Chapter 650 Marriage
It was just past fifth watch and the sky was still dark.
Sun Shaozong got up quietly and called Rui'er, who was on duty, to help him wash up.
When everything was ready, he walked out the door and headed straight for the front yard, heading towards the bright spot in the sky.
"Second Master."
Zhao Zhongji, who looked exhausted, had been waiting outside the second gate. When he saw Sun Shaozong coming out, he quickly pulled himself together, followed him with his shoulders tilted and flattering, and reported: "Guard Wang came to see you just after five o'clock in the morning, saying that he had received your instructions..."
"He came early."
Sun Shaozong hurried to the living room at a brisk pace, and ordered: "Let's set up breakfast in the living room today."
Zhao Zhongji responded and followed for about a hundred steps, all the way to the left of the living room. Seeing that Sun Shaozong didn't seem to have any other instructions, he went to the kitchen quietly to serve the dishes.
But when Sun Shaozong arrived in the living room, he didn't wait for Wang Zhen to come forward to greet him, and he went straight to the point and said, "I think Zhang Cheng has also told you that I got some clues yesterday. After thinking about it, there are only two ways."
Wang Zhen quickly pricked up his ears and listened.
Sun Shaozong sat down on the main seat first, and then continued: "This one, of course, is to investigate secretly, try to find decisive evidence, and then catch the thief in one fell swoop - this method is safe, but it is also very likely that there will be no solid evidence."
"Secondly, it would be a good idea to alert the enemy. If they lose their composure, we would have an opportunity to take advantage of them. As for the disadvantage, if we can't control it, it would be easy for the culprit behind the scenes to escape."
A butcher, a squad leader, and a security chief.
These three people can form a complete criminal chain, but they cannot explain the purpose and motive, as well as the origin of the property of Zhang the Butcher and Wei the Bandit.
Therefore, it can be basically concluded that there must be someone behind this!
At this point, Sun Shaozong looked at Wang Zhen and said, "In your opinion, what should we do now?"
“This…”
Although Wang Zhen was confused a few days ago, he has now come to his senses and has regained his usual alertness.
After a brief consideration, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "In my humble opinion, the most important thing for us right now is to protect Zhang An. As for the culprit, it would be best if we can catch him..."
Although he did not say it explicitly, he obviously agreed to use the second method to cut the Gordian knot.
This cannot be said to be a wrong choice.
Even for Sun Shaozong, it can be said to be the most favorable choice.
However……
The culprit behind this incident has the lives of more than a dozen innocent teenagers on his hands!
Seeing that Sun Shaozong seemed to be hesitant, Wang Zhen hurriedly reminded him, "It's okay for other people, but the beggars under Chief Wang are all over Jixiangfang. Even if we investigate secretly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape his eyes and ears."
"Sooner or later, we will alert the snake. It is better to lure it out of its hole..."
This is indeed something that we have to consider.
That's all.
There is no perfect solution, just do your best.
Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, and then said solemnly: "When it's daybreak, go to the gunpowder bureau outside the city and find Jia Shanyao, the deputy captain of the Dragon Guards stationed there, and ask him to allocate some manpower to help with the case."
"Wait until Jia Shanyao's people have made all the arrangements, then you can ask Qiu Yunfei to come forward and give them a warning!"
As he spoke, he told the details of the plan in detail.
Wang Zhen nodded repeatedly, but finally couldn't help but hesitate and said, "My Lord has just handed over the job of the Northern Pacification Office, and Captain Jia is in charge of guarding the gunpowder bureau, I'm afraid he may not be willing..."
"If he refuses to help, come back and report to me."
Sun Shaozong interrupted Wang Zhen and sneered, "I don't expect him to help me in my time of need. If he is not willing to do anything to help me, then I must have misjudged him."
Wang Zhen then bowed and accepted the order, and without even caring about Sun Shaozong's invitation to keep him for dinner, he left in a hurry.
…
Let’s not talk about Wang Zhen.
