Detective in the Red Chamber

"My... my lords!"

Liu Luanwei was almost crying, and said sadly, "In my humble opinion, then... that Mrs. Li may... maybe... maybe... yes... she is pregnant!"

After finally uttering the words 'pregnant', his forehead was already covered with fine sweat.

"Sigh~"

The three people in the hall gasped in unison, all of them were 'shocked'.

Sun Shaozong questioned in an 'unbelievable' way, "Liu Fucheng, please be careful, how can such a coincidence happen in the world? The criminal woman bit off the dragon root of His Highness, but now she is pregnant with the dragon seed of His Highness— —Even if it is a social drama on the street, I am afraid that I dare not make up such a bizarre story!"

Be careful, you ghost!

You clearly did all of this!

Liu Luanwei slandered frantically in his heart, wishing he could pounce on him and kill Sun Shaozong with one bite, but now that he has boarded this thief ship, he can only grit his teeth and go all the way to the dark.

So he tremblingly said again, "My lords, although I can't confirm whether Mrs. Li is really pregnant, in the few months before the incident, His Royal Highness did favor Mrs. Li many times, and did not allow her Drink the contraceptive potion."

As he said that, Liu Luanwei slammed on the ground heavily, "This matter is related to my Great Zhou Guotong. Even if there is only a slight possibility, you adults should deal with it carefully!"

"Liu Fucheng's words are very reasonable!"

Seeing Liu Luanwei being so eloquent, Sun Shaozong immediately bowed in a high-sounding manner and said, "I also ask the elder to make a decisive decision and quickly find out the authenticity of the facts. Don't ruin the seeds of the community and destroy the foundation of my Great Zhou just because of negligence. "

Chapter 445 Turning a Deer into a Horse【Part [-]】

"I also ask the old man to make a decisive decision and quickly find out the truth of the facts. Don't ruin the seeds of the community and destroy the foundation of my great Zhou because of negligence."

It is indeed terrifying!

Looking at Sun Shaozong's impassioned appearance, Xu Ge couldn't help but secretly sighed.

At first glance, these words seemed to be following Liu Luanwei's intentions, but in fact, they blocked the opportunity for veteran Xu Ge to shift the responsibility to Emperor Guangde.

Although it is said that the biggest reliance on the deterrence of the imperial power is the deterrence of the imperial power in order to complete this conspiracy, but if the imperial power is directly used to promote this conspiracy, the pattern will be properly completed, and there may even be a crushing defeat because of it!

Because of the fact that Emperor Guangde and the Supreme Emperor are restraining each other now, and because of their natural vision, they are faintly weak in terms of momentum, and they cannot cover the sky with one hand.

If the "pregnancy test" was presided over by Emperor Guangde, the "Dumping the Emperor's Faction" would probably take the risk again and try their best to break the scam that the emperor personally operated.

At that time, Emperor Guangde's prestige will inevitably plummet. Not to mention that the future emperor has no way to control it. I am afraid that even the throne may be on the verge of collapse. How can we deter those who expose the deception?

Conversely, if the officials below find out the 'truth' and then report to Emperor Guangde and the Supreme Emperor to know, even if someone risked the world's disgrace and successfully exposed the deception, Emperor Guangde would only be 'blinded' by Xiaoxiao Forget it, maybe the prestige will be reduced, but it will not endanger the throne.

And when Emperor Guangde frees up his hand, he will inevitably retaliate against these people!

Apart from the Niu family and the King of Beijing, who are backed by the Supreme Emperor, who can resist the wrath of the thunder?

Naturally, not many people are willing to participate in such a business that loses money and makes money.

At that time, how many disturbances can be caused by just a few dignitaries?

Therefore, this conspiracy must rely on the deterrence of the imperial power, but it is not suitable for the imperial power to lead and promote it-at least it cannot be involved with Emperor Guangde until it is confirmed that Li is pregnant.

It's just that in this way, the person who was pushed to the cusp of the storm became old Xu Ge who was in charge of the case!

No wonder he looked at Sun Shaozong's impassioned look, and couldn't help but feel the emotion of "the future is awesome".

But Xu Ge's old heart doesn't mind taking some risks. With his current power and prestige, even if this conspiracy is exposed in the end, it will only end up being dismissed from office - anyway, he was going to take the blame , what reason not to give it a try?

So Xu Ge lamented in his heart, but his face was full of fear, he slowly got up from the grand teacher's chair, and raised his voice to order, "Xu Shilang."

"The subordinate is here."

"Immediately mobilize people to isolate the inside and outside. Without the old man's order, not a single word is allowed to spread outside!"

"The next official will live up to the elder's entrustment!"

"Sun Zhizhong."

"Follow the old man's orders."

"Go and bring that Mrs. Li here, don't make any mistakes!"

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Sun Shaozong cupped his hands neatly, turned his head and left the living room.

