It is impossible to punish adults

Chapter 155

"This..." Master Yu took the IOUs from Mu Liuyun with a puzzled expression on his face, unfolded them carefully to take a look, sniffed the part where the writing was stuck to them with his nose, and then held them up to the light, " How old is this?"

"Master Yu has a vicious eye!" Mu Liuyun never hesitated to praise those who helped him, "It has been eighteen years now. The person who gave me the IOUs told me that these IOUs are from Yanzhou. The merchants on the side brought them from several different shops, but I suspect that there is a fake in it, but I don’t know the way of it, so I want to find someone who understands it!"

"Then thank you, Manager, for looking down on me as a little old man!" Director Yu felt that this remark sounded useful, "I just took a rough look at it just now, and I can't say anything else, at least these few IOUs are not from Yanzhou. of."

"Oh? How did you figure it out? Please tell us about it?" Mu Liuyun didn't expect the old master to see the clue so easily, so he hurriedly asked.

Master Yu looked at Yuan Mu who was standing behind her, but he didn't know who this person was. Seeing that he was dressed in casual clothes and came with Mu Liuyun, he thought he was Mu Liuyun's friend. These excuses might be Mu Liuyun The one who helped him to identify himself said to him: "Could it be that this young master was brought to the door to ask for the debt? He also said that he came from Yanzhou?"

Mu Liuyun didn't intend to let others know that she was re-investigating the case of Bai Dong back then. After all, the Wan family is considered a big family. If it is not clarified, it will not be of any benefit to spread this matter, so I acquiesced to Master Yu's guess.

Yuan Mu had the same thoughts as her, and nodded to Master Yu after hearing his inquiry: "That's right, I asked the old master to help me to see, is there any fraud in this shortage?"

The old master nodded: "If the other party says that he came to Yanzhou to collect old debts, he must be a liar. Look at this paper, regardless of the age and yellowing of the paper, just talk about the paper. The thickness and crispness are definitely not Yanzhou paper!
The paper used for these IOUs was placed under the light. It can be seen that the paper is slightly thick, and the texture is uneven. Hold the paper in your hand and shake it gently. Listen, the sound is muffled and not loud. Look at it All the ink stains showed signs of fainting.

The climate in Yanzhou is warm and there are streams and lakes everywhere. Therefore, when Yanzhou paper is made, it takes longer to float and soak in the same pond than other places. Before the materials are put into the bamboo curtain, some local secret slurry is added to the pulp, so that the pulp can be spread thinner and tougher on the bamboo curtain.

The paper produced in this way is not only thin, but also white and moist like jade, soft and dense. When you hold it under the sun, you can hardly see the lines. When you write on it, the ink is soaked without fainting. At home, it will not turn yellow after years of use. "

"In this way, these papers are really not like Yanzhou papers." Mu Liuyun nodded after hearing what the old master said, and raised another possibility, "Then is there such a place for doing business?" , may not buy the kind of well-made high-grade paper, but just buy some cheap ones for bookkeeping and other purposes, so the paper quality is different?"

"No." Master Yu waved his hand, very sure of this point, "Even if ordinary paper is made of bark that is common in Yanzhou, it will never make this kind of yellow, thick, thick and brittle paper. paper products."

"What about the Songzhou area?" Mu Liuyun immediately asked.

"Songzhou?" The old master stroked his beard, "If it is Songzhou, it makes sense. Songzhou is dry and rainless, and the raw materials used to make paper are not the same. The paper made is indeed yellow in color and brittle. The texture is more obvious.

Just now I took a closer look at the handwriting on the paper, and saw that the handwriting on the IOU was thick and dull, which is exactly what pine smoke ink has.

The reason why Songzhou is named after pine is also related to its dense pine forests. It takes many years of ancient pine trees to make pine smoke ink. Therefore, the areas rich in pine smoke ink are generally rich in pine trees.

The vicinity of Yanzhou is not suitable for the growth of pine trees, so lampblack ink is often used, and the writing in lampblack ink is black and bright.

If it is said that this IOU was written in Yanzhou, it is really untenable. As Si Li said, it makes sense if it is Songzhou.

I think there are quite a lot of silver taels involved in this, this young master has to figure it out, find someone who understands to verify the handwriting for you, but don't let people cheat you of money for nothing! "

Mu Liuyun and Yuan Mu thanked the old master, and left the Taiping county office. When they left, they didn't meet the county magistrate Kong. Mu Liuyun felt very lucky. Now that there is a magistrate Yang on his head, his various uselessness is understandable, not to mention that his nature in his bones is quite benevolent.

In the past, because of Mu Liuyun's help, County Magistrate Kong had been smooth sailing and comfortable for the past two years. Apart from being robbed of credit by the superior, there was no other loss.

Of course, he didn't have much credit to give to Yang Zhifu.

Such a mediocre good person, if he leaves his "crutch" in the future, he can only ask for good fortune if he walks well, but at least don't let Yuan Mu catch him at such a juncture how he helped County Magistrate Kong to "share "of.

The two of them left the Taiping county government office and went straight back to Mu's house. Yuan Jia didn't come back when they went back. Seeing them stepping forward to salute, they roughly told Yuan Mu about sending a letter to the magistrate Yang, and then Yuan Mu waved After waving his hand, he backed out without saying a word, and the eyeballs didn't turn away from Mu Liuyun during the whole process.

This...Although there is nothing wrong with this guy not staring at me with those big eyeballs, but...what's the matter with this "see no evil" expression? ? ?
Mu Liuyun was a little restless, and when Yuan Jia walked away, he tentatively asked Yuan Mu: "Master Yuan, why is brother Yuan treating me so strangely today? Could it be that he also learned about me from the lord?" ?”

"Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone about your matter. I promised to help you keep the secret, so I won't break my promise." Seeing Mu Liuyun's nervous look, Yuan Mu shook his head, "It should be because of the stupid things he did before. , I feel ashamed of you in my heart, so I don't know how to deal with myself in front of you, so I am so restrained.

You don't need to pay attention to him, after a while, he will figure it out by himself. "

(End of this chapter)