"Is this a picture?"

Subconsciously, both of us leaned forward. He straightened the silk squid on the table, then looked carefully, and I also looked at it. This silk squid was the first time I saw the closed look. There was a clear trace of the boundary in the middle, which was in the center of the Li character, but no matter what, the Li character was finally complete.

The characters are very good. I don’t know whose writing is, and they look smooth and flowing. If you look at them just as one character, it is a good character.

But what about the picture?

Both of them looked at each other for a while, then subconsciously raised their heads and looked at each other, Qinghan said, "This silk handkerchief is--"

I said, "If the rumors are correct, it was given to your father by my mother."

"oh?"

I told him what happened before, and he quietly finished listening and said softly: "It turns out that even my sister's name was chosen by Mrs. Yan."

I said, "I don't know about this. I was young and I had no impression of these things. I'm afraid she didn't remember them much. However, when I took Miaoyan to Jixiang Village, my housekeeper Uncle Ai came to Jixiang Village and told me about some past things. He also gave me what my mother left behind. At that time, I asked him about some things from that year and realized that Hexiang's name was given by his mother."

He listened and smiled bitterly: "She does not remember much."

After laughing, he lowered his head and looked at the silk veil and said, "Just just now, the Supreme Emperor wanted to find something from Xichuan. If the hiding place was really recorded on this veil, why did Mrs. Yan hand over this thing to her father? And--"

His eyebrows were twisted into a lump.

"How could this be a picture?"

What bothers us the most now is perhaps not why my mother gave this handkerchief to Liu Shizhou. After all, the handkerchief embroidered with Liu Li's name, maybe it was just a small gift after she was named. As for such a gift, it was very common. Liu Shizhou should have had a great conversation with his mother back then, and even felt like a close friend of each other. In this case, it was not uncommon to give something.

The problem is that this so-called "treasure map" is not a single picture after looking at it.

It's just the word "Li".

After watching for a long time, Qinghan said, "Can you make a mistake?"

I was silent for a moment and said, "I think it's unlikely that Lord Liu died for this thing, how could he get it wrong?"

He frowned when he heard me say this, and looked down for a while, but no matter how he looked, it was just an ordinary silk squid, torn in half and merged into one place, without any specialness.

At this time, the hearts of the two of them were already a little confused, and I couldn't see that it was so. I obviously felt his breathing became a little anxious. I clenched my fists irritably, and I whispered: "Don't be anxious. If there is really something hidden on this silk sliver, it was also left by Lord Liu for you and Concubine He. We will definitely find out the clues."

He said, "But, I asked my sister about the past, and she almost didn't remember it."

I said, "At that time, she was still young. I heard from Aunt Liu that she had not yet left her head when she arrived in Yangzhou. How could she remember what happened at such a young age?"

When he heard me mention Aunt Liu, his mood calmed down a little.

He looked down for a while and could not see any clues. He raised his head and looked at me and said, "Qingying, do you think, if there is really something like that, if the hidden clue is really on a picture, will your mother hand over this picture to my father?"

I thought for a while and said, "I heard from Uncle Ai that Lord Liu once took you children to Xishan Academy to attend the erudition conference that year, where I met my mother. By the way, they met, but they were recommended by Mr. Fu."

"Oh? Teacher?"

"Yes." I said: "I heard from them that their views on some things should be very consistent. It can be said that they have a great conversation and a deep friendship. I think if it weren't for this, my mother wouldn't have named Hepeng."

Qinghan nodded.

It can be asked others to name their daughter, which shows that Liu Shizhou and his mother should have been a confidant at that time, so that she could be like this.

Since we are close friends...

Qinghan thought for a while and murmured: "So, this is really possible."

I thought about it and said, "Maybe it depends on what the Supreme Emperor wants to find."

Speaking of this, both of our breathing stopped for a while.

If I guessed this with others, I might not remember it, but if I guessed with Qinghan, there was an answer that was about to come out in my mind.

Almost at the same time, both of us said-

"Folang Machine Cannon?!"

