I am the county magistrate in Daming

There is a handwritten letter and a jade pendant in the purse.

"This, how is this possible?!" Zhang Fu cried out.

There were three jade pendants in total, one was taken from the fourth wife's body, one was found from Zhao Mei's house, and the last one was sent from Chongming County by Yao Jingdao's wife.Not only Zhang Fu, but also Mu Qingtian was a little confused as to which piece was real and which piece was fake.

Mu Qingtian pretended to take out the letter and read it from top to bottom, but only understood half of it, and finally had no choice but to ask Zhu Jingshou for help.

"Please take a look, my lord."

Zhu Jingshou took the letter and decided to put the matter of teaching Mu Qingtian to read on the agenda.He knew that Mu Qingtian had been learning to read and write during this time, but without the guidance of others, the progress was slow after all.Chongming County is no better than Zimingli. It can be regarded as officially stepping into the officialdom, so many pairs of eyes are staring at it.

Mrs. Yao's handwriting is beautiful, graceful and powerful, and there is a sense of calm and peace between the lines.The content of the letter was also concise and orderly. Zhu Jingshou couldn't help admiring after reading only a paragraph, and it was a pity to think that such a woman had hanged herself.

The letter roughly listed many evil deeds that Yao Jingdao has deceived and concealed, and colluded with officials and businessmen over the years, and stated that all the evidence is in the Buddhist hall.

Mrs. Yao came from a scholarly family, and her ancestors also produced several famous local officials.Yao Jingdao was her father's protégé, and they fell in love at first sight, and they got married soon after. She married Yao Jingdao, and changed from a young lady to a Mrs. Yao.At first, the two got along harmoniously and were very affectionate, and Yao Jingdao was also very competitive, and passed the Jieyuan test in one fell swoop.

I thought things would be smooth sailing, but when Yao Jingdao failed in the college examination, he failed repeatedly, and finally passed the examination, but he was only the last one, and was sent to Chongming County as the county magistrate.

After a few years, Mrs. Yao's father passed away.Since then, Yao Jingdao has changed as if he was a different person, carrying his concubines into the mansion one by one, and he and Mrs. Yao have also changed from being like glue and honey to being respectful as guests.

Mrs. Yao had a few quarrels, but they all ended without a problem.She was disheartened and entrusted the suffering of the rest of her life to the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha.

Yao Jingdao didn't treat Mrs. Yao badly, and he didn't even feel sorry for her.In Yao Jingdao's backyard, Mrs. Yao is always the rightful lord, the one with the highest status. Some concubines who wanted to replace Mrs. Yao were kicked out by Yao Jingdao.Hearing that Mrs. Yao wanted to worship the Buddha, Yao Jingdao specially built a new Buddhist hall for her in the place with the best Fengshui in the house.

It's a pity that the two still can't get together after all.Mrs. Yao does not envy glory and wealth, she only wants Yao Jingdao alone.

At the end of the letter, Mrs. Yao bluntly stated that Yao Jingdao had committed many evils, but she, as the first wife, did not persuade and stop her, and she was guilty of the same crime as Yao Jingdao.She has committed suicide, and she only asks Zhu Jingshou to forgive her sister who is married far away.

"Poison woman..." Yao Jingdao lowered his head and said to himself, "Even if you offer incense to the Buddha every day, you will not be able to ascend to the Land of Ultimate Bliss."

The fourth lady died in Yao Jingdao's room, as evidenced by the jade pendant.Mrs. Yao untied this jade pendant from the neck of the Fourth Madam herself, and replaced it with the fake jade pendant she had prepared earlier.At that time, Yao Jingdao was lying next to him, unconscious, and had no idea that Mrs. Yao had ever been there.

Zhu Jingshou picked up the three jade pendants and compared them carefully, and sure enough, he found a small fracture on the back of the one he found from Zhao Mei's house, which was consistent with what Mrs. Yao said in the letter.

"But the explanation is not clear..." Before Mu Qingtian finished speaking, he felt Zhu Jingshou holding his hand.

Zhu Jingshou squeezed his palm, shook his head to signal him not to say anything here.

Not to mention that Mu Qingtian didn't even know Zhu Jingshou's real identity, how did Mrs. Yao know that King Qing was in Zimingli.The three jade pendants, who stole the jade pendants before Zhao Mei acted, and how did the stolen jade pendants suddenly appear on the scene.None of this makes sense.

As if Mrs. Yao had foreseen Yao Jingdao's defeat, she prepared the jade pendant in advance, resolutely went to Huangquan Road, buried all the secrets in her heart, brought them into the soil, and took them to Xitian.

