Chapter 622: Glazed World: White Snow and Red Plum Blossoms (Part 3)
But Sun Shaozong strode out of Daoxiang Village, and Baoyu hurriedly caught up with him. The two of them braved the wind and snow and hurried towards the Longcui Temple side by side.
Because the wind was against him and Sun Shaozong didn't have a cloak to cover himself like Baoyu, he just kept his head down and hurried on, too lazy to start a conversation.
Jia Baoyu, however, could not keep quiet, so he hurried forward two steps, tilted his shoulder and asked, "Was my second brother promoted to the position of Right Shaoqing or Left Shaoqing? From what I gather, it should be Left Shaoqing!"
Seeing him puffing up his cheeks and looking eager to show off, Sun Shaozong asked in a playful way, "Why is that?"
But Jia Baoyu blurted out, "According to the rules of the Dali Temple, the Right Junior Official is responsible for sentencing, while the Left Junior Official is responsible for trying old cases and corrupt cases. With my second brother's ability in judging cases, he should be placed in the position of Left Junior Official, so that his talents can be put to good use."
It seems that he has made considerable progress in the past two years.
If it were in the past, how could he, who hated a serious official career, care about these "dirty things"?
Sun Shaozong nodded in agreement and praised him a few more times, but then he heard Jia Baoyu say happily: "So, the case of the black letter will probably be handed over to my second brother. If that's the case, my second brother, don't forget what you promised me!"
At the beginning, Sun Shaozong had promised Baoyu that as long as he could pass the examination and become a scholar, he would allow him to participate in solving cases as a legal advisor. However, he never thought that after the passage of time, he was still thinking about it.
Speaking of which...
I had only heard Yu Qian mention this black note case a few days ago, but I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time. But now it seems that there is something unusual.
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's so surprising about this black note case you mentioned?"
"It's called one case, but it's actually several cases..."
Jia Baoyu had obviously been paying attention to this case for a long time. When Sun Shaozong asked, he began to talk about it with gestures.
This story began in the spring of the twelfth year of Guangde, when a post covered in ink inexplicably appeared in the main hall of the Criminal Law Department of Shuntian Prefecture.
The newly appointed Ge Zhizhong didn't understand what he meant, and he was too lazy to deal with such trivial matters, so he didn't delve into it.
Who would have thought that from then on, every two or three months a black note would appear out of nowhere in the main hall of the Criminal Law Division.
At first, no one in the Criminal Law Department paid attention to it. Later, people gradually discovered that this post was often sent the next day after a major murder case was closed.
Although Ge Zhizhong still didn't take it to heart, Qiu Yunfei, who was promoted to Tongpan, felt that there must be some connection between them.
So he secretly worked with Zhao Wuwei and Qi Lianhai [Wei Ruolan's criminal lawyer, who was selected as an official after Wei Ruolan was imprisoned and succeeded Lin Delu as the eighth-rank governor] to investigate those murder cases that were closed before the black letter appeared.
It took half a year and he actually found some clues!
Among the five cases in total, he found hidden secrets in two of them.
The real murderer in one of the cases even confessed that he was instigated by a tall man in black to commit the murder in secret.
"A tall man in black?"
When Sun Shaozong heard this, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Could it be that those dead all deserved to die?!"
"Huh?"
Jia Baoyu was surprised and asked, "How did my second brother know that?"
It is true!
When Sun Shaozong was the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, he had solved several major cases, and behind each of them there was a tall man in black!
He never thought that after he left Beijing, the man in black was still active in the dark and became more and more rampant.
However, Qiu Yunfei was also involved in the whole process of the incident with the man in black. When he found out that the black post incident was related to the man in black, he naturally wanted to investigate it thoroughly.
Although there were two cases in which no clues were found in the end, the other three were all found to be false charges and wrongful convictions, and the men in black were behind the scenes.
Of course, Jia Baoyu knew the specific details of these cases. After all, some of them involved confidential information, and Qiu Yunfei was not in a position to explain them to him in detail.
It seems...
I need to find Qiu Yunfei and learn more about this so-called black post incident!
