Yan Xiaoyi's eyes deepened, and her eyes swept over Lingxiang and Mingxiang who were standing behind Aunt Liu without a trace, and cleared her throat: "Madam, the ancestor really didn't tell me the name of the thief in his dream, but he told me the way to find the thief." But if you want to borrow the tablet of your ancestors, I don't know if this is disrespectful to the ancestors and whether it is in line with the rules? ”

Father Yan frowned on the side, and stroked his beard impatiently: "Since everyone has been tossed into the ancestral hall, don't talk nonsense, just do what you want!" ”

"It's just," he said, "if you don't find the thief according to your method, then I'll be the only one who asks!" ”

Yan Xiaoyi's body stiffened, and she instantly felt like an invisible mountain on her body, and the pressure doubled.

In fact, she really doesn't have the certainty of catching the thief nine times out of ten, but she just wants to use everyone's piety to the ancestors to exert psychological pressure on the thief.

She wiped her sweat-soaked hands in her cuffs, but on the surface, she was confident: "Dad, don't worry!" The thief will not escape! ”

Her gaze swept over the dozen or so maids standing outside, her tone rose slightly, and the characters were clearly spit out of her mouth, making a loud sound.

"The old ancestor said in his dream that as long as the thief touched the tablet of the ancestor of the Yan family, he could immediately show his original form. In order to avoid everyone being nervous, I will blow out the candles in the ancestral hall in a moment. Now please cooperate and touch the tablets one by one! ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd immediately became restless, and everyone began to whisper quietly, wondering whether this method could really be fulfilled.

Father Yan sat on the bamboo chair brought by the servant next to him and waved to everyone: "What are you waiting for?" Do what she says! It's just to touch the tablet, what's there to be afraid of, is it possible to be bitten by a piece of wood? ”

The old man has spoken, and these maids and women have no room for grinding, whether they are willing or not, they all move to the dark ancestral hall step by step and wipe it.

After a while, more than a dozen people walked around and re-established themselves in the center of the ancestral hall.

Yan Xiaowei lit a candle, and then took this candle to light all the candlesticks in the ancestral hall. For a while, the ancestral hall was as bright as day, and the flickering candle flame was dazzling.

Yan Xiaoyun pursed the corners of her mouth, and her pupils were clear and bright under the candlelight: "Actually, I lied to everyone just now, and the ancestor gave me a 'dream' that I lied to everyone at all!" I just took advantage of everyone's belief in the spirits and did a psychological test! ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the people in the ancestral hall suddenly exploded!

Yan Xiaowei coughed lightly: "Before everyone entered the door, I had smeared the incense ashes in the incense burner on the ancestral tablet in advance, and then lied to everyone that the thief would be present if he touched the tablet, but in fact, he took advantage of the thief's fear of crime." People who don't have ghosts and are not thieves in their hearts, and if they touch the tablet in the hall, they will naturally stick to the incense ash on their hands. And the real thief, who is afraid of the so-called 'ancestors' in her heart, naturally does not dare to really touch the tablet, so her hands must be clean and there is nothing! ”

Her eyes fell on the front like a torch: "And this person is none other than the fragrance of the tea listening to Fengzhai!" ”

As early as Yan Xiaowei found out that Aunt Li was secretly eating, Mingxiang's face changed abruptly, and her expression was panicked, and her abnormality had already attracted Yan Xiaocun's attention. And at this moment, as soon as she heard Yan Xiaowei call her name, her lips instantly faded with blood, her feet unconsciously took a step back, and her body trembled like chaff.

Yan Xiaowei lowered her head slightly, and her eyes stared at her for a moment: "Take out your hand and show it to everyone!" ”

Mingxiang bit her lip tightly, hid her hands in her sleeves, and refused to take her hands out of anything.

However, the answer is already obvious.

Aunt Liu walked over from the side, raised her hand and slapped Mingxiang!

"Heh, I really never dreamed that the thief would actually come out of my Liu Hongye's side! It's really sad, it turns out that I don't even have a person to trust when I listen to Fengzhai! She plucked a silver hairpin from her head and poked it hard at Mingxiang's forehead: "You say! Why steal my stuff! Is there anything I'm sorry for you? Is it for you to eat less, or to wear less for you, you cheap hoof! ”

Mingxiang's forehead was poked red by her, but she still didn't move, and she didn't even dodge.

Ling Xiang was anxious to pull the corners of her clothes desperately, and her eyes were flushed: "Mingxiang, you are talking, you were sick like that yesterday, how could you steal something!" Tell my aunt that you didn't do it! ”

Mingxiang suddenly raised her hand and pushed her away, and Lingxiang, who was pushed by the great force, stumbled a lot.

The corner of her mouth sneered: "I stole it, how about it?" I deliberately broke you apart last night to save you from getting in the way! I can't get used to Aunt Liu's appearance of being powerful when she is pregnant with a child, pointing fingers at our subordinates! Why can a woman from the land of fireworks be the aunt of the Taifu Mansion, and I, the daughter of a peasant family who does my duty, will be beaten and scolded? When will the little monthly income I earn be able to redeem my slave status, do you want me to live in this house as an old mother for the rest of my life? ”

When Lingxiang heard this, she didn't know whether she was angry or shocked, and she couldn't even speak!

