The return of the son-in-law

A servant asked tremblingly, "Second young master, the young master was taken away, what shall we do?"

Jia Huan on the side gave this man a hard look: "Shut up!" Then, he turned his head to persuade Huo Yu: "Second Young Master, you don't have to worry, Young Master will be fine."

Huo Yu shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about my brother, it's just a matter of routine. You all go down and rest, and when everything is settled tomorrow, my brother will come back naturally."

Jia Huan understood, and let the crowd disperse, while he glanced at Huo Yu worriedly, saw his second young master's calm expression, sighed, and also went down to rest.

Huo Yu went back to his and Guo Zhanan's room alone, without turning on the lights, and got into the cool bed alone, bent his legs, wrapped his hands around his knees, and breathed in the breath Guo Zhanan left on the pillow.

What he said can deceive others, but he cannot deceive himself.

What kind of routine, how can there be a routine that brings a group of soldiers to the door in the middle of the night to "please go"?Huo Yu knew in his heart that if something happened to the government office, his brother would also be involved, and he couldn't get away easily.

Huo Yu couldn't help panicking. Although Guo Zhan'an would teach him some ways to behave in the world in the past, people in the officialdom are unpredictable, and the relationship network is very complicated. Huo Yu is at a loss what to do about it.

He tossed and turned for most of the night, until it was dawn, and he barely got out of bed, but he twisted his feet as soon as he hit the ground—most of the night he was anxious and dizzy.

After thinking about it, Huo Yu felt that he couldn't sit still.Right now he has no connections in Xuzhou, only Jiang Yannian who he met before is trustworthy, but Jiang Yannian should be in the military camp now, and he doesn't know where the Xuzhou military camp is.

Huo Yu called Lai Fuquan and told him, "Go to Old Fifth Xu and ask him where the Xuzhou military camp is. You find Mr. Jiang Yannian, tell him what happened last night, and ask him what he can do for me."

Fuquan had followed Guo Zhan'an since he was a child, and had seen big scenes in the capital. Like Jia Huan, he knew that what Huo Yu said last night was just to calm everyone down, and his young master might have gotten into big trouble.He didn't dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly took orders to find Old Fifth Xu.

Huo Yu called Wu Xin again, and said: "Brother is not at home, it is inevitable that some villains will have thoughts that they shouldn't have. I will trouble you these few days, and double the number of patrols will be sent at night. Don't let someone Some mice took advantage of it."

Wu Xin was brought to Tonghua County by Guo Zhanan from the capital, and now he followed Guo Zhanan to Xuzhou, and he was also Guo Zhanan's confidant.Therefore, Huo Yu trusted him and entrusted him with this important task.

Wu Xin felt ashamed because Huo Yu was stabbed by thieves in the middle of the night before. He felt that he was incompetent and had mistrusted others. As a result, the doorman was bribed.It was also because of his improper manpower arrangement that he did not arrive in time when Huo Yu was attacked, causing Huo Yu to suffer several sword wounds and lie on the hospital bed for a long time.Now that Huo Yu entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility, he naturally had to do it properly, and immediately said: "Don't worry, Second Young Master, don't talk about people these few days, even a fly, I won't let it fly in!"

Huo Yu nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's make arrangements."

On the other hand, Guo Zhanan was brought back to the government office by Huang Mingli in the middle of the night, and he was not tortured or threatened, but was "invited" into a clean room, sat on the only table in the room, and drank Tea for most of the night.

Guo Zhan'an only thought that this was a deliberate attempt to show his power, but he didn't know that a fierce quarrel was happening among the five officials from the capital.

He Zudao, as the responsible official this time, obviously considered more comprehensively and deeply.He is not in favor of bringing Guo Zhanan back to the government office to be imprisoned now: "Those are just the one-sided words of the prison boss, and they are not enough to be used as evidence. Guo Zhanan did report Shi Guogan on the book, but it is also because Shi Guogan did these things. All the criminal evidence has been found, but it cannot prove that Guo Zhanan deliberately wanted to pull Shi Guokang off his horse, and he can replace him."

Another official, Wang Kaiyang, said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong! Guo Zhan'an is very scheming and ambitious. Lords, remember that Guo Zhan'an served as the county magistrate of Tonghua County for only a month, and he was able to Such a big case caused His Majesty to be furious. Liu Xiang retreated to the second line, and Yue An became the prime minister, controlling the six departments. I heard that when Yue An was in charge of hearing this case, many of Liu Xiang's disciples were They were all sent to prison, and they were convicted after hasty interrogation. I'm afraid that Guo Zhanan and Yue An secretly colluded to support their power in the court."

