Chapter Ninety-Eight: Lin Fuzi Testifies
Old Madam Gu also heard of Master Lin, and being a master in Wenhua Academy is definitely not a small person with a broken mouth, so she said: "Please come in, I still believe in Master Lin's character!" ”
Old Madam Gu has spoken, Gu Tianyou can't have any objections, the Lu family can only shut up obediently, but in his heart he can't wait to cut Gu Qingwan with a thousand knives.
Lin Fuzi walked in under the guidance of Ziyu and greeted Gu Tianyou and Old Madam Gu, Gu Tianyou was still more measured in front of outsiders, and hurriedly invited Lin Fuzi to sit down.
Only Old Madam Gu was the oldest among the people present, so she asked first: "Master Lin, the two grandchildren have come back to talk about today's incident, but the two of them have their own opinions, can you ask the master to tell me the truth of the matter?" ”
Lin Fuzi originally came because of this, so naturally he would not shirk, and arched his hand to Old Madam Gu, and said: "This is the case, today I want to check the students' homework, so let them take it out, and what fell out of Gu Qing'an's bookbag at that time was...... It was a filthy beauty painting, he began to accuse Gu Qingzhao of planting the, but he couldn't tell the evidence, asked the two scholars, and they both said that they didn't know about it, and then Gu Qingan admitted that he was going to use this book to blame Gu Qingzhao, but he didn't succeed, but accidentally got it into his bookbag, hey......"
Listening to Lin Fuzi's words, Gu Qing'an and Lu's faces turned pale in an instant, and Lu stood up angrily, pointed at Lin Fuzi's nose and scolded: "You old horseman, talking nonsense, what benefits did you say they gave you, and you actually coaxed you to frame my An'er!" ”
Lin Fuzi didn't expect to tell the truth, but he was scolded, his face turned red, his beard trembled, he stood up resentfully, and bowed his hand to Mrs. Gu and Gu Tianyou, and said angrily: "This was originally a family matter of your Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, but it happened in the academy, and the dean asked me to come over to explain the matter clearly, I didn't expect it to arouse suspicion of my character, isn't this a bloody spurt, the old man has read the sage books, although he has not been able to enter the court as an official, but he also knows that etiquette, righteousness and shame, how can he do such a dirty thing?" Isn't it trying to damage my reputation and ruin the reputation of Wenhua College? ”
Lin Fuzi had a humiliated expression on his face, and he couldn't wait to leave now, but he promised people when he came before, and he had to explain things clearly before leaving.
Old Madam Gu glared at the Lu clan fiercely and scolded, "You uninformed woman, who allows you to be rude in front of your master?" Don't give me back yet! ”
Although the Lu family is also a three-grade edict, but in the end, it is a woman in the house, and a well-educated person like Lin Fuzi is extremely respected, so humiliating a well-known master, I am afraid that I will be laughed at if I say it, and it will reach the ears of the saint, Gu Tianyou's official reputation is damaged, and it is not impossible to say that the emperor is not satisfied, and it is not impossible to take the title of the Gu family.
Gu Tianyou also realized the seriousness of the problem, so he also glared at Lu and said, "Don't talk nonsense, woman's opinion!" ”
Then he bowed his hand to Lin Fuzi and apologized: "Lin Fuzi, a clumsy woman, she can't speak, you have a lot of forbearance, don't be like her!" ”
Lin Fuzi snorted coldly, then reluctantly waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind, and said: "That's what I know, when I asked the two scholars, I kept saying that no one had approached each other's bookbags, and it was impossible to be replaced, I told Dean Wang, and the dean ordered Gu Qingan to withdraw from school for the reputation of the college, and I came this time to inform Lord Gu of this matter, and I hope that Lord Gu will make plans early!" ”
"What? The dean actually wanted An'er to drop out? Can this matter be discussed again, my town Yuanhou Mansion is willing to pay 5,000 taels of silver for the purpose of running the college, and also ask the dean to open the net and make a light decision! As soon as he heard that Gu Qingan was going to be withdrawn from school, Gu Tianyou was not calm anymore and hurriedly pleaded.
Lin Fuzi shook his head, sighed and said: "Because the students in the same class have seen it, you also know that Wenhua Academy is mostly the children of nobles, and the influence of Ling Lang's matter is extremely bad, if it is not for the help of the dean to suppress it, I am afraid that it will spread all over the capital in less than half a day, and then the reputation of your mansion will be ruined, hey......"
Gu Tianyou took a few steps back abruptly, as if his legs couldn't support his body, but fortunately, the little guy next to him helped him not to be rude.
Old Madam Gu realized the seriousness of the matter, now it was not only Gu Qingan who was embarrassed, even the Gu family was also disgraced, she was angry for a while, if it wasn't for Master Lin's still being, she was afraid that she would be furious.
