Gao pragmatic accompanied Yu Tingzhu and Wang Shiqi to visit the garden. Naturally, he continued to call the maids and gardeners who had previously served as Princess Yongning's tour guide, and introduced them to the young masters one by one. They seemed to be very hospitable.
Among this group of people, the only ones who really knew what was going to happen in Baiyu Tower today were Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi. The rest of the people were invited to accompany them - of course, their role was actually to be witnesses. .
Since they didn't know the inside story, they certainly welcomed Gao Pragmatic's thoughtful hospitality, and they didn't realize that Gao Pragmatic was actually stalling for time.
This group of people wandered around for a long time, even before they could enter the White Jade Tower. They just wandered around in the large courtyard, and a few people even composed impromptu poems. Of course Gao pragmatic knew what they meant and praised them so much that they all thought they were the reincarnation of Li Bai and Du Fu.
After all, this is the praise of the top six scholars, and you can brag about it for decades if you get it in the academy. In an instant, even the disappointment of failing the exam was gone.
After just walking around the courtyard for a while, one by one in this group of people, they were all extremely satisfied with Gao Pragmatic, the unpretentious and enthusiastic owner. If they hadn't been aware of the disparity in status, they would have wished to be his disciples. That's good.
They were having fun, but Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi were anxious. More than half an hour had passed and they had almost finished visiting the huge courtyard. Why hadn't Governor Liu started?
Little did the two of them know that something happened with Liu Shouyou.
Liu Shouyou's previous itinerary was arranged like this: after discovering that Princess Yongning had left the palace, he immediately sent a large number of Jin Yiwei to wear casual clothes outside the flying fish robes. The "separate attack" usually took multiple detours to Jianxinzhai. The "big park" awaits orders.
Then he gathered Yu Tingzhuo, Wang Shiqi and the other scholars who planned to serve as "witnesses to capture the rape", and he accompanied them. Of course, the sponsors of this "tour" were Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi in name, and Liu Shouyou just happened to be along for the ride.
Since it was just a drop-in, Liu Shouyou made excuses to leave after arriving at the Jianxinzhai Park. Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi went to lure Gao Jingjing while he went to gather the troops.
In Liu Shouyou's view, when things have reached this point, even if Gao Pingshi gets the news and knows that there are many Jinyi guards coming to Jianxinzhai, he has no way to "block" his own way in person, because he must consider the reputation of Shilin. I can only accompany Yu Tingzhuo and Wang Shiqi.
In this way, Liu Shouyou could show off his majesty as the Commander-in-Chief of the Jinyi Guards, intimidate the servants of the Gao family, and directly enter Jianxinzhai, especially the Baiyulou area, to search. This avoids the danger of Gao Pragmatic meeting him early and having to check the driving ticket carefully - he does have a driving ticket in his arms, but it is a forgery and can only deceive a layman and get Gao Pragmatic's How can I not reveal my secrets in front of the former "Xiao Ge Lao"?
Even if you take a step back and say that this driving post can deceive Gao Pragmatic, it may not necessarily work, because Gao Pragmatic's identity is there. Not only is his family background special, but his status is also special. If he insists on meeting the emperor first, Besides, if he forces his servants to resist, Liu Shouyou will also be done with it.
After all, Liu Shouyou really knew the strength of Jinghua, including the strength of Jian Xinzhai. If the opponent was determined to defend, he would not be able to attack it with the Jin Yiwei he had now able to fool.
As expected, Gao Jingshi went to accompany Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi. Liu Shou was not wrong about this, but he did not expect that Gao Jingshi's "big housekeeper" Gao Mo would be so difficult to deal with.
From Liu Shouyou's point of view, this old guy might have a stubborn mind and decided that Liu Shou could not enter Xinzhai, let alone Baiyu Tower, without a driving notice. He kept saying, "I, the Gao family of Xinzheng, have been loyal and good for generations," and "Old Yuanfu, posthumously named Wenzheng, is looked up to by the world," and even dared to say, "Jinyiwei has come to my heart in large numbers. Is Yuanfu the leader willing?"