He Zudao frowned and said, "My lord, don't forget that what Guo Zhan'an submitted was physical evidence, not his own statement. Although the case was tried by Minister Yue, there were many officials involved. If I remember correctly, Wang Your Excellency, you also participated in it. Or, are you also one of the so-called accomplices of Yue Xiang's conspiracy?"

Wang Kaiyang was left speechless by He Zudao's question, and said angrily: "Master He is so targeting me, is he determined to protect Guo Zhan'an? Why don't we write a letter and let His Majesty deal with it?"

He Zudao naturally didn't take it seriously. He said generously: "You and I have been entrusted by His Majesty, but you have to write a letter to His Majesty for a decision. Isn't it a betrayal of His Majesty's trust? Of course, if you want to write a letter to Your Majesty, I am not afraid I still remember that Liu Yuanheng happened to be the chief examiner in the imperial examination that Mr. Wang passed. Mr. Wang, did I make a mistake?"

Wang Kaiyang was taken aback. Although he passed the imperial examination in the year when Liu Yuanheng was the chief examiner, his ranking at that time was only in the middle, and he did not attract Liu Yuanheng's attention.He started from the sixth rank in the Hanlin Academy, and has reached his current position with his perseverance and prudence in the past ten years, without the help of Liu Yuanheng.

If you say why he aimed at Guo Zhanan so much, and insisted on making Guo Zhanan suffer, it was just the jealousy and resentment in his heart. Why should a boy under twenty have such a prosperous official career, even if he was implicated by the third prince, he would be sent from Hanlin A bachelor of the academy was relegated to a poor place to be a county magistrate, and he was promoted to be a general judge in Xuzhou so quickly.

Huang Mingli watched from the side, laughing in his heart.Letting Lao Cai, the cell boss, give perjury and frame Guo Zhan'an was his temporary idea.The lives of Lao Cai's family are in the hands of Li Shaojin's people, so don't worry about him being disobedient.As for the other jailers, they all have their hands in Lao Cai's hands, so of course there is no need to worry.

Originally, Huang Mingli just wanted to kill people, so the poison given to Shi Guogan was specially prepared by Li Shaojin.The poison was digested within two hours after taking it, and there was no sign of poisoning at all.

He originally thought that as long as Shi Guogan's cause of death could not be found out by the test, then He Zudao and everyone could only treat Shi Guogan as a suicide in fear of crime.As for how to commit suicide, it is enough to just make up an explanation that seems to be combined. Can the emperor see it in person?

When he saw that He Zudao and others wanted to find out the real cause of Shi Guokang's death, Huang Mingli had a vicious plan in mind, and sent someone to send a letter to Lao Cai, asking him and several other jailers who were interrogated together to vent their anger, insisting that Guo Zhanan ordered Shi Guogan they killed.

He couldn't find physical evidence, only these living witnesses. He didn't believe that Guo Zhan'an could pull out any tricks!

However, Huang Mingli originally thought that it would take a lot of thought and tongue to explain these high officials in Beijing and China, but he didn't expect that some of them would kill Guo Zhan'an for some unknown purpose, which saved him a lot of energy.

He was naturally happy to add fuel to the flames, pretending to be embarrassed, and said: "My lords, we bear the trust of Your Majesty, and we must not fight among ourselves at this juncture. In my opinion, it is impossible for these jailers to go to the hospital for no reason. Frame Guo Zhan'an, after all, the official ranks crush people to death, they are just small jailers, how can they dare to be enemies with Guo Zhan'an? However, what Master He said is also reasonable. We can't convict rashly based on the words of a few jailers. Let me say Why don't you say that Guo Zhan'an is in custody first, and it won't be too late to judge him after finding other witnesses and evidence. My lords, what do you think?"

Wang Kaiyang was the first to agree, and Zhang Haoyu, another official, thought for a while and agreed with Huang Mingli's opinion.

He Zudao still hesitated, and said, "If no other evidence can be found, should we keep him in custody?"

Wang Kaiyang took the opportunity to open his mouth to ridicule: "It seems that Mr. He is determined to protect Guo Zhan'an?"

