The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 237: Playing Cat and Mouse

"Your Honor, you have always been honest and upright as an official. Assistant Magistrate Wei can't seize the opportunity to find your fault."

"As I say, Assistant Magistrate Wei probably wants to win over people to his side after you leave the Capital, learn from the old wisdom, have a reputation first, and then gradually seize power..."

After following Sun Shaozong for so long, Lin Delu has only learned one thing. This habit of forced analysis in advance was formed first.

He frowned, looked grave, and pondered for a while, and then continued, "To hold some trivial faults of the officials below, it is not difficult, but it will provoke the anger of the people. In the end, it is not worth the loss."

"In addition, if Assistant Magistrate Wei has made this move, you can also threaten them with this matter after your return. The officials below who are smarter should understand this."

"So after I thought about it, he only has one way to go."

After analyzing, he secretly scanned Sun Shaozong's expression and saw that he was sipping tea slowly without changing his composure. His heart was greatly depressed.

To tell the truth, regardless of the opportunity and future of meritorious service, the trembling days working with Sun Shaozong were far less relaxed and comfortable than when he was with Governor Liu.

Of course, if Lin Delu really has to choose between comfort and the future, he would still choose the latter with clenched teeth.

But he couldn't tell the means of Sun Shaozong by looking at his face, so he had to follow his established rhythm and continued, "From my point of view, we'd better start strong first. Didn't you say that we should catch some typical examples a few days ago, just to set an example..."

"Not right."

At last, Sun Shaozong opened his mouth, shook his head, and said, "If I have been in the office all the time, let alone setting an example, its valid even if I do nothing!"

"But since I am about to leave the Capital for business, I must not rush out. Otherwise, if there is any mistake, I'm afraid there is no time to remedy it."

After hearing this, Lin Delu quickly bowed and said, "Im thoughtless."

As he said this, he looked at Sun Shaozong's face habitually and inquired, "Then, according to your meaning..."

Sun Shaozong didnt immediately speak but turned to his Colorful Cup thoughtfully until he completely scanned the pattern on it and then said, "Decentralize!"

Lin Delu said in astonishment, "Decentralization? You... You are you going to delegate power to Assistant Magistrate Wei?!"

"That's right."

Sun Shaozong smiled slightly and said, "He used this trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain because Im an unbeatable presence in managing the Criminal Department, which is not easy for him to start. In that case, I will help him before I leave."

With that, he asked Lin Delu again, "Have you drawn up the rules of discipline I asked you to make?"

"Yes, I have finished the list!"

Lin Delu hurriedly said, "I was trying to invite you to have a look, but I happened to bump into..."

"Send it to Assistant Magistrate Wei immediately. Tell him that I would leave the Capital for business recently, so I couldn't take charge of the matter, so I will entrust him with full power."

"This..."

Lin Delu was a little dumbfounded. In addition to discipline, this constitution was also intended to punish several officials who secretly betrayed them.

If he really gave the constitution and power to Wei Ruolan, wouldn't it be tantamount to giving the shortcomings to others?

At that time, Wei Ruolan didn't need to be intimidated at all. As long as he straightened out in accordance with the regulations and showed his distancing from Lord Sun, he was afraid that many people would turn to him immediately!

However, according to Lin Delu's understanding of Sun Shaozong, it was impossible for him to use such gimmick. Were there any hidden tricks in it?

But Lin Delu himself wrote this constitution. He couldnt be more clear about the effect of it.

Being puzzled, Sun Shaozong said, "If Assistant Magistrate Wei is not satisfied with anything from the list, you can change it according to his meaning."

He wanted him to modify it according to Wei Ruolan's meaning?!

This couldnt be described logically anymore. It was simply too arrogant!

But seeing Sun Shaozong's unquestionable appearance, Lin Delu could only follow his orders.

So after he hurried back to the yard, he took the regulation of "discipline" and went straight into Wei Ruolan's office.

Since Wei Ruolan took over the office, although he has not fully gotten his rights, he has hired more private advisors than Sun Shaozong.

Advisors who were familiar with the law of the Criminal Department, good at counting and accounting, good at writing good official documents, and even two old officials who had been asked by the Ministry of Punishment to investigate and solve cases!

There were seven or eight people altogether that were tied together, so Wei Ruolan was basically "ruling by the arch." He just needed to stabilize the general direction. Of course, at present, he was subject to Sun Shaozong, and there was no general direction to control.

However, this morning, Wei Ruolan got the news from Han Anbang and knew that the plan of "luring the tiger away from the mountain" mission had been completed.

He first thought about how to attract those little officials who were impervious to the obvious situation after Sun Shaozong left the Capital, and then began to fantasize about how to retaliate and humiliate Sun Shaozong after completely putting him off.

He was thinking about the climax when he heard that there was a report from a private advisor outside that Lin Delu had come to him.

At that moment, Wei Ruolan's face sank, because these days, the person who didn't cooperate with him most was Lin Delu. Although Zhao Wuwei was also a bit arrogant, he was just a small constable, so he didnt even give a f*ck about him.

Although disgusted, it was not to the extent of shutting Lin Delu at the door. However, he made an excuse to keep him waiting outside the door for a quarter of an hour.

When Lin Delu entered the door, he saluted respectfully, immediately took out the discipline charter, and handed it to him with both hands. "Assistant Magistrate Wei, this charter was originally handed down by Lord Sun, and I wanted to present it to Lord Sun after drafting it. However, Lord Sun said that he would leave the Capital for business in a few days, so he let me hand it over to you for review."

Wei Ruolan sat behind the desk with disdain. Until Lin Delu finished speaking, he nodded slightly, motioned to the private advisor who was listening to take over the charter, and respectfully sent it to the desk.

The regulations of the Criminal Department to rectify the conduct and discipline?!

At first, Wei Ruolan only glanced a little, but when he saw the content above, his eyes suddenly brightened. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more ecstatic his heart became. It seemed to him that it was no different from a pie falling from the sky!

Only after the ecstasy was it replaced by confusion and vigilance.

Anything was possible, but it was a bit strange that Sun Shaozong took the initiative to push the matter to himself!

Just because he would be leaving the Capital for business?

Impossible!

This is impossible!

There must be something fishy in this regulation!

With that in mind, Wei Ruolan's eyes turned fierce. He said in a deep voice and asked, "What else did Lord Sun say when he asked you to bring this charter?"

Lin Delu said in a respectful voice, "Report back to Assistant Magistrate Wei, Lord Sun also said that you can modify anything that is not satisfactory in the regulations."

Modify anything?

Allowing himself to modify at will?!

When Wei Ruolan looked at the regulations again, he began to hesitate more and more.

Although this was likely to be a trap, if he could defuse the risks, it would also be a great advantage to put Sun Shaozong's idea on the back burner!

Should he take this risk?