Red House Shoufu

Chapter 386 Finding Clues in Contradictions

Lin Shu always took advantage of Wang Yuan's words, talking about our family and our backyard, making Wang Yuan's pretty face so hot that she could bake potatoes.

Wang Yuan stretched out her hand and greeted Lin Shu's back, her name was well-deserved, begging for mercy again and again, she let the flamboyant Lin Shu go.

After a long fight, today's sunshine dispelled the coolness of late autumn. After the fight, Wang Yuan felt a little hot all over.

Lin Shu sat on the bed, put his arms around Wang Yuan's slender waist, let her sit on his lap, put the tip of his nose on Wang Yuan's neck, sniffed the fragrance from the girl's body, and kept exploring with his hands with.

It has been four or five years since the two met, got acquainted, got engaged, and became more and more passionate.

If there is love at first sight, Lin Shu himself would not believe it.Back then, Wang Yuan was a nine-year-old girl, about the same size as her younger sister Daiyu.Because of keeping filial piety, the Lin Shu brothers and sisters basically seldom go out to socialize, and the only ones who have a close relationship are the Wang Huan brothers and sisters.

It can be said that he watched Wang Yuan grow from an immature girl to the current slim, and sometimes it's good to think about it.

He witnessed Wang Yuan's growth, and also participated in the whole process of Wang Yuan's growth from a child to a young girl, and finally married her back home and became his wife.

"Brother Lin, don't..."

Lin Shu fell into the memory, unconsciously exploring the mystery with his hands, and moved them up inadvertently, causing Wang Yuan's delicate body to startle, and then she let out a soft exclamation after a moment of confusion in her mind.

Originally wanted to break free from Lin Shu's embrace, but unexpectedly his whole body felt weak, and finally he stretched out his hand to stop him.At this moment, Lin Shu came back to his senses, the soft touch on the palm made his eyes widen, and he didn't react for a long time.

With a subconscious grip, Wang Yuan felt that she was about to die of shame.At this moment, even if she wanted to stop Lin Shu's movement, she couldn't do it, let alone raising her hand, she felt that she didn't even have the slightest strength to move at this moment.

"Sister Yuan, I didn't mean to..."

Lin Shu explained mechanically, but still kept this posture motionless, not because he wanted to maintain this posture, but because he was also at a loss at this moment.

Not to mention Wang Yuan, after a moment of tension, she was confused, angry, shy...complicated feelings made her unable to speak.

After all, Lin Shu is more mature, the memory of his previous life has long been blurred and he can't remember clearly, and the experience of being a virgin for eighteen years in this life has always suppressed the throbbing in his heart.

The situation at this time was like untiing the seal in my heart, and I kept doing nothing...

……

The Wang family gave Lin Shu and Wang Yuan a lot of convenience to be alone, and it is no exaggeration to say that the relationship between the two is burning hot.

When the servant girl came to invite the two of them to have dinner in the front hall, the sound of knocking on the door awakened the two of Lin Shu who were glued together.

Lin Shu helped Wang Yuan tidy up the clothes on her body. Just now, her movements were a little louder. The hairpin on Wang Yuan's head and the dress belt on her body were all messed up.

The blushing Wang Yuan was really cute, so Lin Shu stretched out his hand unconsciously and pinched her delicate cheek.

Wang Yuan, who was arranging her clothes, slapped Lin Shu's mischievous palm, and said angrily, "Don't make trouble, it will be bad if mother finds out!"

"Your mother-in-law can let me into your house, what would happen. This is deliberately creating an opportunity for us to be intimate..."

Lin Shu's words were not unfounded. The two began to get engaged, and they exchanged letters first. When Wang Qi went to Beijing to take up a post, Lin Shu would directly enter the Wang family when he came to Wang Qi's house.

It can be said that Wang Qi and his wife have given the greatest support to their future son-in-law and daughter. Even if the two have already engaged in marriage, at present, such an intimate relationship between Lin Shu and Wang Yuan is not allowed under the secular rules.

There are too many people who marry blindly and dumbly these days, and it is impossible to really know the appearance of the other party when the hijab is removed.

For the sake of their daughter, Wang Qi and his wife abandoned stereotypes, and tried their best to create opportunities for them to get along in private. For this alone, Lin Shu admired the old father-in-law and mother-in-law, and his gratitude goes without saying.

In the past two years, Lin Shu came to Wang's house to accompany the couple to have meals from time to time, and he would send a copy of any novelty he got. In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Qi, who was jealous of his filial son-in-law, grabbed a lot of them.When Mrs. Wang Xiao went to various wives' banquets, no one would boast that Mrs. Wang has a good son-in-law.

Wang Qi did not come back from the Metropolitan Procuratorate until the end of lunch. It seemed that this case was a bit troublesome, otherwise Wang Qi, the No. [-] figure in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even his son-in-law would not have been thrown aside.

