Chapter 642 Taking Office (Part 2)
It was said to be guarding the Heavenly Prison, but in fact the white elephant occupied a separate courtyard.
Since it is a place to raise elephants, the house is naturally very tall and magnificent, but the real luxury is the constant temperature geothermal system laid underground.
The room temperature was about 27 or 28 degrees. After Sun Shaozong went in for a while, he broke out in sweat, so he had to bid farewell to the "garrison commander".
It is a farewell in the truest sense of the word.
Perhaps because no one dared to get close to feed it except the keeper on weekdays, this 'garrison commander' got along quite well with Sun Shaozong, who chased after it and kept barking 'Lulululul'.
If the elephant husband hadn't stopped him, he might have followed him out.
"grown ups."
Yang Zhiming wiped the sweat off his forehead and forced a smile, saying, "At this time, the Minister of Justice should have finished his official duties. I will lead you there right away..."
He was not sweating because of the heat, but because he was frightened by the elephant approaching him.
“No hurry.”
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and pointed at a few guard posts not far away and said, "Since we are already here, why not go in and take a look - I heard that my old colleague Wei Ruolan is imprisoned in there now?"
The news that Sun Shaozong would be in charge of Wei Ruolan's case had already spread throughout the Dali Temple.
Therefore, Yang Zhiming did not find it strange. He led the way and said, "He has been in prison for more than two years. At first, we were afraid that he would collude with others, so we would not allow anyone to visit him without Lord Wei's approval. But now, there is no need to say so much."
No wonder Wei Yi kept such a close eye on him at the beginning. The former Zuo Shaoqing Liu Fang was one of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, and was also a staunch ally of the Niu family.
If he really causes trouble, won't the Dali Temple be the ones to suffer?
Stop talking nonsense.
However, when the soldiers and runners in charge of guarding the prison heard that the new Sun Shaoqing was coming to inspect the prison, who dared to stop him?
After they had successfully entered the gate of the Heavenly Prison, a clerk came forward bravely and carefully reminded Sun Shaozong that he had to sign a note before going in for inspection.
Seeing that this petty official was so ignorant, Yang Zhiming glared at him.
Sun Shaozong, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously. He went to the duty room and wrote down his name, official title, and purpose of his visit. He then looked the man up and down and asked with a smile, "Who are you? What's your position?"
Wang Biao looked pale, but he still saluted and said, "I am the clerk here, Wang Biao."
The level of the Dali Temple's Tianlao is naturally much higher than that of Shuntian Prefecture. The warden is of the seventh rank, and the subordinates under him are also official officials.
For example, the clerk Wang Biao holds the official title of eighth grade.
Sun Shaozong nodded and said nothing more, but secretly wrote down Wang Biao's name and kept it as a backup for the future - as for whether to use him or not, and whether he could use him, it all depended on his future performance.
After all, there are many tricks in the officialdom these days, and no one can guarantee that he is not deliberately playing the role of a strong leader in front of him.
Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Yang Zhiming, who was standing next to him, hurriedly ordered Wang Biao to lead the way and visit Wei Ruolan's cell.
Along the way, there were naturally people wailing and crying out for injustice, and among them there were even two familiar faces, who seemed to be officials from the Ministry of Justice, whom I had seen before during the autumn investigation and declaration.
At the time, I thought these two guys were not very well behaved, but I never thought that they would end up in jail.
"Sun Shaozong?! It's you! It's really you!"
Just as he was asking Wang Biao why the two men came in, he heard someone shouting loudly from the front.
Wang Biao immediately stopped talking and pointed to the cell where the shouting came from and said, "Sir, that is Wei Ruolan's cell number."
If he hadn't said this, Sun Shaozong would never have realized that the almost flattened face behind the railing belonged to Wei Ruolan.
I hurried two steps closer and looked carefully, but I still couldn't recognize it.
Although she didn't want to admit it, the original Wei Ruolan was indeed worthy of the description of heroic and extraordinary.
