Fate with you

Those two confessions made the intricate undercurrent in Jiangnan suddenly clear.

The emperor sent Qi Wang here, not only to let him dominate the battle, but also to let them do things cheaply by virtue of his rank.

Cui Yunji made a decisive decision and imprisoned all the officials involved. Mu Sheng counted the numbers, shook her head and said, "No, no, they are all small shrimps."

"Probably they still have reservations, but after interrogating these small shrimps, they spit out some new things." Cui Yunji was in a good mood, and took out a stack of confessions and handed them to Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is Lin Tan guilty?"

"Yes, yes, he is dead, who would bother to cover up for him?" Even so, Cui Yunji didn't seem to be overjoyed, "It's a pity that he committed suicide first, and those rumors are preconceived, and he will be convicted at this time. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."

The common people will not believe it, they will only think that the government made up the crime to cover up the crime, and the death is the most important, not to mention that many people have received Lin Tan's favor.Lin Tan's death might become an indelible stain on Cui Yun's official career. Not to mention being attacked by political enemies in the future, even returning to Beijing this time will be used as an excuse to suppress her achievements and criticize her.

This is the case in the officialdom. Thousands of eyes are watching. Everyone wants to climb up, but the official position is limited. There are some people who can't see the good of others, whether they are good or bad, they have to step on it.

In fact, this is not only the case in officialdom, but also in human nature.

Mu Sheng was silent for a while, then Fang slowly said: "And her millions of fortunes are gone, it's not easy to transfer such a huge amount of wealth, and there is no clue where it went , how did he do it?"

The two were speechless.

When Min Shijie arrived, he saw the solemn faces of Mu Sheng and Cui Yunji.

He led Wan Niang in.

Mu Sheng and Cui Yunji stood up to greet him, seeing Wan Niang behind him, Mu Sheng thought, here they come.

Lin Tan died suddenly, and left behind those inexplicable words of gratitude like last words, which shows that there must be a countermeasure.

This trick is finally here.

After meeting with each other with a few words, the three of them sat down separately.

"This is Wanniang, I think you two have seen each other before." Min Shijie cut to the chase and said, "I was entrusted by someone to come here for the last wish of an old friend."

"But Lin Tan?" Cui Yunji asked.

Min Shijie shifted his gaze to her, smiled happily, and said, "Exactly."

They were talking about things that were closely related to her, but Wan Niang kept her eyes down, as if she couldn't hear or see.Cui Yunji looked at her, and felt that she was much more haggard today than last time. Thinking of what the manager said, Cui Yunji was relieved, her old master who loved her very much passed away, it is normal for her to be so mentally weak.

"Master Min, but it's okay to say." Mu Sheng said.

Min Shijie didn't hesitate, and said clearly: "Wanniang is the servant of my old friend. Because of her gentle nature, she arouses pity. Therefore, when my old friend passed away, I adopted her as a foster daughter, so as not to lose her again."

It was the first time she had heard of adopting her as a foster daughter. Despite such an accident, Wanniang still couldn't arouse any doubts, she could only obey.

Bo and Cui were listening, but Min Shijie suddenly stopped talking, turned to Wanniang and said, "Go out now."

Without another word, Wan Niang went out with a low eyebrow.

Cui Yunji watched her disappear behind the door, Fang asked: "Is there anything I want her to know?"

"The old friend passed away, and she was the only one who couldn't let go. She could have followed me, but my wife didn't like it and refused to accept it. Therefore, I had to entrust Master Cui. The old friend also trusted Master Cui as a person." After Min Shijie finished speaking, he was full of enthusiasm Looking at Cui Yunji sincerely.

Cui Yunji only felt that this matter was very absurd, how could there be any reason to entrust a person whom she met by chance to her?Besides, she is about the same age as Wanniang, and she is not yet married, so she is really not a good candidate for entrustment.

"Master Min, are you mistaken? That old friend of yours..." Cui Yunji said halfway, Ben Musheng stopped, and Mu Sheng looked straight at Min Shijie and said, "Is there anything else in Lin Tan that you want to bring to Master Cui?" of?"

Wanniang's kindness alone might not be enough for Cui Yunji to take care of her for the rest of her life, and Lin Tan would not just let Min Shijie lead the others here.

Sure enough, Min Shijie took out a letter from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Cui Yunji, and said, "This is what Lin Tan asked me to pass on to Master Cui."

It was a thick envelope, and it could be seen that there were many articles in it, so I just took it out.Min Shijie was still smiling, like an old fox in the deep mountains and old forests.

Taking it out at this time must be the thing Cui Yunji needs most, Mu Sheng raised her eyebrows, but didn't realize what it was for a while.

After Cui Yunji opened the letter and glanced at it from top to bottom, her expression changed drastically.

After reading it hastily, she handed it to Mu Sheng, who took it and glanced at it, she was also shocked.

