Yan Xiaowei sighed lightly and smiled helplessly: "We are all locked in, what can we do?" It's not a matter of their words to kill or chop, so they can only wait for the results of the search. ”

Ya Xiang squatted beside her and moved her body irritably: "Anyway, we didn't steal the things, they can't find evidence even if they turn Mufeng Courtyard upside down, so I'm not afraid!" ”

Yan Xiaowei was not as optimistic as she thought: "However, what if someone wants to deliberately frame us?" When the time comes, we won't be able to say it clearly even if we have ten mouths! ”

Ya Xiang's face was like ashes for a while, she sat on the ground, and muttered for a while: "No." ”

Time passed little by little, and even the last bit of sunset was missing from the closed bamboo window in the west. The two of them were like prisoners banished to a desert island, and no one even came to look at them.

Originally, today I was going to worship my ancestors in the ancestral hall with Yan's father, and according to the custom of worship, I need to bathe and cleanse my body, and I am pious on an empty stomach, so Yan Xiaowei has not eaten a drop of water from morning to now. At this moment, the "gurgling" cry came from her stomach, and it seemed to be protesting, and she couldn't help but hold her hand tightly against the empty aching stomach.

Ya Xiang heard the movement on the side, her jaw tightened and almost crushed her teeth, and finally she couldn't help but stand up and bang the door of the ancestral hall.

She yelled, "Let us out, we didn't steal, let us out!" If we stay any longer, we'll starve to death! ”

Until my throat hurts, I finally called a little guy.

She begged through the narrow crack in the door: "Big brother, let us go, we really didn't steal!" ”

The little guy stood a foot away from the door, without the slightest intention of reaching out to open the door: "Don't knock, I won't be able to open the door and let you out." Without the instructions of the lord and the lady, even if I borrow ten guts, I will not dare to release people without permission, so don't embarrass me! ”

Ya Xiang looked back at Yan Xiaoyun with a sad face, and then said to the little girl: "Then big brother, you secretly bring us some food to the head office, right?" Otherwise, before the master found out the results, the second girl starved to death first! ”

Seeing the little girl's embarrassed face, Ya Xiang couldn't help but threaten: "The master handed us over to you for you to take a good look at, in case something happens to the second girl, can you take care of it?" Although the second girl did not grow up in the Yan family since she was a child, she is also the master's biological flesh and blood......"

Before she finished speaking, the little maid hurriedly waved her hand: "Okay, okay, don't say it, wait for me, I'll quietly go and get you something to eat!" ”

Ya Xiang's face was slightly relieved.

In less than half a pillar of incense, there was a knock on the door outside, and the little guy really took out a hot paper bag from his cuff and came back.

Ya Xiang hurriedly took it from the crack in the door, and when she opened it, she saw that it was Xiaolongbao, and it was still steaming!

Yan Xiaowei got up from the ground with difficulty holding her stomach, and also came to the door and said gratefully to the little girl: "Big brother, thank you, when I go out, I will remember to give you a silver reward." ”

The little guy shook his head: "Forget it, you better hurry up and eat when no one is around, and wait for you to come out!" With that, he turned around to leave.

Yan Xiaowei hurriedly shouted to stop him: "Hey, big brother! That, did my father send someone to Mufeng Courtyard to find something? Have you found Aunt Liu's things now? ”

The little guy spread his hands: "I really don't know about this, I only heard that the seven or eight little guys in the front nursing home were called to Mufeng Courtyard, but I didn't hear that Aunt Liu's things were found!" ”

Yan Xiaoyi's eyes darkened, and she took a bite of the bun mechanically, but she had a plan in her heart.

If someone really framed himself for stealing Aunt Liu's things, then the person who planted the stolen goods would definitely avoid everyone's eyes and ears, quietly put the stolen goods into Mufeng Courtyard, and create the illusion that he had stolen something. But now I haven't found anything in Mufeng Courtyard, which shows that no one deliberately framed me, but I was unlucky enough to be used as a scapegoat, so it can almost be ruled out that I was deliberately framed.

