Just when Hua Qiao couldn't find another earring, slightly disappointed, and had no clue, Hu Yanjin beckoned to her by the bed, signaling her to come over.

Hu Yanjin pointed to some fine powder on the side of the foot of the bed, and asked the buckwheat: "The taste here is a little stronger, can you see if those powders are sulfur powder?" ”

Hua Qiao squatted down, knelt on the ground on both knees, holding an oil lamp, and leaned into the bottom of the bed with half of her body. The tips of her fingers clutched at something.

Hu Yanjin spread out his palm, and Hua Qiao put the things on the tips of his fingers, which were a few black particles. He leaned under his nose and sniffed, but all he could smell was the sulfur just now.

"What is this?" Hu Yanjin couldn't judge it, and asked Hua Buckwheat in a low voice.

Hua Buckwheat shook her head and said, "I don't know, these particles are covered under the sulfur powder, I just think that they are not like ordinary stone particles on the ground, there is something strange." I'll take it home and show Daddy, maybe he'll know something. ”

Speaking of Hua Qiao's father, Hu Yanjin immediately praised with admiration: "Your father is really well-informed and knowledgeable!" ”

Hua Qiao almost couldn't hold back her laughter: "You only know, my father knows the glorious history of your ancestors, you praise him like this, and when you see his true ability, don't you praise him to the sky?" ”

"No, he knows the stars in the sky."

Hu Yanjin's teasing, Hua Qiao's disappointed and helpless heart just now also lightened a lot. The two laughed lightly, but didn't dare to say more, Hua Qiao took out a plain veil from his arms, and asked Hu Yanjin to put the few black particles in the veil and wrap it.

Hu Yanjin took the oil lamp in Hua Qiao's hand, she was about to stand up with her hands on the ground, but her eyes swept to a lacquered wooden box under the bed.

This box should be some years old, probably often dragged and rubbed on the ground, and the vermilion paint on the bottom edge of the box has fallen off a little.

Hu Yanjin followed Hua Qiao's eyes, he also saw the box, and immediately didn't say a word, got in and gently pulled the box out. In fact, it was really gently pulled, the box was not heavy at all, and there should not be anything inside.

There was an ordinary wide lock on the box, which was like it didn't exist for Hu Yanjin. He pulled out a strange-looking key from his bosom and gently slipped it through the keyhole.

Hua Qiao saw that a miraculous thing had happened: the key tongue of the key in Hu Yanjin's hand would move, and the key tongue would stick into it, and it would get stuck when it reached the right position, and he twisted it again, and the lock was opened.

Before he had time to think about why Hu Yanjin had such a key, Hua Qiao was already attracted by the contents of the box.

The box is not large, and there is a half-new pine blue sweat scarf, a string of sandalwood bracelets, and a large folding fan, these items are the things used by men at first glance.

Hua Qiao picked up a wood carving figure on the side, the handiwork is not exquisite, but the carving is a bit like Miss Guo, which can be regarded as having a heart. She couldn't help but think of what she saw that day, Miss Guo lying in the coffin, facing the face of the wooden man, Hua Qiao was a little stunned.

Hu Yanjin, who was squatting next to him, glanced at the portrait and asked in a low voice, "Do you like it?" ”

Hua Qiao reacted, put the portrait back in the box, and then replied to him in a low voice: "These may be Xiao Jiuru's things for Miss Guo." The relationship between the two is really good......"

If the two have a good relationship, they have to send something. Hu Yanjin secretly remembered.

On the way here just now, Hu Yanjin had already told her that the young man with the little wine pot was actually named Xiao Jiuru. The damn accent caused Xiao Gongzi to make a small wine pot for a few days in vain. The two of them were still snickering in the alley.

Hu Yanjin picked up the two books at the bottom: one is "The Biography of Yingying" and the other is "The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu".

The Ming Dynasty banned dramas, and the sons and girls who had read the books liked to secretly watch these love stories. Especially when pursuing young girls, giving such a book is almost no different from confession.

The two laughed secretly in their hearts: It seems that Miss Guo dares to make a private agreement with Xiao Gongzi for life, and she also has the guidance of the scriptures. It's a pity that both books are tragedies, and how can they not end like this?

After Hu Yanjin picked up the book, he revealed a small thing pressed under the book. Hua Qiao's eyes were sharp, and he immediately reached out and picked it up, this was the earring that Hua Qiao wanted to find but didn't find just now.

Hua Qiao hurriedly took out another one in his sleeve pocket, yes, it was a pair.

She couldn't wait to put the earring in the box under the light to take a closer look, and there was a small "such as" engraved on the pendant. Xiao Jiuru's "such as".

There was nothing to do during the day, she took the earring on the male corpse and thought about it while looking at it, the light was good during the day, and she found that there was a very small "dust" word engraved on the bottom of the pendant. Miss Guo's name is Guo Qingchen, and the last one is the word "dust".

Hua Qiao guessed that the one on Miss Guo's body should be engraved with the word "pot". Now that I know Xiao Gongzi's real name, it will naturally not be the word "pot", but "such as".

It seems that this pair of earrings is the object of love between the two of them. Now that things are wrong, the two of them will also return to the loess, and it is embarrassing to think about it. Hua Qiao did not put the earrings back, but received a pair in her sleeve pocket.

Hu Yanjin locked the box and put it back in place. The two blew out the oil lamp, put the bedcloth on the window back up, and jumped out of the room.

Hu Yanjin was about to jump out of the courtyard wall with Hua Qiao's waist around him, when Hua Qiao suddenly noticed something, pressed his arm, and pointed to the corner of the wall.

The two of them walked over, and there were two thin-necked porcelain vases in the corner, lying crookedly on the ground, and there were some old things piled up next to them that were ready to be thrown away. It's about sorting it out, and I haven't had time to throw it out yet.

Hu Yanjin bent down and picked up a porcelain vase. The two of them looked at each other, and immediately knew what it was.

Hua Qiao knew that it was because she kicked such a coarse porcelain bottle, a sealed porcelain bottle containing mercury, at the door of the gold shop today.

Hu Yanjin knew that it was because of the coarse porcelain bottle that Hua Buckwheat kicked was the one he took out from the backyard and put there to remind Hua Buckwheat to pay attention.

Hua Qiao took the thin-necked porcelain bottle in Hu Yanjin's hand and grabbed it in his hand, and pointed to the wall again, Hu Yanjin understood, and jumped out of the courtyard wall with Hua Qiao.

After walking a few steps out of the wall, Hua Qiao shook the bottle in his hand and said, "There is evidence of mercury, this is the bottle containing mercury!" We'll go to the gold shop right away and leave a bottle of theirs for comparison. ”

Hu Yanjin nodded, and the two walked along the wall towards the gold shop on Fulu West Street.

But as soon as they arrived at Fulu Street, the two of them were surrounded by several guards who jumped out of the shadows.

Oh no, thinking about the bottle, I actually forgot that the imperial grandson is also on Fulu Street, and martial law is here at night!