The wicked girl

Chapter 205 Close to the truth ([-])

He Shoutang was burnt to a scorched and ugly appearance by a fire, but accidentally burned a wonderful clue for Ye Kui.

At noon, Ye Kui led Qin Sang to Ye Mingwan's yard.Strange to say, she recognized the maid named Bi Tao with just one glance.He had obviously never seen it before, but just glanced at it, and Ye Kui was sure that the person was Bi Tao, who was working in He Shoutang back then.

But a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with a neatly combed bun and a clean blue cloth shirt, stood there respectfully without even daring to lift her head.

She is afraid.

Ye Kui originally thought she was afraid of herself, but later found that she was not afraid of herself, but simply afraid.Her fear can be easily seen in every gesture of her hand.Ye Kui was talking to Ye Mingwan calmly, but on the other side she had already winked at Qin Sang and asked her to check things at Bitao's house.With Yibitao's current appearance, it seems that she can't adapt to the current errand very well.If she really knew something, how could she come back home before she was ready?
If she accidentally leaked the matter, what would she do?

Ye Kui chewed the rice grains in his mouth carefully, and when he had used about half a bowl of rice, Qin Sang came back.

While Ye Mingwan was trotting out to order someone to make some snacks, she called Qin Sang to the side and said, "What's the matter?"

"Bitao's father is seriously ill, and the money in the family has run out. She can no longer stay at home, so she managed to come in when Fifth Miss is short of people." Qin Sang carefully heard the news Speak to her.

Hearing this, Ye Kui put down the chopsticks in her hand and said, "Do you know what disease her father has?"

Qin Sang shook his head and explained: "I can say anything, so I can't confirm what kind of disease he has. However, no matter what the disease is, it is not serious. It is said that ginseng is used to hang his breath , so how could there be no shortage of silver?"

"Ginseng?" Ye Kui asked with a little surprise.For a family like Bitao, a common ginseng plant is probably extremely rare, so she couldn't help but go to the mansion to earn a monthly income.But because of this, Ye Kui instantly had a plan in mind.She thought for a while, looked at the figure of Ye Mingwan approaching outside, and quickly said to Qin Sang: "Try to get Bitao out, I want to see her alone."

Qin Sang nodded yes.

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, Ye Mingwan had already entered the room, panting and proudly said to Ye Kui: "Second sister, you can stay with me in the afternoon. The fresh lotus seeds were sent to Fengcheng by the tank boat Today, the mansion specially bought a basket, and we made cakes to eat, it must taste good."

Hearing this, Ye Kui frowned subconsciously, and said, "The mansion just got a basket?"

"The people in the kitchen said so, so I didn't ask them to make all the dim sum for me. I only used a small handful." Ye Mingwan said coquettishly.

Ye Kui pinned a strand of hair that fell from her ear behind her ear, and said, "It doesn't matter if you eat it all."

Now that the He family can't protect themselves, I'm afraid they won't have the heart to argue with them on this kind of matter.Today's Ye family has long since turned from a pool of muddy water to a pool of mud.One by one stuck in it and unable to pull out their legs, there is no time to care about these small things.

But what puzzled her was, if the kitchen wanted to buy fresh lotus seeds, why would it only buy a small basket?
How many masters does the Ye family have?So if there is one lotus seed per person, one chopstick will be gone. How can it be enough to eat?But according to Ye Mingwan's words, there is indeed nothing wrong with a basket.Could it be that the ice that was about to flow into a river in Ye's house ran out of money?So the kitchen is reluctant to buy more fresh food?
Houses and shops, gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, all seem to be valuable, but in fact, when it comes to using silver, these things cannot be used directly at all.

Thinking about it this way, the Ye family probably doesn't have much cash.Otherwise, the He family finally came to visit once, and it was his sister-in-law and two nephews who came. How could the He family not treat them well, instead of showing such a miserable appearance?Although because of He Xingzhi's death, some things couldn't be done in a lively manner, after all, it shouldn't be what it is now.

Ye Kui was thinking about these things in her heart, but she was still talking to Ye Mingwan freely.

"Second Sister, I heard that you were the person in that room earlier?" This question had been suppressed in her mind for several days, and Ye Mingwan finally couldn't help asking it now.

Ye Kui glanced at her sideways and asked, "Where did you hear this gossip?"

Ye Mingwan giggled, and said: "It's been rumored in the house, and I can't remember where I heard it. But second sister, have you met third sister? I heard that she is happy soon?"

"Where did you hear that?" Ye Kui laughed, "Not one sentence is accurate. You must stop listening to nonsense in the future. She was injured, but death is inevitable. However, Sometimes living is more painful than dying..."

