"Brother Fan, Zhang Yong is dead!"
Tu Yufan was reading when he suddenly heard these words from the time-space mirror. His eyes flashed. Zhang Yong was the eunuch who kept the secret and was also in Concubine Wen's palace. After Tu Yufan killed so many people, Zhang Yong ran away.
The first person the murderers suspected was Zhang Yong, so it was normal for them to catch him.
At the beginning, Tu Yufan placed a piece of debris on him and watched him escape to Lin Country along the familiar route. He thought that he would eventually escape with a false name, but he was still caught.
"Brother Fan, Zhang Yong betrayed you. He died a miserable death. In the end, he even told them that you were Concubine Wen's biological son."
"!!"
This secret was also revealed. It was not easy for him. He kept this thing for so many years and finally lost his life because of it.
In the past, Zhang Yong must have been loyal to Concubine Wen and risked his life to guard the evidence. Unfortunately, people change, not to mention when he was tortured. Tu Yufan thought about how he took a lot of money with him when he left, and that he was an old hand in the world for many years. He was able to escape from the palace unscathed and even fled abroad, yet he was still caught and brought back. Are those people so powerful?
Tu Yufan sighed. It was no use thinking about it any further. These people were probably going to turn against him now.
Tu Yufan continued to study as usual. When the teacher at the academy heard that he was going to take part in the next imperial examination, he asked him a few questions. When Tu Yufan saw the questions, he knew how to answer them with his eyes closed. The only thing he had to do was to avoid the taboos of this dynasty and the emperor. Basically, the answers were the same.
The teacher was amazed and murmured, "I heard that you started studying at the age of six in the Zhao family. More than ten years later, you passed the examination and ranked in the bottom ten. It seems that you still have a long way to go in the imperial examination. I didn't expect that after leaving the Zhao family, you have made such great progress in your knowledge in such a short time."
"Students used to be too comfortable, and most of them could only rely on themselves."
The teacher nodded. Perhaps it was because of adversity that people suddenly became wise.
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After returning home from college, Tu Yufan now basically studies at home. Occasionally, if he has any questions, he will go to ask his teacher. He is not thinking about the imperial examination now, but just thinking that he can't just sit and wait for death. He has already got some clues about the murderer.
It’s none other than the late empress dowager’s Li and Shen families.
At the beginning, the Queen Mother succeeded in making her niece Consort Wen the Queen, but the Emperor hated her very much and always ignored her. He even wanted to depose her and make Consort Wen the Queen.
Later, the entire Wen family was executed because they were accused of treason. Concubine Wen escaped temporarily because she was pregnant, but she eventually gave birth to a stillborn baby and died of depression.
Of course it wasn't a stillbirth, but Tu Yufan had been secretly replaced.
Tu Yufan thought that the Shen family was almost all-powerful, but the emperor would definitely not let them go on like this, and would wipe them out sooner or later.
However, this period of time is still very long, and Tu Yufan will have to face the Shen family's hidden tricks sooner or later.
Speaking of which, the emperor probably didn't like Concubine Wen very much. Perhaps compared to other concubines, the emperor did treat her a little differently. He only knew that her family was framed, but under the pressure of the empress dowager and the Shen family, he just let it go.
Tu Yufan went back to his old business and began to develop his power. Using the caravan as a cover, he secretly collected evidence of the Shen family's crimes.
Soon, the imperial examination will begin.
During this period, Wang Lingping did not dare to breathe for fear of disturbing Tu Yufan. Sometimes when Tu Yufan wanted to tease her son, Wang Lingping would hurriedly hug him.
Tu Yufan: “….”
There was no pressure at first, but my family was under a lot of pressure.
The imperial examination was held in the spring in the capital. The place where he lived was a little far from the examination site, so Tu Yufan got up before dawn.
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