Mei Xiaoren hurried back to the capital without stopping, didn't even bother to wash the blood on his hands, returned to the mansion, silently walked into Chu Yu's study, sat on the couch, and stared outside.

She has asked Chu Zifeng to be buried and sent back to his hometown for burial.

Chu Zifeng said something in her ear before she died, so before she came back, she went to the south of the city to pick up something, and she was holding it in her hand at this time and refused to put it down.

Gu Chuyu put down the pen, walked to her side and sat down, his subordinates had rushed back to report to him what happened on the outskirts of the city, but he didn't mention why she had a letter in her hand.

"How could it be him?" Mei Xiaoren's tone was unusually deep, she was still looking outside, frowning slowly, and put the letter in her hand on the coffee table.

Chu Zifeng admittedly didn't dare to confess the man in front of Cui Yu, but just told her with his last breath that he had hidden a letter in the bedroom in the south of the city.

She had read the letter from beginning to end in the south of the city. Chu Zifeng's words were crooked, and he wrote five pages to explain everything clearly and thoroughly.

When she saw the beginning of this letter, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, because Chu Zifeng said who that person was in the first sentence.

colluded with the Xia State to invade Daning, hired bandits to rob the house and rob the house, and framed Chu Yu...... One by one, no matter how you look at it, it is not the work of a virtuous minister and a loyal minister, but he is the most admired Guogong and is praised as the number one virtuous minister in Daning!

She also stood on the side of Wei Guogong without beads and served him, and even if she followed Chu Yu, she only treated Wei Guogong as a political enemy defense, without hatred and deliberate targeting.

She always thought that Wei Guogong was a good official who cared about the people, and they were hostile only because they were their masters and had different positions, who would have thought that it was a vicious wolf in sheep's clothing!

Mei Xiaoren turned his eyes to look at Gu Chuyu and saw that he had finished reading the letter, but his expression was still so calm and there was no wave.

She couldn't help asking, "Did you already know it was him?" ”

Gu Chuyu nodded.

"He deceived the people of the world, deceived the admiration of all the people, how many people are grateful to him, saying that he is a rare virtuous minister in Daning, but in fact, he colluded with the Xia State to invade the border passes, and almost made Daning lose the Xuanzhou Mansion, and also hired bandits to loot the local people to collect money for him, in order to prevent exposure, he even let the bandits tattoo the word 'moon' on the shoulder, and planted it for you!" Mei Xiaoren was already furious, and his five fingers clutched the corner of the coffee table.

Gu Chuyu put down the letter, held her hand and persuaded: "Okay Xiao Xiao, I have already guessed this, it's not that I don't report it, the time has not come." ”

"The time hasn't come because there's no evidence?" Mei Xiaoren looked at the letter and asked, "Can these be used as evidence?" ”

"No, not to mention that Chu Zifeng is dead, even if he is still alive, it is difficult to convince the public with the testimony of a civilian."

Mei Xiaoren was puzzled: "Why, no matter how deep the foundation of the Wei Mansion is, it can still be deeper than the General's Mansion back then?" ”

"Back then, Xia Guo was able to get rid of Ye Huai with a letter of collaboration with the enemy, because the first emperor believed it, as long as the first emperor believed it, no matter what evidence could give Ye Huai a fatal blow, and Ji Heng was different, he and the queen mother were compatriots, and they were deeply trusted by His Majesty, and now they are relied on by King Yu, and they can be the pillars of the royal family."

Gu Chuyu said again, "What's more, you also said that he is admired by the people of the world, I am the opposite of him, my evidence is only believed by my own people, and the royal family and the people will only think that it is fabricated out of thin air and wants to add crimes, which will instead provoke them to desperately defend Ji Heng." ”

Mei Xiaoren understood Chu Yu's words, which meant that before Wei Guogong revealed his feet, no matter what kind of human and material evidence the Prime Minister's Mansion came up with, His Majesty and the people would only feel that the Prime Minister's Mansion was planting it.

