Detective in the Red Chamber

It's just that it's hard to say whether everyone's contribution is enough to make up for it.

Chapter 7

After half an hour.

Sun Shaozong reined in his horse on the cross street, his complexion was as cold as a stone carving, and his majestic body was as tall and straight as an iron tower, which attracted the attention of passers-by, but Ruan Rong, who was "handsome" next to him, was ignored for a while.

Ruan Rong wasn't jealous at all, her big watery eyes were also turning back and forth on Sun Shaozong's body, she seemed a little more curious than others.

Although Sun Shaozong was used to other people's probing eyes when he was handling cases before, he still felt uncomfortable being stared at by her. He couldn't help sighing for a while, and joked casually, "Although I'm really in good shape now, you don't have to. Are you fascinated by it?"

"Bah~ who wants to see you!"

Ruan Rong's fair little face suddenly had two red clouds, and she spat out of shame and anger, and turned her head to the other side vigorously, but soon couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, and quietly turned her face back , asked in a low voice, "Brother Sun, if you can't catch the assassin, what kind of Ambassador Niu are you really going to bury?"

She originally thought that the guards of the embassy wanted to avenge Niu Yongxin, so they insisted on investigating the case. It wasn't until Feng Xin added details and told the whole story of why Sun Shaozong led the team out of the embassy that he actually wanted to give The big guy managed to find a way out.

For a while, she was worried for Sun Shaozong, and admired him for his calmness and courage to take responsibility in times of crisis. Invisibly, she became a little closer, so she changed her address from 'Sun Duwei' to 'Big Brother Sun'.

Sun Shaozong smiled, but did not answer.

No matter what other people think, anyway, he will definitely not suffer death obediently.

"Why!"

Although Ruan Rong didn't get the answer, she still complained to herself, "The Ambassador Niu was killed in my house, not in the embassy! Besides, Brother Sun, you have worked so hard to track down the assassin's whereabouts. Should there be hard work?"

Sun Shaozong smiled noncommittally, followed her words and said, "I hope that the emperor of our Great Zhou will also think the same as you."

That's what he said, but Sun Shaozong knew in his heart that there is often a sentence of "unforgivable crime" after "excuseable circumstances"-if you can't make enough credit, those high-ranking officials in the court will be afraid. He will not be extrajudicially merciful for a little captain.

On the contrary, those ordinary guards might still have a chance to survive.

Before Ruan Rong could say anything more, she saw a horse galloping from the northwest, and shouted excitedly from a distance, "My lord, my lord! We found the peel, we found the peel!"

found it? !

Sun Shaozong felt a big rock crashing to the ground in his heart, couldn't help laughing three times as if no one else was there, and then urged his horse to meet him.

Seeing this, the passers-by on the road cast caring eyes on the mentally handicapped, obviously not understanding what is there to be ecstatic about 'finding the peel'.

However, when Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong hurried to the storage yard in the northwest, they saw that the garbage in the wooden fence was tumbling everywhere, and a large pile of white berry shells was placed in the most conspicuous place.

Judging by the number of shells, you can tell that you have found the right place.

So Sun Shaozong got off his horse neatly, and asked the guards beside the yard, "How about it, can you be sure who threw these peels?"

The leading guard clasped his fists anxiously and said, "My lord, we have already asked the nearby people, but the location of the storage yard is too remote, and no one has seen who threw the peel."

After a pause, he added, "We inquired along the way. People in the five or six alleys of the two nearby streets usually come here to throw away their waste."

Ruan Rong calculated with her fingers, and exaggeratedly exclaimed, "Two streets, five or six alleys, there are hundreds of families? When will we find it?!"

The guard also laughed wryly, "It's the next thing to spend more time. I'm afraid that the assassins will be alarmed by searching from house to house. Once they abscond separately, it will be difficult to find them! And we don't know what the assassins look like." Even if I found it, I might not be able to recognize it..."

The more he talked, the more frustrated he became, and the morale of the guards around him was also low - he finally found the clues, but failed in the end, which is really shocking.

"Don't worry, they can't escape!"

Sun Shaozong grinned confidently, and then resolutely ordered, "Jia Renlu, you guys go find Feng Xin and the others first, and then check the nearby big houses with a three-year-old or more—the place is small, so you can hide it." No fewer than a dozen assassins!"

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was still full of confidence, and thinking about his amazing performance along the way, several guards suddenly rekindled their hopes, hurriedly took orders, and went to find Feng Xin and others separately.

After the guards left, Sun Shaozong shifted his gaze to Ruan Rong, looked up and down, and suddenly bowed, saying, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Miss Rong to help."

"Is there still a chance for me to make a move?!"

