Ye Xun put his hands on his cheeks and looked in one direction in a daze.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Xiaohu asked.

"I think something is wrong, I always feel that something is wrong. Do you two feel anything? Ye Xun asked Xiang Wendu and Xiaohu.

"Which one?" Wendu asked.

"For example, there are more and more cases to be investigated, and they are becoming more and more suspenseful. It's as if it's going to train me in the direction of a detective. But being a magistrate is more than just investigating cases? There are so many things I don't have the energy to do. ”

"yes? Where do you get so many unsolved cases? But don't worry, my lord, I've been staring at this part of your evaluation, and the taxes and whatevers have exceeded the target. Wendu said.

"I always felt like there was an invisible force pulling us along. Let's do what he directs. You say, will we be tricked? Ye Xunhu doubted.

"My lord, I see that you are usually tricked by your wife a lot, but now you feel like you are tricked by everything." Wen Du said disapprovingly.

"Really? Did I think too much? Xiaohu, you go to the street tomorrow and buy me a copy of the best-selling "Di Renjie's Detective Record", I want to study it. ”

Ye Xun took the "Di Renjie Detective Record" bought by Xiaohu and looked at it, and couldn't help but be happy when he looked at it. He threw away the book, looked at Wendu and cried and laughed, "We are really being played!" ”

Wen Du leaned in, picked up the book and looked at it twice, "What's the matter?" Is there anything wrong with this book? ”

"The early cases are okay, but in the latter cases, many of the plots are very similar, and some of them are simply copied from the book." Ye Xun turned the page and pointed to Wen Du, "Look at this case, do you think it's familiar?" There are the latter two. I'm speechless! Can this person be a little dedicated, how can he copy it completely? According to this routine, the following should be a closed room murder case. Wendu, you go and bring the case file that will be tried tomorrow. ”

Wen Du blinked his eyes as if he had just figured it out, and with an "oh" sound, he went to move the case.

Ye Xun found the 'Secret Room Murder Case' in one of the five case sects at once. He pulled it out, skimmed it quickly, and slammed it on the table again, "Look, we've been tricked for half a year!" What exactly do they want to do? ”

Qiu Tong looked at his father and Zheng Yuanli and Wang Ming beside him, hooked his lips and smiled, "I have an idea, give him some cases for him to investigate, from easy to difficult, some false and some true, let him analyze layer by layer...... Slowly he will become addicted, and then one after another, the cases will become more and more and more, and he will have no time to care about other things. ”

"yes?" Wen Du also wondered, "What is the purpose of their this?" Just play us to have fun? Or is it to cover up something for the sake of delaying time? ”

As soon as the scriptures were reminded, Ye Xun seemed to have thought of something, "Yes, they are very likely to be interfering with us and preventing us from investigating things they don't want us to investigate." I've met a person recently and I've met a few times, but she's always mysterious, and won't tell her true purpose. By the way, she told me that she was Yang Lei's sister, and maybe Lord Yang's death was something they didn't want us to touch. Recently, she asked me to meet again, and I felt that the truth of the matter was about to come out. ”

Ran Chunxue and Ye Xun sat facing each other, and through several conversations, the two had a deep understanding of each other and established some tacit understanding. Ran Chunxue poured Ye Xun a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Lord Ye, dare to ask how much you are in January now?" ”

Ye Xun didn't know why Ran Chunxue asked like this, so he answered truthfully, "It's still the same as before, it's very meager." The family is barely making ends meet. ”

"It can be seen that Lord Ye is a good and honest official. And then there's ...... The officials here haven't treated Lord Ye as their own. ”

"Why did Miss Yang say that?" Ye Xun looked puzzled.

Yang Xue's expression and tone were very flat, but the words she said were earth-shattering, "Does Lord Ye know that from the governor and the political secretary of Zhejiang, down to the magistrate and the county, and the fast catch, their Fengyin is several times higher than that in other places?" ”

"How is this possible? The imperial court issued a uniform standard to officials of different grades. How can Zhejiang's be so high? Ye Xun couldn't believe it.

