The Double-Chapter 449 - 145 Hai Tang_4

""Miss, if it’s a reward from you, then I will take it." Tonger also advised, "In the future, just remember the kindness of the miss and be loyal to her."

Bai Xue thought about it and probably felt that if she declined again, it would seem like she didn’t recognize a good gesture, so she smiled embarrassedly and said, "This servant thanks the miss on behalf of my brother and sister-in-law for your kindness." Then she thought of something and said, "Right, miss, last time you asked if there was a girl named Hai Tang in this servant’s hometown, my family has been inquiring, and they wrote about it in the letter this time, there is news."

Jiang Li was startled and stood up abruptly, "What did you say?"

Tonger and Bai Xue were frightened by her reaction, not expecting Jiang Li to react so strongly. Bai Xue quickly realized that the news about a girl named Hai Tang must be very important to Jiang Li. Since the letter contained only family matters and there was nothing that couldn’t be shown to others, she handed the letter she was holding to Jiang Li, "It’s all written in the letter, miss, take a look."

Jiang Li couldn’t wait to unfold the letter and read it. Tonger stood by her side and noticed with a keen eye that Jiang Li’s hands were slightly trembling. Tonger wondered to herself, how could Jiang Li be unable to hold a light piece of paper steady?

But Jiang Li could barely contain the excitement in her heart. When she was Xue Fangfei, because she had been calculated by Princess Yongning and confined in the mansion, bearing a bad name, she faintly sensed that this might be a plot. Then her two personal maids were killed by Mother Shen under some pretext, and Jiang Li didn’t even have time to stop it; by the time she arrived, only a corpse was left. The remaining two were "sent" away from the mansion secretly by Jiang Li under the pretense of theft.

When Mother Shen heard the news and hurried back to question her, she refused to speak even in the face of death, saying only that the maids had taken her money and ran away on their own. With no other choice, Mother Shen had to report to the officers, but even after searching the surrounding area, they couldn’t find any trace of the two maids and had to drop the matter.

At that time, Xue Fangfei didn’t think too much of it, simply feeling that with the Shen family’s habits, whether there was a conspiracy or not, since they were convinced she had committed an "indecent act," they would surely take it out on the maids by her side. These maids had grown up with her since childhood, close as sisters; the dead could not be brought back to life, but the living might be able to find a glimmer of hope for survival. As long as Du Juan and Hai Tang escaped, she would not have implicated them, and perhaps there would be a chance to investigate the matter in the future.

Little did she know, that farewell would be forever.

From the moment she saw Bai Xue, although Bai Xue was not good-looking, she was strong and could recognize a few characters. Most importantly, she was from Zao Hua Village, which was Hai Tang’s hometown. Jiang Li had harbored a slim hope that if she could get news of Hai Tang from Bai Xue, it would be a good thing for her.

However, Jiang Li knew that this hope might be too faint. Although the Shen family didn’t know where Hai Tang’s hometown was, Princess Yongning might find out with her methods. If Princess Yongning also knew about this and sent people to investigate, Hai Tang and Du Juan were after all just two young women; despite the vastness of the world, they might find it difficult to hide.

What had been a very slim hope suddenly became a reality, telling her that what she hoped for might be true. The joy in Jiang Li’s heart was like when she first learned that Xue Huaiyuan was still alive, and she could barely conceal her expressions.

She quickly read the letter, scanning ten lines at a glance. As she read on, her eyes grew heavy.

Good news always comes with bad. Bai Xue’s family wrote in the letter that previously, according to Bai Xue’s inquiry, there was indeed a family in the west of Zao Hua Village, by the rice shop, whose daughter was called Hai Tang. But that family’s parents had died long ago, and now there were only two young men left. It was heard that their sister, the girl named Hai Tang, had been a servant for the Official’s daughter many years ago.

A few months ago, a girl came to Zao Hua Village. Her name was unknown, and it was also unknown what relation she had to the two young men, but she lived in their house. Bai Xue’s family happened to pass by once and heard the two young men calling the girl ’sister,’ and they guessed whether it might be the Hai Tang that Bai Xue was asked to inquire about.

However, Bai Xue, following Jiang Li’s description, had told her family that Hai Tang was tall and thin, fair and clean, and quite good-looking, while this new girl was not. Although she was indeed tall and thin, her appearance was extremely ugly, especially with two long scars on her cheeks that turned her flesh inside out, very terrifying. At the end of the letter, Bai Xue’s father was puzzled, thinking that if a girl with a scarred face could be a servant for an Official’s daughter, then it was not surprising that Bai Xue could be the personal maid to a high-ranking official’s daughter." frёeωebɳovel.com