Mu Nanjin, who was in a good mood today, could understand why Lu Feichen came back late, so he didn't bother with him about being nearly half a month late: "I'm glad you didn't break your promise. I'll introduce you to a new colleague."

She called Wu Yuan over: "This is Wu Yuan..."

With a thud, Lu Feichen knelt down when he saw Wu Yuan.

Everyone: “…”

Wu Yuan helped him up: "You are so polite to show such a great courtesy."

Lu Feichen couldn't believe his eyes. Isn't this the Orderer?

"W-Why are you here?"

Shouldn't the other party go back? How did he become his colleague? Could he be here to arrest him?

Wu Yuan sighed: "It's hard to put it into words, what about you?"

Lu Feichen was ashamed: "It's hard for me to explain it in words."

Jia Yin: “…”

Everyone has their own reasons.

The thousand households looked at each other in bewilderment.

Anyone who could scare the King of David to his knees must not be an ordinary person.

Mu Nanjin looked at Captain Liu and said, "Captain Liu, didn't you say yesterday that you had a mission? What mission?"

Captain Liu said unhappily, "Other people have been sent. You should just look at your case file."

"oh."

Mu Nanjin was not in a hurry to look at the case files. Instead, he arranged for Heitan and others to find all the witnesses in the case files that they had previously looked at, and then clear the wronged people of the charges.

While everyone was busy looking for witnesses, she took out the small round box sent by the governor and studied it.

[It looks like an ordinary box, why is it so powerful? 】

Upon hearing this, the thousand households all looked up.

Captain Liu asked curiously, "Mu Nanjin, what are you holding in your hand?"

Mu Nanjin: "It's a gift from someone else."

[They will never guess that it was given to me by the governor, hehe.]

The thousand households: “……!!”

The governor actually gave Mu Nanjin a gift! ? Could it be that the governor really fell in love with this little girl? Captain Liu cautiously probed: "You look so cherished, it must be given to you by someone very special to you, right?"

Mu Nanjin nodded.

Captain Liu pointed at the sword at her waist and said, "What about your sword? Was it also given to you by that special person?"

Mu Nanjin nodded again.

[The sword was given to me by Tian Yuan, hehe. 】

Thousand households: "..."

It turned out to be sent by different men!

Liu Qianhu coughed lightly and asked: "Did the Imperial Master give you a gift?"

In his opinion, since all the men she liked had given gifts, the Imperial Master should have given one as well.

"National Master?" Mu Nanjin's eyes flashed with confusion: "Why would the National Master give me a gift?"

Captain Liu made up a story: "Didn't you vindicate Prince Wu'an? I thought the emperor and the imperial teacher would reward you."

"No."

Mu Nanjin didn't want any reward, but the matter of Prince Wu'an reminded her of the Fourth Prince: "How was your interrogation of the Fourth Prince? Did they plead guilty?"

Captain Liu smiled and said, "The torture in the Duwei Mansion is not something that the pampered nobles can endure. If they don't confess, they will be beaten to death. They might as well confess and live a few more days. Maybe they will have a chance to escape. But it's impossible to escape. When the day comes to bury the Wu'an King and his family, their heads will be used as sacrifices."

Mu Nanjin didn't feel sorry for the Fourth Prince so he didn't say anything.

Captain Liu pretended to sigh loudly, "It's a pity that the Fourth Prince's property was robbed before it was confiscated, otherwise our national treasury would have made a huge profit."

Mu Nanjin: “…”

[You guys are thinking of beauty, but I am not stupid. I will take away the Fourth Prince's property before I deal with him.]

Captain Liu didn't chat with her anymore.

Mu Nanjin's men were very efficient and in just a few days they found witnesses to redress the injustice done to the wronged people.

When they learned that it was a female official who vindicated them, they were surprised and grateful.

At this time, the location for King Wu'an's tomb had been selected, and the burial was scheduled for the first half of the twelfth lunar month.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily.

In such cold weather, civil and military officials as well as common people came to see him off.

The emperor, who was an adopted son, put on linen clothes and carried the coffin all the way to the burial place of King Wu'an.

The wind was howling, as if cheering for Wu An's burial and rehabilitation.

Today's ceremony was very grand, with the funeral procession stretching twenty miles long, comparable to the emperor's funeral.

For the next seven days, the emperor and the princes guarded Prince Wu'an's tomb.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the end of the year.

Tang Jingrui found Mu Nanjin and said, "Mu Nanjin, it's the end of the year now, why hasn't my uncle come back yet? Do you know where he went?"

Mu Nanjin replied without thinking: "I don't know."

[Even if I know, I can't tell you. ]

Tang Jingrui frowned: "Then do you know when he will come back?"

“I guess I won’t be able to come back this year.”

[His situation is so difficult, how could he come back just like that? ]

Tang Jingrui asked again: "Aren't you worried about your uncle?"

"Don't worry."

[Even if you die, he can't die. ]

Tang Jingrui was almost mad at what she said.

He took a deep breath and said, "On the last day of the twelfth lunar month, come back and spend the New Year's Eve with us. We will cook your favorite dishes for you at home."

Mu Nanjin asked him: "Do you know what kind of food I like to eat?"

Tang Jingrui: “…”

In the past, Mu Nanjin would eat whatever the Tang family ate and had no idea what kind of food she liked.

"Tell me what dishes you like and I'll ask the cook to prepare them."

Mu Nanjin thought for a while and said, "Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, braised pork, braised duck, braised chicken, bacon, steamed pork belly..."

Tang Jingrui quickly interrupted her: "Are you sure you like these dishes?"

Mu Nanjin nodded: "As long as it's delicious, I like it."

Tang Jingrui: "..."

Mu Nanjin continued, "There are also dried meat, sausages, assorted Suzhou dishes, smoked chicken belly, steamed pork with eight treasures, duck stuffed with glutinous rice, pheasant in a pot, quail in a pot, and braised assorted items..."

"Wait, can you eat that much?"

“Is that a lot?”

[There are a total of 108 dishes in the Manchu-Han Banquet, and I still haven’t read out the names of 88 dishes. ]

Tang Jingrui: “…”

Mu Nanjin asked him: "Can you do it? If not, I won't go."

Tang Jingrui finally understood that she didn't want to celebrate the New Year with them at all.

"If you don't want to spend the New Year with us, just tell me, I won't make it difficult for you."

Mu Nanjin quickly replied: "Well, I don't want to spend the New Year with you."

[The Tang family doesn't welcome me at all, so why should I watch you guys eat with sour faces during the New Year, making everyone uncomfortable? ]

Tang Jingrui sighed.

In fact, after Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang learned that Mu Nanjin had been promoted to a fifth-rank official, their attitude changed a lot. They also asked him twice to invite Mu Nanjin back for dinner.

However, Tang Liuzhao did not welcome her and still did not let Mu Nanjin go back.

"In that case, I won't force you. There are many people in your Mu Mansion, I will send someone to deliver some food to your house, and you can spend a good New Year with them in the Mu Mansion."

"Thank you." (End of this chapter)