"Rebel! You've really disgraced your ancestors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Bai Mengyang scolded Bai Zhijie who was kneeling in the hall. Bai Zhijie bowed his shoulders and didn't dare to reply. Seeing that he was silent, Bai Mengyang sighed in the sky, paced back and forth in the hall, and finally raised his hand impatiently at him and said, "Get up, stand aside." Then he said to the old housekeeper who was standing by the door: "Please Pingjun and them come in, so that they can watch the tea, and then ask someone to hurry up and prepare breakfast." ”

The old housekeeper agreed, went out, and said politely to Sima Xin, Dongfang Lin, Wuwei and Fang Tongbao: "Master, please let the four of you in." I was fortunate to have suffered from you last night, so I'll go prepare a meal right away, so please wait a while. Sima Xin said, "Thank you, Fengbo." Then these people will be put here first. With that, he looked at the dozen or so people who were tied up under the tree in front of the steps. The old butler nodded: "It's okay, it's okay." As he spoke, he walked towards the front yard, and inevitably glanced at the group of people a few more times. Who knew that one of them would cry out loud: "I have no food to eat, and I don't give my saliva to drink?" ”

"Shut up. You're the one who talks the most. Dongfang Lin glanced at him, "It's okay if I didn't beat you, just because you are still the master of the Flying Tiger Village, you are not ashamed." It turned out that the noisy person was Yuan Gang, the owner of the Flying Tiger Village in Meishan, Sichuan.

"Forget it, Dongfang, don't bother with him. Let's go, let's go in. Wu Wei said on the side.

The four of them walked into the back hall, Bai Mengyang still looked as haggard as yesterday, and he was angry, his eyes were red at this time, his cheeks drooped, and his face was even more ugly. Sima Xin said: "Uncle should pay attention to rest in the past two days, and don't think too much. Seeing Bai Zhijie standing in the corner of the hall, he looked self-conscious, and persuaded: "Although my cousin is at fault, he hasn't done anything big to hurt the family's face, so my uncle doesn't have to be responsible." Now is not as demanding as in the past, and your family is not too demanding. ”

Bai Mengyang said helplessly: "It's not that I'm demanding, I just hate him for being too uncompetitive." It's just that someone from outside comes to steal, he ...... He can't learn literature, he doesn't study martial arts diligently, but he learns the behavior of this gang of thieves! Alas, it's only my godson that I have no way. He shook his head again and again, and said to Dongfang Lin: "Miss Dongfang, I made false comments about you before, I sincerely apologize today, Miss is chivalrous, and the dog is really unworthy." ”

Dongfang Lin hurriedly stood up and said, "The pavilion master is serious, and the younger generation will not dare to be it. ”

"No need to be polite, miss, please take a seat. In extraordinary times, I know that my family has been self-proclaimed chivalrous for generations, but it is not worthy of the name, and the frog at the bottom of the well. After all the recent experiences, Bai Mengyang's noble heart has been exhausted, and at this time, there is a sense of depression everywhere when he speaks, causing a moment of silence in the audience.

Dongfang Lin looked left and right, cleared his throat in a low voice, and said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Although there have been many thieves in the mansion in the past two nights, there is no lack of harvest in the disaster. ”

Bai Mengyang looked puzzled and waited for her to continue. Dongfang Lin's eyes swept over the other three, took a sip of tea, straightened his expression, but was also cautious, and said, "Since the pavilion master is not to blame, then I will get straight to the point." Your house is deep and wide, and it is not easy to find a book without any clues. These people who came to hunt for treasure didn't seem to be thieves for the first time, and they were familiar with theft, and many places that ordinary people couldn't think of even ran to visit, which saved me a lot of effort. As she spoke, she looked at Bai Mengyang's face, and saw that his face was elongated, his brows became more and more tight, and she was embarrassed, and she didn't know whether she should go on in detail, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Sima Xin smiling at her with a comforting look, so she took the opportunity to drink tea and stop talking.

