Fate with you

The scorched earth was pitch black, and white smoke was still rising.

Because the servants were all sent out last night, and the neighbors couldn't get in, it was too late to wait for people to report to the government, and the government sent people to put out the fire.

Lin Tan died, with almost no bones left.Those account books also disappeared into the world along with her.

The sky was belatedly raining, Mu Sheng stood on the steps, looking at the scorched earth.The attendant opened the umbrella and stood silently behind her.

"I've asked, he took servant leave last night and sent out all the people in the mansion. I also checked the door of the study room, it was locked from the inside." Cui Yunji walked to her side and said.

Both of them saw suspicion in each other's eyes.

"When I summoned him yesterday, I didn't see that he had the will to die." Mu Sheng said solemnly, and began to recall what strange things Lin Tan said yesterday. From the beginning to the end, he carefully recalled Lin Tan's expression, Words passed.Some clues that were missed yesterday became very clear at this time.

Mu Sheng looked at Cui Yunji and said, "He asked if you would agree with the kindness of dripping water and repay it with a spring." After all, she had been a sheriff for a period of time and had handled some cases. For his favor?"

Cui Yunji and Lin Tan had an almost selfless relationship, except for that night...

The two looked at each other, and said a name together: "Wan Niang."

After all, Mu Sheng came a step late that night. If there was no Wan Niang, no matter whether Mu Sheng could suppress the matter later, Cui Yunji's loss would be settled. Whether Lin Tan assigns her or she decides on her own, she has a kindness with Cui Yunji.

Mu Sheng immediately sent someone to look for Wan Niang, and all the servants of the Lin family have been found, and since Wan Niang is Lin Tan's maidservant, she should be there too.

Cui Yunji paced back and forth a little anxiously.Once Lin Tan died, all his evidence would be wiped out together with him, so she could only find another way to get in. What was even more troublesome was that if Lin Tan's death was not handled properly, it might cause an uproar.

After a while, the attendant came to report: "There is no woman named Wanniang among the servants. The young one has brought the steward of the Lin family here, and asked the lord to ask questions."

The steward was wiping away his tears. When he saw Mu Sheng, he bowed politely and said, "Wanniang is not a servant of the Lin family, but a member of our master Lin, who spent 10 yuan five years ago. I bought ten thousand taels of silver from the Chu Pavilion in the brothel. I heard that she was originally an official girl. Because the elders of the family committed crimes and affected relatives, she was made a slave. In the end, because of her stunning appearance, she was exiled among the fireworks. Land. She has read poetry and books, is proficient in rhythm, has a gentle temperament, and is pure and kind, which is very popular with Master Lin."

Cui Yunji frowned unobtrusively when she heard that she was living in the land of fireworks, and asked, "Where has she gone now?"

"Master Lin took her out two days ago, but she didn't know where she was going. My guess is that she might have been sent to the Min Mansion." After the steward finished speaking, he looked up at Cui Yunji, and said in a low voice, "Wan Niang lived in the Min Mansion for three years. , I just returned to the Lin family a month ago."

Min Shijie?Mu Sheng and Cui Yunji looked at each other, only feeling more and more complicated.

After Lin Tan's death, the group of people from the capital were quite devastated, even the very noble King Qi couldn't help frowning.However, things don't stop there.

A few days after Lin Tan's death, rumors spread wildly in the streets and alleys of Lin'an, and imperial envoys forced Yi Shang to death.

Lin Tan was only summoned during the day, but he set himself on fire at night, which is tricky and worth exploring.For a while, everyone was talking about this matter, and the rumors gradually spread, how the imperial envoy bullied others, how Lin Tan was humiliated, and how he felt sorry for the people.

"It's coming for me." Cui Yunji frowned.

Lin Tan came from the soldiers of Mu Shengling's county guard's mansion, but the rumors avoided the county guard, the king of Qi, and other officials who came with him, and only mentioned Cui Yunji. Lin Tan was arson*, but it was definitely not for any reason. Innocent people are not punished by the law. With so many people, even if King Qi wanted to deal with them, he would have to think twice. What's more, Cui Yunji said this just to arouse public resentment.

Now, Cui Yunji is indeed criticized by thousands of people.

