A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 216 I Doubt Him Too! (two more)

All the people in the room turned their heads to look at Qi Huan in unison.

The expressions and looks are for each other.

Qi Huan couldn't bear this level of public execution.

She blushed in embarrassment, subconsciously...

She looked like a little daughter-in-law who had never seen the world, and quickly covered it up with "shy" drooping eyes.

Qi Zhengyu remained silent.

But a guest of Gu Zhan's status, no matter when he comes or what he intends to do, he cannot be turned away.

Qi Wenjing quickly collected himself, and raised his voice: "It happens that the banquet is about to start, so let's invite the guests to the banquet directly."

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the weather is already relatively hot. Although there are relatively few customers today, there are only a few tables, and they are still placed in the building in the large garden with a relatively spacious place.

A group of people went there in a mighty manner.

When they walked to the small garden in the front yard, the porter also happened to usher Gu Zhan in.

The two sides stopped and exchanged greetings
All the relatives and friends of the Qi family, none of whom had a higher status than Gu Zhan, all saluted him: "I have met the son of the world."

Gu Zhan accepted their gift generously.

At the same time, he also stepped forward, and quickly glanced at the crowd.

Qi Huan, Qi Wenyan, Qi Wenjing, Qi Wenang, and Qi Zhengyu and his wife.

Mrs. Yang is preparing a banquet, so she is not here now.

then……

Yu, who was obviously holding a grudge, snorted coldly.

The movement was neither too loud nor too small, but in the environment where everyone else was silent, it sounded very clear and even abrupt.

Qi Zhengyu's face darkened, he didn't know what kind of trouble this old wife was having, when he turned around and wanted to stare at her...

The old lady had already turned her face away arrogantly.

This is actually...

It's because of Gu Zhan's embarrassment!
Qi Huan only felt that Qi Zhengyu had committed a crime, even if he just married a beggar's daughter on the street, at least he would know how to act according to the face of others.

Now that such a thing comes back, the whole family is upset.

It is true that although she only saw it as a joke, Guan Yusheng was the most panicked among all the people present, and broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

It was he who made the decision that Gu Zhan and Qi Huan went to Fulin Garden the night before, and he beat up the people in Yu's room, completely concealing it. It was really safe, in case the old lady had a seizure on the spot. ...

Looking back, Qi Zhengyu questioned him, but he couldn't justify himself.

Therefore, at that moment, the hairs all over his body stood on end, but he was just a servant, following around the crowd, and no one paid much attention to him.

At the same time, Gu Zhan had already opened his mouth as if nothing had happened, and bowed his hands to Qi Zhengyu and Qi Wenjing and his son: "The younger generation took the liberty to come to the house and disturb the family. Please forgive me, Marquis Changning and the son."

Qi Zhengyu put on airs and put on the genealogy of his elders, and only said: "Where is it?"

Then, don't speak again, so as not to humiliate yourself.

Qi Wenjing could only bite the bullet and continue to talk, and said warmly: "Gu Shizi, you are welcome. It was not a coincidence that you came before, and it happened that our father and son were not at home, and the greeting was not good. We have neglected it."

He knew little about the relationship between Qi Huan and Gu Zhan.

But one thing he knew very well——

The reason why Gu Zhan prefers Qi Huan has nothing to do with his family status, or even their father and son brothers. It's all because of his daughter's luck to win the favor of this young talent.

after all--

If it is just about family background, there are dozens of ladies in the capital with better conditions than their own. Even if Gu Zhan and Queen Gu touched with their eyes closed, it is basically impossible to touch their own door.

Now that the sky is falling, although he didn't overestimate his ability to encourage Qi Huan to settle the marriage quickly, but when Gu Zhan found him, he naturally tried his best to pull him into his house.

Therefore, Qi Wenjing's excitement at this moment was also written on his face.

