Chapter 205: Aftermath
"Master, the place with the lanterns in front is Shuiyue Temple!"
It was a dark night with a strong snowstorm. Even though he was screaming at the top of his lungs, Jia Zheng still waited for the strong servant to repeat it again before he squinted his eyes and looked up the hillside.
In the boundless night, two angry lanterns were struggling desperately like floating duckweed, but they couldn't even pay attention to the plaque a few feet away.
"Let's go, hurry up."
Jia Zheng muttered to himself, not caring whether Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian behind him could hear him or not. He let a strong servant help him get off the carriage and hurried up the stone steps.
Seeing this, the brothers Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian hurriedly jumped off the carriage and followed. As they climbed the stone steps, they could not help but wrap their fur coats tightly around themselves.
“A-choo! A-choo!”
Jia Lian had already fallen asleep, but now he was buffeted by the wind and snow and could not help sneezing twice. He then touched his nose and angrily cursed, "This damn Jia Qin, who usually looks like a smiling tiger, I didn't expect that he would dare to 'eat people'!"
Obviously, it was Jia Qin's case that made these wealthy and idle people rush here overnight in the wind and snow.
When they arrived at Shuiyue Temple, a strong servant rushed forward and slammed the temple door, but after a long time, two yamen runners came forward and opened the gate.
In the past, if someone had been left outside the door for such a long time, the servants of Rongguo Mansion would have slapped the shortsighted runner a few times to teach him a lesson.
But things are different now than in the past. Even the Second Master is feeling uneasy along the way, and the servants naturally feel even less confident.
So the group entered the temple quietly, and under the guidance of the yamen runners, they hurried to the back hall.
Sun Shaozong had been waiting in the hall for a long time. When he saw the three people coming in, he hurried forward to greet them: "Uncle, Second Brother Lian, Brother Bao."
"My dear nephew."
While Jia Zheng was greeting him, he was secretly looking around the hall, hoping to find some nuns and that little beast Jia Qin. However, when he took a quick look, the first thing that caught his eye were some fat and big-eared monks.
"Nephew?"
Jia Zheng could not help but wonder, "Why are there so many monks in Shuiyue Temple?"
Jia Lian, who was standing by, recognized a few of them and said hurriedly, "Uncle, these seem to be monks from Tiekan Temple."
"good."
Sun Shaozong said sternly, "These evil monks from Tiekan Temple once teamed up with Jia Qin to rape the nuns in Shuiyue Temple who refused to go along with them. So even if they didn't participate in the murder and corpse dumping case , they are still extremely evil!"
"Evil beasts, they are truly a group of evil beasts!"
When Jia Zheng heard this, he was so angry that he stamped his feet, beat his chest, and his beard trembled. Jia Baoyu hurried forward to support him and asked, "Second Brother Sun, where is Jia Qin?"
Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to reply, he could not help but sigh and said with a face full of self-blame: "When I checked the accounts, I also found that there seemed to be something fishy in this temple, but I felt sorry for Jia Qin's disability, so I deliberately avoided it. Who would have thought that this thought of kindness would cause such a disaster today."
"I broke another arm of Jia Qin, and now Zhao Wuwei has sent him and Jia Yun to see a doctor." Sun Shaozong said solemnly, "But for your family, the most important thing right now is probably how to deal with the aftermath - the imperial concubine will come to visit her parents soon."
This is also the biggest reason why everyone in the Jia family rushed over after receiving the news.
The murder case of Jia Qin alone would not have affected Jia Yuanchun's visit home, but this temple was full of filth, thieves and prostitutes, and even had a whole bunch of little nuns and monks!
If this matter gets out of hand, wouldn't Jia Yuanchun's reputation be tarnished if she wants to go home again?
Jia Zheng had already thought of an idea on the way, but he found it difficult to bring it up in front of a younger generation like Sun Shaozong, so he quickly pushed his nephew Jia Lian out to speak.
In fact, Jia Lian was not willing to take responsibility for this matter, but who could blame him because he was a junior?
He could only pull Sun Shaozong aside and whispered, "My second uncle said that this case should be sentenced as it should be. Our Rongguo Mansion will never protect these bastards!"
Sun Shaozong knew that he must have more to come, so he didn't react at all.
Sure enough, Jia Lian paused for a moment, then softened his tone and said, "However, the visit of my elder sister cannot be delayed. I also ask Erlang to control his men and not to spread these miscellaneous dirty things outside. Just investigate this case quietly."
"Even if my second brother didn't tell me, I would still do this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent someone to notify the mansion first."
Sun Shaozong was not just saying this for show. He thought about how he had slept with Ping'er without knowing why, and how he was forced by his stepbrother. He might...
In short, he felt a little sorry for the Jia family, so he notified the Rongguo Mansion as soon as possible and kept all the people involved in Shuiyue Temple to prevent the news from leaking out in advance.
However, even though he did not ask for anything, it did not mean that the people below would be willing to help Rongguo Mansion keep the secret.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong said seriously: "It's just that the New Year is coming to an end, and the brothers are busy with this case and can't even take care of their families. It's inevitable that they have some complaints in their hearts..."
Jia Lian was used to taking crooked paths, and he understood immediately when he heard this. He knew that Sun Shaozong wanted to ask for some benefits for his subordinates, so he quickly agreed and said, "Don't worry, Erlang. We in Rongguo Mansion also abide by the rules, and we will never let the officials work in vain!"
"That would be the best."
Sun Shaozong nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "With Jia Yucun and Liu Chongshan in the government office, we don't have to worry about mistakes when judging the case - but there is still one person, and second brother needs to beg for help ."
"who?"
“Yes.”
Sun Shaozong pointed his chin towards the door and said, "It's Inspector Qiu."
Inspection?
Jia Lian looked at the clerk in the black robe and could not help but frowning. How could a low-ranking official like him be worthy of such serious instructions?
“Huh?!”
At this time, Jia Baoyu was surprised and asked, "Brother, could this be the son of the Hu Ben Camp, the Chou Taiwei's mansion?"
He is actually the son of General Qiu? !
The son of General Qiu was actually serving as an inspector under Sun Shaozong? !
Jia Lian was a little confused at the time, but when he saw the guy's unruly return gift, he knew he was right, so he hurried forward and praised Qiu Yunfei to the highest level, and flattered him like "a good father will have a good son" for free.
Now Qiu Yunfei could no longer hold back his anger. After all, the one he was flattering was not someone else, but the legitimate son of the Jia family. His status was no lower than that of the others, so the effect would naturally be different from that of others.
So when Jia Lian asked Qiu Yunfei to keep the matter secret, he immediately agreed and almost swore an oath to heaven.
Jia Lian finally breathed a sigh of relief and invited Qiu Yunfei to meet at Rongguo Mansion in two days. Then he got together with Jia Zheng and Sun Shaozong to discuss the specific aftermath of the case.
