Detective in the Red Chamber

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Sun Shaozong gave Hu Tai a sideways glance. This gentle and gentle Chief Shi did not look like a dead man at all - if there was a deadly mechanism in the private treasury, Hu Tai would probably not be spared.

However, just in case, Sun Shaozong still decided to proceed carefully, so he raised his voice and said: "Tang Sizheng and Huang Butou, you two first enter the private treasury with Hu Changshi, and I will close the entrance outside. You see See if the thief hid in the private treasury in advance, there is a way to open it from the inside."

Tang Weishan and Huang Bin did not doubt that there was him, so they agreed immediately.

But Hu Tai seemed to think of something, but he just smiled wryly and didn't raise any objection.

Just like that, the three of them sneaked into the private treasury one after another.

Speaking of...

The person who designed the entrance to the private treasury probably has a grudge against King Zhongxin, right?

With his fat body, it may be very difficult to get in and out of the private treasury.

Not long after, Tang Weishan yelled from inside: "My lord, you can close the warehouse door now."

It seems that there is no mechanism that will be triggered once you enter it.

Next, we just need to find a way to keep Hu Tai outside, let Huang Bin keep a close eye on him, and not allow him to touch anything, and then go in to investigate.

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong closed the warehouse door with a key, waited for a long time, and got the response of 'cannot be opened from the inside' as expected.

Only then did Sun Shaozong reopen the entrance to the private treasury.

Hu Tai, Tang Weishan, and Huang Bin filed out again.

Except for Hu Tai, the other two looked a little dazed, obviously surprised by the rare treasures inside.

Hu Tai bowed his hands to Sun Shaozong: "Master Sun, do you want to go in and check now?"

Sun Shaozong was about to nod in response, and then left him in the study with a reason he had thought of long ago, but suddenly his nose shrugged, and then he took a few deep breaths.

Then he couldn't wait to ask: "Is there spice in it?"

Hu Tai was taken aback, nodded in confusion, and further explained: "The lamps inside are all made of special lamp oil, and the aroma they emit when lit is stronger than ordinary spices."

Sun Shaozong immediately asked again: "Is that luminous pearl usually placed in a box or outside?"

"It's placed on a palm-sized soft table, and it's usually not covered."

This time it was Huang Bin who answered. Obviously, although he was in a state of shock just now, he still completed the most basic investigation.

"In that case, the official will not go in."

Sun Shaozong smiled, and met Hu Tai's surprised gaze and said, "Hu Changshi, please ask someone to find some hounds."

As soon as the words fell, Hu Tai's eyes lit up, and he responded loudly, and rushed out to find the skinny steward.

In about a quarter of an hour, several hounds were brought to Sun Shaozong.

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Chapter 811 The Orb Theft Case [Part [-]]

Although King Zhongxin's stature is basically insulated from the word riding and hunting, his house still has several good hounds.

This is the so-called nobility: whether you need it or not is one thing, but as long as someone else has it, you not only have it, but you have to be better and more refined.

So of course, the hounds that appeared in front of Sun Shaozong were all tall at the shoulders, broad at the chest, thin at the waist, and slender in limbs.

Not to mention the snow-white fangs, even the tongue is much bigger than ordinary dogs.

Don’t underestimate the last item. Dogs rely on their tongues to dissipate heat. The larger the area of ​​the tongue, the faster the heat dissipation. This means better battery life when hunting.

Sun Shaozong stared at them with greedy eyes, wondering whether his family should also raise a few. When the time comes, Qingcang on the left and Huang on the right, wives and concubines by his side, and children around his knees, wouldn't it be beautiful and happy?

But thinking about his children who were used to being wild, Sun Shaozong quickly dismissed this idea-there is not even a problematic vaccine these days.

"Master Sun."

At this time, Hu Tai and the skinny steward whispered a few words, and leaned forward with a strange expression: "The concubine just sent someone to pass on the message. If Mrs. Sun needs it, the empress can bring people from Concubine Wu and Liu Du to take your questions." talk."

This is getting weirder.

What kind of medicine is sold in the cow princess's gourd?

Right now, the study is nearby, but people from Dali Temple are in charge. She doesn't think that she can kill herself with a few weak girls, right?

Originally, Sun Shaozong was still thinking about avoiding this Niu Wangfei as much as possible, but at this moment, he couldn't help being curious and wanted to meet her for a while.

