"Ling Xiao?" The fourth prince found that Xiao Lingxiao seemed a little absent-minded, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "What do you want?" As soon as these words came out, the fourth prince immediately noticed that there was an undeserved sourness in these words, and his heart was shocked.

The sour taste in his words was also discovered by Xiao Lingxiao, Xiao Lingxiao had a chill, raised her eyes to look at him, snorted coldly in her heart, but her face did not show any different color, and said, "Your Royal Highness even has to take care of what I think?" ”

The fourth prince's face was a little unbearable, and he raised his wine glass, "I came here today, don't you still understand my intentions?" I don't want to say it, I don't just don't ask. ”

Xiao Lingxiao couldn't help but smile when she saw him angry, and she also picked up her wine glass, lowered her voice and said, "It's a joke, why should His Royal Highness take it seriously." Ling Xiao has something to ask for, I wonder if His Highness can help? ”

Xiao Lingxiao's sharp change in attitude caught the four princes off guard, he saw a smile on the corner of Xiao Lingxiao's mouth, there seemed to be affection in his eyes, and his heartbeat suddenly increased by two beats.

"Why should you and I see each other, and if there is anything, I will serve. Ling Xiao, what's the matter? ”

Xiao Lingxiao suppressed a breath of anger and said with a smile, "It's inconvenient to speak here, I don't know if the Fourth Highness can go outside the courtyard and wait for Lingxiao for a while......"

Since it is something that needs to be said in private, it must be a very important thing, the fourth prince did not suspect anything, nodded in response, drank the wine, turned back to his seat and sat for a while, then got up and wanted to go out under the pretext of convenience.

As soon as he got around, Xiao Ranjie, who was sitting not far from him, suddenly sank.

"Fourth Highness!" Xiao Ranjie hurriedly got up and said to the fourth prince, "I'll accompany His Royal Highness with you." ”

The fourth prince looked at Xiao Ranjie a little inexplicably, and then smiled, "I am a frequent visitor to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Brother Ranjie doesn't have to worry too much." ”

"But......" Xiao Ranjie still wanted to say something, but he was shocked that if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that something bad would happen, so he had to smile and make a gesture to let the four princes leave the table.

Not long after the four princes went out, a scholar suddenly ran in in a panic and shouted regardless of it, "The old master and the young master are not good!" That painting...... Someone ruined that painting! ”

Xiao Shuyong was stunned at first when he heard this, but then he thought of the baby painting he had just gotten, and the wine glass in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

"What did you say?"

As soon as Xiao Shuyong's low roar fell, he saw another scholar running in crying with a painting scroll, and after entering the door, he somehow tripped and fell to the ground, and the painting scroll he was holding was also spread out. When everyone looked at it, they couldn't help but gasp.

I saw the magnificent picture of the country just now, and I didn't know who poured a lot of ink on it, and it was completely ruined.

Xiao Shuyong's eyes widened and he watched the baby that had just arrived become like this, he didn't come up in one breath, his body shook twice, and he almost fainted.

Xiao Lingxiao looked at this painting coldly, thought about it in her heart, turned her head and bowed to Bao Rong'er's ear to say two words, and Bao Rong'er immediately nodded and left quietly.

Everyone was in a panic, and it took a long time for Xiao Shuyong to breathe a sigh of relief, pointed to the painting angrily, and yelled at the two scholars, "What's going on?" What's going on! Didn't I tell you to put it in my study? How did it come to this! ”

Two scholars knelt on the ground, their faces covered with tears, and one of them raised his head and said tremblingly, "We...... We did put the painting in the master's study, but after we left, we discussed it, and felt that it was too unsafe for such a precious painting to be placed in the study, so we planned to keep watch at the door of the study until the master passed. But who knows, as soon as we returned to the master's study, we saw the door of the study open, and when we dared to go in and take a look, we saw this painting...... This painting has become like this......"

"Who...... Who did it! Xiao Shu jumped courageously.

At this moment, the four princes walked back to the hall. He waited for Xiao Lingxiao outside the courtyard but didn't see anyone come for a long time, thinking that he had been tricked by her, but when he came in with a sinking face, he found the painting scroll spread on the ground and the two sobbing scholars, and saw the heavy atmosphere, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xiao Lingxiao. Xiao Lingxiao smiled apologetically at the four princes, glanced at Xiao Shuyong, and signaled to the four princes that she couldn't go out because something happened here.

The fourth prince was relieved, strode forward and glanced at the picture scroll on the ground, and guessed the matter.

If a thief enters the mansion, such a priceless painting is stolen, and it is definitely not ruined. Xiao Ranjie took out the painting not long ago, and the person who destroyed the painting must have either been jealous of Xiao Ranjie's dedication to the painting, or had a grudge against Xiao Shuyong who got the painting. In this way, the person who ruined this painting must be one of the Xiao family present.

