Gu Chongyi rushed out of the teahouse quickly and rode his horse away. Just now, he thought about the ups and downs of the Wei family over the years, and he thought that Wei Congzhi was not easy.

As a result, these two fools always surprised him again and again at critical moments.

It would be fine if you fell asleep, but you would even be nightmarished.

Could it be that my sleepiness was treated as a snoring drug being taken from the store? Otherwise, why would he shout "black store"? It's so stupid.

After meeting Wei Congzhi, who is so embarrassed to be stupid in front of others?

Gu Chongyi looked at his clothes and from Shuntian Prefecture to Hehua Hutong, his robe seemed a little messy. He wanted to go back to his house to change his clothes and then go to the Tan family, but after thinking about it, he went straight to Tan Dingfang, which made him look even more anxious.

Gu Chongyi dismounted at the door of Tan's house and happened to see Tan Dingfang walking out of the house.

"Shu Tan." Gu Chongyi shouted, and staggered in an anxious manner.

Seeing this, Tan Dingfang subconsciously took a few steps and wanted to help Gu Chongyi. Fortunately, Gu Chongyi stabilized himself.

Gu Chongyi's face was full of anxiety: "Shu Tan, where are you going? Have you heard of your nephew's affairs? My clan brother opened a rice and grain store with Mr. Tan San. Can Lord Shangshu know?"

Tan Dingfang looked clear, but there was a look of fatigue hidden deep in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he ordered the manager to: "Carry out the study and I will go over and sit down with the Hou Huaiyuan."

Gu Chongyi followed Tan Ding to the yard. He passed by the servant standing next to him and saw the servant holding a basket in his hand. The basket was lifted up in a corner, and there were incense, candles and pastries.

Gu Chongyi's eyes were closed. If he didn't come, who would Tan Shangshu go to worship?

The two sat down in the study. Gu Chongyi saw a lot of official documents on the low table beside the desk, and a map of the northern border was hung on the wall.

The manager took the servant to put the map in the box next to him, and the box was already full.

Tan Dingfang found Gu Chongyi looking at the map, so he said, "The box of cages are maps from all over the country from the previous dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty. The newly-examined map has just been drawn this year. If you want to see it, take it to see it. Compared with the Taizu period, our northern territory has been retreating southward step by step. Now it is not far from Wanquandusi and Kaipingwei, and the same is true to the east. There are often wars east of the Miyun Guard, and the people dare not farm near Daning.

This autumn harvest, Liaodong had very little food. In addition to the military garrison harvesting some, many lands were deserted, and a lot of military funds were needed to be transferred."

Tan Dingfang said, walking over and bent down to unfold a small map from the cage: "Come and take a look, this is the farming map of Liaodong."

If it were on weekdays, Gu Chongyi probably wouldn't go to see the map? Now that he wants to figure out Tan Dingfang's character, he must pay attention to some details, so he walked over and took a look at the map.

Although the map is made of new products, there is a paper clip inside. The paper is a note made by Tan Dingfang, which clearly states the situation of the military camp.

Tan Dingfang did his best to take charge of the Ministry of War? Who said this just to please the Minister of War. Some clues can be seen from these details.

Gu Chongyi grabbed Tan Dingfang: "Sir Shangshu? Are you still worried about this? Your nephew is deeply trapped in prison for murder, and my grandparents are also arrested and entered the Shuntian Prefecture. What should I do? The lord doesn't have any thoughts in his mind? Do your nephew have any contact with Yuan Zhixing? Let's go with me to go to the prison to ask clearly."

Tan Dingfang was reluctant to be pulled and staggered? Finally, he stabilized his body: "House Gu."

Tan Dingfang put down the map and grabbed Gu Chongyi's wrist with his backhand: "Don't be anxious first? This matter is probably not for Brother Geng, but because of me."

Gu Chongyi was stunned and frowned: "What does Tan Shangshu mean? Do you know the inside story?"

Tan Dingfang shook his head: "Although I don't know everything, I guessed a few points. After all, Brother Geng is just for my sake, so he will step by step into other people's traps? I watched Brother Geng grow up. I know his nature very well. If he dares to kill and set fire at any time, I wouldn't have been so thoughtful to teach him."

After saying this, Tan Dingfang looked at Gu Chongyi: "As for your younger brother, you may have been implicated by our Tan family? Who want to frame us? The Gu family happened to buy and sell rice and grain with Brother Geng? So they were plotted together."

Gu Chongyi looked confused: "What are those people scheming you? I want to push everything Yuan Zhixing does to you?"

"Not only," said Tan Dingfang, "I suspect that there is also the case of the Old General Zhao, and I will also blame me. The defeat of the Old General Zhao in the northern border is already strange, and someone will always be responsible for it. I participated in this battle and made military contributions. The emperor intends to let me take over as the Right Censor of the Censorate. I will be on duty in the Censorate sooner or later. It is natural for Yuan Zhixing to obey me."

Gu Chongyi looked at Tan Dingfang without saying anything for a long time.

Tan Dingfang smiled slightly: "After I said this, do you think these cases are related to me? So the officials in the court will also think about it like this."

Gu Chongyi thought for a moment and said, "You can't just say a few words to suspect you. You must have real evidence."

"Yuan Zhixing was arrested and he was unable to examine the confession," said Tan Dingfang. "As long as Yuan Zhixing confesses me, there will be evidence."

Gu Chongyi said: "You can't determine that Yuan Zhixing was ordered by you."

Tan Dingfang Zai carefully put the map away and put it in the box: "Then why don't you want to take over the military power? I have recommended you several times, but you have refused. What are you afraid of? I am also unwilling to get involved in these struggles? The battle between the imperial concubine, King Huai, King Su, the crown prince, and the future battle between the throne. If you don't want to get involved, someone secretly pulled him up. Isn't this the same thing as the Secretary of Wei back then?"

Tan Dingfang straightened his waist: "In addition, I... I still have a past event that I can use for them, so I can't argue."

Gu Chongyi said: "What past happens?"

Tan Dingfang turned to look at Gu Chongyi, and there seemed to be a small cluster of flames burning in his eyes. He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't know where to start: "My military merits are all attributed to one person, but she was dead because of me. I didn't want to mention them, but those people know now."

Gu Chongyi wondered: "Who is the person you are talking about?"

Tan Dingfang was silent for a long time and finally walked into the inner room. After a moment, he took out a painting. He carefully hung the scroll on the shelf and slowly unfolded it.

A portrait of a woman appeared in front of Gu Chongyi. The woman was sitting on a chair with a beautiful face and a smile on her lips.

"This is the eldest daughter of the Imperial Heaven Supervisor, the eldest daughter of the Bai family," Tan Dingfang looked at the scroll with nostalgia and sadness that could not be dissolved. "If she had not died back then, I would have married her to be my wife."

Tan Dingfang seemed to remember what happened before, and his breathing stopped for a while, and after a while, he said, "I have a passion for fighting for the country. After making achievements, I will marry her into the house with glory. When I went to the northern border, I found Bai Guan to express my feelings. When I returned from victory, I will definitely invite my elders to come. At that time, my parents ordered me to matchmakers' words...

I was seriously injured when I was guarding the barriers. I struggled to survive with this thought, but I didn't expect that Huan returned to Beijing happily, and the result of her suicide was the result of her suicide.
Chapter completed!