Detective in the Red Chamber

What's more, the newly appointed Ge Zhizhong is now in a situation where he is shattering everything. If he really wants to bite him generously, whether it hurts or not, he will inevitably feel a little nauseous.

However, according to the recent climate calculations, Ge Zhizhong's official position is probably coming to an end. It has only just entered the middle of October, and there have been two snowfalls. I am afraid that the scale of snow disasters this year will not be too small, and disasters often There will be chaos and commotion.

At that time, if one of them is not handled well, then Ge Zhizhong will naturally take the blame and resign—judging from the current situation, he will almost certainly mishandle it.

Less gossip.

But he said that Sun Shaozong went to Zhang An's house by detour, and lowered his body to ask for his health.

It was too late to make a point, so Sun Shaozong simply calmed down and comforted Zhang An's wife and children.

Speaking of...

It might as well put Su Xingfang's wife and children together with Zhang An's wife and children so that they can take care of each other.

"Second Master, Second Master!"

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Cheng, who was waiting outside, rushed in suddenly. He was a little elated at first, and then saw the coffin lying horizontally in the hall. The door is open!"

As soon as she heard that the 'angel' was coming, Zhang An's wife, Mrs. Wu, panicked and even forgot to get up from the straw mat, and looked at Sun Shaozong bluntly.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, if it's not as expected, it's probably the emperor who allocated the pension and reward."

Sun Shaozong said, pointed to the inside and said: "I will avoid it for a while, if there is anything wrong, my sister-in-law will call me out again."

Mrs. Zhang Wu heard that it was a pension and a reward, and she immediately remembered that Sun Shaozong had promised that he would ask for his son's family background. He didn't care about being in the mourning hall, and he got up from the straw mat, overjoyed Forbidden to welcome him out.

Firstly, this is to pass on the decree to the Zhang family, and he has nothing to do with Sun Shaozong; secondly, Sun Shaozong doesn't want to kneel in front of several eunuchs for no reason.

Therefore, after Mrs. Zhang welcomed him out, he quickly withdrew to the inner room to take shelter.

Because Sun Shaozong had asked someone to purchase the mansion in advance, Zhang Wu's mother and son were waiting to move to a new house after the funeral, and in the past few days, according to the rules, they had to eat and live on straw mats outside. .

So Sun Shaozong picked up the curtain and went in, and saw that the kang was full of burdens of all sizes.

Seeing that the needle could not be inserted, he originally wanted to stand in the corner and wait for a while.

Unexpectedly, there was a lot of fuss outside, and after a long time, the little eunuch who delivered the decree had a high-pitched voice, cadenced and babbled endlessly.

Impatient with waiting, Sun Shaozong simply piled up the burden on the head of the bed, intending to sit down and continue waiting.

wow~

The first two big burdens are all clothes. Although they look big, they are actually not very heavy.

However, the small package at the bottom was quite heavy, and it made a squeaky sound when lifted, as if it contained a lot of metal objects.

Could it be that gold and silver are soft?

Sun Shaozong didn't pay attention at first, and casually put the small bundle beside him, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong.

Zhang An is an upright person. Although he is a good player in battle, he has no rules in managing his family.

If it is said that some scraps of silver and money strings have been saved, it is still reasonable, but the movement just now is probably more 'gold expensive' than this.

Could it be Zhang An's private goods brought back from Huguang?

But I never heard of it at the beginning, he had acts of enriching his own pockets.

Suspicious in his heart, Sun Shaozong listened carefully, and the smelly and long edict was far from over, so he simply tore away the burden and probed to see what happened.

Seeing this, he couldn't help frowning.

But he saw that there were a lot of gold and silver jewelry in the package, the styles were clearly popular in the capital, and definitely not from the Wuxi barbarians or Huguang artisans.

But what is even more suspicious is that besides the furoshiki on the surface, there are several pieces of underwear 'invented' by Prince Yizhong besides the soft gold and silver.

And it is a popular style in brothels nowadays.

This can't be Zhang An's stuff!

On the contrary, it is likely to be a gift from Zhang Biao...

