A group of twenty-two cavalry, watched by hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Qianxiang Kingdom, rushed across the street in a majestic manner, and continued to run forward for more than half of the street. Only then did Sun Shaozong hold the reins.
"Master Duwei!"
Feng Xin approached Sun Shaozong in high spirits, raised Big Thumb up to Lao Gao, and said with a tsk tsk, "This subordinate is considered a subordinate today, and your courage is no worse than the old General Chen of Qi Guogong!"
The Duke of Qi, Chen Yi, was the founding general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and was one of the Four Princes and Eight Dukes.
It is said that he used only 30,000 soldiers and horses at that time, and the 160,000-strong army of Qianxiang Kingdom collapsed - so to this day, mentioning the name of Chen Yi in Qianxiang Kingdom can still make children stop crying.
"Stop flattering Lao Tzu!"
Sun Shaozong glanced at him angrily, and said, "If it wasn't for Qi Guogong Zhuyu in front, do you think we would still be able to come out smoothly?"
To be honest, Sun Shaozong was actually very nervous just now. If the other party insisted on not giving way, he could only retreat to the embassy in despair.
Fortunately, he still won the bet after all!
"My lord, although the Duke of Qi is in the forefront, you are not bad..."
"To shut up!"
Interrupting Feng Xin's flattery, Sun Shaozong ordered in a deep voice: "Feng Xin, take half of your staff to Ruan Wenhao's house to see, and I will take the rest of the brothers to Ruan Liangshun's house first."
"what?!"
Feng Xin was stunned for a moment and asked in doubt: "Sir, that's the spy who poisoned you, don't you want to take revenge yourself?"
"Where did you come from so much nonsense, just do it!"
Sun Shaozong scolded impatiently, and then went straight to Ruan Liangshun's mansion with half of his hands according to the impression in his memory.
It has been more than half a day since Ruan Wenhao left the embassy. As long as he is not an idiot, he will definitely not stay at home. Sun Shaozong told Ruan Wenhao at the embassy before, just to boost morale.
The focus right now is actually on Ruan Liangshun's side.
Not to mention that as the first scene, there are likely to be many clues lurking here. Ruan Liangshun's identity as the prefect of the prefecture alone is worthy of Sun Shaozong's visit in person.
Don't forget, the embassy guards are all from Da Zhou, and they are not familiar with the situation of Qianxiang Country and Qinglin Mansion. To find out the case as soon as possible, the easiest way is to cooperate with local forces.
And Ruan Liangshun, the prefect of Qinglin Mansion, is undoubtedly the best choice right now.
First of all, this case happened at his wedding banquet. Not to mention ruining a happy event, he was also implicated in it. It can be said that he was the biggest victim other than Niu Yongxin, so there should not be many suspects.
Secondly, as the prefect of Qinglin Mansion, he is a proper local snake, and he has a large number of fast-moving yamen under his command, which is convenient to assist in the hunt for assassins.
That's why Sun Shaozong wanted to go to the Ruan Mansion first.
-Dividing line-
However, there is a saying that 'the plan can't keep up with the changes'. Although Sun Shaozong's analysis is prudent, but when he arrived at the Ruan Mansion, he encountered an unexpected accident - Ruan Liangshun has been taken to Dali Temple for trial!
After all, he is also the mayor of the capital. Do you want to arrest him so sloppily? !
"Butler Ruan!"
Sun Shaozong insisted that he didn't give up and asked, "I don't know where the bodies of our Master Niu and those assassins are?"
"It's gone, it's all gone."
The old butler seemed to have a piece of bitter gourd in his mouth, and sighed vaguely: "The corpses of Ambassador Niu and the guards were transported to the Ministry of Rites for collection; the corpses of those assassins were sent to the Ministry of Punishment."
rely on ~
Does this count as 'dismemberment'
Sun Shaozong scolded inwardly, and asked unrelentingly: "Then can we go to the scene to have a look? If possible, ask the people who were there to ask a few words."
"Take it away, take it all away."
