Step-Mother has Given Up

This is a picture of a woman asking for Buddha. In the quiet Buddhist hall, the woman knelt down in front of the Buddha statue and worshipped devoutly, everything seemed so sacred.

Ye Shaofu told Lynch to hang the painting on the screen, and he had to take a good look at it. Lord Shen is so diligent, the evidence must be extraordinary.

Lin Feng stared at the picture carefully and looked at it again: "What is the meaning of Lord Shen? We finally found the clues left by him. Could it be this picture? The world says that Lord Shen is good at calligraphy and painting, and it is true. Mrs. Seeing Master Shen’s masterpieces, I’m sure to be happy, and my impression of the Lord will be a little better."

Lynch moved a stool and sat beside the painting, carefully considering the content of the painting: "Smuggler, talk about the main point."

Ye Shaofu stared at the painting in a daze, and asked casually, "Where is this, you guys, would this evidence be hidden in this temple?"

If Lin Feng has this reason: "Yeah is right, the evidence is probably in the Buddhist hall."

Lynch gave him a glance, got up and put away the painting. Lin Feng grabbed his movement: "Brother, what are you going to do?" Lin Qi flicked his hand away: "Don't you want to know where this is? Just ask Madam if you can."

Before Ye Shaofu could speak, Lynch took the scroll and went to Shen's Mansion.

Shen Yanmo is already awake, coaxing brother Rong. After all, he was young, and his mother suddenly disappeared, frightening his courage. When he woke up, he wanted to find Shen Yanmo. He had to hold Shen Yanmo. When Shen Yanmo was tired, he took Shen Yanmo's hands. Hand, he will follow Shen Yanmo wherever he goes, keeping every step of the way, for fear that the wrong eye will not be seen, and the mother will be gone.

"Brother Rong, take another bite?" Shen Yanmo took a spoonful of custard and brought it to Brother Rong's mouth, softly coaxing.

Brother Rong opened his mouth and held the spoon, looked at Shen Yanmo with a smile, with a happy and contented expression, swallowed the contents of his mouth, and said, "Mother, eat too." He held the bowl and brought it to Shen Yanmo's mouth. .

Shen Yanmo's heart melted and touched Brother Rong's little head: "Let's Rong brother eat more, grow tall and strong, can you protect your mother?"

"Okay." Brother Rong stared at Shen Yanmo with his eyebrows curled up.

At this moment, Furong walked in, saluted slightly, and then said, "Madam, is Lynch here?"

"Please go to the main hall." Shen Yanmo looked at Brother Rong and wiped his mouth.

"The man came over the wall, in the pavilion in the garden. He said he found the master's relic and wanted his wife to see it." Furong said.

Shen Yanmo came to the garden with Brother Rong. On the way Furong wanted to hug Brother Rong, Brother Rong immediately turned his head and coaxed him all the way without letting Furong hug him.

When he arrived at the pavilion, Shen Yanmo sat down, put Rong brother on his lap, and saw Lynch holding a painting in his hand: "You found my father's painting?"

Lynch unfolded the painting: "Yes, Madam, look, do you know this place? This is a small Buddhist hall. The lady in the painting is worshiping Buddha. My son can't see the meaning in the painting."

When the scroll was opened, Shen Yanmo was stunned, and gave Brother Rong to Furong. He got up and walked to the front of the painting. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and touched the lady in the painting. Big tears rolled down and choked with sobs: " Mother."

Lin Qi was shocked. He didn't expect that the woman in the painting was the wife's mother: "This temple?" Could it be the temple where Shen Mansion used to be, and things really are in the temple?

"This Buddhist hall is my family's Buddhist hall. My mother believed in the Buddha. Not long after she came to Yangzhou, her brother fell ill for no reason, and the medicine and stone had no medical treatment. My mother asked Zhang Lingfu, and my brother was miraculously healed after drinking it. My mother believed even more. Discussed with my dad to build a small Buddhist hall at home. Sooner or later, three sticks of incense will never be interrupted." Shen Yanmo carefully stroked the screen, tearing more than ever: "After Daddy passed away Although my mother was sad, she didn't in vain remind me to give incense to the Buddha."

