Chapter 043 Character
Feudal society actually has its advantages. For example, if Sun Shaozong used this trick of "playing tricks", he would have been criticized by the media when he was the captain of the criminal police team!
But now, such a simple, crude and unskilled method has won unanimous praise from the yamen runners and onlookers - especially Jiang Laoqi, who kept calling him "brilliant" and "a god in solving cases", and he almost flattered him until he was swollen.
Next, it is time for the truth to come out.
Just as Sun Shaozong had deduced, when Xu Gensheng came to his door, Zhang Erhu was sharpening a knife under a tree. The two of them started arguing, and Zhang Erhu pushed Xu Gensheng, causing him to stagger and fall beside the whetstone.
Seeing Zhang Erhu chasing him and wanting to fight, Xu Gensheng became furious and picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him with all his might.
Zhang Erhu screamed and fell to the ground, and he was silent from then on.
Xu Gensheng panicked upon seeing this, and hurriedly ran all the way back to his own yard. Later, he pretended to be a spectator and joined the team that was putting the pigs in the cage. These were nothing new, but the reason for the conflict between him and Zhang Erhu was really sad.
It turned out that Xu Gensheng had always had a crush on Li. Whenever he heard her being beaten by Zhang Erhu, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife and he wished he could take her place.
On this day, he vaguely heard Li being beaten and scolded by Zhang Erhu again. Xu Gensheng finally couldn't help but run over to speak up for her. He patted his chest and assured Zhang Erhu that those rumors about Li were just gossips spread by gossip ladies and had absolutely no factual basis.
Unexpectedly, Xu Gensheng's momentary impulse made Zhang Erhu suspicious , suspecting that Xu Gensheng was the one who had an affair with his wife, so he beat him up, which led to the subsequent tragedy.
After explaining the whole story, Xu Gensheng knew that he could not escape the blame, so he spoke more openly. He stiffened his neck and shouted at Zhang Dalong and his wife, "Now I am not afraid to tell the truth. I have been keeping an eye on Xiujuan [Li's name] all day for the past six months. If she shows any sign of slackness, no one else can do it! But she is a first-class chaste and heroic woman. She has never done anything shameful. It is you villains who are making up stories and tarnishing her good reputation!"
Zhang Dalong and his wife were speechless. Mrs. Li, who was listening nearby, was also very upset and couldn't calm down for a long time - she probably never expected that the word "innocence" that she cared about the most would eventually come from the mouth of the enemy who killed her husband!
For a moment, the whole yard was filled with sighs.
Only Sun Shaozong remained as calm as ever. It's not that he was heartless, but he had seen too many tragedies in the world, so his psychological endurance was naturally far beyond what ordinary people could achieve.
However, he was still tactful and kept quiet for a while. After everyone calmed down, he stood up, calmly dusted off the dust on his body, and said in a calm voice: "Captain Jiang, I am taking a rest now. I will leave this case to you Wanping County to handle."
Having said that, he pulled Ruan Rong up and walked out on his own.
Less than half a month after he took office, he had already solved a naked corpse case. Even if he accumulated another merit now, it would only be icing on the cake. He would not be promoted in a short time. Instead of sharing the credit with Liu Zhizhong, it would be better to do a favor and give it to Wanping County. After all, so many people saw it, and no one could deny his reputation.
Jiang Laoqi and others were dumbfounded when they heard this. They were used to seeing bosses who took credit for other people's work, but they had never seen one who did not take the credit seriously and even gave it away casually!
No matter what you think, it is this kind of extraordinary character that makes him worthy of the name "God-like Judge Sun Tong"!
--Dividing line--
However, Sun Shaozong got on the carriage surrounded by yamen runners and common people, and ran for more than half a street. Looking back, he could still see the hundreds of people looking forward to seeing him off. He was feeling a little proud, but he saw Ruan Rong standing beside him with a dazed look, as if she was still immersed in the case just now.
So Sun Shaozong quickly took her into his arms, and lifted up her pretty little head, looked into her eyes and asked softly, "What's wrong? Are you still thinking about Xu Gensheng?"
Ruan Rong nodded silently, hesitated for a while, and then said: "I always feel that Xu Gensheng is a bit of a pity. If he and Li were a couple, they would definitely be a loving couple. It's a pity that fate played tricks on them and ended up like this."
Loving couple?
That's hard to say. As the saying goes: A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover, and a secret lover is not as good as not being able to steal at all - it is possible that Gensheng would start thinking about Wang and Zhang after marrying Li.
However, it is better not to say such spoiling words in front of women.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong also followed Ruan Rong's words and sighed quietly: "No matter how unfortunate it is, what can we do? After all, he killed someone and broke the law - this law is not merciful."
Seeing Ruan Rong's face darken a little, he suddenly laughed and said, "However, if you become someone else's wife, I will definitely kill the husband and take his wife away. Don't mention the royal decree or the law. Even if the king of heaven wants to stop me, I will kill you and not bury you!"
Hearing these naked love words, Ruan Rong was delighted and moved, and had long thrown away the sorrow in her heart.
After returning home, he had to put all his heart and soul into practicing the moves like pouring water on the candles with Sun Shaozong several times. It was only in the middle of the night that he fell into a deep sleep like a conjoined twin.
The next morning, his family members mentioned that Cheng Rixing, who had come to visit him the night before, came again in the morning. Then Sun Shaozong remembered the existence of the "teacher's master".
So he hurriedly asked someone to call Cheng Rixing to the side hall, and examined him carefully for half a day. Only when Cheng Rixing was sweating profusely did he barely pass the test.
After being admitted as a legal advisor, and seeing that the Lantern Festival was in full swing, Sun Shaozong immediately took Ruan Rong and sneaked out of the house, and had a great time at the festival for two days.
All kinds of revolving lanterns and lotus lanterns were brought back, filling up half the car - especially on the 16th day of the first lunar month, when he bought two palace lanterns with the picture of "The Miraculous Judge Sun Tong Solved the Naked Corpse Case with Wisdom", which made Sun Shaozong feel a little proud again.
It was a pity that the person in the portrait was too ugly, with a leopard head and round black eyes, looking like Zhang Fei resurrected, or even better than Li Kui reborn, so Ruan Rong made fun of him again.
Sun Shaozong was so angry that he had to toss and turn for most of the night. He only rested for an hour around four o'clock in the morning, and then hurried to the government office. The seventeenth day of the first lunar month was the day when Jia Yucun took office. As an important member of the Jia family, he naturally had to rush over in advance to show his support.
But he was just trying to save face. Given Jia Yucun's status, naturally no one dared to touch his tiger's whiskers.
So after Jia Yucun successfully took office, Sun Shaozong was busy in the yamen for a few more days. During this time, he went out on an official mission and solved a murder case disguised as suicide by jumping into a well.
Because he captured the real murderer in just half a day, his reputation as a "divine judge" became more and more famous, and his position in Shuntian Prefecture became increasingly stable. Except for the governor Lin Delu who still treated him harshly, no one dared to provoke him easily.
Everything was peaceful and smooth until the 29th day of the month, when suddenly someone delivered an invitation to the door. It turned out to be the son of General Feng Tang, who was hosting a banquet for Sun Shaozong at Baihua Tower at noon the next day.
