Abandoned wives of the Qing Dynasty

These actions of Ning Hua, let alone those who stared at her, could not understand, even Shi Qi could not understand.

These days, Seventeen has also started to deal with some Jiangnan affairs. It should be said that whether it is the current Jiangnan governor or Jiangnan general soldier, they are all trusted by Yongzheng's cronies, so there is no big problem.

Therefore, hearing my daughter-in-law say that Ning Hua has been soaking in teahouses these days, I don't understand.

Think about it, even if you don't do what the emperor wants you to do, what's the matter, you are here to buy tea gardens and tea houses, what's the use of you just making tea! !

He didn't want to inquire, so when the three of them finished dinner, they mentioned this matter to Ning Hua.

"Everyone in Jiangnan knows that I'm coming to buy tea gardens, right? Hehe, tea gardens are quite expensive now, don't you think I'm an idiot?" Ning Hua blew on the tea and laughed.

In fact, I am not used to having a cup of tea after meals, but everyone is like this, so Ning Hua is also used to drinking tea with a tea bowl, and smelling the fragrance of tea leaves by the way.

And pretending to sip tea can also give yourself a breathing room.

"Seventeenth brother, do you know why the emperor agreed to come over this time?" Ning Hua put down his tea bowl and asked with a smile.

Theoretically, Ning Hua can't come to Jiangnan at all, unless it is to accompany the driver, and if Lao Qi comes to accompany the driver, she can still follow, and if Lao Qi doesn't come, she can't come at all, unless the Queen Mother also comes, then still There are excuses, such as serving the queen mother and so on.

Otherwise, how could Ning Hua, a married woman, be qualified to come! !

This is something Hong Zhou including Seventeen and Hong Pan did not understand! !

After all, Ning Hua is sometimes unreliable, everyone knows, but how could the emperor do unreliable things?

Shi Qi then knew that Mrs. Seven was going to talk to him about something, so she gave his wife a wink, and Niu Gulu took the girl out.

Only Ning Hua and her eldest girl were left in the room.And Shi Qi and his personal eunuch.

"You also know that some matters in the hands of the thirteenth brother are entrusted to Hong Zhou and Hong Dun, and Hong Dun is also a frequent visitor to my house. Sometimes, I will occasionally look through those books..."

Ning Hua said meaningfully, in fact, when Ning Hua handed over the power to Hong Zhou, he had discussed with Shisan that he would not interfere with Hong Zhou's affairs. look.

Of course, the official excuse is that we are in the inner house.Curious, good gossip, know some private things, when we get along with some ladies in the future, we can understand certain things.I don't know if I offend others.

However, Shisan is not stupid, so he naturally understands that Ning Hua actually wants to help his son find out the gaps. At some point, even Shisan or Yongzheng have to admit that Ning Hua is discovering gossip, oh no.But the angle of discovering some clues is really different from others.

After all, professional and amateur views are different. In other words, Ning Hua looks at politics with a gossip mentality, and can often find some clues that are different from others.

Therefore, with the help of Yongzheng's Nodding Thirteen, Ning Hua began to look through the materials compiled by others.

Over the years, Ning Hua has discovered quite a lot.Then I will write my doubts in the booklet, and then copy a copy and submit it to Yongzheng.

We must let Yongzheng know that we are doing serious things, and we are not gossips! !

Although we are holding the mentality of gossip...

And half a year ago.Ning Hua discovered a very strange thing, which had something to do with the former Cao family and Li family.

Ever since the Cao and Li families ransacked their homes, no matter whether it was Ninghua or Yongzheng, they all found that the numbers on their books were wrong.

Because Ning Hua knew the history, and Yongzheng had direct contact with the two families, he naturally understood how much money they had embezzled, so he knew it well.

Moreover, there were rumors in the rivers and lakes that Lao Jiu had previously concealed Wan Guan's family wealth from the Li family. Although Ning Hua personally felt that it was not credible, Yong Zheng believed it.

Yongzheng also knew about the fact that the two headed families had been in the south of the Yangtze River, so he kept silent. Over the years, the two heads passed away, and their descendants were kept in the capital for half a circle. Although they could be called obedient, Yongzheng was still dissatisfied.

Ning Hua, on the other hand, wanted to find out the money that Cao and Li's family collected together.

Money is not the point, the point is whether you can solve the mystery. Ning Hua may not be interested in other things, but the Cao family! !

Ning Hua felt that he had to find out the Cao family, which had great influence on future generations. If there was no such thing, he would return the Cao family to innocence.

The devil hides in the details, details determine success or failure, not to mention, Ning Hua really discovered something based on those records.

