The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

Xie Shuting returned to the backyard of the county government office from the government office. As soon as she reached the door, she saw a long-lost figure. It was Lian Qiao, the personal maid of her brother Xie Weiyuan.

The master and his two servants returned to the courtyard chatting and laughing all the way. Lian Qiao shared the beautiful scenery and landscapes that she and Xie Weiyuan had seen.

"Miss! My son and I took a boat into the Minjiang River to see the Leshan Giant Buddha, then turned into the Three Gorges and took the Jinniu Shu Road into Sichuan. The scenery along the way was really nice, and then..."

Lian Qiao talked eloquently, like a "young lady" who had seen the world, and her words were full of praise for the scenery she had seen in the past.

Lian Xi pouted with some displeasure. If one counted the time spent with the young lady, she had spent the longest time with the maids except Lian Yue. However, she was not allowed to enjoy such good things as going out on business or traveling.

Xie Shuting looked at Lian Xi's expression, smiled and said without saying anything, took a sip of tea and said, "We've been talking for so long, drink some tea to moisten your throat."

"Thank you, Miss!" Lian Qiao responded obediently.

Compared to Lian Yue's steadiness and Lian Qiao's composure, Lian Xi is more lively. It would not be wise to place her in the Lotus Tower or next to her brother.

It was for this reason that Xie Shuting kept her by her side. After hearing Lian Qiao's complacent words, Xie Shuting guessed that Lian Xi must be feeling bad.

She put down the teacup, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "I've had enough fun. Jingye, come over here. Have you done the job I asked you to do?"

"Mission? What mission?" Lian Qiao looked at Lian Xi with horror and asked.

Lian Xi also widened his eyes and looked at Lian Qiao in disbelief. The moment their eyes exchanged, Xie Shuting knew the result.

"Lian Qiao, you are such a good person. You just went out to play and put my affairs aside. Let me ask you, did you read the letter Lian Xi gave you when you left?"

"letter?"

Lian Qiao was lost in thought while questioning. After a moment, her eyes lit up and she came back to her senses and asked, "Miss! Is that letter for me?"

"What else?" Xie Shuting asked unhappily. Suddenly her expression changed and she asked anxiously, "Is the letter lost? Or is it easy to say..."

The letter did not contain any important information, but one thing was very disadvantageous to Xie Shuting. If it was stolen, it would be ok. But if the letter was known to her brother, her identity would be exposed.

Xie Shuting prayed secretly in her heart that the letter given to Lian Xi must have been lost and must not have been intercepted by her brother Xie Weiyuan.

However, Lian Qiao's expression had betrayed everything. Xie Shuting looked at her evasive eyes and her heart sank as she thought to herself, "Oh no."

"Miss! After we got on board, I...I handed the letter to the young master." Lian Qiao said softly.

Lian Qiao's words hit Xie Shuting's heart like a bolt from the blue. Her eyes were dull and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time. Lian Xi saw this and said in fear, "Miss! Miss, don't scare me."

With Lian Xi's call, Xie Shuting came back to her senses and said with a dull look, "Lian Qiao! Tell me the itinerary of this study tour in detail. Don't hide anything."

How could Lian Qiao hide anything? She quickly gathered herself together and said in a slightly panicked tone, "I followed you from the Bian River to the Wei River to see the 'Eight Waters Nourishing Chang'an', then took a carriage to the Jinniu Road to Sichuan, visited Mount Qingcheng, and worshipped the Dujiangyan Water Weir. Then we changed our route at Jianmen Pass..., turned to Kuizhou Road, took the Jingxibei Road to Xiangzhou, and went to Wudang Mountain on the way, and..."

"and many more!"

Xie Shuting suddenly interrupted Lian Qiao's words and asked with a prayerful look on her face, "Did you go anywhere or stay anywhere after you took the Jianmen Pass and changed your route to enter Chengdu Prefecture Road?"

Lian Qiao looked puzzled when she heard this. She thought for a moment and said softly, "Miss! The young master said that the spicy rabbit head in Gongjing County is delicious, so he took a detour. Does this count as..."

Before Lian Qiao finished speaking, Xie Shuting seemed to have all her strength drained away by an invisible force, and she instantly collapsed into the chair.

Although no one knows what the three words "Gongjing County" mean now, their reputation will be resounding throughout the ages a hundred years later.

What Xie Shuting cares about is not the spicy rabbit head, but the undeveloped salt well. Regardless of the wealth brought by the salt well, if it is developed, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages for Chengdu Prefecture.

Seeing her young lady's lost expression, Lian Qiao stroked her hand with some self-blame and said, "Young lady! I have failed to do my job well, please punish me."

"Hey!~"

Xie Shuting sighed, waved her hand helplessly and said: "It's not your fault. It's my fault for not thinking it through. Now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. You can go down first!"

Upon hearing this, Lian Qiao turned around and looked at Lian Xi, but after seeing the other party give him a look, he bowed and left the room.

Xie Shuting rubbed her eyes in a slightly tormented manner and said with a slightly tired tone: "Xi'er!"

"Miss! The servant is here."

"You three are my confidants. Except for Lian Qiao who doesn't know my identity, you and Lian Yue know me inside and out. Don't have any other thoughts."

The meaning of Xie Shuting's words was very clear, and Lian Xi understood it. She immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "Miss! It was I who developed a grudge against you. Please punish me."

"Before we made such a big mistake, we were still like sisters." Xie Shuting waved her hand and said, "You go down first! I want to be alone."

"Yes!" Lian Xi bowed and responded.

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard Xie Shuting speak again: "Go contact Lian Yue and ask him to pass a message to the Lian family merchants. If she sees Li Shixian, ask her to return to Gu County as soon as possible."

"Yes!~" Lian Xi responded.

Naturally, she did not dare to delay for a moment, and after leaving the room, she quickly sent a message to Yuelai Inn. Because she knew that once her young lady used the Lotus Tower to look for someone, it meant that the matter was urgent.

Now Xie Shuting was the only one left in the room. She sat at the table blankly, resisting the urge to go find Xie Weiyuan immediately, while still thinking about how to cover up the lie.

Little did she know! Everything she did was in vain. After Xie Weiyuan read the letter, he had already become suspicious of his own sister.

In the guest room of the county government office, Xie Weiyuan looked at the letters on the table, an intriguing smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, which made people feel a little uneasy.

He slowly folded the letter and said slowly, "Shu Ting! You really surprised me. If father knew about this, he would be furious."

Xie Weiyuan looked dazed, as if he had returned to his childhood, looking at Xie Weiyu, wearing a green shirt and blue skirt, standing at the door waiting for him to finish school.

If they were not from the same father and mother, and he had watched the man grow up, and his character had not changed from beginning to end, he would have suspected that this was a member of the Xie family?