Chapter 158 Ruyimen Yan Fei
It was already late when Chun Xing and An Wei returned. They waited for two hours but still didn't see the maid leave the house.
The little girl was unwilling to give up, so she bought two packets of snacks and a few handkerchiefs from the street and went around to the back door. She used the excuse of delivering something to her mother to start a conversation with the gatekeeper.
The old woman got a bag of snacks and two silver melon seeds, her eyes were curved with smiles, and she kept praising Chunxing for her good fortune to marry the eldest daughter and live a happy life in the governor's mansion.
Afterwards, he couldn't help but complain about the difficult life of the Jiang family, saying that they hadn't received any bonus money in half a year.
Chun Xing said a few words to the old woman, and suddenly changed the subject to mention the newly bought maid for the lady.
Although Chun Xing didn't notice whether the maid was round or flat at that time, it didn't stop her from complimenting her.
As long as you have a nice nose and eyes, you can never go wrong by praising her for being pretty and charming.
The old woman was puzzled at first, but then suddenly realized.
"You are talking about Xiaoyan, right? That girl doesn't seem to be from the mansion.
The man who came with the second young lady yesterday left today, just a short while after our eldest young lady left.
I think she was a girl from the second girl's friend's family who was borrowed to help. She's quite pretty.
You don't know that even the sewing room in our house has been removed, and a lot of work has to be done by the maids in each room themselves.
The assistant ladies around the second girl could not hold a needle or twist a thread before, so they had to eat less because the food they made was not decent. "
She appeared inexplicably and hurried out of the house just as they left. It seems that the girl's guess was right, there was indeed something wrong with that girl.
Seeing that she couldn't get much information, Chun Xing put down her things and went back to the Governor's Mansion. After listening to what Jiang Xinyu said, she asked someone to call He Zhang and Ye Xiao over.
Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang!
Everyone has their own misconceptions. The knowledge she has is not necessarily better than the professional common sense of a professional spy. There is no harm in listening to the opinions of the locals.
The two kids came quickly, and after listening to July's recounting of a series of events and people from Jiang Xinyu's going out to her coming back, they also confirmed that there was something fishy going on.
Jiang Xinyu asked someone to get a piece of paper and start drawing a relationship diagram.
The maid Xiaoyan is related to Jiang Wanqiu, Jiang Wanqiu is related to Zhao Chengye, and after Zhao Chengye she wrote about Zhang Zhongyi, and after Zhang Zhongyi is the third prince.
After finishing writing, Jiang Xinyu sighed, "There are two possibilities now.
One is that Jiang Wanqiu and Zhao Chengye wanted to take revenge on me while Xiao Yuan was away. If this is true, it is at most a private matter.
Another possibility is that the Third Prince or the Left Prime Minister wants to do something to Xiao Yuan through me, which would be a big deal.
But one thing is certain, they did not take action at the Jiang family today, probably because they were making preparations.
The maid's role is probably to identify the target person, that is, my appearance."
Ye Xiao nodded, "I think it's unlikely to be directed at my stepmother.
Generally speaking, scheming against women is related to reputation, and smart people will choose to do it at other people's banquets or some public occasions.
This makes it easy to clear yourself and prevent the other party from covering up, thus destroying their reputation.
If this is true, there is no need to identify the person in advance. Identifying the person at the scene of the crime can also help you remember the clothes and jewelry to avoid making the wrong person.
But if it wasn't for the stepmother and he deliberately let someone recognize her appearance, could it be that the third prince wanted to find someone who looked like his stepmother to seduce his stepfather?"
After all, Ye Xiao had worked in the Dongchang for a few years. Although he was confused about matters at home, his analysis was clear and logical.
Jiang Xinyu gave a thumbs up in appreciation, "The previous ones are all correct, but I think the key point is that the maid recognized my appearance rather than my appearance.
The maid is the focus.
Zuo Xiang has seen what I look like and Zhao Chengye is even more familiar with me. If they really want to choose someone who looks like me, why not just let Zhao Chengye choose?
I guarantee it will be more similar to the one my dad picked.”
He Zhang, who had been thinking with his head down, suddenly asked,
"Madam, what did you say that girl's name was?"