However, Sun Shaozong had his breakfast and rested for a while in the living room. Then he went back to the backyard to change into his official uniform and ordered Zhang Cheng to drive the carriage straight to the Dali Temple.
There was no conversation along the way. When they were not far from the Dali Temple , they ran into a wedding procession of about a hundred people.
In these days, people usually hold wedding ceremonies in the evening, so a formal wedding reception usually takes place after noon. And the fact that such a large ceremony was being made so early in the morning was definitely not for taking a concubine.
It looks like it's a second marriage - definitely a second marriage.
And judging from the appearance of the family, they are most likely a family of officials.
Although it is a virtue to keep a wife who has shared his hardships, there are quite a few cases nowadays where a man gets promoted and rich but his wife dies.
It’s not that I dislike my original wife because she is old and ugly.
Anyway, he has power and influence, so no one would say anything if he takes a few more concubines.
The main considerations are connections, help and the like.
By marrying a concubine's daughter from a wealthy family, one can at least take advantage of the influence of the in-laws' family. Therefore, some men who are eager to make progress can't help but perform these three steps in reverse.
Stop talking nonsense.
However, seeing that the wedding procession was so large and bloated, Zhang Cheng pulled the reins and pulled the carriage to the side of the road, intending to wait until the wedding procession passed before continuing on his way.
Unexpectedly, when the wedding procession approached, it suddenly stopped, and even the sedan chair in the middle fell to the ground.
Then someone else rode up and called out, "Is it my second cousin in the car?"
What the hell is second cousin?
Not to mention that Nanzong is in the capital and there are only two younger generations here. Even if someone of the same generation really came, he should call him Thirteenth Brother.
But to say that I was wrong...
The man dismounted from his horse and walked straight to the front of the carriage, looking very confident.
Even though he was completely confused, he had to give some support since the other party had come so close - especially from the scene, he knew it was not an ordinary family.
So Sun Shaozong lifted the curtain and got off the carriage. He looked the young man up and down and said hesitantly, "Forgive my poor eyesight, but I don't know who you are..."
The man was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he immediately smiled with relief and said, "My father is Sun Tao, the chief priest of the Imperial College. When our two families reunited last autumn, you were not in the capital, so it's no wonder you didn't recognize me."
It turned out to be the future uncle of the emperor - the Crown Princess's younger brother.
Sun Shaozong suddenly understood. No wonder there was such a grand ceremony. It turned out that someone from the Crown Princess's family was getting married.
wrong!
Since the two families are already related, they are theoretically relatives. It doesn't make sense that his family would marry off their daughter, but Sun Shaozong didn't receive any news at all.
"It turned out to be Brother Zhaolin in person."
Sun Shaozong blurted out the young man's name, then looked suspiciously at the bridal sedan not far away, wondering, "Whose daughter is getting married? Why do you have to trouble me to come out and see her off?"
Sun Zhaolin was delighted to see that the famous Second Brother Sun had also heard of his name, but suddenly he heard him asking about the identity of the bride in the sedan chair, and he became embarrassed again.
After hesitating for a while, Fang smiled and said, "The person inside is actually my second uncle's sister."
As he spoke, he leaned forward again and said in a low voice, "Because she married the Prince of Xinyang, my father refused to make it public."
It seems that the King of Xinyang killed the daughter of the Niu family after all!
but……
Because of what happened in the past, the Crown Prince should be extremely hostile to Prince Xinyang. How could he allow the Crown Princess's family to marry Prince Xinyang?
Sun Zhaolin, like his sister, was also a very perceptive person. He only needed to look at Sun Shaozong's expression before he quickly explained, "My father was also strongly against it, but my second uncle was determined to have a princess in our family, so..."
Tsk~
If Sun Shaozong remembered correctly, the Crown Princess's second uncle was now just a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Rites. It was not unusual for him to be obsessed with the title of Princess of Xinyang.
But in this case, the Crown Princess's situation would be even more embarrassing...
