The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 211: Met Baoyu when Running Errands

After a moment in the spacious conference hall, only Sun Shaozong and Lu Hui, the Governor of the town, were left staring at each other.

Sun Shaozong's heart sped up as he watched Lord Lu's face change from sunny to cloudy, from bright to dark, and secretly thought that his emotions were mixed. It shouldn’t be that he wanted to arrange himself to carry out a suicide mission, right?

If he dared to ask, should he just refuse, or should he refuse resolutely?

Sigh~

At the very moment when Sun Shaozong was worried, Lord Lu finally sighed and said, "Old… I’m indeed old. Seeing that Lord Sun is so young and promising, I can't help recalling yesterday."

As he said this, he shook his head again with great force and looked like the past couldn’t be recalled.

If Lord Lu were really old, his beard and hair would be gray, and his eyebrows would be piled high with fine lines.

However, his body was still majestic and powerful, especially since there was a deep, visible scar above his left eye, which made him a little scary and exuded a frightening aura when he moved his eyebrows.

Sun Shaozong listened to his sigh, but his heart was still defensive. He cautiously complimented him, saying, "You are wrong, Lord Lu. Since you have been entrusted with an important task by Your Majesty, you are still young!"

"Haha..."

Lu Hui laughed, raised his hand, pointed at Sun Shaozong, and said, "Don't flatter me. I don't want to beat around the bush with you. To be frank, I want you to take the new post of Internal Affairs Supervisor and clean up the bad atmosphere in our Northern Town of the Dragon Guard Yamen."

"You have nothing to do with all the people in the yamen. It's the most suitable position for you."

Internal Affairs Supervisor?

Wouldn’t that be called "Eunuch" for short?

Although this was not a suicide mission, it was also the most easily offending job.

Sun Shaozong quickly stood up and said, "Lord, it is not proper to set up a post of Internal Affairs Supervision without a reason. The discipline of the Northern Town Dragon Guard Yamen has always been supervised by the Southside Dragon Guard Yamen."

"The Southside Dragon Guard Yamen?"

Lu Hui snorted and said, "The Southside Dragon Guard Yamen has always been under the jurisdiction of Xia Shouzhong, Eunuch Xia. Although Eunuch Dai is not the same as him, we will never let him interfere in the matter of the Northern Town Dragon Guard Yamen."

After saying that, Sun Shaozong was still full of resistance, and he continued to hear him saying, "Just put your heart in your stomach. With Eunuch Dai watching over, I wouldn’t dare pit you. Besides, the Internal Affairs Supervisor is only a title to let the following people do specific things."

It seemed that the relationship between the southern and northern towns was also an open and secret term.

Seeing that he had talked about it, Sun Shaozong hesitated a little and bowed, saying, "Since that is the case, it is better to obey."

The other one was all right, but Eunuch Dai's attention to that one was real.

"That's right."

Lu Hui immediately smiled and said, "If you are constantly worrying about this and that, how can you deserve the words ”young and frivolous?”

Who was willing to match him with the words "young and frivolous?"

Besides, Sun Shaozong's psychological age was also over the age of ”young and frivolous.”

Seeing that the conversation was about done, Sun Shaozong took the opportunity to leave.

Lu Hui didn't stop him, but when Sun Shaozong turned around, he said meaningfully, "Inspector Sun, pay more attention to our Northern Town Dragon Guard Yamen when you have the time. After all, you are originally an official of martial arts skill, and the positions of the Governor and the Minister are not so easy to be remembered by others."

Sun Shaozong didn’t think too much about his words alone, but Dai Quan seemed to have revealed a similar rumor at the beginning. Was it true that Eunuch Dai intended to hold himself up as the Governor of the special administrative region?

—Dividing Line—

It was not too late to watch the sky, and the Lantern Festival was still in full swing.

Sun Shaozong thought about going around and buying some windmills and wind bells for his son to tie to the bedside.

However, as soon as he went out, there was a loud cry, "Brother Sun, Brother Sun!"

Sun Shaozong turned his head and saw the curtain of a carriage in front of him open, and a baby face carved in powder jade was sticking out. Who could it be if it was not Jia Baoyu?

When Jia Baoyu saw Sun Shaozong looking over, he quickly waved his hand through the window again and then turned his head to give an order, and the carriage drew up slowly.

When he came near, Baoyu jumped out of the carriage quickly and walked around Sun Shaozong several times. "My Second Brother today is a bit more powerful than usual. I almost didn't recognize you when I saw it from a distance just now."

When he jumped out of the carriage, the curtain was lifted, and there seemed to be a woman sitting inside.

Did he kidnap Lin Daiyu out?

Sun Shaozong thought this way, then smiled and asked, "Heard from Lady Ping’er who told your Sister Rong that your house is singing a big opera today. Why do you have time to hang out?"

Jia Baoyu curled his lips in disdain and said, "The scenes ordered by Brother Zhen were very noisy and flustered. I couldn't stand it. I thought that Xiren was just going home to visit her family, so I simply went to her home and sat down. I ran into you while on my way back."

With that, he smiled again. He took out an emerald Maitreya Buddha from his sleeve and put it in Sun Shaozong's hand, saying, "This is what I prepared for my little nephew. I came out earlier in the morning, but I didn't know that Sister Ping’er went to your house, or she would take it with her."

The statue of Maitreya Buddha was charmingly naive, and the jade color was verdant, which was very gratifying.

"Then I'll take it."

Sun Shaozong took the jade Buddha away and invited him, "Would you like to go to my house and meet your little nephew?"

"Forget it."

Baoyu hurriedly shook his head and said, "My little nephew was just born a few days ago. I'm afraid he can't meet me."

He then added, "But I heard that a new restaurant was opened near Chongwen Gate. The cook in the restaurant had good skills in marinating venison. Since I happened to meet you today, why don't I call my cousin, brother Feng, and Brother Liu out and have a taste together?"

These people all gave generous gifts to each other. According to the rules, Sun Shaozong really should invite them to get together alone.

At that moment, Baoyu picked it up, and Sun Shaozong said with a smile, "Since that is the case, let me host tonight. It's just to celebrate the birth of your little nephew, and thank you for your kindness."

Jia Baoyu was going to fight as the host, but as soon as he heard this, he also knew what he meant, so he chirped, "Then I will go to inform several brothers now, and you should go home and change your clothes, or I'm afraid that the cook will be too scared and forget his ancestral skills."

Sun Shaozong laughed and asked where the restaurant was. Then he got back on his horse and said goodbye to Jia Baoyu.