Zhang Fu and Zhao Mei did not report the knowledge, and even assisted Yao Jingdao in concealing the murder, this is an unforgivable crime.Zhang Fu was sentenced to [-] boards, and Zhao Mei was sentenced to [-] more boards for his vicious behavior, making a total of [-] boards, and he was executed in court.The fourth wife was buried today and sent to the barren tomb in Gushan, Chongming County.

Zhao Mei's butt has blossomed, and he may not be able to stand up again in the future.Zhang Fu passed out halfway through, not much better than Zhao Mei.

Zhu Jingshou didn't want them to dirty his and Mu Qingtian's eyes, so he sent Xiaosan and Shuhui to watch over them, and took Mu Qingtian back to the backyard during the execution.

Mu Qingtian held back until he and Zhu Jingshou were left alone in the room before asking, "Who are you looking for?"

Zhu Jingshou smiled and didn't answer, he hugged Mu Qingtian tightly, and took a deep breath of the same incense smell on his body as his own.

"You've been targeted..." Mu Qingtian said anxiously, but Zhu Jingshou stopped him the next moment.

"This king wanted to do this just now in the hall."

Zhu Jingshou lightly licked the corner of his mouth, and could not help but pull Mu Qingtian towards the bed.

Being kissed twice for two consecutive days, Mu Qingtian was very angry and decided to teach Zhu Jingshou what it means to respect the old and love the young.As for shyness, it doesn't exist in Mu Qingtian, the steel straight man.

Mu Qingtian obediently let Zhu Jingshou drag him to the bedside, and was pulled into his arms by Zhu Jingshou again, and sat on his lap.

Zhu Jingshou put his chin on Mu Qingtian's shoulder, and put his hand around Mu Qingtian's shoulder from behind. He kept rubbing Mu Qingtian's belly with dishonest hands, and said, "Well - I said before that I would never lie to you again, and I will not break my promise. But if you think about it, in the storybook, people in the Jianghu will give some benefits if they want to inquire about news, don’t you think?”

Mu Qingtian understood, and said, "What benefits do you want?"

Zhu Jingshou didn't dare to go too far, and asked tentatively, "A question?"

Mu Qingtian turned his head and slapped Zhu Jingshou's face.

Seeing Zhu Jingshou's dull expression, Mu Qingtian aggressively wiped his lower lip with his thumb.

You are so weak, brother, I have already guessed what you are going to do.

"First question, did you come to Suzhou Mansion to investigate someone?" Mu Qingtian thought about it, and decided not to ask too deep, just understand the superficial things.

Zhu Jingshou nodded, and said, "I disguised my identity and traveled around in order to find out officials like Yao Jingdao who are eating vegetarian meals."

"Second question, do you know that someone is already eyeing you?" After speaking, Mu Qingtian kissed the corner of Zhu Jingshou's eyes again.

Zhu Jingshou tightened his arms, rubbed against Mu Qingtian's neck, and said with a smile, "Is Qingqing worried about me?"

"Yes." Mu Qingtian admitted generously.Zhu Jingshou is the thickest thigh he can climb on now, don't just get on the thief boat, the boat will sink.He won't do the business of accompanying his wife and breaking soldiers.

Zhu Jingshou was bubbling with joy, couldn't help but kissed Mu Qingtian's earlobe, and said: "The imperial court, the emperor is always staring at me, I'm used to it."

"Don't worry, they can't touch me."

Zhu Jingshou was well aware of the twists and turns in the imperial court, and this time about the jade pendant, it must be that the person couldn't sit still anymore, so he sent someone to find Mrs. Yao and played "killing with a borrowed knife".The man only dared to kill Yao Jingdao with his knife, but he didn't dare to involve him in this matter, which is enough to show that the man dared not do anything to him.

Mu Qingtian felt relieved, and heard Zhu Jingshou say, "Do you want to know who it is?"

"Can you say it?" Mu Qingtian turned around and asked.

"Of course, there's nothing you can't say about it." Zhu Jingshou's heart was beating extremely fast, "The small shop is doing business without deception, so it's just a gift for you. Don't take advantage of it. Come back next time."

If he continued to kiss, he was afraid that he couldn't bear it and would kill Mu Qingtian right now.

Mu Qingtian laughed out loud.He has never seen anyone who can treat love as a business.

"Then tell me, as for whether to come next time, I still have to think about it." Mu Qingtian said intentionally.

"Actually, you've heard his name before."

"I've heard of it?" Mu Qingtian was puzzled, and began to search for the few names he remembered in his mind.

"When this king and Yao Qin were arguing about Yan Yin." Zhu Jingshou reminded.

