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Chapter 31 Chapter 6: Gluttony
Ling Jing was flipping through the laws of the Zhou Dynasty in the study and said: "In the previous life, Li Guanqi entered the palace as an eunuch and was always with the emperor. The young emperor Lin Yiheng was quite fond of him. Li Guanqi was dormant in the inner courtyard of the palace to serve the young emperor. How can we come in and out at will outside the palace? The harem certainly doesn’t know that such a famous person like him is hiding behind the scenes.”

"If you think about it carefully, he may have had a plan from the moment he entered the palace. He collected evidence in secret, and when the time was right, he wrote a letter directly telling the emperor about the life experience of Ning San, the remnant of the previous dynasty, just for the sake of Killed with one blow. In her previous life, the eldest sister listened to the Ning family and got close to Ning San to help him make money. She was also implicated because the young emperor wanted to get rid of Lin Yilong, a big trouble in his heart."

Ling Jing stared at the page and stopped, "Ah Huai, it's too late for me to say sorry to you thousands of times, but I still owe you an explanation. I abandoned you back then because I was sure that you were from the Northern Territory The prince will definitely be safe and sound, but at that time, the eldest sister was in jail, Ning San escaped and his whereabouts are unknown, Lin Yilong was placed under house arrest by the young emperor, I was at the end of my rope and couldn't move, so I had to make this decision, and I would not dare to act rashly without threatening your life. , he was afraid of the strength of the Northern Territory troops and did not dare to make fun of the people of the world, so he could only be given a lenient sentence."

Ling Huai touched the spine of the book and said with a smile: "Third sister, you don't owe me anything. At that time, the eldest sister was busy with business, the second brother was busy with war, you were busy dealing with the trivial affairs of the Zhu family and the palace, and I was busy studying to earn fame and fortune. , A Dang, A Cen, and Xiao Qi were separated and their lives and deaths are unknown. From the beginning, they were scattered and not united. From then on, every step they took was forced by the outside world. No one is like today. Like you, you work hard to support this family."

"The past is gone, don't mention it again. It's my turn to thank you in this life." Ling Huai looked at her with a smile, "Thank you for your trouble."

Ling Jing looked back with tears in her eyes. She stood up slowly, walked to his side step by step, reached out to touch his temples, and suddenly hugged him into her arms. The accumulated debt in her heart was like a flood bursting its banks.

"sorry……"

"It makes you feel wronged..."

"Eating so much hardship..."

"If we knew that you and Ah Dang had a child, we would not bother you at all..."

On a starry night, two people, one tall and one short, stopped at the door of Ling's house. Each held a horse in their hands, walked up the front steps, and knocked on the door.

"It's coming, it's coming." Mrs. Chuuai put on her coat, smoothed her hair and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, Mrs. Chuuai was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and twitched her eyes, and hurriedly greeted: "Quick, come in quickly."

Candle lamps were lit one after another in the rooms in the courtyard.

A fire was lit in the kitchen, and the firewood smoke spread along the chimney hole under the starry night. Mrs. Chuuai and Kui Qing gathered around the stove, preparing hot water for late night snacks for people returning home at night.

The elder pair and the younger pair hurried back to Shangfucheng overnight. The two siblings were very hungry. After they had eaten and drank enough, they went to the study.

Da Shuang handed over his hands and reported: "The eldest lady and Mr. Ji Ji went to Kyoto to face the Holy Spirit. Because they were really worried about their family, they ordered us to come back first."

Ling Huai and Ling Jing looked at each other and smiled.

Emperor Zhou's death was approaching, and he was in urgent need of treatment.

This time he specially summoned Ling Qiong, not only as a routine reward, but also because he thought that the miracle doctor could rejuvenate him and extend his life.

Ling Huai smiled knowingly and said, "It is better to come back sooner rather than later. We are missing a smart person who can speak well."

Da Shuang was confused, "How do you say this?"

"There is a big thing that requires you to come forward." Ling Jing briefly informed Pei Zhanqing of the matter, and then said something confusing: "It will be June soon."