I don't know if the last sentence is emotion or something else, Ye Mingwan felt melancholy for no reason.

She frowned, and said, "If she didn't do anything wrong in normal times, how could she be knocked on the door by ghosts now? It can be seen that she didn't do anything good in normal times. Every time she saw me before, she used words like If you want to look at me like eating me, it makes people uncomfortable to think about it."

Ye Kui picked up a piece of lotus seed cake with a smile, tasted it, and said to Ye Mingwan, "She's crazy."

"Crazy?" Ye Mingwan yelled suddenly, and the lotus seed cake that had just been stuffed into her mouth fell to the ground with a "click".

Ye Kui looked at her wide open mouth, then at the cakes on the ground, shook her head helplessly, and said, "It's really crazy." If a lunatic says that, even if she wakes up one day, no one will believe her words .This time Ye Mingzhu was in bad luck.

The two had another conversation, Ye Kui got up to say goodbye, and left Ye Mingwan's yard.

But after leaving, she didn't go back directly, but followed Qin Sang to another place.In a remote corner, Bi Tao's thin and thin body was trembling with a frightened face, as if she was terribly afraid of staying with them, but for some special reason, she didn't want to leave no matter what, so she could only hold on .

After Ye Kui approached, he asked softly, "Are you Bitao from Heshoutang back then?"

"Yes... the slave girl is Bi Tao..." Bi Tao's tone was also trembling when she spoke, obviously extremely horrified.

Ye Kui asked Qin Sang to keep watch, and led Bi Tao to a corner, before asking, "Is your father seriously ill?"

Hearing this, Bi Tao suddenly knelt down in front of her with a "plop", and cried, "Second Miss, this servant knows you are a good person, please save this servant's father... Please..." She was crying so hard Miserably, his body fell on the ground and kept trembling, but he was afraid that the sound would startle others and annoy Ye Kui, so he had to try his best to keep his voice down.

"Your father's life has always been in your hands, do you know?" Ye Kui didn't help her up, nor did she let her get up, but just looked down at her and spit out a sentence.

When Bi Tao heard this, she only vaguely guessed what Ye Kui wanted her to do, but she hadn't thought of it for a while.

Ye Kui saw that she was looking at him with tears in her eyes, but she didn't seem to know what she was talking about. She couldn't laugh or cry at once, so she clarified the matter and said, "I just want you to tell me one thing truthfully. Naturally it will be kept."

"What, what's the matter?" Bitao asked with a look of fear on her face.

Ye Kui knelt down, looked at her at the same level, and then said unhurriedly: "When the eldest lady talked with the ancestor in the inner room, were you nearby?"

"No!" As soon as Ye Kui's voice fell, she categorically rejected it.

But she was still trembling until the moment before she said no, and she was even more frightened when she spoke, and now she suddenly became so decisive, which makes people feel weird!
Ye Kui was not annoyed, and said with the same expression as usual: "Bitao, I told you just now. Your father's life is in your hands. If you want to continue lying in front of me, then go ahead. Your mother's life is now It's already in your hands."

A sentence with a gentle speed and a gentle voice fell into Bi Tao's ears, but it seemed like a needle was desperately piercing it.Ye Kui's voice kept reminding her that if she was not careful, her parents might die at the hands of this notorious Second Miss.

At this time, Qin Sang who was guarding outside suddenly rushed over and said, "Aunt Yuxi has returned from the palace!"

Aunt Yuxi has never been back since she was summoned to the palace by Concubine Pei last time.Now she came back suddenly at this time, and she didn't know why.Ye Kui frowned involuntarily.Since Aunt Yuxi is back, she will definitely go to see her soon, and Bi Tao's affairs may have to be delayed for a while.

Ye Kui stood up and strode out.

But before she took a few steps, suddenly there were hands hugging her calf.

Bi Tao knelt behind and cried and said: "Second miss, the slaves said, all the slaves said yes..."

When Ye Kui left, she thought she was going to deal with her family, and she panicked, she couldn't remember the words her old mother said to rot everything she saw in her stomach.She is only 12 years old this year, can this matter really be brought into the coffin?

The second young lady in front of her is notoriously cruel and merciless, if she doesn't say anything, she will definitely kill them directly!

Thinking like this, those words came out of her mouth involuntarily: "The servant girl was indeed not far from the inner room that day... The servant girl heard the old ancestor tell the eldest lady that he had already arranged a marriage for her... ...The eldest lady first said that she wanted to be with her ancestors for the rest of her life, and she didn't want to marry... Later, the ancestors reprimanded her, and the eldest lady didn't say anything anymore...The ancestors also said that the family..."

(End of this chapter)