"Earlier, I thought about it. This road is bound to be difficult. Maybe I have to pay a black yarn. I'm not afraid of it. There will always be a comeback. But I didn't expect that I would be defeated before I even saw the result. Chensha." Cui Yunji was very depressed, she was doing errands for His Majesty, this time she committed public anger and was dismissed, His Majesty thought of her benefits, she would be able to recover, but she never thought that the "public anger" she committed was not It came from the ministers whose interests were touched in the court, but from the people of Lin'an.

With this situation, she admits that she lost the official, and at least let her finish the matter, otherwise, what face will she have to return to Beijing.

Mu Sheng glanced at her, and said lightly: "Are you depressed? There are rumors, and it's time to break through. They say that Lin Tan is a righteous businessman, and you prove that he is unjust. Lin Tan is gone, Zhao Cheng and Liu Huimin are still there, Capture them, dig them out."

"They?" Cui Yunji's eyes lit up. Although she was beating around the bush, it was not impossible. She stood up and was about to go.

Mu Sheng pressed her down and said: "Don't worry, you rest first, I'll take care of the next thing." Everyone was talking about her outside, but she still avoided the limelight for now.

Mu Sheng was very cautious in her actions, she didn't arrest the person immediately, but found several life lawsuits involving Zhao Cheng and Liu Huimin from the files of previous years, and used this as proof to bring him here.

Zhao Chengzheng and Liu Huimin worked tirelessly to fabricate rumors, and they were caught off guard when they saw the government suddenly attacking them.

He only cared about Cui Yunji, who wanted to wipe them all out, and ignored the sheriff who had always assisted her.

Once they are caught, they are not going to let him out.

When the two were separated for interrogation, Zhao Cheng kept his mouth tight, but Liu Huimin was arrogant.Mu Sheng first let him hang out for a few days, let him suffer some bullying in the dark prison, Fang took his time for interrogation.

Liu Huimin is a dandy, before inheriting the family business, he was surrounded by his shrewd and capable father and lived lawlessly in Lin'an City for a period of time.Among them, there are many who are jealous in the brothel and gallop their horses on the street to hurt people.The former lord was palliative, and when it was in Mu Sheng's hands, it happened to be used.

Liu Huimin looked at the torture tools around him, knelt tremblingly, and was still arguing eloquently: "If the law does not go back to the past, and the case is settled, there is no reason to bring it up again. What's more, the government overturns the case sentenced by the previous government. Aren't you afraid that the next mansion will overturn your case again?"

Mu Sheng looked at him, and smiled softly: "Don't say that there is nothing, what I want to know, Master Liu doesn't understand?" , and motioned: "Last time I was honored by Master Liu for hospitality, and I haven't had time to reciprocate. Why don't I take advantage of the present and serve Master Liu well."

As she spoke, she stood up and went to the rack, running her white fingers across the row of whips.That white and soft hand fell into Liu Huimin's eyes, it was as terrifying as an envoy from hell, his heart rose to his throat, and he didn't dare to blink at it.

Finally, his hand stopped on the soldering iron in the charcoal basin, Mu Sheng picked up the soldering iron slowly, looked at it carefully, and whispered to Liu Huimin: "I don't know if Mr. Liu has delicate skin and tender flesh, he can bear it. "

The soldering iron was burning red, and a strand of hair fell on it, and it instantly turned into ashes. Liu Huimin's eyes widened, and he swallowed in horror.

Mu Sheng approached him step by step.

The fear in Liu Huimin's eyes was getting deeper and deeper. Just as the soldering iron was about to burn his back, a jailer ran in and whispered something in Mu Sheng's ear. Mu Sheng straightened up instantly, turned around and threw the soldering iron back into the charcoal. Pot said: "Forget it, Zhao Cheng has recruited."

"Recruited, recruited?" Liu Huimin was dripping with cold sweat, still in shock.

Mu Sheng smiled, and said kindly: "That's right. You had a chance to survive, but now that he has recruited you, you are useless, but I can't catch you for nothing and make you look like Master Cui. The common people call me wronged and innocent, so they simply convict you of murder and beheaded you."

Cut, cut the prison waiting?Liu Huimin opened his eyes and looked at Mu Sheng, only to see that she took the wet handkerchief presented by the jailer and wiped her hands casually, before leaving, her attitude was that she really didn't care whether he said it or not.

She walked, her steps were very light, one step, one step, without hesitation, but Liu Huimin's heart seemed to be piled up with boulders on his chest step by step, making him breathless.

"I..." A hoarse voice forced out from his throat, and he seemed to gain courage when he heard his own voice, and shouted loudly: "I said, I said, Zhao Cheng doesn't know about me!"

