Detective in the Red Chamber

Sun Shaozong removed the paperweight that was pressing the case file, and without looking at it, he gently moved the first copy two inches to the left.

Qin Kejian glanced at it knowingly, and immediately raised his voice and shouted: "My lord has an order, first try the bribery case of Shi Rengui, the inspector in Jiangxi!"

Chen Jingde immediately picked up a pen and wrote down the relevant joy on the confession.

After he stopped writing to signal to him, Sun Shaozong grabbed the gavel and said in a deep voice, "Lead someone to commit crimes."

"Lead someone to commit Shi Rengui!"

"Lead someone to commit Shi Rengui!"

After a series of yelling, Shi Rengui, who smelled bad and was skinny, was dragged to the hall by two yamen servants.

When Shi Rengui was crooked and knelt in the middle of the hall, Sun Shaozong followed the script and asked, "Shi Rengui, are you guilty?"

Seeing this Shi Rengui raised his head slowly, with two red eyes in the dark sockets, he froze for a long time behind the case, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Why do you need to ask again, my lord? I just want to die quickly!"

In fact, there is really nothing to ask.

The amount of bribes accepted by this guy was originally not large, but he killed people and committed a big taboo in the officialdom. Even if Sun Shaozong tried to be extravagant, he would definitely not pass the review by the Ministry of Punishment.

"Never mind."

And Sun Shaozong didn't even want to talk to him at all, so he nodded and said: "Since you want to die with all your heart, I will fulfill you—Chen Jingde, hand over the physical evidence and oral confession to him for confirmation, and then mark it as a record in court."

Chen Jingde found out the corresponding items, motioned for Huang Bin to hold them, and spread them out one by one in front of Shi Rengui.

Shi Rengui looked at the physical evidence and the confession, a self-deprecating expression gradually appeared on his thin face, and finally he shook his head and sighed: "It is still pardonable for heaven to do evil, but self-inflicted evil cannot live."

As he said that, he picked up a pen without hesitation, and marked the confession as a mark, so in less than half an hour, it was time to close the case and pronounce the sentence.

This is exactly why Sun Shaozong couldn't raise his spirits.

But no matter how impatient I am, the necessary procedures still have to be completed.

"Criminal Shi Rengui disregarded the Holy Grace..."

"When I took office as a patrol officer in Jiangxi Province, I accepted more than 760 taels of bribes..."

"Disregarding the friendship of the same year, he threatened and extorted bribes from Zhu Guang, the magistrate of Fenyi County, causing Zhu Guang to commit suicide in the official sedan chair outside the government office..."

The bribe of 700 taels is really nothing to a powerful inspector censor. The fault is that this guy humiliated Zhu Guang in public while he was full of ambition.

However, Zhu Guang was a master with too much self-esteem. After going out, the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and he committed suicide with a dagger in the sedan chair.

As for the crime of extorting bribes and forcing him to die in the same year, Shi Rengui can only be buried with him.

Speaking of...

With his precedent, it is estimated that in future inspections, we must pay attention to harmony and wealth.

…………

Because they are all cases with facts, there is really nothing to argue about.

Therefore, it only took more than half an hour for several cases to be tried one by one - and nearly half of the time was spent in the routine links of going through the motions.

After leaving the hall, seeing that there was still some time before noon, Sun Shaozong thought about it and went to You Shaoqing Li Wenshan. After all, Li Wenshan drafted the third book led by Wei Yi. It's about to be presented.

As the instigator, Sun Shaozong naturally wanted to take a look first.

But before he left, Zhang Cheng led a servant from the Rongguo Mansion to look for him, saying that Jia Lian was hosting a banquet at night and invited Sun Shaozong to have a drink.

When they were in Wangjiang Tower two days ago, Jia Lian did mention this matter, and also said that he would discuss the details of transferring Ping'er at the banquet.

But today is really unfortunate, Sun Shaozong has already decided to perform "Slaying Ma Su with Tears" in the mansion, so it is naturally inconvenient to go to the Rongguo Mansion for the banquet.

So he asked the servant to bring a message, saying that he would visit tomorrow evening.

When the servant got the reply, he rushed back to Rongguo Mansion without stopping.

He walked through the aisle between the two doors and was about to go to the study of Xiyun Pavilion, when Second Master Xun Lian replied, suddenly someone shouted from the side: "Stop!"

When the servant looked back, it was Wang Xifeng, master and servant.

Naturally, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Wang Xifeng immediately asked, what was the reason for his hurrying back and forth.

