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Chapter 571 What's in the Skirt

Lu Qing was both amused and exasperated by Zhu Yu's "meddling."

“Let’s go. If there’s nothing urgent to deal with here, we can talk about anything else on the way back in the carriage.” He gestured to the talismans and runes beside him, telling them to pack their things and leave. Then he said to Zhu Yu, “Otherwise, if the county magistrate hears that there’s a capable person here and comes looking for you, we’ll be in a difficult position.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu wholeheartedly agreed.

Right now, they have their own important things to do, and they simply don't have the time or ability to deal with other trivial matters.

So the group quickly boarded the carriage, and the young waiter from Yunyin Pavilion skillfully drove it back.

He Min didn't dare to say anything at first. He could tell that Zhu Yu and Lu Qing were in a hurry to leave the morgue, so he kept glancing at their faces, but he didn't dare to ask.

"Your daughter's red jade-scented dress... is it worn directly against her skin without an undergarment?" Zhu Yu noticed He Min's gaze and asked the question first.

He Min was taken aback when Zhu Yu suddenly asked him such a question. He paused for a moment before nodding and saying, "It seems so."

When I went to buy the Red Jade Fragrance, Manager Gu of the Tse-Leg Shop said that the clothes had a lining, so there was no need to wear an inner garment. If I wore an inner garment, I might not get those magical effects.

My daughter has such strong faith in that thing, I guess she'll obey this instruction without question.

But I'm a father... it's not really appropriate for me to ask her about this kind of thing...

When she had the accident, I asked my neighbor's wife to help me change my daughter's clothes and put her in a clean undergarment..."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Yu, wanting to ask but not daring to.

"Your daughter's death was indeed not an accident, nor was it due to illness. She was drained of her blood by something." Zhu Yu knew what he wanted to ask, so she simply told him directly. Then she quickly asked, "Now, are you willing to tell me where you hid your daughter's clothes?"

“In my house, in a cellar, I can show you the way right now and give you the things!” Upon hearing this, He Min’s eyes immediately filled with tears again. If he weren’t injured and unable to move, he would have loved to get up and kowtow to Zhu Yu and the others to express his gratitude. “I can never repay the great kindness of you all in this life. In the next life, I will definitely serve you like a dog or a horse to repay your great kindness!”
I am just an ordinary citizen; besides knowing a few words, I can't do anything else.

"Even if it costs me my life, as long as it avenges my daughter, as long as those who harmed her pay the price, I'm willing to do anything!"

"Lie down and get some rest." Lu Qing smiled slightly at He Min. "A schoolteacher is literate and can read, so he is a useful person. There's no need to make yourself sound useless."

Tell us where the clothes are first. We'll settle the score with your daughter's grudge later.

He Min expressed his gratitude repeatedly, then lay back down with tears in his eyes.

Following the route he provided, after leaving the morgue, they circled around to the He family's courtyard. Fu Lu went to the cellar and retrieved the clothes hidden inside.

He Min had hidden the clothes very well, stuffing them inside an empty wine jar. Fu Lu wanted to pull the clothes out, but Zhu Yu stopped him.

"Don't act rashly." She shook her head at the talisman. The spiders and giant rats in the secret passage of the small mountain building still gave her lingering fear. This fragrant red jade was definitely not ordinary fabric; there must be something fishy about it. Blindly touching it now might not be safe.

Although the clothes were taken off with the help of the neighbor's wife and were hidden in the jar by He Min, the fact that nothing happened to them did not mean that everything was completely safe. Zhu Yu did not want Fu Lu to take that risk.

The carriage swayed and rattled back to the capital. After entering the city, it went straight to the back gate of Yunyin Pavilion without going anywhere else. Then, Fu Lu and Fu Wen took He Min back to the small courtyard where he was recuperating.

Lu Qing, carrying the jar, returned to their small courtyard with Zhu Yu. Zhu Yu told him to place the jar in the middle of the courtyard, in a sunny spot, while he happily ran to the side and picked up a long stick that the talismans and runes had used for martial arts practice a few days ago.

"Go get some wine and a torch. In a bit, I'll break that jar, spread the clothes out on a stick to dry in the sun. If any bugs or strange things come out, splash the wine on them and burn them!"

Zhu Yu instructed Lu Qing, and then, fearing that he might not take it to heart, she grabbed his arm and reminded him again: "Don't forget, we don't have Yan Daoxin with us now. If we get bitten by some poisonous insect, I won't be able to do anything about it."

Lu Qing sighed softly and nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I'll be careful."

Then, following Zhu Yu's instructions, he prepared the strong liquor and torches, and took the stick from Zhu Yu's hand, saying, "Let me do it, I'm stronger than you."

Zhu Yu knew that Lu Qing's injuries from the beating had long since healed, so this was nothing to him. He nodded in agreement.

Lu Qing held one end of the long stick, and from a distance of a distance from the jar, he exerted force with his wrist. With a slight tremor, the force was transmitted from the end of the stick to the tip.

The moment the stick struck the jar, it cracked with a crisp sound, revealing a bright red dress inside.

Lu Qing used the end of the long stick to pry apart the broken shards of the jar, then picked up the dress and spread it out on the open ground as much as possible to ensure that the fabric could be exposed to the bright sunlight.

Neither of them spoke. Zhu Yu subconsciously held her breath, her eyes fixed on the dress under the sun.

Although she wasn't sure what was inside the skirt, considering that it was probably hidden in a lining of the fabric, she guessed it might be like the spiders she had encountered in the secret passage before, perhaps afraid of light.

The red dress lay on the ground, lining facing out, looking like a blooming white flower with red edges in the sunlight, completely still.

Zhu Yu dared not be careless and kept a close eye on the situation, secretly wondering to himself.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, just when Zhu Yu was about to think he had guessed wrong, the dress that had been quietly laid out to dry in the sun suddenly moved.

The first time, Zhu Yu thought it was just a hallucination because he had been staring at it for too long.

It wasn't until she saw something moving under the skirt again that she was sure she was right; it really was the skirt moving.

It seems I was right about this; there was something inside the skirt that was sensitive to light.