Gu Qinghuan was shocked, and Gu Qingxuan slapped the table angrily: "Bribe? Nonsense! My son has great talent, why should I pay a bribe!"

Gu Qinghuan's heart was upset, he barely calmed down, supported his father, signaled him not to be angry, and asked Fang Liang: "Dare to ask Lord Fang, what is the evidence of the crime?

"Because the bribe is an important minister of the imperial court, the head of the Ministry of Officials investigates this matter and asks Gu Gongzi to cooperate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAs for the evidence of the crime, there is an article written by Gongzi himself, and a bribe of one million taels of silver! The whistleblower is the bribe-taker-Dong Yehong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

It's really human and physical evidence, and there is no room for Gu Qinghuan to defend himself, Gu Qingxuan is now a guilty person, although he is a second-class official, the officials and others no longer take him seriously, and this sudden change has dealt a big blow to the Gu family. They never thought that Dong Yehong, an honest man who had been friends for many years, would also fall into the trap for them.

After Gu Qinghuan was taken away, Gu Qingxuan immediately went to find Dong Yehong, but Dong Yehong closed the door and asked his subordinates to pass the word, because the same case was undecided, it was inconvenient to meet the other party.

When he returned to the mansion, Shen Lanxi and his daughter hurriedly came to ask about the situation, he would pass by and make it clear, Shen Lanxi was very sad at this time, Gu Qingning asked: "Father, this is ...... What's the worst that can happen?"

Gu Qingxuan's figure swayed, and his old state began to appear: "If you can't clarify Qinghuan...... It is still a small matter that he can't enter the exam tomorrow, but bribing high-ranking officials is a serious crime, even if he is not beheaded, he will ...... Life imprisonment to serve ......"

Shen Lanxi was short of breath, she couldn't breathe for a while, she almost fainted to the ground, they hurriedly supported her, she grabbed Gu Qingxuan's wrist tightly, her eyes were foggy, and her voice was sad: "Qingxuan, you must rescue Qinghuan, no, no, my son must not be ruined like this!"

Gu Qingxuan nodded solemnly and took her into his arms: "Don't worry, I will definitely rescue Qinghuan, what Lu Yuanzhi wants, it's a big deal for me to let him get his wish." ”

Saying that, he ignored the obstruction of his wife and daughter, walked out of the mansion, and went to Xiangguo's mansion.

He was right, the mastermind behind this was the Lu family father and son.

Last time, Lu Yuan failed to harm Gu Qingxuan, and his father and brother knew what he had done, and he was taught a good lesson by Lu Yuanzhi, saying that he was smart and short-sighted, etc. It turned out that Lu Yuanzhi had already had an idea, and he was as scheming as he was, and he wanted to take advantage of the situation and force the Gu family to a dead end. He has worked with Gu Qingxuan for many years, but he doesn't know who is the most compatible with Gu Qingxuan in the court, and he knows that Gu Qinghuan is going to participate in the imperial examination, and he has already penetrated everything, so he is waiting for Gu Qinghuan to give Dong Yehong a public paper, and on the evening of Gu Qinghuan's apprenticeship, he asked Lu Yuanze to secretly send two million taels of silver to Dong's mansion.

As a result, Gu Qinghuan's good public volume articles became clear evidence of bribery, and a box of books brought into Dong's mansion when he was apprenticed became a million taels of bribe silver.

And this million taels of silver can just be used as evidence of Gu Qingxuan's corruption, and there is no need for the Imperial History Observatory to investigate in detail at that time, this evidence has been clear, just wait for the emperor's holy decree, and the Gu family will be beheaded all over the house.

Killing two birds with one stone, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, Lu Yuanzhi's good calculation.

Gu Qingxuan had already guessed why Lu Yuanzhi made such a ruthless move, so as soon as he saw him, he said bluntly: "You and I have been involved in conspiring for many years, and now the emperor has investigated me, and the imperial history platform has investigated for two months, so carefully, I must not let go of the slightest evidence of the crime, Lord Xiangguo, aren't you just afraid that Gu will leak the secret about you? Gu Mou's death will be over? Why implicate my family? For so many years, they don't know anything about what I have planned in the court!"

