Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1626 Accident
There was no sign of the Dugu siblings in the store. When the waiter saw Zhuge Yu coming in, he approached him enthusiastically, "Sir, what do you need..."

"Just now, a pair of siblings came in one after the other." Zhuge Yu interrupted the waiter and asked in a deep voice, "Where are they now?"

"What brother and sister? I've never seen them before." The waiter frowned, "Sir, you can see that this is a small shop..."

"You won't tell me?" Zhuge Yu lost his patience for a rare time and said coldly, "Then I will ask more clearly. Where are General Dugu Ming and his sister Dugu Linxiu now?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed quickly, "Sir, who are you?"

"Zhuge Yu has come to see your inn's owner, Dugu Linxiu." Zhuge Yu said word by word, "Or does your inn only recognize Madam Fu?"

"We don't know who Miss Dugu is or who Madam Fu is." The waiter looked like he was trying to get rid of the customer. "If you don't want to buy cakes, don't make trouble here. Go away!"

Zhuge Yu seemed to have expected this, and sat down on the chair next to the door. "It's okay, I can wait."

The clerk looked worried and said, "No, this shop is a small business, please don't delay our business here."

"With over a thousand taels of silver in a year, can this be considered a small business?" Zhuge Yuren sat upright, but spoke with a hint of sarcasm, "Even in the capital, only Sufangzhai can do this."

The clerk laughed dryly, "Are you kidding? How can our store earn thousands of taels of silver in a year..."

"Whether you are joking or not, you will know it after looking at the account book." Zhuge Yu smiled slightly, "Since the owner of your store does not want to meet me, then I can only resort to this last resort."

"What do you want to do?" The waiter looked alert, and then he saw Zhuge Yu took out a token from his pocket and showed it in front of him, "I need to borrow your store's account book for the investigation."

"Whatever you say is what it is..." The clerk stood in front of Zhuge Yu angrily. Before he could say anything more, he heard another voice behind him, "Give the account book to Master Zhuge."

Hearing this, Zhuge Yu looked past the waiter and landed on Dugu Linxiu who was walking towards him. "Ms. Dugu, thank you very much."

"Master Zhuge, Fu Congnan is determined not to divorce. Even if you get the account book, it will be useless." Dugu Linxiu looked depressed. "What's more, the account book in my hand is only a very small part of it..."

She didn't say anything else. Zhuge Yu looked at her steadily. "If it was useless, why did Miss Dugu come to get the account book after listening to Fu Congnan's words?"

Dugu Linxiu was silent for a long time, until the clerk brought the account book and handed it to Zhuge Yu, she said: "Master Zhuge, goodbye."

Zhuge Yu took the account book, bowed to Dugu Linxiu, and left the bakery.

However, he had only walked two blocks when he was stopped by Dugu Ming in a secluded place. "Master Zhuge, my sister is willing to hand over the account book to you, but I don't want to."

"No wonder I didn't see General Dugu just now." Zhuge Yu pondered for a moment, "General Dugu, do you know what is recorded in this account book?"

"I don't know." Dugu Ming's expression became a little fiercer, "But I know that it was the bargaining chip for my sister to save her life."

"Life-saving chips?" Zhuge Yu repeated, curling his lips and said, "General Dugu is underestimating your sister." "What do you mean?" Dugu Ming's face was as gloomy as water, and Zhuge Yu's smile became even brighter, "You are underestimating me too."

Before he finished speaking, a figure appeared in front of him, blocking Dugu Ming's sight. "Master Zhuge means - this account book, General Dugu, why don't you take it back?"

"Madam, the prince." Dugu Ming looked at Fang Zilan who fell from the sky, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, "If I insist, what will you do?"

"Young General Dugu, are you going to fight me?" Fang Zilan smiled with interest, "Think it over carefully. Lord Zhuge is here as a witness. If anything goes wrong with me, how will the Dugu family explain to the Miluo Zhongzheng Palace, and how will they explain to His Majesty?"

Dugu Ming clenched his fists. Fang Zilan continued to talk to herself, "By then, the crimes of the Dugu family will be far more than what is recorded in this small account book."

"Madam, what exactly are you going to do?" Dugu Ming almost gritted his teeth. Fang Zilan suppressed her smile and said seriously, "Young General Dugu, just make sure you don't get dragged into this. I'll take care of the rest."

"Other things?" Dugu Ming obviously didn't believe Fang Zilan's words, but she didn't care at all and said directly: "For example, negotiate a deal with Mr. Xie and use this account book to exchange for your sister's safety."

"It has something to do with Mr. Xie Yanping, the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion." A Wan looked worried. "He said that Mr. Xu Youtong's house was not an ordinary accident, but someone deliberately set fire to it, and everyone in the house was killed before that. Arson. , just to cover up the truth of the murder.”

Fang Zilan calmed her expression and said quietly: "Awan, what do you want to say?"

"Fang Zilan, someone will find out the truth." Awan held Fang Zilan's shoulders and stared into her eyes, "Master Xie Yanping will not give up. As long as he continues to investigate, one day..."

"Even if there is such a day." Fang Zilan interrupted Awan in a deep voice, "I will not escape."

"But..." Awan hesitated, and finally said: "As far as I know, Mr. Xie Yanping has been kneeling outside the palace for a day. It just snowed yesterday..."

She paused for a moment before saying, "If Mr. Xie Yanping insists on remonstrating, your Majesty cannot ignore it. If the matter becomes serious, officials and even the people of the world will not give up easily."

"The matter has become serious." Fang Zilan's expression was gloomy and unclear. "Dozens of people in the Xu family died overnight. No matter how you look at it, it is a shocking case."

"Then you can still sit still?" Awan's brows knitted together, and Fang Zilan said noncommittally: "Because there are more important things, otherwise why do you think the Empress Dowager suddenly returned to the palace?"

Hearing this, Awan was stunned, "Are these two things related?"

Fang Zilan did not answer directly, but said paradoxically: "If His Majesty goes to Jiangnan in person, someone will be needed in the capital. The affairs of the court can be left to His Highness King Yucheng, and the affairs of the harem can be left to the Queen, but the people in this city... …”

She paused meaningfully for a moment and then said: "We need to be led by a superior person who can stabilize people's hearts."

"Can't His Highness King Yucheng and the Empress control people's hearts?" Awan asked doubtfully: "With their status, isn't it easy to stabilize people's hearts?"

"Not necessarily." Fang Zilan shook her head, "The Empress Dowager has gone through the chaos of the previous dynasty and three generations of emperors, and she can stabilize people's hearts better than any relatives of the emperor."