The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 196: Died on the road

Sigh~

Looking at Qiu Yunfei, who began to splash again on the ground, Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly and then raised his voice and asked, "Zhao Wuwei, are there any bodies of people dying on the road left in the morgue?"

"Yes, yes!"

After being called, Zhao Wuwei naturally dared not continue pretending to be dead and rushed to report, "In this month, the Department of Health and Welfare has collected more than ten bodies who died on the road, and several of them had passed their 7th day.”

Every winter, it was inevitable that some homeless or drunk people would freeze to death in the streets.

Therefore, in the winter, the Department of Health and Welfare, which was affiliated with the Taichang Temple, would send people to collect these corpses, transport them to the Central Judicial Office for temporary storage, and then place them in the morgue for seven days, while waiting for the family to claim them.

If no one came to claim the body after seven days, the official would present a straw mat and bury it in the mass grave outside the city.

But…

It hasn't snowed heavily recently, but more than ten people have already died in a month. It seemed that the amount was a little more than they expected.

Cheng Rixing explained on one hand, "There has been a disaster this year, after all, Master. Although the food price in the Capital has not soared due to The Emperor's blessing, it is still nearly half higher than that in previous years. Those families with a poor family background might be unable to have a proper meal. It is also normal that they cannot survive."

He looked at the dandy, who still has to be tied up to be an official, and then thought about those who died of coldness…

Sigh~

Sun Shaozong sighed and waved his hand like a fly. "Send this guy to the morgue, tie him to the bodies, and then let the undertaker tell him the whole process of decay and degeneration."

"How dare you!"

Qiu Yunfei was still there, shouting in an unholy way. His face turned green when he heard this. He choked his neck and shouted, "Sun, how dare you make me... Sobbing~"

Sun Shaozong stooped down and then blocked his smelly mouth with a towel. Undoubtedly, he ordered, "Zhao Wuwei, if you can't get people to the morgue in half a quarter of an hour, go home and eat yourself!"

When Zhao Wuwei heard this, how dare he neglect his order?

He quickly said sorry and asked Cheng Rixing to help him carry Qiu Yunfei.

Just before he went outside, the personal servant of the Commander's Mansion built a human wall at the door, and the leader said with a frightened face, "Lord Sun, I’m afraid it is inappropriate to do this?"

"Inappropriate?"

Sun Shaozong snorted and said, "I won't beat or scold him. Shouldn’t I at least let him know his job? If your Madam doesn't want her son to get involved in his job, then take him home as soon as possible. I can't afford to raise rich and idle people here!"

"His job?"

The personal servants of the family stared in surprise and asked, "Can this also be regarded as a job in the small government?"

"Of course."

Sun Shaozong replied positively, "As the Inspector of the Punishment Department, his duty is to lead the Yamen to explore the scene. If he can't face the body, how can he do the job of a Punishment Inspector?"

Seeing that the four personal servants were still hesitant, Sun Shaozong sneered again, "At any rate, he is the son of a Commander. I didn’t let him go to the battlefield to fight with blood, can't I even let him see a few dead people?"

Although the Commander's Madam had exhorted the personal servants, they were also aware of the Commander's intention to train his son. If they carried Qiu Yunfei back like this, they would probably be punished.

After the four exchanged looks, they finally got out of the way and secretly instructed one person to report back.

After Zhao Wuwei carried the man out, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to see him off and went directly into the inner room.

He wanted to make a pot of hot tea himself, but seeing Cheng Rixing coming in, he casually pointed to the tea tray and sat behind the table.

Cheng Rixing quickly brewed the tea, then took out two cups and put them on the table. He poured the tea and carefully advised, "Master, it's not worth being angry with such a dandy. A little punishment would be enough, but if you scare him out now..."

"Don't worry."

Sun Shaozong said nonchalantly, "There are many people who will accompany him in the daytime. If this situation can scare him out, he will not be able to adjust."

Just as Sun Shaozong predicted, although Qiu Yunfei was poorly bluffed, he was not so scared.

Of course, this was also because he had only listened to a general view of the process from the morgue official and begged them to stop. The whole process didn't even reach a quarter of an hour, which was much farther away than the bloody section behind.

Even so, when he was brought to Sun Shaozong again, Qiu Yunfei almost vomited all his viscera, withering away from his previous appearance.

"Are you convinced?"

Sun Shaozong held a cup of tea and asked, and when he saw that Qiu Yunfei ignored him, he added, "It seems that it is a no. Zhao Wuwei, send him back to the morgue for him to listen to the whole set of the process again, and then..."

"Convinced, I’m convinced! "

Qiu Yunfei immediately cried out in a feeble voice, but the indignant tone made him hate Sun Shaozong rather than be convinced.

Sun Shaozong had a bad relationship with him, so why would he care whether he hated him or not?

He calmly said, "Now that he has been convinced, send him to the Experience Department first, check the official certificate, and then get the seal."

Qiu Yunfei took two steps outside with the help of a personal servant. After all, he was angry. Suddenly, he turned back and stared at Sun Shaozong's cup. He said darkly, "I just heard that the insect that just crawled out of the body was long and thin, dark brown, just like the tea you drink!"

The boy even tried to disgust Sun Shaozong, but how could Sun Shaozong care about this ridiculous statement?

After a leisurely drink, he added another cup to himself. He then said, "You really don't learn. From tomorrow on, you will be on duty in the morgue. Whenever we receive a new corpse, you will do the autopsy."

"You!"

Qiu Yunfei straightened his chest in anger, waiting to be scolded, however, considering Sun Shaozong's harsh eyes and what happened in the morgue today, he had to suppress his rage and gnash his teeth, saying, "Now that I have taken it all, how can you still tease me like this?"

"Remember to call yourself a subordinate in the future."

Sun Shaozong said, "I have already said that your duty as the Inspector of the Department of Criminal is to lead the Yamen to investigate the scene. If you don’t even dare examine the body, you can simply go to the next step and submit a resignation document to Official Chen."

Qiu Yunfei rattled his two rows of white teeth. Finally, he didn't dare to say anything more. He stamped his foot and let his servants help him out.

He didn’t know what this guy said to Commander Qiu after he came home from the Yamen. When he appeared in the morgue the next day, his face was swollen like a pig's head and was covered with various marks…