The two of them chatted for a while, but Gu Chengye resigned temporarily on the grounds of hosting a banquet for Rong Cang and went to the government office alone.
Chen Shan was drinking tea with the seventh and eighth princes. When he heard that Gu Chengye was coming, he quickly got up and went out to greet them.
The Seventh Prince Rong Li and the Eighth Prince Rong Yangze were sitting on chairs on the ground, waiting for Gu Chengye to come in and pay their respects.
"Eldest Young Master." Chen Shan walked to the courtyard and bowed his hands in salute, "Have you met His Highness the War King?"
Gu Chengye looked calm: "The War King will leave early tomorrow morning."
"Leaving in such a hurry?" Chen Shan was surprised, "I thought he would stay in Shuozhou for a while."
"The sooner we leave, the better. If he stays here for one more day, I will feel uneasy." Gu Chengye said, walking straight towards the inner hall without stopping.
"The eldest son." Chen Shan quickly pulled his sleeves, pointed to the inner hall, and spoke in a low voice, "The seventh prince and the eighth prince are both here."
Gu Chengye's expression moved slightly and his expression became slightly better.
Ever since these two princes came to Shuozhou, they were like animals being released into the mountains and forests, and they were no longer seen.
In fact, they stayed at the Hualou Casino all day long, and were taken by people arranged by Chen Shan to see all kinds of "worldly things", and they had a lot of fun.
The euphemistic name is to go out to investigate cases, but in fact they are just enjoying life.
Even though they were so out of tune, Chen Shan was still very enthusiastic towards them, and money was poured out to them like flowing water, without feeling any distress at all.
Of course, the money is not wasted.
He got a lot of useful information from the two princes. For example, the War King investigated the case just to accumulate merit. Although he was a good fighter, he was always plotted by others in the court and suffered several losses. He also divorced his wife. He was punished by the emperor with twenty sticks.
For example, His Highness the War King wanted to take a concubine, but he was worried about the tigress at home.
For example, Princess Zhan is a prodigal woman. A woman from a small family has no idea of gentleness and virtuousness. She only knows how to compete with royal princesses and princesses and famous ladies. She wears gold and silver and spends a lot of money on Prince Zhan. She always goes against others. Today she offends the Protector of the Country, and tomorrow she offends Princess Chen. All in all, she is not a good wife.
Even because Princess Zhan made enemies everywhere, the situation escalated to the point where both King Zhan and King Yu became mortal enemies.
For example, the War King was recently trying to find a way to ask for money from the treasury, but the 400,000-strong army consumed a huge amount of money. The Emperor believed that the war in the north had ended, so he should reduce the number of troops and horses, reduce expenditures, and reduce the burden on the court. However, the War King was reluctant to reduce the troops and horses, so he decided to Find ways to raise military spending.
For example, Prince Chen and his wife were recently ordered by the emperor to confine themselves to reflect for a few days because of their marital discord, and wait for the Qianqiu Banquet before entering the palace.
A lot of seemingly fake and real news was revealed, which made Chen Shan and Gu Chengye more and more convinced that the War King came here just to make money.
Therefore, after Rong Cang did not hesitate to send the evidence of the death of Prince Yu's Mansion and Duke Hu Guo's Mansion back to the capital, Gu Chengye did not suspect his ulterior motives.
Because King War and King Yu are mortal enemies.
Rong Cang was probably eager to have such a pile of evidence to use.
Thinking of this, Gu Chengye couldn't help but smile on his face, and walked into the inner hall quickly: "I heard that the seventh prince and the eighth prince are here, and the common people came here to pay their respects."
Rong Li frowned and glanced at Chen Shan: "Who is this person?"
Chen Shan respectfully introduced: "This is the eldest son of the Gu family, Gu Chengye."
"Gu family?" Rong Yang looked confused, "Which Gu family?"
Chen Shan smiled coquettishly: "He is the Gu family from Jizhou City, the cousin of His Royal Highness the King of War."
As soon as these words came out, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince quickly put down their teacups and stood up to greet Gu Chengye: "It turns out that this is the ancestral home of Brother Sixth Emperor. I have admired the name for a long time! Just now, the two of us were blind and could not recognize Mount Tai, and we still looked at the eldest son Gu Duoduo. Haihan.”
A light flashed in Gu Chengye's eyes.
