"You have no other meaning?" Gao Zeyu sneered, "Maybe, maybe you really have no other meaning. But there were rumors outside that you were the number one scholar, and it was His Majesty who remembered your father's old grudge. You have been demoted to the rank of third flower. Do you think His Majesty is deaf and cannot hear these rumors?
He was a top-notch talent with a bright future, but who would have thought that he would throw away his official hat and resign after just two or three days on the job? How could this happen? If you really have no interest in an official career, then why are you even interested in taking the exam? Do you think outsiders believe your words or do they believe outside rumors? Do you think His Majesty believed what you said, or did he believe what had already happened?
If you were just an ordinary candidate, you could just resign, and no one would take you seriously. But you are famous all over the world as a top scorer in four subjects, and you are the new star in the whirlpool of rumors. The greater your reputation, the greater the impact of your resignation. How will the world view Your Majesty?
You have made His Majesty a joke because of your own selfishness! Especially when such a thing happened during the 600th anniversary of the Jin Kingdom, how could you make His Majesty so embarrassed? You are so good at choosing a time, but you chose this period. How dare you say that you are not seeking revenge or venting your personal anger? "
As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed drastically, and they all realized that this was a fatal matter.
Yu Qing, who was in a good mood after just getting 30,000 taels of silver, was already confused.
He didn't take Pei Qingcheng's words seriously before, thinking that he would achieve anything by resigning, and thought that Pei Qingcheng was purely trying to hinder him. Only then did he truly realize what Pei Qingcheng meant when he said someone was building momentum and digging holes for him.
Only then did he truly understand how the previous rumors could be called momentum building. He had no concept of this before.
Yu Qing didn't expect that a good resignation that he and his junior uncle had discussed could lead to such a big deal. He hesitated and said, "Master Cheng Pei of the Censorship Center won't let me resign. How about I rush back to the Censorship Station to withdraw my resignation now?"
Gao Zeyu smacked his palms and said, "Your resignation has fallen into the hands of someone who is interested. That is the evidence in black and white. As far as I know, someone has taken your resignation to the palace to see your Majesty and report you. Do you think His Majesty has learned about it?" Can I not be angry and let you go?"
Yu Qing frowned, feeling frightened.
Zhong Su stared at him and didn't know what to say. How could such a talented man act like a child?
Although he was angry, he was still calm at the critical moment and asked: "Master Gao came here in person, but what advice do you have?"
Gao Zeyu: "Advice is out of the question. Let's make some things clear. You usually give me a lot of things. If you are involved and fall into the hands of the imperial court, if you bite me out, wouldn't I be wronged? ? I happened to learn about this matter, so naturally I had to rush over to resolve it."
Zhong Su cupped his hands: "How to resolve it, I'd like to hear the details!"
Gao Zeyu looked at Yu Qing, "Cut! Draw a clear line with him. The matter is his alone. When the court investigates, you will know nothing. Try to distance yourself from the relationship to protect yourself."
Zhong Su pondered.
Du Fei and Butler Li looked at each other. Du Fei pointed at Yu Qing and asked, "What should he do?"
Gao Zeyu said in a deep voice: "What else do you want to do? Naturally, one person is responsible for the work. If he doesn't want to die, he can run away. He will bear all the responsibilities by himself."
Butler Li held up his hands and said anxiously: "Master Gao, is there no other way?"
Gao Zeyu: "If he wants to survive, he must hide first if there is any way. He must first save the person and then find a way to solve the problem. Otherwise, no one can save him when His Majesty is so angry!"
Yu Qing suddenly nodded and said: "Listen to Mr. Gao, one person does the work and the other takes responsibility. I don't want to bring trouble to the Zhong family. You just blame everything on me. I'm leaving!"
Zhong Su, Du Fei, and Butler Li all looked at him, but they were about to say something but stopped.
Yu Qing nodded to the three of them again, "I'm leaving!"
He didn't want to stay and be caught and interrogated. Once caught, the property he had worked so hard to save might be gone.
What made him wail in his heart was, was Linglongguan's feng shui bad? The three senior brothers were fugitives from the imperial court, and now he would also become a fugitive?
Gao Zeyu said: "In case there is a search on the way, for the sake of Mr. Zhong, I can help you leave. There is a group of yamen servants outside. I will pick out suitable yamen servant clothes for you to change into and personally take you out of the city." He glanced at Zhong Su and the others again, "What do you think?"
Du Fei and Butler Li both nodded in agreement.
Zhong Su thought about it for a while and said to Yu Qing: "The situation is unclear now, so it might be a good idea to go out first and have some buffer."
Yu Qing hummed.
Zhong Su immediately said to Gao Zeyu: "Master Gao, I'm sorry to bother you. Can you please allow me to tell him a few more words in private?"
This is to let him avoid it, and Gao Zeyu also understands it, "Okay, I will go by and ask someone to pick out suitable clothes for the government servants. You should try your best to hurry up, otherwise things will change!"
Zhong Su thanked him with his hand and tilted his head to signal Du Fei and Butler Li to send him off, intending to avoid them as well.
There were only two people left in the room, and Zhong Su suddenly sighed: "I really want to scold you, but the matter has reached this point, and it is useless to scold you. Ashheng, you are not stupid, I really I don’t know why you did this, but I hope you can pass smoothly this time, otherwise you will miss my daughter for the rest of her life!”
Yu Qing also hesitated to speak, but after thinking about it, he swallowed back the truth about his resignation that he wanted to tell.
Just before Zhong Su walked in, he wanted to confess to Zhong Su.
