Another mystery!
After investigating the scene of the arson case, Sun Shaozong brought people to the neighbors to learn about the situation of the Zhou family, but the result could only be described as lackluster.
As inferred before coming here, it can be basically determined that the person who burned his face was the culprit who shot and killed Zhou Xi before.
But he killed the servants of the Zhou family, took poison in the study, and tried to destroy the corpse.
And that Zhou Xi was studying hard behind closed doors when he was a teenager, and he rarely interacted with his neighbors when he became an adult. He even entrusted his own store to others to take care of.
Therefore, the information provided by the neighbors is not as detailed and clear as Yun'er's confession.
However, the old neighbors still remember Zhou Xiucai's parents who died young.
It is said that when Zhou’s father was young, he worked in the Jiaofang Division of the Ministry of Rites. Later, he was exposed by his colleagues in the Jiaofang Division for taking the daughter of an offender as his wife. most of the time.
So for two or three years, in order to make a living, Zhou's father had to move between brothels and brothels as a musician, suffering from the scorching world.
However, Zhou's father did not anger his wife Zhao, but became more affectionate with her.
In the autumn of the eighth year of Guangde, Zhao's family was unfortunately infected with the epidemic. Zhou's father waited in front of the bed for more than a month. In the end, both husband and wife died of illness.
"I wanted to come to Zhou Xiucai because I was too sad, so I spent all day buying drunk outside, and even abandoned the imperial examination career."
Thinking of the sigh of the neighbor next door, Sun Shaozong was speechless for a while.
It seems that no matter what, as long as it can be related to the word 'tell story', there are no taboos - even going in and out of the Fengyue place during the mourning period, such a rebellious behavior has become a clear proof of missing parents.
Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, Sun Shaozong called Qiu Yunfei over, saying that he had a court prisoner to be tried tomorrow, so the next investigation could only be entrusted to him temporarily.
"I don't know what secrets are involved behind this case. You must not take it lightly. Tomorrow, clear the fire scene and see if you can find any clues."
"Remember, once you find anything, immediately send someone to the Beizhen Fusi to inform me!"
Seeing what Sun Shaozong said solemnly, Qiu Yunfei didn't dare to smile anymore, so he hurriedly straightened his fat belly, which had lost a bit of weight, and said that even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must find useful clues.
Sun Shaozong didn't doubt his enthusiasm for investigating cases. After all, this kid was unwilling to be an underachiever for a long time, and now he is bound to get the post of criminal name and sentence.
Now that I see the opportunity to make meritorious service, where would I miss it in vain
What should be worried about is his safety - Lu Jianxing also has official errands, and it is impossible to escort him all day long.
Fortunately, this fellow also has a biological father who is a Taiwei, so he will send someone to inform Taiwei Qiu and let Taiwei Qiu worry about it.
After entrusting the investigation of the case to Qiu Yunfei, Sun Shaozong originally wanted to call Xue Pan and others to leave together, but who knows that the idiot became stubborn again, saying that it was all because of himself, and he had to stay. Come down and share weal and woe with Yunfei.
Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian, although they didn't want to go into the murky waters, they couldn't leave Xue Pan alone here, so they had to stay to accompany them to the end.
So in the end, only Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian left with Sun Shaozong.
However, he said that Sun Shaozong left Zhou's house first, and without saying a word, hit his horse and whipped his whip, and galloped two streets away, and then turned his horse's head and turned into a remote alley.
Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian also hurriedly urged their horses to follow.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong was holding the reins in the alley, the two immediately got off the saddle, one knee and the other kneeling in front of Sun Shaozong's horse.
Lu Jianxing, who was kneeling on one knee, said earnestly, "Thank you, Lord Sun, for your kindness in returning!"
Shen Lian, who was kneeling on his knees, was expressionless: "Please punish me."
Sun Shaozong sat high on the horse and didn't even look at his two brothers. While combing the mane of the black horse under his crotch, he asked calmly, "Since I took you to the banquet that day, has Xue Pan ever offended you? over you?"
Shen Lian lowered his head: "Never."
Snapped!
A whip fell on his shoulder in response, and under the sapphire blue brocade clothes, a ferocious blood color suddenly bloomed, and it was obvious that the skin had been beaten to pieces!
Shen Lian's body trembled slightly, but he said in his mouth, "Shen Lian, thank you for the reward."
"Don't rush to thank you, this matter is not over yet."
Sun Shaozong said, but still asked calmly: "Then Yun'er had any affair with you before he was taken care of by Xue Pan?"
