Chapter 6: Mrs. Sorrow
Ji Ning, the eldest son of Ji Fang, the tenth emperor of the Great Qian Empire, was born from the concubine of the previous Great Qian Emperor Ji Fang, so he was not the eldest son, at the age of 12, under the control of the current Empress Dowager Xuanshu, that is, the throne of the Great Qian Emperor.
He has reigned for 33 years.
Daqian Imperial Palace, East Warm Pavilion.
"I heard that last night, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother had a big quarrel in the Ansheng Palace?" Looking at the Emperor Daqian, who was sitting behind the desk with green muscles in his hands, Lin Mo asked lightly.
"Bang-"
Emperor Daqian slammed his right fist on the case, and scolded angrily: "That slut Xuanshu actually forced my Lan'er to take the Yedra flower poison, I can't wait to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin." β
Just last night, Empress Daqian took the Qingfeng Detoxification Pill and soaked in the Sun Spirit Flower Anther Bath to detoxify, and the moment she entered the medicinal bath, she made a heart-rending painful sound.
The habits of the day spirit flower and the night god flower are opposite, once the two medicines meet, there will be a conflict, and those who want to solve the night dra flower poison will be like a needle prick all over the body, and the needle will pierce the heart.
If it weren't for Lin Mo giving Qingfeng Detoxification Pill and diluting some of the toxicity of the Yedra flower, I'm afraid that the Great Qian Empress would have suffered a mental breakdown from pain, but every time she soaked it, the Yedra flower poison would be relieved by one point, and next time it wouldn't be so painful.
Last night, Emperor Daqian looked at his beloved wife who was in great pain in the medicinal bath, and his anger rose from his heart, and he completely lost his previous forbearance and scruples, and ran directly to Ansheng Palace and had a big quarrel with the Queen Mother.
And because the Queen Mother had nothing to do with Ji Fang, she still needed Ji Ning, the puppet emperor, so she didn't do anything to him, and finally just sent someone to throw Ji Ning, the Great Qiandi Emperor, out of Ansheng Palace.
Although Emperor Daqian's move was reckless, Lin Mo had a little more appreciation for him, this Emperor Daqian could do whatever it took to challenge the Queen Mother who was holding his fists for the sake of his beloved woman, and he was a man with the most affection and sexuality.
After scolding, Emperor Daqian forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to Lin Mo again: "Lin Qing, have you thought of a way to help me get the imperial power?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the first gift from your minister will come to you in seven days' time. β
Lin Mo nodded lightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The Queen Mother holds the three military rites, and there is Li Tai, the Duke of Shan Guo, in charge of an army of 300,000 in the army, and the first gift that the minister gave to Your Majesty, please wait for Your Majesty with peace of mind." β
Out of the palace, Lin Mo stretched his waist comfortably: "That girl in Allure really tossed me to death last night, she was only 21 years old, and she was in a hurry to have any children." β
After dinner last night, Lin Mo arranged a room for the eldest grandson Yuyin to stay, and he wanted to hug Bai Zhilan and Baili Chengcheng to rest, but he didn't expect that Bai Zhilan's moon affair came, so he went to another room.
Without Bai Zhilan, the girl in Baili Allure City was completely let go, shouting in her mouth that she was going to give birth to Lin Mo's first child, Baili Allure is a cultivator in the realm of sword masters, and her physical strength is excellent, and she tossed Lin Mo for an hour before she was willing to give up.
After stretching his waist, Lin Mo felt that the fatigue of last night disappeared in an instant, turned to Xifeng and Qiu Yun who followed behind him, and ordered: "Let's go, let's go to the household department and investigate the case." β
"Yes, Sect Master. β
If you want to find out the mystery of the disappearance of Mrs. Fu Yunsheng, the assassin of Kezhou, you must first start with the women who have mysteriously disappeared in the past 18 years and died for no reason.
And if you want to find out which women are missing and what their identities are, the most direct way is to take charge of the household registration of the common people, because for every person who dies, the household department has to cancel their accounts.
