Detective in the Red Chamber

Hearing that he was still so heartless, the expression on Xiangling's face suddenly darkened, she lowered her head, and waited for the servant to take the luggage.

Unexpectedly, a thick arm took a step ahead, picked up the two bags of luggage, put them lightly and deftly into the compartment, and then handed them to her eyes.

"Get in the car."

Although they both let her get in the car, how far is the difference between the two?

Xiangling hesitated for a moment, then carefully put the catkin in Sun Shaozong's hand, and got on the carriage with his strength.

"Farewell."

Sun Shaozong turned his head and cupped his hands at Xue Pan, then followed him into the carriage.

Opening the curtain of the car, I saw that Xiangling was wrapping a pair of embroidered shoes with cloth and carefully putting them in the corner, so I knew she was afraid of dirtying the car, so she said with a smile, "Our mansion has its own woman who is in charge of laundry. , there is no need to be so cautious."

Hearing the words "in our house", Xiangling couldn't help being a little embarrassed, but she still said, "It's more convenient to wash a small piece of cloth than to change a whole mattress - besides, the car is cleaner. It's comfortable to sit on, isn't it?"

This is really a waiter.

Sun Shaozong felt more and more that Xue Pan was blind...not right, if he was really blind, he would not have insisted on taking Xiangling home.

While thinking about what was there, Sun Shaozong also took off his wet boots, but he didn't bother to wrap them in any rags, so he directly lifted the mattress spread in the carriage and stuffed it underneath.

Then he got into the carriage and leaned against the soft cushion, which took up most of the carriage.

"Driving~"

Zhang Cheng yelled outside, and the carriage started slowly, driving into the torrential rain.

Along the way, seeing Xiangling huddled in the corner like a quail, and Lian Zhen was afraid to lift her capital, Sun Shaozong couldn't help reaching out to gently lift her chin, scanning the diamond-shaped rouge mark on the brow, He clicked his tongue and said in amazement, "The birthmark on your forehead is a tight choice—but since there is such an obvious birthmark, it shouldn't be difficult to find your parents and family members, right?"

Xiangling's delicate body was trembling with nervousness, but when he asked about "parents and family", she calmed down a little, pursed her lips and forced a smile, "The world is so big, and I don't remember the past. , how easy is it to find 'parents and family members'? Besides, I'm used to it now, and the master doesn't have to worry about me."

"That's it."

Sun Shaozong let go of her chin, pretending to be disappointed and said, "At first, I was thinking about going to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to look up the file of the disappearance case if I had time. Since you don't mean it, then..."

"master!"

Before finishing speaking, Xiangling grabbed his wrist and said excitedly, "The Xing... Department of Xing can really find out about my parents?!"

Just now he said that there is no need to worry about it, but now he is so excited when he hears that there is hope to find his family, it is really a typical duplicity.

"Although I'm not [-]% sure, there's still [-]%." Sun Shaozong said, "According to the criminal law of this dynasty, all children under the age of ten who are abducted and trafficked must submit the dossier to the Ministry of Punishment for record, so as to facilitate future inquiries—like You have obvious birthmarks like you, it shouldn't be difficult to find out."

In fact, with the ability of the Jia family, it is not difficult to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to check the files. It's just that there is no master in the Jia family who is willing to get favors for Xiangling.

Jia Baoyu may be an exception, but he has always regarded the "economic career" as an enemy, so how would he know how to help?

Hearing what he said, Xiangling was so excited that she couldn't control herself immediately. She shrank her body back, slammed her head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "I beg the master to show mercy and help the servants to check! No matter what the final result is, In the future, the servants will definitely serve the master with all their heart and soul!"

"Since you have entered the door of my grandson's family, I will help you find family matters, sir, I am naturally duty-bound - come, come, get up and talk first."

While talking, Sun Shaozong reached out to help Xiangling.

But I don't know if it's because I just ate a few cups of yellow soup, that hand lost its head, slid down three inches along the collarbone, and grabbed it up suddenly, Xiangling who was holding it straight gave a groan, but Sun Shaozong didn't let it go. He lifted her up, but fell softly into his arms.

The sound of rain on the roof of the car completely covered up the unspeakable and unspeakable trifles in the carriage.

--split line--

Sun Mansion, Dongkuanyuan.

Ruan Rong walked around Xiangling three times, looking straight at Xiangling, her heart trembled and she was at a loss, and then she smiled, "I told the master the other day that my sister is well-behaved and sensible, but I didn't expect him to really ask for her—whatever , then let’s settle down when it comes.”

Saying so, he greeted the maid and said, "Pomegranate, take Sister Xiangling to the West Wing to settle down."

Only then did Xiang Ling bow as if she had received an amnesty and retreat.

When she came out of the room, Ruan Rong gave Sun Shaozong a wink, and said with a half-smile, "Master has endured it for a long time, and today he finally found what he wants."

Women, they really are fickle animals!

A few days ago, she persuaded Sun Shaozong to accept a housemate so that he could survive the period of pregnancy, but now...

Sun Shaozong laughed, stepped forward and carefully wrapped her arms around her waist, "Why, are you jealous?"

