female catcher

Chapter 31 A Tea Service

There was a mess in front of the mansion, and Erping Niang fell to the ground crying, hoarse, "You son of the Ruan family who killed a thousand knives! My daughter, you ruined my good daughter!"

Xia Chu carefully scanned the crowd several times, but didn't see Ruan Xi, so he couldn't help frowning.

"Who are you looking for?" Jiang Xiyuan suddenly appeared behind him, lowered his body and asked Xia Chu softly.

"Ruan Xi. He and Li Erping were childhood sweethearts, and brought Li Erping to work in the Flower Planting House. The two were planning to elope, but at this time they shrank and refused to show up. What a scumbag!" Xia Chu said bitterly.

"Who is Ruan Xi?"

Xia Chu glanced back at him, "The one who knelt and kowtowed in front of you that day was the tea service from the Flower House..."

Tea service?Not tall, not short, not fat, not thin tea serving...

Xia Chu was startled by his own thoughts, and felt that he was oversensitive, how could it be Ruan Xi with so many teas served in Shihua Pavilion.But at the same time, another thought seemed to flash by, she didn't catch it, but became restless.

"I want to go back to the Planting Flower House." After Xia Chu finished speaking, he turned around and left. Jiang Xiyuan and Liu Qi looked at each other and followed.

On the way, Xia Chu told Jiang Xiyuan about what he had asked from Liu Ying today. Jiang Xiyuan was surprised after hearing this. The incident of kicking the door and beating someone really surprised him.

"I can't help it, I'm in a hurry." Xia Chu said expressionlessly, "There is also a fire and no place to vent it."

"I understand." Jiang Xiyuan said, "Then you are now suspicious of that tea service named Ruan Xi? But isn't he a good friend of Li Erping?"

Xia Chu was silent for a moment and said: "When Gong Yuanhe died, he was in the backyard, I'm sure of that. I just thought, maybe he could know who brought wine to Liu Ying's room that day, if..."

"What if?"

"If it was really him, why would he watch Li Erping being wronged and imprisoned? That day when he kowtowed in front of you to plead for mercy, his emotions were not fake. I hope it has nothing to do with him."

When they arrived at the Planting Flower Pavilion, the three of them went straight to the backyard to find Ruan Xi.Everyone in the backyard was talking about Li Erping, and some of them had a good relationship with Li Erping on weekdays, and they were still wiping their tears.

"Where is Ruan Xi?" Xia Chu asked the people in the courtyard.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and some even shouted a few times for help, but no answer was given.

"I seemed to see him in the morning, but I didn't pay attention afterwards. Did you go home?"

Ruan Xi is not there.

At the beginning of Xia, he searched around the planting flower house but couldn't find him, and asked if anyone knew where Ruan Xi often went, but no one knew, only that he seldom went out.

Xia Chu's heart became more and more heavy, and he didn't have any more clues at the moment. After thinking for a while, he went to Miss Cuichai's room to look for her maid.Maybe Liuying's servant girl didn't pay attention, but she saw it.

Miss Cuichai's maid has a straightforward personality, she talks a lot and quickly, and after hearing what Chu Xia and the others wanted to come, she chattered about everything she had done on the sixth night of February.

Xia Chu was distracted by what she heard, and stopped her on the way: "You chatted with Liu Ying's maidservant in the backyard for a while, is there such a thing?"

"Yes, that day I went to the backyard to fetch sweet-scented osmanthus cake for the girl, and the new pot hadn't been steamed yet. I didn't want to run anymore, so I waited at the door for a while and took a break. Later, the maid Liu Ying came to fetch the wine, and I I remember it was Hua Diao, Mr. Gong loves that. She yelled at the door that Liu Ying wanted wine in the room, and then chatted with me."

"Then do you still remember who brought out the wine later?"

"A tea service."

"I know, which tea service?"

The servant girl turned her head and recalled for a while, "The man lowered his head, handed her the wine and left. Usually these tea services are the favorite to chat with us."

She thought about it again, but still shook her head, "I looked at him twice, but I really didn't see who it was. Oh, by the way, he had a purse hanging here, and it wobbled when he walked, so I paid attention to it." What does the purse look like..., I didn't see clearly." She pointed to her waist.

(End of this chapter)