So after hesitating for a while, Sun Shaozong cupped his hands and said: "Since the concubine has great trust, the next official will dare to overstep - please set up partitions, gauze curtains and other things, and then invite a few noblemen to come here."

Hu Tai nodded first, and then looked at the hounds.

"Huang Bin."

Before he could speak, Sun Shaozong raised his voice again: "You go into the private treasury together with the steward, take out the base where the night pearl is stored, let a few hounds sniff them one by one, and then every half a cup of tea, the Send out a hound to follow the trail."

"The villain takes orders!"

Huang Bin immediately agreed, and bowed to the thin steward again.

On the contrary, the thin steward was a little confused and unwilling, so he turned his head to ask Hu Tai for instructions, and then went into the private treasury together with Huang Bin.

Not long after, the two of them took out a gilded eight-claw plinth-lined base from inside, and the hound handler held it for one of the hounds to sniff.

The smell of the incense was obviously too stimulating for the hunting dog. It snorted a few times in a row, lowered its head and moved back slightly, and was strangled by the dog driver, so it didn't know what to do. Go up and sniff.

Seeing this scene, Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief.

If it is an ordinary smell, the effective time for the hound to ingest and track it is about three hours. Only certain strong and irritating smells will linger for a longer time.

And judging from the hound's reaction, the scent of incense on that luminous pearl obviously belonged to the latter.

Soon, the first hunting dog left the courtyard where the private treasury was located, surrounded by government servants and guards.

Followed by the second article.

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It wasn't until the fourth hound was ready that he heard footsteps approaching outside.

Immediately afterwards, two eunuchs and four court ladies filed in, lined up on both sides of the courtyard gate.

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong hurriedly consulted Hu Tai who was on the side to see whether he, a foreign minister, wanted to retreat temporarily, or simply stepped forward to meet the princess.

However, before Hu Tai could respond, the eunuchs bowed their bodies, and the court ladies gave blessings, and they all shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is here."

This style, by the looks of it, is bigger than that of the Crown Princess.

Obviously it was too late to retreat, so Hu Tai had no choice but to call Sun Shaozong and Tang Weishan to come forward to meet him.

But seeing the falling snow, a graceful figure wrapped in a snow fox fur ball first appeared in everyone's eyes.

It stands to reason that something like fox fur is full of fluff, and even a graceful figure should be concealed.

However, this woman seemed to be filled with a unique magical power, which made people just look at the snow-white slender neck and delicate and bright wrists, and automatically make up a delicate body with a protruding front and back.

This woman is obviously naturally charming, the kind who can take people's soul away with every frown and smile.

But the expression on her face right now has nothing to do with temptation and seductiveness, full of strangers not to enter, it may be a bit colder than the ice and snow that fell from the sky that day.

What caused her such displeasure was probably the two shoulder-raisers who followed closely behind — and the ones sitting on the shoulders were naturally Concubine Niu and Concubine Wu.

As the prince's most beloved concubine Ji, suddenly becoming one of the suspects is already depressing enough, but along the way, she was treated differently.

Although according to the names of the three, Princess Niu's handling is not outrageous.

But how could the people of Liudu be willing to swallow this sulking breath when they were pampered?

It was only when she saw Sun Shaozong's burly and sturdy image that the coldness on her face melted a little, and a look of surprise changed into it.

And being scanned up and down by Liu Duren's wonderful eyes, the two shoulders behind him had already landed on the ground. At the same time as the two graceful women got off the sedan chair, Sun Shaozong's upturned peripheral vision fell on the left side. On the noble lady.

This should be Princess Niu.

This is not because the woman on the left is the oldest, but because she has a pair of long and narrow eyes that look like a crescent moon, just like that Niu Jizong.

The difference is that Niu Jizong's eyes and facial features are a little feminine.

But Princess Niu's pair of tricks, embedded in her goose-egg-like face, complement each other perfectly.

It's a pity that this Niu Wangfei is getting old after all, no matter how fine the facial features are, they can't hide her twilight look.

Therefore, it is normal for the King of Loyalty to empathize with others. After all, most men are very "specialized"—whether they are 20, 30, 40, or 50 years old, they all like young and beautiful men. of.

But when Sun Shaozong was peeking at the Niu Wangfei, the Niu Wangfei's narrow eyes were also undisguisedly looking at Sun Shaozong.

