Chapter 307 Gift Package
The wheels rolled and the car moved slowly towards the afterglow of the setting sun.
The carriage, which had been exposed to the sun for a whole day, was full of the smell of sunshine. Sun Shaozong rested his head on Ruan Rong's thigh and put his hand on Xiangling's lower abdomen, feeling the cheerful rhythm of the little life. He felt lazy as if he was about to melt.
"master."
Ruan Rong was untying Sun Shaozong's hair and rearranging it while curiously asking, "Has there been any result in the recent curse case?"
After she became pregnant with her son last year, she lost interest in solving cases. Now that she asked about the curse case, it was more like she was interested in those supernatural things than being curious about the progress of the case.
"What results can there be?"
Sun Shaozong didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and muttered: "Cheng Rixing, Lin Delu and others are all urging me to just close the case. After all, the Chen family has already admitted it."
Originally, he wanted to start with another curse case and investigate both cases together.
Who would have thought that yesterday afternoon, when I finally found some time to find Jiang Yuhan and ask about it, I found out that the concubine's niece-in-law had escorted the body back to her hometown in the south for burial three days ago.
How can we investigate the case together when the man has left the building?
In addition, in the Chen family's case, it seemed that the evidence was solid and the facts were all there. The murderer had gone crazy and would not take the initiative to refute anything. Therefore, Lin Delu and others advised Sun Shaozong to just close the case.
To be honest, Sun Shaozong doesn't have to get to the bottom of every case. After all, even in modern times with advanced technology, "murder cases must be solved" is just a slogan, not a 100% fact.
But he always felt that this case might not end here...
"The fight has begun, the fight has begun!"
"The soldiers started fighting among themselves!"
Sun Shaozong was just thinking about the case when he heard a commotion outside.
Ruan Rong curiously opened the curtain a little and saw a lot of people gathered in the city gate not far ahead.
Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, the coachman slowly stopped the carriage by the roadside. The male servants on horseback who were guarding on both sides immediately stepped out of the crowd and rushed to the front to find out what was going on.
Soon, someone came back to report, "Second Master, there was a conflict between the soldiers guarding the city and the people from the Shenji Camp. They didn't fight, they just pushed each other in the city gate."
As expected, it is related to the Shenji Camp again.
In fact, as soon as he heard that the soldiers himself had started fighting, Sun Shaozong guessed that it was related to the Shenji Camp - in the past month or so, conflicts between the Shenji Camp and the other three camps occurred every now and then, which had already made Han Fuyin extremely anxious.
The root cause of this is naturally inseparable from the series of reforms promoted by Emperor Guangde.
Following the changes in military ranks and titles last autumn, Emperor Guangde recently suddenly decided to promote the Shenji Battalion's status among the four battalions and one guard in the capital. It is said that it will at least be on par with the Huben Battalion, and may even become the head of the imperial guards.
As soon as the news got out, the Huben Camp, the Patrol Camp, and the City Defense Camp were all in panic.
You have to know that in those days, muskets were not considered a main force because they were inconvenient to use and their range and accuracy were inferior to those of bows and crossbows. It was only because of the power of artillery that the Shenji Battalion could barely form an independent army, and it had always been the last among the four battalions and one guard.
Now, this guy who just collects chicken feathers to make a duster is actually going to surpass the guys who fight with real swords and guns. Who can accept this?
High-level bosses wrote letters of opposition one after another, and the arrogant and powerful generals below regarded the Shenji Camp as a thorn in their eyes and would make things difficult for them whenever they got the chance.
The Shenji Camp was about to turn the tables, so how could they be willing to weaken at this moment?
As a result, conflicts of varying sizes continued to occur one after another.
However, knowing that the fighting had not yet started, Sun Shaozong felt relieved. If it had really been a chaotic fight, it would be difficult for him to intervene.
As for now...
"Tell me my name and tell them to go to the side and stop delaying the flow of people!"
“Yes!”
