Chapter 317 An unexpected letter
It is impossible to set off tomorrow. The nearest auspicious day for traveling is the day after tomorrow. However, we can set off back to Qinghe Village early in the morning the day after tomorrow.
My husband has already prepared the existing books, made a list of homework, how to contact me next, and how often he will come.
In terms of life, Zhuangzi has already taken care of matters here, and the things that need to be purchased are also prepared, and some of the items will be delivered before dark.
What is left that is not ready?
To pay homage to Master Zhou, I will go there later.
There seems to be no more.
Gu Wenxuan pondered for a moment and decided to leave early the day after tomorrow.
Before he went out with Zhou Banxia to pay homage to Master Zhou, he asked Zhi Ming to go to the escort agency himself.
In fact, half of the people from the Shunyi Escort Agency who came back from Zhending Mansion with them still had to escort the others to Baocheng Mansion, but the manager of Dingzhou Mansion where the Escort Agency was located also told him.
Because Dingzhou Prefecture is located between Zhending Prefecture and Baocheng Prefecture.
Therefore, the escort agency's branch in Dingzhou Prefecture often receives escort orders, and it is convenient to form a convoy.
But, at the end of the day, it would be safer to send Zhi Ming to make a formal trip to place the order, but I don’t know where Yun Chengming, the young boss, is escorting the team to now.
Zhiming is very fast.
Gu Wenxuan had just returned to Zhuangzi with Zhou Banxia to pay homage to Master Zhou. The couple was about to split up when Zhi Ming came back.
According to the instructions of taking care of Wenxuan, he placed an order and made an appointment to meet up at the branch point in Dingzhou Prefecture at noon the day after tomorrow. He found out that Yun Chengming had returned directly to Qingyang County recently and got a stack of letters.
In other words, Yun Chengming escorted the car directly back to Qingyang County from Baocheng Prefecture to Dingzhou Prefecture. Calculating the time, there was almost a hope that they would meet on the way back.
It had been more than three months since he had seen Yun Chengming. Apart from the letters he received from the escort agency during this period, to be honest, Gu Wenxuan really missed his brother Yun.
Looking at the pile of letters, there was also a wooden box that Zhi Ming said was given to Yun Chengming by shopkeeper Hu, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
It's not like the couple didn't want to go home. Why was Yun Chengming so anxious as soon as he learned that he had recently traveled from Zhending Mansion to Dingzhou Mansion, he asked his entrusted senior brother to bring him here.
A stack of letters.
No need to open it to know that it comes from Uncle Zhang, Zhang Dazhuang, from Gu Yourong, the head of Zhuangzi Village in Fucheng, and from neighbors I met while preparing for the exam in Fucheng.
Very important?
We can't wait for a moment. Do we have to send it to Dingzhou Prefecture first?
Zhou Banxia quickly opened each letter and took a rough look at it. "Nothing in the letter mentioned any big deal, something big that needs to be dealt with by us."
"It should be that Gu Yourong was in a hurry when he handed over the things to Yun Chengming, which caused Yun Chengming to misunderstand. Look at what's in Aunt Mei's little box."
It is said to be a small box, but actually compared to the dowry box, this wooden box is not big. Without the outer wooden frame, it is about the size of a bedside table.
It's about the same height as a bedside table, but a little wider.
Then cut the outer layer of linen with scissors to create a makeup box.
Seeing this, Zhou Banxia felt moved and opened one of the small drawers.
There was a letter inside. He handed the letter to Gu Wenxuan and continued to open the small drawer.
Another letter.
Then handed it to Gu Wenxuan.
"This letter was written by Aunt Mei."
"I know that Aunt Mei will not do the following."
The corner of Gu Wenxuan's mouth twitched. As for it, Mrs. Qian's letters had to be placed in a small drawer. "Is there any mystery in this?"
"There must be more."
Don't look at it. Compared with the pair of boxes that Mrs. Gao gave her in her trousseau, this box was not inlaid with gems or gold or jade.
But who is Mrs. Qian? She dared to invest in her master since she was a little maid. The reason why she went to all the trouble to bring the makeup box was definitely not because she couldn't find the box. "Look, the splint."
Gu Wenxuan frowned when he saw Zhou Banxia taking out the brocade box from the cupboard door, as well as the gauze and colorful forgings of unknown materials, and then finding a letter next to the plywood of the small drawer.
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal.
It must be very important. Without mentioning Mrs. Qian, there is no way Aunt Mei would just leave it here and ask someone to send it to her. ”
When he said this, he seemed to have guessed what was written in it.
Gu Wenxuan was not suspicious, but was 100% sure that his wife must have used some code words when communicating with Mrs. Qian when they were in Zhending Mansion.
"Look, what is this?"
Opening the envelope, Zhou Banxia took out the paper inside and opened it to see another piece of paper folded in the middle.
When I opened it, I saw Mrs. Qian's hairpin with small characters on it.
It roughly describes the background of the company that produces cardboard boxes in Quanzhou Prefecture, which I have never been able to find out before.
Gu Wenxuan looked closer and said, speechless, "Is this the reason? I thought something had happened so that outsiders wouldn't know about it."
"Is this good for people to know?"
"You have forgotten the huge dowry left by your master's mother, who was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family who once ran the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
No matter how young he was back then, how could he still not investigate whether his great-grandfather had enemies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
If you think about it again, even if there are no enemies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, sir, would you still not know who is protecting the company that produces cardboard boxes for candy packaging?
Are you looking far away from the near? Didn't I tell you to leave this matter to me?
I see how anxious you are. Before I could say anything, I contacted Mrs. Qian again. ”
Zhou Banxia couldn’t laugh or cry, “What a huge injustice!
I mentioned this matter to Mrs. Qian before, but He Lai contacted her again.
No, you said you haven't had time to say it yet?
You've already heard about it, why are you hiding it from me? Okay, you're such a good driver, you've hid a lot of things from me! Come on, tell me, what are you hiding from me? ”
Damn you, I still want the bad guy to file a complaint first!
Gu Wenxuan glanced at her sideways, "Don't have time. Before I could inquire, sir, I heard from Zhang Qingshan that it was a royal business."
"Cardboard box?"
"Sugar cubes."
"That's pretty much it. No wonder it's sold exclusively and the price is so expensive that no one is finding fault——"
Midway through the words, Zhou Banxia's hand froze, "That's not right, Xuanzi, that kind of gift box candy didn't exist in the founding of the Liang Dynasty. It only appeared a few decades ago. That senior still left behind some recipes?
As far as I know, when the senior introduced sugar beets, even beetroots were used to make sugar. When the founding of the People's Republic of China, no one heard that he hid the recipe and kept it exclusive to the royal family.
Didn't my uncle say before that it was initially the same as salt, but later it was listed as a war preparation material, and then it was handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the founding of the country, and then the sugar recipe was in the hands of the powerful?
From this point of view, it doesn't seem like the senior left the recipe, and hundreds of years have passed before the royal family exclusively deals in this candy bar, right? ”
"Important."
"Fangzi is from overseas?"
"Yes, according to what Zhang Qingshan said, the owner's surname is Chen, and his ancestor is the King of Liang, that is, Taizu. His mother's descendants have caravans looking for recipes..."