Chapter 13: The Flower Thief

Jiang Liuli returned to the restaurant, Sister Hong and You Ziming also came back after a while, he was busy and hadn't eaten yet, so he had to go downstairs to eat, and Sister Hong went back to Yishui Pavilion with them.

The hot pot restaurant is ready to try for free for two days, and then pay on the third day, and the publicity effect has been achieved in two days.

The matter of the restaurant is gradually on the right track, and the newly built small building of You Ziming and Sister Hong has also been completed, as long as it is simply decorated, you can move in.

Last time, You Ziming didn't know what to say to Master You, and his attitude towards them slowly eased, and even sometimes asked them to go back to You's house for dinner, naturally, Sister Hong would also follow, which could be regarded as an indirect start to slowly accept her.

In the time that followed, Jiang Liuli once again lived a leisurely life, just like in Liuli Palace, practicing martial arts, reading books and practicing the piano, and life was not boring.

"Miss." Jiang Liuli, who was originally sitting in front of the window reading a book, heard the sound outside the door and didn't raise her head.

"Come in." She was reading a medical book, which was specially sent by Liuli Palace, and the things written in it were very interesting, and she was fascinated by it.

Sister Hong pushed the door in, walked slowly towards her, and sat on a stool beside her, waiting for her to finish reading this chapter.

"What's the matter?" Although she is fascinated by reading, she can also be distracted to listen to her.

"Miss, I heard that there is a flower thief in Ling Xi City, and many women have been humiliated." Sister Hong frowned and said, this matter seemed very serious to her, so as soon as she heard the news, she hurriedly came to her.

"Flower thief?" Jiang Liuli put down the medical book and frowned as well.

"Yes." Sister Hong nodded helplessly, Ling Xicheng was a little far away from Shengjing, so when she received the news, it was already seven days later, and in these seven days, there would be women humiliated every night.

"Make it clear." Jiang Liuli's tone was full of anger, she knew that the loss of innocence of the woman here was equivalent to ruining her life, and some of them couldn't think about it, and they would even choose to commit suicide.

"I got the news just now, there was a flower thief in Ling Xicheng, the women who were insulted were all beautiful women, after the first woman was humiliated, she jumped directly into the lotus pond and committed suicide, after Siniang knew, she began to investigate this matter, until the third day, Siniang did not find out his whereabouts, but unfortunately his light work, Siniang could not catch up with him, and he escaped many times." Sister Hong only learned about this matter after receiving the news from Ling Xicheng's sisters.

"Light? Hmph, I'd like to see how good he is. Jiang Liuli smiled coldly, daring to bully a woman like this, he had to bear a more painful price.

When Sister Hong heard her say this, she knew that she was going to meddle in this matter, so she didn't open her mouth and waited for her instructions.

"You let Mingxia come over for a while." Jiang Liuli closed the book in her hand, got up and planned to clean it up, the matter was already very serious, she had to rush over as soon as possible.

"Yes." After Sister Hong got the order, she hurriedly walked out of the room, and after a while, Mingyue and Mingxia came, and they already knew about Ling Xicheng.

"Miss." Mingyue Mingxia stood in front of the table and watched Jiang Liuli sorting out books at the desk.

"Ming Xia, help me pack my luggage. Not too much, I'll be back in a few days. She took the three medical books and planned to put them in the Li Li in a moment.

"Miss, what about us?" Mingyue looked at her dumbfounded, she heard Jiang Liuli say that it was me, not us, did she plan to go alone this time?

"You stay to help Sister Hong, she has to be busy with Yishui Pavilion's business and check the progress of Xiaolou, she is a little too busy." Although she would love to take the two of them with her, it is too busy here.

"Miss, let your subordinates accompany you." Ming Xia looked at her with a firm face, her task was to protect her, if she didn't stay by her side, how could she protect her.

"Okay, you follow me, Mingyue stays." Jiang Liuli knew Ming Xia's temper, so she could only promise her, if she didn't agree, she would definitely rather follow than obey the order, and she would be punished afterwards.

"Miss, I want to go too." Mingyue was also worried about her and wanted to follow.

"No, you have to stay." Jiang Liuli refused without thinking about it, although he was used to the company of the two, Yishui Pavilion really couldn't do without people.

"Yes." Mingyue lowered her head in disappointment, and she could hear the resoluteness in Jiang Liuli's tone, even if she was cute and coquettish, it was useless.

Mingxia happily packed her luggage, and after Jiang Liuli's luggage was packed, she went to pack her own, she packed her luggage neatly and quickly.

This time the time was relatively rushed, so I chose to ride a horse, and they were all good horses, but unfortunately no matter how fast it was, it would take two days to reach Lingxi City.

After they arrived at Ling Xicheng, two more women were humiliated, and they were also rich ladies, even though there were many guards at home, but they were still killed, it can be imagined that this person's kung fu is so good, at this time Ling Xicheng has become panicked, especially if there is a beautiful daughter at home, he can't wait to hide at home every day and not go out.

