The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

Gu Jingzhi returned to his room and silently opened the letter.

Grandpa Lin Jiatu must have had his reasons for separating the two letters, especially since this one was about her biological mother and clearly contained a secret unknown to the public.

The letter was very thick, with a total of seven or eight pages. Gu Jingzhi read it page by page.

Suddenly, his expression froze, his gaze fixed on a certain part of the letter. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but the content of the letter was exactly the same as what he saw at the beginning.

Gu Jingzhi held the letter in a daze.

He finally understood why his biological mother was sent to her mother's home in Ningzhou for burial after her death.

He finally understood why his predecessor had always been disliked by Gu Heng, and allowed Song Yu and his two sons to bully him. He even turned a blind eye to Song Yu's attempt to take away his fame and even went to his house to ask for it back in person.

It turns out that this body of mine is not Gu Heng's biological one at all.

Before marrying Gu Heng, his biological mother had already secretly married Gu Zhen, the former general of Ningzhou. Gu Zhen was the third son of Gu Shun, a general of Yun State.

The entire Gu family, along with the royal family of the Yun Kingdom, died in the rebellion, which also caused the Yun Kingdom to lose its last bit of luck and was forced to surrender to Daxia.

Gu Heng was originally a servant of Gu Zhen. Later, Gu Zhen saw that he was brave in battle and promoted him to deputy general.

After Gu Zhen's death, in order to inherit the Gu family's legacy, Gu Heng threatened Lin Yuan with the fetus in her mansion and forced her to marry him.

The reason why he married Lin Yuan was because Lin Yuan was pregnant with Gu Zhen's child. By marrying Lin Yuan, he could use the fetus in Lin Yuan's belly to subdue the old generals of the Gu family. This allowed Gu Heng to surrender to Daxia as the general of Ningzhou and obtain the title of marquis.

After being conferred the title of Marquis, Lin Yuan was no longer of any use.

If Gu Jingzhi had not been in Gu Heng's mansion, I'm afraid those old generals of Ningzhou would have rebelled against Gu Heng.

Gu Jingzhi held the letter in his hand, his eyes flashing with coldness from time to time.

To be honest, knowing that this body of his was not Gu Heng's biological one, he actually felt relieved, because between him and the Gu family... an irreconcilable war was inevitable.

Even a life-and-death kind of fight.

But as a son, if he brings the Gu family to its doom, he will be criticized for the rest of his life.

No matter how much the emperor of Daxia valued him, he would never be able to hold a high position with this stain on his life, unless he learned from Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.

But if it really comes to that, he will have to rebel.

Because no emperor could tolerate the existence of such a person.

Now that he is not Gu Heng's biological son, and has been treated poorly by the Gu family for a long time, even if a war breaks out between him and the Gu family in the future, no one in the court can say anything to him.

Gu Jingzhi suppressed the turmoil in his heart and continued reading.

Not long after, he suddenly slammed his palm on the table.

"boom!"

He actually smashed the table into pieces, and the books and study items on the table fell to the ground.

"Gu Heng!"

Gu Jingzhi gnashed his teeth and said, "You are such a good fellow, Gu Heng! If I don't wipe out your entire family in this lifetime, I, Gu Jingzhi, will never be a human being..."

The noise in the room immediately startled the Lin Chong brothers outside the room, and they rushed into Gu Jingzhi's room.

"Cousin, what happened?"

Lin Chong and the other man looked at the things scattered around the room and looked at Gu Jingzhi in surprise.

Gu Jingzhi gritted his teeth and said, "My mother was murdered by that bastard Gu Heng!"

"what?"

The two brothers were startled. Lin Chong clenched his fists and asked, "Cousin, did grandfather tell you about this?"

"That's right!" Gu Jingzhi handed the letter to Lin Chong. Lin Chong took it and looked at it, then stuffed the letter directly into Lin Feng's arms, then turned and walked outside.

Lin Feng quickly grabbed him and said, "Brother, where are you going?"

"I'm going to kill that beast!"

Lin Chong's eyes were red, and hatred shone in them.

After hearing this, Gu Jingzhi immediately stepped forward and held him back: "Cousin, you must not be impulsive!"

