too affectionate

Chapter 52

Wanyan poured out all the good words she could think of in her mind, her eyes gleamed with flattery, and she worked hard to perform an ancient, mysterious and profound peerless martial art - flattery.

Hearing Wanyan's words as if possessed by a god of flattery, Heng Li frowned more and more tightly.

Wanyan immediately realized vigilantly that she had slapped the horse's ass on the horse's head, so she quickly pressed her lips tightly together and stopped talking.

After staring at Wanyan for a long time, Heng Li spat out a word fiercely.

"Xuan Wanyan, do you know how to write the word "honesty and shame?"

Wanyan, as a member of the Baize tribe and the daughter of Xiangguo, is not only exceptionally talented but also diligent in learning and hard training, coupled with her curiosity-seeking heart, she has mastered many heresy ways.

They can read the sky, Yin and Yang, and Feng Shui, but they can't read winks.

No lack of money, no lack of power, no lack of friends, but always lack of heart.

"I know!"

Seeing Heng Li's "sincere" question, Wanyan immediately blurted out to solve his problems.As he spoke, he leaned against the table and stretched out his fingers to show Heng Li how to write these two characters on the table.

It's just that before he finished writing a word, he couldn't move under Heng Li's terrifying eyes.

"You are really hopeless!"

Seeing that Wanyan really came to teach him how to write, Heng Li was immediately angry and helpless, slapping the table and shouting sharply.

Wanyan was startled, immediately withdrew her fingers, and stood obediently with her small mouth curled up.

Heng Li's head buzzed angrily, and he couldn't get angry, so he had to ask patiently.

"What happened just now?"

Wanyan understood now, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, she lowered her head and twirled her fingers, muttering softly.

"I... Isn't this necessary for handling the case..."

Heng Li slammed the table again to interrupt her.

"Then you can't make a life-long contract with a man you've only known for more than four months, and you still elope! Let your future husband know, what will he think?"

ah? ?Wanyan blinked her eyes, with a puzzled look on her face.

My lord... Are you jealous of my future husband?What kind of vinegar is this?When did adults become so fraternal?

"Hey, you don't have to worry about this. As long as you don't tell me, and I don't tell you, how could he know? Besides, it's unknown whether he was born or not..."

Wanyan laughed heartily twice, and waved her hands boldly, trying to make Heng Li feel at ease.

But as soon as the words came out, Wanyan realized that not only did her words fail to reassure Heng Li, but they were counterproductive, so her voice became smaller and smaller, until finally she lost her voice.

Heng Li squinted her eyes for the second time tonight and stared at Wanyan, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey, with one corner of her mouth raised dangerously.

"That's right, Minister Xuan, you have the ability to deceive your husband even before you get married."

The chill in Heng Li's tone made Wanyan tremble uncontrollably, she stood still obediently, tightly shut her mouth that had been causing trouble frequently today, and stopped talking.

Wanyan didn't say anything, but she didn't stop in her heart: I understand, my lord is deliberately trying to make things difficult for me today, anyway, I can't beat you, so I will let you talk a little bit.

So Wanyan seriously lowered her head and dozed off.

Looking at Wanyan who was doing nothing to spend time on her face, Heng Li felt very angry.

For that paper marriage contract, in order to be able to watch her grow up safely and not go astray, since he was eight years old, he has been with her in his dreams, teaching her knowledge and martial arts.

Later, I came to Tianquan Kingdom, although it was also to train myself, but more to protect her and take care of her better.

Although all he did for her was not just for her, but every drop of painstaking effort he gave came from the heart.

For 11 years, she has always been the softest piece on the tip of her heart, always pulling her heartbeat.

And she!Actually!Casually tied her lifelong event with a man who was still unfamiliar to her!
And it's still such a bad way to elope!
Fortunately, this person happened to be her, but if not, wouldn't she have to sleep and fly with other men in the mountains?
Now Heng Li was so angry that she wanted to lift up the table and swallow it in one gulp, but in the end she gritted her teeth and suppressed all the anger.

At this moment, the jealousy in Heng Li's heart is no less than drinking three hundred altars of mature vinegar, and he never imagined that one day he would eat his own vinegar so that his stomach would reflux.

I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad.

Heng Li was about to be ignited by his own sulking, but he also understood that he and Wanyan were bothering about these things, and it had no effect on her, and he could only be sulking for nothing.

"Forget it, I have nothing to say to someone like you!" Heng Li said angrily, turned her head to the side coldly, and stopped looking at Wanyan.

Wanyan's legs were sore from standing, and finally when Heng Li let go, she immediately smiled, and suddenly squatted down to rest her sore legs.

"By the way, Master Heng." Seeing that the atmosphere has improved a lot, Wanyan immediately brought up the matter and said, "Wei Chongjie really has a problem!"

"I know."

Heng Li replied coldly, without even looking at Wanyan.

Wanyan was so focused on analyzing the problems that she didn't bother to care about Hengli's petty temper.Standing up, pinching his chin, he walked back and forth in the room thinking.

