Chapter 76: Inquiry
Gu Zongmin received the news from Fusu, and it was already the second day.
He immediately put down the matter at hand and rushed to Xianyang Prison without stopping.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw Ran Fang and Fu Su's faces heavy, and there was a dark wooden toy on their table.
His first reaction was that Ran Fang and Fusu were tired of staying in prison and wanted to have some fun, but this kind of childlike thing was a little too naΓ―ve?
I thought so in my heart, but I didn't show anything on my face.
He stood at the door, respectfully saluted Ran Fang and Fusu, and said, "I've seen Mr." β
With that, he sat down on the couch and looked at the two of them suspiciously.
"I wonder if Mr. came to me, is there anything you want to order?"
The word "command" made Fu Su look at it a few more times, and he didn't know that Gu Zongmin's attitude towards Ran Fang was so polite now.
Gu Zongmin looked at Ran Fang, his expression was full of gratitude: "Last time, Xiao'er's life was hanging by a thread, but fortunately, Mr. came to the rescue, and he got his life back. β
"In this matter, the whole Gu family remembers Mr.'s kindness."
"If I can get a word of advice from Mr. and do something for Mr., it will also be a blessing for my family."
Hearing this, Fusu nodded, so he understood.
"I see, then I understand."
"The condition of the young master of the Gu family should be fine, right?"
Gu Zongmin nodded, with a relaxed look on his face.
"It's fine, but I can't get out of bed yet."
"When he recovers, he will personally come to thank him."
After speaking, he glanced at Ran Fang and asked cautiously, "I don't know what Mr. is doing when he came here with me this time?" β
Ran Fang glanced at Gu Zongmin and pushed the crossbow cart on the table forward.
Then he took out a piece of cloth from his bosom, and wrapped it in a few small wooden arrows.
All in one place, he asked, "Do you know this?" β
Gu Zongmin looked at the gadgets on the table, lowered his head and looked at them carefully for a while.
After thinking for a while, he looked at Ran Fang and Fusu with some uncertainty, and cautiously asked, "Don't you know Mr." β
"This is a repeating ballista, which is very common in the army of Great Qin."
Hearing him say this, Ran Fang just knew that he had misunderstood.
He opened his mouth to explain: "Just talk about this model, can you see anyone in Xianyang City who has done it?" β
Hearing Ran Fang say this, Gu Zongmin immediately reacted.
He picked up the repeater and looked at it carefully, with a deep interest in his eyes and a hint of admiration.
Then he shook his head and said with some regret: "The workmanship is so exquisite, it looks not much different from the real ballista." β
"This kind of craftsmanship, I'm afraid there is no one in Xianyang City who can compare with it."
"If someone can do it so finely, I'm afraid they will also enter the Shaofu, right?"
"Do you want to play with these, sir?"
Ran Fang didn't answer, and put away the poisonous needle.
If it is not a person in Xianyang City, it means that it is someone from outside, and the person outside wants to assassinate him, and the most likely thing is for the sake of refining salt.
Otherwise, he doesn't know what he has done, and someone will hate him.
"The person who assassinated Gu Siyuan, what clues did he have?"
Hearing Ran Fang's question, Gu Zongmin's eyes were a little moved, he didn't expect that at this time, Ran Fang was still thinking about Gu Siyuan's condition.
He shook his head with some pity, sighed and said, "Not for the time being." β
"After Siyuan woke up, I also asked him, only to say that he was staying at an inn for a while, and he felt weak when he ate a bowl of porridge brought by Xiao Er."
"When he fled with his men, he met those assassins again, and without saying a word, he came up to kill him, if it weren't for the family who swore to protect him, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to come back alive."
"Time was urgent, and he didn't notice who those assassins were, but he just listened to the accent as if he was also from Kanto."
"I followed this clue and checked it, but I didn't find any results, and the little two who lived in their hotel were nowhere to be found."
"I guess the salt merchants did it."
"Otherwise, with the current power of the Gu family, it is estimated that no one in this Kanto will dare to offend the Gu family easily."
This is true, now the Gu family is not only because of its strong economic strength, but more importantly, the court has ordered that the current royal salt merchant is the Gu family.
As long as they want a piece of the pie, they will not easily offend the Gu family, and will even curry favor with the Gu family.
Although Ran Fang didn't know the changes outside, he could also hear some pride from Gu Zongmin's words, and he also knew the current situation of the Gu family.
He was a little disappointed, if this was done by the salt merchant, it would be a little difficult to do.
There is an old saying that if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves.
He doesn't worry about someone trying to harm him, but there are always people who are worried about harming themselves, and this kind of psychological pressure is still very great, and it is also very torturous.
"Say it's a salt merchant, is there any evidence other than your guess?"
"Refined salt has something to do with me, apart from a few of you who know, does anyone else know?"
These questions made Gu Zongmin a little confused, especially who else knew.
Apart from them, His Majesty in the palace must have known, and as for who His Majesty had told, he couldn't guess.
"Why does the gentleman ask that?"
"Is something wrong?"
Ran Fang didn't speak, but Fusu glanced at Ran Fang, making sure that there was no stop in his eyes, and then he replied, "Someone wants to murder Mr." β
"This crossbow cart was brought in by someone, and there were poisonous arrows hidden in it, trying to assassinate Mr."
"What?! Someone is trying to kill Mr.?! The surprise and worry in Gu Zongmin's expression couldn't be faked, and he almost stood up with a spirit.
He stared at Ran Fang nervously for a few moments, "Sir, is he injured?" β
"What's the clue about the Assassins? Are they the same people as the murderers of my son? β
"Someone actually committed murder in Xianyang Prison! This is too blatant! β
Ran Fang raised his hand, interrupting his righteous indignation.
Seeing that Gu Zongmin stopped talking, there was some helplessness in his eyes, and he took out the writing cloth given by the Mo family and put it on the table.
"There are no clues for the time being, only this repeater and this cloth."
Gu Zongmin immediately picked up the cloth, and when he saw the word Mo family written on it, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.
"This is done by the Mo family?!"
"I will immediately send someone to investigate, and I will definitely give Mr. a result within three days!"
"Let the Mo family also pay the price!"
Ran Fang shook his head, disagreeing with his words, and from his tone, he seemed to blame the Mo family for Gu Siyuan's injury.
He took the cloth in his hand, looked at it and said, "It looks like the handwriting of the Mo family, but I know the Mo family, they will not poison their utensils." β
"This must have been someone who took advantage of the Mo family's ability and then secretly smeared this poison."
"However, this matter must be related to the Mo family, you can first check according to this clue, who will do these things in the Mo family in Xianyang City?"