Detective in the Red Chamber

As for just crouching in the doorway like just now, that is an ugly gesture that he would never make - just now he did that, and he didn't think it was inappropriate at all.

On the contrary, he deliberately appeared vulgar and indecent.

As for the reason...

As a beggar, but participating in such a grand event, wouldn't it make it more obvious that Hong Jiuye is not comparable to ordinary people?

And this psychological activity further made his ambition start to swell-originally, all he wanted was to be a public official, so as to avoid being always ostracized and ridiculed.

Now, however, she began to extravagantly seek an official status of seventh or eighth rank.

Just like this, Huang Bin just accepted the title of "old brother" honestly and unceremoniously.

Huang Bin vaguely noticed the change in him, but he didn't know whether to respond for a moment - after all, he had just become a head arrester, and it always felt unrealistic to look for an official position in a blink of an eye.

Fortunately, Hong Jiu didn't expect him to respond. He wanted to change his name to a famous name so that he would not become a laughing stock because of his nickname when he became an official in the court.

After a few more urgings, Huang Bin couldn't get rid of his feelings, so he had to take out the list.

The two were about to watch under the lamp when they heard thunderous hoofbeats, followed by a group of chariots and horses coming in a hurry.

"Another one."

Hong Jiu regained his energy immediately, stood on the steps and stretched his neck, waiting to see the identity of the official who got off the bus.

Just now he was cats in the doorway, and seeing those of the seventh and eighth grades who were out of breath but helpless, he felt comfortable all over.

Occasionally there is one from the fifth grade, and it is as refreshing as smoking a big cigarette.

In contrast, Huang Bin seemed less interested. He shook off the list and bumped Hong Jiu with his elbow, trying to urge him to read it quickly so as not to delay the business.

"Red... red..."

Unexpectedly, Hong Jiu suddenly jumped three feet high, and after landing, he seemed to bite his tongue, babbling and babbling for a long time, but there was only one word 'red'.

Huang Bin poked him on the shoulder again, and said in surprise, "Brother, what happened?"

This time, the effect was immediate, and Hong Jiu said excitedly: "Red... red robe! It's the servant, here comes the servant!"

"what?!"

This time Huang Bin was also startled, and quickly raised his eyes to look at the carriage, but saw a middle-aged official walking straight towards the east corner gate. The man in the red robe and jade belt was not the servant of the household department. Do you dress up? !

"This……"

He lowered his head subconsciously, looked at the list in his hand, and said in surprise: "There is clearly no one above rank five?"

"nonsense!"

Hong Jiu also didn't care about etiquette, stretched out his hand and dragged him into the shadows, quietly watched the servant from the household department barge in, and then whispered: "Look, I'm here to ask for trouble!"

Huang Bin actually reacted at this time, but he was very annoyed, stomping his feet and complaining: "Why didn't you say it earlier, you should stop him just now, and send someone to inform the adults first!"

When Hong Jiu heard this, he also felt that it was very reasonable.

But now that I have missed it now, it is too late to make up for it, so I can only comfort myself: "Don't worry, Mr. Sun has always been clever, and he must have resolved it long ago..."

But before he finished speaking, Huang Bin had strode across the threshold.

"Oh! Brother, you are..."

"I'll go in and have a look to see if Qiuyu has ever recognized that accomplice!"

Seeing that Huang Bin went away without looking back, Hong Jiu's complexion changed a few times, and he followed after gritted his teeth—since he wanted a decent official status, how could he not take some risks?

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Chapter 770 Whispering

"Master Tang, if you do this, you are going to make a big mess!"

The courtyard outside the yamen in Dali Temple is so big that a dozen burning torches still cannot illuminate every corner.

But the swaying firelight reflected the faces of more than a dozen officials from the household department, which were extremely ferocious.

And this frenzied look, coupled with Wu Nong's soft words, inexplicably showed some joy.

But Tang Weishan, who was in it, didn't think so at all. In fact, he only felt that his head was as big as a bucket.

Fortunately, this group of household officials are all newcomers, and most of the official ranks are seventh or eighth grade. Even the two Yuanwailang who are the leader are half a rank lower than him, the fifth grade temple minister, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with it .

"cough!"

To say that this is really something to be afraid of, Tang Weishan just had a thought of rejoicing when he heard someone clearing his throat at the gate of the courtyard and shouting loudly: "Who is in charge here?!"

Tang Weishan followed the prestige, and his heart skipped a beat—it was none other than Zhou Chang, the right servant of the household department.

