Traveling through ancient times.

Wei Ke was about to leave when Jiang Yizhou called him back, "Oh, go get someone to invite Uncle Liu and the others over."

"Yes--"

Jiang Yizhou: "By the way, last time I asked you to check on Uncle Liu and the others, how is the progress?"

Wei Ke said, "The news from Liu Sichang is very simple. His eldest grandson Liu Dezhang participated in the provincial examination last year, but his results were not satisfactory and he did not pass the examination, so the whole family was not very interested. However, after careful investigation, it seems that this has little to do with his provincial examination results, but has something to do with his mentor."

"What do you mean? Could something have happened to his mentor?" Jiang Yizhou blurted out.

In this era, the relationship between master and disciple is very close. As long as you become a disciple of a certain school, you basically represent your own political and interest stance.

Therefore, once something happens to either the master or the disciple, it is difficult for the other party to remain unscathed.

Wei Ke nodded, "The master's guess was right. It was his mentor Song Ming. It is said that he was an old friend of Mr. He Fang, who provided disaster relief in Ezhou last year. Then he was reported for embezzling money and exploiting the people during the disaster relief. Not only was he impeached, his property was confiscated, and he was sentenced to death. At that time, Song Ming worked hard for him, and then he was also accused of being in cahoots with the corrupt and was suspended from his post. So his students were basically rejected, and Liu Dezhang was one of them."

Jiang Yizhou nodded slightly, seeming to understand a little.

If Song Ming cannot make a comeback, it means that Liu Dezhang will never be able to make a breakthrough and will have no hope in his official career.

This is the root of Liu Sichang’s worries.

Whether Song Ming can make a comeback depends on He Fang's case.

Jiang Yizhou felt that this might involve a complicated network of interests. Regardless of whether He Fang was corrupt or not, he was pushed out to take the blame and was treated as a pawn.

In this case, it doesn't matter whether he is wrongly accused or not, those people will make this case an ironclad case.

Jiang Yizhou sighed slightly, thinking back to the memories of the original owner over the past few years. No wonder Liu Sichang, as a fellow villager, was unable to help her and could only secretly provide some help within his ability.

It turned out that from this time on, their family had begun to go downhill.

Moreover, being a local celebrity may seem prestigious, but in reality, helping some people means offending other people.

Once those people see you in decline, they will rush over and step on you. If their family is related to the "criminal minister", it will also be used as a topic and magnified infinitely.

So in the end he had to resign from the position of local celebrity and live a low-key and tolerant life.

Jiang Yizhou sorted out his memories. Anyway, until the moment the original owner died, the situation of Liu Sichang's family did not improve.

It also indirectly confirmed her previous guess: it is almost impossible to overturn the verdict and clear Song Ming's name.

As a result, her original idea of ​​returning the favor and helping Uncle Liu's family had to be shelved.

Jiang Yizhou closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

After a while, she suddenly said, "Please keep this in mind for now. If you have a chance in the future, you can ask about He Fang's case."

Wei Ke responded, "I understand." Then he immediately went to Liu Sichang's house and asked several elders to come and testify.

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Ning Jianren traveled outside for several months with infinite longings, but returned empty-handed.

I almost lost my life.

On the way back, I heard that the woman who had been hiding in Yunshan Farm had returned to Jiang's house.

Moreover, he ignored the secular perspective, propriety, integrity, ethical principles, and directly broke down the door.

Then clear out all the people and things in the house.

Including his room.

There were not only his personal belongings in it, but also some contract documents and so on.

Although it was kept secret, he later learned from the news that the woman had disposed of all the slaves, either by beating them half to death and cutting off their tongues to sell them to the coolie shops, or by sending them to prison with their families.

In other words, she found all the documents.

He was extremely angry, but the matter was done and he could only try his best to save the situation.

Therefore, what he was most worried about was not what had happened to Jiang's house, but those who were sent to jail, such as Xu Ma, Jiang Liu and others, which gave him a headache.

I really regret not having...

There is also the former Jiang steward Jiang Fusheng, that old fox. If it weren't for him, he would have found a way to get rid of those people long ago.

Now, this woman's revenge is so fierce and thorough.

In the arson case, these people were all insiders and participants. And now they have been sentenced to death by Magistrate He. What if the higher-ups find out that the case is serious and want to re-examine it, and these people can't stand it, or they just give him up?

So, when he was about to reach Ximin County, he turned again and went to Jiang'an County, and found the Huo family there.

I hope they can come forward and find someone to completely eliminate those hidden dangers.

Of course, the Huo family would not allow someone who was about to be squeezed out to force them to do something, and the leverage Ning Jianren had in his hands now seemed insignificant.

Just as the Huo family drove him away without hesitation, he said, "Haven't you been seeking opportunities to cooperate with the head of Yunshan Farm? I am her husband..."

Huo Yuting was immediately amused, but he temporarily let the servant leave and said, "It is said that the head of the Jiang family turned a piece of wasteland into a granary in less than two years, and launched several high-yield crops in succession. Now she is more powerful than those middle-class landlords. It is said that tenant farmers in many places want to move to her farm..."

Ning Jianren's face was burning. He didn't expect that woman to be so capable. She actually survived in that desolate place and lived so well.

He said with a stiff face: "To be honest, I believe you have investigated me before. I am the son-in-law of the Jiang family. I am not willing to live under someone else's roof, so I want to make a way for myself..."

Huo Yuting was probably in his thirties, a few years older than Ning Jianren, but he looked more stable... or he had a kind of domineering aura.

When he heard Ning Jianren's self-introduction, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: Oh, your unwillingness to live under someone else's roof means that you have to empty other people's wealth to pave your way to success. But as a man, if you don't have ambition, what's the difference between you and a mud-footed pole at the end of the field.

Huo Yuting stared at him and asked, "And then? You don't think that she will let you control her just because of the way you are now, do you?"

It can be said that most women in this world cannot avoid sentimental relationships, which can be simply described as "womanly kindness."

But for a woman who can survive and build a career while her husband is cutting off her financial support and surrounded by evil slaves, who dares to say that she is "romantic" or just an accessory that revolves around a man?