Who is Lee Chang-seung?

Wen knew it, but she hadn't heard of this person's name for many years, if it weren't for Xie Pu's case involving this person, she would probably have forgotten him long ago, and she didn't expect that Xie Pu would have a correspondence with this person.

But according to Wen Xuyou, before Li Changsheng committed suicide in fear of crime, he left a suicide note, which wrote that he had a lot of dealings with Xie Pu. If this suicide note is true, then Xie Pu is likely to hide it from his family and secretly contact him.

But Wen still felt a little unbelievable: "Your father hates this person very much, and he can't wait to see him again in this life, so how can he write to him?" ”

Xie Mulin couldn't help but ask again: "Who is this person?" As for the letter, she doesn't have to ask, because the so-called letter written by Li Changsheng to Xie Pu was forged by the Cao family, and Li Changsheng's so-called suicide note is not necessarily genuine. When she saw Xie Pu in the prison of Dali Temple, the other party did not mention this person, she thought it was just a passerby, but listening to Wen Xuyou's statement, it seemed to be quite important?

Wen said to his daughter: "This matter is a long story, and it is related to the name of one of your elders, so I can tell you, but you can't talk about it anymore, you know?" ”

Xie Mulin nodded hurriedly. Wen told the whole story of Xie Pu and Li Changsheng's opposite.

It turned out that Xie Pu's second uncle Xie Zechuan, when his wife Song gave birth to a daughter, injured his body and could no longer have children. Xie Zechuan and his wife were deeply in love, and they had no intention of taking a concubine and having children, so they discussed with their third brother Xie Zehu and decided that their nephew Xie Pu would be the heir, and they would have two rooms. However, the plan of the two elders at that time was to let Xie Pu only marry the wife of the Wen family, and when he gave birth to two sons, he would inherit the two houses of incense respectively. The situation that will turn into a monogamous situation is something that no one expected.

Xie Zechuan has only one daughter under his knees, and he naturally loves him like a treasure. This cousin and Xie Pu, the heir, are also very close. She is only two years younger than Xie Pu, the brother and sister have grown up together since they were children, and they studied together, and their affection for each other is no worse than that of their own brothers and sisters.

In the year when Xie Pu went to participate in the imperial examination, Xie Zechuan's only daughter Xie Meijun also arrived to say goodbye. Xie Zechuan and the Song couple worked hard for the selection of their son-in-law. It just so happened that Xie Pu got acquainted with Li Changsheng, who was outstanding in learning and born with a talent, although his family background was poor, but he was also from a scholarly family. Xie Zechuan pointed out his homework a few times, and felt that his future should be good, so he motioned to the people around him to test a few words after Li Changsheng won the Xiucai fame. If Li Changsheng is willing to take the initiative to come to the door to marry Xie Meijun, it will be even better.

Who knew that after Li Changsheng became a showman, he was flattered by everyone a little floating, thinking that he was outstanding in talent and learning, and he was destined to have a good future in the future, so he looked down on Xie Zechuan, who returned to his hometown to teach. He categorically refused the marriage, and thought that Xie Zechuan wanted him to be a son-in-law, looking down on him, and felt that Xie Meijun wanted to find a son-in-law, instead of marrying into the right family, but he was afraid that he also had many problems, such as being ugly or having an unbearable temperament, etc. He rejected other people's proposals, and even mentioned it in front of outsiders, and after getting drunk, his mouth was quite unclean, which greatly affected Xie Meijun's reputation. Xie Pu was angry, so he beat people and turned against each other.

Xie Zechuan gave Li Changsheng a letter of recommendation, wanting him to leave Huyin, so as not to stay and talk nonsense and ruin his daughter's reputation. Although Li Changsheng refused to accept this kindness, he also left Huyin and had no contact with the Xie family since then. As for what he said later about the Xie family hindering his future, it was all nonsense and an excuse for his failure in the imperial examination.

