Chapter 552 Daily Life in the Sun Mansion (V)
Although Third Sister You had a wild temper, if Second Sister You hadn't revealed it, Sun Shaozong would not have thought that she had actually committed murder and robbery!
Of course, it wasn't a premeditated murder or robbery. To be honest, it was an accident.
About two years ago, at the turn of summer and autumn, Third Sister You disguised herself as a man and went out for a stroll. She came back late because she was too playful, and was stopped and molested by a drunk man in a back alley not far from her home.
While struggling, You Sanjie pushed the drunkard randomly, and as a result, the man fell into the ditch and did not move for a long time.
Annoyed by the drunk's rudeness, Third Sister You didn't think much about it at the time. She just walked up to him, untied the purse from his waist, and then ran back home in one breath.
It was not until the next morning that they found out that the drunkard had drowned in a small ditch. Moreover, he was a minor official of the ninth rank in the Ministry of War, which led to a massive hunt for the murderer in Wanping County.
Third Sister You was terrified and did not dare go out for two months. Fortunately, Xu Huaizhi, the magistrate of Wanping, was a fool. After searching for a while without any results, he said that it was caused by a passing thief who had robbed the man. The thief had heard the news and fled away.
Although the government gave up the investigation, during this period, You Erjie, who lived with You Sanjie day and night, discovered many things wrong with her. After repeated questioning, she found out that her sister had committed murder and robbery.
At that time, You Erjie was so frightened that her heart and liver were broken. It took a long time for her younger sister to comfort her before she recovered.
More than two years have passed since this happened, and You Erjie didn't even dare tell her mother. But now she sold herself to Sun Shaozong without hesitation. The old saying that 'girls are extroverts' is indeed true.
Sun Shaozong briefly thought about the case: You Sanjie was being molested and she resisted in anger, which was basically self-defense. Even if it resulted in the death of the other party, she would not be convicted of any serious crime.
But her action of taking the other person's purse subtly changed the nature of the case.
What's more, she kept the matter secret and did not turn herself in.
In this case, if she cannot provide strong evidence to prove that she was molested and then retaliated in anger, she will most likely be charged with robbery and murder.
Even if she could prove that she was molested and stole the other person's purse, she still could not escape the charge of robbery.
Moreover, the circumstances were serious and the crime was aggravated. Furthermore, the deceased was an official appointed by the imperial court, so according to the rules, the crime was aggravated. In the end, he would probably be sentenced to exile.
In this case, this handle is enough.
Sun Shaozong was just thinking about it when he heard a thump beside the bed. It was You Erjie who saw that he had been silent for a long time and was so scared that she knelt on the ground and begged: "Please have mercy, Master. I only have this one sister..."
"Okay."
Sun Shaozong pulled her up and scolded her, "I'm not the kind of person who doesn't recognize any relatives. Besides, her behavior is understandable. As long as she doesn't do anything wrong in the future, I won't bother to care about such an old matter."
You Erjie finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then she tried to test him with hope: "Over there, eldest sister..."
"Are you so obsessed with her jewelry?"
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Our family is not short of that silver - besides, I heard that the Wuxi barbarians love to collect all kinds of gold and silver headdresses. I will pick up some affordable ones and melt them down. You can make any jewelry you want!"
How could You Erjie understand the dangers of war?
Hearing Sun Shaozong's confident words, she thought that the trip south would be a piece of cake. She was so happy that her bones went soft, and she went straight to the bed with him like a snake.
If it were any other time, Sun Shaozong would have had to show his affection to her.
But now he was thinking only of the sweet love we would have in the evening, so how could he be willing to waste ?
Speaking of which...
Today I have to tell Shi Liu to prepare an extra set of bedding to avoid a flood like yesterday. But I am not allowed to call the maid to come in and change the bedding - although the air is filled with the fragrance of milk, it is not a very comfortable sleep.
Just as she was racking her brains to find a reason to politely reject You Erjie's entanglement, she heard someone knocking on the door and saying, "Is the Second Master in there? The Master just came back from outside. He heard that you had something to talk to him about, so he asked me to call you to the study to talk."
Big brother is back?
This is really strange. The Canton Fair usually lasts all night long, and it is good enough if you can get back before noon the next day. Why did you return home at night today?
Sun Shaozong stood up puzzled and was about to push the door open to go out.
But when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and turned around to ask You Erjie: "Do you understand what I meant just now?"
You Erjie nodded vigorously and said firmly: "I will reject Third Sister's offer later and will not get involved in this matter anymore."
Don’t get involved with your sister!
Sun Shaozong scolded angrily: "What I mean is, forget about extorting gold and silver jewelry. I only care about things that are consensual between you and me!"
Having said that, he left You Erjie, who was obviously still in a daze, and pushed the door open and strode out.
No conversation along the way.
When he arrived at the study, he saw his eldest brother sitting at the top, seemingly unhappy. Sun Shaozong became more and more curious and hurried forward to ask what was going on.
"Don't mention it."
Sun Shaozu said angrily, "I just made eye contact with a busty bitch. The Canton Fair was ruined by Rong Ge'er from Ningguo Mansion."
Was it disturbed by Jia Rong?
This is even more strange. Jia Rong is the leader in the cuckold world. He can even bear to part with his own wife, so how could he...
"It was precisely because he brought his wife with him that he broke the rules of the Canton Fair, and several moralists started arguing with him on the spot, and everyone ended up leaving in a bad mood."
