Doctor Hu could no longer withstand his pressure, and finally his legs weakened and he knelt down, "Fourth Master, this purse was given to me by Yingxiang this afternoon..."
Ah Fu was afraid that Xie Jingling would not know who Yingxiang was, so he quickly explained: "Yingxiang is the maid who was arranged to enter Furong Courtyard yesterday."
Xie Jingling sneered, "Give the fragrance to you this afternoon? I smelled this fragrance before when I was in Furong Courtyard. How dare you deceive me?"
Doctor Hu was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, "...I was flustered for a moment and remembered it wrongly. It was Yingxiang that gave it to me in the morning. She said she picked up a purse and the scent of the fragrant pills inside was very good. She said She didn't understand this and wanted to ask the villain to help her distinguish it. At that time, Miss Ying fell into the water, and someone came to call the villain. The villain was anxious and had no time to say more to her, so he accepted it and planned to find another opportunity to return it. she……"
"Really? Ah Fu, call Yingxiang!"
Ah Fu quickly opened the door and went out.
After a while, a round-faced maid followed Ah Fu in with a low eyebrow.
Before Xie Jingling could ask questions, Doctor Hu crawled over and said urgently: "Yingxiang, please tell Fourth Master that you picked up that purse and gave it to me this morning. It was you who asked me to help you identify the smell of the fragrant pills inside." wrong……"
Seeing Xie Jingling's serious face, Yingxiang's eyes were full of panic, "Doctor Hu, Yingxiang doesn't know what you are talking about. When did I give you a purse?"
Doctor Hu was so angry that he collapsed on the ground. The man in his thirties was so desperate that he almost cried, "Yingxiang, I am helping you out of kindness, are you trying to kill me?"
Yingxiang bit her lip and didn't dare to speak.
The next moment, Xie Jingling kicked him, and Doctor Hu was immediately kicked out. His whole body hit the wooden door hard and bounced back, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
Xie Jingling's face was cold and stern, "Hu Jin, I've given you a chance to tell the truth, but you didn't grasp it well, so you can't blame me. Ah Fu, drag him down and beat him until he tells the truth!"
Seeing that Doctor Hu had lost half of his life and was about to be dragged down to continue beating, Yingxiang finally couldn't help it, kowtowed and cried: "Fourth Master, the slave gave the purse to Doctor Hu in the morning, and it was the slave who asked him to help distinguish the contents of the fragrant pills. The aroma..."
Xie Jingling looked at her coldly, "You said you gave it to him, so where did your wallet come from?"
"Slave...Slave picked it up early in the morning on the road in front of Furongyuan."
Xie Jinling narrowed his eyes and looked at her for a while, "Afu, Agui, put them both in the woodshed separately. Don't make any noise until I find out."
That night, Xie Jingling did not go to Baishou Hall to see Ruan Ying. Instead, he went to Xie Renhuai and scolded him for a while before being called out of the house overnight.
Song Yueyi always asked Liufeng to pay attention to the movements in Fenglinyuan and Baishou Hall.
It wasn't until the end of Haishi that Liu Feng came back to report that Dr. Hu and Yingxiang had been sent to the woodshed separately because their wallets were discovered.
"Girl, what else do you need to do next?"
Song Yueyi put down the book in her hand, and the bright candlelight swayed on her white face, "What is your relationship with Yingxiang?"
Liufeng clenched his fists under his sleeves, and his voice was a little stiff, "Is this important?"
Song Yueyi looked at him gently and said, "It's important. If your purse passes her hands and ends up in Doctor Hu's hands, Fourth Master's methods are so good. I'm afraid she will betray you then. Our current situation is simply not possible." I can’t bear the slightest suspicion that Fourth Master has towards us.”
"I know. But don't worry about the girl over at Yingxiang. She...has always liked me, and I have never ignored her. After the girl told her the matter yesterday, I went to find her..."
When he said this, his face turned red, but he was not shy, it seemed humiliated and ashamed, "She swore that she would bite her purse to death. She picked it up in front of Furongyuan and would never reveal me to anyone. She would I’ll keep this thing in my stomach for the rest of my life.”
Song Yueyi sighed softly, "Okay, since you believe in her, I will naturally believe in you. Next, you keep an eye on Miss Ying of Lanyuan. She has suffered a big loss today, so I'm afraid she won't give up. See if she will follow Who comes and goes?"
"yes."
Song Yueyi added: "There is one more thing. I don't dare to use other people now, so I can only ask you to help me run more errands."
Liu Feng said hurriedly: "Miss, if you have any other instructions, just tell me."
"I'm going to leave the house in the next few days, but I must not let anyone in Xie's house know about it. Even those in our yard must keep it secret. Just wait and see, go outside and rent a carriage for me, and then..."
Song Yueyi gave a few instructions in a low voice, and Liu Feng nodded repeatedly until Song Yueyi was sure that he had memorized everything before letting him leave.
In the Lan courtyard, in the afternoon, a group of women and servants had just tidied up the inside and outside, and Ruan Ying was carried in.
Looking at the cobwebs in the corner of the wall that had not been cleaned and the leaky windows, she couldn't help but shed tears again.
Immediately after, another person came from outside, locked the courtyard door from the outside, and asked craftsmen to temporarily break down a door on the side, leading directly to Baishou Hall.
When Haitang saw this, she ran in and cried anxiously, "Girl, is the old lady going to lock you in Baishou Hall? Do you think the girl will have to be under the supervision of the old lady when she comes in and out in the future? They are going too far."
Ruan Ying, who stared at the roof in a daze for a long time, did not respond. After a while, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and sat up slowly, "Haitang, I was reckless today. I really shouldn't have provoked Song Yueyi myself. I am not only myself She suffered a physical loss, but she still managed to put her in this position easily, because I underestimated her."
Haitang said: "Miss, the old lady seems to trust the cousin of the Song family quite a lot. How about we listen to the fourth master for the time being and live quietly in the Xie family."
Ruan Ying sneered, "What do you know? This woman is so scheming. Brother Ling won't go out for a while. He wants to arrange the old lady's 60th birthday and next year's wedding with her. After many contacts, if he can't let brother Ling If you despise her and distance yourself from her, that foxy girl will eventually make your brother look at her differently."
Haitang was silent. After meeting the girl from the Song family today, her dignified and charming appearance left a deep impression on her. She had to admit that what her girl said made sense.
"It's miserable and miserable. You don't need to cry when you get married. If you want to be with the same person, we will never be apart..." Ruan Ying got up from the bed, without putting on her clothes, she opened the window and looked at the stars in the dark sky. He murmured: "Brother Ling should have known that I was brought to Lanyuan by the old lady at this time, but he didn't come to see me. Haitang, my whole life has been staked on him, how can I possibly be safe?" Just stay here quietly and wait for his mercy?"
Haitang didn't know how to comfort her.
Early the next morning, Xie Jingling returned home.
After washing up and changing clothes, feeling a little more energetic, Fang took Ah Fu to Chun Shu Yuan to find Song Yueyi and write a letter to her father.
