Chapter 113: The Case of Ink Corruption
readx;? Chai Jue said in disbelief: "Three years ago, don't you remember the vigorous case of the household servant who was greedy for ink?"
Le Lin shook her head calmly: "Three years ago, my father died for some reason, and I was heartbroken, and I didn't have the heart to pay attention to other things. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
However, in the flash of time, a thought flashed through her mind, and she felt trembling all over.
ββWhy, exactly three years ago?
"Why exactly three years ago?"
Lelin blurted out.
Chai Jue was reminded by her like this, and immediately felt strange: "You mean...... Cen Deping's case is related to your father's death?"
"Well...... "As for whether there is a connection between these two things, Lelin is actually not sure. She just thought of some clues in a flash of light, but when she wanted to think about it, her thoughts became blurry.
She said blankly, "I don't know, but something is too coincidental." β
Chai Jue thought about it and said disapprerovitically: "Maybe it's just a coincidence." Your father has never been an official in the court, how can he be involved in the case of Cen Deping's embezzlement of ink?"
The fire in the room was burning very strongly, Le Lin felt that her tongue was dry, she drank half a cup of tea, and asked, "What is Cen Deping's case?"
"It's the waiter of the household who is greedy for a large sum of money from the household. β
"How much money?"
"Three million times. β
- "Poof!"
Le Lin was drinking the remaining half a glass of water, and when she heard Chai Jue say this amount, the tea that was still in her mouth quickly squirted out, completely lacking her usual calm demeanor.
She glared and said, "Three million?"
Chai Jue nodded: "Yes, it's exactly three million guan." β
"It's not 'a lot of money'. β
"Huh, what is this?"
Le Lin sighed and said, "This is an astronomical amount!"
Three million!
The last time the "Bianjing Journal" auctioned more than 1,000 advertisements, it was enough for people in the capital to talk about it so far.
Three million guan is enough for people to talk about the fall of the Song Dynasty, right?
"'Astronomical'," Chai Jue agreed, "Well, that's a pretty apt word. β
Lelin asked him again, "What happened later, and did the money get back?"
Chai Jue shook his head: "No." β
"No!" Le Lin was incredulous, and sighed and asked: "That's three million guan, not thirty guan, three hundred, whether it's to buy land or land, whether it's gambling or prostitution, there has to be a conclusion, right?"
Chai Jue said: "Cen Deping said that he was wronged until he died. β
Lelin asked, "Could he really be wronged?"
"No," Chai Jue was very sure of this: "In the household department, all the documents and account books related to this amount have Cen Deping's signature and signature. β
Le Lin was even more curious: "Then where did this money go?
Chai Jue said with a smile: "How can you pursue it? He refused to admit it until he was beheaded by the whole house." The clue is broken here, how do you say you want to pursue it?"
Le Lin pondered for a long time, thought of a joint, and asked: "Since Cen Deping said that he was wronged, there must be someone who wronged him, did he ever say who was the one who planted the blame?"
"This matter is strange here," Chai Jue moved the cushion behind him, changed his posture to a more comfortable position, and then said carefully: "Although he has always claimed that he was wronged, he has never confessed to the person who wronged him. β
Lelin asked, "What trick did he have to get caught in the hands of those who wronged him?"
Chai Jue said: "What handle can be more important than the lives of himself and his family?
Lelin couldn't say either.
Chai Jue is right, is there really anything more important than life in this world?
She was curious: "Why was Wang Anshi's father implicated?"
Chai Jue was silent, he was silent for a long time before he said: "Cen Deping is a person from Linchuan, and Wang Yi is a judge of the Linchuan Army." β
Le Lin only felt ridiculous: "Just because of this?"
Chai Jue nodded heavily, he also felt that the farce three years ago was too ridiculous: "Cen Deping is quite literate, I heard that when he returned to his hometown five years ago to worship his ancestors, he had a one-sided relationship with Wang Yi, and had a very happy conversation, and he also gave many poems and paintings to Wang Yi one after another. β
Le Lin understood: "After the ink corruption case, some people fished in troubled waters and took the opportunity to attack and attack strangers?"
"Hmm. Chai Jue praised the sensitivity of "Le Lang": "Exactly, Wang Yi is far more than the one who has been implicated. β
There are more mysteries in Lelin's mind.
She held her cheeks and looked at the flames in the charcoal stove for a long time before asking, "Do you know where Wang Anshi lives?"
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On the carriage, Le Lin had no time to take care of the scenery outside the window, and thought about both Cen Deping's case and Le Song's death.
She always had a gut feeling that the two things were connected.
But as Chai Jue said, what connection can a person who has never entered the government have with a household servant who is greedy for three million yuan?
Unconsciously, seeing that it was already afternoon, Le Lin urged Chuanxiong, who was driving the carriage: "Why is it so long?
"Back to the master," Chuanxiong replied - since Le Lin became the lord, the servants in the family have called her "master", at first, she was really not used to it, and she always thought of the old men in the TV series, but she heard a lot and slowly got used to it.
Chuanxiong said: "The Yonghe Mountain you want to go to is on the outskirts of the city in the north, and it will take half an hour to get there." β
Lelin's hand when she lifted the curtain froze for a while.
She never thought that Wang Anshi would live in such a remote place.
That's Wang Anshi!
Shaking her head helplessly, Le Lin finally obediently returned to the carriage.
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No more, no less, it was exactly half an hour later that she came to Yonghe Mountain on the outskirts of the city in the north, and when she climbed halfway up the mountain, Le Lin was already out of breath.
As far as the eye can see, this is a hill in winter.
The clouds are steaming, and there is no snow today, and it is a snowy scene reflected in the clear sky.
Snow covers the mountains.
Everywhere is white, against the fog, and the fairy aura is swirling.
"It's so beautiful," Le Lin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, she turned her head and asked, "Right, Chai Jue?"
If Chai Jue was also here at this time, he said, "It's really good. He walked beside Lelin.
However, she was met with silence.
Le Lin couldn't help but feel interesting, when was she so used to Chai Jue's company?
In front of you, a mountain trail with a gentle slope.
At the end is Wang Anshi's home.
At this time, the courtyard door was wide open.
In the spring, it would have been an overgrown courtyard, but it was all buried in the snow.
Lelin shook her head again - this was not so much a family house as a ready-made wasteland.
There are no pavilions and pavilions, but the courtyard in front of you is as simple as a farmer's house. There is also a row of dried vegetables hanging from the bamboo shed on the side. Xu is the owner of the farmer took advantage of the sunny weather to take out the dried vegetables to dry.
The courtyard was enclosed by a simple, thinly planked wall.
The path leading to the door of the house seemed to have been trampled on a few footprints.
Has anyone been here?
Who else would come to visit such a down-and-out Wang Anshi?
Lelin didn't call the door, and went straight into the courtyard.
The hem of her dark fox fur "brushed" across the snow, dragging out a faint trace.
"Master Hou?"
Just as Lelin was about to knock on the door, a gentle and tactful female voice came from behind her.
Le Lin turned around and saw a very plainly dressed woman, with a blue-gray headscarf on her head, a narrow-sleeved gown, a long skirt tied inside, and curved shoes for farm work on her feet.
The standard Song Dynasty peasant woman's dress.
But this woman has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and her demeanor is dignified, and she does not look like a peasant woman in the slightest.
She smiled at Le Lin and said, "Master Hou, have you come to my master again?"
Again?
Le Lin raised her eyebrows, and a not-so-good premonition flashed in her heart.
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