Mu Qingtian quickly remembered their conversation at that time, after all, it was not long after all, and it was also this incident that made Yao Qin and Zhu Jingshou, who was still "Wu Tingyun" at that time, hate each other.

"Yao Qin didn't know that you were a prince, and you usually act a little casually when you talk and do things. You don't blame him, do you?" Mu Qingtian was a little worried.

Zhu Jingshou raised his eyebrows and said: "Qingqing has said so, then I will sell you face, write off all the past, and don't bother him."

Although Yao Qin admired Mu Qingtian, Zhu Jingshou didn't take him seriously at all, and he didn't think he was his opponent.Status, status, appearance, everything he Qing Wang Zhu Jingshou is top-notch.

Yao Qin was absolutely loyal to Mu Qingtian, which was a good thing for Mu Qingtian, so he never planned to move Yao Qin from the beginning.

"You only mentioned two people about Yanyin," Mu Qingtian recalled.

One is Ye Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other is Li Guang.Yao Qin thinks that Ye Qi's reform is in the contemporary era, and the disadvantages have already appeared, but Zhu Jingshou doesn't think so, and thinks that Ye Qi's reform has greatly improved the problem of the emptiness of the national treasury.

"Li Guang?"

"Yes." At the mention of this name, Zhu Jingshou's whole demeanor changed, and there was endless anger in his voice.

"In a time of peace and prosperity, the imperial brother was obsessed with the alchemy of the heavenly scriptures. Li Guangmei came up, bewitching the Lord with evil words, relying on the imperial brother's favor to run amok in the palace, and even outside the palace."

Li Guang's family members are also proud of Li Guang, they used his name to run rampant in the local area, selling salt and silver, but they met the upright Sheng Da, and they were so afraid that they threw all the salt into the lake overnight inside.

But there are still a small number of "grand people" in this world after all, and they cannot compare with the huge number of corrupt/corrupt officials.Inside and outside the court, officials big and small competed to curry favor with Li Guang, seeing that the atmosphere of the court was about to be chaotic.

Mu Qingtian had heard about Li Guang, and knew that he was the only blemish on Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang's 18-year reign.

"Qin Emperor Yingzheng sent thousands of ships, but they never got to Penglai. How can Tianshu Pill Fang be trusted?" Mu Qingtian disagreed.

"If there is a heavenly book, I hope the emperor can live forever." Zhu Jingshou did not continue this topic.

"Nowadays, Li Guang is domineering, and there is a faint posture of Wang Zhiwantong and others. He must not be allowed to continue to develop."

Zhu Youtang couldn't listen to his advice, so he could only use Weifu to inspect officials from various places to collect evidence related to Li Guang and focus on checking these officials.

"So what happened to Yao Jingdao, do you think Li Guang did it too?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Jingshou shook his head.

"Li Guang's hand can't reach that far, and there are other people who rectify Yao Jingdao." But no matter what, Li Guang can't escape no matter what.

After learning the news he wanted, Mu Qingtian indifferently broke Zhu Jingshou's hand, jumped out of his arms, sat down at the table and poured two cups of tea.

He raised a glass to Zhu Jingshou, and said, "Now that the prince's mission is completed, it's time to go to the next place."

Zhu Jingshou's fingers twitched, and he lowered his face and said, "Are you driving me away?"

"Otherwise, will the prince still stay in Zimingli and hang out with us country folks?" Mu Qingtian asked back.

"This king said that this king is happy with you, so naturally he wants to be with you."

"Yao Jingdao is doomed to die. The county magistrate of Chongming County is vacant. Sooner or later it will be yours."

Mu Qingtian blinked innocently, and said, "Hey, His Royal Highness Prince Qing wants to use public affairs for personal gain? So you have already planned to let me succeed Yao Jingdao?"

Zhu Jingshou's heart cooled down a little bit, he stared at Mu Qingtian's face, and said seriously: "Do you think everything I did was a scheme?"

He could allow Mu Qingtian to be presumptuous towards him, but he could never accept Mu Qingtian's desire to insult him.

Seeing that Zhu Jingshou was really angry, Mu Qingtian accepted it as soon as he saw it, and flattered him: "Of course not. When I was bullied by Zhang Fu, you fell from the sky, and Chongming County, it was you who saved me from Yao Jingdao."

Zhu Jingshou was pinned down by Mu Qingtian, he wanted to get angry but couldn't express it, so he was calmed down with a few words, he didn't look like he acted vigorously as rumored.

"I mean, now that everyone knows that you are the prince, if you stay in Zimingli, it will inevitably be inconvenient."

