Detective in the Red Chamber

Of course, relying solely on public opinion is not very safe. After all, ordinary people are not as good as dogs these days, let alone ordinary people in a vassal state?

So Sun Shaozong is going to find another high official from the Qianxiang Kingdom to pull the banner and act as a tiger skin.

If the pressure of public opinion of 'Friends of the Nation' is still unable to change the court's mind, he may have to take Feng Xin and others to become bandits!

And this is exactly the reason why Sun Shaozong wanted to stay in Qianxiang Country on the pretext of apologizing for his guilt—there was at least two or three months of buffer period for escorting the assassins, which was enough for Sun Shaozong to plan his escape.

Chapter 11 Conspiracy, conspiracy?

As Sun Shaozong expected, this kind of story of "being a colleague in a fit of anger and solving a strange case in half a day" was the easiest to spread among the ancient folk.

He didn't even wait until the next day. He had just sent the reluctant Ruan Rong home. On the way, he heard someone discussing this matter in a street restaurant, and his name of "Captain Sun" was mentioned repeatedly.

The only thing that is a bit inappropriate is that Li Jiuming seems to have been programmed as a clown who is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and is used to set off Wei Guangzheng between him and the male number two Feng Xin. With that little talent, how could she be the number two male lead?

Now is the time to unite all the forces that can be united. When building momentum in Qinglin Mansion, it is not a good thing to offend a local snake like Li Jiuming for no reason, especially if he helped him.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong planned to come to the door the next day to apologize, and took advantage of the situation to add fuel and hype again, earning the title of "heroes cherish heroes".

Unexpectedly, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

Early the next morning, Sun Shaozong just got up from the bed, and before he started to wash, an official sent a name card, asking him to go to Prime Minister Ruan Fuzhong's residence to have a talk.

This Ruan Fuzhong is really under one person and above ten thousand in Qianxiang Country, let alone Sun Shaozong, a small captain, even when Niu Yongxin was still alive, he had to go to the Ministry of Rites to apply for a report if he wanted to see him.

How could Sun Shaozong dare to delay when such a big man sent an invitation?

Besides, his plan of "pulling the big flag and pulling the tiger's skin" also needs such a big man as a stepping stone, how can such a god-given opportunity be missed?

Therefore, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to ask Feng Xin to apologize on his behalf. Anyway, this matter was caused by the girl, so it would be perfect for him to wipe his ass.

However, it is said that Sun Shaozong rushed to the prime minister's mansion, and after the guests and hosts were seated in the living room, Ruan Fuzhong first represented the court of Qianxiang Kingdom, expressed condolences to the embassy, ​​praised the guards headed by Sun Shaozong, and reviewed it again The past years of unity and friendship between the two countries look forward to a brighter future.

At the end, Ruan Fuzhong finally began to interrogate in detail, Sun Shaozong and others traced the process of the remaining assassins.

Until now, this meeting gave Sun Shaozong the feeling that it was going through the motions, just like the labor model commendation conferences he had attended in modern times—the whole article was full of bureaucratic articles, and there was nothing dry to speak of.

The only difference is that Ruan Fuzhong's words are more elegant, and his attitude is better than those city and county leaders. There is a sense of alienation, but it makes people feel like a spring breeze.

However, when Sun Shaozong gradually lowered his vigilance, Ruan Fuzhong suddenly said, "I, Qianxiang Country, and Da Zhou are brothers and sisters, but Zhen Country treats Da Zhou like a tiger, leopard and jackal. Those assassins are naturally from Zhen Country, so they can only do it." It’s from Zhen Kingdom!”

With just this one sentence, Sun Shaozong felt the hairs all over his body stand on end, and he almost broke out in a cold sweat!

What does this mean?

Are you trying to see if you see a flaw?

Or is it showing that what Qian Xiangguo did is actually a conspiracy, and they are not afraid that Da Zhou will find out the truth at all?

In just one sentence, it is extremely scary to think about it carefully!

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong had practiced in the modern officialdom for several years, and he was not a real boy, so he managed to calm down and did not show his timidity in front of Ruan Fuzhong.

--split line--

After returning to the embassy.

On the one hand, according to the original plan, Sun Shaozong sent people to spread the rumor that "Prime Minister Ruan knows talents with his eyes, and Sun Duwei is loyal and refuses to recruit", falsely claiming that Ruan Fuzhong recruited himself as a third-rank general, but he was very moved and refused.

On the other hand, stimulated by Ruan Fuzhong, Sun Shaozong made up for the situation at home and abroad of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only to find out that this Ruan might really be plotting against him!

