Eldest daughter

Chapter 154 The Dengwen Drum Case
Ever since Wang Min'er's incident, the Wang family has been in a gloomy state. Mrs. Wang has fallen ill and her medicine has not been stopped. Old man Wang smokes more hookah in a day than usual. Needless to say, Wang Er and his wife are only The heartless Fuquan was still smiling all day long.

While waiting for the arrival of the Tang family, life still had to go on, no matter how worried Wang Yuaner was, she couldn't just focus on Wang Miner's affairs.

The big workshop of Jinwang fermented bean curd is already under construction. Song San went back to Jiangnan for business, but he left behind a man to manage the workshop——Guan Fang, Wang Yuaner called him Manager Guan.

Wang Yuaner took the time to watch the progress of the workshop preparations.Considering the future mountain floods, Wang Yuan'er deliberately chose a location with the highest terrain, and the workshop is already capped.

Sure enough, it is easy to do things with money. Look at this workshop, it has only been a long time, and it has already been capped. Wang Yuaner has to sigh that money can make ghosts turn mills.

"The workshop is expected to be completed in September. After reading the almanac, the third son means that it will open on September [-]. What do you mean?" Manager Guan said with a smile.

"My side is definitely fine, but..." Wang Yuaner hesitated.

"Miss Wang has a problem, but it's okay to say." Guan Fang said with his hands behind his back.

"It's the tofu from the Bai family."

Since this business is going to expand, all costs must naturally be controlled. The most important raw material for making fermented bean curd is tofu, and the tofu used in Wang Yuaner's fermented bean curd has always been supplied by the Bai family.If big workshops still use Bai's tofu, the cost will increase greatly, so the best way is to make cheap tofu by yourself, but Bai's has always refused to sell this recipe.

Guan Fang smiled after hearing this, and said: "Don't worry, the Bai family has sold this recipe to King Jin, and someone will come to learn how to make that tofu in the next two days."

Wang Yuan'er was a little surprised: "Why are you willing to sell it all of a sudden?"

"Whether you are willing or not depends on how flexible the benefits are. As long as you promise enough benefits, you will naturally get them."

Wang Yuan'er nodded. It seemed so. Didn't she just choose greater interests, so she cooperated with Jinji?
Now that the most important piece is also solved, it should not be a problem.

After Guan Fang walked around the workshop, Wang Yuaner left.

It was mid-to-late August, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather gradually began to cool down. Pedestrians on the road had already put on autumn shirts. Passing by a tea stand, Wang Yuaner sat down and ordered a bowl of tea for a rest.

"Have you heard? The Dengwen drum case that was rumored in Beijing six years ago was rediscovered. Someone wants to justify He Zhenghong's name." "The He family, the He family whose 85 members were beheaded ? He Zhenghong, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry of the fifth grade?"

"It's the He family, I heard..."

While drinking tea, Wang Yuan'er listened to the conversation at the next table, and the Dengwen drum case from six years ago also appeared in his mind.

Six years ago, a sudden flood in Yuhang caused the embankment to be missing. More than [-] people in Yuhang were affected, more than [-] people died, and tens of thousands of houses closed down.

After the disaster, the reconstruction work was difficult to carry out, and the money for disaster relief was delayed in the hands of the people.

At that time, it was widely rumored that the reason why the Yuhang dam was short of dikes was due to ineffective supervision. The construction of the dam was cut corners and shoddy, which led to the lack of dikes when the flood came, which caused such a tragedy. It is He Zhenghong, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry who is a genius in flood control.

He Zhenghong is proficient in water control and has a good knowledge of water conservancy, so he participated in the supervision and supervision of the Yuhang dam project.

As soon as this incident came out, it aroused the anger of the people. Pan Gongming, a scholar in Yuhang at that time, took the lead and jointly signed a letter with the whole Yuhang scholar. Show heaven.

Throughout history, whenever the Dengwen drum sounded, no matter what the emperor was doing, he had to go to court and listen to the performance of the wronged people.

Therefore, the ink corruption case at that time was also called the Dengwen drum case.

After verification, the Yuhang Water Conservancy Project was embezzled for more than [-] gold, and He Zhenghong was pointed at.

The first emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, and He Zhenghong was imprisoned and tortured, but even though He Zhenghong kept calling for injustice under the testimony of witnesses, the whole He family searched for the [-] gold, but they couldn't find it.

The whereabouts of the greedy silver could not be found, so the He family was ransacked and exterminated, and 85 members of the family were beheaded. The blood stained the execution platform, and it could not be washed away for ten days. On Xingtai, He Zhenghong was still crying for grievances. Woolen cloth.

Six years have passed since the incident, and the one hundred thousand gold has still not been found, but this Dengwen drum case has been uncovered again.

"I heard that the one beating the drums and calling for grievances is He Zhenghong's direct daughter."

Wang Yuan'er was taken aback when he heard this, didn't it mean that all 85 members of the family were beheaded, why did another blood and blood come out?But in this family, if there are some catastrophes, no one will shed a glimmer of hope, I am afraid that the He family has hidden this blood back then.

