Chapter 773: Thieves Have Their Own Code
Although the morning after the snow and wind is still chilly, the rising sun after several days' absence still brings warmth to people's hearts.
However, in the office of the Left Temple of the Dali Temple, this sunny scene was shattered by the sharp sound of breaking through the air.
The whistling sound was caused by the five-foot-four-inch-long, one hundred and two-hundred-and-two-pound sword Frostmourne.
Speaking of which, Sun Shaozong hasn't done morning exercises for a long time - not counting those in bed.
When he first led his troops south to quell the rebellion, he insisted on getting up at the sound of the cock-crow every day.
But when they had annihilated the Wuxi barbarians in one fell swoop, they were either busy with paperwork or inspecting the people's sentiments all day long. Naturally, they put their weapons into storage and let their horses go to the mountains.
However, the failed attempt at the Qiankun bet last night made Sun Shaozong alert again.
Although this tremendous strength is a bonus from the golden finger and does not diminish in the slightest due to slackness - but once one becomes rusty in this martial art, one may not be able to control this inhuman strength.
From now on, you must practice once a day no matter what!
Just as he made up his mind, he saw Hong Jiu and Huang Bin walking into the courtyard side by side.
Tsk~
It seems that it is more reliable to practice at night.
Uh~
Maybe noon would be more appropriate?
Out of habitual weakness in his will, Sun Shaozong naturally stopped his moves and put Frostmourne on his shoulder.
"Your Excellency is truly a god!"
Hong Jiu rushed forward half a step, praising repeatedly.
Huang Bin, who was standing behind him, bowed politely.
Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to ask about serious matters. He smiled and said to Hong Jiu: "It was thanks to your timely action yesterday, otherwise if it had been a little later, Yang Kui would have died."
"I don't deserve your praise!"
Hong Jiu bowed repeatedly in fear and trepidation, then smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by you, but I learned this trick when I was begging on the street. As a beggar, you have to eat leftovers and rotten rice. Once your stomach gets upset, if you don't vomit it out immediately, your life will be in danger."
It seems that no matter how humble a job is, it has its merits.
Sun Shaozong smiled suddenly, then his face became serious and he asked about the real job.
This so-called serious task was naturally to interrogate Yang Kui overnight to find out his motives and process for committing the crime, and whether there was someone else behind it.
In fact, after experiencing the confrontation yesterday and Yang Kui's sudden suicide by taking poison, Sun Shaozong has basically identified the mastermind behind Yang Kui.
But to bring down a serious court official, it is not enough to just make inferences, at least a confession from Yang Kui is needed.
Of course, Sun Shaozong had also secretly deployed personnel to prevent some people from abandoning their posts and fleeing.
"Reply to your Excellency's words."
Now it was Huang Bin's turn to speak. He said with a serious face, "I assisted Wang Dianli in the interrogation overnight. Yang Kui was forced to confess how he conspired with Duan Qing, Shi Gui and others to kill Lü Jijian and Wang Erhu."
"But as to the reasons and whether he was instigated by someone, he either remained silent or evaded the point, as if he was hesitant."
This was exactly what Sun Shaozong had expected.
From Yang Kui's attempt to commit suicide by taking poison yesterday, it is not difficult to infer that he is worried - as for the reason, it is nothing more than his wife and children at home.
"Change your approach."
After listening to Huang Bin's report, Sun Shaozong immediately ordered: "Let him confess his corruption and dereliction of duty first."
Huang Bin was very puzzled when he heard this. Although according to the current situation, Yang Kui would most likely not refuse to confess these things, but what use would it be even if he got his confession of corruption?
So Huang Bin hesitantly and carefully reminded: "Sir, based on what he has confessed now, he is already sentenced to death. What's the point of adding more charges?"
"Of course it helps."
Sun Shaozong smiled grimly: "Hiring someone to kill someone only implicates him, but corruption and dereliction of duty can implicate his family members!"
After all, this is not the future. The murderer behind the scenes can use Yang Kui's family to threaten him, and the government can do the same - of course, there must be a legitimate reason.
Huang Bin suddenly realized it and couldn't help but take a breath. When he looked at Sun Shaozong again, he seemed a little timid, obviously frightened by the murderous aura.
If it were someone else, Sun Shaozong would really not bother to explain.
However, Huang Bin was one of the few people in Dali Temple who could be trained, so he naturally could not be allowed to keep his distance from him.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong added: "Don't forget, the person behind the scenes may be threatening Yang Kui with his family. Now that the Yang family is under the control of the court, it will save their lives."
Huang Bin thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. He felt relieved and bowed to accept the order and left.
Hong Jiu took advantage of the opportunity and wanted to flatter the emperor, but he just expected someone to rush in from outside.
"Sun Shaoqing, you made such a big scene last night!"
Now, the only one in the Dali Temple who dared to come and question Sun Shaozong in such a threatening manner was naturally the Dali Temple Minister Wei Yi.
He approached with a gloomy face and strode forward, and continued to ask: "Regardless of whether you still have me as your superior in your eyes, don't forget that you are now suspended and awaiting impeachment. Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the court for openly disobeying the order like this..."
"My Lord, my Lord!"
The Zuosi government office was really crowded today. Wei Yi had just stood firm and before he could finish scolding with guns and sticks, someone else came running in from behind.
Annoyed at being interrupted, Wei Yi subconsciously turned around and glared at Chen Jingde, which frightened him so much that his legs went weak and he staggered a few steps, almost falling like a hungry dog.
Fortunately, Hong Jiu was quick-witted and stepped forward to hold him, barely stopping him from falling.
"snort!"
Seeing his impetuous look , Wei Yi threw his sleeves and scolded him veiledly: "Deputy Chen, it's only been a few days, how come you have learned so unruly?"
Sun Shaozong naturally understood that he was just dancing with a sword like Xiang Zhuang, but he was too lazy to argue with him for the time being, so he asked Chen Jingde directly: "Deputy Chen, you came here in such a hurry, did something unexpected happen again?"
When Chen Jingde
"What?!"
Sun Shaozong was really a little out of control now. He stepped forward, grabbed Chen Jingde by the collar, and asked loudly: "Where is he? Who found him? Is he injured?"
The reason why Sun Shaozong acted rashly last night was to save the child.
When Huang Bin reported just now, he had said that Blood Hand Shi Gui had taken Wang Erhu's son and had found another place to hide. Now no one knew where he was.
Who would have thought that the hostage would be found in the blink of an eye? !
"He...that kid came here on his own!"
Chen Jingde wanted to take the credit for himself, but more than one person saw this, so he finally chose to tell the truth: "Just now he found the gatekeeper himself and said he was Wang Erhu's son. He also handed over this letter, which specifically asked you to open it in person!"
As he said this, he handed over a letter with both hands.
Sun Shaozong first took a look at the cover and saw that it only said "Written personally by Lord Sun with Bloody Eyes and Divine Judgment" and there were no other words.
When I removed the cover and shook out the letter paper inside, there were even fewer words on it.
There are only four big words on both sides of the page - There is a code of conduct for thieves!