The number of ordinary people in the Great Cadres is closely related to the annual tax revenue of the household department, and there is such a tax in the Great Cadre Emperor, which is called the poll tax, that is, the tax levied according to the population of the Great Qian.
For example, if there is a family in the Great Qian Empire with five people in the family, and the poll tax for each person is two copper leaves, then the family has to pay the poll tax, ten copper leaves.
After about two quarters of an hour, Lin Mo's four-horse silver horse stopped in front of the gate of the household.
"Cao Yuan, the doctor of the lower official household department, meet Lord Shangqing. β
As soon as Lin Mo got off the four horses and silver horses, a wealthy man in his early fifties wearing a purple crown dress and a six-beam crown hat on his head, led more than a dozen officials of different grades, and greeted him and bowed down.
Looking at the obese man, Lin Mo smiled inadvertently, this Cao Yuan is a fat doctor in the household department, and he really fed himself with a fat brain.
After laughing to himself, Lin Mo picked up the honor that Shangqing should have, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, you don't have to be polite, this time I am here to investigate the case, and I hope that all the adults will give you a convenience." β
"Whatever Lord Shangqing said, it is the duty of the subordinates to cooperate with you in investigating the case. Cao Yuan smiled flatteringly, and his kung fu of slapping the horse with one hand was skilled.
"Then Benqing would like to thank Dr. Cao and all of you. β
This Cao Yuan's official residence is one of King Rong's limbs, knowing that Lin Mo is the person invited by Emperor Daqian to go down the mountain, he can still be so polite to Lin Mo, no need to guess, Lin Mo also knows that this must have been confessed by King Rong a long time ago.
And there are two reasons why King Rong can explain like this, one is that he wants to win Lin Mo's heart.
The second is that Fu Yunsheng, the assassin of Nakezhou, and Zhang Guo, the assassin of Yunzhou, are both important ministers under the command of King Rong, and if something happened to their woman, they must find out as soon as possible and give an explanation, especially to Fu Yunsheng.
Under the greeting of Cao Yuan and all the household officials, Lin Mo led Xifeng and Qiu Yun into the main hall of the household department, explaining his intentions, Cao Yuan ordered the household officials to get busy, and Lin Mo sat comfortably on the main seat and waited for the news.
After sitting for a while, Lin Mo felt bored, so he smiled at Cao Yuan, who was sitting below drinking tea, and said, "As one of the four cadres of His Royal Highness King Rong, Doctor Cao must be very weekdays, right?"
"It's not hard. Cao Yuan shook his fat head: "Xiaguan is deeply trusted by His Royal Highness King Rong, how can he say hard work for His Royal Highness King Rong." β
"Yes. Lin Mo smiled loudly: "Doctor Benqing Guan Cao is also fifty-four years old, and there are still six years to go, right? I don't know if there are children under your knees to inherit your position, and Benqing can also know his colleagues in the future." β
Zhishi, return to the official position, that is, retirement, the official of the Great Qian Empire can be Zhishi at the age of 60, and after the Zhishi, the official doctor of the third rank and above will be succeeded by his children.
"Lord Shangqing, this is wrong, Xiaguan is already six out of fifty. Cao Yuan laughed, and then sighed again: "It's also a shame to say, there is only one son under his knees, and there are three out of twenty, but he lingers in the land of fireworks all day long, and he can't make it, and in the future, he can only think that His Royal Highness King Rong said that he would let the lower officials pay attention later." β
You're an old thing, you haven't done it for so many years, and you still have to keep doing it, right?
