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"We still have receipts at home. Even if the voucher is gone and we take out the receipt, it will still be the same. A few days ago, a young man said that he forgot to bring the wooden sign. Finally, he checked the stored items with the receipt." The guy replied with a smile on his face.

"Okay, let's store it. Do you have the Shangwu brand?" Chu Huanyan asked.

"Wait a moment, I'll check it for you." The clerk quickly went to the counter next to him, rummaged around, checked the records, and finally came to Chu Huanyan embarrassedly, "Miss, I'm really sorry. Shang Wu is gone. It seems to have been decided by the previous young master. What do you think of Shang No. [-]? If you don’t like it, there is..."

"No, that's it. But can I see where it's stored?" Chu Huanyan interrupted the clerk.

"This..." The clerk hesitated, "Girl, don't worry, we will keep everything properly, but there are other guests' musical instruments in the storage area, so it's not easy to show people around."

"You little brother, is it possible that our lady still messes with other people's things?" Xian Yue immediately said, "Besides, the price of this guqin is not cheap. If it is stored in your shop, our lady can't even look at it. Take a look at the place where they are stored. If they are piled up in a random place, wouldn’t it be contaminating the instrument?”

The clerk was still hesitant, "Girl, I really can't bring you in without our shopkeeper's instructions."

"Can you please ask your shopkeeper over there? If it's okay, I'll take the pipa on the west shelf too."

After hearing Chu Huanyan's words, the clerk's eyes lit up again.

The pipa on the shelf and the guqin are really not cheap. If they can all be sold...

"Wait a moment, I'm going to ask our shopkeeper." The waiter said hurriedly, and then hurried to the backyard.

Not long after, he came back with a happy face, "Our shopkeeper said he can take you to see it, please come here."

Chu Huanyan took Xian Yue and signaled her to pick up the box containing the guqin, and followed the waiter into the backyard of the shop, and then into a house to the east.

There are many shelves in the room, and only about one-third of the shelves contain wooden boxes of different sizes.

The edge of the shelf was also marked according to Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu. Chu Huanyan walked to the position corresponding to Shang Liu, but her peripheral vision fell on the box corresponding to Shang Wu next to it.

The box was narrow and long, and it should contain musical instruments such as flutes.

"Girl, this house is cleaned every day by someone dedicated to it. Don't worry if you put it here. There will definitely be no problem."

"Okay." Chu Huanyan nodded, glanced at Xian Yue, "Put it up."

"Yes." Xianyue understood and raised her hand to put the box on the shelf. However, when she was approaching the shelf, her hand accidentally slipped and fell directly to the ground.Because the box was not closed tightly, the guqin inside fell down, and the two strings broke instantly.

The waiter on the side was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to check, but Qin was already like this and there was nothing he could do.

"This, this..." The guy looked nervous.

"Miss, this slave deserves to die, this slave is really too careless." Xian Yue knelt down quickly, "This box is too heavy, I accidentally dropped it."

Chu Huanyan frowned and looked at Qin on the ground, "I just paid the money, but you were so quick that you dropped it immediately. You made a mistake and thought your lady's money was blown by the strong wind."

Hearing this, Xianyue became even more nervous and apologized repeatedly.

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at the clerk, "Brother, can you ask your shopkeeper if this piano can still be repaired? Please."

The waiter looked embarrassed, but looking at Xian Yue's nervous and frightened look, and looking at Chu Huanyan who looked unhappy, he still had to speak hurriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll ask you right away."

With that said, he walked quickly outside.

After the others left, Chu Huanyan opened the box next to her. Inside was a jade flute, which looked to be of very good quality.

There is nothing hidden inside the jade flute. On the contrary, the silk cloth used to cushion the jade flute underneath looks uneven.

Hearing the faint voices coming from outside, Chu Huanyan quickly opened the flannel, took out the folded envelope hidden underneath, and closed the box again.

By the time the waiter and the shopkeeper came in, Chu Huanyan had already returned to the original position.

The shopkeeper looked at the broken piano on the ground, frowned, and then said: "Girl, I'm really sorry. Do you think we can repair this piano for you, or should you choose another one?"

The shopkeeper looked at Chu Huanyan as he spoke. Seeing that the other party's clothes were either rich or expensive, he secretly thought to himself that the piano had been broken into such a state, so they probably wouldn't want it anymore. But even though they broke it themselves, After all, this attitude is always displayed in their shop.

"Does the shopkeeper think this piano can still be repaired?" Chu Huanyan asked.