"Then let's set off right away. I'll ask Shi Houjian to write Ren Shu and go directly to Chongming County." Zhu Jingshou let go of his momentum, wanting to put some pressure on Mu Qingtian.

"Simingli hasn't gotten rich yet, so I can't leave." Mu Qingtian refused, "How about you continue to wear the mask?"

"If you agree, drink this cup of tea."

Zhu Jingshou looked at the teacup handed to him, then looked at Mu Qingtian's sly eyes, and knew that he had fallen into his trap again.

If you don't drink, there is no room for him in the Ming Dynasty; if you drink, he gets along with Mu Qing every day, but he can't use his original face, how can he not make him jealous.

"Then it's settled." Mu Qingtian smiled and watched Zhu Jingshou drink up the tea.

He thought it would be enough to put on the mask, but Mu Qingtian started to keep a distance from him the next day.As soon as he approached, Mu Qingtian would dodge, and when he couldn't dodge, he would call out "Standing Cloud".

"Although you are wearing a mask, you are still a prince. Let's not get so close to avoid being gossiped."

From being able to kiss and hug every day to now being unable to hold hands, His Royal Highness King Qing was hurt internally, so Yao Jingdao suffered.

Mu Qingtian stayed in Zimingli, and Zhu Jingshou went to Chongming County to verify what Mrs. Yao said in the letter.The people of Chongming County saw the garrison of Suzhou Prefecture surrounding the county government, and they came to watch.

Shi Hou Jian found a mechanism at the foot of the Buddha statue in the center of the Buddhist hall, and after opening it, he got a box of ledgers and letters, all of which were written by Yao Jingdao.

The evidence was conclusive, Zhu Jingshou directly ordered Yao Jingdao to be taken to prison, and three days later he was interrogated and executed at Caishikou.Mrs. Nian Yao killed her relatives out of selfishness and justice, pardoned her son's death penalty, and demoted her to a commoner and sent her to the Southwest to serve as an army.

It doesn't matter if you don't check, once you check, everyone in Yao Jingdao's mansion is not clean.Those who had killed anyone were directly sent to the prison to be executed together with Yao Jingdao, and those who had not killed anyone were sentenced to exile.

Before leaving, Zhu Jingshou stood at the door and turned to look back at the tall Buddha in the Buddhist hall.It is said that the Buddhist family is merciful, but Mrs. Yao devoted herself to the Buddha, but in the end she still did not end well.

【King Qing has arrived in Chongming County, Yao Jingdao has harmed countless people, King Qing will not let him go.If you want to save your family and son, just do what the letter says. 】

Her eyes became more and more dizzy, Mrs. Yao swallowed the letter paper and looked up at the Buddha statue, but she couldn't see the Buddha's face clearly.

After Yao Jingdao was dealt with, Zhang Fu also hid in the mansion and did not dare to come out, Mu Qingtian's life became more and more nourishing.Molesting King Qing every day, and then teaching wolf cubs to walk, it’s so pleasant~~

When His Highness Prince Qing was about to reach the brink of eruption, Mu Qing floated lightly into Zhu Jingshou's room, holding Yingjun in his arms to let him recognize him.

Zhu Jingshou was not happy on the surface, and seemed to be still angry with Mu Qingtian, but he secretly grabbed Yingjun and asked him to call him "Daddy".Yingjun doesn't know what "Father" means, he only knows that as long as this strange thing in front of him says "Father", it will eat meat if it immediately says "Aw".

Handsome doesn't understand anything, handsome only drinks nei and eats meat.

Spring begins in February, and the ice and snow melt.Mu Qingtian took out all the chili seeds that had been hidden for the winter and distributed them to the farmers in Zimingli for planting, and rented out all the official land to grow rice.

There are still four months before the deadline for the next task, Mu Qingtian decided to finish the matter of soap and juice first before trying to find a way to make tea.

The yield of extracting orange peel essential oil by cold pressing is too small, and it coincides with the alternation of winter and spring. There are still some wintersweets left, and peach blossoms are slowly blooming.Mu Qingtian organized a team building activity, and took everyone from Lizheng/Mansion to go for an outing on the mountain to pick peach blossoms.

"Fu Yuan wears flower branches, big girl." Fu Bao secretly pinned the flowering peach branches on Fu Yuan's head, and hurried away to laugh at him.

Fuyuan was so angry that she threw away the peach branch and wanted to chase Fubao.

Shuhui and Cuizhu sat on a mat under an early-blooming peach tree, and then took out portions of the food in the basket and arranged them.