Lu Yuanzhi's eyes were cold, smiled, and said, "Yes, you are right. I won't tell you, Gu Qingxuan, it's been more than 20 years, hmph, I haven't reassured you for a moment, because I know you, you are too terrible, even if I don't break the contract, even if I really let you be Sicheng, you will become my biggest threat! I know you too well, if you and I change our situation today, I'm afraid you Gu Qingxuan will do better than me!"

"Fortunately, today I am above you, and I can control your life and death, so go and die. ”

Gu Qingxuan's eyes were hateful, his eyes were like knives, and he said resolutely: "I will enter the palace to the emperor now...... Confess your guilt, you go and let go of my son immediately, if you keep your promise, there will not be a Lu character on my confession, if you break your promise, you can rest assured, I will let your Lu family give us the Gu family a funeral! You know, I can do it!"

According to the law of Daqi, if an official embezzles 10,000 taels, he will be beheaded all over the house, and if the corrupt official takes the initiative to admit his guilt before the verdict, he will be exempted from continuous punishment, and he Gu Qingxuan would rather die with one person to protect his wife from harm.

Gu Qingning went to Lu Yuanze again and told him about his abortion, Lu Yuanze was deeply shocked, she humbly begged him to intercede with Lu Yuanzhi, Lu Yuanze was indeed soft-hearted and wavered, and agreed to her. In fact, she also knew that she was in a hurry to go to the doctor, but there was no other way, and she didn't know that Gu Qingxuan had reached an agreement with Lu Yuanzhi, so she could only make this decision.

When Lu Yuanze went to beg Lu Yuanzhi to let Gu Qinghuan go, it happened that Lu Yuanzhi was hearing that Gu Qingxuan really broke into the palace and confessed, so he believed that he would die, Lu Yuanze could only see the opportunity to persuade his father to keep the agreement and let Gu Qinghuan go, Lu Yuanzhi listened to it, so he asked him to let Dong Yehong change his testimony.

Gu Qingning had been waiting outside the back door of Xiangguo's mansion, Lu Yuanze was afraid that she would be suspicious, so he rushed to deal with the matter non-stop, and asked Dong Yehong to hand over the new testimony to the Ministry of Officials that night, and urged the Ministry of Officials to prepare the documents for the release of the person that night.

And Gu Qingning didn't get up and go back to the house until she saw the clerk's clerk, when it was already dawn, she informed Shen Lanxi and Gu Qingfeng, who had been waiting at home all night, and the three who had not slept all night immediately rushed to the criminal department.

Gu Qinghuan was tried in the Ministry of Officials in the afternoon yesterday, and he was moved to the prison of the Criminal Department in the evening, and as soon as the documents arrived, he was released. As soon as he got out of the prison door and got together with his family, he stayed up all night in prison, his body and mind were ruined, and the whole person was haggard, and when he came out, he only kowtowed to Shen Lanxi, and said: "The child is not filial, and the mother is tormented in vain...... After that, he did not say a word, his eyes were blank, and he was extremely decadent.

When the carriage passed through the Chunfu test site, when the east was white, the candidates had gathered outside the field to wait for the test, all of them worked hard, talked and laughed freely, as if the bright future was in front of them. And Gu Qinghuan, who was removed from this year's scientific examination because of this incident, took a look in the carriage, bit the corner of his lip and bleed, and finally spoke: "The sky is unfair!

Shen Lanxi looked at him with regret, wiped away his tears and sorted out his sideburns, but he had tears in his eyes: "If you don't take the exam this year, you will enter the field again next year." My family Qinghuan can memorize poems at the age of three, can learn literature at the age of five, talent is world-class, is it comparable to the vulgar, fame is not only in the field, but also can not be confined to the present, people who want to achieve great things, will always go through all kinds of hardships, you still have to suffer, today's small defeat is not your fault, you must not be self-compassionate, so self-abandoned, how can my mother rest assured......"

Gu Qinghuan put away his decadent attitude and said, "Mother...... I knew I was wrong...... But Mother, do you really believe me? Father has been working hard for 20 years, and now he ...... And what about me?"

She said: "Mother believes, mother just believes." I believe that my son will do great deeds, and I believe that my daughter is extraordinary in the world. This road is difficult, but the heart is strong. Qinghuan, my mother can only talk about it here, as for the future...... Mother believes...... It must be a great deal. ”

In a carriage following behind, sitting Gu Qingning and Gu Qingfeng, both of them had no words, each had their own thoughts, Gu Qingning noticed that Gu Qingfeng, who had always been impatient, had become particularly quiet since he learned about this yesterday, he had been guarding his mother all night, and he followed them around in the morning, as if he had not said a word.

