Chapter 450

In the twinkling of an eye, two days later, under the close attention of Xiao Qi, there was no other action in the Hunan palace.

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

"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 as the shopkeeper.

At this time, there were no guests in the shop. The man immediately picked up the curtain and went into the backyard. As a result, he saw a pigeon standing on the stone table.

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

The pigeon cooed twice, as if urging.

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

The pigeon seemed to have finished the process, flew away from him, got into the pigeon cage and buried himself in eating.

"..." the man drew his cheek.

I lost all my letters and have a face to eat!

This journey, it is afraid to run a lonely!

No, in order to prevent the secret letter from falling into the hands of others and causing trouble, he needs to send a letter to inform the prince immediately

The man thought and turned to the study.

……

At the same moment, Xu Mingyi happened to be thinking about it in the government house of Jingcheng Town.

Two days later, there was still no new discovery in the letter from the king of Hunan.

In other words, there is no so-called strange thing at all. It is because she believes that the king of Hunan has cooperated with the enemy, so she subconsciously concludes that there is a problem with the letter - in fact, it may be just an ordinary home letter.

But in this way, the clue is broken.

On the surface, the king of Xiang seems to have no brains and tricks. In fact, he is very cautious. One or two can be seen from the frequency of patrolling by his family's soldiers.

To this end, she and Wu Tsui guessed yesterday that the vigilance of the king's house of Hunan was so heavy. Could it be precisely because there might be evidence of the king's collaboration with the enemy?

But even if the answer is yes, under such circumstances, they can't just break in and look for it. It's too risky not to say it aimlessly

Another is Xiao Qi. No, the secret letter cut by Tianmu——

The letter was sent to Dianzhou, which is far from the capital. It is obviously not safe to rely on a carrier pigeon alone - Wu Tsui said that in this case, the carrier pigeon should take the letter out of the capital, and then the people of the king of Hunan should return it to Dianzhou in person.

If the Xiang King's people can't receive the agreed letter, they can say it a day or two. After a long time, they will send a letter to inform the Xiang king about the situation.

At that time, the king of Hunan will be more and more alert, and it will be more difficult to get evidence.

Thinking of these, Xu Mingyi could not help but slightly frown.

At this time, the cry of Tianmu suddenly came into her ear.

Xu Mingyi looked up and saw the big bird fluttering down from the chair, shouting and shaking his head.

Seeing that the big bird seemed to be stimulated by something, Xu Mingyi couldn't help asking, "what's the matter?"

Standing at the table, ah Kui, who was stirring the tea, pointed to the thing at hand: "... The maidservant didn't see it just now and asked Tianmu to steal this."

Xu Mingyi looked in the direction of her fingers and saw a plate of sliced lemon fruit.

At the sight of this thing, Xu Mingyi felt acid in his teeth.

Look at the big bird shaking its head and muttering in her mouth, which seems to be swearing, and she knows it.

The lemon fruit is very sour. I didn't eat it directly. The silly bird wants to taste everything. This time it's kicked on the iron plate.

But——

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

Lemon fruit is not common in Beijing, and now it is not the season for the fruit to mature. She doesn't remember hoarding it in the ice cellar in the mansion last year.

"It was given by the Empress Dowager in the palace before her birthday." ah Kui said, "it's said that his Highness the king of Hunan brought it from Dianzhou and presented it to the palace along with other specialties - several princes and envoys from afar presented many new things. Our family also got a lot. A few days ago, the girl went out with Princess Yufeng and was not at home. My wife specially asked someone to keep it for her."

Most of Xu Mingyi didn't listen to the back words.

"Did the king of Xiang bring this lemon fruit?" her attention was focused on this sentence.

Seeing ah Kui's look, Xu Mingyi nodded his head. Xu Mingyi got up to the table and picked up a complete lemon fruit.

