Chapter two hundred and sixty-four muddy the water
Just for this potted flower, a separate house had to be built for it. Uncle Zhong didn't understand it.
Forget about making a greenhouse, the master also wants to find a merchant from the Western Regions to buy some pieces of colored glass to install the windows.
Is the colored glaze easy to buy? It is a waste of money and money to buy such a pot of flowers.
The master is really too extravagant. If he hadn’t tried his best to persuade me, saying that buying colored glaze would be too difficult, the master thought for a moment and then gave up!
Otherwise, I will definitely be scolded by the old lady after I return to the capital.
After all, the old man said that he had no money, so he asked the second old man to borrow it, and asked the second old man to go to the old man for money. Wouldn't this make the old man embarrassed?
"Master! The seventh young master is back and said he has something important to discuss with you!"
Gu Yuan suddenly walked in and reported to Su Wenqing.
Su Wenqing looked at the sun outside from the window, and suddenly became confused, "Have you finished the exam so early?"
"Seventh Young Master is always the first to come out of the Dragon Gate." Uncle Zhong said with a bit of pride, but after a moment, he frowned.
"But in the past, the seventh young master would wait for the other young masters to return home. Why did he come back so early today? Could it be that something happened?"
Anyway, Uncle Zhong didn't believe that other young masters had finished their exams so early, and it was only the beginning of Shenshi.
"Let him come in!" Su Wenqing was still admiring the orchids and said a little carelessly.
Su Yizhao quickly walked into the study, which surprised Gu Yuan.
This young master is not big, but he always looks calm and unhurried, but he has never seen him in such a hurry.
Although Su Yizhao looked as usual at the moment, and even asked him to report with a smile just now, he still saw some clues.
"Father! My son has something important to discuss with you alone."
As soon as Su Yizhao said this, Uncle Zhong and Gu Yuan couldn't hear the underlying meaning, so they left one after another.
"What's so urgent? Did you come out before you finished writing?" Su Wenqing looked at Su Yizhao and asked doubtfully.
Su Yizhao shook his head, and then handed the letter to Su Wenqing.
Su Wenqing took the letter in confusion, but when he saw the contents of the letter, he was stunned for a moment, then turned the letter over and over, and finally looked confused.
"What does this mean? Where did you get the letter? Who wrote it to you?"
Su Wenqing read it and found that there was no signature on the letter.
Su Yizhao shook his head, "I don't know who wrote it, but he did remind us. If we handle it properly, we can resolve this disaster."
"It doesn't matter what the other party's purpose is, whether it is secretly helping us or trying to fish in troubled waters! The most important thing at the moment is to think of a countermeasure first."
Su Yizhao walked to the desk and poured himself a bowl of tea.
Su Wenqing looked at the content of the letter and pondered for a moment, "You mean, you are mentioned in the letter written by Taifu Zhu to the prefect?"
Su Wenqing is not a stupid person. On the contrary, he is very smart, but he is usually very lazy.
"Since you sent the news to me, it means that the matter is related to me. Now is the occasion of the Tongsheng Examination. If someone makes a fuss about us and accuses us of cheating in the imperial examination, wouldn't our Su family suffer?
Unexpected disaster?"
Su Yizhao's words finally made Su Wenqing's expression serious. He glanced at Su Yizhao and said, "What do you think? Tell me!"
"This matter can be big or small, it all depends on how you deal with it. But it's not likely that it's a plot against our Su family. It's more likely that it's aimed at Taifu Zhu and the prefect."
Su Yizhao put down the tea bowl, and then said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid that the prefect is being plotted by someone, and someone has exposed the matter of Taifu Zhu's letter to the prefect, and even did not hesitate to build momentum for me before, just to make people think that the prefect is
Because of Master Zhu’s relationship, he took special care of me.”
"You mean, those people are mainly for Zhu Taifu?" Su Wenqing also started to analyze.
"Perhaps you don't know much about the affairs of the court. The Zhu family is a pure minister. Recently, there has been no change in the Zhu family's intention to join the family."
Su Wenqing's meaning was very clear, but he immediately thought of the third prince.
"Is it because Taifu Zhu had wanted to accept you as his disciple before, making people think that Zhu wanted to join the Third Prince?"
Su Wenqing rubbed her chin, feeling that her analysis was not bad.
Su Yizhao nodded, "It's possible! But this alone is not enough. Maybe there was something strange happening in the Zhu family secretly, which made the people behind it take action to stop all this."
Su Wenqing took a deep look at Su Yizhao when he heard this, but saw that Su Yizhao was frowning in deep thought at this moment.
He suppressed the suspicion in his heart and said, "Maybe so! It's just that these are all our suspicions and have no basis."
"The most important thing at the moment is to extract our Su family! The emperor has always hated imperial examination fraud, and the punishment is relatively severe. If you are accused of such a crime, our Su family's building will also collapse."
Su Wenqing paused and then said: "But we don't know the content of the letter, and we don't know what the prefect means."
"Perhaps, we can secretly meet with the prefect and discuss countermeasures together. Anyway, we are all grasshoppers on a rope now, so we can only move forward hand in hand."
After he finished speaking, he turned to Su Yizhao and carefully observed her expression.
Su Yizhao immediately shook his head, "Father, you are a gentleman, and you may not have thought of how nasty a villain can be."
"We are upright, but outsiders don't know it. To avoid gossip, meeting the prefect secretly will only confirm the rumors. Those people may have planted spies in the prefect or our house, so we'd better not act rashly.
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If you cannot be calm and self-possessed, you will definitely be in disarray when encountering this situation, which will expose many flaws.
A hint of appreciation flashed in Su Wenqing's eyes, and then he said: "Then what countermeasures have you come up with? Tell me."
"Since some people want to reap the benefits, let's make the water more muddy." Su Yizhao smiled, and then a trace of sullenness flashed in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Su Wenqing asked doubtfully.
"My son likes to read the imperial newspaper. The imperial newspaper is interesting. Sometimes it is a matter of national importance, sometimes it is a verbal dispute among officials, and there are even some trivial matters in the backyard of an official's home."
Su Wenqing knew that Su Yizhao liked to read the newspaper, because Su Yizhao took it from him every time.
He nodded. Although he didn't know why Su Yizhao suddenly mentioned this, he still waited for the next step.
"Last month, my son read the newspaper and learned that the fourth prince's aunt was perverse and very particular about ostentation. She wanted to bring a golden Buddha back from Fayun Temple to enshrine it, but a businessman fulfilled his wish and recast the statue.
Income from a golden body.”
Su Yizhao's words made Su Wenqing nod. In fact, he didn't pay attention to these in the past, only paying attention to the important affairs of the court.