Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't go to the 'West Wing' at night, but spent the night outside the main room. After Ruan Rong became pregnant, the two were temporarily separated, mainly because Sun Shaozong didn't sleep well at night and would accidentally get hurt. the fetus in the womb.
Silent all night.
However, Sun Shaozong said that before dawn the next day, Sun Shaozong listened to the maid coming to report, saying that someone had spread the news in the middle of the night, so that he would not need to go to the government office to respond to the mao today, but go directly to the river governor's office to discuss matters.
Sure enough, Zhou Da was right!
The Hedao Yamen is located in the outer city, and it is quite a distance from the Sun House, so Sun Shaozong hurriedly finished grooming, and simply filled his stomach.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he ran into the cheap elder brother Sun Shaozu.
Seeing his awe-inspiring appearance, Sun Shaozong thought he heard that he was going to fight the flood and was going to tell him something, so he hurriedly put on a brotherly attitude and waited with his hands down.
Who would have thought that the cheap big brother came up, but only asked: "The one you brought back yesterday is a good one?"
Sun Shaozong: "..."
This cheap big brother really wants to be 'son' and go crazy!
After a few words of perfunctory words, Sun Shaozong was able to escape, shouted Zhang Cheng to set up the carriage, and went straight to the outer city in the rain.
When he arrived at the Yamen of the Governor of the River Road, there was still more than a quarter of an hour before the end of the morning and the beginning of the morning [7:00 a.m.]. He thought that he should have come earlier because of the heavy rain. There were almost no empty seats on the Taishi chairs on both sides.
Sitting upright in the middle is naturally Wang Yan, who had a relationship with Sun Shaozong, Minister of Industry and Governor of the River.
Seeing that Jia Yucun was sitting on the right, and not far behind, Yan Tietong, who was also leading the river workers, sat Zhao Liben, the magistrate of Wanping County Xu Huaizhi, and others. After Sun Shaozong came up to meet Wang Yan, he also sat quietly. He arrived at the vacant seat between Zhao Liben and Xu Huaizhi.
Since then, several groups of officials have arrived one after another, and there is still a seat for those who are above the seventh rank.
Seeing the end of Mao and the beginning of Chen, Wang Yan, who had been silent for a long time, cleared his throat and asked aloud, "Have all the people who should be here today?"
Xie Xiali immediately flashed a green-robed little official holding a roster, bowed and said, "Reporting to Lord Butang, for this meeting, the Ministry of Industry, Hedao, Shuntianfu, Patrol Battalion, City Defense Battalion, and a total of 120 civil and military officials have been called. Of the seven people, one hundred and twenty-four are now present, and two others are sick, the only one missing is Xu Mingtang, the embankment ambassador of the Yongding River!"
Wang Yan's face suddenly sank. If others are late, he will be fine, but Xu Mingtang, as the 'embassy ambassador of Yongding River', can be said to bear the brunt of this flood control, and is the most important person!
What's more, he is a resident official in the Hedao Yamen, and now all the troops sent by the 'brothers' unit to support him have arrived, but he, the master, has not arrived yet. How does this make sense? !
slap~
Wang Yan slapped heavily on the coffee table and said in a sullen manner, "Come here, give me that Xu Mingtang..."
"Your Excellency is not good, Your Excellency Governor is not good!"
Before Wang Yan could finish speaking, he saw a few soap-robed clerks rushed in in a panic, shouting, "Mr. Xu Mingtang Xu let... let them be killed!"
Boom~
The inside and outside of the hall exploded!
Seeing that the natural disaster is approaching, the 'river ambassador' who was in charge of repairing the embankment and protecting the embankment was suddenly killed. Who would believe it if there was nothing tricky about it? !
Even Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, unable to speak for a while.
"Master Ministry, should I ask first?"
It was Jia Yucun who reminded him cautiously, and Wang Yan finally came to his senses. He slapped the table with a busy slap, stood up and shouted, "Silence, give me silence!"
After suppressing the chaotic discussions, he gritted his teeth and questioned the subordinates: "Wait a minute and make it clear, who was the victim of Master Xu?!"
Look at me, I'll look at you, and finally one of them took the initiative to say: "Reporting to the Ministry of the Ministry, after Lord Xu returned home from the scattered value yesterday, he came back in a hurry. , said that there was an emergency official business that had to be dealt with overnight, and ordered us not to be disturbed at will."
"Since Mr. Xu has an order, the villain naturally dare not be alarmed, but this morning, it is about to start the discussion, but Mr. Xu has not come out, the villain feels a little strange, so he called two colleagues in. Check it out—who would have thought that as soon as you entered the door, you would see Lord Xu hanging on the beam, already hanged for a long time!"
"Hanged?"
Wang Yan frowned and said, "Then how do you know that he was killed?"
The clerk said hurriedly: "The villain originally thought that the adult killed himself, but later found out that even if the stool that fell on the ground was straightened, it was still more than a foot away from the toes of Lord Xu!"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but another uproar.
Wang Yan's face darkened a bit. This deliberately pretending to be suicide must be to cover up something - and Xu Mingtang happened to be the embankment ambassador of Yongding River...
"Your Excellency."
At this moment, Zhao Rongheng, the judge of Yantietong, suddenly stood up and recommended: "Since there is a murder case, why not let Sun Tongju from the lower house go to explore?"
Wang Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly bowed his hands to the side of Shuntian Mansion, and said, "Sun Tongjuan, I'm afraid I will have to trouble you!"
As soon as I heard the case, I knew that the water was very deep. Sun Shaozong didn't want to get involved, but Wang Yan said the word 'you have labor' with the honor of the minister of the Ministry of Industry. How could he refuse
He had no choice but to give Zhao Rongheng a sideways glance, then cupped his hands and said, "Since Your Excellency is alive, I will go here to see what happens."
Having said that, he asked the subordinates to lead the way to the scene of the crime.
All the officials in the hall, seeing that 'Shenjuantongjian' came to solve the case in person, wished they could take a look at the past, but Wang Yan had an old face there, but who dared to touch his bad head
Not to mention how irritable people are.
However, he said that Sun Shaozong followed the several subordinate officials all the way through the courtyard, and then came to a cross courtyard in the northwest corner.
Seeing that this situation is a bit more open than the criminal department, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but inquired curiously: "Dare to ask how many officials Xu is?"
The thin clerk took the initiative to solve the puzzle and said: "Generally, the 'river bank ambassador' is ranked from the fifth or fifth rank, but because the Yongding River is close to the capital, it is not comparable to the other, so our Master Xu is from the fourth rank. The position is only under the river governor and handsome."
tsk~
No wonder they are all willing to be Beijing officials. This Yongding River is a small tributary, but it is more valuable than the big river when it touches the edge of the capital.
As he spoke, he had already reached the door of the main room, and the thin clerk pushed open the door, only to see a rope set hanging high on the beam in the center...