Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 96

It was past noon, the red crows moved westward, and there was no sign of Gu Shixing returning.

Su Yun told Xia Ke to go to the government office and take a look.

But before Xia Ke left the house, she met Mo Tai who had returned.

Gu Shixing is still in the government office and no one knows when he will be back, so Mo Tai is asked to go back to the old house and tell Su Yun that she doesn't have to wait for him for dinner in the evening.

After hearing what Mo Tai said, Su Yun sent the other maids out of the hall, leaving only Xia Ke and Chu Yi. She asked, "What's the situation at the government office now?"

Mo Tai said: "The prince asked everyone who participated in the case of Xu Tongpan to record their statements. It will probably take some time to record them."

"Is that also true of the governor?"

Mo Tai shook his head: "That's not the case. The prince, the governor, and Xu Hao were all waiting in the hall. No one else was allowed to enter. I don't know what they talked about."

Su Yun was silent for a moment, then nodded and asked him, "Have you eaten?"

Mo Tai touched his head and shook his head, saying, "I was in a hurry to come back and pass on the message. I haven't eaten yet. I'll buy some buns outside later."

Su Yun heard this, looked at Chu Yi, and ordered: "Ask the kitchen to prepare a bowl of noodles, and let Mo Tai eat before going to the government office."

Then he looked at Mo Tai and said, "Looking at the current situation, he will probably be back very late. Eat something hot before going over. And tell the prince that I know about it. Ask him to come back after he finishes his work."

Mo Tai hurriedly thanked him, then said yes and followed Chu Yi out of the hall.

After the people left, Su Yun returned to her room and continued to wear flowers in her hair.

She had been recuperating at home these days on the pretext of illness, so she did some embroidery and hairpinning when she had nothing to do.

In the two days before he pretended to be sick, quite a few letters were sent to him. Su Yun rejected them all with the excuse of having a cold, but that did not stop others from visiting him.

Some people always want to gain her favor by asking about her well-being when she is weak.

When someone came to visit, Su Yun asked Chu Yi to put on some makeup to make her look pale and weak.

Chu Yi had good skills, and after putting on makeup, she really did look like an invalid, and no one who came to visit had any doubts.

After all, he couldn't get close to the bed to take a look, and could only say a few words from the outer room. When he looked in from the outer room, he saw Su Yun leaning against the head of the bed, covering his lips and coughing lightly. It really seemed like that was the case.

During this period, Madam Zheng also came once. Seeing that Su Yun was really ill, she gave some gifts, said a few words of concern, and then left.

Later, Su Yun was too lazy to deal with the endless stream of nobles and relatives. When someone came to visit again, he simply told people that his cold had worsened and he would not see anyone.

After a few days of quietness, I felt much more relaxed.

After Su Yun made the hairpin flowers, she took a nap in the house for a while. When she woke up, she looked out the window. The sky was dim and covered with rosy clouds. She then realized that the sun was setting in the west.

The room had already become dark. She stood up and stretched her arms, then went to the table and twisted the candle wick. When the candle lit up, Su Yun walked towards the door.

Qianxia, ​​who was sitting under the eaves picking beads, heard the sound of a door opening behind her. She quickly put down the bamboo basket and ordered, "Qianxia, ​​go arrange for a guard to go to the government office and see what's going on."

Qianxia responded, then quickly walked down the corridor steps and walked out of the yard.

Su Yun looked up at the sky which was gradually darkening with clouds, and knew in his heart that what Gu Shixing was doing today was to disrupt Zheng Zhijing's position and consume his patience in order to force him to take action.

If Zheng Zhijing were to be arrested today, no matter whether Governor Wu was really involved in framing Pan Xu or not, everyone would naturally think that it was Governor Wu who ordered it.

If Governor Wu had not been involved, he would have been guilty of negligence and at most would have been demoted or stripped of his official title. However, if he had falsely accused an official of colluding with the bandits and suspected them of being involved, then at the very least he would have been exiled thousands of miles away, or at worst his entire family would have been implicated.

Gu Shixing was not completely sure whether Wu Taishou was involved, so he tried to test him today. He thought that he would spend another day tomorrow, until someone could no longer hold back.

If Governor Wu is involved, there will definitely be big moves.

If it was only Zheng Zhijing who colluded with others to frame him, then Zheng Zhijing and the others would have taken action today.

It was not until the silver moon was high in the sky that Gu Shixing returned in the night.

Su Yun asked someone to prepare hot water and simple food.

When Gu Shixing came back from bathing, the food had just been served on the table.

After sending the servants away, Su Yun put some side dishes into his bowl and kept picking up the chopsticks. Gu Shixing smiled and said, "If you put more food in, the bowl will soon be full."

Su Yun glanced at his bowl, which was only 70% full, and took another bite before putting down his chopsticks. He said, "You have a light taste, and the food in the government office may not suit your appetite."

As they spent more time together, she became more and more generous in caring for him. The cold face she had worn all day completely disappeared, replaced by a faint smile.

After he finished eating, Su Yun asked someone to come in and clean up. After that, Su Yun asked him about the government office.

Gu Shixing poured the hot tea that had just been delivered from the teapot. There was thick steam, and he raised his hand to brush away the steam, which immediately dissipated.

He took a sip of tea and said slowly, "All the confessions have been recorded. I will go to the government office to check tomorrow."

"What were Zheng Zhijing and Wu Taishou's reactions?"

Gu Shixing's lips curled slightly: "I can still keep my composure, but I guess many people won't be able to sleep tonight."

After that, he looked at Su Yun and smiled more deeply: "At least we can sleep well and don't have to worry about them."

Su Yun couldn't help but smile when he heard this. After laughing, he thought about how they had already been in Lingchuan for more than 20 days, so he asked, "Lord Shao Xi only gave you one more month. Excluding the half month for the return trip, the remaining time is only about ten days. Is it in time?"

