Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife - Chapter 501

[Chapter 501 A mountain is taller than a mountain]

King Yue held Mu Yunyao’s hand on his chest: “Yao’er, I am very selfish, and I clearly know that this matter should not involve you, but I am reluctant to let you go, if we are successful, I am afraid we will You’re going to die here, will you regret it?”

Mu Yunyao couldn’t help raising the corners of her lips, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him with moist eyes: “If I regret it, will Fourth Master let me go?”

“Won’t.”

“Then I won’t regret it. Besides, if you want to count our lives, it depends on whether they have the ability!”

King Yue couldn’t help but chuckle, the stars twinkling in his eyes. Every time he saw Mu Yunyao’s winning appearance, he felt proud from the bottom of his heart: “Who was sent to rescue this time?”

“His Royal Highness King Yu.”

“Second brother… With him around, our confidence will be greater.”

Mu Yunyao nodded, and took out the purse embroidered with the ingot pattern from her sleeve: “Fourth Master, this was found in the cellar of the courtyard behind the Linjiang County Government Office. After you came here, what happened? what happened?”

Mu Yunyao still called King Yue the Fourth Master, but instead of calling you respectfully, it was changed to you. Neither of them said it explicitly, but they both felt that the title of Fourth Master had a special meaning to them.

King Yue’s eyes sank slightly, and he explained his previous experience: “I was ordered by my father to come here to check the shortage of salt tax, but when I arrived, I found that the salt tax prepared by the salt transport envoy and the yamen of various prefectures The account book was perfect, even the amount of tax and silver was exactly right, and there was no sign of a deficit. But I found that the person guarding the tax and silver storeroom was very nervous, and then I quietly returned to the storeroom again without anyone noticing. It was found that all the so-called tax silver was made of clay mixed with iron sand, but only a layer of silver was plated on the surface.”

“The two ingots of tax silver I found in the pond in Linjiang Garden were the ones that Fourth Master took out of the warehouse?”

“Well, every move I made in Jiangnan was closely watched. Two pieces of silver were too conspicuous to carry with me, so I marked it and placed it in Linjiang Garden. Linjiang Garden is the name of Zhou Huai, a salt merchant in Linjiang City. In order to contact salt merchants from all over the world and to please local officials, it has raised many young boys and girls, and they have been carefully trained, and they are all used to charm people’s hearts.

Mu Yunyao raised her eyebrows slightly: “Fourth Master has the opportunity to hide the fake tax and silver in Linjiang Garden. Could it be that the salt merchant also invited you to Linjiang Garden to entertain you?”

King Yue was stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly: “Yao’er don’t worry, whether it’s body or mind, I’m loyal to you.”

Mu Yunyao pursed her lips and smiled, secretly snorting in her heart: If King Yue had two hearts, she would have an extra life on her hands.

“They wanted to use those means to please me, but after finding that I couldn’t get in, they secretly drugged me and imprisoned me in the cellar you mentioned. During my detention, they thought I had escaped without a trace. The door, I relaxed a little bit of vigilance, and let me collect a lot of information. These salt merchants were frightened by the previous salt tax case in Yangzhou City, and they wanted to find a backer, so they hit the King of Jin. I was worried that King Jin would disdain to accept them, so I thought of pulling King Jin into a boat first, so in the name of filial piety, I secretly sent the salt tax and silver into the capital, and handed it over to King Jin for flower use.”

Mu Yunyao suddenly thought: “No wonder King Jin spends so much money.” Bai Dulai so much money, naturally he doesn’t feel bad.

“Seeing that King Jin accepted them, the salt merchants became more courageous. They sold smuggled salt in Jiangnan, secretly raising the price of salt, and wanted to earn back the lost silver. They just stared at the fat in Jiangnan. , Far from the King of Jin alone, we passed the name of the same name, and after King Ling discovered the actions of King Jin and the salt merchants, he secretly found a way to expose the matter. In addition, you and I reached out to Yang Lian, and let him The salt merchants panicked. So they came up with a way to forge the salt tax account book and forge the salt tax and silver.”

Mu Yunyao couldn’t help but sneer: “These people are really daring.”

“The amount involved in the salt tax, tax and silver is too large. If the court is tracked down, even if the nine clans will not be implicated, the three clans will not be able to escape. Anyway, they have already taken the risk once, this time with the King of Jin behind the scenes. With the support of the strategy, they became more confident. At first, they just wanted to sink the boat carrying salt, tax, and silver on the river. After King Ling found out, he wanted to make things worse, so he wanted to let Linjiang send water. Later, when the matter is revealed, the father and emperor will be furious, and the king of Jin will be reviled by the people all over the world.”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes were cold and cold: “In order to make things bigger, in order to target the King of Jin, he even disregarded the lives of so many people on both sides of the Linjiang River. This His Royal Highness King Ling is really cold-blooded.”

“I didn’t expect that eldest brother turned the cart before the horse. But compared to controlling people’s hearts, King Ling is no better than King Jin. There are spies around him, and he told King Jin his plan and plan. King Jin decided to plan, even me. , I want to use the hands of King Ling to kill me, and then stab the matter of him blowing up the river bank.”

Mu Yunyao thought about it carefully, and she was a little puzzled: “Fourth Master, according to what you said, it has been more than 20 days since the river burst its dyke, and there is no trouble between King Ling and King Jin, and even there are not many rumors. …”

“Because they couldn’t find each other’s evidence, something went wrong when the river embankment was blown up. The river was too fierce, and the people of King Ling and King Jin were killed and injured a lot, which caught them both by surprise.”

“It’s such a big thing, isn’t there any useful evidence left?”

King Yue smiled slightly: “Of course there is, but I hid it.”

Mu Yunyao was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes widened: “The Fourth Master is hiding?” King Ling and King Jin broke their heads, but they didn’t want King Yue to profit from it. This is really a mountain higher than a mountain.

“Well, actually, I would like to thank you. Before, you asked Liuliang to send three letters. One of them explained your guess and let me pay attention to the Linjiang River embankment. The other two letters imitated the handwriting of King Ling and King Jin respectively. I won the trust of others. After knowing that the salt tax and silver were faked, I asked people to investigate the salt merchants who were attached to the King of Jin, and at the same time looked for craftsmen who forged official silver. I started with private kilns in various places and found some clues, so I came to Yishui City overnight.”

“Could it be that the fake tax and silver came from Yishui City?”

“Well, because the matter is too urgent, after I came here, I didn’t dare to delay at all. Using the letter you gave me, I traced an important physical evidence and made a mold for counterfeit tax silver. This is what King Ling has been working on. looking for.”

[End of This Chapter]