Detective in the Red Chamber

Chapter 142 A friend with a dead head on the bank of the Yalu River

The brother who said 'women disguised as men', Liu Xianglian is a character in the original Red Chamber, a proper pure man.

If placed in modern times, these three pieces of evidence may not be convincing, but in the Great Zhou Dynasty they were enough to convict people!

Therefore, the new imperial examiner, like a deflated ball, sat down on the ground slumped, and muttered with a mournful face, "I just wanted to discuss with him about going to the Luming Banquet tomorrow, who knows this?" The servant suddenly revealed that I had an affair with my father and concubine, and I was panicked for a moment..."

tsk~

Recently, there have been a lot of cases caused by ethical tragedies. Could it be the 'second spring phenomenon' caused by the warm autumn?

While thinking wildly, Sun Shaozong signaled Lin Delu to deal with the rest, and then prepared to go downstairs and leave.

Unexpectedly, he had just walked a few steps forward when he was blocked by that Liu Xianglian.

Seeing him cupping his hands in admiration, he said, "Brother Shi, the name of 'Shenduan' is really well-deserved!"

Brother?

Sun Shaozong was still a little puzzled at first, but when he heard this, he hurriedly replied, "But I don't know who is in Brother Liu's house?"

"Father Liu Chuanfeng."

Liu Xianglian raised her folded arms upwards, and said, "When I conquered Goryeo, I served as the deputy vanguard under the command of Duke Zun."

Cheap Daddy's second-in-command?

It seems that he was also ordered to commit suicide by the Yalu River.

Although Sun Shaozong was a little unclear whether the old couple who lost their heads together could be regarded as a life-and-death friendship, but his affection for Liu Xianglian increased a lot.

If it was an ordinary person, he would have taken the initiative to make connections when he was listed as a suspect, so how could he wait until now to reveal his identity?

So Sun Shaozong chatted with him in the corridor.

It turned out that this Liu Xianglian, although his name and appearance were very girlish, was actually a bold man inside, his temper was somewhat similar to Feng Ziying's, but he was a little less domineering than Feng Yanei.

It's a pity that Sun Shaozong had to go back to the yamen before Xiangnoon to deal with business, so he really didn't have time to have a detailed talk with Liu Xianglian, so he invited her to visit his home in a few days - and thought about calling Feng Ziying when the time came, the two must be very speculative.

Leaving Liu Xianglian behind, Sun Shaozong Shiran went downstairs, only to see a dense crowd of people outside the gate, it was several times more lively than when he went upstairs just now.

Seeing him coming down the stairs, someone stretched his neck and shouted, "My lord, my lord! Have you found any clues yet?!"

"Yes, my lord, tell us more about it!"

Star chasing is nothing more than that, right?

There are still too few folk entertainment activities in ancient times!

It can be said that the first time is not an example. If Baba explains this again, it will probably become a 'conventional'.

Sun Shaozong didn't want to solve the case in the future, thinking hard about the case, and at the same time explaining science to passers-by.

Therefore, he just said indifferently, "The case has been solved, and several guests upstairs have seen the hidden story inside - I am on official business, but it is inconvenient to stay here for a long time."

As he spoke, he put his sleeves back behind him, and walked out proudly with official steps.

The passers-by outside the door were first shocked that he had solved the murder case within a quarter of an hour after he went upstairs, and then he was intimidated by Sun Shaozong's aura and involuntarily gave up a passage.

When someone reacted and wanted to catch up to ask what happened, Sun Shaozong had already got into the carriage and walked away.

Everyone was sighing, and suddenly heard someone say, "By the way, Mr. Sun said that the guests upstairs saw him solve the case with their own eyes? Let's go upstairs and ask, won't everything be clear?! "

When everyone heard this, they really made sense, and immediately rushed in like a tide.

This bustling crowd, not to mention the tables and chairs, even the counter was half squeezed...

Not to mention what kind of catastrophe Wenxin Pavilion has experienced.

However, when Sun Shaozong arrived at the government office, he had just crossed the half-foot-high threshold when he saw a short and strong middle-aged woman rushing up to meet her, and said a blessing, "The women have met the judge."

Although she claims to be a civilian woman, she is obviously of some status.

Because everyone in the government office is white, even Zhao Wuwei who holds real power, is used to addressing Sun Shaozong as 'Master'.

On the contrary, the civil servants or officials in the mansion, no matter how powerful they are, are used to addressing them as 'adults'.

"You are……"

Sun Shaozong was about to ask questions.

Suddenly, Cheng Rixing appeared next to him, and scolded, "You mother-in-law, there is something you can't say at home, why did you come to the government office?!"

