Detective in the Red Chamber

"Ah~"

Sun Shaozong could only sigh, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll go talk to Uncle Shi again and see if there is any way to get the best of both worlds."

Chapter 913 Far away in the sky, close at hand...

[Hangover, I don't feel hungry at all, and I feel like vomiting. 】

Stepping out of Aunt Zhao's small courtyard, hearing that crying sound not only did not weaken, but became louder, Sun Shaozong could only sigh helplessly.

He coaxed and frightened him just now, and it was easy for Jia Zheng to relax a little bit, but he didn't want to, but his success fell short under Aunt Zhao's wailing.

"Master Sun."

Just thinking about what to do next, a person suddenly turned out from behind the shade of the tree, but it was Yu Chuan, the big maid beside Mrs. Wang.

Yu Chuan approached and gave a deep salute, and then turned his gaze between Sun Shaozong and Aunt Zhao's small courtyard, his eyes full of inquiry.

Sun Shaozong shook his head at her, and asked about Mrs. Wang's behavior.

"It is at the order of my wife that I want to invite my lord to come and talk." Yu Chuan said, and gave a little blessing: "My lord, please come with me."

Speechless all the way.

After walking not far, we arrived at the three side rooms near Rongxi Hall.

Before Sun Shaozong arrived at the door, a servant girl had already gone in to report, so Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to come out to greet her—Aunt Xue and Li Wan were by her side.

This combination is really...

Sun Shaozong didn't dare to look any further, so he rushed forward and bowed to salute, but before he could speak, Mrs. Wang supported him and asked anxiously, "Nephew, did that old man let go of his mouth?"

"This one……"

Sun Shaozong said a word, and the hope on Madam Wang's face suddenly dimmed, she let go of her hands in a slump, and her eyes turned red instantly.

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong hurriedly said: "However, my nephew just thought of someone who should be able to convince Uncle Shi."

"Who is it?!"

Mrs. Wang became excited again.

Sun Shaozong said confidently: "This person is far away in the sky, but close in sight..."

"Bah~!"

"I don't know why", Aunt Xue spat out suddenly, when Mrs. Wang subconsciously turned her head to look over, she blushed again and lowered her head.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang was eager to save her son, so she didn't think too much about it, so she hurriedly asked: "Who is it? Erlang, even if he says it out loud, no matter how difficult it is to invite him, I will invite him!"

"It's not difficult."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said: "This person is none other than the family's Uncle She Shi. As long as he is willing to show his righteousness, the matter will be resolved."

"Uncle?"

Mrs. Wang couldn't help being taken aback, because the eldest room and the second room were not on good terms, and she looked down on Jia She the most, so she never thought of asking Jia She for help.

However, being awakened by Sun Shaozong now, the more I think about it, the more I feel it is appropriate.

The person in this family who can check and balance Jia Zheng the most is naturally the old lady.

But this killer is also sick in bed recently, Baoyu doesn't want to aggravate her condition, and Mrs. Wang can't bear the consequences of making her mother-in-law seriously ill.

So neither mother nor son can use this trump card.

But Jia Amnesty was different. Given the current situation, even if he didn't expose the matter, relying on his status as the elder brother and using the name of filial piety, it would be enough to suppress Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang nodded as if waking up from a dream: "Yes, yes, this matter should fall on Uncle, so I will find him to come forward!"

As he said that, he didn't care about etiquette, and hurried straight to Dongkuayuan.

Most of the maids and wives followed, only Aunt Xue, Li Wan's master and servant remained, staring at Sun Shaozong for a long time.

…………

Before the two brothers Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng had a discussion, Sun Shaozong took his leave and left Rongguo Mansion.

After all, there were barbarians blocking the door and making trouble yesterday. In this troubled time, it is not easy for him, the second in command, to ask for leave all the time.

But when they got near the yamen, they didn't see the group of Jurchens yesterday—according to Hong Jiu, who was temporarily guarding the gate, they seemed to have gone to the Ministry of Rites.

