Detective in the Red Chamber

Before she could finish speaking, the small principal in charge of the 'guard' outside the door suddenly interjected, "Lord Qianhu has already explained, how can anyone not be killed by torture? As long as it is not the leading criminals, the rest will die one or two times." Well, it turned out to be killing chickens to scare monkeys."

When Wu Shuigen heard this, there was no hesitation, he snatched the son-in-law's guillotine, and ordered the woman to fetch the medicine that 'the golden gun will never fall'.

When the woman obediently went away, he opened and closed the guillotine a few times, and said with a red-eyed smile, "I have been cutting medicinal materials in the capital for nine years, but it turned out to be a craft for you! Don't worry, I will love you very much." , if you don’t cut it ten times and eight times, you will never..."

"I recruited, I recruited!"

Before he could finish speaking, the thief surnamed Liu screamed like a plague chicken, leaning his neck.

Chapter 532 Just One Word 'Brutal'

"My lord, here are the five confessions of Liu Wu. I... I have confirmed the humble position, and all the details revealed in it are basically in line with the behavior style of the White Lotus Sect."

When Wu Shuigen saw a statement, he raised his hands above his head, his demeanor became more respectful, and his mentality became calmer.

Originally, he had taken refuge in the imperial court because he had no choice but to do so, but because of Liu Wu's face, he really showed some sincerity.

Sun Shaozong had already received the report, so he was not surprised by his change. He stretched out his hand to take the confession, and studied it carefully from beginning to end.

Liu Wu, who discovered this confession, was not actually a member of Ge Zhun's team brought to the capital, but transferred from the Lanzhou branch to Auntie Li's command last spring.

According to Liu Wu's confession, Aunt Li has always been very cautious in her actions. She personally controls several hidden troubles in Beijing and rarely lets outsiders intervene.

Therefore, Liu Wu has been in Beijing for a year and a half, and only recently has he had contact with Wu Shuigen and his wife a few times.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Wu's confession was mostly based on what he had seen and heard in the Lanzhou branch, and Aunt Li's use of "Xianghu Yimo" as a channel to steal court secrets.

This information cannot be said to be completely useless, but it is quite far from Sun Shaozong's expectation.

It seems that although the White Lotus Sect went to Beijing to search for the saint this time, although they acted a little recklessly, the usual internal secrecy measures are quite adequate.

But disappointment is disappointment, Wu Shuigen should be encouraged to make a confession so quickly.

Putting the confession on the table, Sun Shaozong said with a smile, "Yes, the progress can be made so quickly, which is somewhat beyond my expectation—but you can't be complacent, you have to make persistent efforts."

"My... I must do my best!"

Wu Shuigen hurriedly bowed to the end again, and after getting up a little, seeing Sun Shaozong smiling quite warmly, he boldly asked, "Dare to ask my lord, how should the thief Liu Wu be dealt with?"

"Take him to identify them first, and see who were captured and killed last night, and who are missing—especially the leaders!"

When Sun Shaozong said this, he glanced at Wu Shuigen with a half-smile, and then continued, "Then change him into the clothes of a strong man, and let him fight by your side for the time being."

The small school with the lowest official rank in the Dragon Guard is also the ninth grade of seriousness. Although this shows the special status of the Dragon Guard, it also leads to the dilemma of insufficient manpower.

In order to make up for the manpower vacancies, unemployed temporary workers like Lishi came into being—of course, even if they were unemployed, they could work in Beizhen Fusi, and their treatment and authority were far superior to ordinary servants.

Wu Shuigen heard that Liu Wu was a strongman, and he was completely different from his eighth-rank Xiaoqi, and his heart immediately felt a little happy.

So he bowed his head and went back to work full of energy.

As soon as he left, the smile on Sun Shaozong's face immediately collapsed, he covered his mouth and yawned big, pressed the prepared timeline on the table together with Liu Wu's confession with a paperweight, got up and walked outside .

He was so busy that he didn't even eat breakfast. He thought he could use Liu Wu's confession to find out some useful clues, such as the authentication method of the reincarnated saint, or the internal agents hidden in the government, or At the inn, who leaked the news?

That's why Sun Shaozong cheered up and waited for Wu Shuigen to come and report.

Now that he is so disappointed, it is natural to offer sacrifices to the Temple of the Five Viscera first.

"grown ups."

As soon as he walked out of the guard room, Yang Licai immediately greeted him.

Sun Shaozong casually threw a piece of broken silver over, and ordered, "Let the stove prepare a table of good wine and food, and send it to the torture room, and say it was rewarded by me."

Yang Licai was about to return the silver, but Sun Shaozong had already strode out of the dungeon.