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she returned to reality from her dream?

Lin Qi asked about the specific location of the Buddhist hall again, quit the wall and returned to Yun Mansion, and told Ye Shaofu the matter. Ye Shaofu pondered for a long while: "Wait for action at night."

People nowadays believe in ghosts and gods, and have inexplicable awe of Buddhas and gods. This temple may still exist.

As soon as the clapper of a watch rang, Ye Shaofu urged Lin Qi and Lin Feng to go to the Wen Mansion, even if they searched the Buddhist hall, they had to find their things. Lin Qi and Lin Feng went, and came back only after the fourth watch. Lin Feng held a brocade box in his arms and presented it to Ye Shaofu respectfully.

The brown-red brocade box is not much bigger than the book. There is no lock, but there is no place to open it. Only a slot at the bottom, shaped like a jade pendant. Ye Shaofu touched the groove, took out the jade pendant from under the pillow, put it in the groove, and with a snap, the brocade box opened, and there were several account books in it.

Ye Shaofu picked up the top one and flipped through it at will. The more he looked at it, the more he became more frightened, and then flipped through the following basic books. One of them was a list of personnel. The salt officials involved 20 or 30 people. The book fell on the table, and said angrily: "Unreasonable, unreasonable." No wonder the Lianghuai salt tax case could not be found. The salt official of Lianghuai was stunned, and the man behind the scene was Prince Yong.

If it wasn't for Master Shen who was pretending to be attracted by them and participated in a share, when would the two Huai salt taxes be found out?

One of the account books describes the experience of Mr. Shen during his tenure. Since taking office, how he was attracted by the salt officials, how he was bribed, how the official salt was turned into private salt, and how to honor the money, time, place, and characters of the Kyoto officials. Clearly Chu.

When the time was right, he wrote an excerpt and reported it to the court. He talked about the darkness and loopholes in the salt tax on the two Huai Rivers. Before the emperor came to investigate thoroughly, he took his life. Maybe he started to do this. It's a mortal determination, otherwise, how could the design be so meticulous step by step.

Seeing Ye Shaofu’s anger, Lin Qi looked at the contents of the account books at will, and his heart was surging. No wonder those people wanted the life of the prince. There were so many officials involved. One was arrested and bitten each other. With this evidence, he must be able to bring Kyoto The big man dragged into the water.

Today's saints are benevolent and kind, love the people like children, but hate corrupt officials, and once they are verified, they will be severely punished.

Without waiting for Lin Qi and Lin Feng to think about it, they heard Ye Shaofu say, "I'll take care of him, and make three copies of these accounts." Those people who dared to assassinate him were determined to kill him, and they would never give up easily.

Regardless of physical discomfort, Ye Shaofu took Lin Qi and Lin Feng to transcribe three copies, carefully checked the accuracy, and sent the soldiers back to Kyoto in three separate ways before he felt relieved. He cannot easily take out the real evidence. It’s safest to send the fakes out and stay in Yun Mansion. When the commissioner who handles the case arrives, you can submit the evidence.

Ye Shaofu told Shen Yanmo about Master Shen after he recovered. Shen Yanmo knew that his father was innocent, and he was crying with joy, and his father would no longer be innocent inexplicably.

One month later, one of the evidence was submitted to the Long Case. The emperor became furious after seeing it, and immediately arrested a group of people and relatives, including Prince Yong's Mansion and Wen's Mansion.

At the beginning of August, Princess Mingxia married into the Prince of Lu. She was a royal and a superior county lord. She flaunted her majesty in Lu, looked down on her mother-in-law, despised the elders, and scolded those servants all the time. Now this happened in Prince Yong's Mansion. People who had been despised, despised, beaten and scolded by her turned to ridicule her.

She had to be a cautious person in Lu Guogong.

