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Chapter 409 One wave has not settled down, another wave has arisen

From the beginning to the present, it seems that he has always played Cui Pu like a monkey.But looking at it now, why did he feel that he was the one who was being played like a monkey?
For more than two months, he came to Yangzhou without any progress, and he kept wandering around whether Cao Shu was engaged and who he was betrothed to before the Cao family ransacked the house.In order to understand this matter, I also invited Xiao Changshi and Mrs. Cao from Chang'an!These two people became the most critical stroke in the conclusion of today's case.

He also said that he would drag Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao into the cocoon, but he hadn't even started to smoke, and the matter had already been declared over!
On the contrary, on my side, Dai Ziang and Xiao Changshi were stripped of their cocoons!

Cui Pu's attack was really ruthless, so ruthless that he could hardly hate him.

Look, the cause of the incident was that Dai Ziang stole the old lady Cao from the village in the country and asked her to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a complaint.Cui Pu also quietly asked someone to release Cao Shishilang from Xiao Changshi's mansion, and asked him to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a complaint; through Li Linfu's relationship, they asked the saint to appoint him as a dismissal envoy to try the case. Let Yuwei come to arrest people with great fanfare; they are digging holes for Cao Shu to produce evidence, Cui Pu simply asked Cao Shu to produce a blood book, which directly stimulated the old lady Cao and made her go crazy on the spot!They still wanted to bring in Cui Pu, Mu Jiaojiao and even Yuan Jie Dushi bit by bit to kill them. Cui Pu had already abolished Xiao Changshi and Dai Ziang directly.Even he will be implicated!
It's completely taking the methods they used to deal with this group of people and using them on them.Moreover, it was used so successfully, which contrasted with the stupidity and incompetence of their group of instigators.

When he returns to Chang'an, how should he explain to Li Zhongshu!
But Yuwei has already arrived, and Mrs. Cao's confession is also here. In addition, Cui Pu, a local snake in Yangzhou Mansion, made a strong request, so Yuwei followed Mrs. Cao's order and went to a barren mountain [-] miles away from Zhuangzi to search for it. After searching again, as expected, the bodies of more than a dozen Zhuanghu people who were brutally murdered were found.

Now, Dai Ziang is finished.

Niu Xianlin still wanted to struggle in vain: "This old lady suffers from heart disease, who knows if she is talking nonsense?"

Mu Jiaojiao patiently explained: "Before she was in Yangzhou, I gave her acupuncture and medicine every day, and she was almost cured, so her mind was awake most of the time. But after being taken away, Those people haven't given her needles or medicine for such a long time, and they kept stimulating her, which made her illness worse and worse."

Therefore, Mrs. Cao's confession is completely acceptable.

This game of ups and downs is also smooth enough!

Niu Xianlin found that he was speechless at all.

A group of people came aggressively, but finally left in despair.Along with him, Xiao Changshi's body and Dai Ziang, who was tied up and waiting to return to Chang'an to be convicted, were also taken away.

As for Cui Pu and Cao Shu?
Since she was already engaged before the house was copied, Cao Shu was already part of the Qiu family, so what does it matter to her whether the Cao family is copied or not?In detail, the imperial court still owes her a dowry money!
In the end, Cao Shu showed great kindness and took the dowry as money for the old lady Cao's redemption, and she didn't want it anymore-for the family members of old or young prisoners, the court stipulated that they could use money to buy them back home.

The crime of harboring Mrs. Cao is even less of a thing.Such an old lady, who is also suffering from heart disease, dare not accept her in the prison!They can keep her by their side and take good care of them, which is all about lightening the burden on the country.

However, Cui Pu was also an official of the court after all.It is also a crime for him to keep Mrs. Cao by his side for so long, but he has never reported a word to the Ministry of Punishment.

According to Niu Xianlin's temperament, if he didn't recognize Cui Pu's true face, he would definitely take advantage of this to make trouble and ruthlessly peel off Cui Pu's skin.But now... if he dares to act recklessly, it's not certain who will take off a layer of skin!

He has a deep experience of this kid's insidiousness and viciousness, so he will not dare to act rashly next year.

