Gu Yanqi burst into tears.
This demon king gave up his daughter six years ago, so how could he care about his daughter's life and death? It was just to reassure him.
People are knives and servants, and I am fish and meat.
In this world, either you eat me, or I eat you. I only blame myself for my inability.
Gu Yanqi was filled with hatred, his eyes slightly opened, but he vaguely saw someone standing in front of the cell.
finally come!
There are three moments of ugliness.
Even Wanhua Tower has fallen asleep.
However, in the room in the northwest corner, the light was still on.
Zhao Jingyan yawned, moved her slender fingers gently, and put down a white piece.
I really want to curse. The old King Qi was also a little too cautious. He hadn't made any move at this moment. What was his plan
There is a feeling of embarrassment with nowhere to complain. If I had known this, I should have dragged Gu Liu along.
"It's your turn, Hongwen."
Jiang Hongwen's eyes were red, and he lay lazily on the couch, putting down his sunspot with an ugly expression.
The child falls and the door opens.
A Li came in soaked, "Sir, the fish is hooked."
Jiang Hongwen stood up suddenly, "What should I say?"
A Li wiped his face and said, "Before half a cup of tea, the old King of Qi came out of the Ministry of Justice. Then, the Crown Prince of Qi led his entourage out of the city with waist badges, and headed south along the official road."
"South?"
Zhao Jingyan yawned again and looked into Jiang Hongwen's eyes, "Could it be Gu Zhai from Suzhou Mansion?"
Jiang Hongwen was too lazy to answer his question. He picked up a piece of fruit, chewed it in his mouth, and spit it out after it was too sour.
Isn't this obvious? The most dangerous place is the safest place.
Seeing that the situation was cold, A Li hurriedly said: "Sir, our people are following secretly. Hurry up, there will be news in ten days."
Ten days was really a long time, and he couldn't wait any longer.
Zhao Jingyan's eyes stayed on A Li for a moment, and then she snorted for a long time and said: "Give more batches, so as not to make people suspicious."
"Master, don't worry!" A Li turned and left.
Jiang Hongwen glanced sideways, "What's the next step?"
"Gu Liu said, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."
"Can you bring down the old King Qi?"
Zhao Jingyan sneered and said: "Then let's see what my good second brother does. From tomorrow onwards, I will be drunk in Fanhua Tower, so I will take the opportunity to blow the wind in his ear!"
"Are you not a woman?" Jiang Hongwen's eyes showed contempt.
"In extraordinary times, I can still do things for women!" Zhao Jingyan lowered her head, and then burst into laughter.
Jiang Hongwen felt very sad after hearing this.
Ten days, on the long road of life, are fleeting.
However, for the people of the Gu family, it was a painful experience.
The men in the house were arrested, their property was sealed, and they had no way to survive or die. It was really heartbreaking.
Not to mention those close relatives and friends in the past, she was the second master's wife. Princess Huayang avoided seeing her, and it was obvious that her heart was cold and warm.
The shrewd servants in the mansion saw that Gu's mansion was about to collapse, so those who had the ability paid money to redeem themselves and left the house; the ones who had no ability spent the whole day, drinking, gambling, and even slacking off on their errands.
Don't blame them for their power as servants. Even Aunt Liu, the uncle's bride, paid her ransom, packed up her belongings, and headed off to the future. Why are they still struggling here!
Since the day when Mrs. Wei's house was ransacked, she couldn't breathe, so she fainted and has never been sick since then.
There was no one in charge of the house, so the eldest grandmother Zhou had no choice but to be invited out to take charge of major affairs inside and outside the house.
Zhou forced his sick body to take over the Gu family's token and reluctantly took charge.
Everything is just a matter of enduring!
It seemed that even God was lamenting what happened to Gu Mansion, as it rained heavily for ten days.
In a blink of an eye, early winter has arrived.
This morning.
The city gate was about to open, and several flying horses galloped past, rushing all the way to Prince Lao Qi's Mansion.
The leader, the Crown Prince, threw away the reins and rushed into the mansion.
The moment the prince entered the city, two black shadows fell on the study room of Prince Shou's Mansion.
When Zhao Jingyan saw someone coming, her eyes lit up and she said, "Come quickly."
"Your Majesty, part of the money is buried under the tomb of the ancestor of the Gu family, and part of it is sunk in the Crescent Lake in the inner house."
"Have they all been shipped back?"
"It was never transported back to the capital. Instead, it was placed in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. It was surrounded by hidden guards and our people couldn't get close."
"How many are there in total?"
"Based on a small estimate, it's tens of millions taels."
Zhao Jingyan took a breath of surprise and said after a moment of sadness: "It is indeed a piece of fat meat. My good second brother should be tempted by it."
Afternoon.
The study room of Prince Rui's Mansion.
Zhao Jingyan, wearing a plain brocade robe and a jade crown for her hair, was half leaning and half lying on the floor by the window. She pushed away the fruit handed to her by the beautiful maid, with a lazy look on her face, as if she was full of thoughts.
"Why… "
The sigh sounded faintly again, and Prince Rui simply put down his pen, "What's bothering you, eighth brother? Why have you been looking so sad all afternoon?"
Zhao Jingyan chuckled twice, opened her mouth, but stopped talking.
King Rui waved his hand, and all the servants left.
"Tell me, what's bothering you? You sigh and sigh to make me upset."
"Second brother, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not."
King Rui said: "You and I, brothers, what else can't we say?"