He hurried to catch up, and asked cautiously, "Where are you planning to eat, my lord?"

"Just find a clean place nearby..."

"Master Qianhu, Lord Qianhu!"

Just at this time, I saw a little flag flying towards me, and shouted from a distance, "There is a decree from the palace, let you enter the palace immediately to see you!"

got~

This time I'm afraid I'm going to eat it with dinner.

It seems that the imperial court pays more attention to the White Lotus Sect than I imagined, otherwise at least they should wait until they find out something before summoning themselves into the palace.

Ask the eunuch who was summoned. I heard that he is a third-class imperial eunuch.

Sun Shaozong dug out a few golden beans from his purse, walked to the outside quickly, first cupped his hands, then pulled the eunuch's sleeve, stuffed the golden beans in, and said with a smile, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

The little eunuch first tilted his weight secretly, seeing that the light and fluffy one didn't press down his hands very much, and smiled unnaturally, but when he clasped his fists in return, he saw the yellow-orange color in his palm, and he bloomed like a chrysanthemum again. smile.

I heard him say in a sharp voice, "My lord is serious, for a hero like you, the miscellaneous family just wait a little longer, so what's the matter?"

"Haha, my father-in-law doesn't care about it, but Sun doesn't dare to let His Majesty wait for a long time." Sun Shaozong said, and let his hand out, "Let's walk now?"

"while walking!"

When they left Beizhen Fusi side by side, the small school who had been on duty for a long time brought Sun Shaozong's black horse, so the two got on their horses and galloped towards Miyagi.

It's just that this time, the one who left was not the Donghua Gate, which is usually used to summon foreign officials, but the Xuanwu Gate, which is the closest to the inner courtyard of the imperial palace.

According to Eunuch Na Li, Emperor Guangde was playing chess in Jingren Palace at this time, and after hearing Eunuch Dai's report, he immediately sent someone to summon Sun Shaozong to the palace to meet him.

This Jingren Palace was originally the residence of high-ranking concubines in the palace, but now it has been changed into a seeding base.

Those concubines who were not big enough to have big breasts and buttocks had already been moved to other places, leaving only Jia Yuanchun and three other good-looking concubines for Emperor Guangde to work hard on.

Speechless all the way.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, after undergoing a rigorous investigation, Sun Shaozong followed the eunuch Li, shuttled through the palace walls, and walked five or six miles before stopping in front of a palace complex.

"Master Sun."

Seeing that eunuch Li turned around and whispered, "You should have heard about what kind of boundary this is. After entering, you shouldn't see or listen to it. You mustn't look at it or listen to it."

The sky is bright and bright, what should I not look at?

It can't be those four empresses who are running naked inside, right?

Sun Shaozong joked in his heart, but showed some gratitude on his face, and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, father-in-law, for your suggestion."

Then Eunuch Li led him into Jingren Palace through the side door, bypassing the back of a glowing red Zhang Xugao, his eyes suddenly opened up. A small gazebo.

And farther away, there are a few ordinary small courtyards.

This scenery is far worse than the Grand View Garden in Rongguo Mansion.

Sun Shaozong was quite disappointed. He originally thought that the place where the concubines "hugged their nests" would be more distinctive.

"Eunuch Li, you are back!"

Just as Sun Shaozong took a few glances, a muscular woman flashed out of the corridor. She ran up to her with her skirt in her hands, looked Sun Shaozong up and down, and praised, "Master Sun is really magnificent!"

Sun Shaozong didn't know how to respond, so she urged, "Your Majesty, come with me quickly, Your Majesty has already asked twice."

Saying that, he went into the corridor again on his own.

Seeing Eunuch Li standing still, but signaling with his eyes to follow quickly, Sun Shaozong cupped his hands to him, and hurriedly entered the corridor.

Following the heavy-backed palace lady, she walked along the winding road, seeing that the small courtyards were approaching, and the palace people coming and going became denser.

But all they saw were ordinary looks, nothing outstanding, but the maid who led the way stood out from the crowd like a chicken.

Isn't there something wrong with Emperor Guangde's aesthetics?

He didn't know about the other concubines, but Jia Yuanchun was a first-class beauty - when my sister-in-law was gossiping on the bed, she praised her for her beautiful appearance several times.

Just thinking wildly like this, Sun Shaozong followed the maid into the second courtyard on the left.

Passing through a corridor full of flowers, and outside the main room door, I saw the maid stopped her footsteps and said softly under the eaves, "Your Majesty, Sun Shaozong, who ruled in Shuntian Mansion, has arrived."

After being silent for five or six seconds, a melodious voice came out from inside, "Xuan~~!"

