"The mute's chest pain and heart pain are real. He can't get out of bed. We should go to Tianxiang Pavilion." Yu Jiao shook her head. If she called him over and alarmed Madam Liu, it would only cause more trouble.
Jianjia had no choice but to ask Bailu to protect Yu Jiao.
Tianxiang Pavilion had not closed yet and there were still guests drinking in the lobby. To avoid unnecessary trouble, the two did not go through the lobby of the restaurant. Bai Lu took Yu Jiao around to the backyard and climbed over the wall to enter.
The backyard of Tianxiang Pavilion was inhabited by waiters and cooks from the restaurant, who were all busy at work in the front yard. Only two or three rooms had candles on, so the two men did not disturb anyone and went to the back house where the mute lived.
The door was not locked, and Bai Lu pushed it open gently. The mute who was sitting on the bed heard the sound, looked over, and saw that it was Yu Jiao. He was stunned for a moment.
Yu Jiao walked into the room and Bai Lu closed the door behind her.
"I have something to ask you. I don't want to disturb others, so I come here uninvited. I hope you don't mind." Yu Jiao said softly.
The mute raised his hand and gestured. Yu Jiao forgot that she couldn't understand the mute's gestures. She looked around the room and asked, "Where is the lady who could understand your gestures?"
The mute pointed outside, meaning that Feng Guihua was cleaning the kitchen.
Yu Jiao had guessed it, and was just thinking about how to find the cook without alerting anyone, when she heard Bai Lu whisper, "Miss, I can understand his sign language."
Yu Jiao couldn't help but marvel at the fact that the people under her elder brother's command were all-rounders. She didn't know how they were trained.
"Someone close to me said that you wrote down a name when she came to deliver the prescription." Yu Jiao said after careful consideration, "The person you are looking for is called Yu Jiao, right?"
The mute's eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, gestured and asked: Do you know her?
Yu Jiao was unsure of the past between the mute and his original self, so she didn't want to reveal too much. She only said, "I know a girl named Yu Jiao, but I don't know if she is the Miss Ah Fu you are looking for. I can ask her for you when I return to Beijing. You may as well tell me more about Miss Ah Fu."
The mute suddenly became excited and raised his hand to gesture: Is she living well in the capital?
Seeing his concern, Yu Jiao nodded and said, "Yu Jiao...she is living a good life now." She is indeed living a good life now. She has good brothers and sisters, and a gentle and loving father.
The mute grinned after hearing this and gestured: Is she working in the palace? Her parents were cruel and sold her to a eunuch in the palace.
Sold to the chief eunuch? Yu Jiao's eyes moved slightly, and she shook her head and said, "The Miss Yu Jiao I know doesn't work in the palace. Maybe I made a mistake."
The mute finally heard the news about Xiao Ah Fu, so he naturally didn't want to make a mistake. He gestured and said, "Do you know the supervisor of the East Factory?" Ah Fu called him Master and worked beside him. Ah Fu was taken away by him.
After little A'fu was taken away, the mute asked the people in Tianxiang Pavilion, but they were very secretive about it. But later, people outside said that Cheng Ying, the supervisor of the East Factory, came to them to persuade them and even had dinner in Tianxiang Pavilion. So the mute guessed that the eunuch whom little A'fu called master was Cheng Ying, the powerful seal holder of the Imperial Household Department who was in charge of the East Factory.
More than ten years ago, the most powerful eunuch was Cheng Zhangyin.
Yu Jiao originally wanted to ask some questions, but after hearing Bai Lu's sign language, she was stunned, "Are you sure? He said Cheng Ying?"
Bai Lu shook her head.
Yu Jiao felt a chill running down her spine. She stared at the mute and asked, "When did you say Ah Fu was taken away by Cheng Ying? Why is Ah Fu called Yu Jiao?"
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