The sun was setting in the west, and it was time to go to the banquet.
Xing Ming Si Dong crossed the courtyard, Wei Ruolan paced back and forth in the living room of the main room, feeling agitated in a mess.
Although he was in a period of dormancy recently, he was still very careful about Sun Shaozong's every move, so he knew about the fact that the Xue family sent someone to send invitations earlier than Sun Shaozong knew.
Therefore, when the servants of the Xue family returned and sent him and Qiu Yunfei a post, why didn't Wei Ruolan know that this was from Sun Shaozong
So he felt troubled.
Let's go, looking at Xue Pan's initial attitude, he knew that Sun Shaozong must be respected at the banquet, and that group of people surrounded him with the stars and the moon.
Don't go, compared to Sun Shaozong's attitude, it will appear that he is too narrow-minded, and he has lost his impression in the circle of 'Jia Wang Shi Xue'.
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. Wei Ruolan stomped her feet and greeted, "Master Qi, come in with me first!"
Because this Master Qi was closely related to King Beijing, his status was naturally very different from other masters.
Therefore, after entering the door, he did not wait for Wei Ruolan to ask questions, and then cupped his hands to persuade him: "In the opinion of a student, Dong Weng should not only go to the banquet, but also at the banquet, try to ease the conflict with Sun Zhizhong as much as possible."
"What do you mean by that?!"
What 'deescalate the conflict a little bit', to put it bluntly, isn't it just letting Wei Ruolan bow his head to Sun Shaozong at the banquet? !
How could Wei Ruolan accept this kind of suggestion
Even if he was a little annoyed, he tossed his sleeves and scolded Master Qi a few words.
Unexpectedly, Master Qi hurriedly reminded: "Don't forget Dongweng. Recently, the princess is intending to promote your marriage with the Bowling Hou family. At this juncture, it is not appropriate to fight with that Sun Shaozong."
Hearing this, Wei Ruolan scolded her lips and choked back immediately.
This marriage can be said to be another 'strategic marriage' of the Wei family after marrying their daughter to King Beijing.
The purpose is naturally to obtain the political legacy left by the previous generation of Bowling Hou, so as to further consolidate the status of the wealthy family that the Wei family has just acquired.
You must know that although there is only a young orphan girl left in the family of Shi's family, the two uncles of Hou Ye are also famous for being hollow bosses.
However, the generals of the previous generation of Bowling Hou, now there are many high-ranking officials, such as Qiu Yunfei's father Qiu Ying, Feng Ziying's father Feng Tang, and even Wang Zi Teng, nicknamed 'Southeast King', all of them were He fought under Shi Hou.
If Wei Ruolan married Shi Hou's orphan, although these people may not be able to help, but it is not a problem to provide some convenience without harming herself.
And this is also the political capital that the Wei family, which has been rising rapidly in recent years, is the most urgently needed!
Therefore, the Wei family is now working in full force, hoping to facilitate this marriage.
If he and Sun Shaozong were to lose both at this time, and delay the important event of revitalizing the family, it would be more difficult than the gain.
But if he bowed his head to the surnamed Sun at this point, it would be true...
Less gossip.
However, when Wei Ruolan fell into a deeper entanglement, Sun Shaozong stood in front of Chen Bo's bed, but his brows were also wrinkled.
After a careful search, no problems were found in other parts of Chen Bo's room, but Sun Shaozong was very concerned about some strange indentations under the mattress.
Those are six shallow traces, distributed around the mattress and in the center.
The surrounding traces were blurred because the pressure was not enough, and it was difficult to tell what was going on—but the trace in the center was slightly clearer, vaguely showing a human shape the size of a slap.
"grown ups."
Zhao Wuwei just now faced a few strong men with sticks, and he looked majestic. At this time, when he saw the vague human-shaped indentation, he was quite frightened. He quietly took a half step back and said in a trembling voice, "This... this, this, this. Wouldn't it really be a curse?!"
This opening reminded the housekeeper Liu of the Chen residence, who saw him jump three feet high, and pointed at the trace with incomparable excitement and shouted, "I'll say it, I'll say it! It must be the temptress who has descended. Curse, want to kill the master and the young master, so that her savage can inherit the family business!"
Having said that, he knelt down and grabbed the ground with his head, asking Sun Shaozong to release Chen Bo and severely punish the temptress.
Sun Shaozong didn't bother to pay attention to him. He simply tested it with clothes, towels, etc., and determined that the things under the bed should be quite thin, probably made of thick paper or cloth—otherwise, the traces left should be clearer.
in addition…
Sun Shaozong was also cautious, leaned up and sniffed it with his nose, and found that there was a faint sweet fragrance on the trace, but the smell was very light, if it was not deliberately distinguished, I am afraid that I would not have noticed it at all.
Putting down the mattress, Sun Shaozong turned his head and asked, "After Lord Chen died, who has come to this room?"
"That temptress, that temptress must have been here!"
Butler Liu blurted out and shouted, but under the gaze of Sun Shaozong's cold eyes, he had to say: "The villain was patronizing the protection of the eldest young master at that time, and he didn't send anyone to guard here, I really don't know who came in. Pass."
That is to say, everyone in this manor has the opportunity to take away the things under the quilt while the chaos is going up and down.
And now more than three hours have passed, as long as the murderer is not mentally retarded, or if there is another plan, I am afraid that the corpse has already been destroyed.
tsk~
It seems that he can only do his best to obey the destiny.
"Zhao Caotou."
"The little guy is here!"
Zhao Wuwei hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands, and then he couldn't help but search, "Sir, shall we go and arrest that temptress now?"
"Catch... Cough, nonsense, and now there is no evidence at all, how can you arrest people indiscriminately?!" Sun Shaozong scolded angrily: "You stay and lead people to search and inspect the Chen residence carefully, and focus on finding one. Look for something that's the size of a palm, has a sweet scent, and takes on a human shape."
After Zhao Wuwei obeyed obediently, Sun Shaozong pulled up the quilt and the mat underneath, shoved it into his arms, and instructed: "Also, take this thing to the pharmacy and see if it can emanate from these traces. In terms of taste, distinguish something."
"this… "
Zhao Wuwei grimaced and said, "I'm afraid this is..."
"I asked you to try it, but I didn't say what I had to find out!"
Sun Shaozong stared, and after Zhao Wuwei stepped back, he greeted Qiu Yunfei and escorted Chen Bo back to the mansion together. Then he took off his official robe and changed into civilian clothes, and hurried to Dingxianglou for the banquet.
When I got to the Dingxiang Tower, I saw that although the banquet had not yet opened, all the people who were supposed to come had already arrived, including Jia Baoyu, Jia Lian, Jia Qiang, Feng Ziying, Liu Xianglian, Jiang Yuhan, and a few famous prostitutes in the capital. A large table was crowded.
Wei Ruolan is also among them!
But Sun Shaozong was not surprised that it was not him, but Jia Rong, the son of Ning Guofu, who came to join in the fun.
Thanks to the book friend 'Uncle Wei is very young' for the reward.