Chapter 1786: Chapter 1786: Uncle Master Jia Ren
"What is his name and style?" Jin Zijin said, "I think it’s better to post a royal decree. Like your mother, those years she ran to Qiuci, if I stupidly searched only in Zhuzhao Country, how would he know you were looking for him?"
Lun Yu: "Ah...? This... this might not be a good idea?"
Yi Yan, however, laughed and said, "I see nothing wrong. Just say... just say we found something related to him among mother’s belongings and ask if he still wants it."
"Can we write such things on a royal decree?"
"Why not? Our goal is to find someone!" Yi Yan said.
"Alright, this could work!" But about the name... Lun Yu turned red and said, "Years ago, I heard mother mention it, the master’s name is... Jia Ren!"
"Jia Ren?"
Lun Yu used his hand to dip in the tea and wrote on the table: "Jia Ren, look clearly, it’s this Jia Ren!"
This name, as it turns out, seems to have no fundamental difference.
...
After a few days, they simply went directly to Beijing, sought the emperor to issue the decree, just as Yi Yan suggested.
Every city, big or small, had to have it posted, especially some border towns, and they even asked merchants to help spread the news to different countries.
Next, all they could do was wait.
"Xuyao left, Ajing went after him, but no news came back!" Gu Youyou was actually very worried, but now everyone knew that the Ningwang Residence was involved in the murder case of Tianhai Mountain Villa, and Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin were pushed to the forefront.
They did not dare to speak openly, fearing the long-standing authority of the Ningwang Residence.
But such is the nature of rumors, if left without explanation, they will only grow more intense and vile.
Jin Zijin said softly, "Let Ajing come back, he is good at disguise, and it’s hard to find him!"
"Then... shall we first announce Fu Jian’s death? Ah, if only we could retrieve Zhu Haisheng’s body!"
"Since he did it, naturally, he destroyed all the evidence, and now the only evidence left is a face! But it doesn’t matter; we stand upright and fearless of rumors!"
Gu Youyou shook her head and said, "We have children, and they will have descendants. I won’t leave them with any undue burden. I will go down the mountain tomorrow to discuss it with Yuancheng and the others!"
As for Jian Shiqing, Gu Youyou decided to release him.
He did not run away again. After learning his true identity, he began investigating the events from fifteen years ago.
This investigation revealed that the old servants of Tianhai Mountain Villa, those who could contact the owner and served in the inner courtyard, were all replaced within two years after the owner was swapped.
The only one not replaced was him, who was four or five years old at the time.
Back then, he was just a child, unable to notice that the father had been replaced.
"The Granny Liu who managed the inner courtyard in those days, I heard she was sent to a villa by the owner to enjoy her retirement, do you know which villa it was?"
Jian Shiqing was asking the current butler of Tianhai Mountain Villa.
The butler, flipping through records, said, "After the former butler left, I came half a year later. When I first arrived, there was no butler in the villa, but the owner saw that I was smart and promoted me to butler. Young Master Jian, sending Granny Liu to one of the estate’s villas for retirement was the owner’s decision, and we don’t know which villa she went to, but I’ll do my best to check if there’s any record of it."
