Chapter 735 Still Daily
Warm room in Plum Garden.
Sun Shaozong lay on his back on the bed with his arms as a pillow, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, thinking about what to do today.
The case of Daoyan and his apprentice came to an end yesterday. What remained was for Chen Jingde to quietly spread the news and consolidate his image as a "divine judge".
As for the next cases to be dealt with, they were the case of Lü Mingsi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the case of Wei Ruolan shooting and killing the eldest son of the Niu family.
The former involves the Ministry of Revenue, and the latter is an important case ordered by the emperor. It seems that neither can be delayed for too long...
Well, I will investigate Lu Mingsi's case today. If there are no clues, I will solve Wei Ruolan's case tomorrow - anyway, it is a case of false accusation against false accusation, it all depends on how I, the presiding official, answer it.
Of course, it may not be easy to come up with a reasonable answer.
Crunch~
As I was thinking about it, I heard someone push the door open.
Soon, Caixia led the way into the inner room, followed by two maids about fourteen or fifteen years old, one carrying a bucket of well water and the other carrying a kettle of boiling water.
"Put it here first."
Caixia pointed to the end of the bed, turned around and brought in two copper basins and four towels from outside.
Seeing that the two maids were still standing there without moving after putting down the water, she pointed her chin towards the door and said, "Go away, we don't need you to serve us here for the time being."
The two little maids were obviously a little disappointed, but still responded obediently and left the warm room with their heads down.
Only then did You Erjie get up from Sun Shaozong's arms, put on her bellyband to cover the pair of sweaty and greasy things on her chest, then stretched her muscles and asked, "Is the wind and snow outside getting lighter?"
"The snow has almost stopped, but the wind is still strong. I don't think it will clear up in the morning."
Caixia responded while filling two copper basins with warm water. She then soaked two towels in the basins and rubbed them for a few times. Then she stood up, carefully lifted the corner of the quilt, and wiped Sun Shaozong's toes upwards.
Seeing this, You Erjie hurriedly put on her clothes, went downstairs to get a towel, and prepared to serve Sun Shaozong's other leg.
"Aunt."
Caixia hurriedly stopped her and explained in a low voice: "This basin of water is for wiping the upper body, so it's better not to mix it up."
Only then did You Erjie start wiping from her arms.
I have to say that this warm room in the Plum Garden is very well built. The three of them fought till midnight yesterday and were sweating profusely - but with the wind and snow blocking their way, where could they find water for a bath?
There was no choice but to stick together and sleep.
The time in the morning was limited, and there was a thick layer of snow outside, so it would take more effort to get on the road than usual.
If I really take a shower and change clothes first, I will definitely be late for report.
Although no one would find fault with Sun Shaozong given his current position, he had only been in office for a few days and it would not be good for him to be late or leave early every other day.
So Caixia suggested a compromise, which was to simply wipe the body with a hot towel first. This would not take much time and would not disturb others.
As soon as the two of them started fighting, the origins of the good girl and the maid became clear.
Although You Erjie also wiped it carefully, her technique was not as good as Caixia who had received professional training.
Fortunately, she was busy getting up just now, and her clothes were loose, revealing some of her scenery, which slightly made up for the shortcomings of her technique.
But before long , the two little hands successfully met on Sun Shaozong's waist.
Caixia pulled her head out of the quilt. She didn't know whether it was because she was stuffy or for some other reason, but her face was red as if it was about to bleed. She reminded him in a low voice: "The front has been wiped almost, Second Master, please turn over."
As he spoke, he suddenly thought of the inconvenience and quickly added, "Second Master, just lie sideways!"
In fact, even if she didn't add this sentence, Sun Shaozong couldn't lie down at the moment.
He lay on his side in a reverse "卜" position, allowing the two women to wipe his back and help him to dress and wash up. Then the three of them rushed home together to have dinner.
Yesterday's snow was quite heavy. The snow in the yard was nearly a foot and a half deep. I didn't feel it in the Plum Garden, but when I got out of the garden, I saw that everyone in the mansion had already started to work, and under the leadership of Yuanyang, they had cleared paths half a foot wide.
This is not something that can be done with just a few sweeps - wealthy families pay attention to style, and if the snow on both sides of the path is stained with dust, wouldn't it be unsightly?
Therefore, the difficulty of this task has been more than doubled.
“Second brother!”
Just as he passed two servants who were holding wooden dustpans and carefully clearing away the dust on the snow, he heard someone jumping and shouting in the corridor ahead. Who else could it be but Jia Baoyu?
When I got closer, I saw that the young man who was as handsome as a jade yesterday was obviously listless today. Not only were his eyes bloodshot, but there were also signs of blisters at the corners of his mouth.
Sun Shaozong was just sweeping when Jia Baoyu rushed in the morning. It's a pity that you put me next door to my uncle in the Xing family. I couldn't rest all night."
"It would be fine if it was just the noise, but the sour smell penetrated my nose through the wall..."
As he spoke, he wrinkled his nose and fanned it again with his hands, looking extremely unbearable.
Seeing him like this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but burst into laughter. He reached out and patted Jia Baoyu's frail shoulder, and asked, "Since you want to meddle in other people's business, you should do it to the end. There's no reason to give up halfway."
"Besides, don't you always want to solve cases? If you can't even stand this little bit of sour smell, how can you go to the crime scene in the future?"
Jia Baoyu was only complaining casually. If he was really angry about this, he would not have been able to endure the whole night yesterday.
Now, hearing Sun Shaozong's joke, he just laughed and put the matter behind him, and asked, "Second brother, I just heard from Zhang Cheng that you solved another strange case? I heard that the murderer turned out to be Wanping County Magistrate Su Xingfang? What's going on? I heard that he has a good reputation and is a famous filial son."
This barrage of questions only earned Sun Shaozong two rolls of his eyes.
"It's already late. I'm in a hurry to have breakfast and go to the government office. How can I have the time to tell you a story?" Sun Shaozong said, waving his hands like he was shooing away flies: "I'm in a hurry, so I won't accompany you two."
Having said this, he sent away You Erjie and her servants first, then turned around and went to the front hall to eat. Since he said he was in a hurry to leave, it would not be good to leisurely rush to the backyard.
After simply eating seven bowls of pearl rice, two cups of soup, and a dozen kinds of grains, birds and animals, Sun Shaozong hurried to the stable, intending to take a carriage to the Dali Temple.
Who knew that just as he arrived near the corner gate, he ran into a head-on collision with a carriage from his own mansion.
Nowadays, it is unlikely that the hostesses in this mansion will go out, so apart from Sun Shaozong, few people are qualified to use the carriage.
Could it be that Zhao Zhongji is back?
Could it be that something unexpected happened in Zhang An's family again?
Sun Shaozong could not help but lift the curtain to look, and saw someone on the opposite carriage sticking his head out to look. When their eyes met, who else could it be but Xing Zhong's daughter Xing Xiuyan?
After all, there are differences between men and women. Sun Shaozong originally thought that he could just pass by the carriage, but he never expected that when Xing Xiuyan saw that it was him in the carriage, she hurriedly held the shaft to get off the carriage and greeted him.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong naturally had to get out of the car and greet him.