"Jealous?"

Ruan Rong curled her lips, and immediately raised her voice, "Furong, go and help tidy up the west wing room, so I can make a wedding room for the master tonight!"

"Wait!"

Seeing that Fu Rong, who had no eyesight, was about to follow orders, Sun Shaozong hurriedly stopped her, and said with a smile, "How can I be so anxious? Let her wait in your room first. When your jealousy goes down, let's go back to her." Decide whether to take her in or not."

Ruan Rong squinted at him again, and said coldly, "Then what if my jealousy never goes away?"

Sun Shaozong said without hesitation, "Then leave it to you and let her be an ordinary maid for the rest of her life!"

"Bah~!"

Ruan Rong spat hard, but she smiled all over her face, "It's not me who is in trouble for the future, so I don't want to be the bad guy! You can draw it in whenever you like, as long as you don't look crooked in front of my eyes." Just do it!"

Chapter 94

Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't go to the "Wedding Room in the West Wing" at night, but spent another night in the outside of the main room—since Ruan Rong became pregnant, the two separated temporarily, mainly because he was afraid that Sun Shaozong would not sleep honestly at night and would be careless. Injured the fetus in the belly.

Silent all night.

But before dawn the next day, Sun Shaozong heard a servant girl come to report that someone had sent a message in the middle of the night, telling him not to go to the government office to meet Mao today, but to go directly to the Hedao governor's office to discuss matters.

Sure enough, Zhou Da was right!

The Hedao Yamen is located in the outer city, and it is quite a distance from the Sun Mansion, so Sun Shaozong hastily cleaned up, filled his stomach briefly, went to the inner room to inform, and hurried out of the small courtyard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he bumped into the cheap elder brother Sun Shaozu head-on.

Seeing his serious face, Sun Shaozong thought that he heard that he was going to fight the flood and was about to tell him something, so he hurriedly put on a brotherly and respectful posture and waited with his hands down.

Unexpectedly, Brother Cheap came up to him, but he only asked, "The one you brought back yesterday is a good one?"

Sun Shaozong "..."

This cheap big brother is really crazy about his 'son'!

After a few perfunctory words, Sun Shaozong was able to escape, called Zhang Cheng to set up the carriage, and went straight to the outer city in the rain.

When he arrived at the Yamen of the Governor of Hedao, it was still more than a quarter of an hour before 7 o'clock in the morning at the end of the morning. He thought that the heavy rain was pouring, and he should have come earlier. There were almost no empty seats on the grand master's chair on the side.

The person sitting upright in the middle was naturally Wang Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Governor of Rivers, who once had a relationship with Sun Shaozong.

Seeing that Jia Yucun was sitting on the right, and not far behind were Yantie Tongguan Zhao Liben who was also the leader of the river worker, and Wanping county magistrate Xu Huaizhi and others. After Sun Shaozong went up to meet Wang Yan, he also sat quietly. Arrived at the vacant seat between Zhao Liben and Xu Huaizhi.

Afterwards, several batches of officials arrived one after another. Those above the seventh rank still had a seat, and those below the seventh rank could only wait in the corridor.

Seeing Maomo and Chenchu, Wang Yan, who had been silent for a long time, cleared his throat and asked loudly, "Are all the people who should be here today?"

Immediately, a small green-robed official holding a roster flashed out of the slant, bowed and said, "Report to the Lord, this discussion has called for a total of 120 civil and military officials from the Ministry of Industry, Hedao, Shuntian Mansion, Patrol Battalion, and City Defense Battalion." Now there are [-] four people present, and two others are sick, only Xu Mingtang, embankment ambassador of Yongding River is missing!"

Wang Yan's face darkened immediately, it would be fine if someone else was late, but Xu Mingtang, as the 'ambassador of the embankment of the Yongding River', can be said to bear the brunt of the flood control this time, the most important person!

What's more, he was originally an official stationed in the Hedao Yamen, and the people sent by the "brother unit" to support him have all arrived, but he, the master, has not arrived, so how can this make sense? !

slap~

Wang Yan slapped the coffee table hard, and said coquettishly, "Come here, give me that Xu Mingtang..."

"My lord is not good, my lord governor is not good!"

Before Wang Yan could finish speaking, he saw a few clerks in soap robes rushing in in a panic, shouting, "Xu Mingtang, Mr. Xu asked... to be killed!"

Boom~

The inside and outside of the hall suddenly exploded!

Seeing that the natural disaster is approaching, the "river ambassador" who was in charge of repairing and protecting the embankment was suddenly killed by someone. If there is nothing tricky about it, who would believe it? !

Even Wang Yan was dumbfounded for a moment, speechless for a while.

"My lord, shouldn't I ask clearly first?"

It was Jia Yucun who reminded me cautiously, Wang Yan came back to his senses, slapped the table hurriedly, got up and shouted, "Silence, silence!"

After suppressing the chaotic voices of discussion, he gritted his teeth and asked the subordinates, "Wait, tell me clearly, who exactly killed Mr. Xu?!"