Mrs. Lu Guo didn't look down on Princess Mingxia. She has all her heart on King Jing. No one in Kyoto knows who does not know, so her stupid son is a treasure for Princess Mingxia. Now that Prince Yong’s Mansion committed a crime, he was held accountable by the emperor, and he lost the Sacred Heart. Mrs. Lu was more happy than anyone else, picking the thorns of Princess Mingxia every day, waking up in the morning is indispensable, and the rules are always in heaven. For such an unreasonable and deliberately making things difficult for her mother-in-law, Princess Mingxia wanted to use a whip to whip someone, but she had no confidence.

Her sister-in-law is not an easy one, because of her identity as Princess Mingxia, she tolerated everything. Now that Prince Yong’s Mansion participated in the Lianghuai salt tax case, it has violated the emperor’s taboo, and it is impossible to be favored again. Even if it is not decapitated, it will be banned. Princess Yong and the son of Prince Yong were also held accountable. Although they did not enter the prison, they were imprisoned in the mansion. Outside the mansion, there are military handles of the imperial forest, making it difficult for outsiders to approach.

The minions in the mansion were all over the wall, and when she saw that Princess Mingxia had lost her power, she immediately fell to the generous room.

Princess Mingxia is not the only one who is sad, and she is gentle.

Master Wen is a salt transport agent in Lianghuai. He has been operating in Yangzhou for many years. It is not easy to climb from a small salt officer to the position of a salt transport agent. The piles are all counts of decapitation. He is now in Yangzhou, and the emperor is unable to convict him for the time being, but his family is in Kyoto and was immediately sent to prison.

Wen Wan is a married girl and has not been affected. But her life was not easy. In mid-September, she gave birth to a concubine for Wuchang Houfu. Just two days before her confinement, this happened.

It is said that Wen Wan's aunt packed up her baggage and escaped. Mrs. Wen was a girl from the Marquis Mansion in Wuchang, and she was taken away by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This child is Wen's first-in-law, the nephew of Mrs. Gu, and the little cousin of Gu Shaoyi. They can't leave it alone.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Gu was afraid that the Gu family would be implicated, so she strictly forbidden to go out gently, and she was determined not to raise the Wen family's prostitute.

The Gu family severed ties with the Wen family. Speaking of the married daughter and the splashed water, even though the Gu family is an in-law of the Wen family, they did not participate in the scandals committed by the Wen family. No matter what the Wen family is going to do, it has nothing to do with the Wuchang Marquis.

It is said that people take the tea to cool, and this person is cold before taking the tea.

Seeing that Gu's family was so ruthless, the people fleeing and fleeing, there were few people left in the house overnight.

Gu Shaoyi secretly accepted the child, carried it to Zhuangzi and raised it.

On August 28th, the Empress Empress gave birth to a baby boy, who was named a prince by the emperor as soon as he landed, and amnesty the world. The emperor had a son and heir to the throne, Long Yan Dayue, everyone smiled. When the news reached Yangzhou, it was already in late September.

Shen Yanmo and Lady Jin were also happy for a few days when they learned that the queen gave birth to a son.

The evidence left by Lord Shen was presented to the Long case. The emperor was furious, pointed at the official outside the door, scolded him, and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter. On the next day, the first thing in the court was to arrest all the officials and relatives involved and strictly interrogate them. He also considered the imperial candidate for investigation and ordered him to take people to Yangzhou early to investigate the case.

The salt tax in Lianghuai has a long history and is involved in many ways. In order to protect themselves, those officials were unwilling to wade into the muddy water. They either called sick leave, or the elderly in the family needed medical attention when they were sick, and some people broke their legs deliberately. In short, no one wanted to be such a black-faced person. The emperor was furious, and the queen heard the words and helped the emperor recommend a person. This person is not someone else, but Gu Shaoyi.

At the beginning of the year, he helped the emperor ask for debts, and he had offended people all over the place. His errands were not perfect, but also beautiful. He had to return eight million taels of silver to the emperor, and the treasury was full. Do not bother the second master for nothing, and let him go this time. He has already offended the nobles once, and it is not bad this time.