"Never."
Another bloody whip mark was branded on Shen Lian's shoulder.
"Have you ever revealed to Xue Pan that you like that Yun'er?"
"Never."
Snapped!
"Have you ever persuaded Xue Pan not to abuse that Yun'er?"
"Never."
Snapped!
Four whips in a row will go up, and the tough brocade clothes will be smashed to pieces. Shen Lian's more painful forehead is full of cold sweat, but he will not even utter a moan from beginning to end.
It wasn't until Sun Shaozong stopped questioning that he kowtowed to the ground again and said in a muffled voice, "Shen Lian, thank you again for your reward."
"I really want to thank you, just thank you big brother."
Sun Shaozong snorted: "Of course, if you have resentment, you might as well try to take revenge on this official."
"Shen Lian dare not!"
Shen Lian said in a deep voice, "If it wasn't for the recommendation of the adults, my big brother and I..."
"It's because I recommended you that you can't tolerate Xue Pan!" Sun Shaozong's voice suddenly turned sharp, and he fell down and stared at Shen Lian: "For the sake of your eldest brother, this time I will I will spare you, if there is another time, you will have a chance to review the methods you learned in Beizhen Fusi!"
After he finished speaking, Sun Shaozong straightened his back and walked away.
It was not until the rumbling sound of the hooves drifted away that Lu Jianxing got up from the ground and took out a small porcelain vase from his waist.
slap~
Without waiting for Lu Jianxing to unplug the bottle, Shen Lian waved his hand and swept the porcelain bottle away.
揰~
The porcelain vase was also sturdy. It was knocked on the moss-covered wall, but it didn't break. It rolled on the ground a few times before reaching the foot of Lu Jianxing.
Lu Jianxing picked up the porcelain bottle and pulled the cork off. As if nothing was wrong, he carefully removed the rags from Shen Lian's wound and poured the black-yellow medicinal powder onto it.
I don't know if it was because of the pain, or because of Lu Jianxing's attitude, Shen Lian's cold face finally came alive again, the flesh on his face twisted a few times, spitting out turbid air: "Brother, I... uh !"
But it turned out that Lu Jianxing poured half a bottle of medicinal powder, and suddenly reached out and pressed it, kneading the bloody wound together with the medicinal powder on it.
This time, it was as if countless steel needles had been stabbed in the flesh, and he groaned in pain, sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Are you awake yet?!"
Lu Jianxing gritted his teeth and asked, "Didn't you say that there will be a day when you will sit upright in the hall and let those yamen and sons flatter like dogs?!"
"That's how you fulfilled your oath?!"
"For the sake of a lowly prostitute woman, you feed your dog all your ambitions?!"
Shen Lian became silent again, gritted his teeth, and after a long while, he squeezed out a sentence: "Let's go, go back to camp for the night!"
Saying that, ignoring the injury on his shoulder, he pulled the reins and climbed onto the horse's back.
There are two flowers, one on each side.
Not to mention how Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian returned to the military camp outside the city.
However, Sun Shaozong thought about the case all the way, and returned to his house. In front of the stables near the corner gate, he left his mount to Zhang Cheng to take care of. He was about to drive to the backyard, but suddenly he saw two strange carriages parked inside.
After asking a question, I found out that Mother You was suffering from a sudden illness, so the eldest wife of Ning Guofu specially came to visit.
Hearing this, Sun Shaozong was a little surprised.
Since her mother came to Sun's house, she didn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and everything was the best choice. She had a big heart and a fat body in just a few months, how could she suddenly have an emergency
Seeing that there was still a half-drawn sunset hanging in the sky, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a while, and then went to the west side of the courtyard. Although it was not a serious mother-in-law, since she was ill in her own house, she should go over and make a gesture.
When I arrived at the Xikua courtyard, I saw a few maids and old ladies, guarding in front of the three main rooms where Mother You lived.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong had arrived, they hurriedly divided into two groups, one group came forward to greet them, and the other group picked up the curtains and went in to report the news to the Youshi mother and daughter inside.
Not long after, Second Sister You's tall and plump figure hurriedly greeted her from inside, stepped forward and saluted, "Pianlao ye remember it, I will thank you for my mother first."
Sun Shaozong saw that the servants of Ningguo Mansion had already withdrawn two feet away, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't your mother still well? Why did you suddenly get sick?"
Second Sister You covered her mouth and snickered. She glanced back at the servants in Ning Guofu, and then lowered her voice and said, "Mother's illness was born for you, Second Master."