Sun Shaozong stepped in front of the door and saw Emperor Guangde leaning on an arhat bed. He hurriedly lowered his body and lowered his head into the room, turned over and knelt down and kowtowed, "My minister, Sun Shaozong, bow to Your Majesty."

"Be flat."

Different from the awe-inspiring meeting last time, Emperor Guangde raised his hand warmly this time, and when Sun Shaozong bowed and stood up, he waved his hand again and ordered, "Give me a banquet."

As soon as the words were finished, two court ladies immediately brought a short table and placed it in front of Sun Shaozong, and then all kinds of delicacies were brought up like flowing water, and the table was full in the blink of an eye.

Before the maid who delivered the dishes exited the door, Emperor Guangde picked up a bright yellow cushion from Luohan's bed, and ordered, "Give this cushion to Sun Qing."

Dai Quan next to him immediately cupped his hands, placed it in front of those cases himself, and said with a smile, "Sit down quickly, if you really count, you are still the first one to give a banquet in this Jingren Palace."

"Sir...Sir..."

Hearing his reminder, Sun Shaozong still didn't understand that it's time to play again?

He stammered twice excitedly, his face was blushing, and then he said in panic, "I can't afford to be so kind to His Majesty!"

"Whether it's right or not, I know in my heart."

Emperor Guangde shook his head with a smile and said, "As the saying goes, 'the emperor does not send hungry soldiers', you have to fill your stomach first before talking about anything - if you don't sit down, you will be disobeying the order."

"Minister...Minister...Minister obeys the order!"

Sun Shaozong choked up twice more, then knelt down on the bright yellow cushion.

Firstly, he didn't dare to keep the emperor waiting for a long time, and secondly, he was really hungry, so he shook off his cheeks and lifted his back molars, and ate Hesai nonsense.

Roasted pig, roast goose, deer tendon, and bear's paw, all of which weighed seven to eight catties, was enough for Sun Shaozong to wipe his face with a piece of silk beside him, and stood up respectfully to salute, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet."

Emperor Guangde above was obviously stunned, and it took him a long time to hold back the words, "Is Aiqing once full?"

"Eighty percent full."

Sun Shaozong replied honestly, "I'm too full for lunch, and it's easy to make mistakes."

Someone in the next room burst out laughing, but they stopped immediately.

And Emperor Guangde was speechless for a while, and Fang sighed, "Every time I read the saying that the ancient fierce general could 'eat a bucket of rice and ten catties of meat', I thought it was an exaggeration by later generations. Seeing Aiqing's appetite today, Fang It turned out to be true."

While speaking, Dai Quan had ordered the palace servants to remove the remnant seats.

"Sun Aiqing."

At this time, Emperor Guangde's face gradually became solemn, and he said seriously, "Do you know why I called you into the palace?"

Sun Shaozong thought he knew it before, but after hearing this, he was a little uncertain.

If it's for the Bailian Sect, there's no need to test yourself, right?

Could it be...

Is it because of the Huguang Wuxi barbarian rebellion?

After hearing about this from Xue Pan a few days ago, Sun Shaozong asked his connections to inquire, and found that someone in the court recommended him to go to Huguang to put down the rebellion of the Wuxi barbarians.

However, in view of Sun Shaozong's age and qualifications, the recommender only listed him as one of the candidates for deputy.

In view of the current chaotic situation in the capital, Sun Shaozong originally thought that it would be a good choice to go out to Huguang as his deputy.

But today Emperor Guangde summoned him personally, wouldn't it be just for a deputy?

Could it be that……

Do you have a chance to go out of Huguang alone? !

Sun Shaozong has no shortage of credit and reputation, but what he lacks is the word "seniority". Going out to town Huguang alone to put down the rebellion, and even preside over the follow-up pacification work, is definitely a great opportunity to improve his qualifications!

As long as this errand can be handled safely, who can use "young and shallow knowledge" to suppress themselves in the future?

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help feeling a little excited, but he said loudly, "I dare not judge the holy will arbitrarily."

Emperor Guangde waved his hand and said, "Since I asked you to guess, there is no reason to make arbitrary judgments—whatever comes to your mind, just say it."

"This……"

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, and said loudly, "I dare to speculate wildly. Could it be that your majesty summoned me for the southwest?"

"What about the Southwest?"

Unexpectedly, Emperor Guangde was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

Oops!

I guessed wrong!

Seeing this expression, Sun Shaozong knew that he had an oolong, and was thinking about how to remedy it, but he heard Emperor Guangde ask, "If I send you to Huguang to quell the chaos, what are you going to do? How much money will the court allocate for food, soldiers and horses?" ?”