The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 58: Fish Takes the Hook

At night, a figure flew into Heshou Hall.

The man was wearing a nightgown and a veil on his face, and slowly approached the old lady's bedroom.

He took out a small short tube, poked a hole in the window, inserted the short tube in, and blew it with his mouth.

After a while, he gently pried open the door. There was still a candle in the outer room. Two maids, one lying on the table and the other lying on the ground, were obviously knocked unconscious.

The man in black took a candle, lifted the door curtain and entered the inner room. He looked around, then placed the candlestick on the long table and slowly walked to the old lady's bed.

The man in black glanced at the old lady who was sleeping soundly, gently opened the small cabinet at the head of her bed, and searched carefully.

The man in black checked the old lady's dressing table and makeup box one by one, but still found nothing, and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He wanted to turn around and leave, but he was unwilling to do so. He frowned, turned around and left Heshou Hall, and disappeared.

As soon as the black-clothed man left, a figure gently fell from the beam of the old lady's house, and following closely behind, it was Siqin!

Jingyi was sitting alone in the pavilion reading a medical book. Haitang stood beside her and said softly: "Miss, it's almost the hour of the common people, you should go to bed quickly."

Jingyi shook her head and said softly: "You go to bed first. I will go to bed later."

"Miss." Haitang wanted to persuade her again, but Jingyi waved her hand, so she had to say: "Then I will bring you some hot soup." After saying that, she took the tray on the stone table and slowly retreated.

Jingyi was wearing a black cloak with a picture of butterflies playing with peonies embroidered with gold thread on the back.

"Miss."

The sudden voice did not scare Jingyi. She did not raise her head, her eyes still looking at the page in her hand, and asked softly: "What did you gain?"

"That Madam Peng sneaked into Heshou Hall, as if she was looking for something, but she didn't find it."

"Have you found out who is behind Madam Peng?"

"I followed her in the afternoon and saw her enter a place called 'Fugui Restaurant', went up to a private room on the east side of the second floor, and stayed there for about half an hour before coming out. After she left, I saw someone walk out of that private room. Miss, you will never guess who it is?"

"Oh? Could it be Bai?"

"How did Miss know?" Siqin was shocked and a little unbelievable. This lady is really Zhuge! Such a thing was actually guessed right at once.

"Besides Bai, who else is there?" Jingyi did not answer, but asked again.

"There was also a man in a black cloak, but unfortunately he lowered his head very low when he came out and wore a hat. I was afraid of being discovered and dared not go forward, so I didn't see the man's face clearly."

"Did he leave in a carriage or on horseback?"

Siqin was shocked again. This lady's mind was indeed delicate! "Replying to the lady, the Bai family left on foot. And the man left in an ordinary carriage."

"An ordinary carriage?" Jingyi murmured.

Jingyi glanced into the distance and said, "Go back to the bedroom first and think carefully. What are the characteristics of the carriage and the man? Including the servants around him, are there any special attention-grabbing things?"

"Yes." Siqin bowed her head and responded, and then disappeared like a ghost.

Haitang had turned from the corridor at this time. Seeing Jingyi still reading in the pavilion, she shook her head slightly, walked to the pavilion, and placed a bowl of hot porridge on the tray in front of Jingyi.

"Miss, drink some hot porridge first. It's cold, don't catch a cold again."

Jingyi put down the medical book, smiled at Haitang, reached out to pick up the bowl of porridge, scooped it with a spoon, and gently put it into her mouth. "The lotus seed porridge cooked by Sister Haitang is delicious. Soft, sticky, sweet, and not greasy."

Haitang smiled: "Miss, as long as you like it. Drink it quickly and go to sleep."

Jingyi nodded, stopped talking, drank the porridge in the bowl, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said: "You go and clean up, I will go back to the dormitory. After cleaning up, you go to sleep, don't pay attention to me."

After that, Jingyi got up and went back to the dormitory.

Jingyi lay on the bed, not sleepy.

A pleasant but somewhat cold voice came: "Miss, I remember that the driver seemed to be wearing the clothes of the Bai Mansion."

"Bai Mansion? Aunt Bai?" Jingyi murmured. "Could it be the Huguogong Mansion? Siqin, find someone to keep an eye on that Bai family and report her every move to me."

"Yes."

"When will the things be ready?"

"The master has found the best craftsman to do it, and it will take about three days."

"Three days, okay, wait for three days. It's late, you should rest too." Jingyi said, closing her eyes and thinking over and over again about the news that Siqin brought her.

Although Bai Yiniang also has the surname Bai, she comes from a small family and is naturally not from the same lineage as the Bai family of the Huguogong Mansion. But what is this Bai Yiniang relying on the Huguogong Mansion for? Bai Yiniang is no longer the concubine of the Hou Mansion. What is her value to the Huguogong Mansion?

According to Jingwei's expression when she got the pattern at that time, and the conversation between Jingwei and Peng Mama that Siqin overheard, it is obvious that they are looking for this bracelet.

Then what about Yu Shi? Yuanxi sent people to Shandong to thoroughly investigate the incident that year, but there is no news so far. Is she also looking for this bracelet?

'Fugui Restaurant', this name jumped into Jingyi's mind again. Suddenly, she suddenly remembered that this was the place where she met Bai Min'er last time? Jingyi suddenly felt that she was trapped in a big net, a big net with no edge. After she came to this world, she realized fear for the first time. Shouldn't Aunt Bai be Yu's? How could she be involved with the Huguogong Mansion? Could it be?

Suddenly, a bold guess sprouted in Jingyi's mind. Jingyi thought about everything that happened after she came to this era. She was more certain of her guess!

Jingyi raised a faint smile on her lips, things are getting more and more interesting! Even the Huguogong Mansion is involved, Yu, I hope your trump card is not too bad, otherwise, how can you be worthy of such a noble opponent as the Huguogong Mansion?

The next day, after Jingyi finished washing, she went to Su Qing's yard.

Su Qing was on a day off today, and was teaching Su Qian to practice sword in the yard. Seeing Jingyi coming, he smiled and said, "Yiyi, why do you think of your brother today?"

"Yiyi greets both brothers!" Jingyi bowed and said.

"Yiyi has grown up and become more sensible. When she sees her brother, she doesn't ask him to hold her anymore?" Su Qing teased.

Jingyi blushed, "Brother loves to make fun of others!"

Su Qian put away his sword and said respectfully, "Brother, I still have to recite, so I'll go back first."

Su Qing nodded, Jingyi looked at Su Qian's back and smiled, "Brother likes the third brother very much!"

Su Qing smiled, "The third brother is not bad, he is hardworking and honest, and knows how to make progress, not bad!"

Jingyi looked up at Su Ming, "Brother, do you think the third brother is honest?"

Su Qing was stunned and looked at Jingyi's clear eyes, "What do you mean by this, sister?"

Jingyi smiled faintly and turned to look at the weapon rack in the yard, "Brother, you have been away for a few years, do you know how deep the water is in the mansion? You know that my sister and mother have escaped death several times. If it weren't for God's mercy, I'm afraid that brother would not have seen me and my mother long ago."

Su Qing was shocked. He knew that when Aunt Bai was there, his mother was unhappy, and the old lady favored Aunt Bai and always disliked his mother. But I didn't expect that my life would be in danger!

Jingyi looked at Su Qing who was in deep thought and said softly: "Brother, why do you think I went to climb the rockery for no reason? Why did I suddenly fall down? And why did my mother fall ill for a long time? Also, do you think the fire in Furong Courtyard was really caused by someone accidentally knocking over the candlelight?"