The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 291: Where's the Murderer

The carriage puller let out a sigh and kicked and stepped forward a few steps, then steadily stopped outside the Huichun Building.

Sun Shaozong got out of the carriage and stood unsteadily. The Old Lady, whose face had been coated with an unknown amount of powder, hurriedly welcomed him out. With a big mouth, she exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Hello! You are really magnificent and powerful.

As she spoke, she wrapped a fan around half of her face and pretended to smile mysteriously, saying, "Our Huchun Building loves such a majestic person normally.

Before she could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong suddenly threw over a golden object.

The Old Lady's hands were sharp and her eyes were quick. She grabbed the thing in her hand and glanced happily, but her eyeball almost popped out of her eyes. Her mouth grew bigger and bigger, and she was about to burst out of her throat a scream.

You'd better not shout out.

Sun Shaozong said calmly, "I'm here to find a man, but if that person has escaped due to you, I don't mind taking all the women here back.

The Old Lady trembled and returned the thing with both hands, finally blurting out a whole sentence, "Don't worry, Your Excellency, I will not shout. I will definitely not shout.

When not wearing official robes, it was indeed more convenient to use the waist token of the Dragon Guard Thousand Household Inspector.

Sun Shaozong casually took the waist token into his arms and instructed with an expressionless expression, "Qin Rushuang, what I'm looking for is the guest in her room. Lead the way ahead.

The Madam quickly agreed and carefully guided Sun Shaozong into the living room.

After entering the door, he felt a heat wave mixed with a hint of powder and oil rushing toward his face. As it was only afternoon and not yet the peak of the brothel's business, there were only a few scattered tables of guests sitting in the hall, holding some pretty women in their arms, teasing and chatting there.

Although Qin Rushuang might not be considered the top brand of the Huichun Building, she was different from these mediocre and vulgar fans and naturally wouldnt pick up customers downstairs.

Therefore, the Old Lady led Sun Shaozong up to the second floor and faintly heard someone in a room on the west end chanting a poem loudly, "In the past, King Chen had a banquet of peace and music and drank ten thousand cups of wine and indulged in banter! What does the Master mean

It seemed to be Li Bai's "Jiang Jin Jiu."

Sun Shaozong pointed to the room and said, "Is it this room?

The Madam nodded vigorously.

Sun Shaozong strode closer and waited for a moment. After the person had finished reading the last sentence, Let's share our eternal worries, he pushed the door and burst in.

Just in front of the round table in the center of the room, there was a man and a woman in their thirties, dressed as scholars, with wild but slightly changing eyebrows and eyes.

The woman

Well, anyway, Sun Shaozong didn't come to find her, it was the same whether to say it or not.

Looking at the man holding a brush in his hand with a piece of ink-soaked rice paper lying in front of him, it was obvious that he was not reciting poetry just now, but practicing calligraphy.

He was probably very satisfied with his work, and the man looked very satisfied with himself. However, when he saw Sun Shaozong breaking in, his self-satisfaction turned into endless astonishment and fear.

It seems you recognize me."

Sun Shaozong tilted his mouth slightly and walked over to the round table with his back turned. He first carefully examined the ink-soaked song Jiang Jin Jiu.

Not to mention the others, the wild and unrestrained spirit of sacrificing oneself to others was as if it were about to emerge from a piece of paper.

Even if Sun Shaozong was not an expert, he could still see that this word had entered the public domain.

Tch!

He smacked his lips with a hint of regret and said, "If you have this skill, you can earn a lot of money by writing a plaque or something for someone.

The scholar's face changed several times, and finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with you, I have been practicing calligraphy for more than ten years, but the form has never been able to match their momentum. It wasn't until yesterday that I scribbled a few words on the door that they suddenly burst into confusion.

As he spoke, he threw away his writing brush and pointed to the book "Jiang Jin Jiu," saying, "This character is a masterpiece of my life, and I'm afraid it's also the last character in this life. If I leave it to a brothel woman to play with, I'm unwilling. How about giving it to you?

As the saying goes, never scold a bald man in front of a monk.

Qin Rushuang, who was also known as a famous prostitute in the Huichun Building, couldn't help but pout and want to complain.

Get out.

However, Sun Shaozong's gaze glanced at her and he lightly uttered two words, blocking Qin Rushuang's coquettish anger from her lips.

Being intimidated by this glance, she didn't even show any signs of resistance. She hurriedly withdrew and obediently closed the door.

After driving Qin Rushuang away, Sun Shaozong quickly sat on the chair and said, "I'll take it. How did you kidnap Ma Yingjue and kill him along with his accomplices? Shouldnt you also explain it?

Sigh~

The man let out a long sigh and sat heavily on the chair. He said in a faint voice, "One mistake has become a lifelong regret. Looking back, it has been a hundred years! I became a scholar when I was young, and he had been reckless for a few years. Unexpectedly, after five consecutive autumn competitions, I failed all of them, and even the inheritance from my ancestors was all used up by me.

That day, I had a drink with two known associates. When we were drunk, the two of them suddenly revealed a secret. However, it turned out that they had both been intimate servants of Ma Yingjue and had even committed a heinous act with him.

That was three years ago, during Ma Yingjue's Spring Imperial examination

The case three years ago has already been investigated by our official," Sun Shaozong interrupted. "Just focus on this case.

Your Excellency is indeed worthy of being called Divine Judgement.

Scholar Li let out a bitter smile and continued, "After I learned about this, I originally wanted to report it to the government, but those two thieves quickly came to their senses and developed a desire to kill and silence me.

Helplessly, I had to pretend to be a snake and persuade them to deceive Ma Yingjue out of the city. I tied him up to extort a large sum of money and comforted them. Anyway, Ma Yingjue felt guilty in his heart and will never report to the government afterward.

Those two thieves had their minds set, so they pretended to help Ma Yingjue harm another good family woman for fun according to my plan, and they deceived him out of the city and bound him.

But what they didn't expect was that I had a killing intention and wanted to send these three shameless thieves back together.

So I suggested again last night that before letting Ma Yingjue go, we should celebrate and then secretly poison the two thieves in the glass and strangle Ma Yingjue alive.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and say helplessly, "Although I had thought that you might find out the truth, I didn't expect you to come so quickly.

After listening to his words, Sun Shaozong smiled slightly, raised his hand, and slowly applauded, and his mouth exclaimed loudly, "A good story, it's indeed a good story, with three false parts mixed in seven true parts. Indeed, it's the essence of storytelling.

Story?

Scholar Li finally showed some nervousness and smiled stiffly. "Why would you say this? I have a dead end on both sides, why should I still lie to you?

Two words.

Sun Shaozong sneered and said, "Cover up! You want to cover up your accomplices, or rather the mastermind of this case.

Your recent statement may seem very reasonable, but there are two fatal loopholes in it.

Firstly, I had someone investigate you and you usually live in seclusion and rarely socialize with others, especially looking down on the vulgar scoundrels hanging around on the street.

Since that's the case, how could you possibly hang out with those two people and coincidentally hear their biggest secret?

As for the other loophole, it was also my initial suspicion that there were other culprits behind the scenes, which was the poison you used to kill the two young men.

Colorless and tasteless, it can quickly melt into wine and kill people in a very short time.

This is by no means comparable to ordinary goods like arsenic.

If you are a wealthy and powerful Master, you can easily find this poison. However, you are just an ordinary poor scholar, and it was only seven or eight hours after you received the ransom

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong leaned forward slightly and stared fiercely at Scholar Li, saying, "Speak up, who is the person behind you?