Fali Temple often received distinguished guests from the imperial city, so the annex built behind it was also very luxurious. The ladies and daughters of the Xiao family were all in the inner courtyard of the other courtyard, and the eldest lady personally arranged a room for them. Xiao Lingxiao is now the eldest lady of the rightful concubine, so she is second only to the eldest lady, living alone in a small courtyard, Xiao Huanyu, Xiao Huanxue and the two concubines are in the same courtyard, and several aunts are in another courtyard.

The maids and mothers-in-law were busy settling down, Bao Rong'er quietly whispered in Xiao Lingxiao's ear and said a few words, Xiao Lingxiao nodded and left the courtyard with her.

Outside the courtyard, a person was sneaking in the corner, and when he saw Xiao Lingxiao appear, he jumped and ran over happily.

"Sister-in-law!" Rui Xi stepped forward and hugged Xiao Lingxiao, and it took a long time to let go of her hand, and then touched the tears in the corners of her eyes and said pitifully, "Big brother said that you went back to the imperial city, I thought I would never see my sister-in-law again......"

Xiao Lingxiao patted Ruixi's shoulder, smiled and said softly, "Silly girl, shouldn't you be happy to see me?" Why are you still crying? ”

Rui Xi burst into tears and smiled, wiped away her tears, and pulled Xiao Lingxiao to walk in the direction of the courtyard where she lived, but before she could take two steps, she heard someone behind her say coldly, "Eldest sister, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Lingxiao looked back, it turned out that Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue had followed her out, the two of them were wearing exactly the same costumes, wearing exactly the same ornaments on their heads, and they still looked like two white porcelain dolls. It was Xiao Huanxue who spoke just now, and Xiao Huanyu looked angry.

The last poisonous snake incident made the two of them feel a lot of fire in their hearts, but their mother didn't let them act rashly, and the two had to endure until now. I heard the people back and forth just now that Xiao Lingxiao had sneaked out, and they followed out without hesitation.

As soon as I came out, I saw Xiao Lingxiao and a wild girl pulling and pulling.

Xiao Lingxiao looked at the two of them and said in a cold voice, "Do the two sisters have anything to do with me?" ”

"We just reminded the eldest sister that you are a member of the Xiao family, and you should pay attention to your posture when you go out. It's not like talking to a wild girl, and as a boudoir lady, running around without her mother's consent is even more ruinous. Xiao Huanxue finished coldly and glanced at Xiao Lingxiao.

Without waiting for Xiao Lingxiao to say anything, Rui Xi on the side was annoyed, she took two steps forward, glared at Xiao Huanxue and said angrily, "Who do you say is the wild girl!" This girl is the sister of Abbot Xuan, this wild girl is also called by you? Which green onion and which garlic are you? Pretending to be ugly! ”

Xiao Huanxue is always high on weekdays, where has she seen such a woman, she couldn't help but take a step back, and Xiao Huanyu on the side heard Ruixi call Xiao Huanxue ugly eight monsters, and immediately stepped forward angrily, "Who do you say is the ugly eight monsters!" ”

Rui Xi glanced at Xiao Huanyu and smacked her tongue, "Oh, what kind of sin has God created, it's not enough to make one ugly monster, why do you make two ugly monsters that are exactly the same?" You look at each other's ugly faces that are exactly the same as yourself every day, and you can't live so much and not be disgusted to death! ”

Xiao Lingxiao heard Rui Xi's words on the side, and laughed secretly in her heart, I heard Bao Rong'er say that Rui Xi, this girl, is very bored in the deep mountains and teases the monks in Fahua Temple all day long, and if Xiao Huanyu sisters want to quarrel with her, they are afraid that they are not opponents.

Sure enough, Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue's faces turned red and white, Xiao Huanyu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xiao Huanxue, Xiao Huanxue looked at Xiao Lingxiao, and said coldly, "I advise the eldest sister, you are a member of the Xiao family, don't embarrass the Xiao family, otherwise, no one will be able to protect you!" ”

As soon as she finished saying this, footsteps sounded in the distance, and everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Xuanhe and the sixth prince Li Jingxuan walking over with a calm face.

When Xiao Huanyu saw the six princes coming, the anger on her face suddenly disappeared and turned into a delicate appearance, and Xiao Huanxue also stretched her brows and stopped making a sound.

Liao Xuan is a thousand-year-old demon wolf, and his cultivation is profound, and he heard what a few people here said just now, and Li Jingxuan is also a person with strong martial arts, although he didn't hear the first few words, but he heard Xiao Huanxue's words clearly.

It was obvious that the two of them were threatening Xiao Lingxiao something, Li Jingxuan glanced at the pair of beautiful women, and his impression of them was greatly reduced.

And Xiao Lingxiao greeted the two of them like a normal person, and then heard Xuan say to Ruixi, "How many times have I told you, don't come out to make trouble when you come to the temple, why are you so disobedient?" ”

Rui Xi was reproached by her brother, and suddenly there were tears in her aggrieved eyes, "I'm here to find my sister-in-law, and I'm not making trouble......"

Li Xuan heard her sister-in-law's exit and hurriedly glared at her. Rui Xi also realized that she had said the wrong thing in front of others, stomped her foot, turned around and ran away.

Liao Xuan sighed and whispered to Xiao Lingxiao, "Little sister is stubborn ......" Xiao Lingxiao hurriedly waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say more.

Liao Xuan and Li Jingxuan seemed to have something important, and the two hurriedly entered the courtyard to find the eldest lady and Xiao Shumou. And Xiao Lingxiao asked Bao Rong'er to take care of Ruixi, and she herself returned to her residence for a good night's rest.

