Hope for luck

Chapter 438
Seeing Gao Pan's steadfast attitude, and as a son of man, he will surely avenge his parents' hatred, so Dong Pingzhang could only sigh a few times in the end and stop persuading him.

And Gao Pan took out the jade pendant that Dong Pingzhang gave him before leaving Beijing, and respectfully returned it with both hands:

"Mr. Dong, thank you for your kindness. You actually gave me such an important thing to save my life. Fortunately, it was still useless in the end. The junior feels very heavy holding it. It is better to return it to you."

Seeing this, Dong Pingzhang said calmly:

"Put it away. When I first heard the news of the Dongshan riots, I sweated for you. Fortunately, in the end, you were as slippery as a loach, and you actually survived the quagmire..."

"Don't think that the old man doesn't suspect the identity of the brothel girl because he doesn't know the truth. She is the real thief, right?"

These words made Gao Pan's heart skip a beat, and he replied calmly:

"I still can't hide it from your old eyes. She is indeed the real leader of the thieves. However, she is just a miserable person. She was coerced by others and had to take the position of the leader of the thieves."

Dong Pingzhang sighed slightly when he heard the words:
"Hey, it's someone else. I'm afraid you have been bullied many times, and I don't know whether it's right or wrong to help you..."

Said, Dong Pingzhang looked at the jade pendant in Gao Pan's hand, then sighed softly:
"Put it away. With your temperament, you don't know how much trouble you will create in the future. This jade pendant of the late emperor may really save your life, and it can be regarded as an atonement for your parents!"

Gao Pan disagreed with this statement:
"Mr. Dong, this junior thinks that you really don't need to worry about this matter, let alone make atonement."

With that said, Gao Pan offered the jade pendant again, while Dong Pingzhang insisted:
"Forget it, put it away. There is no reason to take back what the old man gave away. This thing may be more useful to you than to the old man!"

Seeing Dong Pingzhang's insistence again and again, Gao Pan knew that he would return the jade pendant again, but he didn't know what to do, so he had to salute Dong Pingzhang respectfully, and then took the jade pendant back into his arms.

Seeing this, Dong Pingzhang frowned, and finally said that he went to meet Prince Gong on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

"...Prince Gong is really just an idle prince now. The old man can tell that he has long since lost his fighting spirit. Now he is just in the palace, raising flowers and plants."

But Gao Pan keenly grasped something, and hurriedly said:

"No, Mr. Dong, why did he ask you to meet him? Have you thought about it?"

Dong Pingzhang narrowed his old eyes after hearing this, and then said slowly:
"For this matter, Lu Wang also blamed the old man, saying that the old man shouldn't go to see him, but the old man thought that after 16 years, everything should be over, right?"

Gao Pan was horrified, and replied worriedly:
"Why did you lose your vigilance all of a sudden? Right now is our new party's uprising. Don't you find it strange that Prince Gong will see you when he sees you at this time?"

"What's more, when he sent someone to assassinate you, did you never resent him?"

Dong Pingzhang was stunned by these words, and then his face was full of surprise and solemnity, his brows were tightly frowned, and after a long time, he said:

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. In the old man's heart, he has never complained about Prince Gong. Even if the old man died because of this, he would only feel that he misjudged the person..."

"It's about the timing of what you said. This old man feels something is wrong. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it was the old man who suggested that Ye Haikun implement the new law in Dongshan. What do you mean...?"

When Gao Pan heard this, he patted his palm and exclaimed:
"Why are you so confused? At this moment, you didn't expect to come here?"

Dong Pingzhang also patted his forehead, looking a little annoyed:
"The old man was confused. At that time, he was only thinking about what happened more than ten years ago. When you remind him like this, the old man will be terrified..."

And some don't understand:

"But, Prince Gong did this, why is he doing this?"

Gao Pan cautiously guessed:
"It may be that someone wants to use Prince Gong to arouse the emperor's suspicion of you. As for why Prince Gong agreed, that's unknown."

Although he didn't say it out of his mouth, Gao Pan also had a little guess in his heart, maybe Prince Gong was just an idle prince on the surface

But I definitely don't know how much resentment I have accumulated in my heart. According to Gao Pan's deduction, Prince Gong must be in the palace, secretly accumulating strength, or waiting for an opportunity.

Now that Emperor Tianfeng is implementing the new law, isn't this just the opportunity for Prince Gong?
Gao Pan felt that if Prince Gong played the banner of overthrowing the New Deal, wouldn't he get the support of many stubborn ministers and many gentry in the world.

This is the best opportunity for Prince Gong!
It's just that Gao Pan still doesn't understand why Prince Gong summoned Dong Pingzhang to expose his existence?
Could it be because he couldn't hold back anymore?
After Dong Pingzhang heard Gao Pan's speculation, his face became more serious, and he didn't speak, frowning and thinking about things.

"Fifth Young Master, the time has come, if you don't leave, you will miss the auspicious time!"

Just at this moment, a follower brought by Gao Pan outside the house was asking for instructions at the door.

This woke up both Gao Pan and Dong Pingzhang. Dong Pingzhang chuckled and said:
"Let's go, it's the first time for this old man to be a matchmaker, but I didn't expect it to be you!"

When talking about his marriage, Gao Pan felt hot in his heart, and hurriedly replied respectfully:
"Thank you, Mr. Dong, for taking the lead. I will remember your old kindness for the rest of my life."

Seeing this, Dong Pingzhang nodded slightly, got up and asked Gao Pan to go together, otherwise, it would be bad if the time was wrong.

……

Shen's house in Xintong Lane.

I saw many betrothal gifts being carried into the gate of the house, and there was a rather gorgeous eight-carrying sedan chair at the gate, which was Dong Pingzhang's official sedan chair.

Many neighbors and neighbors around saw this lively scene, and they all came out to watch the excitement. I don't know who passed it on. Soon, everyone knew that this was the young master of the Gao family of Quan Guogong, who came to the Shen family to propose marriage.

Moreover, the matchmaker invited by the young master of the Gao family was Dong Pingzhang, the chief assistant of the court, which made many spectators speechless.

If it were someone else, how could he have such a big face and invite the chief assistant of the court to be a matchmaker in person?

The door of Shen's house was also opened early. Inside the house, Mrs. Shen and Shen Yiling also came forward to welcome Gao Pan, Dong Pingzhang and others in person.

Originally, there was no need for women from the inner court to come forward for this kind of matter, but the Shen family has no patriarch, and the Marquis of Jingxi hasn't arrived home yet, so now only Mrs. Shen and Shen Yiling can come forward.

As a junior, Shen Jieli could only follow behind them.

Seeing that Gao Pan invited Dong Pingzhang as the main matchmaker, Shen Yiling was also horrified, and hurriedly welcomed Dong Pingzhang in with the highest etiquette and standards.

And their woman's matchmaker is naturally Shen Yiling. Apart from the main matchmaker, Gao Pan has prepared ten other matchmakers early on, together with many servants and attendants, the entire Shen's house was packed at once.

(End of this chapter)