A low male voice came from outside the door: "Miss Yan, it's me." ”

Yan Xiaowei hurriedly opened the door and the shadow guard came in, and the man in black just walked in with his front foot, and spoke before he could stand firmly: "Just now, I and the fourth and sixth children were guarding all over Tingfeng Zhai, and we never saw anyone come out, let alone go in." However, at about three o'clock in the morning, a small bird flew from the northeast corner, and was about to fly into Tingfengzhai. ”

As he spoke, he paused, and took out a note from his cuff: "It's almost the end of autumn, and at this time the birds have basically flown to the south, leaving behind either sparrows or crows, but this is a swallow, no matter how you look at it, it feels suspicious." I didn't even think about it when I knocked it down with a stone, but I didn't expect to find it. It was a note tied to the bird's leg, and I found out and sent it back to the girl immediately. ”

After that, he handed the note in his hand to Yan Xiaoyi: "Miss Yan, take a look, what is written on this is useful?" Is this letter passed on or not? That little bird is still in the hands of the sixth child! ”

Yan Xiaowei stretched out her hand to take the note, a small piece of straw paper, only the size of a little thumb, with a few words written on it: "How things are."

Yan Xiaowei couldn't help frowning, this is obviously who is sending a message to the people who listen to Fengzhai to inquire about the matter of entering the city, but what is the matter asked, and who is it asking?

Yan Xiaowei pinched the note, put it under her nose and smelled it, the note had a faint fragrance, which was very similar to the fragrance on Liu's body.

However, Yan Xiaowei looked at Juanjuan Xiaokai on the note bitterly, she had never seen Liu's handwriting, and from this fragrance alone, it could not be said that this note was passed down by Liu.

She looked up at the man in black: "Let the bird go, see where it flies!" Tell me right away when you come back. ”

The man in black agreed, snapped his fingers at the door, and someone outside immediately let the bird out fluttering, and followed it with light skills.

Yan Xiaowei flipped through the note over and over, and suddenly a bell rang in her head! When she traveled with the princess before, she met the Japanese people, and the people of Yanfu thought that she had an accident, and the Liu family also wrote the "Diamond Sutra" for her to pray for blessings. As long as you compare the font on it with the font on it, it's not far from ten!

As she spoke, she locked the door of Mufeng Courtyard and ran straight to the ancestral hall.

At this time, the night was dark, and the little maid guarding the ancestral hall was dragging his two legs and half-lying at the door, sleeping with his neck crooked.

Taking advantage of this time, Yan Xiaowei crept in, folded her hands and chanted two sentences on the ancestral tablet, then went straight to the incense case, found Liu's scripture, opened it lightly, and compared the handwriting on the small note in her hand!

Fold the hook horizontally and vertically, it's exactly the same!

Her heart sank suddenly, and before she could think about it, the door outside was suddenly pushed open!

The man snorted coldly: "What kind of person, what are you doing when you come in so late?" ”

Yan Xiaoyu was taken aback, quickly hid the things in her hand into her cuffs, and suddenly turned around.

Seeing the little maid standing at the door who had just fallen asleep outside the ancestral hall, she felt a little relieved, but she did not completely retreat.

This ancestral hall is not only for the tablet of the Yan family, but also for a golden statue of Wenqu Xing in the middle. Legend has it that this Wenqu Star is the star of the heavens in charge of Wenyun, Yan's father is a literati, and believes that the official fortune and Wenyun of the Yan family are dominated by this Wenqu Star, so he attaches great importance to this golden statue, not only to worship incense every festival, but also to order people to strictly guard it for twelve hours a day, for fear that something will happen to this golden statue.

But fortunately, for such a long time, this golden statue has never been stolen, and it still sits among the ancestors of the Yan family to guard the cultural fortune of the Yan family.

As long as the ancestral hall is cleaned every day and the things in the ancestral hall are guarded, you can basically do what you should do, and you are not sent by the masters and are idle.

This little guy called Chuanqiong was even more happy and leisurely, and saw from a distance that the lights in the other courtyards of the house were extinguished, and people stopped moving, so he inspected the ancestral hall and fell asleep by the stone pillar at the door.

Who promised to sleep Zhengxiang, suddenly a cold wind hit somewhere, he woke up with a spirit, and when he turned around, he found that the door of the ancestral hall had been moved!

Although the two closed wooden doors were the same as they were before he fell asleep, he knew that they must have been pushed open, because the hair he was tied to the handles of the two doors had been torn off!

It's so late, whoever will enter this ancestral hall must be a thief who steals, he immediately picked up the guy at hand, pushed the door and rushed in!

But when he walked into the ancestral hall, he found that it was no one else standing inside, but the second girl, Yan Xiaoyi! Although he was on an errand in the ancestral hall and didn't have many opportunities to see the second girl, he often heard word of mouth among the people in the house, saying that these two girls were different from the big girl, and they were a real beauty.

