Gu Yu had the urge to hit someone. This Su Zhongfu had a saintly heart and didn't follow any rules.
It seems that he has not been promoted for so many years. It is probably not only because he does not want to be promoted, but also because he is really dull.
She tried her best to make her tone less sharp: "You should be lucky that I happened to hear the Holy Lord's discussion outside the Qinzheng Hall, so that I had the opportunity to offer suggestions and have a symposium to redress their grievances. Otherwise, for you to let go
Fighting, I don’t know how many innocent souls I have to pay for.”
Su Zhongfu said: "I know that Prince Gu has a grievance in his heart and has devoted a lot to the reform of the imperial examination system. I sincerely thank Prince Gu for those students in the world and ask Prince Gu to accept Zhongfu's worship."
After saying that, Su Zhongfu knelt down in front of her and gave her a great salute.
Gu Yu said condescendingly: "Magistrate Su, I'm not here tonight to ask for credit from you. I want to understand why some people want to let Zhu Jianchun die at any cost."
Su Zhongfu knelt straight, his thick eyebrows knitted together, and said: "I really don't know the details. Inciting students to riot is just following the trend."
After hearing this, Gu Yu just wanted to kick him in the head: "Since you don't know the details, why did you ask the eldest princess to save Zhu Jianchun? Have you ever thought about what if the eldest princess can't tell you the details behind it?"
Or are you saying that you remember your wife’s suffering in “Green Plum Song” and deliberately put the eldest princess into danger?”
Su Zhongfu immediately raised his hands and swore: "If I have such a despicable heart, I will be struck by thunder from the sky, and I will not be reincarnated after death."
Even in the shadows of the room, Gu Yu could still see Su Zhongfu's excitement.
Ancient people took oaths very seriously, and now that his mood has reached the point of swearing, the time to tell the truth is getting closer and closer.
Gu Yu continued to provoke him: "But now that Zhu Jianchun is dead, the eldest princess has also contacted the great scholar, and I have promoted Zhu Jianchun's virtues among the students.
The joint letter that was promised has now become empty talk, and there has been such a big fuss. A good symposium has been stained before it even started.
What do you think His Majesty will think of those excited students, you and me, and the eldest princess?"
Looking at Su Zhongfu who was already stunned, Gu Yu didn't give him any room to think and said:
"He will feel that the students are just following the wind and are of no use. You and I are ruining the glorious record of the Talking Conference in the history books and are derelict in our duties. The eldest princess colluded with the great Confucian scholars and the students, and Si Chen has a wrong mind."
"Magistrate Su, can you bear the charges?"
Su Zhongfu was completely deceived by what she said and couldn't understand these words at all. He only knew that he seemed to have made a big mistake and was unable to make up for it.
Gu Yu curled her lips and smiled from an angle he couldn't see, just to catch you off guard and have no time to think, so you can only follow my rhythm.
She followed the temptation and helped Su Zhongfu up: "Magistrate Su, the only way to solve this matter now is to find out why Zhu Jianchun was killed. Give an explanation to the students and an explanation to the Holy One."
Su Zhongfu said: "I really don't know the specific truth."
Gu Yu's face froze, and the anger suppressed in his heart was about to explode, when he heard him say again: "I just know that this matter is not a trivial matter."
Gu Yu asked: "Why is it so extraordinary?"
Su Zhongfu sighed and said: "I asked him the same thing in prison that day, but he said that telling me about it was just a matter of several people accompanying him to death, and he refused to say more to me.
As expected, someone was trying to test me later, but fortunately I really didn’t know, otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have been able to make such a big fuss.”
Gu Yu was completely impatient: "Magistrate Su, just tell me everything you know."
Su Zhongfu said: "I only know that Zhu Jianchun had an engagement when he was young, and his fiancée was later kidnapped. When we met again, her fiancée had become a skinny horse raised by the Yang family.
Zhu Jianchun took the exam under his false name, not only to treat his mother's illness, but also to ask Master Yang for the thin horse. The secret that Zhu Jianchun knows is very likely to be related to the thin horse."
A thin horse is not a horse. Thin women are regarded as beautiful in the south of the Yangtze River. Some businessmen will raise some beautiful and thin women, train them, and then treat them as goods and present them to officials in order to gain some benefits in some aspects.
To put it bluntly, it is bribery with beauty.
She has long heard that some officials in the south of the Yangtze River do not like gold and silver but prefer thin horses. It has become a twisted popular trend for wealthy businessmen to raise thin horses.
Since it is a thin horse, the Yang family does not want to enjoy it for themselves, otherwise they can just keep it as a concubine.
Therefore, the thin horse must be sent to the hands of a big shot. This big shot is most likely the person who is chasing Zhu Jianchun.
"Is that thin horse still alive?" Although Gu Yu asked this, he already had the answer in his heart. Zhu Jianchun's mother was already dead, and this thin horse would definitely not survive either.
Su Zhongfu shook his head: "I'm afraid it's more bad than good."
Gu Yu then asked: "Which Yang family is the parent family?"
Su Zhongfu had already checked the Yang family and said directly, "It's not a famous family. This family is just an ordinary salt merchant. Its influence in Jiangnan is nothing."
"It's strange that an ordinary salt merchant can have such a big and dark secret."
Gu Yu's thoughts were racing at high speed. The most serious thing she could think of that an ordinary salt merchant could do was to sell illegal salt.
But to be honest, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Selling private salt is something that a salt merchant has probably done before.
But ordinary salt merchants, with limited salt mines, are overwhelmed by how much they can sell.
Why is it worth blowing up the official ship and killing Zhu Jianchun?
Also, who is that thin horse going to donate to?
Su Zhongfu gave too little information.
"You just said that someone was trying to test you, who was that person?" Gu Yu asked.
Su Zhongfu smiled bitterly: "Too many."
"How much?" Gu Yu frowned again.
"During that time, I was inciting students to riot while at the same time trying to keep Zhu Jianchun safe. I was like a warrior, and I felt that everyone was a suspect. My master, the servants in the government, even the old woman selling vegetables on the street, the farmer who greeted me, etc., they
Every sentence seems to have a meaning, but upon closer inspection, I feel that it does not." Su Zhongfu said distressedly.
Gu Yu was once again angered by his incompetence.
After all, he is a prostitute, so why is his ambition so fragile?
Gu Yudao: "Let me ask you, did you deliberately let him out about the fraud in the examination room, or did he ask you to let it out?"
Su Zhongfu said: "It's me. I had a premonition that this matter might be an opportunity for poor students, so I wanted to take advantage of the situation.
I'm worried that he will mind if his reputation is damaged. After all, students all over the world hate cheating, and he will definitely be reviled when this comes out.
But when I told him, he actually agreed, saying that doing something for the students before dying could be considered as doing something for the students. He also said that when he participated in the fraud, he was mentally prepared to be scolded by others.
Let me just go ahead and do it without worrying too much. I really admire this kind of magnanimity."
Gu Yu grasped the key point: "He knew that he would definitely die?"
Su Zhongfu nodded and asked again: "Dare you ask Prince Gu, how did Zhu Jianchun die?"
Gu Yu narrowed her eyes slightly and said deliberately: "Suicide by diving on the boat."