He secretly scolded Cao Yuan in his heart, but Lin Mo smiled and comforted him: "Doctor Cao doesn't need to worry, as the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog, Doctor Cao is so powerful, your son will definitely be able to take on a big responsibility." β
"Well, I hope it's like what Lord Shangqing said. β
Cao Yuan sighed, and suddenly changed his words: "I heard that Lord Shangqing, you accepted another concubine room yesterday?" Alas, it's a pity that Xiaguan doesn't have a daughter, if there is, I will give it to Lord Shangqing, and you will also be a concubine." β
"What did Doctor Cao say, if you have a thousand gold, how dare Benqing accept him as a concubine, isn't it a matter of tormenting Benqing!" Lin Mo hurriedly waved his hand, and at this moment, he already understood in his heart that it was no secret that Emperor Daqian gave his eldest grandson Yuyin to himself.
Also, the palace is full of the eyes of the Hou Party and the Rong Party, how can you hide it from them.
"Lord Shangqing, don't be humble. Cao Yuan smiled and said: "Lord Shangqing is talented, only twenty-three years old, he made this product Shangqing, if he follows the right lord, he will definitely have a bright future in the future, and the lower official ......."
"Report to the two adults, I found the things I wanted. Cao Yuan was about to say something, when a five-rank official dressed in a light red crown suit and wearing a three-beam crown hat walked in with a roster in his hand.
"Okay, quickly present it to Benqing. β
Lin Mo didn't want to go down with Cao Yuanxu and Wei Snake (yΓ), so these five products came in, which was a great favor to Lin Mo, so he hurriedly asked him to submit the roster.
"Yes. β
Lin Mo took the roster, and people looked at it, this is a roster that has been sorted out by the officials of the household department, which clearly records the name, age, occupation, etc. of the missing woman in the past 18 years.
Counted carefully, there were more than four hundred, but Lin Moxin knew that it should be more than two hundred, according to Yi Hongcai, the director of the Changle Post House, a woman would disappear every month or so, a total of fifteen years, about two hundred.
As for the extra 200 people, you don't have to think about it to know that Cao Yuan added it, and the purpose is to embezzle the poll tax of more than 200 women.
Lin Mo took a serious look, according to the records in this register, most of the missing women were women between the ages of twenty and forty, and they were all married, and most of them were women who had given birth.
"A woman, twenty to forty years old, married, a woman who has given birth to a child. Lin Mo whispered these key information, but he didn't get any valuable clues for a long time, but the doubts in his heart increased a little.
A quarter of an hour later, in front of the door.
"Doctor Cao, thank you to His Royal Highness King Rong for Benqing, I have written down the convenience given today. Saying that, Lin Mo helped the four horses and silver horses in the wind.
"Yes, Lord Shangqing, your thanks will definitely be conveyed to His Royal Highness King Rong. Cao Yuan led the household officials, bowed and saluted, and watched the four horses leave.
Suzaku Heaven Street.
Lin Mo sat in the middle of the four horses and silver horses and was puzzled by the clues he had just checked, Lin Mo didn't understand why most of the missing people were married women who were twenty to forty years old and had given birth.
"Don't go back to the house first, go around. β
"Yes, Sect Master. β
Now Lin Mo's heart is surrounded by heavier doubts, and he doesn't want to return to the mansion with the sorrow in his heart, so that they will worry and worry about it.
The four horses and silver horses were driving aimlessly on the Suzaku Heavenly Street, the streets were bustling and the voices of people were boiling, but Lin Mo in the car seemed to have entered, and the whole world seemed to have become only himself.
At this moment, Lin Mo's mind was very quiet, there was no trace of chaos from the outside world, so quiet that Lin Mo could hear the beating of his heart.
At this moment, an extremely noisy voice came, which interrupted Lin Mo's thoughts in a meditative state, and when he came back to his senses, Lin Mo asked, "Rest the wind and the clouds, what's going on outside?"
"Back to the sect master, someone is throwing hydrangeas to recruit relatives, and many people are gathered around to grab it. Qiu Yun's voice came from outside the carriage.
"Quick, parking. Throwing hydrangea to recruit relatives, Lin Moke had never seen it, curiosity instantly overshadowed the sorrow in his heart, lifted the curtain, and got off the four horses.
