Chapter 302: The Apprentice Starves the Master to Death
Early the next morning, Sun Shaozong broke free from the physical entanglement and climbed out of bed. He had a simple breakfast served by Shi Liu and others, then went to the west room and kissed his son until he cried loudly. Only then did he feel satisfied and prepared to go to the yamen to take up his duty.
But just as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw a tall and strong figure coming to greet him, bowing and saying, "This servant greets the Second Master."
Sun Shaozong stopped not too far away and asked casually, "What's the matter? Did the eldest sister-in-law give you some instructions?"
"I don't deserve the word 'order'."
Siqi said respectfully, "Actually, it was Second Madam Lian from Rongguo Mansion. Yesterday, she asked Madam to discuss a business deal with our mansion. Originally, she should have discussed this matter with the eldest master first, but the eldest master has been on duty recently, and Madam was afraid that the important matter would be delayed, so she had to let this maidservant come to inform the second master first."
As he spoke, he briefly repeated what Wang Xifeng had said about the timber business - it was basically Sun Shaozong's old trick, with only some changes to the details, which caused the Sun family to lose three points in profit out of thin air.
In fact, the reason why Wang Xifeng wanted to discuss this business through Jia Yingchun was not because she wanted to hide it from Sun Shaozong and reach a deal with her cheap elder brother in private - given the situation of the Sun brothers, this idea was not realistic.
Her idea was: no matter how close her brother and sister-in-law were, they were much closer relatives than her brother-in-law. As long as she maintained the key point of Jia Yingchun, it would not be difficult to exclude Sun Shaozong from the core circle.
As for asking Sun Shaozong to help out or something, Wang Xifeng would love it.
However, she never imagined that just a few days after the wedding, Sun Shaozong had become Jia Yingchun's closest person. Not to mention her brother and sister-in-law, even her own father Jia She was far inferior to him.
Sun Shaozong naturally knew Wang Xifeng's plan a long time ago, but in order not to expose Ping'er as a traitor, he still pretended to ponder for a long time, and then sneered: "Second sister-in-law Lian is really good at scheming! Go back and tell my eldest sister-in-law that I will make a final decision after discussing this matter with my eldest brother."
After sending away Siqi, who was a little confused, Sun Shaozong temporarily put the matter behind him.
Originally he was worried about this matter because he was afraid that Wang Xifeng was not interested. Now that Wang Xifeng has taken the initiative, he might as well leave her alone for now to prevent her from thinking she is a rare treasure and asking for an exorbitant price.
Anyway, Yingchun, the most important connection, had already been "opened" by herself. No matter how much Wang Xifeng planned, it would be in vain in the end.
No conversation along the way.
When they arrived at the Criminal Law Division, Sun Shaozong hadn't even had time to sit down when Zhao Wuwei came to report the latest developments in the Chen Zhu case yesterday - or rather, the lack of any progress at all.
After a carpet search, not even a trace of the things Sun Shaozong confessed to was found, but a few petty theft cases were solved.
In addition, after the mattress was sent to the drugstore, it received nothing except some "caring for the mentally retarded" looks.
Seeing that there was no progress in these two directions, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Then Aunt Su usually has contacts with those monks and Taoists. Have you ever questioned her?"
If it was true as Sun Shaozong suspected, then what was pressed under the mattress was actually some kind of hallucinogenic poison. It would be difficult for a woman like Aunt Su to touch it alone - so it was very likely that she had accomplices among the monks and Taoists who often came and went.
"this……"
Zhao Wuwei smiled bitterly and said, "Master, the woman casually confessed that there are seven or eight people with names and surnames, all of whom are well-connected. If we have evidence, it would be fine, but without real evidence, I'm afraid we can't do anything reckless."
It is customary for monks to make friends with the powerful these days. Those who are not so good are like Miaoyu, who completely relies on a certain powerful family; those who are a little more capable maneuver among several powerful families, taking advantage of their power while maintaining a certain degree of independence.
Naturally, Shuntian Prefecture could not manipulate monks and Taoists like these.
