Chapter 595: Release the Gu Family and their Sons to Return to Beijing

Ciyuan Hall, the Queen's bedroom.

Liu Wan was lying in Lin Hao's arms at this moment, with a lazy look on her face.

"Marquis Jing'an, I will be yours from now on. How is the investigation of the Night Banquet going?"

Lin Hao smiled comfortably, and then said:

"I still prefer the way you call yourself this palace. It looks more imposing!"

"Shameless!" Liu Wan cursed inwardly, claiming that she was the emperor's woman. You feel a great sense of accomplishment by sleeping with the emperor's woman, right?

"Your Majesty~!" Liu Wan hummed in cooperation.

"Call Daddy!"

Liu Wan's eyes turned cold, and then she clenched her fists, but eventually she let go of her clenched fists, and then she shouted shyly:
"Daddy, you are the only one who can play, just tell me!"

In fact, the Night Banquet Painting had been taken away from Prime Minister Ke’s Mansion by Lin Hao a long time ago, and it was replaced with the fake Night Banquet Painting copied by Zhao Pan’er.

So Lin Hao pinched the queen's face and said nonchalantly:
"Don't worry, I have my own plan for the Night Banquet. Anyway, I won't let you suffer any loss!"

The queen finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but then she thought that her handle was in Lin Hao's hands, and she would be at his mercy from now on.

But she couldn't care less about so many things now. At least she believed that Lin Hao would not easily take out the Night Banquet Picture. After all, the two of them had physical contact. Unless Lin Hao wanted to die together, he would not be too harsh on her.

Thinking of this, Liu Wan could quickly use Lin Hao to deal with Ke Xiang, Qi Mu and the like, so that they would not bring up her past all day long.

So she said to Lin Hao in a tender voice:
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ke has always wanted to depose me from my position as Queen. Do you have any way to help me solve this problem?"

As he spoke, he rubbed against Lin Hao for a while, and Lin Hao said with a smile:

"Don't worry! As long as I am here, no one can touch you!" As he said that, he covered the queen's beautiful body with the silk quilt...!

It was not until dawn that it was almost time for the morning court session that Lin Hao swaggered out of the Ciyuan Hall and came to the resting place of the Dianqian Division in the imperial palace.

I have to say that being the deputy commander of the Palace Front Department is very convenient. Not only can you stay overnight in the palace, it is also very convenient when visiting neighbors.

After Lin Hao left, Liu Wan twisted her soft body and said:
"Someone, help me bathe and change clothes!"

After Lin Hao left, the queen, who had looked so weak before, turned back into her tall and arrogant self.

At this time, Liu Wan was thinking to herself that she should let Lin Hao be proud for a while, and then wait for him to help her overthrow Ke Zhengqi Mu's group of clean officials. When he was no longer useful, it would be time to deal with Lin Hao.

Thinking of this, the queen suddenly asked:
"By the way, how many days will it take Xiao Qinyan to arrive in the capital?"

"According to the letter from Mr. Xiao, we will reach the capital in about five days!" replied the queen's personal maid.

"Send a pigeon to tell Xiao Qinyan immediately that no matter what method he uses, he must come to the capital within three days."

Three days passed in a flash. Lin Hao had an extremely fulfilling time during these three days. Tomorrow he would go to the Imperial City Bureau to find Gao Hui to play a few rounds of drawing lots.

But Gao Hui's luck was really not that good. Even though Lin Hao didn't cheat at all, Gao Hui didn't draw the white paper.

But think about it, there are more than a dozen paper balls, and the chance of drawing a white paper is only a dozen points each time. It's not that easy to draw it.

Of course, under such circumstances, Gao Hui's eloquence made a qualitative improvement and he realized the magical power of eloquence.

At first, it took her more than two hours to convince Lin Hao, but after a few days, she was able to make Lin Hao foam at the mouth with just her eloquence.

Of course, while Lin Hao was training Gao Hui's eloquence, he would naturally not forget about Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang.

He would take time out every day to go back to the Marquis's Mansion to comfort Song Yinzhang and have a sweet verbal battle with Song Yinzhang to enhance their relationship.

She would even sneak into Sun Sanniang's room and do some evil things.

At night, he had to go to the palace to do couple yoga with the Queen, so he was really busy.