After saying that, I gasped and Qinghan's face suddenly became solemn.

Judging from the time, it was when Xichuan bought artillery from the overseas Florian Kingdom, and his mother did hide the batch of artillery. Although we had always guessed that it was overseas, it turned out that it was not the case later. The whereabouts of those artillery are still unknown.

So, if the Supreme Emperor was really looking for those cannons, if the mother really put the clue on a picture, if, she really handed the picture to Liu Shizhou—

I lowered my head and looked at the word Li, my heartbeat was almost shaking out of my chest.

Qinghan's voice also became a little hoarse due to the sudden tension: "Is this really the case?"

“…”

"Is this really going to be?"

I can't speak.

Is this really the case? I don't know.

What I don’t know even more is why my mother gave Liu Shizhou a “map” as Liu Li’s name.

Why did she do this?

Just when I was confused inside, Qinghan suddenly said, "No."

I looked up at him: "What's wrong?"

He said hesitantly, "Didn't your mother have left you a picture back then? That picture."

When I heard this, I recalled it again, and then I suddenly remembered it.

Yes, the key that Uncle Ai left for me when he went to Jixiang Village. Later, when he opened the iron box at the Tie Family Money House, he took out two things in total, one of which was a jade plaque for exemption. I already knew what was going on. Another one was a translucent gauze that looked completely useless. Later, when he was in the Yan family, he was taken away by Yan Qinghan. He said that it was a picture left by his mother, and the one marked on the picture was the location of the hiding the Bolang machine cannon.

Qinghan said, "Isn't that picture the map that hides the Bolang machine cannon?"

"Yan Qinghan said so, but—" I looked up at him and hesitated: "But we went to sea and didn't find it."

I clearly remember that I used the position of sitting cross-legged in the lotus to help myself close my five consciousnesses, enter the deepest part of my spiritual realm, copy the pattern on the translucent gauze, and then decided that I should go to Zhoushan.

Later, although we did meet the Flying Clouds and the Iron-Face King there, in fact, the Flang machine cannon was not hidden at the sea, and my mother did not hand over the cannon to them.

Therefore, that picture is not a map of the hiding the Folang machine cannon.

But the picture now is not the case!

Both of us were a little confused. The complexity of this matter completely exceeded our imagination. What was my mother doing back then? Why did two pictures appear? But one of these two pictures completely pointed to the wrong place, and the other one had nothing at all, only the word Li.

Was she teasing the people who later wanted to find the Florian artillery?

Hearing me say this in a angrily and embarrassed manner, Qinghan calmed down a little more. He thought for a while and said, "I think Mrs. Yan is not such a person."

“…”

"She is a very serious and cautious person. She should think carefully about everything, even if - even if she really wants to hide something, if she doesn't want people to find it easily, she won't leave so many clues; if she wants people to find it, she won't give something wrong."

“…”

"I think there must be something in between, and we didn't understand."

When I heard him say this, my originally a little irritable mood slowly calmed down.

Indeed, although judging from many things now, maybe I don’t know what the thoughts were hidden under my mother’s quiet smile, but she was my mother after all, and she couldn’t have been wearing a fake mask in front of me.

If she really leaves something, then I will be the only one who can find it.

After all, the translucent drawing was left for me with a jade plaque that she wrapped in.

...

My heart suddenly beat.

Feeling my breathing stopped, Qinghan raised his head and looked at me: "Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

I said, "Qinghan, do you have that kind of translucent gauze scarf on your body?"

He shook his head: "How could I have something like that?"

I immediately said, "I'll find someone right away. No matter what, I'll find a piece of gauze for me, and I want pen and ink!"

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately got up and walked out.

This Tiejia Village is located in a remote area and is all villagers who rely on mining and ironmaking to make a living. Where can they get such good silk? Fortunately, Pei Yuanhao brought people and Ye Yunshuang's body happened to have a translucent, very thin gauze scarf.

Qinghan asked someone to go over and ask, but after a while, Empress Hepeng borrowed it and sent someone to deliver it.
Chapter completed!