The husband is the hunter

Chapter 358

"Master Taishou, the villain's surname is Lu. He used to be a small accountant in the county government. He was responsible for recording money transactions. Before Duan County Magistrate took office, I had served two county magistrates. After the incident happened, I was also with me when the house was raided. At that time, all the confiscated things were recorded and sealed in the county government file room. Later, some people said that those things were stolen by the county magistrate Duan. Prefect Meng, let me cross these things off the account book and return them to their original owners." The old accountant raised his head, as if recalling, and said after a long while, "To tell you the truth, I read it for a few years when I was young. Books, I love calligraphy and painting, and I still remember that among the confiscated things, there is a pair of "Songshan Evening Photo" by Mr. Guhe, and an isolated copy of "Miscellaneous Notes on the Cold Mountain" by Wei Tianji."

After hearing this, Zhu Jishi breathed a sigh of relief. If this happened more than 20 years ago, it would have nothing to do with him.But... this old accountant surnamed Lu actually said Mr. Meng directly, isn't he afraid of offending others?Or is it that the prefect is simply venting out of the same nostrils as the Duan family, and it is Mr. Meng that they want to deal with?He secretly thought in his heart, if he revealed this matter, Mr. Meng would have to credit himself for what he said, then his promotion in the coming year would be almost indistinguishable.

It's just that he was too happy too early. Fang Lin took out a yellowed booklet from her arms and handed it to the master who was sitting aside to record the case, "This is a booklet I found in the house in Wutong Lane. It clearly records the dowry items that my grandmother-in-law married to the Duan family in the 21st year of Yuankang. The only copies of "Songshan Evening Photo" and "Hanshan Miscellaneous Notes" mentioned by Mr. Lu just now are recorded on it. Because these are famous paintings handed down from the previous dynasty, there were some seals of collectors on them, and they were all recorded on them, which is enough to prove that they are authentic. In addition, there is Zhang Jiushao's "Chun Ting Yue Xiao Ji" calligraphy. There are two folding fans painted by Vice and Tao Shangming, as for the others, the folk women are ignorant, so I don’t know if those things are the only ones, so there is no way to prove that they are unique to my grandma’s dowry.”

You must know that most of the people who stay to watch the trial in the Yamen are scholars who are concerned about current affairs, as well as those wealthy households in the south of the city. Take out one at random, it is enough for an ordinary family to live a lifetime.

(End of this chapter)