The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 165: The Sword Swallowing Event of the Old Man in the West City [Part 2]

Chapter 165: The Sword Swallowing Event of the Old Man in the West City [Part 2]

When Sun Chengtao was just outside the door, he was the noisiest and most detached. But when he entered the door and faced the old man who died with open eyes, he immediately fell silent.

Sun Chengye was better, but his throat was wriggling. It was obviously a painful experience to swallow the iron sword from his brain.

Yu Qian was silent for a while, and suddenly bowed to the body to the end and said, "Sorry for offending, sir."

The brothers of the Sun family woke up just in their dream-like state and followed him to salute.

"Finding out the truth is the greatest consolation for the dead."

Sun Shaozong took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. He said, "It's a quarter of an hour now. I'll give you another quarter of an hour. You can check everything in the room at will, or ask the captains who were just responsible for checking the evidence. Okay, let's start."

Crackle~

He snapped the cover of his watch and walked out.

The three people in the room looked at each other. After a moment, they started to act separately. Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

In the beginning, they did not go to check on the body.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Yu Qian was the first one to approach.

"It's almost time."

A quarter of an hour later, Sun Shaozong came in from the door and said, "Tell me, what do you see?"

The three people made concessions to each other, but Sun Chengye was the first to speak. He bowed and said, "Uncle, isn't there a little less blood flowing from the body's throat?"

Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said, "Don't ask me. You can judge by yourself."

"Noted, then I shall start."

Sun Chengye then continued, "Last time, my servant accidentally bit his tongue, and he shed much more blood than the victim now. Since it was a fatal injury, it should not only be a small amount of blood."

"Why did he kill himself in such a strange way?"

Sun Chengtao was still in disbelief, but this time Yu Qian didn’t answer his doubts. He arches his hands and says, "I'm afraid you'll have to ask Uncle to explain."

"It's good to see that this is not a homicide. At least in the future, officials will not wrong people."

Sun Shaozong said, waving his hand outside, "Come in and answer."

Zhao Wuwei immediately ran in with a fist in his hand and said, "Just now, after listening to Master's instructions, I visited several young children in the neighborhood. The old man had indeed performed tricks previously. They said that if they told the Master that they knew he performed tricks previously, he would not perform again, so only a few people in the neighborhood knew about it."

Hearing this, Yu Qian suddenly said, "Was it... Was it that he was practicing the juggling of swallowing an iron sword, and he accidentally stabbed himself?!"

Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "Yes, the skeleton of the deceased looks nothing, but after careful examination, you can find that there are some deformities. They should be formed by training. Usually, such people are not trained from childhood, or they are acrobats."

"The deceased should be the latter."

"But he has been cautious for decades and doesn't want his neighbors to know his origin. I'm afraid he once worked as a trick performer as a part-time job."

"As for the reason why he suddenly practiced juggling...

"Two days ago, the Ministry of Etiquette issued a decree to let talented old men rehearse their own programs so that they could perform in front of His Majesty. Perhaps that's why the deceased started his old career again."

"Unfortunately, during the drill, there was an accident. According to my inference, he was probably in the process of swallowing the iron sword when he suddenly coughed violently, causing his throat to be injured by the blunt sword."

"This was not a fatal injury, but the victim was so flustered that he sucked the blood upstream into the respiratory tract, resulting in acute asphyxia."

Seeing that the three were all confused, Sun Shaozong explained, "That is to say, he choked to death with his own blood."

With that, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "The etiquette department has caused this incident with the intention of flattering the Emperor."

As expected, after the case was reported, Emperor Guangde immediately issued an order to punish the Ministry of Rites for three months of their salaries. The charge was that the Ministry of Rites did not know how to respect the elderly.

As for rehearsals to amuse the Emperor, naturally, it was all over.

However, Sun Shaozong had little to do with this. He went home in the evening to accompany Yu Qian and the three of them to eat a light Southern meal. In the night, Xiangling pulled him to practice some heavy posture that she would not cooperate on ordinary days...