Gu Shixing took another sip of tea, tilted his head slightly, and looked at her with a smile: "That day, didn't you tell Madam Zheng that I was the youngest Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and that I was promoted by virtue of my real talent and knowledge, and that as long as it was me, no matter how difficult the case was, I could solve it. How come what you said that day was all false?"

"Did you hear everything?" Su Yun's cheeks flushed and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

Although she pretended to be affectionate and worshipful in front of others, she felt uncomfortable in front of the victim. Even though the other party was her husband, she still felt ashamed.

But then she was startled again and looked up at him: "But weren't you... coming from a distance at that time?"

Gu Shixing raised his lips, put down the cup, and looked at her: "Ayun, when eavesdropping, don't wait until someone finishes talking and hide when you are ready to leave."

Su Yun: ...

After a moment of silence, she said, "Why would you eavesdrop on my conversation with Madam Zheng? If you want to know, would I hide it from you?"

Gu Shixing smiled and said, "That's not the case. I just heard that Madam Zheng was here that day, so I wanted to test her reaction. I didn't expect to hear you praising me generously when I got outside. It's rare for you to praise me like this, so I naturally couldn't bear to interrupt."

Su Yun: ...

"Then why did you create the illusion of walking down the corridor?"

Gu Shixing: "Relax Madam Zheng's vigilance. If I'm outside the door, she will think too much."

Su Yun thought of how he had listened to her boasting outside the door, and then turned away, pretending to have just come in, and couldn't help laughing: "My husband looks serious, but he is full of drama."

She always thought he was serious and rigid, but the more she got to know him, she discovered his unknown side.

And it was a side that only she could see.

Thinking of this, Su Yun's face suddenly lit up with a smile. He picked up the teapot and filled his cup seven-tenths full with hot tea.

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As Gu Shixing said, some people really lost sleep over this matter.

Almost everyone who was involved in Xu Tongpanzi's case suffered from insomnia.

They vaguely realized that Xu Tongpan's case was not simple, otherwise the Dali Temple Shaoqing who came from Jindu would not have made such a big fuss.

If there was something wrong with Xu Tongpan's case, they would be implicated to some extent even if they were just following orders.

The Magistrate Wu also tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. His old wife beside him couldn't stand his tossing and turning, so she sat up and asked in a mumbling voice: "I saw you came back from the government office today, and you looked strange, but you didn't say anything when I asked you. What happened?"

Governor Wu also sat up and sighed, "No matter how I think about it, it feels wrong."

"What's wrong?"

Governor Wu thought about Gu Shixing's expression today and analyzed, "That Prince Gu gives me a weird feeling. He seems to really think that Judge Xu's case is a misjudgment."

The wife of the prefect heard this and her face tightened: "Could something really have gone wrong?"

Governor Wu shook his head: "Now... I'm not so sure."

As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed. After a while, he threw off the quilt, got out of bed, and put on the clothes beside the bed.

"Where are you going?"

Governor Wu replied, "I will go to the study and think carefully about whether something really went wrong back then."

The wife of the prefect advised: "It is better to rest and ask Zhijing to come over tomorrow to discuss it."

Governor Wu shook his head: "No, I have to go to the government office again tomorrow."

Having said that, he left the house.

Governor Wu couldn't sleep, and Zheng Zhijing's side was also in complete chaos.

When Zheng Zhijing knew that Xu Tongpan was investigating him, things around him were exposed, and his years of business were ruined. Under the pressure of time, he framed him without a careful plan, so there were still many drawbacks.

The dirty silver that appeared in Xu Tongpan's house at that time was the official silver that Zheng Zhijing had stolen by pretending to be a bandit. After the robbery, he found an opportunity to secretly transport it to Xu Tongpan's house, and immediately sent people to search for it the next day.

At that time, five bandits were indeed captured, two of whom were wanted in the painting. He asked them to testify against Xu Tongpan, and then selected five death row prisoners from other places to replace them. He originally wanted to burn the death row prisoners to death, so he locked their cells tightly, so that when other prisoners escaped, they would definitely not be able to escape.

Who would have thought that among these prisoners there was a locksmith who had mastered the skill of unlocking locks to perfection!

Furthermore, his threat to Zhou Zhen was also a disadvantage.

Zheng Zhijing knew that there were too many doubts left in Xu Tongpan's case. As long as these doubts were found out and matched, the spearhead would naturally be pointed at him.

Even if he said it was his father-in-law who ordered it, he couldn't escape.

So as soon as he came back, he immediately instructed his confidants to secretly sell the land and shops that were not in his name for cash.

After giving the instructions, he sorted out his expression and emotions and returned to his room.

But when he opened the door and saw his wife hanging from the beam, his pupils suddenly shrank. He quickly closed the door and rushed forward to get the person down.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that his unresponsive wife still had a pulse and heartbeat.

Looking at his wife lying on the bed with a pale face and faint marks on her neck, Zheng Zhijing sighed.

On one side is her father, and on the other side is her husband. Now her father might be implicated by her husband, but she knew about it but did not report it. She has been tormented by this matter for a long time. Today, both her father and husband were summoned to the government office, and she finally could not bear it anymore.

Knowing why his wife wanted to commit suicide, Zheng Zhijing clenched and unclenched his hands, and then clenched and unclenched them again.

After a long time, he finally sighed and said helplessly: "I was the one who planned to marry you. I am sorry for you, but a husband and wife are bound by grace for a hundred days. I will not bring trouble to you and your father."

After saying this, he took off the white silk, stood up and walked out of the room. After instructing the maid to stay with his wife at all times, he went to the study and wrote a letter of divorce.

The reason is - nothing happened in three years.