Chapter 617 The real culprit is here, and he brings evidence!
Master Gu San looked at his wife who looked like a madman and his servants who looked terrified, and his face turned purple with anger.
Just as he was about to order someone to drag her away by force, a quiet voice came from the door: "Grandfather, why are you so angry?"
Everyone in the courtyard turned around and saw the newly crowned third place scholar, Gu Lu, wearing an exquisitely embroidered red official robe and a black gauze hat with golden flowers on his head, walking slowly in, surrounded by a group of servants in the mansion.
His dark eyes slowly swept over everyone in the courtyard, and finally stopped at the distorted face of Mrs. Gu San.
When the officials announcing the good news saw the real owner coming, they hurried forward again, bowed and congratulated with a smile on their faces.
Master Gu San suppressed the rage in his heart and responded with a smile that was uglier than crying.
When Mrs. Gu San saw Gu Lu in his official uniform, she seemed to have lost all her strength in an instant.
Then, a sharper scream erupted, "You, weren't you caught? This is fake! It's all fake! This outfit of yours was stolen!"
Gu Lu ignored her madness and just turned to Master Gu San and bowed deeply.
"My grandson's admission to high school is a happy occasion. However, I have an old case today and would like to ask grandfather to help me."
Master Gu San's heart trembled suddenly, and a strong ominous premonition came to his mind.
Gu Lu stopped looking at him and turned his gaze to Gu Xiaowu, who was shaking like a sieve.
"Gu Xiaowu, you said you saw me being arrested. Did you see clearly what that person looked like?"
Without waiting for Gu Xiaowu to answer, a man slowly walked out from behind Gu Lu. He was the down-and-out scholar who was caught at the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall that day.
He was still wearing Gu Lu's half-worn blue Confucian robe, and at this moment he bowed respectfully to Gu Lu.
"Thank you, young master, for saving my life. I used the two hundred taels of silver to hire a famous doctor for my mother, and she is now fully recovered."
The truth is revealed!
This trick of "escaping from the shell" was like a loud slap in the face of Mrs. Gu San, instantly breaking her last psychological defense.
Master Gu San looked at Gu Lu in astonishment. This grandson was so outstanding, with courage and strategy... He actually saw some of Gu Junze's talent in him.
As expected of someone taught by Gu Junze...
The corners of Gu Lu's mouth curled up slightly, and his gaze finally pierced straight at Mrs. Gu San like a knife.
"Grandma, do you think that as long as I'm gone, the secret of you killing my father will be forever unknown?"
The four words "killed my father" exploded in the yard like a thunder!
Master Gu San suddenly turned around and looked at his wife, his eyes full of disbelief.
Yang, who was standing by, was so frightened that her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Madam Gu's face turned pale as paper in an instant. She denied it harshly, "You're talking nonsense! You're slandering me! Your father was incompetent and offended Minister Yang. He got his leg broken and died of illness. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Really?" Gu Lu clapped his hands lightly.
Two servants came up carrying an old servant who looked haggard and timid.
"Grandfather, do you still recognize me? This is the steward who 'looked after' my father at the manor back then, Wang Er."
Gu Lu's eyes locked on Wang Er. "Wang Er, tell us how my father died of illness in Zhuangzi that year."
Wang Er's whole body trembled violently, and he was pushed by the servant and fell to his knees with a thud.
He knocked his head towards Master Gu San, making a loud bang.
"Master, please spare me! Master, please spare me! It was Third Madam, it was Third Madam who told us not to hire a doctor for Master Cheng, only to give him a bowl of stale rice every day, and not even a piece of charcoal in winter! She also told us to often teach him a lesson..."
The old servant burst into tears and said in a shrill voice: "Master Cheng's leg could have been healed, but he was tortured to death like this!"
Master Gu San was struck by lightning. The huge impact made him stagger back a big step.
He stared at his wife intently, and the pride, joy and anger all faded from his cloudy eyes.
Only an unprecedented, strong and indissoluble murderous intent remained.
Faced with Wang Er's accusations, Mrs. Gu San completely collapsed. She screamed and rushed towards the old servant, but was stopped by the servants.
"You little dog slave! How dare you frame your master!" She pointed at Wang Er and cursed in a shrill voice, "Who gave you any benefits? Who asked you to bite me?"
Gu Lu ignored her struggle and didn't even look at Wang Er again.
"Grandma, do you think this is the end?" His voice was calm, but it made Mrs. Gu tremble all over.
"You know exactly what happened back then."
Gu Lu clapped his hands lightly.
Behind the crowd, a well-dressed and arrogant old woman slowly walked out.
She ignored the chaotic scene in the courtyard, walked straight to Master Gu San, and bowed in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"I am from the residence of Minister Yang. I have come here on the orders of my wife to deliver a gift to Mr. Gu, the winner of the imperial examination."
As she spoke, she took out a letter from her sleeve and presented it with both hands.
Master Gu San's gaze shifted from the old woman to the letter.
He took it and tore off the sealing wax.
The letter was written by Madam Yang herself, but every word in it was heart-wrenching.
The letter described in detail how Mrs. Gu San had taken the initiative to come to the door and tearfully complained that her illegitimate son had evil intentions and intended to curry favor with the powerful.
Mrs. Yang hated Gu Jiacheng for trying to plot against her daughter... and they conspired to set up a trap that would ruin Gu Jiacheng's reputation.
The Yang family just broke Gu Jiacheng's legs, and Mrs. Gu San "guaranteed" that the follow-up would be handled cleanly and would not cause any trouble to the Yang family.
At the end of the letter, it was also vaguely mentioned that after the incident, Mrs. Gu San received a considerable amount of "hush money" from the Yang family.
Including Gu Chengye's official position...
There are both witnesses and evidence.
Master Gu San felt dizzy and everything went black.
He actually slept with such a vicious and cruel woman for decades!
His legitimate son, whom he treasured like a treasure, ascended to the throne by stepping on the corpse of another son!
"You...you vicious woman!"
Mr. Gu San suddenly raised his hand and slapped Mrs. Gu San hard in the face.
The force was so great that she fell backwards to the ground, the gold and jade hairpins on her head scattered all over the ground, her hair was disheveled, and she looked in a mess.
Gu Lu looked at this scene without any fluctuation in his eyes.
He thinks the play is not exciting enough!
"Grandfather," he stepped forward, "have you ever thought that your father's biological mother, your beloved Concubine Liu, just happened to fall into the water?"
Without waiting for Master Gu San to react, Gu Lu threw another yellowed confession at the feet of Mrs. Gu San.
"This was signed by the servant who was in charge of the salvage operation. There are scars on the back of Madam Liu's head from being hit by a heavy object. She was knocked unconscious and then pushed into the water."
"Before she took action, the last person to see her was your most capable maid, who you later personally promoted to housekeeper and your grandmother's dowry—Mother Zhang!"
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