The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

"Bai Luoqiu." Gu Shiyan frowned when he heard this name. He didn't know Bai Luoqiu well, but he had met him a few times when he was at Xiang's house, "Why is it Bai Luoqiu?"

"Because it's too coincidental, whether it's him finding me under the city wall so quickly, or what he did after that, it's too coincidental." Xie Yan said in a deep voice, quickly stating his speculation.

Bai Luoqiu must have known the original owner before the accident happened to Xiang's family. After the incident, he found the original owner before everyone else and hid the original owner in the theater troupe. This shows that his news is better than most people with ulterior motives. Such a quick response.

Moreover, in several conversations with Xie Yan after Bai Luoqiu came to Hankou, the unfinished meaning in the words has been implying that the original owner's "family" has acted against him, leaving a lot for the original owner through Bai Luoqiu. Something, this act also most likely happened that night.

As for the fact that he has never mentioned this to the original owner, it should be because the original owner has lost his memory and knows that too much will only increase the danger, so he decided to take on everything by himself.

Of course, all the above are just speculations made by Xie Yan based on what Gu Shiyan said. He will ask Bai Luoqiu again tomorrow about the facts.

After Gu Shixu appeared, Bai Luoqiu would no longer hide anything from him.

"For Mr. Xiang's sake, at least Boss Bai won't harm you anyway." After listening to Xie Yan's analysis, Gu Shiyan hesitated to speak, "Does he not know that you—"

"I don't know." Xie Yan shook his head, "You are the only one who knows right now."

"...Should I be honored?"

"I just feel that even if you don't say it, you will definitely see the clues based on your understanding of 'him', so it's better to just tell the matter." Xie Yan smiled, "It doesn't matter who I am now, the important thing is that I press What he expects to be done for him."

Gu Shiyu was silent for a few seconds, then nodded lightly, "You are right, in fact, sometimes death is more like a relief than living, there is no need to think about anything, and there is no need to struggle in despair."

"You haven't said what happened to the Gu family, and why did you come to Hankou?" Xie Yan heard that there was something in his words.

"The Gu family..." Gu Shiyan lowered her head, "There is no one in the Gu family except me."

"What?!" Although Xie Yan had already speculated, he was still shocked when he heard this sentence.

"After the Lantern Festival tragedy, my father never gave up on investigating the truth about Xie's family and Xiang's family. During that time, he often went out, and every time he came back he was in a hurry. At the same time, the business of Gujiabuzhuang began to fail, and he was frequently rejected by his peers. Even attacking, but no one thought that this was the harbinger of the coming disaster..."

Gu Shiyan sighed, with a trembling ending, "About three or four months after Xiang Zhai's accident, that is, six months ago, my father went out to do business, and in the middle of the night he quietly climbed over the wall and came home, taking me and my mother from He cried out on the bed and hurriedly told us to pack our luggage and leave Tianjin immediately to take refuge in Shanghai."

"I didn't know what happened at all, so I was stuffed into the carriage. When the next day dawned, the carriage was far away from Tianjin Wei. My mother was wiping tears beside me, with a pile of baggage beside me, and she didn't say anything when asked."

"The carriage driver is my father's confidant. He drove the car very fast all the way. It is said that according to the plan, we will be sent to the canal and take a boat to Hangzhou first, and then to Shanghai. We boarded the boat as promised, but we didn't have time to get there. I was robbed and killed at the next ferry, and my mother tried her best to protect me, pushed me into the water, and died on the boat."

"The night is dark and the water is deep. Those people probably think that I, a young master of Tianjin Wei, must be a landlubber. They fired more than a dozen shots into the water. After waiting for more than ten minutes, no one came to the surface. They thought I must die. They were afraid. I was exposed and evacuated first. They didn't know that I loved to play in the water since I was a child, and my water skills were no worse than those who grew up by the river.

"I didn't dare to go back to the boat, and I didn't dare to stay where I was. I waited for the people to leave and went downstream desperately. I didn't know how long I swam. When I was half-conscious and half-awake, I was caught by the riverside fishermen. I'm in Texas."

"...and then?" Xie Yan asked cautiously.

"National disasters are at stake, and Texas is not at peace. The fishermen thought I was caught by water bandits. I didn't deny it. I changed the silk and satin clothes that were still visible on my body into coarse cloth jackets. I saved some money and went to the pier to inquire about the news. I know that on the morning when my mother and I left Tianjin Wei, my father and the rest of the Gu family died violently at the house. People from the police station went to investigate, but only found a temporary kitchen worker who had been poisoned. case."

"People who come and go say that it's a pity that the Gu family was taken away by a crazy cook for no reason, but I know this is not an accident at all, otherwise what would happen to the hunt and kill my mother and I encountered? I don't know who those people are , are you still chasing me, so you can only change your name and surname to flee Texas..."

When Gu Shihui said this, he was probably a little tired, so he stopped for a while.

Xie Yan listened to him talking about his experience in the past six months, and was thrilled, but still puzzled, "After you escaped from Dezhou, why didn't you find a nearby small place to hide your name, but came to Hankou instead? It's such a long way from Dezhou to Hankou How did you get here without being entangled and still dodging the chase?"

"I came to Hankou to take revenge." Gu Shiyu said the last two words, his expression turned cold instantly.

"Revenge?" Xie Yan frowned, "What else do you know?"

"After I learned that all my family members were killed at the pier, I felt dizzy at first, and my eyes went dark. Later, it was probably because I had nothing to read, so I calmed down instead." Gu Shiyu recalled, his eyes were blank, "I forced myself I recalled all the events of the few days before the accident over and over again, trying to find some clues, and finally remembered a few casual gossips from my father during lunch a few days ago."

