delicious little cook

Chapter 513 The Evidence Is Rare
The eldest lady was not angry, but shock was inevitable, she stroked her forehead and sighed that she was getting old.

"Time flies so fast. Before I know it, the children have grown up and are able to make plans on their own. They dared to come up with the idea of ​​the imperial court ordering officials without asking the adults' opinions. Bravery, really boldness!"

Bai Kou wasn't sure what the madam meant, so she didn't dare to say anything. Mother Pang was there to comfort the madam.

"Is the lawsuit against the government so easy to fight? Didn't Gu Hui learn the lessons from that lawsuit? The evidence you have is only enough to sue Zhou Hongshou. Wang Chen'an is a little bit hung up. You want to instigate his concubine to turn against the water." The risk is too great, and if he wants to use the opportunity of the lawsuit to get his political opponents and censors to attack him, it may not be able to meet your expectations. He can completely argue that Zhou Hongshou deceived him for performance appraisal, thinking that he was sincerely introducing candidates for the sequel. You can also leave out the matter of private transactions. To drag Wang Chenan into the water, you must first find out his motive for suddenly marrying Bai Rui. Only with a motive can he explain his behavior and prevent him from turning over. "

"Madam please give me advice."

"You guys are not capable enough in this matter. Consolidate Zhou Hongshou's evidence again, and don't let him find a loophole to escape. Wang Chenan asked the master to come. This will require the power of Duke Ye's mansion."

"Thank you, Mrs. Madam, for your help."

"What if we don't help? You and Gu Yun are so bold, but if it can be done, it will be an excellent exercise for Gu Yun. He is so old, he should learn to deal with some things by himself, but you guys After all, this matter involves the imperial court officials, or you have to discuss it with your elders before proceeding, I can warn you, if there is another time, I will never forgive you."

"The servant girl obeyed, and I promise not to set an example."

The eldest lady shook her head, and waved Bai Kou back.

When Gu Yun got home from school, the girls told him about Bai Kou being scolded by the Da Furen. After dinner, Gu Yun said good night to his grandmother, and when he went to say hello to his parents, he was not surprised. His father grabbed him by the ear and carried him into the study to teach him a lesson.

After the grandpa had finished training his son, the father and son went through the whole thing from the beginning, and even wrote down notes for memos where there were doubts that needed to be supplemented with evidence.

With Wang Chen'an's help from the Duke of the State, Bai Kou felt more at ease, and focused on preparing the New Year's goods for the New Year. Taking advantage of the few days he won by patting Huazi to temporarily stabilize Zhou's family, the Governor of the State of Ye The big and small masters of the house got busy separately, wanting to settle the lawsuit before the year, so as not to have long nights and dreams. If time drags on, Zhou Hongshou and Wang Chen'an may have found a way to turn big things into small things.

Under Bai Kou's behest, Pai Huazi deliberately complained to Zhou's family after another three or four days that they had given false information, pretending that she had searched all over Tianshuifang but had not found out Bai Rui's whereabouts, and that even Gu Shizi's I went to the workshop to inquire, but no one was found.

How did the Zhou family know that Pai Huazi had already become a witness for Bai Kou, and this was a deliberate visit to continue to deceive them, guessing that Bai Rui might have left Tianshuifang after being frightened, and finding someone in this capital city with a population of one million is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. What's more, Bai Rui may go out of the city directly. It is too easy to hide a mother and daughter in towns large and small in Zhili.

With such a guess, Zhou's family panicked. The family was worried every day and didn't know what to do, and they didn't dare to tell the truth to Wang Chen'an, fearing that it would be bad for them if they offended him. Zhou Hongshou was so worried that he lost sleep.

Li Liaoshi, who was invited by Gu Yun and used to be a famous criminal master, quietly came to Tianshuifang to meet with Bai Rui, and showed her the draft of the written pleadings. The old man assured that Zhou Hongshou would lose his official position and resign. Once he collapsed, the entire Zhou family would also be ruined.

Bai Rui was determined and waited for the evidence to be prepared before going to appeal.

The people sent by the Duke of the State watched Wang Chenan for several days, and found that he never had contact with other officials in the open, and he did not even participate in official banquets. It was his concubine and daughter-in-law who did these things. Those expensive gifts were packaged as daily groceries and sent in through the back door, and the family members received them.

Yuan Pei's old wife passed away for several years and there was no reunion. It is known to outsiders that there is only one concubine by his side to take care of his daily life and housework. The grandmas that Bajing married into the door also had to obey her orders, respecting her like being filial to a concubine.

Bai Kou and Gu Yun's original idea of ​​instigating the concubine to be the plaintiff's witness is obviously not going to work. Wang Chen'an's family is all interested in making a fortune together. Fortunately, they didn't contact the concubine rashly, otherwise they would run away. After a catastrophe.

And the family is actually ready for the marriage, just waiting for Bai Rui to come in, the purpose of marrying Bai Rui is for Bai Kou.

In order to make a living after he became an official in the future, Wang Chen'an invested the bribe money in a lot of businesses. Seeing that Gu Yun's son bought [-] mu of land to build a new factory, he planned to have a relationship with him, but in fact Gu Shizi's The money bag is Bai Kou, so once they marry Bai Rui, Wang Chenan and Bai Kou are the in-laws of the elder brother-in-law and the younger sister-in-law, so they have a reason to communicate frequently, which is not only beneficial to his business, but also can be seen in front of the prince and the Duke. Being acquainted, there may be other benefits in the future.

This seemingly simple motive still can't explain how Wang Chenan knew that Bai Kou had a sister named Bai Rui, and she had defected to her and settled down in Tianshuifang. He could only focus on the letters in his study at home. Officials who don't socialize very much can only rely on letters if they want to contact people in private. The nimble spies took advantage of the opportunity that few people came into the study during the day, copied many copies and sent them back to Duke Ye's mansion.

The Duke of the State patiently stood still, waiting for the Zhou family to jump first when they couldn't bear it. If they couldn't hand over Bai Rui, they would have to have an explanation with Wang Chen'an. What they were waiting for was this opportunity to connect the two of them.

Just as the Lord Guo guessed, as the deadline for submitting performance appraisal results to the Merit Examination Department approached day by day, Zhou Hongshou's family could no longer sit still. The guards sent by Gu Yun to monitor saw that Zhou Hongshou had written a secret letter to Wang Chenan. The letter told him that Bai Rui was missing, her whereabouts were unknown, and she couldn't be sent to the mansion as scheduled, and he was willing to offer up all his family property to beg him to be a noble hand.

The letter was not delivered to the Wang residence smoothly. Zhou's family was worried that people would find out that they were in contact with Wang Chen'an, so they dared not let their family members deliver the letter. Instead, they hired a cart driver to run errands on the street and tracked down the whereabouts of the letter. The plainclothes guards took an opportunity to create a little confusion, and deliberately caused a dispute between the gangsters on the street and the cart driver. When the quarrel became serious, these guards pretended to persuade them to fight and stole the letter from him.

Here is the evidence I've been waiting for.

(End of this chapter)