The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

Chapter 146 An old case, Lin Feng goes to Jiangnan!

"Cousin, we saved Gu Yong... If Song Pu ends up putting all the blame on Gu Yong, then our plan will fail."

"You can rest assured about this matter. The emperor and his officials are not stupid. The Gu family will not be able to escape."

Gu Jingzhi smiled faintly, then asked, "Have Liu Sandao and the others settled down?"

"Yes, they are all in the mansion now. Gu Yong has also been secretly detained there."

"Okay, tell them... don't go out outside until the other witnesses from Jeju Prefecture arrive in Beijing."

"Ok!"

Lin Feng responded silently, then said, "Cousin, I received a letter from my eldest brother today. He is now a captain of the border army and is deeply trusted by General Li."

"Hurrah!"

Gu Jingzhi said happily: "Cousin Chong is indeed a natural-born military talent. It hasn't been long since he was promoted to the rank of captain."

"It's all thanks to my cousin."

Lin Feng said with a smile: "If it weren't for my cousin's previous plan to burn the Beili army's food supplies in one battle, I'm afraid it would not be so easy for my brother to get promoted in the military."

“That’s what they risked their lives for.”

Gu Jingzhi had no intention of taking credit for himself. Instead, he asked with a smile, "What about Chang'an? As a captain, he must have been promoted as well, right?"

"Well, Brother Chang'an is now a fifth-rank general."

"Oh?"

Gu Jingzhi burst out laughing: "That's three levels in a row!"

Before, Chang An was only a seventh-rank captain, but now he is a general, which is extremely rare in the army.

Lin Feng smiled and nodded.

Gu Jingzhi looked at him and said, "You did make contributions in that battle, but I didn't invite you to any reward. You don't mind, right?"

"What are you talking about, cousin?"

Lin Feng quickly waved his hands and said, "Compared to being an official, I would rather stay with my cousin. Besides, this is also what my grandfather wanted. Now that my eldest brother has gone to the border, if I also become an official, my cousin will have fewer people around him to use."

"Ok!"

Gu Jingzhi just smiled when he heard this, and then asked, "Is it possible to get the things from the Jiang family's old house?"

"Fortunately, I have achieved my goal and got it!"

Lin Feng pulled out a booklet from his bosom and said with a wry smile, "That Minister Jiang is really good at hiding things. If he hadn't been more careful, this thing wouldn't have been easy to find."

Gu Jingzhi took the booklet and said silently, "He has reason to be cautious. This booklet is about the changes in the world situation."

As he spoke, he opened the booklet and began to read slowly.

Before he knew it, Gu Jingzhi was engrossed in reading. He didn't know how much time had passed. He closed the book and thought silently.

"Cousin, is there any problem?" Lin Feng asked in confusion.

Gu Jingzhi shook his head and murmured, "I just feel weird."

"Strange? Did you discover something strange?"

"Ok!"

Gu Jingzhi nodded and said, "This booklet records the crimes of the aristocratic families in Jiangnan. The case was well-investigated and the evidence is complete. But why didn't they report it at the time?"

Lin Feng was stunned and asked, "Cousin, do you mean that the contents of this booklet are enough to convict the Jiangnan family? Yet those two adults didn't expose the matter?"

"Yeah. That's the weirdest part."

Gu Jingzhi really couldn't understand why Jiang Ming, as an imperial envoy inspecting various places in Jiangnan, had accomplished all the tasks but ended up like that.

"Cousin, why don't you ask Tao'er? She might know something."

"Tao'er?"

Gu Jingzhi's idea moved him, and he immediately asked Tao'er, who was guarding outside, to come in.

Tao'er looked at Gu Jingzhi blankly and asked, "Master, do you have any instructions?"

"Ah."

Gu Jingzhi shook the book in his hand and said, "This is something your father left behind. I'm curious, if this book had been given to His Majesty, your family and the Guo family wouldn't have been in such trouble."

"???"

Tao'er was stunned and said, "So, why didn't my father have any, didn't have any..."

"I need to ask you about this."

Gu Jingzhi agreed.

"ask me?"

Tao'er was stunned for a moment, then said, "But I don't know anything. Dad told me where the things were stored and told me to live well. If I ever meet a good official like you who works for the people, I can ask him for help..."

"..."

Gu Jingzhi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is that all?"

"that's it!"

Tao'er blinked, then seemed to have thought of something. She said, "But Daddy was very strange at that time. He kept saying he was sorry for us. I had never seen Daddy like that before. Not long after that, Daddy was arrested, and our family was thrown into prison. In the end..."

Tao'er's eyes welled up with tears, as if she was thinking of the miserable plight of her family.

"In the end, my family... the men were sentenced to exile, and the women..."

Tao'er covered her mouth but could no longer speak.

Gu Jingzhi sighed silently.

It seems that something really happened at that time, otherwise Jiang Ming would not have chosen to surrender in the end despite having absolute advantage.

The key point is that the same is true for Minister Guo.

What are they going to do?

After thinking about it for a long time, he still had no clue, so Gu Jingzhi had to give up.

He waved his hand, signaling Taoer to leave.

After Tao'er left, Gu Jingzhi said with a wry smile, "If the mystery here can't be solved, I'm afraid this evidence will be greatly diminished."

Lin Feng nodded silently.

If they were dealing with just an ordinary person, this evidence would be enough to kill someone several times.

But facing the aristocratic families...

To put it bluntly, most of the world's elites come from aristocratic families. Any flimsy evidence may lead to the case fizzling out and eventually becoming unresolved.

Gu Jingzhi took the risk of offending the world's aristocratic families. If the result in the end was just a painless one, he would suffer a great loss.

"Cousin, do you think Jiang and Guo... could have been threatened?"

"threaten?"

Gu Jingzhi frowned and said, "We can't rule out this possibility..."

But what methods did those noble families use?

If there is a threat to someone, the best one is a handle or... family members.

There might be evidence against him, but it's unlikely that his family would have any evidence against him.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Jiang Ming could not have been unaware that if he was convicted, his family would certainly not be able to escape.

In this case, it doesn't matter whether you threaten or not.

He thought for a moment and said, "Brother Feng, I need you to do something for me."

"Going to Jiangnan?"

Lin Feng asked subconsciously.

Gu Jingzhi smiled and nodded, saying, "Take a look at this booklet too. You can try to verify the names of the people in it."

"okay!"

When Lin Feng heard that Gu Jingzhi allowed him to act alone, he immediately became excited.

Gu Jingzhi warned, "When you go to Jiangnan, you must not disturb anyone. Although this incident happened two years ago, two years is not a long time. You must be extremely careful and not alert the enemy."

"Don't worry, cousin. I will be careful."

"Alright! I don't have any other helpers to give you this time. You'll have to rely on yourself for everything. Besides..."

Gu Jingzhi pondered for a moment and said, "If possible, find a way to find out why Jiang Ming and the other two suppressed this matter in the first place..."