Ruan Rong's beautiful eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she shouted eagerly, "Say it, tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"This is..."

Sun Shaozong suddenly laughed obscenely, pointed at the navy blue servant costume on her body, and said, "Take off your clothes first."

Seeing Ruan Rong's face suddenly changed, he said seriously again, "Then change into a woman's dress."

Only then did Ruan Rong realize that he was teasing her, and she couldn't help but blushed, half ashamed and half cursing, "Bah~ Deng Tuzi!"

--split line--

Two quarters later.

"grown ups!"

Feng Xin pointed to the row of tall courtyards diagonally opposite, and said, "All the big families in the vicinity are concentrated in this street, and there are five courtyards with more than three entrances!"

After a pause, he scratched his head in embarrassment again, "If we search at the same time, we definitely don't have enough manpower, but if we want to search one by one, we are afraid that the assassins will be alarmed."

"Don't worry, I'm already prepared."

Sun Shaozong smiled mysteriously.

Feng Xin was about to ask the question carefully, but he saw a horse galloping towards him at the corner of the street, and the one sitting on the horse was a tall young woman!

I saw her picturesque eyebrows and skin with snowy skin, and her long hair was simply draped behind her head. Although she was only wrapped in a sky blue coarse cloth skirt, she did not look shabby. Carving' feeling.

In addition, when the woman rode the horse and galloped, she added a bit of gallantry and heroism. As soon as she appeared on the stage, she attracted everyone's attention. She cried out, pointing at her and yelling, "You... you, you, you are Miss Rong?!"

"Miss Rong is also your name?"

Ruan Rong glared at Feng Xin arrogantly, and walked up to Sun Shaozong with a rattan basket that was not too big or small, raised her hand to stroke her hair, and asked a little shyly, "Brother Sun, do you still look good with my outfit?" ?”

Not only can you watch it, but at least eight out of ten men can be fascinated by it!

Especially when she got close, Sun Shaozong discovered that her beautiful hair, which had been hidden in the hat all this time, was actually a natural burgundy color, which made her more exotic.

Of course, what caught the eye even more was the deep gully faintly exposed under the white collarbone—this temporarily borrowed dress seemed a little too loose.

Amitabha!

See no evil!

Sun Shaozong recited a few times of the "Pure Heart Mantra" before he managed to pull his eyeballs out of the ditch, and said with a nonchalant smile, "You can see it, but now I'm worried that you won't be able to attract the assassin, but you will attract the pervert instead." gone."

"Bah~ I think you are a pervert!"

Ruan Rong stomped her feet angrily, but there was not much annoyance on her face, but a shy smile on the contrary.

Sun Shaozong also smiled, but immediately put on a serious face, and said sternly, "Leave two brothers to guard the horses, and everyone else will follow my orders. If anything happens, remember to protect Miss Rong first!"

Hearing this, Ruan Rong's face became more joyful.

Chapter 8

It's almost evening.

The afterglow of the setting sun slanted over the long street, adding a bit of grandeur to the red wall and gold tiles, but adding a bit of bleakness to the shabby wooden door.

But Ruan Rong walked to the door of the first mansion in Dongshou with a rattan basket on her shoulders, facing the vermilion lacquer gate studded with copper nails, she felt a little flustered for no reason.

Looking back subconsciously, I saw Sun Shaozong shrinking behind the courtyard wall on the left and looking around. There was both encouragement and inquiry in his eyes. It seemed that as long as she took a half step back, she would decisively cancel this plan.

After Ruan Rong looked at him for a while, she finally mustered up her courage and slammed on the door.

"I'm coming!"

Not long after, I heard someone answer from inside, and then the door slightly opened a gap, and a porter in a blue hat poked his head out, and met Ruan Rong's pretty face, his eyes straightened immediately .

bang~

At this moment, Ruan Rong raised her brows, threw the rattan basket on the ground abruptly, pointed at the concierge with one hand on her hips, and cursed, "It's amazing to be rich? Why do you throw rubbish in front of my house?!"

But it turned out that the rattan basket was filled with fruit peels and stones.

The concierge, who was full of 'Young Admiration', suddenly reacted to her scolding, but he was stunned for a long time before he realized it, and frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about, our family hasn't eaten lychee recently! Why? possible……"

"Uh, then I probably found the wrong person!"

Before the concierge finished speaking, Ruan Rong picked up the rattan basket in a panic and ran away as if flying away.

The concierge was dumbfounded again, and watched Ruan Rong disappear into the street in a daze. Then he said 'inexplicable', and angrily closed the door.

After a while, Ruan Rong came back with the basket of trash.

