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The night was deep, and the rich black covered the sky and covered the sky, as if it was about to roll over from the wall.

After sending off the servants, Mu Zhenliu did not go back to bed, but lit a candle and quietly went to the study.Ju Cheng and others saw that he was easy to drive and had very little luggage, so they prepared several sets of books and a set of four treasures of the study out of their own pockets.

The book is the Four Books and Five Classics, quite well-behaved, the most serious.

Mu Zhenliu spread out the paper, rubbed the ink, picked up the pen, and slowly wrote the word Liao.

The door moved, and the shadow on the ground shook slightly.

Mu Zhenliu looked up.

Susha was wearing unlined clothes, standing at the door: "Are you writing a elegy?"

Mu Zhenliu shook his head and said, "I have only met Mr. Liao once, so I can't write anything even if I want to write about it."

Su Sha said nicely: "What's so difficult about this? Just write, the official position is neither big nor small, and when you leave, you are not too old, and there are groups of wives and concubines at home, hugging each other every day. Enjoy life while you are alive, and have no regrets when you die."

Mu Zhenliu said: "Have you checked it?"

Su Sha said nicely: "Is there anything to check? A total of one wife, eight concubines and twelve households, gave birth to twelve golden flowers, married nine, and three more. One is eight years old, one is six years old, and one is two years old. age."

Mu Zhenliu said, "No child?"

Susha snorted coldly, "It's not surprising that the yin in the back house flourishes and the yang declines."

Mu Zhenliu said: "The rumor of 10,000+ taels of silver is true?"

Susha said nicely: "I don't know if he has 10,000+ taels of bank notes, I only know that his salary can never afford the expenses of his wife and concubines."

Mu Zhenliu put down his pen, lifted the paper to look at it, folded it slowly, threw it into the wastebasket, picked up the candle and walked out, when he passed by Susha, he stopped slightly: "Do you want to write too?"

Susha said nicely, "Are civil servants like you?"

"how?"

"Don't sleep in the middle of the night, go to the study to practice pens if you have nothing to do?"

Mu Zhenliu smiled: "There are not many people who are as diligent as me."

Susha heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, there are not many people like you."

"Why?"

Susha passed him behind his back: "Not everyone who sleeps next to me is as easy to talk as I am after being woken up in the middle of the night."

Mu Zhenliu: "..."

The suicide of the former head of the Weapons Bureau caused an uproar in Pingbo City!Coupled with the rumor that his family members exchanged 10,000+ taels of silver at the pawn shop, all kinds of rumors were rampant for a while.The word "suicide" by the old boss was also added out of thin air with the word "fear of crime".

Ju Cheng and others came to the yamen early in the morning to inquire about the news, and they kept saying, "Master Liao's move is really unexpected!"

Mu Zhenliu told them to stay calm and wait for the prefect's news.Although the old director is from the Arms Bureau, the life lawsuit is the prefect's responsibility, and the person who sent a notification last night was also a member of the prefect's yamen.

With such a big event happening, Ju Cheng and the others were not in the mood to deal with official business, so they sat together and had an imaginative discussion on this matter.

Mu Zhenliu was very calm, sitting alone and reading the official documents.

After noon, the magistrate suddenly sent someone to summon the card room order.

The card room order was taken aback, and asked, "What...why did you summon me for?"

The yamen servant said: "The villain is acting on the order of the magistrate, and I don't know the rest."

After the card room order was taken away, the other room orders were in panic. Sure enough, not long after, the crossbow room order, the bow room order, the Jia room order and the miscellaneous room order were all taken away one by one.The miscellaneous room order was the last one. After he left, Ju Cheng said in a sad tone: "My lord, I'm afraid it will be your turn next."

Mu Zhenliu raised his head from the book: "Just follow the usual questioning, Mr. Ju Cheng, don't be nervous."

Ju Cheng lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency, I don't know, this prefect is a member of Qu Fuge."

Mu Zhenliu immediately understood what he meant.

The Deputy Qu Pavilion he was talking about was the Deputy Pavilion Master of Lingxiao Pavilion, Qu Kangyun.In the Zhuang Dynasty, only one who entered the Lingxiao Pavilion could be called a prime minister.For example, Shen Zhenghe is now the master of the Lingxiao Pavilion, that is, the prime minister, and Qu Kangyun is the deputy master, that is, the deputy prime minister.Although Fang Hengxie has power in the government and the public, his official position is always the head of the Tianji Mansion, so he cannot be called the Prime Minister.

Back then, before Fang Hengxie was born, the Ling Xiao Pavilion was controlled by Shen Zhenghe and Qu Kangyun. The two fought independently for many years.Later, Shen Zhenghe was rejected by the present, and Qu Kangyun was suppressed. In just a few years, the High Heaven Pavilion changed owners several times, and its power was not as good as before.

