Marriage of the Di Daughter

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 145 Part 4: Hai Tang

Copper stove used for heating water

A few months ago, a girl came to Zaohua Village. No one knew her name or her relationship with the two young men but she lived in the two young men’s house. Occasionally, Bai Xue’s family passed by and heard the two young men calling the girl “sister”, so they guessed whether it was the Hai Tang whom Bai Xue had asked to inquire about before.

However, Bai Xue told her family according to Jiang Li’s description that Hai Tang was tall, thin, fair and good-looking, but this new girl was not. Although she was tall and thin, her appearance was extremely ugly, especially the two long knife marks on her cheeks, with the skin and flesh turned out, which was very scary. At the end of the letter, Bai Xue’s father still felt very strange and wanted to say that if this girl with a scar on her face could be a servant girl of an official lady, then it’s no wonder Bai Xue could be a personal maid of a high official lady.

Jiang Li could hardly hold the letter in her hand. She calmed down and read the letter twice more, especially the part about Hai Tang. After reading it carefully several times, she became more and more sure that this person was most likely Hai Tang.

But how did Hai Tang become like this? Where did Du Juan go? Bai Xue’s father mentioned in the letter that a strange girl came to Zaohua Village. It was just one person, not two people. At that time, she asked Hai Tang and Du Juan to escape together. Du Juan was all alone and could not go anywhere else. She would definitely be with Hai Tang. But now only Hai Tang was left. Could it be Du Juan… Jiang Li didn’t dare to think about it, especially when she learned that Haitang’s appearance was completely ruined, she couldn’t help but think wildly. Could these two girls encounter vicious attacks? Or did something bad happen on their way to escape? The more she thought about it, the harder it was for her to let go. Jiang Li’s face turned very ugly.

Both Tong’er and Bai Xue rarely saw Jiang Li with such an expression, and they looked at each other in unison, both feeling confused. Especially Tong’er, she practically grew up together with Jiang Li, and she knew everything about Jiang Li. But she never knew that there was a servant girl called Hai Tang, let alone the relationship between Hai Tang and Jiang Li. She could actually affect the young lady’s emotions to this extent, and she became even more curious about Hai Tang, who she had never met before.

Jiang Li said: “Bai Xue, go and get ready, I’ll go to Ye Mansion.”

“Ah?” Bai Xue was stunned and reminded, “Miss, you have already been to Ye Mansion today. You have just returned from Ye Mansion.”

Only then did Jiang Li come back to her senses. Yes, she had already been to Ye Mansion today. Although she actually stayed in the Duke’s Mansion for most of the day, in the eyes of the Jiang family, Jiang Li went to Ye Mansion in the morning and just came back in the evening. It’s inexcusable if she wanted to go to Ye Mansion again at this time.

Jiang Li restrained the hatred in her heart. She was made confused by her worry. She then said, “Then go to Ye Mansion early tomorrow morning.” She had to send someone to Zaohua Village as soon as possible to bring Hai Tang to Yanjing. First of all, she didn’t know what was happening with Hai Tang, and it might not be safe to stay in Zaohua Village. If she could find traces of Haitang, Princess Yongning would definitely be able to as well. Secondly, if the adultery between Shen Yurong and Yongning was exposed, and there were other details about Xue Fang Fei’s affair that year, Hai Tang would be a very important witness to prove that Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning conspired to murder and exterminate the successor.

So in any case, she must bring Hai Tang back. After much deliberation, she found that she had no one available from the Jiang family, so she had to go to the Ye family to borrow someone. After all, Ye Ming Yu had many brothers in the martial arts world. As long as Ye Mingyu’s people go to pick up Hai Tang, there should be no problem.

“Miss, are you okay?” Bai Xue asked cautiously.

“I’m okay.” Jiang Li reluctantly smiled at her, “Baixue, let me burn this family letter for you.”

Bai Xue nodded, “It’s up to the girl to take care of it.” Although she didn’t know how important the content in the letter was, looking at Jiang Li’s expression, she thought that the news about the Hai Tang girl was not a simple matter. Since she was unclear about it, it’s better to let Jiang Li handle it.

Jiang Li walked to the stove and threw the letter in. She personally watched the flames climb up and devour the letter until there was nothing left. Then she breathed a sigh of relief.

She sat down at the desk again.

Probably she had overcome the shock just now, she calmed down and realized that her thinking was inappropriate.

Although Ye Ming Yu was a person in the rivers and lakes, due to her relationship with him, she was afraid that Princess Yongning’s people would also keep an eye on Ye Mansion. Once Ye Ming Yu made any movement, Princess Yongning would definitely send someone to follow him. In this way, it would be hard to avoid exposing Hai Tang’s existence. Moreover, if Ye Ming Yu went to Zaohua Village in person, there would be no one in the Ye Mansion to look after Xue Huaiyuan. If Yongning secretly made a move, perhaps Xue Huaiyuan would meet with a deadly blow. But Jiang Li could not trust any other person than Ye Ming Yu to go to Zaohua Village in person.

The most important thing was, although Ye Ming Yu had strong martial arts skills, it was hard to say whether he would win or lose against the killers that Yongning found. If both sides suffered losses, and Ye Ming Yu got into an accident because of this, Jiang Li would regret it. She really liked this uncle and hoped that Ye Ming Yu would always be healthy and well.

It’s not right to go to Ye Ming Yu, who would be better to go?

When Jiang Li was hesitating, her fingertips touched the porcelain whistle in her sleeve.

That’s right, she also had Zhao Ke. Although Zhao Ke was alone, Zhao Ke was from the Duke’s Mansion. Today, Ji Heng still told her to blow the whistle to her heart’s content. If said that Ye Ming Yu might not be able to deal with Princess Yongning’s killer, the situation would be completely different if he were replaced by someone from the Duke’s Mansion. Jiang Li was very sure. Firstly, the people from the Duke’s Mansion would not let this matter leak out, and secondly, if it was really leaked, and there was a confrontation on the road, Yongning’s men would not be able to deal with the people from the Duke’s Mansion.

After much deliberation, it was the best choice to ask Zhao Ke to do this, or in other words, ask Zhao Ke to find someone he could trust to do it.

The only bad thing about this matter was that Ji Heng would know about Hai Tang’s existence, and he would definitely wonder about her relationship with Hai Tang, and why she wanted to investigate Hai Tang. He would inevitably find out the inextricable connection between her and Xue Fang Fei.

But it was impossible to do everything, and the future would be discussed later. Now, she must find Hai Tang.

Jiang Li blew the whistle.

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