About half an hour later, the mother-in-law who searched the house returned to the courtyard and truthfully told Sù that she hadn't even found any stolen goods for Xi'er. An Lan and Jinque both breathed a sigh of relief, and Lian Xi'er looked at Lu Yunxian and Wang Meiniang, Lu Yunxian looked at Wang Meiniang with some mockery: "In my opinion, this matter is not so simple, why waste your efforts on them, is there a place to hide things in these little incense slave houses, it is better to go to the houses of various incense envoys and search, maybe you can really find something." ”

Lu Yunxian likes silver, and the incense in her hand is basically exchanged for silver and stored in the bank, so if she really wants to search, she will never find anything in her house that should not be there. But other incense envoys are not necessarily, especially Wang Meiniang, she has hooked up with Wang Zhangshi during this time, and there must be a lot of things stored in the house, and they will be searched out when the time comes, but they will have to be seen.

Wang Meiniang didn't know what Lu Yunxian was planning, so naturally she wouldn't agree to this mentions, snorted coldly, and said: "Things are really not that simple, just now I was afraid that I would wronged a good person, so I proposed to search the house." Judging from the results of this search, these incense slaves should be innocent, but the incense in the incense room is really missing, why are those incense missing? It's not going to be like turning into smoke and flying! ”

Lu Yunxian sneered: "What do you think? ”

"If you steal something, no one will be stupid enough to put it in your own room and wait for others to find it, the sooner you make a move, the better, after all, if you change the silver, you can only call it safe when you put it yourself, even if people see it, it can't say anything." Wang Meiniang glanced at Lu Yunxian as she spoke, and without waiting for Lu Yunxian to speak, she continued to say to Lian Xi'er, "So, in my opinion, you should check who has gone out on errands in the past few days, what errands have been done, and how long it has taken us, so that you should be able to find out some clues." ”

Even Xi'er thought about it and felt that this was a method, so she nodded.

Lu Yunxian was suffocated by Wang Meiniang's sarcastic words, but even Xi'er had already nodded, and she couldn't think of any reason to object, so she had to snort heavily and stand aside with a calm face.

Whether it is a Xiangnu or a Xiangzhi, there is a record of the discharge office, and Lian Xi'er asked people to take the registration book and read the names one by one, and after a while, An Lan's name was read out. When she was about to step forward, the goldfinch grabbed her and asked her to steal the incense card to herself. It's just that An Lan saw that Gui Zhi had been staring at her, for fear of being self-defeating, so she deliberately avoided the hand of the golden finch, and then walked out as if nothing happened.

After seeing An Lan come out, Gui Zhi hooked the corners of his mouth a little proudly, then turned his head and glanced behind Lian Xi'er. After a while, Shi Zhu, who was standing behind Lian Xi'er, whispered a few words to the little guy next to him, then turned around and went out quietly.

The incense room is a big inventory every three days, because the last inventory number is right, so the last three days out of the business slaves have been called out. After everyone was together, the mother-in-law stepped forward to ask one by one, compared the time and specific matters of the errand, and nodded and let go if there was no one in or out. An Lan was the last to be shouted, naturally she heard the content of her mother-in-law's questioning, and from the first question, she knew that this matter was aimed at her.

Gui Zhi wants to blame her fault, Wang Meiniang wants to get rid of Lu Yunxian, she is under Lu Yunxian's control, even if Lu Yunxian treats her as nothing special, let alone close, but in the eyes of the people next to her, she and Lu Yunxian are in the same group, and anything she does is inseparable from Lu Yunxian. So her omission yesterday was just able to fulfill Wang Meiniang and Gui Zhi's wishes, and now she and Lu Yunxian are tied together.

Lu Yunxian naturally saw this, because these incense slaves who were pointed out did not have Wang Meiniang's people, and she immediately sensed the danger, and it was a danger specifically aimed at her. This consciousness made her a little panicked, but more annoyed, today's matter, she was calculated by Wang Meiniang!