When he got outside, he looked at the stars in the sky, and he couldn't help taking a deep breath—although the start is going well, but to complete this big lie, the most important thing is the next "pregnancy test" process.

Once the imperial physicians concluded that Li Shi was not pregnant, this so-called conspiracy would naturally end without a problem.

However, in this highlight event, the most troublesome ones may not be those few imperial physicians, but Zhao Rongheng, the censor of the right capital who has not yet shown up, and Liu Fang, the young minister of Dali Temple.

The former is Wei Ruolan's recommender. He has always been on good terms with the King of Beijing, and he is a leader of the second rank. Even if he faces Xu Ge, he is not without strength.

Although the latter's official position is only fourth rank, he is the current Patriarch of the Liguo Mansion, and one of the Eight Dukes. He and Niu Jizong have always been inseparable and close to each other!

These two people were also attached to the Supreme Emperor's honorable party, and deliberately mixed the sand of the special case team in order to avoid any tricks from this case.

Therefore, if we want to check out the 'truth', I am afraid there is still a tough battle to be fought.

But then again, if you can break through the obstruction of these two people, and get the result of "Mr. Li is pregnant" under their witness, it will not be so easy for some people to make trouble.

Less gossip.

But Sun Shaozong called Yang Licai and a dozen dragon guards from the front yard to escort Li Shi back from the secret room, and he saw that the living room was already full of people.

Xu Furen sat alone in the center, Zhao Rongheng in purple robe and jade belt was on the left, Liu Fang was on the right with a face as heavy as water, and then Xu Liang and Qin Ming, the envoy of the imperial hospital—although Liu Fang's official position was only fourth rank, the lord's On top of Xu Liang.

In addition to these five people, there are more than ten blue and green petty officials lined up on both sides, all standing silently like cicadas with hands down.

Sun Shaozong strode into the hall, cupped his hands and reported, "Qi report to the old man, the prisoner's wife Li has been brought here."

Xu Furen nodded, pointing to the last vacant seat, and was about to invite Sun Shaozong to take his seat, but someone in the hall shouted, "Wait a minute, old man!"

The person who spoke was none other than Liu Fang, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Seeing him standing up, he looked at Sun Shaozong critically, then raised his chin, and asked with a bit of contempt, "You are Sun Shaozong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture. ?”

According to common sense, when a superior officer asks a question, a subordinate should respectfully declare his family background—but Sun Shaozong knew that he was going to have a fight with him today, so how could he show any weakness?

Immediately, he arched his hands again, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "Yes, and no."

Liu Fang couldn't help being taken aback when she heard the words, and frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

"If Mr. Liu asks about the official affairs of Shuntian Mansion, the subordinate officer will naturally reply as the governor of Shuntian Mansion—but if he asks about this case, the subordinate official is the Dragon Guard Qianhu who was ordered to assist in the investigation."

"What difference does it make!"

Hearing that he just wanted to emphasize this point, Liu Fang sneered immediately, and then asked sternly, "Someone testified that after you came to the Prince's Mansion, you visited Mrs. Li twice and had private talks with him—this official asks you. Can it be true?!"

Since Liu Fang asked about it face to face, she already got the letter.

However, Sun Shaozong shook his head firmly.

"how?"

Liu Fang sneered and said, "Do you still want to make excuses? Come, someone, let Su Ning, the steward of the Prince's Mansion, come in!"

Following his greeting, a fat steward of the palace immediately appeared outside, stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Replying to my lords, I saw with my own eyes that Mr. Sun, under the leadership of Liu Fucheng, entered that place twice. In the secret room, every time I spend alone with that lowly servant Li Shi!"

"Hahaha……"

Liu Fang smirked a few times triumphantly, and asked Sun Shaozong contemptuously, "Sun Zhizhong, what else do you have to say now? There must be some ulterior conspiracy in it, right? !"

It's no wonder that Liu Fang is so proud, originally he thought of a lot of tricks to force Sun Shaozong to show his feet, but in the end it turned out to be so easy and effortless.

"The lower official naturally has nothing to say."

However, Sun Shaozong remained unhurried, and even turned up his mouth slightly, revealing a contemptuous smile, then raised his finger to Steward Su, and shouted, "Yang Licai, what are you waiting for?! Why don't you hurry up and arrest this person?" Take it with me!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Liu Fang was stunned, even Yang Licai was stunned for a moment - in front of so many high-ranking officials, how could Sun Qianhu turn his back on it? !

"Bold Sun Shaozong!"

Liu Fang immediately scolded furiously, "In front of Mr. Ge and Zhao Butang, you speak so shamelessly. Could it be that you want to rebel?!"

"I'm afraid it's you, Mr. Liu, who speaks without words?"

Sun Shaozong also sneered again and again, "The Dragon Guard is the inner guard directly under His Majesty, and the subordinate officials are ordered to investigate cases. According to the law, they only need to be responsible to His Majesty—don't say that you, Mr. Liu, are just the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. I was promoted to a high-ranking official in the ministry hall, so I shouldn't carelessly ask about my behavior!"

