The return of the son-in-law

"Dead?" Guo Zhan'an raised his eyebrows when he received the news, looked at the messenger in front of him, and asked, "How did you die? When did you die? Is there any evidence?"

The man shook his head and said, "The guards only said that when they went in to look, the prisoner had died."

"Did you die? How did you die?" Guo Zhan'an sneered, "Did he wipe his own neck, or did he hang himself? He didn't even find out the cause of death, so he reported it to me. Are you sure I won't continue the investigation?"

The man lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word, for fear that Guo Zhan'an's anger would be spilled on him.

Hao Yun listened to it, but he was relieved—at least Shi Guogan was dead, as the saying goes, people cannot be resurrected after death, so he no longer has to worry about Shi Guogan suddenly recovering that day, and it will be his turn to be unlucky.

Guo Zhanan couldn't breathe out of breath, but felt a tight pain in his chest.He thought for a while, and then asked: "Master He, have they got any news?"

The man was taken aback, and replied: "My lord, after Lao Cai and the others found out that Shi Guogan was dead, they asked me to report to him. They also said, said, and said, please take care of their hard work for so many years. , say something nice for them in front of Mr. He."

Not to mention Guo Zhan'an, Hao Yun was very angry when he heard it, and couldn't help saying: "This is not right, the prisoner died suddenly in prison, how can I give you a good word? Is it possible that you are right? ?”

This man is an unlucky errand runner. He was bullied by other guards in the Xuzhou Prison, and he dared not take a breath when facing Guo Zhanan.He naturally understood that what Hao Yun said was correct, but he was just a messenger, so what else could he do?

He simply knelt down, fell on the ground, and said earnestly: "Your Excellency, calm down, this, this is what Lao Cai and the others told me to pass on to Your Excellency, please calm down, Your Excellency!"

Guo Zhan'an didn't call him up, but said, "How long have you been a jailer, and how long has Lao Cai been?"

The man thought for a while and replied, "My lord, I was a jailer more than a year ago. As for Lao Cai, Lao Cai has been a jailer for more than 20 years."

Guo Zhanan understood, this is the jailer Lao Cai, seeing that Guo Zhanan has only been in Xuzhou for more than a month, and he wants to use his 20-year seniority to suppress people.It's ridiculous to think about it, what is his identity as Guo Zhan'an?The dignified Xuzhou passed the sentence, is it possible that he will be judged by a cell boss?

However, I was indeed negligent. I was a newcomer, although I acted vigorously and quickly pulled Shi Guogan, the King of Hades, from his horse, I forgot that the little ghosts around me were still there. With more than 20 years of career as a prison guard, I am afraid that there are more paths in Xuzhou than Shi Guogan, and it is indeed not to be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhanan's eyes flashed a moment of determination.

He stared at the man who was still lying on the ground, and said: "In this case, you should run again and tell the words to all the adults from the capital. If there is a word that is different from what I heard, you will You don't need to continue to be on duty, do you hear me?"

Cold sweat dripped from the back of the unlucky errand runner, nodded hastily and said: "I heard you clearly, I heard you clearly, my lord, please rest assured, I will definitely relay the exact words to other adults."

Guo Zhan'an nodded, then turned to Hao Yun and said, "Take him to meet the adults yourself, and say that this matter is due to my lack of strict control and was taken advantage of by others. I want to avoid suspicion now. All the lords have full authority to deal with it. After the investigation is clear, all the lords should refer to me for a copy, so you don't have to worry about anything."

Hao Yun was startled, this was a blatant apology!If Shi Guogan's matter is done well, Guo Zhan'an's official position will inevitably increase, and then he will be able to follow suit.But if he conveys Guo Zhan'an's words to He Zudao and others, and then he really goes to read Guo Zhan'an's book, then the loss outweighs the gain!

Guo Zhanan knew Hao Yun's character well, and without waiting for Hao Yun to speak, he said, "This matter cannot be delayed, so hurry up and take someone there. You know what to say and what not to say."

Hao Yun made up for his image in Guo Zhan'an's mind these two days. Hearing that Guo Zhan'an was getting impatient, he naturally didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly led the others away.

When He Zudao and the others heard the report, they were all surprised.Huang Mingli just didn't know, and asked suspiciously: "It's so good, why did you die?"

Wei Zichen's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "These jailers are trying to show their power to us? Shi Guogan is the magistrate of Xuzhou after all, and he is an important prisoner in this case. How can he be allowed to die in prison?"

Of course Huang Mingli knew the reason. The two oldest guards in Xuzhou prison were Li Shaojin who decided to set up his own private soldiers. One of them was behind Xuzhou. Liu Yuanheng arranged to guard against such things.The lives of the entire family of these two jailers are at stake, so why worry about them not acting obediently?

Hao Yun saw that the looks of these high-ranking and influential people were not good-looking, and he was anxious, so he hurriedly explained to Guo Zhan'an.

To his surprise, He Zudao and others looked much better after hearing what he relayed.One of them said more bluntly: "Your lord is being polite. He has not asked about this matter. Even if something happens, it has nothing to do with him. What's more, he has only been in Xuzhou for a long time. This old Cai has been in the Xuzhou prison for more than 20 years. The prison boss really treats himself like a boss."

