Chapter 144 Key

"Although I don't know how they found out, I heard that the evidence is conclusive. That Gao, he is definitely the murderer. They issued a request for assistance a few days ago, asking us to report to the authorities if we see this person."
Madam Bai pointed to her desk as she spoke. Jingmo looked up and saw a stack of various letters.
"I didn't take it seriously at the time. I thought, who is this person who dares to come straight into our Bai Mansion. Turns out he really does have guts, just casually walking in using his own name. If he hadn't disappeared these past few days, I would have had him sent to prison."
Probably because he felt a little contempt for the Bai family, Mrs. Bai didn't have much good feeling in her words.
But there's no reason to kill someone without enmity, why did he kill a fool?
京墨倒是觉得有些奇怪，干脆就直接问了出来。
“这我倒真不知道，就连负责侦查此案的县令都不知道原因。不过我想，这傻子既然跟他寸步不离的，说不定是发现了他什么东西见不得人，才被他灭了口。”
Thinking of the letters on the table that had not been opened, Lady Bai asked Jingmo to open and see if there were any messages that had been overlooked.
"There are still some letters on my table. I don't know if there is anything you want to know inside. However, I am just a fool. Even if I know something, I probably can't say it."
As Madam White said this, Jing Mo still felt it was necessary to take a look, just in case she missed any important messages. She got up and walked to the desk, where a thick stack of letters, originating from all directions, were waiting.
Picking up the letters with Mu Lao Ye's supposed address as the signature, Jing Mo opened them one by one. Most of them didn't contain any useful information, while a very few mentioned some vague methods of gathering evidence that were too difficult and costly to carry out and therefore unlikely to work.
Quickly, she picked up and looked through the thick stack of letters as White Madam had instructed, and indeed, there was no useful information to be found.
Seeing the slightly disappointed look on her face, White Madam smiled slightly, as if she had expected this outcome.
\"Don't worry too much; some things can't be rushed, so you might as well take a break. Who knows, maybe when you least expect it, fate will smile upon you and provide a hint.\"
This philosophical and calm attitude is somewhat incongruous on someone like Madam Bai, who is supporting the entire family.\n\nPlease note that the translation provided maintains the original HTML tags for context.
Jingmo blinked his eyes, nodded, and was ready to leave the table. There was a white orchid embroidered embroidery frame on the bookcase, which complemented each other here. Jingmo lifted his arm and accidentally hit something, almost knocking over the embroidery frame.
好在她眼疾手快，一伸手便扶了起来。
“你可得小心点儿，这玩意儿可费了芷儿不少功夫。你要是打碎了，我可保不住你。”
Madam Bai sat up and looked over, relieved to see Jing Mo caught the item. Then she remembered something and asked, "By the way, I heard that it was your idea to embroider this thing?"
Jingmo first arranged the embroidery stand before nodding in agreement.
"It's just a clever idea. If Second Miss does not embroider well, it would not meet your standards either."
She was busily arranging the embroidery stand when she discovered a letter under the stand, with the signature of Master Mu.
Only this letter was hidden in such a way, and she couldn't decide whether to read it or not. She finally called for Mrs. Bai.
"Madam, there's another letter here, I don't know what it says. I can see that you've kept it so well, so I don't dare to open it."
一边说着，一边把信传给白夫人。白夫人却没接，反倒是挥挥手让京墨拿着。
“这信是放在哪儿啊?怎么看起来这么脏?”
Jing Mo took the letter back, turned around and pointed to the embroidery table: "It was pinned underneath the embroidery table. The envelope is too small, so it was completely hidden."
"Take a look at what it says, it shouldn't be anything important in this letter." Lady Bai picked at her nails, "But, if there's something you shouldn't see written inside, then you might want to be careful."
The letter in hand became a hot potato, Jing Mo looked at it and didn't look at it. When he looked up, he saw Madam Bai giving him a slightly mocking look. He gritted his teeth and decided to open the envelope.
好在这信里面并没有写什么乱七八糟的事情，只是记了一个木牌子，连带着一封短信。
刚打开信封，木牌子就掉了出来。京墨弯腰捡起来，却看见那上面，端端正正写了两句诗。
高人爱此自忘机，乐游原上住多时。
又是这个牌子，又是这个奇怪的高家。
京墨脸色微变，手指发着抖，捏着信不敢打开。
Madame Bai thought nothing was wrong, and was a little surprised when she didn't hear any sound for a while. When she looked up, she saw Jing Mo's face looking ugly, which was a bit surprising.
"What's wrong? Could it be that there is something important in that letter?"
她的声音成功唤回来京墨的神智。一边点头，一边举起手来，将手中的木牌展示给白夫人。
“还真有东西呀?”
白夫人也惊讶起来，看见京墨手里捏着封信，又催促着她看看里头写了什么。
"Take a look at what's inside and see who wrote this letter. It's strange, the embroidery table is rarely touched, usually not important enough to hold any important letters. Now it's interesting, it actually pressed down something important."
Jingmo nodded absentmindedly, not really hearing what Madam Bai said. Her entire being was focused on this letter, afraid that it might contain a page of blank paper.
Her fingers still trembling, she put the wooden sign aside and twisted her fingers to open the letter.
\"...How is this a letter from home?\"
She was first surprised, and then quickly realized what had happened, and hurriedly checked the signature at the end of the letter.
"This was written by Mr. Mu. It's not clear who he wrote it to, but he started with 'Dear Yue Xian.' They must have had a close relationship."
"There isn't much else written in the letter, just some trivial household matters. Jingmo read it out loud to Madam Bai while analyzing the underlying meaning."
“……攒下百余两黄金，若是贤弟有心， 亦可以与我共商兴办工坊一事……”
读到这处，不要说是京墨了，就连白夫人都忍不住冷笑出声。
\"Establishing a workshop? What a clever idea of establishing a workshop. On the one hand, he talks about establishing a workshop, but on the other hand, he signs an agreement to buy someone else's workshop. Buying a workshop is different from building one. It takes more effort to buy an existing workshop than to build a new one. He has played his cards well, tricking his own friend, truly deserving to be my brother.\"