Chapter 229 The Fake Nun Wants to Explore the Real Nun
February 11, the 11th year of Guangde.
"Have you heard? Have you heard?"
Early in the morning, four or five clerks gathered in the alley where they were supposed to be on duty, happily gossiping.
"When Master Wei arrived yesterday, he started arguing with Sun Zhizhong!"
"real?!"
"How did you get on with it?!"
"Who will win or lose between the two of them?!"
Seeing how eager everyone was, the well-informed clerk was content to keep everyone in suspense until someone threatened to go to the Criminal Law Department to find out what was going on. He then hurriedly said, "It was Master Wei who first provoked Sun Zhi and accused him of being unfair in judging the case..."
"What?"
"Isn't this ridiculous?!"
"Yes, Lord Sun is a famous 'divine judge' in our mansion!"
"Don't be impatient!"
The clerk continued, "Master Wei actually wanted to say that the sentence given to Lord Sun for his treason was too light."
"That does make some sense."
"It's indeed a bargain for those two beasts."
"Then how did Sun Zhizhong respond?"
"Hey, Sun Zhizhong..."
The clerk kept the matter a secret for a while, and when others urged him, he continued, "Sun Zhizhong accepted it directly. Not only did he change the sentence according to what Master Wei said, he also asked Chen Jingli to write the four words 'Think carefully' and prepare to hang them on the wall of the living room."
"What? Sun Zhizhong just gave in like that?!"
"No way, is Master Wei so powerful that even Sun Zhizhong doesn't dare to provoke him?!"
"But Sun Zhizhong doesn't usually seem like this kind of person, does he?"
When everyone started talking about it, the clerk said proudly, "If you were not the one who said you couldn't be an official, how could Sun Zhizhong be as famous as you? He admitted it, but he also gave Master Wei the words 'beware of arrogance and impatience', saying that he wanted to encourage Master Wei."
Be humble and cautious?
The clerks pondered for a moment, and then they understood.
Sun Shaozong's reputation as a "magic judge" is well known to everyone. Even if he admits that the penalty was wrong, it is not a big deal. What's more, he specially asked someone to write four words as a warning. He could take the opportunity to brag about "glad to hear criticism" and "humble and open-minded".
Although Wei Ruolan seemed to have won, he acted too hastily, especially the four characters "be cautious against arrogance and impetuosity" he posted on his face, which further proved that he was a "arrogant and impetuous" person.
But Sun Shaozong's words of "mutual encouragement" seem to have no faults at all.
After Sun Shaozong hung up the words "Think carefully before doing it", if Wei Ruolan didn't bite the bullet and hang up the words "Beware of arrogance and impetuosity", wouldn't it make her seem even more narrow-minded and far less broad-minded than Sun Shaozong?
If these four-word "comment" were really hung on the wall, it would be difficult to take it down.
"Although our Lord Zhizhong is young, his methods are really..."
Several clerks made clicking sounds, and it was unclear whether they were praising or fearing.
Similar conversations were repeated countless times in the government office. After noon, Wei Ruolan's popularity in everyone's mind had quietly dropped several levels.
On the contrary, Sun Shaozong stepped on his tender face and officially established his reputation as an old and cunning man...
At the beginning of the Wei hour [one o'clock in the afternoon], the Criminal Law Department held a meeting.
"First move a little to the left, then move a little higher, a little higher. Yes, yes, it's right here!"
Lin Delu directed two servants to hang the words "Think carefully" on the north wall of the living room, and then smiled and reported: "I have just ordered someone to send the words "Beware of arrogance and impetuosity" to the east wing. Your Excellency, do you want someone to tell Wei Tongpan that you have already hung up "Think carefully"?"
Sun Shaozong first waved his hand, signaling the two servants to leave, and then said leisurely: "Since you can't beat him to death with one stick, why do you keep teasing him? If he gets angry, he'll bite you a few times. Not to mention whether it hurts, you'll definitely get a mouthful of saliva."
The implicit meaning of these words seemed to compare Wei Ruolan to a mad dog.
Lin Delu was just listening with great joy when he heard someone outside report: "Master, there is a young man outside the government office who wants to see you. He claims to be Jia Baoyu, the young master of Rongguo Mansion."
Why is Jia Baoyu here?
Could it be that he came here to reconcile himself and Wei Ruolan?
Given his personality, this is really possible...
But no matter what, since the person has already come, there is no reason to avoid him.
"Please bring him in."
The officer took his orders and left. Sun Shaozong waited for a moment before he stood up and went out to greet him. When he arrived outside the gate of the Criminal Law Courts, he bumped into Jia Baoyu and said with a smile, "Brother Bao, why did you come in by yourself? I was just about to go out to greet you!"
He was so frugal, but in fact he had no choice but to do so.
As Jia Baoyu was the 'uncle of the emperor', he should have gone to the gate of the yamen to greet him in person. But if he, a little boy, really went out to greet him with a large force, he would inevitably give the impression that he was trying to curry favor with the powerful and had no self-respect.
Jia Baoyu didn't think too much about it. He greeted Sun Shaozong and said with a smile: "Second brother Sun, I am not the host today. I am just accompanying others to your place."
As he said this, he stepped aside, and a graceful lady came forward, took off her hood, and then bowed with eleven bows, saying, "Miaoyu greets Lord Sun."
"you……"
Sun Shaozong was just about to ask her why she came, but then he changed his mind and remembered that he seemed to have promised her a few days ago that he would let her visit the pregnant nuns.
So the question turned into a teasing one: "You are a Buddhist monk, why do you have to bring a flower protector with you when you travel?"
Miaoyu bowed slightly again and said calmly, "It's nothing. I was just afraid that you might say something wrong, so I asked Master Bao to come over as a witness."
Tsk~
This little nun is really honest.
Originally, Sun Shaozong was planning to arrange a few people to accompany her to visit the nuns, but since Jia Baoyu also came, it would be bad to be too disrespectful.
So he could only say, "If that's the case, I'll take you there to have a look - but when we get there, Brother Bao had better not follow me in, so as not to pollute our eyes and ears."
Jia Baoyu hadn't done anything yet, but Miaoyu frowned upon hearing this and asked anxiously, "Why? Is the environment they are in very bad now?"
"If it was because of the bad environment, how could the ears be contaminated?"
Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "Anyway, you'll know what's going on when you get there."
Seeing that he was unwilling to elaborate, Miaoyu did not ask questions.
Baoyu, who was standing by, couldn't help but pat his chest and said, "Second brother, there is a saying that goes 'A man should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence'. Now that I have experienced so many things, what else is there that I cannot bear to see or hear?"
Sun Shaozong agreed. Although this matter was not suitable for children, Jia Baoyu could not be considered a "child" in this regard.
So he simply said, "Okay, let's all go in and take a look later!"
