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Gu Yun was in a rather sorry state, the rain had only stopped when it was almost daybreak, and the soil in the field was extremely muddy. When he rode in, the horse that could be considered as a good mount had already turned into a piece of clay, but of course, Gu Yun himself was not much better off, as half of his body also seemed to have just been dug out from the ground.

"Eldest Young Master …" How have you been? " One could tell that he had been subjected to inhuman treatment. "Even if Eldest Young Master is able to come in, if we were to walk on our own, we would sometimes accidentally sink into the mud."

Gu Yun nodded at him, "This horse's legs are pretty good, it can endure it."

Naturally, Housekeeper Yan could tell that this was a good horse that was hard to come by. It was just that it was too wasteful to use it in muddy water, so he took it to the stable to clean it.

Seeing him in such a sorry state, Xie Jingxi looked at him accusingly, "Why are you still running over here, don't you need to go to work?"

When Gu Yun saw her, he immediately relaxed, and habitually sized up her expression. He saw the exhaustion in her eyes at first glance, and knew that she must have not slept well, but he didn't ask any questions, and only held her hand while stroking, "I already rushed over when we were at the morning assembly. I was afraid that you might suddenly be afraid of a different place, so I ran over without thinking too much."

Xie Jingxi looked to the side shyly, "I'm not a child, I haven't eaten breakfast yet. On the road, is it good to walk?

The two of them had not seen each other for a night, and their conversation was almost like asking a three-year-old child a question. When they reached the end of the conversation, they both felt that it was too much for them to bear, and couldn't help but laugh. Gu Yun pulled her hand and sat down to eat breakfast together.

Even though he said that, before the sun rose, he still couldn't easily take the road. Butler Yan brought a few safe men to lead the way, and after waiting till noon to leave, it could be said that it took a lot of effort for them to get out of the carriage. After returning home, Gu Yun rushed to Ministry of Justice without stopping, while Xie Jingxi took the brush and wrote Shen Huanzhi a letter.

Thinking about what happened last night, Xie Jingxi suspected that there was some kind of secret passage in the manor, it was just that how many people knew where the passage to, and what did it have to do with Gu Heng, and whether Gu Yun knew what it had to do with rushing over so early in the morning, it was clear that Fang Dai had told him last night that he was safe, it was clear that he was busy with more important matters, and everything was suspicious.

Xie Jingxi wanted to ask Shen Huanzhi to investigate secretly, although she was not sure if Shen Huanzhi could help, as such a thing was difficult for him.

To Xie Jingxi's surprise, Shen Huanzhi had already replied his in less than two days, and he had already found out the identity of the so-called rich merchant in Jiangnan. She was extremely shocked, what was Shen Huanzhi doing now, how did he find out his identity so easily?

The matter was extremely important, so Xie Jingxi did not dare to hide it. On the same night, she informed Gu Yun, "The crown prince and Feng Wannian really have some tricks up their sleeves, do you remember the few mansions the crown prince has, which were given to him by that so-called wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, who is actually an old man from Feng Wannian's hometown."

Gu Yun replied and looked at her curiously, "You guessed it?"

"It was indeed my guess in the beginning, but I couldn't confirm it, so I asked Shen Huanzhi to help me investigate it. It's just that I didn't expect him to look into it carefully, other than finding out the evidence that the wealthy merchant in Jiangnan secretly linked to Feng Wannian, I also found some evidence that Feng Wannian secretly accepted secretly with the crown prince."

Xie Jingxi rarely talked to him seriously about matters of the Imperial Court. Other than when it was necessary, she wasn't willing to use the things she knew in her previous life to tell him. Other than the last time when she had no other choice in the matter of Zhang Family, she had also harmed the Fang Family.

This time, it was also because Gu Yun was involved and also because of the crown prince's ill intentions. She was afraid that Gu Yun would suffer a loss, which was why she intentionally or unintentionally mentioned him, but it seemed as if he had touched some unknown side of Shen Huanzhi.

Gu Yun looked at her for a long time before speaking, "It's all thanks to you this time, Feng Wannian is very cunning, I am afraid that in the short term, he will not even be able to touch seven inches of his strength, thus Feng Chen's matter is only a matter of time, the His Majesty placed a huge amount of pressure on everyone, but they were unable to find any evidence."

Xie Jingxi lowered his eyes, "Yes, it's good that I can help you, but actually it's also because I went to the manor that day, which is why I thought of it when Butler Yan mentioned it. Oh right, I still have something I haven't told you, I suspect that there's something wrong with the crown prince's manor, and it's most likely that it's where they raise their own private troops."