There are only a few officials in the Salt Administration. If you bribe one, you have to bribe that.Liu Huimin vomited bluntly, and after finishing talking about the secrets of the Liu family that he had learned from his father, seeing the disdainful eyes of the Fujun, he couldn't help but say all the trivial things together.

The clerk at the side quickly wrote down what he said, and asked him to sign it.

Mu Sheng took it and scanned it quickly, then turned to Zhao Cheng without saying a word, and used some of the above things to go to Zhao Cheng's routine.

Liu Huimin is timid, and he grew up in rich clothes and rich food. He has never seen any blood, so he is easy to intimidate. Zhao Cheng was made with real knives and guns. Liu Huimin took out useful things from there, and then used these things as an introduction to try to pry Zhao Cheng's mouth open.

With Liu Huimin's confession, it is not difficult to follow the clues.It took a few more days to get Zhao Cheng to plead guilty, and Mu Sheng handed over both confessions to Cui Yunji.

This is her errand, she just assists.

Min Shijie looked at the situation, and when the dust was about to settle, he put the box in front of Wanniang, together with the letter, and said, "This is what Lin Tan left for you."

He left a message, but Wan Niang didn't pay attention, she looked at the box, wondering if she wanted to accept it.

"Open it and have a look." Min Shijie said impatiently.

Wan Niang hesitated to open it, and when she saw what was inside, she immediately stood up in shock.

A box full of banknotes!Each face value is one hundred taels, and the total amount should be close to one million.

Min Shijie glanced at it, and said with a sneer, "No wonder the government ransacked Lin's mansion to the bottom, but they didn't find her million-dollar family fortune. So it's all here."

"Bang!" The box was slammed shut, and Wan Niang's eyes widened in horror, not daring to say anything: "The Lin family, has it been stolen?"

Min Shijie glanced at her, unconsciously showing contempt in his eyes, and said in a cold tone: "Not only that, Lin Tan is also dead, arson*."

At this point, the voice stopped abruptly.

Wanniang's mind was in chaos, and there was a meaningless humming in her ears. She couldn't believe it, that bastard died just like that.She held her breath, and her chest seemed to have stopped beating. Everything in this world stopped, only the meaningless humming in her ears.

"She..." Wan Niang opened her mouth with difficulty, followed by a tight pain in her chest, as if a hand had cruelly crushed her heart.

Tears, falling.Sorrow swept through layer upon layer.

"She..." Wan Niang couldn't continue, she could only cover her face and cry.

Min Shijie was silent for a moment, and said: "You get ready, I will take you to see Cui Yunji in an hour."

After that, he threw his sleeves and went out.

Even if she blamed her and was determined to forget her, Wan Niang never thought that she would die.

My heart feels empty.All these years, I have been blaming her for being ruthless and selfish, but this person suddenly disappeared, disappeared so completely, making her resentment, her concern, and all her emotions meaningless.

The letter on the table was wet with tears.

Those were the last words Lin Tan left for her.

Wan Niang wiped away her tears, and spread out the letter paper. There were only four characters on the empty ruler.

I hope you are safe.

When Min Shijie came back, Wan Niang had already washed and washed, except for her red and swollen eyes, it was not obvious that she had cried.

"My lord." Wan Niang stood up and gave her a blessing, "I won't go to see Master Cui. I just beg you to let me go. I wish that the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng will live for the rest of his life."

Min Shijie seemed to have heard something interesting, so he laughed, and let it go, he said: "When did you have room to speak? What's more, even if I really let you go," he looked her up and down, "You just take it seriously. Can you live the rest of your life peacefully? With your looks, unless someone protects and pampers you, if you don’t seek trouble, trouble will come to you!”

He made a deal with Lin Tan, Lin Tan ruined the account, and he sent Wan Niang to Cui Yunji for her. There was no such thing as Lin Tan*, but somehow he didn't want to live anymore.From his point of view, according to Lin Tan's cunning, the guilt must be inevitable, but he did not have to die, but he committed suicide. From this point of view, it can only be that he himself does not want to live.

Wan Niang is silent, a woman, a woman with no self-protection ability but unparalleled beauty, in this world, she can only depend on others.

Seeing her, Min Shijie quickly figured it out and didn't say anything.In fact, whether she wants to go or not is not in Min Shijie's concerns. She has to go if she goes, and she has to go if she doesn't.