Chapter 634: Drunk
Qiu Yunfei walked on the snow to the outside of the pavilion, and the first person to greet him was Xue Pan.
He sighed a few times to suppress the spicy taste in his mouth, then shook his head and said jokingly, "Old Qiu, you are becoming more and more stable - Second brother invited us to dinner, but you came so late!"
"roll!"
Qiu Yunfei glared and retorted, " Even if I'm fatter, I'm still better than you who are top-heavy!"
Although the two of them were arguing with each other, there was no sign of annoyance on their faces. It seemed that they were used to playing around in their daily lives.
This is also a rare advantage of Xue Pan—he is very outgoing and can get along well with anyone.
Of course, sometimes you can't avoid being rejected.
After Qiu Yunfei finished scolding Xue Pan, he hurried a few steps to bow to Sun Shaozong, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, I originally wanted to find out some clues and then give you a reply, but who would have thought that after all this trouble, it would be in vain."
It turned out that in the past two days, Qiu Yunfei first checked the list of beggars who had died or escaped, and then sent people to the pawnshops, the Ministry of Welfare and other places to verify the situation, but the results were very limited.
This afternoon, he ordered people to look up the missing persons lists of wealthy and powerful officials in recent years. As a result, the Criminal Law Department searched the whole place in a mess, but still could not find the clue.
It’s not that there have been no lost or found cases on Shuntianfu Road recently, but that a child of around ten years old is really out of reach.
Generally, the children abducted by human traffickers are at most five or six years old - teenagers around ten years old have developed mentally to a certain level, and even if they are abducted by human traffickers, they can mostly remember their parents and family members.
These days are not like later times, where you can still sell organs or something.
Another group that is easily "lost" is maids and servants aged fifteen or sixteen, and they are often lost in pairs.
In short, Qiu Yunfei looked through all the missing persons records, but couldn't find many that matched the estimated age.
"There are four or five people who have reported missing, but most of them are idiots. I'm afraid it's more likely that they got lost by themselves."
It would be relatively easy to kidnap children with cerebral palsy, but what good would it do to bring back a bunch of stupid kids?
Even if they wanted to conduct a cult ritual, they wouldn't be so unrestrained, right?
But after excluding children with cerebral palsy, where did those children who left various traces in Zhang Biao’s home come from?
Could it be that he was abducted from another place?
If this is the case, it would be extremely difficult to find out the truth...
"grown ups."
Sun Shaozong was just thinking about the case when he heard Qiu Yunfei say, "I haven't investigated much on the surface. If I want to get into more details, I must first come up with a legitimate reason so that I can send more people. Secondly,..."
At this point, he spread his arms and legs and said helplessly, "Zhang An has now insisted that he killed Zhang Biao because he was drunk and immoral. If he is really sentenced to immediate execution, even if we find out anything, it will be too late."
After all, Zhang Biao was suspected of colluding with others to kidnap and massacre young children, but this was just speculation by Sun Shaozong and others.
Although I am quite confident, I am afraid that I still need to make some considerations if I want to file a formal case since there is no trace of the person or the body.
Especially the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, who had just been severely humiliated by Qiu Yunfei because of the black note incident not long ago. He might not support him spending a lot of manpower and resources to investigate a speculation that has not yet been proven.
As for Zhang An's verdict...
"Don't worry ."
As Sun Shaozong spoke, he stepped aside and raised his hand to move in, indicating that Qiu Yunfei should take the seat first before talking.
After Qiu Yunfei finished exchanging pleasantries with everyone present , he continued, "You should focus on this case first, and don't mobilize a large force to investigate it. I will deal with it when I arrive at the Dali Temple."
"grown ups!"
When Qiu Yunfei heard this, he stood up and reminded him: "According to the rules of avoiding suspicion, I'm afraid you can't take over this case, right? Don't delay your bright future for someone who is determined to die!"
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Sun Shaozong said, and then smiled: "Okay, let's not talk about these troubles for now. Since this is a private party, you don't have to call me an adult. If you don't mind, just call me second brother."
Qiu Yunfei had been looking forward to this, and he changed his address with a look of joy on his face.
