The title deed is in the old courtyard, and the old lady worships the Buddha in the afternoon on the third day.

is just two sentences, but there is a hidden mystery. The time and place are clearly explained, and the old lady will go to the temple for at least half a day after three days. It means it's time to act.

In fact, Evil Xiaoqi has no blood relationship with the old lady who represents the supreme authority of the evil family.

I remember that my father once said that when the evil family master first started his business, the blood and qi had just offended many peers. One of the out-of-state furriers had a relative who was a chief eunuch in the palace and went forward to slander the emperor. has set a trumped-up felony for the evil family, and the evil mansion is about to usher in a catastrophe. The old lady ran to mediate and disperse all her money, no matter how big or small the palace officials heard about the case supervised by the emperor, who would dare to come forward before it was too late to hide?

Just when the old lady was on the verge of despair, the turning point came.

An old guest who has been cooperating with the evil family all the year round heard about this and said that his daughter was working as a maid for the old queen mother in the palace, and he might be able to speak.

The old lady, who didn't have much hope, waited for the good news of peace and snow in the spring of this year. The emperor not only revoked Xuanzhao, but also rewarded the evil family with a lot of homestead as compensation.

All this is of course thanks to the daughter of the old guest, that is, the old lady who is now a special person in the evil mansion, although she is not a family, but she is extremely prestigious. Sometimes, when you encounter a major event, you have to ask the old lady for advice. However, the old lady has been eating fasting and worshipping the Buddha for a long time, and she has not asked about the family affairs of the evil mansion. Her courtyard, except for Jiang Yuhuai's mother and son, who often visited, the rest of the people rarely patronized, and it was as quiet as an evil ancestral hall.

When she was a child, she was very afraid of the old lady's deep pool-like eyes, but without a trace of waves, she could see through the depths of people's hearts, and it seemed that she couldn't hide anything.

Pretending to be idle and wandering around, seeing that there was no one around, Evil Xiaoqi turned a corner and came to the foot of the courtyard wall covered with green vegetation.

With little effort, the monkey-like Evil Little Seven arched over the high wall, passed through the moon gate of the garden, and entered the quiet and quaint courtyard.

The steamed buns have already been explored, and the old lady's yard only leaves an old mother who cooks on the fire and a maid who sprinkles and sweeps. There is still some distance from here, as long as you don't make too much movement, it's not a big problem. As for that maid, she must be sitting under the tree with Xiao Ju now. Evil Xiaoqi thought stupidly, fortunately he had arranged it in advance, saving a lot of trouble.

The courtyard of Nuoda is empty, the blue bamboo house is located next to the rockery, the door of the house is half hidden, the window is open, the breeze carries flower petals across the window, and the whole courtyard seems extremely quiet.

Evil Xiaoqi entered the house, the sunlight shone into the room through the white screen curtains, shining on the shrine next to the window, and the red cloth hanging on it half-covered a clay Buddha statue, I don't know what Buddha it was, and the side was covered with a mysterious golden halo.

I can imagine the old lady trembling and bowing down reverently. Evil Xiaoqi clasped his hands together, knelt on the ground and bowed three times to the statue. Silently reciting in his heart, Xiao Qi is also forced to forgive, my Buddha is compassionate to forgive and forgive the evil thoughts of sentient beings, and his kneeling posture this time is like a confessor begging for forgiveness of sins.

The sound of the "hula" bird flapping its wings sounded particularly sharp and harsh.

"I remember clearly that in the morning when the old lady was washing, it was still on the side of the counter, and it was gone in the blink of an eye. The maid's slender voice drifted in like a white mist.

The evil little seven were taken aback, and they didn't have time to think about it. Lifting the red curtain under the shrine, a short body shrank inside.

"Isn't that right? It's weird. By the time another soft voice rang out, it was already very clear. Evil Xiaoqi curled up in a ball, and the space under the shrine was cramped, barely able to fit his emaciated body.

Short, slight footsteps soon reached the house, followed by the sound of rummaging and rummaging. Evil Xiaoqi held his breath, and was angrily scolding the steamed bun for not even giving a password. A magnetic man's voice came from outside.

"Xiaolan, you don't have to look for it first, the old lady is waiting over there in a hurry. ”

It's Jiang Yuhuai, Evil Xiaoqi moved his numb toes slightly, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his legs were weak.

The chaotic footsteps faded away.

After a while, the house returned to calm, and Evil Xiaoqi heard the steamed bun shouting, "Young master, come out, everyone is gone." ”

Lifting the curtain, the sunlight spilled in through the hollow pane, and the steamed bun squinted his little eyes on the edge of the window and said: "I have been guarding the main gate just now, but I didn't expect that the two little girls slipped in through the corner door at the back, so dangerous." Thanks to Young Master Jiang's timely arrival. ”

Evil Xiaoqi didn't have time to listen to his chatter, and shouted without looking back while rummaging through the cabinet: "Stop the ink, hurry up and turn over things." ”

There was an old carved rosewood box on the soft collapse of the room, a yellowed dressing cabinet on the right, and a copper bed. Two large thin-waisted faience vases are placed in the corner of the wall, a set of white porcelain tea bowls are placed on the rounded mahogany desk, and a thick woolen carpet is laid on the pale blue stool.

Dressing cabinets, under beds, in boxes, on the walls and on the floor... As long as they can think of a place, the two of them desperately search, but in the end it is still empty and they find nothing.

In the end, Evil Xiaoqi fell on the Taishi chair on the right side of the center of the hall, on which hung a landscape, misty and rainy, and chic. Suddenly remembered the picture of the spring machine that Jiang Yuhuai sent a few days ago, is there any mystery? After carefully looking at it for a while, I found that the two words Duan Yuan at the end of the payment were clear and smooth. It was made by the same person as the spring machine map.

Suddenly alert, Evil Xiaoqi stepped on the stool and carefully removed the painting scroll, revealing a rectangular lime powder wall with obvious white colors around it. Paint it evenly and evenly, and you can't see any difference in the seams. In the midst of doubt, the low voice of the steamed bun sounded behind him, revealing the excitement that could not be concealed.

"Evil Shao, look here. ”

Opposite the painting is the wall. The wall was made of gray-white stone bricks, and the walls were cut into a neat tic-tac-toe shape, and the two stepped forward to remove the bricks and removed several stone bricks. A boxy cave with a carved mahogany box with a Rodian inlay emerges. The copper on it is stained with a little patina, with mottled traces of time, as if no one has touched it for a long time.

Trembling and holding out the mahogany box, Evil Xiaoqi's heart seemed to reach his throat, and he couldn't hold back his excitement and nervousness. shouted at the steamed bun: "Found it, found it." ”

Then it was the aftermath of the work, the two of them carefully moved the objects, and the furniture and cabinets were all placed in their original positions...