Chapter 451: Sure enough

Chapter 451: Sure enough

   Chapter 451

   Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and under the watchful eyes of Xiaoqi and a few people, Prince Xiang's Mansion had no other actions.

  On this day, early in the morning, in the backyard of a small rice shop on the corner of the street in Linyun City, south of the capital, a white pigeon flew in and landed on the stone table in the courtyard.

   "Daddy, there are pigeons flying back!"

  A five or six-year-old child ran to the front hall and said to the middle-aged man dressed up with the shopkeeper.

  There were no guests in the shop at this time, and the man immediately raised the curtain and entered the backyard when he heard the words, and saw a pigeon standing on the stone table.

  He walked over quickly, but he couldn't help frowning.

  The pigeon crowed twice, as if urging.

  The man picked up the pigeon and checked it carefully, but there was still no letter box.

  The pigeon seemed to have finished the process, flew out of his hand, got into the pigeon coop on the side, and ate food.

   "..." The man twitched his cheeks.

  I lost my letter, and I still have a face to eat!

  I'm afraid it was lonely this time!

  No, in order to prevent the secret letter from falling into the hands of others and causing trouble, he still needs to write to the prince immediately...

  The man thought, turned around and went to the study.

  ……

  At the same moment, Xu Mingyi happened to be thinking about it in the Guogong Mansion in Beijing Town.

  Two days have passed, and there is still no new discovery in the letter from King Xiang.

  In other words, there is no so-called weirdness at all. It is because she believes that the Xiang Wang has collaborating with the enemy, so she subconsciously concludes that there is a problem with the letter-in fact, it may indeed be just an ordinary family letter.

  But in this way, the clue is equivalent to broken.

  The king of Xiang seems to have no brains on the surface, but he is actually extra cautious, as can be seen from the frequency of patrols by his mansion.

  For this reason, she and Wu Chao had guessed yesterday that the Hunan Prince's mansion was so heavily guarded, could it be because there might be evidence that the Xiang King was collaborating with the enemy?

  But even if the answer is yes, in such a situation, they can't just break in and find it. It's too risky to say nothing aimlessly...

   Then there is Xiaoqi, no, the secret letter intercepted by Tianmu——

The letter was sent to Dianzhou. Dianzhou is so far away from the capital. It is obviously not safe enough to rely on a carrier pigeon alone. Wu Chao said that in this situation, it should be the carrier pigeon that carried the letter out of the capital. The people of the King of Hunan personally sent it back to Dianzhou.

  If King Xiang’s person fails to receive the agreed letter, it may be better to say two days a day. After a long time, they will send a letter to inform King Xiang to inquire about the situation.

  At that time, King Xiang will inevitably become more vigilant, and it will be even more difficult to obtain evidence.

  Thinking about this, Xu Mingyi couldn't help but raised his eyebrows slightly.

  At this moment, a cry of God's purpose came into her ears.

   Xu Mingyi raised his eyes and saw the big bird fluttering off the chair, shaking his head while shouting.

  Looking at the big bird as if it was irritated, Xu Mingyi couldn’t help asking, “What’s the matter?”

  Akui, who was standing at the table tinkering with tea, pointed to what was beside her: "...just now the maid didn’t see it for a while, and asked Tianmu to taste this."

  Xu Mingyi looked in the direction of her fingers, only to see a plate of sliced ​​lemon fruit.

  As soon as he saw this thing, Xu Mingyi felt that the roots of his teeth were sour.

  Looking at Big Bird shaking her head again and muttering in her mouth as if she was cursing the street, she knew it.

  This lime fruit is so sour that it was not eaten directly. The silly bird wanted to taste everything when he saw it. This time it was kicked on the iron plate.

but--

  "Where did this fruit come from?" Xu Mingyi asked.

  Lingguo is not common in Beijing, and it is not the season for the fruit to mature. She does not remember that it was stored in the ice cellar in Fuzhong last year.

"It was rewarded in the palace before the birthday of the Empress Dowager." Akui said, "I heard that His Royal Highness Xiang Wang brought it from Dianzhou and presented it to the palace along with other specialties-several princes and those who came from afar The envoys all presented a lot of new things, and we got a lot from the mansion. The girl went out with Princess Yufeng and was not at home a few days ago, and the lady asked someone to keep it for the girl."

After   , Xu Mingyi couldn't hear most of the words.

   "Is this Ningguo brought by the King of Xiang?" Her attention was focused on this sentence.

   Seeing Akui’s expression and nodded, Xu Mingyi got up to the table and picked up a whole lime fruit.