After Cuizhu knew Shuhui's identity, coupled with Shuhui's indifference that day, Cuizhu alienated Shuhui for a while, and only respected her.Shuhui likes Cuizhu quite a bit, scratching her head and trying to find a reason to get back together with Cuizhu.She can't be blamed for this, she is just a small bodyguard, and she still has to support King Qing at critical moments.

"Cuizhu, what do you think I did?" Shuhui came back holding a wreath and presented it to Cuizhu.

"My lord is ingenious and handy." Cui Zhu looked away and continued with his subordinates.

Shuhui wanted to wear it for Cuizhu, but was avoided.As soon as she thought about it, she turned her head to look for Mu Qingtian, and said: "Mr. Mu is handsome, and wearing a wreath must look good too."

Cuizhu hurriedly grabbed Shuhui, anxious and annoyed, said: "The young master and the prince are discussing matters, my lord should wait until later."

How can a man wear a wreath, Shuhui is humiliating her son by doing this!

"Then you wear it." Shuhui said with a smile.

"Your lord made the wreath with your own hands, you should wear it yourself." Cui Zhu turned her head.

"Then I'll put it on for Mr. Mu."

Cuizhu couldn't understand how there could be such a scoundrel as Shuhui in this world.She was defeated, took the wreath and placed it on her head.

"It really looks good."

Mu Qingtian had a great time picking peach blossoms with Xiao Lou on his back, leaving Zhu Jingshou far behind.The peach blossoms in early spring are the best, tender and with the fragrance of new branches.After picking it for a while, he realized that Zhu Jingshou hadn't followed, and was just about to turn back to call him, when a gust of wind blew the petals, fascinating his eyes.

What Zhu Jingshou saw was such a picture.The dusty young man stood under the peach tree, covering his eyes with his hands, the hem of his clothes was blown up by the wind, and petals fell all over his head and body.

He took two steps forward in a daze, and heard Mu Qingtian's brisk voice with a smile: "Chang'an, why are you still here?"

"Come here." Zhu Jingshou walked to him restrainedly, twisted a petal from his head, and put it under his nose to sniff lightly when he turned around again.

How many years have passed, King Qing still dreams of peach blossoms on this day.

Everyone worked together, and they picked three big baskets full of peach blossoms during the fun.Lushui and Jiushi loaded peach blossoms on the cart, and the group went down the mountain talking and laughing.

The aroma of peach blossom is too light, and the essential oil must be distilled.Mu Qingtian locked himself in the study for two days, and finally drew a distilled blueprint.

The distillation unit is divided into two parts, one is the heating furnace and the other is the condenser.Mu Qingtian wasn't sure if he could make a condenser pipe, so he designed a version, changing the pipe into a sphere.

"Maybe you can use clay." Zhu Jingshou suggested while holding the blueprint.

Not to mention Shuntian Mansion, even in Suzhou Mansion, the pipeline like Mu Qingtian's painting is easy to make, as long as the people in the porcelain kiln burn a few teapot spouts and connect them together.But Zimingli's conditions are limited, and there is no way to burn porcelain.

"Then try it with a cold ball first."

Yao Qin piled up a heating furnace in the shape of a refining furnace, and put a few poles on the bottom to support the large porcelain bottle on top.After that, Aoyama cut a hollow piece of wood, connected it to the opening of the porcelain bottle, and inserted the other end into the cold ball, sealed it and soaked it in the water tank.

Mu Qingtian fetched some peach blossoms, added water and put them in a porcelain bottle, lit the heating furnace and started distillation.

The effect of the cold ball is not good. Before the liquid in the lower layer goes down, the upper layer continues to come up, and the efficiency is very low.But Mu Qingtian successfully steamed a thin layer of peach blossom essential oil.He reached out his hand to touch the oil surface, put it under his nose to smell it, and then applied it on the back of his hand.

The aroma of peach blossom is refreshing, and the essential oil is even more moisturizing. It can be said to be very successful.If you can improve the efficiency of heating and cooling, you can start making soap.

"If I'm not in a hurry, I can ask Suzhou Porcelain Kiln to make some porcelain tubes according to the drawings."

Mu Qingtian opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhu Jingshou with admiration.Sure enough, hugging your thighs is cool!

Zhu Jingshou was very useful, so he immediately edited a book and asked Shi Houjian to do it.

The author has something to say: so sleepy——

About Xiao Zhu's age.Emperor Hongzhi was only 36 years old when he died of overwork, so Xiao Zhu's age fluctuated around 26.

small theater:

Mu Qingtian: I should write a book called "Master Mu's Book of Getting Rich".

Zhu Jingshou: Why don't we call it "What did I go through when I stayed in Prince Qing's Mansion for one year".

Mu Qingtian:?