Although Hao Yun didn't know why the attitudes of these people changed drastically, it was obviously beneficial to Guo Zhan'an.He admired Guo Zhan'an more and more in his heart, and he didn't dare to talk too much, so he left first after leaving the person behind according to Guo Zhan'an's explanation.

After listening to Hao Yun's report, Guo Zhan'an just smiled slightly, wrote the last note on the booklet, and handed it to Hao Yun: "Send this booklet to the Ministry of Industry. There is no dredger in Xuzhou, so the Ministry of Industry can only send a few more for now." A dredger is here."

Hao Yun took the notebook and couldn't help asking: "Master, why did their attitude improve a lot after you pleaded guilty?"

Guo Zhanan glanced at him and asked, "You want to know?"

As long as Hao Yun thought of this, his heart would itch.Seeing that Guo Zhan'an seemed to let go, he nodded quickly and said, "Of course."

Guo Zhan'an, however, refused to tell him: "You don't understand after I've said it, so send out the booklet. I'll take a rest tomorrow, so you can take a day off too."

Seeing this, Hao Yun didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he could only go out and give the booklet to the messenger in the post station.

In fact, it is easy to say, the prison boss Lao Cai took Joe in front of Guo Zhanan, thinking that Guo Zhanan was as easy to bully as that unlucky jailer, he used his 20 years of experience as a jailer to "warn" Guo Zhanan, but Forget that Shi Guogan died in prison, He Zudao and others are really responsible.

Guo Zhanan asked people to relay Lao Cai's words to He Zudao and others. These are all high-ranking officials in the capital. How could they have been so angry?Without Guo Zhanan's action, these few people can make Lao Cai's life worse than death.

Moreover, Guo Zhanan took the initiative to admit his mistakes and blamed himself for all this, saying that he was not strict in supervision and gave He Zudao and others a step, and they would naturally reciprocate and pull Guo Zhanan.

At that time, when the two sides work together, not only Lao Cai will be unlucky, but even the people behind Lao Cai will also be unlucky.

Guo Zhan'an doesn't think that a jailer who has been working for more than 20 years will offend a newly appointed general judge for no reason.After all, the power and status of a general sentence in one state is incomparable to that of a small jailer.

When the force behind Lao Cai is caught, the murderer who killed Shi Guogan will probably surface automatically.

However, it's inconvenient for him to intervene in these troublesome matters, and he doesn't bother to check them out, so he might as well let He Zudao and others check them out for him.

Not to mention how busy the people at He Zudao were because of Shi Guogan's sudden death, when Guo Zhanan returned to the mansion, he only heard someone talking in a low voice in the courtyard.

"Here, move the flowerpot over here."

"Hey, hey, don't hang it crookedly, and forget to turn it to the left."

Guo Zhanan walked over and saw several servants standing on chairs, tiptoeing and hanging the lanterns in their hands on the wall.

"Hi, young master," one of them saw Guo Zhan'an coming, and hurriedly stopped what he was doing, and said hello.

The rest of the servants also put down their work and greeted Guo Zhanan one by one.

Guo Zhanan waved his hand and said, "No need, you are all busy, be careful."

The first servant who spoke said with a smile: "The young master waived our gift, it is because the young master is sympathetic to us. It's just that the second young master confessed that the young master is the general judge of Xuzhou. The servants in Li can't embarrass the young master."

Ever since the mansion colluded with outsiders and attracted many people to kill them in the inner courtyard, Huo Yu changed from his usual cheerful and talkative manner, and seriously re-established the rules of the Guo mansion. Still have to check.

However, Huo Yu is generous, he gives his servants enough money every month, and he never defaults on his arrears.Moreover, in addition to the stricter rules, Guo's other treatment is a bit better than outside, so although the rules are strict, none of the servants want to leave.

Guo Zhanan pointed to the hanging lantern and asked, "What is this for?"

The servants just smiled and did not answer.One of them said with a smile: "Back to the young master, the second young master just told us to hang up the lantern. How about you go and ask the second young master yourself?"

Guo Zhan'an guessed that this was probably something that Huo Yu was preparing secretly, and he didn't tell himself, probably because he wanted to give himself a surprise.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhan'an lost all the anger accumulated by Lao Cai's words.

After entering the room, Guo Zhanan saw that Huo Yu was writing something with his back to him, so he held his breath and walked behind Huo Yu quietly.

Seeing Huo Yu writing on the paper with a pen in his hand, Guo Zhan'an followed and read out: "I can't ask for it, I am thinking about it. You are leisurely, tossing and turning. I don't know, Yu'er, which family's daughter are you asking for?"

Huo Yu was startled by the sudden sound next to his ears. With a shake of his hand, the brush drew a long mark on the paper.

He turned around and saw Guo Zhan'an, he was relieved, and couldn't help complaining: "Brother, why didn't you tell me when you came back?"

Guo Zhanan reached out and tapped on the tip of his nose: "I miss you, so I'm back."

