With the arrival of Lin Weiran, the entire Yangzhou City seemed turbulent. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, April had passed quietly, May was coming, and April had only the last night left.

In the Yangzhou Prefecture Prison, the air was filled with a smell of urine.

Different from other cells, the several cells connected here are clean and clean, not like cells, but rather like relatively simple rooms.

There are three holes side by side on the high wall opposite, and the moonlight shines in through the holes of the wall, making the dark cell brighter.

Whether it is a royal relative or an ordinary citizen, facing changes in the environment, they will often be able to adapt slowly and no longer be repelled from this kind of life.

Xu Yuanji had long been accustomed to the smell of the cell. Because he had enough rest during the day, he suddenly lost his sleep when he looked at the bright cell. After tossing and turning, he sat up from the bed, but he held it in his hand.

Writing a letter.

This time he returned to his hometown in Songjiang from Nanjing and passed by this intoxicating Yangzhou City. He thought it would be his romantic and happy place, but he did not want to be locked in this cell for seven days.

His son, Xu Zhi, the minister of Dali Temple in Nanjing, was the powerful chief assistant of the dynasty Xu Jie. He was originally a little overlord who no one dared to provoke in Nanzhili, but he was actually imprisoned by this Yan Yu envoy.

stand up.

As if the world had forgotten them, here for seven days, no one dared to release them except for the Yangzhou Guard Commander who tried to rescue him.

It was also at this time that he had to admit that the imperial envoy also had amazing capital, so that he could not give his father some face, or even sell his uncle's face.

Fortunately, the hard waiting for these days finally responded, and the letters from Nanjing finally came to his hands tonight and brought him good news.

Mr. Chen is even more difficult. Guo Pu, the former Minister of Personnel, had fallen and had no strength to challenge Lin Qingran.

Their cells have been adjusted by the promoter Yu Changqing these days. Tonight, he finally assigned to the same cell with Xu Yuanji, and also noticed the abnormality after Xu Yuanji came back.

At this time, he saw that Xu Yuanji had a letter in his hand, his eyes lit up slightly, he got up from the bed and asked, "Brother Xu, but did Xu Siqing reply?"

The relationship between the two is far from being called brothers and brothers. It has always been a relationship of flattery and being flattered, and Chen Xian also seems to have climbed Xu Zhi and Xu Jie through this line.

After this prison disaster, Xu Yuanji was very close to Mr. Chen, and even waved to Mr. Chen. When Mr. Chen came over, he also restored his confidence as the first young master of Nanzhili:

"We'll be able to go out soon!"

"Really?" Mr. Chen immediately glared at his eyes as he heard these words.

You know, Lin Qingran didn't know what he had eaten, and he refused to give anyone any face. Even if Yang Lai, commander of Yangzhou Guard, used force, he could actually drive Xu San'an, the commander of Yangzhou Guard, to use it for him, and then make everyone else's help

They cannot be rescued.

But now, Xu Yuanji said that they would be able to go out soon and get rid of this stinking cell and go to find the girl in Mingchunlou to have a romantic and happy life. How can he not feel ecstatic?

Xu Yuanji was very satisfied with Mr. Chen's reaction, and said confidently like the noble young master who was in the past: "The current Minister of Rites Yin Tai is his teacher. My father has already asked him to be a lobbyist, and now he is on his way to Yangzhou.

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"Xu Siqing is really amazing!" Mr. Chen felt relieved and immediately gave a thumbs up.

In this era of heaven, earth, kingdom, and teacher, as long as Yin Tai is willing to come forward, even if Lin Xuran is the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he will still give Yin Tai some face. Otherwise, he will be stained with disrespect for his teachers and respect for the Tao, and will even suffer even more.

Attacks from scholars all over the world.

When I thought of going out immediately and going to the next Chunlou to enjoy that kind of life of luxury, Mr. Chen was no longer sleepy and seemed very excited.

It was at this moment that there was some movement on the straw mat in the partition cell. A young man in prison uniform sat up, but I wonder if it was a quarrel from them.

Xu Yuanji found that the prisoner in the next cell was not sleeping either, so he gave Mr. Chen a wink. Mr. Chen took an apple from the table, but shouted and threw it out.

