"There is a priest's palace above the nine heavens, and a real dragon lives in the Lingxiao Palace.
Under the Nine Heavens, there is a palace of mud balls, and a palace of gold and wood, inhabited by fake dragons.
Suddenly there was a thunderous sound, killing the fake dragon and falling down into the Niwan Palace."
The children sang and danced and ran past Mu Yunhan and others.
Mu Yunhan felt as if someone had suddenly grabbed his throat and was suffocating.
Although it is just a nursery rhyme with poor diction, as long as you are careful, you can hear what it is implying.
The Priest's Palace, the Lingxiao Palace, and the True Dragon are all about Gu Fenglin, right?
The Niwan Palace, the Golden Wooden Palace, and the fake dragon all refer to the current emperor Zhao Xing.
Thunder broke out, killing the fake dragon and flattening the Niwan Palace. This meant that Gu Fenglin was going to rebel and take his place.
She had known that the Mongolian party would not give up easily, and these tricks of using nursery rhymes to drive a wedge between monarchs and ministers were not new.
However, despite all the twists and turns, it still made her feel too heavy and angry.
She looked at Mu Li.
Mu Li was keen and realized the seriousness of the problem. He stood up and waited silently for her signal.
Mu Yunhan nodded lightly, and Mu Li quietly followed the children and left.
Mu Yunhan turned around, smiled and continued talking to Ma Jingen and others.
Soon after the meal was finished, everyone dispersed in twos and threes. Mu Yunhan also stood up and walked slowly along the burned street.
As the sun set, many victims stood in the rubble looking for remaining belongings.
The children had no worries and stood aside playing games and singing nursery rhymes. What they sang more often was the same nursery rhyme with ulterior motives just now.
She continued walking forward and reached the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city.
The City God's Temple was crowded with people who died in the fire. Many people were crying and burning paper and incense.
Mu Yunhan walked over and burned incense one by one to worship them.
The steward arranged for the director of the Medicinal Food Hall to come over to see her and said: "All the coffins have been put in place, and most families have already initially negotiated pensions and burial expenses..."
The pension is eighty taels of silver per person, and the burial fee is twenty taels per person.
This price was determined by the bookkeepers of Yaoshantang based on a 20% increase from the prevailing compensation standard. It is already very high.
Most families are quite satisfied, but there are a few families who are still wrangling when they see that Yaoshantang pays well and want more.
The manager was full of confidence: "These families can't make things happen. If I give my subordinates a few more days, we will definitely be able to reach an agreement."
Mu Yunhan whispered: "Based on this, starting from tomorrow, within three days, if you bury it one day earlier, you will get an extra twenty taels of silver."
In other words, if you are buried within tomorrow, you can get an extra sixty taels of silver. Adding in the basic compensation for funeral expenses, you can get one hundred and sixty taels.
If you bury it the day after tomorrow, you can only get forty taels more, and the day after tomorrow you can get twenty taels more.
From now on, it can only be implemented according to the standard of one hundred taels of silver.
The steward opened his mouth in surprise: "Madam, this will cost a lot of money."
Mu Yunhan nodded lightly: "Yes, the weather is hot and the body is not buried. I'm afraid that the epidemic will spread and cause greater damage. It's better to bury it early. That's what you tell them."
These sixty-odd corpses, if they are not buried for a day, are a source of instability.
Once a corpse is carried to cause trouble, the intensity of the incident will increase to another level.
But if it is buried, it will be impossible to dig the person out from the ground. The living will also turn their attention to rebuilding their homes. It is worth spending more money.