Magistrate Li laughed and educated Guo Sheng, Guo Sheng lowered his head to accept the lesson, his heart burning with anxiety.

  Magistrate Li did not know about this matter, everything would be easy to handle, just investigate the beginning and end, but now he clearly knew about Zhao Hongqing's lawsuit of adultery and bribery, signed and sealed it without taking care.

  Wutong has taken away the IOU with his signature on it, and now it's solid evidence...

  He's being too careless!

  Guo Sheng's heart was racing like a cat scratching, now he could only hurry to Hangzhou City to find Wu Ye and Wang Ye for help.

  "County Zun, I just remembered that my uncle said he would send someone back home tomorrow morning. I still have some gifts to bring back, this is a big matter of human relationships, and I really forgot about it. I must go to Hangzhou City immediately." Guo Sheng made the decision very quickly and bowed his hands with a smile.

  "Look at you. You can neglect this matter, go quickly." As soon as County Magistrate Li heard Guo Sheng say this, he immediately waved his hand to signal him to hurry off.

  Guo Sheng came out and rushed straight to the stable, took his horse, and galloped wildly towards Hangzhou City.

  Fortunately, Hangzhou City was extremely busy due to the Empress Dowager and King Qin of Han spending Chinese New Year in Hangzhou, so the city gates were closed half an hour later than usual. Guo Sheng barely managed to squeeze in just as the gates were closing.

  As expected, Li Wenshan was not at the Wan Song Academy outside the city. He found him at the Mingtao Mountain Villa.

  Lu Yi accompanied Li Wenshan out, Guo Sheng glanced at Lu Yi and didn't avoid him, saying directly: "Fifth Master, something big has happened in the county government, it's about the licentious cult."

  Lu Yi looked at Guo Sheng with a clear expression and took over the conversation: "Let's talk inside."

  Li Wenshan hastily nodded and turned around to walk inside.

  He stayed in the old sixth courtyard for two days, and it was fine to just drink the medicinal soup, but being surrounded by a group of beautiful maidservants who attended to his every need, even when he took a bath, was really unbearable for him.

  This morning, no matter what, I told myself I was fine, couldn't fall behind on schoolwork, and had to return to the academy.

  Gu Liu had no choice but to drag him through lunch and brought him to Mingtao Villa. The king had ordered that Li Hui was not allowed to return to Wansong Academy for the time being.

  At this moment, Li Wenshan had just been scolded by Jin Xuyan and was about to hang his head in shame and follow Gu Liu back, but unexpectedly, another thing happened.

  Guo Sheng followed at the end and entered a small study between the inner and outer courtyards.

  This is where Qin Wang has just taken over in the past two days, and let him use it to handle affairs.

  In the upper house, King Qin had one arm resting on the back of his chair, with a lazy look, smiling at Guo Sheng.

  Jin Zhe spoke with a slant, looking at Guo Sheng with some disdain. Gu Liu was shocked and stared at Guo Sheng, this Guo Sheng he knew, how did he come again? As soon as he saw him, he felt that something bad would happen.

  Guo Sheng kowtowed on the ground and got up. Lu Yi motioned to him, "Speak."

  "Yes." Guo Sheng hung his head and hands, briefly recounting how he found an extra line of words at the bottom of the case file, but couldn't find the complaint, as well as seeing Wutong return for no reason, and finally mentioning what County Magistrate Li had said. Several seemingly unrelated things were mentioned in one go.

  Li Wenshan listened and fell back into his chair with a thud, leaning to one side in the chair, almost sliding onto the floor.

  Lu Yi grabbed him and pressed him into the chair.

  Gu Liu was originally a bit bewildered, but seeing Li Wenshan so frightened, he suddenly understood, "Is this a linked set?"

  "What are you thinking of? Speak up." Jin Zuyan stood up and walked to Li Wenshan's front, bending down to look at his face.

  Li Wenshan's face turned pale. He thought of what Ah Xia had said, about their family being torn apart and destroyed, and now it was happening again, almost exactly the same!

  "Wutong, it must be Wutong who stole it, trying to frame my father, and... Wu County Wei." Li Wenshan's words were quite disordered, but he made himself clear.

  Guo Sheng looked at Li Wenshan with eyes full of praise. Among the three men in the Li family, this fifth master was a promising one.

  "You've finally figured it out, although not early, fortunately it's not too late." Qin Wang looked at Guo Sheng, pulled back his sleeves, picked up the tea and nodded to Lu Yi, "You tell him." As he said that, he took a sip of tea.

  "Qikou Town's Zhao Hongqing was taken to Hengshan County by his brother-in-law Hu Mingde, who was looking for Wu County Wei. Hu Mingde went with his older brother Hu Mingcai and sister-in-law Hu Zhaoshi to Qikou Town to persuade Zhao Hongqing to come forward and report the licentious cult incident. During this time, Hu Mingde accidentally strangled Zhao Hongqing's wife, Zhao Zhengshi. Last night, Hu Mingcai and Hu Zhaoshi threw Zhao Zhengshi's body into a grass thicket outside the licentious cult temple in Qikou Town. Today, no one has discovered it yet."

  Guo Sheng stared at Lu Yi in shock, there had already been loss of life between them!

  "The case of throwing a corpse, the Ministry of Justice and the Commander's Office have all seen it, and they are all staring at those few places." Lu Yi added.

  Guo Sheng suddenly had an urge to burst out laughing, in the middle of the night, under the watchful eyes of everyone...

  "Save Father! It's not his fault, he..." Li Wenshan looked at Qin Wang, and the urgent words couldn't be spoken smoothly.

  Jin Cuiyan looked at him with disdain, "Can't you have some dignity? This little thing has scared you so much? Look at yourself!"

  "This isn't just a bad thing, it's a family-destroying thing! This matter... " Li Wenshan was truly frightened, "My younger brother is only six years old, Dong Jie... Dong Jie... and my mother, and Xia... Xia is only five years old..."

  Li Wenshan raised his palm for a moment, and then stood up with one finger, thinking of what Ah Xia said, they all died, tears streaming down, choking and unable to speak.

  "I thought you'd say Ah Xia first." Qin Wang looked at Li Wenshan, who was wiping away tears with one palm after another, and seemed to have a few regrets.

  Guo Sheng felt a bit embarrassed for Li Wenshan, this Fifth Master, whose cleverness was uneven.

  "Since the king has let General Lu tell us these things, it's not like he doesn't care." Guo Sheng coughed and reminded Li Wenshan, who was choking back tears.

  "Moreover, he didn't mention his father." Gu Liu followed Qin Wang and picked on Li Wenshan.

  Jin Zhe's words were accompanied by a folding fan in his hand, which he slapped against Li Wenshan's shoulder, both angry and amused. "Li Wu, are you clever or stupid? If I say you're clever, then your foolishness is overflowing! But if I say you're stupid, then you're not stupid at all!"

  Lu Yi suppressed a smile and went out to instruct the servant to bring in hot towels for Li Wenshan to wash his face.

  "You don't know, my family... actually, my father's official position is not secure, no one to rely on, nothing at all. If something happens, it's a disaster. Something like this must be a case of bribery and corruption, a crime that will bring ruin. How can my father survive? If my father doesn't survive, our whole family won't either."

  Li Wenshan wiped his face clean, took a deep breath, and thought of the past with a gloomy expression, saying in a low voice.

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