Chapter 710 Arriving in droves
Although I had just seriously considered how to capture Zhou Mo, the key witness.
But now that he heard that Zhou Mo had come to him on his own initiative, Sun Shaozong's first thought was to retreat - after all, the uncontrollable variables between 'active' and 'passive' had increased significantly.
It is not clear at the moment why Zhou Mo is looking for him, and it is even more unclear what his current situation is.
If something goes wrong, this so-called key witness will become a hot potato.
It would be fine if the disaster affected himself, but how could Sun Shaozong bear it if it affected his wife and children at home?
Now Sun Shaozong finally understood why those time-travel novels always mentioned "those who have constant property have constant determination", so it would be more effective to gather an army composed of children from good families.
Phew!
To put it bluntly, they are just people with families to support, and they have no way of disobeying orders, making it easy for the rulers to enslave them!
But the problem is...
There are not many capable people in the Dali Temple . Even if they want to send someone to find out Zhou Mo's purpose, they can't find a suitable candidate for the time being.
Just as he was struggling with his thoughts, a clerk came hurriedly from outside. He originally wanted to report something to Wang Biao, but when he saw Sun Shaozong standing beside him, he quickly changed his direction, bowed and said, "Sir, someone outside sent another message saying that Princess Beijing is here to visit, and she also asked to see you by name!"
The long-legged princess is coming?
This was actually something that the two of them had discussed. After all, with Wei Ying's usual temper, since the Niu family had already come to her, how could she possibly lag behind?
Therefore, when Sun Shaozong was on the boat that day, he specifically told her to come to the Dali Temple in two days to make a scene - mainly because she was injured and could not go to work and perform immediately - so as to avoid being discovered by others.
But it was such a coincidence that she came!
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes and came up with a plan. He pretended to be panicked and ordered: "Wang Dianli, go to my office quietly and get my casual clothes - remember, don't alarm Princess Beijing!"
Seeing his anxious look, Wang Biao and others understood that Princess Beijing has always had a hot temper, and she is a woman. Even if they win the fight with her, it may not be glorious.
Therefore, even King Zhongshun had to retreat, let alone a minister like Lord Sun?
Therefore, Wang Biao had no doubt about Sun Shaozong's intention. He immediately agreed and hurried out of the prison.
Sun Shaozong was not idle either. He took advantage of this opportunity to call over the left temple chief Tang Weishan and ordered him to work with the two counties of Daxing and Wanping to summon the beggar chiefs in the city to conduct an internal investigation.
In particular, the area left behind by Wang Baochang in Daxing County must be investigated in detail.
The cases planned by the owner of the black post have always been centered around revenge. Judging from the information we have obtained so far, this time should be no exception.
The little beggars have no parents and if someone really loves them, they should take them home and adopt them instead of letting them continue to wander the streets.
Therefore, most of those who sympathize with them or even have thoughts of revenge are probably beggars.
Of course, given the usual style of the owner of the black post, it might not be easy to find out the clues.
By the time Tang Weishan had explained everything clearly, Wang Biao had already "stolen" Sun Shaozong's casual clothes.
So Sun Shaozong changed his clothes in the interrogation room, and ordered Wu Shuigen and his wife to guard inside and outside the iron gate and not allow anyone to approach privately. Then he quietly left the Dali Temple through the main gate.
However, as soon as he went out of the main gate, he turned around and went around to the corner gate.
Just as he was thinking about how to call the coachman Zhang Cheng to help pass the message without leaving any trace, a man suddenly appeared beside him and said in a low voice, "Master, I'm here."
Turning around, he saw that it was the beggar chieftain Hong Jiu.
Sun Shaozong then remembered that he had instructed the doorman Wang Jin in the morning to ask Hong Jiu to come and be on standby.
He originally wanted to wait for the imperial court to issue an order, and then use the beggars under his command to spread some public opinion in order to test the reaction of Prince Zhongshun's palace.
However, before the imperial court's decree could be officially issued, the bodies of Master Daoyan and his apprentice floated over with the water. Sun Shaozong got busy and forgot about this.
Moreover, with the bodies of Daoyan and his disciples, there is no need for Hong Jiu to spread any rumors.
Now is the perfect time to let him pass the message to Zhang Cheng.
Sun Shaozong winked at Hong Jiu, signaling him to wait here, and then went to the "letter writing" stall on the corner of the street to borrow a pen, ink, paper, and envelope.
Not long after, Hong Jiu took the wax-sealed letter and found Wei Liben - this Wei Liben was the gangster who performed in the Dali Temple that day and almost tricked Sun Shaozong into falling into his trap.
On that day in the black-sailed boat, I heard Princess Beijing Wei Ying say that Wei Liben was her dowry servant and was her most trusted confidant, otherwise she would not dare to entrust him with the task of setting up a honey trap.
Just now, Sun Shaozong discovered that he was mixed in with a group of female soldiers from a distance, so he asked Hong Jiu to hand the letter to him.
After reading the contents of the letter, Wei Liben hurriedly handed it to a maid and ordered her to take it to the Dali Temple for the princess to review in person.
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Sun Shaozong saw this scene from afar and felt a little relieved.
He wrote the letter with his left hand, and in it he only referred to himself as "the owner of the black-sailed boat."
In his letter, he said that the Prince Zhongshun's Palace sent a chief historian to the Dali Temple, perhaps also for the Wei Ruolan case, and specially asked Wei Ying to find out his purpose.
Apart from this, no additional information was disclosed.
However, Wei Ying should be able to tell where the letter came from after taking a look at it, and once she finds out Zhou Mo's purpose, she will naturally try to inform herself.
At that time, Sun Shaozong will be able to judge whether he should meet with Zhou Mo based on the situation, and if so, how to respond in order to gain an invincible position.
Thinking something in his mind, Sun Shaozong sent Hong Jiu back to report, and then found a bun shop on the side of the road and ordered six trays of 72 steamed dumplings as snacks.
He had just eaten about fifty of them with the sauce when he heard the sound of hooves outside. It turned out to be a team of Dragon Guards galloping past, led by an acquaintance - Yang Licai, a subordinate of Sun Shaozong when he was in charge of the Inspection Department.
Currently, Yang Licai has been promoted to trial captain, and is able to take charge of his own affairs in the Northern Pacification Division system.
At this time, why did he lead people to the Dali Temple?
Could it be...
Sun Shaozong was suspicious and wanted to chase after him to find out what was going on. However, when he reached the door, he stopped, sighed, and turned back to continue chewing the buns.
If Yang Licai's visit this time was related to him, someone in the government would naturally find a way to inform him. If it was not related, or was only indirectly related...
I'm afraid this 'heart-ripping case' will end here.
Alas~
If this is true, then who am I working so hard for these past two days, trembling with fear and racking my brains?
Never mind. A prince who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as a commoner. It’s just talk. Who would dare to take it seriously?
but……
There is still a long way to go in the future. Even if you are a royal relative, if you walk on the road at night too much, there will always be a day when you will get into trouble!
Pah~
Sun Shaozong slapped a few taels of loose silver on the table and shouted, "Boss, go get me some good wine!"