In a word: You Liu Shouyou are nothing, how dare you come to see me and act wild! If you have the ability, can you break one in and let me have a look?
Liu Shouyou tried everything hard and soft, but Gao Mo just refused to give way. After a long delay, he finally had no choice but to take out his driving ticket and ask Gao Mo and his servants to give way in the name of the emperor. , otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.
Gao Mo actually didn't really know what Jin Yiwei's driving post looked like, but he believed in Gao's pragmatic judgment and knew that this driving post was definitely fake, so he hesitated for a moment before saying: I can't recognize your driving post. But my master is in Baiyulou. He must be able to tell the authenticity from the fake. I have to show it to him.
Liu Shouyou was furious and immediately expressed his refusal, and threatened Gao Mo again with "resistance and disobedience". Unexpectedly, Gao Mo still refused to accept the offer, and said that without the master's approval, no one would be able to break into Baiyu Tower privately unless the emperor came in person. If you don't believe me, just give it a try.
You can't give it a try, and you can't try it in this life - just in this small place, on the high wall of the outer courtyard of Baiyu Tower, there are no less than two or three hundred poles of the famous Wanli style in northern Xinjiang.
The number of servants and guards blocked by the Jin Yiwei will be doubled, and they all carry guns on their backs. If a fight breaks out, the Jin Yiwei who only have more than 400 people and their weapons only have Xiuchun Dao will probably be killed in two rounds of firing. The whole army will be annihilated.
What the hell are you even trying?
The stalemate continued for a while, and the legs of the Jinyi guards who he brought were almost weak from fear. Liu Shouyoucai finally came up with a way, reluctantly took out the driving ticket from his arms, threw it to Gao Mo, and shouted: "The driving post is like an imperial edict. You should go and have it inspected by the High School Prime Minister in person. If there is even half of it damaged... you should know the consequences!"
Although Gao Mo is not young anymore, his strength is not as strong as before, and his skills have not become much worse. He took the driving post with a raise of his hand. However, he couldn't delay now. Just as he was frowning and hesitating, Liu Shouyou shouted again: "Why, you want to stop Jin Yiwei from doing errands even after taking the driving post? Are you trying to make your master guilty of infidelity?" !”
Gao Mo had no choice but to express his willingness to send it for examination and asked Governor Liu to wait for a moment.
Liu Shouyou said nothing with a cold face.
However, when Gao Mo left, Liu Shouyou was not polite at all. He pretended to look up at the time, his face sank, and he waved his hand: "It's already over time. Someone, knock on the door for me!"
Then he yelled at the servants of the Gao family: "If you don't get out of the way, you will bring trouble to your master! You know, if you hinder the arrest of the Jinyi Guards, you are guilty of conspiracy! Don't say that the Holy One will blame you, it will be your master." Can you afford to be blamed?"
I don't know whether it was the Holy One who was scary or the master who was scared. As soon as Liu Shouyou said this, the servants of the Gao family hesitated. They all looked at each other and whispered to each other, not knowing what to do.
Liu Shou seized the opportunity and sent people to knock on the door. It's a pity that this gate is also an iron gate, and Jin Yiwei has no siege equipment, so how can he break it open with his flesh and blood? In the end, it was a member of the Gao family who opened the door, and Liu Shouyou and a group of Jinyi guards rushed in.
Although Liu Shouyou had never been to Baiyu Tower, he obviously had channels to get a rough map of Baiyu Tower - Gao Jinggong had entertained guests at Baiyu Tower many times, and there were so many people who had been there that he couldn't hide it. So Liu Shouyou quickly arranged a search mission and sent out more than 400 Jinyi guards to block the doors and search.
But the strange thing is that after the servants of the Gao family let them in, they neither stayed put nor dispersed in a hurry. Instead, they divided into several parts in a tacit understanding and followed the Jin Yiwei sent out by Liu Shouyou.