Lin Chong struggled subconsciously: "Let me go! That beast is plotting to kill my aunt. I must kill her to avenge her!"

"..."

The corner of Gu Jingzhi's mouth twitched.

He also vaguely understood why his grandfather did not tell Lin Chong the contents of the letter. His cousin was too stubborn.

Gu Heng had held a high position in Daxia for twenty years. How could he be killed so easily?

Lin Feng knew his eldest brother's temper and immediately said, "Brother, have you forgotten what our grandfather taught us when we came here? He told us to obey our cousin in everything. Are you going to go against our grandfather's teachings?"

"I……"

Lin Chong struggled again, and Gu Jingzhi almost lost his grip.

"Cousin! Gu Heng is the Earl of Daxia and has been in the military for twenty years. Let alone whether you can kill him now, even if you can, it will bring disaster to the Lin family!"

As a last resort, Gu Jingzhi could only persuade him kindly.

After hearing this, Lin Chong subconsciously loosened his grip a little, but said, "Then let's just let Auntie's revenge go?"

"of course not!"

Gu Jingzhi said, "I promise! I promise that one day I will kill the entire Gu family! Cousin, you have to believe me, I will do what I say!"

Lin Chong looked at Gu Jingzhi's serious assurance, and thought of his aunt's voice, appearance and smile. He couldn't help but put away the anger on his face. He said silently:

"As my cousin said, Gu Heng is very powerful. How can you deal with him?"

"Of course, if I say yes, then it's definitely yes!"

Gu Jingzhi said, "Cousin, you might not know this! Gu Heng was the Marquis of Ning a while ago, but now he has been demoted to an earl!"

"???"

Lin Chong and his brother looked at Gu Jingzhi in astonishment: "He was demoted?"

"Not bad!"

Gu Jingzhi smiled and said, "If I say that I did this all by myself, would you believe me, cousin?"

"What? You did that?"

"Not bad!"

Gu Jingzhi smiled and said, "Cousin, do you still remember my good friend Chen Baonian?"

"Remember!"

The two brothers nodded, and Lin Feng asked, "Could this be related to Brother Chen?"

“Something is related…”

Gu Jingzhi briefly recounted the story of Chen Baonian's exile that day, and then said, "I am now powerless in the court, and can only rely on Your Majesty's trust to accomplish anything. So, regarding my mother's revenge, I hope you will not act rashly!"

"Otherwise, not only will we fail to take revenge, but we may also end up putting ourselves and the entire Lin family to shame!"

No matter what Gu Heng had done before, he was a noble who had made great contributions to Daxia. If he was beaten to death like this, he would definitely be punished.

After hearing what Gu Jingzhi said, Lin Feng said to Lin Chong, "Brother, you must listen to your cousin and not act rashly. Otherwise, not only will our family be implicated, but your cousin will be implicated as well!"

"Now, my cousin is the only one of our two families serving as an official in the court. If anything happens to him, we will never be able to take revenge!"

When Lin Chong heard this, he immediately loosened his grip. He looked at Gu Jingzhi and Lin Feng and said in a muffled voice, "Then I won't go. Let me go!"

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Jingzhi and said, "From now on, I will only listen to my cousin's instructions and will never act impulsively again!"

After hearing this, Gu Jingzhi immediately said, "Okay! As long as you don't act impulsively, I will definitely make your wish come true in the future!"

Not to mention that he and the Gu family have already become enemies, even if there is no hatred, he will not let the Gu family go.

Just because of his biological mother's death, there is no way he would let Gu Heng go!

After Lin Yuan's coffin was sent back to Ningzhou, Lin Jiatu felt that his daughter's death was suspicious, so he insisted on opening the coffin for an autopsy despite his family's opposition.

As a result of the examination, it was discovered that Gu Jingzhi's biological mother Lin Yuan... was poisoned to death.

This matter was kept secret by someone in the Lin family who knew about it for twenty years. Even during these twenty years, when the Lin family was suppressed from a wealthy and powerful family to a small and impoverished landlord, they never revealed the matter to the outside world.

This is probably one of the fundamental reasons why the Lin family can still survive.

Gu Jingzhi silently picked up the letter, thought about it, and then lit it with a tinder.