Gong Yi's expression was moved. "Have you met Luo Luo?"
“No, Inspector Luo Luo passed away twenty years ago, but we met his granddaughter, Luo Xinyi, who is now a princess in the United States. You may have heard of her,” Lu Mo said.
Gong Yi chuckled, "That ugly guy Luo Luo actually managed to give birth to such a beautiful granddaughter. What a small world. I've met Princess Luo a few times at banquets, but I didn't know she was my old friend's granddaughter."
"This is a book written by Princess Luo. Princess Luo took care of Detective Luo Luo until his death, so she wanted to find out what happened back then for her grandfather, so she wrote this book. Please take a look."
Ye Qingqing then took out Princess Luo's book, and it seemed that Gong Yi did not know about this book.
Gongsun Yu glanced at the book cover and exclaimed, "I know this book. Princess Luo did a book signing in Hong Kong a few days ago. My friend read it and said it was great, so he recommended it to me, but I had something come up and missed it."
He took the book first and muttered to himself, "The massacre of a family. Princess Luo's title this time is really straightforward. Her previous book titles were all very literary. My friend said it's a bloody story about a large family in China being wiped out by their enemies."
Gong Yi said in a deep voice, "You talk too much, bring the book over!"
Gongsun Yu trembled slightly, then obediently handed it over with both hands, his neck craning high. Even the old man was reading this book, so it must be very exciting. He would have someone buy it for him to read later.
Ye Qingqing and Lu Mo exchanged suspicious glances. It seemed that Gongsun Yu knew nothing about the bloody incident forty-eight years ago!
Gong Yi casually flipped through the book and, after reading only a few pages, knew that Princess Luo was writing about what happened that night, and that the ending should be what Luo Luo told her granddaughter. He guessed most of it correctly, but there were still some details that were wrong.
"Princess Luo instructed us that if we find anything about the Gong family, we hope we can let her know, and she will tell Detective Luo Luo," Lu Mo said.
Gong Yi sighed, closed the book, and his hands, covered in age spots, looked quite frightening.
After a long while, Gong Yi finally spoke, "Luo Luo guessed most of it right. I did receive the news and bribed some children of similar age from the countryside. Then I sent away a few of my children and grandchildren ahead of time. I didn't plan to leave alive because those people's target was me. If I left, those children wouldn't be able to leave either."
After a pause, Gong Yi continued, "But my nanny secretly knocked me unconscious. He was about my age and we grew up together. He looked somewhat like me, and his mannerisms and voice were very similar to mine. My nanny sent me out, and that night he died in my place. No one noticed."
Gong Yi closed his eyes, and turbid tears streamed down his face. In this world, the people he owed the most to were his uncle and daughter.
He took good care of his brother's wife and children. As long as no one wasted his wealth, his descendants could enjoy a life of luxury. But his daughter... he could never find her again!
Ye Qingqing and Lu Mo then realized that a loyal servant had died in his place. No wonder even Inspector Luo Luo couldn't tell the difference. Or perhaps Inspector Luo Luo did see through it, but because of his concerns, he kept it a secret until his death, not even telling his granddaughter.
"So, in other words, no one in the Gong family was actually injured or killed back then; only the stand-ins and some servants died, right?" Lu Mo asked.
Gong Yi shook his head and said painfully, "My daughter has gone missing and we still haven't found her."
Lu Mo's heart skipped a beat. So, Ding Bashi was probably a descendant of that Gong Zhu.
Ye Qingqing took out photos of Gong Yi and his daughter, handed them over, and asked, "Is this Miss Gong Zhu?"
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