Chapter 111 The Bloody Beginning
When he heard that not a drop of the wine was left, Sun Shaozong felt relieved, but he also became more and more certain that it was Lai Da's doing.
After all, according to Wang Xifeng's original plan, there was no need to add unnecessary details and do such a self-defeating thing - as for why Lai Da drugged himself, Sun Shaozong just couldn't understand it.
Perhaps, he had originally prepared other attractive candidates, but they were ruined by Jia Baoyu?
This was not a problem that needed to be figured out immediately, so Sun Shaozong couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he temporarily suppressed it in his heart and planned to deal with it later when he found some clues.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Sun Shaozong asked Jia Lian to resign.
Jia Lian tried his best to keep Sun Shaozong, but after being rejected repeatedly, he finally sent him out of Rongguo Mansion.
When he arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, he looked around to see that no one was paying attention, but suddenly came up and asked, "Erlang, do you still remember the young lady from the He family?"
Isn't she the young lady of the imperial merchant He family? The incident caused a lot of uproar at the time, and the two of them were caught at the scene of the arrest. Naturally, Sun Shaozong would not forget it so quickly.
but……
Why are you bringing her up again out of the blue?
"What happened to her?"
"I just don't know how she is doing. That's why I'm so worried!"
Jia Lian said anxiously, "It's been more than a month. All the members of the He family should have been killed. Why haven't they sent her to the Jiaofang Bureau yet? Could it be that someone in the Dragon Guards is jealous and has detained her?"
After a pause, he smiled and said, "Erlang, you are a cavalry captain there, so why don't you help me find out what went wrong?"
Tsk~
This guy was obsessed with other people's wives and wondering when they would be put on the shelves at the Jiaofang Bureau, but he didn't know that a fire had started in his own backyard.
Sun Shaozong was speechless , but he agreed immediately and promised to ask someone to investigate further.
Only then did Jia Lian happily let him go.
A night of silence...
But on the next morning, after arriving at the yamen, Cheng Rixing came over on his own initiative and reported the results of the undercover operations.
After a period of excessive eating and drinking, the fake scholars have now made some gains, more or less.
Most of the people who come to the door to sell are some common cheating supplies, and occasionally there are a few people selling test questions. However, looking at the prices offered by those "text dealers", 99% of them are undoubtedly scammers.
After listening to Cheng Rixing's report, Sun Shaozong said, "Remember all the people and draw them. Also, record all the things they sell."
"I'll send someone over to pass on the message at noon."
Cheng Rixing agreed first, and then asked, "Dong Weng, do you want to find out more about those who bought their products?"
"No, that would easily alert the enemy."
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "Besides, our mission is to maintain order in the examination room. There is no need to offend so many people outside the examination room. On the 18th, we will follow the list and arrest those 'literary dealers' one by one. It will be enough to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys."
After a pause, he continued, "If there are still those who refuse to repent by then, you can't blame me for punishing them severely!"
Cheng Rixing praised hurriedly: "It turns out that Mr. Dong is really smart. I am really..."
"Okay, save your flattery for others."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand impatiently, and was about to let him leave, but suddenly he remembered something and hurriedly said, "By the way, you should know the housekeeper Lai from Rongguo Mansion, right?"
"Of course I recognize it."
"Then when the court is over, go to his house and tell him that the wine he sent me is very much to my liking. When you find something similar, don't forget to send me a few more jars."
The plan to instigate Lai Da to attack Yucun was unlikely to work now, so Sun Shaozong simply used the matter of the 'medicinal wine' to make a warning - thinking that Lai Da, feeling guilty, would not dare to commit fraud again.
After enduring the Autumn Examination, when Sun Shaozong has time, he will have time to deal with Lai Da!
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Cheng Rixing looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Sun Shaozong immediately realized that this guy had some wrong ideas, thinking that he had accepted some benefits from Lai Da, so he said, "You will be in charge of the team when we search for smuggled items. Search Lai Da's son carefully!"
Cheng Rixing was still a little suspicious, and asked cautiously: "Dong Weng, how do you want to be 'careful'?"
"Strip him naked and search him thoroughly!"
Sun Shaozong replied unhappily, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back and get busy."
Cheng Rixing suddenly realized that it was Lai Da who had offended Sun Shaozong, and his words "I am very satisfied with the wine you sent" were actually a slang word to warn the other party.
As he couldn't figure out what the trick was, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and just waited to leave the inner room timidly.
But when he reached the door, Cheng Rixing remembered something and turned around and said, "Oh, Mr. Dong, there was a murder case in Fengzui Lane last night."
"oh."
Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked, "Why, is there anything strange about this case?"
Since he took office as the Inspector General, all the cases in the mansion were handled by the Governor Liu Chongshan, and would not alarm Sun Shaozong. Therefore, if there was nothing unusual, Cheng Rixing would not have mentioned it on his own initiative.
"There was a drunkard who was stabbed in the heart." Cheng Rixing said, "The strange thing is... the murderer wrote the words 'Shen Duan' on the drunkard's body with blood!"
The word "Shen Duan" was written with blood?
Is he trying to provoke me? !
A trace of annoyance appeared on Sun Shaozong's face . In the modern times, he had encountered lunatics who deliberately provoked the police - but this was the first time he had encountered someone who provoked him by name.
If it were another time, he would have to take action personally and bring this clown to justice.
But now...
Before taking a leave, he had just applied to his superiors to renovate the Imperial Examination Hall ahead of schedule. The reason was that there had been too much rain this year and many cells had become dilapidated, so renovation would naturally be more labor-intensive than before.
Now that the approval has come down, all he has to do is wait for the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds before he can start construction on the Imperial Examination Hall. How can he afford to investigate a murder case at this time?
You have to know that this is not the modern society where "human life is as important as heaven", but an era where "everything is inferior except reading"!
If the Autumn Examination was delayed because of solving the case, even if a hundred murderers were caught in the end, in the eyes of those civil officials, it would probably be more a fault than a merit.
Therefore, after hesitating for a while, Sun Shaozong asked, "Who is investigating this case?"
Cheng Rixing replied: "It should be Daxing County that is investigating."
Then he should not intervene. Wang Qian from Daxing County is very conceited. If he could not wait to intervene right after the case happened, he would definitely be unhappy.
"Then let them investigate first. If Daxing County still hasn't found any clues after the Autumn Examination, it won't be too late for me to take over."
