The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 167 Plum Manor

Su Tang found an empty space and placed all the items she had searched from Xie Xiang's study there.

The light in the space was bright. Su Tang picked up the books that were not completely burned and looked at them.

Although there is black ashes on the edge of the book, the blue color on the outer cover can still be seen.

However, there were no written records on the sides of these books, so Su Tang had to put down these unopened books and look for the things she brought out of the secret room.

After searching for a while, Su Tang finally found a booklet with a blue cover.

Su Tang opened it and looked at it. The more she read, the more shocked she became.

What was recorded in this booklet were all the gifts that Prime Minister Xie received from his subordinate officials.

It records specifically which official gave him the valuable items, when, and even the reasons for the gifts.

......No wonder Prime Minister Xie wanted to burn these. Aren’t these the evidence of bribery that he recorded for himself?

It's so detailed that if it were given to the Ministry of Justice, they wouldn't even have to interrogate him.

Su Tang took a look and found that the officials recorded in the book included all kinds of officials, from second-rank officials and their families to seventh-rank officials in some places.

However, there is only this one account book, and it only records events from two or three years.

Su Tang put the booklet aside and continued to search through the things she had searched in Xie's house.

Unfortunately, I searched for a long time but couldn't find the same book.

I guess this was the book that Xie Xiang missed because he was in a hurry to destroy it.

However, there were a lot of good things in the secret room, and Su Tang actually found a whole box of Dongzhu.

Su Tang grabbed a handful happily. Each of the Dongzhu pearls was extremely round and quite large.

Many of the boxes that were searched were filled with cash.

Neatly stacked boxes were filled with gold bars and silver ingots.

This corrupt official!!

Su Tang thought that she must go to the Xie family’s farm outside the city tomorrow.

After coming out of the space, Su Tang did not check how many things she had found from the Xie family's old house. There were already so many gold, silver and jewelry in her space that she could not spend them all in her lifetime, so she was too lazy to count them anymore.

The next day.

Su Tang got up early.

Su Tang went to see Professor Tian, "Professor Tian, let's go to your old house in a few days. I want to pick the herbs and grow them as soon as possible. I bought a few hills in Dahe Village. There is also a valley there, which is quite suitable for growing herbs. You can come back and take a look. If you like it, you can live there."

"You are afraid that I will burn down your princess mansion." Professor Tian was fiddling with the furnace for refining pills and controlling the temperature.

"Well, that's also the reason. Ouch, why did you hit me!" Su Tang stroked her forehead. Professor Tian had just picked up a twig from the firewood and tapped her on the top of her head.

It didn't hurt, she was just joking with Professor Tian on purpose.

"Humph, you little heartless guy, I was just too sleepy yesterday, and I don't always mess up the stove."

"Yes, yes, but this princess's mansion is hundreds of years old. It would be a pity if you really burned it down."

"Okay, I got it, I got it." Professor Tian continued to poke the firewood in the stove.

"Then you pack up. Leave some of the large items with me. It will be tiring to carry so many bags when we go out." Su Tang meant to let Professor Tian put most of the things in her space.

Professor Tian naturally understood and nodded in agreement.

"Is your hometown far away?"

"Far away, not in the territory of Dayong."

"Oh? Where?" Professor Tian didn't seem to say where exactly before.

"Southern Xinjiang." Professor Tian didn't even raise his head, concentrating on controlling the fire.

"Okay, then I'll go first." Su Tang responded, stood up and patted the wrinkles on her skirt.

"Well, I don't have anything to bring. I didn't have anything when I came here." Professor Tian replied.

Su Tang came out from Professor Tian's place and found Chunmei. "Chunmei, I remember that in the deed my second brother gave me, there was a manor in the suburbs of Beijing. I haven't been there yet. Is it far from here?"

"It's not far. Whenever you want to go, I'll ask them to prepare a car and bring some of the things you need on a daily basis. There are kitchens and cooks there, and the fruits and vegetables are all grown by the farm itself. You can stay there for a few days."

"Then let's go today. I have nothing to do anyway."

"Okay, who are you going to take with you to the farm?"

"It's still you and Xia Mei."

"Then I'll go and ask the coachman to prepare the carriage."

"Well, you don't need to bring too much, just some clothes."

Soon, two carriages drove out from the princess's mansion.

This time, Su Tang did not ride in the princess's designated carriage. Instead, they found two slightly more spacious carriages and set off.

Su Tang, Chunmei and Xiamei were sitting in the carriage in front.

The carriage at the back held the items they were going to use at the farm.

Su Tang didn't want to attract the attention of the Xie family.

In the carriage, Chunmei poured tea for Su Tang, while Xiamei took out a booklet from the small box she brought and handed it to Su Tang.

"What is this?" Su Tang asked after taking the book.

"Would you like to take a look at the situation of the manor in the past year and some of the personnel in the manor?"

"Yeah." Su Tang nodded and took a quick look in the candlelight inside the carriage.

There is actually a plum farm in this village outside Beijing, called Meizhuang.

However, there are no plum blossoms planted on the farm, but some plum trees are planted instead.

Every autumn when the plums are ripe, they are picked and made into various plum snacks and left for the second prince to eat.

This was actually because the second prince had been weak and sickly since childhood, and he often had to drink Chinese medicine. So in order to please the second prince, some servants thought of making some sweet plums to remove the bitterness for him.

After listening to Xia Mei, Su Tang said to her, "After we pick the plums from the Plum Manor, we will make them into dried plums and send them to our second brother as usual."

"This... isn't the Second Prince better now? He should not need plums anymore, right?" Xia Mei asked in confusion.

"He has been eating it for so many years, maybe he has already liked the taste."

"Okay, I'll make note of it." Xia Mei replied.

The carriage was shaking, and Su Tang felt a little sleepy sitting inside. She talked to Chunmei and the others from time to time to drive away her sleepiness.

"I heard that the Xie family also moved to the suburbs of Beijing. Is their farm far from ours?" Su Tang asked casually.

"It's not far. Although the area outside the capital is vast, there aren't many good farmlands. Therefore, most of the farms bought by the rich families in the capital are in one place, not far from each other. The second prince even wanted to sell Plum Farm for this reason."

"Yes, later on, it was because of these few plum trees on the farm that the second prince did not sell the Plum Farm." Chunmei also replied with a smile.

"Well, if you pass by later, please point it out to me, so that I don't get lost when I'm walking outside by myself." Su Tang said.

"it is good."

After a while, Su Tang was almost asleep, Chunmei whispered beside her: "Master, that's the Xie family's farm. They have moved in with their whole family. It looks quite lively over there."

The curtain of the carriage where Su Tang was sitting was lifted up a corner, and she looked in the direction Chunmei pointed.

Sure enough, there was a large farm ahead, and there were many people walking around outside the farm.