Xiao Nan took a closer look at the mural, there is no doubt that the person on this mural should fill Sixteen Shao with memories, so he will always put this painting here.

So this painting should be extremely important to him.

He remembers watching some TV shows where rich people would put valuable things behind murals, so ......

He tried to remove the mural and put it on the ground, but this action almost caused him to fall, and the loss of a leg was extremely inconvenient, and it was difficult to stabilize his body's balance.

After standing firmly, he leaned against the wall and looked closely, and found that behind the painting was a wooden wall, and there was a place where he knocked on it, and sure enough, it was hollow inside, and on this wooden board, there was a small handle that could be opened.

But when he opened the movable plank, there was a very elaborate safe embedded in the wall. You need to know the password to open it.

Xiao Nan sat on the chair in front of the desk in frustration and thought, he couldn't have had the opportunity to come and go here so freely at other times.

And his crippled body is inconvenient to walk, and he definitely can't take such a heavy safe.

It's great to be able to guess the password.

However, perhaps it was the purple slaves who were rummaging through the cabinets that helped him, and he saw what seemed to be a photo album among the objects thrown on the ground around him.

Those who can afford this idea must be a big family. It's just that there was no color photo technology at this time, so the sixteenth young man found someone to paint a photo into a color oil painting.

And in his album, there was an entire night dedicated to the original photograph of the painting, and the date of the photograph was written on it.

Xiao Nan held the mentality of trying it out, and used that date as a password to unlock the lock, but he didn't expect that Sixteen Shao had no sense of password insurance at all, and really opened his safe.

The moment he opened the box, Xiao Nan was actually quite looking forward to it.

But I didn't expect that there was only a simple wooden box in the box, and after opening it, it looked like some old toys for children, rattles, small cloth bags or something, and silk flowers brought by girls.

This should be a very precious childhood memory of Sixteen Youth.

I didn't expect him to be so romantic, with a group of wives and concubines, and a corner of his heart was quite innocent.

But these things are actually of no use to Xiao Nan at all.

He rummaged through the safe again, and finally found some documents such as title deeds. However, these things are useless to him, and it is estimated that in a few days, the title deeds and real estate mastered by the sixteen young people will also be divided by the Xiao family. Relying on his habit of reading quickly cultivated for many years, and by the faint light of the street lamp outside, Xiao Nan found an inconspicuous document from these title deeds, which was one of the properties purchased by the sixteen young people in his own name, which seemed to be a small shop on a street in the city, the store was not large, and it was marked that it was a mortgage, which should have been obtained from the poor people.

Xiao Nan was pressed for time, and only vaguely felt that he might be able to leave the title deed, so he took it in his arms. Then put the safe in place and leave quickly.

After he left the courtyard of the sixteenth young master, he walked around for a long time before finally coming to a side courtyard close to the front hall.

However, before he could go any further, his name was called, and it was called by a servant who appeared to be some middle-ranking butler, who was much better dressed than he was, and even had a servant who followed him with an umbrella.

The housekeeper looked at Xiao Nan and said, "Thirteen young people, don't go to the front hall, just wait and follow the big guy to worship an ancestor, and just go back to the fourth-class seat and stay." ”

The fourth-class seat was only a seat for servants like Xiao Ci, and when he said this, it was obviously a great humiliation for Xiao Nan.

But Xiao Nan felt relieved, he didn't want to be with that group of people from the Xiao family, the psychological pressure on people from the first two meetings was too great.

So he said, "Then everything is up to your old arrangement." ”

The housekeeper didn't expect him to be quite talkative, and thought that he would be angry and humiliate him by the way, but he didn't expect to punch the soft cotton.

The people of the Xiao family, all of them will read the following notes, and their understanding of the various secrets between the masters is estimated to be more powerful than the masters. Everyone knows that the Thirteenth Young Master has a better relationship with the Seventh Young Master, and now the Seventh Young Master himself is difficult to protect, and he is also a cold palace prince who has been excluded from the circle of power, and the Thirteenth Young Master is even more alone, plus he has been tortured twice, he is so unlucky that he can't be unlucky anymore, and everyone can't wait to avoid him.

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, Xiao Nan walked for another half a day before coming to the so-called ancestor worship compound, which is at the other end of the Xiao Mansion, covering a vast area, built like a small palace room, and has a special gorgeous lobby to place the ancestral tablets of the Xiao family. These tablets are divided into two columns, both of which are lined up on both sides of the lobby, and the golden statue of the old man in the middle is actually in the center!!

It looks like a Buddha statue and is more than two meters tall!

How arrogant is he, he actually let the entire Xiao family worship himself!

And it's still alive!

At this time, all the children and relatives of the Xiao family have almost arrived, but only the eldest master is missing, Xiao Nan leaned against the wall in the corner and observed this group of whispering nobles, seeing that they were all dressed in style, I was afraid that everyone was living in fear every day.

The Seventh Young Master also came, but he didn't dare to get close to Xiao Nan, because there were many people here, and he only dared to glance at Xiao Nan from afar.

The content of everyone's chat was also short from the parents, shouting for warmth, no one dared to say what happened a few nights ago, and no one paid attention to Xiao Nan.

After waiting like this for a while, when it came to the good day, there were specially invited monks, Taoist priests to preside over the sacrifice, and the old man was too lazy to attend this kind of scene, it is said that he did not come, but he was really capricious.