But today, his fulfilling days came to an end, because the virtuous concubine came to the emperor every day, crying and complaining.

Therefore, Zhao Heng asked Lin Hao to release Gao Hui from the Imperial City Bureau as soon as possible. Another reason was that Xiao Qinyan and Gu Qianfan were about to return to Beijing.

Imperial City Division.

"Ah~ I got it right, I got the white paper!"

At this time, Gao Hui looked at the white paper she had drawn and cried with joy. Although three days was not a long time, it was not short either. Who could know what she had experienced in these three days?
From resisting and feeling nauseous at first, to becoming familiar with it later, she now doesn't care anymore.

"I won, I won!" Gao Hui waved the white paper in her hand excitedly and put it in front of Lin Hao like a madman.

"Yes, you won the lottery, congratulations!" Lin Hao perfunctorily replied without any sincerity. If the government had not ordered to release the person, Gao Hui might not have won the lottery!

The reason she was able to win the lottery was actually because Lin Hao cheated and helped her win, otherwise Lin Hao would never have let her go so easily.

"You won't go back on your word this time, right?" Gao Hui looked at Lin Hao nervously, fearing that this guy would not admit it.

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. You two can leave today!" Lin Hao slowly approached Gao Shui and said:

"Look, today is such a happy day, shouldn't we celebrate?"

Gao Hui thought that it had happened so many times, so this time wouldn't matter, and she knelt down subconsciously.

After half an hour, Gao Hui suddenly realized that she had drawn the white paper. There was no need for her to play along with Lin Haoxu anymore, and there was no need for her to continue!

But thinking that things have come to this point, he might as well concentrate on serving Lin Hao, lest he suddenly change his mind, which would result in more harm than good.

Besides, she didn't know when she started to like this kind of thing.

After a long while, Gao Hui held a teacup, rinsed her mouth and asked:
"Can you please release Ouyang right away?"

Then he looked at the motionless Lin Hao and said suspiciously: "You don't want to regret it!"

Lin Hao tidied his clothes and then said:

"You can leave anytime, but before you go, I want to ask you a question!"

"Ask!" Hearing that Lin Hao had no intention of going back on his word, Gao Hui's mood improved. Even Lin Hao, who had always been as hateful as a devil in her eyes, didn't seem as hateful as before. After all, this guy still kept his word.

Lin Hao said this while lying on a recliner, and said comfortably:

"You like Ouyang Xu so much that you would even do anything for him, but have you ever thought that all the sweet words Ouyang Xu said to you were lies to you?"

Gao Hui almost jumped up as if she had stepped on a cat's tail. Then Gao Hui loudly retorted:

"Impossible, Ouyang wouldn't lie to me, and he's definitely not that kind of person. Stop trying to sow discord between us!"

"Really?" Lin Hao smiled and said, "Then I'll take you to see someone!"

"Who?" Gao Hui asked with a frown.

"Before Ouyang Xu passed the imperial examination, he was supported by his fiancée who had been studying for three years!"

Gao Hui opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Ouyang's fiancée?"

Then Lin Hao took Gao Hui out of the dungeon and came to the office area on the ground, and Gao Hui also saw his fiancée holding Ouyang Xu's Tongxin Pei.

"It's you~!"

It turned out that Lin Hao knew that Ouyang Xu was going to be released, so he told Zhao Paner about this and asked the two of them to meet together.

Zhao Paner smiled slightly, then said:

"Hello again, Miss Gao!"

"Okay, Pan'er, tell Miss Gao about your marriage with Ouyang Xu!" Then Lin Hao looked at Gao Hui, who was shocked, and said:

"Otherwise she'll think I'm lying to her!"

Then Zhao Paner told Gao Hui everything that had happened in the past three years. Finally, Zhao Paner placed the Tongxin pendant on the table and said:
"This is the Heart-shaped Pendant Ouyang Xu gave me as a token of love!"

Gao Hui picked it up and took a look at it. Although she had heard of the Tongxin Pei, she had never seen it, so she couldn't be sure that it must have belonged to Ouyang Xu.

