Chapter 282 Feeling Anxious

"Miss, no matter how sad you are, you have to rest. When the housekeeper comes back today, you will feel more relaxed."

Luo Ying was the number one maid beside her. She was supposed to have died last night, but now she was instructing her little master to neatly comb Ripple's hair, put on her inner clothes, and then put on the outer linen clothes and tied her waist. Take the filial piety belt.

Luo Ying quickly took care of her little master without stopping to speak:

"Miss, I asked Luo Huai to make porridge. You can drink some first to satisfy your stomach."

"Well, maybe after a nap, I feel a little hungry. Make me another vegetarian dish and boil an egg!"

Ripple ordered calmly.

When Luo Ying heard that Lianyi said she was hungry, Luo Ying breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said:

"I'm going to give instructions to the kitchen right away. Miss, please wait."

As he spoke, he brought the warm honey water to Ripple.

Wu Youcai is just a small fortune in the eyes of outsiders, but Lianyi's food is the best, but he is very low-key. The high-grade wild honey he gets every morning is not something ordinary people can afford.

Ripple drank the honey water and went out again. Luo Ying and Luo Huai set up breakfast in the dining room.

"Miss, you ate too little yesterday. I was afraid that you would feel upset to your stomach, so I specially cooked millet porridge, fried a dish of celery and lily, and a small plate of pickled radish."

"You don't need to accompany me anymore. You can go down and have breakfast. Let everyone in the family have breakfast instead. Don't leave anyone at the door."

Lianyi had already dug a spoonful of porridge into his mouth and ordered his two maids to prepare it too.

"Yes, miss!"

This time the two of them did not hesitate, and both left to make arrangements, leaving two old ladies waiting at the door.

After breakfast, Lianyi went to the mourning hall and waited to greet the guests who came to express their condolences.

Neighbors came yesterday, and Wu Youcai's business partners should be here today. I just hope that the housekeeper can come back soon. She is a girl who has not reached hairpin (ji), and she does not know how to deal with business matters.

Not long after Lianyi knelt down, housekeeper Wu Zhong hurried into the courtyard. His face was very ugly, his eyes were all green and black, and his navy blue robe was stained with dust.

The first thing I did when I entered the yard was to confirm that Ripple was still there. Then I breathed a sigh of relief, then walked closer to Ripple and whispered:

"Miss, I have something important to tell you."

As no one came to express condolences at this moment, Lianyi nodded, and after being helped up by Luo Ying, went to the side hall.

"Steward Wu, thank you for coming back all night! Have you dealt with everything your father asked you to do?"

Ripple pressed the corners of her eyes with the snow-white silk handkerchief in her hand and whispered.

"Don't worry, Miss, everything has been taken care of! After the master is laid to rest, the miss can live in the Hot Spring Villa in the name of keeping filial piety. The master has arranged it in advance, with sufficient manpower and effective guards."

"Well, dad told me that I will do as you say. After the spiritual suspension is over, we will set off."

"Miss, this is exactly what I want to tell you."

Wu Zhong said with a frown.

"That's what you say."

"Miss, the mansion originally planned to put the master to rest for seven days before sending him away, but something has happened now. I think that after three days of the coffin, the master should be sent to his grave! I'm afraid something will happen if the coffin is suspended for too long."

"How to say?"

"The Li family is here!"

"Are they here for a funeral?"

"Yes and no!"

"Steward Wu, just say so!"

"Miss, I came back overnight after arranging things at the villa yesterday. As soon as the city gate opened, I entered the city. Before the carriage reached our street, it was stopped and said it was coming out of the front street. A murder case was committed, and fifteen or six masked men in black were killed.

I was in a hurry to get back, so I asked the carriage to move back slowly. Wu An and I were walking back. The government officials surrounded the street, and they were doing an autopsy, so I only took a quick glance."

At this point, Wu Zhong's voice became even lower.

"I found a familiar person who looked like the son of the eldest son of the Li family. I was afraid that I had seen it wrong, so I took Wu Fang to watch the excitement. I went to the front and took a closer look and found that it was indeed the eldest son of the Li family. My son, Li Jizu, left Wu An there to watch while I came back first."

"Butler, is the person you are talking about my cousin? Are you sure?"

Ripple asked with a small frown.

"Miss, I'm sure. When I first moved to Jiangnan, I was the one who went to the capital to deliver New Year's gifts. Once, my young cousin even met me in person, so I remember it very clearly."

"My cousin is so strange. My father passed away yesterday and he came to attend the funeral that night. Who informed him? How could he arrive at this time? And you said they were all dressed in black and died so close to us. ,this"

Lianyi pretended to be surprised, brought out all the doubtful points, and said them together.

Sure enough, the steward's face turned from red to white, then to blue again, and his breathing became a little louder. Then he looked up at his lady and said:

"Miss, I'm afraid the person who came here is evil. If the Li family knows that the young master died near our house, they will definitely pin all the shit on Miss."

"Butler, don't worry, let's see what Wu Andu finds out first, and then we make a decision."

"yes!"

Seeing that his young lady was safe, Wu Zhong didn't say anything more.

At this time, Luo Huai outside the door reported:

"Miss, Wu An wants to see you!"

"Let him in!"

Lianyi nodded to Luo Ying beside her.

The conversation between Lianyi and Manager Wu just now did not avoid Luo Ying. Luo Ying understood the danger involved, and her hands and feet were a little weak, but she still took two quick steps to open the door and let Wu An in.

"Wu An has met the lady."

"How do the government officials decide what's going on at the corner of the street?"

Manager Wu asked directly.

"The younger one knew Captain Sun, so he inquired about it. He said that these people were killed by two masters. There were two kinds of wounds on the bodies. They should have been protecting someone from being chased, and they died here. , they have nothing on them to prove their identity.

The head catcher, Brother Sun, suspected that they were dead soldiers raised by officials. It was difficult to find out their identities. They could only send the bodies to the government office after autopsy and put up a notice to see if anyone would come to claim the bodies.

He said that the possibility of being recognized was low, and the murderer could not be caught. In the end, these corpses would be sent to Yizhuang. Now that it was entering the third twilight period, the government office did not have so many corpses to keep in ice. "

Even though Wu An is only eleven years old, he is articulate and clever. In just a short time, he managed to find out so much information.

"Luo Huai, Anzi did a good job. Let him go to the kitchen for breakfast and give him two more eggs."

"Thank you, miss!"

Wu An happily went to the kitchen to eat.

This time the door was open, and Ripple took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes and said:

"Manager Wu, we are having a funeral at home. Because my father passed away suddenly and there was no one at home, we only heard about the murder of the masked gangster, and we didn't know much about it, don't you think? "

Wu Zhong immediately became excited and understood what his young lady meant. She had no intention of identifying the body at all.

"Don't worry, miss, I know what to do, it's just..."

"It takes more than a month to go back and forth from the capital to Jiangnan. By then, the corpse will stink. Who would recognize it?"