Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 264 Make the water muddy
Just for this potted flower, a separate house has to be built for it, Uncle Zhong expressed his incomprehension.

It's fine as a flower house, but the master still wants to find merchants from the Western Regions to buy a few pieces of colored glaze to install the windows.

Is the glass good to buy?It's a waste of money to buy such a pot of flowers.

The master is really too extravagant, if he hadn't tried his best to persuade him, saying that it is too difficult to buy colored glaze, the master thought for a while, and then he would give up!
Otherwise, after returning to the capital, the master will definitely be scolded by the old master.

After all, the old man said he had no money, so he asked the second old man to borrow money, and asked the second old man to ask the old man for money, wouldn't this embarrass the old man?

"Master! The Seventh Young Master is back and said he has something important to discuss with you!"

Gu Yuan walked in suddenly and reported to Su Wenqing.

Su Wenqing looked out at the sun from the window, and suddenly became a little confused, "Did you finish the exam so early?"

"The Seventh Young Master is always the first to leave the Dragon Gate." Uncle Zhong said with a bit of pride, but after a moment, he frowned.

"However, in the past, the seventh young master would wait for the other young masters to return home together. Why did this one come back so early today? Could something have happened?"

Anyway, Uncle Zhong didn't believe that the other young masters also finished the exam so early, and they are only applying for Shichu now.

"Let him in!" Su Wenqing said indifferently, still admiring the orchids.

Su Yizhao walked into the study quickly, which surprised Gu Yuan.

This young man is not very big, but he always looks calm and unhurried in the past, but he has never seen such a rush.

Although Su Yizhao's expression was normal at the moment, and he even smiled and asked him to report just now, but he still saw a clue.

"Father! My son has something important to discuss with you alone."

As soon as Su Yizhao said this, Uncle Zhong and Gu Yuan couldn't hear the implication, so they all resigned.

"What's so urgent? Could it be that you came out before you finished writing?" Su Wenqing looked at Su Yizhao and asked suspiciously.

Su Yizhao shook his head, then handed the letter to Su Wenqing.

Su Wenqing took the letter puzzled, but after seeing the contents of the letter, he was stunned for a moment, then turned the letter paper over and over again, and finally had a puzzled expression on his face.

"What do you mean? Where did you get the letter? Who wrote it to you?"

Su Wenqing read it, but there was no signature on the letter.

Su Yizhao shook his head, "I don't know who wrote it, but he did remind us. If we handle it properly, we can resolve this calamity."

"It doesn't matter what the other party's purpose is, whether it's helping us secretly, or trying to fish in troubled waters! The most important thing at the moment is to think of a countermeasure first."

Su Yizhao walked to the desk and poured himself a bowl of tea.

Su Wenqing looked at the contents of the letter and pondered for a moment, "You mean, Taifu Zhu mentioned you in the letter to the magistrate?"

Su Wenqing is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he is still very smart, but he is very lazy on weekdays.

"Since the news was sent to me, it means that this matter has something to do with me. Now it is the time of the Tongsheng Examination. If someone uses it to make a fuss and charges us with an unfounded charge of cheating in the imperial examination, wouldn't our Su family be punished?" An innocent disaster?"

Su Yizhao's words finally made Su Wenqing's face serious. He glanced at Su Yizhao, "What do you think? Tell me!"

"This matter can be big or small, it depends on how to deal with it. However, the possibility of plotting against our Su family is unlikely, and it is more likely to be aimed at Zhu Taifu and the magistrate."

Su Yizhao put down the tea bowl, and then said while meditating: "I'm afraid that the magistrate is being tricked by someone, and someone will expose the matter of Zhu Taifu's letter to the magistrate, and even go so far as to build up momentum for me, in order to make people think that the magistrate is Because of Mr. Zhu's relationship, he took extra care of me."

"You mean, those people are mainly for Taifu Zhu?" Su Wenqing also began to analyze.

"Perhaps you don't know much about the affairs of the imperial court. Taifu Zhu's clan is pure ministers. Recently, there has been no change in which lineage the Zhu family wants to join."

Su Wenqing's meaning was very clear, but he immediately thought of the third prince.

"Could it be that Mrs. Zhu wanted to accept you as his disciple before, making people think Mrs. Zhu wanted to join the Third Prince?"

Su Wenqing rubbed her chin, feeling that her analysis was not bad.

Su Yizhao nodded, "It's possible! But this alone is not enough. Perhaps, there was some change in the Zhu family's secrets, which made the people behind him throw their hands and try to stop it."

Su Wenqing took a deep look at Su Yizhao when she heard the words, but saw that Su Yizhao was frowning at the moment.

He suppressed the suspicion in his heart, and then said: "Maybe it is! It's just that these are all our suspicions, which are groundless."

"The most important thing at the moment is to get our Su family out! The emperor has always hated cheating in the imperial examinations, and the punishment is relatively severe. If you are charged with such a crime, our Su family will also collapse."

Su Wenqing paused, and then said: "But we don't know the content of the letter, and we don't know what the magistrate means."

"Perhaps, let's meet with the magistrate secretly, and then discuss countermeasures together. Anyway, we are all grasshoppers on the same rope now, and we can only go hand in hand."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Su Yizhao and carefully observed her expression.

Su Yizhao shook his head immediately, "Father, you are a gentleman, maybe you can't imagine how nasty a villain's actions can be."

"We are open and upright, but outsiders don't know it. In order to avoid gossip, meeting the magistrate in secret will only confirm the rumors. Those people may have planted spies in the magistrate or our house. It is better not to act rashly .”

If you can't be calm and self-sustaining, you will definitely lose your position when encountering this matter, and you will have to expose a lot of flaws.

Appreciation flashed in Su Wenqing's eyes, and he said, "Then what countermeasures have you thought of? Let's hear it."

"Since someone wants to reap the benefits of being a fisherman, let's make the water more muddy." Su Yizhao smiled, and then a hint of sullenness flashed in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Su Wenqing asked suspiciously.

"My son likes to read the court newspaper, but the mansion newspaper is very interesting. Sometimes it's a big national event, sometimes it's a dispute between officials, and there are even some small things in the backyard of the official's house."

Su Wenqing knew that Su Yizhao liked to read the mansion newspaper, because every time Su Yizhao took it from him.

He nodded. Although he didn't know why Su Yizhao mentioned this suddenly, he still waited quietly for the next article.

"Last month, my son read the mansion newspaper and learned that the fourth prince's aunt is perverse and very particular about ostentation. He wanted to invite a golden Buddha from Fayun Temple to enshrine, but the golden Buddha was a merchant who fulfilled his wish and recast the Buddha statue." A golden body."

Su Yizhao's words made Su Wenqing nod his head. In fact, he didn't pay attention to these things in the past, and only focused on the important affairs of the court.

(End of this chapter)