However, now is really the moment. If the Zhong family is implicated, once the Zhong family is arrested, I am afraid that they may not be able to keep the secret of the real and fake Ashheng. If the court investigates, Linglongguan will be implicated.
After hesitation, I decided to see if I could pass this level.
If you can't get through it, there is no need to implicate Linglongguan and Ashheng.
If you pass this level, it's not too late to wait for an opportunity to inform you. Anyway, things have already turned out like this.
"Uncle Zhong, I'm sorry. If there is a chance in the future, I will give you an explanation." Yu Qing said ashamedly.
Zhong Su sighed: "I hope that day will come. I am chatting with you privately because I want to tell you that I don't believe a word of what those officials say. Just like your father, he would rather live in seclusion for many years without contacting the officials. Heng, the most trustworthy person is ourselves. If we want to protect ourselves, we still have to rely on ourselves and cannot place all our hopes on others."
Yu Qing was stunned, "Uncle Zhong has a better way?"
Zhong Su: "In the current situation, there is only one person in the entire capital who can keep us safe. If she takes action, those who want to kill you will not dare to embarrass you anymore. If the opinions of the two factions in the imperial court are unified, Your Majesty will be alone. I have no choice but to give up!"
"who?"
"Commander of the Sinan Mansion, Earth Mother!"
"Ah, if there is a faction, she should be the one who wants to kill me. How can she help us?"
"Have you forgotten the treasure map?"
"Treasure map?" Yu Qing was stunned again and asked suspiciously: "Where did the treasure map come from?"
This time it was Zhong Su's turn to be stunned, "Didn't your father tell you about the origin of that half of the picture?"
Yu Qing suddenly realized it and was frightened. He quickly asked: "Is the half of the picture I gave you to Uncle Zhong a treasure map?"
Zhong Su was speechless and choked for a while, and couldn't help scratching his beard, "What happened to your father? How could he not even tell you such an important matter? What on earth did he want to do? Did he want you to get away? That's not right. , if I want you to get away, why do you have to come to Beijing to take the exam?"
After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure it out, so he waved his hand, and since there was no time, he kept the story short and explained the origin of the treasure map that was divided into two parts in a few words.
Yu Qing's eyes kept blinking when he heard this, and he was cursing in his mind that Ashheng was sick. He had such a valuable treasure and went to Beijing to take the exam. Isn't it easy to help the people with endless money? You can be a good person!
He was speechless.
But he understood what Zhong Su meant and tried to ask: "Do you want to dedicate the treasure map to Mother Earth?"
Zhong Su: "This is what can really impress her."
"No..." Yu Qing was a little confused and smoothed his tongue, "Uncle, how about we run away together as a family. You see, with the treasure map, as long as you find the blessed land of the Immortal Family, the Zhong family's property Just give it up, you don’t have to worry about missing your daughter, right?”
His idea was that as long as he ran away with the treasure map, the Zhong family would have no way out. It would be great if the Zhong family could tell the true and false story about Ash Heng and let the Zhong family and Ash Heng get married smoothly.
Zhong Su was shocked by his words, and felt as if he was shocked.
He suddenly understood why Ajiezhang didn't tell his son the truth about the treasure map. He was a traitor!
It is completely contrary to the philosophy that Ajizhang has adhered to throughout his life.
Suddenly, he also realized the answer to why Ajiezhang didn't trust his son.
No wonder he could do such an unreliable thing, Zhong Su murmured in his heart, this kid dare not want to practice Ajiezhang's philosophy at all!
However, he was relieved. Before, he was worried that he would not be able to persuade this guy to hand over the treasure map to the Sinan Mansion, because this was Ajizhang's firm objection.
He immediately overruled Yu Qing's opinion and shouted: "What nonsense, are you risking your life for a treasure map that you don't know why? How can a person with a family run away? No one in our family can run fast..."
After he said this, Yu Qing understood what he meant.
When the Zhong Mansion presents a treasure, one must face the question: since there is a treasure, why is it being presented now? It might lead to suspicion that Zhong Su was involved in that ancient tomb.
If this is the case, it is not a treasure offering, but a conspiracy with Ajiezhang to steal the treasure.
So when Zhongsu presented the treasure, he said that he didn't know, and that he, Yu Qing, told him and gave it to him just before he ran away. Because he was sorry that the Zhong family let the Zhong family use it to protect themselves, if Yu Qing was caught in the future Now, you have to bite the bullet and take the responsibility on yourself.
There is definitely no problem for the Zhong family to protect themselves through the merits of Xianbao. This is encouraged by the Sinan Mansion.
He will also help to ask the Sinan Mansion to spare Yu Qing because of his contribution to the treasure offering. As for whether the Sinan Mansion is willing to agree, I don’t know. Just agree, otherwise he and Yu Qing will be a wanted criminal in his life.
In the final analysis, it was you, Yu Qing, who caused the incident. When a disaster is imminent, it is up to him, Yu Qing, to shoulder all the responsibilities.
At least one of the two can be saved.
Of course, this is just a preliminary preparation. We will not do this unless absolutely necessary, and we will not hand over such a valuable treasure easily.
Yu Qing didn't want to hand over the treasure map, but after thinking about it, Zhong Su couldn't give him the treasure map at this time. The key was that there was no time to bother him now.
I had no choice but to agree.
When Gao Zeyu arrived, Yu Qing changed into the clothes of a servant and quietly followed Gao Zeyu through the back door.
Zhong Su didn't go to see him off, but sent Du Fei and Butler Li, who missed his old master, to go.
He stood alone at the door of the east courtyard and just watched for a while. After the figure disappeared, he murmured to himself, "If Gao is not kind, don't blame me if people from your father's faction can't save your life..."