The peel is yellow and green, not big, and the appearance is not smooth

She once saw in the medical books that the fruit of Caragana was introduced from a foreign country only in the former dynasty, and the time is still short, so not many people know it. Moreover, when it comes to planting, the climate in Dianzhou is not suitable for its growth - you can probably know this by looking at the appearance of the product in her hand.

Therefore, why did the king of Hunan bring it to the capital as a specialty of Yunnan?

And they can be assigned to the government of the town. I expect to bring a lot. It's not timely. It's very difficult to store it on the road alone.

If it's to show off, there's really nothing to show off. In the end, there's no other place in the palace. It's impossible to have never seen real and good fruits.

Holding the fruit, Xu Mingyi leaned in front of her and sniffed it gently. It was fresh and fruity - even though she knew she seemed too suspicious, she couldn't help thinking.

At this time, ah Zhu came in from the outside.

"Miss." ah Zhu saluted and said, "Miss Cai has come to say goodbye to the girl."

Xu Mingyi nodded and said, "please come in."

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

Cai Jin walked in with a smile on her face. She was dressed in a ginger wide Luo shirt, with a simple and neat bun, on which only a pair of plain silver plum hairpins were used.

Although this dress is too simple, it makes Xu Mingyi feel bright in front of him, especially the glittering look between each other's eyebrows and eyes.

She couldn't help thinking of the situation when she first met Cai Jin. At that time, the other party tried to get close to her second uncle. She looked gentle and flattering, but she was as tied up as if she was wearing ill fitting clothes.

At this time, Cai Jin in front of her was different from that at that time.

And people can't help feeling 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.

"Before leaving, I made some snacks to say goodbye to the girl." Cai Jin smiled and handed the food box to ah Kui.

Ah Kui took it and said to herself: Miss Cai, you don't have to be so polite

"I also prepared some things for Miss Cai." Xu Mingyi motioned ah Kui to get them.

Before long, ah Kui held a heavy box in front of CAI Jin.

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

"It's not valuable. It's just ordinary pen and ink. Miss Cai went to Yunyao academy to serve as a teacher and sent some articles of the study to match."

After hearing the girl say this, Cai JinFang was relieved to accept it: "so thank you for giving it to me."

She'll be fine, Jane.

"I'm going to Yunyao Academy. May miss Cai be comfortable and happy."

Hearing this sentence, Cai Jin saluted the girl with a box and said, "I also wish the girl well and everything goes well."

Xu Mingyi nodded with a faint smile in his eyes: "then borrow Miss Cai's auspicious words."

Cai Jinben wanted to say goodbye. When he got up, he gently sniffed the fruit fragrance in the house and asked, "it seems... The aroma of lemon fruit?"

"Well, I enjoyed it in the womb a few days ago." Xu Mingyi said, and ordered ah Kui: "bring some to Miss Cai to the Academy."

Cai Jin quickly smiled and said, "no, no, I just smelled the fragrance I had smelled when I was a child. That's why I asked one more question - when I was a child, when I was in Jiangnan with my grandfather, my family knew where to get two seedlings, and then planted them in the backyard garden. After planting them for several years, when the results came, our sisters used to write letters and make fun of them. I still remember these interesting things."

"Writing?" Xu Mingyi was half surprised and half aroused speculation: "can this fruit be used to write?"

This is not something that can be used as dye like impatiens. How can you write words?

Is it the peel?

"Take the fruit, squeeze out the juice, filter it clean, and dip it in the pen as ink."

Isn't it a peel?

Xu Mingyi was more and more puzzled: "can you really write words?"

Even if it is written, I think it will only leave some wet marks. What else can it leave when it is dry?

Cai Jinna said in an interesting tone: "it's interesting here. You can't see anything after drying, but if you bake the paper on the fumigation cage, the handwriting on it will appear and remain for a long time."

Xu Mingyi's mind seemed to set off waves in an instant and murmured, "is it really so..."

"I don't know how many times I've used it." Cai Jin said with a smile, "I forget which sister first instigated it. I only remember that I often used it to draw and write to each other at that time."

Xu Mingyi slightly clenched his fingers.