Looking at it under the light today, this is true! Although the fat powder on his face has not been applied, he has a beautiful appearance, with an indescribable beauty and refinement, and a pair of watery eyes seem to be able to see people's hearts.

However, although she is beautiful, it is a fact that she trespasses in the ancestral hall at night, and he can't be so confused by her.

He looked at Yan Xiaoyun with a pair of eyes, and raised the wooden stick in his hand: "Second girl, why are you going to the ancestral hall when you don't sleep so late?" ”

Yan Xiaoyi's eyes rolled without a trace, and her fingers spread out in the cuffs to stop the scripture copy that was sliding down her forearm.

She didn't answer Chuan Qiong's question, but asked, "I haven't asked you yet!" Are you the one who works as an errand in the ancestral hall? Everyone swaggered in, but they slept at the door! If I hadn't been a bad person tonight, I guess the things in it would have been emptied long ago, and I would have killed you by the way! ”

After that, she raised her big eyes: "You are so derelict in your duties, does my father know?" ”

She frowned as if she was thinking in distress, and muttered to herself: "How does the Yan family punish a subordinate like you?" It seems to be a direct drive out of Yan's mansion, right? ”

When Chuan Qiong heard this, he hurriedly threw the stick in his hand and knelt down with both knees bent. As soon as she leaned forward, she kowtowed to her.

Yan Xiaoyu hurriedly moved her steps to the side to avoid it.

Na Chuan Qiong kowtowed, looked at her with blank eyes, and began to beg for mercy: "Second girl, the little one admits that he fell asleep just now, please don't tell the master!" The little one was poor from a young age, his mother was bedridden all the year round, and his father was recruited by the imperial court to be a soldier, and he never came back for many years. ”

As he spoke, he bowed down and kowtowed on the ground again, choking pitifully: "Although our Yan Mansion is not as rich as other royal nobles, it is expensive because of the strong human touch, and it is generous and tolerant to the subordinates. I beg you to let go of the small ones in large numbers, otherwise if the small ones are kicked out of the house, whether it is me, even my mother will not be able to live! ”

Yan Xiaoyan originally wanted to scare him, but he didn't expect this person to be so timid, he actually started crying, and his voice became louder and louder. She was afraid that the movement here would alarm others and she would not be able to get out, so she hurriedly said: "Okay, since you have your difficulties, I won't pursue this matter, but next time you are still caught by me, then I am not welcome!" ”

Chuan Qiong listened and hurriedly thanked him.

Yan Xiaoyan glanced at him: "Okay, that's all for now, I won't mention it to the second person, you have to do it yourself." But if it comes out of your mouth and into my father's ears, it will not depend on me. ”

Chuan Qiong shook his head again and again after hearing this: "Second girl, don't worry, this matter is to borrow ten small guts, and the little ones don't dare to tell others!" ”

Yan Xiaoyun nodded with satisfaction, so that he wouldn't tell others about her visit to the ancestral hall tonight.

She glanced down at the kneeling man and walked towards the door.

Just about to step out of the threshold, Chuan Qiong behind him suddenly stood up and scratched his head: "Huh? Second girl, you haven't said what you're doing here? ”

Yan Xiaowei bit her lip, this person, she has been going around with him for so long, and he hasn't forgotten to interrogate himself!

Yan Xiaoyi's left hand pinched her thigh, squeezed her eyes hard, and tears were already rippling when she turned around.

She sniffed: "I dreamed back at midnight just now, and I dreamed of my dead mother, and I couldn't sleep for a while, so I ran to the ancestral hall to have a look and talk to my ancestors." ”

Chuan Qiong naturally listened to the people in the house talk about the He family in the past life, and when he saw her "crying" so sadly, the doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared at all.

hurriedly reassured with warm words: "Aunt He has been dead for many years, second girl, just look away!" ”

Yan Xiaowei nodded, reached out and pretended to wipe her tears with her cuffs, and slowly walked out of the ancestral hall under his gaze.

As soon as she went out, she immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and hurriedly hid next to the rockery on the side. It didn't take long for the shadow guard to come over.

Yan Xiaoyu hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

The man in black stood with his hands down: "After the bird was released, it first flew to the side room on the right side of Tingfeng Zhai, and when I saw that no one came out for a long time, I flew out from Tingfeng Zhai again." The sixth child's light skills are good, and he has been following, and when he saw it fly into the Haoyue Pavilion, he never came out again. Presumably, that bird is from Haoyue Pavilion nine times out of ten. ”

Yan Xiaowei pinched the note and scripture copy in her hand and nodded silently. This is all right, the word is Liu's word, and the bird is also Liu's bird, so it can basically prove that Aunt Li is the instigator behind her.

She dodged out of the rockery and said to the man in black behind her, "Thank you for today's incident." ”

The man in black bowed to her: "The girl is polite, this is all as it should be." ”

Yan Xiaoyi stretched out her hand and stuffed the scripture copy on the cuffs into her arms, straightened her clothes, and walked towards Tingfeng Zhai.