Ya Xiang beside Yan Xiaowei also trembled angrily, looking at the people a few steps away as if in disbelief: "Mingxiang, when did you become like this?" The second girl helped you see a doctor, but was locked up in the ancestral hall as a thief all day, don't you feel guilty? ”

Mingxiang sneered: "Guilty? Who made her nosy! I didn't let her come to Tingfeng Zhai to treat me, and she was mistaken for a thief, so she was unlucky! ”

Hearing her say this, the little sympathy that Yan Xiaowei still had for her was exhausted, this is simply a realistic version of the farmer and the snake!

Aunt Liu threw the silver hairpin in her hand to the ground weakly, raised her hand and stroked the beating green tendons on her forehead: "Come on, get this shameless thing out for me and put it in the firewood room, and send it to the yamen tomorrow to see the official!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a little guy dragged Mingxiang out.

Before long, the crowd dispersed.

Yan Xiaoyan also walked back with the preoccupied Yaxiang, and inadvertently turned her head the moment she went out, facing Yan's father's thoughtful gaze, which startled her and quickly accelerated her pace.

On the same day, two people in the mansion were punished in a row, and the air in Yan's mansion seemed to have been taken away by someone, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.

And the biggest impact of this turmoil on Yan Xiaoyin is that he gradually realized the low status of himself, an "outsider", in the Yan family, if he wants to stop his life because of someone's words like this time in the future, he must become strong.

However, how to change, this is a question!

As soon as breakfast was had on this day, Yan Xiaoyun was lying on the couch and was distracted, when he saw Yan Haiyue rushing into Mufeng Courtyard in a hurry.

Yan Xiaoyi hurriedly got up from the bed to greet her, who wanted to be hit on the head by a huge burden before she could stand firmly, and fell on the couch again.

She struggled to sit up, rubbed her sore nose, and looked at the burden suspiciously: "Sister, what is this?" ”

Yan Haiyue glanced out the window, raised her index finger and "shh ”

Yan Xiaoyan glanced at her, opened the baggage and spread out the contents to take a look, and there were two sets of men's clothes!

"Men's clothing? Here's what it's for! ”

Yan Haiyue curled her lips and smiled: "How about it, you wear it to see if it is suitable or not, I secretly bought it from the outside!" A few days ago, something like that happened in the house, and it also implicated you, I see that you are depressed during this time, so it is better to take this opportunity today to sneak out of the house with me to relax! ”

As he spoke, he picked up a navy blue men's robe and put it on his body.

Yan Xiaowei was worried when she took the clothes, it stands to reason that she had followed the Liu family to the capital for so long, and she had long wanted to go out to have a look, but she never found the opportunity.

But Yan's father is notoriously strict, and he never allows his daughter to step out of the boudoir, what if she is discovered?

Yan Haiyue seemed to see what she was thinking: "Oh, don't worry, I asked the little guy next to my father, my father went to the suburban poetry meeting with his friends today, and he may not come back at night." Your Mufeng courtyard is separated from the outside by a wall, and your mother will never find out if you sneak out, as long as you come back before you go to bed! ”

Yan Xiaowei was moved by her, and immediately changed into another moon-white robe. When the two of them are dressed like this, they really look like two rich boys at first glance.

Yan Haiyue raised her hand to help her straighten the hem of her clothes, and muttered: "I don't know if there are many people who go to Jingfeng Xuan to drink tea today, if it is ......" Speaking of this, she stopped her mouth suddenly, and held her reddened cheeks with both hands with a look of spring, shy and timid.

Yan Xiaoyi's eyes widened in the twilight, looking at the appearance of the eldest lady of the Yan family, where is she going out to relax, it is clearly going to meet a lover!

Finally persuaded Yaxiang, who was worried that the two of them would leave the mansion alone, Yan Xiaoyun followed Yan Haiyue through the dense locust forest of Mufeng Courtyard, and climbed over the towering bluestone brick wall of Yan's mansion with both hands and feet.

The two sneaked through the alley, and as soon as they walked on the main road, the prosperity of the capital was revealed. However, Miss Yan Haiyue obviously has her own destination, turning a deaf ear to the people and scenery around her, turning a blind eye to it, and making wind under the feet of the people walking in front of her. On the contrary, Yan Xiaoyi, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes in the 21st century, followed her like a hillbilly showing great interest in the crowd of people coming and going and the surrounding pavilions, and was a little overwhelmed.

I don't know how many streets I have crossed and how many alleys I have turned, Yan Haiyue finally walked into a teahouse. Yan Xiaowei looked up at the plaque, and wrote "Jingfeng Xuan", and suddenly remembered that Miss Yan seemed to have mentioned this name before.

Just thinking about it, Yan Haiyue had already found an elegant table by the window, from which she could clearly see the corners of the entire teahouse, and she could still see the crowd coming and going outside when she tilted her head.