"Ma'am, pay the bill." Wang Yuan'er took out two copper coins and put them on the table.

Even if you have heard the gossip, she is just an ordinary person, and she is not able to participate in such a major event.

Walking through some teahouses and restaurants, Wang Yuaner could hear storytellers talking about the Dengwen Drum Case. It seemed that the topics created by this case were enough for people to enjoy after dinner.

And in one of the tea houses, a man and a woman were also talking about the Dengwen drum case.

"This is jade muscle ointment, which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Take it back and apply it every day." The man pushed a delicate jade bottle to the woman opposite. "Thank you Brother Cui, my injury has healed very much." The woman smiled lightly, but the smile was always a bit far-fetched.

These two people are Cui Yuan and He Xiuxian who lives in Wang Yuan'er's courtyard. "I have wronged you, but if you want Lao Dengwen to sue and overturn the case, you will be punished first." Cui Yuan said with a guilty expression.

He Xiuxian shook her head, and said softly: "Xiuxian knows that, if she can rehabilitate father, not to mention the twenty big boards, even if it takes my life, Xiuxian will be willing to do so.

Besides, brother Cui, you secretly mediate, it doesn't hurt at all. "As soon as she finished speaking, Du Juan, who was standing behind her, opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to speak.

Cui Yuan saw it in his eyes, and sighed in his heart, it was how he was secretly exerting force, twenty boards down, there would be no pain, not to mention, she is still a delicate girl, how could she endure this kind of pain?
Seeing He Xiuxian's still pale face, Cui Yuan said: "Don't worry, I will definitely rectify the teacher's name. Today, I am educated in literature and martial arts, wise and powerful, and I am not such a fatuous and pedantic person who will have right and wrong in his heart. Moreover, he I have a lot of respect for my teacher, and I will definitely give him justice."

"I hope so." He Xiuxian looked at the little bird standing on the roof opposite the window, feeling a little disappointed, and said: "I have been incognito for six years, and every night I can dream of my father and mother, and others. They are all dead. I was so miserable, so wronged, I begged for justice, waited for six years, and finally waited for today, but I am not afraid of waiting, I am afraid that I will not have the chance to see the day of redress."

"Don't think too much, I'll investigate this matter, isn't there a sign of it?" Cui Yuan comforted seeing her sobbing as she spoke.

He Xiuxian took out her handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Cui made me laugh, I am short-sighted. Thanks to you for taking care of me all these years, now that you are running around about my father's affairs, Xiuxian doesn't know how to repay her." You are good!"

"Since I am the teacher's disciple, I naturally have this obligation and responsibility. You are the only flesh and blood of the teacher, so I should take care of you." Cui Yuan smiled and said: "When I am rehabilitated in the future, as an elder brother, I must take care of you." Find a good family for Xian'er, and marry them off in a good manner!"

As soon as he said this, He Xiuxian was startled, her face changed slightly, and her smile became forced: "I haven't thought about marriage or anything like that!"

"The men's university should be married, and the female university's should be married. You have been waiting for a long time, it's time to make arrangements." Cui Yuan didn't seem to notice her expression, sipping tea with his head down.

He Xiuxian forced a smile, changed the subject and said: "Dad used to praise you for being smart, so he taught you his life's experience. Now that you are willing to do this for him, I think Daddy is alive and well, so I don't worry. Brother Cui, you also have great talents in water conservancy, and you have been given official positions many times today, why don't you accept it? If you have achieved something in this area, I think Dad will be more happy, and you can be regarded as someone who will succeed you."

Cui Yuan chuckled and said: "You also know my temperament, I've never liked to be restrained, lazy and undisciplined, how can this well-behaved court life suit me?"

"Brother Cui is still worried about Mrs. Cui?" He Xiuxian blurted out, "Brother Cui was already by his side when he was not on the throne today, and now he appreciates him even more, so I don't have to worry about others."

Cui Yuan pursed his thin lips.He Xiuxian was startled, and immediately apologized: "Brother Cui, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention..."

"It's nothing, I'm not because of her, it's because I really have no interest in the court." Cui Yuan waved his hand and smiled.

He Xiuxian wanted to say something, but Cui Yuan stood up and said, "It's getting late, shall I take you back?"

He Xiuxian could only nod her head, and Du Juan behind her immediately helped her up.

When Wang Yuan'er walked to Youwei Tea Shop, he saw a simple carriage parked at the door. Someone came out of the tea shop and helped a familiar figure into the carriage.

Isn't that Young Master Cui and Miss He?

Wang Yuan'er raised his eyebrows, looking at Mr. Cui's careful look, just like treating a fragile pearl, it really is everyone's demeanor.

With a wave of the horsewhip, the carriage turned slowly, and when the wind blew, the curtain of the small window was blown up, and Wang Yuaner saw Miss He's eyes looking at Mr. Cui, full of affection and tenderness.

If Qing'er's girl was here, she would have to gossip again. Wang Yuan'er shook her head and walked towards home.

(End of this chapter)