Wentang

Chapter 368 Confession
Guo Wenchang sat down on the ground dejectedly, and Yue Shan just looked at him without pressing.After a while, he raised his head and said, "I can say it, but you have to promise that you will never hurt my child."

"You believe my promise?" Yue Shan asked with a smile.

"Believe me, I don't believe what other people say, but I believe what you say." Guo Wenchang said.

"Why?" Yue Shan himself was a little surprised.

"Because you obey the rules."

"I obey the rules? I didn't obey the rules when I killed Wang Jingliang and others."

"There is no need to obey the rules when dealing with unruly people, but you are the most disciplined person."

"Haha... okay, okay, I didn't expect you, the person who wants to kill me, to understand me best, and it turns out that the enemy is the person who understands you best." Yue Shan laughed loudly.

"Whether you really think so or deliberately flatter me, your words make me very happy. So I promise you, as long as the two of them have no violations of law and discipline, I can keep them safe."

"Okay, let me say. Wang Jingliang is my righteous brother." Guo Wenchang said.

"What? Impossible, I have inquired that you have nothing to do with him." Guan Lijun said loudly.

"No one in Dizhou knows about this, of course you can't find out." Guo Wenchang said.

Guan Lijun wanted to say something else, but Yue Shan waved his hand to stop him, and asked, "Tell me what's going on."

The story is not complicated, but mysterious enough.Guo Wenchang was eager to learn when he was young. When he went out to study, he encountered rebel soldiers. Although he escaped his life by chance, he lost all his belongings and bags.

It was freezing cold at that time, and he was suffering from hunger, cold, anxiety and serious illness. When he was about to die, Wang Jingliang's mother rescued him.

The Queen Mother is a kind person, even if Guo Wenchang is just a stranger she doesn't know, she will do her best to save him.The medical bills were very expensive, and the Wang family almost used up all their wealth to save him.

Guo Wenchang knew that he would repay her kindness, so he recognized her as his foster mother and Wang Jingliang as his foster brother.After he recovered from his illness, he learned that the Queen Mother also wanted Wang Jingliang to become a scholar, so he took Wang Jingliang to study together.

Speaking of which, although Wang Jingliang is not good at reading, he is slick and likable.When I was studying, I met many children of high-ranking officials and noble families.

Later, because of the war, that gentleman closed the school, and everyone went home separately.

Guo Wenchang bid farewell to his adoptive mother and brother and returned to his hometown in Dezhou, where he became a scribe through his relationship.Wang Jingliang, on the other hand, got an official position as the county magistrate of Yanci County by currying favor with the sons of high-ranking officials and noble families.

Originally, it was a happy thing for brothers to get together, but because of certain official rules, they could not recognize each other—brothers generally could not be officials in the same place.

Although Guo Wenchang is only an official, not an official.But back then, he had ideals and ambitions, and he had been working hard towards becoming an official.If people knew about his relationship with Wang Jingliang, it would almost cut off the possibility of being transferred.

At Wang Jingliang's suggestion, they concealed this relationship.

With Guo Wenchang, a local, and the scribe of the governor's office as his internal support, Wang Jingliang gradually became the de facto controller of Yanci County.On the contrary, Guo Wenchang himself is quite bookish and has not been able to realize his wish to be transferred from official to official.

Originally, Wang Jingliang was also planning to transfer or make Guo Wenchang an official by himself, but it was a pity that the nobles behind him died in the war.

Without the backstage, all his plans and ambitions were destroyed.

Later, when Yueshan came, Yanci County was cleaned up in a wave of operations, Wang Jingliang was also beheaded, and Guo Wenchang became a fish that slipped through the net.

"Don't make yourself so innocent. Don't you know that Wang Jingliang bullied men and women in Yanci County? Why don't you care about it?" Guan Lijun sarcastically said.

"Why should I care? Why didn't anyone care when I was robbed by the rebels? This is the world of cannibalism. Either you eat me or I eat you. They are eaten by us because they are incompetent." sick smile.

Yue Shan shook his head, he had sympathy for him at first, but now it seems that he is just a person who puts books in the stomach of a dog.

He was no longer interested in the matter between him and Wang Jingliang, and asked directly: "How did you get in touch with those assassins?"

He didn't think that those assassins were cultivated by Guo Wenchang himself. With the background of Guo Wang's family, he was not qualified to train dead soldiers.

Even though Yue Shan is the son-in-law of the county magistrate princess, he can't afford to support the dead.Dead warriors can only be cultivated by those big families with a long history.

"They contacted me on their own initiative." Guo Wenchang returned to normal and replied.

"I've been planning to avenge my brother, but I haven't been able to find a suitable opportunity. About 20 days ago, someone found me and said that he was willing to help me avenge and kill you."

