Chapter 635: Night Attack on the Princess
It turns out that every family has its own problems!
Leaning on his back in the carriage, Sun Shaozong rubbed his throbbing temples and sighed silently in his heart.
However, he helped Liu Xianglian solve his difficulties; he had to deal with his own difficulties by himself.
On the surface, Zhang An's case was just as Qiu Yunfei said. It was simply because Zhang An was too concerned about his reputation and suffered. Whether Sun Shaozong helped him or not was a matter of favor.
But this is not how the world works at all!
Zhang An was Sun Shaozong's personal guard, and in the entire southern expedition team, he was ranked among the top five in terms of closeness.
The culture of "protecting the short-sighted" has existed in the military since ancient times. If they had to watch others' heads fall to the ground, who knows what the generals who had gone to the south would think about this matter when they returned to the capital.
After all, Zhang An was not immoral because of drinking, but he was seeking revenge for the humiliation of his wife.
Most of these more than a thousand people were like him, leaving their homes and businesses and going away for two years. Who wouldn't feel the same way and sympathize with him after hearing about such a terrible thing?
You know, after these people return to Beijing, at least one-tenth of them will have to accumulate merits and be promoted, and these promotions will be spread across the four camps in Beijing.
At present, this influence may not be that great, but in the long run, it is enough to lay the foundation for the Sun family in the Beijing camp - and the centripetal force is far greater than that of Sun Shaozu's old subordinates, not to mention the idle chess pieces arranged by Sun Shaozong in Tianjin Prefecture.
How could Sun Shaozong allow this iron rod that was pulled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood to become disloyal?
Therefore, we must find a way to deal with Zhang An's case no matter what!
Even if I can't save him in the end, I have to at least show my support.
Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't want to see him lose his life from the bottom of his heart.
The most urgent thing at the moment is to save Zhang An's life first. As long as he is alive, I believe that with Sun Shaozong's ability, he will be able to find out the secret behind Zhang Biao sooner or later.
Then, it was Zhang An's turn to 'kill his own relatives for the sake of justice'.
As for how to achieve this, Sun Shaozong has already considered it.
As soon as he took office on October 1st, he went to talk to Li Wenshan, the Right Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple.
Li Wenshan was in charge of sentencing in the Dali Temple. As long as he believed that the local officials' sentences were too lenient or too severe, he had the right to refute them in writing or even send the case for retrial.
As long as Li Wenshan is willing to come forward and ask Daxing County to impose a lighter sentence on Zhang An's behalf, even if Wang Qian is dissatisfied and applies to the Ministry of Justice for a review, the case can be delayed for at least one or two months.
According to Yu Qian's investigation, Li Wenshan has always been a good man, so he should be somewhat certain about this matter.
If Li Wenshan really refused to help, Sun Shaozong would probably have no choice but to take the initiative to report to the court and ask the emperor and the ministers to arbitrate.
However, this will always cause some criticism, such as "being arrogant and disregarding ethics".
Alas~
By then, I won’t care about all these.
The higher you climb, the more bottles and jars you need to take into account. How can you expect to take everything into consideration?
“Ouch~!!!”
Just as he was feeling emotional, he suddenly heard a loud shout from Zhang Cheng outside, and then the carriage stopped abruptly, and even the mattress slipped half a meter out.
"What's going on?"
Sun Shaozong hurriedly turned over and sat up , lifted the door curtain and looked outside - but when he had just lifted the door curtain halfway, he heard a muffled sound above his head!
Looking up, I saw a feather arrow stuck in the ceiling, still shaking.
Encountered an assassin?!
This was Sun Shaozong's first thought, but he quickly denied this guess because the dozen or so people in front of him were standing in a line, and the reflection of the snow showed that they were all tall and strong women!
In the center is a beautiful woman, sitting on the back of a white horse, wearing a cloak, holding a strong bow, with two tight and strong long legs in breeches. Who else could it be but Princess Wei of Beijing?
Damn it!
What the hell is this crazy bitch doing? !