As for the government of Ling Xicheng, they also started patrolling the whole process, but they didn't even know what the flower thieves looked like until now, and they were incompetent enough.

After Jiang Liuli arrived at Ling Xicheng, the sky was gradually darkening, she went directly to the Mingyan Pavilion, of course, she walked through the back door, at this time, the Mingyan Pavilion already had a lot of guests, and she couldn't enter through the front door.

Jiang Liuli directly climbed over the wall and followed her memory to find Siniang's room, she listened to it at the door, but there was no sound inside, so she pushed the door in.

Siniang is the steward of Mingyan Pavilion, although she doesn't need to pick up guests, but some nobles ask her to accompany her, and she can only agree, but in recent years, she has rarely picked up guests.

After Jiang Liuli walked into the house, he looked around, and saw that there was no trace of a man, so he sat at the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

At this time, the Mingyan Pavilion was already full of people, and even on the second floor, you could hear the laughter and teasing of the men downstairs.

Mingyan Pavilion is different from Yishui Pavilion, the women here are all performing for a living, and they are singing and dancing skills, although there are also several women who are talented, but the men here obviously do not respect them, and still treat them as ordinary Qinglou women, if they want to flirt, they will flirt, as long as they don't do too much, Siniang usually only forbears, even if her kung fu is good, she doesn't dare to expose it.

Jiang Liuli knew that Siniang must be busy downstairs now and would not go back to the room for a while, but she really wanted to solve this matter as soon as possible, so she could only think of other ways to let her go back to the room.

She looked around for a while, found the piano behind the bead curtain, walked over without hesitation, and played a song that only Siniang knew, although singing and dancing were also being performed downstairs, but she believed that Siniang would hear it.

Before a single chapter was played, Jiang Liuli heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and then a knock on the door, no need to guess that it must be Siniang.

"Come in." She slowly stopped the movements in her hand, although this piece has not been played for a long time, it is not unfamiliar at all, it is still so good, so moving.

The door was pushed open, and a bewitching woman walked in, dressed a little boldly, with a beaded hairpin on her head, but it didn't look messy at all.

"Subordinates, see the young palace master." Siniang walked over quickly, knelt on one knee, and saluted respectfully.

"Get up." She looked at Siniang, her face was full of sorrow, it seemed that she had been troubled by the matter of the flower thief for a long time.

Siniang stood up obediently, stood aside with her head down, waiting for Jiang Liuli's inquiry, she knew what she was doing here, and her heart was full of remorse, if she could solve this matter, she didn't have to trouble her.

"Tell me about the situation." Jiang Liuli stood up, walked to the table and sat down, it was already evening, she and Ming Xia hadn't eaten dinner, and they were already hungry, but they wanted to know the situation, so they could only fill their stomachs with the snacks on the table first.

Siniang hurriedly told all the things that had happened in the past few days, no matter how big or small, even which girl was humiliated and was blocked by her family, she inquired about it.

After Jiang Liuli heard this, she frowned and thought about the solution, this matter is indeed tricky, every time the flower thief acts, he is dressed in black, his face is covered, no one has seen his appearance at all, even the insulted woman has never seen it, in this way, even if the flower thief is standing in front of him in the clothes of an ordinary person, he will not be able to recognize him.

Since you can't find him, then find a way to let him come out on his own, and if you want him to come out, it's a very simple thing.

"Are there any other women in Ling Xicheng who haven't been humiliated?" The humiliated women are generally famous women, either talented or proficient in poetry and songs.

"There is also a Lin Xiyan girl who has not been insulted, she is the fiancée of the young owner of the nameless villa, after the young owner knew that there were flower thieves in Ling Xi City, he sent a lot of strong martial arts people to protect him, if he hadn't been out doing business and couldn't come back, he would have come to catch the flower thief a long time ago." Siniang said with a sigh.

"Is this Lin Xiyan also a famous talented woman?" Jiang Liuli asked curiously.

"Lin Xiyan is the number one beauty in Ling Xicheng, she is not only talented, but also very beautiful, if she is not worried about missing, I estimate that the first flower thief will be looking for her." Siniang saw Lin Xiyan once, and even she sighed at that appearance.

"What's your personality?" She wanted to know more about the first beauty in Lingxi City, and only after understanding it thoroughly could she implement the next plan.

"I heard that she is a very kind girl, and she goes to the temple every month to pray for her family, but few people have seen her appearance, because she wears a veil every time she goes out." Siniang told everything she knew.

"Okay, I know, you go and prepare some meals for us, and then go get busy, I'll take care of this matter." She still needs to think about this matter and talk about it after eating.

"Yes." Siniang hurriedly responded, and then quickly went out to prepare meals for them, anyone can be hungry, but not the young palace master.

After Siniang left, Jiang Liuli frowned and thought about the next step, if Lin Xiyan was willing to help, then this matter would be much simpler, but I don't know if I am willing to sacrifice it, after all, this is a matter of reputation.