Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't go to the 'West Wing Wedding Room' at night, but spent another night outside the hall - after Ruan Rong became pregnant, the two temporarily separated, mainly because he was afraid that Sun Shaozong would not sleep honestly at night and accidentally hurt the fetus in his belly.

Nothing was said all night.

However, before dawn on the second day, Sun Shaozong heard the maid come to report, saying that someone had sent news in the middle of the night, so that he didn't have to go to the government office today, and went directly to the yamen of the governor of the river to discuss matters.

Sure enough, Zhou Da was right!

The river yamen is located in the outer city, and it is quite a distance away from Sun's mansion, so Sun Shaozong hurriedly finished freshening up, and simply filled his stomach, and then went to the inner room to inform him, and hurried out of the small courtyard.

As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he bumped into the cheap big brother Sun Shaozu head-on.

Seeing his solemn appearance, Sun Shaozong thought that he had heard that he was going to fight the flood and was ready to tell himself something, so he hurriedly put on a posture of brother and brother and waited with his hands down.

Who knew that the cheap big brother came up, but he only asked: "The one you brought back yesterday is a good birth?" ”

Sun Shaozong: "......"

This cheap big brother really wants to be a 'son' and goes crazy!

After a few perfunctory words speechlessly, Sun Shaozong was able to get out, called out a complete set of carriages, and went straight to the outer city in the rain.

When he arrived at the Yamen of the governor of the river, there was still more than a quarter of an hour before the beginning of the morning [7 o'clock in the morning], he thought that he should have come early in this heavy rain, but who knew that he was led to the back hall by the officials, and saw that the Taishi chairs on both sides were almost full.

Sitting upright in the middle is naturally the one who had a relationship with Sun Shaozong, Wang Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the governor of the river.

Seeing that Jia Yucun was sitting on the right, and not far behind him were sitting Zhao Rongheng, who was also leading the river workers, Xu Huaizhi of Wanping Zhixian and others, after Sun Shaozong stepped forward to see Wang Yan, he also quietly sat on the vacant seat between Zhao Rongheng and Xu Huaizhi.

Since then, several groups of officials have arrived, and there is still a seat for those above the seventh grade, and the minor officials below the seventh rank can only wait under the corridor.

Seeing the beginning of the end of the morning, Wang Yan, who had been silent for a long time, cleared his throat and asked loudly: "Everyone who should be there today, but have they all come?" ”

A green-robed petty official holding a roster immediately flashed out of the oblique down, bowed down and said: "Lord Hui, this meeting convened the Ministry of Industry, the River Channel, the Shuntian Mansion, the patrol battalion, and the city defense battalion, a total of 127 civil and military officials, and now there are 124 people present, and two others are sick, and Xu Mingtang, the only one who lacks the embankment ambassador of the Yongding River, Xu Mingtang!" ”

Wang Yan's face sank suddenly, if others were late, it would be fine, but this Xu Mingtang, as the 'ambassador of the embankment of the Yongding River', can be said to be the first and most important person in this flood control matter!

What's more, he was originally an official stationed in the river yamen, and now that the people and horses sent by the 'brother unit' to support him have arrived, he, the master, has not arrived for a long time, how can this make sense?!

Syllable~

Wang Yan slapped heavily on the coffee table and said, "Come on, give me that Xu Mingtang ......"

"Your Excellency is not good, your Excellency is not good!"

Without waiting for Wang Yan to finish speaking, he saw a few soap-robed officials rushing in in a panic, and shouted: "Xu Mingtang and Lord Xu let ...... Let people die! ”

Rumble~

The inside and outside of the hall suddenly exploded!

Seeing that a natural disaster is coming, the 'river embankment ambassador' who is responsible for repairing the embankment and berm was suddenly killed.

Even Wang Yan was dumbfounded for a while, and he couldn't speak.

"Lord Ministry, should I ask first?"

It was Jia Yucun who cautiously reminded him, and Wang Yan came back to his senses, slapped the table with a busy and snap~ slap, got up and yelled: "Silence, give me silence!" ”

After suppressing the chaotic discussion, he gritted his teeth and asked the officials: "Wait and make it clear, who was Lord Xu victimized?!" ”

Those few officials, you look at me, I look at you, and finally one of them, thin and elegant, took the initiative to speak: "Lord Huibutang, after Lord Xu went home yesterday, he hurried back shortly after, saying that there was urgent business to deal with overnight, and ordered us not to disturb at will." ”

"Since Lord Xu has an order, the villain naturally does not dare to alarm, but this morning, seeing that the discussion is about to begin, but he has not seen Lord Xu come out, the villain feels a little strange, so he called two colleagues to go in and check - who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he saw Lord Xu hanging on the beam, and he had been hanging for a long time!"

"Haned?"

Wang Yan frowned and said, "Then how do you know that he was killed?" ”

The scribe hurriedly said: "The villain also thought that the adult had committed suicide, but later found out that even if the stool that fell to the ground was straightened, it was still more than a foot away from Lord Xu's toes!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be in an uproar again.

Wang Yan's face couldn't help but darken a little more, this deliberate method of pretending to commit suicide must be to cover up something-and Xu Mingtang happened to be the ambassador of the embankment of the Yongding River......

"Lord Ministry."

At this moment, Zhao Rongheng, the judge of Yantietong, suddenly got up and recommended: "Since there is a murder case, why don't you let Sun Tongju of the Mansion" go to explore?" ”

Wang Yan's eyes lit up suddenly, he got up and arched his hand, and said, "Sun Tongju, I'm afraid I'm going to have to work for you!" ”

As soon as I heard this case, I knew that the water was very deep, and Sun Shaozong didn't want to get involved, but Wang Yan said the word 'labor' with the respect of the Ministry of Industry, how did he refuse?

I had to glance at Zhao Rongheng sideways, and arched my hand: "Since the adult has a life, the next official will go to see what is going on." ”

As he spoke, he asked the officials to lead the way and rushed to the scene of the crime.

All the officials in the hall and under the Tang Dynasty, seeing that it was the 'divine judgment and common judgment' who personally went out to solve the case, they all hated to go over and take a look with their own eyes, but Wang Yan had an old face there, but who dared to touch his moldy head?

Not to mention how itchy people are.

However, it was said that Sun Shaozong followed those officials all the way through the courtyard and arrived at a cross-courtyard in the northwest corner.

Seeing that this pattern was a little brighter than that of the Criminal Division, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but inquire curiously: "Dare to ask how many officials this Lord Xu is?" ”

The thin scribe took the initiative to solve the puzzle and said: "The general 'river embankment ambassador' is from the fifth rank or the fifth rank, but because the Yongding River is close to the Beijing Division, it is not comparable to the side, so our Master Xu is from the fourth rank, and the position is only under the river governor and handsome." ”

Tut~

No wonder they are all willing to be Beijing officials, this small tributary of the Yongding River, but if it touches the edge of the capital, it will be more expensive than the big river.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the door of the house, and the thin scribe pushed open the door, and saw a rope noose hanging high on the beam in the middle......