Since I met you, people are dying every day

"What do you mean! Why should his relics be given to you!?"

Rao Ye Sirui thought that Mrs. Tang would disagree, but she didn't expect her reaction to be so strong, she almost threw herself directly on him, her eyes were ferocious.Ye Sirui was full of doubts, "For the convenience of handling the case, I want to check Mr. Tang's relics to find clues. Why is Madam so excited?"

Mrs. Tang stopped her movements and asked coldly: "Is it just for investigation?"

Ye Sirui said: "This is natural. All supplies not related to handling the case will be returned."

Mrs. Tang seemed to be relieved, and still said in that icy tone: "Then let the servants do their own thing after the servants have finished counting."

Ye Sirui only brought a servant tea to show courtesy, and left after the conversation, and Ma Lu also dressed as a servant and waited for him outside the door.

As soon as Ye Sirui went out, he leaned over and asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Ye Sirui nodded, "She agreed, we will search after she counts."

Ma Lu beamed with joy, "It seems to be going well."

Chaming interrupted and said: "Why does this lady seem to have changed her face? When the master just spoke, he wanted to rush towards the master! It scared the little one enough. I thought this matter must be dirty, why did you agree again in a blink of an eye?"

Ye Sirui said with a sigh and a smile: "You don't understand." After walking a little further, he said: "She got angry at first because she thought that I would take away all the belongings left by her husband, so I clarified that it was only for the purpose of checking. It was agreed after the case.”

Chaming curled her lips in disdain, "I don't understand, this noble lady is much more powerful than a servant like me! Fortunately, the master bought her a house!"

Seeing no one around, Ye Sirui taught him: "Be careful what you say, aren't you afraid to set me on fire?"

Ma Lu also said: "The words are rough and the truth is not rough. I thought Mrs. Tang and her have been married for many years and have a son together. The relationship should be very deep. Who would have thought that such a person?"

"You can't say that. This world is indeed difficult for a woman. Her husband passed away, and she has no heirs. She lives in this world without any support. If she doesn't have any property, why do you want her to stand?" Ye Sirui used to I didn't think about it, it's just Liu Yueze's wife's daughter, and Wu Xintian's widow. He has seen too many helpless women. Mrs. Liu has the support of her natal family, and Mrs. Wu can remarry. Those women who have no natal family and cannot remarry How should I live?Thinking of this, he no longer has those complaints against Mrs. Tang. "What's more, with Tang Lianggong's temper, it's impossible for his family to be rich. He even took his nephew into his own home to raise him. His wife must have complained. If the two of them don't get along well, she can't make things difficult for her."

The next day, Mrs. Tang sent a maid to inform them that their things had been packed.Ye Sirui asked Cha Ming to look at the house, and took Ma Lu and Xia Shu to look at it.Mrs. Tang didn't show up, and the maid led them to a room, which might have been a study room before, and it was vacated to store sundries.The servant girl took them there and left.

But from this room, one can feel the monotony of Tang Lianggong's life: all kinds of books and papers are piled up in disorder on the table, and his robes from his lifetime are still draped on the bamboo couch.Inside the cupboard are a few scattered ornaments, as well as stacked cubes and picture scrolls.Other than that, there is nothing else.

The horse hut looked here and there, and sighed: "This really doesn't leave any property."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's find it quickly." Ye Sirui said, "Pay attention to letters and articles, maybe there will be clues."

Ma Lu is used to this kind of work, neatly sorting and arranging the sundries on the table and table. It is unlikely that there is a secret room here, but after learning the lesson, Ye Sirui asked Xia Shu to touch the wall carefully. .

Ye Sirui rummaged through the ornaments on the cabinet, they were all worthless things.Dou Fang was hung on the backyard porch before, and it was not signed, so it should be written by Tang Lianggong himself.The picture scroll was also an unremarkable flower and bird painting, and when it was opened, it shook out the dust that had accumulated for many years, which made Ye Sirui cough again and again.

Xia Shu searched the house up and down, but found nothing.Ye Sirui said: "Go and look at his clothes, whether there are any hidden pockets, whether there is anything in it, whether there is any damage, and how it is damaged." Although it may not be big, but maybe you can find something.Xia Shu fumbled for the robes on the couch one by one.

Ma Lu finally sorted out the cases, but said pantingly: "My lord, apart from the books, there are all official documents on this table!"

Ye Sirui was also helpless, who made Tang Lianggong a strict and rigid lunatic who had to correct official documents on holidays? "You first classify and find out the past two months. Filter out the ones that don't seem to matter." After thinking for a while, he said: "Forget it, just pick out the two months, no need to filter, I'll see for myself." Any seemingly irrelevant and trivial matter could be the cause of Tang Lianggong's death, and Ye Sirui didn't want to take any risks.

The three of them searched silently for a while, and Ye Sirui's things were almost packed, he put back the irrelevant ornaments one by one, and finally there was only a dusty wooden box left.He opened the box, but saw a neat stack of official documents in the box.Intuition told him, this is it.

