The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

The sky was dimly lit.

Sun Shaozong sat up with the blanket in his arms. Seeing the empty space next to him, he habitually looked towards the dressing table. Sure enough, Ruan Rong was still looking in front of the mercury mirror.

In the beginning, Sun Shaozong couldn’t help but complain a few words. However, he had been used to it for seven or eight days.

With a dry cough, Ruan Rong was startled and quickly called for Shiliu to cin, serving Sun Shaozong to dress and wash.

When he finished dressing up, Xiangling also rushed over from the west room and the three of them had breakfast together. Because Xiangling’s delivery date was approaching, Sun Shaozong specifically advised her to read fewer books, especially to write less poetry, so as not to waste her effort.

Xiangling was originally heartless and obsessed with the art of poetry, and she couldn't let go of it all day. It wasn't until she met Sun Chengye's rabbit-mouthed eldest son a few days ago that she restrained herself a lot.

After breakfast, Sun Shaozong went to the government office as usual.

When he arrived at the office, before he got out of the carriage, he heard several heartbreaking cries coming from the front of the office.

“Spare my life, My Lord!”

“I was wronged.”

“I’m deceived by others.”

To serve as an example, Sun Shaozong sentenced them to stand in a cage for two days and two nights yesterday afternoon and then added a sentence of five to eight years in prison, depending on the severity of the situation.

At present, although they were screaming sadly, how could Sun Shaozong sympathize with a few drug dealers?

First, without turning a blind eye, he nodded at the gatehouse and then went to the Criminal Office.

There was another scene at the door of the Criminal Division. Several flatbed trolleys were parked in front of the courtyard, and a dozen laborers in single clothes were carrying sacks inside without stopping.

This was the glutinous rice and jujube distributed by the court during the May Festival every year, as it was customary. Officials at all levels in the Capital have a share. Of course, temporary workers, such as white laborers, didn’t receive such treatment.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong also allocated 500 taels of silver from his private treasury, ordering Lin Delu to purchase a batch of seasonal meat and vegetables in preparation for distributing them as additional benefits to the Criminal Department.

The nearly 200 white-collar laborers under the Criminal Department were naturally included in the list.

Although sharing it evenly among everyone was only a benefit of only two taels of silver, this sense of importance still made the neglected patrol soldiers grateful to Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong entered the main room and asked Cheng Rixing to send the litigation cases that were concluded yesterday to Wei Ruolan for review. Sun Chengye also asked him to bring the cases reported by Daxing and Wanping County and to take a look at them first to see if any cases needed to be attended to.

“Uncle.”

Discussion?

Sun Shaozong was puzzled and said, "Have you asked the messenger, what is the matter that the Magistrate invitedto discuss?”

Sun Chengye shook his head and said, "I asked, but the person said he didn't know.”

Although Han Anbang had been completely suppressed by Jia Yucun, he was still the nominal leader of the government. Since he sent someone to summon him, Sun Shaozong naturally couldn't refuse.

So he roughly sorted out the case and went straight to the Criminal Department.

After arriving at Han Anbang's courtyard and taking their seats, they saw Han Anbang clearing his throat and saying sternly, "Lord Sun, there have been no major cases that have been unresolved for a long tsince last year in the Criminal Division. How cafter you took over the office this year, you have slackened off?”

Sun Shaozong was momentarily taken aback and then suddenly realized.

This sounds like a question of guilt, but in reality, it was a way of shirking responsibility.

It was not Han Anbang's responsibility, but Wei Ruolan's responsibility!

Due to this case, two men and four women—a total of six people—were killed in one go, and all six hearts were missing. Therefore, the rumors circulating in the West City were all about sevil spirit claiming their lives.

Because Sun Shaozong was stationed in Rongguo Mansion under orders, Wei Ruolan took over the investigation of this case.

It was estimated that Wei Ruolan was unable to find any clues and couldn't help but ask Sun Shaozong for help, which was why he invited Han Anbang to be the middleman.

Indeed, there were people in the court who were good officials!

After thinking through this section, Sun Shaozong immediately stood up and arched his hand, saying, "It's all my fault. I originally wanted to train Assistant Magistrate Wei's ability to investigate cases alone, but I never expected this case to be so troublesome. Even now, I haven't been able to uncover anything.”

Uh…

Han Anbang's original intention was to launch a surprise attack first. When Sun Shaozong spoke up to distinguish, he would be charged with abolishing his official duties for personal reasons, neglecting stability and unity, and then taking advantage of the situation to burden the case on his shoulders.

Who would have thought that Sun Shaozong would react so quickly, and there was no impulse or impatience from young people at all? He first took responsibility without hesitation, and then politely pointed out that Wei Ruolan was in charge of this case.

Han Anbang couldn't pick out the flaws in his words, so he felt a bit stunned for a moment. After a while, he said with a straight face, "Since that's the case, after you go back, it's better to discuss it with Assistant Magistrate Wei and resolve the case as soon as possible, so as not to stir up discussions outside.”

Sun Shaozong left with a malicious resignation, and it only took him 15 minutes to return to the Criminal Department.

“Master.”

Cheng Rixing heard this, but he was not in a hurry to start. Instead, he cautiously reminded him, "Assistant Magistrate Wei has been against you several times, and now he has suffered it on his own. Why bother helping him?”

“No one else will care who took on this case.”

Sun Shaozong said helplessly, "As long as they hear that the Central Judicial Office is investigating the case, they will definitely think of me. Besides, six people have already died; we can't just let it go.”

This was the dilemma of the towering tree that caught the wind. If Wei Ruolan were to be deposed due to personal reasons, it might ultimately damage Sun Shaozong's reputation.

As he spoke, he waved his hand again and said, "Go; remember to call Private Advisor Xing along with you.”