The wellhead was pitch black and nothing could be seen clearly.
Everyone saw the young lady coming and quickly knelt down, "Young lady."
"What's in here?" Tang Ruozhi didn't let them get up, but asked about the situation in the well first.
"this……"
“It’s hard to say…”
The servants were all muttering to each other, and no one dared to speak loudly for fear of getting into trouble.
Tang Ruozhi was a little annoyed. She pointed at a servant beside her who was as thin as a dustpan and asked, "What's going on? Why are they gathering around a dry well so early in the morning? Tell me!"
"Miss, I, I, I, I..." The man couldn't even finish a sentence. Tang Ruozhi kicked him and the man was actually scared unconscious.
She held her forehead and cursed softly, "Waste."
Then he casually pointed at another little maid and asked, "You tell me!"
The maid who was pointed at lowered her head and said in a clear voice, "There is a dead person in there."
"What dead person? How could there be a dead person?" Tang Ruozhi had an expression as if he had seen a ghost. Although Tang Lei's yard was dilapidated, there would not be a dead person there.
The maid continued, "The dead person seems to be the head maid in the eldest lady's courtyard, Sister Xiao Hua."
Xiao Hua? Tang Ruozhi frowned. He hadn't seen her all morning.
She went to the wellhead again and could vaguely see the color of the clothes, which looked like the clothes Xiao Hua wore yesterday. But she couldn't see her face clearly. She was suspicious and said, "Pull her out."
As soon as he finished speaking, two diligent servants went to get a rope and a hook, intending to hook the person out of the well.
"What are you doing? Making so much noise, can't we sleep?" Tang Lei's lazy voice came over, followed by the sound of the door opening, and several women in sexy clothes rushed out from behind the door.
Tang Ruozhi closed her eyes. Seeing this prodigal look, she was unwilling to admit that this was her brother.
"Hey, my sister is here?" Tang Lei put his arm around one of the women's waist and slowly walked over to Tang Ruozhi. "What are you going to play?"
Tang Ruozhi had never liked this useless brother, so he deliberately challenged him, "Did you know that someone died in your courtyard?"
Tang Lei narrowed his eyes, looking disapproving, "Impossible! You're always bringing bad luck to others, sister, so early in the morning!"
At this time, the servant pulled the person out of the well.
The dead woman was lying flat on the ground, her clothes were torn to pieces, and the skin on her arms and thighs could even be clearly seen.
His entire face was covered in blood and flesh, and was stained with unidentified black matter that had been deposited in the well for many years.
The smell was similar to that of a sewer, and some maids could not bear it and covered their noses and eyes.
When Tang Lei saw the body lying on the ground, his face turned pale, and his arms around the woman's waist loosened. He stopped laughing and his face was full of shock and uneasiness.
Tang Ruozhi's expression was not much better. The maid she had questioned earlier bravely stepped forward to check, then knelt before her and said, "My dear Miss, it has been confirmed that it is Sister Xiaohua without a doubt. There is no sign of survival."
Tang Lei's lips turned pale. He really caused a death.
Tang Ruozhi turned around, stared at him intently, and asked, "What happened? How could my people die in your yard?"
Tang Lei's legs went weak and he almost fell down. "How should I know? How should I know?!"
Tang Ruozhi suppressed his anger and continued to ask, "Will you tell me or not?"
"How should I know she's so fragile? She only slept for one night, she wouldn't jump into the well!"
“Snap—”
A clear slap sounded in the air, and a slap mark appeared on Tang Lei's face.
"Beast."
Tang Ruozhi cursed, but there was no sign of anger on his calm face.
Tang Lei was stunned by the slap and stood there in a daze.
Tang Ruozhi turned around and ordered, "Pretend you didn't see what happened today. Find someone to throw Xiao Hua's body into a mass grave."
He paused again, his voice rising a notch, "If anyone dares to spread this, I will cut off his tongue."
Everyone kneeling on the ground was so frightened by Tang Ruozhi's coldness that they dared not utter a word and nodded in agreement.
She gave Tang Lei another look and walked out of the yard.
Tang Lei's woman helped him up from his weak legs and returned to the room.
Those kneeling on the ground stood up one after another, and tacitly agreed not to talk about what had just happened. Only one little maid asked timidly: "Master, you won't tell me either? If I ask..."
"Did you turn a deaf ear to the young lady's order?" The maidservant who had just been called out by Tang Ruozhi spoke forcefully, emphasizing each word: "Don't tell anyone."
The little maidservant fell silent, holding back the tears that welled up in her eyes.
"Don't be so harsh. Xiaomei doesn't understand either." There are other maids to help.
"Don't understand? You can't even understand what I'm saying? Then go and clean your ears!" After saying this, she left.
Leave a few gossipy maids to point fingers at her behind her back.
Tang Ruozhi returned to the yard and felt a pang of palpitations when he recalled Xiao Hua's horrible death.
Although he was sent by her mother to monitor her every move, Xiao Hua has fulfilled his duties as a servant to her over the years.
He had been with her for seven or eight years and suddenly died like this. Not to mention her mother, other people would definitely have noticed it.
Besides, it is very inconvenient to have no personal maid to take orders from.
A figure suddenly flashed in her mind. The maid just now seemed to be quite good.
——
"Raise your head." The clever maid who had just been summoned to the courtyard by the emperor knelt before Tang Ruozhi. "What's your name?"
The person kneeling on the ground raised her head, revealing a pretty face, but too gorgeous, and her temperament did not look like a maid at all.
"My name is Hong Yan."
Hongyan? Tang Ruozhi chewed on this name over and over again. In the Prime Minister's Mansion, she didn't seem to remember a maid named Hongyan.
"Are you new here?"
Hong Yan nodded and said, "I am a new maid hired by the Prime Minister's Mansion this year."
Tang Ruozhi asked, "Family background."
"My ancestral home is in Jiangnan. My parents died young. Half a year ago, I went to Funing to live with my relatives, but they were all gone. So I ended up in the Prime Minister's Mansion."
A very clean background. Tang Ruozhi nodded, "No fabrication?"
Hong Yan lowered her head and smiled softly, "If it is a fake, I am sure the lady will find out. Hong Yan dare not do that."
She's quite smart. Tang Ruozhi was very satisfied with her. "From now on, you will work in my yard and take Xiao Hua's place."
"Hongyan, thank you, Miss." She raised her hands to her forehead, her whole body almost touching the ground, and bowed deeply to Tang Ruozhi.
"Get up quickly, you will be of great use in the future." Tang Ruozhi curled the corners of his mouth with an unfathomable smile.
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