my grandmother

Chapter 193 Cases
After five or six days of interrogation day and night, Huang Xianzhou and Mr. Yao finally figured out the facts of the case, wrote an abbreviation and handed it to Gu Yan, and the two of them finally took a breather and had a good night's sleep.

The moon rises, the clear light falls, and between the masts in the distance, the sea is filled with silver waves.

Mr. Yao came over with a small jar of wine and sat next to Huang Xianzhou.

"When you reported it to Shi Ziye, I went to pick out a jar of lotus white, would you like to drink it?" Mr. Yao asked while uncovering the mud.

"Drink." Huang Xianzhou spread out the two stacked bowls.

Mr. Yao poured wine into the bowl, picked it up, took a sip, smacked for a moment, and exhaled, "Good wine!"

Huang Xianzhou looked at the sea in the distance, and drank his wine one after another.

Mr. Yao stopped talking.

Huang Xianzhou took one sip after another, finished a bowl of wine, and sighed, "Oh! In the past few decades, I have always complained that there are no major cases, no major events, and I can't show my talents. Now!"

Huang Xianzhou let out another long sigh. After waiting for a long time, Mr. Yao saw that he was drinking again, so he couldn't help asking, "What about now? Go on."

"How do you feel now that this case has been tried?" Huang Xianzhou looked at Mr. Yao.

"Unfortunate! Alas, those lives, more than 100 lives, alas!" Mr. Yao also sighed.

"And those silver coins, alas."

The two sighed together.

"In the past, I always dreamed about doing big things, thinking about how happy it would be to handle a big case and do a big thing!" Huang Xianzhou took a big sip of wine.

Mr. Yao looked at him sideways. No matter how he looks like this, he is depressed and not happy.

"Now, this case has never been seen in decades, or even in a hundred years. Until now, the trial has only peeled off the first layer, in my heart!" Huang Xianzhou's words were suddenly stopped, and after a while, he let out a long sigh, "Xiang Shu It is said that only the body is strong can bear wealth, wealth is wealth and it is also a burden, the same is true when dealing with major events and cases, externally it is important appointment, internally it is oppressive and painful.”

"Dong Weng can bear it." Mr. Yao patted Huang Xianzhou.

"Well, you and I can handle it, and we can handle it. But right now, I miss the Kunshan County Government very much." Huang Xianzhou sighed again.

"Even if we go back to Kunshan County now, you will be your county magistrate and I will be my master, but we can't go back in this state of mind. Let's move on. Look at the son, he is calm and composed." Mr. Yao told Huang Xianzhou Add wine.

"He and the crown prince are definitely different from us. Oh, forget it, let's stop with these sentimental and sentimental words. Tell me, what will the crown prince do next?" Huang Xianzhou brought the topic back to business.

"Although the son is young, he has far-reaching plans and sophisticated methods. I have thought about it, but I can't figure it out." Mr. Yao simply shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty ordered me to put human life first in my trials. That is to start with the homicide case first. There are more than 100 human lives. I don't know which lives to choose." Huang Xianzhou's voice fell extremely low.

"Huh? Still need to choose? Is there a difference in life?" Mr. Yao's mood became even worse.

"There is no difference in human life, but there are differences in the people involved. Which murder case is pushed out and which murder case is suppressed is related to the court situation. Alas, when I was practicing in the household department, the sentence I hated to hear the most was to be related. The court thinks about the court, but I didn't expect that now, I will also say that it is about the court and consider the court." Huang Xianzhou looked melancholy.

"This sentence has something to do with the court situation, and that's something only a high-level man can say. Dong Weng has made great progress." Mr. Yao flattered him with a dry smile on his face.

Huang Xianzhou glanced at him sideways, sighed, and picked up his bowl to drink.

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The palace outside Pingjiang City.

In the courtyard where the prince lived, in the warm pavilion near the water, Gu Yan was sipping tea, waiting for the prince to finish reading the thick stack of plots.

After the prince finished watching, he was silent for a moment, and put the abbreviation in front of Gu Yan, "Do you think, daddy knows about this?"