From then on, no one mentioned official business anymore and just drank happily.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone lost their temper and started talking about all sorts of things:
There was a story about a county magistrate who had an affair with his mother and gave birth to a son to raise as his grandson. However, the secret was revealed by his eldest son and he ended up being dismissed from office and exiled to Yunnan.
During the reconstruction of the reception pavilion outside the west city, a piece of Tai Sui half a person's height was dug out. The Ministry of Works was so scared that it set up a water and land ceremony in the yamen for more than a month. It was foggy all day long, and even the plaque of the Ministry of Works was smoked black.
The Oiran tribe of the western Mongolian ethnic group has become more and more arrogant as its power has grown in the past two years. It has been raiding Shaanxi and Gansu from time to time. At the beginning of the year, it even broke into a place only a hundred miles away from Chang'an, which greatly angered the imperial court.
In short, he was talking nonsense, and because he was drunk, he didn't care whether what he said made sense or not.
When the conversation got excited, Liu Xianglian drew his sword and danced in the snow, Qiu Yunfei and Xue Pan knocked around with cups and plates, and Jia Baoyu hugged the pillar and kept calling Xiren...
Only Sun Shaozong and Feng Ziying were relatively calm and just clapped and cheered.
According to the mood, the drinking party would probably last until late at night.
Unexpectedly, Xue Pan used too much force and broke the plate of chili powder, causing blood to ooze out of the palm of his hand.
He didn't care about anything and even insisted on trying human blood dipped in chili powder to see what it tasted like.
But Sun Shaozong didn't dare let him do whatever he wanted, so he quickly asked Feng Ziying to take the guy to the nearest clinic for treatment.
In this way, the banquet naturally ended.
But Sun Shaozong sent away Qiu Yunfei and Jia Baoyu again, and waited and waited for so long, but Liu Xianglian did not come out. He was afraid that he would cause some trouble, so he hurried back to the pavilion.
Who knew that when they arrived at the backyard, they saw Liu Xianglian sitting alone at the table, gulping down tea. Although there was a hint of fatigue between his brows, he was not drunk at all.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong sat down opposite him and put his teacup in front of him. When Liu Xianglian picked up the teapot and filled it up, he said, "Tell me, how did you come to your senses this time? When I wanted you to be my advisor, you refused in every possible way."
“I can’t say I’ve figured it out.”
Liu Xianglian wiped his face vigorously and sighed dejectedly, "It's just that I have realized my own weight."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Sun Shaozong was looking at him intently, obviously waiting for the next words, he smiled bitterly and said, "Last summer, when Old Xue celebrated his birthday, my third sister also went with him. Who would have thought that she would be treated so badly by Old Xue's wife..."
Before he could finish, Sun Shaozong's face darkened and he pressed on, "How did you deal with Xue Pan?"
"I didn't discuss this with Lao Xue."
Liu Xianglian said, "It's the daughter of the Wang family who looks down on others. It has nothing to do with Old Xue. You know me, second brother. I have always been heartless and don't know what shame is. But when I went home that day and heard my third sister talk about this, my heart, my heart... Tsk!"
He smacked his lips, grabbed the tea and poured it in one gulp, then picked up the kettle to refill it, but only poured enough water to fill the bottom of the cup, leaving the kettle empty.
"Bad luck! Someone come..."
“Yes.”
Seeing that he was about to call for help, Sun Shaozong pushed his cup over and said seriously: "If you really want to make progress, I will talk to my eldest brother and find a way to get you a job in the Shenji Camp..."
"Second brother."
Liu Xianglian shook his head and smiled bitterly, "When my mother passed away, she ordered me not to serve in the army anymore, so I chose to take the civil service examination. Unfortunately, I am a loser, so I am afraid I can only rely on my second brother now."
The fathers of the Sun and Liu families fought their way out of a sea of blood and corpses, but their lives were ended by a royal edict. It is no wonder that Liu's mother felt resentful about this.
"Then follow me to the government office to gain experience first!" Since it was his mother's last wish, Sun Shaozong changed his words and said, "When there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I will help you find a legitimate business!"
