Chapter 35 should be a person from Lin'an.
"stop!"
Shen You lifted her skirt and was about to chase after him.
Green Ivy helped her up and hurriedly said, "Miss, you stay here, we'll go after them."
Before he could finish speaking, the groom who was guarding the door had already rushed out.
Green Ivy ran over too.
Shen Youxiu frowned slightly.
The man wearing a straw hat ran very fast, disappearing into the narrow alley in the blink of an eye.
She stood at the entrance of Liuli Pavilion for a while, until the shopkeeper ran out in a panic, before turning back into the shop.
"Miss Shen, what... what happened?"
The jewelry that the man in the straw hat hadn't had time to take with him, which was scattered on the ground, had been picked up by the shop assistant and neatly placed on the counter.
Shen You stepped forward and examined it carefully.
Some of the jewelry pieces were indeed from her dressing case, while others looked unfamiliar, presumably belonging to Chen Xiangning.
Her eyes were cold and stern as she looked at the shopkeeper and the waiter. "Who was that person just now?"
"Who?" The shopkeeper and the waiter looked at each other in bewilderment. The shopkeeper slapped the waiter on the head. "I'm asking you a question. Weren't you the one who served you just now?"
The waiter was still a bit dazed by what had just happened. He quickly said, "Miss Shen, that person... I don't know him..."
"Did you see what he looked like?"
“No,” the waiter shook his head. “I can only tell that he is a young man of medium build. Judging from his accent, he should be from Lin’an. That’s all I know.”
"As soon as he came in, he asked if the shop accepted jewelry. Of course, we did. Then he opened his cloth bag..."
The man wore a straw hat the whole time and never took it off. At first, the shopkeeper found it strange and looked at it a few more times. But when the man in the straw hat took out the jewelry and said he wanted to pawn it, the shopkeeper's attention was completely focused on the jewelry.
In Lin'an City, besides pawnshops, some jewelry shops also accept jewelry for resale and pawning, but only a very small number do.
Most people would choose to pawn their jewelry at a pawn shop.
Shen You finally understood.
The man must have guessed that the Jingzhao Prefecture would send people to watch the pawnshop, and was afraid that taking the item to the pawnshop would expose him, so he took it to the jewelry shop. He never expected that she would run into him today.
The shopkeeper and the waiter looked at each other, the former's face gradually turning pale with fear.
He swallowed hard. "...Miss Shen, what...what's going on?"
They are very particular about the integrity of their goods and transactions. Judging from Miss Shen's expression, the jewelry on the counter may be of dubious origin.
Shen You glanced at him, her eyes clear and calm. Her scrutinizing gaze swept over the entire Liuli Pavilion before she said, "If the manager wants to prove his innocence, he'd better report it to the authorities as soon as possible."
"Oh, right, right," the shopkeeper finally realized and quickly told his assistant to report to the Jingzhao Prefecture.
He then quickly invited Shen You to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea.
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The people from the Jingzhao Prefecture and Green Luo arrived almost at the same time, but to Shen You's surprise, Chu Xiao also came.
Her gaze swept lightly over him, but before she could speak, the man had already pushed his wheelchair to her side. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
His question wasn't abrupt, but Shen You didn't want to be too involved with him in front of others, so she nodded calmly and said, "Thank you for your concern, Duke. I'm fine."
After saying that, she looked directly at Green Ivy, who shook her head at her with a regretful expression, "Miss, I didn't succeed."
Green Ivy and the coachman chased the man into the alley, where their path was blocked by a wall. They thought it was a sure thing, but to their surprise, the man in the straw hat stepped on the baskets and other debris by the wall and climbed over.
Green Ivy and the coachman looked at each other in dismay. By the time they had also climbed over the wall, the man had already vanished without a trace.
The officials from the Jingzhao Prefecture then questioned the manager and staff at the Liuli Pavilion, confirming that they were unaware of the matter.
Shen You had his own suspicions, but since he had no evidence at the moment, he didn't say too much to the people in the capital.
Although the perpetrator wasn't caught, at least the jewelry was recovered.
After asking around several times without finding any more clues, the people from the Jingzhao Prefecture left Liuli Pavilion.
Shen You instructed Green Luo to pack up the jewelry and take it back to the mansion, and then he also planned to leave.
The carriage was parked next to the shop. She lifted her skirt, stepped onto the stool, and was about to bend down to enter the carriage when she heard a deep male voice from the side.
"Shen You, I have some clues, would you like to hear them?"
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