And the man in this cell right now...
The sunken face like a skull, the skinny body consisting of skin and bones - I'm afraid it can only be described as a starving corpse that is about to die.
Liu Xianglian, who had been following behind him without hearing a single word, could not help but sigh: "They say 'a haggard man is beyond words', and today I have truly seen it."
When Wang Biao heard that he seemed to be reluctant, he hurriedly explained that Wei Ruolan had never been treated badly in prison, and that he became like this purely because of his mental illness.
Wei Ruolan shouted excitedly at first, but when Sun Shaozong approached, she was silent for a while. Her face twisted and changed as she squeezed into the railing. After a long time, she said in a hoarse voice: "I haven't seen you for two years, and you are already a fourth-rank official."
Yang Zhiming beside him immediately said in a humorous tone: "It's more than a fourth-rank official. Lord Sun has now been promoted to the position of Junior Official of the Dali Temple. I'm afraid he will have to make the final decision on your case."
"The Junior Official of the Dali Temple?!"
Judging from Wei Ruolan's surprised expression, the prison was well guarded. At least until just now, he didn't know that Sun Shaozong had become the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.
Seeing Wei Ruolan staggering back a few steps, she sat down on the stone bed with a look of despair in her eyes.
Sun Shaozong thought that he was afraid that he would take revenge, so he said, "You and I are colleagues. You know the principles of my judgment. If there is any injustice..."
"hehe……"
Wei Ruolan suddenly sneered and shook her head, saying, "I could figure out things in there, and with your intelligence, you must have figured it out long ago, right? What difference does it make whether I killed that person or not?"
Sun Shaozong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he suddenly realized.
No wonder that elegant and graceful young man fell into such a situation in just two years. It turned out that Wei Ruolan had already realized in prison that her experience was closely related to her elder brother Wei Rushong and brother-in-law Shui Rong.
The feeling of being betrayed by your closest relatives is probably more difficult to accept than being wrongfully imprisoned.
For a moment, Sun Shaozong really didn't know what to say.
At this moment, a man suddenly came running over and shouted from a distance: "Sun Shaoqing, Sun Shaoqing! Lord Wei invites you to come over and talk!"
Yes~
Now I don't have to think of words.
Sun Shaozong stared at Wei Ruolan for a few more seconds before turning around to face the officer who summoned him.
When he got closer, he asked calmly, "Master Wei suddenly called me over in a hurry, but what's the reason?"
Although new officials must pay a visit to their superiors when they take up a new post - of course, whether their superiors meet them or not is another matter - there is no requirement that new officials must meet their superiors as soon as they arrive at the yamen.
What's more, the relationship between a Shaoqing and a Qing is not simply a superior-subordinate relationship. If Wei Yi ordered people to urge Sun Shaozong like this without a suitable reason, it would be obviously impolite.
That's why Sun Shaozong asked this question.
But the official was heard panting and saying intermittently: "I heard... I heard that it was the Ministry of Revenue... A person named... Yu died in the Ministry of Revenue..."
"What?!"
Sun Shaozong's face suddenly changed. He lifted him up into the air and shouted in a panic, "How is this possible? How could Yu Qian die so suddenly?!"
"No... no... yes... no..."
The official was gesticulating and shouting, saying a lot of "yes" and "no", which made the people who listened even more confused.
At this time, Liu Xianglian hurried forward and persuaded Sun Shaozong to let the clerk go, and asked on his behalf: "What happened? Please tell me in detail!"
At the end, he added: "That Lord Yu Qianyu is the nephew-in-law of Sun Shaoqing."
“No…No…”
The official kept talking for a long time, until Sun Shaozong wanted to punch him until ten thousand peach blossoms bloomed, and then he heard him say: "It's not Yu, it's Lu... It's the Jieshizhong named Lu who was killed."
Damn~
Could it be that this guy has never heard of Lao Guo's crosstalk? !
