Three years passed in a hurry, and Li Zhongming was also accustomed to the life of Gufu, and originally thought that the three-year contract had expired and he could leave the house smoothly. However, due to the excellent evaluation of the situation, he was promoted to the governor, so the people of the Gu Mansion had to stay here for three more years. Therefore, under Gu Lingqing's sincere invitation, I hope that Li Zhongming can continue to stay in the house for three years.

Thanks to Gu Lingqing's sincerity to himself and the good environment and generous treatment of the Gu Mansion in the past three years, Li Zhongming decided to agree. For this matter, Li Zhongming also went home to explain to his mother and Zhu Fuzi. In the past three years, Mother Li knew that the family had indeed received a lot of favors from the Gu Mansion, so she agreed.

Although he still had to stay in the Gu Mansion for another three years, Li Zhongming knew that he had to plan ahead. After all, after three years, Gu Gu will inevitably be transferred and leave Caizhou. At that time, Lingqing Langjun's age to participate in the exam is also just right, and he can't stay in Gu Mansion for the rest of his life, and always be a companion to Lingqing Langjun.

So in the following days, Li Zhongming continued to carry out the guard, but cherished the current time even more. Every day, I either read books, or shoot arrows and ride horses to learn swords. Because he knows that there won't be too many good opportunities like this.

When he was ready to spend the past three years in peace like this, it was a small matter that made him involved in the rights and wrongs of the Gu Mansion.

It turned out that one day, he returned to his small courtyard from the arrow field at night, and when he walked back, he found a fallen jade pendant in the shadow of the roadside, and he waited in the same place for a long time and no one came here to look for it. Therefore, he planned to hand over this jade pendant to Gu Yue, the chief housekeeper in the mansion, but on the way, he ran into Gu Lingze who was walking back.

said that the jade pendant in Li Zhongming's hand was dropped by him. And the shape, outline, pattern and some details of this jade pendant are described, and after Li Zhongming compares them one by one, most of them are also in line. Therefore, it was directly handed over to Gu Lingze.

After getting the jade pendant, Gu Linze left in a hurry, and Li Zhongming also planned to go back to the room to rest. But I thought that I was going to Gu Yue's small courtyard, just in case. Li Zhongming still came to Gu Yue's place, and still retold tonight's trivial incident as it was. Originally, Gu Yue saw Li Zhongming visit him at night, and thought that Li Zhongming had something important to ask for him. Later, when he heard that it was such a trivial matter, he laughed and scolded Li Zhongming for being too cautious, indicating that he already knew that he didn't need to worry. Later, seeing that there was really no big deal, Li Zhongming also bowed and retired.

Li Zhongming returned to his small courtyard, lay on the bed, and still couldn't sleep peacefully, so he got up and came to the desk, depicted the appearance of the jade pendant with his memory, and collected it.

The sun and the moon are reincarnated, the rabbit is gone, and the five days have passed, and Li Zhongming has forgotten about it.

However, one day in the school, the long-term attendant who was concerned about the situation led the servant mother and suddenly rushed into the school. Then he said to Master Zhan, on the order of the lord, he invited Lingze Langjun and Xue to go to the back hall to have something to promise. After speaking, without waiting for Master Zhan to say more, he directly asked Gu Lingze and Gu Xue to see him out of the school, and arranged for the people behind him to suppress the little maid and the female envoy beside the two.

saw a group of people breaking in in a hurry, and left in a hurry, leaving only the stunned eyes of everyone behind them. And such a situation, there is no antecedent, there is no explanation, it is really confusing.

Seeing such a situation, Li Zhongming was also puzzled, what happened? Seeing that there was a lot of discussion in the school, the rest of the people couldn't feel at ease. Master Zhan had no choice but to announce that he would rest today and continue tomorrow.

Everyone in the school scattered, and Gu Lingqing asked Li Zhongming to leave in a hurry without accompaniment.

Li Zhongming returned to his small courtyard and did not take the affairs of the school to heart. After all, for himself, any little thing in the house is a whirlpool, and once he is implicated, it will break people's bones. Besides, I am so busy every day that I don't have enough time. Where is the energy to worry about other things. I just need to be a spectator and keep it silently, otherwise it is easy to set yourself on fire and harm the fish in the pond.

In front of the desk, sitting steadily, Li Zhongming picked up the book and read it carefully. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was disturbed, Li Zhongming's heart also drilled in. Until nightfall, Li Zhongming suddenly heard a grunting sound in his abdomen, and suddenly felt a burst of hunger.

Getting up from his desk, Li Zhongming walked towards the kitchen to find some food to satisfy his hunger. At this time, he happened to see that Lu San was still arranging in the kitchen, so he stepped forward to say hello. Hearing that Li Zhongming missed the time for dinner, he arranged for someone to take out some of the meals he was cooking and make a food box for Li Zhongming.

Li Zhongming hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and seeing that Lu San was not too busy, he invited him to go to the side room next door to eat together. Taking advantage of the fact that Lu San hadn't eaten dinner, he agreed.

