On the way home, Shangguan Peining suddenly asked curiously: "Chai Yan, what did that man do when he brought a basin full of soot?"
Chai Yan thought in his mind: "That one, it is said to be used to test the body of a jade girl."
"Tell me, how did you test it?" At this time, Shangguan Peining's tone was like a curious little girl.
Chai Yan said: "I really know what you're asking about. There are generally two old methods for checking a woman's body. The first one is nothing, but the second one makes people blush..."
"Stop showing off and tell me!" Shangguan Peining looked very curious.
Chai Yan said calmly: "Then let me talk about the first type first..."
After a pause, Chai Yan said: "The first method is this. First use cinnabar to feed a gecko. It must be fed for seven or seventy-nine days! Then kill the gecko and drain the blood from the gecko's body.
, then dry the gecko's body, then grind the dried gecko body into powder, and finally smear the powder on the woman's arm. Once the smear mark disappears, it means that the woman is not a virgin!"
"Nonsense!" Shangguan Peining said disdainfully: "Isn't this the palace guard sand you are talking about? It's not like I don't know about it!"
Chai Yan said with a smile: "The second method is to let the woman squat on a basin filled with cigarette ash with her lower body spread apart, and then use various methods to stimulate the woman to sneeze. After sneezing, the ash in the basin below her body will
If it scatters everywhere, it proves that she is not a virgin. On the contrary, if the dust in the basin does not scatter everywhere but falls lightly, it proves that the woman is a virgin!"
"Who...who came up with this idea? It's too embarrassing..."
Without even looking at Shangguan Peining's face, Chai Yan could guess that she was blushing just by listening to her tone of voice.
Chai Yan said in a calm tone: "I don't know who came up with this. Anyway, this is how it was passed down."
Chai Yan and Xiao Kui walked and stopped all the way, and it took about an hour before they arrived at the intersection of Wenyun Street.
Xiaokui stood at the street corner and looked at the neat and tidy Wenyun Street. She couldn't help but open her eyes and exclaimed: "Sir, I heard that this street is full of dignitaries. It seems to be true."
Chai Yan said: "No way, you see, I am not a high-ranking official, don't I also live on this street?"
"No, no, no, the young master is! The young master is a lord. If a lord is not a high official, then who is?" Xiaokui's face was extremely serious.
Chai Yan smiled faintly, looked ahead and said, "Let's go, number 21 is just ahead. Be sure to keep in mind the neighborhood around your home, so you don't get lost when you go out alone in the future."
Xiaokui nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Master, I have written it down."
After saying that, Xiaokui began to look around and secretly wrote down everything in her heart.
Arriving at the door of his home, Chai Yan pointed to the door plaque above and said to Xiaokui: "We're here! This is my home, and it will be your home from now on!"
"Wow!" Xiaokui raised her head and blinked her eyes, exclaiming: "Sir, your family is so elegant!"
Chai Yan laughed at that time, turned back to look at the Gu Mansion opposite and said, "What do I call my style? Look at the Gu Mansion across the door, that's what I call style!"
Xiaokui glanced back at the gate of Gu Mansion, then immediately turned her head back and said with confidence: "I believe that the young master can live in such a big house in the future!"
"Oh, you're quite good at flattering me." Chai Yan was amused.
"Young master, I am not flattering you. I am speaking from my heart!" Xiaokui said after she finished speaking: "Sir, I have never thought that I can live in such a good house in this life. If my father and mother knew
, I must be extremely happy..."
Chai Yan was amused by Xiao Kui's look: "How old are you, silly girl? You'll have one mouthful for the rest of your life... By the way, speaking of your parents, I forgot something, I'll give it to you later.
Send a letter to your family to say that you are safe, so that they know that you are no longer in Yiren Hall..."
Xiaokui wondered: "Master, I am illiterate and can't write letters. I usually ask acquaintances to send messages to my family..."
Xiaokui told Chaiyan that the acquaintance was from her village. She often hunted game and sold it to shops on Dahulu Street. Yiren Restaurant was one of them. As long as she went there once, Xiaokui would ask that person to help her.
Let’s talk for a while and go home, but it’s been cold recently and I haven’t been here for nearly a month.
