The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

She excitedly found a pair of small scissors, unstitched the stitches and discovered that it was not the treasure map she had imagined, but also a stack of silver bills, but of smaller denominations than the previous ones, more suitable for daily spending.

I didn't expect that Lu Jiaojiao is not only rich, but also knows not to put all her eggs in one basket.

Xiao Yun roughly counted and found that the money in the clothes plus the money in the jewelry box totaled several thousand taels!

Don't be misled by the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver shown on TV or in novels. In ancient times, thousands of taels of silver were already a considerable amount.

She had learned about the prices in Zhongyun before. One penny could buy two steamed buns, which was roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of one dollar. One tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand dollars, ten taels were ten thousand, one hundred taels were one hundred thousand, and one thousand taels were one million.

In later generations, one million is considered a small asset, and several million is considered wealthy. Moreover, these are just silver notes, which are equivalent to cash and do not include other items such as jewelry, house deeds, and land deeds.

Just like the original body, the legitimate daughter of a marquis, with her mother's dowry and the dowry given by the Duke of Weiguo, the total amount of silver in her hands was only a few thousand taels, so Lu Jiaojiao was considered a rich person.

These silver notes are valid throughout the country and can be exchanged at any money shops within the territory of Zhongyun. After taking a closer look and finding no special seals on them, Xiao Yun accepted them with a smile.

Just consider it as Lu Jiaojiao’s compensation to her original self.

These banknotes are sealed in the interlayer and sewn into the clothes. I think they are for emergency use and they are not moved normally, so they should not be discovered for a while.

Of course, it doesn’t matter even if they find out. Anyway, the things have been stored in the space, so the other party can still find them.

Moreover, given the character of the people in Pingxi Marquis' Mansion, even for the sake of face, they would not let Lu Jiaojiao speak out.

Of course she didn't care about the part about the unstitched stitches. The things were already taken, so how could she sew them back together? Besides, she didn't have the skills to do that.

I have never learned needlework in my life, let alone held an embroidery needle, so there is no need to count on her.

As for asking Hongling to come? That's fine. Not only would she not have enough time, but she would have to make a trip, so she wouldn't have to deal with that trouble.

I put the clothes aside and used a screwdriver and a screwdriver to pry open the compartment underneath. Inside the compartment was a pen and a stack of slightly yellowed papers, and nothing else.

However, Xiao Yun felt that there was something wrong with the pen.

It looked like it had been used, and the tip of the pen was a little fuzzy, but it was clearly used, and there was no ink residue on it.

You should know that no matter how clean you wash a used brush, it is impossible to restore it to its original state. There is still a difference between a used brush and an unused one.

She took it in her hand and looked at it carefully, and then she found some tiny white particles at the root of the pen hair. She picked up some with her hand and put it to her nose and smelled it. Oh wow~ this is homemade invisible ink!

These white particles are something like baking soda. You can use it to write on paper. The recipient can then apply an acid like lemon juice on the paper and the words will appear. Most people in later generations know this principle, but I don't know if it was popularized in ancient times.

I don't think so, otherwise it wouldn't be used for secret messaging.

If everyone knew this principle, then they would just have to hijack a blank letter, determine whether it was coated with alkaline or acid, and then use the other to smear it, and it would appear directly. What secrets are there?

Only a few people, or even very few people, know about it and can use it for secret communication. It seems that Lu Jiaojiao's identity is really not simple.

These papers are probably specially made, not ordinary paper. Otherwise, they don’t need to be placed in the interlayer. They can be placed directly together with ordinary paper without having to hide them separately.

She also checked and found that the papers were indeed unused, so even if they were specially made, there would be no writing on them, and she did not try to make it appear.

She put these things back into the interlayer, then put the interlayer back in place, folded the clothes as best she could, closed the box, and then went to look at the last interlayer.

The last interlayer is also at the bottom of the box, but this box contains a few porcelain ornaments, which are the kind of porcelain jars and pots with feet. They are not particularly exquisite, but they are brightly colored and practical.

It looks like a jar used to store tea leaves. It has a lid and is bright red in color. It is probably used during a wedding.

It is not easy to burn this color, not to mention there are auspicious patterns on it. However, Xiao Yun was not very interested in this. He opened the lid and took a look. After making sure it was empty, he took it out and gently put it aside.

After prying open the mezzanine, I found that the contents inside were quite interesting, including several books and two maps.

Yes, it is a map. Although it is not as detailed and proportional as those in later generations, it is also well drawn. At least the mountains, rivers and lakes are clearly visible.

If someone is familiar with the terrain, they would probably know where this is at a glance. There are small words marked on it, but the words on it are not Zhongyun's.

Zhongyun characters are somewhat similar to ancient Chinese traditional characters. After all, they were written by Chinese authors. Even if it is a fictional novel world, the mainstream will not change.

These characters looked crooked, and somewhat resembled the Mongolian and Tibetan characters on the coins. Anyway, Xiao Yun couldn't understand them, as she had no real knowledge of this.

Including those books, these characters were also used. Xiao Yun folded the map as it was and put it back to her. When Qi Yun or the emperor sent someone to check, these could be used as evidence.

It was obvious at first glance that these books and maps were not from Zhongyun Country. An ordinary woman would not collect such things, and they were placed in the mezzanine, which was obviously not simple.

Of course, she did have doubts that the map was the so-called treasure map, but when she thought about the plot that said it was a treasure map of the previous dynasty, she dismissed this speculation.

The treasure map of the previous dynasty would not be hidden in a foreign country. Even if it was deliberately marked with foreign characters, since it is in Lu Jiaojiao's hands, there is no need to hand it over to Emperor Zhongyun. Wouldn't it be better to dig it yourself?

But if the treasure is really in a foreign country, then it is not used to restore the country, but to aid the enemy, or more accurately, to help foreign invasions.

In addition, Xiao Yun had a hunch that this should not be the case, and it had nothing to do with the treasure map.

After putting the things away, she searched through the boxes again, but found nothing, nor any silver bills, but there were some gold and silver.

She didn't take these. If someone came to search, she could say that without the banknotes, she had just married into Lu Jiaojiao's family and didn't have that much money on her. No one would suspect anything, and Lu Jiaojiao probably wouldn't even say it, leaving herself a way out or something.

It would be hard to understand if there is not even some gold or silver jewelry.