"You are lying. Xu Lang is not that kind of person. Don't try to slander my Xu Lang with a jade pendant whose origin is unknown!" Seeing Gao Hui didn't believe it, Zhao Pan'er and Lin Hao looked at each other, then Zhao Pan'er took out a stack of letters, put them in front of Gao Hui and said:

"These are the love letters Ouyang Xu wrote to me over the years, including the reply letter he wrote to me when I was taking the exam in Tokyo."

Gao Hui picked up the letter in disbelief and started reading it. It was indeed written by Ouyang Xu, with the following words written affectionately:

Hope for the children

It’s been so many months since we last met, how can I bear the longing?

Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams.

I will never break my promise to you until we grow old together.
I will not let you down.
Return in brocade clothes and share the spring and autumn.

Ji Mingshu was written in Tokyo.

"Yes, it's his handwriting!" After reading the letter, Gao Hui frowned and her hand holding the letter trembled constantly. She suddenly felt dizzy.

Lin Hao quickly stepped forward to support Gao Hui to prevent her from falling!
"You are lying, you are lying, Xu Lang clearly told me that before he met me, he had no other woman in his heart!"

"Woo woo woo woo~, he told me that!"

Seeing Gao Hui collapse, Zhao Paner stepped forward to comfort her. He knew this feeling too well, and then began to comfort her...!

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An hour later, Gao Hui took Ouyang Xu and left the Imperial City Division.

But there was no smile on Gao Hui's face at this time, but Ouyang Xu was still feeling lucky for his survival.

"Hui Niang, I'm lucky to have you and my father-in-law this time. Otherwise, I, a poor scholar with no power and influence, would have been wrongly accused to death by the Marquis of Jing'an."

At this time, Ouyang Xu was still limping when he walked. The ten whippings he received three days ago had not healed yet.

"Is it true that I was wronged?" Gao Hui murmured, but because her voice was too soft, Ouyang Xu did not hear clearly what she said.

So Ouyang Xu asked again:
"Hmm? Hui Niang, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing." Gao Hui shook her head, looked at Ouyang Xu absentmindedly and asked:
"I'm just wondering, why did Zhao Pan'er come to block your door for no reason? And what does she mean by paying back a debt?"

Ouyang Xu heard this and an unnatural look flashed across his face. Then his brain started to work frantically. In just a flash, Ouyang Xu opened his mouth to explain:

"Alas, this matter is indeed my fault. I blame myself for not managing my family well. I was also confused. I don't even know that Zhao Pan'er. Why did she come to me for debt for no reason?"

"It was not until the cruel officials of the Imperial City Bureau tortured me that they said something that made me suddenly realize the truth."

"It turns out that all this was caused by Uncle De." Ouyang Xu put the blame on Uncle De without hesitation.

After hearing what Ouyang Xu said, Gao Hui couldn't help but frowning even more tightly. Gao Hui might not know about other things, but she was outside the door when the cruel officials of the Imperial City Bureau tortured Ouyang Xu.

No one said anything to him at that time, so Ouyang Xu was lying.

Then Gao Hui asked calmly:
"What did Uncle De do to cause people to block the door?"

"Alas, I don't know where to start." Ouyang Xu sighed heavily and then pretended to be deep.

In fact, he was racking his brains, thinking about how to make the lie more perfect so that Gao Hui wouldn't see the flaw.

After a moment of silence, Ouyang Xu continued:
"It's hard to explain. You know I love reading, but I know nothing about other things, especially the ways of the world."

"So, over the years, Uncle De has been handling all the affairs of our family. Uncle De is also very hardworking and diligent."

"But after Uncle De came to Tokyo, he became addicted to gambling~!"

In short, he put all the blame on Uncle De, and then continued:

"However, we were close friends and I couldn't bear to kick Uncle De out of the house, so I helped him pay off his gambling debts. After this incident, Uncle De promised to turn over a new leaf, but I was wrong, so wrong!"

"Uncle De not only did not change his ways, but became even worse. He even sold my Heart Pendant!"

Not only that, Uncle De also owes Jing'an Marquis's mistress, Zhao Pan'er, 500 taels of gold."

Ouyang Xu's words were sincere and moving at this time, but Gao Hui thought of what Zhao Pan'er had said to her before.

Although Zhao Pan'er took out those letters, Gao Hui still didn't want to believe it, but Ouyang Xu's words seemed even more bizarre.