She quietly scratched the ground with a stone, and Tingfengzhai's location was on an isolated island in the northwest corner of Yanfu, separated from several other courtyards by a lake, and the only way to and from it was a wooden bridge. The Yan family has always had a curfew at night, if you want to enter Tingfeng Zhai unknowingly, unless you are like yourself that day, find the right time to avoid the maids and women who keep vigil in the house, which is not easy.

And Aunt Liu said that the things were still there before going to bed the night before, and they were gone the next morning, and she could find out the daily routines of everyone in Aunt Liu's yard, and know where these valuable things were placed, except for the people in Aunt Liu's yard, I am afraid that no one can do it anymore.

If she guessed correctly, then the person who stole the things was next to Aunt Liu, in Tingfeng Zhai!

However, now that she has been wrongfully imprisoned in the ancestral hall by Father Yan, how can she catch the real thief and return her innocence?

She sighed softly and tugged at the wide hem of her skirt irritably.

Yaxiang was on the side, and also took a bite of the bun, but when she swallowed it, she couldn't help frowning, and muttered in her mouth: "Isn't it?" After being hungry for so long, I finally ate the buns and they were still vegan, and I didn't even have a piece of meat! ”

As soon as the words fell, a thought flashed through Yan Xiaoyi's mind, she threw the bun in her hand on the paper, and hurriedly called Yaxiang: "Don't eat it, I thought of a way to find the thief!" You go and knock on the door to call someone, and say that you know who stole the thing, and let the old lady come to the ancestral hall quickly! ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Ya Xiang's eyes: "Really? Girl, do you really know who the thief is? ”

Yan Xiaoyun pursed her lips, walked to the incense table in the ancestral hall and took down the incense burner: "It can basically be determined, and it can be confirmed by the last step." You call people first! ”

Ya Xiang hurriedly threw the bun in her hand into the yellow paper and threw it into the corner of the wall, jumped to the door and kicked the doors and windows, and shouted: "Old lady, come quickly!" Find the thief who stole something! ”

The sound passed through the courtyard wall and echoed over the entire Yan Mansion.

I don't know how long it took, Father Yan heard the news and really brought a group of people to the ancestral hall!

The little guy stepped forward to open the door lock, and as soon as he pushed the door open, Yan Xiaoyun found that night had fallen outside unconsciously, and he and Yaxiang had been locked up all day!

Father Yan lifted his clothes and walked into the door, and Tie Qing shouted in a deep voice with a blue face: "Why are you making a lot of noise and making the whole house jump?" ”

Ya Xiang's body trembled, and she hurriedly hid behind Yan Xiaoyi.

Yan Xiaowei retracted her hand into her cuffs and replied respectfully to Yan's father: "Back to Daddy, just now Xiaoyu took a nap unconsciously, and suddenly my ancestor told me about the person who stole things. ”

Father Yan glanced at the tablets of the ancestors of the Yan family, twisted his eyebrows and scolded: "It's just nonsense!" 'The son is silent, the power is confused', who taught you these messy thoughts? ”

Aunt Liu covered her mouth with a handkerchief behind Father Yan and laughed mockingly: "Heh, it's really funny." You said that the ancestors gave you a dream? Who can prove it? What if it's a nonsense you make up casually, and take us for fools! ”

Yan Xiaowei smiled lightly, and her eyes fell on Aunt Li beside Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu is pregnant, and the maid who listens to Fengzhai is vegetarian and prays for blessings." However, the ancestor said in his dream that Aunt Li has avoided the eyes and ears of others in the courtyard to steal meat food every late at night. Aunt Li, isn't this true? ”

Aunt Li's pupils flickered, and she waved her hand at Aunt Liu in a panic: "No! I've never stolen meat! She glared at Yan Xiaoyu angrily: "Second girl, you are slandering!" Because I told my lord in the morning that you had been to Tingfeng Zhai and caused you to be locked up, so you want to take revenge on me! Say I ate it secretly, and you can show evidence? ”

Yan Xiaowei took a step forward, her eyes shining: "Evidence? You show everyone your shoes! Every time you steal meat in the yard late at night while others are asleep, you throw bones into the bushes and bury your feet in the dirt. That's why you're serving in Aunt Liu's room, but your shoes are covered with dirt! ”

As soon as the words fell, Father Yan and the others' eyes fell on Aunt Li's feet.