This time, the king of Nanjiang attacked the imperial city, causing Fang Hengxie to lose his favor. Shen Zhenghe took advantage of the situation to recover, and the Lingxiao Pavilion was reused again. Qu Kangyun, who had always kept a low profile, also took the opportunity to make a comeback.Changes in the situation between North Korea and China will naturally affect local forces.

For example, Pingbo City.

The magistrate is from Qu Kangyun, and from the Qu family.

The chief soldier is Fang Hengxie, a member of the Fang family.

The person who I consider a mentor is the Shen family.

In addition, because it is directly under the Tianji Mansion, it is directly included in Fang Hengxie's Military Weapons Bureau.

The water in Pingbo City was completely muddy.

The death of the old boss will become a stone, thrown into the muddy water, I don't know how many people who fish in the muddy water will be attracted, and I don't know how many people who take advantage of the fire will be disturbed.

"I just hope to find out the truth as soon as possible, and comfort Lord Liao's spirit in heaven." Mu Zhenliu calmed down and corrected his attitude.

Ju Cheng shook his head and said: "My lord's thinking is too simple. Mr. Liao has worked hard for most of his life, and it is time to take care of his life. How could he commit suicide suddenly? Moreover, it has not been a day since Mr. Liao passed away, and the rumors of suicide have spread all over the city. , all of them said the truth. Don't you think it's strange, my lord?"

Mu Zhenliu said, "According to Master Jucheng's intention?"

Ju Cheng looked sad, shook his head and said: "I am a small Ju Cheng, how can I comprehend the inner world. My lord is a student of Shen Xiang, and he has a far-sighted vision, so he can see farther than I do."

Just as he was talking, the magistrate sent a servant to take Ju Cheng away.

When he left, Mu Zhenliu's heart skipped a beat on his face.

"It's very good, what kind of parting between life and death is being staged, and the two are in love?"

As soon as Su Sha's nice voice interjected, the sad atmosphere was swept away.

Mu Zhenliu said helplessly: "Why are you staying in the mansion today?"

Su Sha resentfully said: "Master Mu didn't give you a task, so I don't dare to wander around."

Mu Zhenliu glanced at him and said, "When did Mr. Susha become so docile and obedient?"

Meek and obedient touched Su Sha's pretty nipples, his expression changed immediately, he sat down on the chair, put his feet on the coffee table, shook them, then put them down again and said: "Your shrimp soldiers and crab generals have all been taken away." gone?"

Mu Zhenliu said: "There is one left."

"where is it?"

Mu Zhenliu looked at him.

Susha said angrily, "You say I'm a shrimp soldier and crab general?"

Mu Zhenliu said: "You still prefer to be Prime Minister."

Su Sha said nicely, "Are you still in the mood to joke around at a time like this?"

"Why can't you be in the mood to joke?"

"Your left and right arms have been cut off, so it will be your turn next." Susha said nicely, "In this world, there are fewer officials who have never been sentenced to unjust cases than people who have never eaten salt. Even if you are Shen Zhenghe's disciples, here the sky is high and the emperor is far away, if you go in, Shen Zhenghe can't keep you."

Mu Zhenliu said: "In your opinion, what should I do?"

Susha said nicely: "You have two ways, one is to wait and the other is to ask."

Mu Zhenliu said with a good temper: "I also ask Mr. Susha to give advice."

Susha said nicely: "Wait, naturally it's your brother Guangfu. He's the governor, patrolling on behalf of the sky. When he's interested, it's not a big deal to kill a few magistrates."

Mu Zhenliu said: "Then what do you want?"

Su Sha pointed to herself.

Mu Zhenliu said, "Master Susha, can you save me?"

Susha said nicely: "If you beg sincerely, I will try to save you as much as I can."

Mu Zhenliu raised his head and saw the magistrate's servant coming here following the doorman, he stood up and said, "Since Mr. Susha is so reluctant, I'd better wait."

Susha said nicely, "I guessed it a long time ago."

"Ok?"

"You're the kind of person who doesn't cry without seeing the coffin."

Just as he was talking, the yamen servant had already arrived at the door: "Master Zhifu, please go to the yamen, Mr. Chief Bureau."

Susha shook her feet, watched Mu Zhenliu walking out calmly, and said leisurely: "It's too late for you to regret it now."

Mu Zhenliu took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to him, and said, "If you see Guangfu, give him the letter for me." He paused, and then said, "If you don't see it, then forget it." .”

Susha waited for him to follow the yamen servant, and eagerly tore open the envelope.

Inside the envelope turned out to be another envelope, on which it was written: Brother Guangfu opened it, Mr. Susha, please do not open it.

……

Susha tore the envelope with a cold face.