Mingmo was a little confused, who was Miss Hua Lian? Could it be that she was the young master's sweetheart in Tianxiang?
"I haven't been here."
Gu Chengyu guessed that Hua Lian might have pawned the jade pendant. After all, the quality of the jade pendant seemed to be good. As long as it was pawned with silver at a pawn shop, it would be enough to redeem Hua Lian, and there would still be some silver left to live on.
He didn't mind that Hua Lian didn't come to Ming Mo for help. Since he gave the jade pendant, he didn't expect it to be taken back. He was just grateful that she came to see him in prison. Being able to save a girl from the sea of suffering was considered a reward for himself.
Accumulated merit.
The next day, Fu Chengyu got up early. He calculated the time for Yin Kun to go to court, prepared generous gifts and went to the Yin Mansion.
Yin Kun glanced at Gu Chengyu from top to bottom and saw that he was in high spirits and not tired. Then he nodded, thinking that his up and down control had an effect.
"I'm lucky this time. Fortunately, I didn't suffer much. But did you give those incriminating evidences to Hu Maoshen? Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to collect them all in such a short period of time."
Gu Chengyu smiled and said, "We have already discussed the countermeasures before. It is not difficult to collect witnesses and confessions. You also know that I have many capable people. However, this time I have to thank my senior brother for taking care of me."
, Chengyu expresses gratitude to senior brother for his kindness."
"Brothers and sisters, please stop saying such unreasonable things. As long as you are fine, spending some money is nothing. In the past two years, I have earned a lot of money for free from your restaurant. How much money do you have compared to the money in the restaurant?
Getting up is nothing."
Gu Chengyu also knew that any further words would be too disrespectful. He would keep this kindness deep in his heart and look for opportunities to repay it in the future.
Ever since he met his senior brother, he has taken care of him a lot. His restaurant has saved a lot of trouble by relying on his senior brother's name. It's not that he doesn't know it.
"Elder brother, I heard that you went to the palace yesterday and said that the emperor was ill. I wonder how he is doing now?"
"It's not a serious illness. The imperial doctor said that the emperor has many things to do. He doesn't listen to advice and doesn't take a good rest. He also has strong anger and some stagnation in the chest. Don't get angry these days and keep your mind calm. You will be cured in two days."
In fact, Yin Kun also knew that it was due to the emperor's old age.
Gu Chengyu thought for a while, fearing that he was angry with the eldest prince.
Yin Kun sat behind his desk and thought of the upcoming imperial examination.
"Although you have been cleared of suspicion this time, being in jail is always detrimental to your reputation. If you want to participate in the palace examination, you have to do a lot of planning."
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. He was obviously innocent and his ranking for the general examination had come out. Why couldn't he participate in the palace examination? What about the others?
"Since you are involved, those officials have their own say. You have been in prison before the imperial examination. They may ask the emperor to re-draw the rankings for this examination."
In any case, it was also because he was imprisoned for a fraud case that people pay most attention to reputation. Afterwards, it would be good if he did not change his honor. I still want to take part in the palace examination, but I am afraid it will be a bit difficult.
Those ministers are accustomed to finding every opportunity, why don't they take advantage of this opportunity to give good rankings to the candidates they are optimistic about?
That's why Yin Kun thought about it. As long as he was not expelled, even if the emperor did not give him a good ranking, with Gu Chengyu's talent and learning, a Jinshi would never be able to escape.
Only then did Gu Chengyu feel that he had taken it for granted. This was not the past life. If I restored your innocence, you would be innocent. As long as you go to jail, even if you are innocent, you will be stained.
Unless you are already a court official, you can only stop at promoting people.
Gu Chengyu thought for a while, wasn't there a case in the past life where Tang Bohu was inexplicably involved in a fraud case? In the end, he failed to take the examination. Even though he was famous, in the end he could only hate Jiuquan.
Since Yin Kun said that there is a way and it only costs some money, of course he will not be reluctant to part with it. Compared with fame, what is money?
"I still need to trouble my senior brother about this matter. How much money I need to spend, senior brother can just tell me."
Gu Chengyu was not worried that Yin Kun would take the opportunity to embezzle his money. If Yin Kun had such a character, he would not take care of him while he was in prison.
"It won't cost much money, let's talk about it then!"
Yin Kun would not be polite to Gu Chengyu. With his meager salary, apart from his wife's dowry, only the profits from Gu Chengyu's restaurant could supplement his family's income, so he could live a more comfortable life.
Gu Chengyu had money, but the money he paid was nothing to him.
Others have long been envious of his restaurant, where he earns money by spending time there. This is no different than a little kid holding a gold ingot and showing off through the market, carrying a jade!
"Your restaurant needs to be restrained, so as not to make people jealous."
Yin Kun remembered that some time ago, the restaurant launched a new menu, which caused another trend in the capital. Even he felt that the dishes in the restaurant were novel and delicious, and sometimes he went to the restaurant to have a toothpaste.
Gu Chengyu laughed bitterly when he heard this, "I'm still living with my money in the restaurant! If people want to come to my restaurant to eat and drink, I can't kick them out, right?"
Gu Chengyu knew that he was not from a noble family and his foundation was too shallow. If those noble families had the support of their elders, how dare these people have evil thoughts?
Yin Kun thought of the teacher who said he would come to the capital, "Counting the time, the teacher should be arriving in the capital in a few days, right?"
Gu Chengyu was so busy with the fraud these past two days that he almost forgot about it.
"It will take about five more days." Gu Chengyu calculated that it is already March 20th. Teacher and the others will go to Beijing on the eighth day of March. They should be able to reach the capital in five days at the latest.
"I can't hide this matter from the teacher. Fortunately, you have already left the cell. Otherwise, the teacher would be very anxious. As for your third senior brother, since you have come out, then your second and third senior brothers should also go there, as a courtesy.
You still need it. Wu An also spent some money to help you after your accident. You have to thank him properly when you go to the Wu Mansion tomorrow. By the way, Mr. Jiang also took care of you, so you can’t miss him.
"
Yin Kun was pleased that Wu An could help Gu Chengyu this time. Since their teacher retired from office, their relationship has been far worse than before. They used to meet at the teacher's residence frequently, but now that the teacher is not in the capital, they have less contact with each other.
However, he thought of He Jisheng again. Unexpectedly, He Jisheng avoided seeing him, which puzzled him. Back then, as their junior brother, He Jisheng had always taken good care of him, but he didn't expect that now that something happened to Gu Chengyu, he would actually
Choose Mingzhe to protect yourself.
Although Gu Chengyu didn't meet them often when he was in Jingyuan Mansion before, so he naturally had no feelings for them. But since he came to the capital, he often visited his senior brothers' houses. After two or three years, everyone has become familiar with them.
No wonder the teacher refused to marry his little junior sister to He Jisheng, maybe he had already seen through He Jisheng's character? Because of this, He Jisheng was afraid that he also hated the teacher.
"It's natural. I will definitely go to their house tomorrow to express my gratitude." Gu Chengyu did not expect that Jiang Mingyuan also contributed, so he must be grateful.