nucmednet Chapter 245 Theft
Chapter 245 Theft
When the woman saw the old man, her eyes widened and she turned around and ran away in fear.
But when she turned around, she was faced with Ji Yuntang's smiling face, and the cold light in his eyes frightened her.
She instantly felt like she was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
When the woman turned around again, she was faced with the old man's weathered and slightly angry face.
In an instant, she felt like she couldn't escape even if she had wings.
The old man came over, pounded his cane on the ground a few times, and said angrily:
"Widow Yang, what are you doing here? Your two children are crying hoarse from hunger and you don't care about them. You are even making a scene in the street. You have brought shame to our Guihua Village!"
The old woman was the head of Guihua Village. The reason why Ji Yuntang sent Wang Sheng out to investigate the other party's family background was because he found that the woman was dressed very plainly.
She guessed that the other party's family was not well off and it was very unlikely that they would spend three hundred taels of silver to buy a set of skin care products.
Not to mention, the age at which the skin care products were used doesn't match her.
After some investigation by Wang Sheng, he found out that the woman was from Guihua Village. Her husband had died a few years ago, leaving behind two daughters, the older one was five years old and the younger one was just three years old.
Now she is raising two children alone and lives a very poor life.
He basically relies on the help from the villagers to barely survive.
But this widow Yang was obviously a violent and unreasonable person. She had a very bad reputation in Guihua Village and often beat and abused her two daughters.
If Wang Sheng had not gone to Guihua Village today, found Widow Yang’s home, and heard the heart-wrenching cry of the child inside.
I’m afraid the two children will get sick from hunger.
When Widow Yang saw the head of the village, she was really scared.
She is not afraid of others, but she is afraid of Qin Lizheng, the stubborn man in the village.
After all, a word from the other party could decide whether the three of them, mother and daughter, would stay or go.
Widow Yang didn't expect that Wang Sheng would actually call Qin Lizheng. She stood there in a daze for a moment, not knowing how to explain.
"Li Zheng, I... I'm here..."
Just at this moment, a young woman in a blue suit, with a heroic look and black hair tied up high, walked out of the crowd.
The complexion on her face was not as fair as other girls in the capital, but a healthy wheat color. Her eyebrows and eyes were as sharp as the moon. A black sword was hung on her waist, and the red sword tassel swayed as she walked.
The woman walked over and clasped her fist towards Ji Yuntang with a very polite attitude.
"Princess Ye, can you let me see that set of skin care products?"
Ji Yuntang narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the graceful woman in front of him. For some reason, he felt a sense of déjà vu about her.
But she was sure that she did not know this woman.
At this time, Taozhi came over and whispered an introduction into Ji Yuntang's ear.
"Princess, this is Pei Zhiyi, the second daughter of General Dingyuan's mansion. I heard that Miss Pei has loved wielding swords and guns since she was a child, and doesn't like staying in the mansion to learn needlework and etiquette. So after she turned fourteen, she followed General Dingyuan to fight the enemy at the border, and just returned with a victory a few days ago."
When Ji Yuntang heard this, he instantly understood.
No wonder she always felt that the other person gave her a sense of déjà vu. It turned out that the other person had also been on the battlefield and had an iron-blooded aura.
Perhaps it was because he had once been a military doctor and often fought with the army.
Therefore, Ji Yuntang developed some sympathetic feelings towards the heroic woman in front of him.
She smiled slightly and said, "So you are General Dingyuan's daughter. I am sorry for being so rude."
"I wonder why Miss Pei wants to see that skincare gift box?"
Pei Zhiyi was also a casual person, she said bluntly: "Princess Ye, you don't know, my father and I just returned to the court a few days ago, and I heard that the skin care products launched by Wanzhuanglou are particularly popular among women in the capital, and the most important thing is that they can whiten the skin."
"So my father asked someone to buy me a set, which is this skin-refreshing and whitening series set."
"At first I didn't believe it would be effective, but after using it for three days, I found that this skin care product can really whiten your skin, so I used it every morning and night according to the instructions. Now I have only used it for about ten days, and my skin is already one degree whiter than when I came down from the battlefield."
Having said that, Pei Zhiyi suddenly changed the subject and his tone became much colder.
"But just two days ago, our house was robbed. He not only stole 5,000 taels of silver and some porcelain and jewelry from our house, but also stole this set of skin care products in my room."
"When my father, brother and I came back from outside, our house had already been robbed. My brother had someone report the case to the authorities, but we still haven't found any trace of the burglar."
The next second, Pei Zhiyi grasped the hilt of the sword and glanced coldly at Widow Yang.
"It's no big deal that the silver and jewelry were lost in the mansion, but I was upset for many days because of this set of skin care products."
"Everyone in Beijing knows how hard it is to buy Wanzhuanglou's skin care products. My father used a lot of connections and money to help me buy this set. I lost it and couldn't even eat or sleep well for the past two days."
"Whenever I think about it, I want to chop this damn thief to pieces with a sword to make amends for my skin care products."
Ji Yuntang raised her beautiful eyes slightly. She didn't expect that Pei Zhiyi, the legitimate daughter of a general's mansion, would love this set of skin care products so much.
She even lost her appetite after losing it.
Ji Yuntang glanced at the set of skin care products and asked softly, "Miss Pei, do you suspect that the set of skin care products that Widow Yang brought is the one you lost?"
Pei Zhiyi nodded, "Yes, I have used up half of each of my skin care products, and I love the fragrant face cream the most. Every time I wash my face, I will apply a lot on my face and neck, so the face cream must be the least among them."
"If I only have to take a look, I can tell if they are the ones I lost."
Ji Yuntang agreed.
"Okay, then go and have a look!"
It just so happened that she also wanted to know where Widow Yang got this set of skin care products from?
It was not difficult for Ji Yuntang to learn about Widow Yang's plight and character from Qin Lizheng and Wang Sheng.
Three hundred taels of silver is not a lot for the young ladies in the capital.
But for Widow Yang, that was an astronomical sum of money and she couldn't possibly afford it.
Furthermore, the quantity of this product is limited, and she can’t buy it whenever she wants.
After Pei Zhiyi read it carefully, she immediately became angry. She said to Ji Yuntang with certainty and certainty.
"Princess Ye, I've checked. This is the set of skin care products I lost. The amount of cream inside is exactly the same as what I used before."
"She must have stolen something from our Dingyuan General's Mansion and came here to frame you."