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Chapter 100 Deadly Red Pearl (Part [-])

Huajiao glanced at Yu Taiqing, saw that he ignored the shop waiter, walked around the shop with his hands behind his back for a while, then suddenly pointed to the jewelry stand and said, "Bring me the necklace and earrings inlaid with red pearls and jade from your shop and let me have a look." .”

The shop waiter responded, "Okay, sir, please sit down first, and I'll go get it right away."

Yu Taiqing sat down in front of the table on the side of the painting corner, and soon, the waiter came over with two carved wooden boxes.

Huajiao picked out a plum flower hairpin, put it on her hair, and held a diamond mirror in her hand to look at it, secretly watching the movement of Yu Taiqing from the mirror.

Mrs. Yu picked out a necklace, pointed to the pearls and jade inlaid on it and asked: "This style of collar, are all the inlaid with red jade here? Are there any inlaid with red beads?"

The waiter in the shop heard this, shook his head and said: "If red beads are inlaid, they must be round beads polished from jade. It looks the same as red jade, but it takes more workmanship and is more expensive. We don't have any in our shop."

Hua Jiao recognized that this collar was similar to the one worn by Kong Yu, and recalled Kong Yu's collar, remembering that she thought it was jade at first glance, but after a closer look, she realized it was beads.

The corner of the painting put down the mirror and asked: "Hey, at the peony banquet a few days ago, I saw Miss Kong, the servant of the official department, wearing a necklace around her neck. The inlaid ones are red beads?"

When the waiter heard her mention Kong Yu, he seemed afraid that the mention of Kong Yu would affect his business, so he waved his hands and said, "Oh, lady, how do I know that, Miss Kong may have bought it from somewhere else. She came to our store that day just to I picked out a hairpin."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yu's complexion changed slightly, as if she was a little surprised.

Hua Jiao thought, Taiqing Yu's visit to Jixiang Pavilion today must not be random.

She thought for a while and said, "But, as Madam Confucius mentioned, her collar is indeed from your shop."

Yu Taiqing raised her eyelids and glanced at the waiter in the shop, and said: "Your jewelry in Jixiang Pavilion has engravings, that lady of Confucius will not lie to this lady."

Yu Taiqing found the Jixiang Pavilion after reading the inscription on Kong Yu's collar.

The waiter in the shop said with a sad face, "The shop really doesn't have necklaces with beads."

Mrs. Yu frowned, opened another wooden box, picked it up for a while, and took out a pair of earrings.

"So, there are no earrings inlaid with red beads in your shop?" Mrs. Yu asked.

This earring is exactly the same as the one painted by Wang, except that it is inlaid with a round ruby.Mrs. Wang said that the chess official Yinniang's earrings were inlaid with red beads.

The shop assistant shook his head.

Hua Jiao snorted lightly: "Xiao Er, don't say that this gentleman has a lot of silver taels, hurry up and get the necklace inlaid with beads that is exactly the same as Kong Yu's."

The shop clerk frowned: "Really not."

Yu Taiqing and Hua Jiao exchanged glances.

The waiter in the shop observed his words and expressions, and finally figured out that the two of them are on the same side, so they might have been arguing just now.

Pointing to the earrings, he said: "My lord, you have a good eye. These earrings must look very good on my lady. Please try them on, my lady. And this necklace inlaid with precious stones is also very suitable for you. You don't need to look for a necklace with beads anymore, why bother to wear exactly the same as the dead man's, it's so unfortunate."

Huajiao took over the earrings and put them on, shaking them lightly. The red gemstones on the earrings shone brightly with her swaying.

Mrs. Yu glanced at the corner of the painting, was stunned for a moment, and said, "I didn't intend to buy it for her."

The shop clerk smiled: "Little Lang, don't be thin-skinned."

Mrs. Yu frowned, and asked the waiter: "Do you remember who bought this pair of earrings and this necklace?"

The waiter in the shop smiled and said: "I don't have such a good memory, but I really don't remember this pair of earrings. This ring...let me think about it..."

The shop waiter tentatively asked: "Guest officer, do you want to buy this pendant and collar?"

Yu Taiqing twitched the corners of her lips slightly, squinted her eyes and sneered: "No, it's unlucky!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the plum blossom hairpin that Huajiao had just put on his bun, and said, "I want this hairpin."

The shop clerk said with a smile on his face: "This necklace has only been sold recently, so I remembered it. About two days before the Peony Banquet, a little lady came to buy it. She was wearing a collar, and she looked like I didn't see it, but I saw her luxurious clothes, either rich or expensive."

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Hua Jiao and Yu Taiqing stepped out of the Jixiang Pavilion, the drizzle was still falling outside, and the whole street was shrouded in rain and fog.

Hua Jiao held a carved wooden box in his hand, thoughtful.

The two lingered in Jixiang Pavilion for half a day, but they seemed to find nothing in the end.

Hua Jiao asked Yu Taiqing: "Who is that little lady who bought the collar?"

A sneer appeared on the corners of Yu Taiqing's lips: "Of course it's the person who was close to Kong Yu at the peony flower banquet, but the lady who bought the collar may not be the one who gave it to Kong Yu."

Wang Shi mentioned that before Yinniang died, she said that she had a lover, and this lover was naturally a man.Therefore, behind the monster that harmed people this time, there may be someone else, and there may be more than one.

"You mean, the collar was bought by someone in advance, and the jade on it was exchanged for beads, and given to Kong Yu at the flower banquet?"

"It was after the five masters were selected." Yu Taiqing said flatly.

That is to say, when she unexpectedly met Kong Yu and Zheng Min at the flower banquet, maybe she had just put on that collar not long ago.

Maybe Zheng Min will know?
Hua Jiao vaguely noticed that Kong Yu's death, or why Kong Yu died, seemed to be determined by the murderer only after the five masters were selected.

Mrs. Yu threw her hands to the carriage, chased after her, pointed to the carved wooden box in her hand and asked, "Is this plum blossom hairpin really for me?"

It was only then that Yu Taiqing remembered that she bought this plum blossom hairpin just now in order to let the waiter in the shop tell who bought the collar.She picked the plum blossom hairpin, but he paid the silver taels.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Since you picked it, you can take it."

Hua Jiao hugged the wooden box tightly, and said with a sweet smile: "However, jewelry has always been a token of love between men and women, are you sure you want to give it to me?"

Yu Taiqing's face froze.

She was quite right.

Mrs. Yu stretched out her hand towards the corner of the painting, and said, "Since that's the case, then I can't give this plum hairpin to Lady Jiang. If you really like it, please pay the silver taels."

It was drizzling, and the long street was full of fog.

Mrs. Yu leaned on her umbrella, in the misty sky, in the dim light, he stared at her calmly.

In the oncoming wind, with the cool water vapor, she took a breath, feeling completely cool.

Hua Jiao raised his hand, handed the wooden box to his hand, and said with a smile: "I don't have any silver on me right now, so I don't want this hairpin anymore. Yu Dujian can give it to someone else."

　The second volume of this monster seems to be a bit long, ahhh, I have to kill it quickly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)