The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

So Miaoyu hurried forward a few steps, unexpectedly running into Sun Shaozong, who had turned back into the courtyard. She quickly took a few steps back until she was at a safe distance from him, and then cautiously stopped.

Hearing Sun Shaozong's loud questioning, she bit her white teeth and suddenly put her palms together and bowed, saying, "Amitabha, after hearing what Second Master Bao explained to me that day, I realized that I had wrongly accused you, Your Excellency. I beg you to forgive me and not to lower yourself to my level."

Using a Buddhist phrase and referring to herself as "I" twice, it was unclear whether she could really be considered a Buddhist nun.

However...

Sun Shaozong had already seen through her.

"Hmph."

He coldly snorted. "Alright, if you have something you want me to help with, just say it. Don't try to deceive me with such a fake attitude."

Miaoyu's reluctant apology revealed that she had another motive.

"Your Excellency really has good insight."

Although she was exposed, Miaoyu didn’t seem to mind. She bowed again with her palms together and said solemnly, "To be honest, I stopped you to plead for mercy for my fellow nuns in Shuiyue Monastery. Although they have committed various sins, they were ultimately forced into it and can be forgiven."

Sun Shaozong didn’t expect that she was going to plead mercy for the nuns in Shuiyue Monastery. Weren’t nuns supposed to be enemies?

"Haha, what an excuse for their sins."

He laughed and then said seriously, "Have you not heard the saying, ”forgivable love, unforgivable sin?” Since those nuns have become accessories to murder, they will naturally be punished by the law."

When Miaoyu first saw him, she was like a startled bird, but now she stood tall and spoke confidently.

"Even if their sins are unforgivable, their unborn children are innocent. The Buddha said that saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Moreover, it is not necessarily only one life. Your Excellency, please show mercy and spare them from being killed."

"You don't need to worry about this."

Sun Shaozong sneered, "The Great Zhou Law clearly stipulates that pregnant women who commit serious crimes will not be punished until after giving birth. Those nuns are only under house arrest, not imprisoned."

Seeing Miaoyu's delighted expression as she recited Buddhist prayers, he added, "But don't be too happy yet. The real trouble is yet to come."

"What trouble?"

"That's right."

Sun Shaozong shrugged. "These Buddhist sinners are involved in a sensational serial murder case in the Capital. Do you think anyone would be willing to adopt these children?"

Pausing for a moment, he suddenly proposed, "By the way, since you care so much about this matter, are you willing to raise these children yourself and take care of them until they grow up?"

He had noticed that Miaoyu had a fetish for cleanliness, so he deliberately made her feel disgusted to see how this fake nun would react.

"This..."

Sure enough, if she hadn't added those adjectives, Miaoyu might have just answered without thinking about it. But the fake nun frowned and couldn't make up her mind, even if she hesitated.

"Hahaha... What a compassionate Buddhist disciple!"

Sun Shaozong laughed and said with disdain, "Since you can't afford to pay anything yourself, you'd better leave your useless ”mercy” away in the future! Goodbye!"

He thought that if he had delayed for a long time, Ping’er should have gone away, so he was too lazy to continue grinding his teeth with Miaoyu. With a sneer, he tossed his sleeve, turned his head, and went out of the courtyard again.

When he reached the outside, he didn’t see Ping’er. Sun Shaozong just ran down the slope as if nothing had happened.

"Lord Sun, please stop!"

When he reached the bottom of the slope, he suddenly heard Miaoyu's cry from behind. Sun Shaozong looked back, and the fake nun rushed all the way. When she came near, she stroked her chest and gasped. "Can I go to see my fellow initiates?"

Seeing that Sun Shaozong was puzzled, she said frankly, "I'm practicing with hair now, and I'm not an eminent monk. I really can't do it without any connection. So I will put myself in the tiger tent and see for myself. Let me meet with those fellow initiates, get familiar with each other, and then I will decide whether to adopt their children or not."

The fake nun really spoke highly of herself. Just now, she was just asking to ”meet for a moment,” and in a twinkling of an eye, she changed it to ”meet for a period of time.”

It was just adopting children, how could it be comparable to putting herself in the tiger tent?

But…

If she was willing to adopt those children, it would save a lot of trouble for the Punishment Department. One should know that even the nursing house set up by the Health Care Department was afraid of such matters.

"I can indeed allow you to meet them."

Sun Shaozong hesitated a little, then reminded her, "But someone has to tag along with you. It's not that you can't be trusted. The main reason is to be afraid of what they might do."

"What will they do?"

"People who are going to die often take extreme actions." Sun Shaozong smiled darkly. "You will know then."

With that, he went on the road without turning back.

"Extreme acts..."

Miaoyu chewed on these words repeatedly. At first, her face showed some flinching, but it didn't take long for her to look firm again. Miaoyu struggled in her heart.

After Sun Shaozong walked out of the distance, he started to worry again. Now that the remote courtyard has been ”targeted” by Miaoyu, how could he have a private meeting with Ping’er?

He wandered aimlessly for a while and suddenly heard several shouts coming from afar, and it was calling for him.

"Governor Sun, Governor Sun!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly followed the voice to meet him. When he got close to the shouting man, he was stunned. He saw that the man was slim and good-looking, with a right arm tied to his waist. He was speechless and awkward when walking.

"Are you... Jia Yun?"

It turned out that this man was none other than Jia Yun, who had been severely injured by Jia Qin.

"It's me."

Seeing Jia Yun kneeling on his knees and kowtowing with his head, he said, "I have always remembered in my heart since I was saved that day. I just didn't dare to go to the door and just heard that my Godfather wanted to come here to talk to you, so I took the initiative to ask for the job so that I can thank you personally!"

Sun Shaozong wondered and asked, "Godfather? Who is your Godfather again?"

Jia Yun stood up and said, "Uncle Bao doesn't disdain me. He has recognized me as his Godson. Now I'm helping him with some chores."

Tch!

He was clearly a few years older than Baoyu, but now he recognized Baoyu as his Godfather.

This was really…

Sun Shaozong reached out and held him up without saying anything, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he just said, "It's really hard for you."

When Jia Yun heard it, his eyes immediately turned red. He quickly lowered his head to cover it up and then forced a smile. "Please follow me to the front yard, and don't let my Godfather wait for a long time."