Gu Zongmin kept talking, but when Ran Fang stopped talking to him, he showed an embarrassed smile and stopped talking.
"Sir, please forgive me. I have been in business for many years and have never encountered this kind of accounting method. I am a little out of character."
Ran Fang didn't say anything about this, but looked at him and asked calmly: "Is there anything else?"
Hearing these words, Gu Zongmin seemed to suddenly remember something. He took out two canvases from his sleeves and said, "One more thing, there is a clue about the assassin."
As he spoke, he spread two portraits of two people flatly on the table.
"It's the two of them, the ones Yang Jie said who took away the ballista."
"I have led people to investigate in Xianyang City, but there are no clues yet,"
"But..." As he said that, Gu Zongmin glanced at Fusu hesitantly, not knowing whether he should say the next words.
Fusu immediately understood and felt that he was in the way.
He felt a little depressed, what happened to these two?
Every time he comes to see Ran Fang, he seems to feel like he is in the way, and everyone has to find excuses to push him out.
It's better now, I don't even have to make excuses anymore, I just want to leave by myself with just one look.
Although he was very reluctant, he still didn't wait for Ran Fang to speak, and stood up proactively and said, "You guys chat, I'll go out for a walk."
After he left, Gu Zongmin leaned forward, got closer to Ran Fang, and whispered: "Sir, I'm afraid the assassin's matter is not that simple..."
I thought Gu Zongmin was going to say something, but it turned out to be such an innocuous statement.
Ran Fang's expression was a little stunned, and he said helplessly: "I know."
"Dare to commit an assassination in Xianyang Prison, it must be a big deal."
Seeing Ran Fang's disappointed expression, Gu Zongmin knew that Ran Fang was wrong.
He shook his head, lowered his voice, glanced around, and said with some worry: "Sir, I recognize these two people."
"Actually, I have seen them, but I see so many people every day that I forgot about them."
"Later Yangjie reminded me, and I remembered that just before the refined salt case happened, this seemingly harmless man had gone to buy refined salt once, and he bought a large amount of it."
"However, this kind of thing is not unusual for rich people, so I didn't take it to heart."
"I had someone deliver it to me personally. Do you know whose home it was delivered to?"
Seeing the mysterious expression on his face, Ran Fang gave him a sharp look.
Gu Zongmin, who originally wanted to show off, immediately withdrew his expression, covered his mouth, coughed lightly, and said proactively: "It's from the residence of the former Xianyang Order, Yan Le."
Ran Fang didn't expect this, but he could understand it. At that time, Yan Le wanted to collude with salt merchants from other places, but they had nothing to offer, so how could they obey Yan Le's orders?
But the stealing of the ballista happened long ago, and the assassination of himself happened after Yan Le committed suicide.
Seeing Ran Fang thinking seriously, Gu Zongmin knew that Ran Fang had guessed it, and he continued: "So, I thought the person who assassinated you was Yan Le."
"But... Yan Le has committed suicide. I wonder if there is anyone else behind Yan Le?"
Ran Fang was not surprised at all by his guess. From the moment Yan Le committed suicide, he knew that it was definitely Zhao Gao's handiwork.
Now that the assassin is related to Yan Le, this further shows that the person who wants to kill him must be someone else behind him. As for whether it is Zhao Gao, he needs to think carefully.
"Yan Le obeys Zhao Gao's orders. There is no doubt about this."
"The refined salt case ended with Yan Le committing suicide, which means that someone was threatening him behind the scenes. This person is most likely Zhao Gao."
"But... the assassin thing should have something to do with Zhao Gao, but he didn't do it."
Gu Zongmin was very confident in his guess, and he helped Ran Fang solve a problem since he recognized the identities of the two people.
Unexpectedly, Ran Fang did not agree with his statement?
"Why?"
"Sir, you just said that Yan Le was taking orders from Zhao Gao. After Yan Le committed suicide, those people thought they were also taking orders from Zhao Gao. This assassin is definitely sent by Zhao Gao!"
Seeing the precise words he spoke and the eagerness in his eyes, Ran Fang chuckled lightly, wanting to pull Zhao Gao down over this matter, his thinking was too simple.
"It's good for Yan Le to obey Zhao Gao, but not all the people in his house are Zhao Gao's people."
"I think you should also know how important the position of Xianyang Order is. Then naturally Yan Le will not just Zhao Gao to keep an eye on his movements."
"And Yan Le had just committed suicide at that time. He couldn't save himself. He was anxious to win His Majesty's heart. How could he have time to assassinate me?"
"However, it is difficult to doubt that no one followed Yan Le's hand and wanted to frame Zhao Gao."
"Who else knows about this?"
Hearing Ran Fang's analysis, Gu Zongmin also felt that it made sense. Hu Hai had just left Xianyang City at that time. Zhao Gao should have been running for Hu Hai at that time, so how could he have time to ask about Ran Fang's affairs?
"Only I know, and I haven't told anyone about this."
"Someone still told me that I saw this man near my salt shop. He looked at me viciously at that time, and Zhang Zifang from the wine shop was also watching."
"Does Zhang Zifang also know the assassin?"
Ran Fang didn't know either. He always felt that Zhang Liang's appearance had nothing to do with the assassin, but he couldn't be so sure.
However, since the assassin has a relationship with Zhao Gao, this matter will be easier to handle.
"If you spread the word about the assassin, say that the assassin was hired by Zhao Gao."
"This..." Gu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Ran Fang said this, "Didn't Sir, didn't you say that someone deliberately wanted to frame Zhao Gao?"
"That's right, the person behind it has to bite the dog, and then they get into an argument and the truth is exposed."
After saying this, Gu Zongmin knew what Ran Fang meant. Regardless of whether Zhao Gao did it or not, it must be Zhao Gao.
"Here!"
"I'll do it now, and it will spread throughout Xianyang within one day."
Sure enough, after Gu Zongmin left Xianyang Prison, within a day, the assassin's identity was no longer a secret.
Even ordinary people know that the people in the two portraits are the people in the Yan Yue Mansion of the former Xianyang Commandery.
But the people in the court naturally thought more than the people. Everyone in the government and the public believed that Zhao Gao wanted to kill Ran Fang.
However, due to Zhao Gao's identity, they thought so, but no one dared to speak about it. After all, they were all people they could not afford to offend.
But Lian Liangcai, who had just taken office, would not think so.
Since this incident happened in Xianyang City, he naturally has the right to intervene.
Since it was Meng Yi who posted the portrait, he took the portrait directly to Meng Yi's house, still wearing official uniform.
No one thought that Lian Liang would be so strong and really want to intervene in this matter. After all, everyone could see that this was no longer a problem with the assassins, this was the game between Meng Yi and Zhao Gao.
This Lian Liangcai really took this matter on his shoulders. Isn't this stupid?
But he ignored the rumors, knocked on the door of Meng Yi's house, stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Xianyang's Lian Liangcai, please see the Zhonglang General!"