It seems that among these Jurchens, there are still a few smart ones who know that the key to the matter is not how to deal with Dali Temple, but the imperial court's positioning of the Houjin Mission.

If you regard him as an envoy of a country, the most Dali Temple would suggest is that the imperial court expel Alin Qitu, who was arrested for wounding people.

Conversely, if the imperial court refused to recognize Hou Jin, then the case would naturally have to be handled according to the rules.

Of course, not everyone can think of this, at least many people, led by You Shaoqing and Li Wenshan, thought that the Jurchen Tartars moved to the battlefield because they were afraid of Sun Shaozong's unparalleled courage.

For this reason, at the dinner table at noon, Li Wenshan was still very disappointed and sighed: "Sure enough, you are a scholar who is useless!"

"Brother Li, what are you talking about?"

Sun Shaozong mumbled inarticulately: "When the matter of "Puting the Law to the Countryside" is approved, I will point to you to take the lead in compiling the textbooks—who dares to say that scholars are useless, and I will be the first to refuse."

As he spoke, he extended his chopsticks to the crystal pork knuckle in the middle of the dining table.

Cut the waxy and soft pork skin, and the rich and crystal clear soup immediately dripped out. After the shrimp underneath was soaked, it was wrapped with the cut skin. It tasted indescribably delicious and rich.

The best place under the feet of the world, the canteen in this yamen does not dare to make any delicacies. If you want to please the leader, you can only play tricks on ordinary ingredients.

Only in this way, this pork and mutton is the most authentic.

However, Li Wenshan obviously had no appetite, he brushed his beard under his jaw with chopsticks intentionally or unintentionally, and muttered to himself: "Speaking of "Puting the Law to the Countryside", half a month has passed, so there should be some news, right? How come there is no wind at all?"

As he said that, he looked at Sun Shaozong anxiously: "Is it possible that you will be retained by His Majesty?"

"Probably not. No matter what, it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Even if there are some flaws, they should be discussed at the court meeting."

Sun Shaozong was perfunctory with his words, but his heart seemed to be clear - the cabinet members had been elected repeatedly, the big bosses in the court and the emperor, so why did they care about "Puting the Law to the Countryside"?

It is estimated that the implementation of this plan will not begin until the dust settles on the second assistant candidate.

perhaps……

It is time to find an opportunity to communicate with Xue Pan's father-in-law. If he can be persuaded to take "Preaching the Law to the Countryside" as his main achievement after taking office, he will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"correct."

After chatting for a few words about "Puting the Law to the Countryside", Li Wenshan turned his head and thought of what was in front of him again: "That hurtful Liaodong Tartar, when are you going to go to court?"

"Don't worry, let's lock the urine bucket for a few days first."

Sun Shaozong said indifferently: "Didn't the procuratorate send several cases over two days ago? You have to pay attention to first come first served."

Just as he was talking, Zhao Nan came in holding an invitation. Before he could speak, Sun Shaozong recognized the style of the invitation.

An invitation from the Prince's Mansion?

Could it be because Mr. Xu Ge was blocked from joining the cabinet?

I heard Zhao Nan report: "My lord, His Royal Highness ordered someone to send an invitation card, inviting you to celebrate your birthday together at Sun Jijiu House on the 23rd of this month."

It turned out to be for this matter.

tsk~

Now the congratulatory gift is a bit troublesome, it can't be too shabby, and it can't surpass the gift from the crown prince.

or...

Send someone to communicate with the princess in advance?

Chapter 914 Reappearance

[The state after the hangover is really bad, the third watch is moved to tomorrow. 】

But he said that as soon as Sun Shaozong returned to the mansion that night, he got three news first.

One is that Jia Zheng has let go and let the Shuntian Mansion deal with Qiu Wen fairly - he can say this, in fact, he has already spared Qiu Wen's life.

Of course, even if the death penalty is exempt, exile for thousands of miles is still unavoidable.

And now the battle in southern Xinjiang is raging...