The next morning, Xiao Lingxiao had just woken up when she heard a harsh noise outside.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Lingxiao asked the god wolf in a secret voice in her heart while getting dressed, and she heard the god wolf answer in a lazy voice, "Last night, someone ran to the door of the master's room and sneakily didn't know what to do, anyway, that person didn't come in, so I didn't disturb the master's sleep......"

Door?

As soon as Xiao Lingxiao got dressed and opened the door, she saw a pair of eyes looking straight at her. Turning his head again, it turned out to be a white silk nailed to the door with a palm-length willow leaf dart. Xiao Lingxiao pulled out the willow leaf dart, unfolded the white silk to take a closer look, and was surprised to find that there was actually a portrait of herself painted on it.

The ink is soaked in white silk, and although Xiao Lingxiao on the picture has no color, it is lifelike.

What does that mean?

Xiao Lingxiao looked at everyone suspiciously, and could only see that some of them were frightened and some were happy, but none of them were willing to step forward to explain to her.

At this time, another group of people rushed into the courtyard, led by the eldest lady's personal maid Begonia, Haitang saw Xiao Lingxiao holding the white silk in her hand, frowned and stepped forward, and said respectfully, "Miss, please take this thing with me to the eldest lady, His Royal Highness the Sixth and Abbot Xuan are also rushing over." ”

Hearing her words, Xiao Lingxiao knew that this matter was probably quite serious. So she freshened up, changed her clothes, and followed Begonia to the courtyard where the eldest lady lived.

By the time she arrived, the main hall was already full.

The fourth prince stepped forward quickly, looked Xiao Lingxiao up and down, and asked with concern, "Lingxiao, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Lingxiao glared at him fiercely, "What does the Fourth Highness mean by this?" I live in this Fali Monastery, what can I do? ”

At this time, Xiao Fengming stepped forward and pulled Xiao Lingxiao over, and said to the fourth prince in a cold voice, "Fourth Highness, please sit down first, don't scare my sister, she still doesn't know about this matter." ”

Li Jing'an was nested back again, so he had to frown back and sit down.

Xiao Lingxiao sat down before listening to the six princes explain.

"Actually, this time I came to Fali Temple, it was at the behest of my father, to supervise the criminal department to handle a big case, recently someone found the whereabouts of thieves in this vicinity, yesterday I have come to greet the eldest lady and Xiao Sanye, I didn't expect ......"

Li Jingxuan said that the case, among the people present, only Xiao Lingxiao was not very clear.

Seven years ago, there was a famous flower thief in the imperial city, he was strong in martial arts, and he turned to pick the rich and noble, whether it was a boudoir lady or a lady concubine, as long as he was targeted, he would eventually fall into his hands, and this flower thief had a strange personality, after he robbed the woman, he must be abused in every way, and in the end, those women were unbearable abuse, not only lost their innocence, but also could not save their lives.

In the past seven years, the flower thieves have committed more than a dozen cases, and the victims are all women of wealthy and noble families in the imperial city, including even royal relatives. Therefore, the emperor had already ordered the criminal department to arrest this person, but after many years, this person has been at large.

"Every time this person commits a crime, he will leave a willow leaf dart and a white silk with a portrait of a woman on the door of the woman's room that he is targeting......" Li Jingxuan said this, glanced at Xiao Lingxiao, his eyes were full of love, "Miss Lingxiao, can you show me what you are holding in your hand?" ”

Xiao Lingxiao asked the maid to send the things to Li Jingxuan, and after he looked at it carefully, he sighed, "It's really him." ”

Xiao Lingxiao was silent, and said to the divine wolf in a secret voice in her heart, "Did you hear it, it was the flower thief who came last night." ”

The god wolf snorted, "It's clearly a woman, is there still a gay flower thief in this era?" ”

As soon as the divine wolf said this, Xiao Lingxiao understood a little. Her eyes fell on the eldest lady, and when she saw her worried look, there was no flaw at all. Xiao Lingxiao's mind turned, the eldest lady is going to borrow a knife to kill someone? She is not only going to kill herself, but also ruining her innocence and reputation.

"This guy is so arrogant." Xiao Ranjun said angrily, then turned his head and asked Xiao Shumou, "Third uncle, did the guards here find anything yesterday?" ”

Xiao Shumou was still smiling, he didn't seem to be nervous at all, he shook his head, glanced at Xuan, and said softly, "Last night, this courtyard was surrounded by the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was surrounded by the warrior monks sent by Abbot Xuan. It seems that the flower thief is really powerful. After saying this, Xiao Shumou asked the eldest lady, "Sister-in-law, do you think we should return to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

The eldest lady frowned, hesitated, looked at Abbot Xuan, and seemed to be very worried and said, "Recently, the Xiao family is really one thing after another, originally came to Fali Temple, just to ask the Buddha to bless our Xiao family safe, if you just arrived in the temple, and go back immediately, I am afraid that if something happens in the future, the old lady and the old man will blame us." ”

"Mother said that, isn't my sister's innocence and life important?" Xiao Ranjun suppressed his anger and asked the eldest lady.

The eldest lady raised her eyebrows when she heard this, as if she was enraged, "The daughters of the Xiao family are all here, aren't their innocent lives tied together?" With so many people guarding here, can a little thief still be able to turn the sky upside down! After that, she turned to Xiao Lingxiao and said, "Lingxiao, if you are really afraid, you come to live in your mother's courtyard tonight, and your mother will live there!" ”