readytorunbook Chapter 242: The missing piece of the puzzle
Chapter 242: The missing piece of the puzzle
The door of the bookstore was open, but there were no customers inside.
Adong was watching the store as usual. When he saw Jiang Jiang, he immediately stood up and greeted her with a smile.
Jiang Jiang nodded at Adong and went straight to the backyard of the bookstore.
Gu Yanqing is indeed here.
As soon as Jiang Jiang entered the backyard, she saw the yard full of books and Gu Yanqing who was busy.
"You came?"
Gu Yanqing put down the book in his hand and looked at Jiang Jiang with a smile: "Are you cured?"
"Much better." Jiang Jiang said casually: "What are you doing here?"
"The weather is getting colder. Since it's sunny today, I plan to take out the books in stock and dry them out in the sun." As Gu Yanqing spoke, he picked up another book, spread it out flat, and placed it on the wooden board beside him.
He gets up early in the morning to dry his books. He really has the leisure and elegance to do so.
"A Chong."
Jiang Jiang walked around the wooden planks and came to Gu Yanqing. She took his arm and whispered to him, "Where did you bury the body from the night before last?"
"that."
Gu Yanqing put another book away, then looked down at Jiang Jiang beside him and said, "Adong and I left him in a mass grave outside the city. What happened?"
Mass graves.
He was really talking nonsense! Did he really think she was a fool?
"Are you sure?" Jiang Jiang asked Gu Yanqing again.
"determine."
Gu Yanqing looked at Jiang Jiang deeply, and then suddenly said with a hint of deep meaning: "If he is not in the mass grave, where do you think he is?"
"he……"
Of course he is in the Dali Temple now!
Jiang Jiang was suddenly speechless. According to normal logic, Meng Haowen had died that night and his body had been taken away by Yan Chong. But now Meng Haowen had come back to life and died again.
This matter was too strange, she should have gotten to the bottom of it.
but……
Gu Yanqing in front of her looked calm, as if he was waiting for her to ask further questions.
Is Gu Yanqing testing her? Or is it...
Had he realized that she knew his true identity? Was he ready to confront her?
No, I can't.
"I don't know. You said it was in a mass grave, so...it should be in a mass grave."
Jiang Jiang turned her head slightly to avoid Gu Yanqing's sight.
When the time came, she was still a little timid.
Gu Yanqing glanced at Jiang Jiang——
If Jiang Jiang exposed him in person now, he would not hide it because he was already prepared to have his identity exposed today.
But now it seems that he is ready, but Jiang Jiang doesn't seem to be ready yet?
Thinking of this, Gu Yanqing lowered his eyes again. While hanging up his books, he casually said, "What happened the night before yesterday was obviously targeted at Prime Minister Gu. Tell me, who in this world wants Prime Minister Gu dead the most?"
Who wants you dead? That's too much.
Jiang Jiang concentrated, thinking hard. As the saying goes, those with the greatest benefit are suspicious. Meng Haowen was dead, and the Gu family was framed. The person who could gain the most from this incident was often the real mastermind.
And the person in this world who wants Gu Yanqing dead the most...
Is it Meng Xiang?
It was obvious that the Meng family was definitely not responsible for this incident. In the original novel, the Meng family had already fallen before Gu Yanqing's downfall, and the Dongping family even turned their guns around and stepped on the Meng family.
The engagement between the Meng family and the Dongping family was thus annulled.
"Dongping family, could it be the Dongping family?" Jiang Jiang blurted out.
In the original novel, the Dongping family is low-key, but they survive to the end with a smile, and Shen Guiyuan is the Dongping family's hidden man, but whether he is from Dongpingchuan or a subordinate of a young master of the Dongping family is not explained in the original novel.
After Shen Guiyuan's identity was exposed, he was killed by Gu Yanqing. After all, Gu Yanqing in the later part of the plot was a devil who killed people without blinking an eye.
"No, that's not right. The Dongping family has no reason to hate Gu... Prime Minister Gu so much."