The two of them talked about the black note in detail. They were not far from the Longcui Temple. They saw clumps of red plum blossoms blooming in the wind and snow around the low wall that was more than half a person's height.
Jia Baoyu hurried a few steps, brushed off the snow on his body in front of the door, straightened his clothes, and then went forward and knocked on the door.
Soon, someone inside answered, "Who is it? It's windy and snowy, why are you here to worship Buddha at this time?"
Before he could finish his words, there was a creaking sound and the door opened slightly, revealing a tense little face. It turned out to be a little nun in a gray monk's robe.
But when she saw clearly that the people knocking on the door were actually Jia Baoyu and Sun Shaozong, her tense little face suddenly smiled.
While he hurriedly opened the door, he said with a smile, "It turns out that Master Bao and Master Sun have arrived. I wonder if you two are here to look for my abbess?"
Sun Shaozong had seen many materialistic monks, so naturally, this little nun was no exception.
Therefore, he did not pay attention to her face-changing performance, but just smiled and said: "Brother Bao was sent to invite Miss Xing to the party - as for me, I just want to see what happened to the baby girl back then."
But why would the little nun care about the reason?
Before Sun Shaozong finished speaking, he made way for them. As soon as Sun Shaozong finished speaking, he said "So that's how it is" twice, and then welcomed the two of them into the nunnery.
After entering, he did not lead them to the Buddhist hall, but took the two of them straight to Miaoyu's meditation room.
When she got closer and was about to knock on the door, it was pushed open from the inside. Then Xing Xiuyan came out. Seeing that it was Sun Shaozong in person, she subconsciously turned around to take a look, then stepped forward to greet him in a dignified manner.
"Master Bao, Lord Sun."
Unlike Baoqin who always called him "Brother Sun", although the two of them had traveled on the same ship and were nominally relatives, Xing Xiuyan always seemed a little distant.
Sun Shaozong had long been accustomed to this. Just as he was about to return the greeting, he suddenly saw Miaoyu rushing out of the meditation room. Her beautiful eyes fixed on his face for a long while before she put her palms together and said, "Amitabha, I haven't seen you for many years. How have you been, Lord Sun?"
"Okay, you..."
" Godmother!"
Sun Shaozong did start talking this time, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by a childish voice.
Following the sound and looking inside, I saw a little girl wrapped in three layers of clothes running out of the house.
When she reached Miaoyu's side, she saw a stranger standing outside the door. The little girl hurriedly stopped, hugged Miaoyu's thighs, and shrank behind her in a stealthy manner.
"Godmother?"
Sun Shaozong cast a questioning look at Miaoyu. According to common sense, shouldn't the children adopted by a monk call him master?
Miaoyu's face suddenly flushed, and she looked away slightly before she stammered, "Whether she wants to stay in the nunnery or not, it all depends on her own wishes."
There's nothing wrong with what he said literally, but why does it sound a bit guilty?
And when did she become so shy?
It seems that Miaoyu's state of mind has changed a lot in the past two years.
While the two were talking here, Baoyu also made his point clear to Xing Xiuyan. He stepped forward at the right time and bowed and smiled, saying: "Today, in addition to coming to look for my sister from the Xing family, I also want to be a flower picker who burns pianos and cooks cranes. Sister, please turn a blind eye and let me pick two plum blossoms to report back."
Miaoyu threw her sleeves and said in a feigned anger, "They were all bought by your family. Let alone breaking a few branches, even if they were burned, what does it have to do with me?"
Then he said seriously, "There is only one thing. The slopes on the east and west sides are very steep. You must stay away from them. If you fall, it will be very serious."
Baoyu nodded in agreement and went outside excitedly to look at them one by one.
Miaoyu watched him go outside, and after a moment's hesitation, she called out, "Master Sun, please come in and have a cup of tea to warm yourself up."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xing Xiuyan stepped forward and picked up the little girl, saying that she would play with her for a while and would not go in for tea.
Miaoyu's face turned red again. She lowered her head, turned around, and went into the house first.
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment and then followed him in.
After both of them entered the Zen room, Xing Xiuyan could not help but sigh secretly, then she carried the child outside to watch Baoyu picking plum blossoms.
