The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Nine sticks of brass gongs opened the way, with Yamen attendants carrying clean street whips guarding from left to right. Several people behind each held plaques of evasion and silence, as well as golden melons, axes, and green umbrella covers. There could be more than twenty people in the front and back halls.

This formation might not be a big one, but what was being defended in the middle was a blue cloth sedan carried by two people.

If it were just ordinary people inside, the two of them would barely be enough to carry it, but it was Sun Shaozong sitting inside. Therefore, the two sedan bearers left the Central Judicial Office and soon gasped for breath.

There was no other way. Who made the court stipulate that the fifth-rank officials could only be carried by two people and that it was not appropriate to go out without a sedan chair today?

However, as the two sedan bearers outside panted harder and harder, Sun Shaozong was also afraid of exhausting them. He raised his hand to lift the sedan curtain and asked Zhao Wuwei, the guard beside him, "Constable Zhao, how far is it from the Jishui Pond right now?”

He set up a complete set of ceremonial guards today to go to Jishui Pond and host this year's Dragon Boat Festival with officials from the Ministry of Rites. This was originally the task of Jia Yucun, but his ”Imperial matchmaking” had some mistakes, so he had to temporarily ask Sun Shaozong to replace him.

“It's not too far; just two or three blocks and you'll be there.”

Zhao Wuwei responded but suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "But if that platform is built on the other side, I'm afraid we'll have to take another detour to reach it.”

Before he could finish speaking, the sedan chair driver in front stumbled under his feet and almost threw the sedan chair out.

“Stop the sedan.”

Sun Shaozong immediately shouted to stop the sedan chair, and the two sedan chair drivers in front and behind, as if hearing the sound of heaven, hurriedly unloaded the sedan chair from their shoulders and sat on the ground, panting heavily.

“Stop it, stop it all.”

Zhao Wuwei hurriedly greeted the whole team before and after, stopping them. He heard a rustling sound in the sedan chair, and then Sun Shaozong instructed inside, "Don't move; just carry the sedan chair to the nearby alley.”

Although the two sedan bearers were somewhat inexplicable, they had to grit their teeth and carry the sedan chair on their shoulders, trembling to the nearby alley.

Sun Shaozong once again stopped the sedan chair and asked Zhao Wuwei to disperse the onlookers. Only then did he leave the sedan chair dressed in a short coat.

“Lord, are you...”

Zhao Wuwei and the two sedan bearers were immediately dumbfounded.

Sun Shaozong tidied up the broken hair on his temples and casually said, "I'm also stuffy and tight inside. Why don't we take a few steps down? When you carry my official uniform and hat to the vicinity of Jishui Pond, it won't be too late to sit up again.”

The two sedan bearers knelt on the ground with a splash and kowtowed, "Your Excellency, how can this be done?! I..."

Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said unquestionably, "No need to waste your saliva. That's it! I'll take a step first here, and you'll quickly carry the sedan chair on the road.”

As he spoke, he left the alley and mingled with the bustling crowd.

Today was really a good day to go out on the street. Because the Dragon Boat Festival was also known as the Orchid Bathing Festival, people would choose to bathe in orchid water the day before to decontaminate, so on this day, even the foot-pinching man also has a smell of grass and trees.

In addition, in the snack shops around the street, it was inevitable to steam several drawers of dumplings to meet the occasion. The sweet fragrance of bamboo leaves, glutinous rice, and jujube would spread all over the street.

It was still more than half an hour before the Dragon Boat Festival, and Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry. He only followed the flow of people and stopped when he saw the delicious snacks. He bought them and tasted them. If he couldn’t finish, he casually gave them to beggars on the roadside.

He has been transmigrated for less than two years now, and his tongue has already grown. Eighty percent of the things he bought from the street vendors outside were not very appetizing. After all, spices and seasonings were mostly luxury items these days, and small merchants and vendors couldn’t afford them at all.

Perhaps seeing Sun Shaozong's extravagant gestures, a man with a lewd appearance appeared in the alley next to him, and a ghostly man sneaked up to Sun Shaozong's side.

Sun Shaozong thought he had encountered a thief and was about to come and take personal loot. However, the man took out several embroidered portraits of women from his arms and shook them open at Sun Shaozong, saying, "Sir, you are alone. Why don't you hire two girls to accompany you to the Dragon Boat Festival?”

The fck~*

It turned out to be a man in private prostitution!

As he was speechless, he saw the man clasping his hand to his mouth again, with a mysterious and secretive expression, saying, "To be honest, our family has some relationship with the Lord of the Central Judicial Office. When the dragon boat is free in the evening, you can go up with the girls and have a good time, or get a touch of this dragon horse spirit.”

Great~

This man still has connections with the Central Judicial Office!

Sun Shaozong became increasingly speechless, just as he was about to repel this guy. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly snatched the embroidered statue and flipped it over. He sneered, "With such mediocre and vulgar faces, how are they worth it to this gentleman? Get away from us as soon as possible, so as not to stain our eyes.”

As he spoke, he threw the embroidered statue back.

The man hurriedly took it in his hand and glared at the person in anger. Just as he was about to utter some foul language, he suddenly stood stunned on the spot.

It turned out that although the person was dressed up as a man and deliberately wore a long shirt with a vertical collar and a fine beard, how could the man spend all day hanging around with his sister and not see that she was truly a beautiful woman?

He was afraid those girls in his yard were not as charming as the natural charm between her eyebrows and eyes!

So the man turned around and left, complaining with a vague expression on his mouth, "He already had a date with a female, but he didn't say it earlier. Wasted a lot of my saliva.”

When the man walked away, the female disguised as a man looked at Sun Shaozong with a smile and said, "Lord Sun, do you still remember me?”

Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said, "It's even harder for me to forget a woman like you, Lady You.”

Who else could this woman disguised as a man be if she was not the Third Lady You?!

“Hahaha…”

Although Third Sister You was dressed in men's clothing, she still smiled like a silver bell, crispy and heartwarming.

After laughing, she raised an orchid finger covered in cardamom and pointed at Sun Shaozong's outfit, curiously asking, "Your Excellency, is this a private visit?”

“No, it's too hot in the sedan chair, so I come down and take a walk.”

Sun Shaozong casually explained but couldn't help but wonder, "Did you come out alone, Lady You?”

“Of course.”

Third Lady You pretended to be pitiful and said, "My family can't afford to hire any intimate maids. Just an old woman who has to handle all the household affairs. How can anyone have any free time to accompany me out to relieve my boredom?”

As she spoke, her eyebrows lit up, and she glanced at Sun Shaozong with a rippling autumn wave. She said in a coquettish voice, "Thanks to Lord Sun, who left the roads of the Capital city unattended at night; otherwise, I wouldn't dare to wander alone on the streets.”

“Thanks for your praise.”

Although Sun Shaozong's heart beat faster when she teased him, now it was not the time to hang out with women. So he restrained himself and arched his hand, saying, "Since that's the case, I won't disturb your fun.”

After speaking, he took a big step and headed in the direction of Jishui Pond.

The Third Lady You originally thought that by using an unfathomable beauty trick, she could make this reckless man prostrate himself under her skirt and take the opportunity to include the jewelry she had just admired in her bag.

Who could have imagined that Sun Shaozong had walked away without hesitation?

How could she accept such a psychological truth?

“Lord Sun, Lord Sun!”

Chasing after Sun Shaozong and shouting twice, she saw that he didn't turn back. Her heart grew even more angry and she refused to admit that her charm was not enough. She stamped her foot and said to herself, "Such a secretive and anxious person must have done something shameful! Don’t let me catch up with your shortcomings; see if you will be arrogant in the future.”