The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 436 Four million taels?

"Little Treasure!" As soon as Gu Wan entered Gu Chengyu's residence, she went straight to Gu Chengyu's courtyard.

"Second sister, why are you here?" When Gu Chengyu saw Gu Wan running in, Sun Xian, Ye Zhiqiu and others, he knew that his second sister was worried about this matter.

"I heard your brother-in-law talk about this just now. I heard that your examiner ransacked your house? Will it affect you?"

Gu Wan took Gu Chengyu's hand, and didn't care about the restless little bun in Sun Xian's hand, with an eager look on her face.

Seeing Gu Wan's eager face, Gu Chengyu felt warm in his heart, "Don't worry! It's fine, I didn't cheat in the exam, so I won't be implicated."

Gu Wan didn't understand the truth here, when Gu Chengyu said it was fine, she believed it.Although she was still a little worried, she trusted Xiaobao very much.

From childhood to adulthood, Xiaobao never disturbed his family, as if everything could be solved by him.

"Don't worry! At most, there will be multiple exams." Gu Chengyu comforted her by patting her on the shoulder.

After hearing this, Gu Wan was completely relieved, "It's a pity to retake the exam, it took nine days in the exam room! Your brother-in-law took two days to get over it! Sigh!"

Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu hesitated to speak, but Gu Chengyu glanced at them and signaled them not to talk nonsense.

Speaking out will only make Gu Wan worry more, it's useless.

"Uncle! Hug!" When the little bun saw Gu Chengyu, his eyes lit up, his big wet eyes looked at Gu Chengyu, his round apple face made Gu Chengyu's irritable mood calm down a lot.

No matter what major event happened, he should try his best to find a solution and face it calmly. He was still a little impetuous.

"Didn't Xiao Baozi want to play with the Trojan horse? Let's go find Sister Lichun to play with my mother!"

Gu Wan knew that Gu Chengyu and the others had something to discuss, so she took the bun from Sun Xian and left the courtyard.

"Chengyu! What are your plans for this matter? Is there any reliable news?"

Sun Xian and the others followed Gu Chengyu to the study room. After a long while, seeing Gu Chengyu was silent, they opened their mouths to break the calm.

"This matter is very complicated. I am waiting for news from Mingmo and the others. I will tell you when it is confirmed. It is still my guess at this moment."

Gu Chengyu intends to tell Sun Xian and the others about this, after all, if he is interrogated, he must be imprisoned first.

It was inconvenient for him to be inside, and he had to rely on Sun Xian and the others to run around for him.

After all, Ming Mo and the others are just servants, and sometimes it is not suitable to come forward.

Only then did Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu realize the seriousness of the matter, and it seemed that Chengyu was already making preparations.

"Young master! Ding Jiu sent news that Bingmasi searched the list in Wanfu, and the list was full of merchants who bribed Mr. Wan. He even found out the bandit case that Mr. Wan participated in the crime, and it was the mastermind of it."

Ming Mo didn't know that Gu Chengyu had already guessed correctly. He was shocked when he just received the news.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wan would do such a heartless thing.

"What?" Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu were also surprised, they didn't expect such a big thing to be involved?

So is this imperial examination fraud case a cover?Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu are not stupid either. At this stage, the real purpose has been revealed.

"Have any silver taels been seized in the mansion? Has anything been found in Mr. Song's mansion?"

Gu Chengyu felt that it was impossible for the eldest prince to spend such a large amount of money. If the money disappeared, wouldn't it just prove that the money was used in places that could not be seen?
Naturally, Wan Xuenian couldn't explain the whereabouts of this batch of money. If the third prince had no countermeasures, he could only be beaten passively.Perhaps, he can also start with the third prince.

"There are not too many belongings, they are all the dowry of the female relatives of the Wan Mansion, and the Song Mansion did not find anything."

Gu Chengyu pondered for a while, the most important thing about this matter is not the fraud case, he will become a victim of politics.

"Brother Sun, Senior Brother Ye, listen to me"

Gu Chengyu asked Ming Mo to stay, and expressed his guess.

As soon as they finished speaking, Ming Yan entered the study.

"Young master! Bingmasi's people went to several villages at the same time, and Ding Liu sent someone back to report, but it was already too late."

Gu Chengyu had already expected this result. After all, it took a lot of effort to find Zhuangzi's location in a hurry.

"Chengyu! What do you mean to say, it's very likely that the eldest prince did this?"

Sun Xian was incredulous. Rumors said that the eldest prince had a gloomy temperament, but he didn't make any serious mistakes on weekdays.

"That's right! I was just skeptical at first, but the evidence of the bandit case was found in the Wan Mansion. It is impossible for Wan Xuenian and the First Prince to be allies."

In fact, these methods are not very clever. Is it true that no one knows what the First Prince has done?Who can hold a high position in the officialdom, who doesn't have a few staff advisers in his house?Don't have many people who can use it?

The reason why the eldest prince has no fear is that the previous bandit case did not leave any clues!

If it weren't for Hu Maoqing's pressing, it would be impossible for the eldest prince to come up with such an idea.After all, framing someone to blame will always result in some bloodshed.

"Lord Wan is the third prince's grandfather. He has been tied to him since he was born. How could he betray the third prince?" Ye Zhiqiu also analyzed.

As he spoke, he suddenly thought, "The purpose of the eldest prince is to bring down the third prince?"

Ye Zhiqiu shuddered. There were only four princes, and the fourth prince was weak. If the third prince was overthrown, only the second prince would be left.

It is said that the royal family has no family ties. For the throne, brothers fight against each other, and they must fight to the death.

Although the current emperor has obtained the imperial edict from the former emperor, didn't he step on his brother's corpse to win the throne?

"you can say it this way."

Gu Chengyu is a little restless at the moment, it stands to reason that the court meeting should be over at this moment, why hasn't the elder brother returned home yet?
Guo Shi's situation is very dangerous, Gu Chengyu is afraid that someone can't help it, and Guo Shi will be killed as soon as he leaves the palace.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the emperor was furious, "You mean to say that the criminal evidence of bandits fleeing and committing crimes was found?"

"My Majesty, I have found some lists and checklists among the letters found in the Wanfu. The list includes the amount of gold and silver obtained every time the caravan was intercepted, totaling more than 200 million taels."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.

"Two million taels? Wan Xuenian really ate a bear's heart and a leopard's guts."

There was an instant explosion in the hall, and everyone was whispering.

Xia Qing's eyelids lifted, and then he glanced at the third prince.

This is the news that Dali Temple Secretary Kuang Zhaoying just got. When Cai Bingma Si searched Wanfu, he had already handed over the letter and list to Dali Temple.

"Where's that batch of gold and silver?" The emperor's hand on the armrest of the dragon chair clenched into a fist.

Now that the national treasury is empty, even he, the emperor, has to save money. This Wan Xuenian is really abominable.This is a disregard for human life, and those merchants are all his subjects.

The emperor's sharp eyes were like sharp arrows, shooting towards the third prince.

(End of this chapter)