Gu Qingning smiled reluctantly, patted the back of his hand, and comforted: "It's okay, Qingfeng, don't think about it, everything is safe as usual......"

Gu Qingfeng raised his head, with tears in his eyes, and said indignantly: "Everything is as usual, my brother was almost tortured, and his future was blocked, which is also called stability...... All whitewashed in front of me...... I am also a member of the Gu family, although I am the youngest in the family, I am willing to do my best for my family, why are you hiding everything from me?"

Gu Qingning didn't want him to see everything, so he was speechless, and then he was already calm, so he told his younger brother about the break between the Gu family and the Lu family, Gu Qingfeng was so angry that she persuaded her for a while before persuading her. Later, Gu Qingfeng gradually calmed down, but Gu Qingning began to panic, thinking about something, and said: "No, no, Lu Yuanzhi stopped so quickly, definitely not just because Lu Yuanze went to intercede......"

Gu Qingfeng saw that she looked uneasy, and hurriedly asked, "Sister, what are you worried about?"

She said, "Father, I'm worried about my father'......."

When the four of them arrived at home, they saw the Jiang family's carriage parked in front of the mansion before they entered the mansion, it was the Jiang family's father and daughter, they had been there for a long time, but they had not entered the mansion, they had been waiting for them to come back at the gate of the mansion, and they had settled down when they saw Gu Qinghuan returning unharmed.

If Jiang Hechuan was unspeakable, he hesitated again and again and said softly to Shen Lanxi: "Brother Qingxuan broke into the palace yesterday evening...... Can my sister-in-law know about his confession? He didn't return all night......

"Confession?" Shen Lanxi trembled, stopped and froze, and smiled with tears: "I know! I know......! That's it, that's it, I'll go with him......"

The three children were all sad when they heard this, the Jiang family's father and daughter couldn't persuade them, Jiang Xiange was shocked by Shen Lanxi's absolute reciprocal intentions, and hurriedly ran to his carriage, lifted the curtain, and helped one person, but it was Gu Qingxuan.

It turns out that yesterday was the case. At that time, Gu Qingxuan risked his life to break into the palace, and went straight to the outside of the imperial study, but was blocked by the dust of the Jin father-in-law. Gonggong Jin leaned over and approached him and whispered, "Master Gu has broken into here, what are you in a hurry?" Our family has good words to tell us, this world is the emperor's world after all, if you ignore the imperial ceremony, hum, you will reap the consequences!"

As bold as him, when he heard this, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, and took a step back: "The lower official is guilty, and he is tired of his father-in-law." ”

Gonggong Jin went in, came out after a while, and told him who was kneeling to get up and go to the audience, he bowed his head and walked into the study, and saluted Chen Jingxing. Chen Jingxing sat on top of the dragon case, his posture was casual, his expression was flat, he was not shocked or angry, he kept reviewing the twists and turns, and said slowly: "Gu Qing is flat." ”

At that time, there was another person in the imperial study, Yin Jiheng, the imperial historian, who was one of the three dukes, and the general consul directly under the royal court supervision agency - the imperial history platform, had the right to directly advise and recommend. They have three generations of the Yin family, all of whom are officials to the imperial historian, and the court has joked that the position of the imperial historian is hereditary by the Yin family. Although the Yin family's power is not as good as the popular Lu family, its deep foundation and wide influence are not comparable to the Lu family.

"Your Majesty!" After Gu Qingxuan got up, he bowed to Yin Jiheng again, and was about to open his mouth to present his "crime", when he heard Chen Jingxing's cough, he eased down, looked up at Chen Jingxing, Chen Jingxing put away his casual sitting posture, put down the fold, looked at Gu Qingxuan, and smiled lightly: "Gu Qing is so anxious to break into the palace, could it be that he is here to ask me about the crime? The corruption has been found out by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and it really has nothing to do with you, and it is true that I wronged you before, and I want to issue a decree tomorrow to return your innocence, why can't I wait for a while?"

