Chapter 144: Abandoning the Dark and Joining the Light
"The Gu family faked their death and are now in Jiangzhou!"
The brief sentence on the pigeon letter made Prime Minister Wei furious.
"Someone come!"
Not long after, the person who had just left returned to Prime Minister Wei.
"Ride as fast as you can to Jiangzhou to attend the Luming Banquet, and have the Jiangzhou Governor entertain the entire family of the top scholar."
The people under him thought that their master wanted to win over the Jiangzhou Jieyuan, and he had received the order.
However, he did not know that after he set off, Prime Minister Wei secretly dispatched dozens of secret guards to Jiangzhou.
These secret guards had only one mission when they went to Jiangzhou this time.
Kill the Gu family and leave no one alive!
Jiangzhou Gu Family East Garden.
"Mom and Dad, can my brother refuse to see us despite being sick? It's been like this for half a month now, and my face is so stiff from smiling!"
Gu Feixue had never been so speechless. She was happy that Gu Tingchuan got the upper hand this time.
After all, after passing the imperial examination, as long as you are on the list in the joint examination, you can see the emperor!
By then, the Gu family might be able to clear their name.
However, she never expected that these people from Jiangzhou would visit each other so often!
It can be said that after the results were announced, the Gu family had countless wealthy businessmen and scholars visiting them every day.
Some wanted Gu Tingchuan to endorse and sell things, some wanted Gu Tingchuan to help them learn some knowledge, and some officials in the officialdom wanted to win over Gu Tingchuan in advance.
The most outrageous thing is that every day there are several people who come to propose marriage with portraits of their daughters.
What's even more outrageous is that there are people who propose marriage to her!
Her parents took people around the house every day, and not only did they have calluses on their feet, but she was also often invited to meet guests from far away.
Although those who came to display their items brought countless gifts, the wonderful things from all over the Internet opened even her eyes.
However, the Gu family racked their brains every day to give people return gifts of the same level. After all, they didn't want to owe these guests anything, so as to avoid being criticized in the future.
"Forget it. After today, the Gu family will refuse visitors."
In half a month, everything that is supposed to come will come naturally, and what doesn’t come is not that big of a deal.
After Gu Lang said this, the whole Gu family breathed a sigh of relief.
Even Old Lady Gu looked more energetic.
Just when Gu Lang called Luo Li over and asked him to announce that the Gu family would not see visitors for some time, Luo Li brought news that surprised everyone.
"Master! The Governor is here to visit with gifts!"
Even Gu Feixue was a little surprised when she heard this.
The governor of Jiangzhou and the prefect of Liangcheng are not of the same level. They are both people under the central government. Even if Gu Tingchuan won the top three places in the imperial examinations or even the provincial examination, the other party would not need to pay much attention to him.
After all, he was able to become the governor of Jiangzhou Prefecture, and he was also a tribute student.
You have to know that after passing the provincial examination, which is the autumn examination, you still have to take the metropolitan examination in the spring. Only the top few hundred in the country can become tribute students.
Therefore, not to mention Gu Feixue, even Gu Lang felt a little strange.
Even if it is for attracting talents, can't he be received at the Lu Ming Banquet soon?
"Please ask someone to come in quickly. Forget it. I'll go and see him myself."
After all, the Jiangzhou Governor was an official of Jiangzhou. He had never met Gu Lang before, so he was naturally not afraid of exposing his identity.
In ancient times, news was not very developed, and officials and their deeds in the capital rarely circulated to the local areas.
Therefore, even if the Gu family did not change their name, no one in the local area would recognize their name.
Afterwards, Gu Lang took Wang, Gu Tingchuan and Gu Feixue to the door to welcome the arrival of Jiangzhou Governor Liu Gaoshui.
When Gu Feixue saw that Governor Liu was so stylish, she couldn't help but marvel at the scene.
When getting off the carriage, the servants have to bend over and step on the carriage's back, and a red carpet has to be laid out when they land. There are people supporting them on both sides, and a group of people have to follow behind them. It's such a grand scene.
This can be seen from the ancient officials, but at first glance, Governor Liu did not look like a villain, except that his smile was a little exaggerated.
"Hey, there's no need for you to come out to greet me. This governor is here to visit the Gu family."
As he spoke, Governor Liu came closer to the crowd. Gu Feixue quietly observed from the side and found that Governor Liu was very friendly towards Gu Tingchuan.
It's so good that it's a little abnormal.
After welcoming the person to the Gu family's reception room, Gu Lang exchanged greetings with him and learned the purpose of his visit.
"The Luming Banquet in Jiangzhou will be postponed for a while. An important figure from the capital is coming to attend."
When talking about this important person, the governor's eyes lit up.
Everyone in the Gu family was naturally curious about who the big shot from the capital was.
However, Governor Liu seemed to have received some instruction from someone. He smiled and said mysteriously that he wanted to keep it a secret.
Gu Feixue started to speculate, but then she heard Liu Gaoshui become serious again:
"Mr. Gu just needs to know that the entire Gu family must attend the Luming Banquet. Such a great event cannot be neglected!"
After saying that, Liu Gaoshui began to ask Gu Tingchuan about his well-being in a very affectionate manner.
Everyone in the Gu family had to attend? Gu Feixue immediately had a plan in mind.
It seems that some big shot in the capital is trying to win over the Gu family at the Lu Ming Banquet in Jiangzhou?
Otherwise, the entire Gu family would not be allowed to attend. After all, the Lu Ming Banquet was hosted by the governor, and usually only successful candidates in the imperial examinations attended. But now the entire Gu family was required to attend, which showed that the other party attached unprecedented importance to it.
Could it be that Gu Tingchuan's answers impressed some high-ranking figure so much that he couldn't wait to meet the Gu family, even asking the governor to postpone the Luming Banquet?
Who could it be? The provincial examination papers were only handled by the examiners of the various prefectures. At most, these examiners would submit them to high-ranking officials or princes of the same faction.
Could it be that Gu Tingchuan's test paper was so good this time that it caught the attention of the Fifth Prince of Jiangzhou?
But my father said that the Fifth Prince doesn't like internal political struggles, so his eagerness to win over talented people seems a bit contradictory.
Gu Feixue always felt that something was wrong, but when she saw that Liu Gaoshui was tight-lipped and didn't intend to reveal anything, she suddenly felt bored.
She really didn't want to attend this Lu Ming Banquet, but Gu Tingchuan had just passed the imperial examination, and it would be bad to offend the governor of Jiangzhou and the mysterious figure behind the scenes.
After bringing the news to the Gu family, Liu Gaoshui took his men and left the Gu family again.
The Gu family had no intention of refusing to attend the Luming Banquet, nor did they take the matter to heart.
After all, they have witnessed the power of official social events in the past few days.
However, they didn't know that Governor Liu used the excuse of delivering the news to other scholars, but turned around and went straight back to the mansion.
"Laisheng, how did Gu Tingchuan of the Gu family gain the Prime Minister's favor?"
The servant who was serving tea and water heard this and said:
"Perhaps Gu Tingchuan has won the first place in the junior and senior three places consecutively, and now he has won the first place, so we predict that he will also take the top spot in the spring examination?"
Liu Gaoshui shook his head:
"Over the years, there have been many who have achieved the same results as Gu Tingchuan, yet the Prime Minister has never shown such concern."
This time, the Prime Minister sent a secret letter to him, informing him to postpone the Lu Ming Banquet, and said that he would send a confidant to visit the Gu family and ask him to invite everyone in the Gu family to the Lu Ming Banquet.
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