Chapter 270: Seed of Love
The wind blows the flowers away, Jia Baoyu stands under a half-withered peach tree with a flower hoe in his hand, and next to him is a bloody corpse - looking from a distance, it really does have a sense of artistic painting.
but……
What is the use of that small mound of earth that just appeared next to the corpse?
Sun Shaozong asked suspiciously, "Why, you don't want to bury him here?"
Jia Baoyu was puzzled by the question. After a while, he suddenly understood. He shook his head like a rattle and said awkwardly, "This is the flower tomb made by Sister Lin. It is used to bury flowers."
Flower grave?
Sun Shaozong was even more speechless. These two young intellectuals were really idle...
But then again, I might as well learn how to do one when I get home - it never hurts to show off my romance in front of the women.
Just as he was making up his mind to copy the instructions at home, he heard Jia Baoyu sigh again and said helplessly: "Since something like this happened today, I'm afraid this flower tomb won't be usable in the future."
What's so pretentious about this?
There is plenty of space in the imperial residence, so why not build another one two miles away?
Sun Shaozong was in no mood to chat with him about these romantic matters, so he pointed at the body in the pool of blood with his chin and ordered, "Let Xu Shengli go over and check if it was him last night."
Unexpectedly, when Xu Shengli saw the blood on the ground, he was so frightened that he lost his strength and spirit. He moved forward timidly for a long time and was still about ten feet away from the corpse.
"What the hell are you dawdling for? Hurry up!"
Qiu Yunfei couldn't stand watching from the side and simply kicked him on the butt.
Xu Shengli was caught off guard and staggered and fell into a pool of blood, face to face with Mingyan, who died with her eyes open.
“Ah~!!!”
Screaming like a woman, Xu Shengli rolled and crawled back, shouting, "It's him, it's him, it's him! It was this guy who went to Huiyun Tower to meet the profiteer at midnight yesterday!"
Now that it has been confirmed that Mingyan is the murderer, the rest of the things will naturally be much simpler.
Let Qiu Yunfei and two captains of the police go to the front yard to make a simple stretcher with local materials so that they can carry the body back - although the murderer and the victim are already dead, the necessary procedures still need to be followed in the yamen.
After Qiu Yunfei and others took the order and left, Sun Shaozong simply recorded a confession from Jia Baoyu.
Although Jia Baoyu had prepared a script in mind long ago, to an expert like Sun Shaozong, it seemed full of loopholes. Looking at the style of the flower hoe and the pinch marks on Jia Baoyu's neck, he had already guessed who the murderer was.
But only a fool would pursue such trivial details - especially since Lin Daiyu is Ruan Rong's godsister.
So he pretended to be deaf and dumb, recorded Jia Baoyu's fabricated words, and helped him fill in some obvious loopholes .
Seeing that the matter had come to an end, Hong'er seized the opportunity to come forward and whispered to Jia Baoyu about Lin Daiyu's situation.
Upon hearing that Pin'er [Lin Daiyu's nickname] was unwell, Jia Baoyu panicked. Without caring about anything else, he quickly apologized to Sun Shaozong and Jia Lian, then hurried back to the Yihong Courtyard.
Hong'er naturally followed closely behind.
Seeing the master and servant running away without any clear reason, Jia Lian smiled awkwardly: "Don't blame me, Erlang, this kid has never known etiquette..."
"Second Master!"
At this moment, someone on the Qinfang Sluice Bridge suddenly called out. Following the voice, I saw a little maid holding her mouth in her hands and shouting, "Grandma said that there is a discrepancy in the account, and asked you to go back and check the basis."
Jia Lian was speechless for a moment, and after a long while he smiled bitterly and cupped his hands: "Erlang, I'm afraid..."
Sun Shaozong casually flicked his sleeves and said with a smile: "Brother, go ahead without any worries. Once we carry the body onto the platform, I won't say goodbye to you and will go back to the government office to report directly."