The subconscious reactions of the two people can further verify some things. Obviously they came to investigate the case with the King of War, but they blurted out that it was "the ancestral home of Brother Sixth Emperor". This shows that King Chen is more powerful in the court.
After all, everyone is interested in profit.
These twins have always been powerless. I heard that they were made county kings just this year. They have been in the palace for more than 20 years and have been ignored by others. I'm afraid they are very aggrieved. They are obviously older than the war king, so they deserve it. Ranked before the King of War, but his title and power are far inferior to that of the King of War, I am afraid that I am already out of balance.
Gu Chengye politely asked them to sit down, then sat down on the side and poured himself a cup of tea: "His Royal Highness the War King has decided to return early tomorrow morning, and the two princes should also go back together. Let Master Chen prepare well tonight One table for your two highnesses to practice."
"Early tomorrow morning?" Rong Yang was surprised, "Why are you walking so fast? I...I haven't had enough fun yet."
Rong Li frowned: "Didn't you say that it will take at least a month or two to investigate the case?"
"The case is actually very simple and it doesn't take that long." Gu Chengye said with a smile, "His Royal Highness King Zhan said that the Queen's Qianqiu Banquet is coming soon, and he wants to rush back before the Qianqiu Banquet."
"The Queen's Qianqiu Banquet?" Rong Yang was puzzled, "In previous years, wasn't it only the imperial concubines who celebrated the Qianqiu Banquet? Why is it the Queen's turn this year?"
"She shouldn't be the Queen." Rong Li frowned, as if he was a little unsure, "Although the King of War and the Queen have been getting closer recently, my father doesn't seem to like to involve the Xie family in party disputes. This time he specially sent Uncle Xie Xiaoguo, isn’t it just to supervise the war king?”
Supervise the King of War?
Gu Chengye couldn't help but look at Chen Shan.
So, Prince War doesn’t have the support of many courtiers in the court?
No wonder he was eager to win over the Gu family.
It was a lie to come to investigate the case this time, but it was true to seize the excuse and let the Gu family use it for him.
"Forget it, let's go to another courtyard and ask." Rong Yang put down the tea cup, a little anxious, "I want to visit Shuozhou for a few more days. I've only been to the 'Spring Breeze' once, and I didn't even board the boat. The last two times were really disappointing.”
The two princes stood up, said their goodbyes, and left in a hurry.
Gu Chengye and Chen Shan sent them out.
After the two left, Chen Shan said with some worry: "If the War King really leaves, wouldn't the eldest son worry about what he will do to the Gu family when he returns to the capital?"
"It's too late for him to win over the Gu family now." Gu Chengye sneered, "Besides, he just asked me for five million taels of silver last night. Do you think he will deal with the Gu family?"
Five million taels?
Chen Shan was speechless: "His Royal Highness, War King, has a big appetite."
"They say it's for army supplies, but in fact they're just looking for an excuse to satisfy their own greed. They're all the same thing." Gu Chengye closed his eyes, "But that's fine. We can handle weaknesses and greed, otherwise I really want to There is a way for him to stay in Shuozhou."
"Is there any movement over there, Mr. Six?"
"There shouldn't be any for the time being." A look of disdain appeared on Gu Chengye's face, and he turned back to the inner hall, "A person who only serves people with sex wants to compete with me for the position of the head of the family? I really don't know how much I weigh."
Chen Shan nodded slowly: "It's better for the War King to leave early, so that the Sixth Young Master will not throw himself into his arms and show his attentiveness to the War King again."
Gu Chengye frowned and looked at him gloomily.
Chen Shan smiled coquettishly: "I was joking."
When Gu Chengye thought about that dirty thing, he felt disgust in his heart. When he thought about Yuan Xinheng who was so bewitched by him that he didn't know what to do, he wanted to drown the two people in the pond and let them go to the underworld to make a pair of severed sleeves.
But the Gu family is currently in serious internal strife. If you want to touch Gu Yilan, you will definitely anger Yuan Xinheng. If you are not careful, you may completely push him to the second child's side.
There is also the request made by Rong Cang.
Five million taels of silver, asking the Gu family to give them money would be even more uncomfortable than killing them.
Thinking of this, Gu Chengye couldn't help but be in a dilemma. Is it necessary to take out the silver from the Gu family's secret treasury as an emergency?
But the Gu family's secret vault can only be opened by the head of the family.
The six keys are held in the hands of six direct uncles. If the real head of the family is not selected for a day, it is impossible to access the money in the secret treasury.