Huo Yu was delighted and shy at the same time, and said, "It's so good, what nonsense."

Guo Zhan'an couldn't help but reached out and pulled Huo Yu into his arms, kissed the center of his brow, and said, "Whoever is talking nonsense just misses you, come, let me kiss."

Huo Yu's cheeks seemed to be on fire, flushed red, but he still raised his head obediently, leaned forward, and let Guo Zhan'an place dense kisses on his face.

Although he did all the more embarrassing things at night, Huo Yu faintly sensed that something was wrong with Guo Zhanan today.Regardless of his beating heart, he opened his eyes and asked, "Brother, did something not go your way today?"

Guo Zhan'an didn't want Huo Yu to worry more about himself, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that someone wants to trip me up. Come on, let me kiss again, if you kiss enough, you'll be fine."

Huo Yu allowed Guo Zhanan to kiss himself, and said, "If there is anything I can help, brother, you must tell me."

This well-behaved and caring appearance really made Guo Zhanan fall in love with him, he couldn't help molesting Huo Yu further, he simply bit Huo Yu's ear, licked the earlobe with the tip of his tongue, and said vaguely: "Of course you need help In the evening, be more obedient, huh?"

Huo Yu only felt that most of his body was numb, he could only feel Guo Zhan'an's dexterous tongue constantly teasing his earlobe, and his hands were still moving around his body, making trouble everywhere.

He whimpered and begged for mercy: "Brother, please forgive me, it's still dark now, in case someone sees it..."

Only then did Guo Zhanan let him go: "Are you still shy? Besides Jia Huan and Fuquan, who can come in the study? The two of them grew up with me since childhood. Don't worry, they won't say anything."

Huo Yu breathed a sigh of relief at first, but when he heard the last sentence, he jumped up: "Brother, Jia Huan and Fuquan, the two of them, do you understand?"

Guo Zhanan nodded and said, "Can you not see it with your greasy look?"

Huo Yu couldn't help but stretch out his hand to cover his face: "It's all your fault, it's clear that you are tired of me, I said no!"

Guo Zhanan leaned over with a smile, and asked, "Really? Don't want me to get tired of you? Then go back to sleep in your own room tonight, huh?"

Huo Yu glared at Guo Zhan'an with a look of annoyance, but said: "Brother, I, I'm not used to sleeping alone. Besides, I don't feel at ease when my brother sleeps alone."

Guo Zhan'an continued to tease him: "In the past, Fuquan was guarding outside. He was afraid that you would be shy, so he was allowed to go to the next door. Since you despise me and hate you, let Fuquan continue to come back and guard me."

Huo Yu hurriedly flattered him: "My good brother, I was wrong, I want you to get tired of me."

"Oh? You said it yourself, don't regret it in the future." Guo Zhanan accepted it as soon as he saw it, and pointed to the paper on the desk, "Why did you write such sour words so well?"

Huo Yu replied, "I just want to practice calligraphy, and I happened to see this."

Guo Zhan'an said with a serious face: "I don't like this, but there is another sentence, which speaks to my heart."

As he said that, he pulled Huo Yu over, put his chest on Huo Yu's back, brought someone to the desk, grabbed Huo Yu's hand, picked up a brush, and took Huo Yu to write eight characters on the paper:

Holding the hand of the child, grow old with the child

Huo Yu looked at it, and his eyes turned red: "Brother, brother, me, me too!"

Guo Zhan'an put down his pen, pulled Huo Yu around, made people face him, and deliberately laughed at him: "Why, you're so moved that you're crying? Then in the next few decades, how many golden beans will you lose? "

Huo Yu wiped away his tears embarrassingly, and said, "It's not my elder brother, you just poke my heart."

Guo Zhanan leaned against Huo Yu's cheek, and let out a long sigh: "You are the only one who poked my heart."

Huo Yu pursed his lips and smiled, he stretched out his hand to untie the brocade bag hanging around his neck, took out a jade pendant from it, handed it to Guo Zhanan solemnly, and said, "Brother, I, Huo Yu, have nothing special. Dig it out and give it to you, but I still want to stay with my brother for decades. This jade pendant was given to me by my father, and now I give it to my brother, just treat it as a token of love."

In the end, Huo Yu's voice was almost inaudible.

Guo Zhan'an took it with a smile, and said, "That's fine, I'll take this to the government office in the future, and treat it as you accompanying me."

The jade pendant was slightly cold when I first picked it up, but after playing with it for a while, it felt warm to the touch, and it was still a little smooth. It was obviously a piece of high-quality Hetian jade.

Huo Dashan is just a bandit, where did this Hetian jade come from?Could it be that Huo Yu put the stolen goods on his hands?This is Huo Yu's birthday!

Guo Zhan'an didn't believe this before, but it was something that Huo Yu had been wearing for more than ten years. He didn't dare to be careless, and he lowered his head to look at it with the belief that he would rather believe it.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, at first sight, it is exactly the same as the jade pendant that Li Shaojun showed them back then!

"Yu'er, where did this jade pendant come from?"