The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 217: Big News

Everyone was shocked to see that Old Man Hu suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground.

Among them, Sun Shaozong was the quickest to respond. He quickly said, "Zhao Wuwei, hurry, assist Father Hu!"

Then he told the others to go to the doctor.

However, when Zhao Wuwei came to see Old Man Hu, he was a little dumbfounded. He looked up and exclaimed, "Lord, he... he is not breathing!"

He is not breathing?!

Before the voice fell, Hu Jingsheng and his wife rushed up and shook the Old Man's body with great force, crying, "Dad! Wake up, Dad!"

"Dad! You can't die, Dad!"

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

Hearing their cries was heartbreaking. If looking at this scene alone, others must think that this was a pair of filial sons and daughters.

However, everyone in the hall knew that they were not crying because of Old Man Hu but because of their sad ending.

His father died in court because of disobedience and conviviality. No matter how this pair of stupid men and women explained it, no one would believe it. They were afraid to die!

"Somebody!"

Sun Shaozong stood up solemnly and shouted, "Take this criminal, along with the body of Old Man Hu, to the lobby. I will announce the sentence on the spot!"

After a busy time, the onlookers were a little surprised when they saw that there were living people and dead people.

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong immediately asked Lin Delu to come forward and publicly state what had just happened in the inner hall. Everyone suddenly began to scold the couple for being inferior to animals and praise the Lord for his divine judgment.

After the Court had completely recovered, Sun Shaozong also finished writing the verdict, put the official seal in the center, and announced the sentence aloud, "The Hu Jingsheng and Hu-Lin couple were disobedient and unfilial, and caused their father Hu Dazhu to die in shame and indignation, which is really a heinous crime and unjustifiable! My official sentence for these two people is to be hanged according to the law at 3:00 pm tomorrow!"

Then Hu Jingsheng collapsed into a mess of mud, and Hu-Lin cried and cried for injustice, but who paid attention to her?

After a pause, Sun Shaozong added, "Shi Yongzeng had an affair with a married woman. I sentence him to two years according to the law, and 90 sets of flogging. It will be executed immediately!"

To tell the truth, Sun Shaozong couldn't help feeling a little lacking in heart when he announced these judgments. Fortunately, no one saw anything wrong.

He threw down a nine black-headed bamboo sticks and took advantage when Shi Yongzeng was flogged in court. Sun Shaozong took up the official seal, stamped the oral statement, recorded it, sentenced one by one, and handed them to Lin Delu, who said, "Let someone make three copies, two of which are to be submitted to the Magistrate and the Minister, and the other is temporarily stored in the name of the sentence department for the reference of the later term of the sentence."

Lin Delu agreed, but he couldn't help saying, "Your Excellency is so kind. From my position, that wicked woman should be cut to pieces, and even if she is poor, she should be cut in half!"

It was also appropriate to be sentenced to decapitation in this case. However, Sun Shaozong was not quite used to the various ways of execution, so he chose the simplest punishment for public display.

—Dividing Line—

After leaving the court, Sun Shaozong returned to the Criminal Division with ease. Suddenly, he met a face that was still blue. It was Qiu Yunfei who was on leave.

"Eh?"

Sun Shaozong couldn’t help but wonder, "Why are you in the Yamen?"

"Originally, I... Cough I didn't want to come."

Qiu Yunfei used to want to call himself "Master," but was stared at by Sun Shaozong and changed his words. However, his face still showed some complacency. "But I suddenly heard the great news, so I came to share it with you."

Great news?

Looking at the schadenfreude on this guy's face, he knew that it would never be really good news.

It was obviously not a small matter that a dandy like him could come here without even thinking about his face.

He kept speculating, but Sun Shaozong was still calm in his face. He only gave a faint sigh and didn’t follow Qiu Yunfei's meaning to ask him further.

After waiting for a moment, seeing that Qiu Yunfei was still there, he simply walked to the main hall with official steps.

Qiu Yunfei originally wanted to sell a trick, but when he saw Sun Shaozong leave without saying a word, he couldn't hold his breath. He hurried two steps and shouted, "Hey, this has something to do with you, don't you want to know?"

Sun Shaozong paused, looked back, and said with a loving expression for the mentally handicapped, "You said it was great news. Now that you can hear it, others can also hear it too. It's just a quarter of an hour earlier and a quarter later for me. What is there to worry about?"

Qiu Yunfei choked a lot. When he thought about it, he was right.

So he curled his mouth and complained angrily, "You are so boring! Forget it! Well, I will do a good deed and tell you in advance!"

Cough!

With that, he cleared his throat and put on a new look of excitement. Then he said, "The Right Metropolitan Governor Zhao, who recently won more than ten corrupt officials of all sizes in Hebei, won many awards after returning to the Capital. He had no other requirements but recommended a person to the Emperor. Guess who this person is?"

Sun Shaozong blurted out, "Wei Ruolan?!"

The night before yesterday, when he was drinking, he heard that Wei Ruolan had become the guard of the Royal History. At this moment, Sun Shaozong naturally thought of him.

"Eh?!"

Qiu Yunfei was shocked when he heard the words and stammered, "How do you know?!"

It's Wei Ruolan!

Combined with Qiu Yunfei's expression of gloating before, Sun Shaozong has also guessed what position Wei Ruolan was recommended for.

His heart sank, but his face was indifferent. "Not only that, but I also know that Lord Zhao wants Wei Ruolan to take over from me, right?"

"How do you know that?!"

Qiu Yunfei widened his eyes and said, "You were investigating a case just now. How could you get the news so soon? Besides, since you know this, how come you haven't responded at all?"

Sure enough!

Sun Shaozong, of course, didn't respond at all. In fact, the reaction in his heart was gone!

With regard to the current relationship between the Wei family and the Sun family, if he said that Wei Ruolan didn't come to him, he wouldn't think a fool would believe it!

He just didn’t know if this was the intention of the Wei family or if someone was deliberately planning to make trouble for themselves.

A small Yamen has enough trouble, and here was another Prince's brother-in-law

Wait!

Thinking of this, suddenly a light flashed in Sun Shaozong’s head. He quickly put on a curious look and looked up and down at Qiu Yunfei.

Qiu Yunfei was shocked when he saw his stare. He stepped back half a step and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing."

Sun Shaozong shook his head but asked back, "I ask you, is the position of a Governor bigger, or the Magistrate?"

Qiu Yunfei disdained and said, "Of course, it's the Governor! You just got promoted. You don't even understand this?"

Sun Shaozong asked again, "Then let me ask you again, is the position of the Magistrate bigger, or an Inspector?"

Now Qiu Yunfei finally had some aftertaste. He frowned and said, "Why? Do you want to use me as a gunner?"

Sun Shaozong laughed and went into the hall without saying a word, leaving only Qiu Yunfei to think more and more.

A fifth-grade official and a sixth-grade official could be compared.

But a sixth-grade official and some Inspector…

Damn it!

They were all Masters with roots and titles. Why was Wei so much higher than himself…