The entire city was searching for a woman who spoke a dialect from another region, so Gu Hui had no choice but to pretend to be mute.
She speaks the Dingzhou dialect, the Yuzhou dialect, the Kunzhou dialect, the Southern Xinjiang dialect, and the Mandarin of Beijing, but she doesn't speak the Jiangnan accent, so she has to pretend to be mute.
She saw a businessman chatting with his wife. Because the wife's accent was not from Fuzhou, the passing soldiers asked her to show her household registration certificate.
She wanted to ask Princess Jinghe's wet nurse for help to find out the addresses of the various officials in Fuzhou so she could go there one by one. However, she only knew which alley it was; she had never been there before.
She bought a large pancake and ate it as she walked. Finally, she decided to risk finding Cheng Huaiyu.
Cheng Huaiyu had been in Fuzhou for over a year and had been inquiring about Cheng Huaijin from various sources. She should know where these people lived!
Having figured it out, she went to the Song family.
The Song family was still holding a funeral, and she followed behind a couple, pretending to be their maid.
Normally, funerals are held with the doors wide open, so the Song family assumed they were maids who came with the couple, while the couple assumed she was from another family, mainly because she seemed too calm.
When she arrived at the entrance of the mourning hall, she stood to one side and saw Cheng Huaiyu burning paper money next to the coffin and receiving people who came to pay their respects. She breathed a sigh of relief.
She was afraid that Peng Mu's men would arrest Cheng Huaiyu along with him.
Peng Mu's men are probably busy searching for him right now and don't have time to deal with Cheng Huaiyu. They probably don't know that Cheng Huaiyu caused Peng Mu's arrest.
When Cheng Huaiyu saw the person to the door and was about to turn back, Gu Hui stopped her: "Third Grandmother, there's something they need to talk to you about."
Cheng Huaiyu looked at Gu Hui and was taken aback.
Gu Hui only drew thicker eyebrows, smaller eyes, and added two moles, but Cheng Huaiyu didn't forget her mouth and nose.
She went to tell Sister-in-law Song, then came out and left with Gu Hui.
At first, Gu Hui walked in front, and then she led the way.
They led Gu Hui to a courtyard, where she looked around before closing the door.
This is her storeroom, filled with her dowry.
"Sister Huihui, what's wrong? I thought you left with Peng Mu, why haven't you left the city yet?" Cheng Huaiyu asked anxiously.
Peng Mu's men questioned her last night, but she knew nothing about it. Because of Peng Mu's past feelings for her and the fact that she was just a housewife, Peng Mu's men had no suspicions about her.
"Is the Song family safe?" Gu Hui asked.
"For now, it seems safe. However, I can't guarantee how long it will be safe. Peng Mu's men probably won't even remember me until they find him." Cheng Huaiyu immediately realized that Gu Hui and the others were trapped in the city.
"Do you know the addresses of the officials in Fuzhou?" Gu Hui asked again.
"I know," Cheng Huaiyu nodded. "Sister Huihui, I'll write it down for you right away."
After saying that, she took out a writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from her dowry.
The writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone were part of Gu Qingyuan's dowry, hoping that she could read more books to understand principles and write more to calm her impatience.
Gu Hui read through it all.
“Sister Huihui, I’ve been to the backyard of the prefect’s yamen, as well as the backyards of several of the officials. I know where their studies are. Do you want the key to go to the prison to rescue someone, and then get the seal to take the person away?” Cheng Huaiyu asked after finishing writing.
Gu Hui raised an eyebrow. She was quite clever, so how come she did something stupid before?
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