When Fang Wu saw the real jasper hairpin, he couldn't help but admire the beauty and extraordinariness of this thing. They took out a fake that had been made according to Forsythia's drawings in advance, hoping to perfunctory Chen Zhiyuan.

As soon as he was ready, he pretended to be Xiaolian and came to the gate of the Chen Mansion, and said to the guards at the door: "Big brother, can Lord Chen be in the mansion?" Excuse me, one of his old friends asked me to come and deliver something. ”

Looking at the innocent and harmless girl in front of her, the doorman nodded: "Girl, wait a moment, and I'll go and report to the adults first." ”

After about half a cup of tea, the guard came back and said to the thief, "Girl, come with me, my lord is waiting for you in the study." ”

Stealing Jade followed the guard to Chen Zhiyuan's study. When she was in Chen's Mansion as "Yu'er" before, she also came to the study. The furnishings here today are no different from half a moon ago, but they are full of books, a few porcelain bottles, and a whole pen holder of wolf pen, inkstone, and a green jade paperweight, which is very simple and unpretentious.

Chen Zhiyuan, dressed in a sky-gray cloth robe, was sitting behind a bookcase writing something. It doesn't look like a man who was once a very good minister, but more like a gentleman who taught in a private school. Seeing that the person who came was actually the little girl who was waiting beside Jinxuan, Chen Zhiyuan was obviously taken aback. He waved his hand to let the guard leave, and said, "Cover the door for me, and give orders to go down, and no one shall come in without my command." ”

The guard agreed, closed the door, and withdrew. There were only two people left in the house, Stealing Jade and Chen Zhiyuan. Chen Zhiyuan stood up, walked out from behind the bookcase, and asked with a nervous expression, "Did Jinxuan ask you to come?" But what happened? ”

Thief Yugang wanted to tell the news that Qian Shen had arrived in the courtyard that day, but after thinking about it, Jinxuan didn't want Chen Zhiyuan to know about it, so he shook his head: "It's nothing." It's just that Madame asked me to come over and give the adults something. ”

"What is it?" Chen Zhiyuan asked suspiciously.

Stealing Jade took out the brocade box he was carrying with him and handed it over. Chen Zhiyuan took the box and opened it, and when he saw the hairpin inside, his face instantly turned pale! Stealing jade also saw the change in his expression, and his heart couldn't help but sink, could it be that Chen Zhiyuan saw that this jasper glass hairpin was fake? But it's not like it, if he finds out that the hairpin is fake, how can he not question her on the spot?

Before stealing jade came back to his senses, Chen Zhiyuan asked again: "Jinxuan, what can she tell me?" ”

"This ......," Stealing Jade recounted Jinxuan's words carefully, repeating, "Well, Madame asked me to tell my lord, and she said that she was not worthy of such a luxurious thing. He also said that he wanted adults to treat the lady in the house well, saying that she was a woman worthy of your cherishment. ”

"Jinxuan......" Chen Zhiyuan's body shook violently, and suddenly asked loudly, "Something must have happened!" Tell me the truth, has anyone ever approached Jinxuan in the days I haven't been there? ”

Seeing that the middle-aged man who had always been gentle suddenly seemed to have lost his mind and gone crazy, Steal Yu was shocked, and a bad premonition permeated his heart. She immediately replied: "Yes, two days ago, a person named Qian Shen once came to the small courtyard. He said that he wanted to spend money to buy officials, but he was discovered by adults and wanted to investigate the matter. He also said that his wife had been a kabuki before......"

"Qian Shen!" Chen Zhiyuan's face was ugly and scary, and he clutched the brocade box in his hand, "He will find Jinxuan!" I've been deliberately avoiding going to the other courtyard these days, just because I'm afraid he'll find out there! ”

Knowing that this matter was not good, Stealing Jade couldn't help asking, "My lord...... Madame she ......"

"Xiaolian, hurry, let's go back quickly!" Chen Zhiyuan said urgently. As he spoke, he strode out of the study and said loudly, "Someone, prepare the carriage quickly, immediately!" ”

Stealing Yu followed Chen Zhiyuan into the carriage, and the usually calm man kept urging the coachman to speed up. Stealing Yu's heart has been tense, she can see that Chen Zhiyuan is very nervous now, which makes her can't help but comfort her: "My lord, you don't have to worry too much......

"No, hurry up!" Chen Zhiyuan's voice was panicked and helpless, "I'm afraid that if I don't hurry up, it's too late......"

The carriage galloped all the way towards the small courtyard in the suburbs. As soon as I entered the village, I watched the villagers of Qingxi Village running towards the forest in the back mountain with buckets and wooden basins.

Seeing this, Chen Zhiyuan's face was like ashes. He grabbed a villager and asked, "Big brother, what's going on in the village?" ”

"Oops!" The simple villager was carrying two large buckets of water, and pointed in the direction of the forest with some anxiety, and said, "Look at the smoke wafting from that direction, it is the house in the forest that is on fire!" I won't tell you, the fire is too big, and I don't know how it started. The big guys have gone to put out the fire, but I guess they can't survive if they touch people......"

The house in the woods was on fire and couldn't survive......

This series of words made Stealing Yu's eyes blacken. Is it Mrs. Jinxuan? They say, but ma'am? Why is she so stupid? No wonder Madame was so unusual today, she was in an unusually good spirit, and she was carefully dressed. I thought she was cured, and she no longer bothered about what Qian Shen said, but it turned out that she was bent on dying!

Stealing jade didn't care so much, so he immediately used his light skills and rushed towards the small courtyard!

But no matter how fast she was, it was still too late. The small courtyard where she had lived with Jinxuan for more than ten days had now been burned by the fire. The fire has been largely extinguished by the well-meaning villagers, but nothing remains. Charred wood, burnt and distorted furniture, collapsed beams. The cozy and simple courtyard is now in ruins and devastation.

A villager beside him sighed: "Alas, it's too miserable, this fire is too big!" This courtyard is too far away from where everyone in the village lives, and by the time they found it, the fire was already too big to control. I'm afraid that this master's house will be burned so that I can't even find the wreckage......"

Chen Zhiyuan also rushed over. Looking at the situation in front of him, he froze in place. A few villagers also recognized him as a frequent visitor, so they kindly comforted him and left one after another. Next to the charred ruins, only two people remained, Stealing Yu and Chen Zhiyuan.

"Madame is inside." Stealing Yu said softly, I don't know if I said it to Chen Zhiyuan or to myself. Her heart was sullen and a little breathless, but strangely she couldn't shed a single tear.

Chen Zhiyuan's reaction was surprisingly calm. Step by step, he walked through the ruins, ignoring the filthy dregs, and rummaging and searching little by little. Stealing Jade wanted to help him, but he stopped him. He just said lightly: "I'll come to her myself." ”