Jinyang Academy.
When Di Jin brought Guo Chengshou to the place where he lived, he found an old figure sitting in the courtyard, looking towards the horizon dreamily.
When the two of them walked behind, Mr. Ge heard the sound of footsteps, turned around and saw Guo Chengshou, his eyes widened suddenly, and he rushed over: "Young Master! Young Master! Are you okay?!"
Not to mention that Guo Chengshou was at a loss, even Di Jin was startled, because the look of ecstasy on the old man's eyebrows was definitely not fake.
Could it be that his previous analysis was wrong and the old servant was not the real murderer?
Guo Chengshou obviously thought so too. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'm fine! Di Shilin exposed Hao Qingyu's true identity. He left a letter early and became physical evidence. My suspicion has been cleared!"
"letter?"
Elder Ge's expression changed imperceptibly, and he subconsciously looked at Di Jin.
Di Jin also looked over without blinking.
When the two sides' eyes met, Ge Lao's eyes flickered and he ducked away.
Di Jin calmed down and said: "In the past plagiarism incident, it was the conspirators who informed Hao Qingyu that he would induce Liu Changyan to appear in the academy and pretend to be the master of it... Mr. Ge, who do you think this person is? "
Elder Ge was silent for a moment, took three steps back, slowly knelt down, and slammed his head on the ground: "Old slave, you deserve to die!"
Guo Chengshou froze: "Really...is it really you?"
Mr. Ge said in a dull voice: "Hao Qingyu was poisoned by an old slave, and he is willing to go to the Yamen to plead guilty and obey the law!"
Guo Chengshou hissed: "Why? Why do you do this?"
Di Jin said: "You should know that if you just admit yourself as the murderer without any explanation, then in the eyes of the outside world, this is just a loyal servant taking the blame for his master, and Guo Langjun will be even more infamous!"
Mr. Ge's eyes fluctuated and his lips trembled, but he finally said: "There is no reason."
Di Jin frowned: "Now that the matter has come to this, you shouldn't take any chances. At your age, the only motive is hatred for your family. Judging from the reaction just now, you and Guo Langjun have no hatred, then All that is left is to consider your family. With the power of the Guo family, whether it is looking for your family members who were separated in the famine or the flow of your employment money in the past few years, they can clearly find out... If that time comes, you will not only If you can’t save your family, it will harm them!”
Mr. Ge closed his eyes and said slowly after a moment: "Liu Changyan is the son of Lao Nu, the youngest son!"
The courtyard was quiet for a moment.
"What?"
Guo Chengshou's eyes widened and he was inexplicably shocked: "How can he be your son?"
Ge Laodao said: "Back then, when I was fleeing famine, I had three sons and two daughters. Two of them starved to death and two were sold. The youngest was also separated halfway. I thought I would never see each other again in this life. Unexpectedly, Liu Jieyuan came to visit you a few years ago. When the slave was pouring wine for him, he saw the birthmark on his neck, and the facial features looked so much like his mother's, how could he not recognize my biological son?"
Guo Chengshou couldn't understand: "If that's the case, why don't you recognize him?"
Ge Lao smiled bitterly: "He is the leader of Yizhou Jieyuan, and I am an old slave from a wealthy family. If other scholars knew that he had such a father, they would gossip... Besides, at that time, the old slave was smart and did something What a big mistake! The old slave secretly copied the young master's unfinished poems and sent them to my son's house, asking him to correct them in advance!"
Guo Chengshou finally understood: "No wonder Liu Changyan's poems always suit my liking every time we sing and sing at banquets! I thought I was very talented, but it turned out that you stole my lyrics and gave them to him in advance? What do you think?" It’s so… so painstaking!”
"Those were the happiest days of my life. The master took a fancy to my son's talent. My son received the courtesy of the master. If he can be recommended for an official position, he will have a bright future in the future..."
