"I don't know," Li Bu'er shook his head and said, "Hundreds of years ago, the 100th birthday picture was really in the palace. Now, after so many years, there have been a dynasty. Who knows where the 100th birthday picture is? It may be burned or buried with you."

This is similar to Princess Zhaoyang’s guess. Princess Zhaoyang suspected that the picture of the hundred-year-old that was presented to the Empress Dowager was buried with her.

But one thing is certain. The picture of the centenary of life presented to the Empress Dowager was definitely not dug out from the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty.

However, who dares to send a fake picture of the 100th birthday to the Empress Dowager?

"Have this Master Lu carefully looked at this picture? She just heard that it was a 100-year-old picture and decided that it was a fake?" Hua Jingyao was unwilling to accept it.

"I'm not stupid, of course I asked her to take a closer look. She said that this must be fake, and it was not even embroidered by their Lu family. The needlework was different, but she also affirmed that this embroiderer is also a master, a very powerful master, and her skills are only better than her, not worse than her, but she is still a little worse than Lu Yueniang."

In fact, it may not be really worse than Lu Yueniang, but Lu Yueniang is a needle god. For Master Lu, he has long been preconceived. No matter how well others embroider, she cannot compare with her ancestor grandmother in her eyes.

"By the way, Master Lu also said something." Li Bu'er threw a donkey-hide gelatin date into his mouth and said in a confused manner.

"What's the matter?" Hua Jingyao asked.

"Master Lu said, she knows one person who is good at adding gold thread when embroidering, but she cannot be sure if it is that one, because that one has long been dead and she has never seen her." Li Bu'er swallowed the donkey-hide gelatin dates in her mouth. Oh, the eldest princess's mansion doesn't know if there is still a shortage of food. The last time the candied dates and this time the donkey-hide gelatin dates are all the best.

"Tell me in detail." Hua Jingyao poured Li Bu'er a cup of tea.

Li Buer sniffed the fragrance of tea and sighed: "This tea is so good, just wrap some for me."

Hua Jingyao said to Xiao Ai: "After you return home, put this tea in a can and send it to Miss Li home."

Although something happened to the Liu family, it was not as good as the house was searched. The small yard rented by Li Buer and the others would live in as much as possible.

"Thank you, let's talk about the main business first." Li Bu'er ate a donkey-hide date and continued, "Master Lu said that when she was a child, she married a daughter-in-law from another place in the village. The wife also had the skill of embroidery, but the skill was very average. She didn't embroidery well, but she was good at embroidery. The characters she embroidered were similar to those on the Centenary Picture, but her skills were a little worse. The wife said that her skills were not learned from her family, but were taught by a woman who fled the famine. At that time, she was working in the embroidery workshop in the city, and the woman fled the famine with her two children.

When she fled there, her daughter-in-law was kind-hearted and gave the woman half a bag of brown rice. The woman had no belongings. When she heard that she was helping the embroidery women in the embroidery workshop, she taught her the craftsmanship of embroidery. Later, whenever there was any work of embroidery in the embroidery workshop, she handed over to the daughter-in-law. Later, the daughter-in-law married, and the elders also fell in love with her skills. She said that her technique seemed to be split from the Lu family's craftsmanship, but she also blended it with other families. She originally wanted to cultivate this daughter-in-law, but unfortunately, the daughter-in-law was dysfunctional and lost in her big and small, and her craftsmanship ended here."

Li Buer added: "The person Master Lu is talking about is not this wife, but the woman who escaped from famine who taught his wife the techniques. This is what happened thirty years ago. The woman didn't know if she was alive. By the way, Master Lu said that although this 100th birthday picture looks old, it is not necessarily an old thing from hundreds of years ago. She knew that those who specialize in making fake embroidery pieces had a way to make the new one into the old one. She didn't know whether this 100th birthday picture was made of new materials or old, but experts in the capital who specialize in antique business can see it. Master Lu said that we should not just look at the embroidery workshop and ask those who do antique business, and maybe we can find out."

This was really beyond Hua Jingyao's expectations.

She immediately sent Shi Bing to the two antique shops opened by the Shen family on Yamen Street to inquire. The last time she investigated Liang Xiushen's case was found by the shopkeeper in the antique shop. She found out the origin of the jade pendant without much effort.

The old shopkeeper did not disappoint Hua Jingyao, and this time he gave him a name.

Shi Bing said: "The shopkeeper said that it is absolutely right for those who do embroidery business to find him."

The man was named Yu Dayu.

This is a strange name. This person sets up stalls and street stalls outside Zhangjiayuanzi.

When Shi Bing found Yu Dayu, he was being grabbed by someone and refused to give in. The man said that the Duan inkstone used by Su Dongpo, who bought five taels of silver from Yu Dayu, was only sold on East Street. Moreover, the Duan inkstone on the East Street was also engraved with the three words Su Dongpo.

Shi Bing sighed, paid five taels of silver for the man, and relieved Yu Dayu's siege.

Yu Dayu spat and cursed: "Big fool!"

Then, he looked up at Shi Bing, who was one head taller than him, and asked angrily: "Is there anything I want to ask me?"

Shi Bing took out the picture of the hundred-life and said, "I'm sorry, please give me a palm."

Yu Dayu shook his head and did not reach out to answer: "No, no, I can't see anything."

Shi Bing slowly said the old shopkeeper's name. Yu Dayu frowned and was so annoyed that he cursed: "The girl is so lingering. Didn't I just owed him a hundred taels of silver? It's endless. I'm not selling myself to him. I'm just thinking about taking advantage of me all day long."

As he said that, Yu Dayu unfolded the picture of the 100th birthday. After only one look, he put the scroll of the 100th birthday picture back into Shi Bing's arms.

"What's wrong?" Shi Bing asked hurriedly.

"This is made by Gao Datou's father, which is just 20 or 30 years of play. Could it be that you bought it? I've been fooled, this thing is worthless and fake!" Yu Dayu said impatiently.

"Who is Gao Datou? Is his father still alive?" Shi Bing asked.

"Gao Datou's father, he had a mistake in the early years. Now he is burning charcoal in Chaigou Castle. It may take another one or two years to release it. Gao Datou is still doing his father's old business. He doesn't set up a stall and doesn't see anyone in normal times. When there is business, someone will look for him." Yu Dayu said.

When Shi Bing heard the three words "Chaigoubao", he thought about it and remembered the old servant in Zhang Ruoxi's case, who was exiled to Chaigoubao for hard labor.

"I want to find Gao Datou, how do I find it?" Shi Bing asked.

Yu Dayu stretched out his hand and said, "Ten liang of palms, five liang of guides, five liang of talks, twenty liang of total."

"Then I just paid the man five taels for you." The old shopkeeper didn't say that Yu Dayu offered so high a price.

"Did I ask you to pay for it? No, you took the initiative to give the stupid money. It's not my business. I only accept what I should have. Twenty taels, hurry up, I will regret it if I'm late!"

Shi Bing sighed, took out two silver notes of ten taels and handed them to Yu Dayu.

Yu Dayu picked up the silver notes and took photos one by one in the sun. He confirmed that it was not fake. Then he slowly folded the silver notes and stuffed them into his shoes.

Then......
Chapter completed!