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Liu Mu came to the pawn shop and asked, "When I came here, I saw many people kneeling outside the magistrate's yamen. Could something have happened?"

Shopkeeper Zhao said, "It's not all because of the emperor's construction of the palace. Those foremen took the money and didn't give it to the coolies below. The coolies asked the foreman to argue, but they were beaten to death by the foreman."

Liu Mu said, "Killing people to pay for their lives is a matter of course, just go to the government to arrest people."

"It would be great if it could be that simple. But the foreman happened to be the nephew of the magistrate Yang. The autopsy showed that the dead coolie died of a heart attack."

Liu Mu said, "This is really outrageous, this dog official is clearly trying to disregard human life for personal gain!"

Shopkeeper Zhao said, "But this is not unusual. That coolie was not the only one who died on the construction site. Before, they captured a group of beggars to build a palace, and they all died inside. There are also those who have no money and no power. Most of them didn’t get much wages, and I don’t know how many died or were injured. Most of those kneeling outside are families of coolies.”

When Liu Mu left the pawn shop in the evening, he passed by the magistrate’s yamen and saw the people still kneeling, and saw a group of officials holding knives walking out of it, “Boldly disturb the people, the magistrate has an order, if there are any troublemakers who don’t leave, we will He's about to be imprisoned!"

Liu Mu saw that the official wanted to arrest someone, so he hurried forward to stop him, "Wait a minute!"

The officer looked at Liu Mu and said, "Whoever meddles in other people's business, get out of here quickly, or you will be caught too."

Another officer recognized Liu Mu and hurriedly said, "This is Master Liu's eldest son."

When the officer heard that it was Liu Mu, he hurriedly changed his face and said with a smile, "I don't know why Mr. Liu is here?"

It happened that Xia Tong passed by at this time, "Boss, why are you here! I want to ask you to drink."

Liu Mu whispered, "Drinking is a minor matter, there is a more important thing for you to do."

The officials naturally knew Governor Xia's sons, and they all nodded and bowed their heads and said, "Oh, Mr. Xia is here, so I'm not far away to welcome you."

Xia Tong said impatiently, "Don't be verbose, listen to my boss!"

Liu Mu said to the kneeling people, "Neighbors, I know that you kneel here for a reason, but if the magistrate is determined not to accept the case, even if you kneel and break your knees, the magistrate will not accept it. What's more, with With your strength, there is no way to compete with the officials who hold knives. If you are serious, you will be imprisoned." Liu Mu pulled Xia Tong who was standing aside, and said, "This is the son of Governor Xia. I think everyone has seen it. In the name of Governor Xia, Mr. Xia assures everyone that the government will definitely give everyone a satisfactory result after waiting a little longer."

Naturally, the common people would not easily believe Liu Mu's words. Liu Mu, Xia Tong and others are well-known villains in Jinling. Now that Liu Mu said this, everyone thought it was a collusion between the government and businessmen to fool the people.Knowing that the people didn't believe him, Liu Mu said, "Now the magistrate Yang has issued an order that if there are any unreasonable people here, they will be imprisoned. If you leave now, Mr. Xia will naturally protect your safety."

Seeing this, Xia Tong hurriedly said to the officials behind him, "Everyone, why don't you buy my father's face and let these people go back first."

Seeing that Xia Tong opened his mouth, the officials didn't dare to pursue it any further.When the people saw that the government was about to imprison themselves, they all took the opportunity to disperse.

Xia Tong asked Liu Mu, "Boss, even my father can't speak up about this matter, how dare you boast about such a big sea."

Liu Mu said, "Do you know about this?"

"Yeah, these people are desperate, and there are people who come to my father's yamen to sue. I heard from my father that the Ministry of Construction and Industry sowed millions of taels of silver, but who knows where the money was spent? This matter seems to involve some high-ranking officials in the capital, so my father has no way to intervene."

Liu Mu said, "I have a way, but it's just a little risky."

"any solution?"

Liu Mu didn't tell Xia Tong his plan, but said, "You don't need to know so much now, just do what I tell you."