Yingchun has been married to Wang's family for a while, except for her newlywed husband, Yaner, who was transferred by Lin Shu to Zhihe Yamen and went to the Yellow River to count the sand in the river, living a comfortable and comfortable life.

Maybe it was her husband who wrote a letter recently, today Yingchun didn't stab Lin Shu with a resentful look, instead she talked to Lin Shu about the Rongguo Mansion with a smile.

After Jia Amnesty returned to Beijing, Yingchun immediately went back to see him, and got a gift Jia Amnesty brought back from Silla.A pair of high-quality beads the size of a cat's eye, a box of 50-year-old Korean ginseng, and all kinds of novelties.

For Yingchun, a married woman, the gift Jia She gave her was unmatched by anyone except the old lady.In Jia She's words, the second girl is now married to another family, of course our natal family has to save face, and we must not be underestimated.

"Father said that he plans to go to Qingxu Temple to stay for a while recently. There are too many people visiting at home these days..."

Yingchun felt a little uneasy when she thought of the carriage that had already lined up at the entrance of Ningrong Street when she went to Rongguo Mansion that day.

Prosperity and decline, Rongguo Mansion is too prosperous now.In her image, she vaguely remembers when her grandfather was still there when she was young, it was not so exaggerated.

Lin Shu narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed that his cheap uncle was more vigilant than he imagined.As the DPRK and China reshuffle the cards, some people can't sit still again.

Not to mention the Jin Party that just collapsed, just the old forces of the four kings, eight lords and twelve princes who founded the country, and those under the leadership of the Communist Party. With the stability of the emperor's power, the collapse of King Zhongxin, Prince Yizhong and others , they have already set their sights on other people.

Partying never goes out of style!
Rongguo Mansion not only has a concubine who gave birth to a prince in the palace, but Jia She, the head of the family, is also a marquis and noble, with military power in his hands, he is simply a natural target for wooing.

It's a pity that their idea was wrong. Jia Amnesty was the heir carefully cultivated by the old fox Jia Daishan. Regardless of the absurdity of the past few years, the person who may be praised by the Supreme Emperor is an ordinary person?
Before he returned to Beijing, he had already sent someone to inquire about the situation in the capital. He had already discovered that it was time for the Rongguo Mansion to keep a low profile for a while. The first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to ask the emperor for leave. After arranging the affairs of the capital in two days, I was ready to go to Qingxu Temple to hide in peace.

……

After lunch, Lin Shu wentssiping with his mother-in-law for a while, but after waiting for a long time when Wang Qi came back, he decided to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to see what happened.

In fact, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has no right to accept the case. After Wang Qi made arrangements for Xu's grandparents, he first went to Shuntian Mansion to find Tang Youyi.

Shuntian Prefecture is in charge of the criminal name of Qiangu in Gyeonggi, and is responsible for welcoming the spring, entering the spring, offering sacrifices to the god of agriculture, farming and hunting for the emperor, supervising the township examination, and supplying examination equipment.The prefect Tang Youyi is a member of the third rank of the country, two or three ranks higher than other prefects.

After the founding of the country, Taizu knew that it was difficult for the common people to redress their grievances. The people in the central yamen such as the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment were very afraid and it was difficult to ask for help. Take the shape of the world, avenge the grievances and solve problems for the people.

Tang Youyi and Wang Qi, as the two big blue skys in the eyes of the people in the capital, after reading the Xu family's complaint, they both felt that this was by no means an ordinary land invasion case.

According to what was written in the petition, the Xu family's [-] mu of land was not enough for the prefect of Songjiang prefecture to shield the magistrate of Shanghai and the tyrant Huang Shiren.

The prefect of Songjiang Prefecture is the local official of the fourth grade of the national court. It is unbelievable to violate the national law for fifty acres of land.Based on the experience of Tang Youyi and Wang Qi, there may be something hidden in this.

"Brother Wang, from my point of view, it is better to send someone to Songjiang Mansion to investigate carefully. It is difficult to judge whether this is true or not based on the words of the family. This case is really incredible!"

Tang Youyi collected the certificate, the land deed and the testimonies of the neighbors, and suggested to Wang Qi: "Let's ask the Xiuyiwei to find out whether there have been strange things happening in the area of ​​Songjiang Mansion recently."

Wang Qi nodded. In terms of searching for news, the Embroidered Yiwei is much more proficient than those who play with pen and ink.

"I also find it a bit strange what Brother Tang said. It is impossible for the patrol censor in Nanzhili to have not heard the news of the Shanghai county magistrate's commotion. However, in the past two months, Nanzhili has not No news has reached the capital... I'll go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to check the latest official documents..."

"Wait a minute, brother..."

Seeing that Wang Qi was about to leave, Tang Youyi hurriedly said, "Brother Wang, why don't you check the official document sent by Shandong again. This Shanghai county magistrate Zhao Yourong was recommended by the Confucius family in Qufu. He is the son-in-law of the Confucius family in Qufu!"

