Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife

With the opening of Yi Baoxuan, Qi Ming's status was quietly raised. After many inquiries, he finally confirmed the purchase of salt, and directly sent the news back to Jingling City.

Mu Yunyao sent the letter sent back by Qi Ming to King Yue for inspection: "Fourth Master, what do you think?"

King Yue put the letter on the table and tapped it lightly with his fingers: "This matter is absolutely unusual."

Mu Yunyao nodded in agreement: "As long as the officials are not stupid, they will naturally not buy a large amount of salt at this juncture. However, they did so, and there must be a reason."

"It will cost a lot of money to buy table salt now. Seeing that the salt tax is about to be checked, the large amount of money spent will be extremely ugly on the books. Once the matter is reported to the emperor, it may be punished by the emperor, but they are naturally willing to take such a big risk. risk, then the biggest reason may be that there is something wrong with the silver.”

Over the past few days, I have also collected a lot of information, and I have some understanding of the salt tax deficit 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 up at once. Such a countermeasure was taken.

Mu Yunyao also had the same guess in her heart: "If there is really a problem with the money, this matter will be easier to handle."

King Yue nodded slightly: "Since the silver is in short supply, buying and transporting salt is also nonsense, but the salt administration has made very detailed investigations on this aspect, such as how much salt is purchased, what ship is loaded, what route is taken, where it is transported, and how it is distributed... There are rules and regulations. If the salt merchants want to collude with the government to make fakes, they will try their best to pretend to be thorough. There will be no big problems when purchasing and shipping salt. The most likely thing to do is during the transportation process. .”

"Si Ye said this, but I remembered something. I heard that the price of salt dropped sharply in the past few years, and the salt merchants were very dissatisfied. During the process of transporting salt, the salt boat was deliberately flooded, and a large amount of salt fell into the river. , causing a shortage of salt for a while, people rushed to buy it, and the price rose several times in a short period of time.”

"You mean, this time they might repeat the old trick?"

"It's just a random guess, I can't be sure." Mu Yunyao didn't say too much.

King Yue's brows moved, and he thought quickly in his heart: "I will have someone check it out as soon as possible."

"Um."

When Mu Yunyao returned home, she carefully studied the news about Li Yuanyi, and the more she looked at it, the more she frowned.

Jinqiao brought up the teacup: "Miss, Miss Mingyin is here."

"Please come in."

The injuries on Mingyin's body had already healed, and at this moment, she saw Mu Yunyao prostrating profusely: "I've seen Miss Mu."

Mu Yunyao signaled Jinlan to back down, and then said, "Young lady Mingyin, please sit down."

Mingyin was a little apprehensive. After sitting down, she twisted her skirt slightly with her fingers, and raised her head to look at Mu Yunyao from time to time.

"The reason why I invited the girl here, I think Guanshi Qin has already told you, right?"

"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. I will discuss with Manager Qin and find someone else."

"No!" Mingyin stood up abruptly, her tone a little hasty, "I am willing to do this, please give me a chance, girl."

Mu Yunyao looked at Mingyin, and sighed slightly in her heart. When discussing with Guanshi Qin earlier, he recommended Mingyin to approach Li Yuanyi. After careful inquiry, she found out that Mingyin's family members were all taken care of by Li Yuanyi. Harmful.

Seeing that Mu Yunyao was silent, Mingyin stepped forward and knelt down directly: "I don't know if the girl has heard from Guanshi Qin that I am an orphan, but it's not that I was abandoned by my parents, but that my relatives were all killed by traitors!"

Mu Yunyao got up and helped Mingyin up: "I heard from Guanshi Qin that your family and Li Yuanyi have always had a grudge, but I don't know the details. If you want to, you might as well tell me in detail. If you can help I am busy, and I will do my best!"

With tears in his eyes, Mingyin quickly said: "Ten years ago, my father was the magistrate of Linjiang City, and Li Yuanyi was the governor of Linjiang City. The imperial decree went to inspect the granary, only to find that the grain in the granary had disappeared, replaced by bags of sand, and after many investigations, it was discovered that it was Li Yuan who secretly went to the old warehouse and sold all the grain for silver!"

"After I came to Jingling City, I occasionally heard people talk about what happened in Linjiang City ten years ago. I didn't expect that your father turned out to be the prefect of Linjiang City at that time——Lu Yan. Now that Master Lu has found out the truth , didn’t you think of a way to expose him?”

Thinking of the past, Mingyin couldn't help trembling all over, with hatred flickering in his eyes: "My father is an upright official, seeing that the people in Jingling City have no food, he angrily wants to report the matter to the imperial court, but unfortunately the power of the Li family It's too big, and Li Qingzhou is even more expensive as the current prime minister. The news was intercepted before it even came out of Linjiang City. After that, Li Yuanyi even fabricated evidence and planted the matter on my father's head, so that he is now mentioned. Come on, the people of Linjiang City are all scolding..."

Mu Yunyao sighed: "Yes, ten years ago, when the power of the Li family was at its peak, although Li Yuanyi was a side branch of the Li family, once things broke out, the impact on the reputation of the Li family would be extremely bad. The Li family will naturally try their best to conceal it."

Mingyin wiped away tears: "I was still young at that time, and the old butler managed to save my life, but it's a pity that it's been too long, and now I can't find any evidence..."

Mu Yunyao didn't know the real situation of what happened in Jingling City at that time, but he believed in Guanshi Qin's character and also believed in King Yue's ability to select people. It was screened out, so what she said is very likely to be true: "It has happened for many years, please mourn the girl."

"Miss Mu, I must get this opportunity to get close to Li Yuanyi right now. No matter what the price is, as long as the girl orders, I will do my best to obey!"

Mu Yunyao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can give you a chance, but you can guarantee that you won't show the slightest trick?" After all, if what happened in Linjiang City is true, there will be a relationship between Mingyin and Li Yuanyi There is a sea of ​​blood and deep hatred, and when the time comes, seeing his enemy is in front of him, can he control it and not kill him?

Mingyin's eyes were firm: "Don't worry, girl, I know that it was absolutely impossible for Li Yuanyi alone to complete what happened back then, and there must be the blessing of other members of the Li family, so I will not act impulsively, and will work hard to find the truth." Evidence, let those who framed my father pay the price, and return my father's innocence!"