It was already the second day that Gu Zongmin received the news from Fusu.
He immediately put down what he was doing and rushed to Xianyang Prison without stopping.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw Ran Fang and Fu Su with heavy faces. There was a dark wooden toy on their table.
His first reaction was that Ran Fang and Fu Su were tired of being in prison and wanted to find some entertainment. However, this kind of children's thing was a little too childish?
I thought so in my heart, but didn't show it on my face.
He stood at the door, saluted respectfully towards Ran Fang and Fu Su, and said, "I have seen you, sir."
After saying that, he sat on the couch and looked at the two of them doubtfully.
"I don't know if you, sir, came here to ask me. Do you have anything to give me?"
The word "command" made Fusu couldn't help but look at it a few more times. He didn't know that Gu Zongmin's attitude towards Ran Fang was so polite now.
Gu Zongmin looked at Ran Fang, his expression full of gratitude and said: "Last time, my child's life was hanging by a thread. Fortunately, my husband came to save me and saved my life."
"This matter, everyone in the Gu family will remember Mr.'s kindness."
"If I can get my husband's orders and do something for him, that will be a blessing for my Gu family."
Hearing this, Fusu nodded, so he understood.
"I see, then I understand."
"Young Master Gu's condition is normal, right?"
Gu Zongmin nodded, with a relaxed look on his face.
"It's okay, but I can't get out of bed yet."
"When he recovers, he will definitely come to thank you in person."
After saying that, he glanced at Ran Fang and asked cautiously: "I wonder what the purpose of this visit is for me, sir?"
Ran Fang glanced at Gu Zongmin and pushed the ballista on the table forward.
He took out a piece of cloth from his arms and wrapped a few small wooden arrows inside.
Putting them all in one place, he asked: "Do you recognize this thing?"
Gu Zongmin looked at the gadgets on the table, lowered his head and studied them carefully for a while.
After thinking for a moment, he looked at Ran Fang and Fu Su with some uncertainty, and cautiously asked, "Don't you recognize them, sir?"
"This is a continuous ballista, which is very common in the army of Qin."
Hearing what he said, Ran Fang knew that he had misunderstood.
He opened his mouth to explain: "Just talking about this model, have you seen anyone in Xianyang City make it?"
Hearing what Ran Fang said, Gu Zongmin immediately reacted.
He picked up the crossbow cart and looked at it carefully, with strong interest in his eyes and a hint of admiration.
Then he shook his head and said with some regret: "The workmanship is so exquisite, it looks not much different from the real crossbow vehicle."
"I'm afraid there won't be anyone in Xianyang City who can match this level of craftsmanship."
"If someone could achieve such a fine level of detail, he would probably be admitted to the Young Master's Office, right?"
"Sir, do you want to play with these?"
Ran Fang didn't answer and put away the poisonous needle.
If it's not someone from Xianyang City, it means it's someone from outside. People outside want to assassinate him, most likely because of the refined salt.
Otherwise, if he doesn't know what he has done, someone will hate him.
"Do you have any clues about the person who assassinated Gu Siyuan?"
Hearing Ran Fang's question, Gu Zongmin's eyes were touched. He didn't expect that at this time, Ran Fang was still thinking about Gu Siyuan's condition.
He shook his head slightly with some regret, sighed and said, "Not yet."
"After Siyuan woke up, I also asked him about it. I only said that he was staying in an inn and eating a bowl of porridge served by the waiter, and he felt weak all over."
"When he was escaping with his men, he encountered those assassins again. They came up to kill him without saying a word. If it weren't for the servants who swore to protect him to the death, he might not have survived."
"Time is urgent. He didn't notice who those assassins were. It's just that the accent sounded like they were from Guandong."
"I followed this clue and found no results. The waiter at their hotel has also disappeared."
"I guess it was the salt merchants who did it."
"Otherwise, with the current power of the Gu family, no one in Guandong would dare to offend the Gu family easily."
This is indeed true. Now the Gu family is not only because of its strong economic strength, but more importantly, the government has issued an order, and now the royal salt merchants are the Gu family.
Anyone who wants a piece of the pie will not offend the Gu family easily, and will even try to please the Gu family.
Although Ran Fang didn't know the changes outside, he could hear some pride in Gu Zongmin's words, and he knew the current situation of the Gu family.
He was a little disappointed. If this matter was done by a salt merchant, it would be a bit difficult to handle.
There is an old saying that goes well, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves missing you.
He is not worried about someone trying to harm him, but there are always people thinking about harming him. This kind of psychological pressure is still very great, and it is also very torturous.
"You say he's a salt merchant. Is there any evidence other than your guess?"
"Refined salt has something to do with me. Apart from a few of you, does anyone else know?"
These questions made Gu Zongmin a little confused, especially who else knew.
Apart from them, His Majesty in the palace must have known about it. As for whom His Majesty told him, he couldn't guess.
"Why do you ask this, sir?"
"Did something happen?"
Ran Fang didn't speak, but Fusu glanced at Ran Fang to make sure there was no stopping in his eyes, and then replied: "Someone wants to kill Mr.
"Someone sent this ballista in with poisonous arrows hidden in it to assassinate Mr."
"What?! Someone wants to harm Mr.?!" The surprise and worry on Gu Zongmin's expression could not be faked, and he almost stood up in excitement.
He stared at Ran Fang nervously for a few times and asked, "Sir, is he injured?"
"Any clues about the assassin? Are you the same person as the one who assassinated my son?"
"Someone is actually committing murder in Xianyang Prison! This is too blatant!"
Ran Fang raised his hand, interrupting his indignation.
Seeing that Gu Zongmin stopped talking, he looked helpless and took out the writing cloth given by the Mo family and put it on the table.
"There are no clues at the moment, only this serial ballista and this piece of cloth."
Gu Zongmin immediately picked up the cloth and saw the words "Mo Family" written on it. A hint of haze flashed in his eyes.
"This was done by the Mo family?!"
"I will immediately send someone to investigate, and I will give you a result within three days!"
"Let the Mo family pay the price too!"
Ran Fang shook his head, disagreeing with his words, and felt from his tone that he seemed to blame the Mo family for Gu Siyuan's injury.
He took the cloth in his hand, looked at it and said, "It seems to be the work of the Mo family, but I know the Mo family. They will not poison their utensils."
"Someone must have taken advantage of the Mo family's ability and secretly applied this poison."
"However, this matter must be related to the Mo family. You can check based on this clue first. Who among the Mo family in Xianyang City can make these things?"
