With the opening of Yibaoxuan, the status of the same name has quietly increased. After many inquiries, the matter of the salt procurement was finally confirmed, and the news was directly sent back to Jingling City.
Mu Yunyao sent the letter from Qi Ming to King Yue to check: "Fourth Master, what do you think?"
King Yue put the letter on the desk and tapped lightly on it with his fingers: "This matter is absolutely unusual."
Mu Yunyao nodded in agreement: "As long as the officials are not stupid, they naturally wouldn't buy a large amount of salt at this juncture, but they did so, there must be a reason." "Buying salt now costs a lot of money, Seeing that the salt tax is about to be verified, this large amount of money is spent, and the book is extremely ugly. Once the matter is reported to the emperor, it may be punished by the saint, but they are naturally willing to take such a big risk, so the biggest reason is
There may be a problem with the silver. "
In the past few days, I have also collected a lot of information. I have some understanding of the salt tax deficiencies of the salt merchants. The biggest possibility is that the hole in the salt tax is too large, and the salt merchants cannot fill it all at once. such a countermeasure.
Mu Yunyao also conjectured in her heart: "If there really is a problem with the money, this matter will be easier to handle." King Yue nodded slightly: "The silver taels are in short supply, so buying and transporting salt is naturally non-existent, but salt The government has been very detailed in this regard. How much salt is purchased, what ships are loaded, what routes are taken, where are they shipped, how are they distributed... All of them have regulations, if salt merchants want to collude with the government to make
Fake, I will try my best to disguise it comprehensively. There will not be too many problems when purchasing and loading salt, and the most likely thing to do is in the process of transportation. "When the fourth master said this, I remembered something. I heard that the price of salt dropped sharply in the past few years, and the salt merchants were extremely dissatisfied. In the process of transporting salt, the salt ship was deliberately flooded, and a large amount of salt fell into it. In the river, there was a shortage of salt for a while, and people rushed to buy it, and the price was short.
increased several times over time. "
"You mean, this time they may repeat their old tricks?"
"It's just a random guess, I'm not sure." Mu Yunyao didn't say too much.
Yue Wang's eyebrows moved, and he thought quickly in his heart: "I will have someone check it as soon as possible."
"Um."
When Mu Yunyao returned home, she carefully studied the news about Li Yuanyi, her brows furrowed more tightly.
Jin Qiao brought the tea cup up: "Miss, Miss Mingyin is here."
"Please come in."
Mingyin's injuries have long since healed. At this time, seeing Mu Yunyao Yingying bowing down and salute: "I have seen Miss Mu."
Mu Yunyao motioned Jin Lan to step back, and then said, "Miss Mingyin doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat."
Mingyin's face was a little apprehensive. After sitting down, his fingers were slightly twisted at the skirt of his skirt, and he looked up at Mu Yunyao from time to time.
"The reason why I invited the girl to come here, I think the steward Qin has already told you that?"
"Yes, I already know that."
Mu Yunyao nodded: "This matter may be a lot of embarrassment for the girl. If you feel reluctant, you can tell me directly, and I will discuss with Steward Qin to choose someone else."
"No!" Mingyin stood up abruptly, her tone a little hurried, "I am willing to do this, please give me a chance."
Mu Yunyao looked at Mingyin and sighed slightly in her heart. When he discussed with Steward Qin earlier, he recommended Mingyin to approach Li Yuanyi. Later, after careful inquiry, he found out that all of Mingyin's family members were taken by Li Yuanyi. Harmful.
Seeing that Mu Yunyao was silent, Mingyin stepped forward and knelt down directly: "I don't know if the girl heard the steward Qin say that I am an orphan, but not abandoned by my parents, but all my relatives were murdered by adulterers!"
Mu Yunyao got up and helped Mingyin up: "I heard Steward Qin say that your family and Li Yuanyi have always had a grudge, but I don't know how, if you want, you might as well tell me in detail, if you can help I'm busy, I will do my best!" Mingyin said with tears in his eyes, "Ten years ago, my father was the prefect of Linjiang City, and Li Yuanyi was the governor of Linjiang. It was decreed to release grain for disaster relief. My father inspected the granary according to the decree, only to find that the grain in the granary was missing.
It was replaced by bags of silt. Later, after multiple investigations, we found out that it was Li Yuan who secretly went to Chencang and sold all the food for silver taels! "
"After I came to Jingling City, I occasionally heard people talk about what happened in Linjiang City ten years ago. I didn't expect your father to be the prefect of Linjiang City, Lu Yan. Since Mr. Lu has found out the truth, Didn't you find a way to expose him?" Thinking of the past, Mingyin couldn't help trembling all over, hatred flashing in his eyes: "My father is an upright official, and seeing that the people of Jingling City have no food to use, he is angry and wants to send The matter was reported to the court, but unfortunately the Li family is too powerful, and Li Qingzhou is even more expensive as the prime minister of the court, and the news has not yet come out of Linjiang City
He was stopped, and after that, Li Yuanyi even fabricated evidence and framed the matter on my father's head, so much so that the people of Linjiang City are scolding him even now..."
Mu Yunyao sighed: "Yeah, ten years ago, when the power of the Li family was at its peak, although Li Yuanyi was a side supporter of the Li family, once the incident broke out, the impact on the reputation of the Li family was extremely bad. Naturally, the Li family will try their best to hide it."
Mingyin wiped away her tears: "I was still young at that time, and the old housekeeper tried to save my life, but it's a pity that it's been a long time, and now I can't find any evidence..." Mu Yunyao didn't know what happened, what the real situation was, but he believed in Qin Steward's person and also in Yue Wang's ability to select people. If there was really a problem with this Mingyin, it would have been screened out early. So it's very likely that what she said was
Really: "It has happened for many years, and I would like to ask the girl to mourn."
"Miss Mu, I must get this opportunity to get close to Li Yuanyi. No matter what the cost, as long as the girl tells me, I will do my best to obey!" Mu Yunyao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can give you the opportunity. , but you can promise not to show the slightest clue?" After all, if the matter in Linjiang City is true, there will be a bloody feud between Mingyin and Li Yuanyi.
Can't live without a killer? Mingyin's eyes were firm: "Please don't worry, girl, I know that Li Yuanyi alone could not accomplish what happened back then, and there must be the blessing of the rest of the Li family, so I won't act impulsively, and will try my best to find it. Evidence, let the people who framed my father pay the price and return my father's innocence!"