That's right, Niu Xianlin is a coward.When you are strong, you are weak, and when you are weak, you are strong.To put it bluntly, he is a generation of foxes and tigers.Once the tiger skin on his body no longer works, he will lose his prestige.

In the end, he just reprimanded Cui Pu verbally and fined him half a year's monthly salary, and the matter was over.The majesty of the bullying dethronement was demolished.

Not long after Niu Xianlin and his party left, Cao Shu also rushed to Chang'an with Qiu Shan.They were going to see Cao Shishilang, and took Cao Shishilang's remains back for burial.

Before leaving, Mrs. Cao took Cao Shu's hand and refused to let go: "Miss Thirteen, you must bring your two brothers back together! Your twelfth brother is gone, and our Cao family will take care of you." He is the only male left. If he is gone, the blood of our Cao family will be completely cut off! This is absolutely impossible, do you remember? Now you swear to me, you must bring him back , or you will be hit with thunder and bombardment, and you will die a terrible death!"

Cao Shu looked at her speechlessly. "Great-grandmother, Brother Eleven is still a criminal. Even if Xiao Changshi and Observer Dai are convicted, his final outcome is very likely to be sent to the military camp to go to the battlefield. What can I do?" Going against the court? You think too highly of me!"

"What about Qiu Langjun? Didn't their father and son heal many nobles? You just ask him to ask the nobles for help. At worst, your grandfather also made many friends when he was an official. Go ask them! You If you can't ask, then I will go with you!"

"Great-grandmother, please save yourself! The fact that Brother Eleven was exposed this time is already thanks to their help. Others don't owe us any debts. It's already very good that they can help to this extent. In the future We should walk the road step by step by ourselves." Cao Shu said helplessly.

"But your younger brother is the only remaining male in our Cao family!" The old lady Cao cried, "Why are you so cruel, girl? I know you are married and are no longer from the Cao family , so you don’t think about the Cao family at all, do you? The Cao family has raised you for so many years, so you don’t care about any kindness?”

Cao Shu was pissed off again.

Seeing this, Mu Jiaojiao smiled and said: "Old Madam Cao, you always want our husband and wife to come forward to help, so you just say it, why bother to make insinuations like this? It's not that you don't know how capable the Thirteenth Lady and Qiu Langjun are, so why bother?" Spoiling and rolling around here?"

"You said it yourself! You want to help us yourself, but I didn't say anything!" Mrs. Cao hurriedly said, but her eyes were shining brightly, full of hope.

Cao Shu was very anxious when she heard the words: "Cousin, you have helped us a lot, now you don't need to intervene in this matter, really!"

"Don't worry, we've done what we should do, and we don't intend to interfere any more." Mu Jiaojiao said indifferently.

The old lady Cao became anxious immediately, she stepped forward and raised her hand as if to hit Cao Shu. "You damn girl, who told you to say that?"

But Qiu Shan pulled her aside, and looked at the old lady Cao quietly: "Great-grandmother, if you still want your only remaining grandson to be safe and sound, you'd better behave yourself."

The old lady Cao was in front of Cao Shu again, but now it was Qiu Shan, she was like a deflated ball, and she couldn't get mad anymore.

Only then did Qiu Shan hold Cao Shu's hand: "It's getting late, it's time for us to go on the road."

"Yeah." Cao Shu nodded, and was obediently led by him to the carriage.The little woman's appearance is gentle and gentle, standing beside the tall and rough Qiu Shan, she looks like a husband and wife, no matter how you look at it, she feels seductive.

Watching the couple go away, Mu Jiaojiao turned back and smiled at Mrs. Cao: "Mrs. Cao, is it time to settle the old score between us?"

"Us? What's the old score between us?" Mrs. Cao's mouth was trembling, and her feet stepped back.

Mu Jiaojiao smiled slightly: "That's too much! Just like last time, you lived with us for half a year, but you didn't give us a penny for food, clothing and shelter! And because of you, my husband was fined Half a year's salary. Have you ever thought about how our family will live without my husband's salary? And how will you compensate us?"

