If Deputy Butler Liu lied at the beginning, it was someone who happened to know about the funeral and spent a lot of money to buy off Deputy Butler Liu.

But there is also a possibility, that is, Deputy Butler Liu did not lie, and he did not come to report the funeral that time. All of this was deliberately planted by Lin Haoran, so that he was charged with concealment.

It is precisely because he is infected with this suspicion that even if the emperor does not pursue him, the previous investigation will undoubtedly be invalidated, and Ning Jiang and the others will be able to escape in a thrilling way.

Although he had determined that the person behind the scenes was Lin Haoran in front of him, he still had no conclusion about the whole incident, and at this moment, he was also thinking about things in the darkest place.

Lin Haoran faced Guo Pu but had no regrets, after all, the other party's friendship of more than 20 years was in vain against his father-in-law, and he almost wiped out his friends of the same year.

The most important thing is that what he did did not step on the bottom line, when he replied frankly: "At the end of Master Guo's life, the three mourners have made it very clear, and please ask Lord Guo to mourn!" ”

Guo Pu didn't seem to be lying when he saw Lin Haoran, and all the rumors and funeral reports pointed to his father's death, so he believed Lin Haoran's words, but asked in a straight manner: "Did my father die on the first day of junior high school or fifteen?" ”

Officials such as Lang Ma Sen, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, deliberately avoided it, but they couldn't help but look at the two people who had grievances from a distance.

"The lower officials don't know! However, I heard that the capital said that it was the first day of the first month of this month, and the adults were suspected of hiding their funerals! Lin Haoran did not answer positively, but pretended not to know and said.

If a person loses power, those political opponents will usually spread rumors out of nothing. Nowadays, Guo Pu's concealment of his funeral has long been a matter of opinion, and under the joint promotion of many forces, it has evolved into an established fact in the capital.

Not to mention that Guo Pu does not have strong evidence to prove that his father died on the fifteenth of this month, even if the evidence is taken out, it will be accused of forgery, and it has been determined that Master Guo died on the first day of this month.

It is precisely like this, whether Guo Pu admits it or not, his suspicion of concealment is almost confirmed.

Guo Pu has worked hard in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and once ranked as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and naturally knows this with his political wisdom. Seeing that Lin Haoran was unwilling to confess, he didn't break the casserole and ask to the end, but threw out the last question: "You won't make a move on my Guo family, right?" ”

When he was still a secretary of the ministry, he didn't take Lin Haoran, a newcomer in officialdom, in his eyes at all, and always regarded him as a junior who could be manipulated at will.

It's just that he despises the person in front of him from afar, and the current situation has changed greatly, and the other party is likely to become the person he can only look up to, and he can't help but worry about the survival of himself and his family.

Lin Haoran didn't expect Guo Pu to be scared, and his mouth couldn't help but smile a little, but he replied with a straight face: "The rules of the officialdom are still understood, and since my father-in-law has forgiven you, we will have no grudges!" ”

But no matter how hard the fight is, it is generally a person who dissolves grievances. This is not only the unspoken rule of officialdom, but also for their own future, and few people will continue to liquidate the political opponents who have returned to their hometowns.

Guo Pu glanced at Lin Haoran deeply, followed Wu Shan to give another salute, and said goodbye to officials such as Ma Sen, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and then boarded the carriage and planned to return to Anyang to be a filial piety keeper without official or position.

Guo Gongzi saw that no one came to see him off, so he boarded the car in disappointment and sat in the same carriage with his father.

When the carriage had just gone farther and farther, he didn't know what his father had talked about with Lin Haoran, so he asked curiously: "Dad, when did grandpa pass away, was it the first day of junior high school or the fifteenth year?" ”

Guo Pu's face was a little sad, and he replied with a light sigh: "It's not important anymore!" ”

"Why doesn't it matter?" Guo Gongzi's brows furrowed, and he asked in confusion.

Guo Pu looked at the blue sky outside through the constantly shaking curtains, and said meaningfully: "Because now everyone thinks so, even the emperor thinks that your grandfather died on the first day of the first month of this month, which has become an established fact!" ”

The three mourners have three different sets of rhetoric, and according to the third mourner, Steward Sun, is the correct news, but there is news of the death of Master Guo on the first day of the new year in Anyang Mansion, and there are even things like Guo Mansion spending a lot of money to build a golden boy.

The geographical disparity and the lack of information between the two places have not only made it easier for some officials to hide their lives, but also facilitated rumor-mongering, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

No matter what the truth of the matter is, Guo Pu will be detained on this suspicion of hiding his funeral, but he can't be cleared up by jumping off the Yellow River. And leaving the scene with some grievances is also a common situation in officialdom.

Wu Shan stood in front of the pavilion and watched the carriage leave, until the carriage disappeared, then turned around and followed Ma Sen and other officials to say goodbye, all towards their own carriage.

Lin Haoran waited in front of the carriage first, ready to help Wu Shan board the car, but Wu Shan turned his head to look at Lin Haoran and asked, "Ruoyu, you are planning Guo Zhen this time, right?" ”

"Father-in-law, I saved my father-in-law and all my junior brothers, and saved the entire Ming Dynasty!" Lin Haoran held Wu Shan's elbow, and his face was not red and he was panting and pasted gold on his face.

"If you are foolish, this is not the right way! As an official in the court, you should act above board, and you must not think of conspiracies and tricks in everything! If you are not right, you will not be able to rule the world! Wu Shan admonished seriously.

Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, but he retorted disapprecatingly: "Father-in-law, if it weren't for the son-in-law using some means, Ningjiang and them would be treated unfairly, they would be demoted to the locality, and no one would say anything about opening the sea and reform, what would happen to Daming?" ”

"I'm worried that you are too obsessed with the struggle for power, so you lose your heart, forget the original intention of entering the officialdom, and finally become Yan Song, Xu Jie, and the like!" Wu Shan has experienced many ups and downs, and seems to teach seriously.

"What's wrong with the two of them?" Lin Haoran asked tentatively.

"Yan Song has the ambition to serve the country, but after 20 years in power, he has become a big traitor. When Xu Jie first entered the officialdom, he dared to compete with Zhang Zhang, who was the first assistant at the time, but now he is the first assistant, but he only wants to be famous. Wu Shan saw all this very thoroughly, so he woke up to Lin Haoran.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, your son-in-law will keep his heart. If he is lucky enough to be in power one day, he will not be like Yan Song and Xu Jie, and he will definitely do things for Daming wholeheartedly! Lin Haoran looked confident and promised.

Wu Shan glanced at Lin Haoran, but he didn't believe in this guarantee at all.

Yan Song and Xu Jie, who are not firm-hearted people, but in the pursuit of power, they have already lost themselves, and this son-in-law is probably not much better than Yan Song and Xu Jie.

The two boarded the carriage and headed back towards the majestic city of Beijing.

Although Guo Pu was a frustrated person in the political struggle, he finally stayed away from the whirlpool of the capital, but the officials who saw him off had to return to the whirlpool to meet a new round of wrestling with the officials and the ministers.

Xu Jie supported Yan Ne to take over, Dong Fen had the emperor's favor and Yuan Wei, a fellow countryman, Yang Bo had qualifications and the Jin merchants behind him, but they were all gearing up, and everyone wanted to refer to the position of this official secretary.