"Young Marquis Gu wants to find out the truth, and I want to save Lu Jin. We have the same goal. If Young Marquis Gu can help me, I will spare no effort to help him find out the truth about the embezzlement case."
Yu Qizhe's voice was calm, and the look he gave Gu Yun was even calmer, as if he was not the one in a hurry to save people.
Gu Yun sneered. If he was really a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, he would have been fooled by Yu Qizhe's few words. It was obvious that this man came to him to ask for help, but after these words, it became that he needed his help.
At this moment, the servant who was sent by Gu Yun to the Dali Temple to inquire about the situation came back in a hurry and whispered to Gu Yun about the situation at the Dali Temple. It was exactly the same as what Yu Qizhe had just said. The people from the Dali Temple found the secret letters between Lu Jin and Li Xiu, as well as the receipts of bribes from the bank. Li Xiu had been arrested and tortured in the Dali Temple.
Gu Yun waved his hand to let the servant leave and continued to go to the Dali Temple to inquire about the situation.
Staring at Yu Qizhe, Gu Yun tapped the stone table with his knuckles and pondered for a moment before making a decision.
He wanted to see how Yu Qizhe, a commoner, could find out the truth and break the situation.
Gu Yun's words rolled around in his throat before he squeezed them out. "Okay, then tell me how you can help me find out the truth?"
"First, I would like to trouble Young Marquis Gu to send someone to keep an eye on the family of Li Xu, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Works. To be honest, I have just arrived in the capital and have no one to use. I can only trouble Young Marquis Gu's men to take more care of it."
Gu Yun snorted softly. He had already thought of this.
The Royal Guards were directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Mingzheng and had no hierarchical relationship with the civil and military officials. Few people could order the Royal Guards around, let alone a small-time Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Works, Li Xiu, who could instigate the Royal Guards to kill people to silence them.
As far as Gu Yun knew, the Jinyiwei had an unwritten rule when they searched the homes of officials, which was that everyone could take one item away during the search, and that item was not included in the items that had to be handed over.
Other officials might have the possibility of accepting bribes, but for a lucrative position like the Jinyiwei, if they were to be so desperate for such a small amount of money and kill people in their own Gongwei Division to silence them, they would be simply stupid and brainless!
It is obvious that it is not that the Jinyiwei people are stupid, but that the people who framed them were not willing to put any effort into it.
Yu Qizhe continued, "Secondly, that Yuanwailang Li Xiu will soon reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, and this mastermind should be the upright official they want to get rid of. Young Marquis Gu must make arrangements early, otherwise, once this person is sent to the Dali Temple, it will be difficult to overturn the case."
Gu Yun frowned. The Chief Justice of Dali Temple was a person promoted by the Feng family, Marquis of Dingbei. He was loyal to Empress Feng and the Crown Prince and never interfered in the factional disputes between Qingliu and Shen Tian. If an important official of Qingliu was really found out during the interrogation, how could he make a hasty decision?
After all, Yu Qizhe was not a court official, and he had no idea about the relationships between the people involved in the civil and military officials. His remarks here were just based on speculation.
Gu Yun didn't want to remind him of this, so he just asked, "Anything else?"
"Young Marquis Gu might as well send someone to investigate carefully the officials who handled the transfer of silver from the treasury. Such a large sum of money disappeared, and there must be some traces left. Maybe it's embezzlement." Yu Qizhe suggested meaningfully.
Gu Yun nodded, "I will send someone to investigate, but after all you've said, it's still up to me to arrange for someone to investigate. If nothing is found, how are you going to exonerate your friend from the Imperial Guards?"
"Thank you for your hard work, Young Marquis Gu. You know that I have no connections in the capital since I just arrived." Yu Qizhe stood up. "If I can't find anything, I will find another way to save people."
After saying that, he raised his hand and bowed, "I'll take my leave now."
Gu Yun was very disdainful. He thought of another way to save people? How could he, a scholar, break out of prison? He was indeed a scholar, and his only skill was his mouth.
After having Yu Qizhe taken out of the house, Gu Yun went to Liu Ci Fu's house to discuss the matter with Liu Ziqi.
Not long after Yu Qizhe returned to Kanjing Hutong, someone knocked on the door.
The servant went to open the door, and outside stood a man who claimed to be a servant from Liu Zhanshi's house. The servant invited the man into the house and led him to Yu Qizhe's room.
The man walked into the room and said with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, "Master Yu, my master ordered me to come and retrieve my name card and the plaque for Master Shanshui's lectures."
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