Fate with you

Wan Niang didn't bring anything with her, she just changed into clean clothes, since she had decided to make a clean break with her, she wouldn't want her things anymore.

Lin Tan didn't say anything when he saw her, and sent her outside the Min Mansion, but didn't send her in.

Wan Niang left without hesitation, Lin Tan stood behind her, watching her walk into the mansion where she stayed for three years, watching the mansion door close, they were separated by a light door, But like yin and yang separated.

The light in her eyes dimmed little by little, as if her entire life was extinguished at this moment.

Wan Niang walked into the mansion, she was not very familiar with it, most of the time, she stayed in her room.

Min Shijie sat in the living room, saw her come in, raised his eyes, and said, "Play a song and listen."

There are incense burners and Guqin in the hall.Wan Niang walked over, knelt and sat in front of the piano, plucked lightly with her bare hands, and a piece of "High Mountain and Flowing Water" poured out.

The towering mountains are like Mount Tai, and the ocean is like rivers.

Qin music is easy to play, but a confidant is hard to find.

For the first time in three years, Min Shijie looked at this woman squarely.

Beauty, so beautiful that it can be called unparalleled in the world, with outstanding appearance and charming charm.Min Shijie knew that she was beautiful, so beautiful that no man could stop her.With such stunning looks, Lin Tan didn't say anything, and Min Shijie didn't make fun of him.He is not a gentleman, but he is not broken into a beast. There are always some precious feelings in this world that ordinary people cannot understand.

So, Min Shijie tried to find something other than beauty from her.

After a song is finished, the sound of the piano is turned off.Wan Niang rested her fingers on the strings, lowered her eyes, and sat there quietly.

Beauty, like money, is a crime of conceived jade.Beauty is a disaster, but that's it.

"Lin Tan, he is also proficient in temperament, have you ever played with each other?" Min Shijie asked.

Wan Niang didn't move, her eyes were still downcast, she looked at the guqin in front of her, and replied: "It happened three years ago."

"Oh." Min Shijie nodded. Seeing Wanniang like this, what did he think of, and asked with a smile, "Are you blaming him?"

Wan Niang was silent.

Min Shijie didn't get angry, and continued to ask, "Is he a bad guy?"

Wan Niang remained silent.

Min Shijie seemed to be talking to himself: "Building roads and bridges, benefiting neighbors, caring for the widowed and lonely, respecting the old and caring for the young, can be described as sincere. But is he a good person? He bribes to collect money, disregards the law, is cunning and daring."

Wan Niang finally raised her head.Min Shijie ignored her, stood up and sighed: "Who can do whatever he wants? Its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden."

I don't know whether to sigh for myself or Lin Tan.

This was the first time in three years that Min Shijie had talked so much with her.Wan Niang faintly felt that something was wrong, but it was as if she was in a dark night where she couldn't see anything clearly.

When the soldiers arrived at Lin's mansion, Lin Tan was dressed in civilian clothes and sat peacefully in the hall.On the case in front of her was Guther.

The harp has fifty strings, and the music is like flowing water, like the south wind.Lin Tan closed his eyes and played, the sound of the music was calm, leisurely and lofty.

The soldiers looked at each other and couldn't help guarding the door.

After the ending sound came down safely, Lin Tan opened his eyes, saw them, and straightened up: "I have a guest, let's make friends with you. Lin has kept you waiting for a long time."

Seeing that she had no intention of resisting, the soldiers were more polite, and she walked out without the shackles.

As far as the county government office, King Qi, Cui Yunji and Mu Sheng are all there.

The three met Lin Tan in the back office.

As a prisoner, Lin Tan was very calm, and when he met him, he stood calmly.

King Qi ordered a few cases: "Do you know what crime you committed?"

Lin Tan clasped his hands and said, "I don't know, I hope His Highness will clarify."

"Government chaos!" King Qi said.

"Why is the government chaotic? Lin is a businessman. He never talks about state affairs. He runs a business in peace. At first, he eats a living, and then he can give back to his neighbors. Every year, he gives money to the weak. Last year's flood, Lin devoted all his efforts to disaster relief. As for the business he did, in the eyes of His Highness and the two adults, merchants were a cheap business, but without merchants, the common people could live in peace and convenience? There were clothes to wear, food to eat, and salt to eat. Food, I have contributed a lot." Lin Tan said without fear.

Mu Sheng knew in her heart that it would not be so easy for Lin Tan to speak up, and she didn't expect to get him to spit out everything she knew immediately.

Because Wanniang was Lin Tan's maidservant, Cui Yunji was polite to her, but she did not disregard the public, not to mention that Lin Tan might not be as clean as Wanniang said in that matter: "In just five years, How did you accumulate such a large fortune? Salt belongs to windfall profits, which attracts people's envy, but as far as I know, in the past five years, no officials or bandits have ever made things difficult for you. I wonder what skills you have, Master Lin, to live in peace ?”

At that time, Zhao became a few salt wells and had a lot of blood on his hands, but Lin Tan was very smooth.

"Good luck." Lin Tan looked at Cui Yunji, his gaze was like a drawn sword, sizing up Cui Yunji, "Heaven loves me, let Lin be safe until now."

Cui Yunji sneered: "You won't blush when you say that."

Lin Tan also smiled, looking at her with eyes full of sizing, searching, and thinking, and said to her: "Lin was born in a humble beginning, but he knows that the kindness of a drop of water can be repaid by a spring. Master Cui has read poetry and books, and I don't know if he agrees." This word?"

