Chapter 56: Pressuring

In the city of Yunqiu, which had just passed the unitary hour, the earth was shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun. This beautiful scenery that should have appeared in the poems of the picture scroll looked lifeless at this time against the backdrop of the gloom in Yunqiu City. On the street where there are few pedestrians, a rider dressed as an official is galloping towards a team of horses entering the city.

The leader of the horse team was a middle-aged man dressed as a military attaché, who was not angry and arrogant, and it was none other than Sun Jinyong, the minister of the Imperial Court of the Western Desert Kingdom, who was sent to investigate the disappearance of Xieyang Dao. At this moment, the minister's face was full of exhaustion, and even the tall horse under him looked dejected.

"Report!"

The rider's voice pulled Sun Jinyong out of his thoughts, and one of his cronies took two steps forward and shouted, "What are you waiting for? ”

The rider hurriedly dismounted and saluted, and then quickly ran to Sun Jinyong's horse, and reported in a low voice: "My lord, half an hour ago, Lord Gao and several civil officials and people from the Xiangxian Pavilion suddenly broke into the Qincha Mansion in the yamen, shouting to see your lordship. Now Lord Zhao is dragging them there, and asking his subordinates to come and report it. ”

Sun Jinyong's face was expressionless, but the cronies around him exploded.

"Talking about this guy is too deceitful! On weekdays, it's just a matter of dealing with the case, but now he dares to be so rude, it is because he wants to despise the Qincha, and he can't do the following! ”

"A dog is a dog, and what if we read more scriptures than we do? Phew! ”

"My lord, why don't we report this matter directly to the court, and take a good look at this in front of the king!"

"If it's a Zhizhou, it's okay, a city lord is so ignorant in front of Wang Chengqincha!"

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"When the street is noisy, what kind of system!" Sun Jinyong stopped his cronies in a deep voice, and said to the rider who reported the news: "Let's go, go back and have a look." ”

The group quickened their pace, and after a short time, they returned to the official residence of the Qincha.

At this time, Gao Yan was drinking tea and chatting with several officials and townsmen in the lobby. Zhao Ping stood not far from the hall, his body trembling slightly, and his face looked at Gao Yan and the others indifferently. At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the person who walked in first was Sun Jinyong. There was no trace of anger on his face, he just quietly looked at the stunned people in the hall, clenched his fists gently, and slowly walked towards Gao Yan and the others.

Gao Yan's face did not change, but for some reason, he couldn't suppress the panic in his heart in front of Sun Jinyong at this time. Sun Jinyong quickly walked in front of him, slowly picked up a cup, sniffed it gently, suddenly laughed, and said: "It's actually a brown bean drink made of Lingnan brown beans, the tall man is so tasteful, he is worthy of being a person who has read a book." ”

Without waiting for Gao Yan to answer, Sun Jinyong turned his head and said to Zhao Ping: "Ah Ping, bring me a cup too." It's rare for a few adults to be here today, so even if Ben Qincha is busy, he has to take some time to accompany him, right? ”

Taking the cup handed over by Zhao Ping, Sun Jinyong made himself a cup of drink, then sat next to Gao Yan, glanced at Gao Yan and the officials and sages behind him, and smiled at them: "Colleagues, gentlemen, the new case outside Baisha City is a bit complicated, so I delayed a little longer before rushing back to the city." Sun is here to compensate you. ”

Although Sun Jinyong did not carry a gun or a stick in his words, and he also had a smile on his face, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and the whole person faintly exuded a sense of oppression.

Gao Yan was also the first time to see Sun Jinyong like this, he wanted to be bold in his heart and put on some show as usual, but he was shocked and annoyed to find that he didn't even have the courage to look directly at Sun Jinyong at this moment.

It was Sun Jinyong's voice that broke the awkward silence.

"I don't know what you have to say when you come here today." Sun Jinyong stared at the teacup in his hand and withdrew the sense of oppression he exuded.

"Tall, tall." A civil official sitting next to Gao Yan saw that Gao Yan had not spoken, so he whispered a reminder.

