This time it can be said that the losses are heavy, and many ships can not be used when they are fished up, so they can only be replaced with new ones.

Gu Jianglin tried his best to suppress the news, but he didn't expect that the news still reached the emperor's ears in just one day, and the emperor sent an edict to inquire, and the tone didn't look like asking for guilt, which made Gu Jianglin feel very honored.

He replied to the letter of guilt and offered the emperor to bear the guilt of this incident.

It was exactly as he expected.

The emperor is not stupid, knowing that this thing is strange, how could all the ships be destroyed in one night, and how did Yanzhou be thousands of miles away from the capital so quickly stabbed into his ears, he thought, there is no other possibility except that someone is behind his back.

In this case, of course, he would not ask Gu Jianglin to blame, but felt that this matter was intriguing and worth a good investigation.

Immediately, he sent someone to inquire, of course, not to take the initiative to ask Gu Jianglin, but to ask Yanzhou Assassin Shi and his subordinate bureaucrats, and ask them if there were any clues over there.

Yanzhou Assassin Shi has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, which means that there is a chance to bring down He Zhenglin.

He immediately presented all the evidence he had collected over the years, as well as the two certifications and confessions.

Although these two certifications and confessions seem very thin, they should be a good piece of evidence when combined with other information about corruption, bribery, and self-interest that he has collected over the years.

As long as there is this evidence as a foreshadowing, then although the two new confessions seem thin, the emperor may not believe it.

Sure enough, the information collected by the Yanzhou Assassin was useful, and after reading this information, the emperor was furious, wrote a letter to reprimand and sent a messenger to escort He Zhenglin to Beijing, and without even listening to his explanation, he raided his home.

Sure enough, he collected a lot of treasures, which were worth ten thousand taels of silver.

According to the annual income of a county magistrate, it is impossible to have so much money, so the matter is already obvious.

The emperor was furious and ordered all the treasures to be confiscated and used for the affairs of the dam.

This time, they don't have that much urgency at hand.

Xu Bu never thought that the emperor would stand on Gu Jianglin's side, and even less did he expect that the emperor would handle this matter so quickly, and escorted He Zhenglin to Beijing in less than three days, and completely dealt with the matter.

And it is said that he handled it personally, without giving outsiders a chance.

On the day Xu Buyi learned of the result, he immediately returned to Gu Zhenglin, and was very pleased, "The emperor is finally on your side." ”

Gu Jianglin's face didn't have much joy, but instead smiled faintly, "Do you think my father is on my side?" ”

Xu was puzzled, "How do you say this?" ”

Gu Jianglin sighed heavily, and then said, "Who do you think is targeting me in this matter?" ”

"The Fifth Prince, you have been absent from the court for a long time, and it seems that the only person in your position who can threaten is the Sixth Prince." Xu Buzhi thought about it, and suddenly said with a sudden realization: "This matter is most likely done by the six princes, and the emperor is to save the face of the six princes, so he will solve this matter so quickly in a short period of time, and it seems that he is on your side." ”

"I don't know, I don't know, you really know everything." Gu Jianglin smiled slightly, sat down and took a sip of tea, and continued: "I have no enmity and no grudge against He Zhenglin, why is he treating me like this?" It's nothing more than being bribed by others, or lured by high-ranking officials. "Every day

Xu Buzhi sat in front of Gu Jianglin and said in a deep voice: "Fifth prince, don't be too pessimistic, maybe the emperor doesn't mean that." ”

"What has my father done to me for so many years, you should see it most clearly when you follow me, don't say such things again in the future, you know?" Gu Jianglin said lazily, seemingly not caring at all on the surface.

Do you know which child doesn't want to be approved by his father? Gu Jianglin has been going all the way for so many years, and he has seen it in his eyes, so he doesn't care on the surface, but his heart is as hot as a fire.

He didn't know what to say now, but smiled and said with relief: "Don't think too much about the five princes, He Zhenglin is a complete villain, maybe the five princes offended him without knowing it, so he remembered it in his heart and waited for an opportunity to take revenge." ”

"How likely do you think that's that? This is the court, not child's play! Gu Jianglin didn't believe what he said.

Xu didn't know what to say, so he could only silently add some carbon to the small red clay stove, put the purple clay pot on it, and boiled tea.

Soon, a pot of tea wafted with the fragrance of tea, and the smell was refreshing.

The two of them tacitly no longer discuss this matter, and the world of poetry and wine is also happy.

In the imperial study, Gu Xizhou knelt for a long time, but the emperor sitting on it did not react at all, there was a book in front of him, but it was a page for half the day, and there was no intention of turning it over.

Gu Xizhou felt that his knees hurt and hurt, but he didn't dare to move, as long as he moved slightly, the emperor would look at him with a majestic gaze, he was a little scared, this kind of look seemed to be seen by someone.

The emperor still didn't mean to speak, but Gu Xizhou couldn't kneel, and when he saw the emperor's majestic face, he cautiously asked, "Father, what did the son do wrong?" Do you have to do this to me? ”

The emperor opened his slightly squinted eyes and stared at him coldly, "What did you do wrong, don't you know in your heart?" ”

Gu Xizhou vaguely felt that something was wrong, he had also heard about He Zhenglin's matter, but he also felt that there was nothing at the time, he did not leave any evidence, and he should not be involved in the matter, and he also tried his best to dissociate himself from this matter.

But as soon as this incident happened, the emperor had such an attitude towards him, and it should be this incident that made the emperor suspicious of him.

There were thousands of thoughts in his mind, constantly thinking of ways to deal with it, the emperor had already seen it in his eyes, got up, sneered and said: "You think about it, think clearly and then talk to me, I am your father first and foremost, and then your monarch, do you understand?" ”

Gu Xizhou didn't react to the meaning of this sentence for a while, and only said after a long time: "Father, what did the son do wrong?" ”

The emperor smiled and nodded, "It seems that you don't admit it, come here, bring He Zhenglin's confession." ”

After speaking, the official presented a confession with a bloody handprint, and knelt respectfully in front of the emperor.

The emperor didn't seem to want to look at it anymore, waved his hand, and said to the big official: "Show him." ”

The big internal official turned around and handed it to Gu Xizhou, Gu Xizhou trembled slightly, and fell to his knees without even looking at it, "Erchen is wronged." ”

"You haven't read the above yet, how do you know the word wronged?" The emperor sneered and said.

Gu Xizhou gritted his teeth and continued: "No matter what happened, and I didn't do those wrong things, didn't my father treat me like this, didn't he just collude with He Zhenglin because of suspicion?" Ke Erchen has not done it, so he can naturally answer frankly. ”

"What a frank and frank dang, do you know how to write the word frank?" The emperor was so angry that he reached out and shook the teacup on the table to the ground, "You don't tell the truth now, are you going to resist to the end?" Well, I can only let you go to the Zongren Mansion to reflect on it. ”

Gu Xizhou was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg, "Father, you must not treat me like this, if I go to the Zongren Mansion and discuss it in the court in the future, what face will I have?" ”