The first one is that in the first year of Yongzheng, there was a shortage of coffin bearers in Hangzhou City. In fact, this incident was written by a certain spies casually.

Since it is of the nature of essays, Ning Hua didn't find anything after reading it the first few times.

But once, when telling Yong Chen and his brothers the story of the Tang Dynasty, I suddenly felt such a flash of inspiration.

After a flash, Ning Hua felt something was wrong.

First, either a lot of people died in Hangzhou that year, or coffin bearers can’t be called a popular profession. dark income.

These days, some coffin bearers are purely the work of their own relatives. Only when the coffin is released by a rich family will they use the coffin bearers. Generally, in a city the size of Hangzhou City, there are only about twenty or so, and some of them are as big as that. Kind of temporary.

And the second is that after Ning Hua adjusted the records, he found that the number of deaths in Hangzhou City that year was not many, which was an average number. Then, how could there be a shortage of coffin bearers?

Generally, the coffins are carried by six strong men or eight people, and it is not every day that a rich family dies. Although there are many local tyrants in Hangzhou City, some of the rich families are servants and servants. Therefore, Ning Hua feels a little Strange.

Then Ning Hua sent someone to find the spy, and by the way went to Hangzhou City to check a few things.

First, did the coffin bearers all die in the same period of time?

Second, check the family members of the coffin bearers, and ask the dead coffin bearers, which families did they accept before they died, and the most important thing is that those who died jointly accepted them. Specifically, check for one year, if not, six months and three months will do.

As soon as Ning Hua found out, he deliberated several times, and then told Shisan about the matter. On the one hand, Shisanyi immediately reported it to Yongzheng, and on the other hand, he also sent people to Jiangnan.

It's not that he doesn't trust Ning Hua's staff, but Shisan thinks that if something really happens, it would be better for both parties to investigate together.

And the results of the investigation can be said to be very gratifying.

First, the eight people who carried the coffin all died within three months.

Don't tell us that these eight people are too close to each other, so they go down together and continue to carry ghosts, what the hell, don't tell Yongxu about this kind of thing, Yongxu won't believe it, neither will the two brothers Yongchen OK! !

Second, although some deaths seem to be normal, three of them fought each other because of fighting for girls when they went to the flower building in autumn, and then two were stabbed to death by each other, and one was trying to persuade a fight, and then fell downstairs Brain hit the ground and died.

Ninghua's spies came back and only said that the flower building was not a very tall flower building, so the buildings there were not very tall.

And one was on the street because he saw someone being molested, and then he helped the girl. Unexpectedly, he was beaten up instead of being able to help the girl, and it is said that he died the next day.

As for the other two who fell into the river and drowned in winter, the other one was even more ridiculous. It is said that he never drank, but he drank inexplicably on the night of the winter solstice, and then died of drunkenness on the street. Discover.

The last one hanged himself on the night of New Year’s Eve for no reason. It is said that he lost money the day before, probably because he was afraid of debt collectors coming to his door, so he thought about it.

And the most important thing is that no one feels how these coffin bearers are dead, they only feel that there is a shortage and a shortage of people. After all, they live at the bottom, not to mention, they are dealing with that kind of things. It's not good to say that it may be contaminated with dirty things.

Therefore, whether their neighbors or relatives were walking or moving, the people sent by Ning Hua and Shisan could not find their relatives and friends at all.

It is even more impossible to know some things.

But even if you don't know it, you still feel something is wrong! !

Therefore, they ordered people to investigate who the eight people had carried together before they died.

Fortunately, generally, when it comes to carrying coffins, everyone works together as a team. The master leads the apprentice, or the elder brother leads the younger brother. Therefore, basically everyone acts together.

The spies quickly found out the dead, and then checked them one by one.

The most important thing is to check the relationship between the deceased or the Cao and Li families of the deceased's family. Thirteen also expanded to the relatives of the Cao and Li families.

Not to mention, a deceased person was actually found in Hangzhou City, who had such a little connection with the Cao and Li families.

This family is a mill, and the specifications are quite large. It is said to be a century-old brand.

And the old lady of this mill used to serve the old lady of the Sun family. Everyone knows that the old lady of the Sun family is the wet nurse of Lord Kangxi. Isn't it because their mothers have all done this job.

And the reason why this mill was not found out before is that since the old lady got married, unlike other families, she would go to Cao's house to fight the autumn breeze or other things, except that the old lady of the Sun family came to pay homage when she died of illness. Yes, you really don't see any connection between him and the Cao family.

This is also a relationship that was not found out at the beginning.