"This... it's possible, but the end of the piano is a little damaged. If it's repaired, I'm afraid it won't be exactly the same."

Hearing this, Chu Huanyan said with some disappointment: "That's all, I'll let the shopkeeper take care of this piano for me."

"Don't worry, do you want to pick again?" the shopkeeper said respectfully.

"Forget it for today." Chu Huanyan shook her head, and then said to the clerk, "I asked you to lead the way, but I won't check it in today."

"You're welcome." The waiter said quickly, and then asked with some caution, "What about that Pipa you just took a fancy to?"

"I still want the Pipa. I'll take it away later." After saying that, Chu Huanyan glanced at Xian Yue and said, "Go and pay."

"Yes, slave, I obey." Xianyue responded quickly.

Seeing that the matter was solved so easily, the shopkeeper invited Chu Huanyan out with a smile on his face.

After Xianyue paid the money, Chu Huanyan took it and left the musical instrument shop.

It wasn't until she got on the carriage that Chu Huanyan took out the envelope from her sleeve.

After opening it, the letter paper inside turned yellow, but the handwriting was still clear, and the instructions for the poisoning by Imperial Physician Jiang were clearly written word for word. In addition, there was a small flat porcelain bottle.

"This time, it should be true." Chu Huanyan said softly.

It seems that before Jiang Zhou went to the Jiang Family Courtyard, he stored his things in this musical instrument shop and stuffed the wooden sign into the gap in the courtyard wall.Then when he came here for the second time, he used the receipt and hid the evidence in the box under the pretext of checking.

He was indeed careful. If he hadn't found something in the crack in the wall, who would have thought that such important evidence would be placed in a musical instrument shop on the roadside.

Chu Huanyan looked at the box in front of her and couldn't help but sigh after a moment.

Being so careful, in fact, if the death of his family members was not too heavy, Jiang Zhou might not want to touch the evidence at all, and he would not even want to take the wooden sign with him.

After all, to him, the original evidence was like a sharp sword hanging above his head. If he touched it even slightly, he might face a threat to his life.

But after everything was exposed, this evidence became the only life-saving straw he could rely on. But unfortunately, precisely because he hid the evidence so well, it made it more difficult to get it, and he died before he could get it.

Chu Huanyan was lost in thought. Xian Yue looked at her young lady and couldn't help but ask, "Miss, are we being watched completely?"

Chapter 316: News about Mr. Shen Xi

Chu Huanyan came back to her senses and looked at Xian Yue, "Why do you ask?"

"You obviously have a brand, but you don't use it directly to get it. Instead, you go to such trouble. Isn't it because you are afraid of being known?" Xian Yue's tone was a bit nervous.

Chu Huanyan smiled, "Indeed, no matter what I said in the palace, Emperor Xiao can't be completely relieved, so there must still be people watching." Hearing Chu Huanyan's words, the look on Xian Yue's face He suddenly became more and more nervous, and then spoke as if to comfort himself.

"Then, Miss, you have quietly taken away the evidence now, so it shouldn't arouse any more suspicion, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case." The smile on Chu Huanyan's face faded a little, and she shook her head gently, "I quietly took the evidence, just because I didn't want to attract attention so quickly. But this does not guarantee that Emperor Xiao will accept You won’t find this musical instrument shop when you come down.”

As long as you pay attention to this place and send someone to investigate carefully, you will know sooner or later that Jiang Zhou has been here before and stored things here.

In this situation, the only competition between them and Xiao Emperor was speed.She discovered the wooden sign first, so she got the evidence first, that's all.As for the rest, sooner or later I can't hide it.

"Then what should we do?" Xian Yue pursed her lips and looked at her young lady worriedly, "Miss, why don't you leave the imperial city first and go to Cuiheng Mountain to find His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Leaving hastily at this time will arouse suspicion." After saying that, looking at Xian Yue's nervous look, Chu Huanyan comforted her, "Don't worry, Emperor Xiao will not attack me easily."

At least not yet.

The next day, at night, when Chu Huanyan was preparing to go to bed, she received news that Mr. Shen Xi was seriously ill.

"Can this news be confirmed?" Chu Huanyan frowned as she looked at the boy who reported the news.

"Miss Qizhen, there should be no problem. According to your instructions, we have been paying attention to the news. This has just been sent back." The young man quickly replied.

"How serious is it?" Xianyue stood aside and couldn't help asking.

"According to the news coming back, it looks very dangerous. There is no medicine or food available. I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for long."