"The emperor has long taught that the matter of the Sea Taxation Department has a lot to do with it. The matter of the Sea Taxation Department is not a matter of the Sea Taxation Department alone. I think that even if the Emperor does not know these details, he can guess what the situation is." Gu Yan replied.

"I'll write a sealed booklet for Dad. This abridgement." The crown prince paused, looking down at the abridgement, "The writing is a bit messy, so I won't show it to Dad."

"It's indeed a bit messy, and the case hasn't been cleared yet." Gu Yan looked at the prince.

"How long do you think this will take?" The prince was silent for a while, sat across from Gu Yan, and asked.

"It will take about half a month to thoroughly review these homicide cases. It will take one and a half to two months to find out the flow of these tax money over the years.

"But at this moment, someone in the capital should have received the letter from the Pingjiang Mansion. We have copied and checked the Jiangnan Silk Company and the Customs Department. I don't know what those people in the capital will do and what methods they will use, but they are sure. Will not sit idly by.

"What will happen to the capital and what will happen to the south of the Yangtze River are the problems we have to face." Gu Yan said in a low voice.

"Pang Xianggong has always advocated being gentle with the outside world rather than using troops. The tax money collected by the Sea Taxation Department is used for military expenses in the north and must not be embezzled. It is also an iron law of national policy to revive the Sea Taxation Department. Weaving workshops withered."

The prince paused for a moment, and sighed.

"My idea is to start with the homicide cases, especially these cases of murdering officials of the inspection station, and throw them out first to see what's going on." Gu Yan said with downcast eyes.

"En." The prince pondered for a moment, then nodded.

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When Li Xiaonan came back from Guoxiang, she was still a shot away from her new home, but was stopped by Shi Gun's servants, who asked Li Xiaonan to get into another car, which stopped after walking not far.

Li Xiaonan got out of the car, a few steps away was the gangplank, and the gangplank stretched out to a very simple-looking big boat.

Gu Yan was sitting in the cabin, looking at a picture spread on the table, when he heard the movement, he did not raise his head, and hooked his fingers.

Li Xiaonan walked to the table and stretched her head to look at the blueprint.

"See what this is?" Gu Yan pointed at the picture with his finger.

"Whose house? It's very similar to ours." Li Xiaonan looked at the architectural painting.

"This is your home!" Gu Yan snorted in disgust.

"You let people show you the painting? Why are you painting this?" Li Xiaonan stretched out her hand and turned the meticulous painting to face her, looking carefully.

"Look at your new house." Gu Yan signaled Shi Gun to take the blueprint away.

"Have you been so busy lately?" Li Xiaonan watched as Shi Gun took away the blueprints and served tea and snacks.

"Not idle, very busy." Gu Yan pushed a plate with a mochi in front of Li Xiaonan.

"I'm busy too." Li Xiaonan picked up the small mochi and tasted it carefully.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning to accompany the crown prince on an inspection trip to the south. If you need anything, ask Ah Wu to go to Bieye to find Wan Qing. If you want to read a book or something, just ask Ah Wu to take you there."

Gu Yan watched as Li Xiaonan finished eating the mochi, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of her.

"Also, when you are free someday, go to Linhai Town and talk to Huang Xianzhou. I think he has been worried recently. He has nothing to say to me. You can ask him for me. Remember to be careful." Gu Yan went on to explain.

"Okay, ask him why he is so worried? What are you worried about?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"The tax department's cases are all in his hands." Gu Yan didn't answer directly.

Li Xiaonan snorted, "Then I'll go tomorrow."

"Your new house is not bad, let Ah Wu and Wang Yuting move in and live with you." Gu Yan continued.

Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at Gu Yan, but said nothing.

"That teahouse will make money next month and pay its bills. If Ah Wu and the others live there again, they will have to pay the real money for rent, food, and fodder every month. It must be much more expensive than living in your house." Gu Yan bowed slightly, looked at Li Xiaonan, and said seriously.

Li Xiaonan stared at Gu Yan speechlessly.

"I have to go back. If Huang Xianzhou has anything that you think is important, write a letter to Wan Qing. If there is nothing else, wait for me to come back." Gu Yan confessed again, and raised his finger to signal Li Xiaonan to leave.

Li Xiaonan hummed instead of agreeing, stood up and walked out.

(End of this chapter)