Thinking about what had happened to her in the past few days, Gao Hui became even more confused and didn't know who to trust.

But comparing the two, she was more inclined to agree with Zhao Paner's words, but she was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion. After all, such things were not difficult to investigate.

But before that, Gao Hui decided to temporarily put her relationship with Ouyang Xu on hold. Everything would be clear in the future after she sent someone to Qiantang County, and she could make plans then.

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A luxurious carriage from the capital slowly drove into the city of Bianjing. An old man in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked at the prosperous scene of the capital with an inexplicable light in his eyes.

"The capital, I'm back again!" Xiao Qinyan murmured to himself, "It's a good thing I cooperated with Marquis Jing'an, otherwise it would be really difficult to move to Ke Zheng."

When he thought about the old rival who had suppressed him for most of his life, Ke Zheng was finally defeated by him, and he was extremely excited.

It is finally time for Xiao Qinyan to realize his ambitions, not to mention Xiao Qinyan who is looking forward to a bright future.

At this time, behind Xiao Qinyan's carriage, there was a carriage. Sitting in the carriage was Gu Qianfan, who had been recuperating with Xiao Qinyan during this period.

In fact, his injuries had healed long ago, but Xiao Qinyan just wouldn't let him leave.

But now that he has arrived in the capital, it is time to go back and see Lei Jing. He doesn't know how Lei Jing is doing. Unfortunately, every time he asks for his father's help, Xiao Qinyan never tells him.

Then Gu Qianfan jumped off the carriage directly, without even saying hello to Xiao Qinyan, and hurried to the Imperial City Division.

"stop!"

However, when Gu Qianfan arrived at the gate of the Imperial City, he was stopped by the guards:
"The Imperial City is a critical area, outsiders please leave immediately!"

The guard's words immediately made Gu Qianfan confused. Logically, his wanted warrant had been withdrawn long ago, and his father also said that Lei Jing had been punished, but why did the Imperial City Division stop him?

As the commander of the Investigation Division under the Imperial City Division, he is well-known in the capital as the living devil who can stop children from crying at night.

Today I was actually stopped by two gatekeepers. It felt like returning to my own home but being stopped by the servants and not allowed to go home.

This made Gu Qianfan very unhappy, but he saw that the two guards looked unfamiliar and thought they might be new. After all, he hadn't been back for almost two months, so it was normal that the newcomers didn't recognize him.

So he didn't argue with the two guards, but said:

"Gu Qianfan, the commander of the Investigation Department!"

"Why don't you get out of the way?" Gu Qianfan, with his hair combed, took out his badge and waved it in front of the two guards.

"Gu Qianfan?" In fact, a guard couldn't help but feel confused when seeing Gu Qianfan's badge. This badge was indeed real, but the commander of the Investigation Department was Lin Zhi, wasn't he Commander Lin?

Another guard seemed to have heard of Gu Qianfan's name. His face changed when he heard this:

"The Living King of Hell Gu Qianfan?"

"I'm glad to know. Why don't you get out of the way?" Gu Qianfan took back his badge and said calmly.

But the guard did not let Gu Qianfan in, but bowed and asked:

"Master Gu, are you here to hand in your token to the Imperial City? I can help you inform him!"

However, the guard's words made Gu Qianfan a little confused. What did he mean by coming to the Imperial City Bureau to ask for a token?
He came back to report on his work. Just when Gu Qianfan was confused, a familiar voice came from the Imperial City Department:

"It turns out to be Lord Gu. My Lord Marquis invites you!"

The person who came was none other than Lin Hao's confidant Lin Zhi.

"You are~!" When seeing Lin Zhi, Gu Qianfan always had a familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember it for a while, but he always felt that he had seen this person somewhere.

"Your subordinate Lin Zhi!" Lin Zhi smiled and introduced himself:
"Lord Gu may not remember me. We met once at the Qiantang Teahouse last time. After you fell into the water, you were rescued by the Marquis!"

"Teahouse, on the boat?" Gu Qianfan was stunned at first, then he immediately thought of Lin Hao's followers, and suddenly realized:
"Oh, I remember now. You were the follower who followed Marquis Jing'an?"

"It's you, my humble servant!" Lin Zhi replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)