The star-like man Zhang Wujin lived next door, but the situation was much worse than theirs, and he looked disheveled. When he saw the apple, he immediately picked up the apple from the ground and expressed his gratitude to Mr. Chen.

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"Zhang Caizi, what are you doing today by the imperial envoy?" Mr. Chen naturally knew that Zhang Wujin was taken to the Yanzhou Prefecture Office, so he also asked directly.

Zhang Wuji wiped the clothes on the chest with the apple, and first took a big bite, then responded vaguely: "The imperial envoy said that he had found the key clue and would soon quell the injustice for me!"

Huh?

When Xu Yuanji heard this, he immediately looked at Zhang Wujin in surprise.

This case caused a huge dispute. Once Lin Xuran cannot overturn the case, Lin Xuran's reputation will be damaged. If he reverses the case, then Yangzhou Prime Minister He Dongxu will definitely be in danger.

"What key clues did the imperial envoy find?" Mr. Chen was also surprised and asked.

Zhang Wujin listened to the question, but looked at Mr. Chen with some vigilance.

"Zhang Caizi, I have attracted you as a confidant. I have been paying attention to your food these days, but you are unwilling to satisfy my curiosity?" Mr. Chen immediately raised his face and blamed him.

Xu Yuanji looked at Zhang Wujin, but pretended to advise Mr. Zhang: "Brother Zhang, don't make things difficult for Zhang Caizi. We should just treat it as a person who is heartless and damn, so don't worry!"

"Forget it, I, Zhang Wujin, are not a wolf-hearted person!" Zhang Wujin sighed immediately, lowered his voice and said through the prison: "The imperial envoy has confirmed that the person I saw that night, was not me,

It's my twin brother Liu Hui!"

"Twin brother? Liu Hui?"

When Xu Yuanji and Mr. Chen heard this answer, they looked at Zhang Wujin unexpectedly, and faintly seemed to have caught something.

Ye Wujin bit the apple and sighed again: "My original surname is Liu, but my parents have no descendants, so I carried me from the countryside to Zhang's mansion, so even the Lord of the Mansion didn't know that I had such a younger brother! According to the imperial envoy

As the Lord said, that day, the winter flower recognized the wrong person, and the murderer who entered the house was my younger brother Liu Hui!"

Xu Yuanji exchanged glances with Mr. Chen, and Xu Yuanji suddenly realized and said, "So that's it. Miss Xiaoxiao's maid Donghua saw you that day, so she misunderstood Brother Zhang! Just how could the imperial envoy know these things?"

"It's also a coincidence that Donghua was inexplicably chased and killed, and was rescued by the imperial envoy, so the imperial envoy speculated the truth!" Zhang Wujin said with a smile on her face.

"The winter flowers are not dead?"

When Mr. Chen heard these words, he blurted out in surprise.

Zhang Wujin had already eaten the whole apple, but then looked at Mr. Chen in surprise and asked: "Donghua is dead? How could this be? I'm still seeing her today!"

"Haha... I don't know if I hear the madam say this!" Mr. Chen seemed to have missed his mouth and immediately covered it up.

Xu Yuanji frowned slightly, but he glared at Mr. Chen secretly, and suddenly looked at Zhang Wujin and asked gently: "Where is your twin brother Liu Hui?"

"The imperial envoy has not filed a case these days, and he has been pursuing his whereabouts. He learned that someone had seen him on the Slender West Lake and was confident and happy, so he could catch him!" Zhang Wujin threw the apple stem casually, showing that he seemed to be

Said optimistically.

Xu Yuanji and Mr. Zhang exchanged a secret glance, and then continued to chat with Zhang Wujin for a few words, and then returned to the bed, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

There were so many accidents around Chen Xiaoxiao's case. First, Zhang Wujin actually had a twin brother Liu Hui, and then the most critical witness Donghua was not dead.

As Chen Xiaoxiao's personal maid Donghua identified Zhang Wujin, this is undoubtedly the most powerful witness, but if Donghua changed her confession, the case is likely to be heading in another direction.

The next morning, a gloomy waste weather seemed to have rainstorms at any time.

As Lin Qingran entered the Salt Inspection Institute, it seemed very busy. Not only did the personnel come in and out, but some important salt tax documents were also sent here, and some government orders were also issued here.