"Uncle don't blame, yesterday a few of us also tried to find, but all day long, come to discuss, if someone comes again, instead of arresting them, it is better to let them continue to hunt for our treasure, it is best to get the stolen goods, if you really can't find it, it is the will of God." Sima Xing glanced at Bai Zhijie again, "When it was almost dawn, we ran into my cousin and arrested him as a thief, and we haven't asked him in detail, so he seems to know something." Uncle, don't punish him, let him come and sit down, and explain things clearly. ”

Seeing his nephew's repeated pleas, Bai Mengyang gradually softened, waved his son over, asked him to take a small bench and sit underneath, and said sharply: "You reflect on it first!" When it's your turn to speak for a while, if there is a little concealment, the family law will deal with it! ”

At this time, a servant brought food, and everyone filled their stomachs, and Sima Xin explained everything to Bai Mengyang from yesterday to this morning.

Due to the recent drastic changes, the Bai family and almost all the people from the Wenjian Pavilion gathered in the Lingyin Courtyard, and when Sima Xin led the three of them to the main manor yesterday, in addition to seeing Bai Mengyang's eldest disciple Wang Lian leading several family members to investigate the traces left by the losses and thieves, the courtyard was lonely and sparsely populated. After asking, it turned out that Wang Lian rushed over early in the morning at the request of the master, and there was a mess in the house at that time, some were injured by thieves the night before, some people were about to leave after hearing the news, and they were asking the old housekeeper for wages, and there were people who were shocked when they ran around. It took half a day to appease the servant, and Wang Lian was already anxious.

Hearing that the master entrusted Sima Xin to come to help, Wang Lian breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, but saw the three people who came with him, and was surprised, the two men who had never met looked polite, they were Sima Xin's friends, and they must also be strangers in the rivers and lakes, but when he knew that the somewhat familiar men's dress girl was the bride who ran away after the wedding, he was dumbfounded, seeing that he was mostly in the way here, so he didn't wait for Sima Xin to say anything, and handed over the personnel in the house, and then resigned to the master.

According to Wang Lian, there was an old housekeeper addendum, and the four of them knew the details of the eve before. Around the clock of the day, a family member suddenly called for a fire, alarmed the old housekeeper, ran out to see that it was the backyard horse shed burned, sleepy-eyed and confused, only as if the lamp and candle had burned the hay, and hurriedly called the servant to carry water to put out the fire. After being busy for a while, I put out the fire, and I was just about to go back to sleep, but someone came to report that there was a fight in the front yard. The old butler was frightened, and ran to the front, only to see two masked men in night clothes fighting in the patio at the door of the master's study, beating and slandering each other on the other. One said, "Tell the story of everything, come first, come first!" Where are you savages, who don't understand these rules? The other said, "I don't care!" What qualifications do you have to scold me for setting fires! ”

The old butler choked on his chest in horror, coughed heavily, waved his hands and stomped his feet, and beckoned the family members who came after him to take sticks to drive away the thieves. When the two masked men saw someone coming, they immediately stopped fighting with each other, cursed and then ran into the shadows. After all, these family members are not the martial arts disciples of the Sword Pavilion, at most they have some strength, seeing the people of the rivers and lakes, how can they not be afraid, at this time, relying on the courage of many people, carrying lanterns to patrol the house. Unbeknownst to him, there were frequent encounters with men in black in the house, and several people were injured in a short time. But those men in black didn't seem to dare to make a big fuss, and after making a noise, the two groups of people left over the wall one after another, leaving several messes behind.

Not long after, when the family was still cleaning up all over the ground, there was movement in the backyard again, and they hurried to see another group of strongmen. There were a lot of people, but they didn't wear night clothes, and some didn't even cover their faces, so they came in over the wall in a grand manner. When the family heard the noise and ran away, the group had already swept the main house and more than a dozen side rooms in the backyard, and some people were still holding some scattered gold and silver utensils in their hands. When the leader saw that he was discovered, he didn't love to fight, and after a few parries, he led a group of his men to escape.