The fourth prince looked around at everyone, and suddenly realized something, he walked quickly to Xiao Shuyong, and said softly, "Such a masterpiece was destroyed, presumably there must be a thief, Xiao Cheng is angry, and it will be handed over to Jing Zhaoyin to investigate tomorrow." ”

As soon as Xiao Ranjie heard this, he immediately retorted, "Fourth Highness, this painting cost Mr. Han so much effort, I just took it back and dedicated it to my father and it was destroyed, if Mr. Han learns about this in the future, how can I save the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" He turned to Xiao Shuyong and said, "I also ask my father to find out who destroyed this painting, I want to see who is so ruthless, and who has such a big grudge against my father and me." ”

Xiao Ranjie's last sentence came out, and the faces of everyone present changed. Xiao Shuyong also thought of something when he heard this, and he subconsciously glanced at Xiao Lingxiao, with reproach and anger in his eyes.

Xiao Ling Xiaotai sat down, as if she didn't hear the meaning of Xiao Ranjie's words.

Xiao Shuyong called the chief guard for questioning, and after asking, he made sure that there was no trace of the thief tonight, so it was determined that these people in the mansion did it.

Xiao Ranjie saw that the matter was about to be completed, his heart was full of pride, he stood up and said to Xiao Shuyong, "Father, my son has a word to say, maybe he will offend someone in this hall, but if he doesn't say it, I'm afraid that I can't find the person who destroyed the painting, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

Xiao Shuyong said in a deep voice, "It's all speculation, but it's okay to say it." ”

Xiao Ranjie smiled secretly in his heart when he heard this, and said, "From the time I presented the painting to my father just now to the time I found out that the painting was destroyed, only one of us has ever left this hall...... The person who has left the hall is the one who destroys the painting? ”

His words were a wake-up call to everyone, and everyone's eyes in the hall instantly focused on Xiao Lingxiao, because she was too eye-catching, so when she went out of the hall, basically everyone noticed it.

Xiao Lingxiao saw that the spearhead had really turned to herself, smiled indifferently, and said, "Second brother, the person you are talking about, shouldn't it be me?" ”

Xiao Ranjie also smiled slightly, and arched his hand, "Eldest sister, don't be angry, my father also said it, this is just a guess of mine." During that time, everyone else sat here, but the eldest sister went out, and except for the eldest sister, no one else could free up another body to destroy the painting. ”

Although Xiao Ranjie's words stopped here, everyone present also knew that Xiao Lingxiao was hostile to the Xiao family itself, and it was natural to say that she hated Xiao Ranjie or resented Xiao Shuyong. With motivation and time, the person who destroyed the painting is Xiao Lingxiao nine times out of ten.

"Ling Xiao, do you know how much effort Mr. Han has spent on this painting, even if you are dissatisfied, you shouldn't ruin such a masterpiece! Do you know how much effort you have wasted on a literati? Xiao Shuyong's words are heart-to-heart, as a literati, seeing such a thing happen, it is really painful, it hurts more than ripping his flesh.

Xiao Lingxiao heard Xiao Shuyong say this, stood up with a frown, sneered, and said, "Father, when you say this, do you think that this painting was destroyed by me Xiao Lingxiao?" ”

Xiao Shuyong's eyes widened, and he pointed at Xiao Lingxiao and said angrily, "Now that the matter is over, do you still have to quibble!" ”

Xiao Lingxiao walked out of her seat, looked down in front of the scroll spread out on the ground, and sneered, "Second brother's guess is too far-fetched, you said that I was the only one who went out during that time, I'm afraid it's not right." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and pointed at the four princes who were standing beside Xiao Shuyong, "The fourth highness has just come back from outside, how can you say that I am the only one who has gone out?" ”

The fourth prince's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately thought, could it be that Xiao Lingxiao asked him out at that time, just to exonerate herself? If so, then this woman is so hateful!

However, seeing Xiao Lingxiao looking around with a light smile, she continued with a leisurely expression, "Of course, the Fourth Highness will not be the one who destroys the painting, but this alone can show that the second brother's speculation is not credible at all. Besides, does it have to be done by the master himself to destroy a painting? In my opinion, even a scholar is enough to destroy a painting like this. ”

When she said this, Xiao Lingxiao looked at the two scholars kneeling on the ground, and saw that the bodies of the two scholars were tense all of a sudden, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"The eldest sister is really eloquent, and the second brother admires it." Xiao Ranjie slowly walked to Xiao Lingxiao's side, looked at her without showing weakness, and shot back, "According to the eldest sister, it is true that anyone in the mansion can destroy this painting, but the second brother will make a guess again, there may not be others in this mansion who can have the courage to destroy such a precious masterpiece." Speaking of this, Xiao Ranjie narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile, "The second brother said this, the eldest sister must be angry." In fact, there is another way, maybe to find the person who destroyed the painting faster, and that is to go to my father's study to see if the person who destroyed the painting in such a short period of time, maybe there will be any clues. We might as well go and look it up, so as not to wronged the good people. ”

Xiao Lingxiao listened to Xiao Ranjie's words, and turned her head to look at Xiao Shuyong, "Father, would you like us to check in your study?" ”

Xiao Shuyong gritted his teeth viciously, looked at Xiao Lingxiao with resentment, and said angrily, "Okay! But I'm going to say ugly things ahead, and when I find out who ruined this masterpiece, I won't be able to spare him! ”

Xiao Lingxiao sneered, "If there is evidence to prove that I am the one who destroyed this painting, I am willing to obey my father." It's just that if I am wronged, please ask my father to give me justice. ”