After coming to the Zhongzhou Continent, Lin Mo stayed at home honestly for the first three years to learn the words and customs of this world. Later, his family was slaughtered, and Lin Mo was rescued by the old man under the moon, and lived in seclusion in the mountains for more than a year.
More than nine years old, after Lin Mo left the school, he went to live in the Yan country in the north of the Daqian Empire for more than ten years.
After getting out of the car, Lin Mo was on the periphery, and when he looked up, he saw a woman in a red dress on the embroidery floor, looking at the many men below, but the hydrangea in her hand was not thrown down.
"This woman's skin is too white, white as if there is no blood color. Seeing the woman's face clearly, Lin Mo sighed without hesitation.
As the saying goes, white is red, just like a few women in a hundred miles of a city, but the woman in gorgeous clothes on the embroidery floor seems to be sick, which is a sick white.
"White, what kind of white is this? Lin Mo approached a young man in a gorgeous costume and heard Lin Mo's sigh: "The two ladies of Shan Guogong are white, they are both forty years old, and their skin is like white paper. β
"Oh. Listening to the words of the young man in the costume in front of him, Lin Mo asked, "Could it be that they have any secret recipes, and how can this skin be so white?"
"Why are you so annoying, disturbing the master to grab the hydrangea, I ...... the master" Hearing Lin Mo's questions one after another, the young man in Huafu turned around a little impatiently, and wanted to scold when he opened his mouth.
The expression on the face of the young man in Chinese clothes suddenly changed from impatience to flattery: "Lord Shangqing, it is Xiaomin's rudeness, please forgive me, it is like this, in the imperial capital, there is a rumor, it is said that eating beauty juice can make a woman's skin a little whiter than snow." β
Beauty juice, i.e. lactation, women's milk.
As soon as the words of the young man in Chinese clothes came out, Lin Mo's spirit was instantly shocked, and he suddenly understood something, and his eyebrows were stretched, and the doubts in his heart were also opened.
The doubts in his heart were gone, Lin Mo's mood became happy, he pointed to the embroidery building, and asked the young man in Huafu: "Which girl is this girl throwing hydrangeas to recruit relatives?"
The young man in Chinese clothes "coughed" and said: "If you go back to Lord Shangqing, this is not a girl from any family, but a girl from Zuishenglou who wants to choose a favorite Langjun and get rid of the fireworks." β
Although the young man in Huafu said it tactfully, Lin Mo also understood that this drunken building must be a green building, and this is the girl in it who wants to choose a favorite Langjun and be a good woman from now on.
Interesting, the girls in this green building can throw hydrangeas openly and choose Ruyi Langjun, Lin Mo smiled faintly: "What, you dare to be interested?"
The man in the Chinese costume grinned, and his face was a little embarrassed: "Xiaomin is willing, but if you want to really marry the girl in that building, you have to redeem yourself with ten gold leaves, although Xiaomin's family has some small property, but they can't afford such a large sum, just to join in the fun, Xiaomin ......"
As the man in the Chinese costume was talking, the girl's hydrangea upstairs was thrown out, and the hydrangea was thrown straight at Lin Mo, facing the flying hydrangea, Lin Mo smiled slightly, blocked it with his right hand, and the hydrangea fell directly into the arms of the young man in Chinese clothes.
"This ......" Looking at the hydrangea in his arms, the young man in Chinese clothes was dumbfounded, although he liked that girl, where did he have his junior sister Jin Ye to redeem her.
The young man in Chinese clothes was worried, Lin Mo took out a rectangular piece of paper stamped with a red seal from his arms, put it in the hand of the young man in Chinese clothes, and instructed, "With this flying money, you can go to any silver number and take fifty gold leaves." β
As he spoke, Lin Mo patted the young man in Chinese clothes on the shoulder: "Treat that girl well in the future, live well with her, although the beauty is good, but don't be tired, remember." β
After speaking, Lin Mo turned around and got on the four horses and went straight to the Lin Mansion.
When the four horses and silver horses were far away, the young man in Chinese clothes came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed a few times in the direction where the carriage was going, and looked at the flying money worth fifty gold leaves in his hand, and then looked at the girl on the embroidered floor.
