Chapter 393: Clues

Only that guest kept asking what ingredients the skewers at the palace banquet were, which was obviously different from other guests.

It would have been enough to ask once or twice, but the one seemed to be very obsessed with hearing the answer from his mouth.

It's like there's some kind of plan.

Although the shopkeeper did not know the sage's plan, he was keenly aware of the abnormality of the guest downstairs.

"You told the guy in the store to keep an eye on the man." Li Mu said.

The guest had just come in, and the meal had not yet been served.

If you leave now, it will arouse suspicion.

Li Mumu guessed that the other party would not leave so soon, so he said to the shopkeeper: "You send someone to call the shopkeeper of the errand shop next to you." ”

"Yes." The shopkeeper answered the call and went.

Li Mumu said to Gu Mian: "Gu Mian, you go back to Gu's house with the coachman, pick up Xiuxiu, and ask her to bring the pen and ink and drawing paper for painting." ”

"Yes." Gu Mian also hurried to go.

Liu Lu, the shopkeeper of the errand shop next door, arrived first, and Li Mumu said, "When you came in, did any guests notice you outside?" ”

This shopkeeper also returned from the army.

Because his family lives in the capital, he joined the errand shop in Beijing.

has good ability, so he became the shopkeeper again.

Liu Lu recalled it carefully, and the scene when he had just entered the door came to his mind.

Then, he shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

"Downstairs, on the left side of the entrance door, against the wall, from the entrance to the third table, sat a man in a blue cloth coat and a gray scarf hat, looking about thirty years old, with two mustaches on his lips." Li Mumu said, "You will recognize it carefully for a while, but don't be discovered." I'll give you a portrait and you let the guys recognize him, follow him, and find out where he lives and what his name is. Don't let anyone find out. ”

The guys who run errands are running on the streets all day long, and they are the most difficult group of people to attract attention.

Because people can see them on the street every day from morning to night, the most eye-catching is the least eye-catching.

They make daily deliveries, even in remote alleys, there are errand shop guys.

And there are many errand shop guys, so you don't have to follow one guy all the time, but you can rotate different guys.

In this way, they are following the other party, and the other party will not easily notice that they are being followed.

There is no need to track it even further.

The city is full of errand boys, as long as someone sees him, write it down.

"Yes." Liu Lu responded.

Not long after, Gu Xiuxiu arrived.

"Third aunt." Gu Xiuxiu came in and shouted after closing the door.

Along the way, Gu Mian told Gu Xiuxiu about the general situation.

The Gu family also did not know about the sage's plan.

Gu Mian didn't know either.

But Gu Mian knew that the guest was not well-intentioned, so he also told Gu Xiuxiu.

Gu Xiuxiu cautiously entered the room and closed the door before speaking.

"Did you just see the guest downstairs?" Li Mu said.

"I glanced at it in a hurry, but I didn't dare to take a closer look, for fear of being seen by the other party." Gu Xiuxiu said.

Li Mumu nodded and said, "Just have a general impression, I'll tell you about the important characteristics of that person carefully, and you can draw it." ”

"Okay." Gu Xiuxiu laid out the drawing paper.

Gu Mian took the paperweight from his arms and pressed it, and began to polish Gu Xiuxiu's ink.

Gu Xiuxiu first drew a rough outline, drew some with her own memory, and then supplemented it according to Li Mumu's description.

After the final painting was finished, Li Mumu nodded, "There are already seven points of similarity, which is enough for people to recognize." ”

"Xiuxiu has dinner?" Li Mumu asked.

"Not yet, when I came out, the kitchen was just starting to cook." Gu Xiuxiu said.

"How about eating with me here?" Li Mumu said.

"Okay!" Gu Xiuxiu likes to stay with Li Mumu, "It just so happens that I also want to eat skewers." ”

It's dinner time, and there's a barbecue grill outside.

Li Mumu asked the shopkeeper for a pen and paper, wrote down his findings, put the letter in an envelope, sealed it with wax oil, and handed it to Liu Lu, who was still here, "You show the portrait to the guys in the shop, and let them pay attention to the final location of this person." You send this letter to the camp in the eastern suburbs and give it to General Gu. ”

In the past few days, the camp in the eastern suburbs has been training, and Gu Shangqing can't go home every day like he did some time ago.

"Yes." Liu Lu took the portrait and the letter, and hurried to do it.

Liu Lu first took the portrait back to the errand shop, asked everyone to look at it, and then asked people to send the portrait to various errand shops in the capital, so that the guys would recognize the people.

Then he hurriedly rushed to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing with the letter.

After Gu Shangqing received the letter, he went to see the prince in person and told him about the matter.

"The minister's wife didn't dare to send someone directly to the East Palace, for fear of being discovered." Gu Shangqing said, "This person is a little suspicious, Mrs. is sending the guy from the errand shop to check his whereabouts, and when he finds out, he will come to His Highness." ”

The prince nodded, received the letter from Gu Shangqing, and came to see him again, at this moment, that person should have already left the Gu family.

Now the prince will send someone to follow, but it will be too late.

After finding out the whereabouts of the other party, the prince can send someone to carefully investigate whether the person is suspicious.

"The restaurant opened by Mrs. Gu can indeed notice more people." The prince said, "Lone and the saint are in the palace, and many people can't pay attention to it. ”

"I just happened to meet it today." Gu Shangqing said, "These days, the minister's wife has been paying attention to the restaurant every day, thinking that she might be able to meet some suspicious people. ”

"When this is done, it will definitely be rewarded for meritorious deeds." The prince said with a smile, "Mrs. Gu is afraid that she will be sealed faster than you." ”

"The minister is willing to rely on his wife to support him." Gu Shangqing said with a smile, "After all, from the very beginning, the minister was not as fast as the lady. ”

"If a woman can enter the court as an official, the official position of the lady is also higher than that of the minister." Gu Shangqing said.

"No wonder Mrs. Gu risked her life to go to the border to save General Gu." The prince said, "If General Gu supports Madame like this, he doesn't care that Madame's achievements are higher than his own, at least he hasn't seen it." ”

"General Gu's mind alone is no longer comparable to others. With this mind, the future achievements are also limitless. The prince said.

"Your Highness has praised it." Gu Shangqing hurriedly said.

"General Gu wants to rush back to the barracks?" The prince said, "If you are not in a hurry, you might as well have dinner in the East Palace and then leave, there are still some details, and Gu can also discuss with General Gu." ”

There are also some things that can just make Gu Shangqing cooperate.

"Then the minister will be respectful and obey his orders." Gu Shangqing said.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace has to eat the Gu family's skewers, after the news spread, the Gu family's snacks and the business of forgetting worries and taking a break are better.

Not only is it full every day, but many people have to try it even if they are waiting in a long line outside.

(End of chapter)