The residual heat of the old prime minister's wrongful judgment of General Ye was still there, and Chu Yu said another slander against Lord Guogong...... Even if the Prime Minister's Mansion can suppress people's grievances by force, in the long run, the royal family and the people will only hate the Prime Minister's Mansion more and more, and regard the Prime Minister's Mansion as a "cancer" that cannot be eliminated. This is revenge, not revenge.

Mei Xiaoren gradually calmed down and said: "It seems that Wei Guogong should know that he has committed a heinous crime, so he will be keen to win over the hearts of the people, please Your Majesty, and treat the people and Your Majesty as his life talisman." She asked Gu Chuyu again, "Since you already knew, why didn't you tell me and support me in designing Chu Zifeng?" ”

"I know that Chu Zifeng sneaked into Shangjing and was trapped by Ji Heng, I didn't intervene because this person was useless, catching him in front of Ji Heng would startle the snake, as long as he didn't make trouble in Daning, it didn't hurt to let him stay with Ji Heng, what I didn't expect was that he would show up for you." Gu Chuyu continued, "As soon as he shows up, according to your temperament, he will definitely get to the bottom of it, I can't stop it, I can only check it by you, as for the fact that I said that if he confessed, he would let him return to his hometown, I intended to let him go, since my father-in-law refused to come to Beijing, it was best to be in harmony with the township in Yun County." ”

Mei Xiaoren said in a low voice: "Wei Guogong has tried his best to ruin your reputation, and he is a wicked person, you even hide it from me, and don't say anything bad about him, do you think it's fair?" ”

"You are impatient, you were an official in the court before, if I tell you, you will not hate the Wei Mansion? If you target him, even if you can use your power to rub his spirit, you will be counterattacked, either to provoke the resentment of the people, or to provoke the anger of the king, which is not cost-effective for the Beijing Government Bureau. Gu Chuyu stretched out his hand and stroked her cheek, and said, "Now that you are far away from the temple, I hope you can stay out of the matter and stop worrying about foreign affairs." ”

Mei Xiaoren's face was full of sadness, "You think about me wholeheartedly, have you thought about yourself, I am anxious for you, you are not in a hurry, and you are not angry?" ”

"The Duke of Wei has deep roots, and it can't be destroyed overnight, this matter can't be rushed, but it must be done." Gu Chuyu said, "As for being angry, there is no need, as far as reputation is concerned, I never care about any fame, the more Ji Heng preaches to the world that I am unscrupulous, the more jealous the people of the world are towards me, and I will act with a lot less obstacles, unlike him, he has to change everything to let the people know that he is worried about the country and the people, but whenever something goes wrong, he has to explain to the people to maintain his good name." ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned, "I'm not as indifferent as you, I know that you are the one who is towards Daning and the people, but I am bitten back by him like this, how can I not be angry!" ”

"Xiao Xiao, if you know about this matter, you should treat it as if you don't know, first, don't worry about it, and secondly, don't show it to the public, Ji Heng still doesn't know that he has been recognized by me, if he knows, he will definitely find another countermeasure, it is easy for people to be unguardable." Gu Chuyu said seriously.

She nodded, "Only you know about the letter left by Chu Zifeng, and I won't talk about it to the third person." ”

In fact, Chu Zifeng left a letter because he was worried that Ji Heng would intercept and kill him in the middle of the road, and wanted to use it as a threat, just like he had lied that some of his subordinates would help him sue him, but Cuiyu's betrayal caught him by surprise, so that he didn't even have time to say the words of coercion......

Mei Xiaoren looked at the sunset outside and sighed deeply: "As the saying goes, people are cheap and have their own harvest, Wei Guogong has done evil so far, and the heavens have not seen it?" ”

Gu Chuyu responded: "It's okay, if you don't accept it, I'll accept it." ”