This would not only make Hu Mao Qing's mute Coptis chinensis unable to express his sufferings, but also solve the problem of the third prince.
Even if there is no evidence that the third prince is recruiting troops, with so much money in hand, he must have been greedy a lot before. He can't explain clearly with all his words. He didn't recruit troops just because he hasn't started yet!
As for Song Shujing, that was just the eldest prince's trick. It was very likely that Song Shujing had betrayed the eldest prince, so the eldest prince abandoned her without hesitation.
Is it possible for Xia Qing to be involved in this? Is Guo Shi a member of the eldest prince or Xia Qing?
There were too few clues, and Gu Chengyu could only put down this question. Anyway, one thing he was sure of was that Guo Shihuo was going to die soon, and his role was only so small. He was just a chess piece that was abandoned.
But he can use this person. And to him, he is a very important person.
All these assumptions are based on the condition that Yinzi is the eldest prince. This needs to be verified. Is there any way to verify it? Maybe Hu Maoqing will have a way. If not, then Guo Shi must be captured.
"Ming Mo! Send two good martial artists to guard the palace gate. As soon as Guo Shi leaves the palace gate, you will bring him back to me."
Gu Chengyu was a little anxious, and he didn't have much time left. Once the two houses were searched, the two adults would be tortured to extract confessions.
Gu Chengyu polished the ink himself and wrote two letters, one to his senior brother and one to Hu Maoqing.
These two letters need to be sent to their homes as soon as possible, including the elder brother's. Gu Chengyu regrets not telling him about Hu Mao's investigation of the eldest prince, otherwise there would be no need to explain so much. Yin Kun may not understand after reading it. After all, it is just
I wrote it roughly and didn’t explain it in detail in person.
The message was given to Hu Maoqing because he wanted to make an appointment with Hu Maoqing. This place must be hidden, and his house cannot be visited. If an official came to check on him, he happened to find Hu Maoqing there, and both of them would be in trouble.
It was even more impossible to go to Hu's house. He frowned slightly, thinking about where he could be safer. He absolutely couldn't go to his second sister's house and Ye's house, lest he would injure the two of them.
He thought of Tianxiang Pavilion, but he didn't expect that he would enter Tianxiang Pavilion again so soon. A few days ago, he said he would never go there again.
Hu Maoqing has not yet gone to court, and Gu Chengyu still has to make some preparations. The two adults have just entered Dali Temple and will definitely last two days.
It seems that he has to go to Dali Temple. The two of them must hold on and must not give in.
"Young Master! Officials from the two houses have arrived and are conducting a search!" Ming Yan hurriedly entered the study and wanted to report to Gu Chengyu.
"You have people keeping a close eye on you to see if any evidence of crime has been found! If necessary, sneak in to investigate, and be careful not to let anyone discover it. If you can steal the sheep easily, that would be great."
Although Gu Chengyu said this, he also knew how difficult it was. The two houses were heavily guarded. Even if there was evidence of guilt, it would be strictly protected and no one else could get close. It was still reliable to sneak in and get some information.
"Is there any news about Zhuangzi?" Gu Chengyu felt that the money was as important as the so-called evidence of crime.
They were certainly not as fast as the official, who knew the exact address, and they had to go check it out.
Gu Chengyu stood up and suddenly thought that the official would definitely go to the two Zhuangzi where the silver was hidden first. He asked people to follow them and find the silver before these people.
"Ming Yan, you ask them to find out the locations of several Zhuangzi first, and find a few people from the Military and Horse Division to keep an eye on the officials to see where they are going."
In fact, Ming Yan is still a little puzzled. Even if he knows the hiding place of the money and is ahead of the officials, they still can't move the money away!
There must be more than one or two boxes of silver. If they were moved, wouldn't it make too much noise? People would also be able to trace the young master.
"Sir! We won't be able to move that money away."
"I have my own way." Gu Chengyu didn't intend to explain to Ming Yan, since Ming Yan wouldn't think of space anyway, and he wouldn't let Ming Yan find out.
"Send these two letters to Mr. Yin and Mr. Hu respectively." Seeing that the ink on the letters was dry, Gu Chengyu asked Ming Yan to seal them with fire paint and send them over first.
Now we just need to wait for the news after the search to see if there is any evidence implicating the third prince.
Sun Xian was very anxious at this time. He stood up impatiently and paced back and forth. There has been no news from Chengyu until now. I wonder if he has thought of a way.
Gu Wan carried the little bun into the study from the main room, "Dad!"
Little Baozi was very happy to see his father and hurriedly struggled to get down. Gu Wan put him on the ground, and Little Baozi staggered towards Sun Xian.
"Brother Xian! I see that you are always restless today, but what happened?"
Gu Wan wanted to ask early in the morning, but there were a lot of things at home. Her mother-in-law wanted to make pickles, so she had to leave all the things at home to her.
Sun Xian picked up the little bun and looked at Gu Wan but hesitated to speak.
He didn't know whether he should say that if the fraud case was really discovered, Chengyu would be much more dangerous than them. It wouldn't be a big problem for him, because he had already predicted that he would fail this time.
But he was afraid that if he told her, Gu Wan could only worry. She was a womanizer, so she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to help and would cause trouble to Chengyu.
"Brother Xian! What happened? If something happens, you have to tell me, otherwise I won't be caught off guard when the time comes?"
As soon as Gu Wan saw Sun Xian's appearance, she knew there must be something being hidden from her.
When Sun Xian thought about it, he also felt that what Gu Wan said made sense. Gu Wan was Gu Chengyu's sister, and she had the right to know.
Then he talked about the fraud case, but of course he only mentioned it a few words and didn't say how serious the matter was. After all, he didn't know the news in the palace, and of course he didn't know that the two adults had been detained in Dali Temple.
"What? You said that the examiner or something was involved in cheating? Will that affect the younger brother?"
Gu Wan was very worried. Even though she was a woman, she knew that fraud in the imperial examination was a big deal. What if Xiaobao was implicated?
"Don't worry too much. After all, it's still a rumor. I don't know who spread it."
As a result, before Sun Xian could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ye Zhiqiu who broke in.
"Senior Brother Sun is in trouble! Some officials have surrounded the residences of Lord Wan and Lord Song, and they are searching inside. I'm afraid this is true."
Ye Qiu's mother happened to want to go out to buy some vegetables and come back. The two houses lived close to each other. When his mother came back, many officials were already surrounding them in front of the two houses.
From a distance, many people were watching. It was said that the family members had been arrested and were being searched inside.
"What? What should I do? No, I have to go to Xiaobao's place."
Gu Wan didn't bother to greet Ye Zhiqiu, she turned around and ran out.
"Hey? Don't worry! Little Baozi is still here! Let's go together."
Sun Xian grabbed Gu Wan and called Ye Zhiqiu. It would be better to go to Gu Chengyu to discuss countermeasures at this time.
The three of them hurriedly got into the carriage and rushed to Gu Chengyu's house.