The two of them sat down peacefully, put their plates on the tables, and began to talk while eating. As they chatted, they suddenly talked about the daytime. Lu San asked Li Zhongming if he knew any news. Li Zhongming heard Lu San's inquiry, shook his head while eating, and said that he was just a small person, with neither wealth nor power, where did he know? . Lu San said with a smile that Li Zhongming looked down on himself too much, saying that he knew that he was cautious and strict-mouthed. Seeing that Lu San looked like he understood everything, Li Zhongming knew that he might have found out some inside information, so he casually asked, did he know what was going on?

Hearing Li Zhongming's inquiry, Lu San did not sell it, but directly told what he knew and heard.

It turned out to be today, when he was doing business in the official office, someone came to express his gratitude and gave him a gift, and said that there were two jade pendants carved from the best jade. Gu Guo is a person who loves jade, and after hearing about it, he immediately came to enjoy it. But after careful inspection, it turned out to be something in the house. One is Gu Lingze's portable jade pendant. The other one turned out to be Gu Xuejian's.

As a result, he couldn't sit down in the government office, so he hurried back home. Called the eldest lady and many deacons, and began to investigate and ask, what is going on? Not only did they check the many servants and female envoys in the mansion, but in the end, even Gu Lingze and Gu Xue were called from the school room to the back hall for questioning.

As soon as he was asked, Gu Linze happily admitted that when he went out of the house to travel with friends, the jade pendant was accidentally lost. I also asked someone to search for several days, but I didn't find it.

And Gu Xuejian also said that when he was enjoying the flowers in the garden one day, he accidentally lost the jade pendant. I went to look for it afterwards, but I didn't find it, and these female envoys and grandmothers around me can testify.

Hearing Gu Lingze's explanation, Gu Jing was not angry, because he knew that Gu Lingze liked to have a banquet with the children of the wealthy families in the state, so his belongings were lost and were being cleaned up.

But when he heard Gu Xuejian's explanation, Gu Qing was suddenly furious. It turned out that she thought that her jade pendant should be in the mansion if she lost it, how could it appear in the hands of outsiders? Now that something like this has happened, then it's not that there is a thief in the house, who secretly picked it up and sold it. It was Gu Xue who saw that she was lying, and when she went out of the house to meet outsiders privately, she gave away the jade pendant she was carrying.

Moreover, he had asked Gu Yue to investigate all the female envoys and servants who had been able to have contact with Gu Xuejian recently, and found that none of them had left the house recently, and even the places where they lived and the belongings they carried had been searched, and there was no sign of anything abnormal.

Hearing such an investigation, it was difficult for Gu Xuejian to come up with other evidence to show his innocence. In the end, there was no way, so Gu Xuejian had to be locked up in the Buddhist hall and thought about it, and he was not allowed to go out, let alone outsiders to visit at will.

Originally, this matter was not a big deal in normal times, and it could be investigated slowly, but it would be closed after a long time. However, as the marriage date between the eldest girl in the mansion and the capital Bofu is getting closer and closer, if you don't seize the time to investigate and clarify this matter, once it spreads. This matter will not only affect Gu Xuejian's reputation, but the marriage with Wu Bofu will also have twists and turns, and even the reputation of the entire Gu family will be disgraced.

Therefore, it is necessary to investigate and understand in a short period of time. Otherwise, this trivial matter may make the Gu Mansion lose face, and the entire Gu family's female dependents will have no reputation. Hearing that the incident was so serious, Li Zhongming understood.

Such a major event, in Li Zhongming's view, is not as important as the current belly. Even though it sounds so secretive, the chopsticks in my hand have no intention of stopping. With Lu San's narration, his stomach was almost filled. After drinking the cup of tea, putting down the chopsticks in his hand, and listening to the matter, the meal on the table was almost done. Looking at Lu San, who was still unsatisfied, Li Zhongming knew that he was still busy, so he hurriedly reminded him not to forget his business, and he also got up and saluted and left.

Back in the room, Li Zhongming didn't take these things to heart, and hearing them was just a condiment in life. After all, he is not a god hunter and can find out the truth of the matter. As long as you don't implicate yourself, you'll still be honest as a spectator.

After a few days of chaos and chaos, things were still deadlocked. The three girls were still locked up in the Buddhist hall, and Gu Lingze was released without incident as early as that day. The school also resumed normal classes, but there was only one person in the seat.

Even Gu Lingqing was reproached for this matter, it turned out that it had nothing to do with him, but he saw Gu Xue seeing that he was locked up in the Buddha Hall, with no one to take care of him, and there were no bedding items, only some simple daily necessities. Seeing that the environment was so difficult, he couldn't bear it, so he pleaded with Gu Jing, hoping to release Gu Xuejian or arrange some people to take care of him. Originally, Gu Qian was in a hurry to find the truth of the matter, but when he heard Gu Lingqing's plea, he not only flatly refused, but also said that he didn't bother to study and was distracted by trivial matters.