A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 199 Even corrupt officials are my backers!

Lin Shuban was shocked for a long time.

Mu Qingcheng brewed some hot tea and invited Lin Shuban to sit down in the outer room.

The house consisted of two rooms, one in the front and one in the back. The outer room was used for receiving guests, and to avoid gossip, the furniture and decorations were all made of medium-grade materials. The inner room was the bedroom, which was not for ordinary people, so it was decorated more luxuriously. Even a simple dressing table was worth several taels of silver.

In fact, the cost of the entire side room was three times the amount that Mrs. Liu had quoted.

The room was warm and cozy.

Lin Shuban looked at the smokeless stove, his feelings were very complicated. The stove was obviously burning silver wire charcoal or red silk charcoal.

According to regulations and budget allocation, all officials in the entire government office, except for the Prefect of the Capital, were only allowed to use ordinary charcoal.

"It was the adults who subsidized the money..."

"I see."

Lin Shuban interrupted Mu Qingcheng's explanation, his face regaining its gentle smile, "Sir, you are kind-hearted. Coroner Mu is the only woman in the yamen, unlike us rough men. She should be taken care of in every way."

Mu Qingcheng smiled but didn't say anything more, lest people misunderstand that she was showing off.

Lin, the clerk, took out the case file and paper and pen, and got to the point, "Regarding the autopsy, Counselor Mu, please take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be added or revised?"

Mu Qingcheng studied it carefully and pointed out several key points, which Lin Shuban recorded one by one. The two discussed it for more than half an hour until Bai Zhizhi returned, and then they finished their official business.

After seeing Lin Shuban off, Mu Qingcheng carried Bai Zhizhi back to the bedroom, her expression slightly displeased. "Zhizhi, have you been drinking?" "Yes, I drank a pot, not much." Bai Zhizhi's face was flushed, her eyes were hazy, and she looked somewhat naive.

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingcheng frowned deeply. "How did you get back? You're just a young girl, how dangerous is it for you to be out drinking like this!"

Bai Zhizhi snuggled into Mu Qingcheng's arms and mumbled, "Hehe, Sister Mu, don't worry, I'm not alone. I'm drinking with Young Master Zisong, oh no, there are a lot of people too. We're all drinking together... Hmm, Sister Mu, don't worry, wherever I go, our Bai family's spies will follow. They are all martial arts masters that my father hired at great expense!"

“Zhizhi, the capital is different from Jiangnan. Many people and things cannot be solved with money. The capital is a place where the powerful and wealthy gather, and status matters…”

"Then we have even less to fear!"

Bai Zhizhi raised her head, her expression seemingly simple-minded, but a glint of shrewdness flashed in her clear black and white eyes. "Sister Mu has a corrupt official backing her up, and with Sister Mu backing me up, it's the same as that corrupt official being my protector! Ah no, not a corrupt official, but a sir!"

Mu Qingcheng was both amused and exasperated. "You, you only use people when you need them, and discard them when you don't!"

"Hehe, Zhizhi knows what's important. The fact that you don't get angry that I called him a corrupt official only shows how much you admire Sister Mu!"

As Bai Zhizhi spoke, she pointed to the newly added items in the room and said with a hint of sarcasm, "The way the master cares for Sister Mu surpasses even mine!"

Mu Qingcheng was speechless for a moment.

Bai Zhizhi snorted again and accused, "Sister Mu is biased! I offered to buy you a house, but you didn't want it. So why did you choose the corrupt official's house?"

“Uh…” Mu Qingcheng swallowed, feeling a little guilty. “I didn’t want it either, but the problem is that the master… he gave too much.”

(End of this chapter)