Lin Weiran, wearing bullfighting uniform, sat upright at the desk of the government office to check the volume, which was checking the production of Huai salt, mainly checking the production process adopted by various salt sites.

The production of salt is a continuous evolutionary process. At first, people directly search for the crystallization of salt in river beds, sea beds or lake beds, and then evolve into boiling salt in sea water.

Sea salt was prepared by boiling and frying for a considerable period of time. Until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, sea salt was prepared in this way, and the efficiency was quite low.

It was not until the Song and Yuan dynasties that the salt-drying method of "sunting it into salt" appeared in sea salt, but the process technology was still very backward, and many stove owners even continued to use the method of boiling salt.

Because the Ming Taizu established a household registration system, these stove households were allowed to cook salt for generations. Although the price of salt was higher than that of the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty adopted the issuance method of low-priced salt, so their price was lower than that of the Song Dynasty.

It is precisely this that the income of the stove households in the Ming Dynasty was not high, and the court's desire for salt tax increased the exploitation of the stove household group, which eventually led to many stove households choosing to escape.

"Teacher, the stove in Guangdong has arrived, I will settle them all in the inn!" Meng Zhao was always by Lin Qinran's side, and helped Lin Qinran handle various things. At this time, he came in to report.

"Okay, then follow the plan and allocate them to various salt fields!" Lin Weiran's eyes lit up slightly when he heard the news, and he ordered Mengzhao again.

As the salt inspector, although he has the determination to rectify the salt administration, he understands that the stove households are the key to his change of salt law, so he needs to find ways to generate income for the stove households.

But we cannot over-accus the officials and gentry groups of people for their harm to the Ming Dynasty. Living in this era of stagnation, everyone will think about survival and try every means to safeguard their own interests.

Although Yan Maoqing increased the salt tax to the court, his failure was that he did not take into account the key group of stove owners, and eventually became a rat crossing the street.

Lin Qingran learned this lesson and planned to first bring direct benefits to the stove group by improving the efficiency of salt production, and then win the support of the stove group.

"Yes!" Meng Zhao immediately saluted respectfully, but as if he had thought of something, he suddenly said again: "Teacher, I just passed by Jiangdu County Government and Liu Hui has been arrested!"

The case has long been no longer a simple case, it is related to his teacher's future and reputation. When he learned the news, he was also sincerely happy.

Lin Qingran nodded without comment, but suddenly asked: "Tinglun, if the case was handed over to you now, how would you try Chen Xiaoxiao's case?"

"The students thought that even if Liu Hui made a quibble, as long as he found someone who saw him entering and leaving the building that night, but Zhang Wujin did not appear, it would be confirmed that the one whom Donghua saw was actually Liu Hui!" Meng Zhao faced the investigation and

He answered seriously.

Lin Qingran looked up at him, nodded gently and said, "As you said, I have asked someone to confirm that Zhang Wujin had not appeared in Mingchun Tower that night. It was Liu Hui who appeared there, so I killed Chen Xiaoxiao.

The person is not Zhang Wujun!”

"If there is such a witness, you can overturn the case!" Mengzhao's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately said with confidence.

Lin Weiran shook his head gently and replied very seriously: "I can't get through the case!"

"Teacher, why is this?" Meng Zhao asked in confusion.

Lin Xuran looked at the confused Meng Shao, but revealed the truth and said, "Because my teacher actually released a false news: Donghua is actually dead, and she has been wiped out!"

What?

Mengzhao's eyes widened when he heard that the winter flowers were dead.

If the person who is most critical in this case naturally claims to have seen Zhang Wujin's winter flowers. If the winter flowers are dead, these clues alone will not be enough to overturn Zhang Wujin's case.

Lin Weiran saw Meng Zhao's reaction, picked up the teacup on the desk, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Do you know who the Jiangdu County Office just captured?"

"Isn't it Liu Hui?" Meng Zhao said in confusion again.

Lin Qingran shook his head slightly, took a sip of tea before continuing: "Do you still remember that Lin Fu saved someone from the robber that day, and the Jiangdu County Government just captured this person, he is Zhang Wujin!

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Chapter completed!