AWB Chapter 162 An Old Friend Brings News
Chapter 162 An Old Friend Brings News
A sudden sound came, and Yun Qingjin opened her eyes to look at the source of the sound.
A man dressed as a Taoist priest passed by the entrance of Yunji's house, staring intently at the memorial tablets and the mourning hall.
"Yun Ji? Spring as if we first met?"
Yun Qingjin felt the voice was somewhat familiar. After all, he was a cultivator, so she should at least receive him.
The shop assistants at the entrance are serving this person.
"I am a Taoist practitioner, entrusted by someone to come to the capital on official business. I passed by here and felt that your shop was somewhat unusual. I wonder if I could take a closer look?"
When Yun Qingjin saw the person who came, she felt a sense of familiarity for some reason.
Before Yun Qingjin could even remember, the man saw her and bowed with clasped hands.
"Greetings, Daoist Master. May I ask what is the situation at my home? Please come in and speak gently?"
"Who is this?" The Taoist priest was slightly surprised to see Yun Qingjin.
"I am the manager of Yunji Restaurant. Daoist Master, what have you seen? There is a funeral going on in my family these past two days. Is there something wrong?"
"Oh? So it's Boss Yun. May I have a word with you in private?"
As the Taoist priest spoke, he simultaneously raised his hand in a gesture of respect.
Yun Qingjin keenly noticed that the Taoist priest was wearing a plain-colored bracelet on his wrist. It looked ordinary, but the Taoist priest deliberately turned the bracelet on his wrist, which was somewhat suggestive.
Right, Yun Qingjin suddenly remembered that this bracelet was the first one her mother designed, a bracelet with a mechanism, and this Taoist priest…
They must be disciples of my mother's husband and his friend! They had delivered letters to our family before.
"Taoist Master, this way please. There have indeed been some strange occurrences in my home lately, so I would be grateful if you could come and take a look."
Yun Qingjin quickly had someone invite the Taoist priest in.
Upon entering, Yun Qingjin specifically sensed the surrounding situation, and the state of the people around her remained the same.
"Girl Qingqing, it's been so many years, you've grown up quite a bit."
Upon entering the inner room, the Taoist priest immediately began to praise them.
"Master, it's been a long time! No, I should call you Brother Zhang. My mother and Aunt Jiang Yue sent you, didn't they?"
The Spring Festival of the year Yun Qingjin arrived at Yunji, the first New Year after her rebirth.
Moreover, and most importantly, I spent this New Year with a group of people.
Wen Jiangyue and Gu Chengfeng, along with their disciples, were also present.
Just a few months before the Lunar New Year, the person who came to deliver the message to the Yun family was the man in front of us, referred to as Xiao Zhang.
Just like back then, he was dressed as a Taoist priest.
Xiao Zhang nodded and smiled.
"Qingqing is just as clever as she was when she was little. Aunt Yun said you would definitely recognize me, and I didn't quite believe it at the time, but I didn't expect Qingqing to recognize me right away."
Xiao Zhang shook the mechanical bracelet on his wrist; it was one of the mechanical jewelry pieces his mother had made years ago.
"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Zhang. By the way, did Mother ask you to pass on a message to me?"
Yun Qingjin was anxious about her mother's situation, so she didn't bother with pleasantries and went straight to asking.
"Oh, how could I forget about that?" Xiao Zhang slapped his forehead. "There really was a message."
Xiao Zhang coughed twice. "Aunt Yun said, 'Qingqing, everything is normal. I'm fine, don't worry. Just follow the proper procedures for the funeral, a normal procession. Yuan Chen and Xu Huibing will assist you; I trust them. You can trust all the shop staff, but this must be kept secret for now, and no more people should know.'"
Yun Qingjin nodded, knowing that her mother was alright. Even though she heard the news from others, she felt much more at ease.
She raised her hand to wipe away the tears that had fallen from her eyes, and the worries and anxieties of the past few days had eased considerably.
Since Xiao Zhang was a man, he couldn't do anything too extreme, so he could only nod in agreement.
"Yes, Qingqing, don't worry, there's more. Aunt Yun also said, 'Zhang, the messenger, is good at impersonating a Taoist priest. He'll stay and assist you. You can use the excuse of exorcising demons. Our family is both the rear and the front line. You'll have to pretend these next few days. Thank you for your hard work.'"
"How could it be hard? I really enjoy this kind of life." Yun Qingjin shook her head, her heart at peace.
"We may need to continue to pretend, so we must not give ourselves away. Be careful in everything."
"Alright, that's all the messages Aunt Yun asked me to deliver. There's one more thing Aunt Yun asked me to give you."
Xiao Zhang took out an item from his treasure pouch: a palm-sized bronze mirror with a delicate little ruby on it.
"What is this? A mirror?"
Xiao Zhang smiled slyly, "Hehe, this is not a simple mirror. This thing is called a message recorder. As for how to use it, it's like this."
Xiao Zhang took the mirror from Yun Qingjin, pressed the ruby button on it, and a square symbol appeared on the mirror.
A line of text appeared above: "Qingqing, it's your mother. I'm fine, don't be afraid."
"Huh? What is this? There are words on it!" Yun Qingjin was shocked when she saw it, she had never seen anything so strange before.
"Don't be afraid, little sister. This is a message that Aunt Yun left for you before I came here. You can communicate with each other through this message device. This is a novel gadget that we have been researching for years. Come on, let me teach you how to use it."
As Xiao Zhang spoke, he lightly tapped the screen, and the text disappeared, leaving a blank space in the new box.
"Come on, you can write on it now. Remember to write one character at a time. After you finish writing, there will be a small circle in the lower right corner. Click this circle after you finish typing each character, and it means you have entered a character. Just write down what you want to say to Aunt Yun."
Although Yun Qingjin had never seen anything so strange before, considering her mother's special characteristics and her friend's uniqueness, it seemed that it wasn't a problem for her to create such a thing.
"Then I'll write..."
Following what Xiao Zhang had just told her, Yun Qingjin wrote down what she wanted to say, word by word: "May everything be well at home. Please don't worry. I send my greetings to my mother and Aunt Gu Shuwen."
"Okay, that's all. What's the next step?"
Xiao Zhang shook his head and smiled helplessly, "You silly girl, you only say this much when you're telling your own mother. You're being too honest. Oh well, this thing doesn't have a very long transmission range right now. It can only transmit about 500 words at a time. Tell me the rest, and I can handle it without any problems."
Seeing that Yun Qingjin had finished writing, Xiao Zhang gestured with his hand, "Look at the top here, there's a marker. After you finish writing, click here to send the message."
Following the instructions, Yun Qingjin clicked the button above, and all the text written on it disappeared.
"Brother Zhang, what happened next?"
"Your message has been sent to the pair of mail receivers in Aunt Yun's hand. She may not reply to you immediately. After she sees your reply, she will send the next message. Just treat this as a convenient and fast mail receiving and sending device, just like sending letters normally. You have to wait for the other party to write a letter and send it over before you can authorize the letter."
Yun Qingjin nodded and put the message receiver, which looked like a mirror, into her bosom.
"Then tell me, has anything unusual happened here these past few days? It'll be easier for me to come and go, and I can pass on a message for you."
"Well, the biggest development these past few days is that there are a lot of people watching around Yunji. I don't know who sent them, but the behavior of the Marquis of Changxing's mansion is very strange. The information we released was that we were unsure who the deceased was, but the Marquis of Changxing's mansion seems to be very certain. Also, after the Prefect of Jingzhao took away the body, he hasn't told us the actual situation these past few days."