Da Shuang answered honestly, "There are still two months."

Ling Huai lightly curled his lips and said, "Unfortunate people die in June."

Early the next morning, except for the maid and mother-in-law, all the Ling family members were crowded in the study. Yang Gan went to the Ling family's house on patrol at night and entered the study by the familiar route.

When he saw the large and small pairs that suddenly appeared today, he sat down next to Ling Jing and brought a pot to make tea.

Yang Gan looked them up and down and asked Ling Jing: "Who are they? They look very strange."

Ling Cen rolled his eyes, "You don't know if you've been looking at the gate all night? You might be happy in some hibiscus tent."

This was said in a very rude way. After all, he was asking for something. Ling Dang couldn't bear to hear it, so he just stepped over and said, "The person who comes here is a guest."

Ling Cen hissed in pain, bent down and hugged his feet, blowing his nose and glaring at Ling Dang.

Yang Gan chewed the peanuts, leaned over and said to Ling Jing: "Your girl is still sensible and can talk. My second brother happens to be about the same age as your fourth girl. Can the third girl give me the face to bear the pain and make a relationship happen?" Good luck."

"..."

Lingdang was speechless.

If I had known that this man was waiting for such a word, I should have let Acen make a fool of himself and make him look bad.

Ling Jing smiled nonchalantly and said, "I don't need you to worry too much about my fourth sister's marriage, Inspector Yang."

"Inspector Yang, I'm in my early twenties this year." Ling Huai held a folding fan with a pendant hanging on it. The fan was painted with ink bamboo and the handle was engraved with only the word "dang". He held the folding fan against his chin Chin, lips touching from time to time.

Yang Gan sneered, feeling on pins and needles as they stared at him, and drank tea to cover up his discomfort.

Ling Huai then said: "If you worry about your younger brother who is not as young as you, it is better to worry about yourself first."

Ling Dang used the desk to cover his face and gently tugged on Ling Huai's sleeves. He glanced sideways, and she immediately gave him a thumbs up.

Ling Huai reached out and held her hand.

His sudden approach made Ling Dang straighten his back in fright, and quickly glanced at Ling Jing. Without waiting for a closer look, he quickly withdrew his furtive eyes and pretended not to look away.

Ling Dang couldn't sit still. She tried to pull her hand back under the table, but she didn't dare to make a big move. She couldn't pull her hand out for a while. She squinted and gouged out Ling Huai with a sharp knife.

Yang Gan cleared his throat and coughed, then said, "Let's get back to the business. The details of Baolai's debts that you asked me to check are all written here."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper and handed it to Ling Jing.

He was puzzled: "What's the use of this?"

Ling Huai let go of Ling Dang, his smile deepened, and he said: "Acting must be complete, and no small details like these that may reveal flaws can be missed. Acen, show Yang Xunqi the adjective written by Li Guanqi."

Ling Cen reluctantly pulled the paper forward and slapped Yang Gan in front of him to block his lewd glance at Ling Jing.

Ling Jing looked at the debt and said amusedly: "Okay, he owes so much, and he is very popular. Most of the shops in Shangfu City are willing to let him pay on credit."

Ling Huai said: "I'm just afraid that he doesn't owe enough."

Yang Gan put down the paper and frowned: "What are you planning behind my back?"

Ling Huai smiled and said nothing. Yang Gan was angry and funny, and said, "I've already helped you so much, why are you guarding me?"

Ling Jing smiled apologetically and said, "After all, you need to be on guard against others."

Yang Gan was angry, straightened his body, put down his legs, stood up and said: "I regard you as my own, it's really not fun for you to do this. Okay, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you anymore."

He finished his words angrily and walked towards the door, one step at a time, two steps at a time, three steps at a time... He just reached the threshold, and no one said anything to stop him.

Yang Gan clenched the handle of the knife, sneered, held his neck, and walked away without looking back.

