Chapter 400 Chaos
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, Sun Shaozong arrived at the Criminal Law Division and it took him about two hours to deal with all the case files, petitions, and various official documents submitted to him in the past two days.
Just as he was about to stretch his muscles, he saw a subordinate of Wei Ruolan coming over with a briefing on the verification operations in recent days and a dozen wanted warrants.
There was no doubt that the wanted warrants were for the human traffickers identified this time, so Sun Shaozong approved them one by one without even looking at them, and asked someone to forward them to the Ministry of Justice for a nationwide wanted warrant.
but……
A wanted poster drawn up based solely on the victim's recollection and description may not be very accurate, so we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.
As for the verification briefing, Sun Shaozong had to carefully examine it word by word - because the combination of Wei Ruolan and Qiu Yunfei was really a double-edged sword.
If used properly, it can be swift and effective, and achieve twice the result with half the effort; if it cannot be controlled, their unbridled style of doing things may bring anyone into trouble for the Criminal Law Department.
Especially this time, the action of verifying slavery has already touched the interests of all parties, and there is no room for carelessness.
Just wanting to take a closer look is not an easy task.
Because the weather is really too hot!
It was still better in the morning, but just after the hour of Chen, the temperature began to soar. By noon, the room was like a steamer, wet and sticky, making people restless from the inside out.
Therefore, before Sun Shaozong could turn a few pages, beads of sweat began to drip down, and could not be wiped away even with a handkerchief.
Even though he opened the buttons of his official robe, waved his folding fan up and down, and drank two bowls of mung bean soup in a row, he still couldn't suppress the sticky feeling.
We just had a flood last year, is there going to be a drought again?
The heat was so unbearable that Sun Shaozong had to put the briefing aside and asked someone to fetch a bucket of well water, so that he could use it to wipe his body and relieve the unbearable heat so that he could continue to handle his official business.
Unexpectedly, he had just locked the door and was taking off his clothes when he heard someone banging the door outside.
"My Lord, my Lord! I have something important to report!"
I originally thought that the person who acted so rashly was either Qiu Yunfei or Wei Ruolan, but when the person outside the door spoke, it turned out to be Lin Delu's voice.
This guy would never dare to come and knock on the door unless it was an extremely urgent matter.
So Sun Shaozong hurriedly put on his official uniform, opened the door and let him in, then leisurely sat back at his desk and asked calmly, "Governor Lin, why are you so flustered? What happened?"
Lin Delu was in no hurry to talk, but locked the door first. Then he approached like a thief and said anxiously, "Sir, I have finally found out the mastermind behind the scheme using Tao Zhu Jin Bei!"
So it was because of this matter.
Sun Shaozong immediately understood. Although he had obtained the promise from King Zhongshun, he was worried that King Zhongshun would say one thing and do another. Therefore, to be on the safe side, he did not let Lin Delu stop the investigation.
Now seeing Lin Delu's anxious look, it seems that the matter has been traced back to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.
but……
Doesn't this prove that King Zhongshun has indeed not stopped his plan to hype up 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei'?
This would really make things troublesome!
Since Prince Zhongshun has already spoken, if Sun Shaozong goes to "overreaching levels to appeal", wouldn't he be asking for a head-on conflict with him?
But if he doesn't report this matter to the court, if someone leaks the news that Sun Shaozong had investigated the matter, wouldn't he be charged with knowing the truth and not reporting it, and having ulterior motives?
Just when he was in a dilemma, he heard Lin Delu say stealthily: "No wonder the Wei Tongpan disagreed with your investigation of this matter. It turns out that this matter was caused by the Beijing Prince's Mansion!"
What?!
Sun Shaozong was a little confused at the time. How could he have attributed the scam committed by Prince Zhongshun to Prince Beijing?
He couldn't help but frown and said, "Did you make a mistake?"
Lin Delu said with a bitter face, "I just found out about this, and I was afraid that I was wrong, so I investigated carefully for a few days and found that the people who bribed the scoundrels in the market to spread rumors, the people who came to the door to play double-act to drive up prices, and the people who promoted this thing at the poetry club and literary meeting were indeed people from the Beijing Palace!"
At this point, he remembered something and added: "I heard that there was originally a big customer who had the same idea, but he suddenly disappeared in the past few days. Only the Beijing Palace is left shouting hard everywhere!"
Tsk~
Could it be that this scam was committed by the nephew and uncle together?
Now Prince Zhongshun wants to retreat, but Prince Beijing refuses to give up?
But this is not right!
Prince Zhongshun has never had any connection with Prince Beijing, and even has some malicious intent in his words [he's eyeing Prince Beijing's long-legged princess]. So how could he join hands with Prince Beijing to set up a trap?
Moreover, with the power of King Zhongshun, there is no need for him to join forces with others...
Or maybe, after Prince Zhongshun realized the seriousness of the matter, he simply passed the blame to Prince Beijing, wanting to make fun of him?
That doesn't seem right. I have already made all the interests involved in this matter clear to Prince Zhongshun. Even if he really wants to trick Prince Beijing, he should have informed me first to prevent the matter from leaking out, right?
Otherwise, if he sat back and watched Prince Beijing make things worse, once the news leaked out from his side, wouldn't he also be charged with knowing the truth and not reporting it, and having ulterior motives?
Or maybe, like Prince Beijing and Prince Zhongshun, he also had his eyes on this 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make money?
"grown ups."
Sun Shaozong was having a headache thinking about it, but Lin Delu was getting anxious waiting. He couldn't help but ask carefully, "Do you think we should still take care of this matter?"
"Well..."
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then said, "Just check it first, and don't make it public."
Lin Delu nodded in agreement, but then hesitated and said, "But what about Wei Tongpan..."
Too!
Wei Ruolan also knew that he was going to investigate the matter of 'Tao Zhu Jin Bei' - but the problem was that he had no idea whether he had revealed this to Prince Beijing Shui Rong.
If Shui Rong knew that I was trying to cut off his financial resources, it would be hard to predict how he would react...
What a fuss!
I was just planning to fight some profiteers, but who would have thought there were two great white sharks under the water? !
But now it is too late to retreat.
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then ordered: "Go back now and write down all the information you have found in a concise manner. Then follow me to a place after the court is over."
Now that we are on the edge of a rope, I'm afraid we can only go down this path until the end!
If the previous inference was correct: Prince Zhongshun was unaware of Prince Beijing's actions and was ready to abandon this plan, then he should not sit idly by and watch Shui Rong continue with this crazy plan.