After saying this, the old butler handed a knife to Sima Xin and said, "Childe, please see, this is what the third group of thieves dropped last night." Sima Xin took it, and saw that it was an ordinary self-defense dagger for people in the rivers and lakes, and the word "Flying Tiger" was engraved on the handle. Dongfang Lin leaned over to take a look, suddenly "poofed" a smile, and said: "This third group of people is either from Meishan or from Changde." is clearly a thief, and it seems to be above board. The old housekeeper sighed: "Fortunately, these people came for a purpose, and they didn't lose much of their belongings." ”

Under the leadership of the old housekeeper, the four of them explored the places stolen last night one by one, only to see the large and small study, the account room, the gold and stone utensils storage room, the sword showroom, the bedroom cage, the back of the bookcase cabinet and other places have been involved, especially the several rooms where the books are stored, it has been turned upside down, and it is almost plowed. Later, taking advantage of the free time to rest, Sima Xin privately asked the old housekeeper if there was any secret room at home. The old butler shook his head after thinking about it. Sima Xin changed his mind, since he didn't even know Bai Mengyang, it must be the old pavilion master who wanted to make the "Essence of the Ten Directions" extinct, but he didn't want to, his confession attracted the covetousness of the villain, and he left a big problem for future generations.

In the evening, most of the servants in the main house had left, and only a dozen or so were left. Sima Xin and the others discussed it, and they all felt that it was likely that there would be people coming that night, the news on the rivers and lakes was already going fast, and now that there are such treasures here, there may be many people who are greedy. So he instructed the servants that if there was a thief, they should not make a noise, and let them deal with it.

As expected, three more groups of people came one after another after the third watch. Compared with the three groups who came the night before, it seemed that they were more clever, not letting the robbers such as arson do things, and quietly touched in with light skills, and broke the door into the house in one go. The first group of only three people came in from the backyard, searched the side hall of the bedroom all the way, and finally was intercepted by Wuwei and Dongfang Lin, who had been in ambush for a long time in front of the lady's room. At about the same time, Sima Xin in the front yard also captured a thief leader, ripped off the masked towel and recognized it, it was Cui Quan, the eldest disciple of the Cloud Gate Sword Sect. These two gangs are really amazing, and no one could have imagined that these "decent" disciples would do such things. Although they all insisted that they were selfish and had nothing to do with the master, who knew whether it was true or not.

These people were tied, and a group of seven people came not long after, at this time Dongfang Lin was already a little sleepy and impatient, and before they could enter, he rushed up and handed over hands to the leader. This group of thieves deserves to be unlucky, they were wiped out as soon as they entered the door, and they didn't even have a chance to escape, this is Yuan Gang, the owner of the Flying Tiger Village in Meishan, and his subordinates. After a little interrogation, Yuan Gang confessed that he heard from the people in Changde Feihu Village yesterday that they went to Baifu to steal books without telling the boss, but they didn't steal them, and they were scolded by the boss, which was really kind and not rewarded. Hearing that there was no one in Baifu, Yuan Gang also had the idea of trying his luck, but he didn't expect his luck to be so bad.

After a night of vigil, everyone was tired, and they were ready to rest for a while when they saw that the sky was about to dawn, but when they passed by the gate of the garden behind them, they found a figure sneaking in from the small gate of the garden. A few people had sharp eyes, and through a few points of starlight, they saw that the person was dressed as a member of the White Mansion, exchanged glances, and followed lightly.

The man was familiar with the way in the garden, turned the grape trellis and the peony bar, turned seven times and eight times, came to the edge of a large rock, stopped for a long time, and then continued to walk forward, and pushed the door into a hut at the end of the garden. After a while, the door of the house opened again, and the man bowed his head out of it with a box about a foot long in his arms, and before he could take two steps, he was blocked by Sima Xin, and his eyes met each other, and he was surprised. This maid is dressed as Bai Zhijie!

At that time, the sky was already a little cloudy, and before he could stay long, Bai Mengyang personally went home to visit.