There was a look of reminiscence in Mr. Ge's eyes, and a deep regret: "Unexpectedly, he was already a cup of wine. After failing the tribute examination, he became addicted to alcohol. Gradually, he seemed to be in a trance. He actually thought that those The poem was originally his work, and after seeing the Young Master's "Yutang Collection", I became even more furious!"
Guo Chengshou felt unbelievable: "It's actually like this...It's actually like this..."
Di Jin even sighed.
Before, Liu Changyan was righteous and confident, and did not feel that he was being slandered at all. He even laughed at himself that a boy from a humble family would dare to slander a powerful man. His tone was indeed able to win people's trust.
Because in his eyes, those poems and articles were his own creations, but he didn't know that he had a father he had never recognized who was secretly helping him. In the end, he was not helping and ended up like this...
Speaking of this, Mr. Ge burst into tears: "Master, I can't help you. All these troubles are caused by me!"
Guo Chengshou's expression became cold: "Liu Changyan has been in Fenzhou in the past few years. You went to Fenzhou for shopping half a year ago, and you looked strange for a few days when you came back. At that time, you thought of using this matter to blackmail me?"
Di Jin said: "Liu Changyan lives in embarrassment and has no confidence. He doesn't even dare to accept the name of Jieyuan. Could it be that you committed this case to make him no longer afraid of the Guo family and revive his desire to take the imperial examination?" ?”
Mr. Ge shook his head desperately: "How dare I have such unreasonable thoughts? It's just that my son has become more and more drunk in the past few years. I give away a lot of monthly salary, and I am worried that the Guo family will find out and have no choice but to give away a lot of money." , he was seduced by Hao Prison and made a big mistake! He proposed to give half of the money he extorted to my son. With this money, no matter what, he will be able to have food and clothing for the rest of his life..."
Guo Chengshou asked: "Then why did you kill Hao Qingyu in the end?"
Mr. Ge whispered: "I thought that the young master would agree because he didn't want to say anything. Unexpectedly, the young master would rather expose Hao Qingyu than give him money. When he left that night, Hao Qingyu had a ferocious look on his face, muttering that he wanted me to Go to the county government office, go to the state government office to get this matter out of the way..."
"This is to use my son and force him to go to a dead end!"
"After hearing this, the old slave became murderous. Taking advantage of the opportunity of letting Hao Qingyu support the young master, he poured Gelsemium into the tea bowl. Hao Qingyu did not guard against me at all and drank the tea in one gulp..."
Guo Chengshou was stunned and speechless.
Di Jin frowned slightly: "If it was an impromptu decision, why did you hide Gelsemium early and keep it with you at all times?"
Elder Ge sighed and said: "Hao Prison often extorts, and his status is high. The old slave is old. I am worried that he will regret it later, so I bring this thing to defend myself... I have also thought that if he is greedy and blindly blackmails, then by The old slave will poison it to death and eliminate the trouble!"
Di Jin asked again: "These plans were all thought up by your Excellency alone?"
Mr. Ge smiled bitterly: "Young master Di, you must have underestimated this old slave. The old slave has a lot of knowledge, but he didn't expect that Pan County Lieutenant inexplicably identified the weak man as the murderer, and then found the master, and finally killed him. The young master was convicted because of the evidence of Gelsemium sinensis. The old slave was timid for a while and finally did not dare to admit it, so he was allowed to bear the infamy. He really deserves to die! Damn it! Damn it!"
Seeing the old slave kowtowing desperately, Guo Chengshou lost all pity: "There is no need to be so hypocritical. What you have done is to cover up for Liu Changyan. You would rather that I was unjustly convicted than that Liu Changyan be implicated in any way. To rectify his name in disguise, and completely blame the plagiarism on my head! It’s ridiculous that I thought you grew up with me and regarded me as your son... Ha! I just want you to kiss me again, how can it be compared to the real thing? Blood relatives?"
boom!
Elder Ge knocked his head on the ground, his voice paused, and for a long time, he never uttered a word again.