"No, no!"
Zhao Jingyan shook her head repeatedly, looking unappreciated.
"If I say this, my second brother will definitely say that I am stirring up trouble; but if I don't say it, I will feel very guilty if you and I are such good brothers."
King Rui was completely interested and said, "Okay, tell me quickly."
Zhao Jingyan finally spoke reluctantly, "Second brother must know about the affairs of the Gu family."
King Rui looked slightly ugly.
In the past few days, he couldn't sleep well because of the affairs of the Gu family. After all, it was his person who was thinking about how to reduce the big problem to the trivial matter and finally get the person out.
"How is Gu's house?"
Zhao Jingyan covered her mouth and coughed lightly and said, "Let me ask the second brother, did Uncle Qi Wang go to the second brother's place to rescue the Gu family?"
King Rui frowned, he had been wondering about this.
It stands to reason that Mr. Gu is his son-in-law. He doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, so he has to make a fuss no matter what. However, there is no movement on the other side of the old King Qi.
Could it be that there is something he doesn't know about
Prince Rui said solemnly: "What do you want to say, old man?"
Zhao Jingyan looked at him for a long time, then smiled lightly and said: "I heard something. The incident in the Gu Mansion was not done by the third brother, but by Uncle Qi Wang."
"What?" King Rui was shocked.
Zhao Jingyan sighed softly, "I heard that the Gu Mansion has an amazing treasure. Uncle Wang has been planning it for six years, but he still hasn't got the money, so he resorted to this trick as a last resort."
Shi Potian's shocking words made King Rui's face turn pale little by little.
That night.
The guard lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have found out that the Crown Prince of Prince Qi left the city ten days ago and will be back this morning."
King Rui said coldly: "Have you found out where he went?"
"Back to my lord, I went to Gu's house in Suzhou."
King Rui's face became angry and he stood up with a slap on the table. The fierce look in his eyes made the people sitting down tremble.
Upon seeing this, counselor Yu Qing stood up and said, "Your Majesty, don't trust all the words of the market. Your Majesty might as well send someone to the Ministry of Justice to find out the truth from Gu Yanqi's mouth. This is the most important thing."
King Rui came back to his senses and said: "Here comes..."
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be taken seriously. Qing is willing to go there in person." Yu Qing hurriedly stopped him.
King Rui's heart skipped a beat, and he understood immediately, "Go back quickly."
After finishing speaking, Yu Qing bowed and walked out.
The three men of the Gu family never dreamed that the person standing in front of them at this moment was actually Yu Qing, the palace counselor.
What frightened them even more was that the first thing this person said was: "Is it true that the Gu family has a treasure?"
Like thunder exploding on a sunny day, Gu Yan's feet went limp and his body became exhausted.
Yu Qing smiled coldly, "Is this money now in the hands of the old King Qi?"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Yanqi couldn't take a breath and fell straight down.
The two men were in a hurry and pinched the person desperately before they woke him up.
Gu Yanqi slowly woke up, his breath was like a gossamer, but his turbid eyes were filled with light. King Rui sent his ministers over with reproachful words, could it be...
As if a ray of light came in, Gu Yanqi suddenly realized, and his heart was filled with turmoil.
What the old King of Qi said must be false. The disaster in the Gu Mansion at this moment was not caused by King Rui but by him alone. Even King Rui was kept in the dark.
Straight mother-in-law, the Gu family... The Gu family was deceived!
Gu Yanqi's chest felt tight, his limbs were stiff, and his whole body was cold.
Now, how should he choose
Yu Qing didn't give him time to think, and threw another weighty sentence at him.
"In the whole world, there is nothing but the king's land. On the shore of the land, there is nothing but the king's ministers. If Mr. Gu doesn't tell the truth, let alone one old Qi king, even ten old Qi kings will not be able to support a single Gu family."
Gu Yanqi was made dizzy by such words.
His mouth was half open, like a fish being lifted out of the water. No matter how much he breathed, he felt like he was suffocating.
After a long time, he let out two snorts from his nose, trembling and majestic, and knelt down on the ground, choking with sobs: "The Gu family is meat on the chopping block. I have to obey. I beg King Rui to make the decision for the common people and the Gu family!"
An hour later, Yu Qing returned to Prince Rui's Mansion.
"Back to the prince, there are a total of 89.7 million taels of silver, all of which were swallowed by the old King Qi."
"Eighty-nine and seven hundred thousand taels of silver, so much?"
King Rui suddenly changed his color and slapped his palm on the desk.
Even though he was a prince, he was still stunned by the huge number.
Yu Qing lowered his head and said: "Gu Yanqi said that when the old King Qi married the princess to the Gu family, it was because of this money. When the Gu family was in trouble, it was because the old King Qi used a trick to force out this money."
King Rui had a bit of cruelty in his eyes. There was an unclear look on his face.
Yu Qing thought for a while and then said: "Gu Yanqi also said that when the old King Qi pressed him for this money, he was using your banner as the prince."
"Damn it!"
When King Rui heard this, he became furious and said, "You old King Qi, you have swallowed such a huge sum of money without saying anything behind my back."
Yu Qing said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the old King Qi is not of the same mind as us."
"Do you still need to tell me?" King Rui gritted his teeth. Isn't this something he understands? Yu Qing was choked, but he was not anxious or annoyed, and said: "Your Majesty, Qing is concerned about one thing with the heart of a villain and the heart of a gentleman."