Unconsciously, the light in the room dimmed, and Yu Tang realized that the sun had already set.

She stood up, rubbed her sore eyes, went out, called a servant and asked, "Master Yu and Master Yu haven't come back yet?"

"No!" the servant replied, and Yu Tang saw the second shopkeeper Tong walk in.

He is very similar to the shopkeeper Tong, not in terms of facial features, but in temperament. Both give people the feeling that they are very friendly and easy to talk to.

The owner of the inn is doing the accounting at the counter.

He asked the inn's owner, "Is the boss lady here? How is Miss Yu? I've been wanting to ask, but business is so busy today that I can't spare the time."

There are differences between men and women.

The inn's boss was too embarrassed to visit Yu Tang, and said, "She should be okay, right? I heard from the waiter earlier that Miss Yu went out and bought some things. She's even able to go shopping, so she's probably fine." But he didn't know whether she was fine or not. After saying this, he asked someone to call the boss's wife out.

The lady boss smiled and said, "Okay, okay! I just don't feel very energetic. But anyone would feel weak if they don't eat for a day!"

"That's good." Tong Er, the shopkeeper, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Third Elder of our family already knows that I used his name card to ask for a doctor for Miss Yu. If the Third Elder asks about the situation of the Yu family, I know how to answer!" Then he asked about Yu Wen and Yu Yuanlai, and found out that they had gone out early in the morning and had not returned yet. He said, "Then I won't go to visit Miss Yu. When Mr. Yu and Mr. Yu come back, please tell them for me. I will visit them tomorrow."

The boss and his wife agreed and sent Tong the Second Shopkeeper out.

Yu Tang was too embarrassed to go out and say hello, so he went back to his room.

When it was time to light the lamps, Yu Wen came back first.

He looked tired, and his smile seemed forced when the boss greeted him. He exchanged a few polite words with the boss and went back to his room.

When Yu Tang heard the noise, he went to his father's room.

"Sit down!" The tiredness in Yu Wen's eyes seemed to come from the bottom of his heart. He stroked his forehead and said, "Even if you didn't come to see me, I would have gone to see you. How are you today? Is your stomach still hurting? What are you doing in the hotel alone when we are not here?"

Yu Tang answered them one by one, then poured a cup of hot tea for his father, then sat down next to his father and asked, "Did something happen to you?"

Yu Wen nodded, holding the teacup but not drinking the tea. Instead, he stared at Yu Tang blankly with a deep and serious look.

Yu Tang's heart skipped a beat.

According to their previous plan, in order to avoid attracting attention, her father went to investigate Lu Xin's death to see if there was anything strange about it, while Yu Yuan went to find the master surnamed Qian to see if he could help uncover the "Songxi Diaoyin Tu" one more layer. Now that Yu Yuan has not returned, I don't know how the master surnamed Qian will answer Yu Yuan. It is definitely not good news for Yu Wen.

She held her breath and waited for her father to figure out how to tell her about this.

Yu Wen was silent for a long time before he said, "Atang, you are right! Your uncle Lu's death is probably in line with your guess!"

After hearing this information, Yu Tang felt relieved. She asked, "Could it be that Uncle Lu was murdered by someone?"

"I don't know if he was murdered, but he shouldn't have died like this." Yu Wen told Yu Tang in detail what he had found out. "Before your uncle Lu died, he still owed the rent of the inn and the wine money of the small restaurant at the entrance of the alley. Moreover, he just got in touch with the newly appointed Supervisor of Education, Yu Shi. I heard from the owner of the inn that he has been recommended by the Supervisor of Education, and he will go to the Imperial College in the capital to study in two days..."

Yu Tang frowned and said, "Could it be that Mr. Lu is just bragging?"

"Whether he was bragging or not, it was true that he was going to the capital." Yu Wen said, "He also found several acquaintances to raise money to pay for the accommodation and wine. The inn was fine, but the owner of the small restaurant heard that he was leaving and was afraid that he would run away without paying for the wine, so he sent his son to follow your Uncle Lu. The owner of the small restaurant said that his son saw your Uncle Lu go back to the inn to rest that night. He was afraid that your Uncle Lu would be called out to play in the middle of the night, so the son of the small restaurant owner waited until the second watch drum was beaten, and he went back only when he could not hold on any longer.

"Who knew that early the next morning, your uncle Lu was found drowned in Taohua River not far from the inn.

"I also asked the innkeeper, and he swore that he didn't notice your uncle Lu going out."

Yu Tang shuddered.

Yu Wen also looked gloomy.

Both of them felt that the situation was not good. They did not dare to continue investigating and make a fuss, nor did they dare to pretend to be ignorant and wait until the disaster happened.

For a moment, both father and daughter were at a loss.

Yu Wen could only comfort himself: "Maybe we are overthinking it. Let's wait until Ayuan comes back."

People who do business like Master Qian are usually very afraid of strangers. Today, Yu Yuan went there, but he did not bring the painting with him. Instead, he asked a friend who was very close to Master Qian to act as an intermediary and tried to ask Master Qian to do him a favor.

As to whether it will succeed or not is still unclear.

Seeing that his father looked a little depressed, Yu Tang could only say, "Dad, you haven't had dinner yet, have you? I'll ask the boss lady to bring some food up. The restaurant fried fish today, and I can smell the fragrance even when I'm sitting in the house."

This inn offers both meal packages and à la carte options.

Yu Wen and his friends didn't know how things would turn out. Since there was no package deal, they could only order a la carte.

"Let's wait for Ayuan to come back!" Yu Wen said dejectedly, and Yu Yuan came back.

He was in high spirits and said happily, "Uncle, Master Qian asked us to go there early tomorrow morning. He can give us a definite answer only after he has looked at the painting."

This is good news.

Yu Wen perked up, but Yu Yuan still saw something was wrong.

Yu Wen did not hide it from him and told Yu Yuan everything that had happened.

Yu Yuan said seriously, "Then we must be more careful tomorrow."

Yu Wen sighed and said, "Let's eat! Do your best and leave the rest to fate. We'll talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow."

Yu Tang hurried to order food.

After dinner, everyone who had originally planned to go to Xiaoheyu Street Night Market lost interest and went back to their rooms early.

Yu Tang continued to make the hair ornaments and did not go to bed until he heard the third watch.

When she woke up the next day, she heard Yu Wen talking to the shopkeeper, and Yu Yuan had already left with the painting.

However, he came back quite early this time.

He returned before lunch and left the painting with Master Qian.

With his eyes shining, he lowered his voice and said to Yu Wen and Yu Tang, "Master Qian has seen the painting and said that at least three layers can be peeled off and asked us how many layers we want to peel off. I thought it was a relief to bother him once, so I didn't hesitate and let him peel off as many layers as he wanted. However, it will cost five taels of silver more than before, and we can't get the painting until tomorrow afternoon."

Yu Wen had been in a low mood since he learned about Lu Xin's situation yesterday. Hearing this, he simply replied "OK" and directly gave the silver to Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan took the silver and went out again.