Jiang Jiang murmured to herself, she always felt that something was wrong.
There is something wrong with the plot of this world. Jiang Jiang has seen all the plots about Gu Yanqing, and she has seen them countless times.
Now if you put everything together, it's like a complete puzzle, but suddenly the most important piece is missing.
What is missing...
"Perhaps, it's not the Dongping family either."
Gu Yanqing's voice sounded in Jiang Jiang's ears.
"Who is that?" Jiang Jiang came back to her senses and suddenly looked up at Gu Yanqing.
She had a feeling that Gu Yanqing knew who was behind the scenes, perhaps he knew it from the very beginning.
"Do you think I would know?"
At this time, Gu Yanqing looked at Jiang Jiang meaningfully and said, "How can a commoner like me know about the affairs of those big shots? I'm just guessing. Don't let your imagination run wild. The game between the upper class has nothing to do with us. As long as it doesn't affect your business, I think this matter will be settled soon."
soon……
Jiang Jiang thought of Yun Yue who went to the Dali Temple with Liu Cheng'an.
Meng Haowen "resurrected from the dead" and put on a good show on the street last night. Is this the finishing work done by Gu Yanqing?
It is an extremely difficult task to re-fabricate the scene of Meng Haowen's death and make it so that neither the people from the Dali Temple nor the coroner can find any flaws.
Perhaps only Gu Yanqing can do this.
Could it be that what he is going to do now is... to directly divert the conflict and put everything on the Chu family?
Then the Chu family...isn't it finished?
When Jiang Jiang thought of this, he suddenly felt relieved.
If the Chu family is destroyed, then Yun Yue will be completely safe.
**
Capital city, Dali Temple.
This was the first time Yun Yue met Meng Xiang. This court official was very different from what she had imagined. Perhaps because he had just lost his son, Meng Xiang's face was still sad and his eyes were slightly cloudy.
"You are... Chu Yunyue?"
In the back hall of the Dali Temple, Meng Xiang sat on a high chair, raised his eyes slightly, and looked at the bright girl in front of him. It was amazing that this girl was really similar to the deceased Madam Chu.
"I meet Lord Meng. I dare not hide the truth from you. My real name is indeed Chu Yunyue. However... ever since I was persecuted by the Chu family and narrowly escaped death, I changed my name and surname to Yunyue and have been hiding in the outer city." Yunyue spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, slowly recounting her experiences.
She had thought all this through on the way to the Dali Temple.
"As far as I know, the Chu family's daughter, Chu Yunyue, passed away due to illness a few months ago. You claim to be Chu Yunyue. What evidence do you have?"
Meng Xiang did not believe Yun Yue's one-sided statement. Now his son was killed, and those killers were hired by the Chu family.
What kind of conspiracy is hidden in this matter? Meng Xiang must find out clearly!
"Lord Meng."
At this time, Liu Cheng'an, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke seriously: "I can prove that she is Chu Yunyue."
There are not many people in this world who can prove Yun Yue's identity, and Liu Cheng'an is one of them.
Yesterday, the two had already met at Mingyue Tower. Yunyue even proposed a bold plan. She wanted to use herself as bait to lure Chu Yunfei's men into the trap, and thereby completely expose the hypocritical true face of the Chu family.
"Liu Cheng'an, the reason why Chu Yunfei has repeatedly harmed me is all because of our engagement. Now, I want to put an end to all this. Are you willing to help me?"
Yesterday, at Mingyue Tower, Yunyue told everything, hoping that Liu Chengan could lend a helping hand.
Liu Cheng'an felt guilty, so he agreed to Yunyue's plan. He was even busy all day yesterday and asked many people to find clues for Yunyue.
"Master Meng, not only can I prove that she is Chu Yunyue, but I also found the two thugs who abducted Chu Yunyue out of the city yesterday!"
Liu Cheng'an's voice was so resounding that Yun Yue beside him was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that she just asked him for help and they owed each other nothing from then on. Who knew that he would be so dedicated?
He is really a reliable and down-to-earth person.