Li Hao was directly pulled out of the door by Yan Fu, and on the carriage to Fanlou, Yan Fu told Li Hao about the reaction of the officials in the DPRK and China after learning of Li Hao's appointment.

Yan Fu said: "Your appointment this time is also strange, I have never had a new branch of Jinshi directly enter Kaifeng Mansion as an official, you can be regarded as a precedent." is that there are many wealthy nobles in Bianjing City, and all kinds of relationships are intertwined, and in addition to the troubles of these people above, those officials below are also inseparable from the nobles in Beijing, and how to use them is also a science. So what are you going to do with this situation, do you have an idea? ”

"Now I'm afraid that many people in the DPRK and China are watching what you will do, and if there is anything wrong with it, I am afraid it will really make people see a joke."

After hearing this, Li Hao explained: "Where did I get my thoughts now, it's completely black-eyed, let's wait for the appointment to be dismantled, anyway, there will be the support of Master Ouyang above, and the lawsuits above should not fall on me for the time being, as for the officials below, they don't dare to embarrass me too much." ”

Yan Fu said: "Having said that, the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult. If it is really the official eunuch who oppresses you, then Master Ouyang can naturally help you get ahead. After all, many of them are generations of land-sitting households in Bianjing, and you have to think about how to make them obedient and honest for you. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Thank you senior brother for reminding me, I will definitely be careful." ”

The two talked, and then arrived at the Fan Tower, which was not as lively as the night when it was not as lively as the night, and the door was much cleaner. When the two got out of the car, they were greeted by Fan Lou's subordinates, and went directly to the second floor of the left building, and when they were walking towards the box, Li Hao suddenly heard the voices of Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye.

Li Hao was curious, so he approached to take a look, and sure enough, the two of them were here. At this time, Gu Tingye felt that someone was approaching, and when he looked up, he found that it was Li Hao, so he got up to greet him and said, "Who am I, it turns out that Tanhualang is here, come in quickly." Saying that, he opened the door, saw Yan Fu again at this time, was stunned for a moment, and then pulled the two into the box.

After entering the box, Changbai got up and said to the two: "Cousin and Brother Yan also came here to eat and drink, if it is so coincidental, why don't you eat together." ”

Li Hao didn't have any opinion on this, so he looked at Yan Fu, Yan Fu also said that there was no problem, and then the four of them sat down again.

At this time, I heard Gu Tingye say to everyone: "Before the test that day, I made an appointment to celebrate together, but now that the Zeng brothers are not here, it is a pity that no one came." But all of you have won the Jinshi, and I am the only one who has fallen off the list, so you have to accompany me to get drunk and rest today. ”

Then he directly called Xiao Er, and ordered a table of wine and food again.

After the reopening of the table, Yan Fu persuaded and said: "Like Li Hao in the exam, Sheng Changbai is rare this time, like I also took the exam twice before I was successful, Brother Zigu has more scientific exams, why should Brother Gu be so frustrated, not this time, next time I will take the exam." ”

As soon as he said this, the three people present looked at Yan Fu and looked at Yan Fu in unison, and Yan Fu was stunned. Asked, "Am I saying something wrong?" ”

After hearing this, Li Hao explained to Yan Fu: "Senior brother, you don't know the inside story, I heard Bachelor Ouyang mention this matter, saying that Gu Erlang's results in the examination are actually very good, and Bachelor Ouyang also selected him and ranked among the best, but this matter was blocked by the official family. said that it was because Gu Erlang spoke for Yang for no reason, so he also had to let Gu Erlang be fifty years old before he could become a jinshi. ”

After hearing this, Yan Fu said: "I see, that's a pity." But how could Brother Gu's words reach the ears of the official family, I have been in Beijing for a while, and I have never heard such rumors, so few people must know about it. That being the case, you might as well go to the official family to avenge your grievances, the official family is benevolent, and it may have been just a moment of anger at the time, so I don't think it would really mean to cut off Brother Gu's future. Moreover, since few people know about it, it is not clear who this is saying, so why not argue in front of the officials, maybe there will be a turnaround. ”

Gu Tingye smiled bitterly after hearing this, and said: "The one who passed the words into the ears of the official family is my brother-in-law, how can the official family not believe his words, how can I avenge my grievances." As he spoke, he raised his glass and poured a large bowl down.

Yan Fu was also stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Well, I didn't expect that there would be such a ruthless brother, who was bent on ruining his own brother's imperial examination road, wouldn't Ning Yuanhou care about such a thing." ”

After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "My brother regards me as an enemy, and I'm afraid that he can't wait for me to die early." As for my father, he has been disgusted with me since I was a child, and no matter who does the bad things in the family, as long as others say that I did it, he will believe it, but only what I say, he just doesn't believe it. He just thinks that I am unbearable, talking nonsense, where can I believe that my brother is trying to harm my brother. ”

After everyone heard this, they fell into silence, leaving only Gu Tingye's sigh. After waiting for a while, Li Hao thought about helping Gu Tingye see the face of Xiao Qin's clan in advance, so he said: "Actually, in the final analysis, have you ever thought about the reason, your eldest brother's hatred for you will not come for no reason." ”

Gu Tingye said: "I naturally thought about this, I am afraid that it is because of my mother, when my eldest brother's biological mother died, and then my mother soon entered the door, maybe in my eldest brother's opinion, it was because of my mother that his mother died early." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Judging from the age of the two of you, when his biological mother died, he was afraid that he didn't remember it, where did he come from such a big hatred, haven't you thought about the reason." ”

After hearing this, Changbai immediately reacted: "That's the truth, that's right." Cousin, do you mean that someone told Gu Tingyu behind his back that his biological mother was killed by Tingye's mother and deliberately made Gu Tingyu hate Tingye? So who could that person be? ”

Hearing this, Gu Tingye also raised his head sharply and looked at Li Hao.

Li Hao said: "In fact, according to this line of thinking, there are not many people who can do this. First, he must be the Gu family's own and have a close relationship with Gu Tingyu, otherwise if outsiders say this, your eldest brother will not believe it. Second, you can exclude your father, after all, your father can't want your brother to fight against each other. Whether as a father or as the head of the Gu family, he would not allow the children in the family to fight among themselves, because it would make the Gu family sink. ”

Gu Tingye said: "You mean, no, how could it be her." ”

Li Hao said: "I didn't say who it was, I just analyzed my thoughts with you." It's up to you to figure out the specifics, but when you rule out all the impossibilities, that's the right answer. Whether you want to accept it or not, I think you should think about it. ”