Could it be...

In fact, this woman and Zhang Biao were not out of compulsion, but half-pushed, or hit it off and did that mediocre thing?

Sun Shaozong's expression changed a few times, and there was a little anger between his brows. If this is the case, Zhang Wu's probably has a lot of scheming, and even hid it from himself.

This is really a secret!

Immediately, Sun Shaozong had an impulse to throw this thing in front of Zhang Wushi, to see how she would explain it.

But this is just thinking about it. Now that Zhang An and Zhang Biao have both died, if the Wu family is to be taken down, Zhang An's youngest son, who is not yet five years old, who should he rely on?

Worth mentioning~

Take it as a lesson to remind yourself not to be too complacent in the future.

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Chapter 738 Stone nerd

Ever since Zhang An came out of Zhang An's house, Sun Shaozong was a little absent-minded. For a while, he recalled whether there were any omissions in the previous investigations; .

Eighty percent probably don't know.

Otherwise, according to Zhang An's temperament, Wu Shi would probably be killed as well.

Hey~

I just hope that this is the first time for her to have sex with someone, instead of having a romantic affair a few years ago.

Otherwise, it would be too wrong for me to let her go because of the child.

Urge~!

Thinking of these things, he rushed all the way to the vicinity of Dali Temple, and saw the carriage turning at the cross street, ready to enter through the east corner gate, but Zhang Cheng reined in the reins again.

He stretched his neck, looked to the left a few times, and then turned around to report: "Second Lord, there seems to be some trouble at the main gate of the yamen."

The main entrance of Dali Temple, there will never be a collapse, right?

Sun Shaozong raised the curtain suspiciously, and looked towards the main entrance of Dali Temple. As expected, there was also a group of people around there, pointing and discussing something.

The first thought in my mind was that those businessmen came to block the door again.

But immediately, Sun Shaozong vetoed these inferences. Those who dare to come to Dali Temple to collect debts probably have some background behind them.

After hesitating for a while, he ordered: "Take me to the east corner gate first, and then you go quietly to inquire and find out what happened."

Only then did Zhang An urge the carriage again, first rushed to the east corner gate to put Sun Shaozong down, and then excitedly went to the front gate to inquire about information.

Not to mention what rare things he saw at the main entrance.

But he said that when Sun Shaozong arrived at Dianmao, although the official time had passed long ago, he still politely declined the "kindness" of the little official who helped to cheat, and truthfully signed his name, surname and arrival time.

After putting down the cinnabar pen for signing, Sun Shaozong did not leave in a hurry, but inquired: "This morning, does Lord Tingwei have any new explanations?"

"A new explanation?"

The little official looked confused, and said awkwardly: "This villain has never heard of it—you might as well ask the adults in Zuo Temple."

Sun Shaozong originally thought that Wei Yi would at least ask about yesterday's case. After all, this was about taking down the county magistrate of Wanping and involving the Fusi of Beizhen, so it was not a trivial matter.

Unexpectedly, he still chose to remain silent.

Is this an attempt to 'govern by doing nothing'?

Sun Shaozong sneered and rushed to the Zuosi government office.

Coincidentally, Liu Xianglian couldn't go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to transcribe files because of the heavy snow, so Sun Shaozong called him into the room and asked about the progress of these days.

Zhang Chengcheng, who was listening to Liu Xianglian complaining about the humidity and coldness of the treasury of the Ministry of Punishment, hurried back when he went to inquire about the news.

"Second Master, I've already scanned and heard clearly. The one in front of the door was provoked by the elder of the Rongguo Mansion."

It turned out that Jia Amnesty didn't intend to harm Xing Zhong yesterday, but actually encountered a small trouble.

As mentioned earlier, Jia Shen usually likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings, especially fans, and most of the net worth he made from patchwork was replaced by these playthings.

Two years ago, he found out that there was a stone nerd who had more than twenty fans hidden in his home, all of which were rare treasures, and immediately sent Jia Lian to verify the authenticity.

Later, when I heard that it was indeed the case, I couldn't help but want to buy them all back for collection.