The strong servant agreed and immediately urged his horse to the city gate, where he saw dozens of soldiers of different heights, weights and bodies standing in the gate, all with their chests puffed out and their necks stiffened, saying nonsense like 'try to move me', 'so what if I move', 'try to move again'.
Pah~
The strong servant whipped his horse whip into the wind and shouted at the top of his voice: "Lord Sun from Shuntian Prefecture has ordered you to get out of the way immediately and not delay the people's entry or exit!"
There was a sudden silence in the doorway.
Then the city gate officer said arrogantly: "Did you hear that? Lord Sun told you to get out of here!"
The leader of the Shenji Camp was not to be outdone, and he stiffened his neck and shouted, "Why are you so proud? Lord Sun clearly told us to get out of the way!"
Although they were still bickering with each other, no one dared to go against Sun Shaozong's wishes. After all, unlike ordinary fifth-rank civil servants, Sun Shaozong not only had many connections in the upper echelons of the military, but was also famous in the capital for his bravery.
Especially last time in Tianjin Prefecture, Sun Shaozong fought against a hundred people alone and killed a third-rank governor in battle, which made him famous in the army. Naturally, no one was so blind as to dare to provoke him.
Of course, this is only the case when a conflict occurs between the Shenji Camp and the City Defense Camp. If it were a conflict with the Patrol Defense Camp, the people in the Shenji Camp might not necessarily accept it because of their cheap big brother.
Not to mention how the two military leaders requested to meet with Sun Shaozong to apologize, and how they were rejected without hesitation by the male servant.
However, after the traffic at the city gate was restored, Sun Shaozong returned to the mansion unimpeded. He first settled Xiangling and Ruan Rong, and then went to chat with his elder brother.
After briefly mentioning the commotion at the city gate, Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "Brother, how long will this matter last? If a few lives are lost, this is no joke!"
Only a few people were injured right now, but if someone were to die, the Criminal Law Division would probably be implicated - there's nothing they can do about it, because Shuntian Prefecture has such lenient jurisdiction.
This is not like an ordinary criminal case, where you are caught in the middle and suffer from both sides.
"I think it's almost settled."
Then Sun Shaozu said, "When I went to the palace the other day, Prince Zhongshun let slip that the Shenji Battalion would be moved to Jinmen Prefecture for reorganization, and that they would also be equipped with some new firearms in batches."
At this point, he carefully looked outside the door a few times to make sure that no one was around, then he lowered his voice and said, "I also heard that this new type of firearm was obtained from Prince Yizhong, and it took a lot of effort to imitate more than a hundred of them."
Tsk~
This was probably the leftovers that Emperor Guangde picked up during the hot air balloon incident.
Doing business, climbing the technological ladder, developing firearms...
What Prince Yizhong did was more like what an ordinary time-travelling protagonist would do.
It's a pity that he learned the protagonist's tactics, but did not have Long Aotian's luck. In the end, not only did he get nothing, but he also gave Emperor Guangde a super gift package.
I don’t know what the technological level of the new musket is - but no matter what level it is, it will take at least two or three years before it can be officially used on the battlefield.
By then, I can catch up with Wang Ziteng's Southeast War...
"That's right."
Just as he was daydreaming, his cheap brother suddenly changed the subject and said, "I heard from Siqi that the girl from the Shi family is also very pretty. Rather than letting the Wei family's little bastard get away with it, why don't we take the initiative?"
As he said this, he winked at Sun Shaozong, his meaning was self-evident.
Sun Shaozong's face suddenly fell. Shi Xiangyun's appearance and background were impeccable, and she was said be lively and cheerful. But the problem was that she was younger than Lin Daiyu and was not even thirteen years old!
This little girl is really...
What?
Marry her first, raise her for two years, and then eat her alive?
Are you kidding?
It's already at his lips, how could Sun Shaozong hold back?
He is not the kind of person with strong willpower who can be strict with himself without the constraints of the law!
So it’s best not to bother yourself.
However, just as Sun Shaozong was about to refuse, he heard footsteps outside, and then Zhao Zhongji came in to report that his three nephews wanted to see him for something.
