When he came, Liu Hua observed and found that the inns, restaurants, teahouses, chess clubs, and the city gates were all covered with secret whistles. Needless to say, those who should be Hu Yingzhong were looking for Bai Xiaoyu in these places.

However, judging from the behavior of the constables on the street just now, they had not found Bai Xiaoyu yet. Therefore, Liu Hua automatically ignored those places. He wanted to find Bai Xiaoyu based on the clue that Bai Xiaoyu passed the letter to the governor's yamen.

After entering a shop called "Qingya Moxiang", a shop clerk stepped forward and said hello: "This guest official, welcome to visit the store. I wonder what the guest official needs? The four treasures of the study in this store are the most complete."

Then, the shop clerk introduced the goods in their store to Liu Hua, from Huizhou Langhao Pen to Jiangnan Rice Paper, from Qingzhou inkstone to century-old ancient ink, and finally introduced the paperweight, cinnabar, letter paper, seals, pen washing, and pen holders in their store one by one.

Looking at the shop clerk who was talking in front of him, Liu Hua interrupted him: "Stop, there are indeed many good things in your shop, but I don't need them. I just want to write a letter to my home. Just find me a letter paper, an envelope, a brush, and a box of ink."

"What? Did the customer come to the shop on purpose to make trouble?" After saying this, the smile on the shop assistant's face disappeared: "If you want to write a letter, go to the stall outside to write a letter and ask someone to write one for you. Why do you have to come to our shop?

The items sold in this store are rare items, the cheapest wolf-haired pen is worth two taels of silver, not to mention other items. It only costs two cents to write a letter for someone on the stalls outside. The pen in this store can be worth a thousand letters there. I advise you to go there."

Hearing this, Liu Hua's heart moved, and then he pretended to be nonsense and said, "What's your attitude? Do you suspect that I can't afford to pay the money? Since you are unwilling to do my business here, I'd better go to other shops. I don't believe it anymore. There are still things that I can't buy for money these days."

"I advise you not to go. After other shops understand your situation, they will definitely be like small shops, and they advise you to go to the stalls that write letters for others. The reason why we do this is that we don't want you to spend money in vain.

Another reason is that the letter paper, rice paper and envelopes in each store are sold in stacks, and it is impossible to break the packaging for a piece of letter paper." After the shop assistant finished speaking, he turned around to entertain other customers and ignored Liu Hua.

After listening to the shop assistant's explanation, Liu Hua nodded thoughtfully and left the shop.

Afterwards, he went to several other shops selling four treasures of the study. As the shopkeeper said, none of them was willing to sell him scattered letters and envelopes.

After leaving these shops, Liu Hua first inquired about the location of Bai Mansion, and then went to the outside of Bai Mansion to check. Because Bai Mansion was surrounded by officials, Liu Hua observed for a moment and then left.

Then he walked around the Governor's Office and checked the route to see if there was a hidden and fast route? After Bai Xiaoyu escaped from the Bai Mansion, he had time to write a letter, and then delivered it to the Governor's Office and then left calmly.

Through observation, Liu Hua discovered a detail. Because Bai Xiaoyu's father was a governor, the Bai family's house was very close to the governor's yamen, and there was only a street in the middle. If it was a walk, it would only take five or six minutes to reach.

But why did Bai Xiaoyu deliver the letter she wrote to the governor's office for a day after she escaped? What did she do during that period? Where did she write that letter?

With questions in mind, Liu Hua asked people on the street and asked if there was a stall nearby that helped people write letters? Then after passing by the guidance of passers-by, he came to another street. On the east side of this street, there was a stall that wrote letters on behalf of others.

The stall owner is a scholar in his forties. He looks poor and his clothes are covered with patches. The stall is a shabby desk. There is nothing else on the table except pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. If it weren't for the four words "Writing letters to home" written on a strip next to it, Liu Hua would have thought he had found the wrong place.

This stall is on the east side of the Governor's Yamen, and there are two streets across the Governor's Yamen, while the Bai Mansion is on the west side of the Governor's Yamen. Judging from the geographical location, it is not very likely that Bai Xiaoyu will come here to write a letter. But since she has come here, Liu Hua still decided to try his luck.

Seeing that a customer came to the door, the stall owner hurriedly greeted Liu Hua enthusiastically: "Young Master, please sit down quickly. I saw the young master stopping in front of the stall. I wonder if there is anything to do and need to serve?"

When Liu Hua heard the scholar's speech, he couldn't help but smile. After sitting down from the chair, he chuckled: "Haha... Sir, you are so polite. I have been out for a while. I have missed my family recently, so I want to write a letter to my family.

However, I have some private words that I don’t want to be known to outsiders. I don’t know if this is possible? I borrowed my husband’s stall and used it. The husband only needs to lend me a letter paper, an envelope, and a brush. After I finish writing the letter, I will pay the fee at the normal price.”

After hearing Liu Hua's request, the scholar did not think much and put the letter paper and pen in front of Liu Hua: "Young Master is too polite. It's just a few pieces of paper, and there is no cost. If you need it, just use it, don't talk about money.

Haha… But it was a coincidence that some time ago, a young husband who was about the same age as the young master came to borrow pens and ink. The reason he said was the same as the young master, and even the request was the same. He wrote the letter and left in a hurry after writing it."

"Oh? There is also such a thing? That should be my younger brother. I came out to find him. Sir, in which direction did my younger brother leave after writing the letter?" Liu Hua guessed that the man might be Bai Xiaoyu, so he casually gave an excuse and asked Bai Xiaoyu where he was going.

"Is that so coincidental?" The scholar was a little surprised. He recalled for a moment, then pointed to the east and said, "I remember that the young man left the east. He walked in a hurry, as if he was avoiding something?"

"East?" After whispering to himself, Liu Hua looked at the east side, then looked at the direction of the governor's yamen, and nodded thoughtfully.

At the same time, at the residence of the Governor Hu Yingzhong of Zhili, Mr. Xishui was looking at the place with a letter. Hu Yingzhong next to him couldn't help but say, "Brother Xishui, isn't this the letter written by the little girl of the Bai family to Tong Guowei? You have been reading it for a long time and have you seen any tricks?"

After hearing this, Mr. Xishui put the letter paper on the table: "Please look at the Governor General. The paper of this letter paper is very rough, and the ink used to write letters is not good. There is also friction around the envelope, so it should be touched frequently. I think, maybe we can find Bai Xiaoyu's whereabouts through these clues."

After saying that, Mr. Xishui carefully packed the letter and ordered a guard behind him: "Tunuo, I have read this letter. You can return it to Your Highness as soon as possible. This is what Your Highness has taken out of the Dragon Case of the Holy Lord. Don't implicate Your Highness."
Chapter completed!