Chu Huanyan's heart sank, and she said in a daze: "My wife passed away not long ago, I didn't expect the teacher to..."

"Miss, don't be too sad. Maybe, maybe the news sent back is wrong. Maybe Mr. Shen Xi is in good health." Xian Yue advised.

Chu Huanyan shook her head, "I'm afraid it won't get better. The teacher and the teacher's wife have a deep love. Now that the teacher's wife is gone, I'm afraid that the teacher... even if he can be cured, he doesn't want to live alone in this world."

Taking a deep breath, Chu Huanyan said to Xianyue: "I have to see the teacher."

"But Miss, didn't you say during the day that you can't leave rashly under such circumstances?"

"I can't care so much anymore. I didn't get any news when my wife went there, and I didn't see her for the last time. Now that the teacher is seriously ill, I have to go see him no matter what."

Chu Huanyan's tone was serious, with a hint of indignity. When she was about to continue speaking, she suddenly paused and gave instructions to the boy again.

"Go and find out, is Mu Feng from the Third Prince's Mansion still in the Third Prince's Mansion?"

"Yes." The boy responded quickly.

An hour later, Xianyue simply packed her luggage for Chu Huanyan and waited until dawn the next day to leave. The boy who had inquired about the news also came back.

"Miss Qizhen, according to the news we heard, Mu Feng has left the Third Prince's Mansion this morning and is leaving the city immediately."

"I know." Chu Huanyan nodded, "It seems that he has also received the news."

After sending the boy away, Chu Huanyan sat in the room with a solemn expression.

"Miss, don't worry, we will leave the city early tomorrow morning, and we will definitely catch up." Xian Yue comforted, "You'd better take the time to take a rest now. When you start to rush, you won't be able to have a good rest. .”

It's late at night now, and the city gates are closed, making it impossible to get out.There is no use for the young lady to sit here.

"Xianyue, have I ever mentioned teacher and mistress to you?"

Xian Yue sighed, "I heard the young lady mention it once or twice, but I didn't say much in detail."

In the past, the young lady supported the Ning'an Hou Mansion. Not only did she have a lot of troubles, but she also had to work hard to run the shop. The young lady mentioned very little about the past.

"They were really nice to me. Speaking of which, I was too ruthless and heartless. I never visited them after I left." Chu Huanyan said in a low tone.

Although it was two lives apart, since the Qushui River Banquet, she would often think of some past memories, which were fragmentary but very warm.

"Miss..." Xian Yue knelt down and held her lady's hand, "Although I have never met Mr. Chen Xi or his wife, I know that they will not blame the lady."

Seeing Xian Yue's serious look, Chu Huanyan tried her best to curl her lips and smile.

"Okay, you have to leave with me tomorrow, so go and rest early."

"Miss, servant..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Chu Huanyan gently patted the back of Xian Yue's hand, "Go and put out the candles in this room."

"Yes." Xianyue nodded, and quickly walked to the side and extinguished the candles one by one.

The candlelight swayed, and the shadows cast by the light also swayed, adding a touch of depression to the silence.

Above the window, a black shadow flashed past and disappeared as the candlelight went out...

The next day.

After Chu Huanyan arranged the affairs of the Hou Mansion, she quickly left.

In addition to Xianyue and four or five servants who were following her on the surface, there were four secret guards following her secretly.

After leaving the imperial city and heading south, we had to hurry up and didn't take much rest along the way. It wasn't until noon that the carriage stopped and the group rested in the forest to eat some dry food.

"Miss, drink some water." Xian Yue walked up to Chu Huanyan holding the water bag.

Because I was hurrying on my way, I didn't stop when I passed by the inn half an hour ago. Now I can only make do with it in the forest for the time being.

"I'm not thirsty." Chu Huanyan shook her head and looked at the forest as she spoke.

The sun is shining brightly today, and the woods it shines on are warm and have a bit of a spring atmosphere.

"Miss, the official road in front seems to be blocked." The servant frowned and reported.

"What's going on?" Xianyue asked.

"It seems that a carriage lost control and crashed into the oncoming convoy, causing a commotion. Things were scattered all over the floor. They are now being slowly cleaned up." The servant paused, "I estimate that if you want to pass, you will have to wait. a period of time."

"Miss, how about we rest in the forest for a while?" Xian Yue said to Chu Huanyan.

The latter frowned, "Is there any other way?"

"Yes." The young man said quickly, "Miss, I know a way. You can avoid that part of the road by going west through the forest."

Chu Huanyan's eyes fell on the boy, "Have you passed by?" (End of Chapter)