When the yard was locked, the main house was half-repaired, although there was still a lot of useless cement, lime and wood.

Today, the smell of fire is gone, only the damp musty smell.

The main house is the size of two partial rooms, divided into outer rooms and inner rooms, although they were burned beyond recognition by a fire, but the beams are still there, and you can distinguish where is the outer room and where is the inner room.

In contrast, the burning outside was more serious, and it can be inferred that the source of the fire at that time should have been outside.

She searched inside and out, not to mention portraits, not even a decent piece of furniture.

It can be seen that when it was repaired, the people had already cleaned up the place.

She held the candlestick, the faint light could only illuminate a small circle around her, and there was no light in the distance, the darkness was tingling, and the wind that blew in from time to time added a permeating atmosphere to the environment.

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard the sound of something rolling down behind her, turned around and held the candle to look, and found that it was a painting box.

When she took a closer look, she found that the surface of the box had been burned black and she couldn't see the previous color, but she could vaguely see the pattern on it.

She remembered that the old man in the house said that the Zhang family especially liked and Dilian, and she felt that the meaning of this flower was very good, it was the embodiment of beauty and kindness, and it also had a symbol of beautiful love and a hundred years of good harmony.

Therefore, the most important thing on the objects brought by Zhang is the pattern of the lotus.

She picked up the painting box, and just as she was about to open it, she saw a figure flash through the window, and she chased after her with the candlestick and the painting box.

There was no movement in the dark night, let alone a figure.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the ground, the shadow grew bigger and bigger, and the man behind her was getting closer and closer to her, and she clenched the drawing box and slammed it when the man was almost close.

The man squatted down with his head in his hands, and the drawing box was empty.

"Unsullied?"

After seeing the person squatting down clearly, Chu Fengci breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Wujian up, "Why are you here?"

Wujian was obviously frightened and gestured with a pale face: I got up to drink water, and when I saw that Miss was not there, I came out to look for it without worry, and I scared Miss, it was Wuji's fault.

"How can this be your fault?" Chu Fengci looked around, and after seeing that there was nothing weird, he returned to the room with Wuji, "It's not early, go and rest." ”

Wujian nodded, and when he left, his gaze stayed on the painting box in Chu Fengci's hand for a moment.

Chu Fengci walked into the inner room and opened the painting box, and there was a painting inside, which seemed to be well preserved, and was not burned to the point of a star.

She opened the picture box, and there was a piece of rice paper with a butterfly girl painted on it.

The girl is bright and lively, this is her first feeling. In the lower left corner of the portrait, there is also a inscription, which reads: Three hundred and twenty-eight years, Zhang's female embroidery Niangjun painting.

Zhang's embroidery girl, that's right, is the main mother Chu Zhang's.

Chu Fengci looked at the portrait carefully, this woman who had a mother-daughter relationship with her was not like her at all.

She looked through the portrait to see if there were any other clues, even the painting box was found, only this one portrait had no other clues.

She rolled up the portrait, put it in a box, and put it in a cupboard.

Since you can't start with Zhang, let's start with this fire, find out what caused the fire, and maybe find out whether Zhang died of serious illness.

"Assassins, there are assassins, catch assassins—"

There was a sudden commotion outside the courtyard, startling both Xue Yue and Wuji.

"Miss, this movement looks like our yard?"

Xue Yue saw the direction where the fire lit up, it was obviously the courtyard where Chu Feng resigned.

"Stay silent and go inside. ”

Chu Fengci took the two girls into the house, she just moved out of the courtyard today, and there was an assassin at night, I don't know if it was not the old lady and Chu Li's strategy, it was better to wait and see what happened.

"You two stay inside the house, and don't go out regardless of any movement outside. Chu Fengci handed the painting box to Xue Yue, "Put this thing away, I'll go out and have a look." ”

"Miss. Xue Yue worriedly grabbed Chu Fengci's hand, and took the painting box over.

"Don't worry, you two don't come out. Chu Fengci was relieved, turned around and walked out of the room, the dagger hidden in his sleeve slipped and clenched in his hand.

There was a commotion in the courtyard outside, and the voices of Aunt Ding were everywhere.

In contrast, her courtyard was a little strange and quiet, and just as she was wondering, a figure suddenly rushed towards her.

She subconsciously attacked, but her hands were shackled, and the whole person was half-hugged by the man and dragged into the main house.

According to the memory of having just been in the main house, she probably came to the beam of the house, and with a heavy elbow of her elbow, she turned around and touched a piece of wood and hit it hard.

Hearing the man's pain, the figure staggered and fell.

She approached with the stick and was about to knock it down again, when she heard the man say weakly, "Don't fight, it's me ......."

The familiar voice made her pause, put down her stick, and pulled out the fire fold from her bosom, so that she could see the Venerable Master's face clearly.

Because she had just hit him head-on with a wooden stick, he was now covered in blood, but even so, she could distinguish his facial features.

"How are you?!"

Xue Yue served the tea and retreated with Wujian and let off the wind in the courtyard.

Chu Fengci blew on the hot tea, glanced at the man next to him who was screaming with ice cubes on his head, and said unhurriedly: "You call like this, if you call people here, you will lose the face of your Gao family."

Who would have thought that the dignified young prince would enter the house in the middle of the night?"

Gao Chengyun immediately stopped calling when he heard this, and grinned against his sore teeth, "Then I'm not looking for you." Anyway, you're too heavy, and if you hit so hard, if I slow down, I might die. ”

"I didn't know it was you. Chu Fengci took a sip of tea, the warm tea entered his stomach, and his body warmed up, "Tell me, what are you doing with me?"

"Xie Heng wants to see you. Gao Chengyun glanced at the old furnishings of the house, and frowned in disgust, "What, the Chu family is treating you harshly, how did they send you to such a desolate courtyard?"

And your original yard, how is there some ghostly drawing things everywhere. Good fellow, as soon as I got in, I almost didn't scare me to death!"

Chu Fengci was thinking about why Xie Heng was looking for her, and couldn't help but smile when he heard Gao Chengyun's words, "I won't be able to explain this matter clearly for a while, and I'll tell you after I solve the matter at home."

Tell me, why is he looking for me? I don't have a good relationship with him! Also, he can be very generous when he wants to find me, why did you come to me secretly?"