The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 416: Bitter Sweet

The sun was setting.

The poisonous sun that had ravaged for most of the day left only a red afterglow.

Coupled with the heavenly beauty, a gentle breeze was brought in. Sun Shaozong set up a leisurely chair under the corridor and ate the watermelon he had just pulled out of the well. The restlessness and depression that accumulated throughout the day immediately dissipated.

However, as it was about to fall into the night, lying down like this in the Yamenn was not a long solution.

Besides, Jia Baoyu sent a post this afternoon to thank Sun Shaozong for saving his life half a month ago. Coincidentally, Sun Shaozong also wanted to inquire about whether there was any further information on Jia Zheng's matchmaking, so he agreed to go to Rongguo Mansion for a banquet after he ended his work at the government.

But now…

What was Qiu Yunfei doing, wasn’t he just taking people to identify the body? How could it have been delayed for so long without coming to report back?

As he was thinking about it, he saw Qiu Yunfei rushing in like a gust of wind. Seeing Sun Shaozong cooling off outside, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Your Excellency, I have recognized it. Lady Wen has already recognized it! The one who died is indeed Wen Shijie, not Song Changgeng!

It was indeed an impostor!

In this way, only the final revelation of the case remained.

Sun Shaozong immediately ordered, "Since that's the case, immediately send someone to arrest the Tian Brothers and bring them to justice, so that Lady Wen can identify them again. Let's see if it was Tian Hu or Tian Biao who came to conspire with her brother in the first place.”

“No need.”

“When I brought Lady Wen back, I had already had someone take the Tian brothers to the morgue—they had just identified the body, and by the way, I had already finished questioning the process of the case.”

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, saying, "Here is the confession of Tian Biao.”

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This kid was tough on errands.

Sun Shaozong took the confession and looked at it.

It turned out that due to the flood last year, Wen Shijie, who resembled Song Changgeng in appearance, had no choice but to take his sister Wen Shishi to the Capital and lived a precarious life.

About six months ago, Wen Shijie met Tian Biao on the street, which caused a misunderstanding,

Then Tian Biao had the idea of ”impersonation.”

At first, Wen Shijie heard that he was going to impersonate someone else's husband and take possession of Xu-Shi's property. He immediately scolded Tian Biao and refused to associate with him.

However, not long after, Wen Shijie's sister, Wen Shishi, fell seriously ill. Watching her sister suffer from a serious illness, he was unable to seek medical treatment for her. Wen Shijie's heart was torn like a knife every day, and in the end, he had to respond to Tian Biao's request.

It was agreed that after the completion of the matter, Wen Shijie could obtain Song Changgeng's mansion, and as for the tea shop, it would be transferred to Tian Biao for free.

So after nearly two months of assault training, Wen Shijie officially appeared in front of Xu-Shi as “’Song Changgeng.”*

In fact, according to Tian Biao's intention, Wen Shijie would find reasons to dismiss Xu-Shi as soon as possible when he arrived at his home so that he could occupy the nest.

However, Wen Shijie was always short of breath when it came to pushing ducks onto the shelves. He couldn't drive Xu-Shi out of the house for two months, but instead was confused by her beauty and rolled the sheets in confusion.

That night, he became entangled, but Xu-Shi discovered something strange.

In a state of panic, Wen Shijie had no choice but to offer his wife a divorce. Who was pushed but unexpectedly died under the knife of Xu-Shi, becoming a promiscuous ghost.

Upon hearing about this, Tian Biao immediately urged the entire family to take action, hoping to kill Xu-Shi and swallow all the property of Song Changgeng.

Tch!

From Tian Biao's confession, it could be seen that Wen Shijie was not bad in nature. Unfortunately, he was tricked by fate and got involved in trouble for no reason, ultimately losing his life.

Sun Shaozong let out a deep sigh and then asked, "Did Lady Wen ever settle down?”

“You don’t have to worry about this matter, My Lord.”

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly said, "As soon as Lao Xu saw Lady Wen, he couldn't walk on either leg. He was now surrounding her to ask for warmth and comfort—I've known him for over half a year, and I've never seen him speak so well before.”

Although Lao Xu has a wealthy family and decent appearance, he has always been in a state of being an old man due to his special profession and overly reserved personality. It would be great if he could form a marriage based on this.

“Since that's the case...”

Sun Shaozong stood up and said, "Then take Tian Biao into temporary custody and wait until he is presented to court tomorrow to resolve the case.”

As he spoke, he was ready to return to his room and change into casual clothes so that he could go to the Rongguo Mansion for an appointment.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yunfei caught up with him again and rubbed his hands, saying, "Hmm, Your Excellency, you also know that this time, thanks to the news from Hong Jiu, otherwise...”

“What's up?”

Sun Shaozong stopped and frowned. "Do you want to invite credit for him? Is it his intention, or yours?”

“It's not an invitation for credit.”

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly explained, "On the way here, this kid asked me when Xu-Shi could be released. I saw that he seemed to have some thoughts on Xu-Shi and promised to let her go home as long as the truth could be found out today, now, Hong Jiu looks like a dog, waiting outside.”

Great, the Central Judicial Office was almost in time for the matchmaking anyways.

However, since Hong Jiu has made great contributions, this small matter was nothing, after all, the crime of defending oneself and killing the thief was to be punished by a fine, and there was no need to continue detaining Xu-Shi.

So Sun Shaozong simply waved his hand and said, "Since you have all agreed, let's just fulfill his wish. I will now issue a decree to release Xu-Shi.”

Outside the office, Hong Jiu was also bulging his tongue like a spring, chatting enthusiastically with Xu's cousin.

Originally, after receiving Qiu Yunfei's promise, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Later, he felt a bit awkward waiting for Xu-Shi on his own, especially since a lone man and a widow seemed awkward to speak to.

Therefore, Hong Jiu specially ordered someone to invite the cousin of Xu-Shi and he boosted his credit by recounting it.

In this way, even if he couldn't seize the opportunity to speak to Xu-Shi, he could still spread it to Xu's ears through his cousin's mouth.

After hearing these words, Xu's cousin naturally couldn't find a way to thank him, and he also thought that Hong Jiu was a good man. After a while, the two of them became besties.

At this moment, a weaker figure curled up, but who else could it be if it weren't Xu-Shi?

Seeing her face look a bit haggard, but showing even more pity in her eyes, Hong Jiu's heart couldn't stop pounding wildly, and he instinctively took a few steps forward.

Unexpectedly, upon this welcome, a brilliant and dazzling smile appeared on Xu's face, and she even picked up her pace with her skirt!

Was it true that Lord Qiu had already informed her of his merits, so she also secretly agreed to be with him in her heart?!

Thinking of this, Hong Jiu's excited heart almost jumped out of his mouth, hesitating whether he should show off his chivalrous demeanor or act like an iron man's tenderness.

Unexpectedly, a person suddenly shot up from behind and exclaimed excitedly, "Susu, I knew you were wronged.”

Who was this?

Just now, it seemed like he was standing next to Cousin Xu. Wasn’t he also a cousin of Xu-Shi?

As he was speculating about the identity of this person, Xu suddenly burst into tears and sobbed, calling out, "Master Zhou, I almost thought I would never see you again in this life.”

As they spoke, the two hugged tightly together!

Master Zhou?

Shouldn't he be Scholar Zhou, who once discussed marriage with Xu-Shi?!

In an instant, Hong Jiu's heart, which jumped into his throat, quickly slid down the esophagus again and fell into his stomach.

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