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

Chapter 441 I knew today, why was it in the first place

Mingyan returned quickly, holding a pen and paper in his hand, and Gu Chengyu asked Guo Shi a few questions.After Guo Shi entrusted him to the eldest prince, the eldest prince asked him to take a letter with imitated handwriting to go up to the court to falsely accuse Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing, and promised to promote him at that time.

"Then what do you mean to say that the fraud case is nothing at all? How did you get the private seal? Why did you frame Song Shujing again? Although Song Shujing is not his serious father-in-law, he is also the father of his side concubine, and his official position is not low. , why did he cut off his own arm? Who is your so-called adult?"

Gu Chengyu asked a few questions with a straight face, and Guo Shi thought about it before answering them one by one.

"Wan Mansion naturally has an internal agent placed by the eldest prince. It is not difficult to get a private seal and stamp it. As for which internal agent it is, I don't know. Speaking of Song Shujing, I will talk about that lord. He used tricks, Let the concubine of the Song Mansion become the second prince's concubine. The first prince is suspicious by nature, suspecting that Song Shujing secretly took refuge in the second prince. Later, two things happened, and the first prince was even more sure that Song Shujing had defected to the second prince. Take care of him easily."

Gu Chengyu nodded when he heard the words, what kind of tricks were used, he can also think of it, and he is not interested in the fact that accidents are most likely to happen between men and women.

As for the other two incidents, it reminded him of what Yin Kun said last time, the first prince wanted to put his own people into the household department, but was cut off by the second prince's people.

The eldest prince was very angry, maybe he thought that Song Shujing was behind his back, and made something on top of the emperor.

The eldest prince is suspicious by nature, so it's not surprising that he would be so suspicious.It's just that her heart is too cruel, Song Shujing has planned many things for the eldest prince.

"You haven't mentioned who that lord is until now?" Compared to the eldest prince, he was more curious about who that lord was.This person has a lot of strategy, and even played with the princes in the applause.

Guo Shi shook his head, "I don't know. Every time we meet, it's a different place. He's always standing behind the curtain. I only hear voices, but I haven't seen anyone."

Gu Chengyu felt unbelievable, Guo Shi could do things for him without even seeing anyone?He didn't know what to say, maybe there was a hole in his head, right?
"What benefits did he promise? Let you be promoted? But I think you are still a fourth-rank official and have not been promoted. How did you get in touch?"

"He gave some benefits first, and found my eldest son an official position as Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and promised me that as long as I work hard for him in the future, I will get a lot of benefits."

It was not easy for Guo Shi's eldest son to obtain a fifth-rank official position if he was not proficient in literature or martial arts.

Gu Chengyu thought about it for a while, this lord is either a high-ranking official in the court, or the people behind him have high official positions.The only ones in the court who have this ability are those few people.

Gu Chengyu took the confession recorded by Ming Yan and read it again, and found that there was nothing missing.But, these are not enough.

"Master Guo, you don't think you can convince the emperor and the ministers of the court to trust you with these confessions? You have to show some sincerity."

Gu Chengyu doesn't think that a person who retracts his confession will be easily believed by everyone.Of course, evidence must be produced, just like the Wanfu and Songfu, that also found the so-called criminal evidence.

Guo Shi thought about it, the eldest prince was very careful and didn't reveal much to him.He was a little anxious, before he was complacent, thinking that the eldest prince had already trusted him very much, but it turned out that he was just an insignificant little pawn.

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, since it is to reverse the case, witnesses and physical evidence are needed.

"Who imitated the handwriting on those letters, do you know? Do you have any correspondence with the First Prince? Are the letters you sent out in the Wan Mansion about recruiting soldiers? Does this matter involve the Third Prince?"

Gu Chengyu recalled, since the eldest prince still wanted to frame the third prince, one was to mention it in those letters, which required the movement of the silver, but the 200 million taels of silver were all fabricated.

Therefore, the eldest prince may make a fuss about Wan Xuenian, and want Wan Xuenian to admit it, which is naturally impossible. This requires grasping Wan Xuenian's painful feet.What can hold Wan Xuenian?Of course they are the heirs of the Wan family!
It seems that we have to go to Dali Temple tonight, Wan Xuenian's confession is very important.

Guo Shi suddenly thought, "I know that the First Prince has an aide who imitates other people's handwriting very similarly. I never correspond with the First Prince, but he gave me some money for this matter, totaling 5 taels." .I keep the account for him, in the outer study, where my father knows."

It seems that there is nothing to ask about Guo Shi, and he is very dissatisfied with this confession.The First Prince was very careful in doing things, he didn't mention to Guo Shi where the dirty money came from, he only asked Guo Shi to blame Wan Xuenian for these things.

However, since the eldest prince can spend 20 taels to frame him, his hands and feet must be dirty.As long as Hu Maoshen followed these investigations, he could always find clues.

Besides, this matter can be regarded as a contribution to Hu Maoshen's political achievements, and he thinks that Hu Maoshen will not refuse.

After finishing the matter, Gu Chengyu ordered Li Zhuang and the others to keep guarding Guo Shi. He had to negotiate with Hu Maoshen before handing over Guo Shi.

Before leaving, let Guo Shi untie him, and drew the portrait of the staff member.This person is also a key person, perhaps he knows more than Guo Shi.

Gu Chengyu took Hu Maoshen's signed confession and the letter sent to Wanfu out of the dark room, ready to go to Tianxiang Pavilion.

Mingmo has sent someone to Xiyan to deliver a letter, asking Hu Maoqing to meet him in Tianxiang Pavilion, and Xiyan will cover for him.

At this time, about an hour or so had passed, Gu Chengyu agreed on noon, and Hu Maoqing should arrive soon.

Gu Chengyu suddenly thought that Guo Shi's father didn't know if he would believe this, he had to ask Guo Shi for a token.

He went back to the dark room, looked around Guo Shi, and found that he was wearing a government official at this time, with only a Pisces jade pendant on his body.

"You have to take off your jade pendant, and I will bring it to your father. Otherwise, he might not trust my subordinates. If you don't cooperate, wouldn't it be a delay?"

When Guo Shi heard it, he thought it made sense.Looking at the jade pendant hanging on her waist, her eyes were a little moist.This jade pendant was given to him by his father a few days ago, and he said it was an object left by his old man back then.

"He will know that this jade pendant is mine at a glance. You can send the letter, but I hope you will keep your word!" Guo Shi was heartbroken. In fact, if he didn't send the jade pendant, his father would believe it.

His father had originally disapproved of him doing this, saying that he was harming Zhongliang, and that the matter was extremely risky.It was he who insisted on going his own way that caused today's catastrophe, hurting the whole family and innocent people.

Gu Chengyu glanced at him, then tore off the jade pendant, turned and left.If I knew today, why bother?

After leaving the dark room, Gu Chengyu ordered Ming Mo to take a few people with him to deliver a letter to the Guo Mansion.

He also asked Mrs. Guo to make a quick decision and ask Mingmo to buy a house for the person he wanted to protect and settle them properly first.He couldn't send it away for the time being, and he wasn't sure if Guo Shi would regret it.

As for that staff member, he asked Mingmo to send someone to watch over the First Prince's place, even if he broke into the First Prince's mansion at night, he would find this person and arrest him.

(End of this chapter)