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Chapter 767 Revenge
"Mrs. Zhao, you don't need to be polite." Mu Ling said, the clear and sweet voice made Zhao Shi stunned for a while, then straightened up, raised her eyes slightly and saw Mu Ling who was sitting on the table, wearing a plain brocade robe , such a stunning face, Zhao has never seen such a beautiful person.

"Presumptuous." Seeing Zhao Shi's eyes, Haitang immediately frowned and scolded.

"Madam, forgive me." Mrs. Zhao quickly lowered her head, her heart pounding, and began to guess Mu Ling's identity. Before, she was only grateful, but now seeing Mu Ling, she felt that Mu Ling's identity must be unusual.

"Haitang." Mu Ling called helplessly, and waved slightly at Haitang, then turned to look at Mrs. Zhao who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "My maid made a fuss, Madam Zhao, don't panic, sit down and talk."

"Thank you Ma'am." Zhao sat down cautiously. Mu Ling saw that this Zhao was an ordinary woman. She must have worked hard all year round, but the wrinkles on her face were quite deep, and she was sitting in a simple dress. The chair is very tense.

"I called you here today because I want to ask you something, and I hope you can answer truthfully." Mu Ling looked up at Zhao Shi and said, Zhao Shi immediately nodded after hearing Mu Ling's words, expressing that Mu Ling should go explain.

No one knew about Mu Ling's meeting with Mrs. Zhao. Bei Mingyuan was running around because of the bamboo forest, and Zheng Yufan, the prefect of Guanning, followed him everywhere to investigate. The bamboo forest has been plagued by pests every year. Yes, it has never been cured.

Guan Ning's bamboo production has been greatly reduced, and the government has lost its income. How can we not be worried?
The bamboos that have been affected by the disaster are not as good as the Xie family's bamboos, and the merchants who come and go are attracted by the Xie family again and again.

It turned out that all of this was man-made. Mu Ling heard that Mrs. Zhao told the whole story. Mrs. Zhao lived with her husband at Xie's house at the beginning, and Xie's family treated people fairly well, at least they should be given food and drink. Give.

But later, the Xie family became more and more harsh, and only paid [-]% of the wages for three times the work. The men couldn't bear it anymore. Zhao's husband died of illness and exhaustion like this. Zhao had nowhere to go to raise his children. Can continue to stay at Xie's house.

As a woman, she couldn't do heavy work, so she raised bamboo and fertilized here. Once, she overheard an order from the manager of Xie's family, and asked those men to cut off the water in another bamboo mountain, and even watered something in the middle of the night.

Only later did Mrs. Zhao know that that thing could produce worms. The worms grew from the soil and gnawed a piece of bamboo forest. If it wasn't for the Xie family's terrific actions this time, Mrs. Zhao's child almost died of illness at home. Shi will not say this.

Mu Ling heard the cause and effect of this matter clearly, and then turned around and told Bei Mingyuan the whole story. It was just a small effort to save a person, but he never thought that so many things would be involved.

With Zhao's testimony, the rest of the matter became much simpler. The original plan was to stay in Guanning for five days, but because of the Zhushan incident, they stayed for two more days. Xie's house was seized, and all Zhushan was confiscated by the government .

"Then Xie's family has something to do with An Guogong. As Bei Mingling like this, I'm afraid he will hold grudges." Sitting in the small courtyard, Mu Ling took a teacup in his hand and took a sip.

(End of this chapter)