The emperor looked down and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "It can only be so."

Ever since, Gu Shaoyi became the commissioner of the investigation. But the imperial decree had not yet been delivered to the Wuchang Houfu, and an earth-shattering event occurred in the Wuchang Houfu—the son Gu Chang was poisoned.

Knowing this, Gu Shaoyi hurriedly returned to the mansion, the mansion had already turned over. The prostitute was poisoned, and the old lady fainted in anger. The government doctor said that it was a rush of anger, no major problem, but the younger son was in trouble.

Gu Shaoyi was busy asking people to take the post from the Hou Mansion and go to the imperial hospital for treatment. He **** the servants again and interrogated them carefully, and the servants who were serving explained the causes and consequences of the matter.

Gu Chang does not have a mother, and likes to stick to the old lady. He goes back to the old lady's yard every day to greet him, and to greet him as usual today. Mrs. Gu loved his grandson and asked him to eat a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. As soon as she walked out of the old man's yard, she passed out. When Mrs. Gu heard the movement, she ran out and saw that his lips were blue and foaming at the mouth. He hurriedly asked the doctor to ask for a doctor. The doctor said that he was poisoned. As for what kind of poison he was poisoned, his medical skills are superficial, so he doesn't know for the time being.

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she didn't come up at all, but fainted. The grandson is poisoned and is still in her own courtyard. How can she accept it?

Gu Shaoyi knew that the old lady was fine, and asked the maidservant to take care of her. He stayed by his son's side, looking at his wife's face, Gu Shaoyi's face was dark, no matter who he was, he would have to pay the price if he dared to poison his son.

The imperial doctor came soon, first gave Gu Chang pulse, his face was solemn, and then his brows were tightly twisted together. Gu Shaoyi's original anxiety turned into fear. Couldn't his son be saved? Can't help asking: "Doctor Chen, what happened to Dog?"

My son is only five years old this year. He is ignorant of his innocent age. If he still has time to enjoy his great life, he is about to die? No, no.

The imperial physician put Gu Chang's hand back, and sighed, with a sense of powerlessness in his voice: "Master Hou, forgive me for being incompetent. If the poison of the noble son is discovered early, there is still a way to go to the government, but this poison has accumulated for a month. For a long time, it is not easy to get rid of it. Xiaguan can’t do it, he can only suppress the poison in his internal body. If you want to completely remove it, you must find the doctor Xue. I heard that the doctor Xue is in Yangzhou, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. Today, Lord Hou must hurry up.” There was a word he didn't say, Doctor Xue has a strange temperament, and even if he finds it, he will not necessarily be able to diagnose and treat.

Mrs. Chen prescribed some medicine, took the medicine box out of the Wuchang Hou Mansion, looked back at the door plaque of Wuchang Hou Mansion, shook his head and sighed.

The poisoning of Wuchang Houfu's son was a chronic poison, and he had to take poison every day. This poisoner was really vicious, and even a five-year-old child would not be spared. A discerning person knows who the poisoner is, and whoever benefits is suspected. Alas, I don't want to, whether Lord Houfu can live or not depends on his own destiny.

Gu Shaoyi ordered the people to decoct the medicine and poured it down on his son himself. Finally, he ordered the servants to take good care of them. If something went wrong, they would kill them.

Gu Chang's nurse did not dare to perfuse, she cried like a tearful person. She was tied to the young man for the rest of her life. If something happened to the young man, her life would be over.

Gu Shaoyi walked out of his son’s yard and saw Wen Wan walking towards this side surrounded by people. He saw Gu Shaoyi from a distance. Before saying anything, the tears flowed first. Lian Bu speeded up a bit: "Cousin, I heard that Brother Chang is sick. Did you call a doctor?"