Generally speaking, feudal dynasties pay attention to the fact that the sky has no two suns and the people have no two masters. However, in the Great Zhou court, there are two emperors who abdicated from the sun and the emperor who succeeded him.

In the face of imperial power, even the father and son are inevitably suspicious of each other and hinder each other. Therefore, the decrees of the Great Zhou in recent years have often been changed day by day and contradicted each other, which greatly dragged down the efficiency of the local government and reduced the prestige of the court.

It is precisely because of this that the previously suppressed noises are gradually gaining momentum. For example, the Mongolian tribes in the northwest were almost exterminated by the Zhou Dynasty more than [-] years ago. Heishui Mohe colluded, quite ready to move.

On the southeast coast, the Japanese pirates and the Huangmaoyi people also became more and more violent, and repeatedly went ashore to plunder, making the people along the coast miserable.

Under the internal and external troubles, how could the Great Zhou still have the energy to take care of the six countries in southern Xinjiang?

Therefore, although the middle and lower levels of Qianxiang Kingdom still maintain their awe of Da Zhou, the higher-ups have developed different thoughts, so they secretly use methods to test Da Zhou's reaction.

Anyway, they were mainly targeting the Zhen Kingdom, and the government and the public showed great obedience to Da Zhou, as if they regarded themselves as a loyal dog of Da Zhou. Even if someone in the court of Da Zhou saw a flaw, how would they deal with it?Could it be possible that for the sake of Niu Yongxin, he turned back the only "respectful and humble" younger brother? !

After figuring out these joints, Sun Shaozong felt more and more that the muddy water was unfathomable, and it was better for small fish like himself to stay away.

Therefore, on the one hand, he told Feng Xin and others to stay in secluded places so as not to cause any trouble; on the other hand, he took the lead in raising 500 taels of silver to buy off the soldiers and officials who escorted the assassins, so that they could write "Sun Duwei Half a Day to Solve the Odd Case, Ruan The story of "The Prime Minister's Wisdom Eyes Knows Talents" spread to Shuntian Mansion.

Four or five days passed in such a calm and peaceful way. Seeing that the team escorting the assassins finally set off, another "uninvited guest" suddenly ushered in the embassy—Ruan Rong's father, Ruan Liangshun, the prefect of Qinglin.

Ruan Liangshun came to visit in the name of 'thank you', but Sun Shaozong really couldn't see that he was grateful, but his old face was tense, as if someone owed him a lot of money.

In the beginning, Sun Shaozong was very puzzled, but for Ruan Rong's sake, he didn't argue with the old man—it wasn't until Ruan Liangshun said a word that he understood where the other party's inexplicable hostility came from.

"Captain Sun."

I saw Ruan Liangshun cupped his hands with a smile, and said, "The little girl was concerned about the safety of the old man that day, and it was inevitable that she was a little bit inappropriate. Captain Sun must not pay attention to it—it happens that after a while, the little girl will We are going to be engaged to the eldest son of Pan Shangshu from the Household Department, and I will hold a wedding banquet at home at that time, and I will invite Sun Duwei to take time to come."

How smart is Sun Shaozong?

Immediately understood that Ruan Liangshun had something to say, the real intention was to warn him that my daughter is going to marry soon, you'd better not have any more contact with your own daughter, let alone have any unreasonable thoughts!

Inviting him to the engagement banquet, etc., I'm afraid it's just a casual remark, and it can't be taken seriously at all.

Although Sun Shaozong also has a certain affection for Ruan Rong, it is far from the level of affection between a man and a woman. What's more, if there is no accident, he will return to Dazhou in a few days. I am afraid that there will be no chance to see Ruan Rong again in this life.

Therefore, after hearing this warning, although he felt a little upset, after sending Ruan Liangshun away, he also put the matter behind him.

After that, about a hundred days later, the engagement banquet of the Ruan Mansion arrived as scheduled, and most of the relatives and old friends received the invitations, but Sun Shaozong was missed in the invitations—but even if he received the invitations, he might not have time Go to the banquet, because at the same time that Ruan Mansion sent out wedding invitations, the new special envoy of Da Zhou finally arrived at Qinglin Mansion!

Chapter 12

Seeing that it has already entered October, the territory of Qianxiang Kingdom is still full of greenery, and there is no sign of bleakness.

Because all customs in the country are imitated by Da Zhou, the existence of the Jieguan Pavilion inside and outside the Qinglin Mansion is indispensable-just a few days ago, Sun Shaozong just welcomed the new special envoy Hou Yong in the Jieguan Pavilion, and this One day, it was Hou Yong's turn to see him off here.

As Sun Shaozong expected, the imperial court did not intend to convict, and only ordered Sun Shaozong to return to the imperial court immediately after handing over to Hou Yong.

