"Lord Zhao is saying that the jade lion lost by Mrs. Zun is in my house?" Qiao Xiya interrupted Zhao Mingchen's words with a sneer.

"No, no, no," Zhao Mingchen flatly denied, "Zhao didn't say that." But Miss Qiao may not know that the jade lion is a cheap thing in her heart, and Zhao is also here to try her luck here. Zhao Mingchen said with a smile.

"Luck?" Qiao Xiya walked to the stone table in the courtyard, Chunling hurriedly wiped the stone bench on the side with a handkerchief, and helped Qiao Xiya sit down. Qiao Xiya straightened the corners of her skirt unhurriedly, "Then how is Lord Zhao's luck today?" ”

"You loyal servant is stopping, Zhao hasn't had time to ......" The word search turned around Zhao Mingchen's throat a few times, but he still didn't say it after all.

"Qiao San," Qiao Xiya called Qiao San with a smile, "Lord Zhao is the prefect, the official residence is four grades, two levels older than our master, how dare you stop it?" ”

"Miss Joe, Miss Joe." Zhao Mingchen hurriedly stopped Qiao Xiya, he was two levels older than Qiao Qinglin, how could he not know, but he also knew that Qiao Qinglin was an official of Dali Temple, and not everyone could enter Dali Temple, and now even if Qiao Qinglin was taken away by Dali Temple as a prisoner, it was not something that he could interfere with as a prefect. Besides, he was already weak in the matter of the jade lion. Thinking of this, Zhao Mingchen said with a smile, "Miss Qiao is serious. Zhao heard that Mrs. Qiao was sick, Miss Qiao was housekeeper, and Miss Qiao didn't come back, how dare Zhao act casually. ”

Qiao Xiya smiled when she heard this: "Lord Zhao, now that I'm back, then please."

Zhao Mingchen looked at Qiao Xiya, frowned, gritted his teeth, and waved his hand at the officials who had been waiting around for a long time.

With the sound of ping-pong, Qiao Xiya's face became more and more gloomy, and Zhao Mingchen on the side became more and more uneasy. About a stick of incense, the officials returned to the courtyard one after another, Zhao Mingchen looked at the empty hands of the officials, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Qiao Xiya raised her eyes and glanced at the crowd, and slowly spoke: "It seems that Lord Zhao is unlucky today."

"Miss Qiao......" Zhao Mingchen wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, "There may be some misunderstanding here......

"Misunderstanding?" Chunling's eyebrows were upside down, "If Lord Zhao can't tell right from wrong, it's better to give up the position of the prefect!" ”

"Chunling!" Qiao Xiya scolded Chunling and smiled at Zhao Mingchen, "Lord Zhao, Chunling's words are not good, but you have turned my Qiao Mansion inside and out into a mess, should you give me an explanation?" ”

"Miss Joe is angry." Zhao Mingchen swallowed his saliva, "It's Zhao who credulously believed the villain's slander......"

"Lord Zhao might as well call the woman who broke into the prefect's yamen at night and slandered the adult, let's face each other, first, let Lord Zhao feel completely at ease, and second, it is better to return the innocence of my Qiao Mansion." Qiao Xiya stared at Zhao Mingchen with a pair of apricot eyes, a smile on the corner of her mouth, and a knife hidden in her eyes.

"Bring it here!" Zhao Mingchen gave an order, and a woman with a disheveled hair was pushed and shoved by the official and brought to the stone table.

Qiao Xiya's gaze looked from the woman's toes little by little, and when she saw Bi Tao's stained face, Qiao Xiya was stunned: "Why are you here!"

"Miss Joe recognizes this person?" Zhao Mingchen saw Qiao Xiya's face surprised, and his uneasy heart finally calmed down a little.

"Why don't you know, this little hoof used to be the maid of our master's concubine's room." Chunling stepped forward and took a sip, "Who should I be to falsely accuse the girl, it turns out to be you!" ”

"My lord! Ask the adults to be the masters of the slaves! Bi Tao pounced and knelt at Zhao Mingchen's feet, "Lord Mingjian!" Everything the slave said is true, the jade lion is in Qiao's mansion! If the slave and maid have half a lie, the slave and the maid will not die well when the thunder strikes every day! ”

Zhao Mingchen looked at Bi Tao who was swearing at his feet, a trace of hesitation slipped in his heart, and he groaned slightly: "Bi Tao, you have also seen it, my three classes and six rooms have not found anything."

"Garden, sir! She must have buried something in the garden! ”

Zhao Mingchen looked at Qiao Xiya, saw that Qiao Xiya's face was cold, ruthless, and gave him a look, and immediately three or five officials took out shovels and hoes from the ear room on the side, and walked to the garden behind the house.

Another stick of incense had passed, and the servants returned to the courtyard with shovels and hoes stained with mud and rotten leaves.

Zhao Mingchen looked at the empty-handed servants, his face sank a little more, he squinted and stared at Bi Tao.

"Well!" Bi Tao made Zhao Mingchen's heart flustered and short, her eyes widened, and her slender fingers trembled and pointed straight to the well on the side of the courtyard, "She must have thrown the jade lion into the well!" ”

Zhao Mingchen gritted his teeth and shook his fingers to the side, and two officials on the side immediately walked to the well, one untied the bucket and tied the rope around his waist, and the other supported the roller and slowly put the person down.

"Whoa!" After a cup of tea, the soaking wet servant crawled out of the well and looked at Zhao Mingchen with a little embarrassment.

"Under the bed! Must be under Madame's bed! Bi Tao grabbed the corner of Zhao Mingchen's clothes.

"Enough!" Chunling saw that Bi Tao was making more and more trouble, and she couldn't help it, "Madame has never treated you harshly, and now that you are sick in bed, do you still want to disturb Madame?!" ”

"My lord, she stopped and didn't let you search, the jade lion must be under the bed!" Chunling's accusation seemed to give Bi Tao hope.

"Miss Qiao, offended!" Zhao Mingchen said that, and personally led people into the second courtyard.

"Lord Zhao, don't come unharmed!" Before Zhao Mingchen entered the second courtyard, Qiao Mi came out with the support of Wanzhu and Mu Liu.

"Mrs. Joe." Zhao Mingchen's eyes were a little evasive, but he still saluted in a proper manner.

"What's going on? Noisy and yelling. "Jomi's is neither humble nor arrogant, nor arrogant.

"Ah...... Hehe," Zhao Mingchen said with a smile, "The lowly one lost a plaything, and a girl said last night that if you are here, the lowly will bring someone to take a look." ”

"It seems that Lord Zhao thinks our family is a den of thieves!" Jommy sneered.

In the face of Qiao Mi's cynicism, Zhao Mingchen didn't dare to answer for half a sentence.

"Since Lord Zhao wants to check, then check." Qiao Mi saw that Zhao Mingchen didn't answer, and he didn't talk nonsense, so after speaking, he helped the maid walk past Zhao Mingchen and walked towards the courtyard.

Zhao Mingchen looked at Qiao Mi's back, and with a wave of his hand, the official behind him rushed into the house.

After a busy morning, if you find it, it's okay to say, if you should be convicted, you will be convicted, and if you are detained, you will be detained, but now not only has the entire house been turned into a mess, but nothing has been found, which makes Zhao Mingchen not know how to face Qiao Mi and Qiao Xiya.

"Can Lord Zhao find it?" Zhao Mingchen had just walked out of the courtyard with the servants, and Qiao Xiya's voice sounded in his ears.