The subordinates looked at me and I looked at you, and finally one of them, who was thin and elegant, took the initiative to say, "Reporting to Mr. Xu, after Mr. Xu came home from work yesterday, he hurried back soon. He said that there was an urgent business that had to be dealt with overnight, and ordered us not to interrupt at will."

"Since Mr. Xu has ordered, the villain naturally dare not disturb, but this morning, the discussion is about to start, but Mr. Xu has not come out yet. The villain felt a little weird, so he called two colleagues to go in Check—who knows that as soon as you enter the door, you will see Mr. Xu hanging on the beam, and he has been hanged for a long time!"

"Hanged?"

Wang Yan frowned and said, "Then how do you know he was murdered?"

The clerk hurriedly said, "The villain also thought that the adult committed suicide, but later found out that even if the stool that fell on the ground is straightened, it is still more than a foot away from the toes of the adult Xu!"

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but burst into another uproar.

Wang Yan's complexion also darkened a bit. This deliberate attempt to pretend to be a suicide must be to cover up something—and Xu Mingtang happens to be the embankment ambassador of the Yongding River...

"My lord."

At this moment, Zhao Rongheng, the judge of Yantietong, suddenly got up and suggested, "Since there is a murder case, why don't you let Tongsun from the lower mansion go to investigate?"

Wang Yan's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly cupped his hands towards Shuntian Mansion, and said, "Sun Tongpan, I'm afraid I will have to trouble you!"

As soon as the case was heard, it was clear that the water was very deep. Sun Shaozong didn't want to get involved, but Wang Yan, as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said the word "you Lao", how could he refuse?

Had no choice but to give Zhao Rongheng a sideways glance, cupped his hands and said, "Since your lord has an order, I will go and see what happened."

As he spoke, he asked those subordinate officials to lead the way to the crime scene.

All the officials in the hall and hall, seeing that it was the "Shen Duan Tong Judgment" who came out to solve the case in person, wished they could go there and take a look with their own eyes, but Wang Yan had an old face there, but no one dared to touch his bad luck ?

Not to mention how itchy everyone is.

But it is said that Sun Shaozong followed the subordinate officials all the way through the hall and courtyard, and then arrived at a courtyard in the northwest corner.

Seeing that the layout was a bit more open than that of the criminal justice department, Sun Shaozong couldn't help asking curiously, "May I ask what kind of official this Master Xu is?"

It was still a thin and thin official who took the initiative to explain, "Generally, the 'river embankment ambassador' is from the fifth rank or the fifth rank, but because the Yongding River is close to the capital, it is not comparable, so our master Xu is from the fourth rank. Only under the Governor and Commander of He Dao."

tsk~

No wonder everyone is willing to be an official in the capital. This small tributary of the Yongding River is more precious than the big rivers if it touches the edge of the capital.

While speaking, he had already arrived at the door of the main room, the thin clerk pushed open the door, and saw a noose hanging high on the beam in the middle...

Chapter 95

But he said that when he pushed open the door of the main room, he saw a noose tied to the middle of the beam, and there was only a square stool under it, but there was no trace of the corpse.

The thin subordinate hurriedly explained, "Because the windows were not closed all night, a lot of rainwater entered the room, so the big guy tied the corpse off the rope and carried it directly to the back room."

After saying that, he wanted to take Sun Shaozong inside to see the corpse.

"Don't rush."

Sun Shaozong waved his hand, Shi Shiran walked to the square stool, knelt down and inspected it carefully, and asked, "Has this stool ever been moved?"

"That's not true. When the big guy untied the corpse, he stepped on the grand master's chair."

As the thin subordinate official said, he pointed to a grand master's chair covered with muddy footprints on the left.

Sun Shaozong squatted around the square stool, groped carefully for a while, then helped the stool up, compared the height with the Taishi chair not far away, then got up and walked towards the inner room.

But he walked halfway, but was attracted by a food box in front of the window, stepped forward to look at it and said, "Where did this food box come from, you once delivered food to Mr. Xu?"

"No no no!"

The skinny subordinate hurriedly said, "Master Xu brought this from home last night!"

"Oh."

Sun Shaozong nodded noncommittally, and finally set off into the inner room.

The corpse of Xu Mingtang was lying on the slum at the foot of the east wall, wearing a brand new official robe, his legs were tense, his neck was strangled in a ring shape, his eyes were wide open, his tongue was stiff, and the skin on his face was blue. One piece, with obvious subcutaneous bleeding symptoms.

After a simple inspection of the corpse, Sun Shaozong already had a conclusion in his mind, but he patiently asked the skinny subordinate, "I wonder if Mr. Xu has been appointed, but has he ever built a large-scale river embankment?"

"Of course it has been repaired. Mr. Xu has always been diligent. When repairing the embankment, it can be said that he did everything by himself, and he was commended by the Lord for it."

"That's it."

Sun Shaozong nodded noncommittally again, and then asked some details about Mingtang's house, and the subordinate staff also reported them one by one truthfully, it can be said that the answers were fluent, and he did not have the restraint of ordinary subordinate staff when facing the superior.