Gu Jingyun knocked on the table, and the sound of "dongdong" hit Erlin's heart.

Cold sweat was dripping on Er Lin's forehead, he stood in the hall with his head bowed and his hands held back, not daring to move, soon there was the sound of footsteps outside the door, Nan Feng pushed the door open and came in, respectfully said: "Master, the little one is back."

"Ask clearly?"

"Yes, I found the old man who sells glutinous rice balls diagonally across from Gu Daru's house and the boy who looks after the corner door in Lord Ouyang's house, and recorded all the people who visited their house in the past three days. Here is the list." Nan Feng Handing over the list, he squeezed his hands and said, "It's just that the people they have contacted outside can only be found out tomorrow."

Gu Jingyun scanned the lists at a glance, pointed at "Wei Yuan" at the end, and said, "No need, find a way to find out which external officials you met in the six books of Ouyang Shangshu recently, and the conversation time lasted for more than a quarter of an hour. Especially Lan Qian, the right servant of the household department, find out what he said when he talked with Ouyang Shangshu."

Nanfeng immediately took the order to retreat.

Seeing the master's deep gaze, Erlin trembled in his heart, and he didn't dare to disturb him, but Qingxi Academy is about to end, if he doesn't remind the master to pick up his wife, he won't blame him when he recovers , will definitely punish him.

So Erlin could only take a step forward and said tremblingly, "Master, it's already time."

Gu Jingyun regained his senses, looked out the window, and saw that the sun had already set, he hurriedly got up and adjusted his clothes, and said proudly: "Let's go, go to the academy."

Erlin breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly bowed and stepped aside, waiting for Gu Jingyun to leave first.

When the two of them drove the carriage to Qingxi Academy before school time, Erlin parked the carriage on the left side of the academy and waited for Li Baolu to come out.

Gu Jingyun, on the other hand, leaned in the carriage and closed his eyes in thought.

Early this morning, as soon as he learned that the princesses and princesses of Tatar were all arranged in Baolu's class, he knew that Baolu had been tricked.

But her identity is there, how many people in the capital dare not look at the faces of the Qin family and the crown prince to plot against her?

Rather than scheming against her, it's better that the sword light is aimed at him behind her!

But now with such power and courage, there are only a few candidates left.

Since the other party chose not to come forward in person, but used Gu Daru and Ouyang Shangshu, it is not difficult to find out.

It was enough to exclude the people they had met in the past few days one by one.

If someone else came forward, it might be difficult for Gu Jingyun to find out who is behind the scenes. After all, this situation can be laid out very early, and now in the first month of the lunar year, there are so many people who meet each other during the New Year. The arrangement at this time is simply wonderful, unless Gu Daru and Ouyang Shangshu speak up, it will be difficult to know who gave them this idea.

But Gu Jingyun just stopped Ouyang Shangshu outside the court hall and asked him.

Although he had little contact with the Minister of Rites, he also knew that he was too pedantic. If no one reminded him, he would never have thought of intervening in the admission of the Tatar princess and princess.

So he stopped Ouyang Shangshu, smiled and asked him directly why he thought of arranging the Tatar princess and princess into his wife's class, did he trust his wife so much?

Ouyang Shangshu didn't think too much, and said bluntly: "Princess Muge has a noble status, and Princess Naren has an arrogant personality. After they enter Qingxi Academy, I am afraid that other gentlemen will find it difficult to calm them down, and your lady is not only talented, but also behind her back. With you as your backer, it is more suitable than other gentlemen, so I proposed to Mr. Su Shan. What, Gu Shi said, is it because I have caused a problem for your lady?"

Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "The problem is real, but it is not necessarily the fault of the lord, but I am just curious about how the lord has always been indifferent to the affairs of the inner house, so why did he think of my wife?"

Ouyang Shangshu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's thanks to Lord Lan's reminder, otherwise I would not have thought of this, and it's also that Princess Naren is too difficult to deal with. I'm really afraid that they will enroll other female students instead. If you are taught badly, then you have to do something else."

"Lan Qian, the right servant of the household department?"

"Exactly." Ouyang Shangshu squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Jingyun suspiciously, and asked, "Why does Gu Shisuo seem unhappy? Is there something else I don't know?"

Although Ouyang Shangshu is pedantic, after all, he has been in the officialdom for many years, and Gu Jingyun asked so many questions, he already sensed that something was wrong.

Gu Jingyun smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, it's just that Gu is a little curious."

Although he asked Ouyang Shangshu and guessed that he was not the one who designed him behind, Gu Jingyun still asked people to inquire again carefully to confirm.

Lan Qian's brother-in-law, Zuo Ming, is the magistrate of Zhangzhou, and Zuo Ming's wife is Peng Dan's concubine sister. Lan Qian is not very close to Peng Dan on the surface, but Gu Jingyun comes from a rich family, so he is most familiar with the old relationship of these in-laws.

Everyone's various etiquettes may be normal, and what is shown in everyone's eyes is all etiquette, but no one knows what the relationship is in private.

However, Wei Yuan, who came to Gu Da Confucianism to visit and learn, his father was Peng Dan's disciple.

