Chapter 63 Unspeakable Concealment
When Han Jian general Gu Weipan returned home the next day, Gu Xiner looked at Han Jian with a look of surprise and incredible expression on her face and asked, "Your Highness, take it seriously?"
Han Jian smiled and said, "If you are entrusted by others, you will do your best to do your best."
Gu Xin'er bowed and said gratefully: "Thank you Your Highness. I dare to ask, when will my father come back? The mansion is ready."
Han Jian thought for a while and said, "Chief Gu said he was back after the court was dispersed, so when is it true?"
Although I don’t know when Gu Weipan will go home, Gu Xiner is still very grateful to Han Jian. After thanking him for a lot of gratitude, Gu Xiner said, “Young woman will tell her good news to her mother.” She was about to throw Han Jian away at the door and ran back to the house. After walking a few steps, Gu Xiner remembered to neglect the guests and turned around and apologized, “Forgive your Highness, my father has not returned to the house for many years. After tomorrow, the little woman will definitely come to the door to thank him.”
"Miss Gu, you are polite." Han Jian smiled reluctantly. Gu Xiner said this but she didn't mean to invite him in and sit down. It would be better for him to reunite with her family tomorrow.
Although Han Jian expected this to happen, he was still a little disappointed. However, he also understood that he had to take his feelings slowly and could not eat hot tofu in a hurry.
Watching Gu Xin'er return home, Han Jian was reluctant to look back for a long time. Zhang Xingxing, who was standing on the side, asked, "Young Master, where are you going next?"
Han Jian glanced at Zhang Xing and said, "Go back. I'm a little hungry when I say this."
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The next day, in the Ye'an Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, the queen held the details of the Shangqing Palace building that Gu Weipan Cheng had reported to him, with a satisfied smile on her face.
Gu Weipan stood respectfully, and he was also waiting for the queen's final judgment. If this detailed rule is not up to standard, he will have no choice, because when he saw Han Jian in the morning, he asked about this matter, and Han Jian said that the wild monk had left Luoyang City and traveled around the world.
After reading it, the queen put down the details and said, "The Grand Master worked hard and listed the details overnight. It is rare."
Gu Weipan's face was a bit embarrassing. Although the queen said this as a compliment, it also had a sarcastic meaning. She had not done it for a few days before. This was called going to the palace to scold her and scold her the next day.
"Share your worries to your Majesty, it is the duty of your minister." Gu Weipan quickly saluted.
"I will review the specific tower construction matters after the Ministry of Works. However, according to my opinion, this detailed rule is very detailed and there will be no big problems." The queen put down the tower construction rules and asked with interest, "Teacher Gu, I asked you before whom I asked you this tower construction plan. You are unwilling to say it. Now, can it solve my doubts?"
Gu Weipan Xin said that she still couldn't escape.
"Go back to Your Majesty, I don't know." Gu Weipan said helplessly.
The queen was surprised and said, "Ah? Master Gu doesn't know. This is really amazing. This person is skilled in construction and can be said to be a talented person. Such good materials should be used by the court. Even a hermit who is unwilling to come out of the mountain will reward him as appropriate. If the court uses it in the future, he will definitely not treat him unfairly. Does Master Gu still have any doubts in his heart?"
The Queen’s meaning is very obvious. She dares to fool her in front of me? I’ll tell you honestly, otherwise I’ll want you to be nice!
Gu Weipan cursed Han Jian in his heart, but had no choice but to confess honestly: "Return to Your Majesty, the old minister did not know who did it. This was all... the King of the East found someone..."
Under the pressure from the queen, Gu Weipan had to honestly explain and move Han Jian out. He told him about the fact that he had accidentally seen the picture in the past two days and went back to find Han Jian to find a wild monk.
"Wild Monk?" The Queen smiled and did not make a judgment.
A few years ago, she heard that Han Jian, who was a teenager, did not like to do academic research, only liked to dance with swords and swords, and was even interested in those strange and lewd skills. She also heard that the wooden house built by Han Jian when he was ten years old was very strong, and a strong wind even caused a stone house to blow down, and his wooden house was safe and sound.
The queen thought to herself: "What kind of wild monk should be the one who did it himself."
The queen did not reveal it, and this matter should be exposed, and she also talked about the cost of building a tower. Finally, the queen couldn't help asking: "According to what I heard, Grand Master Gu, you have a slight rift with the King of the East. How could the King of the East help you find that... a wild monk to make the rules for building a tower?"
Gu Weipan originally thought that this matter was over, but he didn't expect the queen to ask questions.
Originally, he didn't want to say that he was threatened by Han Jian, but he didn't dare to lie in front of the queen. Gu Weipan said helplessly: "The old minister... had no choice but to exchange conditions with the East King."
The queen smiled happily and said, "Then Master Gu, you have to talk about it."
Gu Weipan's old face turned red, and he revealed that he was forced to exchange conditions with Han Jian and promised Han Jian to go home to exchange for details. These are the privacy he didn't want to mention the least. After saying that, Gu Weipan felt that he had no place to put his old face.
After hearing this, the queen looked very calm, and she nodded slightly as if she was understanding.
The queen said, "I know that Grand Master Gu, you lost your wife in your early years, and then Xian married the daughter of Old Prime Minister Su. Now his daughter is not young, right?"
Gu Weipan didn't expect the queen to know his family background so clearly, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty is right, my little girl... is over the age of her hair."
