"Come on, search the house, be sure to clean every corner, especially the lady's yard...... Don't be left behind. ”

Seeing Chu Nian's meaningful eyes, Xiao Chen's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Chu Nian, what do you mean by this?" I have been kind enough to protect you, but you want to doubt me? But don't you put me in your eyes? ”

Xiao Chen was angry, and simply came to the hard, but completely forgot that now in the Chu family, the status gap between her and Chu Nian, as soon as this remark came out, she felt that it was inappropriate, and quickly softened her tone and said, "I mean...... I won't harbor thieves, so I won't have to search my yard with a lot of trouble, right? ”

Glancing at Xiao Chen with a smile, Chu Niancai continued: "Now it is unknown where the thief is hiding, Madame's yard is in the southernmost part, and there are few patrolling families on that side, and the thief can sneak into my yard, he must have an understanding of the deployment of defense in the Chu family, otherwise he will definitely not go so far and not be discovered, since he knows something about the defense, he must know that Madame's side is the safest to leave, therefore, Madame's courtyard should be the first place to be searched." ”

She paused, looked at Xiao Chen's increasingly pale face, and then said, "If the thief is really found in Madame's yard, and the thief himself ran into Madame's yard, what is Madame afraid of?" ”

As soon as these words came out, even the old lady's face looked at Xiao Chen's was wrong, Xiao Chen's family had not done such a thing, and in the early years, he used the old lady's trust to frame Chu Nian many times, if today's incident was really Xiao Chen's doing, the old lady was not surprised at all, at most he was a little disappointed.

At this stall, I saw Xiao Chen looking at Chu Nian speechlessly, and after a while, he said: "I haven't taken care of my yard for a long time......" said, but pretended to be pitiful: "There are few maids and wives in my yard, and all of them are lazy to eat, and I am also afraid that Nian'er and the old lady will know, so I will fill in the worries in vain." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked at Chu Nian with their eyes, no wonder others were puzzled, mainly because Xiao Chen's pretending to be really pitiful to Chu Chu, it was difficult for people to believe it or not, and now the only thing in the Chu family who can treat Xiao Chen so harshly is only Chu Nian, who has always been uneasy with her, Xiao Chen's pretending to be pitiful, everyone can only suspect that Chu Nian asked people to treat Xiao Chen so harshly.

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, then turned his eyes to look at the few family members who were standing in place and didn't know whether to leave or stay, "What are you still doing in a daze, go and search, by the way, bring over the few lazy people in the lady's yard, I want to see which ones dare to snub the master." ”

As soon as these words came out, the family members did not dare to slack off, and rushed out of the door one after another, Chu Nian turned her eyes and looked at Xiao Chen, who was full of anxiety with a smile, and at this moment the tea cup under her hand was being held up and put down, and she seemed to be a little overwhelmed.

At this stall, I saw that Xiao Chen gradually calmed down, looked at Qiao'er and said: "The thief will not talk about it for the time being, let's deal with this dog slave who eats inside and outside first, come on, pull this dog slave out first, and scold her for thirty years, so that she dares to be hard-mouthed!" ”

The rest of the family looked at each other, and saw that Chu Nian didn't speak, so they took a few steps forward to take Qiao'er away, and at this stall, they saw Zhu's mother hurriedly hugging Qiao'er's figure and said: "Lady, Qiao'er is definitely not a person who can do such a thing!" ”

Chu Nian glanced at Mother Zhu sideways, she was going to see what other tricks the Xiao Chen family had in the back, and Qiao'er was not her subordinate, so it was none of her business, but now if Qiao'er was really beaten, I was afraid that Mother Zhu would also be sad.

Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to take a step forward, and those few family members immediately let go of the hand that was pulling Qiao'er, Chu Nian raised his eyes, coughed lightly, and said, "Madame, why are you so anxious?" The thief hasn't brought back the testimony yet, so it's probably not appropriate to convict Qiao'er in such a hurry, right? ”

Xiao Chen hurriedly said: "I heard it, Qiao'er and the thief's conversation, but if you want to harm you, what else is there to testify, this kind of evil servant should be punished." ”

The old lady on the side was also a little shaken at the moment, she saw that the tears in Qiao'er's eyes did not look like a fake, so she said: "That's it, since it is a subordinate in Nian'er Pavilion, let Nian'er deal with it herself, and I don't want to ask more about the elders." ”

Seeing that the old lady spoke, Xiao Chen still wanted to say something, but his voice was blocked by several family members outside the door.

A man in black with a seat tied in his hands walked in, and when he entered the hall, he threw the man with a thief's eyebrows on the ground, and one of them reported to Chu Nian: "Third lady, this person happened to walk to the door of the lady's courtyard, and when he looked like he was about to climb over the wall on the other side of the lady's courtyard, he was caught by us. ”

Chu Nian glanced at the family who looked at the little face, a trace of doubt flashed in her heart, but then it was a pity, as soon as she said that she was going to search her yard, Xiao Chen's family was so flustered, she originally planned to use this excuse to simply see what was unsightly in Xiao Chen's yard, but she didn't expect this thief to be so uncompromising.

At this point, Xiao Chen's complexion suddenly soothed a little, but then he became nervous again, looking at the man with a threatening face.

