"Yueqing, have you found it?" Rong Yan sat on the chair and looked at Yue Qingdao in front of him.

"I found out that the reason why so many people died was not because of the epidemic, but because the family wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune. The family took the opportunity to hoard a lot of grain and continue to sell it at a higher price, resulting in more and more people being starved to death because they could not buy food. Yueqing said, and her always cold face also showed a trace of unbearability.

When Rong Yan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Okay, these families actually dare to carry out these small actions behind my back." Yueqing, pass on my will, let those heads of families come to my temple, they have the courage to do such a thing, I want to see if they still have the courage to accept my punishment. ”

Yueqing received the order, but in half an hour, all the family heads gathered in the hall and knelt respectfully in front of Rong Yan, but Rong Yan didn't let them get up.

"I've heard that all the heads of the family have done a lot of work in this epidemic." When Rong Yan said this, there was no trace of emotion in his tone.

The heads of the family knew what they had done, and they didn't know whether Rong Yan's words were really praise or sarcasm for them, so they had to tremble and say, "The saint has a good reputation, these are just our duties......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Rong Yan's sneer, "Heh, it's a good thing, hoarding grain to bully the people, driving up prices, just reducing the number of people who died from the epidemic, right?" What a great achievement! ”

All the family heads immediately panicked, "Holy Lord, these are not the truth......

"Not true? Okay, then you will give me 100,000 taels of silver to help the people now, since you all take the common people of the world as your own responsibility, it shouldn't be difficult for you to take 100,000 taels of silver, right? Although Rong Yan said a question, he used an unquestionable tone.

He didn't intend to give them a choice from the start.

The heads of the family screamed a few times, but no one dared to refute, so they all responded silently, and Rong Yan let them go.

Zhao Yunling has never liked to live in the palace, he doesn't feel free, and the abandoned baby he picked up a few days ago is inconvenient to bring back to the palace, so he often lives in the house outside the palace to take care of the abandoned baby.

It is not a secret that Zhao Yunling lives outside the palace for a long time, and there are many ladies of the family who want to take this opportunity to get close to Zhao Yunling, and Zhao Yunling will not refuse to come, but with her cautious character, she will never agree to anything to them.

On this day, when Zhao Yunling was taking care of the abandoned baby in the house, Mrs. Lin suddenly came to visit, because she had not been through before, Zhao Yunling was also a little caught off guard for a while, but everyone came to the door, and he could not not be entertained, so he could only put the abandoned baby to sleep, put him in the house, and came out to entertain people.

Mrs. Lin was also carrying a basket of red grapes that were not common on weekdays, and she had spent a lot of money at first glance.

The outbreak of epidemic and famine in the northwest region, the Lin family, as a family wife, still has this spare money...... Zhao Yunling frowned secretly, but did not let Mrs. Lin see it.

"Madam, it's been a long time, you see, in order to meet you, I also specially brought grapes that I bought from Hu Ren a few days ago, this is a rare thing, do you want to taste it?" Mrs. Lin said, a flattering smile on her face involuntarily.

Zhao Yunling smiled, "Mrs. Lin broke the bank, I'm afraid I can't afford such a valuable thing." ”

Mrs. Lin's face changed when she heard her words, and she put the basket in her hand as if she was afraid that Zhao Yunling would not accept it, "Madam, where are you talking about this?" How can there be anything in this world that you can't afford, don't you think my grapes are cheap and refuse to accept them, right? ”

"Of course not." Zhao Yunling had no choice but to take the grape.

At this moment, the child in the house seemed to wake up, and realized that Zhao Yunling was no longer by his side, so he smashed his mouth and made some noise.

Mrs. Lin has always been a long-tongued woman, and her ears are dedicated to listening to some gossip, and she is so good that she can't do it, even though she is outside the house, she can faintly hear some sounds, "Madam, there are still people in your house, how can I hear human voices?" ”

Zhao Yunling said that his heart was not good, and he quietly pulled Mrs. Lin a few steps away, stomped her feet lightly, and motioned to the maid beside her to go into the house and look at the child.

"It's nothing special, it's just that I often put two handfuls of millet by the window, and there are always yellow orioles to eat in recent days. When Zhao Yunling said this, his face did not change, and his heart did not beat.

Mrs. Lin was still a little suspicious, and it was not easy to say anything when she saw Zhao Yunling like this.

Coincidentally, the child started crying at this time, and although the maid covered the child's mouth for the first time and took the child out of the side door, Mrs. Lin still heard two unusual movements. Dumbo eBook

"Madam, no, there is clearly a child's voice in this room. Is it Yueping? I've heard that you love your grandson and are cute, but I haven't had a chance to see it, so why don't you let me see what it looks like today? Mrs. Lin said, lifting her skirt and going into the house.