"Huh? Yes...... Right! Gao Yan came back to his senses and straightened up, "That's ...... Lord Sun, I came here today to ask Lord Sun, when will the disappearance case of Xieyang Road be solved? ”

Sun Jinyong was silent for a moment and replied: "The murderer has a treacherous temperament, and it will take time for this official to be cracked." ”

"How long will it take? How much time is it taking? Gao Yan sneered, "When Lord Sun first came, he swore that the case could be solved in March, and the gentry and people in the city were also waiting for it, but to this day, the murderer has not seen a few people arrested, but the officials who inspected Xieyang Road have gathered dozens of people, and now there are similar cases even outside Baisha City." My Yunqiu City is now withering day by day, and the people are miserable and trying to flee by all means. Master Sun, now that March is approaching, should you give me, the parent official, an explanation? ”

Sun Jinyong's right hand tightly held the delicate small porcelain cup in his hand, his eyes looked directly at Gao Yan, and said: "If this official fails to solve the case in time, he will return to the royal city, personally ask the king for his guilt, and let the king and the ministers punish him." But before that, although the official was a martial artist, he received the favor of the gods, and he was the minister of the governor of the Xieyang Dao case, and he only needed to be responsible for the king and the princes of the court, and there was no need to give others an explanation. What Mr. Gao said today, did he want to do something on his behalf? ”

Gao Yan was not frightened by Sun Jinyong's words, he snorted coldly and said: "Sage Zeng Yun: Those who have been above should speak out directly. Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty was able to open up land in the eastern and eastern continents and lay a foundation, and it was precisely because of the outspoken style of encouraging the court that loyal and upright people dared to point out the inappropriateness of their superiors in person, so that the government was clear. It's true that the minister is a king directly under the king, but it's not so bad that he can't listen to the criticism of his colleagues, right? ”

Seeing that Sun Jinyong didn't speak, Gao Yan's heart perked up, and he continued: "Since Lord Sun took office, in order to solve the case, it can be said that he has worked day and night, and everyone here has seen this. If Master Sun really had no fault in the past two months, we should not have accused Lord Sun of anything. However, the three suspicious people who came to report the case recently were full of suspicions, why didn't Lord Sun take them down and interrogate them in detail? ”

Sun Jinyong said lightly: "Sun has always attached importance to evidence in his investigation. I don't have much time to find out the truth, then Shi Cheng is an important member of the Pharmacist Chamber of Commerce, if he wrongs a good person, not to mention whether it will mislead the direction of the investigation, if it causes a diplomatic turmoil, it will not only be Sun who will be responsible at that time. ”

Gao Yan said disdainfully: "What is there to fear from the foolish people from the Union Khanate? What about the Pharmacist Chamber of Commerce, the Great Wei is full of talents, and the alchemy technique may not be weaker than them. At present, the disappearance of Xieyang Road is becoming more and more serious, and all the caravans traveling to and from Xieyang Road are dozens of people before they hit the road, how long have we not seen a three-person group of people come out of the official road intact? On this basis, why can't those three be imprisoned and tortured? ”

Sun Jinyong sighed and said, "Lord Gao, those three people are by no means ordinary. The officials of the State of Wu could use the Alliance Khanate and the Pharmacist Chamber of Commerce as an after-dinner joke every day, and that was because they were in the easternmost part of the Eastern Continent, by the side of Great Wei, and the hands of the Chita and the Western Continent Danshi could not reach that far. Our Western Desert Country is different, our west is close to the Dongdan Kingdom of the Dogleg of the Alliance Khanate, and close to the garrison of the Chita there, so how can we not be cautious when facing Shi Cheng? ”

Gao Yan sneered: "So what, under the protection of Great Wei, at the end of the four-year war, the Western barbarians still can't help us in the end." We, the powerless civil officials, are not afraid of them, so why should you warriors who carry swords and kill people every day be so forward-looking. Master Sun, in your words, you are so protective of that Shi Cheng, could it be that you have taken the benefits of that Xilu Danshi? ”

"Tall, sir!" Zhao Ping, who was on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and spoke out to defend Sun Jinyong, "Lord Sun has been an official for nearly 20 years, and he has always been for the public and not for selfishness, which many people in the court and China see in their eyes. ”

"Who is Your Excellency? How many official residences? What kind of job do you have now? An elderly villager behind Gao Yan said to Zhao Ping slowly.

Zhao Ping's face flushed, and he was about to continue to say something, but Sun Jinyong spoke first: "Okay, I know what Lord Gao means, I will seriously consider your suggestion." It's not early today, and there are still new cases that need to be analyzed, so let's discuss them another day. ”

"Then the lower officials won't bother." Gao Yan flicked his sleeves and stood up, "Before leaving, the lower official still has to remind Master Sun." Don't miss the opportunity to wait until you will be punished before the king. Gao's words today, but it's all for the sake of Mr. Sun's hello, if it really doesn't work, the wicked will be done by Gao, and the official will personally arrest Shi Cheng and others for the adults and take them to prison, and the clues that come out of the trial will be truthfully provided to Mr. Sun, and the officials will not be greedy for merit! ”