Gu Zhan looked at Qi Huan's face, and naturally maintained the politeness of juniors to elders towards him, and said with a smile: "I came to the mansion today to apologize. The second girl had a wedding the day before yesterday, and the mansion specially sent me a post. I should have come here, but at that time, the servants in the mansion were negligent and handed over the post to me a bit late. I took the post from Uncle Yongxing's mansion first, so I had to go there. Thinking about it afterwards, I still feel very sorry , I happened to pass by your mansion just now, so I wanted to come in and explain in person, to apologize."

He said this to Qi Wenang that night.

It was not a big deal at first, and Qi Wenang decided that he was just making an excuse for wanting to be alone with Qi Huan, so when he came back, he naturally didn't bother to send a message to the big room for him.

Upon hearing this, Qi Wenang hurriedly said: "It's just a small matter, the prince is too polite."

In a word, he rounded his own part.

Gu Zhan's purpose today was not to find fault with him, so naturally he didn't deliberately refute him.

But Gu Zhan's words made Qi Wenjing feel very useful: "It's all about my own family, it doesn't matter where you go, it's true...why say I'm sorry."

What he said meant that he couldn't wait to sell his daughter.

Although it can be explained that what he said is that the Qi family and the Yu family are one family, but the real meaning...

Everyone here should understand.

So, in an instant, the second wave of eye attacks also came to Qi Huan.

Qi Huan was looked down upon, so he could only continue to bow his head and pretend to be shy.

Qi Wenjing is a scholar, he still needs face, and he has already changed the subject: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. It happens that there is a small banquet at the house today. Gu Shizi, why don't you join us, let's have a light meal at the house."

Today is the family recognition banquet for Qi Changge and his wife, so it stands to reason that it is really inappropriate to bring an outsider to the table.

Gao Yunze and Yang Qingyun feared that the world would not be chaotic, and held back their laughter for a long time, this time they finally stopped trying to hide it, and stepped forward to boo: "Yeah, it's better to catch up sooner than later, let's have a drink together at the banquet."

Even Yu Huaijin couldn't help laughing: "Last time you left my mat early, I didn't even have time to offer you a toast. Today, at the convenience of my father-in-law, I borrowed flowers to present Buddha."

A group of young people came together to joke, full of vigor and excitement.

The atmosphere—

It's something that hasn't happened in the Marquis of Changning's mansion for many years.

Gu Zhan did not agree immediately, but only looked at Qi Huan through the crowd.

No matter how thick-skinned Qi Huan is...

At this time, I didn't dare to exchange secret signals with him in full view, so I pretended to be dead, lowered my head and pretended to be embarrassed to look at him.

Then, a group of young men saw another tricky thing——

This Gu Shizi, is probably afraid of guilt?
Qi Huan did not let go, even if the father-in-law asked him to have a light meal, he would not dare to agree easily!
Gao Yunze and the others suffocated their laughter again until it almost hurt internally.

Qi Zhengyu ran out of patience, and said in a lukewarm way: "It's almost time, don't just talk here, go to the table."

At this moment, Gu Zhan remained calm, and glanced at Qi Wenyan out of the corner of his eye.

Although Qi Wenyan was not a few years older than them, but his demeanor was too calm, it really caused him to create a gap between two generations.

Just now, he has been watching a group of young people joking and playing with cold eyes from the sidelines.

At this time, he said to Qi Wenjing: "I won't eat at home, and the yamen still has a lot of official business to deal with, so I will go ahead."

It is true that whenever he speaks, he does not mean to discuss with anyone, but just to inform.

Qi Wenjing was stunned.

After all, Qi Wenyan made this trip on purpose, and all the time that shouldn't be wasted has been wasted. Is there still time for another meal?
However, he has never made things difficult for his brother, so he immediately agreed: "You are busy with business, so ask someone to come back and say yes, they are all juniors, even if you have no time to come back, they will not pick your reason."

Qi Wenyan raised the corners of his lips, but he didn't make a real smile.

