Gu Chengyu knew that Ning's intention was to keep it and give it away. Such precious things must be put to practical use.
Ning Shi really thought so. Gu Chengyu spent so much money, she felt a little distressed.
But this child is very filial, and every time he comes he always brings something to honor her and the old man.
And they were often gifts of great value, which made her a little embarrassed.
When the master was in glory, no one gave her rare treasures, but if they were too precious, the master would not allow her to accept them.
However, her eyelids are not so shallow. It seems that this child will have to wait until she gets married and has a wife to take care of her before she becomes more restrained.
"I still have some in my house, don't worry, Master. Isn't it right to be filial to your teacher and Master? Is it possible that I often come to the house to eat, and Master feels distressed?"
Gu Chengyu was grateful for his wife's sincerity and quickly said a few witty words, making Ningshi laugh again.
"Look, our house still lacks the food you have. If you say that, then next time you come, let the big kitchen pick up the pickles and radishes. This will clear up my reputation as a stingy person."
Ning's granddaughter has been here in the past two days, and today a junior is here. There are more people and it's lively, and her mood can't help but feel better.
Therefore, she also started joking with Gu Chengyu. She pointed at Gu Chengyu and laughed so hard.
The ladies and girls in the room also covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and started laughing. Even Yao Mengxian couldn't help laughing and chuckled.
Gu Chengyu stayed in Liang Mansion until the evening before returning. As soon as he stepped into the inner courtyard, Ming Mo came to report that news from Yingnan Mansion had arrived.
"Go to the study!" After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he took the lead in entering the inner study.
"Sir! According to your instructions, our people have gone to see the body of the little baby and asked the neighbors to identify it. However, the body seems to have been suffering from some disease before. The body was covered with abscesses, and even the face was not spared.
It’s unrecognizable.”
Mingmo handed the note in his hand to Gu Chengyu for review. This was one of the notes, which was about the details of identifying the little baby.
Gu Chengyu waved his hand, "Go ahead! I won't read it."
Impatient to look at these, he just needs to analyze the results.
"Your second uncle's grandson's nickname is Xiaoyao. The body was similar in stature to Xiaoyao, even fat and thin. Neighbors said they looked similar, but they couldn't be sure. After all, the face was completely unrecognizable. Later,
I asked the shopkeeper of the nearby medical center and he said that there is no such place for a child to go to the hospital."
Gu Chengyu nodded, "Have you asked about this disease? What disease is it? Is it smallpox? But the onset of smallpox does not happen so quickly. He went without even asking the doctor. How fast is it? Unless it is
poisoned."
"I've asked the doctors and they said that smallpox may be bigger, but they said the same thing as you, that it doesn't happen so quickly."
Ming Mo knew that his family had some knowledge of medical skills, so he was not surprised.
Gu Chengyu frowned, and then thought of something again.
After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Have you shown the body to the doctor? Are you sure it's smallpox?"
Ming Mo hesitated for a moment before replying: "I said I asked for it, but the doctor said he wouldn't treat the dead. The servants he sent offered money, but none of them agreed, saying that if it was too expensive, it might be contagious.
"
"We can't be too blatant. After all, the little baby has been dead for several days and was dug out of the ground. We don't want to be too hard on those doctors, for fear that they will spread the news outside."
Gu Chengyu also knew that the ancients avoided these taboos and it was normal for them to refuse to look at them. This should not have much to do with the whole matter.
The most important thing now is to find out whether the baby is a baby or not.
"Does Xiaoyao have any birthmarks on his body? Have you asked the neighbors to identify them carefully?"
Gu Chengyu knew that the person behind the plan had a thorough plan, and the person who planned it was very careful. However, if the details are ignored, the flaws will eventually be exposed.
The flaw is not on the mysterious man's side, but on Gu Changbai's side.
Therefore, if you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, you should be afraid of teammates who are like pigs.
Even if nothing was found in Yingnan Mansion, something unusual would definitely be found in Gu Changbai and Gu Wanfang.
"The neighbors said they didn't know much about it and had never seen any birthmarks on Xiaoyao's body."
Mingmo shook his head and remembered another thing.
"However, there are some clues about Paihuazi."
"What do you say?" Gu Chengyu knew that Xiaoyao would not get any useful information, and when he heard about Paihuazi, he cheered up again.
"The flower girl has always been on the run to commit crimes. Later, when he arrived at Yingnan Mansion, he was arrested by the prefect of Yingnan Mansion."
Speaking of going to Yingnan Mansion, Gu Chengyu wanted to ask Wu An to help introduce him and drive Juxianglou to Yingnan Mansion.
But later, Wu An said that he was not familiar with the new magistrate of Yingnan Prefecture, so he approached his fellow magistrate of Yingnan Prefecture.
If you want to check, you might be able to get the answer by checking whose faction this prefect belongs to.
However, it cannot be ruled out that there are other factors involved. It is too troublesome, so it is better to just keep an eye on Gu Changbai and his grandson.
"So, I got the news in advance. It seems that the flower photographer was sent to Yingnan Mansion. Let the people in Yingnan Mansion withdraw! Yingnan Mansion can't find anything anymore."
Gu Chengyu remembered that he had asked Mingmo to send people to keep an eye on the grandfather and grandson for the past two days. He didn't know if they had discovered anything.
"Sir, there is one more thing. You asked Qian'er to follow Mr. Gu Er and his grandson. When they found the two of them leaving the mansion, they did say a few words. But Mr. Gu Er was very cautious, and our people only vaguely heard a few words.
But they were too careful and were almost discovered."
"What did you say?" Gu Chengyu felt that Gu Changbai and the others must have said something related to this matter when they left the mansion, but it was a pity that Gu Changbai was still quite alert.
Speaking of this, Mingmo was a little embarrassed, "I only heard Xiao Yao, what's the purpose?"
"That's all? Did they talk after they went back?"
Gu Chengyu didn't expect to hear only this little bit, but based on this, he concluded that the dead baby was definitely not Xiao Yao. Maybe Xiao Yao was still alive and was just taken away by those people.
Those people replaced Xiaoyao with other little ones.
I just don’t know if it’s because of the disease in the first place, or if it’s because of this that the innocent baby was harmed.
"They went into the house right after they got back, and the conversation was so loud that our people couldn't hear it even if they got close."
Ming Mo was a little disappointed with the group of people Gu Chengyu bought later. Compared with the Ding generation, these people had been trained for longer, but their work was not as alert and calm as the Ding generation.
Gu Chengyu rubbed the paperweight on the desk and thought for a while.
"Look for an opportunity and kidnap Gu Wanfang without disturbing Gu Changbai. He must know something inside."
Ming Mo was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but Gu Wanfang didn't and stayed in the inn all day.
Gu Changbai doesn't do anything else for a living. The two of them can be said to be together all the time. The difficulty lies in how to prevent Gu Changbai from knowing about it.