Why Zudao was furious, Wang Kaiyang's words were exaggerated, clearly questioning his loyalty to the current emperor!Although he appreciates Guo Zhan'an's talent and feels worthless for Guo Zhan'an, he has seen talented young people like crucian carp crossing the river, so naturally he will not damage his reputation for Guo Zhan'an, and said: "In that case, then this I will not interfere in this matter, so as not to cause disputes. My lords, you can figure it out."

As a result, Wei Zichen was the only one who did not express his opinion.

He was not in a hurry, and after thinking for a long time with a calm face, he suddenly smiled: "Of course I have no objection."

If Guo Zhanan can't escape this catastrophe, then this person is just an ordinary Tanhualang, and he will die as soon as he dies, and it has nothing to do with him, Wei Zichen.

If Guo Zhan'an has a way to get himself out of prison, then this young man is definitely not something in the pool, and he will soar into the sky one day sooner or later.In the future, I can also take care of Guo Zhan'an more and form a good relationship.

Everyone agreed that He Zudao would not interfere in this matter anymore, and Wang Kaiyang made the same decision as He Zudao because of the previous quarrel and in order to avoid suspicion.

Wei Zichen wanted to see how Guo Zhanan would respond, so naturally he would not interfere in this matter.And Zhang Haoyu still has a lot of files to sort out, and he doesn't have so much time to investigate this matter with all his strength.

As a result, Huang Mingli became the person in charge of this matter logically.

Huang Mingli was very satisfied with this. On the surface, he said things like "I will handle it impartially and live up to the trust of Your Majesty and all the adults", but he had already thought about how to convict Guo Zhan'an and how to take the opportunity to make Guo Zhanan guilty. Li Shaojun's faction was implicated and lost the trust of the emperor, allowing the fourth prince Li Shaojin to make a comeback.

On the other side, Huo Yu locked himself in the study, frowning and thinking at the white paper on the table.

My elder brother had been in Xuzhou for less than two months, and most of the offended people were from Shi Guokang's faction.Shi Guogan has been imprisoned now, but he has been operating in Xuzhou for five years, which is not comparable to Guo Zhanan.In Xuzhou, he must have more contacts than his elder brother. It is not certain that someone did something secretly to frame Guo Zhanan.

But, what happened to make people take Guo Zhanan away from home in the middle of the night?

Huo Yu couldn't figure it out—although Guo Zhanan would talk to him about official affairs on weekdays, Shi Guogan's matter was of great importance and involved a lot; I didn't want to announce it in advance, so I didn't tell Huo Yu too much.

Therefore, Huo Yu only knew that now that Shi Guogan had been imprisoned, he might have fulfilled the post of magistrate.He just thought it was Shi Guogan's confidant who deliberately took revenge and wanted to help Shi Guogan turn over, but he didn't know that Shi Guogan had died in prison, and Huang Mingli was behind it, so he was determined to put Guo Zhan to death!

Although Huo Yu didn't know the inside story, he thought about it carefully. Ever since Shi Guogan was read by his brother, although Guo Zhanan always looked like an old god, many servants thought that this The young master was not easy to get along with, but Huo Yu knew that Guo Zhan'an was always in a good mood.

If there was anything unusual, it was only yesterday when Jia Huan suddenly appeared and whispered something in Guo Zhan'an's ear when the two of them were having a barbecue yesterday.

By the way, this is it!

Huo Yu only felt that his originally chaotic and complicated mind had cleared up a lot. He hurriedly called Jia Huan and asked him, "Who came to visit brother yesterday and what did he say?"

Jia Huan knew that his young master didn't want Huo Yu to be involved, but he was Guo Zhan'an's confidant, and nothing was more important than Guo Zhan'an's safety, so he didn't care about anything else, and replied: "It's a man named Hao Yun from the government office. Man, he is the young master's servant in the government office, so he can be regarded as someone that the young master can use. He had a secret conversation with the young master for a while, and I stayed at the door, and I don't know the details."

If it was normal, Huo Yu would definitely not go around Guo Zhanan to contact Hao Yun, but right now he only has this way, and said: "Do you know where Hao Yun is now? Find him quickly, I have something to say." to ask him."

Jia Huan nodded and quickly took orders.

Huo Yu let out a long breath, but he didn't feel relieved for a moment. Instead, he felt that the pressure on his body became more and more unbearable, and he sat down on the table all at once.

Only then did he realize that his back was already soaked in sweat.