On the one hand, Liu Mu, Xia Tong and others only saw the people collecting news about this matter, and on the other hand, they gave out money to appease the people.

When Liu Mu returned home, he heard noises in the plum garden behind the other courtyard, and thought that few people came to the plum garden in his other courtyard, and they only let them take care of it occasionally. When he heard someone talking, Liu Mu thought it was There are outsiders from the other courtyard.

Hearing voices like a man and a woman again, Liu Mu thought, maybe Yu Wanran is dating someone else!Liu Mu tiptoed towards the plum garden, suddenly his shoulders sank, Liu Mu turned around and saw Yu Wanran patted his shoulder, "You?" Liu Mu looked at Yu Wanran in a daze.

Yu Wanran said, "What are you doing here, you look like a thief."

Liu Mu made a silent gesture, and pulled Yu Wanran into the plum garden. When he got closer, he heard the sound of refueling, "Every day... God... It's too... hot! This... this, this It's...Young Master, here it is..." I saw Tim You and Dong Lu sitting on the big rock behind the tree, Tim You was holding something in his hand, and talked with Dong Lu falteringly for a long time without explaining it. .

Liu Mu was anxious when he heard that, so he went over to refuel and said, "That's the mat made of ice silk I gave him, it's cool to sleep on."

The two people were startled by Liu Mu, they stood up hastily, Liu Mu asked refueling, "You want to give this to Dong Lu?"

Refueling nodded.Liu Mu said, "What are you two doing hiding here in broad daylight? Could it be that you are dating?"

Dong Lu immediately blushed, and before the two could speak, Yu Wanran said, "Don't get in the way here." After speaking, she pulled Liu Mu out of the plum garden.

Willow said, "Could it be that my refueling is with your winter dew?"

Yu Wanran smiled and said, "Dong Lu, this little girl has something on her face, I'm afraid the two of them have been together for a while."

Liu Mu smiled, "But how can a petite girl like Dong Lu like such a silly and rude person like Tianyou?"

Yu Wanran said, "Then what kind of person do you think Dong Lu should like?"

"Hmm...it should be handsome, with fair skin, bright eyes, thin body, clear speech, and quick mind, oh, it's just like me!" Seeing Yu Wanran staring at herself, Liu Mu asked again. He hurriedly said, "I'm just joking! A rascal like me, how can anyone like me except my wife!"

Yu Wanran smiled, "Who said I like you?"

Liu Mu said cheekily, "You said it yourself! When I lost my memory, you once said that sister Wanran's favorite is Liu Mu. And Fairy Guanghan promised me to be her Hou Yi! What? , now that I have regained my memory, you have lost your memory, can you forget these things?"

Yu Wanran said, "You're talking more and more nonsense, and if you talk nonsense again, I'll punish you to kneel down like an egg."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "My lady is just talking about it. If I listen to you in everything, you won't be willing to punish me. And my lady is kind..." Liu Mu made a subconscious movement while talking, if this If the people around Shi Liumu were adding fuel, there was nothing wrong with this action, it was just a pat on the other's chest.But at this time, Liu Mu is beside Yu Wanran... It seems a bit unsightly...

Liu Mu was taken aback, oh my god, am I looking for death!Liu Mu was frightened and quickly said, "My lady, don't be angry. You also know that I won't belittle you on purpose. If I want to belittle you, then I might as well go back to my room and touch myself!"

Yu Wanran blushed and reproached, "You scoundrel!" Then she turned and left.

Liu Mu let out a breath of shock, and sighed secretly in her heart, thank God, if this was the past, she would definitely beat me up!But how could she have such a good temper just now!Oh... I see, she knows I'm a woman, so she won't be mad.Liu Mu immediately regretted it, thinking how much he had been wronged and beaten because of these misunderstandings, if he had known this earlier, it would be better to tell Yu Wanran his identity earlier.

Besides, Liu Mu wanted to seek justice for the people. Liu Mu knew that this matter was risky, and if he failed, he would be benevolent, so he didn't tell Xia Tong and Zhang Fu about his plan.