"No, didn't you say that no one knows about your relationship with Wang Jingliang?" Guan Lijun interrupted.

"No one in Dizhou knows about it, but people in other places know about it. We were always called brothers when we were studying, and those classmates knew about our relationship." Guo Wenchang said.

"You don't mean to say that the person who came to see you was your classmate back then?" Guan Lijun asked.

"Of course not, the other party is not so stupid to come to see me in person, not only that, he has been trying his best to conceal his identity." Guo Wenchang said.

"Then how do you know that the other party is your classmate back then." Guan Lijun said.

"There is a god in the sky, as long as you do it, you will always leave clues. The voice of the person he sent to see me gave him away." Guo Wenchang didn't know whether he remembered what he had done or was mocking that classmate, and smiled bitterly. road:

"The person who came to see me spoke with an accent from Suzhou Prefecture. I checked that only one of my classmates was from Suzhou Prefecture. This person is from a wealthy family. Coincidentally, their family's business coincides with Qingshuihou's. You matter."

"Su, Zhou, Yan, Shang." Yue Shan said word by word.

"Haha...Qing Shuihou is really smart, you will understand when I say it. That's right, my classmate is Du Yaoqing, the eldest son of the Du family, a great salt merchant in Yancheng County, Suzhou Prefecture. Well, he must be the head of the Du family by now. Go." Guo Wenchang laughed.

"What else do you know?" Yue Shan looked at him and asked.

"I don't know about the others. I've said everything I need to say. I hope you, Qingshuihou, will keep your promise to live with my sons and daughters." Guo Wenchang shook his head and looked at him with pleading eyes.

Yue Shan nodded and said, "Now that I'm asking your children to see you for the last time, you must know better than me how to tell them."

"I understand, I understand, thank you Qingshuihou, thank you Qingshuihou." Guo Wenchang said in surprise.

Yue Shan had his children called over, and he took Guan Lijun to the next room.

How the three father and daughter reminisce about the past and cry when they meet is omitted.After seeing that his children were indeed unscathed, Guo Wenchang breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Son, father is sorry for you. I will never be with you again. You must take good care of yourself and be filial to your mother."

His son said in horror: "Father, what's wrong with you? Is someone going to kill you?" His daughter also hugged one of his arms tightly and didn't let go.

Guo Wenchang couldn't help but shed tears again, and said, "No, it was Dad who did something illegal, Dad... Dad killed someone before."

"Ah? How is it possible, Dad, how could you kill someone if you are so good." His son said in disbelief.

"Son, dad is not a good person. I hope you don't learn from dad in the future, but be a consistent person, study hard and strive to become a pillar of the country." Guo Wenchang said.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it." His son kept shaking his head.

"Hey, Shangguan thought that I was confused for a while, and I had no credit or hard work these years, so I gave me a little bit of light, so that I can leave with dignity, and I won't hold my family accountable afterwards. So you have to read them Your kindness, do you know?" Guo Wenchang continued.

"I... I know. But Dad, can't we beg them, we will pay them all the money in the family. "

"Impossible. This case has alarmed Zaifu, and no one dares to shield me. Letting me go away with dignity is already the greatest care for me. Don't embarrass Shangguan anymore." Guo Wenchang shook his head.

At this time, there were a few knocks on the window from the next door, and he knew that the other party was reminding him that time was running out.He hurriedly said: "Remember, you must remember Shangguan's kindness, and behave yourself in the future."

"I remember Dad." His children said quickly.

Guo Wenchang took one last look at the two of them, then turned his head and pushed them away with a ruthless heart: "Let's go, let's go."

"Father, we won't go, we will stay with you."

"Two brothers, please send them away." Guo Wenchang cried to the guard who watched them.Then the two guards who watched them came and took the two half-grown children away.

"Thank you Qingshui for your kindness." After a while, Guo Wenchang calmed down and saluted towards the next room.

"Yue Hou has already left, he can't receive your big gift." Guan Lijun walked in from the door and said.

"It's fine to leave, shouldn't it be time to send me on my way?" Guo Wenchang said with a look of panic on his face, "Please, Shangguan, give me a ride." After speaking, he closed his eyes.

Guan Lijun didn't speak, walked up to Guo Wenchang, stretched out his hand, grabbed his head and twisted it violently, only heard a 'click', Guo Wenchang fell limply on the ground, twitched a few times and then was completely silent.

"Three days later, the Guo family was notified to clean up, and they said he died suddenly." Guan Lijun took one last look at his body, turned around and left.

On the other hand, Yue Shan returned to the government office with a heavy heart, and unexpectedly found Li Daoyan sitting in the hall smiling and looking at him as soon as he entered the door.

(End of this chapter)