"On the surface, it seems that all the problems are caused by Wei Chongjie, a corrupt official who broke the law. But the problem is not as simple as that.

You said that the Ministry of Households allocated a total of 500 million taels of silver to Shuzhou for river repair, and Jiangquan County is one of the three hardest-hit areas, at least 80 taels to 100 million taels can be allocated.

As the county magistrate, Wei Chongjie drew a thousand taels from it, not just casually.How much appetite does he have as a small county magistrate, why does he use the corvee quota to force the people to pay the corvee tax? "

Hearing this, Heng Li sneered disdainfully: "You still expect the dog officer to have a conscience, why don't you expect the dog to speak human language?"

Literal lover Wanyan listened to Heng Li's sarcasm, not annoyed at all, but continued to walk back and forth to focus on analysis.

"No, no, no, he has no conscience. But no matter how greedy he is, the stomach of a small county magistrate is limited."

Hearing this, Heng Li frowned slightly, and then turned around, with seriousness instead of anger.

"make it clear."

Seeing that Heng Li turned her head and became interested, Wanyan quickly walked to the table, squatted down opposite Heng Li, and counted on the table with a pen.

"Look, my lord. I just asked Aunt Gu. The river repair tax in Jiangquan County is 50 taels of silver per person. Even in Xiyuan Village, which is almost the most remote and poor village, every fifty households have About twenty families paid the money.

Then if we calculate according to this minimum standard, if one out of every two households pays the corvee tax, then the 1000 people in Jiangquan County, even if there are 5 households, there will be nearly [-] households After paying the corvee tax, that is more than [-] taels of silver.

Last year, the tax revenue of the entire Tianquan Kingdom was only 2107 million taels of silver, and the tax revenue of Shuzhou was 3908 million taels of silver.Then go to Jiangquan County, which is less than 8 taels.But Wei Chongjie received at least 5 taels of river embankment corvee tax, and at most it might be more than 8 taels.

That can only show that he didn't take the 5 taels of silver to pay taxes at all, at least he didn't pay all of them.

You said that he is a small county magistrate, and the oil and water flowing out of the river repair fund can fill him up, so why should he take the risk and impose the corvee tax that is expressly prohibited in this law?If this is reported, it is a felony that will be sent to the army.

Even if he is thick-skinned enough to build a city wall, he is not afraid of being cursed by the people of the county.Then he doesn't have to be so insane about taking money and breaking the law, and everyone knows it, as if he was afraid that the emperor wouldn't know it.

That being the case, if Wei Chongjie didn't feel that the black gauze hat was too hot to wear and wanted to take it off, or that he felt too tired with a fleshy head on his neck and wanted to be beheaded, then he really had a reason to take such a large sum of money .

Don't you think, my lord, he is a little anxious to jump over the wall? "

Heng Li had been listening to Wan Yan's analysis seriously, now she chuckled and continued.

"According to what you mean, he took so much money, in addition to filling his own pocket, it was more to fill the hole in the river repair fund?"

Wanyan nodded emphatically: "Yes, that's what I guessed. If the river repair money in his hands is not enough for river repair, he doesn't have the ability and courage to ask for money from his superiors even if he is a small county magistrate." Then it makes sense for him to collect money so recklessly to fill in loopholes.

Heng Li nodded thoughtfully: "There is some truth. Then if Jiangquan County, the hardest-hit area, doesn't get the full amount of river repair money, then the situation in other counties can be imagined.

If this is the case, what Ren Yuanzhen said, that the money for the river repair was actually stolen from the hands of local officials everywhere, is not true.

The most likely thing is that the chief envoy of Shuzhou and the Ministry of Households colluded to share and eat them. "

Wanyan's legs were numb from squatting, and she stood up tremblingly: "That's right! However, this is just speculation, and we still need a lot of evidence to know the real situation.

The most important thing now is to touch Wei Chongjie's family property and see whether the 5 taels of silver went into his own pocket or was used to repair the river. "

"Not bad, Minister Xuan, your brain is not completely useless." Heng Li clapped his hands twice while talking, and praised jokingly.

Wanyan's compliment to Heng Li was very rewarding, she couldn't help raising her small face, she was full of pride, but her mouth was modest: "Hey~ it's just so-so."

After being modest, Wanyan immediately returned to the topic: "So the most urgent thing now is how we can enter Wei Chongjie's mansion."

Heng Li nodded: "Didn't Auntie say that this year we will arrest laborers for repairing rivers? I think this is an opportunity for us."

When Wanyan heard this, she couldn't help jumping up, and excitedly slapped Heng Li's shoulder across the table: "Xiaguan and Your Excellency want to go together!"

Wanyan didn't realize that she was too excited until she finished taking pictures, so she hurriedly patted Heng Li on the shoulder again.

Heng Li rolled Wanyan's eyes, and said in conclusion: "Then it's settled for now, let's stay here for a few more days."

"Okay!" Wanyan responded happily, with a cheerful look.

This mountain farm life is really interesting and attractive to Wanyan.

But the only downside is... how come there is only one bed again! ! ? ?
(End of this chapter)