady is eccentric, lenient and strict, picky with her daughter-in-law, but submissive and pampered to her grandson.

It is even more commonplace to take down people and vent your anger.

As a result, the records related to her occupy the largest space.

As for Xiao Qi, who was in charge of monitoring and recording, it only took him a few days to be convinced that Su Xingfang's mother was indeed his biological mother and definitely not his own. She definitely couldn't stand her weird temper!

Then the surveillance gradually relaxed, and on the eve of Su Xingfang's wife giving birth, the surveillance was completely revoked.

This is probably because the monitors at the time felt that such a filial son would never put his mother in the enemy camp.

However, if Sun Shaozong's deduction is correct, the Su mother, sister and brother are the real hardcore religious bandits, but Su Xingfang, the son, may not be very interested in the White Lotus Sect.

When I read the second half, Su Xingfang's uncle, Cao Chiji, also became a frequent visitor to this record. Because his wife died and he was lonely and had no one to take care of him, he also moved into Su's house temporarily.

Compared with his eccentric sister, this uncle is very kind, but he has a quirk: he can't see others wasting water resources.

The water used for washing on weekdays can only be poured into a shallow basin, and if he bumps into him if he uses too much, even his own sister will nag a few words.

Tea is not allowed to be left over; the water used for washing rice has to be reused; it is said that even the dog at home should drink a lot of water every day, and he has set a quota.

And no matter where he goes, he always carries a big water bag by his side.

This kind of eccentricity naturally made the Su family complain a lot at first.

But with Su's mother's strong support, even Su Xingfang could only submit, and others were naturally powerless to oppose it. Fortunately, as time went by, they gradually got used to it.

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong hurriedly turned back to the origin and native place on the first page.

Like the Su family, this Cao family also came from a land of fish and rice. It stands to reason that they grew up by the water, so they shouldn't be so sensitive to the issue of water use.

另外

The name Cao Qiuji always feels like there is something strange about it.

Sun Shaozong closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then suddenly closed the pages of the book, and mixed several irrelevant surveillance records into it out of order.

Then he stepped out of the living room, cupped his hands and said, "Zhao Qianhu, please call out the records of the 31st year of Jianping and the suppression of the rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu."

Chapter 729 Confession

On September 31th of the 24st year of Jianping, the counter-insurgency army surrounded Qingshui County, Qinzhou Prefecture. The righteous man Liu Sanlang secretly sent people to pollute the water source in the city. The drinking water in the city was cut off for five days, and thousands of white lotus bandits were drowned to quench their thirst.

On September 28, the rebels couldn't bear to sit and wait for death, so they abandoned the city at night to break through.

In this battle, the bandit leader Tang Er and three people under Li Sheng were beheaded, and two thousand and four hundred and ninety people under the bandit leader Dong Chong were captured, and the luggage was innumerable.

The bandit leader Wei Biji led hundreds of remnants into the forest, and has been missing since then.

Seeing the three characters of Wei Bijiu, Sun Shaozong felt suddenly enlightened - no wonder he felt that the three characters of Cao Chiji seemed strange!

This Wei Bijii looks like a pseudonym!

Wei Zhe, Cao Wei also.

And the four characters of seeking good luck and avoiding evil are originally two sides of one body.

This is clearly entrusting one's real name in a pseudonym.

In addition, the water was cut off for five days, and he could only drink urine to quench his thirst. After escaping from birth, he developed the habit of saving water, which is also a smooth thing.

Sun Shaozong took a rough scan again, and after confirming that there were no omissions, he rearranged all the files, making it difficult for others to tell what he had read.

Since the bandit leader 'Wei Bijiu' has escaped, the imperial court will inevitably issue a warrant for his arrest, and there will be more or less records of his appearance, experience, martial arts, literary talents, etc.

And there is no need to continue to search in Beizhen Fusi. Dali Temple, as the top criminal name in the world, already keeps the stubs of all the wanted orders of Guozihao.

And after returning to Dali Temple, it is also possible to compare the details described on the arrest warrant with Cao Chiuji's corpse.

Less gossip.

But Sun Shaozong bid farewell to Zhao Jiayi in a hurry, and returned to Dali Temple in a hurry.

He had just arrested two young officials and asked them to search for Wei Bijiu's arrest warrant. When he turned around, a pale face came into view.

