The sky was completely dark, and the faint lantern light in the courtyard of Zhang's mansion looked weak on the ground, looking at the sky, there seemed to be dark clouds covering the other side.

Xiao Qi straightened his wind-blown hair, looked at the gradually dim courtyard, and sighed, "Hey, the weather has changed again." ”

He patted his cheek and laughed again, intending to walk towards the courtyard.

"Little Seven."

Hearing someone call himself, Xiao Qi turned around and saw Mo Yan, who was standing around the corner with a lantern at this time.

Xiao Qi said, "Grandpa Mo Yan, you're back!! Did you get things done so quickly? ”

As he spoke, he went over and took the lantern in Mo Yan's hand, and Xiao Qi's happiness could be heard from his tone.

"Yes."

"Then Grandpa Mo Yan, are you here to report the results to your grandfather?"

Mo Yan shook his head and looked at Xiao Qi kindly, "I came here to look for you, I went to your courtyard just now, and Liu Yatou said that you were here with the master, so I came here." ”

"Looking for me?"

Mo Yan rubbed Xiao Qi's head and said, "I saw that the weather was about to rain, and it was a big night, so I was afraid that you would go back to the courtyard alone, so I came over to take a look." ”

"Grandpa Mo Yan, people are not children anymore, besides, in our own family, are you still afraid that I will lose it?"

Mo Yan didn't speak, just looked at Xiao Qi so kindly.

"Hee-hee, let's go."

An old man and a young man walked towards the distance, with Xiao Qizhang in front and Mo Yan on crutches behind.

"I heard that there was a thief in your yard today? Did it hurt? Mo Yan was a little worried.

"Hehe, with Aunt Liu, how can anyone hurt me." Xiao Qi took two steps forward briskly with the lantern, and when he had a certain distance from Mo Yan, Xiao Qi turned around and said, "Grandpa Mo Yan, don't you think I'm doing well now?" ”

"Otherwise, I'll let the house send you a few maids."

"If I could, I think it would be fine."

The clouds on the other side surged so fast that they obscured the moon in a short time, and a gust of wind passed by, causing the surrounding trees to rattle.

"Hey, you kid..."

Xiao Qi didn't seem to hear what Mo Yan said, and was happy like a little rabbit, jumping up and down in front of him.

When he was about to arrive at Xiao Qi's courtyard, Xiao Qi suddenly turned around and said, "Grandpa Mo Yan still remembers Xiao Qi's habits." ”

Mo Yan first sighed, and then said: "I have also suffered you and Liu Yatou over the years." ”

"That's already good, what's not bitter." After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he looked at the sky, "I'm afraid it's going to rain this day?" ”

......

Liu Yunhua sat in the courtyard, lying on a rattan chair, the weather before the summer rain was blowing a cool breeze, enjoying a trace of peace in the heat.

The courtyard had been cleaned by Fan Wei in the morning, and the things used in the small seven houses had also been replaced by the maids.

"Old man Mo sent you back?"

"Yes, Aunt Liu." After Xiao Qi listened to Liu Yunhua complain for a long time, he sat next to Liu Yunhua and told Liu Yunhua about his grandfather's confession.

"Looks like an old man's relative is coming." Liu Yunhua stretched and sat up from the rattan chair. "Pretty late to bed."

"Aunt Liu, grandfather asked me to ask you about the Liu family!!"

Liu Yunhua yawned, "Didn't I tell you before?" Go to bed! ”

Liu Yunhua entered the house, a gust of wind passed, and the fine raindrops were removed, Xiao Qi looked at the sky, sighed and returned to the house.

"Boom"

The wind blew through the trees outside the house, making a rustling sound, and suddenly thunder sounded.

Xiao Qi hugged the pillow and sat in the corner of the bed with the quilt in his hands. There was another thunderclap, and the startled Xiao Qi trembled and covered some quilts.

"Bang bang bang" There was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Who... Who? ”

"Me." The charming voice reached Xiao Qi's ears, and when he heard this, Xiao Qi was overjoyed, jumped off the bed directly, ran to the door to open the door, and threw himself into the arms of the person.

"Aunt Liu, what are you doing?"

Liu Yunhua was wearing a pink profane robe, a dark green coat on the outside, her coiled hair was lowered by her and hung down to her waist, holding an oil lamp and standing in front of Xiao Qi's door.

Liu Yunhua glanced at Xiao Qi, "Your Aunt Liu and I are afraid of thunder, so I want to find someone to accompany me." ”

"Hehe, since Aunt Liu, you said so, how can I rest assured that you can sleep alone, come in quickly, Aunt Liu."

The thunder roared outside, and Xiao Qi grabbed Liu Yunhua's arm all of a sudden.

Liu Yunhua closed the door and touched Xiao Qi's head, "Okay, let's sleep." ”

......

"Take your family out of here, these silver tickets, you take them back, enough for your family to have food and clothing."