"What did uncle say?" Xie Yan has automatically changed all the relationship names.

"My father said that the business of the Gu family and several old customers in the capital has become more and more difficult recently, but a businessman named Li Tianwei from Hankou took the initiative to negotiate orders with him. The Li family is quite prestigious in Hankou and has a good reputation. Dahu, my father originally wanted to make a deal directly, but he felt that something was wrong, and Li Tianwei seemed to always inquire about Xiang's affairs intentionally or unintentionally in his words, which made him feel inappropriate, so he decided to wait and see for a few more days."

"I believe in my father's intuition, and the Gu family has always been kind to others. If you have to find a reason for the disaster, the only thing that happened to Xiang Zhai a few months ago-the group of invisible and terrifying enemies has no hidden dangers at all. I would like to let it go, maybe my father's behavior of inquiring for news has stimulated them, or maybe my father found some important clues that made them decide to kill them."

"There are traces of what happened to the Gu family in those days. That Li Tianwei and my father must know something about the matter of testing the Xiang family, so I decided to go to Hankou to find out!" Gu Shiyan clenched her hands tightly. Double fists, "I have nothing left, only the heartbeat that survived by chance reminds me all the time, as long as I have a breath, I can't forget to find out the truth for all the souls who died tragically in the Xie Gu family!"

Xie Yan knew that Gu Shizhen's psychological problems needed long-term treatment, so she didn't dare to provoke Gu Shizhen at this time, so she could only frowned and changed the subject, "You don't have money on your body, and you can't ask your relatives and friends for help, and even try to be as uninviting as possible. Attention, the road from Dezhou to Hankou must be extremely difficult, I guess you haven’t been in Hankou for long, have you?”

"More than a month." Gu Shixuan nodded, "After I came to Hankou, I tried to find out about Li's family. I followed Li Tianwei for a few days with the skills I practiced on the road, and found that he always ran to the racetrack. Child molestation in the house, close relationship with several Westerners and Dongying people, but I don't know what they talk about every time."

"What really made me sure that Li Tianwei must be directly related to our family's affairs is that I discovered that he was closely related to the deaths of Xie Ji Mixing and his son. Not long after Li Tianwei had a secret conversation with Xie Ji and his son, they were robbed and killed by bandits in the city. Besides, when I turned around, I followed Li Tianwei and Mi Xing, a foreigner who was in competition with Xie Ji Mi Xing. Bandits' power to kill."

"A few months ago, Li Tianwei went to Tianjin Wei to discuss business with the Gu family for no reason. Soon after, the Gu family suffered a catastrophe, and my mother and I were also intercepted and killed by 'traitors'. So behind his actions, Is there also a foreigner that I can't see standing there?"

"..."

Xie Yan could feel that when talking about these things, Gu Shi's tone was terrifyingly paranoid, it seemed that as long as he was given a chance, he would choose to take away his identified enemy without hesitation.

"So you... thought of that way to get close to Li Tianwei."

"I don't have any other better means, I want the truth." Gu Shi's hair on his forehead was dry, but it was still sticking to his skin in a mess, making his face even paler. "I met someone in Hankou. A girl from Xiefanglou lived there temporarily in order to collect information and hide her identity. She also had a grudge against Li Tianwei. The look in his eyes was very weird, as if he saw another person in me. I don’t know why, but the opportunity was rare, and he simply colluded with that girl to push things along, and ‘sold’ me to him at a low price.”

"I know why." Xie Yan rubbed his forehead, suddenly very tired, "I just offended him in the teahouse that day, you are...to suffer for me."

"It's not that I suffer for you, it's that I should thank you for giving me the opportunity to realize my goal." Gu Shiyan didn't care.

"You mean to say that you went to Xiefanglou just by chance, not because there is something special about Xiefanglou itself?" Xie Yan knew it would be useless to talk at this time, so he had to get back to business.

"Xiefanglou is the most famous brothel in Hankou. The news of all kinds of religions and nine streams gathers here. Li Tianwei often has fun here, so I chose Xiefanglou as my foothold." What is the specialness of Xiefang Tower itself? Is it what I understand?"

"It's nothing, I just asked casually." Xie Yan shook her head, a little disappointed.

He originally thought that Gu Shiyao, as a junior who was close to Xiang Yanlin, might know some inside information, so that he would pick Fanglou in Hankou after the disaster. In this case, the word "Hanfang" in his box could invite Gu Shizhen explained, but unexpectedly Gu Shizhen really didn't know anything.

But think about it, the secrets in that box are so important, even Fang Qingming, who is on tour in Huguang, can't help but keep probing, and Bai Luoqiu, as a trustee, doesn't know about it, how could Xiang Yanlin let Gu Shicha know the inside story casually.

I'm afraid that even the original owner was entrusted with the secret at the last moment when he had no choice.

Does the "Hanfang" in the cipher box refer to Hankou Xiefang Building, and what does that long string of irregular numbers represent? I can only wait for Xie Yan to get more information from Bai Luoqiu before going there in person. Only after Xiefanglou has a closer look can we find out.

"That's all I can tell you." Seeing that Xie Yan was silent, Gu Shiyan had no interest in asking, "There are a lot of things in Fu Yunhai's stomach. As long as the Wen family is willing to work hard, they will definitely be able to find out. Li Tianwei If you find Fu Yunhai's betrayal over there, you will definitely show your feet, you are more cunning than me, I won't make trouble for you, but if you find anything, you must tell me, okay?"