Yu Qizhe smiled faintly, "Mr. Liu, you are joking. I am just a scholar. I know very little about the affairs of the court, and my views are very superficial."
Liu Ziqi also chuckled, "Mr. Yu, you are being too self-deprecating."
Gu Yun couldn't bear the two people's flowery and polite words, and went straight to the point, "The Dali Temple is about to convict Xu Youzhi. It will be difficult to overturn the verdict after the case is closed. Don't you still want to save Jinyiwei's Lu Jin? If you have any way, please tell me quickly."
Yu Qizhe pondered for a while, "What do you think of Qin Huaiyuan being the mastermind behind this?"
"Qin Huaiyuan was my father's student. My father doesn't believe that he did this." Liu Ziqi said, "Some time ago, my father displeased the emperor because he prevented him from using the official money from dredging the Si River to build a temple. The evidence found by the Dali Temple directly pointed to Xu Youzhi. My father is probably powerless in this matter."
Yu Qizhe was a little surprised. If Liu Ci Fu didn't care about this matter, it meant that the Qingliu faction would not interfere in this matter.
He frowned and was silent for a moment.
Liu Ziqi looked at him quietly. Gu Yun wanted to speak but Liu Ziqi stopped him with his eyes. Gu Yun had to hold back his words and picked up the tea bowl to take a sip.
When Liu Ci Fu heard that it was Qin Huaiyuan who did it, he arranged people to investigate. Although he would not interfere in the matter openly, he would definitely not let Xu Youzhi be wrongly convicted.
However, Qin Huaiyuan disguised himself too well, and it would be difficult to collect evidence of his crime. Even the letter that Li Xu had secretly hidden had been read by Liu Ci Fu, and it was not in Qin Huaiyuan's handwriting at all.
"Have you found out where the Yongle official silver in the hands of Mr. Xu's third daughter came from?" Yu Qizhe asked after a while.
Gu Yun said, "I went to the Dali Temple again this morning and asked Miss Xu San. She said that when she went to the cloth shop to buy cloth, the silver was given by the maid. She had no idea that it was the official silver newly minted by the Yongle Mint. The maid's family has disappeared, so this clue is broken."
Even that letter was not written by Qin Huaiyuan himself. The current situation is very tricky and there is no evidence to accuse Qin Huaiyuan.
Yu Qizhe went to the Dali Temple last night but was unable to see Lu Jin, and he didn't know how he was doing in prison.
Yu Qizhe was lost in thought for a while, then asked Gu Yun, "Young Marquis, can you get the Yongle official silver?"
Gu Yun asked in confusion, "What do you want the newly minted Yongle official silver for?"
"Give them a taste of their own medicine." Yu Qizhe said calmly, "Since there is no evidence, we might as well learn from them and forge evidence."
"Fabricate evidence? Do you mean fabricating evidence to frame someone?" Gu Yun didn't think this was a good idea. Only a treacherous group would use such despicable means.
"Although the evidence is false, the criminal is real." Yu Qizhe said calmly.
"That's hard to say. What if it wasn't Qin Huaiyuan at all? After all, the letter in Li Xu's hand was not written by Qin Huaiyuan himself. All we know is Li Xu's one-sided statement." Gu Yun argued with him.
Yu Qizhe picked up the teacup on the table and said slowly, "Just give it a try and you'll know."
Liu Ziqi's eyes sparkled with interest, "How do you try it?"
After the three of them finished chatting, the tea on the table had already gone cold. Gu Yun began to arrange various matters, and Liu Ziqi sent Yu Qizhe out of the house.
Standing outside the mansion, Liu Ziqi looked at Yu Qizhe and suddenly said, "Some time ago, someone asked if there was a missing child in my family. It must be Master Yu's doing."
Yu Qizhe's face was calm. He met Liu Ziqi's gaze without panic or impatience, and frankly admitted, "Yes."
Liu Ziqi smiled and said, "I went to Qingzhou to look for the orphan of an old friend, not someone from the Liu Mansion. Master Yu wanted to investigate secretly, was it for Yu Jiao?"
Yu Qizhe said nothing.
Liu Ziqi glanced at the willow tree outside the door, whose branches were swaying in the wind, and continued, "The capital is a place of controversy. Don't investigate Yu Jiao's background any further, and it's best not to let her come to the capital."
After he finished speaking, he waited for a moment, only to see Yu Qizhe nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing that he didn't ask more questions, Liu Ziqi felt that Yu Qizhe was an interesting person. He didn't see it when he was in Qingzhou before, but now in the capital, he realized that there was something different. He was a smart man.
"I know you have studied hard for several years, hoping to become an official through imperial examination. If you pass, I can help you find a post in Qingzhou. Treat Yu Jiao well and let her do whatever she wants." Liu Ziqi knew that Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe loved each other, and he did not intend to interfere. As long as Yu Jiao was happy, he could find a way to get Yu Qizhe a post in Qingzhou after he passed, so that the two of them could stay together forever.
As for the mess in the capital, he hoped Yu Jiao could stay as far away from it as possible.
Yu Qizhe did not respond to Liu Ziqi's words, and he didn't know how to respond.
All the way back to Kanjing Hutong, Yu Qizhe was thinking about Liu Ziqi's words. He wanted to enter the officialdom, but not just to be a local official in remote areas.
Yu Qizhe originally planned to bring Yu Jiao to the capital after he had established himself in the capital, but Liu Ziqi's words clearly did not deny that Yu Jiao was the person he was looking for.
It’s not that Yu Qizhe didn’t want to know Yu Jiao’s background, but even if he asked, Liu Ziqi would never tell him.
If Yu Jiao's background was not tricky, based on Liu Ziqi and Gu Yun's attitude in Qingzhou, they should have brought Yu Jiao to Beijing to recognize her relatives.
What is Liu Ziqi afraid of by not letting Yu Jiao come to the capital? Yu Qizhe rubbed his fingertips, guessing secretly in his heart.
Is he afraid that her background will be exposed and she will be involved in some trouble, or is he afraid that... he can't protect her?
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