And just looking at the gloomy face on Zhou Chang's face, one could tell that he was a bad comer!

Tang Weishan subconsciously took two steps forward, but he paused at random, then cupped his hands on the spot and said, "Master Minister, please wait a moment, and I will ask Sun Shaoqing to come out and answer."

This happened in the middle of the night, and the evidence was not solid. Tang Weishan was not in favor of summoning more than a dozen household officials at once.

Now that the backstage of the suffering master is coming to him, he is naturally unwilling to continue to take the blame, so let Sun Shaozong, the instigator, deal with it.

With such thoughts in mind, Tang Weishan immediately turned around and lifted the hem of his clothes, and hurried into the lobby of the inner office.

At the same time, the back hall of the inner yamen.

Sun Shaozong took two steps back, looked up and down at a certain dark and burly man in front of him, smacked his lips dissatisfied for a while, then leaned over and dipped some plasma with a brush, and smeared some on the other's face indiscriminately.

When I looked again, I was still not satisfied.

However, if I want to smear with a brush again, I worry that it will be too much.

"Forget it, let's do it first."

Throwing the brush dipped in pig's blood back into the basin, Sun Shaozong pointed at Liu Xianglian and said, "You go down with Master Liu, and recite those words several times, then there will be no mistakes!"

The man obediently complied, and followed Liu Xianglian out of the back hall regardless of the pig's blood dripping down his face.

After the two left, Sun Shaozong took out a rag from a corner, threw it on the ground and wiped away the dripping blood with his hands.

"uncle."

At this time, Yu Qian, who had been on the sidelines for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak: "This method is too risky, if the real culprit can be found out, it's fine, otherwise I'm afraid it will attract criticism."

"Do not worry."

With a hook on his toe, Sun Shaozong picked the rag to a corner, and said in a deep voice, "It's just in case, if I don't see that I'm ugly later, I will never take any risks."

Only then did Yu Qian feel relieved, and was about to discuss with Sun Shaozong carefully when he heard someone calling from the lobby in front.

"Master Shaoqing, Master Shaoqing?!"

When Sun Shaozong heard that it was Tang Weishan's voice, he thought he couldn't resist the clamor of those people, so he ran over to ask for help. His face lost his face at the moment, and he raised his head through the curtain and scolded: "What are you shouting about? No matter what those people say, You're just pushing things on me!"

But Tang Weishan turned sideways and pointed outward, and raised his voice to report: "The Minister Zhou from the household department has arrived outside, and I want you to go out and answer."

Zhou Shilang?

Zhou Chang, the right servant of the household department?

Sun Shaozong frowned. According to his previous deduction with Yu Qian, the Household Department is also on the cusp recently. Even if the three senior officials are dissatisfied with what happened tonight, they should wait until the dust settles and then make a decision based on the result.

Who would have thought that Zhou Chang would come directly to her door this week!

This……

It seems a little unreasonable.

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, then turned around and asked in a low voice: "Ting Yi, how is the servant doing this week?"

However, seeing Yu Qian's solemn expression changed early, he was obviously doubting the reason and purpose of Zhou Chang's visit.

Hearing Sun Shaozong's question about Zhou Chang's character, he shook his head slightly, unwilling to make a direct judgment, but suggested: "Uncle, let's see what he has to say first."

However, from his expression, Sun Shaozong has already drawn part of the answer.

So without any further hesitation, he raised his chin at Tang Weishan: "Let's go, go out with me and have a look."

The two of them stepped out of the door one after the other, only to see the dozen or so household officials surrounding Zhou Chang like stars holding the moon, until someone noticed that Sun Shaozong was coming, then the wild goose wings lined up on the left and right , It seems to be a posture of 'two armies against each other'.

Sun Shaozong walked down the steps in a few steps, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if Mr. Zhou is coming at Xingye, Sun will be far away to welcome him, atonement, atonement."

But Zhou Chang didn't answer. He put his left hand behind his back, stroked his beard with his right hand, looked Sun Shaozong up and down a few times, and then sneered: "Sure enough, Sun Shaoqing is here to host! Is it?"

This guy hit Sun Shaozong's weakness right away.

If it weren't for this consideration, Sun Shaozong would not have been hiding in the back hall and let Tang Weishan deal with it.

However, Tang Weishan would be appropriate to deal with those minor officials who were no more than five ranks high. Sun Shaozong had no reason to avoid seeing the majestic servant of the household department.

Of course, although Zhou Chang's arrival was a little unexpected.

