Chapter 179: Separate Policies
Could it be that someone really escaped from the Gu family back then?
"Did someone take Gu Chao out, take her to Aunt Lan, and then take her out of Kyoto?"
Looking at his father's suddenly realized look, Cen Li asked.
Cen Chan nodded, and then said.
"But now to find this man is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he must be hiding and will not come out again."
"Yes, since he rescued Gu Chao back then, he shouldn't tell Gu Chao about it today, if he says it now, isn't it tantamount to exposing himself?"
"Of course it's not that person, he told Gu Chao what he was doing for no reason, and after so many years, he didn't know Gu Chao anymore, and he wouldn't know what kind of jade lock it was."
"So we don't have to look for this person either."
"No, I'm looking for it."
"Why? But there is no clue, if you want to find someone who is deliberately hiding, what can you find? What's the use of finding him? β
"He may know something about Gu Chao's grandfather's family."
"Then I'll go to Qingcheng County these days, in addition to looking for the person who instigated Gu Ji, let's go to find the whereabouts of the servant back then."
"Okay, Gu Chao won't come back for a while, you can go rest first, and come back in the evening."
"Come back? What if Gu Chao finds out? Besides, her illness has gradually improved, and she should come back in a few days, right? If I live here, won't I be exposed? Why don't I live in Qingcheng County? β
Cen Li didn't know that Gu Chao still needed to heal his injuries before he could come down.
Cen Chan didn't know how to explain to her for a while, but just said a word and let her live here, so he went back to busy himself with his own affairs, and Cen Li went back to lie down and rest.
After dealing with the monk and the girl, he went back to his room, and sat down in front of the window, as if he had lost something, and after a while, someone opened the curtain and came in.
It's Mama.
"Qingyu, I saw you quarreling with that girl, what did you do again? As I said, don't act rashly, lest you arouse his resistance, and then it will be even more detrimental to yourself. β
"Mama, I should have listened to you, but I underestimated him, I thought he would wish us a big fight, but obviously, she has a strong guard against outsiders."
"Of course, do you think that the women now are stupid and naΓ―ve, but they are the young lady of the Qingzun Pavilion, how can they be deceived by you so easily?"
"I thought that she was full of injuries, and she went out to deceive people, but as a result, I wanted to test her, and I didn't look at her like a scheming person, who would have thought that she would be able to see the subtleties."
"Horses have stumbled, people have misses, and when they go out to run the rivers and lakes, how can there be no problems."
"But as far as I know, this young lady is going down the mountain for the first time, and she came back like this, and you see the unwilling look on her face, and the depressed eyes when she first came up the mountain, there must be something else that broke her heart."
Mama looked at the things in his room, they were all neat and clean, and there was nothing else to get for him, so she thought about making him breakfast.
"Early in the morning, he went down the mountain, and came back in a hurry, and he made trouble with you, and it seems that he didn't have a plan."
"Not only did I not fall for the scheme, but I also doubted my identity."
"What? How can you be so careless? I've told you a long time ago that no matter what you do, you have to keep yourself safe first, or you'll fall short. β
"Mama, don't be in such a hurry, they have no contact with the outside world, and they have nothing to do with the people in Kyoto, we won't be discovered by the people over there."
"But aren't you afraid, she told her father and her senior brother that you told her about this?"
The monk turned the Buddhist beads in his hand very confidently, and then looked at Mama and said.
"No, she is curious, although she didn't fully believe me, but this time she went down the mountain, she must not have asked what she wanted to ask, and she wouldn't fully believe her father and brother, if she said that I told her, then all the clues she had here with me would be cut off, she was just angry now, and she would come to me in the future."
"Then you are so unscrupulous, what is the situation in Kyoto now, you don't know?"
"Mama, I am very satisfied with the current situation, if it continues to be like this, it will only be beneficial to us in the future, as long as Princess Rongqu does not have the upper hand, we still have a chance, and Wei Lingmiao may also become our stepping stone in the future."
"Why are you so delusional? People have been entrenched in Kyoto for many years, his status and his power are incomparable to you, you have been hiding here for so many years, the only person who is loyal is me, an old woman, and King Ningshuo is notoriously ruthless and suspicious, do you think he will help you? β
"It's man-made, not now, maybe it will be in the future, don't be too pessimistic, Mama."
Mama wiped his table with a rag vigorously, and then said angrily.
"I think you're too optimistic, every time you think that people should go according to your plan, but this time the epidemic, you didn't expect it, the princess has been doing things in Qingcheng County for so long, didn't you only know about it recently? Your information is too ill-informed. β
"I'm not well-informed, it's not because you always refuse to go down the mountain, if Mama is willing to inquire more for me, I know more."
"There were a lot of people who knew me back then, rather than risk going down the mountain and showing people, it's better not to go, besides, Princess Rongqu was defeated here, and King Ningshuo was withdrawn from here, do you know if they have anyone left behind to investigate here? What do you think it would be like for one or two old men to recognize me? β
"Mama, if you don't want to go down the mountain, you don't care about me anymore, get close to that girl, our only foothold now is on her, if we can make good use of her, we will have a faster chance to go back."
"You want to get rid of her, but she already suspects you, and thinks that your proximity is with other intentions, you think. Is there any other way to redeem her opinion of you? β
The monk said confidently.
"Of course, in exchange for what she wants to know most, as long as what I say to her is verified to be true, she will trust me."
"Really? Are you so sure that you can find out her background? She has been looking for it for so many years, but she hasn't figured it out, maybe she is not the second lady of the Gu family at all, the jade lock is just an ordinary thing, how can the heirloom of the Doro family be left outside? If she was really the granddaughter of the Doro family, how could no one come looking for her? Such a big hatred, two daughters and sons-in-law, all died in Kyoto, how do you think the Dora family will not take revenge? β
"Although I don't know this, but they will never give up, they just want to accumulate some strength, although they are famous, but after all, they want to compete with His Majesty, and the Lord of the world, how can they come so rashly?"
"Qingyu, I find that you are sometimes too confident, these borderless, unreliable things, you think about the Tao yourself, but you haven't thought about it, is it true?"