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Chapter 67 Raspberry's Injustice

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    Liulichang is located between Xuanwumen and Qianmen in the west of the outer city of Beijing. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, it was not particularly lively.  Most of them lived in this area, coupled with the establishment of various museums nearby, the demand for pens, inks, papers and inkstones was huge, Liulichang's four treasures of the study industry naturally developed, and then formed a unique cultural atmosphere, becoming the largest in Beijing.  It is a street of cultural and antiques¡ªit can be said that if a scholar comes to the capital and does not visit Liulichang, he will have no face to call himself a scholar.

    Of course, when scholars come to Beijing, they must visit Liulichang, but the customers who visit Liulichang may not necessarily be people who like to dance, at least our Fatty Lu County Magistrate is one.  Walking on Liulichang Street, where there are book stalls, antique shops, and calligraphy and painting shops everywhere, Lin Tianqing, who is quite famous for his calligraphy, is in high spirits, and the new master Zhu Fangdan, who is barely a scholar, is also full of interest, but Fatty Lu is  Yawning and dozing off all day long, if Lin Tianqing hadn't often pulled Fatty Lu to talk, Fatty Lu would have fallen asleep next to the stove in the antique shop several times.

    "Lord Lu, Dr. Zhu, how about this old man choosing this calligraphy poster of Master Mi Fumi?" After wandering into an antique shop, Lin Tianqing finally picked out a calligraphy poster for himself, and asked Fatty Lu and Mrs. Mi with great interest.  Zhu Fangdan flaunted: ""Taoxi Poetry Post" is the masterpiece of Master Mi in his early years! Mi Yuanzhang first learned from Ou (Yang Xun) and Liu (Gong Quan), and his strokes are straight and strong. After middle age, he learned to imitate Wei and Jin, and his brushes turned thick.  Shuangjin, I have heard for a long time that Master Mi's masterpieces such as "A Resignation to the Empress Dowager", "Shu Su Tie" and "Nine Cursive Scripts" in his later years have been collected in the palace, but the vigorous works of Master Mi in his early years are missing.  If the "Tiaoxi Poetry Post" is sent up, the emperor will be satisfied."

    "That's right, it really is tall and strong." Zhu Fangdan nodded, and echoed: "A rare masterpiece, Mr. Lin has good eyesight."

    "Senior Lin, how much money?" Fatty Lu's question was more realistic, and he yawned again after asking.

    "Not expensive, five hundred taels." Lin Tianqing replied with a smile.

    "Five hundred taels is not expensive? It is equivalent to the annual income of more than 800 mu of fertile land. How much blood and sweat of the Han people will be stolen by Xiao Mazi for one year?"  The dog leg shouted: "Erlang, take out the money and settle the bill for Senior Lin."

    "Okay." Xiao Erlang agreed without hesitation, and hurried in to settle the bill for Lin Tianqing.  Lin Tianqing hastily declined, "Master Lu, how can this be done? This is something I bought myself, how can I let you pay for it?"

    "Senior, don't be polite. This junior usually wants to show respect to you, but I haven't had the chance to honor you. Today, if I meet you, I have to let the junior express my affection, right?" Fatty Lu continued to yawn politely.

    "This, I'm sorry for the old man." Lin Tianqing originally wanted to decline, but seeing that Xiao Erlang had already slipped the bank note into the owner's hand deftly, he had no choice but to thank him and accept it.  At the end, Lin Tianqing took the initiative to say to Fatty Lu: "Lord Lu, the old man can choose a copy of Dong Qichang's calligraphy for you. I heard that Dong Xuanzai's calligraphy was copied by the emperor recently. If you send his calligraphy stickers, the emperor will definitely like it."

    "That's good" Fatty Lu, who knew nothing about calligraphy and painting, wanted to agree casually, but when he thought of rewarding Xiao Mazi with the hard-earned money he earned by tying his head to his belt, Fatty Lu felt extremely painful.  After rolling his eyes, Fatty Lu said again: "Forget it, thank you Senior Lin for your kindness. I thought about it just now and thought it would be better to give the emperor another gift, so I don't need to trouble Senior Lin."

    "Lord Lu, you can't joke about this matter." Lin Tianqing was really kind to Fatty Lu, and quickly reminded him kindly: "You are now a celebrity in front of the emperor, Huang Tangguan has arranged for you an emperor and the emperor.  The Empress Dowager will definitely see your good position, and if the emperor asks about your gift and it is not suitable, then it is no joke."

    "Senior Lin, please don't worry, I won't make fun of my own head." Fatty Lu yawned again, and was about to explain to Lin Tianqing.  But another person came in outside the shop over there, wearing a thin padded jacket with patches, his whole body was covered with snowflakes, his face was blue and pale from the cold, rubbing his hands and shouting: "Shopkeeper, do you have ink from Ye Xuanqing or Luo Xiaohua here?"

    "President Wang!" Fatty Lu and Lin Tianqing exclaimed at the same time. It turned out that the person who entered the store was none other than Wang Xu, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

    "Master Lin, Master Lu." Wang Xu also recognized Fatty Lu and Lin Tianqing who were present, forced a smile on his thin, dark and dry face, cupped his hands and said, "What a coincidence, you also come to Liulichang to shop  Did you get any baby?"

    "Senior Lin found a pair of Mi Fu's calligraphy, but I haven't found one that I like." Fatty Lu asked curiously while saluting"Ma Li, time sees people's hearts.  "Wang Xu's voice was choked with sobs, he bowed deeply to Fatty Lu, stood up straight and said: "Okay, Ming Zhongtang, please escort the officer to the Ministry of Punishment.  "

    "Take it away." Mingzhu waved her hand and shouted again: "Go ahead and search to see if there are any other places where money is hidden!"

    Amidst the crying and wailing of Wang Xu's family, Wang Xu was escorted away by the officials of the Ministry of Justice with his head held high, but everyone present had their own thoughts.  That case would be much easier to handle, and I, the new Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, would not be ridiculed for screwing up my first major case when I took office, and I would not be left with an incompetent job in front of the emperor.  Lin Tianqing and Li Tianyu met each other secretly, one was gloating, thinking that you deserved your bad luck, and you were about to be promoted but you just happened to encounter such a bad thing, right?  The other was gnashing his teeth, secretly cursing the old thing for his bad luck, and the salty fish turned over by accident!  Only Fatty Lu had a solemn expression, staring at Wang Xu's back for a long time without saying a word.

    "Wang Xu, you are indeed a good official. Unfortunately, the more officials you have now, the greater the harm you will cause to the Chinese nation. So, I'm sorry. Sigh, is it right or wrong for me to do this?"

    Murmuring secretly in his heart, Fatty Lu sighed, turned his head and told Xiao Erlang: "Erlang, give Lord Wang's family a hundred taels of silver later, and don't let them freeze or starve." (To be continued  , if you want to know what will happen next, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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