But Sun Shaozong was not at all flustered, and calmly replied: "The case of Lu Gejian has caused a lot of trouble in the city, and the household department has been troubled even more, so that the national financial planning has been affected-it is related to the country. Although he is wearing the body of a crime, he really doesn't care much about it."

To put it bluntly, it means 'the reason why I did this is to wipe the ass of your household department'.

Zhou Chang took a soft nail, snorted coldly, but refused to tangle with Sun Shaozong any more, and raised his voice directly: "Where is your Master Wei? I'd rather ask him, but in the middle of the night, I suddenly asked my family." Didn't the dozen or so officials of the Ministry uncover some solid case?"

"Zhou Shilang, actually..."

"You don't need to talk too much!"

Sun Shaozong wanted to make a point, but Zhou Chang put on the face of a vice-shangguan and sternly reprimanded him, "How can a person who has committed a crime preside over the investigation? Either invite Mr. Wei out immediately and give me a clear explanation; or..."

Having said that, he turned around and bowed his head in a circle: "My colleagues, how can we be coerced by a criminal minister like a dignified household official?"

Not to mention that all the officials of the household department were full of anger at this time, and because of his status as the servant of the household department, he must have responded to all calls.

Therefore, before the words fell, there was a clamor in two words:

"That's exactly the reason! How can we let criminal officials interrogate innocent people like us?"

"That's right! If Master Wei doesn't show up, there's no need for us to stay here!"

"My mother is old and frail, and she was frightened just now. I am in a hurry to go back and invite a doctor. How can I have time to argue with a prisoner?"

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Zhou Chang only needed to raise his arms, and everyone was about to break out of the encirclement.

Sun Shaozong's face was as heavy as water, and he was about to say a few tough words to suppress the opponent's momentum, when suddenly a person appeared behind him.

"My lords, be safe and don't be impatient, and listen to Yu Qian's words!"

The first half of the words had no effect at all, but as soon as the word 'Yu Qian' was uttered later, the audience fell silent.

Because Yu Qian is in the middle of the matter, although he is only a mere seventh-rank, he is equivalent to a semi-independent secretary of discipline inspection, and he can give advice to the emperor on weekdays, so even the minister of the household department gave him three points of courtesy, let alone the following A petty official of the seventh or eighth rank?

Of course, the sudden silence of the crowd was also because they were surprised by his sudden appearance here.

At this time, Yu Qian stepped down the steps quickly, stood side by side with Sun Shaozong, cupped his hands and said: "Yu Qian also knows that the reason why you adults complained is not out of selfishness, but because they are afraid that the matter will spread and damage the reputation of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

And who is willing to admit that he is selfish?

Therefore, within two clicks, someone immediately nodded and replied: "Yes, we are suspected of being small for no reason, but Ruoti's family members will lose their reputation because of this, but it is absolutely impossible!"

But there are also those who are astute, and after a little thought, they realize that the words sound high-sounding at first glance, but there seems to be a trap inside.

However, when he came to his senses, it was already too late to stop his colleagues from following along.

Therefore, I could only sigh secretly, labeling the colleague who spoke indiscriminately as mentally handicapped.

as predicted.

Hearing someone agreeing, Yu Qian immediately continued: "But all the adults are here, if you leave at this time, the news will spread outside tomorrow, but you don't know how to talk about it?"

Speaking of this, he shook his head and sighed: "In the past half a month when Lu Gejian's corpse lay on the street, how has our household department ever had a single day of peace? Yu privately thought that the only way to find out about Lu Gejian's case as soon as possible can Really restore the reputation of my household department!"

"But I don't know what you adults think?"

Faced with Qian Qian's sweeping gaze, all the officials were speechless—or that sentence, who would take the lead to say that he resisted the censorship out of selfishness?

Even Zhou Chang couldn't help but fell silent.

In fact, his taboo towards Qian is not as serious as others.

But Yu Qian was originally responsible for the supervision, and the one who died now was his deputy. He demanded a thorough investigation, which was justified both emotionally and rationally, so it was hard to refute.

however……

From the corner of his eye, Zhou Chang glanced at a certain household official on the left.

Seeing that it was winter, the official's forehead was oozing with oil and sweat, Zhou Chang gritted his teeth immediately, and defended himself forcefully: "Although Mr. Yu's words are polite, but it seems to be tossing about ransacking the house in the middle of the night. We, as the court, It’s okay to order the officer, but how can the wife and children in the family bear it?”

He was also inspired by a certain official just now. Although this way of compassion and filial piety is a little weaker, it is also politically correct.