"Dad! Zhou Tingyu was directly imprisoned by Jiang Fan. Do you really not want to go and see?!"
In the office belonging to the city guard in the government office, Gu Haoran looked at his father anxiously and asked eagerly.
Gu Yanzhi seemed very calm. He looked at the official document calmly and said, "Zhou Tingyu has acted a bit unscrupulously in recent years. If someone else were to be the city captain, he would not have any problems. But it happened to be from Prince Wu's Mansion.
The man sat on the city captain's seat."
"It is difficult to change a habit once a person has formed it. He is full of loopholes and can almost always catch him. As long as Jiang Fan intends to use him to establish his power, he has no power to resist. So whether I go to see him or not, it doesn't matter.
You can't change what will happen, the only difference is whether it happens sooner or later."
Gu Yan put down the official document in his hand, looked up at his son, and continued: "Jiang Fan has someone under his command who is a real master. If you want to investigate Zhou Tingyu, it is a very simple matter. To take a step back,
Even if Jiang Fan has no one under his command, Prince Wu's Mansion can still give him enough support. I will not do meaningless things. Zhou Tingyu is suffering from his own consequences and does not deserve sympathy."
"But...but if this happens, your prestige will be greatly affected! Jiang Fan has only been a city captain for a few days and he captured Zhou Tingyu. Everyone knows that Zhou Tingyu is yours.
Jiang Fan is slapping you in the face in public! If you don’t react, what will others think of you?"
Gu Haoran was anxious.
He didn't expect that his father would be so calm, as if he didn't care at all about Zhou Tingyu's affairs.
"Bullshit! Who are my people? Zhou Tingyu is from the imperial court! I am also from the imperial court!"
Gu Yanzhi glared at Gu Haoran, and then suddenly felt something was wrong. He frowned and stared at Gu Haoran carefully.
Gu Haoran looked a little guilty, and his eyes couldn't help but dodge a little.
Gu Yanzhi immediately made a guess and said in a deep voice: "Why are you so anxious? He is just Zhou Tingyu, what does it have to do with you? Could it be that... you and Zhou Tingyu also have financial dealings?"
Gu Haoran's face changed slightly, and his eyelids blinked suddenly faster.
After peeking at his father's expression, he said calmly: "Yes...it's a little bit..."
"A little? How much exactly?!"
Gu Yanzhi's voice became harsher, and he slapped the table in front of him hard.
Gu Haoran was startled and said hesitantly: "It's almost...a few thousand guan, right?"
"A few thousand guan? A little? Okay, Gu Haoran, why didn't I realize you were so capable before!"
Gu Yan stood up. He didn't look too angry, but his eyes were full of undisguised disappointment.
"It's not much to begin with, just a few thousand guan! Zhou Tingyu has used various means to accumulate money over the years, and there must be hundreds of thousands of guan! Dad, I am already so old, and my daily expenses are not small.
You haven’t given me an increase in per-exam payment, so if I don’t find a way to get some by myself, what else can I do?”
Gu Haoran said rather unconvinced.
"Yeah, you figured it out on your own, and you just did it, but now you want me to wipe your ass... If Jiang Fan can directly take down Zhou Tingyu, he must have conclusive evidence. I don't know if Jiang Fan has it
The evidence, how many people will be involved, and are you among the evidence? It seems... I really have to have a good talk with Jiang Fan."
Gu Yan's tone was very helpless.
However, after Gu Haoran defended himself, he found that the expected anger and scolding did not appear.
What was greeted instead was Gu Yan's extremely disappointed tone.
Such a reaction made Gu Haoran feel extremely uncomfortable, and he would rather be severely punished by his own father.
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Haoran couldn't help but said: "Dad, the matter shouldn't be that serious, right? Even if Jiang Fan has the evidence of Zhou Tingyu, he will only dare to touch Zhou Tingyu, right? There are too many people involved with Zhou Tingyu,
If he recklessly wants to bring everyone down, then there is no need for us to do anything, Prince Wu's Mansion will deal with him first."
"You are right. If Jiang Fan is really a stupid young man, then the net weaved by Zhou Tingyu will directly trap Jiang Fan to death. But the problem is, judging from Jiang Fan's method of dealing with Zhou Tingyu, although this kid
He’s young, but he’s obviously not an easy guy to deal with.”
Gu Yanzhi glanced at his son and continued calmly: "After I became a city captain, I didn't think about how to gain a firm foothold first. Instead, I directly used Zhou Tingyu as a breakthrough. And in order to paralyze other people, I just hired him one after another.
The seven or eight days of leave made everyone think that he was just messing around."
"At the same time, we secretly arranged for people to investigate, and took advantage of the opportunity when no one reacted or even ignored him to directly seize Zhou Tingyu's most fatal evidence. For such a person, you expect him to make stupid mistakes like you,
The hope is really slim."
Gu Yan shook his head, and while speaking, he was already walking out of the office.
"I have to go and talk to him face to face. He can't bring everyone down, but there is no problem in selecting a few to accompany Zhou Tingyu to death. The most troublesome thing is this. If he masters
There is too much evidence, so who should be picked and who should not be picked...the initiative lies entirely in his hands."
"So anyone who has a ulterior motive should ask him to show his favor. Everyone knows that he can't be so crazy as to take down everyone, but at the same time, no one wants to be one of those unlucky ones who are destined to be buried with Zhou Tingyu.
One of the eggs!”
After saying that, Gu Yanzhi strode away, leaving Gu Haoran alone in the office, his face bright and dark.
However, Gu Yanzhi was in vain because Jiang Fan did not return to the office at all after completing the court hearing.
After a brief inquiry, Gu Yanzhi learned that Jiang Fan had gone to court, so he took Zhou Tingyu's account book out of the yamen. Looking at the direction, he was probably going to Prince Wu's Mansion, and he immediately felt bad.
This is obviously to go to Prince Wu’s Mansion to seek advice and guidance!
No matter how you think about it, Prince Wu’s Mansion will not give up such an opportunity to attack him, right?
Gu Yan had a headache, but he couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so he had no choice but to return to his office.
At this time, Jiang Fan was walking leisurely on the streets of Heyang City with Tieniu.
After letting Tieniu confirm that no one was following him, just before arriving at Prince Wu's Mansion, he suddenly turned a corner and passed through the gate of Prince Wu's Mansion without entering. Instead, he returned to the Lin family's house in Heyang City.