The next morning, Zhao Chengmo dressed neatly and leaned over to give him a kiss on the forehead.
"I went to the Xuanyi Camp."
Gu Lingze stretched out his arm from the thin blanket, grabbed his front, and said through gritted teeth: "You'd better not come back!"
A low laugh escaped from Zhao Chengmo's throat. He took his hand, pecked his fingertips lightly, then turned and walked out the door.
Gu Lingze slept until noon before getting up, washing and dressing, just in time for lunch.
During the meal, he mentioned to Xie Qingwan the matter of finding someone to manage the pharmacy.
Xie Qingwan was naturally willing to help, but the pharmacy was very important now, and she was a little hesitant about the choice of person.
Gu Lingze then told Xie Qingwan the whole story in general. After listening to it, Xie Qingwan admired Tan Leming very much and completely put aside her worries.
After dinner, Gu Feirui was discussing the new artillery with Gu Lingze when the palace guards came in and interrupted them.
"The He family? Which He family?" Gu Lingze was still confused, but Gu Feirui stood up and rushed out of the study.
Just as Gu Lingze arrived at the door, Xie Qingwan and Su Wenyu also rushed over after hearing the news.
In front of the gate of the General's Mansion, four people, two men and two women in tattered clothes, were kneeling.
The people around them kept pointing and talking, and when they saw them come out, they looked at them with anger and contempt, but mostly with eyes that looked like they were looking forward to a good show.
Before they could speak, the middle-aged man in the middle kowtowed several times, making loud banging sounds.
"Please, Master Imperial Master, let my little brother go. He is just a fool. I will serve you like a slave instead. Please!"
Gu Lingze sneered and took a step forward, "He Wang, you dare..."
Before he could finish, Liu Fenhua immediately knelt forward and cried bitterly, "Master Imperial Master, if you want to hit someone, just hit me, don't hit my husband anymore!"
Before he finished speaking, their two children also began to kowtow, looking extremely miserable and pitiful.
"Some people rely on their high positions and power to oppress the people. This is simply against the will of heaven and earth!"
Someone in the crowd shouted, and immediately received a response from the people around.
Gu Lingze turned to look at the palace guards, "Go to Heyi Tower and bring He Tianshui back."
"yes."
At this time, more and more people gathered around, which directly attracted the attention of the Jinwu Guards in the city.
As soon as Huo Jingwu heard the news, he hurried over with his men.
When the four members of the He family saw the formation of the Jinwu Guards, even though they were shaking like sieves with fear, they still acted as if they were not afraid of power.
This resulted in Gu Lingze being seen as an evil person who oppressed innocent people in the eyes of the people.
Gu Feirui was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Gu Lingze.
Then, he bowed in the direction of Huo Jingwu and said, "Commander Huo, I will take care of this matter myself. There is no need to trouble the Jinwu Guard Camp."
"Yes, sir."
At this time, Qian Bo took out the things that Gu Lingze had just instructed him to do and handed them to him.
Gu Lingze walked down the stairs slowly, looked down at the four people of the He family and said, "He Wang, Liu Fenhua, do you still remember this letter of severance?"
The two of them looked away for a moment, but soon, Liu Fenhua sobbed and said, "If my husband and I hadn't signed the marriage agreement that day, I'm afraid we would have been beaten to death by the prefect."
Gu Lingze sneered and nodded, "Okay."
He turned to look at He Wang, "Since you said your brother is a fool, why should I rob him?"
Gu Lingze looked at the crowd with a mocking expression, "My general's mansion has dozens of guards and servants from inside to outside. I won't enslave a fool."
At this moment the crowd suddenly became noisy. Before, they only felt sorry for the He family but did not think about the reason behind it.
The status of the national teacher is so respected, and he is just a young man. What's the point of robbing a stupid boy?
He Wang now had an expression of a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He raised his head and said, "In that case, please, Master Imperial Master, return my brother to me. After all, we are his biological parents!"
"How dare you say the words 'biological parents'!" Gu Feirui roared.
He stepped forward and grabbed He Wang by the front of his collar, "If my brother hadn't arrived in time, you would have thrown him into the river for those few hundred taels of silver!"
After Gu Feirui finished speaking, he threw He Wang to the ground and wanted to kick him twice.
Seeing this, Liu Fenhua shouted, "Someone is being beaten! Someone is being beaten in the General's Mansion!"
But the onlookers at this time were no longer as indignant as before, and no one spoke up to denounce Gu Lingze and the General's Mansion behind him.
The He family has reached this point but still refuses to give up.
He Wang's eldest son shouted, "Tianshui is our biological brother, how could our parents bear to throw him into the river!"
"Because I'm a fool!!" This cry mixed with trembling and pain attracted everyone's attention.
He Tianshui clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were red, and walked step by step to the He family.
"Because I'm a fool, you've beaten and scolded me since I was a child, and even used me to sacrifice to the river god for five hundred taels of silver."
When He Tianshui said this, tears were already streaming down his face.
"The Imperial Master rescued me and cured my idiocy. Everyone in the General's Mansion took care of me. But now you are throwing dirty water on me. You...you..."
He was obviously extremely sad. He was sobbing and unable to speak. He Tianshui, who was trembling all over, looked helpless and pitiful.
When Gu Feirui saw him like this, he felt as if someone had stabbed him in the chest, and the pain made him unable to breathe.
Xie Qingwan and Su Wenyu both showed a look of heartache on their faces. They stepped forward, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped He Tianshui's face.
"Second brother, take Tianshui in first." Gu Lingze said.
As soon as he finished speaking, He Tianshui was taken inside by Gu Feirui, holding his wrist.
Gu Lingze looked at the people around him and said, "You can go to Jingyuan Prefecture to verify the matter of He Tianshui. If there is any untruth, I am willing to be dismissed from the position of national teacher."
After hearing what he said, everyone was immediately terrified and knelt on the ground.
"Master Imperial Master, please calm down."
Gu Lingze lowered his eyes and looked at He Wang and the others, "I don't know who ordered you to do this, but you'd better be careful, so as not to suffer the consequences in the end."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the General's Mansion without touching the four people from the He family from beginning to end.
He Wang, Liu Fenhua and others breathed a sigh of relief at this time, thinking they had escaped.
Unexpectedly, after the Cao family learned about this, Cao Xianrui went directly to Jingyuan Prefecture and told Shi Yuanqing about it.
After hearing this, Shi Yuanqing became furious. He asked the squad leader and the yamen runners to wait in front of the He family's door. As soon as the four members of the He family returned, they were directly locked up in the government jail.
Minister Cao brought Shi Lanqing to apologize to Gu Lingze. They did not expect that the He family could be so shameless.
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