Suddenly talking about repaying kindness, Cui Yunji and Mu Sheng looked at each other, and said: "No matter how noble or humble, the fundamental principles of being human are the same."

Lin Tan cupped his hands: "That's good." After finishing speaking, he kept silent.

Afterwards, no matter what King Qi, Cui Yunji or Mu Sheng asked, she would talk about him from left to right, or not at all, as if she came here today just to confirm to Cui Yunji the kindness of a drop of water, the spring of repayment .

This situation is really weird.

King Qi was annoyed, a lowly businessman dared to be so defiant in front of him, so he ordered her to be imprisoned, and a guard rushed in outside the door.

The guard was full of panic, and knelt down as soon as he arrived, saying: "Your Highness, it's not good, a group of people are surrounded outside, asking for Lin Tan to be released."

"What?" King Qi asked in shock.

Mu Sheng frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard swallowed his saliva, and said carefully: "Some people who suffered from the disaster last year said that Lin Tan has been kind to them, that he is willing to do good things, and that he will benefit the village. He must not be a bad person. I beg the governor to let him go."

They just took people today, and these people came?Cui Yunji said in a deep voice: "Is there someone who is the leader?"

"No." The guard thought about it carefully, and said again: "A lot of people have gathered outside the county office."

Cui Yunji turned her head to look at Lin Tan, and saw her standing there without saying a word, as if she was staying out of the matter, without worry or complacency.

There are more and more people outside the county office.

When Mu Sheng went out, the common people shouted their grievances loudly.

Those who came were young and old, women and children, and old people.It is impossible to expel people. Women, children and the elderly are weak, and it is always easy to make people sympathize with them.

Mu Sheng said: "One is that the yamen has not been opened, and the other is that it has not been locked. Who said that this officer arrested Lin Tan? Who sent you here?"

A group of people looked at each other, and they all saw uneasiness from the other side.In the end, an old man came forward and said: "Xiaomin is the head of Maoshan. Someone said the day before yesterday that Mr. Lin was in prison. Xiaomin doesn't know anything else, but if Mr. Lin committed a crime, the national law is ruthless, and he should follow the law. Disposal, but Mr. Lin is kind-hearted and has never bullied the weak. Even the store under his name sells the most salt. How can such a good person break the law?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone joined in one after another, and even the people who had been watching the excitement were all moved.

Originally, he planned to copy the Lin Mansion as soon as possible, and he would be able to find the ledger from it, but now it seems that it is impossible.

There are so many of them, but there is no one Lin Tan.

"Fujun..." A guard came out from inside, whispered something in Mu Sheng's ear, Mu Sheng nodded, and Lin Tan came out immediately.

Mu Sheng looked at her and said with a smile to the crowd: "Your Majesty asked someone to come to ask Mr. Lin for a question, not to arrest her. Thank you Mr. Lin for your kindness."

The chief there breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly apologized to Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng looked at Lin Tan, and said in a low voice: "Why do you let yourself fall into doom?"

Instigating people's hearts is a taboo for high-ranking people. Even if the good deeds she did originally were out of good intentions, it seems that she is inviting people's hearts at this time, which happens to be the crime of "merchant chaos".She seemed to have won, but she actually lost.

Lin Tan gave her a rare and gentle look, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fu, for your kindness."

Mu Sheng looked at her sideways, she seemed to be very different from the way she followed Zhao Cheng's winks when they met the previous two times.

Lin Tan left calmly, and the people quickly dispersed.

As soon as he entered the Lin residence, he saw Zhao Cheng and Liu Huimin standing there.

These people were found by them.

Lin Tan thanked them, seeing her looking tired, the two also left.

Night fell soon.

Lin Tan called the steward: "From now on, I will take three days off with you all, so go home."

The steward was quite puzzled, but seeing her indifferent expression, she didn't dare to disobey her, so she hurriedly passed on a message, and soon the Lin residence was vacant.

Lin Tan was left with only one servant who had followed her since she was a child. She walked into the study, spread out a piece of paper, pondered for a long time, and began to write slowly and solemnly.After finishing writing, she took out a box from the secret compartment, handed it to the boy together with the letter, and said, "Send it to the Min Mansion, and ask Master Min to hand it over to Wan Niang for me. After that, you don't have to come back, you can Go as far as you go."

The servant took it, took two steps back, suddenly knelt heavily, and kowtowed in tears: "Take care."

Lin Tan smiled, waved his hand and said, "Go."

The door was closed, and a few candles in the room flickered faintly.

She was really alone.

Lin Tan went back to his room to take a bath, tied his hair and put on a crown, and changed into a solemn and gorgeous robe.The green shirt with wide sleeves and elegant sleeves made her already pretty and delicate, making her even more gentle and elegant.

She fetched a sieve and lit the incense.Then he opened several large boxes in the corner, took out all the account books inside, piled them high in the middle of the study, poured several jars of spirits on them, and splashed them on the surrounding ground and walls.

After finishing all this, she straightened her robe and crown, glanced around, took the candle, lit the surrounding curtains expressionlessly, and finally threw the candle on the account book.The raging fire burst into flames.

The whole house was engulfed in the sea of ​​flames in an instant, and Lin Tan's calm face was reflected red by the flames. She smiled suddenly, and sat in front of the seltzer calmly, and a mountain of flowing water poured out under her fingers.

Thousands of gold are easy to get, but confidants are hard to find.

On the deathbed, a zither sound, dedicated to Wanniang with all my heart!