It turned out that this woman was Cheng Rixing's wife.

Since it was a housework, Sun Shaozong naturally didn't bother to meddle, leaving his husband and wife to talk at the door, and went to Han Anbang to report the errand.

After receiving the imperial decree a few days ago, this Lord Han has become full of vitality again, his waist is no longer bent, his legs are no longer sore, and it is said that he has been reviewing official documents until midnight without dozing off.

No wonder it is said that power is a man's aphrodisiac!

Moreover, as soon as he gained a firm foothold, his intrigue and intrigue came back, and his words were quite intended to win over Sun Shaozong.

However, according to Sun Shaozong's deduction, although this guy escaped by luck, the general situation is still in the past, and it can only be said that it is a flashback at the moment.

Therefore, he naturally didn't want to get too involved with him, and only said a few perfunctory words before hurriedly getting up and leaving.

When they arrived at the small courtyard of the East Chamber of Xingming Si, they saw Cheng Rixing approaching him with a sullen face, and said in a low voice, "Dong Weng, that Miaoyu refused to agree to teach at the residence, and... still..."

It turned out that his wife came to the door for this matter.

Sun Shaozong entered the main room silently, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"She also made fun of you and General Sun, saying that she was going to teach at your house, so she won't tarnish her reputation!" Cheng Rixing said angrily at this point, "Dong Weng, this little girl is so ignorant. Do you want to teach her a lesson?"

"lesson?"

Sun Shaozong looked at him playfully and asked, "How are you going to teach her a lesson?"

Seeing that he seemed to be a little moved, Cheng Ri immediately said confidently, "Recently, the drunk King Ni Er often came to the student's residence and said that he wanted to work for Dong Weng, so you might as well leave this matter to him!"

"Ha ha."

Sun Shaozong smiled noncommittally, and suddenly asked, "How is my official reputation now?"

"Nature is wonderful!"

Although Cheng Rixing didn't understand, he suddenly asked what this meant, but he immediately raised his thumb and said, "Dong Weng's name of 'Shenduan' can be said to be resounding throughout the capital, in terms of reputation among all the officials in Shuntian Prefecture, it is absolutely It's second to none!"

"In that case..."

Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows, stared at Cheng Rixing coldly and said, "She is a weak woman, even if she doesn't want to come to teach, she can just refuse politely, why offend me for no reason?

"This this……"

Cheng Rixing hesitated twice, and under the persecution of those bone-scraping steel-knife-like eyes, he finally said embarrassingly, "It's my mother-in-law who said too much, 'If Dong Weng likes it, maybe she can be promoted as an aunt', that little girl The nun was annoyed..."

"Humph!"

Sun Shaozong snorted coldly, and said, "People don't like to be petty, and it's nothing to be unscrupulous for a while-but you, who are so distorted and provocative in front of me, do you think I am a bully? Gao Yanei?"

puff~

Cheng Rixing finally couldn't help but knelt down, and said urgently, "Forgive Dong Weng, the villain is just fascinated by ghosts for a while, and I definitely don't mean to ruin Dong Weng's reputation!"

Sun Shaozong waited for him to ask for forgiveness, and then he shook his sleeves and said, "Get up, it's your first offence, so I'll forgive you this time - if you dare to gossip in front of me again next time, no wonder I won't tolerate you! "

Cheng Rixing repeatedly said 'don't dare', then got up from the ground, and cautiously explored, "Then invite a lady..."

"It's still up to you to take care of it, try to find those who are old and stable, lest people think I'm looking for beauties!"

Chapter 143

"Second Brother Lian, Second Brother Lian? Sister Feng!"

But it was said that at noon on the day when the list was released, Ping'er was messing around outside, fiddling with needlework, when he heard someone shouting in the yard.

Looking out through the crack of the door, it was Jia Baoyu stretching his neck and shouting.

Ping'er hurriedly threw the dustpan on Xiudun, walked out quickly, and said with a smile, "Stop yelling, our father and grandma went to Tiechan Temple early in the morning, and they might not come back until dusk. "

When Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help being disappointed.

When he received the 'task' from Sun Shaozong that day, he wished he could check it out immediately so that Second Brother Sun could look at him differently.

Unexpectedly, by coincidence, a cousin of uncle Wang Ziteng's family who was a concubine suddenly got an emergency and died.

Because there was no male master at the house, Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian took turns to stay there for a few days. They were so busy and sad that they naturally couldn't take care of Sun Shaozong's errand.

Those who died prematurely these days are always buried lightly, so the corpses only stayed for three days, and were buried outside the city at noon yesterday.