Xiang king, leave too much stationery, specially brought lemon fruit from Dianzhou

She probably knows what's going on!

Wu Tsui and Wang Ye even thought of alum before. The letter paper written with prepared alum water will show words after soaking in water... But this method is not how to hide. Many people know it.

But lemon fruit is different.

Most people don't even know what lemon fruit is. How can they think that lemon fruit can also be used to write hidden words, and the shape will appear after being roasted in a fumigation cage?

Xu Mingyi stood up and said, "thank you, Miss Cai, for helping me solve my doubts. Now I have something urgent to go out, so I won't send Miss Cai away. I'll go to Yunyao academy to talk to Miss Cai again in the future."

Cai jinlue was stunned, nodded and said, "OK, I'll wait for the girl to sit down."

Seeing that Xu Mingyi hurried out, Tianmu also hurried and staggered to keep up with him - isn't it reasonable to go in such a hurry to eat delicious food?

Ah Kui handed the lemon fruit to Cai Jin and hurriedly said, "Miss Cai, I have to go out with my girl, so I won't see you off."

Then he called a second-class servant girl in.

Seeing that the master, servant and bird soon disappeared, Cai Jin stood up with the box and some lemon fruits, but shook her head, but her eyes were full of laughter.

She walked out of the front hall step by step, out of the Xi garden, and looked around slowly.

The town government is really a good place.

Because there are a group of lovely and fresh people like Miss Xu and Mr. Xu.

But now she's going to start a new life.

In the early summer sun, Cai Jin raised her chin slightly, with a faint fragrance of fruit lingering around her, raised her lips and walked forward with a smile.

……

Xu Mingyi changed into a man's dress in the carriage and came to the Pingqing hall on Guangning street with a Kui dressed as a boy.

At this time, there was a lively scene at the beginning of the Pingqing hall. Five or six literati were sitting at two tables in the hall eating tea.

The man 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 show!

These times, the girl and Shisun met here.

For Xu Mingyi, this is certainly not without a reason——

If it's just her and Wu Tsui, the Xuesheng teahouse is the first choice. However, because King Yan is different from them in recent meetings, his every move is watched by others. It's understandable that he occasionally comes to the busy Pingqing hall on weekdays. If he deliberately runs to the cold place where few guests can be seen all day, he must engrave the word "ulterior motives" on his face?

King Yan and Wu Tsung arrived one after another.

The difference is that the former goes through the front door, while the latter comes in through the back wall.

Wu Tsung's mood is complicated by his recent behavior of repeatedly turning over his own wall.

"Have you brought the letter?" Xu Ming asked Wu Chiu in Ya's room.

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

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

The king of Yan took a look at the stove under his feet and the smoking cage covered on it - ice pots have been used in other places. Why is there a stove next to his daughter-in-law?

Before I could think deeply, I saw the girl unfolding and smoothing the letter paper, putting it on the fumigation cage, taking the tea cover on the table and pressing the positions at both ends.

The king of Yan was puzzled for a moment, but he didn't ask in a hurry, and didn't stop anything. He just drank tea quietly.

The daughter-in-law naturally has the truth of the daughter-in-law. He just has to wait and see.

Wu Tsui thought the same thing, only said, "tell me what you want to do, and stay away from it, so as not to get caught in the heat again."

This makes Xu Mingyi feel a little strange - aren't they curious?

She gently pressed the paper with her fingers and said, "I heard today that writing with the juice squeezed out of lemon fruit has a similar effect as alum water -"

Then his eyes brightened slightly and whispered, "look."

Wu Tsui looked over and saw that the blank space on the original stationery began to appear faintly. At first, it was only light yellow. As the stationery was constantly roasted, the handwriting gradually turned into a clearly visible Brown!

Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Mingyi picked up the hot and hard letter paper and handed it to the king of Yan.

The king of Yan took it in his right color. After carefully reading what was written on it, his face gradually changed: "indeed...!"

It's not that he is careless!