"Yeah." The queen nodded again, "I also know that you have not returned home for many years after the death of the old prime minister Su. Therefore, someone in the court criticized you in front of me. But I also know that Grand Master Gu is not an ungrateful person... Although this time it was a difficult situation for the Dongwang to force him, Grand Master Gu went back to visit his wife and daughter, and finally fulfilled his husband's responsibility as a benevolent father."
"What Your Majesty said is extremely true." Gu Weipan felt ashamed and a cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Gu Weipan's family will not come back because he has a hidden secret.
Gu Weipan lost his wife in his early years and married Su Xiangye's youngest daughter. It was originally considered that flowers were put on cow dung, and many people jealous of him. But he knew that Su was a jealous woman. He didn't give birth to a daughter until he was thirty years old and always opposed the incident of his concubines and spreading incense. Relying on his father's support, Su made things difficult for him. In the court, Gu Weipan had to rely on his father-in-law to endure Su at home, but also raised women outside. Until Su Xiang passed away a few years ago, he finally couldn't stand it and moved out of the house and never stepped into the house again.
These are Gu Weipan's sorrows. Even though he endured criticism from others over the years, he insisted not to go home. But after all, this involves his "personality and character", and it is inevitable that the censor will gossip in front of the queen.
The queen finally said, "Since that's the case, Grand Master Gu will go back to reunite with his wife and daughter earlier, and I won't keep you for a long time."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Gu Weipan bowed again and withdrew from Ye'an Pavilion.
When he left the gate of Ye'an Pavilion, Gu Weipan sighed helplessly. He was forced to go home, but he just wanted to deal with it, but now it was the Queen's order to ask him to go home to visit, so things were not so easy to deal with. Thinking of the fragmented home, he didn't even want to think about it, let alone go back.
Before leaving the palace, Gu Weipan scolded Han Jian, who was looking for trouble again.
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At this time, Han Jian was sitting alone in front of the window seat on the second floor of Qingxu Yashe, alone bored.
In the morning, he had just sent someone to pick up Ruan Ping from the cell of Dali Temple. After two days of prison, Ruan Ping said that it was okay, but he was in a bad mood. Originally, Han Jian wanted to pull him out for a trip and let him relax, but he didn't expect that Ruan Ping would still have to review the book because the court had just issued a certificate, saying that the imperial examination would be retaken in one day.
He was about to take the exam just after he got out of the cell. Han Jian thought, would Ruan Ping have to work so hard? Even if he failed to pass the Jinshi, he would be able to make a fortune after following him in the future and insisted on squeezing his head and going to the court for no reason.
Ruan Ping had to prepare for the exam, but Sima had to rest before he recovered and could not come out. Han Jian had to go to work. In the empty yamen of the tutoring yamen, he was even more bored. He ran to Qingxuya's house for less than half an hour on duty. He thought Lin Xiaosu, who was nervous about Lin Xiaoyun's case, would come to wait for him early, but when he came over, he found that Lin Xiaosu had not come at all.
So he had to sit in Qingxu Yashu to watch the Three Kingdoms by himself, and it was the commentary book that Yang Xi gave him.
Han Jian looked at the Three Kingdoms, but his mind drifted to the Gu Mansion more than a dozen streets away. He wanted to be invited to attend the Gu family's family dinner, but unfortunately neither Gu Weipan nor Gu Xiner wanted to invite him.
After having some lunch, Han Jian was about to go to Cuiyang Tower to take a nap so that he could come and sit for another afternoon when he saw Yang Xi coming over.
"Mr. Yang, is there something wrong?" Seeing Yang Xi, Han Jian finally felt energetic, and at least he didn't have to sit alone and feel bored.
Yang Xi took out a book from his arms and said, "Brother Han... I'm just here to send you a letter to you to let you know the progress of the fraud case..."
"Corruption case?" Han Jian frowned.
"Yes, since the incident broke out yesterday, many officials in the court have been jailed..."
Yang Xi spread the book open and talked to Han Jian based on the above content. Han Jian listened roughly and summarized it in a few words. Many people were in trouble!
The Department of Justice was the leader of Jiang Yingcai, the deputy examiner of the Ministry of Rites, and dozens of people were questioned below, and some of the persons in charge of the previous two examinations were also held accountable. Han Jian looked at the list of the officials being questioned. Among them, Jiang Yingcai, the Minister of Rites, was the largest official. He was questioned not because of this imperial examination, but because his son was replaced by Su Tingxia and won the top scorer in the fifth year of the CPC.
In other words, the last person to be held accountable for this fraud case were all the little people who were not hurt, and the real big zombie was not caught. Even Han Jian noticed that Li Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, was fine, who was interested in sheltering the criminal.
Yang Xi said it was very excited because this was Yang Xi’s first case. In Yang Xi’s opinion, it was a big case, which was very fulfilling.
When Yang Xi finished speaking, Han Jian was already drowsy when he heard it.
"Are you finished?" Han Jian asked.
"Yeah." Yang Xi stood up and said, "This is the general situation. Brother Han, I want to take a step first and go to the Ministry of Justice to take a look..."
Han Jian knew that Yang Xi would not stay and accompany him to go out for a walk, so he waved his hand and said, "Go and go."
Yang Xi rushed downstairs excitedly, but Han Jian looked helpless. The court was a pool of muddy water and he didn't want to interfere at all.
Han Jian yawned and was about to take a nap at Cuiyang Tower when he saw a carriage stopping outside Qingxu Yashu House and a woman got off the carriage, which made Han Jian's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!