In addition, Hou Yong also brought a piece of good news that Prince Yizhong, whom Sun Shaozong offended at the beginning, had been imprisoned in the clan's mansion because of the privately made firearms. Even the coffins ordered at the beginning were resold to others.

"Jiro!"

But he said that outside the long pavilion and by the side of the ancient road, Hou Yong solemnly clasped his fists, and his rough horse face showed a bit of loneliness: "After returning to the capital, don't forget to say peace to my old lady on behalf of my brother, and let her take good care of her." Take care of yourself and wait for me to go back to fulfill my filial piety!"

Unlike the previous Ambassador Niu, Hou Yong was born in the army. He and Sun Shaozong's brother Sun Shaozu were also called the Shuanghu of the Patrol Battalion.

Although it has only been a few days to get along with each other, Sun Shaozong and this bold and generous brother Hou who does not lose his sense of proportion are quite speculative.

At this time, when he saw this bold man like a black iron tower, he couldn't help but feel a little choked up when he mentioned his old mother. I often go to the house to visit my aunt!"

"Then brother, thank you in advance!"

As Hou Yong said, he waved his hand back, and immediately an accompanying attendant offered two bowls of water and wine. He first handed a bowl to Sun Shaozong, then took another bowl for himself, and sent the wine bowl forward, saying, "It's time It's getting late, after drinking this bowl of Zhuang Xing wine, Erlang is on his way—come on, do it!"

"Dry!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly raised his bowl to welcome him.

After pouring a bowl of wine down his throat, he looked at Hou Yong with a smile, and was about to leave when he saw a horse galloping towards him. Ruoying shouted, "Brother Sun, wait for me!"

With just this voice, Sun Shaozong could tell that the person was Ruan Rong!

I couldn't help being both happy and surprised. I was happy that before leaving, I was able to say goodbye to this little girl face to face; I was surprised that this girl was clearly engaged today, but she still rushed out of the city to see her off. If the future husband's family knew Yes, it's not a good thing.

Sun Shaozong took a few steps forward subconsciously, and asked, "Miss Rong, why are you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Ruan Rong flying down from the horse and crashing into his arms regardless, and said resolutely, "Brother Sun, I don't want to marry that idiot of the Pan family, I want to marry you Let’s go back to Dazhou together!”

It really became hasty at this moment, Sun Shaozong stared at her picturesque little face with dumbfounded eyes, not knowing how to deal with it for a while.

"Hahaha……"

At this time, Hou Yong laughed heartily, stepped forward and patted Sun Shaozong on the shoulder, and said teasingly, "I don't think Erlang, you still have such abilities, I really envy you, brother!"

Sun Shaozong froze and did not dare to move, turned his head awkwardly and smiled bitterly, "Brother Hou, don't talk nonsense, Miss Rong is the daughter of the prefect's family in Qinglin, and the Pan family is the secretary of the household department of Qianxiang Kingdom. If she brings her to Dazhou, how can the two families give up on it?"

"So what if you don't give up? Could it be that they dare to chase after Shuntian Mansion?!" Hou Yong said nonchalantly, "The girl even disregarded her reputation for you. This kindness is comparable to real gold. Could it be that you still don't care about it?" You want to push her to that fool Pan?"

As he said that, he stared at the bull's eye again, and threatened in a vicious manner, "I'll put the ugly words up front. If you dare to do such a dirty thing, don't say that my brother can't do it, I don't like it." A fist as big as a casserole will argue with you!"

speechless...

My big brother Hou is really a model of urgency and righteousness!

And that young master of the Pan family just loves books and is obsessed with books, how can he be considered a fool? !

As I said earlier, although Sun Shaozong had some affection for Ruan Rong, he was still far from the relationship between a man and a woman, but the magistrate's daughter did not hesitate to run away from home and wanted to stay and fly with him, but how could he say that Out of the word 'reject'?

After hesitating for a while, seeing the flustered look on Ruan Rong's face, she had no choice but to let out a long sigh, lowered her head and asked, "Do you really want to go to Dazhou with me?"

Ruan Rong nodded without hesitation, her raised face full of anticipation.

"Well!"

Sun Shaozong stretched out a hand in front of her eyes, "Let's swear by high-fiving. In Qianxiang Country, you have about eight days to think it through. As long as you feel regretful, I will send you back to Qinglin Mansion immediately without further ado." —But once you set foot on the land of Dazhou, you will be my woman, Sun Shaozong, and you will not be allowed to go back on your word!"

Ruan Rong stared at the big hand in a daze for a while, then took a deep breath, imprinted the white and jade-like catkin on it, and said with a solemn expression, "You will live up to my concubine, and my concubine will definitely live up to you!"