Xiao Nan, like other children, knelt on the futon and kowtowed to the golden statue of the eldest master in the slogan of the senior monk.

And the kowtowing procedure was extremely long, and he had to wake up Wanyue to put a protective measure on his stump leg, otherwise he couldn't stand the hour-long kneeling.

And when they knelt down to worship the eldest master, in the huge open space outside the hall, all the male servants of a certain grade also knelt down, Xiao Nan secretly glanced back, only to feel that this scene was simply more magnificent than kneeling to welcome the emperor.

And very much like a cult.

Everyone sang together: "Long life is boundless, the old man has no borders!" Glory forever!! He shouted it countless times, as if he could really make this prayer true.

However, how many people really want the old man to live a long life? I'm afraid there is no one.

The tedious worship service is finally over, and the grand celebration really begins.

At nine o'clock, the salute rang out outside, and Xiao Nan silently left the ancestor worship compound, he should go to the fourth-class seat, but in that kind of place, even if he doesn't go, it is estimated that no one cares.

At this time, the Seventh Young Master waited for the other clansmen to leave, and then came to him again, and said with a bitter face: "Thirteenth brother, I have been unlucky these days, originally I prepared a car of good Shoushan Stone as a birthday gift, but something went wrong on the transportation road, and a car of goods was smashed. Now don't talk about birthday celebrations, I still owe a lot of debts, and I even lost the money to set up a factory. Forgive Brother Seventh for not being able to turn around these days, and I can't support you more. ”

Saying that, he still quietly stuffed a few silver tickets to Xiao Nan.

Xiao Nan said: "Seventh brother, you don't have to give me money." ”

"If I don't give you money, how are you going to live this life? Take it. It's okay, I'm not at the point where I can't get the pot on. With that, he hurried away again, probably for fear of being seen.

This person is really emotional, but he is also really unlucky. Maybe his goods are not because of natural disasters, but because of human disasters caused by other young masters, after all, the birthday ceremony is such an important thing, and the seventh young master has pressed all his assets, and it is impossible to travel to the pool easily.

Xiao Nan sighed twice, feeling like a beggar.

I don't know what I can repay him, and I can't protect myself when I cross the river with mud and bodhisattva.

At this time, festive music can be heard inside and outside the Xiao family, and the guests also enter from the main entrance, bringing various valuable birthday gifts to visit.

No matter how lively and festive it was, Xiao Nan felt that it had nothing to do with him.

Although he knew that he had gone to the fourth-class table and would inevitably be ridiculed by a group of minions, he still showed his face and proved that he had been here.

At this time, the servants had not yet started to cook, and only some maids were busy serving.

A maid who served vegetables made a sound when she saw Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan took a closer look, it turned out to be the former maid Xiaoci in his yard!

"Thirteen less! How are you in this kind of place! Xiaoci exclaimed.

"I've been sent here. How did you......? Xiao Nan asked.

"I ...... Mrs. Zai's aunt was not good, and she was calculated and excluded, so she fell here. Xiao Ci sighed and said, "Now I will also work on the third kitchen to see what chance I can meet the nobles." Thirteen young master, I heard that you have been quite close to the seventh young master recently, how about it, has the seventh young master been able to pull you? ”

Xiao Nan thought about it, although Xiao Ci is a person who can speak well and is well-informed, he is also a person who meets the wind and rudder and talks about his tongue, so it is better to draw a line with her, so he said: "The Seventh Young Master is busy with his affairs, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Then you don't have a penny, how did you get by? Could it be that the woman named Wanyue posted it upside down? I heard that she often goes to the market to show her face......" Xiao Ci pulled her face and said, she was always obsessed with Wanyue.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even know about Wanyue's going out, Xiao Nan felt that he really underestimated this eighth woman, so he said, "I still have some savings on hand." ”

He was not in a hurry to turn his face with Xiao Ci, because he felt more and more that although Xiao Ci was a girl, she really had a lot of energy.

"Then young master, you have hidden this money so deeply!" Xiao Ci smiled meaningfully, she used to be the big girl in the courtyard of the thirteenth young man, she didn't know where to hide things, Xiao Nan saw her smile like this, and knew that she had something to say.

"Thirteen Shao, you shouldn't have made a fortune somewhere else, right?" Xiao Ci looked around and said in a low voice, "I also heard that you have a very good relationship with foreigners, and foreigners seem to have given you some foreign goods or something." ”

This girl is amazing! Put it in the modern society, it is absolutely proper to put the agent seedlings and media pioneers!

Xiao Nan thought for a while and said, "Of course I have some foreigner things, and they are all related to women." ”

"That's a good feeling!" Xiao Ci's eyes lit up, "Thirteen young people, for the sake of our love for many years, can you give me some?" Otherwise, don't blame you for these things tomorrow, the news will be all over the city. ”

I haven't seen her for a few days, but Xiao Ci has grown more and more, and she knows that she is a threat.

"And when are you going to come and get it?" Xiao Nan said.

Now no one dares to approach his yard, he wants to see how Xiao Ci answers.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoci smiled slightly: "Then I'll come tonight, from the back door that I haven't used for a long time." ”

Back door? Xiao Nan has lived for so many days, but he didn't know that there was a back door in his yard.