The young people in Huafu know that their happy life is about to begin.
Lin House.
The eldest grandson sat in front of the dresser, quietly looking at himself in the bronze mirror, remembering the faint sound from the next room last night, his jade cheeks were covered with blush, and his body couldn't help but feel hot.
"Niangniang, oh, yes, Mrs. Sorrow, what are you thinking?" The maid Xiaowan gently pushed the door and walked in, and saw the eldest grandson Sorrow sitting in front of the dresser in a daze.
But I found that the eldest grandson was still wearing her hair as if she was in the Yuehua Palace, and Xiao Wan screamed urgently: Oh, why are you still wearing your hair, still wearing plain clothes. β
"What's wrong?is there any problem?" Eldest Sun Yuyin didn't know why Xiao Wan also had a bad and anxious expression, wasn't she usually like this.
"Blame Xiaowan for being negligent. Xiao Wan blamed herself, walked to the dresser, picked up the white jade comb, and said earnestly while the eldest grandson was worried.
"You are no longer Jieyu Niangniang, but the fourth lady of the outstanding Lord Lin Shangqing, you can't be as good as usual. β
"I guess you heard the movement from the next room last night, Mrs. Sorrow, you are as beautiful and beautiful as Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Allure, you should be happy and beautiful now. β
"Think about it, wait a few days, Lord Shangqing accepts you, the gentleness next door last night belongs to you, if you are adding a son and a half daughter to Lord Shangqing, there will be only happiness waiting for you in the future. β
Listening to Xiao Wan's words as if there was a temptation and magic, and thinking of her husband's gentle pampering for her in the future, the eldest grandson's jade cheeks instantly became hot, and his heart was even more pounding.
It didn't take long for Xiao Wan to put her hair in a bun for the eldest grandson Youyin, and the wisps of deer buns set off the bright and moving moonlight of the eldest grandson Youyin even more beautifully.
After putting her hair in a bun, driven by Xiao Wan's magical words, the eldest grandson came to the closet, thinking about the beautiful dress in the wardrobe on herself, her jade cheeks became even more blushing.
Just after changing their dresses, they heard a maid in the courtyard shouting that the sect master was back, and the eldest grandson Yuyin also knew that the sect master in their mouth was his future husband.
Yesterday afternoon, knowing that Lin Mo was one of the three peak sects of the Zhongzhou Continent, the eldest grandson had not returned to her senses for a long time, she didn't expect that this husband, who was not two years younger than herself, would have such a big background and such a great deal.
"Crunchβ"
When he was debating whether to go out to greet him, the eldest grandson Yuyin saw Lin Mo push open the door and walk in, and the maid Xiaowan saw Lin Mo come in and exited the door very sensibly.
Lin Mo, who entered the house, looked at the eldest grandson who was dressed in a cyan Luo skirt, born more delicate than flowers, and had a body like a willow, Lin Mo was stunned for a while, and then said: "Sorrow, can you get used to it in the house?"
Lin Mo also didn't expect that when he asked the eldest grandson if he was willing yesterday, the eldest grandson blurted out the word "willing", which caught Lin Mo off guard.
"Back to the husband... , my lord, concubine, I ......"
Looking at the eldest grandson who was nervous and didn't know what to call him, Lin Mo smiled gently, walked over and took the eldest grandson Yuyin into his arms, and said softly: "Fool, don't care about the name." β
"In a few days, the case in my hand will be resolved, and I will make up for you a cave candle, and then you can call me husband. β
For the beautiful girl sent by Emperor Daqian, who she herself was willing to do, Lin Mo had no reason not to continue, and there was no reason to leave her aside, giving her warmth and favor was the right way.
Feeling Lin Mo's warm embrace and listening to Lin Mo's gentle words, a teardrop appeared in the corner of the eldest grandson's eyes.
At this moment, the eldest grandson is finally sure that happiness is knocking on his door.