Unexpectedly, that stone nerd was also an idiot, he refused to agree to sell the fan, and even said some cynical words, derogating the whole Rongguo Mansion.

Later, when Jia She was angry, he went to Jia Yucun to come forward, found an excuse, and locked the stone nerd in the prison of Shuntian Mansion, and the twenty or so fans naturally fell into Jia She's hands.

This is about the winter of the 11th year of Guangde, that is, what happened after Sun Shaozong went south.

Seeing that two years have passed, the stone nerd was released after serving his sentence, but he still refused to let it go. He sued Jia Amnesty and Jia Yucun everywhere for bullying and stealing.

He made a fuss at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate all afternoon yesterday, and came to block the gate of Dali Temple early this morning.

However, Jia Amnesty and Jia Yucun have learned a lot from a ditch, and they have already taken preventive measures.

Just now that stone nerd knelt in front of the door, held the petition and yelled a few words before he was dragged away by the guards of Shuntian Mansion—these were the things that the guards of Shuntian Mansion told Zhang Cheng. It's an old acquaintance.

After hearing these words, Sun Shaozong frowned again.

What time is it now?

The Longevity Festival, which had been suspended for two years, was about to come as scheduled, but Jia Amnesty made such a fool, and made the stone nerd yell all over the city.

Doesn't this mean to put eye drops on the emperor?

Although right now because Jia Yuanchun is pregnant with the dragon species, Rongguo Mansion is almost like winning the gold medal for avoiding death.

But there are times when the Dan Shu iron coupons are not accepted, let alone the living objects whose status is not yet determined?

If something happened to the child in Jia Yuanchun's womb, or a daughter was born altogether, who knew if the emperor would be disappointed and turn his anger on the Rongguo mansion?

At that time, this will be a ready-made handle!

What's even more deceitful is that the stone nerd is now making trouble in Dali Temple, if he doesn't pay attention to it, it will somewhat hinder the public opinion.

But if he came forward to take over this case, it would mean turning against Jia Yingchun's own father, and by the way, offending that old fox in Jia Yucun.

This is just for a few broken fans, and it's not a big case where human life is at stake...

"Second brother."

Liu Xianglian also frowned at the side and said: "The elder of the Rongguo Mansion has done a lot of ridiculous things recently, no matter what, he respects his brother's father-in-law after all, if there is any connection..."

The son is a Zhongshan wolf, and if he succeeds, he will be rampant!

Sun Shaozong subconsciously labeled Jia She as Zhongshan wolf, but he didn't know that this was originally used to describe his elder brother.

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "After all, there is a layer of separation, and he is an elder. I'm afraid this matter will have to fall on Brother Bao and his old lady."

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about him first——Xiang Lian, go and get Chen Jingde, and let's go to the restaurant where Lu Mingsi was poisoned."

Lu Mingsi died on the streets of the busy city. The scene had already been destroyed at that time, not to mention it had been seven or eight days since then, so there was almost no value for investigation.

So Sun Shaozong's first choice was the restaurant that had been ordered to close pending trial since the truth came out.

Of course, he also hired another assistant this time so that he could more accurately judge the involvement behind the case.

And this person is not an individual, but Lu Mingsi's immediate boss, Sun Shaozong's niece and son-in-law: Yu Qian and Yu Tingyi.

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Chapter 739

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Qinghong Building.

A mid-range restaurant located in the west of the city. The front and upper floors are divided into private rooms and a lobby. There are two separate guest rooms in the backyard, which are next to bamboo forests and flower gardens.

It was here that the household department gave Lu Mingsi his last dinner.

According to the investigation, Lu Mingsi is a frequent customer here, and he especially likes the fat sausage cooked by Wang Erhu. He must order it almost every meal. The forged suicide note also mentioned this dish.

It can be seen from this that the murderer should be quite familiar with Lu Mingsi's eating habits.

As for the preface of the book, or the result of the investigation after the murderous intention, it is temporarily impossible to judge.

But this morning, the hut, which had been sealed off for a long time, finally welcomed two more guests.