"Master Shen, stop hiding, I've seen it all..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked helplessly at the almost crushed note in Shen Que's hand.

Shen Que laughed dryly and simply threw the crumpled note on the table. Then he glanced at the tiger squatting at Jiang Xiaoxiao's feet and grinning at him in protest, and said, "I don't know, you little girl is still... Tigers in the mountains are kept at home.”

"..." Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced at the paper ball on the table, then crossed his arms and snorted coldly, imitating his example, and said: "I didn't know that Lord Shen, who had agreed to be my slave, was still carrying us behind his back. There are connections with the outside world.”

Shen Que: "... Then your tiger also bit my pigeon, what do you say?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "Can you blame my tiger? If your pigeon hadn't flown to my balcony, how could it have been injured?"

Shen Que: "..."

Before Jiang came upstairs, he saw two people, one large and one small, glaring angrily at each other without giving in at all.

She helplessly held her forehead.

"Mom, he contacted the outside without telling us." Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately complained.

"Okay, okay..." She knew.

Jiang Wei came forward, first glanced at the crumpled paper on the table, and then his eyes fell on the dove with flapping wings.

"This pigeon is quite fat..."

Is it better to braise or steam?

When Shen Que saw it, he immediately protected the pigeon and said with a dark face: "...You two, mother and daughter, don't go too far."

This is his last remaining homing pigeon.

Jiang Weiwen glanced at him, and then sat down on the chair. Without even looking at the paper ball, he just said: "Tell me, Mr. Shen, when do you want to leave? We can't stop the pigeons that want to fly. But before Mr. Shen leaves, please don’t forget to repay the debt of one thousand taels of silver.”

As she said that, she took out an abacus, pulled it twice, and said: "Oh, by the way, you stayed at my house for more than half a month. Round it up to one month, and you have to pay for food and accommodation, and you have to pay for it." The clothes and shoes you are wearing all cost me money, so let’s calculate it to fifty taels of silver... In short, if you want to leave, you will need to pay my family a total of one thousand and fifty taels of silver."

Shen Que: "..."

Seemingly helpless and helpless, Shen Que sat down on the chair and spread his hands, indicating that he had nothing to say.

This Jiang family is really a wolf's den. It's easy to get in, but you have to peel off your skin when you get out...

After a long silence, Shen Que slowly said, "How about we discuss a deal?"

"Deal?" Jiang Wei raised his eyebrows.

Shen Que said: "As far as I know, you have just bought the land of the Li family. I think your family's wealth is not less than my thousand taels of silver. I will help you completely solve the problem of the Li family. The relationship between us How about canceling the debt?"

"How are you going to solve it?"

Shen did not speak, but looked at the account books on the table.

Jiang Wei sat up straight and looked at the account book.

She has not read the contents of this account book since it was stolen back from the Huang family.

One is that she's not interested, and the other is that she doesn't think it's necessary.

The contents recorded in it are nothing more than corruption and bribery committed by the Huang family's ancestors during their years as officials.

Shen is indeed different. He came all the way from the capital to the remote Yong'an County just for this account book.

In the few days since he got the account book back, he has read it no less than five times, and he already knows the contents inside.

"In the past few years, the Huang family has made a lot of money by selling officials and holding titles, and has also caught a lot of people." Shen Que said slowly, "Don't you want to know how the eldest son of the Li family got his reputation as a scholar?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and said: "What's so curious about this? I bought it from the Huang family."

Hearing the sound, Jiang Wei and Shen Que both looked at her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..." Okay, speak faster.

She took a deep breath and said, "Is this difficult to guess? You just said that the Huang family sold out their official positions a few years ago, and Li Shoude failed to take the exams for several consecutive years. Apart from the Huang family's help, I really can't think of any other reason."

Shen Que nodded, seeming to agree with what she said, and said, "According to Dayin law, cheating in the imperial examination is a serious crime, and the penalty is death."

Therefore, even if the Li family collects enough money, the redemption may only be Li Shoude's body.

Seriously, it will even affect generations of the Li family and future generations, who will be permanently banned from taking the exam and will never be able to enter the official career again.

"I still don't know something." Jiang Wei suddenly said, "Li Shoude is just a rural man. Why did the Huang family spend so much effort to buy him this fame?"

This is what puzzles her the most.

Even if it was to get Li Jinfeng to marry him, there was no need to do this.

The Li family values ​​​​money, but why spend so much effort to buy Li Shoude a reputation when you can do it with just a few coins?
Shen Que smiled and said every word: "Because, they want to find a scapegoat."

His eyes were fixed on the account book.

Paper can never keep fire, and the crimes and crimes recorded in it will one day be revealed to the world.

Since the guilt you have committed cannot be eliminated, then find a scapegoat.

Hearing what Shen Que said, Jiang Xiaoxiao's heart sank slightly.

She didn't think too deeply about it, she simply thought that it was because Li Shoude reached some kind of deal with the Huang family that he gained the reputation of being a scholar... Unexpectedly, there were so many twists and turns involved. inside.

The water between the distinguished families in the capital and the imperial factions is still too deep, and it is far from being as simple as it appears on the surface in the original work.

"Okay, if you can solve this big problem for the Li family, the debt between us will be canceled." Jiang Wei curled his lips and said.

A rare smile appeared on her face.

The Li family has always been a thorn in her heart. Although they can't really hurt her, they still appear to prick her from time to time.

This world is not like the apocalypse she lived in in her previous life. If she doesn't like people, she can just kill them casually.

Even if you are reluctant, since you have become a person of this world, you should abide by the laws of this world.

It would be a good thing if the Li family's trouble could be solved with Shen Que's help.

After reaching an agreement, Shen Que began to write letters.

After the letter was completed, the important task of delivering the letter fell on Jiang Xiaoxiao.

No way, who let her tiger scratch Shen Que's carrier pigeon.

Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother handed the letter to the two government officials at the county government office and left.

They left very quickly, and the governor who chased them after receiving the news didn't even see their shadows.

On the day of the county government hearing, almost all the villagers in Yuhe Village went to watch.

Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother didn't go, so they just sat in their soap shop.

Many people in the town went to the county government office, and the soap business seemed particularly deserted today.

In fact, child abduction and trafficking is not a big case, and it does not arouse such strong enthusiasm from everyone.

But this time is different.

I heard that this time the case was tried in person by a high-ranking official from the capital, the Governor.

Common people like them had never seen such a big official in the capital in their lives, so naturally they followed him to see him. (End of chapter)

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