Feeling that there was nothing to hide about this matter, the servant ordered him to invite Sun Shaozong, but it was postponed until tomorrow night, and narrated the matter exactly.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng flicked his sleeves indifferently: "Go ahead, I'll pretend something happened."

However, when the servant walked away as though he had been pardoned, Wang Xifeng's complexion gradually darkened, he was silent for a while, then suddenly he ground his feet and gnashed his teeth and said, "What a shameless thing, my aunt won't let you get what you want!"

Chapter 888

[There is no eunuch, but I have fallen into the decadent period of the Chinese New Year, and from today, I will enter the new era of February... Well, there will be an update tonight. 】

The eighth day of November in the 13th year of Guangde.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, more than forty young and strong male servants formed a loose square outside the living room door of the Sun residence.

And right in front of the phalanx, Wang Jin, Liu Quan, and Sun Xi lined up and knelt on the ground—the three of them, who had no obvious difference in height, kneeled abruptly with a sense of hierarchy.

Sun Xi trembled all over, almost prostrate on the ground.

He is not a servant of this family, so it stands to reason that Sun Shaozong would not punish him by acting on his behalf.

But at the moment when Nanzong is relying on Sun Shaozu and Sun Shaozong brothers, even if it is just to show his attitude, he will definitely punish him twice.

Thinking of his originally promising future, which might end because of drinking and messing around, Sun Xi's guts were green.

Compared with Sun Xi, Wang Jin seemed much calmer, after all, he was a victim in name.

But no matter how calm he was, his kneeling posture was much more humble than that of Liu Quan who was in the middle - at least he dared not, and would never, at such a time, stiffen his neck and confront Butler Zhao on the steps.

That's right, until now, Liu Quan is still confident.

He didn't think that he didn't make any mistakes at all, but he felt that these small mistakes could not be compared with the credit he had made.

Apart from Liu Quan, who in this whole family can bring back several 10 taels of silver to the Sun family? !

If you piled up the white money, it would be enough to bury ten kings alive!

And he, Liu Quan, just gave Wang Jin a few old punches last night, so what's the big deal?

Could it be that such a reasonable master as the second master can do such a thing as killing a donkey?

If this is the case, who in this house would be willing to work hard?

With this in mind, Liu Quanfei didn't feel that today's big battle would have any adverse effects on him, but instead decided that it was a good opportunity.

A great opportunity to honor your credit!

He was full of gloom, and wished he could 'speak up for justice' in front of the second master immediately, so how could he put Zhao Zhongji in his eyes?

What's more, Liu Quan has long believed in his heart that Zhao Zhongji has been suppressing him openly and secretly, otherwise, why would the servants of the whole family not come to hug his thigh, but become increasingly alienated from him?

The corpse is a vegetarian meal, jealous of the virtuous and capable!

Desperately labeling Zhao Zhongji in his heart, Liu Quan's eyes became more and more provocative.

At this moment, there was a sound of muffled footsteps coming from far and near, and when that burly and majestic figure appeared in the veranda, the phalanx suddenly became silent.

Even Liu Quan lowered his head subconsciously—he still didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of Sun Shaozong.

However, when Sun Shaozong strode up to the steps, he turned back to look down at the whole audience, and the increasingly intense sense of oppression made the sound of breathing weakened a bit.

Liu Quan, who was kneeling at the front, was naturally shocked, so much so that he began to consider whether he should speak more tactfully when the second master asked questions later.

However, Sun Shaozong didn't intend to ask questions at all. After looking around the whole scene, he gave Zhang Cheng who followed him a look.

Zhang Cheng immediately held a letter in front of Zhao Zhongji with both hands.

Zhao Zhongji looked at Sun Shaozong's face, carefully opened the envelope, and looked at the contents inside carefully, then his complexion changed suddenly, and he looked at Sun Shaozong subconsciously.

"read."

Sun Shaozong ordered lightly.

Zhao Zhongji hurriedly held his hands together, and read in a cadence: "The Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and the Wucheng Army Division... here are Wang Yuanfang, He Jun, Liu Quan... from a clean background, proficient in guns and sticks, and proficient in writing and ink...so Invitation...for promotion, appointment, etc...."

After finishing the reading, seeing Liu Quan's big eyes and small eyes, obviously not understanding, he scolded: "Idiot! The second master is going to promote you to be an official, why don't you hurry up and thank the second master!"

"Do...be an official?"

Liu Quan was still in a dream, and what he was thinking of right now was the position of the second housekeeper in the house. Why did the old hen suddenly turn into a duck?

