HLnovel Chapter 281: Useless Effort
Chapter 281: Useless Effort
He still remembered Qi Li and their friendship as classmates. Most importantly, Xin Hai thought very simply.
He always thought that Qi Li had started gambling when he was in school, but so many years had passed. He only opened a gambling house and had no intention of getting addicted to it. Instead, he made a lot of money.
Then this person is not as simple as he seems. It’s okay to tell him. It can also give Miss An more customers. What if…
Then they went to the second room, the third room, the fourth room...
Until he met Wu Huan and Zhao Huaiqing.
"This doesn't make any sense..." Zhao Huaiqing was holding a thick stack of papers, which contained a lot of random sentences.
It's either eating or drinking, which is meaningless.
"You should do whatever I tell you to do." Gu Qingyun repeated, "Think back, are there any suspicious people among those you have questioned?"
A few people went through the list in their minds and it seemed that there really was no one suspicious. Most importantly, if you just asked like this, it would be unlikely that anyone suspicious would be found.
"Take all the recorded records and go downstairs to give them to the prefect." Gu Qingyun looked at the people who were still counting the number of written papers, and went downstairs first.
There is still a lot of quarreling downstairs, just like in the vegetable market, people are quarreling outside and inside.
"Prefect, these are the memories of all the guests on the second floor. All of them have been interviewed and recorded." Gu Qingyun handed it to the Prefect of Kyoto, eager to get on with it immediately.
Unexpectedly, the Kyoto prefect's eyes lit up. The efficiency of the Dali Temple was too high. Before they had finished questioning ten people below, they had already finished questioning one floor above.
"Thank you for your help, Shaoqing. I am grateful."
Just as Gu Qingyun was waiting for the governor of Kyoto to say that they could leave, the governor of Kyoto began to hesitate, "Well... it's like this... how about the 3rd floor also help?"
His voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was afraid that Gu Qingyun would slap him in the face.
Gu Qingyun just frowned and said nothing. He nodded and said, "Okay, treat us to a meal after the matter is done."
Then he invited everyone to go upstairs to deal with the guests on the third floor.
"This is really useless. Why do you still have to ask about the third level?" Lian Xinhai felt that this matter was meaningless. As he walked, he wondered why Gu Qingyun still agreed.
"At least there is a use, which is to know their names, where they came from and where they went, and why they are here?" Gu Qingyun answered very straightforwardly, "Otherwise, we don't even know who they are, and it will be even more difficult to investigate."
So everyone started to inquire about the third floor without complaint. This time, after Gu Qingyun checked the third floor, he simply gave one free and asked about the fourth floor as well.
It turns out that the higher the floor, the higher the status.
I even met several princes, marquises, and earls.
By the time a few people came downstairs carrying thick documents, the first floor was only half completed.
Everyone finally understood why they had to borrow the manpower from the Dali Temple. At this rate, if they didn't borrow the Dali Temple, the pressure from the guests on the upper floors would not be able to withstand it.
The governor of Kyoto looked at the thick stack of documents and opened his mouth, "Is this the second floor, the third floor, and the fourth floor all here?"
He was obviously shocked by the speed.
Gu Qingyun nodded, "I have asked all the questions and all the information is recorded in the document. You can look at whichever you want to see. However, the guests above are getting a little impatient. Please finish the questioning quickly, Your Excellency."
The governor of Kyoto repeatedly grabbed the last piece of driftwood. If there hadn't been so many people around, he would have almost grabbed Gu Qingyun's hand and said, "Please help me."
Perhaps because his eyes were too eager, Gu Qingyun coughed unconsciously a few times. "Such simple questioning will not yield any results. It's basically just a name, so you can only use it as a reference. During the questioning, we didn't find anyone particularly suspicious. After all, if the real murderer is among them, it's impossible to write the suspect on his face. We still have to observe from the details."
The governor of Kyoto kept nodding his head and was almost about to take out a small notebook to record it.
"So now...so now...what should we do?"
"Let's release them all after questioning them soon." Gu Qingyun could only say that it was not a good idea to keep them locked up here.
"What if the person runs away?" The governor of Kyoto still wanted to keep the person here and catch the murderer before everyone left.
"You will never find the murderer if you ask everyone one by one. Besides, if you force him into a corner, what if he kills one or more people in order to escape? You must know that you can't afford to offend the people on the third and fourth floors." Gu Qingyun could only stop saying vague words and speak loudly instead. Since he couldn't understand the hint, he could only be explicit.
"Oh, it's really troublesome. The same goes for those students from Guining Academy. It's already chaotic here, and their parents, grandparents, are making trouble outside all day long. Everyone in their family is in a high position and has power. It's really a headache." The prefect of Kyoto used to be considered handsome, but in just two days his face was greasy and exhausted.
"Guining Academy...that's not surprising." It was a famous gathering place for gangsters. Even if there were many ridiculous things, it was nothing big.
But... "Where have all the students gone?" Gu Qingyun frowned. He had just walked through so many rooms and didn't see anyone who might be a student.
"Huh? Isn't it on the second floor?" The governor of Kyoto also frowned. It was so embarrassing to be in such an iron wall.
Gu Qingyun frowned and flipped through the pages, then asked uncertainly, "Are these the ones?"
The governor of Kyoto nodded, "Yes, it's these guys. They made a lot of noise yesterday and refused to stay in one room no matter what. There is also a girl in each room."
Gu Qingyun... How ridiculous, he is still studying at this stage.
"Are you going to let him go or not?!"
As the two were talking, a burst of cursing came from a tall building.
Gu Qingyun looked up and saw, well, people are really hard to explain.
"This is how you, the Kyoto government and the Dali Temple, handle cases. You're useless! It's been two days and you still won't let us out!"
On the second floor stood a kid with bared fangs and claws, looking like a mad dog ready to bite someone. A clerk from the Kyoto government office went upstairs before he started yelling, and it took three men no time to stop him.
"None of you can even think of touching me. Do you know who I am? Just touch me."
The boy was still angry, and he seemed not to be very light to begin with, so he swayed from side to side. The three clerks had to use all their might to hold him down.
The prefect of Kyoto seemed not to have seen such a situation for a long time. Normally, the common people would not dare to shout like this in front of the yamen. Usually, when he encountered such a case, he would choose to throw it to the Dali Temple.