It seems that the only way to continue the investigation is to find similarities between the two cases in another case.
Sun Shaozong made up his mind and was about to call Qiu Yunfei to ask him to go to the palace to find Jiang Yuhan and inquire about the identity and background of that family. But he suddenly heard someone outside reporting that Master Bao from Rongguo Mansion was asking to see him outside the door.
This kid is really impatient. He was clearly told to come back in two days...
But since people are here, we can’t turn them away, right?
But after watching the gay scene last night, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to go out to greet him, so he told the doorman to let Baoyu in directly.
After the man left in a flash, Sun Shaozong called Cheng Rixing again and whispered a few words to him. Cheng Rixing then hurried out of the hall.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Baoyu was seen wrapped in a dark red cloak and strode into the Criminal Law Department.
While he was still outside the door, his voice, which was in its infancy, reached his ears: "Second Brother Sun, I didn't sleep the whole night after I went home yesterday. I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to come to your house shamelessly. I hope you won't mind."
Before he finished speaking, Jia Baoyu had already walked into the room and bowed to Sun Shaozong, but his bright black eyes were looking around as if he was looking for something rare.
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for?"
"Of course it's a beautiful woman!"
Although he had two dark circles under his eyes, when he talked about the "beautiful lady", Baoyu's face still lit up and he said with a grin, "I just saw her carriage go in through the side door. She comes to the Criminal Law Office every now and then."
woman?
Do you have to go to the Criminal Law Department every now and then?
Sun Shaozong was puzzled at first, but then he suddenly remembered someone and said, "Are you talking about the nun Miaoyu from the Longcui Temple? She comes here often, but she is not looking for me, but someone else."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed towards the east wing.
"Brother Wei?!"
Guessing who Sun Shaozong was referring to, Baoyu was immediately surprised. He frowned and muttered, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for Brother Wei and Sister Miaoyu to be involved in this matter?"
Hearing him say this, Sun Shaozong's heart was moved, and he quickly pretended to smile as if nothing had happened and said, "They are both willing to do this, what's wrong with that? You are actually worried about it."
"Even if we both want to, it won't work!"
Jia Baoyu immediately shook his head like a rattle: "The Wei family is currently trying to find a wife for Brother Wei, Xiangyun. How can he keep in touch with Sister Miaoyu at this time?"
If it was just a normal fling, Jia Baoyu might not care, but Miaoyu was a proper official's daughter and she could not be someone's concubine!
After hearing what he said, Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that the Wei family was actually planning to marry into the Shi family!
Thinking back to the time, the Shi family had hinted at an alliance with the Sun family. Although Sun Shaozong thought Shi Xiangyun was too young and pretended to be deaf and dumb to get away with it, he knew very well what benefits marrying Shi Xiangyun would bring.
No wonder Wei Ruolan suddenly asked for peace last night - at this critical moment, stability is naturally paramount!
His mind raced, and after he had figured out the matter, Sun Shaozong immediately put on an indignant look, angrily saying, "How could this happen?! Miss Xiangyun lost both her parents when she was young, and she is extremely lonely. Who would have thought that when she is talking about marriage, she would meet such a fickle playboy!"
Then he sighed and said, "It's a pity that she doesn't have decent parents or brothers, otherwise they would never sit idly by and do nothing about it."
Xiangyun and Baoyu are childhood sweethearts, so their relationship is not necessarily worse than that of real siblings.
Sun Shaozong knew this and deliberately used provocative words, hoping to provoke Baoyu to go to the East Courtyard to find Wei Ruolan to discuss the matter without thinking twice - as long as things got out of hand, the marriage between the Shi and Wei families would naturally be complicated.
Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu's expression changed several times. Suddenly, he bowed solemnly to Sun Shaozong and said in a deep voice, "I will definitely ask Brother Wei for the truth in the future. I also ask Brother Er not to spread this matter to avoid complications."
Sun Shaozong: “…”
This is really teaching the apprentice to starve the master to death. If Sun Shaozong hadn't reminded him several times, how could he have thought so thoroughly? !