The first time we met, she threatened me with a bowstring, and the next two times she threatened me with her words. Now, she actually shot an arrow at me in the street!
Although it was shot on the carport, what if it was a little lower...
Sun Shaozong became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it, and he suddenly pulled the curtain aside and got off the carriage.
"Listen carefully..."
When Wei saw Sun Shaozong show up, she immediately started scolding him with a cold face.
However, when she was halfway through her words, she discovered that after Sun Shaozong got off the carriage, he didn't stop for a moment and pounced on her like a giant bear!
Not to mention the murderous and ferocious look on his face, there was even a bloodshot eye opened between his eyebrows!
Even though Princess Beijing was as capable as any man, she could not help but pale when she thought of the rumors behind this blood-eyed creature.
She hurriedly turned her horse's head, trying to dodge Sun Shaozong's attack, but it was too late.
Sun Shaozong was seen standing about ten feet away, raising a fist as big as a casserole and hitting Wei's face!
This punch was so powerful that even if it just hit the target, Wei would probably die on the spot!
If it were an ordinary woman, she would have been so frightened that she would have closed her eyes and waited for death.
But Wei was a very strong-willed person. Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, he simply gritted his teeth, turned around and swung the bow in his hand towards Sun Shaozong's face, intending to fight him to the point of mutual destruction!
But Sun Shaozong had already recognized her identity, so how could he really kill the princess in his hands?
Therefore, this punch seemed to be powerful, but in fact it was a feint. Seeing that the woman did not dodge, he just threw a hard bow at her head.
He immediately dodged sideways and put his shoulder against the white horse.
Although he changed his tactics in the middle of the attack and was not able to use his full strength, he still caused the white horse to wail several times, stagger sideways a few steps, and then fall to the ground in the snow with a thud.
Looking at Princess Beijing again, Sun Shaozong had already taken the opportunity to pull her off the horse and pressed her into the snow without any mercy!
Taking advantage of the situation, he stepped on the princess' back and yelled, "You... you bold thief, how dare you assassinate an official appointed by the court in the street! Now the thief... the thief leader has been captured alive by me, why... don't you... vomit~!"
Although it was Princess Beijing who provoked first, she is a royal relative after all. She will inevitably suffer some consequences for her double revenge and humiliation.
That's why Sun Shaozong pretended to be crazy and stupid.
I originally wanted to vomit all over her and make her feel nauseous for ten days or half a month, but my alcohol tolerance and stomach were too good, so I couldn't vomit anything out.
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to secretly spit some saliva on the back of Wei's neck.
Wei only felt something sticky on the back of her neck and thought that Sun Shaozong had really vomited on her. She felt so nauseous that her hair stood on end and she struggled and cursed desperately.
The women around saw this and hurriedly shouted at Sun Shaozong to let go of the "Princess".
"Princess...Princess?"
Sun Shaozong pretended to be suspicious and asked, "Which princess would kill an official from the imperial court on the way?"
Seeing that there seemed to be a way, those women began to report Princess Beijing's identity and background one after another - the Empress Dowager's granddaughter-in-law, the Emperor's daughter-in-law, in short, they were just trying to bluff people.
After Sun Shaozong heard this, his face changed drastically. He turned around and scolded, "Zhang Cheng, why did you drive the carriage to the palace? Turn around quickly!"
After Zhang Cheng turned the car around, he let go of Wei, stepped back a few steps, and kicked the hard bow into the snow pile.
"I drank a few more cups than I should have, and even trespassed into the palace and disturbed the queen. This is truly a sin... a sin, a sin!"
As he said this, he jumped onto the carriage and urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, let's go back to our home!"
"This damn bastard!"
Princess Beijing got up in shame and rage, wanting to shoot Sun Shaozong to death, but she couldn't find the bow and arrow; she wanted to mount her horse to chase him, but her horse fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Seeing the carriage rushing away, she could only stamp her feet in anger and yell , "What are you all standing there for? Come back with me and change your clothes!"
