Chapter 513, Potion
The next day after deciphering how the Eighth Prince transmitted messages, Daohua got up early in the morning and asked Qin Xiaoliu to return to Ningmen Mansion. At noon that day, she saw him coming with a lot of things.
After seeing this, Xiao Yeyang picked up a transparent cone-shaped cup and asked, "Didn't you ask Liulichang to make these things before? What are you moving here for?"
Daohua instructed Qin Xiaoliu to put the things in the pharmacy: "You'll know later."
Gu Jian stood aside and watched with his lips pursed. Ever since he got an apprentice, half of the area of his pharmacy no longer belonged to him. This morning, it was even worse. The little apprentice occupied some of his space and put a long table in it.
At this moment, watching his apprentice continuously moving things into the pharmacy, he felt that there might be no place for him in the pharmacy in the future.
The iron stand, alcohol lamp, measuring cylinder, rubber-tipped pipette, distillation flask, burette, mortar, wide-mouth bottle and other glassware were placed on the table one by one by Daohua.
"Okay, you guys go out, I'll tell you when I get the stuff out."
As he said that, he pushed Xiao Yeyang out.
Xiao Yeyang was pushed out and looked at the closed door. He glanced at Gu Jian in confusion and said, "Master Gu, do you know what Daohua is going to do?"
Gu Jian snorted: "I'm not the worm in her stomach, how would I know?" Then he left with his hands behind his back.
Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment, glanced at the pharmacy and went back to the house. Now that he had cracked the Eighth Uncle's method of transmitting information, he had to make good use of it and try to accumulate more merits. Today was the eighth day of the first lunar month, and it was time for Yan Wenkai and the others to go out on their errands.
Daohua tinkered in the pharmacy for more than two days. On the morning of the eleventh day of the first lunar month, she came out of the room. As soon as she came out, she jumped to Xiao Yeyang and handed him a note.
"This note contains my secret, you decipher it."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua, who was in a good mood, took the note, opened it, and found that there was nothing written on it: "Did you take the wrong note?"
Daohua shook her head and said, "How could I have taken the wrong one? Please crack it quickly and let me see your skills."
Xiao Yeyang frowned: "But you didn't write anything on it."
Daohua smiled mysteriously: "You haven't even checked it yet, how do you know I didn't write anything?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at the rice flowers and picked up the note to study it.
Granny Gu and Gu Jian sat aside and watched, both with curiosity on their faces.
Seeing Daohua's smug look, Xiao Yeyang frowned. Gu Jian tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help it and stood up and walked towards Xiao Yeyang: "Let me see."
Xiao Yeyang handed the note to Gu Jian.
Gu Jian flipped through the white paper in his hand and looked at his apprentice with some suspicion. Could it be that this girl was deliberately making trouble for Yang?
Suddenly, Xiao Yeyang called Defu over: "Go, light a candle."
Soon, Defu came over with a candle.
Xiao Yeyang quickly placed the note on the candle flame to warm it up.
Seeing this, Daohua smiled and said, "Not bad, you actually know this."
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua dimly: "I know this isn't strange, but it's a little strange now that you know it."
Daohua's expression froze. Oh no, she had become too proud of herself.
"Ahem~"
Rice Flower stretched out her neck and said, "I am well-educated and talented, but this is not acceptable."
Xiao Yeyang didn't pursue the matter further. Seeing that there was no trace of anything left on the fire-baked paper, he asked in confusion, "You didn't use the potion to write on it?"
Daohua immediately asked, "Why? Has someone already used potions to write on paper to pass on messages?"
Well, after hearing this, Xiao Yeyang and Gu Jian both knew what lawsuit Daohua was suing them for.
Xiao Yeyang: "Of course there is. I have seen related records in the library of the imperial palace. However, this practice does not seem to be common, mainly because the potion is rare." As he said, he looked at Daohua.
"You're not going to tell me that you've been making potions in the pharmacy these past two days?"
Daohua was a little disappointed that her work failed to impress the ancients. She went to the pharmacy with a pout and soon came out with two glass bottles.
Looking at the colorless transparent liquid in the glass bottle, Xiao Yeyang and Gu Jian's eyes flashed.
Daohua opened one of them, dipped a cotton swab prepared in advance in some liquid, and then began to apply it on the paper. Soon, a line of words appeared on the white paper.
"Xiao Yeyang is a stupid pig!"
Defu spoke quickly. After reading the words on the paper, he immediately retreated with his neck shrunk.
Xiao Yeyang watched Defu leave with a chill in his heart. When he could no longer see him, he picked up the note and read it carefully: "Hey, the handwriting is getting blurry?"
Rice Flower: "After a while, the words will disappear completely."
Xiao Yeyang's eyes lit up: "This thing is good for transmitting messages." Jinling Guard was originally responsible for collecting and transmitting intelligence, so this is just what they need.
Daohua smiled and said, "That's right. Although the Eighth Prince's method of transmitting messages is secretive, if the messages are too frequent, it would take too much time to search for the corresponding ones word by word."
"Using my potion is much less troublesome, and it's absolutely safe. Unless you have a matching potion for revealing words, even if you summon a deity, they won't be able to detect the message being conveyed."
Gu Jian suddenly said, "Why are the words on the note so small?"
Daohua immediately smiled and said, "Master, you have a good eye. You found this so quickly." Then, she took out a golden fountain pen as if presenting a treasure and said, "I wrote with this."
Gu Jian took the pen and looked at it: "You are really extravagant, making a pen with gold."
Daohua smiled and said, "Isn't it very high-end and classy?"
Gu Jian glanced at her sideways, took the paper, wrote a sentence on it with a pen, and then imitated Daohua to dip the medicine and apply it.
Daohua quickly stretched her head to look over and said, "What's written on it? Let me see."
"Yan Yiyi is also a stupid pig!"
Looking at the revealed handwriting, the smile on Daohua's face froze instantly, and she looked at her master with an indescribable expression.
Gu Jian was quite happy: "This is a good amount. I will keep it for you."
Xiao Yeyang was anxious when he heard this: "Master Gu, can you give me this pen first? I will have someone make an identical one for you."
Gu Jian swiftly put the pen into his arms and said two words decisively: "No." After that, he walked towards Grandma Gu and sat down again.
Xiao Yeyang wanted to persuade her, but was stopped by Daohua.
"I have some more. I asked the goldsmith at the gold shop to make a few more. I'll give them to you later."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang immediately laughed: "Okay."
Daohua pointed to two bottles of transparent potion and said, "This one is for writing, and this one is for revealing words. Don't mix them up next time."
Xiao Yeyang: "Is this made for me?"
Daohua glanced at him sideways: "You are talking nonsense, I don't need this."
The smile on Xiao Yeyang's face deepened.
Daohua added, "You have to use this potion sparingly. The ingredients for making it are a bit hard to find."
Xiao Yeyang: "Tell me the materials you need and I'll get them." Just as he was about to put the potion away, Gu Jian spoke again: "Leave some of that potion for me too."
Xiao Yeyang was a little unhappy: "Master Gu, what are you going to do with it?"
Gu Jian glared at him: "Can I use it for research?"
Xiao Yeyang: "Okay, I'll leave some for you."
Seeing him being so stingy, Gu Jian was speechless. At the same time, he glared at his apprentice angrily. It turned out that the girl was extroverted. When she got good things, she didn't know to present them to her master first.
Rice flowers blinked innocently.
(End of this chapter)
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