Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 81 Waterfall

  Liu Zoutou is a very experienced veteran and has a set of opinions on this.

"This person didn't say a word, so it shows that he understands Miss Tang and the Hou Mansion. His purpose is also very clear, that is, to destroy Miss Tang's face..." Liu Zhaotou glanced at Tang Wei's face and greeted him. Tang Wei was sobbing.

   He was awkwardly silent for a while, and said to Madam Hou, "Mrs. Hou, recall, did Ling Ai accidentally hurt a woman's face?"

   "How come!" Mrs. Wuning Hou subconsciously denied.

   A lady from all over the world hurts a woman's face, what a good reputation.

  Liu Zoutou looked embarrassed: "If not, then the investigation of this person's identity will be impossible, and we can only wait for the yamen to arrest this person."

   "Mother, you can't let this person run away!" Tang Wei cried while crying.

   Mrs. Wu Ninghou looked at her crazy daughter, her expression suddenly changed.

   She remembered, there is such a person!

   At that time, Wei Er was only in her early ten years, and somehow she went into the kitchen to play and scalded the face of a fire maid.

  The girl who burned the fire was not a family child, so she had someone give 10 taels of silver and sent it home.

   Could it be that Wei Er's accident has something to do with the girl who set the fire?

   Seeing Mrs. Wuning Hou's expression was different, Liu Zhaotou asked, "Did Mrs. Hou think of something?"

   Mrs. Wu Ninghou thoughtfully said: "A few years ago, Wei Er accidentally scalded a girl who was on fire. I don't know if it has anything to do with the current situation."

  Liu Zoutou immediately asked a series of questions: "Where is the fire girl now, who is in the family..."

  Tang Wei listened to the conversation between her mother and Liu Zhaotou, and a face appeared in her mind.

   That is a face somewhat similar to hers.

   That year, she walked into the kitchen on a whim, and suddenly saw a person with eyebrows and eyes similar to hers, but that person was actually a fire maid, and his face was even covered with ashes.

   She also heard the broken-mouthed old woman say to the maid, you are born so well, maybe you will have great luck in the future.

   At that moment, she was so angry that she picked up a piece of charcoal and pressed it on the maid's face.

   She still remembered the scream of the maid and the smell of burnt flesh.

After    impulse, she ran back to the boudoir.

   Later, she never saw the fire girl again, not even the old woman.

   Occasionally think of that day, and she does not regret it.

   She didn't want to see any great luck with a fire girl who looked like her.

   Later, she forgot about it.

   "Mother, it must be the fire girl who harmed me!"

  Liu Zoutou learned something from Mrs. Wuninghou, and asked Tang Wei, "Miss Tang, do you still remember that man is tall, short, fat, and thin, and what are the characteristics?"

   "He's not tall, but he's rather sturdy, with features—" Tang Wei shook her head, "His head and face are covered with black cloth, how can he see any features."

   "It doesn't have to be the face, what about other places? You can talk about anything that impresses you."

   "Other places—" Tang Wei hesitated, "I think his hands are quite large and bronze."

Liu Zhaotou nodded and said to Mrs. Wuning Hou: "Mrs. Hou will bring the list of the fire girl's situation as soon as possible, as well as people who are familiar with her. The villain will arrange some people to investigate the situation in her home, so that If the criminals escaped the search, they would not have no clues."

   "With so many yamen and monks, how can the gangster escape?" Mrs. Wuning Hou asked with a sullen face.

  Liu Zoutou smiled helplessly: "It's easy to hide people in the mountains and forests, and if the gangsters plan to waste it, it will be difficult to find them in a day or two."

   "If you can't find it in one day, it will take two days. If you can't find it in two days, it will take three days. The family members of the Houfu will also participate in the search, so the gangster can't be allowed to escape."

   "We'll do our best. The villain wants to chat with the deacon monk."

   Mrs. Wuning Hou instructed the maid to take good care of Tang Wei and go out with Liu Zhaotou to meet the deacon and monk.

   "I heard Mrs. Hou say that the letter from the gangster demanding ransom was caught in the crack of the door. The person who delivered the letter should be a monk in the temple."

   The deacon and monk did not agree with Liu Zhaotou's words: "This is a guest room. There are many pilgrims staying in small rooms. The person who delivers the letter may also be a certain pilgrim."

  Liu Zhaotou smiled: "I don't think it's very likely."

   Facing the doubtful eyes of Mrs. Wuning Hou and the deacon monk, Liu Zhaotou asked, "When did Mrs. Hou come to Qinglu Temple?"

Although Mrs. Wuning Hou didn't understand what he meant by asking this, she still said: "I just wanted to come to incense all of a sudden."

   Naturally, it cannot be said that the prince came to relax after marrying a concubine who was not easy to handle.

Liu Zhaotou looked at the deacon and monk: "Master, look, this is not a New Year or a festival, and most of the pilgrims come to offer incense at will. There is a risk of being exposed. So I speculate that the person who sent the letter should be a monk in the temple, and the humble monk is the most likely."

  The deacon monk looked gloomy and chanted the Buddha's name: "The poor monk will check the situation of the disciples in the temple."

   Half an hour later, the deacon monk found the disciple who delivered the letter, and it turned out to be a monk doing chores.

"That man is a clerk from the cloth village. He came to deliver the thick cotton-padded clothes yesterday. The disciple was responsible for moving the goods. When it was dark, he found the disciple and asked the disciple to deliver a letter to a guest room. Greedy, I agreed."

  Liu Zhaotou didn't ask what benefit the buddy in Buzhuang gave the monk, but asked about something easier for the monk to answer: "You know that person very well?"

  The monk nodded hesitantly: "Every time the season changes, he is among the people who deliver the cloth. The little monk is responsible for moving the goods, and he will talk when he comes and goes."

   "What's that man's name, and which cloth house is he from?"

   "His name is Ah Hu, from Fulai Buzhuang."

  Liu Zhaotou immediately ordered his men to go to Fulai Buzhuang to inquire.

  The time has come to the afternoon. After searching in and out of the mountains and forests several times, the shadow of the gangster has not been found. The person who sent the roster of the Marquis of Wuning and went to Fulai Buzhuang to inquire has arrived.

   "Ahu, surnamed Ning, came to Buzhuang to work three years ago. He told the shopkeeper that his address was Yanzifang..." The yamen who went to Buzhuang to ask questions reported.

  The steward of Hou's house opened the register with the fire maid and showed it to Mrs. Wuning Hou. The fire maid's surname was "Ning". Her home address is also recorded, which is the same as Ah Hu's address.

   By this time, although no one had been sent to Yanzifang to inquire, it was already certain that the Huohuo maid and Ah Hu were a family.

   "So, is it the relatives of the fire maid who was disfigured by the second lady Tang to seek revenge?" Hearing the news that the maid spent a lot of money to inquire about, Lin Shi finally felt at ease.

  No way, if she couldn't find out what aroused her curiosity, she would not be able to sleep well.

   Lin's curiosity was relieved, and he said to Sister Lin Hao: "I planned to stay for two more days, but now the temple is in a mess, that's all, let's go home now."

   (end of this chapter)