Gu Yun did not expect that, on the day he mentioned it, he also noticed that something was wrong, but he did not think that the people working in the crown prince's manor were strong and sturdy men, that alone was already a bit unusual, it was very possible that they had raised a private army as cover, and since the crown prince had the guts to hide his firearms, it was not a problem to raise a few private soldiers, but it could be seen that he had been plotting against them for a long time.

Xie Jingxi had never been lenient towards the crown prince, and Gu Yun had already seen this before, along with the matters of the Fang family, at that time, it seemed that he was only aware of this lady's courage and ability to hide her strength, but now, looking at it, it seemed that it was not the case at all. He started to fear that she would hide her strength, this Imperial Court thing was not something that could be easily exposed, furthermore, she was a lady, how could she possibly do it?

Gu Yun pulled her into his embrace, and comforted her while patting her head. He could tell that she was a little uneasy, so Gu Yun knew that he couldn't ask her about anything now, "In the future, if you go to the villa and tell me that Xi hasn't slept well with me, how do you think I should compensate?"

Xie Jingxi pushed him away, "If you knew earlier, I would have stayed in the villa for a few days."

Gu Yun laughed and then pulled his back, "Your temper is getting worse now. Alright, I won't tease you anymore, I've been busy all day today, sleep with me for a while."

Gu Yun had been extremely busy for the past few days, and the matter of the Rites Department's re-examination did not spread out, but sent people to closely monitor the examiners, because if they did anything to it, it was most likely that they would do something, and of course, with Gu Yun's strict surveillance, it was almost impossible for them to do anything, so the examination was not the important matter, and that was what Xie Cen and the others were worried about.

Gu Yun imprison Feng Chen in the name of the His Majesty was actually also under a lot of pressure. He personally requested the His Majesty to look after a few suspicious examinees, which caused the His Majesty to hesitate for a while before agreeing. It was really a waste of his speech, after all, imprisoning the examinees this way for no reason at all was somewhat inappropriate.

There were also some people who suggested that His Majesty simply take the test again, but because they were afraid that the consequences would be too great, they did not agree, and only silently pushed their rankings. In the end, they decided to take the test once in the Hall Competition, and then add on the overall ranking of the top three.

Actually, the exam questions would also be filtered out, but if the matter of the examination's cheating was true, then the questions discussed would no longer have a 100% chance of being confidential, so it was not enough for them to receive a letter. Therefore, His Majesty decided to test the exam at the last minute, and the exam questions would just be improvised on the spot.

This matter was not good news for the examinees, especially Great Scholar Feng, who was still locked up in the Ministry of Rites. Before the exam, he was not allowed to interact with the outside world, and was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, causing him to make a ruckus every day. Sometimes he would knock on the door, sometimes he would knock on the window, and everything in the room would be smashed into pieces.

Li Yannan waved his hand as if he didn't see Li Yannan's vexation. He instructed Li Yao to do his best to satisfy him, he only wanted the Hall Competition to end quickly so he could invite these young masters to go out and calculate.

This time, Feng Chen really wanted to eat the squirrel fish at Yue Yang's restaurant on a whim. You said that the delicious food would not change once it was brought to the Rites Department, Young Master Feng, no matter how greedy you are, you shouldn't be in such a hurry to do it for one or two days. However, not only did Young Master Feng have to eat, he also had to eat something hot. This also meant that after he came to the Ministry of Rites from Yue Yang's Restaurant, he had to stay in the Ministry of Rites and heat it up once before he could give it to Feng Chen to eat.

These pitiful people from the Department of Rites would always eat cold food brought over by their families, they did not know how to be reasonable about it, so they could only accept their fate and serve Young Noble Feng, heating up the pineapple salmon before bringing it to Feng Chen's room.

Feng Chen's house was being watched by Gu Yun's people, as usual they wanted to check if there were any small notes in the food, the two men at the door flipped through the dishes, which were usually considered finished, but today they decided on a whim to see if there was anything wrong with the fish's stomach, it was really hard to get food out.

The things that Young Master Feng has ordered to eat, every time, we have to obtain a delicious fish belly, it doesn't matter if you pull them apart, but what if Young Master Feng isn't happy, we still have matters to attend to, we really don't have time to waste time on him.

But the two men guarding the door were not willing to let them go. They had to check to ensure that the fish was safe, so they let them go, and just as the fish was about to turn cold again, Gu Yun came over.

"Lord Gu, do you think that we can accommodate them? Isn't it just a fish that was brought here directly from Yue Yang Restaurant, is there still a problem?"

Seeing Gu Yun as his savior, Gu Yun took a glance at the fish that had already been fried and fried. With a smile, he said to the owner: "I hope that you understand the responsibilities I have for this fish, Young Master Feng can only blame me for it, at worst, when Young Master Feng is done with his exams, I'll treat him to another meal."

Since Minister Gu had already said this, and there was no room for rebuttal, the fish could only put aside for inspection.