Liu Shouyou shouted and asked: "What are you doing, are you still stubborn?"
A head servant clasped his fists with a cold face: "Captain Liu, you broke into the residence of a third-rank official of the current dynasty before the driving certificate was verified. Can't we send someone to take a look? You should also know, My husband is a wealthy man, but if someone takes away something valuable, will you be the one to pay for it, or will the little one be the one to pay for it?"
Before Liu Shouyou had time to answer, the head servant said again: "Looking at your appearance, you probably don't want to pay compensation, but I certainly can't afford it, so I have to send someone to follow you. If you don't even want to do this …Man will die for money, and birds will die for food, so the little one has no choice but to offend.”
Liu Shouyou saw that the head servant's face was as dark as water, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He thought to himself: What kind of servant did Gao Jingshi find? This servant guarding the courtyard is probably not as murderous as the servants who serve at the border generals. Not bad, could it be that you followed him through the Battle of Annan?
Although Liu Shouyou calls himself a Confucian minister, after all, he does the job of Jinyiwei, and he still has this look. The guy in front of him is not an easy person to deal with at first glance. If he is pushed into trouble, God knows what he will do.
That's all, the key now is to find the fourth princess. As long as we find the fourth princess, these little things are not worth mentioning. When the time comes, we will be pragmatic. Isn't it easy for me to deal with this mere servant of a criminal official?
He turned around with a cold face, seemingly too lazy to care, but in fact he just acquiesced.
The head servant sneered silently, but he did not personally lead the team to monitor the search of the Jin Yiwei. Instead, he stood not far behind Liu Shouyou and made a few gestures, and ordered the servants to follow the number of Jin Yiwei in each batch. And he divided the number of people on his own and followed them separately for surveillance.
Liu Shouyou refused to show weakness and turned around, but he was also a little nervous. He thought to himself: The Gao family's servants are so elite, they are even more powerful than I expected. If they weren't worried about bringing trouble to the master's family, and without the old boy to command them, Isn’t this big thing about to go bad today?
After thinking about it, I became nervous about another thing: Fortunately, I made extra preparations and asked Mr. Yu and Mr. Wang to bring a group of scholars. Otherwise, if Gao Pragmatic had dealt with us people on the spot, he and the eldest princess would have been together. Didn’t the news of the private meeting just get suppressed? After all, my driving post was a fake. He claimed that he didn't realize it was me. With the Emperor's favor and trust in him, I'm afraid he wouldn't blame him too much, right?
Thinking of this, Liu Shouyou couldn't help but feel scared, and broke out in a cold sweat.
But he was no longer afraid immediately, because Gao Jingshi and a group of scholars had rushed over. Gao Jingshi, who was walking in front, looked angry and shouted from a distance: "Captain Liu, you are so brave, how dare you take Come to my Baiyu Tower to act wild with a forged driving notice!"
Liu Shouyou forced a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Why did the high school prime minister say this? Why is this driving post a forgery?"
The eldest princess hasn't been found yet, so he naturally refuses to admit that the driving certificate is a forgery, and Gao Wuchen can't prove it now anyway.
Who knew that Gao pragmatically sneered and asked, "Do you not admit it, Governor Liu? Okay, okay." Then he turned around and handed the driving post to Yu Tingyao, saying: "Brother Yu is Zhongshu Yinjun, so he naturally recognizes the driving post. True or false...Brother Yu, would you please take a look and see if this driving post is true or false?"
Yu Tingzhu was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself: Oops, this guy with a high surname is trying to trick me! If I directly say that this driving post is fake, then Jinyiwei's search will not proceed. Now that the fourth princess has not been found, wouldn't today's work be in vain?
But if I say that this driving notice is true, it won’t work. Even if the Gao Pragmatic incident comes to light, my dignified Shu Yinjun actually mistakenly identified the driving notice, and this spread...