After that, Jia Baoyu rested for another day to relieve his fatigue a little bit, and came over excitedly to check the accounts, but he never thought that he would be in vain.

He frowned and walked a few steps outside, suddenly remembered something, came back with a happy smile, and asked Ping'er, "Sister Ping'er, do you keep all the ledgers for our garden repair?"

Ping'er was taken aback when he heard the words, thinking that the sun was coming out from the west—otherwise, why would the master who wouldn't even hold the oil bottle upside down suddenly ask about the account book?

"It's not that I want to check it myself, it's actually Second Brother Sun..."

Jia Baoyu also knew that this was not in line with his usual personality, and he was afraid that Ping'er would treat him as an 'ordinary person'.

So he hurriedly told Sun Shaozong to repair the garden, and was afraid of being deceived by profiteers, so he asked himself to inquire about the inside story first, and he told it like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

After hearing this, Ping'er felt like a bright mirror in his heart. He knew that Sun Shaozong's garden was a fake, and killing someone with a borrowed knife was the truth!

However, because of the erroneous events that day, she also hated Lai Da deeply in her heart, so naturally she would not expose Sun Shaozong's plan.

Instead, he frowned at the willow leaf, put on a flustered look, and said anxiously, "Little ancestor, please take a break, I don't dare to investigate this account randomly!"

With Jia Baoyu's temperament, if Ping'er said that he wanted to wait for Wang Xifeng to make the decision, he would probably leave in resentment.

But Baoyu was quite unhappy with the word 'dare not to search randomly', and asked, "What does this mean? Am I not the serious master of the mansion? I can't see Xiuyuanzi's account book?!"

These three incessant questions made Ping'er even more 'flustered'. He bit his silver teeth and dragged Baoyu into the room. You checked that account book, but it was for your own good!"

"For my own good? What does that mean?"

"You who are not in charge of the family, how do you know how many things are involved in this other courtyard?" Ping'er smiled wryly. "At the beginning, our grandma was so worried about this matter that she couldn't sleep well all night. If it wasn't for Miss Lin's house..."

When it came to the word "Ms. Lin's home", she hurriedly closed her mouth again, as if she accidentally said something.

Jia Baoyu became more and more baffled, and asked in bewilderment, "What does this have to do with the hairpin?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing!"

Ping'er clumsily 'covered', and persuaded, "Anyway, you'd better not check this account, and after meeting Master Sun in a few days, he said that the labor and materials in our home are the best, and the price is naturally expensive. It's urgent, it's better for Mr. Sun to hire another Gao Ming."

She talked like this—especially when Lin Daiyu was involved, it's no wonder Jia Baoyu would give up asking!

He stretched out his hand to grab Ping'er's arm, just clung to each other like twisted candy, and swore in his mouth that he would never tell anyone else.

This move is as pungent as Wang Xifeng, even if she can't stand it, Ping'er is a housemaid, so she is even more afraid of being seen by others.

"Nothing to do", Ping'er could only sigh and said, "Forget it, I will risk my life to tell you a few words of truth!"

But Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister, don't try to scare me. What could be so dangerous? Besides, even if the sky falls, I will go to the old lady's place and help my sister get back up!"

But Ping'er sighed again, and then said quietly, "When the garden was first built, it was estimated that three to four hundred thousand taels of silver would be enough—who knows that other families have also built other courtyards, There was King Zhongshun hoarding them, and the price increased several times, making our mansion unsustainable."

"But because I have already declared the family visit to the court, if the work is stopped halfway, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"I have no choice but to embezzle the money left by Mrs. Lin in the end."

"what?!"

Jia Baoyu's eyes widened in astonishment when he heard this, "Our family used Uncle Lin's money to repair the garden?! How much?!"

Ping'er stretched out his hand and made a six.

Jia Baoyu subconsciously guessed a number, "It took 6 taels?!"

Unexpectedly, Ping'er shook his head and said, "It's more than 60 taels!"

"Six... 66610 million taels?!"

Now Jia Baoyu was really frightened, no matter how dandy he was, he still knew what 60 taels was - even if Jia's family had such a big business, it might be enough for decades!

His first thought was to rush to the old lady and expose this scandal!

But then I thought, for such a large sum of money, if the old lady didn't nod, who would dare to make random decisions?

I'm afraid it's from my father, mother, and even my uncle, I'm afraid they will know it early in the morning!

Ping'er saw him standing there for a long time like a wooden chicken, fearing that he would suffer from hysteria again, he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Actually, this money is also the dowry that Uncle Lin prepared for his daughter. If you two get married in the future, this money should also belong to our family." ..."