The third son nodded, indicating agreent.
"Then there’s no ti to lose, let’s quickly go find Little Uncle! Besides, we’ve been out too long already, leaving only Chang at the funeral hall. If soone with intentions sees this, they might fabricate stories against us."
After speaking, the third son hurried towards the funeral hall.
The second son watched his brother’s retreating figure, and suddenly felt that this brother wasn’t as uncalculating as he seed on the surface.
He pondered for a mont before catching up to the third son.
The second son and the third son returned to the funeral hall one after the other, while Ming Yan silently returned to Gu Chengyu’s side.
Gu Chengyu walked toward his room, with Ming Yan following behind.
"What did they say?" Gu Chengyu asked after entering the room and turning around.
Ming Yan roughly repeated the conversation between the second son and the third son, but Gu Chengyu’s deanor remained unchanged; only Ming Yan showed a bit of resentnt on his face.
"Master! It seems that the second young master is suspicious of you, truly senseless."
Ming Yan had a significant issue with the second son, always targeting his master and being the sa type as the deceased second elder. Truly, like father, like son.
However, these were private matters of the master, not sothing suitable for a servant to comnt on too much.
Gu Chengyu sneered, "He’s trying to shift the bla onto . We’ll see, if he can’t even present himself properly, there are plenty of ways to deal with him."
The second son might not stir up a huge ss, but he would have Ming Mo and Ming Yan keep a close watch on him.
However, the third son seed to have a clear understanding. Usually, you couldn’t tell from his honest and simple deanor. Who would have thought he had so calculations inside?
"Keep a close eye on Wang Yue and Mrs. Li," Gu Chengyu suddenly rembered these two and instructed Ming Yan.
"Yes!" Ming Yan nodded in agreent.
"When will Steward Yu arrive at Shangling Village? Any leads on the matter with Manager Xing in the Prefecture?"
The affair with the Prefecture’s restaurant was still unresolved, and Gu Chengyu calculated that Yu Tuanzi should return to Shangling Village in the next two days.
"Steward Yu is expected to arrive tomorrow, and there’s been no progress with Steward Xing’s matter. Hua Yutou and that concubine Yang haven’t been found. Reports indicate that Yang’s family ca to Jingyuan Prefecture more than a year ago; later, they ran a pastry business at ho. After Old Yang’s death, Yang beca Manager Xing’s mistress."
Ming Yan received the news at noon today but couldn’t find an opportunity to report it to Gu Chengyu until now.
"Can’t the neighbors provide specific information?" Gu Chengyu was extrely puzzled as the information was too sparse.
"Apart from that brother, Yang’s family mbers don’t go out much. Neighbors don’t know where they moved from, and they’ve never ntioned it. However, they said the accent sounds like they’re from the south."
Gu Chengyu nodded, it seed everything had been arranged beforehand. This family only had Yang’s brother as a potential breakthrough, but unfortunately, he couldn’t be found for now.
"Leave two people in the Prefecture to continue investigating, and have the others co back! Yang’s brother often visits these gambling houses and brothels. Have our people check in that direction."
Actually, Gu Chengyu had little hope. After all, if Yang’s family originated from places like Jiangnan, they might have returned ho.
Finding them would be unlikely, but the people Yang’s brother engages with might have clues.
After all, soone from Yang’s family had to connect with the people behind the scenes, right? Yang, being a weak woman, was kept by Manager Xing in a small courtyard and certainly wasn’t suitable to et those people directly.
The most appropriate candidate for eting them would be Yang’s brother, wouldn’t it?
"Additionally, pay attention to the manager of Huifang Building in the Prefecture." Gu Chengyu thought this might be a case of business competition.
Huifang Building was also a large restaurant, with many signature dishes. It had branches in various States, making it a venerable establishnt.
However, now Juxiang Building’s business was booming, definitely affecting Huifang Building’s sales.
Compared to before, Huifang Building’s business had drastically declined, though there were still so loyal custors, but they couldn’t compete with Juxiang Building’s monthly innovations!
Huifang Building also existed in the Capital, and Gu Chengyu had heard that Huifang Building wanted to spend a high price to buy others’ recipes!
It showed that Juxiang Building had driven them to their wits’ end, and they wanted to emulate Juxiang Building by launching new dishes. But their cooks weren’t capable of that!
Therefore, if Manager Xing or the owner behind Huifang Building acted on this matter, they would indeed have the ability to do so.
"Understood! I will pass this on right away!"
His master hadn’t brought many people back this ti, possibly because he felt there weren’t enough hands, so he planned to recall all those guards.
"Also, keep a careful watch on Gu Changbai and the others!"
Gu Chengyu glanced at Gu Changbai, who was chatting with Mr. Gu, and nearly forgot about this issue!
Dealing with funerals these days, people coming and going, made it inconvenient to act.
If people didn’t see Gu Changbai for a long ti, they would certainly find it strange, even Uncle Gu would surely ask a few questions.
It was quite untily; it seed Gu Changbai would have to be left alone for a few more days.
Once the funeral affairs were concluded, he would handle Gu Changbai.
The second son dragged the third son over to Mr. Gu, and Gu Chengyu already knew their purpose.
Thus, Gu Chengyu exited his room and headed toward Mr. Gu as well.
"Grandfather! Uncle!" The two brothers saluted Uncle Gu and others, then stood up silently.
"Second son, why aren’t you kneeling in front of the funeral hall with your brother, and instead running over here?" Mr. Gu looked at his second grandson, feeling quite exasperated.
At this point, the second son was surely there due to the cause of the second elder’s death.
But he didn’t know what really happened, Xiao Bao hadn’t explained it in detail later.
The second son, being adept at taking advantage of situations, might even suspect Xiao Bao now.
"Grandfather! The funeral hall has been set up, but we don’t know the situation when my father died, that’s why we wanted to co and ask."
The second son nudged the third son, but the third son was unwilling to speak at all. Left with no choice, the second son raised the issue.
"Didn’t we invite two doctors to examine him? Do you have any other objections?"
Mr. Gu frowned, who were they trying to tarnish with mud? Surely, they weren’t going to involve Xiao Bao?
"We certainly have no objections to the cause of death, but did my father really take tiger penis powder himself?"
The second son stared intensely at Mr. Gu’s eyes, seemingly trying to discern sothing from those cloudy eyes.
"When Xiao Bao and I entered, your father was already dead. As for who was present at the ti, one was Mrs. Li, and the other was Mrs. Wang. Wait until evening when there are fewer people, and then ask them thoroughly."
Mr. Gu’s aning was clear, it wasn’t suitable to discuss this with so many people coming and going.
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