usatvline Chapter 288 Finding Common Ground
Chapter 288 Finding Common Ground
The prefect of Kyoto immediately followed Gu Qingyun into the Dali Temple. The clerks inside shook their heads when they saw the prefect of Kyoto coming.
Well...it looks like Lord Shaoqing is going to take over the case of Yan Guige again.
"Last year, in Madam Rong's case, several people have seen the appearance of the young lady who came to check the progress. Come with me."
After Gu Qingyun finished speaking, several clerks looked at each other.
The incident involving Madam Rong did cause quite a stir last year, but with so many people coming in and out of the Dali Temple every day, plus the case files kept piling up at the Dali Temple, there would always be some people with deep obsessions who kept asking about a certain case, so it's impossible to say that I remember it clearly.
"You seem to have seen that young lady last year, right?" A clerk nudged the clerk next to him with his elbow. The clerk next to him frowned and said, "Have I seen her? Have you seen me see her?"
Everyone was a little afraid to move, standing there recalling what happened last year. The face seemed to be too blurry, all they remembered was that it was a young lady, and she seemed to be pretty.
The governor of Kyoto saw the clerks from afar and was puzzled. "Why don't you just show them Madam Rong's portrait?"
Gu Qingyun was a little too lazy to pay attention to him. He always felt that the breakfast he had at home in the morning was not tasty. There was chicken and duck in the morning, and even the porridge had shrimps.
He took only a few bites and then put down the bowl and left.
Xin Hai looked at Gu Qingyun's expression and explained, "Sir, if we show everyone the portrait of Madam Rong now, everyone will have a preconceived notion that the young lady is Madam Rong, and it will be difficult for them to remember her."
The governor of Kyoto nodded, not quite understanding. "But the situation now... I don't think anyone will reply for a while."
Gu Qingyun curled his lips, "You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Let's go to Kyoto Restaurant to eat some tofu pudding. They will come when they remember it."
As he said this, he was about to walk out. The governor of Kyoto was shocked and could only chase after him. "No, are you so free during the office hours?"
Gu Qingyun didn't care. He turned around and glanced at the governor of Kyoto. "What's the big deal? Didn't you say that they won't come to report for a while? But I have already assigned the task. When we come back after dinner, they will just remember it! Everyone is happy. Relax."
The governor of Kyoto followed Gu Qingyun out and found it even more outrageous when he saw that no one treated them as different kinds of people.
"No one cares?"
No one cared about his mumbling, as Gu Qingyun had already jumped three feet away.
The governor of Kyoto Prefecture said, “This is so cool…”
Inside Kyoto Restaurant, as usual, Kyoto Restaurant has started selling food.
Gu Qingyun went straight into the garden. There was nothing else in his eyes now, only food and delicious food.
"Please come in, guest officer!"
After Qiufen asked how it was, he found out that it was Gu Qingyun. It was obvious that he didn't eat enough at home in the morning.
"Tofu pudding, spicy. Two more fried dough sticks, a plate of shrimp dumplings, a plate of red rice sausage..."
After ordering, Gu Qingyun looked at the governor of Kyoto again, "What do you want to eat? Order it yourself."
The governor of Kyoto went from being shocked, to giving a thumbs up, to submission.
"I want some soy milk... What is thin soy flour? I want a bowl of that too. I want a roujiamo and another... um... steamed pork ribs with yam."
Seeing Gu Qingyun's carefree and carefree appearance, the governor of Kyoto was envious. This was a life like a god. He worked himself to death every day. In addition to handling these trivial cases, he also had to manage curfews, building houses, resettling refugees, and managing the city gates...
This is what it means to be tired!
Soon, the food was served.
Gu Qingyun couldn't wait to take a sip of the tofu pudding and grimaced because of the burn.
He sighed contentedly and began to eat. "All I need is this bowl of tofu pudding."
The governor of Kyoto looked at him eating, wanting to laugh but not daring to. He couldn't understand why his sweetheart would be involved with such a person. Didn't he feel more elegant? ? ?
While thinking, I started eating.
Well, it is indeed delicious.
I have never eaten this kind of bean powder before. It has a strong bean flavor but no bean smell. It is quite appetizing.
The two of them ate and chatted, and the topic unknowingly turned back to Madam Rong.
"Madam Rong, I wonder if you're too popular that someone picked this stunning flower in Kyoto." Gu Qingyun swallowed the last bite of tofu pudding, picked up the shrimp dumpling and said.
"This kind of trend has always existed in Kyoto Prefecture. It seems that many people like to show off their power by dragging those beautiful ladies down in the process of pursuing fame and fortune..." The governor of Kyoto sighed. Since he took office, such things have happened one after another, and the courtesans in various restaurants have been replaced wave after wave.
Some of them became good people, some disappeared, and some died at the peak of their popularity.
Many men seem to regard this as a capital for showing off. A young lady who disappears or dies can arouse a wave of showing off.
It seems that in their eyes, the most beautiful thing that can never be seen again is the truly beautiful thing.
Gu Qingyun pointed to the empty bowl on the table. "Look, just like today when I said I wanted to drink tofu pudding, you followed me because you wanted to ask me to do something. Madam Rong... I had inquired about this when I was investigating this case before. If a young lady with no background wants to climb up, what is the best way?"
Gu Qingyun didn't finish his words and took another bite of the shrimp dumpling.
He paused, then continued, "Find a sponsor... Either she will be worshipped as a god, or... she will never get ahead. She was able to climb to such a peak in just a few years. She must have used some method, and this method also pushed her into the abyss."
The governor of Kyoto nodded and said thoughtfully, "Sir Shaoqing is more experienced than us. If that's the case, why don't we look for her patrons before she became famous?"
Gu Qingyun shook his head. "The patron who could make her disappear so easily must not be a simple person who can be traced. Perhaps, we can find him, but we just don't dare to believe it... He is so powerful, it is clearly there."
"What should we do then..." The governor of Kyoto frowned, "Won't the clues be lost again?"
"So we have to start from the beginning and find all the common people that Madam Rong and Madam Rong have had contact with. Most of these people are related to this matter." Gu Qingyun finished the last bite, stood up and left.
"No? You don't want to pay?"
The prefect of Kyoto had not yet recovered from the case and was shocked to see Gu Qingyun leave.
The key point is that no one in the restaurant stopped him.
Wow, this god really wants to go wherever he wants...