The mother-in-law continued to ask, there was still one person left to reach An Lan, Wang Meiniang deliberately glanced at Lu Yunxian and smiled: "Sister Lu, don't be so nervous, the fragrant slave next to her who looks very smart is called An Lan, I see that she is an obedient and sensible person, and she will never do anything behind your sister's back." ”

This was said extremely viciously, since An Lan would not do anything behind Lu Yunxian's back, then if An Lan really did anything to eat inside and outside, it must be Lu Yunxian's instructions. This sentence is equivalent to cutting off Lu Yunxian's back road, and taking the first step to blame An Lan's fault entirely on Lu Yunxian. Lian Xi'er glanced at the two of them and didn't say anything, she has rarely participated in the fight between these two people for a long time, and now that she is about to get married, she naturally doesn't want to get involved in these things.

She didn't want to make too much trouble today, as if such things had not happened before. In fact, as long as a period of time, the less incense will naturally be quietly made up, although the quality will be much lower than the original, but the amount will not be less, and the registered book will also be quietly changed.

The amount of agarwood cakes that were stolen was not much, and the quality was average. It's just that Wang Meiniang wants to take this opportunity to get rid of Lu Yunxian, so this matter has become extremely strict, and according to the rules of the Changxiang Palace, the person who steals the incense will die.

"I have nothing to be nervous about." Lu Yunxian hated it so much that his liver hurt, but he had to show an expression of indifference on his face, and then turned his head to Lian Xi'er and said, "In my opinion, even if Xiangnu is on a business trip, it has nothing to do with stealing incense." In the final analysis, it is still necessary to check how the incense is missing, the incense room has always been locked, and every time someone enters, there are also people watching from the sidelines, maybe...... It was the steward of the incense room who was deceived by someone to do the act of guarding and stealing. ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Wang Meiniang, the person who took care of the incense room had a relationship with Wang Meiniang, this was naturally self-evident, and Lian Xi'er still didn't speak, quite a kind of thing that didn't matter to herself.

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, touch the vine, and you will always find that melon." Wang Meiniang did not show weakness, and smiled as she spoke, "Oh, I asked An Lan." ”

The mother-in-law walked up to her, and An Lan raised her face, she went out on an errand yesterday very simply, and she finished it in three or two sentences. The mother-in-law nodded, and asked again: "After you handed over the incense ware to Supervisor Zhang of Kou Meilin, when did you come out of Supervisor Zhang?" ”

An Lan's heart sank, and after being silent for a moment, she shook her head and said, "I don't know exactly when, I just know that it was evening at that time, and the sun was about to set." ”

The mother-in-law said: "I asked Steward Zhang, and Steward Zhang said that when you left, it was just when he was about to go to the presiding officer's reply, and he went to the presiding officer every day at two o'clock in the unitary hour, so you came out of Steward Zhang at two o'clock in the unitary hour." ”

An Lan was silent, and the woman continued: "It will take a quarter of an hour at most to return to Yuanxiang Courtyard from Kou Sleepy Forest, but when you returned to Yuanxiang Courtyard last night, it was already three quarters of the hour, and there was an hour in between, so long, where did you go?" Who did you meet? What was done? ”

Faced with her mother-in-law's repeated questions, An Lan was still silent.

The whole courtyard was quiet, so quiet that you could almost hear everyone's breathing, the golden finch was so anxious that her palms were sweating, Gui Zhi stood aside and watched with a proud face, Wang Meiniang slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, Lu Yunxian's face sank, and Lian Xi'er frowned.

"What about you, dumb!" The mother-in-law raised her voice, and the remaining Xiangnu felt their hearts pounding, and some even trembled, but An Lan was still calm, and she didn't know whether she wanted to hide her panic or think of a way to deal with it.