Although the child had just been taken away by the maid, there were still a lot of children's things in the house. For example, small clothes or something, the child is small, and he can't wear the old ones, if Mrs. Lin sees any clues, it will be troublesome.

Mrs. Lin's temperament Zhao Yunling has always known, once she guesses and sees it, no matter whether it is true or not, her big mouth will definitely say it.

"Mrs. Lin, you're too much to manage, aren't you?" Just as Mrs. Lin was about to push open the door of the house, Zhao Yunling spoke, and she stopped Mrs. Lin's movements.

"What I do in my own mansion shouldn't be in the way of Mrs. Lin. Did Mrs. Lin bring me grapes today, or did she come to the Lord? I really can't figure out what you're trying to do. Although Zhao Yunling's tone was light, anyone could hear the anger in her tone.

Mrs. Lin immediately dispelled the idea of ignoring Zhao Yunling and forcibly breaking in to see what secrets there were, turned around and smiled flatteringly at Zhao Yunling, "Madam, what are you talking about?" I'm naturally here for you today, but I was nosy just now, and I can't do it if I don't look at it, so don't be angry. ”

Zhao Yunling lowered his pretended anger a little, glanced at Mrs. Lin, and sat on the main seat. Mrs. Lin followed and sat on the second seat on the right, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Yunling's expression.

Zhao Yunling noticed this, and in order not to reveal the flaws, he casually talked about something with Mrs. Lin and sent the person away.

Mrs. Lin glanced at the door of the house unwillingly before leaving, and immediately attracted Zhao Yunling's warning eyes, so Mrs. Lin had to speed up and leave. But the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong.

"If there's really nothing in that room, why doesn't Zhao Yunling show it to me...... It was I who said that there was a child's voice that made her angry, so that the child in the room was really a child, and it was not her grandson Yueping. Mrs. Lin muttered.

The more Mrs. Lin thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was right, and she went to Zhao Yunling's shop to ask a guy about it, only to learn that Zhao Yunling had adopted an abandoned baby a few days ago.

"I see," Mrs. Lin snorted coldly, "there is an outbreak in the northwest, and I don't know how many victims have entered the city recently, and she dares to adopt abandoned babies at this time." ”

In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic in the city, Rong Yan asked people to build a medical hall outside the city, which was specially used to treat the victims who were infected when they fled to the imperial city.

These victims are extremely grateful to Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling, and every time Zhao Yunling and the others go to see the patient's condition, the victims will stay quietly by the side, for fear of disturbing the nobles. But tonight, when Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling went to see the patient's condition, they heard a lot of people talking about them.

A person's whispering is not loud, but the whispering of a group of people is like a disgusting fly in a quiet night, or a large swarm of buzzing flies, how can Rong Yan not care? It was Rong Yan who sent his subordinates to inquire about the content of the people's inquiry.

It didn't take much effort for his subordinates to inquire about the news, and they soon came back and told Rong Yan the news.

"Holy Lord, those people said that you had adopted a strange abandoned baby, and that you dared to adopt an abandoned baby of unknown origin when it was so dangerous, suspecting that you had been ...... Bewitched by that abandoned baby, the abandoned baby will definitely bring misfortune. After his subordinates said this, they couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on their foreheads, for fear that Rong Yan would be unhappy and give him a kick.

Rong Yan naturally wouldn't do this kind of thing, just frowned and nodded, and waved his hand to let his subordinates go down.

"How can anyone know about our adoption of abandoned babies? And spread this kind of rumor, which is coming at us. Rong Yan looked at Zhao Yunling.

Zhao Yunling immediately thought of Mrs. Lin during the day, and her face suddenly became unpleasant, "This afternoon, Mrs. Lin came to visit me, and I was taking care of the child at that time, but she came in a hurry, so she didn't hide the child well." She seemed to hear the child's voice......"

Rong Yan thought for a while before slowly picking up Zhao Yunling's words, "Someone told me today that Mrs. Lin seems to have gone to the dim sum shop to inquire about the news, and the guy at the dim sum shop also knew about our adoption of an abandoned baby, and it seems that he also told her about it." ”

"What is she doing to inquire about news for no reason?" Zhao Yunling was startled, and subconsciously asked this sentence, but quickly figured out the trick.

"She should have deduced that the child was wrong, so she wanted to go to the dim sum shop to inquire about the news, and she happened to find out, we all know Lin's personality, and she will definitely not hide this kind of thing in her heart." Rong Yan paused and didn't finish his words.

Zhao Yunling added what he didn't finish, "Are you suspicious that this rumor was made up by Mrs. Lin?" ”

Rong Yan nodded, "Very likely." ”