If they were sent to the Yunnan-Guizhou Army to 'serve', they might as well die.

However, this was already the biggest concession Jia Zheng could make, and as an irrelevant outsider, Sun Shaozong had no reason to continue to intervene.

The second news is that the 10,000+ taels of silver that went north with the army has been officially shipped to the Sun Mansion, and is now being counted and liquidated in the library.

At the same time, there were also a lot of earthen ceremonies presented by Huguang officials and gentry, and the treasures among them had been listed, and they were only waiting for Sun Shaozong to look at them in his spare time.

The last piece of news was that Princess Beijing was finally diagnosed as pregnant. The middle-aged Shui Rong was overjoyed by this, so he decided to hold a banquet in three days to entertain all relatives and friends. Sun Shaozong was also invited.

this……

He really should go and have a look.

…………

After entering his small courtyard, Sun Shaozong felt that it was surprisingly quiet. He went around in and out, and as expected, except for a few little maids who stayed behind, no one with a name or surname was at home.

Ruan Rong and Xiang Ling went to Jia Yingchun's house to discuss the day when they would marry Xing Xiuyan; Second Sister You heard that the treasury had collected 10,000+ taels of silver and many rare antiques, so she took her two children to see the rare things. .

Surrounded by Yingying and Yanyan all day long, it's really not used to it when it calms down for a while.

Being idle is also idle, so Sun Shaozong took Frostmourne and practiced some routines randomly in the yard, which was supposed to be a way to activate the muscles and bones.

Just as he was playing, he suddenly heard that the housekeeper Zhao Zhongji was asking to see him outside.

Disappointed, Sun Shaozong temporarily put the sword on the weapon rack, took the towel from the servant girl, and went outside while wiping his sweat.

Just as he was about to ask Zhao Zhongji what was the urgent matter to bother him, he suddenly saw that he was holding something very familiar in his hand: a black, stiff and shiny post.

black post? !

Sun Shaozong hurried over, looked at it several times, then turned around and went straight to the small kitchen, set aside a few charcoal fires, and threw the post on it.

Sure enough, after the post burned, it left a slap-sized word 'injustice'.

Really black post!

But this is unclear, why did a black post pop up all of a sudden?

"Back to the second master's words."

Seeing Sun Shaozong's gloomy expression, Zhao Zhongji naturally didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly explained: "This post was found in a sealed box when the silver was just counted, and I brought it here because I always felt something was wrong You have a look."

Found in a silver chest?

"Go, go to the treasury and have a look."

Sun Shaozong made a decisive decision and rushed to the Sun family's warehouse with Zhao Zhongji in a hurry.

The storeroom is located in the west of the backyard, and usually eight people and nine dogs work backwards to guard it.

Right now, the guards and dogs are waiting outside the door, but there are Yuanyang, Siqi, and Pomegranate inside, leading people to take inventory.

It turned out that this group of women's soldiers was at the head, so it's no wonder that Second Sister You didn't shy away and brought the children over to join in the fun.

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from the outside, all the girls and several male servants hurriedly gathered around to pay respects.

Sun Shaozong immediately asked straight to the point: "Where did you find that post just now? And who was the first to find it?"

After hearing this, all the girls looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally Shiliu asked cautiously: "Second Master, could this be the black post?"

It turned out that they also guessed like this, so they asked someone to forward it to Sun Shaozong.

"I can't tell yet."

Sun Shaozong didn't directly admit it. After all, this time was different from last time, and it wasn't directly related to the murder case, so it's not 100% sure whether it was a black post or not.

After a pause, he repeated the question just now.

Finally someone answered this time:

"If you go back to the second master, it's this box."

One of the male servants pointed to a certain big wooden box and said, "We tore off the seal, and as soon as we opened the box, we saw a black post lying on the white silver. We thought it was strange, so we took it to invite mandarin ducks." The girl looked over."

"So you discovered it together?"

Seeing several male servants nodding in unison, Sun Shaozong turned his gaze to the silver box.