  The peel is yellow and blue, not too big, and the appearance is not smooth...

She once read in medical books that the citrus fruit has only been introduced from the Gentiles since the previous dynasty, and the time is short, so there are not many people who know it, and when it comes to planting, the climate of Dianzhou is not suitable for its growth. ——This can be probably known from the appearance of her hand.

  So, why did the King of Xiang bring this thing into the capital as a special product of Dianzhou?

   and can be divided into the hands of their town and government, I expected to bring a lot of things, this is out of season, just the storage on the road is very laborious.

  If you say it is for showing off, there is really nothing to show off for this appearance. After all, in the palace, it is not elsewhere, it is impossible that you have not seen the fruit of good appearance.

  Xu Mingyi held the fruit, leaned in front of him and sniffed it lightly, the fresh and fruity fragrance was tangy--even if she knew she seemed too suspicious, she still couldn't help thinking.

  At this time, Ah Zhu walked in from outside.

   "Girl." Azhu bowed and said, "Miss Cai has come to say goodbye to the girl."

  Xu Mingyi nodded and said, "Invite people in."

  Today is the day when Cai Jin leaves for Yunyao Academy——

  When Cai Jin walked in, with a smile on her face, she was dressed in a ginger-yellow shirt and her hair was neatly combed, and only a pair of plain silver plum hairpins was used on it.

   Although this dress was too plain, it made Xu Mingyi feel bright, especially the gleaming look between the opponent's brows and eyes.

  She couldn't help but think of the situation when she first saw Cai Jin. At that time, the other party tried to get close to her second uncle. He looked at the gentle and gracious, but he was restrained like he was wearing inappropriate clothes.

  At this time, Cai Jin in front of her was different at the same time.

   And it makes people feel that—this seems to be what she should have been.

  Therefore, only when people live in the world and put them in the right position can they be comfortable.

   "On the occasion of leaving, I made some snacks to say goodbye to the girl." Cai Jin smiled and handed the food box in his hand to Akui.

  Akui took it, and said in his heart: Miss Cai doesn’t have to be so polite...

   "I also prepared some things for Miss Cai." Xu Mingyi motioned to Akui to take it as he spoke.

Not long after, Akui held a heavy box in front of Cai Jin.

  Cai Jin hesitated for a while: "I have been harassing in your house these days. Miss Xu has helped me too much. If it is a valuable item, Cai Jin really can't take it anymore."

   "It's not valuable, but it's just ordinary pen and ink. Miss Cai went to Yunyao Academy to serve as Mr. Ren on this trip, and she sent some books and pictures to complement her."

  Hearing what the girl said, Cai Jin was relieved to accept: "So, thank you girl for the gift."

  She will surely let it go.

  "Go to Yunyao Academy, I hope Miss Cai feels at ease."

   Hearing these words, Cai Jin held the box to salute the girl, and said, "I also wish the girl a happy life, everything goes well."

  Xu Mingyi nodded, with a faint smile in his eyes: "Then I will borrow Miss Cai's good words."

  Cai Jin wanted to say goodbye. As he straightened up, he gently sniffed the fruity scent in the house, and couldn't help asking: "This seems to be... the aroma of lime fruit?"

   "Well, I got it from the womb a few days ago." Xu Mingyi said, and told Akui: "Bring Miss Cai to the college."

Cai Jin hurriedly smiled and said: "No need not, I just smelled the scent that I had smelled in my childhood, so I asked one more question-when I was in Jiangnan with my grandfather when I was young, I knew where I got the two plants. The seedlings were planted in the backyard garden. We have been planting them for several years. When the results are obtained, our sisters will use them to write and spread letters for fun. I still remember these interesting things."

  "Writing?" Xu Mingyi was half wondering, half aroused to guess: "Can this fruit be used to write?"

  This is not something that can be used as a dye like impatiens, how can it be written?

  Could it be the peel?

  "The fruit is used to squeeze out the juice, strain it cleanly, and use it as ink by dipping it on a pen."

Isn't    actually a peel?

   Xu Mingyi became more and more puzzled: "Is it really possible to write a word?"

  Even if it is written on it, it just leaves a little wet mark. When it dries, what else can be left?

Cai Jin said in a funny tone: "It's fun to be interesting here. You can't see anything after drying, but if you put the paper on the smoker and bake it, the writing on it will show up. , And can be kept for a long time."

  Xu Mingyi's mind seemed to have caused waves in an instant, and he mumbled and asked: "Really so..."

   "I don't know how many times I have used it." Cai Jin smiled and said: "I forgot which sister was the first to tinker with me. I just remember that I used to draw and write letters to each other."