"Suzhi County? Why are you here?"

Sun Shaozong's eyes were fixed, this Su Xingfang was really brave, and actually came to the door on his own initiative!

"Master Sun."

Su Xingfang gave a salute neither humble nor overbearing, and said indifferently: "Although it is involved in the case, but my uncle died in the line of duty - the lower officials helped the corpse up to this point, of course to protect his corpse from being wantonly damaged and humiliated by the police."

This reason can be regarded as high-sounding.

At this time, Sun Shaozong was [-]% sure, he would not argue with him any more, he just smiled sassyly, and rushed towards the morgue first.

The two entered the autopsy room one after the other, and Chen Jingde, who had done nothing in the mansion, also stayed inside early.

Seeing the two people coming in from the outside, he glanced at Su Xingfang hesitantly, and then came up to report: "My lord, besides new wounds, there are more than ten old sores on Cao Tutou, six of which are suspected to be left behind by the bow and crossbow."

Ordinary knife wounds are fine. When villagers fight these days, there are not a few people who use knives—Sun Shaozong is also planning to use this as an excuse to fire the first shot in Dali Temple.

Arrow wounds, however, were less common.

What's more, there are as many as six places!

Generally speaking, only generals who have fought to the death on the battlefield can have so many arrow wounds on their bodies - pawns without good armor protection, most of them will not be able to take a few hits, and they should die.

And this should be the reason why Su Xingfang was so anxious to bring the corpse home.

Sun Shaozong was noncommittal, and only turned his attention to Su Xingfang.

Sure enough, the magistrate of Su County still has a calm face: "When my uncle was young, he led the villagers to resist the Bandits, and he would take the lead in every battle, so there are many old wounds on his body."

This is really a fluent answer, without the slightest sign of guilt - it's a pity that Sun Shaozong already has a plan in mind, and he will not be misled by his words.

He still nodded noncommittally, and then, accompanied by Chen Jingde, walked towards Cao Chiuji's corpse.

When he was wearing official uniforms before, he thought that Cao Chiji was tall and strong, but now he was lying naked on the chopping board, and he could only see the muscles all over his body. Although he was not as strong as Sun Shaozong, he could still be called a 'hero'.

Such a master who was Yunwenyunwu, who had rushed to kill among thousands of horses, died in the hands of his own nephew in the end, which really made people unconsciously feel a little embarrassed.

"Master Shaoqing, I have brought what you asked for!"

Just looking closely at the wound on the corpse, two petty officials came in panting, one of them was holding a secondary scroll in his hand, which probably was the stub of Wei Fangxie's arrest warrant.

The stubs are different from the posted notices, they are depicted on the canvas and have been framed to a certain extent, so they are all preserved in the form of scrolls.

However, Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to look through it, he only glanced back and said calmly: "Let's put it aside first."

The two petty officials agreed, put the arrest warrant on the short table aside, and seeing that Sun Shaozong had no other orders, they bowed and retreated.

Chen Jingde was a little curious about what was in the scroll, so suddenly Su Xingfang strode forward, pushed aside the rope pole of the scroll, lowered his head to take a look, then turned around and cupped his hands and said, "Master Sun, I have some words from the bottom of my heart, I hope I can confide to an adult alone!"

Finally I couldn't take it anymore!

It is estimated that he did not expect that Sun Shaozong could find out such 'iron evidence' in such a short period of time.

Now not only Chen Jingde, but even the two assistants sensed something was wrong, so they all looked at Sun Shaozong hesitantly—one of them picked up a knife unconsciously, and he didn't know whether he wanted to escort him or defend himself.

"Let's go back first."

Sun Shaozong stared straight at Su Xingfang, and waved his hand back casually, signaling everyone to avoid it for the time being.

With the distance of these two steps, even if Su Xingfang had a rainstorm pear blossom needle or a piece of firewood in his arms, he would never have a chance to activate it.

However, Su Xingfang obviously did not intend to hold back any longer.

When Chen Jingde led the two assistants out of the door, he gritted his teeth, immediately turned over and knelt down to grab the ground with his head, and his head was bloodied—if it wasn't for the wrong posture, Sun Shaozong almost thought he was going to hit the wall and commit suicide.

He fell on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Xingfang knows that his crime is unforgivable, and he dare not ask for forgiveness from the Lord—but my wife and children are innocent!"