"The eighth rank of the Patrol Battalion is being promoted."

At this time, Sun Shaozong said calmly: "Uncle Feng personally recommended it, and the official certificate should have been issued a few years ago-I originally wanted to wait for the report to be discovered before telling you, who knows that you can't even wait for these few days .”

In fact, Sun Shaozong originally planned to get him a ninth-rank or low-level official status, but now that he wants to do it once and for all, he naturally has to raise his bargaining chips so that it will appear that the Sun family is right.

This time Liu Quan finally woke up from his dream, couldn't help but climbed two steps forward, grabbed his head and said: "My little one, thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness!"

And the many servants behind him were also in an uproar and envious.

Although ordinary military positions nowadays are far less expensive than civilian officials, but from a mere servant to an eighth-rank military officer, it can be said to be a step up to the sky!

The one who reacted most violently was naturally none other than Wang Jin. He suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth wide. He questioned his throat, and then suppressed it after seeing Sun Shaozong, but his dissatisfaction was beyond words. .

On the contrary, Zhao Zhongji seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Liu Quan, not only did he not envy, but showed disdain.

But he said that after Liu Quan finished thanking him again and again, Sun Shaozong said again: "My Sun family will never withhold any rewards for those who deserve it; but for those who should be punished, they will not lose half a point either."

Liu Quan still didn't understand the hidden meaning in the words, and hastily kowtowed again: "I know I was wrong, and I won't dare to fight with others indiscriminately in the future! From now on, the second master will let the little one go east, and the little one will never dare..."

"okay."

Just showing his loyalty, Sun Shaozong said indifferently: "Originally, I was the one who argued hard, and the uncle agreed to send you to the south. It's unthinkable...

"Forget it, my grandson's family is also small, and I really can't tolerate your arrogance. Now it's a good time to get together and get together--Zhao Zhongji, give him the body deed later, and he will not be allowed to step into this mansion for a while. step."

When Zhao Zhongji responded respectfully, Sun Shaozong ordered again: "Welcome and send is a group of harmony. What is it like to be in the nest all day? Tomorrow, I will replace the person and work hard for a few months before saying goodbye." of."

Wang Jin was startled when he heard the words, and just about to say a few words, Liu Quan beside him began to cry: "Second master, second master! The younger one would rather not be an official, but I beg the second master not to chase the younger one away! Second master, please forgive me! Second Lord, please forgive me!"

Although he has been a little carried away recently, but he was entrusted with important tasks by Sun Shaozong before, so he was naturally not a stupid master. He just couldn't react for a while, but now he has figured out his situation.

Even if he becomes an official of the court, Liu Quan's roots are still in the Sun family!

Especially in this patrol battalion, the Sun family's power is already intertwined, and now they have just "resolved their grievances" with the Wei family. If they go to the post as an abandoned slave of the Sun family, they will definitely be excluded.

Don't talk about your future at that time, if things go wrong, you might not even be able to save your life!

However, how could Sun Shaozong pay attention to his cries?

After explaining the matter clearly, he ignored it and went back to the backyard.

Chapter 889

Far away from the backyard, there was a sound of wailing.

You don't even need to listen carefully to know that the one who makes the most noise must be your own son.

But the weaker one...

Most of them are my "big nephew" Sun Chengsi.

tsk~

This monkey doesn't know what brothers and sisters are. Every time they meet, they make their younger brother cry, and they refuse to repent even after being beaten and scolded several times.

as predicted.

Sun Shaozong hurried a few steps to his home, and saw his own leather monkey rolling all over the floor, Ruan Rong was sitting in the middle with a feather duster, and the mandarin duck next to him was holding Sun Chengsi, as if he wanted to persuade him but dared not.

"Second Master!"

"Second Master."

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from the outside, all the children and family members in the room hurriedly bowed to salute, but Ruan Rong was still holding a feather duster and still sculpted on the Arhat bed.

Sun Shaozong stepped forward to take Sun Chengsi from the mandarin duck's arms, saw that Sun Chengyi finally stopped rolling, and was covering his eyes to peek at him, and asked helplessly, "What's wrong this time?"

"It's not like this little bastard is making trouble again!"

Ruan Rong threw the feather duster angrily, pointed at her son and scolded: "One didn't watch, so he stole hot sauce from the kitchen to feed Chengsi. Ask him, and he plausibly said that he is blessed to share!"

This little bunny!

Sun Shaozong couldn't help but glared at his son when he heard the words. The few jars of chili sauce that the family tried were considered heavy tastes for him, let alone a child under two years old?