Chai Yan then asked: "Which village does your family live in? Is it easy to find it?"
Xiaokui nodded quickly: "It's easy to find! Master, my servant's family lives in Shenjia Village on Shiqili Slope outside the city in the south. My father's name is Shen Fugui. Everyone in the village knows him. You will know as soon as you ask!"
Chai Yanxin said that it would be easy to find him, and said: "I will write a letter for you in a while... By the way, are your family members literate?"
Xiaokui said: "Dad does know some words, but not much...but the uncle of the Chen family next door is literate. My father will ask him if he doesn't understand something."
"That's good, as long as someone is literate..." Chai Yan knew what he was thinking, and said, "Let's go inside and talk about it later."
After saying that, Chai Yan stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Uncle Cai quickly came and opened the door. When he saw that Chai Yan was back, he immediately said happily: "Master, you are back..."
With that said, Uncle Cai took the baggage from Chai Yan's hand and welcomed him in. At the same time, he also noticed Xiaokui.
Chai Yan led Xiaokui into the yard. Seeing Uncle Cai looking at Xiaokui, he introduced: "Xiaokui, this is Uncle Cai, our chief steward!"
"Hello, Butler Cai." Xiaokui bowed quickly and said hello.
Cai Bo was so happy that he shook his head: "Hey, what a big housekeeper, it's awkward to call me Uncle Cai."
Xiaokui nodded immediately and bowed again: "Hello, Uncle Cai."
Uncle Cai smiled and nodded. So far, he was quite satisfied with his first impression of Xiaokui.
Chai Yan said: "Uncle Cai, Xiaokui is new to our house. If there is anything you don't understand in the future, you have to teach her."
"Don't worry, sir, it's for sure." Uncle Cai hurriedly agreed.
After a brief introduction, Chai Yan asked Uncle Cai to take Xiaokui to get to know Aunt Yun, and then help Xiaokui arrange a room while he returned to the room first.
As soon as he returned to the house, Shangguan Peining said: "Chai Yan, the smell in your house is wrong..."
"The smell is wrong? What's wrong?" Chai Yan raised his nose and smelled it, but he didn't notice anything strange after smelling it for a long time.
Shangguan Peining said seriously: "There is a trace of residual blood smell in the room, and it is the smell of human blood. If you can smell it, do I need to remind you specifically?"
"The smell of human blood?" Chai Yan immediately became serious.
Shangguan Peining said: "There must have been people in the house during this time, otherwise the smell of blood would not have been left!"
"Could it be Uncle Cai or Aunt Yun who came in?" Chai Yan guessed.
"It's not them! It was left behind by strangers. I will never be mistaken about this!" Shangguan Peining's tone was very certain.
While observing everything in the room, Chai Yan walked back and forth and said to himself: "Someone has entered my room? Who could it be? I'm not at home. Uncle Cai can't just let anyone into my room."
, Aunt Yun is even less capable! Let me go, there must be a thief..."
Thinking of this, Chai Yan walked around the inner and outer rooms twice. After carefully checking everything, he became confused: "It's strange, nothing was lost... In this way, this person is not an ordinary person."
Thief!"
Shangguan Peining suddenly said: "It's probably your enemy who has come to visit!"
"Enemies? What enemies can I have?"
As soon as Chai Yan finished speaking, his heart was suddenly shocked, and he asked in surprise: "Do you think it's because I saved the prince and ruined some people's plans, and they had a grudge, so they found someone to assassinate me?"
"It's not impossible!" Shangguan Peining responded.
While he was thinking, Uncle Cai came to the door with Xiaokui.
"Sir, I'll let Xiaokui live in the house next door so that you can call her if you need anything," Uncle Cai said outside.
Chai Yan immediately walked out of the room and asked, "Uncle Cai, have you had any guests come to your house these days when I'm not at home?"
Uncle Cai shook his head and said: "No, except for the maid from the Gu Mansion across the street who came to ask about the master twice, there is no one else."
"A maid from the Gu family?" Chai Yan asked, "What do you want from me?"
Uncle Cai still shook his head: "I don't know. I also asked, but the maid who came didn't want to say..."