The mother-in-law said again: "It's obviously an errand, but in fact, I took the opportunity to take out the agarwood stolen from the incense room and sell it!" What a daring! ”

An Lan finally spoke: "No, I didn't steal the incense." ”

Gui Zhi next to him sneered: "Isn't it? What did you do in that hour? It's hard to say that you went to the garden, but don't laugh at the dead, is the Sleepy Forest a place where you can wander around! I see, you will not tell the truth unless you suffer some hardship. ”

The goldfinch was so angry that she almost rushed out to scold the goldfinch, but at this moment An Lan said again: "I met a nobleman, and he ordered me to make tea for him, so I delayed the time to come back." ”

Gui Zhi immediately sneered: "Nobleman, I know that you will find such an excuse, there are many nobles in Kou Meilin, but who do you think you are, the nobles put so many people in it and don't call, why do you just take a fancy to you?" Think that a random noble person can cover up your theft and sale of incense? ”

"We're all here, when is your turn to speak!" Lu Yunxian glared at Gui Zhi, then looked at Wang Meiniang, and said coldly, "Xiangnu who doesn't understand the rules also needs to be disciplined well, so as not to climb on your head in the future to show off your might." ”

Gui Zhi hurriedly removed the color on his face and lowered his face, Wang Meiniang glanced at her, and then said to Lu Yunxian: "Naturally, I want to be disciplined, but this matter is not urgent, let's figure out the current matter first, and we can give Wang Zhang's affairs an explanation." ”

Lu Yunxian said: "Whether An Lan is stealing incense and selling incense, let her finish her words first." ”

"That's natural, this matter must be investigated clearly." Only then did Lian Xi'er speak, and nodded to the interrogating mother-in-law.

The woman asked again with a calm face: "What is the name of the noble person?" Where did you summon you, and who saw it at the time? ”

An Lan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I only know that it is a son surnamed Jing, and I don't know what it is called, that day he brought a little maid to make tea and enjoy the flowers in the corner pavilion of Yixin Garden, and there was no one next to the pavilion at that time, so except for the little guy, no one else should see it." ”

Wang Meiniang suddenly spoke: "Since no one else has seen it, then I can only go to that son to testify against you and prove that what you said is true?" ”

How is this possible, Lu Yunxian was furious, and annoyed that An Lan was clumsy, and he made up a reason that was full of loopholes. What is the identity of the guests who can enter and leave the Pleasant Garden, even if they find out who the noble person is, how can a person of that status testify for a fragrant slave. But at present, this situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to her, Wang Meiniang is pressing step by step, she can't sit still, so she also said: "Yixin Garden is not a place where ordinary guests can enter, even the incense envoy in the sleeping forest, and it is not possible to enter at will, it is too unrealistic to let such a noble person testify for a fragrant slave, even if you find that guest, who dares to say such a trivial matter." ”

Wang Meiniang was about to answer, but Lian Xi'er said to An Lan in order to settle things as soon as possible: "If what you said is true, then you should remember the appearance and clothing of the guest, you think about it, as long as what you say can be right, stealing incense has nothing to do with you." ”

Lu Yunxian nodded, Wang Meiniang's face changed slightly, and she glanced at Gui Zhi, who turned her face sideways and looked at the courtyard gate. Then I saw a mother-in-law walk in and say that Chen Xiang from Kou Meilin made Chen Lu come over, and said that there was something very important to see Lian Xi'er.

Lian Xi'er was puzzled: "What's the matter?" ”

The mother-in-law hesitated a little, Lu Yunxian suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, and was about to open her mouth to stop it, but Wang Meiniang had already preemptively said: "Coming here so early in the morning must be a very important thing, you can say it." ”

The woman bowed slightly, and then said: "Chen Xiang's envoy said that last evening she found that a fragrant slave secretly took incense to Koumeilin to sell, and was seen by a guest. Now it has been found that the incense slave is from the Yuanxiang Courtyard, so now she has led the guest over to recognize the person, and she is now waiting outside the courtyard. ”

Lu Yunxian was shocked, Lian Xi'er was extremely surprised, Wang Meiniang was prepared, and she didn't wait for Lian Xi'er to speak, so she ordered Gui Zhi to invite someone in.

After a while, An Lan raised her eyes, the courtyard door was eagerly opened, Chen Lu hid the anxiety in her eyes, and walked in expressionlessly, followed by a man in his thirties with a somewhat fat face, it was Ma Guixian.