At the end of April in the fourth year of Changping, Emperor Zhou met Ling Qiong in person, rewarded him with gold and a plaque, and restored his family property. He also ordered his courtiers to write the prescription for the Ganzhou plague presented by Ling Qiong into the "Qianji Fang" and distribute it to all states and counties. The county conducted a stereotyped public demonstration.

Ling Qiong became famous since then, and the people of Ganzhou built a temple specifically for her, sculpted a golden statue, offered incense, and worshiped her devoutly.

During this period, nursery rhymes and slang praising Ling Qiong's medicine and medicine for relieving the sufferings of the people in Ganzhou spread instantly throughout the streets and alleys of Zhou State.

The devastating news reached the Ning family in Shangfu City. Mrs. Ning knocked over the tea cup and was very upset.

The mother-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to smooth Mrs. Ning's chest. Mrs. Ning clutched her handkerchief tightly, sneered again and again, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I underestimated her."

Ning Fu stood with his hands behind his back, holding the account book in his hand, looking out the window at the gentle breeze and drizzle, and the scattered magnolia branches and leaves. He said with a dull look, "This account book is false, but it is actually intentional. Miss Ling is not a weak girl in the boudoir. , She is well versed in government and business, and every step counts as a hundred steps, and there is no plan left. I am lucky to have her help."

"So what." Mrs. Ning Er sneered, "After painstaking efforts to establish such a large chamber of commerce and attracting famous merchants from all over Yuzhou, in the end, it all fell into the hands of others. Today's Lingyun Chamber of Commerce has been taken over by Fusong Restaurant. Zhang Gaoxuan is not easy to get rid of when the boss is in the bag, he is a glutton, with the Fu family stepping in and the Chamber of Commerce backing him, he will be lucky and get a lot of benefits."

"It's just a glamorous appearance." Ning Fu returned to his seat, "Zhang Gaoxuan is busy with the internal strife in the Chamber of Commerce. Our Ning family has just established a foothold in it, so we can just sweep the snow away."

After the maid finished painting her pinky nails, she put them on Mrs. Ning's other hand. Mrs. Ning admired the nails and said, "Miss Ling is short-sighted and does not know what is good. But Miss Ling is an out-and-out businesswoman. She will not understand." Current affairs. If you want to regain the Chamber of Commerce, you will definitely win over my Ning family. By then, there will be a cornucopia of wealth like Miss Ling..."

She didn't say any more, she smiled and looked at her hands over and over, which was particularly pleasing to the eye.

In Pingli Yi Lane, the government officials visited the Ling family in person and returned all the property deeds and land deeds that had been confiscated, and also gave a thousand taels of silver as an apology.

As soon as the government office left, Ling Jing turned around, and Pei Zhanqing led the jumping Ling An out of the house, followed closely by Mrs. Zhang Dong.

Ling Cen, who was squatting in the bamboo bushes in the corner, stood up, holding bamboo tweezers in his hand. Li Guanqi beside him was holding a half-dead rooster, with a drop of black blood slowly dripping from the beak.

Ling Huai and Ling Dang appeared from the door of the study one after another. Kui Qing carried the saucer in and out of the kitchen, and the elder pair and the younger pair helped in the kitchen.

Ling Jing smiled and said, "It's time. Everyone, go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning, please go to Fucheng and let the people enjoy a great show."

At dawn the next day, drums were beaten in front of the government office gate.

The county magistrate walked up to the hall with square steps, sat down, and asked the two people in the hall as usual. The Yamen servant presented the paper.

"Are you two suing Zhang Gaoxuan together?" The county magistrate looked down upon Da Shuang and Li Guanqi, one tall and one short, and asked, "Which one is Li Guanqi? Look up."

Li Guanqi knelt on the ground and raised his face when he heard the words.

The yamen servant blocked his mouth and whispered a few words in the county magistrate's ear. The magistrate said in a deep voice: "Mute?"

Putting the paper aside, the county magistrate looked down and asked: "Then you are Wan Dashuang?"

Dashuang still kowtowed to the ground, "Yes."