On the day when the emperor was visiting Jinling, Liu Mu left home early in the morning.

There are officers and soldiers on both sides of the road where the emperor travels, so it is absolutely impossible to rush in and file an imperial complaint.Liu Musui booked a box on the second floor of a restaurant early on, tied one end of the rope around his waist, and tied the other end to the carved pillar decorated in the room.Seeing that the emperor's dragon chariot was approaching, Liu Mu calculated the distance, and directly pulled the rope to play a trick to fall from the sky.

The guards thought it was an assassin, and drew out their sabers one after another, "Protect the Holy Driver!"

Seeing this, Liu Mu knelt in front of the dragon chariot, "Your Majesty! The grass people have a grievance to avenge, a great grievance!"

The guards in front of the dragon chariot yelled loudly, "Boldly disturb the people, disturb the holy driver, come here, take this troublemaker down for me."

Liu Mu shouted, "The treacherous officials are in power, and the common people are fish and meat. I still hope that the emperor will be the master of his own people."

The guard walked up to Liu Mu, and was about to hold Liu Mu's shoulders when a father-in-law with a whisk came out and said, "Wait a minute. Follow me, the emperor wants to see you."

Liu Mu stood up and was about to leave when he leaned back and almost missed sitting on the ground, only then did he remember that there was still a rope tied around his waist.In a hurry, he couldn't untie the dead knot around his waist, and finally the guard cut the rope with a knife.

Liu Mu followed the father-in-law to the front of the dragon chariot. When Liu Mu saw the people on the dragon chariot, he was stunned. That was the old man Huang he had seen in Huguo Temple! "You are the emperor!" Liu Mu blurted out.

The eunuch next to the emperor said, "Now that you know, why don't you kneel down quickly."

Liu Mu hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The grass people don't know the emperor's golden body, and they still hope that the emperor will forgive their sins."

The emperor smiled and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty, let's live in peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor said, "You said you have a great grievance, what exactly is the grievance?"

"In order for the emperor to go on tour, the Ministry of Industry built a palace in Jinling, which wasted money and people..."

"Bold!" the eunuch scolded, "Liu Mu, you speak disrespectfully and despise Tianwei, this is a crime of disrespect."

The emperor waved his hand, "Let him continue."

Liu Mu said, "The Ministry of Industry colluded with the Jinling government to embezzle money and food, deduct workers' wages, and levy taxes in the name of the emperor's construction of the palace. A worker who was deducted from wages refused to accept it. He wanted to make a theory but was beaten to death by the chief foreman. Unexpectedly, the chief foreman is the nephew of Mr. Yang, the prefect of Jinling. The magistrate Yang paid off to cover up the real culprit. The people wanted to get justice, but they were intimidated by the prefect Yang. In the end, the people were panic-stricken and dared not speak out. The officials gave a lot of money Putting it into his own purse, the palace will naturally cut corners. A supervisor told the story, but was killed by the magistrate. There was an elderly mother in the supervisor, but now it is a white-haired man giving a black-haired man In the end, both eyes were blinded from crying. The people have no way to avenge their grievances, and the humble minister can only beg to see the emperor with death, hoping that the emperor will avenge the people."

The emperor said, "Since the prefect is fish and meat people, why don't you report it to the governor of Jiangsu."

"Back to the emperor, if reporting to the governor can avenge the people's grievances, the grassroots would have already sued the officials. Although Governor Xia has the heart to plead for the people, how can a small governor move the Beijing officials behind the scenes. What's more Above the governor is the governor of Liangjiang."

The emperor asked, "Then do you have evidence?"

Liu Mu took out a folded white cloth from his bosom, with blood stains on it, Liu Mu opened the left and right cloth, "This is the blood book of all the laborers who died in vain, and I hope the emperor will learn from it!"

The emperor said, "If what you said is true, I will definitely be the master for the victims of Jinling, and I will never spare those who are corrupt and pervert the law!"