Gu Jingyun never slacked off trying to figure out others with the most sinister intentions. Peng Dan was already on his suspicion list. When he heard Lan Qian's name from Ouyang Shangshu in the morning, he was 60% suspicious of him. Just now he saw Lan Qian on the list. Wei Yuan's name, the suspicion reached eight points.

There are two points left to wait for the subsequent investigation.

Gu Jingyun sneered in his heart, no matter who dared to drag Baolu into the water to plot against him, he would never let him go.

He thinks that he is tolerant enough to the courtiers. He is only an official but not in power. He only studies in the Imperial Academy and teaches in Qingxi Academy. He has given up a lot of political resources. He does not ask them to be grateful, at least they do not to mess with him.

Do you really think it's because of the emperor's will that he doesn't hold real power?

Gu Jingyun was only 80% sure and was still in the stage of doubt, while Li Baolu was affirmative directly.

As soon as she got into the carriage and saw Gu Jingyun, she immediately complained: "Jingyun, we were tricked by Peng Dan. It turned out that Qimuge and Naren were arranged by him in my class."

Gu Jingyun: "..."

Gu Jingyun opened his eyes, looked his wife up and down in surprise, and asked, "How do you know?"

In his heart, he quietly dispelled Peng Dan's suspicion by two points. He felt that Peng Dan could get to this point in the officialdom, so he should not be noticed by his wife in just half a day. Could it be that someone framed him?

If he hadn't taken a detailed list of official in-laws from him when he helped the present seize the throne, and had focused on studying Peng Dan in an attempt to regain the power of the prince's line from him, he would not have noticed Lan Qian, Wei Yuan and Peng Dan. Relationship.

Li Baolu pouted, "Na Ren said it herself!"

After finishing speaking, I told him everything about today, and my mouth was dry, and I finally let out a breath after drinking two cups of tea: "I just seriously thought about why Peng Dan did this. Thinking about it, is it because uncle threatened his status?"

"But it's crazy that I can't hurt my uncle." Li Baolu curled her lips and said, "Even if I really can't help but fight with Na Ren, does it have anything to do with uncle?"

"It has nothing to do with uncle, but it has something to do with me," Gu Jingyun said with a smile: "You forgot, I am your husband, and any mistakes you make will be endorsed by me. I think I know why he is like this."

Li Baolu looked at him with piercing eyes.

"From years ago to now, the rumors that His Majesty wants to reuse me have never disappeared, and once I gain real power, how long do you think it will take for me to succeed my uncle in the cabinet at my age?"

Li Baolu hesitated, "Ten years?"

Gu Jingyun smiled slightly, "Let's say it's ten years. Peng Dan is forty-eight this year, and Peng Yu is twenty-six. His eldest grandson is eight years old. Peng Yu was not born as a Jinshi, but was directly enrolled as an official from the grandson's companion. Now he is in the Prince's Mansion Although it is also an official position appointed by the imperial court, it is very different, and he will not be able to enter the cabinet in the future, and it will be difficult even for the third rank, unless he puts all his efforts to take the imperial examination."

"Peng Dan has a quota of kindness, even if Peng Yu wants to take the exam, it's not difficult. You can start directly from the general examination. As long as you enter the list, even if you don't have the chance to enter the cabinet in the future, it should not be difficult for the second and third rank feudal officials," Li Baolu said. Said: "The prince misses the old love very much. When he was in danger, Peng Yu would give up his life for him."

"That's right," Gu Jingyun nodded, "But Peng Dan won't be satisfied with this, so his goal is on his grandson."

"As long as he lives a little longer, it will be no problem to be a cabinet boss for another fourteen or five years, and Peng Yu will not be too bad with his connections in the court. He will support his in-laws or relatives at this time. Therefore, someone took over his position as the elder of the pavilion and passed on his connections. When his grandson grew up and reciprocated, the successor would naturally give his resources to his grandson. In this way, the Peng family could save another fifty years. The scenery of the year."

"But the premise is that no one squeezes him out, and his senior position is passed on to the next person according to his own wish."

Gu Jingyun proudly raised his head and said, "And if I start to take over the real power, do you think his plan can still come true?"

Li Baolu stared at him blankly, falling in love with his proud appearance.

Gu Jingyun didn't know it, and sneered arrogantly: "But he forgot that the most indispensable thing in this world is variables. People can count the sky, but they certainly can't count the people in the world. Even if I claim to be smart, I dare not Fifty years after he said that, no one surpassed me in talent. He actually started to plot against me for these illusory rights."

"Then it must be because you are too powerful and put a lot of pressure on him." Li Baolu was not angry at the moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have made many people afraid. This is a good thing, and it shows that you are very sharp."

Gu Jingyun couldn't help but patted her forehead, and said dumbfoundedly: "Silly girl, now that you've been tricked, can you still laugh?"

"It's okay, I've already beaten her to the ground. You don't know, Na Ren has a fierce face, but she's just an idiot inside, so stupid that I can't kill her." What Li Baolu said was true, she went to find her. Na Renshi went there with the intention of inquiring, but she didn't expect that she would tell the other party as soon as she asked, and she was so bold that she was embarrassed to play tricks.

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