The woman carried a burden on her back, wore a coarse cloth shirt, knelt on the ground, her face was piled with joy, she tightly held the silver ticket in her arms, and kept shouting: "Thank you, Lord for your gift"

The woman bowed a few times to the person in front of her gratefully, "The little woman didn't do a good job of the things that the adults explained, and the adults still took care of the little ones like this." ”

"It's okay, I hope that after today, the capital will never see you again." The adult waved his hand, "Pack up all the good things and leave." ”

"Hey" The woman bowed to the adult again, "This time, the villain will definitely set up a monument to the adult." ”

The adult did not reply, and the woman got up, picked up the oil umbrella beside her, and walked out the door.

The adult smiled and asked the people next to him, "This kid hasn't been home, has he?" ”

"Back to your words, she has never been home since she arrived in the house, and she has been conscientious."

The adult picked up the teacup beside him, "Well, go kill it, clean up." ”

"Yes."

Tonight, thunder drowns out the noise, and rain washes away sin.

"You're going to die, dead girl."

Liu Yunhua's shouting sounded in his ears, and Xiao Qi rubbed his eyes, "What's wrong, Aunt Liu?" ”

"You...... I ......" Liu Yunhua pointed at Xiao Qi, and then pointed to the stains on his dirty clothes.

Xiao Qi looked at the water stains on Liu Yunhua's dirty clothes, and wiped the saliva on his mouth embarrassedly.

"Hehe, I slept so well last night."

Liu Yunhua closed his eyes, trying to restrain his anger at wanting to beat this little girl.

Xiao Qi saw that Liu Yunhua wanted to be angry, so he hurriedly rushed out of bed and put on a coat, "I'll go prepare water for Aunt Liu!"

Xiao Qi put on his clothes, picked up the wooden barrel in the outhouse and was about to rush out, when there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Xiao Qi, Aunt Liu, are you there?"

Xiao Qi heard what looked like his second sister's voice, and quickly put down the barrel again, "Here, second sister wait a minute." ”

Xiao Qi opened the door and saw Zhang Zhumeng with an anxious face, only to see Zhang Zhumeng breathe a sigh of relief, and tied Xiao Qi's shirt with a buckle that had not yet been tied.

"Second sister, what's wrong."

Zhang Zhumeng didn't have the worry just now, and said indifferently:

"Someone died!!!"

The initial shouts came from the back garden, and by the time Xiao Qi and Zhang Zhumeng passed, the back garden was already surrounded by many people from the Zhang family, as well as people from the government.

It was about early this morning, a servant was feeding the fish in the back garden, and suddenly found a piece of clothing floating on the surface of the lake, and he poked it with a stick, but found that it was a dead man, and the man screamed in fright when he saw the dead man.

Hearing the movement, the little leader of the nursing home on duty hurriedly brought someone over, seeing that the dress was the costume of a first-class maid, and secretly screamed that it was not good, this kind of maid was the personal maid of all ladies or young ladies, no matter which nobleman was around, it was not easy to explain. The little leader sighed secretly, and when the body was recovered, the body was not damaged by blisters except for a sword wound on the neck, and it was easy to recognize that it was Miss Yu Ni in the courtyard of the eldest lady Zhang Li.

The little leader of the nursing home did not dare to be sloppy, and quickly asked people to find the steward and inform the master, in this kung fu, there were people who rushed to hear the news just now, and some of them were unknown so they joined in the fun, in short, there were many adults in the Zhang family, and now people have surrounded that piece tightly.

"The master is here."

Hearing the words "the eldest master is coming" was high, the onlookers of the Zhang family hurriedly made a way for the eldest master Zhang Yizhi.

Mo Yan and Fan Wei had already arrived, and when they heard Zhang Yizhi coming, they hurriedly greeted them.

"Mo Yan, Fan Wei, who is this person?"

Although he is a first-class maid, the person who came to report the news specially mentioned the assassination of Xiao Qi yesterday, and the combination of the two things inevitably made Zhang Yizhi worried, so he came over to take a look.

Although Zhang Yizhi didn't ask about Xiao Qi's theft yesterday, he was still very worried in his heart, so he asked Mo Yan to send Xiao Qi back to the courtyard yesterday, of course, even if Zhang Yizhi didn't say it, Mo Yan would send it.

"Back to Xiangye's words, this maid was stabbed to death with a sword, according to your orders, master, we have reported to the official."

"Well, what about this murderer and the thief who went to the Little Seventh Courtyard yesterday?" Zhang Yizhi looked at Mo Yan and wanted to ask for Mo Yan's answer.

"I don't know if these two things are related now, I haven't seen the thieves of these two things, I asked the courtyard that chased the thief yesterday, combined with the swordsmanship of today's killing, the only thing in common between these two things is that they are both masters."

Zhang Yizhi pondered for a moment and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

"I can't be sure of anything now, so I can only have more guards in the house first."

"Well, this matter will be handed over to you master and apprentice."

"Yes."

Since it was handed over to these two people, Zhang Yizhi was also relieved, so he went to prepare for the matter of entering the palace to see the driver later, and the emperor allowed him to rest in the palace, but he did not dare to be ashamed of the holy grace, and after a day of rest, he wanted to enter the palace to see the driver.

Mo Yan and Fan Wei began to investigate this matter, first ordered someone to find yesterday's nursing home to come to interrogate, and then wanted to ask some questions in the eldest lady Zhang Li's courtyard.