Two days later, Qi Mansion.
Qi Mu looked blankly at the middle-aged man in front of him. After taking a sip of tea, he asked calmly: "Can we find out who is secretly investigating this matter?"
The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said, "This person acts very carefully. Once I found the teahouse, the clues were cut off, and he didn't show up again. Yesterday, I heard that someone on the other side was inquiring about the man who was in prison that year. It happened at that time, but there was no news after that..."
Qi Mu cursed secretly in his heart, frowned and said: "Keep watching closely, and come back to me as soon as there is news."
"Yes," the middle-aged man responded, and then said: "The villain will take his leave first."
"Go..." Qi Mu waved his hand casually, and after he retreated, he stood up, frowned, and looked out the window in deep thought.
"I think it turned out that they also noticed that someone was tracking them, so they stopped the investigation, which was really decisive. I wonder who they are and what they have to do with the Zhao family?"
Qi Mu lightly twirled his short beard and murmured, "Could it be that there are other descendants of the Zhao family?"
When Zhao checked, he was just a bystander, and he didn't pay much attention after that. He didn't know if the other party left any descendants, and whether these descendants still have the ability to take revenge?
"Xiao Qinyan is not such a negligent person. If he is put to death, he will definitely eradicate the roots. If he is not a descendant of the Zhao family, is there someone who intends to attack Xiao Qinyan? But this matter involves the official family, and Not a good entry..."
At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, "Master, Master Gu is here."
Qi Mu came back to his senses, quickly calmed down, then changed his expression, said "come in", and sat back down again.
After a while, a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handsome face and a heroic figure walked in slowly. When Qi Mu saw him, he couldn't help but show a kind smile on his face and said: "Qianfan, when will Coming back?"
The young man named Gu Qianfan in front of him is Xiao Qinyan's son, an illegitimate son.
However, Gu Qianfan knew about this, and so did Qi Mu, but Gu Qianfan didn't know that Qi Mu knew, and Qi Mu also knew that he didn't know that he knew.
This information gap is what Qi Mu can take advantage of.
What’s the use of your opponent’s son?
It's nothing more than letting him be used for his own purposes as revenge.
Of course, in addition to disgusting his opponent, Gu Qianfan himself was considered a talent in Qi Mu's eyes, and he was also a very suitable tool.
After getting help from Qi Mu and his mother passing away, he no longer had any worries and studied hard. Now he has the status of a scholar and is still continuing his scientific examinations.
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However, he did not pass the Chunwei examination this time, so Qi Mu asked him to go out with his son Qi Congyi to relax and wait until next year to fight again.
"Master Qi..."
"Hey, you call me that, but you're still a stranger, aren't you?"
Gu Qianfan smiled shyly and then called out: "Uncle Shi..."
"This time it was because Congyi fell off his horse when he went deer hunting and had to return early. After returning to the city, he went to see a doctor. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured."
"Hmph, that bastard won't stop until he causes trouble every time he goes out."
Gu Qianfan said: "It's also Qianfan's lack of supervision..."
"Hey," Qi Mu raised his hand and said, "You don't have to take the blame. Doesn't my own son know?"
Seeing that Gu Qianfan was silent, Qi Mu waved his hands and didn't want to talk about it. After a while, he suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, didn't you really like that book "Three Kingdoms" before? Now that 'Little Wolong' Did you know that I came to Tokyo?"
Gu Qianfan was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Are you serious about what Uncle Shi said?"
Qi Mu smiled gently and said, "Why would I lie to you about something like this? He lives in Gaojiabao now. If you are determined to find him, this is the right time."
Gu Qianfan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Then Li Junming must not have met the Holy Spirit yet. I don't know what the official's attitude is towards him at this time. It is still inconvenient to meet him at this time."
Qi Mu's face showed a look of relief, but he sighed and said: "Qianfan can think of this, which shows that you have really made progress these days. The setback in this trial may not be a good thing for you."
Gu Qianfan nodded, not feeling depressed.
In fact, he had expected to fail this time. For one thing, he didn't want to show too much edge at once, otherwise it would be easy for Xiao Qinyan to notice him and cause trouble.
Secondly, the examiner of this examination was Ke Zheng, the Minister of Punishment. Ke Zheng was not on good terms with his uncle Qi Mu, which was well known in the court.
Although the imperial examination system had been reformed during the reign of Emperor Taizu, the practice of "teacher" and "disciple" was gradually eliminated. Examiners were no longer appointed by the Ministry of Rites as usual, but were arranged randomly to avoid being taken advantage of.
However, the network of relationships formed due to the scientific expedition still existed in fact. After all, human relationships could not be eliminated, and Gu Qianfan did not want to feel uncomfortable being caught between the two sides.
Anyway, the imperial examination is held once a year. If this year is gone, there will still be next year, and if next year is gone, there will be still the year after. He has not yet become an adult, so he has plenty of time and opportunities.
At the same time, he also felt that he needed to settle down. After all, he was still a little irritable nowadays.
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"This is the famous 'Little Wolong' Li Junming." The shopkeeper of Gaojiabao chuckled and introduced the two people in front of him: "Master Li, this is our young master of Gaojiabao, Gao Dry."
"..." Li Yong looked a little weird, but there was nothing wrong with the name itself.
Gao Gan was about twenty years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a powerful appearance. Although he was richly dressed, he looked more like a veteran warrior than a playboy.
Of course, Li Yong has also heard a little bit about the reputation of the young master of the Gao family these days. Some people in the market compare him with the ancient Lord Mengchang.
He is a high-ranking official who likes fishing and hunting, and loves fancy clothes. He is considered an outlier in both the Cao family and the Gao family. However, he became a knight at a young age and has a good reputation among the people. He neither takes the imperial examination nor joins the army. He just manages the Gao family fort.
Being able to maintain a balance despite being somewhat constrained by expenses is considered to be quite capable.
For a senior cadre who likes to make friends, he was naturally very happy to see Li Yong. When he came up, he laughed and hugged him enthusiastically, saying, "Brother Li, don't be surprised. I went deer hunting with my friends in the suburbs a few days ago. I almost missed Brother Li. No, as soon as I heard that Brother Li lived in our Gaojiabao, I came over immediately."
Li Yong said: "This is the right thing for me to say. I'm new here, and the posthouse can't accommodate so many people like me. I have to be lenient by the boss, otherwise I'm afraid we'll end up living on the streets."
Gao Gan laughed and said: "Because I am a few years older than you, I shamelessly call you my brother. Li Xiandi doesn't know. I knew you were going to Beijing, so I told you to go ahead. Otherwise, these blind people... I still don’t know the true hero.”
Shopkeeper Gao immediately laughed and agreed: "What the young master said is that if I hadn't been told earlier, I wouldn't have dared to make any decisions."
Li Yong shook his head, knowing that this was not about grabbing credit, but he had not thought that the "Three Kingdoms" were so powerful, otherwise his reputation would not be as popular as it is now.
There are probably not a few young people in Tokyo like Gao Gan who admire him.
"Oh, I also forgot to introduce to Brother Xian that this is my uncle Gao Hu from the lower clan. Like Brother Xian, he just came to Tokyo from somewhere. It was a coincidence that I met him on the road, so I asked him to come with me."
Li Yong's heart moved, and he looked at the familiar face next to him that he recognized just now.
This was later Ouyang Xu's father-in-law, Gao Hui's father, Gao Kuan?