Yu Huaijin hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully bowed to him: "We are the ones who caused trouble for third uncle. My niece and son-in-law thanked third uncle for taking the time to come. Since third uncle is not free today, we must find a chance to pay respects to third uncle in the future." a glass of wine."

Qi Wenyan nodded slightly, as a response to his words, then turned around and left.

From the beginning to the end, he was indifferent and did not look at anyone else.

Qi Zhengyu clenched his fists tightly under his wide sleeves, and an uncontrollable gloomy look filled his eyes.

But those present were all close to the Qi family, everyone knew Qi Wenyan's temperament, and the fact that he was not close to the old Hou Ye at home, everyone was used to it, so the atmosphere was never cold because of this.

As soon as Qi Wenyan left, everyone went to look at Gu Zhan tacitly.

Gu Zhan stared at Qi Huan for a long time, seeing that she kept ignoring him, he seemed a little embarrassed and discouraged, and found a step for himself: "Qi Shizi, the younger generation will have other things later, today Just don't bother me for the time being, and I will take my leave first."

Qi Huan is strange, he rushed here at this hour, isn't it just to take advantage of the opportunity to get a chance at his family's confession banquet?

She couldn't care less, and raised her eyes to look at Gu Zhan in surprise.

This time, Gu Zhan seemed to deliberately avoid suspicion, and did not openly meet her eyes.

only--

The corner of his lips deliberately raised a subtle arc, telling Qi Huan that he did it on purpose.

Because his status is indeed a bit embarrassing to appear on such an occasion today, and now he insists on leaving, and everyone is not good at forcing him to stay, they just regard it as Qi Huan's petty temper when he is shy, and he is not allowed to openly appear in the circle of relatives. Mix in.

Qi Wenjing wanted to send him out in person, but Gu Zhan refused.

Qi Wenjing also knew that for the sake of his daughter's future face and status in front of her in-laws, he couldn't be too pushy, so he didn't insist anymore.

Qi Huan just watched Gu Zhan leave again helplessly, a doubt in his heart continued to condense.

until—

Behind her, Gao Yunmiao bumped her shoulder angrily: "He's gone, are you going to chase her out?"

How is that possible? !
Qi Huan quickly collected his mind and laughed dryly to hide his embarrassment.

Here Gu Zhan walked a few steps faster, and he and Qi Wenyan rushed out of the door.

Qi Wenyan seldom travels in a sedan chair these days, and instead rides a horse. When he meets acquaintances who ask him to joke, he only says that riding a horse is faster and more convenient, and saves time.

Gu Zhan came out from Qi's house, and he just took the reins from Feng Lin and held them in his hand.

Seeing that Gu Zhan also came out, Qi Wenyan paused as he was about to mount his horse.

Then, Gu Zhan went down the steps and walked straight towards him.

Gu Zhan didn't go around in circles, and said bluntly: "Master Qi is not really busy, is he? If I can spare time, this junior wants to talk to you about something."

The corner of Qi Wenyan's lips twitched, and he instantly understood: "Are you here to find me today?"

"Yes." Gu Zhan admitted frankly.

After a pause, he explained: "I didn't have any personal relationship with Mr. Qi before, so it would be presumptuous to go directly to Dali Temple to talk to you, so I came here."

Qi Wenyan was so indifferent to a person, it was rare for outsiders to be interested.

He looked Gu Zhan up and down: "Since you came to see me on purpose, it shouldn't be for small talk, let's go to another place."

After saying that, he had already got on his horse first.

Jiang Xuan hurriedly led Gu Zhan's horse over, and a group of four masters and servants rode their horses to the Yamen of Dali Temple.

At this time, it was just in time for the yamen to rest at noon.

Qi Wenyan took Gu Zhan's master and servant directly to the wing room where he usually handles official business, and without wasting time, he asked immediately after entering the door: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

He didn't ask anyone to serve tea, and he didn't sit behind the case, but found a random chair in the room and sat down.

