Chapter 298: War or Peace
The sun was setting and it was almost time for the banquet.
In the east courtyard of the Criminal Law Department, Wei Ruolan paced back and forth in the main hall and living room, feeling extremely upset.
Although he has been in a dormant period recently, he is still very careful about Sun Shaozong's every move. Therefore, he knew about the Xue family sending someone to deliver the invitation earlier than Sun Shaozong.
Therefore, when the servant of the Xue family came back and brought the invitation to him and Qiu Yunfei, how could Wei Ruolan not know that this was Sun Shaozong's idea?
Then he began to feel troubled.
Go ahead. Looking at Xue Pan's initial attitude, you can tell that Sun Shaozong is definitely the most respected person at the table. That group of people surround him like a star, and make you a foil. Just thinking about it makes you feel uncomfortable.
But if I don't go, compared with Sun Shaozong's attitude, I will appear to be too narrow-minded and lose points in the circle of "Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue" for nothing.
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. Wei Ruolan stamped her feet and called out, "Master Qi, come in with me first!"
Since Master Qi is related to Prince Beijing, his status is naturally very different from that of other masters.
Therefore, after entering the room, he didn't wait for Wei Ruolan to ask questions, but cupped his hands and advised: "In my opinion, Dong Weng should not only go to the banquet, but also try to ease the conflict with Sun Zhizhong at the banquet."
"What do you mean by that?!"
What do you mean by "easing the conflict"? To put it bluntly, isn't it just to let Wei Ruolan take the initiative to bow down to Sun Shaozong at the banquet? !
How could Wei Ruolan accept such a suggestion?
He immediately became annoyed, threw up his sleeves, and was about to scold Master Qi.
Unexpectedly, Master Qi rushed to remind him, "Don't forget, Mr. Dong , the princess is trying to promote your marriage with the Baolinghou family. At this critical moment, it is not appropriate to fight with Sun Shaozong and both sides will suffer losses."
After hearing this, Wei Ruolan was about to scold, but she choked back the words.
This marriage can be said to be another "strategic marriage" of the Wei family after marrying their daughter to Prince Beijing.
The purpose, of course, is to obtain the political legacy left by the previous generation of Marquis Baoling, so as to further consolidate the wealthy status that the Wei family has just acquired.
You have to know that although the eldest branch of the Shi family has only a young orphan girl left, the two marquis uncles are also well-known hollow bosses. Not only are they extremely poor, they also don't have much real power.
However, many of the generals under the previous generation of Baoling Hou have now risen to high positions in the government, for example, Qiu Yunfei's father Qiu Ying, Feng Ziying's father Feng Tang, and even Wang Ziteng, nicknamed the "King of the Southeast", all of whom once fought under Shi Hou.
If Wei Ruolan married the orphan of Lord Shi, these people might not necessarily help her wholeheartedly, but they would have no problem providing some convenience without harming themselves.
And this is exactly the political capital that the Wei family, which has grown rapidly in recent years, needs most!
Therefore, the Wei family is now working hard in the hope of making this marriage happen.
If we fight with Sun Shaozong at this time and both of us suffer losses, it will delay the important matter of revitalizing the family, which will be more trouble than gain.
But if I just give in to that guy surnamed Sun, it would be really...
Stop talking nonsense.
But just as Wei Ruolan fell into deeper entanglement, Sun Shaozong was standing in front of Chen Bo's bed, his brows also frowned.
After a careful search, no problems were found in other places in Chen Bo's room, but there were some strange indentations under the mattress that made Sun Shaozong very concerned.
There were six shallow marks, distributed around the mattress and in the center.
The marks on the periphery were very blurry due to insufficient pressure, making it difficult to distinguish them - but the mark in the middle was slightly clearer, vaguely showing a palm-sized human figure.
"grown ups."
Zhao Wuwei had just faced several burly men with sticks, looking majestic and imposing. But now, seeing the faint imprint of a human figure, he was quite frightened. He quietly stepped back half a step and said in a trembling voice: "This... this, this, this, can't it really be a curse?!"
This reminded the Chen residence's housekeeper Liu, who jumped three feet high and pointed at the mark excitedly, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! It must be that witch who cast a curse, wanting to kill the master and the young master so that her bastard could inherit the family business!"
As he said this, he knelt down again and pounded the ground with his head, demanding that Sun Shaozong release Chen Bo and severely punish the evil woman.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to pay attention to him. He did a simple test with clothes and towels and other things, and determined that the things under the bed should be quite thin, probably made of thick paper or cloth - otherwise the marks left behind should be clearer.
in addition……
Sun Shaozong was very cautious. He moved closer and sniffed, and found that there was a faint sweet fragrance coming from the trace. However, the smell was very faint. If one did not try to distinguish it, one would probably not be able to detect it at all.
After putting down the mattress, Sun Shaozong turned around and asked, "Who has been to this room since Lord Chen died?"
"That witch, that witch must have been here!"
Butler Liu blurted out, but under the cold gaze of Sun Shaozong , he could only say hesitantly: "I was busy protecting the young master at the time, and I didn't send anyone to guard here. I really don't know who came in."
In other words, everyone in the mansion had the opportunity to take away the things under the quilt while everyone was in chaos.
Now more than three hours have passed. Unless the murderer is mentally retarded or has other intentions, he would have destroyed the body long ago.
Tsk~
It seems that we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.
"Captain Zhao."
"The villain is here!"
Zhao Wuwei hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, then couldn't help but ask, "Sir, should we go and arrest that witch now?"
"Catch someone... cough, nonsense. How can you randomly arrest someone without any evidence?" Sun Shaozong scolded angrily, "You stay here and take your men to search the Chen residence carefully. Focus on finding something that is the size of a palm, has a sweet fragrance, and is in the shape of a human."
After Zhao Wuwei complied obediently, Sun Shaozong pulled up the quilt and the mat underneath, stuffed it into his arms, and ordered: "Also, take this thing to the medicine shop and see if you can tell anything from the smell emitted by these traces."
"this……"
Zhao Wuwei made a bitter face and hesitated, "I'm afraid this is..."
"I told you to try, but I didn't say you had to find out anything!"
Sun Shaozong glared, and after Zhao Wuwei retreated with a nod, he called Qiu Yunfei and escorted Chen Bo back to the government office together. Then he took off his official robe, changed into casual clothes, and hurried to Dingxianglou for the banquet.
When they arrived at Dingxiang Tower, they saw that although the banquet had not started yet, all those who were supposed to come had already arrived, including Jia Baoyu, Jia Lian, Jia Qiang, Feng Ziying, Liu Xianglian, Jiang Yuhan, and a few famous prostitutes from the capital, all sitting around a large table.
Wei Ruolan is also among them!
However, what surprised Sun Shaozong was not him, but Jia Rong, the young master of Ningguo Mansion, who also came to join in the fun.
