Chapter 409: The Madman
The brothers who were joking together a few days ago just disappeared like that. No one could bear it. Liu Xun was also nowhere to be found at the moment. Otherwise, if he was there, he would have been found in so many days.
There was no news from Ni Yang, so Gu Shaoyu was naturally in a bad mood.
He was in a bad mood, and the first person to suffer was the person from the third house. Although that person came to assassinate Du Jingyi, what he said was not groundless.
Luo Yuan had already investigated everything and arranged the witnesses and evidence.
With these things, the fact that the third branch was secretly enclosing land was exposed, and the person who exposed this was not someone else, but Gu Shaoyu himself.
As the acting head of the Gu family, he personally took these things and had people knock on the drums outside the government office. After such a commotion, even the stray cats and dogs on the street knew about this "horrifying" scandal of the Gu family.
As the local official, Gu Yanguan naturally has to take care of such matters.
But the show had to be done, so today I specially asked Gu Shaoyu to go to the government office and plead for the third room.
"Shao Yuyemou is not going to pursue this any further. Third uncle and the others all know they were wrong and have said they will return all the land deeds. This will probably help to allay the people's resentment. If you insist on pursuing this, I'm afraid you will end up in a rift with your family."
After hearing this, Gu Shaoyu asked with a smile instead of getting angry.
"What you said is strange, uncle. How can it be as if I am the one who is fighting them to the death? Am I the one who did this? Enclosing a territory and claiming a title for myself! Even the princes and princesses wouldn't dare to do this. How dare a mere member of the Gu family do these things in Qingshui Town, right under the nose of the Gu family ancestral hall? Isn't this a deliberate provocation to our ancestors?"
"So, in public, you are dealing with the land grabbers, and in private, you are dealing with the family parasites. Either one is correct. But if my uncle is reluctant to give this order, then I will not force you. I will go back and write a letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately. It just so happens that Prime Minister Guo is investigating the country's parasites in the court recently and is very angry. If he sends someone over, I'm sure this matter will not embarrass my uncle."
When Gu Yanguang heard this, he said something with a forced smile.
"Shao Yu, don't always use Prime Minister Guo to pressure others."
Gu Shaoyu was no pushover either, and he responded to him immediately.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, uncle. If it weren't for the fact that Shao Yu is still in mourning and cannot use his power at will, it would be easy for me to handle this matter with my position as a second-rank general. Why would I bother you?"
After being scolded by him, Gu Yanguang's face became more and more ugly.
No matter what, the third and seventh rooms are relatives who are closely connected. Even if they have made all the arrangements, even if Gu Shaoyu turned the third room upside down, he could not find any evidence against them.
But he was very unhappy. He was clearly just a junior and had only returned to Jinling City not long ago, but he acted as if he had the final say here. He kept bringing up the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Guo. It was really disgusting.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Gu Shaoyu didn't bother to say anything more.
Instead of arguing with him here, it would be better to spend more time looking for Luo Yuan. Even if all the people from the three rooms were tied together, they would not be as important as Luo Yuan to Gu Shaoyu!
"Okay, I'll do it! I'll do it!"
Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Yanguang could only swallow his anger and agreed first, but he still did not forget to say something deliberately.
"According to the current situation, the third branch has little chance of survival. General Gu should think about how to explain this to the family members."
"An explanation? Such a daring worm who almost dragged down the entire Gu family is dead. What explanation do you need to give?"
Afterwards, his face was as serious as when he first arrived, and he left without saying a word, leaving in a decisive manner.
Looking at his departing back, Gu Yanguang tried hard to calm himself down, then snorted coldly and said.
"When our great cause is accomplished, I will let you know what it feels like to be a lost dog!"
After saying that, he spoke to his confidant next to him.
"Go, find someone to put all the people from the third house in jail. The evidence is irrefutable and they can no longer argue. Although I am a relative of the same clan as them, I dare not act rashly in the face of justice."
"Yes, sir, I will do it right away."
Soon, under the heavy pressure of Gu Shaoyu's thunderous momentum, all the people from the third house who were related to the incident were arrested. Some were sent to prison, some were imprisoned in the mansion, and there were soldiers guarding the door.
For a time, everyone in Jinling City was talking about the Gu family's affair.
Most people are still grateful for Gu Shaoyu's act of sacrificing his relatives for the sake of justice, and think that he is very admirable for exposing the evil deeds of his relatives for the benefit of the people.
However, there are also a small number of people who think that Gu Shaoyu is indeed a natural killer, and wherever he goes there will be rivers of blood. Although such words are not widely circulated, those who have heard them have left a mark in their hearts and think that they are reasonable.
The seventh day, the seventh day that Luo Yuan disappeared.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
This time, let alone Ni Yang, even Gu Shaoyu knew that the situation was probably very dangerous.
For those of them who are always prepared to die on the battlefield, death is not scary, but they want to see the person alive or the body dead. They cannot accept that someone just disappeared for no reason.
So, using the excuse of helping the third house to deal with the aftermath, he went to Qingshui Town in person, and searched almost every corner of that vast place.
Du Jingyi stayed in the Gu family mansion. These days, many relatives of the Gu family took turns to come out, sometimes accusing Gu Shaoyu of being cruel, sometimes trying to plead for the third house. It was quite lively.
The sun sets and the afterglow of the sunset.
It sprinkled on the ground, making the place warm as usual, but Gu Shaoyu's face looked very ugly, even with some unwillingness and regret.
A man like Luo Yuan did not die on the battlefield, did not die in the fight with the enemy, but instead his life and death were in danger because of his family affairs. Speaking of this, Gu Shaoyu felt that he was ashamed of him.
At this moment, Ni Yang, who was following behind him, looked at his general's back with great concern. If Luo Yuan really disappeared in such an unclear manner, the general would probably have to carry this pain for the rest of his life.
But he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only stay by his side quietly, taking on the tasks that Luo Yuan usually did and protecting his general.
As the night progresses, the earth becomes desolate again.
Gu Shaoyu sat on his horse, not arguing a word. Just when he was about to return to the Gu family ancestral hall to rest for a while, he heard someone shouting not far away.
"Found it, found it, General Luo is here!"
(End of this chapter)