Wen sighed and said to Xie Mulin: "This person is not a good person, and his character is not right. Your father hated him so much, and was willing to write to him, I really don't know why. ”

Xie Mulin could vaguely guess a few points. Probably Xie Pu found out that Wang Angui was embezzling the money of the river workers, and the Shandong River Affairs was in charge of the Yamen of the Hedong River, so he wrote a letter to Li Changsheng, a staff member under Lin Dongnan, the governor of the Hedong River, to remind the latter to pay attention, right? It is related to the overall situation of river engineering, even if Xie Pu dislikes Li Changsheng as a person, he will not forget his public affairs because of his selfishness. It's just that I didn't expect that the communication between the two would be discovered by the Cao Lin family separately, which caused a misunderstanding......

Xie Mulin sighed: "No matter what it is, since this matter is a misunderstanding, then now that the Cao family is so cruel to their father, the Lin family should understand that they are mistaken, right?" Will they raise their noble hands and let their father go? ”

Wen Shi was stunned: "This ...... Is it possible? ”

But it's impossible, it depends on what the Lin family thinks. Xie Mulin planned to mention this matter to Xie Pu.

She continued to ask Wen Xuyou what else he mentioned. Wen Shi hurriedly said: "There is also news about the case of the prefect Wang. ”

If Xie Pu is innocently implicated, then Wang Angui is completely self-inflicted.

Last year, more than a dozen prefectures in the lower reaches of the Yellow River worked together to repair the embankments, and the river yamen had already allocated money to go down, and strictly ordered all localities to repair the embankments before the flood season. But Wang Angui swallowed most of the silver, and had a little left, so he bought some materials to do some superficial work, and even dug up the old embankment that could still be supported in order to deceive the people of the river yamen, and made it look like a work, and when the people of the river were gone, he asked people to fill in the soil at will, and did not do serious repairs at all.

At that time, the peasants and landlords who lived under the dam were people who had been in the world for a long time, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they went to the government and asked Wang Angui to knock on a few dozen boards each and rush back. However, there was a local wealthy and powerful family, who had long been interested in a large piece of fertile land by the Yellow River, and wanted to buy it, but the original owner refused to sell it, so he gave Wang Angui a gift and asked Wang Angui to help. The news of Wang Angui's beating spread as soon as the big household heard about it, and as long as he was trying to help himself, he immediately sent people to those landlords and farmers to buy land, and the price was still low. After discussing with the peasant households, although they did not give up the inheritance passed down from their ancestors, they wanted to survive more, so they sold the land and even the houses to the big families and moved away.

The big family thought he had a plan, but when the flood came, the levee collapsed and all the farmland was submerged. When he was angry, he went to Wang Angui again and falsely accused those landlords and farmers of selling their fields by fraud. Wang Angui actually helped him again, not only took away the property of those landlords and farmers, but also put them all in prison.

One of the relatives of the landlord was the complainant. When the incident happened, he was studying at Puyang Academy in Kaizhou, and immediately rushed back when he heard the news, but he still failed to rescue his relatives, but was suppressed by Wang Angui and the big family, and almost lost his life.

With the help of the teachers and students of the academy, he went to Beijing to take the exam, and as soon as he left the tribute academy, he went to complain. And he performed quite well in the examination, it is said that he has already obtained the meritorious name of the tribute, and his ranking is quite high, and he only needs to participate in the palace examination next. No matter what the results of the palace examination are, he is a sure protégé of the Son of Heaven. This made the emperor and courtiers pay more attention to the case.

The Wang family once tried to contact the man privately, coercing and seducing, but he was unmoved. On the contrary, it was the Wang family's side that news came out today, saying that they had forged all kinds of false certificates in Dongchang Mansion, and had prepared several scapegoats in an attempt to clear Wang Angui's name, but they were all discovered by the people sent by Dali Temple. The minions of the Wang family also wanted to poison the people of Dali Temple, but they were arrested. When the news was reported to Beijing, Long Yan was furious and ordered Dali Temple to strictly handle the Wang family. At this point, it is no longer the Cao family or the prince who can protect the Wang family with a little effort.

In this regard, Xie Mulin had only one word: "Yes!" ”

But she immediately thought of one more thing: "If Wang Angui's crime is conclusive, does it mean that my father's grievances can also be washed away?" ”

Wen's eyes reddened: "Yes, we finally see hope!" ”