Only then did Jia Lian leave Zhou Rui alone and leave as if he had been pardoned.
As soon as the two brothers left, the scene suddenly became deserted.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to talk to Zhou Rui, so he just looked around casually. Suddenly, he found a light blue school bag hanging on a peach tree not far away.
He went forward to take a look out of curiosity, and saw that it was filled with annotations on classics and history, except for a copy of Song Ci's "Xi Yuan Ji Lu" mixed in, which seemed out of place.
After a moment's hesitation, Sun Shaozong guessed that this should be what Baoyu had left behind. It seemed that while he was studying hard and working hard, he had not given up his interest in "solving criminal cases".
"Here, your Master Bao's homework."
Sun Shaozong casually threw the book bag to Zhou Rui: "Remember to give it to him later."
Zhou Rui responded hastily. Just as he took the book bag in his hand, he heard someone ask in a gruff voice, "The murderer... Is the murderer really Mingyan?!"
Sun Shaozong and Zhou Rui looked back, their eyes first swept over the face of the person who came, and then slid to the position below the collarbone at the same time - the person who came was Siqi, she must have run all the way here, and was now panting heavily.
"That's right."
Sun Shaozong nodded and briefly introduced: "This guy stole the inkstone from the mansion to sell, but was caught by Pan Youan. Because he was worried that the matter would be exposed, he simply chose to kill him to silence him."
"Just now, when he saw the police coming to his door, he intended to take Baoyu as a hostage, but ended up being killed by Baoyu instead."
Upon hearing this, Siqi stared at the corpse in a daze for a long while, then suddenly knelt down in front of Sun Shaozong, choking with sobs, "I will never forget your kindness, sir. The oath I made before, sir, will never change in the slightest!"
Listen to this meaning...
She seemed to have figured out that her cheap brother had something in mind, which was why he agreed to let her take action.
It seems that having big breasts does not necessarily mean being brainless!
However, not long after Siqi left, Qiu Yunfei and others finally brought a stretcher. The two constables grabbed Mingyan's head and feet and threw him on it. Then the group marched out of the provincial palace in a mighty manner.
When they reached the gate, they saw the young man with his arm in a sling still wandering near the gate. Sun Shaozong stopped and called out, "Jia Yun, what are you wandering around for?"
Jia Yun came over and bowed respectfully, then said with a smile, "Your Excellency, I have nothing to do, so I just want to take a stroll."
"Just strolling around?"
Sun Shaozong's eyes flickered to his left hand, and he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, saying, "The handkerchief you were fiddling with just now, was it dropped by Hong'er accidentally, or did you have any connection with her in the past?"
Seeing that he could no longer conceal the truth, Jia Yun had no choice but to spread out his palm and said awkwardly, "I just picked it up. Miss Hong'er must have accidentally dropped it nearby."
Looking at his mixed expression, Sun Shaozong could guess that he and Na Hong'er probably had some love affair in the past, but now that he had a broken arm, his "value" plummeted, and Na Hong'er cut off all contact with him.
However, 'marrying a woman with a red hat' is also a common practice in large mansions. Especially looking at Jia Yun's behavior, the two of them probably haven't had any substantial contact yet, at least not as much as Siqi and Pan Youan.
Thinking about it, Jia Yun's broken arm can be considered to have some connection with himself, and he had a good impression of him the few times he met him.
Sun Shaozong patted him on the left shoulder and said with a smile: "When I see Brother Bao again one day, I will ask him to find you a good job - I can't take this job for nothing, right?"
"After a few years, when you have built up a rich family business, you can marry any woman you want!"
Jia Yun was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked her profusely, but he still held the handkerchief tightly in his hand, refusing to let go even a bit - it was clear that he still had feelings for Hong'er.
This guy is actually a lovesick person.
But that Hong Er...
But it doesn't seem like you can win the heart of the person just by the word "love".
