Ming Yan returned quickly, holding paper and pen in his hand. Gu Chengyu asked Guo Shi a few questions. After Guo Shi surrendered him to the eldest prince, the eldest prince asked him to take a letter with imitated handwriting and falsely accuse Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing in court.
, and promised that he would be promoted when the time comes.
"Then you mean that the fraud case is completely false? How did you get the private seal? Why did you frame Song Shujing again? Although Song Shujing is not his serious father-in-law, he is also the father of his concubine, and his official position is not low.
, why did he cut off his own arm? Who is your so-called master?"
Gu Chengyu asked several questions with a straight face, and Guo Shi thought about it for a while before answering them one by one.
"Wanfu naturally has an internal agent planted by the eldest prince. It is not difficult to get a private seal and seal it. As for which internal agent it is, I don't know. Speaking of Song Shujing, we have to talk about that gentleman. He used a trick.
The concubine of the Song Dynasty became the concubine of the second prince. The eldest prince was suspicious by nature and suspected that Song Shujing had secretly taken refuge with the second prince. Later, two things happened. The eldest prince was even more certain that Song Shujing had defected to the second prince.
He was easily dealt with."
Gu Chengyu nodded when he heard this, and he could think of what kind of plot he had used. Men and women are the most likely to get into trouble, and he wasn't interested in it.
As for the other two things, it reminded him of the last time Yin Kun mentioned that the eldest prince wanted to place his own people in the household department, but was intercepted by the second prince's people.
The eldest prince was very angry. He might have thought that Song Shujing was behind his back and had made something before the emperor.
The eldest prince is suspicious by nature, so it is not surprising that he would be so suspicious. But he is too cruel. Song Shujing has planned many things for the eldest prince.
"Up to this point, you haven't mentioned who that lord is?" Compared to the eldest prince, he was more curious about who that lord was. This man was very resourceful, and he actually managed to trick all the princes into applause.
Guo Shi shook his head, "I don't know. Every time we meet, it's in a different place. He's always standing behind the curtain. I only hear voices, but I don't see anyone."
Gu Chengyu felt incredible that Guo Shi could do things for him without even seeing anyone? He didn't know what to say. Is there something wrong in his head?
"What benefits did he promise? Promote you? But I see that you are still a fourth-grade official and have not been promoted. How did you get in touch?"
"He gave me some benefits first. He gave my eldest son an official position as Zuo Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and promised me that as long as I serve him well in the future, I can get a lot of benefits."
Guo Shi's eldest son was not good at literature and military skills, so it was not easy for him to obtain a high-ranking official position.
Gu Chengyu thought about it for a while, and found that this gentleman was either a high-ranking official in the court, or the person behind him had a high official position. The only people in the court who had such ability were just those few people.
Gu Chengyu took the confession recorded by Ming Yan and read it over, and found that there was nothing missing. However, these alone were not enough.
"Master Guo, you don't think that you can make the emperor and the ministers believe you just based on these confessions, do you? You have to show some sincerity."
Gu Chengyu didn't think that a person who retracted his confession would be easily believed by everyone. Of course, evidence had to be produced, just like Wanfu and Songfu, which also found so-called evidence of guilt.
Guo Shi thought about it and found that the eldest prince was very careful and did not reveal much to him. He was a little anxious. Before, he was complacent, thinking that the eldest prince had already trusted him very much. It turned out that he was just an insignificant pawn.
Gu Chengyu thought for a moment. Since the case was to be overturned, witness and physical evidence were needed.
"Do you know who imitated the handwriting on those letters? Are there any letters between you and the eldest prince? Are the letters you sent in Wanfu about recruiting troops? Does this matter involve the third prince?"
Gu Chengyu recalled that since the eldest prince still wanted to frame the third prince, he mentioned the matter in those letters, which required the movement of the money, but the two million taels of silver were all fabricated.
Therefore, the eldest prince may make a fuss about Wan Xuenian and want Wan Xuenian to admit it, which is naturally impossible. This requires grasping Wan Xuenian's sore foot. What is the person who can control Wan Xuenian? Of course Wan's family
Heirs!
It seems that we must go to Dali Temple tonight. Wan Xuenian's confession is very important.
Guo Shi suddenly thought, "I know that the eldest prince has a staff member who imitates other people's handwriting very much. I never exchanged letters with the eldest prince, but he gave me several sums of money for this matter, totaling fifty thousand taels.
.I kept the accounts for him, in the study outside, my father knows where it is."
It seemed that nothing could be asked about Guo Shi. He was very dissatisfied with the confession this time. The eldest prince was very careful in doing things. Where did the dirty money come from? He did not mention it to Guo Shi. He only called Guo Shi General.
The blame for these things was placed on Wan Xuenian.
However, since the eldest prince can get two hundred thousand taels to frame him, his hands and feet must be dirty. As long as Hu Maoshen follows these investigations, he can always find clues.
Besides, this matter could also be regarded as a political achievement for Hu Maoshen, and he thought Hu Maoshen would not refuse.
After settling the matter, Gu Chengyu ordered Li Zhuang and the others to continue to take care of Guo Shi. He had to negotiate with Hu Maoshen before handing Guo Shi over.
Before leaving, he let Guo Shi loosen his bonds and drew a portrait of the staff member. This person was also a key figure, and maybe he knew more than Guo Shi.
Gu Chengyu took Hu Maoshen's signed confession and the letter sent to Wanfu out of the darkroom and prepared to go to Tianxiang Pavilion.
Mingmo had already sent someone to Xiyan to deliver a message, asking Hu Maoqing to meet him at Tianxiang Pavilion. Xiyan would cover for him.
At this time, more than an hour had passed. Gu Chengyu had agreed on noon, and Hu Maoqing should be arriving soon.
Gu Chengyu suddenly thought that Guo Shi's father still didn't know whether he would believe this, so he would have to ask Guo Shi for a token.
He went back to the darkroom, looked around Guo Shi, and found that he was currently wearing official clothes and only wore a Pisces jade pendant.
"You have to take off your jade pendant, and I will bring him to your father. Otherwise, he may not believe my subordinates. If you don't cooperate, wouldn't it be a delay?"
When Guo Shi heard this, he felt that what he said made sense. Looking at the jade pendant hanging on his waist, his eyes were a little moist. This jade pendant was given to him by his father just a few days ago, saying that it was an item left by his old man.
"He will know this jade pendant is mine at a glance. Just send the letter. I hope you will keep your word!" Guo Shi was heartbroken with grief. In fact, his father would believe it even if he didn't send the jade pendant.
His father originally disagreed with him doing this, saying that he was harming loyal people and that the risk was extremely high. It was his insistence on doing so that caused today's tragic disaster, which affected the whole family and innocent people.
Gu Chengyu glanced at him, then pulled off the jade pendant and turned around to leave. If he had known this, why bother?
After leaving the darkroom, Gu Chengyu ordered Ming Mo to take a few people with him to deliver the letter to Guo Mansion.
He also asked Mr. Guo to make a decision quickly and ask Mingmo to buy a house for the person he wanted to protect and settle it properly first. He couldn't send him away yet because he was not sure whether Guo Shi would regret it.
As for the staff member, he asked Mingmo to send someone to keep an eye on the eldest prince. Even if he broke into the eldest prince's house at night, he would find this person and arrest him.