The piece of bitter gourd in the old butler's mouth seemed to have grown a lot bigger, so vague that he was afraid that he would accidentally bite his tongue: "Except for the lady in the backyard, there are not many people left in this house, even my two The steward's son has also been taken to the lobby of the punishment department."
As he spoke, there were signs of old tears.
The old housekeeper of Emotion had already retired to support him at home, but now that there is no one in charge of the house, he had to come out again.
Sun Shaozong was so depressed in his heart that he finally had to ask the old housekeeper to lead the way to investigate the scene where Niu Yongxin was assassinated—but the scene was first trampled by guests, and then surrounded by Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Rites, which was destroyed long ago. looks like it.
In addition, things related to the case have already been brought back to the punishment department, so Sun Shaozong carefully investigated for a long time, but he didn't look at all.
By the time he left Ruan Mansion in disappointment, Feng Xin had hurried over, and he was also unpredictable.
So Sun Shaozong stood in front of the Ruan Mansion and looked around blankly, but for a while he didn't know what to do.
"grown ups."
Although Feng Xin fluttered to nothing, but the arrogance in his heart was still not used up, he leaned over and gritted his teeth and said: "How about we try to break into the prison hall again? I don't believe it anymore, not even soldiers. Dare to stop us, a few yamen can still have such courage!"
"You speak lightly."
Sun Shaozong sighed and said helplessly: "What's the use of breaking in? After you go in, you know where to go to find clues? Do you know where the corpse is? Do you know where the witnesses are? It's enough to get us back in vain."
Feng Xin was also dumbfounded when he heard it. More than 20 people stared wide-eyed on the street, but they didn't say a word for a while.
puff~
At this moment, they heard a muffled sound not far away, and everyone followed the sound, but it was a 'servant' in a blue shirt and a small hat, who came out of the Ruan mansion over the wall - the reason for the word 'servant'. The quotation marks are because as long as you have eyes, you can see that this person is actually a pretty girl!
The girl jumped over the wall and immediately rushed to the crowd in a hurry. With her big watery eyes swept away, she locked herself on Sun Shaozong and asked, "You are Duwei Sun of the Dazhou embassy, aren't you?"
It was for himself!
Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "Yes, under Sun Shaozong, do you have any advice from your Excellency?"
"I can't talk about advice."
The girl didn't seem to know that she had been exposed, and said in a gruff voice: "In Xia Ruangu, my father is Ruan Liangshun, the prefect of Qinglin, and he is now being detained in the Dali Temple. I heard from the old housekeeper just now that you both seem to be too. In the investigation of the assassination case, how about we join forces? You take revenge, and I will help my father to clear his grievances!"
Before Sun Shaozong could speak, Feng Xin, who was beside him, sneered. He glanced at Ruan Gu carelessly, and said, "Come on! We men still have no clue. You, a little girl, dare to be here. No shame here."
"What's wrong with the girl? How do you know I can't help you?!"
Ruan Gu shouted angrily, and his voice, which was no longer pretentious, immediately became crisp and sweet.
Feng Xin was about to sneer a few more words, but Sun Shaozong casually pushed him aside.
"Girl don't pay attention to this fellow."
Sun Shaozong saluted Ruan Gushen again, and solemnly asked for advice: "Dare to ask girl, how are you going to help us find out the truth?"
"This... this is... "
Being treated so solemnly by Sun Shaozong, Ruan Gu became a little flustered and hesitated for a while before finally saying what he wanted to say: "The chief arrestor of the Criminal Department, Li Jiu Ming, was brought up by my father back then. He is also one of the handlers, and I can take you to find him for help!"
As soon as they heard that Ruan Gu could help introduce the chief arresting officer of the Criminal Department, all the guards including Feng Xin were overjoyed, and had long forgotten that they were contemptuous of others.
But Sun Shaozong frowned and questioned: "Since the person investigating the case has a close relationship with your father, why do you need to cooperate with us? Just wait for the Ministry of Justice to find out the truth."
Ruan Gu pouted and said indignantly, "Although Uncle Li is a good man, Huang Shilang from the Punishment Department is my father's mortal enemy! If we don't find out the truth as soon as possible, what if that guy makes trouble?!"
This reason...
It still makes sense.
"Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation!"