Gu Zhan sat next to him: "It's an old story about Qi Huan's uncle who passed away early, Yang Yuting, Master Yang. I heard it by chance yesterday when I went to the Ministry of Officials to check Master Yang's life files. As early as last month, the batch of files was published." Master Qi, you checked it out first, and if I guessed correctly, what you were really looking for was Uncle Qi Huan's archived files, right?"

Qi Wenyan leaned on the back of the chair with a careless expression.

He didn't deny it, but he didn't look at Gu Zhan, he just asked without answering: "That's fine, why are you looking for Yang Yuting's file?"

Qi Wenyan is an absolutely smart person, and dealing with smart people...

The most taboo is to pretend to be smart.

Therefore, Gu Zhan had no intention of lying to him from the beginning, and said bluntly: "Qi Huan suspects that someone in the court is embarrassing her uncle's family, and she also said that Mrs. Shizi seems to have something hard to say about this, and she dare not ask too much, so come forward A few days ago, I was entrusted to secretly investigate for her."

He took out the two dossiers copied by Jiang Xuan from the official department from his sleeve, and patted them in front of Qi Wenyan.

Qi Wenyan still looked indifferent as if he had nothing to do with himself, he casually picked up the two files and opened them one by one to read.

After reading it, he gave a long low laugh as if suddenly enlightened, and murmured the name on one side of the file: "Yang Chenglian...Youdu Yushi, huh...so it was him?"

Gu Zhan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately knew that his trip was not in vain, and stared at him more carefully.

He didn't speak again for a while.

Qi Wenyan is also a very straightforward person, and there is a gap in the confusion lingering in his heart. He is in the right mood, and he is naturally willing to reciprocate the beauty of an adult.

So, he gave Feng Lin who was guarding the door a sideways wink: "Go back to me and bring over the things I kept about Mr. Yang."

"Yes." Feng Lin promised to leave.

In the room, the two men also kept silent at the same time.

Qi Wenyan lived in the backyard of the yamen, so Feng Lin returned after a short time, holding a small wooden box in his arms.

Gu Zhan frowned subconsciously——

He didn't expect Qi Wenyan to collect so many things about Yang Yuting.

and so--

What kind of complicated things happened to the Yang family back then?

Qi Wenyan was still resting against the back of the chair, only winking, Feng Lin put the box on the small table between the two of them and opened it.

Gu Zhan saw that there were quite a few files piled up inside.

The top one is the case file recorded by Dali Temple that records the whole story of Yang Yuting's death in the line of duty.

Then take the following ones, which are still the case files, but they are all other cases.

It was only when he got the fourth letter inside that Qi Wenyan finally spoke again: "Don't turn over, the only thing that records Yang Yuting's case is the volume in your hand, and the rest are from the same period as his case, in the same state. Yang Yuting's case was obviously an accidental death, but I judged it as a prison officer's standard. The details of this case file are unclear, ambiguous and even deliberately concealed. Many, if this case was reviewed by me back then, it would not have been closed."

Although Gu Zhan was not a prison officer, he realized something was wrong the first time he read Yang Yuting's case.

A dignified official of the imperial court, who died in the line of duty, how could the local government report it to the imperial court with such hasty three or two sentences?
Qi Wenyan simply explained everything clearly to him at once: "The reason why I kept these is because I found out that Yang Yuting's file was changed afterwards, and the paper color is obviously much newer than other files that entered Beijing in the same year. I don't know the reason, or someone was guilty of his death, so he replaced the real and detailed file in an attempt to cover up something, or maybe it was just a small official in charge of the warehouse who accidentally damaged his file, It’s only because I’m not exonerated that I made up a copy at will.”

Of course, he is more inclined to the former possibility!
So, as Qi Wenyan spoke, he glanced at Yang Chenglian's resume file on hand, and smiled meaningfully: "If you and that girl suspect this person, then I also suspect him. It's just that This case has been sealed for many years, and it is no longer within the scope of my duties, since you want to stand up for that girl, then you can take these, and I am also waiting to hear the real hidden story behind the scenes."

(End of this chapter)