With concern and worry on her face, it’s not like cheating. Gu Shaoyi’s icy eyes stared at her for an instant. He gently touched her face and felt puzzled: "Cousin, I Is there anything on my face? Why do you look at me like this, or you think that Brother Chang is sick, it's because I didn't give my heart."

Wen Wan gave birth to a son, just at the full moon, although she couldn't wait for Gu Chang to die, she didn't have the courage to secretly harm Gu Chang. Her son had just reached his full moon, and there was an accident with Brother Chang. She was the first to suspect. Gentle and not stupid, in order to please Gu Shaoyi and Mrs. Gu, he still has to do superficial work, but secretly criticize Gu Yun. Brother Chang is the daughter of the Hou Mansion and the lifeblood of Mrs. Gu. She usually looks so strict that she has no way of starting.

"It's better not to use your hands, otherwise you know my methods." Gu Shaoyi passed her.

Wen Wan thought she was hearing a hallucination. What she had just heard, Gu Shaoyi doubted her, he even doubted her. Yes, since the Lantern Festival, he got those evidences, and he never believed her anymore.

Gu Shaoyi went to Mrs. Gu's yard and talked about Brother Chang's situation.

Mrs. Gu was silent for a while, and said: "Yun Lang is in Yangzhou. I heard that he has gone for treatment. Or else you take Brother Chang to Yangzhou. If you ask God Doctor Xue, you may not be able to invite it. If you delay your work, I'd better take someone there personally."

Gu Shaoyi felt reasonable and respectfully said: "My son will go to the court to take a leave of absence, pack his bags, and take Brother Chang to Yangzhou."

Old Madam Gu gasped and said, "Take Sister Yun, the two brothers have a caregiver, Brother Chang is not so lonely." Raising her eyes to Gu Shaoyi, she said: "Those women stretched their hands into my yard, courageous. It’s getting bigger and bigger. You look at the people who take care of Brother Chang. You’re going to be interrogated one by one.

The more she thinks about this, the more irritated she becomes. Mrs. Gu understands now that those Yingyingyanyans in her son's backyard are not very honest. Honestly, honestly a bit dull, she doesn't like such a daughter-in-law in her heart, but such a daughter-in-law is best in control. Unlike Wen Wan, who has a heart-wrenching intestines and a double-faced sword, when she lived in the Hou Mansion, she was gentle and kind, but being Mrs. Hou is another scene, which is really annoying.

"I'll listen to my mother. For those people who serve Brother Chang, the son has already **** and threw the wood shed." Gu Shaoyi said.

Mrs. Gu was going to interrogate those people, and the porter came to report, saying that the imperial decree had arrived, and let Gu Shaoyi go to take the decree.

Gu Shaoyi didn't dare to delay, helped the old lady to the front yard, and put out an incense case to meet the imperial decree. Gu Shaoyi was still confused when he sent the **** who had declared the decree in the palace. The emperor appointed him as an envoy for investigating the case and immediately went to Yangzhou to investigate the salt tax case in Lianghuai.

It's another hot potato, can he throw it away? Why is it his turn to offend people? Does he look wronged than others?

Yangzhou, Yunfu.

Ye Shaofu also received that Gu Shaoyi was coming to Yangzhou to investigate the case, and he knew more about what happened in Kyoto. Prince Yong and others were arrested. If this news reaches Yangzhou, what will happen to the salt officials in Yangzhou? Either destroy the evidence or find a scapegoat. In the end, the big thing was turned into a trivial matter.

No, he doesn't allow this to happen.

Ye Shaofu thought for a moment, then chuckled his lips and said with a chuckle: "The order goes down, calls the owners of Xuanwu Hall, intercepts all communications from Kyoto and Yangzhou, and does not allow any of the letters related to the Lianghuai salt tax. By the way, homing pigeons are not allowed to be released. After that, he will stare at Wuchanghou every move. When he is about to enter Yangzhou, let him change into the city, and don't stun the snake."

This time, he was determined to wipe out those Yanguan websites, and return Mr. Shen's innocence, and give his wife an explanation.