I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"I don't know the master's name."

The drinker next to him continued to talk to Liang Maoshi.

"My last name is Liang, and everyone in my village calls me Liang Dali."

Liang Maoshi smiled, inadvertently revealing his country temperament.

But even so, others were still flattering him: "From this name, we can tell that you are not an ordinary person. I have never heard of your name in the capital before. Are you new here?"

Liang Maoshi said: "Yes, I just came to the capital a few days ago and took refuge with my nephew."

"Then your nephew must also be a high-ranking official."

The drinker next to him also said so.

"Of course."

When talking about his nephew, Liang Maoshi's face was filled with pride.

"I wonder which master your nephew is?"

Others asked curiously.

"Yeah, tell me about it and let everyone see it."

Facing such enthusiasm from the crowd, the straightforward Liang Maoshi replied: "My nephew is the Prime Minister of the current dynasty."

"Your nephew is the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister Jiang Zuojiang?"

Others looked surprised.

"Of course I am. I am his cousin. I am absolutely not lying."

Liang Maoshi nodded.

Being able to establish a relationship with Jiangzuo was a matter of great honor to the family, so Liang Maoshi naturally wanted to show off.

As soon as these words were spoken, several men not far away immediately turned their eyes to Liang Maoshi.

After a while, this group of people came forward and started chatting with Liang Maoshi.

"He is actually Prime Minister Jiang's uncle. He is indeed extraordinary."

"I saw at a glance that this gentleman is a nobleman."

For a moment, Liang Maoshi became the focus of everyone's attention, and everyone around him tried to show his goodwill to Liang Maoshi in various ways.

"Come on, sir, the wine is here."

The waiter's attitude also became more respectful.

In such an atmosphere, Liang Maoshi's vanity could no longer be concealed.

"You are the cousin of Prime Minister Jiang, so you must have connections, right?"

A man in blue asked.

Liang Maoshi nodded and said, "Of course."

Ever since he got the help from Jiang Zuo, he has been walking with a breeze and his head held high.

Before this, Liang Maoshi was just a farmer in the countryside and had never thought that he would come to the capital to live such a good life.

"Several large shops have opened in the capital recently. I heard they are owned by Prime Minister Jiang."

Said the man in green.

Liang Maoshi didn't think about it and answered, "Yes, my eldest son is in charge of things over there."

The proud expression is beyond words.

The man in green had a hint of smile in his eyes, and then he said, "In that case, I have a batch of goods in my hands. Can I entrust you to sell them? I only want to make a little money. After that, how about I give you three thousand taels?"

"Three thousand taels?"

Liang Maoshi’s eyes widened.

This amount of money was something he had never dared to imagine in his entire life.

"How is it?" asked the man in green.

Liang Maoshi hesitated for a moment, then thought that since his son was in charge of the store, he could sell the goods in the name of the store and there would be no risk at all.

After thinking for a moment, Liang Maoshi asked, "Is there really three thousand taels?"

The man in green said, "With your status, how dare I cheat you? This is easy to do. It's just a small batch of goods. Your store can sell them all in a short time. I can pay you now."

As he said that, he actually took out a silver note from his pocket and said, "Whether the goods are sold or not, the money is yours."

After hearing what this person said, Liang Maoshi was completely moved and said, "That's no problem."

"Come on, drink!"

The man in green said happily.

After they had a few drinks, they set out to come.

Liang Maoshi followed behind them, already imagining how he would spend the three thousand taels.

After a while, the group arrived at a warehouse.

The man in the lead came to the warehouse and fiddled with it for a while before opening the door.

"Come on, go in."

Said the man in green.

Liang Maoshi didn't think much about it and just walked in.

There are indeed a lot of supplies piled up in this warehouse.

While Liang Maoshi was checking the supplies, the door of the warehouse was suddenly closed.

Liang Maoshi answered suddenly, but found that those people had disappeared.

He was extremely confused and knocked on the door repeatedly, shouting, "What's going on? Open the door!"

But after shouting for a while, there was no response.

"Who dares to break into the government treasury and steal?!"

The next moment, someone suddenly shouted, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

After a while, the door was opened.

A group of officials in official uniforms came in and surrounded Liang Maoshi.

It was really strange how quickly this group of people arrived.

"what happened……"

Liang Maoshi was suddenly in a panic.

"You thief, how dare you steal government supplies."

"Government supplies? Didn't that man say it was his own goods?"

Liang Maoshi was stunned and still doesn't know that he has been framed.

"Someone, take him down!"

The officer said sternly.

Before Liang Maoshi could react, a group of yamen runners rushed up and took him down.

"Don't arrest me, my nephew is the prime minister of the dynasty."

In panic, Liang Maoshi shouted loudly.

After hearing this, the person hiding in the dark suddenly smiled...

Jiang Zuo had just returned home from leaving the imperial city.

At the gate, the cousin no longer came to bother us.

But the next moment, Jiang Zuo received a more disturbing piece of news: "Sir, your cousin has been arrested by the government for stealing government supplies!"

"What happened?" Jiang Zuo frowned.

Master Guo said, "I don't know what happened, but it must be that my cousin showed off his wealth and was targeted by someone."

Jiang Zuo remained silent, feeling uneasy.

Master Guo added: "He must have been framed. This will definitely implicate you, sir. What should we do?"

Jiang Zuo soon realized that those who framed his cousin Liang were targeting him.

"Alas, we can only deal with it."

Jiang Zuo was quite helpless.

No matter what Jiang Zuo does now, it will be a dead end.

If I just let it go and choose to protect my uncle, I will fall completely into someone else's trap.

The so-called important official of the court, Prime Minister Jiang, is actually a person who is partial and unjust.

As a result, those enemies in the dark will definitely use this as a topic to continuously discredit Jiang Zuo's reputation.

Jiang Zuo was not worried about his own reputation being affected, but he was afraid that it would affect the Empress. After all, Jiang Zuo was promoted by the Empress, and if Jiang Zuo had any character problems, the Empress's reputation would also be damaged.

Jiang Zuo was able to rise from county magistrate to prime minister in just one year, but many old officials in the court were not convinced by Jiang Zuo.

But if he kills his own relatives for the sake of justice, people will say that he is cold-blooded and ruthless. What's more, Uncle Liang is indeed the benefactor of Jiang Zuo's family. If he really kills his uncle, he will only become a laughing stock of others.

It seems to be a dilemma.

Jiang Zuo thought for a long time before he came up with a solution.

Rather than prove yourself, it is better to discredit others...