Chapter 136 The Basics of Criminal Detective Cases
Originally, Sun Shaozong planned to find a suitable opportunity to hand the price list to Jia Lian.
Given Wang Xifeng's greed, if she knew there was such a list, she would definitely compare it with the expenses of building her own garden. Then Lai Dazhong's behavior of embezzling money would inevitably be exposed.
However, this plan also has an obvious loophole.
If Wang Xifeng had also engaged in massive corruption when she was supervising the construction of the villa, she and Lai Da would have been in a dilemma and would probably have ended up compromising with each other.
For this reason, Sun Shaozong once considered sending the price list directly to Jia Zheng.
It's a pity that the second master of Rongguo Mansion, although he was working in the Ministry of Works, chose to follow the example of those Hanlin scholars, spending all day in writing and ignoring the people's livelihood and economy.
If this price list were delivered to him, it would most likely be handed over to Lai Da for verification - by then not only would Lai Da not be brought down, but Sun Shaozong's true intentions would also be exposed.
It was precisely because of these concerns that Sun Shaozong had been struggling for so long and had not been able to send out the price list.
but……
But today he found a more suitable candidate: Jia Baoyu!
Although Jia Baoyu is still young and does not participate in the management of Rongguo Mansion, he has a strong background!
The biggest reliance of Lai Da's family is the favor they have in front of the old lady, but this mere master-servant relationship is obviously not on the same level as that of Jia Baoyu.
In this matter, Jia Baoyu was completely the victim, and there was no possibility that he was in cahoots with Lai Da and others - plus, Baoyu had always been willful and reckless, so as long as his interest could be aroused, there was no doubt that he would get to the bottom of it.
Therefore, after calculating the pros and cons in his mind, Sun Shaozong smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't it because the garden at home is too small to grow so many flowers and plants? Every year, in order to enjoy the chrysanthemums on Double Ninth Festival, my family has to make a big fuss and replace all the flowers and plants in spring and summer."
After a pause, he sighed and said, "I just cleared the old ones this year, and coincidentally I was imprisoned in the Northern Pacification Division. Everyone in my family was in a panic, so naturally I had no time to plant chrysanthemums again."
If ordinary people heard this, they would probably be shocked by the extravagant .
But how could rich and idle people like Xue Pan and Jia Baoyu care about money?
Xue Pan immediately patted his chest and said, "Second brother, I just happen to be tired of seeing them these past few days. Tomorrow morning, I will have someone shovel all the chrysanthemums and send them to your house!"
"Now that the Double Ninth Festival has passed, why are we still cutting it up?" Jia Baoyu shook his head and said with a look of regret: "Although it is a beautiful thing to appreciate chrysanthemums, it would really spoil the scenery if many flowers and plants were damaged because of it."
The way these nouveau riche and intellectuals think is indeed different from that of normal people!
Although he was complaining in his heart, Sun Shaozong nodded his head on the surface: "Brother Bao is right. I have been thinking about expanding the backyard and setting aside a separate flower garden in recent days to save trouble in the future."
As he spoke, he said in distress: "But I asked someone and found out that the cost of building a garden is really a bit exaggerated..."
Pah~
Before Sun Shaozong could finish his words, Xue Pan pounded his chest again and said with emotion: "What's there to be afraid of? If you don't have enough money, just let me know and I, Old Xue, will make it up to you!"
This guy is really...
Sun Shaozong didn't know whether he should be annoyed by his talkativeness or touched by his generosity.
Finally, he could only helplessly say: "If I really needed money, I would definitely not hide it from you, but brother, what I am most worried about now is those unscrupulous merchants selling inferior goods as good ones - right!"
As he said this, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said excitedly, "Brother Bao, isn't your villa almost finished? The craftsmen and merchants are ready! Why don't you help me ask around? If it's good quality and cheap, I won't have to look for someone else."
"this……"
Like his father, Jia Baoyu cannot stand such mundane affairs in his life, and even seems to be better than his father.
Therefore, when I heard that I had to inquire about these mundane matters, I was extremely unhappy.
But because of Sun Shaozong's face, it was difficult to refuse his request.
Just when he was in a dilemma, he heard Sun Shaozong say with a smile: "Brother Bao, haven't you always wanted to learn criminal investigation? Gathering all kinds of information is one of the basic skills of investigating a case. If you can't even collect the superficial information, how can you find out the truth behind the scenes?"
These words hit the nail on the head for Jia Baoyu!
That day in front of Lin Daiyu, he boasted that he could "solve the cause and effect for others" and also talked about "I will leave after the work is done, and hide my body and name".
He boasted this and won Daiyu's admiration, but over the past few months, apart from reading some miscellaneous detective stories, he had not made any progress at all - but Xiren unlocked several new tricks through the storybook.
In addition, Daiyu and Tanchun asked about it from time to time, so Jia Baoyu couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
Therefore, he came here today on his own initiative, actually wanting to seek advice from Sun Shaozong on how he could achieve his goal.
Hearing Sun Shaozong talking about the basic skills of investigating a case, he immediately became excited and asked, "Second brother, please tell me, what are the basic skills required to solve a case?"
Although this was obviously off topic, seeing Xue Pan also making a scene, Sun Shaozong could only point his finger and say, "Let's not talk about the details for now. I think the most important thing in investigating a case is to maintain curiosity."
“Stay curious?”
"That's right. If you have no interest in the case and are not even curious about the truth behind it, how can you persevere in investigating it?"
Jia Baoyu thought about it carefully and found that this statement made a lot of sense. He reflected on himself and said excitedly, "I am not short of curiosity! Second brother, go on, what else do you have?"
"The second thing is, of course, keen observation skills. If you can find more information than others at the crime scene, then you will naturally be one step closer to the truth than others."
"Another thing is to accumulate enough knowledge so that when you face a complicated mystery, you won't miss any important clues due to ignorance."
"The last one is the ability to sort out information. If you can sort out a relatively clear thread from the seemingly chaotic clues, it will definitely help you to achieve twice the result with half the effort in the process of solving the case!"
"Of course, there are many other abilities that need to be used, such as a good memory, but compared to these four, I think they are slightly less important."
At this point, Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said, "Except for the first one, the most basic of the remaining three is keen observation. If you can't even collect information well, no matter how rich your knowledge is or how good you are at sorting out clues, you are still useless."
"I see!"
When Jia Baoyu
It turns out that middle school boys are the easiest to fool.
Sun Shaozong was secretly pleased with himself, but he smiled warmly and said, "This is your first investigation on your own, so don't rush to set too high a goal. I just happened to have collected some material prices and so on, and I'll send them to you tomorrow so you can use them as a reference."