Gu Qingxuan was stunned, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Weichen doesn't dare to ...... Your Majesty has been at home for his crimes, and he still doesn't know that the Imperial Historical Observatory has found out the omission of the account, so he dares to ask the Imperial Historian for the truth! He also hopes to give advice!" He turned to Yin Jiheng and bowed again.

Yin Jiheng said: "The accounts of the household department are many and varied, the number is huge, the imperial history platform has checked for two months and has not even cleared the accounts for a year, Your Majesty is wise, let the imperial history of the Cheng first check last year's accounts, and then check the accounts of your household officials last year, sure enough, it is found that there is something strange, and it has now been verified that the 650,000 missing accounts are the former household servant Wei Kun privately transferred, and it is a wrong account caused by himself in the appropriation for repairing the river embankment, Wei Kun is afraid that His Majesty will punish him, so he planted this crime on Gu Shangshu you. His Majesty was discussing the punishment of Wei Kun with the old man, and His Majesty remembered that he had died unexpectedly, leaving only orphans and widows, so he commuted the punishment of Zhu Lian, and only withdrew all the gifts and exempted the descendants from the right to enter the official position as punishment. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and benevolent! The doctor is wise and generous! Wei Chen is very grateful!" he bowed one by one, and was extremely respectful.

Chen Jingxing said: "Why did Gu Qing enter the palace at this time?"

Gu Qingxuan kowtowed and said, "Please let your Majesty ...... The eldest son of Weichen was wronged and was accused of bribing officials, and the minister was in a hurry, and asked His Majesty to understand this matter......"

Chen Jingxing snorted coldly: "I have already seen this matter on the excerpt of the Ministry of Rites, and it seems that it is human and material evidence...... Gu Qing, you are so ridiculous, you ask me for this matter, will I immediately release your son if I listen to your words? Then what do you want the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department to do? Those who are clear will always find out, what is the use of you asking for me? Hmph! By the way, the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department is under the control of the left and right Si Cheng, and the left and right Si Cheng are under the orders of Xiangguo, Gu Qing, you come to ask me, it is better to go and ask Lord Xiangguo. He laughed a few times and turned his head to look at Yin Jiheng: "Yin Qing, what you said is right?"

Yin Jiheng laughed dryly, and said: "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, whether it is Xiangguo, or the left and right Si Cheng and the six departments, not to mention my imperial history platform, they are all looking up to the emperor's grace, no wonder Gu Shangshu came to ask His Majesty to preside over justice in a hurry, although he was rude and misguided, but logically speaking, it is understandable, after all, down to the people, up to the hundred officials, all of them always remember His Majesty in their hearts." ”

Chen Jingxing pointed at Yin Jiheng and laughed: "You Yin Qing is the best at talking." ”

Gu Qingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him for his gratitude, and was about to retire, when Chen Jingxing asked him again: "When Gu Qing came in just now, he said that you were guilty, what kind of crime did you have?"

Gu Qingxuan glanced at Gonggong Jin, who was a little at a loss for a moment, and then kowtowed and said, "Weichen...... Breaking into the palace for private matters, having a faux pas, and violating Long Wei, is really a crime......"

Chen Jingxing nodded and said, "Well, it's indeed a sin...... I remember that you are an old minister, if you don't investigate the punishment, Gu Qing, you can go to the palace gate and get twenty court rods by yourself. ”

Gu Qingxuan bowed heavily to the ground: "Thank you, Lord Longen!"

Therefore, it is not the Lu family who renegades this time.

Gu Qingxuan was injured and walked out of the palace, afraid that Lu Yuanzhi would notice that he had changed his mind, so he secretly went to Jiangyue Tower, one was to heal his injuries, and the other was to temporarily avoid the movement of the Lu Mansion overnight to see if Lu Yuanzhi would abide by the agreement and let Gu Qinghuan go.

At this time, he was wounded by a stick, his face was pale, but his life was not in danger, and his appearance in front of them made them surprised and delighted. The Gu family sisters and brothers immediately rushed to Gu Qingxuan, and only Shen Lanxi stood silently in the middle of the Gu family's mansion, staring at her husband and children under the stairs.

Gu Qingxuan only looked up at Shen Lanxi, didn't listen to the words of others, couldn't help but smile, walked towards her step by step, stretched out his hand, and motioned for her to help.

Shen Lanxi didn't move, his body was like an arbor in the wind, and between the independent doors, he suddenly fell down and was silent.