This disease is born for itself
Sun Shaozong's heart was agitated. You mother's age and identity, she must not have committed lovesickness for herself, right
Thinking about the promise of Second Sister You back then, the answer was ready to come out.
This mother and daughter are really a pair of 'good matchmakers'!
"You must not be fooling around!"
Sun Shaozong immediately raised his face and scolded: "I didn't have to cause any trouble to our family, I can't spare you!"
Although Sun Shaozong occasionally had time to spare, he would still think of You Shi's petite and delicate body, but he was far from taking risks for her.
"Second master, don't worry."
Second Sister You's family took him seriously, so she quickly restrained her snicker, and said cautiously: "If you really want to match the good things of the master and sister, you don't dare to mess with our house - today, I will test my sister's mind first. , if my sister agrees to this good thing, we will discuss a safe way and ask the second master for approval."
She thought that she should die with this fright.
Who would have thought but still persevered!
Does she just want to fulfill her You Shi
Or…
Second Sister You actually has other plans
He was suspicious, but now was not the time to talk about it in detail, so Sun Shaozong thought about waiting for the evening to find a space to ask whether it was too late.
Therefore, Second Sister You loudly told Second Sister You that no matter what medicinal materials to use, they should be drawn from the treasury, and then she went out of the Xikuoyuan.
But it was said that after Second Sister You sent Sun Shaozong away, she returned to the main room again under the envious gazes of the maids.
He locked the door in the hall, peered inside through a beaded curtain, and saw his mother sitting on the bed, pulling You Shi to say some short-lived gossip about the parents.
But You Shi was absent-minded, his eyes stared straight out of the window, a pair of embroidered shoes were wrapped around the sky, and he didn't know why they were twisting frequently, like a plain white socks, wrapped in a wet and squirming. caterpillars in general.
"Second sister."
Second Sister You was looking in, when Third Sister You suddenly came out from the corner, Hu'ermei's eyes turned towards You, and she whispered disdainfully, "As soon as I heard that Second Master is here, this hoof is restless. Yes - don't worry about what she says later, just settle the matter!"
After speaking, she couldn't help sneering: "When she borrowed our sisters to be a pet, I was afraid that she would never expect this day, right? After pinching her shortcomings, I see how she has the face to take Joe in front of us. !"
However, it turned out that the idea of bridging You and Sun Shaozong was precisely the handwriting of the third sister You.
And she did this, of course, to avenge the old hatred of being molested by Jia Zhen and his son when she was in Ningguo Mansion!
However, Erjie You actually flinched a little at this time, and said, "The second master just explained to me outside, saying that you must not cause any trouble..."
"What are you afraid of?!"
Third Sister You interrupted her beyond doubt: "As long as we choose the right time, and we and mother take care of us, who can catch them?"
Seeing that Second Sister You was still a little hesitant, she came up to laugh and said, "Sister, don't forget, we have to hit her hard. Could it be that the gold and silver in her makeup box are so soft that you are not at all tempted?"
Hearing the words 'gold and silver are soft', Erjie You's eyes became brighter, thinking that with her sisters and mother's help, there would not be much risk in this matter, and she became firmer in her heart.
Seeing this, Third Sister You immediately struck while the iron was hot and went into the room, and said a few words in front of You, and You came out of the room and said strangely, "Listen to Third Sister, do you have something important to discuss with me? "
Second Sister You nodded heavily, and suddenly knelt down in front of You, and said, "Please also please save me!"
You Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly reached out to help her, but how could her petite body support Second Sister You
He had to hurriedly said: "What is this! What do you have to say to me, is it necessary to perform such a big ceremony?"
"As of now, I don't hide it from my sister."
Second Sister You had typed the belly draft countless times, and at this time she blurted out: "Recently, our second master has often asked about the past in Ningguo Mansion, and he was very impatient with me in his words, as if he was at the beginning. Quite grumpy…”
You naturally knew that this was exactly what happened when he sat and watched the two sisters and was molested by Jia Zhen and his son, so she couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.
"At the beginning... I didn't even mention what happened at the beginning." She said embarrassingly: "But you are asking me for help now, but how do I know how to save you?"
"Sister naturally has a way!"
Second Sister You hurriedly said: "As the saying goes, 'a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye', not to mention that the second master has mentioned her sister several times, and said that her sister was born beautiful..."
Thanks to book friends 'yyaJy2304, Xueji' for the reward.