His eyes were as red as a rabbit’s. Gu Chengyu could tell he was truly grieving.
One was the son usually favored, while the other was more or less ignored.
No one expected that after Gu Chengyi’s death, the one truly heartbroken was still the third son, the one who wasn’t cared for.
"Little Uncle, how did my father actually die?" The third son asked, his throat choked with emotion.
Gu Chengyi suddenly rembered there were two doctors left forgotten in the courtyard.
"Third son, your father died of sudden death. Besides, he often took strong dicines before, and this ti he might have taken too much. Uncle Li has already confird it, and when you all ca, I even called for two more doctors to have another look!"
Gu Chengyu instructed Wuzi to call those two doctors over. In truth, to really know how much Gu Chengyi consud or if what he took was tiger penis powder, only a forensic examination could confirm it.
But Gu Chengyu would not do that, and Uncle Gu also would not allow it.
Calling a forensic doctor would alarm the governnt, and the matter would beco even more scandalous.
To save the Gu Family’s face, they could only announce externally that it was a sudden death.
Gu Changbai and Liu Family hid inside, watching the commotion in the courtyard. Gu Changbai knew that Gu Chengyu disapproved of him, so he dared not go out and provoke.
"Old man, today, the second son of Changqing’s family didn’t co out. Did he really die?"
Liu Family watched the situation in the courtyard, her curiosity piqued.
She wanted to go outside to find out more, but the old man held her back, much to her dissatisfaction.
"Just now, the third son ca back wailing, who could it be if not him? Look at him with one concubine here and another there; I suppose he’s damaged his health."
Gu Changbai shook his head. This nephew liked to enjoy life, but he just didn’t have that fortune.
Aunt Gu had initially thought that upon returning this ti, she’d rely on her nephew, who held an official position.
Not to ntion their entire family, at least her two grandsons could follow Gu Chengyu in his work, right?
Who would have thought that before they even started talking after eating, they heard soone had died?
Aunt Gu wanted to stay in the courtyard to watch the drama, but Uncle Gu sent her to their house to settle down first, making her quite displeased.
"Grandma! They’re treating you as an outsider!"
Gu Xiu returned this ti with only her grandsons Liao Dong and Liao Xi; the old man and her son stayed ho to watch the tofu workshop.
Their purpose wasn’t rely to attend a banquet but to ask their official nephew to find a position for their two grandsons.
At this mont, Liao Dong felt that this matter wouldn’t be easy, just judging by how the Gu Family treated his grandmother now.
His grandmother was an old maid married off; how much affection could she still have in the Gu Family?
Moreover, even though their Little Uncle is young, he doesn’t seem easy to talk to.
"Grandma! Their family is currently in trouble. We’ll have to delay our matters for now."
Liao Xi suddenly spoke up. He was more mature and calculating than Liao Dong.
Compared to his shy personality as a child, he had indeed changed a lot.
The two doctors were called into the house. Even though they can’t bring the dead back to life, refusing to earn Silver would indeed be foolish after being promised paynt by the family head.
Entering the house, they imdiately caught a strange scent, because it was sumr and a dead body was inside, making the sll quite unpleasant.
One of them stepped forward first, suddenly seeing Gu Chengyi’s wide-open eyes, and jumped in shock.
"This..." He pointed at Gu Chengyi in surprise, turning to give a look to the other doctor.
The other was initially confused and, when he stepped forward to check, was equally astonished.
Gu Chengyu was originally standing behind the two, and upon noticing their unusual expressions and exchanged glances, he beca puzzled but then suddenly rembered sothing.
Gu Chengyu exited the house and beckoned to Ming Mo.
"Where did you find these two doctors?"
Ming Mo was sowhat at a loss, "From Renhe Hall in town!"
Gu Chengyu felt as if his suspicions were confird, and he knew he would have to thoroughly question the two about Gu Chengyi later.
The two doctors lifted the quilt for a look, then quickly put it down. They both shook their heads and whispered to each other a bit more.
The third son, seeing this, grew anxious. As he saw them whispering, he hurriedly approached to ask questions.
"So, how did my father actually die?"
"This is your father? He took too much tiger penis powder; I estimate at least half a bottle."
One of them rolled his eyes, stroked his beard, and shook his head, his face showing disbelief.
In truth, he was not without shock. This was indeed a symptom of overdosing on tiger penis powder, and he even recognized the person.
The third son fell into silence, his father’s death was truly undignified.
Gu Chengyu entered the house, glancing at the two doctors, and spoke to the silent second and third sons: "Since we already understand the cause of second brother’s death, let’s quickly arrange the funeral! You have no objections, right?"
The second son voiced a different opinion, "How could my father have taken that much? Where did he get the dicine?"
The second son directed his gaze at Gu Chengyu, his expression clearly indicating suspicion of foul play.
Gu Chengyu sneered, already anticipating the second son’s doubts.
Anyway, he already had the culprit in hand; if the second son had concerns, he’d leave it to him to handle.
"Your father had been taking this dicine previously; you don’t co back often, so you might not know. You can ask Aunt Wang and Aunt Li about this; they know very well. As for why he took so much, that’s unclear. If you want the truth, go ask Aunt Wang and them."
Now was not the ti to deal with these matters. Gu Chengyu thought it best to arrange Gu Chengyi’s body first.
"This is not the ti for those questions. You and the third son should clean up the second brother, wipe his body, and change him into clean and decent clothes. The mourning hall needs to be prepared quickly."
Mr. Gu entered the room at this mont, the second brother had been dead for over two hours.
Delaying any longer would make changing clothes difficult due to body stiffness.
The third son rembered this and wiped his tears. "Second brother! Let’s listen to our grandfather and change father’s clothes first!"
Hearing this, the second son’s expression turned a bit unnatural, finding his father’s appearance sowhat frightening.
Furthermore, cleaning a corpse was truly discomforting and fear-inducing.
"Where are Aunt Wang and Aunt Li? They should co to help! We don’t even know where father’s clothes are."
The second son thought for a mont and finally rembered the presence of Wang Yue and Mrs. Li.
At this mont, Wang Yue and the others were confined in a room, with a clan mber guarding them outside.
Gu Chengyu thought further interrogation unnecessary; keeping them together was just to prevent escape.
Mrs. Li looked at the anxious Wang Yue in the room, then at the equally impatient Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Li walked over to Wang Yue, listening to the outside noise, and whispered to Wang Yue: "You put the dicine, right?"
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