……

When Lin Shu came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, due to Xiu Mu, apart from the two censors on duty, there were only a few clerks working hard.

Wang Qi was holding a thick stack of official documents, and was about to go back to the duty room, when he saw Lin Shu coming in, he said aloud, "Since you're here, come over to help, I'm afraid we two will have to work all afternoon."

In the past two months, there were not many official documents sent by Nanzhili, they were nothing more than singing that the saint is alive, and Nanzhili is doing well.The officials worked hard, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Even because the imperial navy captured Silla in the first battle, and the water solution caused a lot of trouble in the Japanese country, the Japanese pirates retreated to the sea and did not dare to come out.

Lin Shu read Nanzhili's almost formulaic official documents one by one, and asked with a frown, "Father-in-law, are you familiar with Ma Chunzhi, the inspector censor of Nanzhili?"

Wang Qi, who was buried in the pile of official documents, told Ma Chunzhi's resume without thinking.

"Ma Chunzhi was born in Enke Jinshi in the first year of Zhide. He was 31 years old. He first entered the Ministry of Rites to watch Zheng, and the next year he joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the eighth-rank Zhaomo. He is quite talented, he has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for several years, he is reserved and upright, and he can be regarded as a person who hates evil like an enemy."

If it is true what Wang Qi said, Ma Chunzhi is a person who is jealous of his career and hates evil like an enemy, then the matter of the Xu family has caused an uproar in the entire Songjiang Mansion, and it is impossible for Ma Chunzhi to have no news at all.

A province patrols the censor, and patrols the place on behalf of the sky.The Metropolitan Procuratorate even has its own special information channels in each state capital, that is, Ma Chunzhi is in the same boat, and it is impossible for the capital to not receive any news.

However, among all the official documents sent from Nanzhili, there was no news about the case of the Xu family in Songjiang Prefecture.How can the small Shanghai County and Songjiang Mansion cover this case so tightly?

Lin Shu frowned and stared at the documents in front of him, thought and thought, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, picked up one of the documents and looked at them carefully.

"In mid-August, the Songjiang Mansion reported that the river flooded the dikes, destroying more than thousands of acres of people's fields, and mistakenly planted them this autumn and autumn. In order to ask the people's rations, they asked the Ministry of Households to allocate them in advance for disaster relief. At the same time, they asked the imperial court to exempt part of the summer and autumn taxes. , to reassure the people."

Then he picked up another copy, on which it was written: "The censor of Nanzhili has reported that in mid-August, Songjiang, Suzhou, and Hangzhou are all flooded. Fortunately, the summer harvest is over. The autumn grain has not been planted, and there is almost no loss..."

One is that the flood caused damage to the people's fields, which not only missed the autumn planting, but also caused the people's rations to be short, and asked the imperial court to send food for disaster relief.

The other said that although there was a flood, it happened that the summer harvest had just passed, and the autumn planting had not yet begun, so the people did not suffer much loss.

Who should I trust?

Moreover, the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate didn't notice these two contradictory official documents, and they stored them directly.If Wang Qi hadn't called up the official documents to check today, and Lin Shu was more sensitive to things like floods, it would have passed like this.

"Father-in-law, look here..."

Lin Shu took a deep breath, handed the two official documents with almost the same date to Wang Qi, and pointed out the contradiction between the two official documents.

Wang Qi also frowned after reading it. This was a huge mistake by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Even though it was only related to the thousands of acres of land in a government, it was almost a drop in the bucket on the vast territory of the imperial court.But the two government offices hold different opinions, which means that one of the government offices is always lying.

"This official document is in Ma Chunzhi's handwriting, that's right..."

Wang Qi stared closely at the official document sent by the Nanzhili inspector censor, trying to find a clue, but the whole document was the same as the one sent before, and he didn't see any difference.

"Father-in-law, where is Ma Chunzhi from?"

Lin Shu suddenly asked, "Could it be that Ma Chunzhi didn't understand people's livelihood in the south of the Yangtze River and was deceived?"

Wang Qi shook his head and said: "Ma Chunzhi is from Jiangxi, but he studied with his father in Jiangxi in the early years. He has friends in all places in Jiangnan and is well-informed. Otherwise, the imperial court would not have sent him to work in Nanzhili."

Nanzhili has a very special status for the imperial court. Jiangnan is an important place for the imperial court's taxation. Every inspector and censor of Nanzhili shoulders the vital supervision power. Ma Chunzhi can go to Nanzhili The post was also carefully considered by the central princes and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, Lin Shu reminded: "The south of the Yangtze River is no better than the Northland. The summer harvest and autumn planting are all earlier than the July in the Northland. In mid-August, the autumn planting is almost completed. What is said in this official document is not wrong. Where did the autumn planting come from?" talk about?"

　Thanks to Four Seasons Natsume for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)