Lin Fuzi took out a paper wrapped book from his arms, handed it to Gu Tianyou, and said: "This is the book that Ling Lang dropped today, and the dean also asked me to bring it over, so let's return it to you, I have finished what I should say, let me retire!" ”
Mrs. Gu asked Grandma Sun to pick up the book, and then said: "There is a master, please go back and do more work, try to help cover up this matter, and the Gu Mansion will definitely have a good reward in the future!" ”
Lin Fuzi nodded, and arched his hand: "There is no need for the old lady to say, the academy will try to suppress this matter, after all, Yu Academy is also a scandal, and the old man has retired!" ”
Old Madam Gu sent someone to send Lin away again, only then did she look at Lu and Gu Qing'an coldly, and said in a gloomy voice: "What else do you have to say?" ”
Gu Qing Anse shrank for a moment, didn't dare to look up at people, only hid behind the Lu family, and the Lu family said stubbornly: "This matter is definitely not true, please don't believe the old lady's one-sided words, An'er will never do such a thing!" ”
Gu Qingwan stepped forward and said to Old Madam Gu: "Didn't Ming Chong just say that he had read this book, and also said that there were two villains on the cover of the book, and the book was half-old?" It's better for the old lady to see if this book is what Ming Chong said, so as to confirm whether Zhao'er framed it! ”
Ming Chong saw that something was wrong, and immediately changed his words: "Minion, the minion forgot, the minion was nervous at the time, and he didn't see it clearly at all, so he didn't remember what the book looked like!" ”
"You said you don't remember? What should you remember about the color of the book's cover? Gu Qingwan asked.
Ming Chong gritted his teeth, shook his head and said: "The slave doesn't remember anything, I was really scared at the time, where do I remember what the book is like!" ”
Without waiting for Gu Qingwan to speak, Wen Ze, who had been kneeling for a long time and had been silent for a long time, suddenly kowtowed and said: "It's not that Ming Chong doesn't remember, but he hasn't seen that book at all, he has been lying, because after the master asked the two slaves, he told me that he had carefully checked the third young master's bookbag the night before and found nothing abnormal!" ”
When Gu Qingwan heard this, she was not as happy as everyone expected, but asked suspiciously, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
"The slave didn't say it just now, because Ming Chong wouldn't admit it, if he hadn't been able to identify the appearance of the book, the old lady and the second master wouldn't have believed what the slave said! Also, the slave has been following the second young master's side, on weekdays, Xiao Lu is not as loyal to the second young master as she just said, on the contrary, the second young master's affairs, she will go to tell the second lady in every detail, the young master's daily life has always been taken care of by the slave, she is just responsible for keeping an eye on the second young master's actions, this is a well-known thing in Luofeng Yuan, Xiao Lu is the second lady's person! Wen Ze told the truth expressionlessly, his eyes were calm and clear, and there was no trace of falsification.
When Mrs. Gu heard this, she only felt endless anger surging in her heart, and said sharply: "This cheap maid actually keeps saying that she is loyal to Zhao'er, since you are loyal to him, why are you accusing him of murdering An'er?" ”
Xiao Lu didn't expect Wen Ze to turn against him, he glanced at him in disbelief, kowtowed, and denied: "Old lady, you have a clear opinion, the slave maid didn't, it was Wen Ze who lied, the slave and maid were loyal to the second young master, and they had never betrayed the master!" ”
"Wen Ze, you dare to spew blood, when will Xiao Lu come over to tell me about Zhao'er, I also care about Zhao'er when I ask her, why did I send someone to keep an eye on him?" Lu also shouted angrily.
Wen Ze glanced at the Lu family, then took out a silver ticket from his arms, as well as a gold ingot, and said: "This is given to me by Mama Zhang next to the second lady, in order to let me betray the second young master today, and help Xiao Lu and them to correct the second young master for using that book to frame the third young master, in fact, on weekdays, the second young master is humble to the third young master everywhere, and the third young master is arrogant and domineering in the school, often pleading other young masters to bully the second young master, the second young master has endured it, and he doesn't let the slave come back and tell anyone!" ”
"The third young master is in the school today, and he keeps saying that his wife promised him to send him to Mr. Nangong as a disciple, but the slave clearly remembers that it was the second young master who got the promise of the old lady from the foreign family and wanted to worship Mr. Nangong!"
Wen Ze gushed endlessly, his words were reasonable, and Gu Qing'an's face became more and more pale, he stepped forward angrily, ready to beat someone, but was stopped by the Lu family, she looked at Wen Ze viciously, and said: "Okay, you dog slave, you dare to slander your master, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”
When the old lady heard this, where else did she not understand, the Lu family wanted to frame Gu Qingzhao for the sake of Mr. Nangong's apprenticeship, ruining Gu Qingzhao's reputation, so that his son could have a chance to replace him, it was really evil!
Wen Ze ignored her, just went in the direction of the old lady, and continued: "Although Wen Ze is just a little scholar, he also knows some words with the second young master, and knows some etiquette, righteousness and shame, although he was explained by the second lady, and asked the slave to be the nail around the second young master, but the slave is not a person without conscience, and after following the second young master for a long time, the more he feels that the second young master is good and good to his subordinates, so the slave can no longer help the second lady to do things!" ”
Old Madam Gu didn't expect that the Lu family would bully her eldest grandson behind her back, she originally thought that the Lu family just couldn't get along with Gu Qingwan, but she didn't expect that the person she wanted to get rid of turned out to be her grandson.
Shaking her head slowly and heavily, she looked at the Lu family, her eyes were full of murderous aura, and she said in a deep voice: "You woman, I have repeatedly tolerated you, isn't the lesson I gave you last time enough?" You have to force me to leave you with God's blessing, you are willing, right? ”