Jiang Xinyu was stunned, "Chun Xing said it seemed to be called Xiaoyan.
No one knew whether it was the "Yan" in "Swallow" or the "Yan" in "Yanli", the gatekeeper just heard someone call her that.
I guess it’s just a pseudonym and doesn’t mean anything.”
He Zhang laughed, "I guess the other party thought the same thing, and just picked a catchy name without paying any attention to it.
In addition, Madam said that the key point was that the maid recognized the appearance rather than other people recognizing the appearance, which reminded me of a person recorded in the book of strange stories in the martial arts world.
The Thousand-Faced Young Master Yan Fei."
Jiang Xinyu immediately became interested when she heard about Jianghu people.
"Does his nickname, Thousand Faces Prince, mean that he can change his appearance?
Human skin mask or disguise"
He really didn't know about this congratulatory chapter. He only knew that Yan Fei was a remnant of the Ruyi Sect.
The so-called Ruyimen is a notorious organization of flower-stealing thieves. Those people not only steal flowers but also engage in human trafficking.
Ordinary disciples would use drugs or force to kidnap young girls or even girls, play with them at will, and then sell them to brothels to sell their wealth.
In this era, chastity of women is as important as the sky. Many families who lost their girls did not even look for them and simply said that they died of illness.
It is said that if the people do not report, the officials will not investigate. Every year, fewer than 50 girls are reported to be abducted by flower thieves, but in fact the number of victims has already reached hundreds.
A few months ago, Governor Xiao ordered an attack on Ruyimen and He Zhang's team also participated. What impressed him most was not the miserable situation of the girls but a few weird things.
Among those women there were daughters of officials and beautiful girls from ordinary families. The only thing they had in common was that they cried and shouted and refused to leave, wanting to find their lovers.
He Zhang frowned deeply when he said this.
"The Yan Lang they are talking about is Yan Fei, the third in command of Ruyi Sect.
He is a technical flower thief who is good at disguise and martial arts and likes to play tricks.
Yan Fei never used drugs or force like lower-level disciples. He liked to enjoy the pleasure of luring his prey step by step.
Legend has it that Yan Fei is proficient in the art of disguise, shrinking bones and changing voice, and can dress himself up as a pretty girl, a mature woman, or even someone close to the victim.
If he sets his eyes on a target, he will first approach the target as a woman, and only reveal his identity as a man when he has seduced the target to the point that the target thinks he has a mirror-grinding habit.
He then used sweet words to coax those girls into leaving their homes and careers and elope with him.
It's a pity that his interest only went this far. After the girls followed him back to Ruyi Gate, he threw them aside like old shoes and continued to go out hunting for beauties.
But those women seemed to be poisoned by him. Even though they knew they were deceived by him, they were still deeply in love with him and cried and shouted to find him. "
When Ruyi Gate was destroyed, Ye Xiao was still accompanying Xu Qinglan in Nanshan Temple to protect the concubine, and he was not clear about this past.
Now that he heard that his adoptive father had a grudge against Ruyimen, he quickly asked what was going on with He Zhang.
He Zhang shook his head. "Logically speaking, catching the flower thief has little to do with our Dongchang, but the governor asked us to catch it so we naturally followed his orders.
I heard that there were several cases of officials' families being insulted that were related to them. To be honest, even I can see that they are quite conspiratorial.
It is very likely that our governor is using Ruyimen as a scapegoat.
Now that Yan Fei is on the run and has a grudge against the Governor, it is very likely that he will seek cooperation with Zuo Xiang, who is at odds with the Governor.
If the maid in the Jiang family is really Yan Fei, then he is probably trying to imitate the lady to get close to the governor and wait for an opportunity to assassinate her."
Jiang Xinyu laughed when she heard this.
"Don't worry, as long as Xiao Yuan is not stupid, he will never mistake Yan Fei for me.
He's not the only one who has many faces. I can also pretend to be a decent person outside.
Some people call me a walking female ring. Can you believe it?"
Ye Xiao curled his lips subconsciously.
His so-called stepmother looks exactly like a stepmother. If you are timid, she can scare you into giving up.
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