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

Chapter 832
Ah!What a pair of good friends!Could it be that he, Lu Chen, doesn't even want a future?

If he returned empty-handed this time, the emperor would definitely not reuse him again, but could he, Lu Chen, be able to retreat completely?

No matter how bad a job is, the label of incompetence will always be affixed, right?How can the emperor rest assured that Lu Chen can handle affairs in the future?
"I really want to apologize to you for this matter, but I have caused you trouble! You also know that every move of the aristocratic family in the capital is under the nose of others. From the moment we leave the capital, people may control it whereabouts."

Gu Chengyu was a little surprised that Lu Chen could confess, but he didn't believe Lu Chen's words.

If it is really what Lu Chen said, then how can there be any privacy in this family?

Gu Chengyu smiled noncommittally, "Since Mrs. Yan is coming to visit, let's see what Mrs. Yan's intentions are."

But before Gu Chengyu received the second master of the Yan Mansion who was coming to visit, something happened in the Yi Mansion that night.

"My lord! Yi's house was flooded at night, and the fire was very big. I saw two groups of people attacking Yi's house at night before, and this fire may have been set by one of them." Ding Ba reported the situation of Yi's house to Gu Chengyu reports.

Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows, is he going to do it again?
"What about the two groups? Have they withdrawn now?"

"The little one didn't do it before he came back. But the guards of this Yifu are really powerful. They fought against two groups of people, and they were able to draw even though all three parties suffered casualties. Their speed was very fast. When the little one saw that something was wrong, Come back and report immediately. But Ding Wu and the others have been told before coming here. If those people have already retreated, then follow up."

Ding Ba knew that he lost the man in black a few days ago, which made the adults a little dissatisfied.

This time he didn't dare to delay, so he came back immediately to report.

Gu Chengyu pondered for a while, the foreign aid of Yi Fu is really powerful.But Yi Fu cooperates with others, and naturally wants to exchange the treasure map for something.

It is undoubtedly a fool's dream based on Yi's desire to monopolize the treasure map.

Gu Chengyu thought that the Yi family has not been as unknown as when the first emperor was alive in recent years, and now there are two celebrities in the family.

The fourth generation of the Yi family has grown up, which means that the Yi family plans to become an official, but who will be the person who will cooperate with the Yi family?

As far as the three major families in Hejian Mansion are concerned, the Yi family is still at a low ebb. Who would let the other two booming families go and find a family that is in decline?
It is estimated that by doing so, he saw Yi's potential and wanted the other party to be used by him.

Gu Chengyu thought about the character of several princes, and felt that the second prince and Prince Jing were very likely.

Of course, perhaps the princes were not the only ones who came to Hejian Mansion, maybe some ministers in the court also participated.

"So the treasure map is still in the hands of Mrs. Yi?" Mrs. Yi was so firm that Gu Chengyu felt a little tricky.

"Let you keep an eye on Ma Zhihong for the past two days, what happened to him?"

Gu Chengyu thought that Ma Zhihong was an imperial envoy on the surface, but he had been in Hejian Mansion for a while, and he didn't know what his plan was.

Ma Zhihong is a member of the First Prince, so as long as he finds out who Ma Zhihong is in contact with, he can grasp the whereabouts of the First Prince's lineage.

Before Gu Chengyu came to Hejian Mansion, he had already made people pay close attention to Ma Zhihong, he was a key person.

"Master Ma! Master Ma stays in the inn every day, and only went out twice during the period, both of which were to go to the wine shop to drink."

Ding Ba thought about it carefully, and determined that Ma Zhihong hadn't seen anything unusual in the past two days, and no one had gone to the inn to look for Ma Zhihong.

Gu Chengyu was a little surprised, but Ma Zhihong was quite cautious.

It seems that either the eldest prince's people haven't contacted Ma Zhihong this time, or there are the eldest prince's spies in the inn.

"Keep an eye on Ma Zhihong carefully, he should have made some movement in the past two days."

It has been so long, everyone in Hejian Mansion knows that Gu Chengyu is here, Ma Zhihong should understand his situation, how can he sit still?
"My lord! Ding Wu and the others are back!"

Gu Chengyu was shocked, "So fast? Let them in!"

"My lord! We tracked down the men in black who attacked Yifu at night and found their hiding places. There was also movement from Mr. Ma. He disguised himself as a rural farmer and met the leader of one of the gangs."

"The leader of the other group went to the Qu Mansion. After seeing him go in, I didn't come out again."

Gu Chengyu frowned, the person Ma Zhihong went to see should be from the lineage of the eldest prince, but why is there still no movement from the third prince?

Qu's did intervene, did Qu's do it himself, or did he already reach an agreement with which faction?Could it be that the third prince is behind Qu's?
"You keep watching. If you encounter someone attacking Yi's house at night again, then come back and report to me. Let's take this opportunity to see if we can fish in troubled waters."

In fact, today is an opportunity, if Gu Chengyu knew the news earlier and rushed over, he might still be able to steal the treasure map.

Anyway, there are people in front of him, and those people can't take care of him.

Ding Ba's martial arts are still a bit lacking, and there are only a few of them.

The guards in Yi's house are so strict, it is definitely impossible for Ding Ba and the others to steal.

Besides, he didn't know where the treasure map was hidden in Yifu. If he could find out where the treasure map was hidden in advance, it would be easier to steal it at that time.

The incident happened suddenly, and Ding Ba and the others came back to report the incident just after it happened, which was considered timely.

Those people retreated in such a short period of time, it was too late for them to rush.

Gu Chengyu thought about it, but felt that he couldn't wait any longer.If you take the initiative to attack, the effect will be better.

But if you want to go to Yi Mansion to steal the treasure map, you must know the layout of Yi Mansion and where the treasure map is hidden.

Gu Chengyu smiled suddenly, since Lu Chen followed, how could he succeed if he didn't do anything?He couldn't raise Lu Chen for so long for nothing!
The next day, Lu Chen came to the small study excitedly.

"Jinyu! Yi's family was attacked last night, and she even walked out of the water."

As soon as Lu Chen entered the study, he sternly sat across from Gu Chengyu.

"Oh? Do you know who did it?" Gu Chengyu was extremely surprised, and looked up at Lu Chen.

"There are two groups of people, one group belongs to Qufu, and the other group has not been investigated yet."

Lu Chen's eyes flickered, and he took a sip of the tea offered by Ming Mo.

"Then did you send someone to follow?" Gu Chengyu hoped to find out other news from Lu Chen, so as to know who was behind the other group.

"Of course, but Qu's should have formed an alliance with others. They had already attacked Yi's before, and the loss was not small. If they made a comeback in such a short period of time, it must have someone's support."

(End of this chapter)