Ran Chunxue took a sip of tea and said slowly, "It is definitely impossible for the imperial court to have so much money, but Zhejiang has been prosperous and rich since ancient times, and the expenses and temptations will naturally be more." And how could the meager money given by the imperial court allow them to live a decent life in Zhejiang? A big man is not as good as an ordinary merchant here. One can imagine how big the gap is in the hearts of these officials who have studied hard through the cold window to gain fame. Many people no longer care about handling political affairs, but instead spend their hearts and minds to get more money. I don't know which governor and the chief secretary and the inspector made them unite with everyone to think of a way, and they decided to charge a little more tax and silver for each merchant, which would not be any burden on those merchants, but it would allow all the officials in Zhejiang to double or even double the amount of silver. In this way, the officials will have no distractions to do things for the imperial court, and the local government will be more stable. ”

"Is this true? I'm still surprised that a county magistrate here has a better life than me. ”

"My family is a well-known local porcelain merchant in our hometown, life is good, my brother has been worry-free since he was a child, he only knows elegance and integrity, but does not understand the suffering of those poor people. After my stupid brother came to Zhejiang, he found a problem and thought that this was a bully and a great rebellion. So I publicly objected to my boss several times. He's an upright guy who doesn't move behind his back, and he always puts everything on the surface. But he didn't know that he had touched the interests of all officials, so how could others let him go? Unknowingly, he has been regarded by everyone as a thorn in the flesh. There is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, not to mention that my brother was accused of a trumped-up crime and beheaded to show the public. Lord Ye, do you think he died unjustly? ”

Ye Xun was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw Ran Chunxue asking him, he nodded.

Ran Chunxue smiled bitterly, "I don't think he's wronged." It's just that...... It's a bit of a pity. But after all, it's my brother, and I'm going to have to ask him for an explanation. Ran Chunxue said, her eyes red.

Ye Xun looked at Ran Chunxue and couldn't help but feel a little admiration, "I also have a big brother, although he is not a relative, but he is the one I have respected and admired the most since I was a child." He was in Anhui to deal with the floods because he was not used to seeing those officials corrupt and peeling off their skins, and he was unwilling to join them in the same stream, so he was squeezed out. ...... the first few months Washed away by the flood. They are all people with backbone! Ye Xun looked at Ran Chunxue, "Does Miss Yang want me to help Lord Yang overturn the case?" ”

Ran Chunxue said with a resolute expression, "I want to complete what my brother wants to do, and poke these things that Zhejiang officials have done in partnership." In that case, my brother will naturally be innocent. ”

Ye Xun nodded, "I will definitely do my best to help you." But there is no basis for the rhetoric, and we have no empirical evidence in our hands now. ”

"I have." Ran Chunxue looked at him, "My brother is not stupid, he secretly withheld an account book, which contained the amount of money received by all officials in Zhejiang and their signatures. That's the only evidence, and I can't give it to you right now. ”

After listening to Ye Xun say what happened, Wen Du was very excited, "Hey, this trick is good!" It does not damage the country's capital but also mobilizes the enthusiasm of officials! Expert! Otherwise, let's go and tell them that we are willing to work with them and let them also give us a suffix according to their standards, and we can also reissue the slug that we didn't pay before. It should be a lot of income! It is possible that only the two of us in our yamen still hold the original Yulu, maybe the cell boss has more than us! ”

Ye Xun looked at him incredulously, "Shen Wendu, are you going to rebel?" What about your literati temperament? Didn't Lord Yang die in vain? ”

"It's not that I want to. Now it seems that in the entire Zhejiang officialdom, only the two of us may be isolated. It's just two of us, how can we compete with them? If you can't get it, you have to be like Lord Yang. ”

"I think Lord Yang is doing the right thing in this matter, even if these officials have a hard time, how can they deceive the emperor?"

"So what?"

"So I decided to stand on Lord Yang's side and let the above know about it."

"It's easier said than done, do you have proof? Just with your mouth. ”

Ye Xun thought about it for a while, and didn't say anything about the ledger, "Now we can collect evidence in the dark." ”

Wen Du looked at him and smiled weirdly, "I don't care. Mainly you! You probably forgot that the number one in Zhejiang is your future father-in-law. If this matter is stabbed and the above is held accountable, he is the one who will bear the brunt of the punishment! ”

Ye Xun was stunned......