"Masters Cui and Bo learned together, and Lin Tan worshiped Chen: From the 31st year of Jingchen to the fifth year of Yanping, in five years and nine months, Yu Zijie, a cloth merchant, suddenly became famous and became the richest man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Working together to help..."

This is a confession!Mu Sheng scanned it hastily, and turned to the end, which was marked by Lin Tan's painting.It clearly states the year, month and day, who was bribed, how much money, the number of houses, and even the number of servants and beauties. There are more than [-] pens, large and small, including many high-ranking officials in Beijing. There is no shortage of petty officials with swords and pens. Compared with Zhao Cheng and Liu Huimin's confession, I don't know how much more, and I don't know how much clearer.

As far as Cui Yunji is concerned, this book can be called a timely rain. With the confession written by Lin Tan, her suicide will naturally become suicide in fear of crime!

Min Shijie saw their shocked faces, and smiled faintly: "Lin Tan is so sincere, I hope Master Cui will fulfill this poor man's last wish. Anyway, raising a weak woman will only cost some food, and when she gets married in the future, she will give her a pair of unkind things." A not-so-thin dowry is that this deal is very cost-effective."

"Master Min has dealt with these merchants a lot, and he seems to be engaged in business even if he keeps his mouth shut." Mu Sheng said suddenly.

Min Shijie laughed loudly: "In this way, it is really similar, but the old man never does business at a loss."

"I don't know, Lord Min has been running so hard for Lin Tan, what did Lin Tan promise?" Cui Yunji said sharply.

These words were not polite, and the atmosphere suddenly cooled down. There was a trace of shame and anger on Min Shijie's face, as if he had suffered a great humiliation, but soon, he said indifferently: "Lin Tan and I have known each other for many years, not for anything else. , but this friendship is enough for this old man to go for his last wish."

Hearing his high-sounding remarks, Cui Yunji didn't press her any more, she just smiled and said, "Your official is taking the liberty."

Min Shijie smiled very leniently, as if a generous and benevolent elder saw a fledgling, ignorant, and unintentionally offended his younger generation.

This scene made Mu Sheng feel thoughtful. Although Min Shijie was kind to others in the past, he was not as tolerant as he is now.

Wanniang naturally stayed, as Min Shijie said, Cui Yunji needed the confession, Wanniang's help that night, and Lin Tan's timely confession this time were enough for her to keep Wanniang and take care of her for the rest of her life.

After Min Shijie left, Cui Yunji ordered his servants to place Wanniang in her residence.Then he stayed to discuss this sudden confession with Mu Sheng.

"Yun Ji," Mu Sheng said, "Do you feel that this confession is a bit strange?"

Cui Yunji was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Do you think this is fake?"

"No, no, there is a stamp on the back. If it is forged, it can be easily seen through by others. It is unnecessary. I mean, it suddenly appeared. It not only solves your predicament, but also..." Mu Sheng paused, looking at Cui Yunji He said: "Did you find out? Whether it was Zhao Cheng, Liu Huimin, or the officials in prison, none of them mentioned Min Shijie. The same is true of Lin Tan's confession. It seems that he is not only here to solve your plight, but also to complete Min Shijie. cleanliness."

As soon as this remark came out, Cui Yunji also felt that it was wrong. It was not that Min Shijie had to accept bribes, it was just that his incorruptibility seemed too deliberate after such a few times.

Min Shijie is definitely not a gentleman.Mu Sheng recalled what the manager of the Lin family had said that day. Lin Tan bought Wanniang for 10 taels of silver, which was a huge amount, and she had lived in the Min Mansion for three years. Why did she live in the Min Mansion for no apparent reason?Obviously, this is a bribe.In Lin Tan's confession, there is a record of child molestation as a gift to a beautiful maidservant. Why was it not written as a gift to Min Shijie Wanniang?Could it be that she had lost her mind?

Furthermore, and again, the steward once said that Lin Tan dotes on Wan Niang very much, and also likes her very much. If he gives someone he likes to an old man who is good enough to be her father, Lin Tan really has no hatred?Can she really hand over Wanniang to him without any grievances and ask him to entrust Cui Yunji for her?

Mu Sheng said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid Lin Tan's confession is more than that. He should have hinted at something else."

Can she think that Min Shijie is so old and cunning, can't she think of it?Why did Lin Tan think that Min Shijie would definitely hand over this confession to them?He can handle it all by himself.

If you want to understand this, you can run through it all.

Mu Sheng thought hard and forgot about Cui Yunji who was on the side. Cui Yunji thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let's check everything written on it first." She said and sighed: "It's almost December , I’m afraid I’ll have to stay in Lin’an again for the new year.”