The man with the thief's eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes was looking around in a panic at the moment, and when he saw Chu Nian standing in the hall with a fierce momentum, his body suddenly trembled, and he immediately looked at Xiao Chen, who looked at the head of the head as if asking for help.

Xiao Chen coughed lightly and said, "Bold thief, dare to trespass into my Chu family, conspire with the maid, and try to murder the third lady of my Chu family, do you know his guilt?" ”

The man with the thief's eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes didn't speak, and a pair of eyes turned to look at Qiao'er, Qiao'er suddenly shook her body, and she didn't dare to make a sound in Zhu's mother's arms.

The thief pointed at his throat and shook his head fiercely.

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his eyes to look at the family who had brought people back before, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The family Ding paused for a moment, and then said, "Back to the third lady, this person was like this when he was caught, and he seemed to be dumb." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, and looked at the man with inquiring eyes: "Can you be dumb?" ”

The man's face was stunned, and then he shook his head desperately, as if he couldn't speak, Chu Nian wouldn't do anything to him.

But seeing Chu Nian glance at him meaningfully, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Come on, put pen and ink on paper and inkstone." ”

Seeing that the man seemed to be dumb, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when he saw Chu Nian's movements, his face suddenly turned pale again.

Waiting for the pen and paper to be placed in front of the man, the man's face was worried, Chu Nian's eyes flashed slightly, and said, "You can't write?" ”

The man's face became more and more embarrassed, and at this time, he saw Chu Nian breathe a long sigh of relief and said: "That's it, what I ask you, what you say, if you answer truthfully, I won't kill you, if there is a lie, I want you to live better than die." ”

The last sentence fell lightly, but it seemed to be mixed with cold ice, and the man's body suddenly trembled, and he nodded like pounding garlic.

Xiao Chen's eyes were full of anxiety, his eyes were wandering, and he looked at someone in the lower hand from time to time, with a bit of a charm of asking for help in his eyes, and once it was revealed, he hurriedly lowered his head to cover up the past.

This scene was all captured by Chu Nian's afterglow, Chu Nian's eyes were half drooping, and he looked at the man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes and said, "You came to the Chu family to harm me, yes or no?" ”

The man with the thief's eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes was stunned for a moment, then he flickered in panic, his figure retreated, and he hurriedly kowtowed towards Chu Nian.

Chu Nian took a deep breath and said, "Then, is there anyone in the Chu family who is complicit with you?" ”

The thief-eyed man looked at Xiao Chen's head with a fluttering look in his eyes, Xiao Chen hurriedly turned his gaze to Li'er, the man suddenly understood, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to point at Li'er, babbling non-stop.

There was a whisper from the hall, and Li'er was still hiding in Zhu's mother's arms and shivering, and Zhu's mother glared at the man in black fiercely and said, "You don't want to spew blood!" ”

Seeing that Mother Zhu seemed to be getting more and more annoyed, Chu Nian turned her eyes to look at the man in black, her eyes narrowed dangerously: "I said it, if there is a hint of falsehood, I will make you better off to live than to die-"

As she spoke, she took out the short blade in her arms, and the blade still flashed with coldness, and the man in black suddenly trembled, knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed repeatedly, and the sound of his forehead hitting the ground echoed in almost the entire hall.

Chu Nian half-lowered his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly: "It's still that question, is there anyone who conspires with you?" ”

The man in black showed hesitation on his face, and at this time, he heard Chu Nian's fluttering voice: "If you point out that person, I will spare you from death, otherwise, you will definitely die." ”

Hearing this, the man in black immediately weighed the pros and cons, and turned his eyes to look at Xiao Chen's family.

"Oh, my clothes, Nian'er, I'll go back and change my clothes first."

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, and saw that Xiao Chen walked down stiffly as if he couldn't see the look of the man in black, and when he passed by, he didn't forget to glare at the man in black fiercely: "You'd better tell the truth, otherwise I won't be the first to spare you!" ”

Hearing this, the man in black trembled again, and saw Xiao Chen turn his eyes and walk out, at this point, Chu Nian looked at the man in black again, and the expression on the face of the man in black suddenly changed to a different look.

The old lady at the top said a little tiredly: "You say it quickly, Nian'er has already said that she will spare your life, and my Chu family will definitely not break its promise." ”

After a while, the man in black showed a resolute expression, turned his eyes and looked at Qiao'er viciously, pointing his finger at Qiao'er, without the slightest intention of shaking again.

Qiao'er was frightened by the black-clothed man's gaze and trembled again, Mother Zhu hurriedly protected Qiao'er in her arms, and saw the old lady above and said angrily: "Is it really you a maid who eats inside and out?" Nian'er, quickly drag this dog slave out and die with a cane! ”

Chu Nianshui's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned his eyes to look at the man in black with a heroic face, his face was slightly dark, and his voice was like February ice: "Are you sure it's her?" ”

Hearing this, the figure in black trembled again, and saw Mother Zhu blocking Qiao'er, looking at Chu Nian with a face full of disbelief and said, "Lady! How could it be Qiao'er! Qiao'er is so timid, it is impossible to do such a thing! ”

"How dare you say that? You are so protective of her, are you an accomplice? ”