The county magistrate said sternly: "The case of Shengbao's drowning in the twelfth month of lunar month has been closed, and the corpse has been verified. It is true that he drowned while drunk. How can it be that Zhang Gaoxuan designed his death? He is fabricating rumors and disrupting the court without any basis or evidence. This official I will not spare you."

The gate of the government office was crowded with people.

Ling Cen and Ling Huai were holding Ling Dang at the front, with most of Ling Dang's body squeezed into Ling Huai's arms. Her insteps were almost crushed by Ling Cen's idiot. Her heart was bleeding at this moment. If she had known she would be so crowded, Even if I die, I won't join in the fun.

Da Shuang raised his face and said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Reporting to your lord, today the common people not only defended the case of Sheng Bao freezing to death, but also watched chess on behalf of the little friend next to him, and spoke out on behalf of his mother and sister who were killed by Zhang Gaoxuan in the Fu family ancestral hall. .”

The magistrate stared at the magistrate, seemingly casually glancing at the magistrate, who tapped his chin almost imperceptibly. At the same time, an inconspicuous government official waiting by the curtain in the inner hall had unknowingly shrunk into the curtain and ran away.

The county magistrate slapped him hard and said, "I'm going to charge you with the truth! If there is any fabrication or deception, you will be sent to death row with a hundred sticks and a hundred sticks!"

Dashuang cupped his hands and said, "This matter started a year ago. Li Guanqi's family's ancestral home is from Ganzhou City. He is the youngest son in the family. His biological father died early. Both mother and daughter worked as servants in the Fu family to support the family. , for their only son to study. Mother and daughter served Pei Zhanqing, the young lady of the Fu family, with all their heart, and became confidants and maids. Unexpectedly, a year ago, Guanqi's sister sent back a letter asking him to go to Shangfu City in Yuzhou , just because the young lady of the Fu family is pregnant, everyone says it’s a boy.”

"To prepare for a rainy day, I want Guanqi to enter the Fu family early and work as a book boy for the young master of the Fu family so that he can go to school with him and hope to earn fame and wealth."

"Guanqi rushed to Shangfucheng day and night. The young lady of the Fu family gave birth prematurely, and the young master was a month old. Just when he was about to visit his family, his sister came to see him first at night, and brought a child with her. Then The child is the young master of the Fu family."

Outside the lobby there was concentration and silence.

When the magistrate in the hall heard Da Shuang mentioning Pei Zhanqing, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

Da Shuang raised his voice and narrated: "At first, his sister told him that this was the child she gave birth to, and it belonged to the young master of the Fu family. She was afraid that the young lady of the Fu family would be jealous and would be detrimental to her, and the child was born illegitimately. She told Guan Qi not to do anything wrong and let him Take the young master out of the city as soon as possible, and it’s up to him to deal with whatever he wants.”

"Guan Qi had a kind heart and was reluctant to kill his own nephew, so he took his child back to his hometown after a long journey. He had to go to a private school on weekdays and had no time to raise the child, so he found a family to entrust the child to. And that child is now the seventh young master of the Ling family."

Upon hearing this, the crowd roared.

The county magistrate was pounding in his heart and subconsciously asked: "Which Ling family?"

Dashuang said sonorously and forcefully: "The Ling family founded the Lingyun Chamber of Commerce, and the Ling family provided medicine to the people of Ganzhou."

As soon as he finished speaking, a drop of sweat rolled down the county magistrate's forehead, and he wailed in his heart, it's over, it's over!

This is all prepared. Today's two cases cannot be solved.

The Ling family is at its peak, who dares to offend the Ling family? ! That is a good family that today rewards gold plaques for good deeds! The living Bodhisattva in the hearts of the people!

Now that Zhang Gaoxuan is in control of the Fu family's business and has embezzled the Lingyun Chamber of Commerce to become the leader, the Ling family has a grudge, so how can they not take revenge.

When a big shot fights, how can he, a small county magistrate, hold his own?

Who in the Ling family dares to punish crimes nowadays? Isn't that a slap in the emperor's face? !
Zhang Gaoxuan is rich and powerful, so he can’t afford to offend him!
(End of this chapter)