"What are you doing?"
The person kneeling outside the door turned out to be Wu Xiang's maid Ruilan!
"Mrs. Chu, wuwu, I know I was wrong. I, I came here specifically to apologize to you!"
Ruilan cried miserably, her face full of tears, and she wanted to kowtow as she spoke.
Su Liuye had a headache when she saw her like this, and said quickly, "Hurry up, what happened? Did Wu Xiang ask you to poison the well at night, and you came to beg for mercy when you saw that the matter was about to be exposed?"
"No, it's not." Ruilan's pupils shrank and her whole body was trembling, "Mrs. Chu, I..."
"Ruilan, this is the new Mr. Xie from the Yamen."
She interrupted Ruilan and introduced Xie Nanxiao next to her with a cold expression, "If you know anything, just tell me honestly. If Master Xie finds out, I can't protect you. Besides, if you really do it, What is it? It was your lady’s order, right? If something happens, will your lady protect you?”
Ruilan trembled all over, recalling Wu Xiang's beating and scolding her, and her heart became even more sad.
Handmaids like them who signed a contract of prostitution were supposed to be members of the master's family when they were born, and they were also the ghosts of the master's family when they died.
It's just that Wu Xiang's temper has become more and more violent recently. She is afraid that if something happens, Wu Xiang will be the first to push her out...
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Mrs. Chu, I have all told you." Ruilan cried bitterly.
She originally struggled for a long time and did not dare to betray Wu Xiang, but just when she saw the yamen's arrester walking towards Wu Xiang's room, she knew that the matter might have been exposed.
"Let's talk inside the house."
Chu Yan suddenly spoke, with dissatisfaction on his face, "It's windy outside."
Su Liuye was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was doing.
This feeling of being cared about made her nod with warmth in her heart and said, "Okay, let's talk in the room first."
"A Liu, let me help you!"
Qin Lian came over quickly and spat when she passed by Ruilan, "I'm just telling you! This matter must be related to Wu Xiang!"
"Ah Lian, don't say it yet."
Su Liuye pulled Qin Lian's hand, and when she looked back, Ruilan's face turned gray.
It is very difficult for a slave like her who has been sold since she was a child to betray her master. Ruilan probably had to struggle a lot before she dared to come over. If she was provoked again, she might have to keep Wu Xiang secretive again.
After closing the door, Su Liuye suddenly felt less uncomfortable.
Chu Yan placed the warm porridge in front of her and placed a few side dishes next to it.
Su Liuye looked at him, her heart seemed to be gently touched by a pair of invisible hands.
Although this man didn't speak much, he was always by her side.
What happened today was too sudden, and companionship was really important to her. Every time she looked back, she could see Chu Yan standing beside her, which gave her the courage to face all this.
Su Liuye took a sip of tea and asked, "Ruilan, tell me, what happened?"
Ruilan followed in cautiously, looking at the people in the room, her face became even paler, "Ms., the young lady asked me to buy croton powder from the medicine hall and find an opportunity to pour the croton powder into the well in the backyard... …”
"you!"
When Qin Lian heard this, she immediately became angry. She was so angry that she didn't know what to say, "So, you suddenly didn't want to put croton in, but put in the greengrass, right?"
"No, no!" Ruilan was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "Miss Qin, I really didn't put anything in! Look, this is the croton powder I bought from the medicine hall. here!"
Ruilan hurriedly took out the croton flour he bought earlier from his arms, "It's all here, I haven't used it."
Master Xie took it, opened it and looked at it for a moment, then repackaged the things and weighed them in his hands.
“How much does this bag of croton flour weigh?”
Ruilan said quickly, "It weighs seven coins."
"Seven dollars?" Su Liuye frowned.
If this seven-cent croton meal were poured into the well, all the diners who came to dine this morning would run to the huts. Word would spread that the cyclamen was not clean and would eat up people's stomachs.
Thinking of this, Su Liuye looked uncomfortable.
Wu Xiang's move made her very disgusted.
Cyclamen is her hard work, Wu Xiang is trampling on her hard work by doing this!
"OK."
Xie Nanxiao didn't say much, just put away the croton flour and asked, "Besides croton flour, what else is there?"
Ruilan bit out. After hesitating for a moment, he said timidly, "The lady asked me to pour the croton powder into the well last night. I went there when I was about to leave. I was afraid of being seen by others."
"It was in the past?"
Master Xie became interested and said, "You continue."
Ruilan swallowed, "I, I didn't dare to fall down. I was afraid that Mrs. Chu would know about it, and I was afraid that the lady would scold me when I went back, so I hid secretly nearby. When I was young, I saw someone going to the well! "
"Did you really see it? Who was it!"
Qin Lian immediately asked, this person is probably the murderer!
The murderer must be found immediately and the diners must be given an explanation!
"I, I didn't see clearly." Ruilan shook his head, "It was too dark at the time. I only saw a black shadow, which looked like a woman."
"woman?"
Su Liuye and Qin Lian looked at each other and saw the surprise on each other's faces, "Besides this, what else did you see? Can you see where that woman came from?"
"I don't know." Ruilan shook his head.
"Then how do you know it's Zi Shi?" Master Xie asked.
"I, I heard the watch outside, and then I saw her pouring something into the well. I didn't know what she was pouring, so she left without daring to look further." The more Ruilan said, the more horrified she looked. .
Now that she thinks about it, it turns out that the person she saw last night was the one who poisoned her. If the other party knew that she had seen him, they might kill him and silence him...
The more Ruilan thought about it, the more frightened she became. Anyone who could poison a well must not be a kind person.
"The official will come to you later to draw a portrait. Just describe the person's appearance in detail."
Master Xie said.
"Okay, okay."
Ruilan didn't dare to think about anything at this moment.
She told Su Liuye about Wu Xiang. Wu Xiang would definitely not be able to tolerate her. She could only seek refuge in Su Liuye now.
The official came quickly and took Ruilan away.
Su Liuye's expression was not very good, and she suddenly felt sick when she thought that she had brought Wu Xiang back.
It seems that people's kindness is sometimes superfluous.
But since the person who poisoned her was not Ruilan, it meant that there was someone else who wanted to harm her.
Su Yeliu sighed, suddenly feeling that Qingzhou County couldn't wait any longer.
There are frequent conflicts in this small place, and it is impossible to do business here.
Su Liuye rubbed her eyebrows and said, "Master Xie, could you please wait for me outside for a while? I want to see how the guests outside are doing."
