Chapter 161 Sudden Clue
Su Zihuai followed and looked, "Yes, it's true. I only understood it after you explained it to me. I didn't even know what was drawn on it before."
He Rongjin sighed slightly, "Who told you not to read? You don't even recognize Qiao Zhen's "Yellow Oxen Picture"."
"If you don't know me, then I don't know me. I don't rely on these things to make a living." Su Zihuai said nonchalantly.
At this time, Zhao Yan said to Yu Huatang, "The crispy pork here is pretty good. Would you like some more?"
Yu Huatang was stunned for a moment and refused, "No thanks."
Zhao Yan looked at Anfu and the others again, "Don't just focus on eating, pour tea for Miss Yu."
Anfu said, "Sir, ...we know."
How could they dare to just focus on eating? It was obvious that they didn't dare to eat. The people at the table next to them were all acquaintances of the Third Madam. Today, these servants were sitting with the Third Madam again. They felt very uncomfortable. Not to mention eating, they didn't even dare to drink water.
If Yu Huatang hadn't signaled them to eat several times, they really wouldn't have dared to pick up their chopsticks.
He Rongjin and Qiao Qingxian looked at Yu Huatang at the same time, as if thinking about something.
The not-so-quiet meal finally ended, and then everyone went upstairs.
The journey was indeed very tiring, and she only felt a little relieved after taking a shower and lying in bed at night.
In the middle of the night, Yu Huatang was awakened by a loud noise and someone shouted that there was a ghost.
Yu Huatang stood up, lit the candle, put on his clothes and walked out. Qingxing and Zhao Yan opened the door at the same time.
"Master, did you hear anything?"
Yu Huatang nodded, and Zhao Yan told Anfu and the others to light lanterns and follow.
The door on Qiao Qingxian's side was open, and someone could be vaguely heard talking inside.
Zhao Yan signaled her to stop, and he took An Fu and An Yuan in.
The person inside said, "There's a ghost, Zhao Yan. I just saw a ghost, but it scared me to death."
Zhao Yan comforted him, "Could it be that you saw it wrongly, or that you are dazzled?"
Qiao Qingxian put on his clothes and said, "How is it possible? I must have seen it wrong. It's a female ghost with such long hair, hanging from the beam. I don't dare to live here anymore. I'll go live with Ziyou later."
After saying this, he hurried out. When he saw Yu Huatang at the door, he asked in surprise, "Miss Yu, why are you here? Stop looking. I'll have someone burn some paper money here tomorrow. I wonder if someone died of illness here before. It's really unlucky."
Yu Huatang said calmly, "Where did you see it? I'll go and take a look." She held the lantern and went into the room.
He Rongjin and the others were also woken up by the loud noise and came over to take a look, putting on their clothes.
Yu Huatang walked in, looked at the beams, and said slowly, "There seems to be something up there."
Zhao Yan signaled An Yuan to take it down. Qiao Qingxian, who was outside the door, heard it and followed him in, not knowing where he got the courage from.
The thing was quickly taken down. It was a brocade box with a square twill pattern. There was no space around it and no one knew how to open it.
Yu Huatang looked at it for a while and said to Qingxing, "Go get my tools."
Soon the things were brought over. Qiao Qingxian stared at them intently. Yu Huatang turned her fingers and pushed the mechanism lock inside to operate. At the last moment, she took the box and opened it in a direction where no one was. Suddenly, a shadow puppet with long hair jumped out from inside.
It was exactly what Qiao Qingxian said, a female ghost.
Zhao Yan looked over and asked, "Someone wants to kill you?"
Qiao Qingxian shook his head, "I'm a mediocre official, so it shouldn't be that serious."
Everyone was puzzled. Qiao Qingxian said to Yu Huatang, "Miss Yu, since you can open it, can you guess why this is here?"
She nodded and then shook her head. "I think this might be a coincidence. Perhaps someone has used this to scare someone to death before. Or perhaps it's because of the privacy of the house. Someone used this to kill someone invisibly, but was afraid of being discovered, so they took the opportunity to come to the post station and secretly hid it in the beams."
"If they made this thing themselves, then they're a master of mechanisms. Look, this automatic rotating mechanism, few people in the world can make it. If they hired someone else to make it, it would have cost a lot of money."
Qiao Qingxian looked at her gratefully. "Thank you for your help. If it were anyone else today, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to open this box. I'll have someone go back and investigate what you just said. Please keep this a secret for me."
Everyone nodded. The matter was over, but it was still a little unbelievable and everyone was a little nervous.
Qingxing was a little scared, so she slept with Yu Huatang.
Zhao Yan couldn't sleep for a while and was afraid that something else might happen, so he stood in front of her door and didn't leave immediately.
He Rongjin and Qiao Qingxian were not sleepy either, so they came over.
He Rongjin asked, "Why isn't Qibi sleeping?"
Zhao Yan said, "I can't sleep for a while."
She asked again, "I just saw... she seems to have changed a lot. I heard she's a craftsman now, but generally skills are passed down from father to son, not from father to daughter. She's not afraid..."
If you hang out with a bunch of men, it will be hard to get married in the future. Besides, craftsmen are not considered respectable in some aspects.
Zhao Yan looked at her, her luxurious clothes reflecting the light under the lamp, his eyes full of confusion and doubt, even some disdain.
But it was Huatang who used her own experience to encourage more women to study and pursue art, to bring them more income, and to help them change their originally hopeless lives.
It was obvious that He Rongjin in front of him was living a luxurious life only because of the fame and achievements of her ancestors, and had made no achievements compared to those women.
But it is such a person who is still high and mighty.
He wanted to explain, but he chuckled to himself and finally said, "It's her choice."
Qiao Qingxian, standing by, understood the implication and said, "Miss Yu made a good choice. Women have a thousand ways to live and a thousand ways to behave. Now she can teach her apprentices and support herself. Some men are not as good as her. I heard that last year, Quanzhou's commercial port had already established exchanges with the Turks, and Miss Yu even used the Tiangong Lantern to thwart the Persian's evil ambitions. His Majesty now attaches great importance to the Ministry of Works, and his expectations of the world's craftsmen are getting higher and higher."
"Miss Yu's actions this time are indeed better than those of an ordinary man."
Zhao Yan also nodded in agreement.
The two talked for a while, and Qiao Qingxian was so sleepy that he went back to his room alone.
At this time, the sound of rain outside became louder. Zhao Yan listened to the sound and a look of uneasiness appeared on his face.
He Rongjin knew that he was waiting for the rain to stop. His mother in the capital was still waiting for life-saving medicine. Although she looked down on Yu Huatang, she also knew that she was the only one who could get the medicine at this time.
Such was her fate. When the time came for her to get married, she was told that the man she loved in her youth was already engaged. He later divorced her. People in her clan said that Zhao Yan had also expressed his willingness to marry her.
But at that time, everyone in the capital was saying that they were bullying an orphan girl, that the Zhao family was hypocritical, and that she had lost her womanly integrity.
She was arrogant at that time and could not stand it. She flatly refused what her family said and asked her aunt to introduce her current husband.
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