After Cui Yunji finished speaking, seeing Mu Sheng still frowning and racking her brains to speculate, she couldn't help but get playful, leaned over there, and whispered in her ear like a close friend telling a secret. Said: "Don't you write a letter to your majesty, wishing you a new year?"

Mu Sheng was stunned, and then raised his forehead: "When the time comes, I will follow the officials, what are you doing so close, go away."

The disgust is beyond words.

"What's the matter? If you write a letter to His Majesty in private, His Majesty must be happy." Cui Yunji said nothing, she didn't know the situation of Meng Xiuyi and Mu Sheng at this time.

In the past, why didn't I see that she was so, so enthusiastic.Mu Sheng blushed, muttered a few times casually, stood up as if fleeing, and walked out: "I'll go to the prison to check again, that Min Shijie is really suspicious."

So shy?Cui Yunji suppressed a smile and shook her head, she should also go to see Wanniang.

That link can't be snapped on.Until the end of the case, there was still no trace of evidence against Min Shijie.

This made Mu Sheng even more frustrated.

Her method of sun-drying salt has also been made public. For a while, the whole court is almost excited, and the price of salt has dropped. Are you afraid that the government will not be able to implement it?Implemented by the government, are you afraid that the deficit in the national treasury will not be made up?The national treasury deficit has been made up, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Are you afraid that they will not be famous in history?

Therefore, the emperor issued an edict to confer the commandment of Lin'an County Governor, Mu Musheng, as Luantai Shangqing. Although it attracted some criticism, the five prime ministers never rejected the edict.

The prime minister has the ability to help the country. Rectify means to correct and assist. The emperor has done something wrong. They have to persuade them. If the imperial edict issued by the emperor is unreasonable, they have the right to reject it. The imperial edict needs to be signed by the prime minister before it can be implemented. .This time it was like this, the prime ministers sat and watched each other, lest they would refute His Majesty, but others would promulgate the imperial edict for His Majesty, leaving a bad impression on His Majesty.

Since the existence of the five phases, many things that took a lot of time to talk about in the past have been carried out smoothly because of this.The five prime ministers check and balance each other, and the emperor dominates alone. In the past, the constraints of the prime minister on the emperor were divided into five, which was greatly reduced.

Meng Xiuyi's days are quite satisfactory these days, there are many ministers who disagree with her in the court, but she is still not happy.

I don't know if the imperial edict was sent.Meng Xiuyi thought with some worry that she really wanted to give Mu Sheng something, to give her what she wanted. After thinking for a long time, she only remembered that day when she said "too late to regret". Luantai Shangqing, who never accepted her promise to her, regretted it too much, so now that she replenishes her, she should be able to make her smile happily, right?

Mu Sheng was shocked when he received the edict.

Now it is the spring day of the sixth year of Yanping, Cui Yunji and the others have already set off to return to Beijing, and Mu Sheng is serving as her sheriff in Lin'an County, which has returned to peace.

When spring comes to the earth, everything recovers.These days are free again, and Mu Sheng started compiling her medical books again. Because of Cui Yunji's incident, she really considered whether to describe in detail all kinds of aphrodisiacs and medicines, but in the end it was because this thing was too unpopular. and give up.

In the past, she worked in the imperial medical department, and she had thousands of herbs for her to use. Now, she had to go to the pharmacy by herself. In my spare time, I would go to the deep mountains and old forests to find their own natural herbs, and compile their medicinal properties, shapes, and temperaments into a book.

When the imperial edict came, she was still a little worried that His Majesty would call her back to Beijing. She had only been in Lin'an for one year, less than one term. When she was ordered to receive a first-rank title and concurrently serve as the sheriff, she was a little disappointed when she was still in office, and His Majesty probably still didn't want to see her.

Lost is lost, as Meng Xiuyi said, Mu Sheng is an extremely forbearing person, she didn't let her go back to Beijing, so she lived in Lin'an peacefully and continued to enjoy herself.

At first, she also worked hard as her county sheriff, compiled her medical books, and tasted her herbal medicines, until one day, she met an old woman lying on the side of the road in the countryside.The old woman's face was ashen, her breathing was short, and her situation was extremely critical. She hurriedly ordered the servants to fetch water, and went forward to check her pulse. After some treatment, the old woman's life was saved.

Since then, the reputation of Mr. Bo's life-saving skills has spread.

At the beginning, the people were still a little hesitant and fearful, but when they saw that the Fujun was approachable, they gradually became bolder, and would ask the Fujun for treatment if they had intractable diseases. It's a pity that people who come to seek medical treatment will also be kind to them.

After two years like this, Mu Sheng's reputation for peace and kindness has spread all over the country. In the entire Jin Dynasty, there may not be another official with a better official reputation than her.

In the eighth year of Yanping, it was another spring day when grass grows and warblers fly. This year is the county guard's report every five years, and Mr. Bofu finally embarked on the journey back to Beijing.