Okay~
There are actually "moralists" in such occasions.
However, according to the unspoken rules of the times, giving concubines to each other has nothing to do with morality and is instead a very elegant thing. But if it involves the wife, not only will she be despised, but it will also violate the laws of the court if it is involved.
Of course, the general law of the king is that officials will not investigate unless the people report it.
Sun Shaozong was complaining in his heart when he heard his elder brother mutter, "In fact, those people are really idle. They are happy to use their wives to exchange with others. Who else can they be close to?"
“Brother!”
As he spoke more and more nonsense, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but frown.
"Okay, okay, I was just talking nonsense, wasn't I?"
Sun Shaozu immediately lost his temper, slumped down on the chair, and asked weakly, "I heard from Zhao Zhongji that you wanted to see me today for something?"
"Brother, do you still remember the Wuxi Barbarians' rebellion?"
"how?!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozu immediately sat up straight again and asked with concern, "Has it been decided that you will go? Then who will be the chief officer this time, a civil official or a military general?"
He had heard about someone recommending Sun Shaozong as the deputy envoy to suppress the rebellion a long time ago, so when he heard Sun Shaozong mention it, he was eager to ask who the chief officer was so that he could help his brother to establish a relationship in advance.
"No chief officer."
Sun Shaozong briefly told his elder brother about what he had said in the imperial court.
Before he could finish his words, Sun Shaozu jumped up and paced back and forth in the room.
When he finished speaking, he shook his head and said, "No! This is absolutely impossible! You haven't even got married yet, why are you going to that poor mountain village to show off your abilities?!"
He originally supported his brother to go south to make merit, but that was a serious mission of leading an army to quell a rebellion, with thousands of soldiers guarding him, and the opponents were just a group of mountain barbarians, so he didn't think there would be much risk.
If we only take a few hundred elite soldiers to the mountains to fight for our lives, the situation will be completely different.
Not to mention that there are tens of thousands of barbarians in the mountains, just the snakes, insects, rats and ants are enough to make a person suffer.
"Brother."
Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "I have signed a military order in front of His Majesty, how dare I go back on my word? Besides, you know the current situation in the capital, if I stay, I will only be tied to the crown prince. If the crown prince is not in the same position, we brothers will have to stand aside."
"That won't work!"
Sun Shaozu sat back on his chair, making the nanmu armchair creak. He said angrily, "At worst, I can submit a petition and go to the south for you! After all, I have been in the army for more than ten years. Am I not as good as a rookie like you?!"
If a large army were to sweep the area, Sun Shaozong might not be able to match his elder brother.
But the imperial court obviously does not want to spend too many troops and food at the moment. After all, compared with the six kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, the Wuxi barbarians, who retreated back into the mountains after a wave of looting, can only be regarded as a minor problem at best.
However, seeing his elder brother's cock-fighting look, Sun Shaozong didn't want to argue with him. He just smiled and said, "If my brother loves me, he can help me prepare some weapons and armors to prevent me from being accidentally hit by a cold arrow..."
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, children's words are blown away by the wind!"
Sun Shaozu spat several times and said solemnly: "When my father fought against the Goryeo Kingdom, he killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers. You are just going to fight a few mountain barbarians. How dangerous can it be?!"
"So, big brother agrees..."
"I didn't agree!"
Sun Shaozu curled his lips arrogantly, then said, "But you should indeed buy two sets of weapons and armor. The armor is easy to say, you can just modify mine. As for the weapons, do you have any ideas? "
When Sun Shaozong told his brother about the idea of the mace and the golden hammer, the eldest brother thought about it for a moment and then said that he would take charge of the matter and would make sure that the construction supervisor would make it as soon as possible.
"That's right."
After thinking for a while, he said, "If the mountain is not too humid, you might as well bring some new thunder bombs made by the Gunpowder Bureau. I heard that the process has been improved and the size is much smaller than before. Unfortunately, they have not been distributed to the Shenji Camp yet, so I don't know how true this boast is."
Of course, grenades have existed in this day and age, but due to limitations in technology, their power is not very great. However, they are large in size, so they are generally used for defending cities.
From what Big Brother Cheap said, there should be a breakthrough in the manufacturing technology. I wonder how powerful the modern grenade can be - in fact, it doesn't need to be very powerful. As long as the size and weight are similar to modern grenades, and the noise is loud enough to intimidate those barbarians.
So Sun Shaozong took note of this matter and prepared to go to Jia Shanyao to inspect the goods in a few days.
From then on, the two brothers had dinner in this study.
During this period, Sun Shaozu talked a lot about the tips of marching and fighting, but he insisted that he would not agree with Sun Shaozong going to Huguang to quell the rebellion. This schizophrenic attitude made Sun Shaozong laugh and cry.
So after eating and drinking, he hurriedly found an excuse and returned to his own courtyard.
In the dim moonlight, just as I reached the gate of the courtyard, someone suddenly bumped into me. Who else could it be but Qingwen?
Seeing that she was holding a food box, Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "Are you going to deliver food to Caixia?"
Qingwen nodded, clutching the food box tightly, looking a little embarrassed.
"You are really a long-lasting person."
Sun Shaozong said this with a double meaning, and then went into the yard on his own - he had no shortage of women around him, so naturally he would not rush to force a maid.
However, Qingwen looked back at his receding figure, feeling mixed emotions for a moment.
