sbdcsierra Chapter 297 Just for Sister
Chapter 297 Just for Sister
The Hu people's eyes wandered, and he continued, "She has paid too much for her sister, and your government office can't find anything. She has always suspected that her sister was taken to the frontier, so she was submissive to me at the beginning. She had seen the tribal totem I was wearing a long time ago. Our tribe is also well-known outside the frontier, so she wanted to find out something from me."
Now, not only Gu Qingyun and the prefect of Kyoto pricked up their ears, but almost all the minor officials in the courtyard pricked up their ears.
I held my breath and wanted to hear what it was.
"What happened next?" The minor official sitting next to him was not so nervous because he had talked to the Hu man before.
"Later... naturally there were no beauties like this coming to our border. It was impossible that our tribe had not received any news about such a thing. She was naturally disappointed and thought forget it. However, because of me, she had a lot more guests. After she gradually gained the right to speak, she also specifically picked those foreign guests." The Hu man seemed to be reminiscing, recalling where those people of all kinds came from.
"Although Dayan Dynasty seems to have always been at odds with Wubang, merchants from Wubang can still come to Dayan Dynasty. This may be what you Han people call superficial efforts. Anyway, Xiao Ronger likes to contact these merchants from Wubang. I got angry several times. I hope she can stop looking for so many other men. I can keep her for a month, and then she can just wait for me to redeem her... Who would have known that a normal woman would be grateful, but she actually knelt down and begged me not to do this. She hasn't found the truth yet."
The Hu man was a little heartless and didn't seem to think this was a secret. After all, Madam Rong was already dead and these things had become his memories.
"Is this a piece of cake?" The governor of Kyoto showed a happy expression and even felt that the case could be closed in a few minutes.
Gu Qingyun shook his head. "He said it too easily, as if he was deliberately leading us in this direction. Of course, it is not ruled out that he really thought so, so he did it. You should not get excited too early, you have to wait a little longer."
The governor of Kyoto then suppressed his emotions, took a few deep breaths, and then listened to what the people below had to say.
"What's the truth? You can just be an Oiran, why bother arguing about all this?" The clerk asked the question casually, as if he didn't care and didn't understand.
"Of course it's her sister's business. She wants to find her sister. Didn't I just say that? I don't know if this incident was an accident or something else. But... I said last time when I left that I wanted to redeem Xiao Rong'er. The shopkeeper of Yan Gui Pavilion can't be so stupid. It's more than 1000 taels of silver. Even if he gives Xiao Rong'er to me, he won't lose anything."
The Hu people looked really confused, wondering why Madam Rong would suddenly encounter such an accident.
"I went to Yan Gui Pavilion this morning and found that it was different from usual. I had a bad feeling and went in to ask, only to find out that Xiao Rong'er was gone... The shopkeeper asked me to come here to ask, saying that it was all an accident and that the government had taken her away. I naturally didn't believe it. Xiao Rong'er had practiced that dance for a year or so, so how could she fail? But the shopkeeper swore so confidently that I didn't know what had happened, so I came here hoping to see Xiao Rong'er's... body."
The Hu man gave people the impression of being the stupid son of a landlord, who was somehow involved in an inexplicable dispute.
But it was precisely because of these things that he repeated the same two sentences over and over again, which made him seem somewhat sincere, as if... Madam Rong really did not tell him everything, and he only knew that Madam Rong wanted to find out where his sister was.
Seeing that the Hu people could only say these few things over and over again, the clerk lost interest and said, "Alas, what a pity, brother, you may not have a good relationship with Madam Rong. After all, Madam Rong is not your real wife, and we can't let you meet her. You should go back earlier."
The barbarian frowned, still refusing to leave. After struggling for a long time, he said, "I don't want to leave. I just want to know what happened to Xiao Rong'er. You guys in Kyoto won't chase me away, right? I won't disturb you, and I won't make trouble. I'll just sit here and wait for a result."
The clerk was a little shocked. He rubbed his brows and asked, "Brother, we are still investigating this matter. We don't know how long it will take. What if it takes a year or two? Are you going to sit under this tree and not leave??!"
The Hu man rubbed his red and swollen eyes and said, "What should I do? I can't just go back like this, right? This is my wife..."
Seeing that he couldn't get his point across, the clerk was a little frustrated. The clerk next to him immediately reacted and said, "It's okay, actually. You can find a place to live near the Kyoto government office. Then you can do business during the day and come to inquire when you are free. Isn't that great?"
The Hu man nodded reluctantly, and when he left, he looked back every few steps, repeatedly asking, "Can't I see Xiao Rong'er?"
The clerk felt that he was like a huge wolf, which kept looking back, as if it had been abandoned by its master.
So he didn't have the heart to let him go, but just kept responding, "No, really no."
After he left, Gu Qingyun spoke up, "Now that they are dead, there is no evidence. No matter which lady it is, she can't speak up to tell us what happened. We can only start with the body."
"How do we proceed? The coroner said that there is no medicine to be found." The governor of Kyoto was a little anxious. He felt that this was almost a done deal.
"Just report it to the emperor and ask him to send secret guards to investigate, and we'll know. If Madam Rong is really in Wubang at this moment, she won't be able to reveal any secrets once the secret guards are gone. If she's not here, she may have been tortured to death by foreigners. Her sister is easier to explain. The little girl was killed by foreigners just to avenge her sister."
The Kyoto prefect's eyes lit up, as if he had already decided to report this to the emperor.
Gu Qingyun... This person is really good at shirking responsibility.
"If you report this directly to the emperor and prepare to submit a memorial, do you have any evidence? If the emperor asks, you won't say that it's all your guesses. Or are you prepared to throw it all on the Dali Temple... We don't handle cases based on guesses. Even if this is the most likely option, we have to find actual evidence before reporting to the emperor."
The governor of Kyoto was stunned and said, "But we already have witnesses. Two people said so. Doesn't this count as evidence?"