Aunt Li subconsciously hid her feet under the hem of her skirt.

Yan Xiaoyan took another step forward: "It's useless to hide, I've already seen it!" ”

Aunt Liu's face was cold, and fire erupted in her eyes: "Aunt Li, what she said is true?" Are you really stealing meat behind my back? ”

Aunt Li looked at everyone's faces, her eyes pierced her like a needle, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore, so she knelt down to Aunt Liu with a "poof", and raised her hand to pump her mouth.

"I was wrong, beg my aunt to spare me, I definitely didn't despise the future little master, and I definitely didn't mean to be disrespectful to my aunt, I was just greedy for a while, begging my aunt to spare the old body for the sake of me serving you all these years!"

Aunt Liu snorted coldly, and a fine line appeared at the corner of her mouth: "You kept saying that for the smooth birth of the fetus, you took all the maids who listened to Fengzhai to eat vegetarian and pray for blessings, but I didn't expect to eat secretly behind your back!" How can I trust you in the future, and how can I convince the maids who listen to Fengzhai? I see that you have been serving me for many years, and you are not too young, and it is time to rest. Today, the master is here, and I will allow you to return to your hometown, and I will ask the account office to pay a hundred taels of silver, which will be your pension money! ”

When Aunt Li heard that this was to drive herself away, she hurriedly reached out and grabbed the corner of Aunt Liu's skirt: "Auntie, my son died many years ago, and there is not even a single relative in this world, if you drive me out of Yan's mansion, how can I live!" Over the years, I have long regarded Yanfu as my home, and I begged my aunt to forgive me once, I will never dare to do it again in the future! ”

She begged again and again, and Aunt Liu's face finally loosened a little.

"Well, for the sake of your old age and having been with me for many years, I will spare you for the time being. It's just that so many maids and women are watching, if I simply forget it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public in the future, so I have to teach you some lessons. If you copy the Diamond Sutra thirty times, you will pray for my unborn son! ”

When Aunt Li heard this, she hurriedly kowtowed and thanked her.

Ya Xiang was stunned on the side, and kept asking Yan Xiaoyun with her eyes: "Girl, how do you know about Aunt Li's stealing food?" ”

Yan Xiaowei looked at her eyes, lowered her eyes silently, and carefully observed the every move of the maids who listened to Fengzhai with her residual vision.

In fact, when she was just eating vegetarian stuffed xiaolongbao, she suddenly remembered that Aunt Liu had ordered the maids in the courtyard to be vegetarian since she was pregnant. But that night, when Lingxiang showed them the way, she almost tripped over the bones in the bushes. Aunt Liu is more than four months pregnant, and no one eats meat in the whole Tingfeng Zhai, how can there be bones in the courtyard? Apparently someone stole it!

In addition to Aunt Liu, there is also Mingxiang, who is malnourished and sick, and Lingxiang, who didn't know that there were bones but was tripped over, then only Aunt Li was left who stole food.

Aunt Li has a very plump figure, and she looks like a carnivore, how can she endure a few months without sticking to a little meat? Thinking of that night, she accidentally saw Aunt Li's oily hands and clothes, and Yan Xiaowei immediately deduced that when she met Aunt Li that night, in fact, she didn't come out to get up at night, but to steal food in the yard at night!

confirmed Aunt Li's matter, and everyone's eyes on Yan Xiaowei immediately changed, obviously really believing that it was the ancestor of the Yan family who gave her a "dream".

Yan Xiaoyan bent the corners of her lips slightly, this is what she wants.

Sure enough, Liu folded his hands and read to the tablet of the Yan family: "Amitabha, cumin, tell me this time, who is the one who stole the things?" ”