  Xu Mingyi clenched his fingers slightly.

  The King of Xiang, the letter paper with too much blank space, the lemon fruit specially brought from Dianzhou...

  She probably understands what's going on!

Wu Chao and the prince even thought of alum before. The letter paper written with alum water prepared with water will show the characters after soaking in water... But this is not how to conceal it, many people know it. .

  Ke Ningguo is different.

  Most people don’t even know what Ningguo is, how can they think that Ningguo can also be used to write invisible characters, and the characters will appear after being roasted in a cage?

Xu Mingyi stood up suddenly and said, "Thank you Ms. Cai for helping me out. I have an urgent need to go out now, so I won't send Ms. Cai to Yunyao Academy again in the future. say--"

  Cai Jin was slightly startled, and nodded again and said: "Okay, then I'll wait for the girl to have time to sit down."

   Seeing Xu Mingyi walking out in a hurry, Tianmu also swayed to keep up-walking in such a hurry, isn’t it justified to eat something delicious?

  Akui handed the Ningguo to Cai Jin, and said quickly: "Miss Cai, I have to go with my girl, so I won’t give it to you."

   said, calling a second-class maid to come in.

  Seeing this master, servant, bird disappeared soon, Cai Jin stood up holding the box and a few lemon fruits, shook his head helplessly, but his eyes were full of smiles.

  She walked out of the front hall step by step, out of Xiyuan, her eyes slowly looking around.

  Zhen Guogong Mansion is really a good place.

  Because there is a group of lovely and lively people like Miss Xu and Mr. Xu.

  However, now she is about to start her new life.

  In the early summer sun, Cai Jin lifted her chin slightly, her whole body was surrounded by a faint fruity fragrance, and her lips raised and walked forward with a smile.

  ……

  Xu Mingyi changed into a man's outfit in the carriage, and brought Akui, who was dressed as a small servant, to the Pingqing Pavilion on Guangning Street.

  At this hour, there was a lively phenomenon in the Pingqing Pavilion at the beginning of the day. Five or six literati were sitting and eating tea at two tables in the hall.

  The buddy saw her and led people to the elegant room in the backyard—what did he say? Xuesheng Teahouse had better not give them a chance to perform!

  These few times, this girl and Shisun have met here.

  For Xu Mingyi, this is of course not without reason——

If it was just her and Wu Chao, the first choice would naturally be Xuesheng Teahouse, but because King Yan was there in recent times-King Yan is different from them, every move is stared at, and occasionally come here on weekdays to be lively and lively. There is nothing wrong with the Qing Pavilion. If you deliberately ran to Xuesheng Tea House where you can't see a few guests all day long, why not engrave the words "with ulterior motives" on your face?

  Wang Yan and Wu Chao arrived one after another.

  The difference is that the former is through the main entrance, while the latter comes in through the back wall.

  For the recent behavior of turning over his own wall, Wu Zhao's mood is complicated.

  "Can you bring the letter?" In the elegant room, Xu Mingyi asked Wu Zhao.

  Wu Yao nodded and took out the bamboo tube from his sleeve.

   Zhaozhao suddenly said that he wanted to see him, and he roughly expected that it might be related to this letter.

King Yan glanced at the stove under his feet and the smoke cage covered on it-ice basins are used in other places, why is there a stove next to his daughter-in-law?

   Before I had time to think deeply, I saw the girl spread out the letter paper and smoothed it out, placed it on the smoked cage, and took the tea cover on the table to press the two ends.

King Yan was puzzled for a while, but he didn't rush to ask, let alone stop anything, so he just drank tea quietly.

  Daughter-in-law does things like a daughter-in-law, he just waits and sees.

  Wu Chao had roughly the same idea, only saying: "Just tell me what you want to do, and stay away so that you don't get heatstroke again."

  This makes Xu Mingyi feel a little weird—are they not curious?

  She pressed her finger against the paper, and said: "I heard someone say today that writing with juice squeezed from lime fruit has similar effects to alum water——"

   said, his eyes lit up slightly, and he whispered: "Look at it."

Wu Chao looked over, and saw that the original blank space on the letter paper actually began to faintly reveal the text, at first it was only light yellow, as the letter paper was constantly roasted, the handwriting gradually turned into a clearly visible brown... !

  It's almost time to see, Xu Mingyi picked up the hot and hard letter paper and handed it to King Yan.

   King Yan took it seriously, and after reading the words on it carefully, his expression gradually changed: "Sure enough...!"

  It's not that he is too caressed!

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