Chapter 625 Stealing the Shaolin Stick
When Aunt Lu heard that Sun Shan was returning to Huangyang County to get married, she believed it completely.
In her eyes, Sun Shan was indeed old, and the imperial examination was not as important as marrying and having children. If she were Sun Shan's mother, let alone writing a letter, she might even run to Jinling and kidnap Sun Shan and bring him home.
Aunt Lu's son added, "Our senior brother is getting married in two months. Haha, he even told us to go to the wedding. I heard that his fiancée is from a wealthy family, a lady from an official family. She is both virtuous and beautiful, beautiful and intelligent. Haha, our senior brother is amazing."
When Aunt Lu heard the word "official", she was shocked.
Wouldn't it be more powerful for Sun Shan to marry the daughter of a high-ranking official?
No wonder he spoke so confidently, even ignoring the county magistrate.
Aunt Lu's eyes were filled with fear and her heart was even more confused.
Aunt Lu's son didn't notice that Aunt Lu was wrong, and said with a smile: "Today, the senior brother called all the students in Class A out and tested them one by one. Aunt, I was also tested."
Aunt Lu couldn't help trembling and asked fearfully, "Mr. Sun, he, he said to you...what?"
The son of Aunt Lu thought that Aunt Lu was worried about his studies, so he quickly said, "Auntie, when Senior Brother tested me, I was very nervous and couldn't think of many questions. But Senior Brother was kind and patient, and told me not to be nervous, and slowly I was able to answer them."
After a pause, he said with a smile, "Mother, my senior praised me for my solid academic performance. If I work hard, I will most likely pass the examination to become a student. If I work harder, I will also have a chance to become a scholar. Mother, my requirements are not high. I will be satisfied if I can pass the examination to become a scholar. I am not as smart as my senior, so I dare not think about passing the provincial examination."
Aunt Lu looked at her son's longing expression, hesitated for a long time, and finally said nothing.
Aunt Lu's son suddenly jumped up and down, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said anxiously: "Mother, please wash the clothes slowly. You have worked hard so that I can study. I am going to help my father in the blacksmith shop. I just saw that there are many people in my father's shop. There must be a lot of business."
After saying that, he ran out and ran to the wooden house of Lu the blacksmith, which was called a shop but was actually a temporary shed.
Even for such a simple shop, the rent is not small. The taxes collected by the government are increasing, much more than when Lord Wei was here.
Aunt Lu was filled with pain as she watched her child disappear.
Her child has loved reading and studied hard since he was young. He knew from a young age that it was not easy for his parents and brothers to support his studies.
While others came back from school to read, he went to help his father with work.
Aunt Lu is not well educated, but she thinks this shouldn't be the case. Scholars should focus on studying and not do work that is too tiring.
Thinking about what Sun Shan said today, he finally made a decision secretly and knew what he should do.
Sun Shan didn't know what Aunt Lu and the little boy were talking about. At this moment, De Ge'er looked at him intently, and then at the several long round wooden sticks placed beside him.
He asked in great confusion: "Shanzi, what do you want these Shaolin sticks for? To knead dough?"
This is not right. Even when kneading dough, you use a small wooden stick. Why use such a long stick?
And if you want to make the dough, you can just buy it yourself. Why ask others to steal it?
De Ge'er is increasingly unable to understand Sun Shan.
Sun Shan stared at several Shaolin sticks made of ash wood.
I heard that the Shaolin stick is one of the most commonly used and common weapons by Shaolin monks, and is known as the "ancestor of all weapons" and the "ancestor of all arts".
When the stick hits you, you feel numbness at first, and then a piercing pain.
Yang Qingbei was beaten to death by these Shaolin sticks.
Sun Shan thought that it must have been very painful to be admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University at that time.
Sun Shan shook his head and said, "Brother De, I have a use for these sticks. You know, I never do boring things."
Sun Shan did not tell De Ge'er about Yang Qingbei's affairs.
Firstly, De Ge'er has a strong temper. After hearing about it, he might come and beat us up, which would ruin the plan.
Secondly, even if De Ge'er could endure it, he would inevitably let the secret slip, so it is better not to tell him for the time being and wait until the matter is settled.
De Ge'er rolled his eyes and looked at Sun Shan speechlessly. He also knew that Sun Shan never did anything useless, and he wanted to know what Sun Shan was going to do.
If you don’t know it for a day, you will be in trouble.
With eyes wide open, he asked curiously, "Shanzi, you are not going to do anything bad, are you? If it is good, you will definitely tell me, but you dare not tell me if it is bad. Humph, Shanzi, I am your brother, Gui Ge'er knows it, why can't I know it?"
Sun Shan ignored De Ge'er, shook his head and said, "I'll tell you later. Anyway, don't let anyone know that I ordered the theft of the stick."
Sun Shan secured witnesses - Doctor Chang and Aunt Lu.
There is still physical evidence missing.
The Shaolin sticks in front of us are the most powerful physical evidence.
It was the weapon that killed Yang Qingbei that day.
According to Aunt Lu's confession and Doctor Chang's judgment, the murder weapon used to beat Yang Qingbei to death was the wooden stick in the hands of Yang Xiong's servant.
Sun Dingnan and Sun Dali observed for a long time and found that whenever Yang Xiong went out with a few servants, he would bring a wooden stick.
Sun Shan couldn't help but sigh. The murderer dared to continue using these sticks to beat people to death and walked around in public. He was so bold and fearless.
So Sun Shan asked De Ge'er to find a way to steal the wooden sticks from the servants and use them as evidence in court.
De Ge'er has lived in the county for so long and is a lively and active person, so he must know a lot of people.
Sure enough, after finding him, he was puzzled as to why he stole the county magistrate's brother-in-law's stick instead of saying that it was impossible.
Sun Shan knew that De Ge'er had some abilities.
Finally, De Ge'er used several connections and twists and turns to find a thief and stole the wooden stick from Yang Xiong's servant.
The thief didn't understand why the buyer wanted to steal the stick, but as long as he was paid, he could steal anything.
Besides, stealing a stick is not difficult at all, and it is not a valuable thing at all.
De Geer said: "The thief secretly followed Yang Xiong and his men. When they arrived at the embroidery workshop, he sneaked in by climbing over the wall and stole the stick. The thief even said it was not difficult at all. If there is such a job next time, we will look for him again."
Sun Shan patted De Ge'er on the shoulder and said approvingly, "De Ge'er, you did a good job. By the way, no one knows that I asked someone to steal it, right? No one knows that you stole it, right?"
De Ge'er shook his head and said, "No one knows. Even if someone knows, there is no reason to doubt me. Why would I steal the stick? I just want someone to do it. What's more, you, a dignified scholar, would not believe it unless you saw it with your own eyes. Shanzi, don't worry, I am the most reliable person."
Sun Shan didn't really believe De Ge'er, but as De Ge'er said, no one would associate Sun Shan with stealing sticks.
Even Yang Xiong himself would not believe that the scholar stole the stick.
Sun Shan felt relieved when he thought of this.
So he let Gui Ge'er keep the wooden stick evidence safely, as it would be needed in the near future.