Chapter 056: Receive a reward of a thousand gold coins to buy bones, ask about Daiyu's birthday
Although the case of 'Heavenly Dog Eating Heart' had been solved before noon yesterday.
But that was just a temporary interrogation on the spot. If the case was to be properly closed, the criminal needed to be brought back to Shuntian Prefecture to go through the procedure of going to court to judge the case.
Plus the detention, filing, sentencing, and reporting...
With all these miscellaneous things happening all together, it took until the late night before the whole thing was barely over.
Sun Shaozong went home and slept for an hour or so before he had to rush back to work - because the case was of great importance, the higher-ups would have to send people to verify and investigate, so he didn't even have the chance to ask for leave.
Yawning all the way to Shuntian Prefecture, Sun Shaozong handed the horse to the doorman and was about to go to his office to take a nap, but Jia Yucun's subordinates were already waiting at the second gate, saying that the prime minister wanted to see him.
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to cheer himself up and go to Jia Yucun first.
After entering the room, he saw Jia Yucun writing something at the desk with a lively look on his face, and in the middle of the room there were two large wooden boxes.
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in, he tapped the two boxes with his chin and said with a smile, "One thousand taels of silver is the reward from the Ministry of Justice, and the other two thousand taels is the bonus from the Ministry of Works in the name of Minister Ge - I have already asked for the money for you, and I don't care how to distribute it."
Tsk~
This human life is really incomparable to other human lives!
In the past, when Sun Shaozong solved murder cases, he would be lucky to get a reward of more than ten taels of silver, and the case would often be delayed for a long time - but now, before the case was even solved, the reward of three thousand taels of silver had arrived.
but……
"What should we do with Liu Zhizhong? Logically speaking, the reward money issued by the Criminal Law Department must go through his hands first, right?"
"Need not."
Jia Yucun waved his hand proudly and said, "It is clearly stated in the official document that this money is a reward for the person in charge. When we were investigating the case, did you ever see the man surnamed Liu?"
I guess Han Fuyin and Liu Zhizhong are regretting their decision so much right now.
Originally, the case was thrown to Jia Yucun and Sun Shaozong in the hope that they would take the blame, but who would have thought that this strange case, which looked like the work of demons, was solved by Sun Shaozong in just half a day!
Moreover, the case is so bizarre and absurd that it can be said to be shocking. Now, not only are people from all walks of life in the court and the country discussing this case, but it is said that it is also a hot topic in the imperial palace.
As the main person in charge, although Jia Yucun’s role is not as big as Sun Shaozong’s, his face is still exposed to the sky!
Therefore, he is now in high spirits. Not to mention Liu Zhizhong, even Han Fuyin has to stand aside for the time being!
"correct."
Thinking of the palace, Jia Yucun hurriedly reminded him again: "You should prepare well in the next few days. The emperor may summon you and me to an audience to report the case of Minister Ge in detail."
Go see the emperor again?
Are you going to act again this time?
Sun Shaozong complained in his heart, but responded solemnly on the surface. Then he called four servants from outside, picked up the large wooden box containing the silver, and went straight to the Criminal Law Department.
With his strength, he could carry two boxes and walk briskly as if it were a piece of cake - but how could a sixth-rank judge walk around the yamen carrying two boxes of silver?
Who knows, someone might even accuse him of being a "mercenary".
However, Sun Shaozong brought the silver to the Criminal Law Department and first reported to Liu Zhizhong, and mentioned the matter of the reward silver.
When he heard that the money was specifically allocated to the person in charge, Liu Zhizhong's face became even gloomier - in Liu Zhizhong's view, this was clearly a challenge to his financial power!
But the Ministry of Works is fine, but the Ministry of Justice is one of the dual leaders of the Criminal Law Department. How dare he go against the Ministry of Justice's wishes?
So he could only say in dissatisfaction that he would let Sun Shaozong take charge of the distribution and he didn't have to report anything to him after distributing the money.
Sun Shaozong 'gladly obeyed' and had someone carry the silver back to his own courtyard - later he heard that after he left, Liu Zhizhong smashed the entire set of Duan inkstones and pen holders, resulting in a loss of at least five or six hundred taels of silver.
Stop talking nonsense.
When Sun Shaozong returned to the courtyard, Cheng Rixing had already come out to greet him. He bowed deeply and said happily, "Congratulations to Mr. Dong for solving this strange case. Now that you are famous all over the city, I'm afraid your day of promotion is not far away!"
"Stop flattering me like this!"
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes, pointed at the two boxes of silver, and ordered: "The prefect has obtained a large sum of reward silver, you should quickly draw up a list of people to handle it so that the silver can be distributed."
Cheng Rixing agreed hurriedly and welcomed Sun Shaozong into the main hall in a very servile manner. For this legal advisor who came from a Qingke family, flattery had become an instinct. Sun Shaozong had told him several times, but seeing that he really couldn't change, he could only let him do it.
After entering the hall, seeing Cheng Rixing spread out his brush, ink, paper and inkstone, ready to start writing, Sun Shaozong hurriedly added, "Remember to put Zhou Da in the front."
Cheng Rixing paused with his right hand holding the pen, his eyes rolled around in the frame for a few seconds, and suddenly he lowered his voice and asked excitedly: "Mr. Dong, are you going to spend a fortune to buy horse bones?"
Sun Shaozong smiled and said calmly: "It's not a thousand gold, but it's worth a few hundred taels of silver to set an example - and after this case, it's time for the people below to show their butts again."
Because he had heard Sun Shaozong talk about the theory of "the butt determines the head" before, Cheng Rixing immediately understood what he meant and became more and more excited.
So he took advantage of the excitement and started writing. In a short while, he drew up a list and distributed the three thousand taels of silver in order. He then took out an abacus and checked it carefully twice. Then he held the list in both hands and handed it to Sun Shaozong.
When Sun Shaozong saw that after Zhou Da's name were Zhao Wuwei and other fast-shift yamen runners, he nodded with satisfaction, called the servants outside in, and asked them to notify all the officials on the list to come to the lobby at noon to receive their rewards.
After dealing with these chores , Sun Shaozong was about to go to the east wing to take a nap, but suddenly he remembered something and hurriedly asked Cheng Rixing, "You have been in Rongguo Mansion for so many years, you should know the preferences of the young ladies in Jia Mansion, right?"
When Cheng Rixing heard this, he looked embarrassed. Sun Shaozong thought that he didn't know about it and was about to just say he didn't know.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Rixing suddenly bowed and said solemnly: "I have been raised by Master Zheng for many years, so I shouldn't say this. But for your future, I can't care about it anymore. Although the young ladies in the mansion are all beautiful, they are all illegitimate and not valued by the master and his wife. They are really not good candidates for marriage."
Sun Shaozong was so amused that he waved his hands and said, "When did I say I wanted to form an alliance with the Jia family? In fact, it was my roommate heard that her adopted sister's birthday was coming up, so she asked me to prepare some nice gifts - but how would I know what little girls like?"
After all, Ruan Rong was not the legal wife, so she was not worthy of the title of "Madam". Sun Shaozong did not want to call her "aunt", so in front of others, he used the three words "woman in the house" instead.