"And this person!"

As he said that, he pointed at Manager Nasu again, and said, "He has no official position, but he spies on the inner guard who is ordered to investigate the case. It is obvious that he has ulterior motives. I ordered someone to take him down for interrogation. What's wrong?!"

At this time, Yang Licai finally came to his senses, and hurriedly brought someone forward to hold the fat man firmly, and then dragged him out like an animal.

"Master Liu, Master Liu, save me, Master Liu, save me! Liu... save..."

It wasn't until the pig-killing voice faded away that Liu Fang finally regained her composure, and pointed at Sun Shaozong through gritted teeth, saying "you you you" in her mouth, but she couldn't utter a whole sentence for a long time.

There was a stalemate like this for a long time, and finally Zhao Rongheng came out to smooth things over, and he sat back with a livid face.

To say that this guy is really working hard, trying to win the first place, so that he can gain the upper hand in the next pregnancy test - this idea cannot be said to be wrong, but it is a pity that he picked the wrong opponent and overestimated himself. As a result, he was disgraced.

Chapter 446 Turning a deer into a horse [Part [-]]

Although it was slightly tongue-in-cheek, it extinguished Liu Fang's arrogance and boosted her prestige.

But after Sun Shaozong sat down on the chair at the end, he felt inexplicably uneasy—and this feeling of uneasiness came from Zhao Rongheng's ancient Chinese character face.

Just now when Zhao Rongheng came forward to save Liu Fang, Sun Shaozong thought that he would take advantage of the situation and attack him with a few words. After all, as one of the leaders of speech officials, the skill of speaking out should at least be at the level of 'proficiency'.

However, Zhao Rongheng just advised Liu Fang to be calm and not to be impatient, and even generously said no for Liu Fang. There was no trace of fireworks in the whole process, even Xu Ge, who was sitting in the middle, seemed to be less than him A little calm.

This composure is truly extraordinary!

Could it be that……

He doesn't want to stand up for the King of Beijing?

But isn't everyone saying that Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong is actually his illegitimate child with the Eldest Princess? !

Or……

What kind of magic weapon does he actually have to win, that's why he is so calm?

Sun Shaozong was scratching his heart with all kinds of claws here, but Xu Ge had already turned to Qin Ming, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, and solemnly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the envoy of Qinyuan."

"Don't dare."

Qin Ming stood up and returned the salute, and said solemnly, "Sharing the country's worries is the duty of a courtier."

Before the words were finished, four more imperial physicians stood out from the hall and said in unison, "We were originally sharing the worries of the community."

As soon as these words of "sharing worries for the community" came out, Sun Shaozong's heart immediately relaxed a lot, secretly thinking that it was exactly as he thought, the imperial physicians sent by Emperor Guangde to diagnose and treat his son's injuries were all firm "royalists".

And this is also an important reliance on Sun Shaozong's daring to call a deer a horse!

But when everyone's attention was focused on the five imperial physicians, Sun Shaozong subconsciously turned his attention to Zhao Rongheng.

then……

He found a mocking smile at the corner of Zhao Rongheng's mouth!

Not good!

"Wait a minute."

Almost at the same time as Sun Shaozong yelled 'not good' in his heart, Zhao Rongheng finally said slowly, "This is a big matter, why don't I recommend another famous doctor, how about consulting with Qin Yuanshi and others?"

It turned out to be such a cliché method?

If this is the case, I really overestimated him just now.

Just when Sun Shaozong didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief or be disappointed, Elder Xu Ge shook his head and said, "The rumors about the assassination of the prince have already made the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty very angry. Now you and I should be more cautious. Don't want to be sideways."

"Ge Lao misunderstood."

Zhao Rongheng laughed dumbfounded, pointed to the group of blue and green officials below and said, "The famous doctor I'm talking about is not outside the mansion, but in this hall——Wang Yushi, step forward and speak."

But I saw a young and handsome seventh-rank censor, who came out of the crowd more and more, stepped forward and cupped his hands freely, and said, "Supervising censor Wang Kun, I have seen you adults."

As soon as this person appeared, several imperial physicians headed by Qin Ming all changed their faces, and one of them hurriedly returned a salute, respecting Wang Kun as "Master Uncle".

Just listen to Zhao Rongheng's introduction, "Wang Yushi's father and grandfather all worked in Taiyuan Hospital, and his father served as an envoy for 17 years. Although he studied hard and got two Jinshi, the medical skills handed down by his family have not fallen behind. .”

As he said that, he asked Qin Ming again, "Master Qin, do you think Wang Kun's medical skills are qualified to participate in this consultation?"

For a moment, everyone focused their attention on Qin Ming again.

Qin Ming's complexion changed several times, and finally he sighed sadly, "Junior Brother Wang has all the master's true biography, so he is naturally qualified to participate in the consultation."

Now things are in trouble!