He took out a stack of memorials and read them one by one.These are copies of the memorials that Tang Lianggong wrote directly to His Majesty.The top few copies are all dated back to the time when Tang Lianggong was qualified to play to the imperial court.The content is varied and comprehensive, including impeaching officials and persuading His Majesty; others reporting disaster situations and asking for disaster relief;Among the impeachment memorials in the upper echelons, the impeachment of King Xiang's regent is the most common, to control the court and request the return of power to His Majesty.Ye Sirui looked at the date, it was during King Xiang's regency, it seemed that Tang Lianggong was not only unkind, but also desperate.There are also Tang Lianggong's later comments on each memorial.Through this stack of memorials, Ye Sirui seems to have seen Tang Lianggong's growth: from an unknown pusher, to an admonisher who has been ostracized, to a party member.But no matter what the official position is, they are always stubborn, old-fashioned, strict with self-discipline, and strict with others.Tang Lianggong's handwriting is not pretty, but his writing is thick and square, with a dignified brushwork.

The following ones are all relatively recent in age. As Tang Lianggong became bigger and bigger, the frequency of performances became higher and higher, persuading, impeaching, and reporting.Ye Sirui watched silently, and when he was counting down a few pictures, he was caught off guard by seeing words like this: "...Si Rui entered the imperial examination, and quickly spoke bluntly. He served as the county magistrate of Dong'an and Helin, and the people were convinced. He is quite quick-witted, so there are often others who can't do it. Although he is not in compliance with the rules, he has repeatedly made outstanding achievements. Sirui is straightforward, evil officials are harsh, he does not agree with others, and his words are not false. Please don't believe in villains. In other words, he was promoted in an unconventional way to show his virtue..."

Ye Sirui held the memorial for a long while and was speechless.Got it, he got it right away.Why did Di Tongpan think that he and Tang Lianggong are like-minded people.

His hand holding the memorial kept shaking, and he hurriedly put the memorial back into the wooden box, but his hand was still shaking badly.

No need to look, he can guess what happened.

Gui Shanli's case shocked the ruling and opposition parties.He never mentioned the relationship between the Golden Scissors Association and the King of Xiang in the report, but some people were always touched by him, not to mention that His Majesty wanted to promote him as a minister.So many officials went up to impeach him. The reason for impeachment was nothing more than saying that he did not follow the rules and lost his status.But it turned out to be Tang Lianggong, Tang Lianggong who always hated him for not following the rules and lacking evidence was defending him.

Ye Sirui took a few deep breaths, finally regained control of his hands, and continued to look down.The last two copies, one is to plead guilty to the disaster in Bing County and ask for assistance, and the last one... the last one was written not long before Tang Lianggong passed away. Kong Taiping has been doing whatever he wants for many years, so he must have bribed the Shangguan, so I implore a strict investigation.

Got it, he got it all.Ye Sirui used his last strength to move to the edge of the bamboo couch and sit down.

"What's wrong with you?" Xia Shu asked.

Ye Sirui took a few deep breaths, as if a sour and astringent lump blocked his throat, he couldn't speak.Xia Shu immediately pinched his wrist. "Relax." He whispered after feeling his pulse.

Needless to say, Ye Sirui also knew how fast his pulse was beating.

Even Ma Lu felt that something was wrong, left the pile of unreasonable official documents, and leaned over to ask: "Is the adult feeling unwell? Do you need the little one to call for a doctor?"

"No need." Xia Shu said.

Ye Sirui opened his mouth and gasped for a few more breaths before he said reluctantly, "You don't need to look for it, I know."

Ma Lu looked puzzled, Xia Shu supported his shoulders with a concerned expression.

"Tang Lianggong...Master Tang died for me."

"Where did you say that?" Ma Lu asked.

Guishanli, Jinjianhui, the flood in Bingxian County, the Northern and Southern Party, what Kong Taiping said to him... Various images flashed through Ye Sirui's mind. "Someone doesn't want His Majesty to see my memorial." He said clearly. "Someone wants me to shut up." He thought of Kong Taiping who was taken away by Zheng Qi, and suddenly became disheartened. "Tang Lianggong wrote a letter for me for the first time, and he has overcome all opinions and offended many people." He thought of the indifference treated by the officials of the state government, Tang Lianggong's warning to him to follow the rules, and his naive rebuttal , Suddenly weeping. "The last memorial of the Bing County case has not been delivered yet." He looked at the memorial in his hand, and the memorial of the last memorial was probably lost.

Xia Shu held his hand tightly.Ma Lu's expression was complicated, and he didn't speak for a long time.Ye Sirui waited for them to digest the news.Why?what is this?Why did the stubborn Tang Lianggong give up his life to support him?

He looked down at the memorial, and a few words jumped into his eyes: "The people have suffered for a long time."

Maybe that's why.