After the note was coated with a special powder, the writing became invisible.
"Burning it with fire or pouring water on it is useless. Only by applying a special potion made by the craftsmen can the writing be made visible." Zou Yun explained without raising his head as he rolled up the fingernail-sized letter tube.
This is also why Tianshu Pavilion dares to ask these birds to deliver messages all over the world.
One of the reasons is that the birds have received special training and are not easy to be caught. But the more important reason is that even if the letter box on the bird unfortunately falls into the hands of outsiders, outsiders may not be able to open the letter box which is the size of a fingernail but contains a mysterious message.
Even if you are lucky enough to open the mailbox, you won’t be able to understand the contents of the letter without the medicine powder.
The Saker Falcon with the mailbox tied to it disappeared into the night, but Zou Yun did not leave.
"Miss Wei, yesterday I taught you how to exercise your wrists. Did you persist in practicing?"
Zou Yun's eyes swept towards Wei Yunlan's wrists which were covered by the wide sleeves.
Wei Yunlan lifted up his sleeves and tied a wristband-like thing tightly around his wrists with a silk ribbon.
If you look closely, you can see that it is not a wrist guard at all, but a sandbag that is specially sewn into a circle and looks more delicate.
Quite heavy.
"It just so happened that my sister-in-law made two pairs for Jiayan to practice calligraphy. I took one pair and added some fine sand into it."
Wei Yunlan had been tied up for a whole day and had not been untied even when going out. When he was untied now, his wrists and forearms were a little red from being tied up.
Zou Yun picked it up and shook it. It was indeed not light, even about one or two ounces heavier than the weight she requested.
She had been staying near the Wei family for several days and had already recognized most of the people living in the Wei family's courtyard.
Hearing this, I was curious, "Such a young child, does he have to tie sandbags on his hands to practice calligraphy?"
Wei Yunlan nodded. "The Wei family has always had this tradition. It was also the same when my brother, Mingxuan and I were learning to read."
Zou Yun only knew that the instructors in the pavilion would let them tie sandbags to their wrists during training in order to help them better control hidden weapons, thereby increasing their wrist strength and flexibility. He had just learned that the same was true for calligraphy practice.
I can't help but sigh, "It seems that whether it is learning literature or martial arts, it is not easy."
As she spoke, she took out a bag of copper coins that she had prepared.
"Miss Wei, let's use this to practice our skills and accuracy first. After two days, I will send you some of the special hidden weapons in the pavilion."
"Thank you for your help." Wei Yunlan thanked him.
Zou Yun quickly waved his hand and said, "Miss Wei, why are you being so polite? This is all the master's instructions."
Wei Yunlan's cheeks turned hot, and her ears, which were hidden by her hair, also turned a little red.
In order to hide this subtle emotion, she coughed lightly, picked up a copper coin on the table, and said hurriedly: "It's getting late, let's get started quickly."
…
It was not until the moon was high in the sky and it was past midnight that Zou Yun left the Wei family courtyard.
After she left, Wei Yunlan practiced alone for more than half an hour facing the target nailed to the wall according to the techniques she taught him.
She didn't stop until she was standing at the other end of the room and every time she threw a coin, it hit the circle in the center of the target.
The result of practicing for most of the night was that I woke up late the next morning as expected.
When Wei Yunlan got up, his family had already had breakfast.
Wei Maolin went to the City Affairs Office to take up his duties. Wei Mingxuan and Xiao Jiayan were standing in the yard, practicing boxing with Dong Da and Liu Quan. Fourth Miss Bai was holding a bowl of osmanthus curd, standing in the shadow under the eaves, looking up from time to time at the people practicing boxing. Gao and Cheng Yue'e were sitting in the main hall facing the yard, one flipping through the account book, the other embroidering with her head down.
When Wei Yunlan came out of the house, Fourth Miss Bai's eyes were immediately drawn to her, "Sister Wei."
Seeing Wei Yunlan stop and look towards her, she raised the osmanthus yogurt in her hand a little higher and said crisply, "Sweet!"
Hearing the noise, Gao put down the account book in her hand and asked Guixiang, who was standing by, to bring another bowl of osmanthus yogurt.
"It's just been made, and Ah Zhi likes it very much. Lan'er, try it." Gao said, pointing to the next door, "The Ding family sent a can of osmanthus honey early this morning, and we're using this to make osmanthus yogurt today."
"I see." Wei Yunlan took the small bowl from Guixiang and took a sip with a spoon.
Osmanthus yogurt is cool and smooth, with a sweet aroma of nectar. It has a unique flavor when eaten in a charcoal-burning house in late autumn or early winter.
"By the way, Lan'er, someone sent you a note this morning." Seeing that Wei Yunlan had almost finished eating, Gao spoke.
"So early?" Wei Yunlan looked at the sky in surprise. Although she got up a little late today, it was not yet past noon.
I don’t know which lady I met at the flower-viewing banquet yesterday, but she was so anxious that she posted the invitation so early in the morning.
Most likely it was the enthusiastic and cheerful Miss Tu, or Miss Wu who had mentioned several times to go horseback riding and hunting outside the city.
Thinking of this, Wei Yunlan took the post from Ningshuang and unfolded it.
Neither.
The post was not sent by Miss Tu or Miss Wu.
But it was Qiu Yuehua.
Invite her to go horseback hunting in the southern suburbs outside the city tomorrow.
Also accompanying them will be several other young ladies from military families in Beiguan City, such as Miss Tu and Miss Wu, whom Wei Yunlan just remembered, and Huang Yuling, with whom she had a pleasant conversation yesterday. They are all invited.
"Miss Qiu... is she the one I saw in front of the mansion yesterday, from the family of General Qiu?" Gao frowned slightly. She obviously did not have a good impression of General Qiu, who relied on his status to act arrogantly in Beiguan, and Miss Qiu, who relied on her father's name to be arrogant.
"It's her."
"Although Miss Qiu is a bit arrogant, she is not a bad person."
Wei Yunlan briefly recounted what happened at the banquet yesterday.
Hearing her describe what happened yesterday so calmly, Gao and Cheng Yue'e couldn't help but show pity in their eyes.
When Gao heard that Liang Qiuyi was deliberately pretending to be sincere in front of everyone and using the divorce to make things difficult for her daughter, her face darkened and she said coldly, "She actually dared to cause trouble for you. She really has not changed her bad habits."
"Mom, did you know Liang Qiuyi before?" Wei Yunlan was a little surprised.
Before being exiled from Beijing, the Wei family and the Liang family had never had any dealings with each other.
And even if there was any intersection, it should be with the first branch where Madam Liang was, rather than the little-known second branch of the Liang family which was completely dependent on the first branch when they were in Beijing in the past.
"What did Liang Qiuyi do wrong in the past?" Wei Yunlan was quite confused. What could have happened that even her own mother knew about it?
She vaguely guessed that the reason why Liang Qiuyi had not yet decided on a partner might be related to this matter...
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