On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Huo Zhongmao took a step forward and lowered his voice.

"Princess, these spices have many functions. Some can make people unconscious, and some can make people hallucinate. This is true for burning incense, and it is also true for making candles."

Yan Ruyu's heart moved slightly, thinking of the smoking candle last night.

In coma? No, Boss Wu is already dead. Hallucinations? No, either.

She and Huo Changhe exchanged a glance, and Huo Changhe immediately understood: "Let them take a small piece back and have a look."

Huo Zhongmao had something else to do, so Yan Ruyu asked him to go and went to the eldest lady's courtyard with Huo Changhe.

Halfway through breakfast, I heard voices outside the yard, which sounded like Zhao Yan's voice.

At this time, they should be back from shift change.

Zhao Yan did not come to pay a visit, and Yan Ruyu did not care. She left after the meal.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw Zhao Yan and Feng Shao were still waiting.

"Princess," Zhao Yan stepped forward quickly and bowed, "I just knew you were having dinner, so I didn't dare to disturb you."

"Something's wrong? What happened last night?"

Zhao Yan said, "Princess, Brother Jin took me to the Wu family's study and looked at a picture. I will come back and draw it for you."

Jin Ding asked Zhao Yan to draw a picture? Yan Ruyu looked at Huo Changhe, who also said he didn't know about it.

"What picture? Where is it?"

Zhao Yan quickly explained: "It is the picture that appeared on the corpse."

He gestured on his body: "At this position."

Yan Ruyu suddenly understood what those candles were used for and immediately said, "Let's go and paint."

Zhao Yan was brought back to the yard and asked to draw a picture. Feng Shao told the story of Jin Ting taking Zhao Yan into Wu's house last night.

As for what specifically happened in the study, he did not see it with his own eyes.

Although he heard Zhao Yan say it afterwards, Feng Shao did not speak nonsense and let Zhao Yan speak for himself later.

Zhao Yan was drawing seriously. Yan Ruyu was watching him and secretly sighed that there really were people like him in the world who could remember everything they saw. This was the power of talent, which ordinary people could not learn.

After a while, Zhao Yan finished drawing the picture: "Okay, Princess, please take a look."

Huo Changhe said: "Tell me clearly how this picture appeared last night and what happened in the end."

"Yes." Zhao Yan respectfully explained the whole story in detail.

At the end, Jin Ting poured ink on the corpse, and Huo Changhe was speechless.

This is indeed something that Jin Ding can do.

However, given the circumstances at the time, this was indeed a good idea.

"Afterwards, Brother Jin took me away. I don't know what happened after that."

After Zhao Yan finished his story, Yan Ruyu said, "Zhao Yan, you painted very well. You did a good job on this matter. Go to the account office and get ten taels of silver as a reward."

Zhao Yan said quickly, "No, no, it is my blessing to be able to work for the princess, how dare I ask for any reward? Besides, I have no worries about food and clothing now, and everyone treats me very well. I have simply fallen into a happy nest."

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "You deserve this reward for your meritorious service. However, don't tell anyone else about your ability except you two."

Feng Xiao rolled his eyes and whispered to him, "The princess is afraid that you will be harmed by others. Your ability is too scary."

Zhao Yan nodded seriously: "Okay, okay, I'll remember that."

"Go ahead and get the silver."

The two left happily.

Huo Changhe looked at the picture and said, "This looks like a map."

"Yes," Yan Ruyu ran her finger across the map, "These are place names, Your Majesty, have you never heard of them?"

Huo Changhe shook his head: "No, I have been in the Northwest for so many years. I am almost familiar with the mountains and rivers, but I have never heard of these place names."

"This picture is on Boss Wu. Perhaps," Huo Changhe groaned for a moment, "this is the root of the disaster that brought him death."

"Then this map must be extraordinary," Yan Ruyu said, "Old Master Wu insisted on taking his body back and surrounded it with candles. There must be something added to the candles, and the smoke rising can make the map appear."

"I have sent someone to get some candles. When they come back, we will know the answer."

Yan Ruyu lowered her head and took a closer look: "This map is not complete, it should be only a part of it."

Huo Changhe looked at the broken mountain range and said, "When the weather warms up, send someone to look for it and see where this place is."

It's still cold now, and mountains like this must be covered with ice and snow. Not only is it difficult to enter the mountain, it's also very dangerous.

Yan Ruyu put the map away and said, "No hurry. The importance of this thing depends on who it is for. It may be important to the Wu family, but not necessarily to us. It is really not worth taking risks for an unknown place."

"Let's wait and see what happens and decide based on the situation."

As he spoke, the secret guard brought a candle.

"I'll go to the spice shop and look at the account book. I'll let Zhong Mao take a look when he comes back."

Huo Changhe wanted to accompany her, but Yan Ruyu put a cloak on him and said, "Your Highness has many things to do, and I don't have anything important to do here. Don't accompany me all the time. Let's go our separate ways."

"Okay, then you must be careful in everything. I'll let Yin Ding follow you."

"it is good."

Huo Changhe went out first, leaving Yinding behind to listen to Yan Ruyu's instructions.

Yan Ruyu calculated the date and found that the day after tomorrow would be the full moon banquet for Governor Cao’s grandson.

She took out the small box containing the jewelry, opened it, and couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.

It has to be said that for the secret guards who are skilled in making hidden weapons, this is an easy task.

Gold necklaces, gold bracelets, longevity locks, small lucky bags, a whole set of gold jewelry that represent good luck and are suitable for giving to children.

There is also a red cloth bag next to it, which contains six longevity locks. They are different from the children's ones, they are bigger and not as cute. There are auspicious animals engraved on them, and each one has a word on it.

There was a small box inside the box. Yan Ruyu opened it and couldn't help laughing at the first sight.

I took out the things inside and couldn’t put them down. It was really fun.

There were voices outside. Yan Ruyu put the things back into the small box, took the box out separately and put it into the space.

Just as I finished packing, Linlang's voice came: "Master, the silver ingots are here."

"Let him in."

Yinding came in happily and bowed.

Yan Ruyu asked, "What are you so happy about?"

Yinding smiled and said, "Zhao Yan received a reward for his meritorious service and gave some silver to his subordinates."

"It was only ten taels in total, and he divided it among you?"

"Two taels per person," Yinding smiled, "He's a nice guy."

"Princess," Yinding whispered, "I want to treat them to a meal. Can you tell the shopkeeper to give me a 20% discount?"

"A 10% discount is fine."

Yan Ruyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even if I give you a 50% discount, two taels of silver won't be enough, right?"

"That's definitely not enough, but I'm definitely not taking advantage of the two taels of silver. We're brothers, so there's no need to worry so much. When he gets a reward, he remembers me, and when I do something good, I remember him. Only when we interact, we become closer."

"They call me Brother Tuotuo, so I have to act like one."

Yan Ruyu: “…” That does make sense.

"Okay, take the token and the bill will be waived."

Yinding's eyes widened: "That won't do."

"what happened again?"