sbdcsierra Chapter 175: This matter seems to be directed at Gu Qingyun?
Chapter 175: This matter seems to be directed at Gu Qingyun?
Kyoto Know-it-all pointed at the chair in front of him, seemingly unaware of the people below's impatience with Gu Qingyun.
"I'm not going to sit down. I just came to ask you a question." Gu Qingyun looked back and twisted his neck.
Kyoto Know-It-All smiled, patted the table and whistled.
The younger brothers behind him scattered.
Gu Qingyun said with satisfaction, "Every time I come to your place, I feel that they have a different temperament from you and are not compatible with you."
"Of course, they are just thugs I hired, and they are all uneducated. It's not that I don't know you, but they don't even know what a Shaoqing does. My Lord Shaoqing, please don't take me seriously." Kyoto Know-it-all spoke sincerely, but there was no respect in his eyes. He was even fiddling with the southern red agate that he had just strung when Gu Qingyun came in.
"I came here today just to ask you something. Who spread the rumor about the Kyoto restaurant?" Gu Qingyun said indifferently, obviously not caring about the know-it-all's trouble.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha, Shaoqing, you knew that it was my employer who asked me to release the news, and you still ask me? Shaoqing, you are asking questions even though you already know the answer." The know-it-all sat in the chair with a frank attitude. He didn't care at all about what he admitted and was at ease.
"Of course not. If I can find you, I can find your employer. But if you can tell me in advance, I won't bother. My price is high." Gu Qingyun looked at the red agate in Baishitong's hand and smiled. "Your Excellency is really getting more and more high-profile."
“Hahahahahahahahahahaha, is that what Lord Shaoqing said? It’s just a little thing, not real.” Know-it-all put away his smile and said, “According to the rules of the martial arts world, if the news I spread out goes around and is sold again, you have to increase the price by at least 70%… and I can’t mention any names.”
"Of course, I understand. You name your price." Gu Qingyun smiled faintly and pointed to the abacus on the table.
"I went to the mountains with empty hands, and came back to the city with empty hands. There are countless sad memories, and there are countless mundane things in the past..."
The know-it-all sang a song while mumbling something to himself and made tea for Gu Qingyun.
Soon, the know-it-all stopped singing, leaving only the crackling sound in the room. "My employer spent 100 taels to let me spread the news to the entire Kyoto Prefecture. He also spent 50 taels to let me send the news to the governor of Kyoto in advance... Increase the price by %, Lord Shaoqing, please pay."
Gu Qingyun smiled and said, "Spending so much money and making such a big fuss, I think this person is interesting."
But no matter how much he tried, when he lowered his head, Gu Qingyun still thought of the prefect of Kyoto. That man seemed familiar to him, but also unfamiliar to him.
He really couldn't understand why he wanted to set up a Kyoto restaurant.
Gu Qingyun thought as he handed over the banknote, "Okay."
After confirming that everything was correct, Baishitong finally gave Gu Qingyun a cup of tea.
"The best small green oranges, quench thirst, clear throat, moisten lungs..." Seeing that Gu Qingyun didn't move, he didn't react. "The person who asked me to work also runs a restaurant, but his restaurant is not very busy. Anyway, every time I go to ask for money, I feel that he is stingy. I asked for 100 taels of silver five times in total. But I don't know if there is anyone behind him."
After just a few words, the know-it-all seemed to be very thirsty. He took a deep sip of tea and continued, "Then he asked me to find the governor of Kyoto. Although I don't know what he meant, Kyoto Gospel knew all about it from the first day the rumor started to spread. Of course, we shouldn't pretend to be confused. He didn't ask me where I got the news, and I didn't say why I told him in advance. I knew it well."
Know-it-all spread his hands and took another sip of tea to indicate that he had finished speaking.
Seeing that Gu Qingyun was still motionless, "Sir Shaoqing, do you want to finish your tea?"
Gu Qingyun looked at him, turned and left.
The moment he walked out the door, the small bowl that originally contained his tea was poured all over by the know-it-all.
"If you don't want to drink tea, don't waste it. Give it all to my little tea pet." He poured the tea on the little toad, smiled, and said nothing more.
Gu Qingyun pondered over his words as he walked, pondering every word he said after he came in.
Something is wrong. Everything feels wrong.
The contempt shown by the know-it-all today was something he had never shown before. Did he already know something, or what were they going to do?
They walked all the way to the tea stall where they had agreed to meet. As soon as they sat down, Zhao Huaiqing said, "This is not right..."
"What's wrong?" Gu Qingyun really didn't want to hear the word wrong.
These words seemed to be some kind of puzzle lingering around this case, and there was a sense of something being wrong wherever I went.
"Something's wrong with the governor of Kyoto." Zhao Huaiqing said in a low voice.
"What's wrong? Tell me." Xinhai had no patience and was starting to get annoyed.
Why does this case feel like it brings together all the riddlers, and they are all the ones who solve the riddles.
Zhao Huaiqing analyzed, "Logically speaking, this kind of case wouldn't be so publicized that he would have to go there in person, right? And the Kyoto restaurant didn't cause any bad effects. Although the food control is very strict, it still has to be within the scope of a huge amount.
Wasn't this matter stopped by Miss An Qiao at the beginning? Why did he go there? And he was so weird, and asked Miss An Qiao to come to our Shao Qing. It doesn't seem right no matter how I think about it."
Zhao Huaiqing thought about it and said, "Could it be that this matter was originally aimed at the Shaoqing Lord, and not at the Jingdu Restaurant, and the Jingdu Restaurant was just an innocent victim?"
Before anyone could raise an objection, Gu Qingyun said, "I feel the same way..."
Then he repeated all the news he had just heard from Baishitong and mentioned Baishitong's abnormal behavior.
"Why are we targeting you?" Zhao Huaiqing didn't understand. The two positions of Kyoto Prefecture Governor and Dali Temple Junior Official seemed to have the same responsibilities in many cases.
But in fact, it is completely inconsistent.
The Kyoto prefect is equivalent to the mayor of Kyoto Prefecture, and the Dali Temple Shaoqing is a person who specializes in solving cases. In fact, they are not the same.
In addition, if we talk about the channels for promotion, the Governor of Kyoto is just the last layer of gilding and can be promoted to a high position quickly.
It doesn't look like the governor of Kyoto would hire someone to deal with Shaoqing, so who is it?
Gu Qingyun suddenly remembered the weird song sung by the governor of Kyoto just now.
Suddenly, it seemed as if I had grasped something, but it was like a transparent thread. I seemed to have grasped it, but I couldn't see where the entity was.
"If it's not officialdom, then what is it? Love, family affairs? Title? What... " Xinhai was speechless and listed them all.