Having made the oath, Ruan Rong breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, she hurriedly broke away from Sun Shaozong's arms, and stroking the hair beside her ear with a blushing face.

"Feng Xin!"

Once Sun Shaozong made up his mind, he immediately put all his scruples behind him, pointed to the white horse that Ruan Rong was riding, and ordered, "Tie it to the back of the car first, so that it can be used in turn on the road."

Like Sun Shaozong, Feng Xin was also asked to leave and return to Dazhou. The difference was that he returned to Beijing to report to the Ministry of War, while Sun Shaozong returned to Beijing for an audience—that is, he had to walk around in front of the emperor first, and then do Arrangement means.

Feng Xin took the order to go to Nalana White Horse.

Sun Shaozong said to Ruan Rong again, "Get in the car first, and after I say goodbye to Brother Hou, we will set off."

Ruan Rong nodded obediently, but first unwrapped a package from the back of the white horse, said a blessing to Hou Yong, and then got into the car on her own.

"Brother Hou, I..."

"Okay, stop the ink with me!"

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was about to come to say goodbye to him, Hou Yong waved his hand impatiently, and urged, "You should hurry up and get on the road, if you delay, the sufferer will catch up!"

Sun Shaozong could only bow his hands in silence, snatched the driving whip from Feng Xin, jumped onto the shaft and shook his hand, the horse immediately raised its four hooves, and went eastward along the official road.

Later, Feng Xin hurriedly got on Sun Shaozong's black horse, followed by a belt of reins.

From this day on, a group of three people stayed overnight and rushed to the border between the two countries without any haste.

eight days later.

The three of them finally left the territory of Qianxiang Kingdom and formally set foot on the land of Dazhou. That evening, Ruan Rong burned incense and worshiped three times in the direction of Qinglin Mansion, and she was tearful when she got up.

Chapter 13

Since entering the Great Zhou Kingdom, there was no barrier between Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong at all. They talked and talked together all day long, and they really were like glue.

That's all for Ruan Rong, the little girl is just beginning to fall in love, as long as she can get along with her sweetheart day and night, she has nothing else to ask for.

But Sun Shaozong looks 'simple and honest' on the surface, but inside he is a beauty who has tasted the taste of meat a long time ago. How can he be willing to be that stupid monk who eats vegetarian food and chant Buddha?

So before the sun came out, he lied to her little mouth first, and had a lot of lust.

After a while, in the name of snuggling up for warmth, I put a pair of magic claws into Ruan Rong's arms, climbed up the mountain and down to the sea, and made a great effort to conquer the city.

When the three of them crossed Yungui, took Jingxiang, drifted down the Yangtze River, and arrived at Yangzhou City, except for the last "barrier", Sun Shaozong had already captured the entire territory of Ruan Rong.

It's not that he didn't want to pierce the last layer of window paper, but Ruan Rong resolutely refused to agree, and insisted on establishing her position in front of the Sun family before entrusting herself to him completely.

Anyway, starting from Yangzhou and going north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it will take only ten or a month to reach the capital. Sun Shaozong can still afford to wait for this time-of course, he can't help but tricky and ask for some sweetness.

But said it was early in the morning.

Sun Shaozong knocked on the door of Ruan Rong's room with the food. Seeing her washing those tender white hands again and again, he wished to rub off a layer of skin. The image of playing with the flying shuttle with her slender hands last night suddenly appeared in his mind...

I couldn't help laughing lewdly for a few times, and then said seriously, "Rong'er, you rest at the inn first, I'll take Feng Xin to the pier to see if there is a suitable passenger ship - after the afternoon, I'll show you around Yangzhou City again."

As a time traveler, he naturally knew that women were meant to be coaxed, so whenever he came across any scenic spots along the way, he would always take the initiative to accompany Ruan Rong to visit.

By the way, add some romantic style, a few sweet words and so on, which will make Ruan Rong lose his mind and become more and more convinced that he has not chosen the wrong lover.

At this time, when Sun Shaozong said that he was going to go out to do business, Ruan Rong hurriedly put away her shame, stepped forward to help him tidy up his collar, and said, "This Yangzhou city doesn't have long legs, so you can go shopping at any time - it's better to put it on first." Let’s talk about other things after the passenger ship is booked, it’s almost the end of November, so don’t miss the New Year’s Eve.”

Sun Shaozong agreed casually, then bit Ruan Rong's earlobe that looked like a silver ingot, and said a few shameless dirty words. The annoyed Ruan Rong raised his hand to hit him, and then he fled out laughing. .

--split line--