Yu Tingzhao's mind was spinning, and he thought: Otherwise, I will admit that I and Liu Shouyou were colluding. The so-called "admittance of mistakes" is just a temporary expedient, in order to stabilize Gao Pragmatism? No, no, Father said, you must pick this matter out yourself, otherwise no matter how great your achievements are, there will be hidden dangers inside...
In fact, the hidden danger that Yu Youding warned him about is very simple: you are a civil servant, and you are not a person like Jin Yiwei who specializes in special inspections. You dare to participate in such things as forging driving certificates. Do you still have court laws in your eyes?
This is where he is similar to Gao Pragmatic. When Gao Pragmatic engages in political disputes, whether he uses conspiracy or scheming, he always thinks of ways within the rules. He will never "burn the boat" like Liu Shouyou did today. , because even if this "burning the boat" is successful, he will leave an impression of "not abiding by the law" in the emperor's heart.
This impression appeared on the leaders of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Sometimes it might be excusable, but when it happened to civil servants, it would be more troublesome. It was basically the same as "criminal record".
If you are still of some use now, the emperor may not care about it for the time being, but once you are no longer of use, or if you make any other mistakes, then this "case record" will be brought out to settle the accounts together.
As a civil servant, you have to try your best to ensure that you are a perfect and loyal minister before anything happens, so Yu Tingyao thought about it, but he still dared not say that the driving post was true.
He was holding the driving post like a hot potato, looking left and right, almost "checking" one stroke at a time, making everyone around him frown.
Is this thing so difficult to verify? Your Majesty Shuyinjun, how many times have you checked the great treasure of the Holy One, and still can’t you tell whether it is true or false?
Even Liu Shouyou was a little confused and thought to himself: What the hell is Yu Tingzhu doing? Just saying "This driving post is definitely not forged", Gao Pragmatism can't stop anything?
How did he know what Young Master Yu was thinking, or how he knew that Mr. Yu Ge's idea was just to let him come forward to charge into the battle, but he had no intention of involving himself in it - not at all.
Forging the emperor's driving certificate and forcing his way into the civil servant's residence, Mr. Yu Ge didn't want to be stained by this kind of reputation. The reason why he asked Yu Tingyao to come was just to appease Liu Shouyou - anyway, Yu Tingyao was just here to visit the garden, so he encountered this The stall incident was "purely an accident."
Only Gao Pragmatic was not in a hurry, and even his previous anger seemed to have dissipated a lot, and he waited patiently for Yu Tingzhu to identify the authenticity.
Yu Tingzhu delayed for a long time, and then said slowly but hesitantly: "It stands to reason that this treasure does not look like a forgery, but one of the marks is a little unclear, which makes it difficult... High School Cheng, I suggest you wait until the matter is settled before taking it to the palace for careful verification, what do you think?"
Gao Pragmatic was disdainful and thought to himself: Do you want to practice Tai Chi if you are ambiguous? Your method is not very good. It seems that you have to do it in person, that's about it.
Not only was he not angry, but he actually laughed: "Even Yu Yinjun said this, could it be that the Headquarters really made a mistake?"
Liu Shouyou breathed a sigh of relief, and did not bother to care about Yu Tingzhu's wrong attitude. He immediately said: "The Holy Master said in the letter, let the subordinates search carefully, so that Gao Cheng can be treated fairly. I think Gao Cheng will treat him as a person." , surely they won’t stop it, right?”
Gao pragmatic said calmly: "This is natural, Governor Liu just search slowly... Oh, that's not right."
Liu Shouyou became nervous again, and after finishing his work, he said: "High School Prime Minister, you..."
Gao Pragmatic smiled contemptuously and interrupted unceremoniously: "Hey, Governor Liu, don't be anxious. This department just wants to remind you: you don't have much time."
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Thanks to the book friend "Single Rider Zhao Bixin" for the reward and support, thank you!