But after only a few glances, Princess Niu withdrew her gaze and said in a loud voice: "My lords, you don't need to be too polite. I am here to assist in the investigation of the case. How should I ask and what should I ask? My lords, please give me instructions." That's right."

"Don't dare."

Sun Shaozong lowered his head, and said respectfully: "The gauze curtain has been prepared for the partition in the study, please invite the princess and the two nobles to enter inside one by one, and answer a few questions from the lower official and Hu Changshi."

Concubine Niu nodded, told Concubine Wu and Liu Duren to stay outside, and then went into the study on her own.

Sun Shaozong, Hu Tai, and Tang Weishan waited outside for a while. Originally, they wanted to wait for Princess Niu to be ready before sending someone out to inform her.

I never thought to wait for a long time, but I saw a few palace maids who followed in and filed out, carrying out the gauze curtains and partitions that had been set up along the way.

Judging from this posture, Princess Niu seems to want to talk to everyone face to face without barriers.

Sun Shaozong was a little puzzled in his heart, and another maid walked out of the study, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please come in and talk."

Although I also felt that Wang Hao's behavior today was a bit unusual, but Hu Tai was a half-landlord after all, so he said immediately: "Master Sun, since Wang Hao has invited you, you and I will go in together."

Even though it was only for a cup of tea, Sun Shaozong didn't think Princess Niu could arrange any kind of murder in it.

But with the idea of ​​being careful and making no big mistakes, he secretly raised his vigilance.

After entering the door, I saw Princess Niu sitting on a high-back chair in the center, quietly waiting for everyone to arrive.

Since they wanted to educate the princess, everyone naturally didn't prepare any extra seats, so they stood still with a distance of Zhang Xu.

Sun Shaozong cupped his hands and said: "If your empress is ready, the subordinate officials will start asking questions."

Princess Niu seemed to have been interrupted from her thoughts, she raised her head blankly and glanced at Sun Shaozong, then lowered her head and straightened her cuffs, but she didn't answer the question: "Master Sun probably thought that I recommended you to the lord to supervise the case. What else is on your mind?"

This is actually the posture of a showdown from the very beginning!

Sun Shaozong secretly prepared to hold his breath at any time, then bowed and said: "I dare not."

When he thought about it, if Princess Niu really set up a trap to kill him, the only way would be to use poison.

But in the current situation, external application and oral administration can't be counted on, and poisonous smoke and fog have become the best choice.

However, there was no unusual smell in this room - just thought of bringing a dog in.

Just when she thought of the only two hounds left outside the door, Princess Niu spoke slowly again: "Actually, you don't have to worry about it, don't say that Niu Jizong committed suicide and has nothing to do with you, even if he really died in the What does your hand have to do with me?"

After a pause, she continued: "To tell you the truth, although Niu Jizong is my real brother, he is also my biggest enemy in this life!"

Huh?

Sun Shaozong couldn't help raising his head and glanced at Niu Wangfei, seeing that she seemed to be reminiscing about something, with a look of resentment on her face, matching the words just now, it seemed that what she said was true.

"My lady, please be careful."

Sun Shaozong could keep silent, but Hu Tai's responsibility could only be reminded: "Uncle Yong Yi is your elder brother after all, and he passed away not long ago..."

"That was when I was six years old. In order to fight for a plaything given by my father, Niu Jizong went crazy and pushed me into the lake in the cold winter."

Princess Niu ignored Hu Tai, recalling the past and murmured: "Since then, my body has been weaker than others, and I have been married to the prince for more than ten years and have nothing to do. It is caused by the palace cold syndrome that fell in childhood."

"He made me childless for the rest of my life. I can't hate him enough. How can I take revenge on Mr. Sun for him?"

Sun Shaozong remained silent.

Not to mention the truthfulness of these words, he has no way to tell right now, even if Niu Wangfei is telling the truth, it does not mean that she will really give up revenge for the Niu family.

Therefore, after being silent for a long while, Sun Shaozong said in a deep voice: "This is the princess's family matter, and I dare not ask if it is inconvenient for me--and I am here only to investigate the case, and has nothing to do with it."

This answer seemed to catch Princess Niu a little off guard.

So after half a day's work, she heard her sigh: "Come on, let's talk about this case, and find out the truth earlier, so that no one will take the opportunity to make trouble."

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Chapter 812 The Orb Theft Case [Part [-]]

Concubine Wu, who still had her charm, folded her hands on her still flat belly, put her toes on her toes, and paced like a cat.