Chapter 43 Liu Shuhui

Lu Lingyun took Xia Mei back home.

After returning, I handed her over to Shuanghong first, gave her a bath, changed her clothes, and assigned her a room.

Lu Lingyun asked Shuanghong to live with her first.

There are three maids in her courtyard, and each of them lives in a room with two people. Shuanghong used to live with Zhiran, but now that Zhiran is out, she asked Xia Mei to live with Shuanghong.

Xia Mei was young, so Lu Lingyun asked her to follow him closely and do the easiest things.

After settling Xia Mei, Lu Lingyun had some free time again.

Qin was the head of the household. Except for the servants who were a little greedy in the accounts and money, no one else dared to cheat.

Now that Lu Lingyun has taken over, her last experience repairing the wall has served as a warning to others, and the bills sent in since then have been much smaller.

She is now in the Marquis' Mansion. Matron An has already taken the position of the head matron, and Xiao Wei is in charge of Cui Dacai's purchasing job. On the surface, she already has considerable influence in the Marquis' Mansion.

Of course, Lu Lingyun knew that considering the Marquis' Mansion as a whole, the power she now possessed was less than one-tenth.

She also needs to cultivate more confidants in key positions.

She was resting on the soft chair, bored, when a housekeeper came in with a message.

"Madam, there is a lawsuit coming to our house."

"Lawsuit?"

Lu Lingyun perked up.

The wealthy and powerful families all have great power and influence, and have extensive connections; many things can be solved by just a few words.

As a result, some small families would inevitably ask for help from the wealthy families when they encountered injustice.

For example, farmers in small places would mostly seek justice from the local gentry, while in larger places, they would seek justice from the local prominent families.

The Ningyang Marquisate was not considered the most powerful in Kyoto, but its strength was enough to attract many people to seek help through connections.

When Lu Lingyun was in Jiangnan, she had seen and handled many such lawsuits.

"He is also the nephew of an old man in our house," the housekeeper nanny said. "His family opened an inn in the west of the city. Next spring, there will be many candidates going to Beijing for the imperial examination. Their inn business is booming. But a few days ago, someone was killed in their inn and the innkeeper was arrested. So his family begged our house to ask the young lady to get the man out."

Lu Lingyun frowned slightly, "What life?"

"It was probably a quarrel between a few bosses, and finally a fight broke out. It just so happened that the handrail on the second floor was rotten and had fallen into disrepair, so the unlucky shopkeeper was arrested."

After hearing this, Lu Lingyun said, "It sounds like he is not unlucky. As the head of the family, he failed to repair the furniture in time and caused a death. He deserves to go to jail."

The housekeeper heard this and said, "That's what he said, but he didn't mean it. Madam, the housekeeper's surname is Zhao, and his uncle was the late old master's butler. Butler Zhao was stabbed by the late old master, and that knife killed all his descendants. He has no children and only a nephew to support him. He is now in his seventies and eighties, and now he has come to our house with white hair, hoping that we can come forward to bail him out, no matter how much money we pay!"

After hearing this, Lu Lingyun straightened up and asked, "Is the old housekeeper still outside?"

"Yes, still kneeling."

"Tell him to go back first. I'll go check it out tomorrow."

"Okay!" The housekeeper went out excitedly.

Lu Lingyun took note of this. She called Xia Mei over and asked, "Xia Mei, did you also live in the west of the city before?"

"Yes, Madam."

After entering the mansion, the discerning Sister Xia quickly changed her words.

"Have you heard about the incident at the West City Inn?"

Xia Mei nodded repeatedly, "Three days ago, a murder occurred in the inn over there. I heard that several people were arguing, and one of them fell from the second floor!"

Lu Lingyun heard a story that was similar to what the housekeeper said, and she was certain that the old housekeeper and the housekeeper were not fooling her.

"Go out later and ask your brother to find out the details and how many people are involved."

"Yes, Madam!"

Lu Lingyun was determined to help, but on the condition that she had to get the matter clear.

The second day.

As usual, Lu Lingyun went to the Yanguang Pavilion to see Cheng Yunshuo first.

Cheng Yunshuo's health is getting better and better, and his energy and spirit are gradually recovering. It looks like he will be well again in another three or two days.

After coming out of Yaoguang Pavilion, she went straight to Zhao Ji Inn in the west of the city.

After someone died in the inn, the front door was sealed and many guests chose to go to other inns. Only a few people were still living inside, entering and exiting through the back door.

"Miss!"

As soon as she arrived, Dongsheng walked out of the crowd.

"I'll take you inside the inn."

"Okay." Lu Lingyun put on a martial arts hat and followed Dongsheng into the inn through the back door.

As soon as I entered the inn, I saw a mess of things.

Pots and pans, clothes drying, bacon, salted fish, dried radishes, and some unpleasant smells.

"Miss, there is no one in charge of the inn now. Their manager was arrested and the workers have all gone home. Everyone in the inn has to find their own food and lodging. This place is really dirty and messy."

"No problem."

Lu Lingyun found a place to stay among the pile of miscellaneous things and followed Dongsheng into the inn.

The inn was even messier inside, with a large dried bloodstain on the first floor and several tables covered with uncollected plates. Fortunately, it was a cooler day so there weren't so many flies, but it was still dirty enough.

Lu Lingyun carefully observed the area around the bloodstain and asked, "Was there anything here before?"

"Yes, there was a flower pot here before, and the moldy egg hit the flower pot and died on the spot." Dongsheng said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an angry voice, "Who do you think is the unlucky one?"

When Lu Lingyun looked up, he saw a young man wearing coarse cloth with two patches on his shoulders and cuffs standing on the stairs, looking at them angrily.

"May I ask who you are?" Dongsheng asked.

The man walked down from the second floor and said righteously, "I am Liu Shuhui!"

Liu Shuhui?

For a moment, Lu Lingyun was stunned when he heard the name.

The top scholar Liu Shuhui in the previous life? !

Dongsheng, who was standing next to him, heard the name and said to Lu Lingyun with a headache, "Miss, it's him. He is the fellow villager who died. He refused to accept the compensation and wanted the shopkeeper to pay with his life. He also said that justice is clear under the feet of the emperor. If the Dali Temple doesn't behead the man to compensate for his fellow villager's life, he will file a lawsuit!"

Lu Lingyun: “….”

It turned out to be that stubborn Liu Shuhui.

She had a very deep impression of this person.

This is Liu Shuhui, who had been at odds with Li Wenxun all his life in his previous life, and fought to the death, and later became the governor-general of the Jiangnan Grain Transport System.

This person was very stubborn and would fight to the death when faced with injustice. Such a person was not suitable for officialdom, but he was too talented to be buried. The emperor of the time was a wise ruler with a keen eye and good at employing people, so he placed him in the position of governor of the grain transport system to appease a group of people.

It can be said that Li Wenxun's position as a first-rank official was paved by Lu Lingyun, and Liu Shuhui's position as the Governor of the Grain Transport System was all achieved by himself.

This is a top-notch capable person, and also a top-notch stubborn person.