Sun Shaozong had been waiting for a long time, and when he came up to him, he was full of praise, "Miss Rong is really amazing. The concierge probably never dreamed that you were acting in front of him just now."

"of course!"

Ruan Rong poked her nose arrogantly, and proudly said, "My father is often fooled by me, let alone a small porter?"

As she spoke, she said excitedly, "Let's go, let's go to the next one!"

Naturally, Sun Shaozong would not object, so he hurriedly led his brothers to ambush outside the door of the second mansion, but this time Ruan Rong gained experience and was much more magnanimous than before.

The concierge who responded this time was a skinny middle-aged man.

Seeing him sticking his head out to look around, Ruan Rong immediately did the same thing, threw the rattan basket on the ground, and cursed, "It's amazing to be rich? Why do you throw garbage in front of my house?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, but then blurted out, "Impossible! I've obviously been thrown into the storage yard, so why am I in front of your house?!"

This is it!

"This is it!"

Sun Shaozong yelled in his heart, but Ruan Rong yelled out excitedly. She turned her head and shouted excitedly, "Brother Sun, the assassin must be inside!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong knew it was going to be bad!

The concierge just said that he threw the peel and core into the yard with his own hands.

It can be seen that he is qualified to approach the hiding place of the assassins, even if he is not an accomplice, at least he is an insider - how would such a person react when he suddenly heard the word 'assassin'?

"careful!"

Before he had time to think about it, Sun Shaozong rushed out from his hiding place and rushed towards Ruan Rong.

But he was still a step too late, and saw the thin porter with a hostile face, shaking his hands and pulling out a short knife from his sleeve, without saying a word, aiming at Ruan Rong distractedly and stabbing!

When Ruan Rong heard Sun Shaozong's warning, she looked back subconsciously, but the gleaming knife point had already approached, and there was no time to dodge it, which only made her face turn pale and her liver and gallbladder split.

swoosh~

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly hit her from behind her head, and she saw a golden light flashing in a daze, followed by a muffled click, and the head of the skinny porter was flattened against the gate like a New Year painting; It also seems to have opened a pickle shop above the head, red, white, yellow, green, sticky and greasy, spilled all over the door!

But it turned out that it was Sun Shaozong who saw that it was too late to rescue him, so he simply smashed the golden silk big ring knife in his hand as a hidden weapon. With his current strength, he is only a few feet away, so he can reach it with his hands?

The big golden ring knife smashed the doorman's head flat, but still hadn't exhausted his strength, only heard a muffled rumbling sound, and pushed the heavy door open halfway, and then it fell to the ground with a clang!

There was a crisp clang, which seemed to take away all the strength in Ruan Rong's body, and she staggered half a step, then fell backwards.

"Miss Rong, are you okay?!"

Sun Shaozong had already rushed forward at this time, why did he let her fall to the ground?Hastily stretched out his hand to grab her slender waist, checked nervously, and confirmed that she was not injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning Ruan Rong was a little out of her mind, but later she became sober and found herself lying in Sun Shaozong's arms. Although she didn't know whether it was shame or joy for a while, she only hoped that this moment could last longer.

"Come on! Capture the assassin!"

At this time, Feng Xin roared, and rushed into the door like a tiger descending a mountain with a single sword.

"Catch the assassin!"

"Kill in!"

"Kill!"

The other guards were not to be outdone, they all held their knives in their hands, and passed by Sun Shaozong like the wind.

"Hey, wait a minute, two people are left... Two people are left..."

Sun Shaozong originally wanted to leave two people in charge of protecting Ruan Rong, so that he could free up his hands to deal with the assassins, but the more they shouted, the faster they ran. In the blink of an eye, only he and Ruan Rong were left in the doorway .

Ruan Rong could see what was going on in his mind. Although she was a little bit reluctant, she still pushed him on the shoulder and said softly, "Brother Sun, go in and catch the assassin too. I can take care of myself."

How could Sun Shaozong rest assured that he would let her stay outside the door alone?

If an assassin came out of it, wouldn't it be her life!

Gritting his teeth, he helped Ruan Rong up, and asked, "Do you dare to go in with me to catch the assassin?!"

Ruan Rong was reluctant to part with the hero who saved the beauty just now, and immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Sun Shaozong pulled Ruan Rong across the threshold, tipped his toes, first grabbed the big gold-threaded saber in his palm, and then followed the shouts of killing all the way forward, bypassing the empty front hall, and arrived at the second courtyard. Then I saw Feng Xin and others fighting fiercely with a dozen thieves.

There was almost no difference in the number of the two sides, and Feng Xin and others were also from the imperial army and were proficient in the art of combined attack. It stands to reason that they should have the upper hand.