Cui Pu nodded repeatedly when he heard the words: "That's right! Among other things, compensation must be given. Otherwise, we are really at a loss!"

"Aren't you short of this little money?" Old lady Cao screamed.

Not to mention Mu Jiaojiao's dowry for this young couple, it was so generous that it made people jealous.Cui Pu has opened a shop with Wei Zhuang and Lu Jiu in recent years, and they have earned a lot of money.In addition, he was appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou, and he didn't need to be corrupt every year. The filial piety sent by the subordinates and the ice charcoal money issued by the court were already worth his salary for decades!

As a result, now, the couple actually asked her to compensate for a mere half a year's salary?

"Whether we are short of money or not is one thing, but it's another thing for you, the old man, to pay for what you have done!" Mu Jiaojiao smiled, his eyes full of the cunning of a villain, " Besides, it's rare that the thirteenth lady is not here, how can we not hurry up and torture you? We have accumulated nearly ten years of anger, and if we don't vent it on you, when you die and go to the earth, we really don't even have a place to vent No more. Rokuro, don’t you think so?”

"That's right!" Cui Pu nodded, and then curled up the corners of his lips, "However, you said, let's let her do something first?"

"Let her go to the hospital to do odd jobs first!" Mu Jiaojiao said.

"Well, that's a good idea." Cui Pu nodded, "The business in the post house is getting better and better, and the medicine boys and handymen are busy all day long, and they really need someone to help. "

After hearing this, Mrs. Cao's complexion suddenly changed - she has offended all those people in the medical center all over the place!If she went there and worked as a lowly odd job, wouldn't those people torture her to death?
Thinking about the last time she was forcibly fed Coptis chinensis by Imperial Physician Chang, she couldn't help shaking.

"I do not--"

"Old man, thank you Madam Zhifu for your kindness. It just so happens that we don't have an old lady who does odd jobs in the clinic!" Physician Chang hurriedly said upon hearing this.With a wave of his hand, he brought two medicine boys forward and dragged Mrs. Cao away.

The medicine boys started to attack, but Mrs. Cao couldn't cry out, struggled but couldn't move.He could only be taken away with a look of lovelessness.

At least until Cao Shu comes back, she doesn't have to think about living a good life.

After successfully dealing with the old lady, Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao returned to the government office with peace of mind.

Finally, all those horrible people are gone!The government office is clean, and their hearts are also clean.

The couple lay relaxed on the couch, cuddling each other, enjoying the rare tranquility.

"By the way, how are the affairs of the dozen or so households handled?" Cui Pu asked suddenly.

"The body has been claimed by the family. I met their family members yesterday, and each of them rewarded them with a hundred coins, and promised to send their children to us to serve them when they grow up. Although they were sad, their expressions were still It's calm. After a while, they will fully accept the facts." Mu Jiaojiao replied.

Cui Pu nodded, but couldn't help clenching his fists again. "Dai Ziang is really hateful! If you want to arrest someone, arrest him. Why kill other innocent people? This time, I won't call him Cui Pu if I don't kill him alive!"

This kind of person who is used to licking blood on the edge of a knife has always been more ruthless than others.When they do things, they only want to fight quickly and avoid future troubles, so how can they care about human life?The lives of those farmers are no different from ants in his eyes, right?If you trample to death, you trample to death, it's not a big deal at all.

Mu Jiaojiao thought about it, but didn't say it out loud.

Although she could understand Dai Ziang's thoughts, she did not agree with them.Especially, it was their people that Dai Ziang killed!Therefore, they must make Dai Ziang pay the due price!
The two of them talked without saying a word, finally enjoying the rare feeling of stability in this world after the restlessness.

But soon, this feeling was broken again.

A few days later, a letter from Mr. Cui Ge came from Chang'an.Cui Pu took it apart and looked at it, and suddenly trembled all over, his eyes were red——

"Zhang Zhongshu passed away due to illness when he went back to his hometown in Qujiang, Lingnan to sweep the grave!"

The three years from Mu Jiaojiao's prophecy were actually exactly the same.

(End of this chapter)